The Human Emperor

"We still haven't understood the specific situation."

Li Jingzhong talked about what happened at that time.

"Yesterday morning, the prince was studying in the East Palace as usual. Suddenly, the Holy Emperor arrived and said that he wanted to study the prince's homework. You know, the prince. In this regard, his Highness has always been diligent and never left all his homework. Prince, so I chose an article for the prince to recite."

"Didn't the prince recite it?"

Wang Chong frowned and asked.

"No, the prince did not leave a word, recite all the content."

Li Jingzhong immediately understood what Wang Chong meant and shook his head repeatedly.

"Everything was normal at the time, and the Holy Emperor seemed to be satisfied, but when the prince raised his head to look at the Holy Emperor, the Holy Emperor suddenly became furious, saying that the prince had no prince and his rebellious offense, so he gave the prince one on the spot. Heavy slap in the face."

"This scene happened suddenly and everyone was shocked at the time!"

Recalling the situation at the time, Li Jingzhong was still in shock.

The Holy Emperor is the Mingjun in the world. Li Jingzhong has been in the palace for decades. He has never seen the Holy Emperor so angry, let alone seen, or even heard of it.

"No one knew what had happened at the time. Not long afterward, it was reported that the Holy Emperor was going to abolish the prince. Now there is already a shock in the court. Lord, you must help the prince!"

Speaking of finally, Li Jingzhong stepped forward and tightly grasped the corner of Wang Chong's clothes, her expression was like a drowning man grabbing the last straw.

Wang Chong did not speak, and his heart was full of ups and downs. The Holy Emperor had just appointed the prince on the front foot and held a grand canonization ceremony. The prince was about to be abolished on the back foot. It was too sudden and completely caught people off guard.

The abolition of the prince was not a trivial matter, definitely not so abrupt and random.

More importantly, His Majesty's decision is too abnormal. I believe that all the courtiers are as surprised as him.

"Grandpa Li, don't worry, the establishment of the prince is not a trivial matter. Even if your majesty wants to abolish the prince, he must obtain the consent of the courtiers, and there is still room for change."

Wang Chong pondered for a moment and calmed down quickly, soothing.

"In addition, your Majesty appointed a prince. He announced that the world must be extremely satisfied with the prince. He believes that his highness has the qualities to become a prince. There is absolutely no reason to abolish it because of one or two minor things. I will contact other courtiers and write a letter together to prevent it."

Regardless of the truth, Li Heng's character has been tested in later generations. Now Datang is absolutely no better fit for this position than Li Heng, and this must be prevented anyway.

"Thank you, Lord!"

Li Jingzhong looked excited, saluted deeply, and left soon.

Soon after Li Jingzhong left, Wang Chong said.

"Xu Keyi!"

In just a moment, a figure walked in, and Xu Keyi bowed her head and bowed respectfully.

"How are things at the court?"

Wang Chong said.

"Your Majesty proposed to abolish the prince at the court meeting. When the prince met with Li Gonggong, at least dozens of ministers had already sent messages, mentioning this matter, I hope that the prince can write a letter with them to discourage your majesty!"

Xu Keyi said solemnly.

Although Wang Chong is not in the court and does not participate in the affairs of the court, he has a great influence both inside and outside the court and the public. Not only military officials, but even civil servants admire Wang Chong.

In terms of status alone, Wang Chong is no longer under the Taifu, to a certain extent, he is even worse.

Wang Chong pondered and said nothing. This matter was really strange. His Majesty was furious. It is not surprising. It is not strange to slap the prince, but it is really unreasonable to abolish the prince.

At this moment, he remembered what Yang Zhao had said and the information he had collected before.

"Xu Keyi!"

"Subordinates are here!"

"Immediately prepare a carriage for me, I want to enter the palace!"

Wang Chong then spoke.

Wang Chong is now Minister of Lingyan Pavilion, holding the "Emperor Dragon Mace" bestowed by the Holy Emperor, and at the same time the highest status in the Tang Dynasty "Nine Continents Protector" and "General Protector of the Country". He can enter the palace at any time without reporting. The right to face the saint.

This is something other ministers do not have.

The ministers of the DPRK and China wrote letters one after another and actively contacted Wang Chong, which also had a great relationship with this.

Wang Chong took a carriage and set off from the palace and arrived at the palace gate soon.

"Stop! The alien king is in front!"

When Wang Chong arrived at the gate of the palace, a forbidden army commander suddenly stopped Wang Chong's carriage. He first saluted with respect and then looked straight:

"The prince Haihan, your majesty has an order. During this time, all court officials will not be seen, including the prince!"

In the carriage, Wang Chong was stunned when he heard the words.

"When did this happen?"

Wang Chong pushed the car door and walked out.

"It was in the early morning, but about the prince, your Majesty, it was mentioned a long time ago. Even the prince, without a call,...cannot enter the palace."

The leader of the Forbidden Army bowed his head.

"what?!"

Wang Chong was stunned when he heard the words.

...

The prince’s affairs were full of ups and downs. Under the full opposition of the ministers of civil and military affairs, Wang Chong, and the Taishi Taifu, although the holy emperor did not come forward, he finally issued an imperial decree to give up the abolition of the prince. The matter has temporarily come to an end.

