At this time, Huang Hao coughed slightly and interrupted Wei Yan who was expressing his loyalty.
"Your Majesty, the time for the court meeting has arrived, and the ministers are waiting outside the palace. Look..."
Li Shimin calmed down and responded: "When the ministers enter the palace, General Wei Yan does not need to change into court uniform. Just wait here."
Wei Yan stood up and bowed his head and said: "Here!"
With Huang Hao's help, Li Shimin arranged his clothes, took a deep breath, and walked to the dragon couch with steady steps to stand.
Huang Hao stood on the left side of the steps at the right time, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Go to court!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the guards outside the palace opened the door of the palace. The civil and military ministers took off their swords and shoes and lined up to the palace according to their official ranks.
Li Shimin sat on the dragon couch with his arms upright in the north and south. The civil and military ministers stood east and west. After Li Shimin sat down, all the ministers knelt down and worshiped: "Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"
"Everyone is safe!"
After the ministers stood up, they dared to raise their heads slightly to take a look at the situation in the hall. When the ministers found Wei Yan standing in armor, they were all surprised.
"Yang Changshi, it seems that Your Majesty values Wei Yan more! I saw with my own eyes today that Wei Yan and Huo Ge met with Your Majesty alone before us..."
"That day in the court, Your Majesty did not hesitate to confront the ministers, but also wanted to save Wei Yan's life. I think Yang Changshi may not have a good life in the future!"
"If you have something to do, start the show, if nothing happens, leave the court!"
Huang Hao was also a discerning person. He knew that His Majesty just wanted to hear what the ministers would say after seeing Wei Yan, so he deliberately delayed for a while before saying this.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
Li Shimin tapped the dragon case lightly. Huang Hao understood, and immediately walked to Li Shimin and whispered a few words, telling Li Shimin the information about this person.
After listening, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, "Chief Shi Yang Yi, are you going to talk about General Wei Yan's rebellion?"
"Your Majesty is wise, this is exactly what happened..."
Li Shimin said jokingly: "I'm afraid you have to wait, I just have a decree to announce."
At first, Yang Yi didn't quite believe what the ministers said about His Majesty, but now that Yang Yi believes it, His Majesty has indeed become assertive and domineering.
Thinking of this, Yang Yi couldn't help but feel a chill on her back, feeling that something bad was going to happen.
Before Yang Yi could return, Huang Hao had already picked up the imperial edict written by Li Shimin and read it out:
"I am deeply saddened by the new death of my prime minister, but the affairs of the court must not be neglected. Today, Jiang Wan is promoted to the position of Shangshuling, in charge of all major and minor government affairs, and will also take care of the Prime Minister's affairs."
"The generals of the Northern Expedition worked hard and made great achievements. Except for Wei Yan and Yang Yi, all of them were promoted to one level. Huo Ge was born in my prince's family. He was loyal, brave and diligent, and was promoted to Huangmen Shilang and Zhonglang General."
"Wei Yan has served as the prefect of Hanzhong since the time of the late emperor. Now he has moved to Wei Yan as the general to conquer the north. He is also the governor of Hanzhong and is in charge of military affairs in the north. Wang Ping was promoted to the prefect of Yuexi. After handing over the defense of Hanzhong, he returned to Chengdu to resume his duties."
After saying this, Yang Yi glanced at Wei Yan in disbelief and wondered: Wei Yan clearly disobeyed the prime minister's orders, so why was he promoted first? Could it be that both of us have big rewards, but mine is at the back?
Yang Yi didn't know why, so she could only continue to listen to the imperial edict patiently.
"Jiang Wei is the prime minister's beloved disciple, who knows strategy and is famous for his martial prowess. Today, Jiang Wei is promoted to the Commander-in-Chief of Nijiang, replacing Ma Zhong. Ma Zhong has temporarily returned to the capital to listen to me for other important tasks..."
Hearing this, the local nobles in the court became a little uneasy. Those who stayed in Beijing to listen were all Yizhou generals. Is Your Majesty going to take away the military power of all Yizhou generals?
In addition to the above few people in the imperial edict, Chen Dao will continue to be in peace.
The soldiers of the Northern Expedition were all military households. Except for some who were sent to farm in Hanzhong, the rest were all assigned by Li Shimin to several new governors.
As a result, there will be no Yizhou generals in the important military areas in the north, south, east and west!
Yueqi County, a dangerous place that has been occupied by barbarians all year round, has sent Wang Ping. Your Majesty is trying to drive out our Yizhou faction!
All the local nobles immediately thought of this step and began to worry about their future.
Until the end of Huang Hao's reading, Yang Yi's name was not heard in the imperial edict.
Yang Yi changed from waiting in confusion to confusion and anger.
"Your Majesty! I have something to report!"
Just when the Yizhou faction didn't know what to do, Yang Yi appeared.
Li Shimin frowned and shook his sleeves in disgust.
"explain!"
"Your Majesty, I have followed the late emperor from Jingzhou since he entered Shu.
Later, he served as a member of the army and chief historian in the middle school attached to Prime Minister Zhuge. The prime minister left Qishan on the sixth day, and all his ministers were serving in the army. They thought that they had no merit but hard work.
Wei Yan disobeyed the prime minister's orders and burned down the plank road to prevent the army from returning, in an attempt to rebel.
The minister remained calm in the face of danger and organized the Chinese army to attack. Why did Your Majesty not only fail to hold Wei Yan accountable for his disobedience and rebellion, but instead showered him with rewards? I don’t know! I hope your Majesty will make it clear! "
As soon as Yang Yi said this, Jiang Wan and others from the Jingzhou faction in the hall were shocked and quickly gave Yang Yi a wink to tell Yang Yi to shut up.
