Chapter 692: The Imperial Meeting Dingwang Li Tong was ordered by the emperor to escort the princess of Jiguo, who was renamed Mrs.
Ji Guo, and the princess Gu Yun, who was renamed the lord of Anguo, to leave Chang'an and rush to Jiangnan for a big wedding.
After passing Xuzhou, before crossing the river, Ji Guo suddenly fell ill and had a high fever.
Li Tong had no choice but to lead the team back to Xuzhou and order the local officials to invite a famous doctor to treat Ji Guo's illness.
Although it was only because of the cold in the middle of the night, Ji Guo was weak, and her body suffered heavy blows one after another before, after all, it left a lot of hidden dangers, and the old and new diseases were superimposed, causing her to launch a high fever and be bedridden for several days.
Li Tong had no choice but to stop in Xuzhou, preparing to wait for Ji Guo to recover from his illness before hurrying.
Bone clouds actually don't matter.
She didn't have a good impression of Kong Sheng, and was forced to sign a marriage contract with Kong Sheng, also to protect the life of her father-in-law, Moyan Khan, and to maintain the overall situation of the so-called peace alliance between Hui and the Tang Dynasty.
So one day earlier and one day later to Jiangning, Gu Yun was indifferent.
In fact, she couldn't wait not to go to Jiangnan Jiguo who was sick in bed, so she went on outings or practiced riding and archery martial arts in and out of Xuzhou City, enjoying herself.
Because of her special status, the Xuzhou local government welcomed her to the greatest extent and met Guyun's various requirements to the greatest extent.
Li Tong didn't know that in the two days that Ji Guo was ill, several major events happened in the capital one after another.
The first major event was the return of Emperor Li Longji and Crown Prince Li Yu to Chang'an from the Lishan Palace.
The old emperor was placed in the Lishan Palace for retirement out of a certain jealousy, because there are no two emperors today, and the old emperor's various restorations are ready to move, which led to the emperor's decision.
In fact, the emperor did not have a second choice.
If he turns a blind eye to the small actions behind the old emperor, then, under the demagogy of many old ministers, the old emperor will definitely not give up on regaining the throne, because this throne is originally the old emperor's, and the emperor just took advantage of the crisis of An Lushan's rebellion to replace him.
The emperor was originally ruthless and prepared to let the old emperor die in Lishan.
But the old emperor suddenly fell seriously ill and was bedridden for a long time, and the imperial doctor in the palace had no results in diagnosis and treatment, and finally reluctantly came to the conclusion that the old emperor was terminally ill and died soon.
Repeated changes, ups and downs in life, the throne was taken away by his son, there was no one around to take care of himself, and the endless authority was reduced to a lonely man guarding the Lishan Palace, and the depression of the old emperor's mood can be imagined.
Coupled with his age, a little wind chill induced a severe illness of typhoid fever, and it was difficult to return.
After all, the emperor is still soft-hearted and a filial person.
After careful consideration, he still agreed to the third request of Yan Zhenqing and others, a close minister of the old emperor, to let the old emperor return to Chang'an for treatment, and then enjoy his old age in peace.
And the crown prince Li Yu stayed by the old emperor's side and escorted the old emperor all the way back to Beijing, which was not considered a violation of the emperor's holy decree.
Just after Li Yu knelt outside the Lin De Hall and wept bitterly, the emperor sighed and made another holy decree, reciting the crown prince's sincere filial piety to the old emperor, and allowing the crown prince to end his claustrophobic stay in Lishan and return to the East Palace.
But in the holy decree, he also warned the prince to abide by the etiquette and law and do his best for the country.
Kong Sheng didn't know these circumstances, otherwise it would not be difficult for Kong Sheng to guess that there must be masters around Li Yu who were behind him to give advice behind his back, aiming at the emperor's weakness, or making a comeback.
Still, the emperor's vigilance remained undiminished.
