Time blink of an eye to January of the following year, a heavy snow once again rose and fell, so that the entire northern part of the Tang Dynasty was covered in the snow, at the beginning of the new year, there were changes in various places, the Tang Dynasty Empress Dowager issued a decree in the New Year's Dynasty, officially changed the name of the year to Yuanhe, gave the regent Guo Song Jiuxi and Huang Luogai, and gave the Son of Heaven sword, acting as the Son of Heaven.

At the same time, the queen mother summoned Li Si, the envoy of the Lingnan Jiedu, Han Rong, the envoy of the Liangzhejiang Jiedu, Liu Qia, the envoy of the Jiangnan East Jiedu, and the Jiangnan West Jiedu Ma Sui to report on their work.

At the same time, Luoyang also underwent great changes, Zhu Jun officially changed the name of the country to Han, called himself the Zhu Han Dynasty, and granted amnesty to the world, and each of the hundred officials was promoted to a level, and ordered to take out 30,000 stone of grain to help the poor and weak, and sympathize with the people.

At the same time, Zhu Jun issued an order to order Gao You, the king of Huainan County, Xue Lun, the king of Guangling County, the king of Pengcheng County, and Dong Xizhi, the king of Xiangyang County, to come to Luoyang to congratulate.

After returning to Luoyang from the defeat of Hebei, Zhu Zhu's mood has been sluggish, he is even more obsessed with the harem, especially the favor of the concubine Liu Meifeng, Liu Guifei's family has also become the number one magnate in the imperial court, Liu Guifei's brother Liu Feng was named by Zhu Zhu as the secretary of the order and the secretary of the ministry, mastering the power of the ministry and the jurisdiction of the six ministries, the eunuch Wang Xianzhong was named the internal envoy order, for Zhu Zhu's correction of the folds, the power is monstrous, and the court officials called the dedication.

This Wang Xiangong claimed to be fair and upright, and even assured Zhu Jun that he would never participate in the factional struggle of the imperial court, but in fact, this Wang Xiangong only recognized money and did not recognize people, and whoever gave more money would do things for whomever he wanted, precisely because he was insatiable, and he was called greedy behind him.

Due to the strong rise of Liu Feng and Wang Xianzhong, a group of old magnates were demoted one after another, first of all, the general Zhang Guangsheng resigned, and Zhu Zhu's approval was obtained, he was removed from his official position, he was named the Duke of Liang Guo, and he was ordered to live in the capital for a long time, not to return to his hometown, and to be ready to listen to the edict at any time.

Zhang Guangsheng was originally a high-ranking official with no power in name or power, and his resignation did not cause any turmoil in the imperial court, and no one took him to heart anymore.

But the right phase Yuan Xiu and the left minister Yao Lingyan had a hard time, the relationship between the two was originally not harmonious, but after the upstart Liu Feng entered the game strongly, he directly challenged Xiang Quan, which was quite a sign of overturning Yuan Xiu, which made Yuan Xiu and Yao Lingyan give up their previous suspicions and work together to fight against Liu Feng's invasion.

Liu Feng was about forty years old, originally a pig slaughterer in Luoyang, black and strong, coarse and literate, the family was quite wealthy, in order to drill the camp upwards, he hit the idea of two younger sisters, first the eldest sister Liu Caifeng married the general Xiang Fei as a concubine.

Two years ago, Xiang Fei's 50th birthday, Zhu Jun also attended, Liu Feng lost no time in spending a lot of money to buy the housekeeper in the house, and asked the eldest sister Liu Caifeng to arrange for the younger sister Liu Meifeng to serve Zhu Jun for a lunch break, Zhu Zhu was fascinated, and took Liu Meifeng back to the palace that night and was named a talented person.

Liu Meifeng's charm methods are also really good, so that Zhu Zhu is very infatuated with her, in just two years, she has been promoted from a talented person to a concubine, Zhu Zhu has no queen, Liu Meifeng is actually the lord of the six palaces.

In order to gain the backing of her relatives, Liu Meifeng was instilled by her pillow wind, his brother Liu Feng was named Song Guogong and Shang Shuling, his sister Liu Caifeng was named Mrs. Zhao Guo, and her brother-in-law Xiang Fei was named Cai Guogong and the general of the right guard, and served as the governor of Jiumen, mastering 30,000 Luoyang city defense troops, and her brother Liu Feng's brother-in-law Zhang Jiuqu was also named the general of Qianniu Weihu Benlang, becoming one of the generals of Qianniu Weishilang, mastering 3,000 Janissaries.

and her uncles and brothers, who also obtained the beautiful houses and fertile fields in Luoyang, can be said to be one person who has attained Taoism, and chickens and dogs have ascended to heaven.

Liu Feng's political opponents are mainly the right minister Yuan Xiu, the founding father of Yuan Xiu, with deep qualifications, and also quite powerful and scheming, and has a wide range of contacts in the court, although Liu Feng is not worried that Yuan Xiu will kill him, but it is not easy for him to bring down Yuan Xiu.

Although Liu Feng is good at drilling, but in terms of power and tricks, he is really not Yuan Xiu's opponent, Yuan Xiu has the power to control the edict, as long as he is good at money and wealth, he can directly issue an edict, Liu Feng's several attacks, were resolved by Yuan Xiu with an edict.

Three months ago, Xiang Fei recommended a staff member to Liu Feng, named Yang Mi, a native of Songcheng County, Songzhou, was originally an assistant teacher in Songzhou Prefecture, about fifty years old, thin and small, but he was extremely cunning and good at intrigue and trickery.

