Cui Yuan was the right servant of Shangshu, but not the prime minister.
Although his official position was high, he no longer had much say in the court.
Before Zhao Ziliang left the Central Plains and returned to the Western Qin Dynasty, Cui Yuan was still the prime minister.
After Suzong became emperor, Cui Yuan was Crowded out the center of power of the imperial court.
Not long after, a clerk brought tea.
Cui Yuan saw that Zhao Ziliang was concentrating on reviewing the memorial, so he took the tea and drank it.
Unexpectedly, after he had just taken two sips, Zhao Ziliang suddenly said: "Master Cui, the rebellion in Xichuan I think he is yours.”
"Cough cough cough cough" Cui Yuan choked on her tea when Zhao Ziliang asked him so suddenly, and coughed violently several times before she calmed down.
Cui Yuan knew that Zhao Ziliang must have found something, otherwise he would never ask this question.
Rebellion is a fatal thing.
He must not admit it verbally, otherwise he and his family will die without burial.
He quickly put down the tea cup and stood up, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I am a member of my clan. , but he is definitely not old The old minister was an official in Xishu back then, and he did promote Ji Yuan.
The old minister did promote him because he was a member of the old minister’s clan, but that was all.
It has been more than ten years since the old minister returned to the court.
Over the years, I have never had any contact with Ji Yuan.
Please be aware of this, Your Majesty."
Zhao Ziliang put down his writing brush, looked at Cui Yuan and said sternly: "Master Cui, although it is not easy to prove this matter, it is not impossible.
As long as the rebellion is suppressed and he or someone close to him is captured alive, the truth will be revealed to you.
You don’t have to admit it now, and wait for the day when you are captured without any help.
I will see what you have to say.
Don’t think that I am easy to fool.
If there is no evidence, I will never do it in front of you.
I have brought this matter up in front of you.
I hope you can understand that the rebellion may not have been instigated by you, but this person has a close relationship with you.
If you can allow him to remain in the imperial court before he sends troops to suppress it, He surrendered to the imperial court before, so I can let you forget the blame, or let you set an example for other vassals and towns.
Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, but if they can be reined in in time, it is not unforgivable."
"I have also done some research on the rebellion of Chu Yun.
He did not want to rebel, but was forced to rebel.
Now is the time to turn back.
There is still time.
If he persists in his persistence, not only will he die, but he will also die.
Your entire Cui family will not be spared.
Don’t think that you, aristocratic families, can influence the government and do whatever you want.
As long as this king is in charge for a day, no one can control the situation in the world.”
Others may not know it, but Zhao Ziliang knows very well that the reason for the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion is not only the intensification of the conflict between An Lushan and Yang Guozhong, but also the result of the manipulation of the powerful families behind the scenes.
Yang Guozhong was not well-known at all before Yang Yuhuan became the imperial concubine, and his family background was just average.
He relied on Yang Guifei to become the prime minister and gained power.
What he did after becoming the prime minister greatly touched the family.
The interests of the rich people happen to be The national loyalists were also afraid of An Lushan's military power, so the aristocratic families added fuel to the flames to deepen the conflict between Yang Guozhong and An Lushan.
At the same time, they secretly helped An Lushan deceive the court and allow him to develop his power.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to develop his power in just a few years.
It just got to that point.
What the aristocratic families did not expect was that although the Anlushan rebellion eventually eliminated Yang Guozhong and his party members, Anlushan was already in a catastrophic situation.
What they did not expect was that they would wantonly annex the land, leaving the people with no land to farm. , An and Shi were in the river The northern region killed all the wealthy families, returned the fields to the people, won the support of the people, and adopted a series of policies to consolidate the power.
This was what An Lushan, Shi Siming, An Qingxu, and Shi Chaoyi were able to persist for eight years. direct cause.
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Cui Yuan was sweating profusely when he heard this, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, please calm down.
In the past, the emperor was stupid and was deceived by others to the point where the imperial court was in a state of collapse.
Only then did the aristocratic families think of bringing in external forces to rectify the imperial court.
But who would have thought that the situation would be out of control?
Jean Anshi After the rebellion was put down, someone in the court came up with a bad idea to let the remnants of Anshi survive, which brought huge hidden dangers to the court.
All of this is not the fault of our family. ah" "Humph" Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly: "It's not your family's fault, then whose fault is it?
If the family hadn't been too greedy and wantonly annexed people's lands, causing the court to lose a lot of people's support, it would have been impossible for An Shi and his generation to launch a rebellion. continued For such a long time, the people have relied on the few acres of land in their hands to support their families and carry on the family line.
Land is their lifeblood.
You have taken away their lifeblood.
How can they not rebel?
If someone wants you to die, you Will you fight him tooth and nail?"
"Look now.
The aristocratic families have annexed the farmers' land, but left those lands uncultivated.
How many fields have been laid waste.
What benefits have you received?
We will talk about these things later.
I will give you two months to let you know.
Cui Ning, go back to Chang'an to plead guilty, otherwise your Cui family will be in disaster.
Believe it or not, without the Cui family in this world, the sun will still rise from the east and set from the west every day."