Although Li Yu returned to the East Palace, he did not dare to form a party with the courtiers as in the past, he spent most of his time studying behind closed doors in the East Palace, rarely interacting with the outside world, and even refused the worship of many people who were originally princelings.
All the government is in the hands of Li Mi and Du Hongji.
And the military power of the capital, the commander of the forbidden army is Nan Jiyun.
Of course, nominally the emperor himself was in charge of the forbidden army, and Nan Jiyun was just the emperor's deputy envoy.
Recently, there is another person who has been reused by the emperor, that is, Zhang Xun, the deputy envoy of Shenlongwei.
Zhang Xun's loyalty and talent were deeply appreciated by the emperor, and if it weren't for the fact that Shenlongwei was currently uncontrolled, he would have let Zhang Xun leave the pavilion to pay respects.
After the old emperor and the prince of the East Palace returned to Chang'an, they were fine.
But in two days, Chang'an was turbulent, and representatives from the major families in the south of the Yangtze River rushed to the feet of the Son of Heaven one after another, and accused Kong Sheng, the king of Jiangning County, in various ways through the magnates in the capital behind them.
Many courtiers participated in Kong Sheng's book at the court meeting.
Taken together, there are three main charges against Kong Sheng: one is to falsely spread the holy decree and be a prestige in Jiangnan; the second is to oppress the family and the scholars, seize the wealth of the family, and collect wealth frantically; The third is to depose the imperial court Juntian Decree without authorization.
The emperor didn't pay much attention to these messy so-called accusations at first.
Some wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River came to the capital to complain, and the emperor was somewhat displeased.
Moreover, he had a basic understanding of Kong Sheng, and knew that Kong Sheng was not a greedy person at all, and no one knew better than the emperor what kind of total wealth the Kong family merchant under Kong Sheng's name had.
All the expenses in the palace around the emperor's degree and Shenlongwei are supported by Kong Sheng's personal strength, such a person you accuse him of crazy wealth in Jiangnan, how can the emperor believe it But there were too many people who couldn't hold the accusation, and the emperor was forced to have no choice but to pretend to let Li Mi come forward and let Yousi investigate it, which was originally the idea of delaying it.
At the same time, he secretly instructed Li Yu to send Kong Sheng a letter to the past, and asked him to pay attention not to make a fuss in Jiangnan.
The emperor was very tired of the two-day court meeting, but recently the court has a lot of government affairs, the problem of pacifying and exterminating Shi Siming's Hedong rebels, the problem of the imperial treasury being stretched, and even the question of whether to restore the imperial examination and the selection of scholars have all come to plague the emperor.
This kind of fundamental matter related to the world, the emperor cannot make his own decisions, and must be discussed and determined through the court meeting.
But as long as there is a court meeting, one cannot be controlled, and it will be alienated into a personal criticism meeting against Kong Sheng.
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Many courtiers took the trouble to write under various banners, asking the emperor to remove Kong Sheng from the title of county prince and the military and political power of the commander-in-chief of Jiangnan and Shannan, and at least to stop Kong Sheng's misdeeds in Jiangnan.
The emperor was helpless.
He suddenly realized that these people who came to Kong Sheng should be the crown prince Li Yu standing behind them.
Don't look at Li Yu staying in the East Palace honestly these days, but the so-called easy nature of the country is difficult to change, with Li Yu's means and character, he will definitely not let go of this good opportunity to suppress Kong Sheng.
But as long as Li Yu doesn't stand up publicly, the emperor can't do anything about him.
So at today's court meeting, the emperor was a little irritable.
There are so many national affairs that no one discusses, and the imperial court has raised so many civil and military generals, and it is only a few people like Li Mi and Du Hongjian who can really solve his problems, and most of them have no other ability except to fight for power and profit, except for framing each other.
The emperor sat on his dragon chair, his expression gloomy as he glanced at some of the chattering people in the main hall, but he couldn't vent his anger in his heart.
His deep gaze suddenly stayed on the crown prince Li Yu, who was standing quietly on the side, and he secretly regretted it.
