In the palace, everyone who originally wanted to put Su Qian to death suddenly changed their attitude in less than a quarter of an hour.
Not only did they not insist on the so-called severe punishment, but they all stood by Su Qi'an and spoke out in support of making Su Qi'an a marquis.
This change made the official look confused. He looked at Su Qi'an beside him.
At this time, Su Qian's face was calm, as if the changes of many officials were within his expectation.
"Perhaps this is the back-up plan arranged by Qi An? The preparation of this back-up plan is really amazing, I really underestimated it."
Wen Xuan secretly smacked his tongue in his heart. He thought that this time the court discussion would be difficult to distinguish between the two, and it would be difficult to come up with a result in a while. Wen Xuan was prepared to fight a protracted war.
But after just half an hour's rest, this attitude, especially that of Zheng Yuan, changed 180 degrees.
To make these officials change their stance, Su Qian must have something to manipulate them.
But what is the handle? We can only wait until after he retires, Wen Xuan will have a good chat with Su Qi'an.
Compared to the shock in the propaganda, Su Qian's expression was calm, but in his heart he was somewhat dissatisfied with this scene.
He looked at Su Xuanyong on the dragon stage with a vague gaze, sighing secretly in his heart.
"Hey, this time I finally missed the opportunity to catch them all. Your Majesty still stopped."
This court discussion was indeed about Su Qi'an's fault, but in private, Su Qi'an had already reached a consensus with Su Xuanyong.
Through the court discussion, these officials and princes were directly eliminated. Not to mention directly replacing them, at least about half of them had to be purged.
The conflict between the two parties in the court was planned by Su Xuanyong, but it was allowed within a reasonable range.
But what Su Xuanyong did not allow was the unity of the court officials. If this was the case, his authority would be greatly challenged.
After all, once there is a union, there will be a second one. Therefore, no matter what, the absolute authority of the imperial power cannot be challenged.
Therefore, when Su Qi'an returned to Beijing, he informed Su Xuanyong of his thoughts through Feng Zheng, an intermediary.
If the two of them cooperate, there will be only benefits to Su Xuanyong and no harm. Basically, Su Xuanyong and Su Qian hit it off with this proposal.
The reason why Su Xuanyong was willing to cooperate with Su Qi'an was that he was sure that he did not have any evil intentions like Zheng Yuan and Zhao Cheng criticized.
In addition to Feng Zheng's help, it mainly relied on Luo Qingyuan's secret performance.
Explaining all the causes and consequences one by one, this report arrived in Kyoto long before Su Qian left Xizhou.
Su Qi'an was worried about Luo Qingyuan's proposal and wanted to refuse it, until Lin Yuanzhi revealed a piece of news to him, which instantly dispelled Su Qi'an's worries.
There was only one sentence in the news, "Luo Qingyuan was the teacher of the former Crown Prince Suning, that is, the Crown Prince's teacher."
This sentence not only solved some of Su Qi'an's previous confusions, but also made it clear why Luo Qingyuan had been protected by Long Wei for many years.
No need for Su Qi'an to explain, everyone knows how much Su Xuanyong attached importance to Suning.
Back then, when Suning settled in the East Palace, Su Xuanyong put a lot of effort into him. If it hadn't been for his early death, Suning would have been the next emperor of Great Liang.
No matter who it was, no one could shake Suning's status. At that time, it was easy to imagine that being able to become the prince's master meant that one's status and status were valued.
Although Luo Qingyuan was not the only one who was the prince's tutor back then, it was enough to show Su Xuanyong's trust in Luo Qingyuan.
For this reason, even if Luo Qingyuan chose to retire and live in seclusion, Su Xuanyong's regard for him has never diminished. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to send out dragon guards to protect his safety in rotation for so many years.
After thinking about it, if Su Qi'an is really the second Tang Feng, I am afraid that after he replaces Tang Feng, Luo Qingyuan will deal with him without Su Xuanyong taking action.
Therefore, when Luo Qingyuan came back from the mountain and resumed his position as state pastor, Feng Zheng didn't even need to say anything. Su Xuanyong agreed as soon as he got the news.
The so-called appointment of a state pastor without the consent of the court is basically nothing.
Su Qi'an did not disclose the secret of this matter, just to let the ministers criticize him one more layer.
The more sins that are imposed on him, the greater the counterattack will be. It can be said that this court discussion, from beginning to end, is the situation set up by Su Qi'an and Su Xuanyong for these ministers.
This game has already started from the moment when the officials started arguing in the court.
Until the court became more and more fierce, Su Qi'an was finally forced to return to Beijing and accept the court's prosecution.
All the processes along the way were in accordance with Su Qi'an and Su Xuanyong's plans.
But at the last moment, when he could have won it in one fell swoop, Su Xuanyong suddenly changed his attitude and stopped mid-sentence.
This is when Su Qian is most dissatisfied.
As the ministers knelt down and begged to promote Su Qi'an to the rank of first-class marquis, Su Xuanyong on the dragon stage pondered for a while and said softly.