But like a turning point, the palace affairs are far from over.

Not long after the prince’s matter, for three consecutive days, the Holy Emperor was absent from the routine morning court. The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs waited from early morning to evening, but he did not see the Holy Emperor, and no eunuch in the palace came forward to pass on. The will of the Holy Emperor.

This incident caused an uproar in the court.

If the holy emperor did not participate in the early dynasty for three consecutive days to make the officials dissatisfied, then the holy emperor spent millions to build the Taiping Tower in the palace, which aroused strong opposition from the officials, and the memorials impeached by Yushi were one after another. One, continuously sent to the palace.

But all this failed to stop the holy emperor's interest at all, and an event that broke out immediately afterwards caused even greater waves in the ruling and opposition parties.

The holy emperor ordered all officials to restart the draft, selecting women with both ability and political integrity from all over Kyushu to be included in the harem.

The news broke, not to mention the civil and military officials, even Wang Chong who was staying in the mansion was shocked.

"The prince, this fact is too abnormal. Although the edicts are all over Kyushu, there are drafts for concubines in all dynasties, and there are precedents in this dynasty, but in this dynasty, it has never been done. When the holy emperor was young, I haven't done this yet. Now that decades have passed, even the princes and princes in the palace are so big. Instead, it is very abnormal to start the draft."

Among Wang Chong’s residences, Crown Prince Li Heng, King Song, who returned from the Western world with Wang Chong, later returned Shangshu Zhang Qiu Jianqiong of the Ministry of War, General Jiang Yuanrang, General Lu Tingzhi, the old steward, Minister of the Ministry of War Zhang Jian, and Minister of War Qianzong, Yang Zhao, Prince De, King Shou, Tan Guogong, Guo Guogong, and several governors from the court, all gathered in Wang Chong's mansion.

In the dark, Wang Chong's foreign palace seems to have become another center outside the court.

"The character of the emperor father is too weird. Although the rules in the palace are strict, and several emperor brothers and I have always been in awe of the emperor, but such things have never happened that day, even if it is the most serious mistake, the emperor. I won’t do it myself."

In the hall, the prince Li Heng bowed his head thinking, and also spoke.

In the Three Kings Rebellion, the eldest prince Li Ying committed the crime of conspiracy. Although the holy emperor was angry in his heart, he only ordered someone to put him in a jail, and did not do anything. In the Donggong incident, Li Heng recites his homework and never fails. , And among the princes, he has always been diligent, but because he looked up at the holy emperor, he was slapped and almost abolished as a prince. It was incredible.

"Besides, I don't know why, during this period of time I always feel that the father is a little weird..."

In the end, Li Heng stopped talking.

"The foreign ministers are not allowed to enter the harem without edicts. We cannot enter the harem, so we don’t know the specifics. But counting the days before, your majesty has not been to the premature court for at least seven days, and there is no The news of the dynasty tells the officials, the government affairs of the court, the important affairs of the country, which are related to hundreds of millions of people in the world. The so-called country cannot be without a monarch for a day. There is no reason. There is no such precedent in this dynasty. If your majesty does not Going up to the court, I'm afraid that people will be panicking and guessing, and the court will be in chaos."

The assistant servant Zhang Jian also spoke.

If the holy emperor is slightly ill, or if he directly instructs the ministers to be the prime minister, the court will not be as chaotic as it is now, but the current situation is that the holy emperor neither went to the early dynasty nor specified who should handle the dynasty. Without an order, even the prime minister would not dare to cum.

"Yes! The country cannot be ruled for a day. The memorials in the court are now piled up like a mountain, waiting for the holy emperor's ruling. It must not go on like this!"

Several other ministers also followed the road.

"Fun Jun! This is the Jun Jun! We have received the news that in these seven days, Your Majesty has been living deep in the palace and can't leave the court. In fact, there is no major delay. Instead, he will summon the court ladies in the harem to enjoy wanton enjoyment. Unreasonable!"

Compared with the prince, Zhang Jian and others, the old and new yushis in the imperial court were not so easy to talk. They looked excited and indignant.

Since ancient times, the superintendent has the responsibility of supervising the emperor and the civil and military officials. Especially in the Taizong period of this dynasty, the policy of "Imperial History Pardon" was established.

According to the rules of Yushi's policy, no matter what mistakes Yushi committed, as long as it is performing the duty of monitoring hundreds of officials and spurring the emperor, even if he acts excessively, commits the fault of rebellious against the emperor, or more radical actions, it can be pardoned. crime.

The holy emperor stopped the court for seven consecutive days and became obsessed with female sex. For the historians, this was already the king’s biggest fault. More importantly, the numerous historians had written books one after another, and the accumulated folds amounted to hundreds of letters. , But all were blocked by the Holy Emperor.

The imperial historians were clamoring to enter the palace, but they were all blocked by the guards of the imperial army. The entire court, all imperial historians held a fire in their hearts.

In the hall, feeling the anger of the Yushi, everyone looked embarrassed and frowned.