But the old emperor was seriously ill, and if he did not allow the old emperor to return to Chang'an for treatment, he would be infamous for being unfilial and criticized by the world.
And the crown prince Li Yu followed the old emperor back to Beijing, went to the Taiji Palace every day to ask the old emperor for peace, and wrote to express his repentance, if he continued to confine him in the Lishan Palace, it would not be a long way.
Li Yu seemed to be aware of the projection of the emperor's sharp eyes, but his face was calm, and the ancient well was not wavering.
The previous expulsion by the emperor in the Lishan Palace, this made Li Yu suddenly realize that his weak and bullying father was actually not so easy to deal with, although half of the ministers in the court threw themselves to him, but because the military power was not in his hands, he did not dare to act rashly, and had to bow his head to the emperor to admit his mistakes.
The power of the forbidden army was personally controlled by the emperor, and the deputy general Nan Jiyun came from Kong Sheng's disciples.
Zhang Xun, the recently favored Zhang Xun who controls Shenlongwei, is also the person recommended by Kong Sheng.
Li Yu has been thinking about how to take down these two people for the past two days.
As long as these two people were pulled under the gate of the East Palace, the emperor would become a bird that had lost its wings.
Li Yu did not act rashly.
He knew that the emperor was staring at him, and the elusive shadow guards beside the emperor must be constantly monitoring the movements of the East Palace, and his every move in Chang'an City would not escape the emperor's field of vision.
Of course, Li Yu is not in a hurry, anyway, Kong Sheng, who he fears the most, is already far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is difficult to quench his thirst in the distant water.
Recently, the wealthy family of Jiangnan has repeatedly come to Beijing to sue the royal court, which is in the arms of Li Yu, he took advantage of the situation, it is best to bring down Kong Sheng, it doesn't matter if he can't be defeated, at least he wants to stink Kong Sheng's reputation.
Li Yu had no intention of stepping forward to touch the emperor's sensitive nerves.
But late yesterday, Song Ning's son Song Bin rushed to the capital and forwarded to him Song Ning's participation in Kong Sheng and an urgent report about the civil unrest in Jiangnan, which made Li Yu ecstatic.
Those accusations that Kong Sheng is crazy about accumulating money and doing misdeeds in Jiangnan will not be valued by the emperor at all, but Jiangnan Yancao is not trivial, and now half of the financial resources and rice of the Tang Dynasty come from Jiangnan, which is related to the national fortune and financial income of the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor's attention can be imagined.
Nothing can be done without money, not to mention that counterinsurgency requires money, but to feed these powerful people in Chang'an, they need a lot of money and food.
Moreover, it is also about the civil unrest in Jiangnan.
The small-scale rebellion of more than 100,000 displaced people may not be taken seriously by the imperial court, but if the salt transfer of the imperial court is blocked because of the civil turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River, Li Yu can almost imagine the scene of the emperor's rage.
Therefore, Li Yu felt that the opportunity had come.
Kong Sheng is finished.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Yu suddenly turned around and walked out, bowing down to the emperor: "Father, the son has a reward" The emperor's eyes instantly became sharp, and he sneered in his heart: "Finally, you still can't help it, and I know that you will still be unable to hold it after all." ” The emperor smiled faintly: "If the prince has anything to say, I will listen to you."
Li Yu's voice was condensed, and he said word by word: "Erchen received an urgent report from the Jiangnan Yancao transfer envoy, because Kongsheng, the king of Jiangning County, deposed the imperial court Juntian order in Jiangnan, which caused Yuan Ying, a gentry of Deqing County, and his gang to gather 100,000 local displaced people to rebel, kill the county magistrate, capture the county seat, burn and plunder, and the people of Jiangnan were miserable, and the salt and cao transfer made more than 100 trucks of salt and cao hoarded by the yamen in Deqing and was looted by traitors."
Although Li Yu's voice was not loud, the words and sentences exploded above the hall like thunder.
