Chapter 767: Emperor Shi 1 Daming Palace, Naturalization Palace.
The emperor paced back and forth in the hall restlessly, these days, in fact, he was more tormented than the Manchu civil and military forces and the Li Tang clan outside the city, and he was also anxiously waiting for Kong Sheng's final decision.
If Kong Sheng ascended the throne and became emperor, Li Tang would finish playing, and the Li Tang clan would all be reduced to prisoners or exiled.
The ancestors' society and country are about to be cut off on him and Li Yu, the father and son, under the nine springs, how to meet the ancestors and ancestors Zhu Huiguang's footsteps were hurried, and his voice trembled: "Your Majesty, King Zheng asks to see" Li Heng's face tightened, and he immediately stopped and calmed down: "Please let him in" Kong Sheng walked in slowly, looking at the increasingly old and haggard emperor in front of him, he arched his hand and said, "Minister Kong Sheng, I have seen Your Majesty" Li Heng smiled bitterly: "Kong Sheng, you and I are not like kings and ministers now, what else can you say when you come to the palace to see me now, do you want to tell me that I can abdicate and make way for Xian." ” Kong Sheng was silent.
The corners of Li Heng's mouth trembled, and he sighed: "I finally waited for this day, and I am relieved."
I never imagined that you and I would have such a day.
I think back then, I went out of the palace, entrusted with important responsibilities, gave heavy powers, regarded you as a descendant of my nephew, and continued to be favored.
Later, he did not hesitate to violate Li Tang's etiquette law and marry Ji Guoxia to you so much, so that I can be embarrassed" Kong Sheng smiled and said: "Your Majesty, who can you blame if you are in this situation today, if it is not for Your Majesty and the crown prince Li Yu to be suspicious of me and have to put me to death, why should I be hostile to Your Majesty in turn?"
"Your Majesty and the royal family of Li Tang both think that I want to take away Li Tang's country, but I don't know that Your Majesty has actually given me a big problem.
Don't hide it from Your Majesty, I am a lazy person, and if I want to be the emperor and rule the world, I don't have that mind or interest.
Kong Sheng said softly.
Li Heng's eyes lit up: "So, you are willing to return to me."
"Your Majesty, do you think that in this situation, can you continue to be the emperor Although I don't have the heart to be the emperor, I can't help but think about the people around me.
As long as I retreat, they will become meat on the board of the Li Tang royal family, and they will be slaughtered, right?"
"So, I have to do something."
Kong Sheng said word by word: "I must give an explanation to the people who have followed me all these years." ” The corners of Li Heng's mouth twitched: "Don't say it so high-soundingly, don't you just want to be the emperor Since that's the case, I will issue an edict and give you the throne, but I hope that for the sake of Ji Guo, treat the clan well, don't kill them all, and leave a way for my Li royal family to survive." ” Kong Sheng smiled, slowly took two steps forward, and suddenly said softly: "I don't know what Your Majesty thinks, among Your Majesty's many princes, who can succeed to the throne and become emperor."
As soon as Kong Sheng's words came out, Li Heng was taken aback, he was pleasantly surprised, but his heart immediately went cold, and he realized that Kong Sheng didn't want to be the emperor directly, but wanted to support a puppet to go up, he looked at Kong Sheng deeply, and couldn't say a word.
"I want to say that King Zhao Li can be the emperor, what do you think" The emperor sighed for a long time and said: "But I think you must have a candidate, if I guess correctly, it must be King Li Tong."
Kong Sheng laughed: "Your Majesty guessed wrong again, I appreciate Your Majesty's Royal Highness the Fourteenth Prince more" Li Heng was stunned.
He has fourteen sons, except for a few sons who died young, Li Yu is now locked up in a prison waiting to be disposed of, that is, the princes of Zhao Wang Li and Dingwang Li Tong are considered to be successful.
As for the fourteen princes mentioned by Kong Sheng, his name is Li Xi, born to a harem slave, with a humble status, and he has always liked Buddhism and lived in seclusion in the deep palace for a long time, and no one cares.
If it weren't for Kong Sheng's sudden mention, Li Heng almost forgot that he still had this son.
Li Heng was stunned for a long time, stomped his feet, and said sadly: "I understand, you want to let my youngest prince and the most unsuccessful prince become the emperor, be controlled by you, and become your puppet, Kong Sheng, you are so vicious."
Kong Sheng smiled coldly: "Your Majesty, I don't agree with this.
I have never wanted to manipulate anyone, and among these princes of Your Majesty, although the Li family of King Zhao is quite ambitious, he lacks the courage to be emperor.
King Li Tong has been planning for the throne for a long time, but his city is deep, and I don't like it.
After thinking about it repeatedly, I think that the Fourteenth Prince is the most suitable to inherit the throne.
Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will definitely assist the Fourteen Princes well, open up the territory, stabilize the world, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and become a generation of masters" Li Heng was extremely angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it again.
In fact, there is nothing to say, now that this layer of window paper has been pierced, what else to say Kong Sheng wants to support a puppet emperor, naturally choose the best person to control, and the fourteenth prince Li Xi is the most suitable person.
"After all, I still saved the last face and decency for the Li Tang clan.
If His Majesty does not approve, Kong can only overstep his own position as emperor.
Kong Sheng bowed down and said, "Please give an edict to abdicate and ask the fourteenth prince to succeed to the throne."
Evening.