Seeing that Yang Yi had no intention of retreating, Jiang Wan reluctantly stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
Jiang Wan already knew His Majesty's thoughts and rewarded Wei Yan for neglecting Yang Yi just to vent his anger. It doesn't mean anything else.
This imperial edict is clearly meant to force the Yizhou faction to resist or raise questions, so that your majesty can use it to suppress the prestige of the Yizhou faction in the court.
Yang Yi, an official of the Jingzhou faction, jumped out to question His Majesty. Didn't he block the sword for the Yizhou faction?
"What does Gong Yan have to report?"
Li Shimin felt relieved when he saw Jiang Wan coming out of the queue. He was also afraid that Yang Yi would not retreat even if he persisted in admonishing him, and that in the end he would be unable to get off the tiger.
"Your Majesty, Yang Changshi has been working hard for the past few days and may be a little confused. Your Majesty must not take what he said seriously."
After saying that, he didn't forget to wink at Yang Yi and ask him to step back.
Li Shimin also borrowed Po Xia's donkey: "Since Gong Yan said so, I will treat him as if he is ill and return to the train."
Before Li Shimin finished speaking, Yang Yi raised her voice and said again: "Your Majesty, I am very awake. I don't understand your Majesty's will and I will not obey it!"
Jiang Wan, who was returning to the train, almost ran out of breath and walked over, looking at Yang Yi and shaking his head helplessly.
"Alas! Good words can't persuade the damn ghost. Your Majesty let you go twice in a row, and you still ask Your Majesty like this... That's all. I can't save you now!"
Thinking of this, Jiang Wan silently returned to the train.
Li Shimin originally didn't like Yang Yi very much. After all, in history, this guy killed the Wei Yan clan after he succeeded.
For the sake of you being a Jingzhou sect, I don’t want to be held accountable. You are seeking death on your own!
"Hmph! You, a small minister, have no right to question me!
General Wei Yan was a veteran of the late emperor. He followed the late emperor in the north and south, and made outstanding achievements.
I just followed the example of the late emperor and continued to send Wei Yan to guard Hanzhong. Why don't you understand? What's the problem? "
Yang Yi was shocked. She thought that His Majesty would appease her for the sake of the Prime Minister, but she didn't expect that His Majesty would show no mercy at all.
"Your Majesty! I..."
"That's enough! I have been rude to the court several times and refused to obey orders. Do you take me seriously?"
Li Shimin could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, so he made a good suppression plan and let this reckless thing mess up.
"Come here, pull this madman down, throw him into a prison, remove him from office, and reduce his rank to serve as a warning to others!"
Huo Ge walked out of the queue of generals, bowed to Yang Yi and said:
"Master Yang, I'm offended!"
Immediately he clapped his hands and two guards in front of the palace arrived in response. He took off Yang Yi's official hat and court uniform, and dragged Yang Yi out of the palace.
"Your Majesty! I am loyal to the Han Dynasty! Your Majesty! I have made great contributions in the Northern Expedition..."
As Yang Yi's voice became farther and farther away, the court fell into panic.
All the ministers from various factions were in danger, but only those who knew about it, such as Jiang Wan and Wei Yan, looked calm.
Li Shimin was not in a hurry to speak, he was just waiting for the next person to come forward to question.
After a long time, no one in the hall started to play. Li Shimin couldn't help but feel uninterested.
"Although the Yizhou faction has escaped disaster for the time being, Yang Yi's incident today can be regarded as a deterrent to all ministers. I believe there will be people with delicate thoughts who will come to see me alone after the morning court."
Thinking of this, Li Shimin coughed lightly, and Huang Hao understood and said loudly:
"Ministers, your Majesty's decree is below. Why don't you accept the decree and express your gratitude?"
Only then did all the civil and military officials in the hall remember that they were too frightened to pay attention and forgot to accept the order.
"Your Majesty is wise! I accept the order and thank you!"
Seeing that His Majesty was no longer interested in continuing the court meeting, Huang Hao said loudly again: "If there is something to do, please leave! If there is nothing to do, leave the court!"
How could the ministers have any intention to play with His Majesty here? They hurriedly knelt down and worshiped Long Live Shanhu, and then exited the main hall.
Outside the palace, officials from various factions formed groups, discussing today's affairs in the court while walking out.
"Brother, depending on what Your Majesty wants, we Dongzhou nobles may not have a hard time in the future!"
After staying away from the crowd, Wu Ban stopped the worried Wu Yi and said worriedly.
Both of them are the brothers of Liu Bei's Empress Wu, Wu Yi is the patriarch of the clan, and Wu Ban is Wu Yi's cousin.
Wu Yi curled his lips and said coquettishly: "I'm not blind, I'm watching what happened to Yang Yi!"
"Then brother, why don't you think of a countermeasure quickly? Is it possible that you just sit back and wait for death?"
"Why are you so anxious? Your Majesty is our nephew now. How can a nephew cause trouble for his uncle for no reason?"
Wu Yi looked around and saw no one around, lowered his voice and said:
"We are not only the leading figures of the Dongzhou gentry, but also relatives of the emperor. I think that as long as we take the initiative to show our kindness to His Majesty, there is no chance that His Majesty will reject us."
Wu Ban's eyes widened and he whispered:
"Your Majesty is not like before. The other factions have not yet taken any action. Is it inappropriate for us to just show our favor to His Majesty?"
"It's a blessing, not a curse. We can't avoid it. We can't even hit the smiling man with our hands. Let's go and show our loyalty to His Majesty. He can't just chop us down, can he?"
After discussion, the two decided to quietly come to the palace to meet His Majesty that night to show their loyalty.