The emperor's face changed suddenly, Huo Ran got up and said in a trembling voice: "Prince, what you said is true" Li Yu remained silent, took out Song Ning's document from his bosom and handed it over: "The stakes are very high, how dare the sons say that this is an urgent report from Song Ning, the Jiangnan Yancao transfer envoy, please take a look at it."
Zhu Huiguang hurriedly came down to fetch it for the emperor.
The emperor took it and glanced at it casually, and his face immediately became extremely gloomy.
No matter how Kong Sheng tossed in Jiangnan, the emperor never took it seriously, because he knew Kong Sheng, Kong Sheng was by no means the kind of person who was greedy for money and good things, and the reason he made in Jiangnan was because he wanted to seize power from the local magnates in Jiangnan, which caused a strong backlash.
But Jiangnan Yancao is different If the Jiangnan Yancao is lost, the Tang Dynasty will not be able to operate.
This is a key factor in the importance he attaches to the salt in the south of the Yangtze River.
And although Song Ning is only a fourth-grade official, he still has a certain place in his heart, at least he knows that there is such a magistrate.
And there are so many fourth- and fifth-grade magistrates in the world that no one can go straight to heaven like Song Ning.
In the main hall, the courtiers were silent.
Li Mi and Du Hong gradually quickly exchanged a shocked look, Li Mi hesitated for a while, but still stepped forward and bowed and said: "May I ask His Royal Highness the Prince, the people in Jiangnan are in turmoil blocking Yancao, why did the household department of the imperial court not receive an urgent report from the Yancao Yamen in Jiangnan, and even worse, the Jiangnan Local Government did not send an urgent report to the imperial court, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince got the news first."
Li Yu glanced at Li Yu coldly, and said lightly: "Li Xiang, do you mean that this palace lies to deceive my father and the lords?"
Li Mi bowed down: "The old man doesn't dare."
But the stakes are very high, and Li Mi has to ask questions to find out the reason. ” Li Mi really got to the point.
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After the emperor was furious, his gloomy gaze was even more projected on Li Yu's body.
Naturally, the news could not be fake, and Song Ning must not have the courage to make a false report.
However, the urgent report of the local government did not come, and the urgent report of the Yancao official in Jiangnan did not report to the direct management of the Yamen Portal Department, and the people in the household department did not know about it, but the news reached the East Palace, if Li Yu could not give a reasonable explanation, the emperor would naturally not give up.
But since Li Yu stood up, he naturally had a way to deal with it.
Li Yu ignored Li Yu, but bowed to the emperor: "Father, the Jiangnan Yancao transfer made Song Ning have an old relationship with his sons in the past, so the second people blocked the Yancao in the past, which was caused by Kong Sheng, the king of Jiangning County, and Song Ning knew that Kong Sheng was high and powerful and was the favorite of his father, so he was afraid that the news would be suppressed and delay the military affairs of the imperial court, so he had to dare to ask his sons to transfer it to his father and the emperor, and he went straight to the heavens.
If there is something wrong, the son is willing to accept the punishment."
The corners of the Emperor's mouth twitched.
Li Yu's explanation was very reluctant, but no one could tell the flaw.
In fact, even if Song Ning was a person from the East Palace, this did not affect the seriousness of this matter in the slightest.
The emperor's face was gloomy like water, and he sat on the dragon chair and looked around with a cold face: "The civil turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River and the blockage of salt and water are related to the foundation of the imperial court, and you Aiqing can have a countermeasure."
Li Yu bowed down: "Erchen thinks" Before Li Yu's words were finished, he was interrupted by the emperor impatiently waving his hand: "The prince is calm and impatient, and listen to your Aiqing's discussion." ” The corners of Li Yu's mouth twitched, and he retreated silently, but the cruel color in his eyes flashed.
Everyone looked at each other and fell silent.
Li Mi took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if this matter is true, the court naturally cannot slack off.