An edict of the emperor that shook the whole city was sent out of the palace.
The emperor issued an edict of abdication and became the emperor.
The second edict was urgently issued, canonizing the 14th prince Li Xi as the crown prince, and the enthronement ceremony will be held tomorrow.
In the early morning of the next day, the Great Pilgrimage Meeting.
All the Chang'an magnates and Li Tang clans who were summoned to the palace were uneasy in their hearts, and their feelings were extremely complicated.
Kong Sheng did not claim the title of emperor himself, but forced the emperor to abdicate, and then supported the emperor's most inconspicuous fourteenth prince, Li Xi, to ascend the throne and become emperor, which surprised everyone.
But after thinking about it, these fourteen princes are the most inconspicuous, the dishes are only twelve or thirty-four, and they don't ask about the world, Kong Sheng chose to let Li Xi be the puppet emperor, naturally in order to better control the imperial power and political power.
When the news reached the Anning Palace, Empress Zhang was desperate and stood outside the palace as if she had lost her soul.
And the young Li Tong screamed and fainted on the spot.
For the fourteenth prince Li Xi, what happened this night was like a pie in the world and a lucky star fell on him, he never thought that this emperor's throne would be his turn to sit.
Since late yesterday night, his mind has been blank, and Zhu Huiguang has commanded a group of eunuchs to teach etiquette in dragon robes, and began to make various preparations for the enthronement ceremony that will be hastily carried out tomorrow.
He went from a lowly prince who was not looked down upon by eunuchs and palace maids in the palace to an emperor, and the young Li Xi didn't know what to do.
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In fact, he didn't have the slightest thought about the imperial power, because of his humble background, his mother died early, and he stayed in the palace to survive, and he never thought that the supreme imperial power was so close to him, and it was already at his fingertips.
Although everyone knows that he is a puppet emperor supported by Kong Sheng, the emperor is an emperor after all, even if he is a puppet, no one dares to underestimate him.
At least for the Li Tang clan, the existence of such a puppet representative means that thousands of people in the Li Tang clan can temporarily keep their current glory and wealth, and of course the power is gone.
The so-called enthronement ceremony was very simple, only a few major procedural links were carried out, and the young Li Xi sat on the throne of the emperor he had never seen before, surrounded by a group of eunuchs and palace maids, and his expression was dazed and numb.
In the shouts of everyone, the young man Li Xi looked up blankly at Kong Sheng, who was standing at the head of the ministers, with a calm expression, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Zhu Huiguang lightly stabbed the little emperor, and said softly in the ear of the young man Li Xi: "Your Majesty, now you can issue an edict."
Li Xuan sighed, and turned his head to look at Zhu Huiguang a little helplessly.
Zhu Huiguang looked at Kong Sheng with a frightened expression, Kong Sheng nodded slightly, and Zhu Huiguang cleared his throat and began to issue the first edict after ascending the throne on behalf of the emperor.
The emperor canonized Du Hongjian and Li Mi as the left and right ministers, and enabled Zhang Xun, Yan Zhenqing, Nan Jiyun, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and others.
Pei Yuanli and other subordinates of the former East Palace were demoted out of Beijing, and all the generals under Kong Sheng were named liehous.
The emperor issued an edict to canonize Kong Sheng as the Taishi, the general of Tiance, the king of Zheng and the commander-in-chief of Henan, Shannan, Jiangnan, and Guannei, and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and respected him as: the emperor.
The government is in the hands of Li Mi and Du Hong, Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Xun, and the military power is in the hands of Kong Sheng, which is of course what Kong Sheng meant.
He knew very well in his heart that his authority came from military power, and if he didn't hold military power, he would naturally not be able to control the scene.
As for the emperor, it's just a false name.
Li Mi and Du Hong gradually continued to be reused, which was expected by everyone.
But Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi will still continue to hold the military power, especially Guo Ziyi also received the secretary of the military department and became the nominal military chief of the current new imperial court, and Zhang Xun and Yan Zhenqing also entered the sixth ministry as chief officials and became core officials, which surprised many people.
Wu Xianwu Xie Li Biao and Li Hu continued to be generals in the army and were made marquis.
Yang Tong was appointed as the head of the household department, and Yuan Chao was appointed as the head of the Ministry of Rites.
This is enough to show that Kong Sheng is very sober in employing people, although Yang Tong and Yuan Chao are talented and one of their henchmen, they have no experience in governing the country, and it is definitely not appropriate to put them in the position of Zaifu all of a sudden.
Rayong succeeded Zhang Xun and took over Shenlongwei.
As for Nan Jiyun, he continued to control the forbidden army in the capital.
It's just that Kong Sheng divided the Shence army into three guards, the left, the middle and the right, the left guard was handed over to Wu Xian, the right guard was handed over to Li Biao, and the middle guard was handed over to Nan Yong.
Without the cooperation of these three guards, Nan Jiyun, the titular general of the Shence Army, would be useless.
The back garden of the palace of the king.
Li Xuan sat under the osmanthus tree in the garden, with a copy of the Tao Te Ching on her lap.
Since leaving King Zheng's Mansion on the day of the fight, she has been like water, forcibly leaving all the ties of Hongchen behind and entering her own world.
Li Ju and Li Chuan hurriedly arrived, and Li Ju sighed lightly: "My son, there has been a big change in the court, and the new emperor has ascended the throne as the emperor, can you still sit here" oshow7 t1706231537: