A quarter of an hour later, eight people, including Li Qian, had read the letter, and their expressions had already turned into shock, either really or fake.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, the Liu family actually..."
The speaker is of the same class as Li Can, and his official name is Cen Jian'an, minister of Taichang Temple.
These are not important, what is important is that he is also in the same boat.
"Cen Aiqing."
Ning Yongnian turned his gaze to him and asked casually: "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, I don't dare to make any unreasonable assertions on this matter!"
Cen Jian'an knelt down without saying a word, making it clear that he didn't want to offend anyone.
Ning Yongnian raised his eyes and scanned the others one by one. Seeing that the other seven people had similar expressions, he couldn't help but sigh softly after a moment of silence.
"Hey, my dear friends, do you know why I summoned you to discuss this matter?"
"this......"
Everyone knows the answer to this question, but no one answers it.
However, Ning Yongnian was not angry at all, he just smiled and said:
"You are all good at pretending to be confused while pretending to understand."
"That's all, if you don't want to say it, I will say it for you."
"Nowadays, the officials in the court are either Liu or Wei. To be honest, I can't trust them."
"Yes, I can indeed make everything by myself."
"But there are times when I can't understand or understand."
"That's why I want to hear what you think."
"And if you don't speak up... then I will really be alone."
"..."
Although the words were said in a joking tone, there was some self-deprecation and helplessness in them.
Cen Jian'an and the other eight people looked at me and I looked at you. After a while, Li Quan was the first to take a step forward, took a deep breath and bowed and said:
"emperor!"
"Since you have said so, I would like to have the courage to say a few more words!"
"In my humble opinion, since these letters were stolen from the Xu family by imperial spies, there is a high probability that they are true."
"Since the Liu family dared to join the Xu family in rebellion, and now they are fighting to the death with the Wei family... Why don't the emperor use the help of the Wei family to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop!"
"..."
Although he didn't put forward any constructive suggestions, these few words of Li magazine at least showed his attitude.
After hearing this, Ning Yongnian pondered for a moment and suddenly asked:
"What if these letters are fake?"
"Fake?"
Li Qian was stunned for a moment and thought for a while before replying: "Your Majesty, I don't think it's false."
"The Xu family now occupies Jizhou, and Dafeng in Yuanzhou has also launched an attack."
"The longer the Liu and Wei families fight, the longer the world will be in chaos, and the better it will be for the Xu family."
"There is no reason for them to frame the Liu family at this time."
The candles in Shiqu Pavilion were brightly lit, reflecting Li Kan's aloof expression.
"Um......"
Ning Yongnian nodded slightly, seeming to be persuaded by Li Jian's explanation.
At this moment, Cen Jianan, who had just stood up from the ground, also said:
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen feels that whether this matter is true or false is not important anymore."
"oh?"
Ning Yongnian's expression condensed: "What do you mean by this?"
"emperor......"
Cen Jian'an buried his head very low, and his voice was not loud but sincere enough: "Now there are rebels in Da Ning who have not been defeated, and there are powerful enemies attacking from outside. At such a critical moment, neither the Liu Wei family nor the Liu Wei family will stop. , whether in government or in the opposition, we still fight non-stop."
"If this continues, how can the officials and the people put in all their efforts to redress the thieves and drive away the foreign enemies?!"
"So no matter whether the Liu family is really rebelling or not, and no matter who was right or wrong between the Liu and Wei families before, the most important thing right now is to stop the Liu-Wei dispute!"
"Your Majesty, this is what Wei Chen wants to say!"
"..."
Regardless of whether it is true or false, right or wrong, one of the Liu and Wei families must fall immediately.
Although Cen Jian'an did not say clearly who the fallen family was, but given the current situation, I am afraid that everyone knows that the answer can only be the Liu family.
"Well, what Cen Aiqing said is absolutely true."
Ning Yongnian nodded again, and then looked at the five people who had not expressed their opinions so far.
"what about you?"
"Say whatever you think, no need to hold back."
"..."
"Go back to the emperor! Wei Chen thinks that what Mr. Li and Mr. Cen said is reasonable!"
"Given Daning's current situation, we can no longer allow Liu Wei to continue fighting like this..."
"Or you can first check whether the things in the letter are true..."
"..."
Soon, the remaining five people all expressed their opinions.
Unexpectedly, including the three people who were not part of the same boat group, the eight people thought about the problem from different angles, and their wording was either clear or vague.
But everyone's attitude was surprisingly consistent.
That is - the Liu family, it's time to die.
Faced with such a result, it's hard to say what Ning Yongnian was thinking. Anyway, you couldn't tell anything from his expression.
"My dear friends, please go back first and let me think about this matter carefully."
"..."
Li Gan and others looked at each other, said nothing more, and bowed out of Shiqu Pavilion.
The hall was quiet for a moment, until Ning Yongnian looked at Li Huaizhong who appeared out of nowhere and asked casually:
"Lao Li, do you think what they said makes sense?"
"Your Majesty, this old slave really doesn't know."
Li Huaizhong replied in a low voice: "But since all the adults think so..."
"What? Couldn't they have colluded in advance?"
Ning Yongnian interrupted first, but then quickly denied himself with a smile: "Haha, just pretend I didn't say this."
"I can take these eight people for my own use at the same time... If there is such a person with hands and eyes like the sky, then I might as well just give up the throne."
Although it was a joke, it was also Ning Yongnian's true thoughts at this moment.
If he only saw one person tonight, he might also doubt whether this person had colluded with the Wei family.
But when the eight important ministers who had always remained neutral all had the same attitude, this doubt no longer existed.
So......
"Old Li."
After a long while, Ning Yongnian finally made up his mind.
"It is reported that Wei Xianzhi has entered the palace."
...
Two hours later.
When Wei Xianzhi walked out of Shiqu Pavilion, he had one more thing on him than when he came.
A token with the word "forbidden" engraved on it.
Although most of the imperial guards are now in Jizhou, there are still nearly ten thousand people in the capital.
More importantly, there are also Hualing Guards who merged in from the Xuanjing Division.
Therefore, what Ning Yongnian gave Wei Xianzhi was not only the authority to mobilize the imperial guards, but actually a "Sword of Shang Fang".
A Shang Fang sword that can kill the entire Liu family.
"..."
Quickly walking out of the palace, Wei Xianzhi bent down and got into the carriage with a calm expression.
In fact, when Li Huaizhong went to the Wei Mansion to summon him to the palace, he knew that Wei Changtian's plan had been completed.
Two days.
In two days, only one of the three major surnames in Daning will be left.
That is "Wei".
Half a year ago, Wei Xianzhi would never have imagined that this day would come so quickly, as if there was a giant hand in the dark pushing everything to accelerate, accelerate, and accelerate again.
By the way, if we could find a starting point for all these changes, when would it be?
Spring Dragon Poetry Club?
Changtian killed Liu Yuanshan?
It seems to be a little earlier...
For some reason, a picture suddenly popped up in Wei Xianzhi's mind, and he felt completely instinctively that everything would be different from that moment on.
It was approaching dusk at that time, and I was drinking tea with Qin Caizhen in the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
Changtian suddenly ran over, first said "thank you" to his mother for the first time, and then whispered very cautiously:
"Dad, I want to kill someone..."
Yes, my son did have some abnormalities that day.
He hesitated to speak, as if he had never done anything like killing someone before.