"Oh, do you all have this attitude? Do you really have no objection?"
"Your Majesty, I have no objection."
The voices of support sounded again. Su Xuanyong nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, since all the ministers have no objections, I will pass on my wishes and be promoted to the Marquis of Dongshan. I will be given a palace in Kyoto, five hundred servants and servants, and a reward of five silver coins." One hundred thousand taels."
"Your Majesty is wise."
A chorus of compliments resounded in the hall, and a tense and solemn court discussion finally turned into conferring a title on Su Qi'an. This scene was incredible no matter how you looked at it.
Su Xuanyong waved his hand, his compliments gradually calmed down, he looked around the crowd and said softly.
"This discussion is just a misunderstanding. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, let's stop it. Don't mention it again in the future. You are all the pillars of the imperial court. There are some small grudges and conflicts, which I can understand. But it must not rise to the level of fighting to the death.”
"Although your starting point for jointly criticizing Dongshan Marquis this time is good, I don't want to see that your concerted efforts are used for this purpose. I hope that you can work together to share the worries of the court and contribute to the development of Great Liang. With one effort, I will be satisfied.”
Su Xuanyong's words didn't seem to be reproachful, but the ministers present felt chills running down their backs. As important ministers of the imperial court, everyone was somewhat smart.
Naturally, you can hear some warning in Su Xuanyong's words.
They could also feel that Su Xuanyong seemed to have some handle on them, and he could have taken the opportunity to speak out and take them down just now, but for some unknown reason, he stopped at it.
They knew Su Xuanyong's intentions very well, and they must not do any tricks behind his back, otherwise none of them would be able to escape if an attack really happened.
After all, Su Xuanyong was the Emperor of Great Liang. Even though he had ignored the government affairs for many years and seemed confused, once he became serious, he was like a sleeping tiger suddenly waking up. They could only tremble and feel like a light on their backs.
All the ministers knelt down and knelt down one after another, expressing their loyalty. Looking at this scene, Su Xuanyong nodded and said casually.
"Well, that's it. Let's end this court discussion. Let's all retreat. I'm tired today."
"By the way, Marquis Dongshan will stay here for a moment. I have something to talk to you about."
Su Qian cupped his hands and stood there.
The ministers stood up and bowed their hands to Su Xuanyong before leaving. However, before leaving, Ruo Youruo looked at Su Qi'an with a somewhat strange look in his eyes.
Being stayed by Su Xuanyong at this time, everyone could see how much Su Xuanyong valued Su Qi'an.
No matter what the purpose of this emphasis is, looking at it now, if they want to bring Su Qi'an down or severely punish the crime, they have to think carefully about it in the long term.
Of course, in addition to being more afraid of Su Qi'an, there is only one thing they want to figure out most right now.
The manipulator of this crime discussion, Zheng Yuan, suddenly changed his mind for some reason and didn't say hello to them at all.
That guy beat them all in confusion for a long time. If it weren't for the many years of experience accumulated in the court, I'm afraid they would be the ones being discussed this time.
If Zheng Yuan doesn't give a reasonable explanation, don't blame them for being rude in the court in the future.
The ministers left one after another, and there were no twos and threes walking together outside the hall.
Instead, they walked away separately. After leaving the scope of the main hall, the adults got on their carriages and left the imperial city under the supervision of the imperial army.
There was no communication among the ministers, as if they had all gone home.
After leaving the imperial city and entering the streets, these carriages passed through several streets. Suddenly, they all headed towards a restaurant with a tacit understanding.
This restaurant is quite famous in Kyoto, but compared with the top three restaurants, it is far behind.
The only good thing is probably that the surrounding area is clean. Before the carriage arrived at the restaurant, the already clean streets were cleared by numerous guards.
Carriages arrived at the door of the restaurant one after another, and the ministers walked in one after another.
The carriage parked at the door quickly drove away. Looking at his direction, it should be the back of the restaurant.
A large private room that could accommodate forty or fifty people had been prepared. In less than a quarter of an hour, these ministers who had left the imperial city gathered together again.
It's just that their faces were not good-looking and gloomy. As soon as they entered the private room, as if they had said hello in advance, everyone would loudly ask questions to Zheng Yuan, who was sitting in the middle seat.
"Zheng Zaifu, what do you mean by your sudden change of attitude in the palace? If you don't explain it clearly to us, we have every reason to suspect that you and Su Qi'an are working together to set a trap for us."
This kind of doubt is not only raised by the ministers and second-rank princes, but also by two of the three giants, Zhao Cheng and Sima Yue.
No wonder they were all so angry. If they had been a step too late in the main hall just now, they might not have been able to leave the imperial city safely and would have been imprisoned directly.
They could see very clearly that this court meeting was an overall plan created by Su Xuanyong and Su Qi'an for them.
In addition, Zheng Yuan's sudden betrayal, if they had not responded in time, they might have been taken out of the pot. This made them angry, but if it were anyone else, they might not have said it calmly, but would have taken action directly.