Cui Yuan was sweating like rain.
He was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Yes, I will obey your orders and I will definitely let you return to the imperial court."
After Cui Yuan left, Zhao Ziliang got up and walked around in the lobby, "Du Jianhong has fallen to this level.
There is no use for him to stay in Chengdu.
Someone came and drafted an edict, ordering Du Jianhong to return to Chang'an to report on his duties and receive the order."
Set off immediately afterwards without any delay.”
"Yes, Your Majesty" Zhao Ziliang called Xuan Shiba again and said: "Go and communicate with Yushitai Wu Shan.
Du Jianhong's matter will be handed over to Yushitai.
After he leaves Xichuan, Yushitai will immediately intervene in the investigation, no matter what Anyone who greets or intercedes will be rejected.”
"clear" "One more thing.
Last time I asked you to investigate the matter of someone in the imperial court colluding with the feudal town.
How did the investigation go?"
Xuan Shiba said: "According to the list of people provided by Wei Boyu, my subordinates sent people to monitor these people and roughly figured out the people who had been in contact with them.
However, my subordinates cannot guarantee whether there are others who are hiding deeper. , have not been exposed.
If we take action now, those who have not been exposed will probably never be exposed again.
It would be a pity to let the big fish escape."
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "You can't think too much when doing things, and you can't have too many worries.
If you don't take action now, leaving them will only leak more secrets of the court, which will cause greater losses to the court.
Let's first tell these things that have been determined to the feudal town.
Arrest all those who have colluded Besides, after catching them and conducting surprise interrogations, we can always find out some more people.
If there are still big fish lurking, these people will surface sooner or later after we successfully reduce the vassal.
No need to wait any longer, and do a good job of catching them.
Let’s take action immediately after arresting and deploying.”
Xuan Shiba agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty, but the number of people under your command who can participate in the operation is limited.
If arrests are to be carried out at the same time, I am afraid that other forces will have to be used.
Your Majesty, if you allow it, please deploy military forces to participate.
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This will not will be disturbed and obstructed” Zhao Ziliang thought about it for a moment, shook his head and said: "No, military force cannot be used for non-military operations.
I, the king, must make good rules and abide by them.
No one else dares to come here randomly.
Go and tell Jingzhao Prefecture Yin Li Mian to come over."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Soon, Li Mian hurried over from Jingzhao Mansion.
When he saw Zhao Ziliang, he bowed to him and said, "I am here to see you, your Majesty."
Zhao Ziliang said: "I won't give you any more nonsense.
There is a case that requires the use of Jingzhao Mansion's agents and yamen.
Xuan Shiba has been ordered to investigate the collusion between the imperial court and the feudal town.
Although there are some big fish and Xiaoyu has not been found yet, but it has Those people who were found out were still providing a steady stream of information to the various vassals and towns, betraying the interests of the court.
Therefore, these people had brought too much losses to the court, and their existence had seriously threatened the security of the court's secrets. king Originally, I wanted to wait until all the people who colluded with the town were found out before taking action, but now it seems that I have to act in advance, first arrest those who have clear evidence of collusion with the town, and then slowly dig deeper.
I'll call you here this time , just want Jingzhao Mansion to send out government officials and detectives to assist Xuan Shiba in handling the case.
Since it is not a military operation, it is not appropriate to use military force.
However, Xuan Shiba has limited manpower to participate in the operation, so he can only let Jingzhao Mansion.
Deploy manpower to assist in handling the case.”
Li Mian's face was serious when he heard this, and he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, it involves the secrets and security of the imperial court, and Jingzhao Mansion is bound to do this.
Please rest assured, Your Majesty, our Jingzhao Mansion will fully cooperate with General Xuan."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, but there is one thing I need to remind you.
Among the people who have colluded with the vassal town are high officials of the imperial court, and their official positions and titles are not low.
These people have great influence in Chang'an, maybe They have spies hidden among the government officials and policemen of Jingzhao Mansion, so confidentiality before taking action is the first priority; in addition, do not worry about the identity of the other party when taking action.
Since they can do such a thing, they are no longer worthy of being ministers of the Tang Dynasty. " Li Mian cupped his hands and said, "I understand."
Xuan Shiba immediately communicated and discussed with Li Mian, deployed the action plan, and improved the details of the action plan.
After a day of arrangement and deployment, the operation was finally launched late at night the next day.
A total of thirty-two arrest teams started arresting at the same time. action.
Thirty-two officials, big and small, were arrested almost at the same time, and were all taken to a secret location for surprise interrogation.
After dawn, the court ministers just received the news, and the thirty-two arrested officials confessed to six more people.
Xuan Shiba immediately sent people to arrest the six people.
This operation only took one night to destroy the relationships and detailed work networks that the vassal towns had painstakingly managed in the court.
This operation caused a huge stir in the government and the public.
The government and the public did not understand whether this was Zhao Ziliang's real arrest, or whether Zhao Ziliang was using this to eliminate dissidents.
However, it is undeniable that these arrested people were indeed deployed by vassal towns in various places.
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