First, it is necessary to immediately send troops to suppress the civil unrest, and second, to immediately resume the transshipment of salt and water.
The minister is not talented, and he is willing to ask for a decree to host this matter. ” The emperor was just about to nod his head in permission, but Li Yu sneered on the side: "Li Xiang, the people in Jiangnan are in turmoil and the salt is blocked, and the imperial court should immediately send troops to quell the chaos and restore the salt and water immediately."
Father, in the opinion of his sons, can order Li Guangbi to send troops from Luoyang to Jiangnan to protect the safety of Yancao in Jiangnan.
More importantly, Kong Sheng, the culprit who led to the civil unrest and the damage to the salt of the imperial court, if he was not punished, the people of the Jiangnan clan would be unstable. ” Du Hong gradually smiled, and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the people are blocking Yancao, and there must be a reason, but just because of an urgent report from the Yancao official in Jiangnan, the charges will be imposed on the body of King Kongjun, is it too hasty Moreover, Li Guangbi's army is joining forces with Guo Ziyi to encircle and suppress Shi Siming in Hedong. ” "Your Majesty, the incident happened in Jiangnan, there are still tens of thousands of Jiangnan officials and soldiers in Jiangnan, not the following edict ordered the King of Kong County to lead the army to quell the rebellion, with the King of Kong County in the past years to quell the chaos in Henan and recover the eastern capital of Luoyang, the name of the people's unrest is actually not enough to worry about."
Li Yu laughed wildly, but his voice became indifferent: "Du Xiang, Jiangnan has been stable so far, even if the Central Plains is in turmoil, and thieves and iron horses are rampant, then Jiangnan is also prosperous."
But Kong Sheng went to Jiangnan to open a mansion for less than half a year, Jiangnan was convenient for the people to live in chaos, and the officials and gentry of the Jiangnan Shi clan were full of complaints, and those who went to Beijing to sue the emperor came one after another, Du Xiang dared to say that this had nothing to do with Kong Sheng."
"Kong Sheng was ordered by the emperor to open the Jiangnan government, and was in charge of the military and political affairs of Jiangnan, Shannan, and Nannan.
Father, sons, think that if Kong Sheng is not severely punished, he will not be able to convince the public that the current rebellion of Shi Siming in Hedong is not settled, and if Jiangnan is unstable, it will inevitably lead to the emptiness of the imperial treasury, which will cause chaos in the whole world, and ask my father to think twice."
Li Yu's words were generous and eloquent.
As soon as Li Yu's voice fell, many courtiers from the prince's faction went out to echo him, and for a while, the hall became a pot of porridge, the emperor's face was pale, and the anger in his heart was rising little by little.
Li Mi gradually cast a worried glance at Du Hong.
Although the two had the intention to say something fair for Kong Sheng, the situation and situation were already under the control of the two of them under the impetus of Li Yu, and they were not even controlled by the emperor.
If the emperor does not punish Kong Sheng, I am afraid it will be really difficult to face these courtiers.
The emperor's heart fluctuated, but he was really angry.
As Li Yu said, Kong Sheng is to blame for this matter.
Anyway, since Kong Sheng went to Jiangnan, Jiangnan has been in chaos, and the prosperous land of Jiangnan that has been calm for dozens or hundreds of years has had civil unrest after Kong Sheng opened his mansion in Jiangning, is it too much of a coincidence The emperor got up slowly and walked down the Danqi step by step, his expression becoming more and more ugly.
He looked around at the ministers, his gloomy gaze swept over Li Yu, and said indifferently: "Spread my edict, remove Kong Sheng from the power of the military and government of Jiangnan and Shannan, and punish him for half a year, and return to Beijing on a certain day, and I will punish him in person."
In addition, he ordered Jiangnan to dispose of Yang Qi's army to quell the chaos and restore Yancao.
Tell Yang Qi that if Jiangnan Yancao is lost, I can't spare him" oshow7 t1706231537: