Cui Yuan is the right servant of Shangshu, but not the prime minister, although the official position is high, but there is no right to speak in the court, before Zhao Ziliang left the Central Plains and returned to Western Qin, Cui Yuan was still the prime minister, after Suzong became the emperor, Cui Yuan was squeezed out of the power center of the court. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It didn't take long for a small official to bring tea, and Cui Yuan saw that Zhao Ziliang was concentrating on reviewing the chapters, so he took the tea and drank it, but he didn't expect that when he just drank two sips, Zhao Ziliang suddenly spoke: "Master Cui, the urging of the rebellion in Xichuan is your person, right?" ”

"Ahem・・・・・・ ahem..." Cui Yuan was asked by Zhao Ziliang so suddenly, choked on the tea, and coughed violently several times before calming down.

Cui Yuan knew that Zhao Ziliang must have found something, otherwise he would never have asked like this. Rebellion, that's a fatal thing, you must not admit this matter verbally, otherwise you and your family will die without a place to be buried! He hurriedly put down the teacup and got up and bowed and saluted: "King, the old minister is the old minister's clan, but he is definitely not the old minister's person, the old minister was an official in Xishu back then, and he did promote the old minister, the old minister promoted him because he is the old minister's clansman, but that's all, the old minister has been back to the dynasty for more than ten years, and he has never been in contact with the old minister over the years, please Wang Mingjian!" ”

Zhao Ziliang put down the brush, looked at Cui Yuanzheng and said: "Lord Cui, although it is not easy to confirm this matter, it is not impossible, as long as the rebellion is quelled and he or his close people are captured alive, the truth will be revealed!" You can not admit it now, and wait for the day when you will be caught, and this king will see what you have to say! Don't think that this king is easy to fool, if there is no evidence, this king will never bring up this matter in front of you, this king hopes that you can understand that the rebellion may not have been instigated by you, but this person has a constant relationship with you, if you can let him return to the court before the court sends troops to recruit him, this king can still blame you for the past, and you can also let you set an example for other feudal towns! Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, but if you can stop the precipice in time, it is not unforgivable! ”

"The king has also done some understanding of the rebellion, he is not bent on rebellion, but was forced to rebel, now is the right time to turn back, it is still too late, if you are obsessed, not only will you be unable to escape death, but your entire Cui family will not be spared, don't think that you family members can control the government and do whatever you want, as long as this king is in charge for one day, no one will want to manipulate and control the situation in the world!"

Others may not know, but Zhao Ziliang knows very well that the reason for the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion is not only the intensification of the contradiction between An Lushan and Yang Guozhong, but also the result of the manipulation of the family behind the scenes. Yang Guozhong was not known at all before Yang Yuhuan became a concubine, and his family background was average, he relied on Yang Guifei to be the prime minister and leaned towards the government and the opposition, what he did after becoming the prime minister greatly touched the interests of the family, and it happened that Yang Guozhong was jealous of An Lushan's military power, and the family members added fuel to the fire, deepening the contradiction between Yang Guozhong and An Lushan, and at the same time secretly helping An Lushan to hoodwink the court and let it develop its power, otherwise he would not have developed to that point in just a few years.

What the family members did not expect was that although An Lushan's rebellion finally eradicated Yang Guozhong and his henchmen, An Lushan was already very difficult to control, and what they didn't expect was that they wantonly annexed the land and left the people with no land to plant.

Cui Yuan was sweating profusely when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "The king is angry, the emperor was unconscious in the past, and he was bewitched so that the dynasty was in turmoil, and the clans thought of forming external forces to rectify the dynasty, but who would have thought that the situation would get out of control and let the people of Anshi mess with the world for eight years." After the rebellion was quelled, some people in the court had bad ideas to let the remnants of An Shi remain, which brought huge hidden dangers to the imperial court, and all of this was not the fault of our family! ”

"Humph!" Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly: "It's not your family's fault?" Whose fault is that? If it weren't for the fact that the family was too greedy and wantonly annexed the land of the people, causing the imperial court to lose a lot of popular support, even if the Anshi generation launched a rebellion, it would not have lasted so long! The people have relied on the few acres of land in their hands all their lives to support their families and pass on their ancestors, and the land is their lifeblood, and you have taken away their lifeblood, how can they not rebel? If someone were to let you die, would you fight with him?"

"Look at the present day, the family has annexed the land of the peasants, but the land has been left uncultivated, and how many fields have been deserted? What benefits do you get? These things will be talked about in the future, this king will give you two months to let Cui Ning go back to Chang'an to ask for guilt, otherwise your Cui clan will be in trouble! Do you believe it or not, there is no Cui clan in this world, and the sun still rises in the east and sets in the west every day? ”

Cui Yuan sweated like rain, and was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Yes, the old minister obeys orders!" The old minister must let the urging return to the court! ”

After Cui Yuan left, Zhao Ziliang got up and walked around the lobby, "Du Jianhong has fallen to this point, and it doesn't matter if he stays in Chengdu!" Someone came, drafted an edict, ordered Du Jianhong to return to Chang'an to report on his work, and set off immediately after receiving the order, without delay! ”

"Yes, King!"