At first, Liu Feng didn't pay much attention to this staff member Yang Mi, he collected a lot of evidence of Yuan Xiu's corruption, and thought that he could use the imperial history platform to bring down Yuan Xiu, Yang Mi told him that this conventional means could not bring down Yuan Xiu, Liu Feng didn't believe it, when he handed the impeachment letter of the imperial history to Zhu Zhu, but Zhu Zhu returned it intact, with only four words on it, 'I already know!' ’

Yuan Xiu didn't have a, which really made Liu Feng depressed, when he asked Yang Mi why he couldn't bring down Yuan Xiu?

Yang Mi told him that Guo Song had annexed the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven did not care on the surface, but in fact he was extremely vigilant, at this time, the Son of Heaven was not afraid of the hundred officials being greedy for money, but he was afraid that the hundred officials would not be greedy for money and colluded with Guo Song, Liu Feng only then realized that Yang Mi was the talent he needed, and he immediately doubled Yang Mi's Yulu, and the accommodation was changed to a single courtyard, and two maids were arranged to serve him.

In the afternoon of this day, Yang Mi went home to worship his ancestors and returned, and was immediately called to the study by Liu Feng.

Liu Feng's study is luxuriously furnished, although he is rough and ink-like, but he never reads, there is no book in the study, but it is full of all kinds of famous porcelain and jade, this Uncle Liu is also a jade-loving life, he has only been in power for more than a year, and he has collected 3,000 pieces of various beautiful jade, which is full of study.

Liu Feng sat at the table and said: "Yesterday, the concubine sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that Dong Xizhi, the king of Xiangyang County, refused to come to Luoyang to meet him, which made the Son of Heaven furious, and scolded together with Yuan Xiu, I don't know why, the concubine said that the Son of Heaven is rarely so angry. ”

Yang Mi's eyes rolled, "Gong Liu, is this Dong Xizhi and Yuan Xiu close?" ”

"I really don't know."

Yang Mi thought for a while and asked, "I have a suggestion before the New Year, how did Liu Gong think about it?" ”

"You mean to form an alliance with Yao Lingyan?"

Yang Mi nodded, and Liu Feng frowned, "I heard that they joined forces to deal with me, so I am afraid that Yao Lingyan will not ally with me." ”

Yang Mi smiled slightly, "The world is bustling, coming for profit, the world is crowded, going for profit, as long as Liu Gong gives Yao Lingyan enough benefits, I am afraid that he will not form an alliance, as far as I know, before Liu Gong took the throne, Yao Lingyan and Yuan Xiu fought for power and profit for many years, because Liu Gong took the throne, Yao Lingyan was afraid of losing his phase, so he joined forces with Yuan Xiu, as long as Liu Gong guaranteed his position as the left minister, and promised to give him the right to appoint and dismiss officials below the sixth grade, I believe he will definitely throw himself into Liu Gong's arms." ”

"And then?"

"Then Liu Gong and Yao Lingyan joined forces, are you afraid that you won't be able to bring down Yuan Xiu?"

Liu Feng nodded happily, gave a thumbs up and said, "Gao Ming!" However, the officials appointed a lot of fertilizer and water, and it was a bit too much to give him six grades, and at most he was given eight grades or less. ”

Yang Mi smiled, "Promises are promises, as long as Yuan Xiu is overthrown, whether the appointment and dismissal of officials will be given to him or not, it is not Liu Gong who has the final say!" ”

"Good! I'll write to Yao Lingyan. ”

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Yao Lingyan sat in the study, looking at a letter in front of him in a daze, just now, Liu Feng's housekeeper sent him a letter, saying that it was a letter from their master.

This is indeed Liu Feng's handwritten letter, Yao Lingyan knows his words, thick, angular, like a piece of granite that has not yet been polished.

Such a person can be regarded as a new tender in the court, but this market butcher ascended to the sky in one step because of his sister's favor, became a Shangshu order, and controlled the officials, which is really annoying and worrying, this Liu Feng is like a bison breaking into a porcelain shop, will it smash all kinds of rules of the court?

But at this time, Liu Feng's letter calmed Yao Lingyan down, he began to become sensible, he began to realize that this Liu Feng was not stupid, Liu Feng actually knew that he had formed an alliance with himself to deal with Yuan Xiu, plus his sister was extremely favored by the Son of Heaven, this seemingly stupid Liu Feng was very likely to be in charge of the government,

But what made Yao Lingyan even more moved was that Liu Feng promised to continue to serve as the left minister, and promised that the officials below the sixth grade would be appointed by himself, that is, his own people would serve as the servants of the ministry, which made Yao Lingyan unable to refuse.

Yao Lingyan was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, he was weighing the pros and cons and bringing down Yuan Xiu, what would he lose?

In fact, he will not lose anything, but will get a piece of the pie from the downfall of Genxiu, isn't this what he has dreamed of for many years?

Yao Lingyan speculated in turn that after the fall of Yuan Xiu, would Liu Feng continue to deal with himself?

The answer is definitely not, Liu Feng is not as good at government affairs as Yuan Xiu, he is a market butcher, he doesn't understand anything, he doesn't know anything, he definitely needs a person who is proficient in government politics to share his worries, who else can he find besides himself?

Yao Lingyan suddenly realized that the benefits he obtained by cooperating with Liu Feng were far greater than those from cooperating with Yuan Xiu.

Yao Lingyan couldn't wait to give himself a slap in the face, he was really dizzy, the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was in front of him, and he didn't see it!