Zhao Ziliang called Xuan Shibai again and instructed: "You go and communicate with Wu Yan of Yushitai, Du Yanhong's matter will be handed over to Yushitai, and after he leaves Xichuan, Yushitai will immediately intervene in the investigation, no matter who greets or intercedes, all of them will be refused!" ”

"Understood!"

"One more thing, last time this king asked you to check the collusion between someone in the court and the feudal town, how did you find out?"

Xuan 18 said: "According to the list of personnel provided by Wei Boyu, the subordinates sent people to monitor these people, and they also roughly figured out the people who had contact with them, but the subordinates did not dare to guarantee whether there were still people who were hidden deeper and not exposed, if they did it now, those who had not been exposed would only be afraid that they would never be exposed again, and it would be a pity to let the big fish escape!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "You can't think too much about doing things, and you can't have too many concerns. If you don't do it now, keeping them will only reveal more secrets of the imperial court, which will cause greater losses to the imperial court, first arrest all these people who have been determined to have colluded with the feudal town, and then talk about it, and then conduct a surprise interrogation after arresting them, you can always find out some more people, right? If there are still big fish lurking, these people will come to the surface sooner or later after we succeed in cutting down the domain. Don't wait any longer, let's do it as soon as you make the capture deployment! ”

Xuan 18 promised: "Yes, King!" However, the number of subordinates who can be used to participate in the operation is limited, and if you want to arrest at the same time, you are afraid that you will have to use other forces! If the king allows, please send military troops to participate, so that there will be no interference and obstruction!"

Zhao Ziliang thought about it for a while, shook his head and said, "No!" Military force cannot be used in non-military operations, and the king must make good rules and follow them, so that others will not dare to mess around! Come on, go and pass on Yin Li Mian of Jingzhao Mansion to come over! ”

"Yes, King!"

Soon, Li Mian hurried over from Jingzhao Mansion, and when he saw Zhao Ziliang, he bowed and greeted: "Weichen see the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "This king won't give you nonsense, there is a case that needs to use the arrest and government servants of Jingzhao Mansion." Xuan 18 has been instructed to track down the collusion between the imperial court and the feudal towns, although some of the big fish and small fish have not yet been found, but those who have been found out are still providing a steady stream of information about the imperial court to the feudal towns and betraying the interests of the imperial court. Therefore, these people have brought too much loss to the imperial court, and their existence has seriously threatened the security of the imperial court's secrets, and this king originally wanted to wait for all the people who colluded with the feudal town to be found out before taking action, but now it seems that he has to act in advance, first arrest those who have clear evidence of collusion with the feudal town, and then slowly dig deeper. I called you over this time, just to let Jingzhao Mansion dispatch officials and arrest to assist Xuan 18 in handling the case, because it is not a military operation, so it is not appropriate to use military forces. And Xuan Eighteen has a limited number of people who can participate in the operation, so he can only let Jingzhao Mansion send people to assist in handling the case! ”

Li Mian's face was serious when he heard this, and he arched his hand and said: "Great King, it is a matter of imperial court secrets and security, and this matter is incumbent on Jingzhao Mansion. Please rest assured, my Jingzhao Mansion will fully cooperate with General Xuan! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Okay!" However, there is one thing that this king needs to remind you, among the people who have collusion with the feudal town are members of the imperial court, and the official positions and titles are not low, these people have a lot of power in Chang'an, maybe they have an eyeliner hidden in the officials and arresters of Jingzhao Mansion, so the secrecy before the action is the first; In addition, don't care about the identity of the other party when acting, since they can do this kind of thing, they are no longer worthy of being ministers of the Tang Dynasty! ”

Li Mian arched his hand and said: "Weichen understands! ”

Xuan 18 immediately communicated and discussed with Li Mian, deployed the action plan, improved the details of the action plan, and after a day of arrangement and deployment, the operation was finally launched late the next night, and a total of 32 arrest teams began to arrest at the same time.

Thirty-two officials, large and small, were arrested almost at the same time, and all of them were locked up in secret places for surprise interrogation, and after dawn, the ministers of the imperial court had just received the news that the thirty-two arrested officials had confessed to six more people, and Xuan 18 immediately sent people to arrest those six people.

This operation took only one night to destroy the network of relationships and fine work that the feudal towns had painstakingly managed in the imperial court. This operation set off a huge storm in the government and the opposition, and the government and the opposition did not understand whether Zhao Ziliang was really grasping the details, or Zhao Ziliang was using this to eliminate dissidents, but it is undeniable that these arrested people were indeed undercover agents deployed in the imperial court in various feudal towns!