Chapter 985: The Regent of the Tang Dynasty
Li Yu watched Prime Minister Yuan Zai and Prince Li Shi want Zhao Ziliang to share each other's rights, but they were unwilling to give up their rights, and he also felt a little headache for a while. www.biquge.info Facing Zhao Ziliang, an uncle who was not a few years older than him, he really didn't know how to settle it, and when he was upset, he couldn't help but sweep his gaze to the eunuch Ju Wenzhen standing next to him, Ju Wenzhen was his most trusted eunuch.
"Ju Wenzhen, what do you say? What kind of official position do you think Zhao Ziliang should be arranged? ”
Ju Wenzhen actually has an indifferent attitude towards this matter, and even he is happy to see Zhao Ziliang take away the rights that belong to the Son of Heaven Li Shi and Prime Minister Yuan Zai, he is a eunuch, and he has no right to participate in politics, he is now in control of the Shence Army, and the Shence Army is responsible for the security of the palace ban, as long as he controls this force, the emperor will not be able to do without him, as long as the holy family is not declining, he will sit back and relax, of course, if he can obtain the right in government and military affairs, of course he is also happy! If he can fight the prince and the prime minister, of course he is also very happy, so he said: "Your Majesty, the current situation is well known, the ministers of the court and the central government are helpless, and only the king of Western Qin has the ability to set things right, since he can take the initiative to ask for help, it means that he is sure, and His Majesty has also issued an order to recruit him to Chang'an, no matter what, the court should give him an official position that can let go, and as the king of Western Qin, if the official position given is too low, I am afraid that he will not want to do it, the slave maid thinks, At the very least, he should be given a Tongzhongshu Sect Pingzhang, now that the treasury is empty, didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just say that Zhao Ziliang is good at governance? Then he must also be good at managing money, so it's better to let him take care of the household! ”
The household department is the sphere of influence of the prime minister Yuan Zai, in addition, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Officials are all Yuan Zai's sphere of influence, and the prince only has four of the Ministry of War and Industry and the Nine Qings, three of the nine Qings belong to the Prime Minister's faction, and the remaining two belong to the eunuch faction.
The crown prince Li Shi saw that Ju Wenzhen suggested that Zhao Ziliang should divide the rights of the prime minister's faction, of course he was unwilling to unite with the eunuch faction to fight the prime minister's faction, so he immediately fell into the well and said to Li Yu: "Father, the problem of my dynasty now is not only the emptiness of the treasury and the inaction of the household department, the corruption of the central and local officials in the court is serious, and the officials at all levels are corrupt and pervert the law, and regard my Tang law as nothing, if you want to reverse the situation, you must also start from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment. ”
Prime Minister Yuan Zai heard Li Shi's words, his face turned green on the spot, and he scolded in his heart: "What, prince, you yellow-mouthed child, you really want to fight with the old man today?" Okay, well, since you are unkind, don't blame the old man for being unjust! ”
Yuan Zai immediately said to Li Yu: "Your Majesty, what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is very true, but in addition to the Ministry of Officials, the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War should also be handed over to Zhao Ziliang to manage, everyone knows that Zhao Ziliang is a military officer, and the army is invincible in all battles, and the Ministry of War is related to the safety of my Datang, if the Ministry of War is well managed, it will be able to train a large number of brave soldiers for Datang, and it is most appropriate to hand over the Ministry of War to Zhao Ziliang!" ”
Yuan Zai hugged you and didn't let Lao Tzu feel better, and Lao Tzu didn't let you feel comfortable, since you want to fight, Lao Tzu will fight you to the end! This made Li Yi blow up on the spot, pointing at Yuan Zai and scolding: "Yuan Zai, you old thing, what do you want to do?" Are you deliberately trying to get along with Hongu? ”
This is all rude, Ju Wenzhen was overjoyed to see it next to him, and he also stepped forward to persuade him in a fake manner: "Oh, the prince of the world and the prime minister, don't be impulsive, the gentleman doesn't move, there is something to say, Your Majesty is here, how can the two of you disturb the holy driver?" ”
Ju Wenzhen's words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, and Li Yu, who was already in an extremely irritable mood, patted the imperial case on the spot, got up angrily and scolded: "Enough, I came to you to discuss, not to let you fight!" There is no need to discuss this matter anymore, since Ju Wenzhen said that the household department should be handed over to Zhao Ziliang to manage, the prince said that the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department should be handed over to Zhao Ziliang, and Yuan Zai said that the Ministry of War should be handed over to Zhao Ziliang, then I think it is better to directly appoint Zhao Ziliang as the prime minister, with full authority to deal with the military and political affairs of the DPRK and China, and be directly responsible to me! All of you and others must assist and cooperate with him to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, Datang can't be chaotic anymore, and if it continues to be chaotic, Datang will be over, I hope you don't let me down, this matter is decided! Someone came, and sent a decree to Zhao Ziliang to enter the palace immediately! ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ju Wenzhen next to him happily agreed in his heart and turned around and walked out of the Zichen Palace. The crown prince Li Shi and Yuan Zai glared at each other angrily with ugly faces, and no one expected that in the end, they would lose both.
Zhao Ziliang was dealing with the ministers and generals who were urgently sent from Xinjing, and Xuan Jiu walked in quickly to report: "Your lord, the emperor has sent a eunuch in the palace to see the king, and the person is outside the door, do you want to invite him in!" ”
Zhao Ziliang and the ministers and generals looked at each other and said, "The emperor sent someone over to discuss the matter of serving with this king!" ”
After speaking, Zhao Ziliang said to Xuan Jiu: "Please let him in!" ”
"Yes, King!"
Xuan Jiu quickly walked in with a eunuch, and the eunuch smiled and saluted Zhao Ziliang: "The miscellaneous family has seen Lord Zhao!" ”
Zhao Ziliang got up in surprise and walked out of the desk and said, "Oh, why did Father-in-law Ju come here in person?" It's just a message, just send a little eunuch over! ”
Ju Wenzhen said with a smile: "If it were someone else, of course, the miscellaneous family would only need to send a little eunuch over, but you are the king of Western Qin, how can the miscellaneous family show the attention of His Majesty the Emperor and the imperial court if you don't come in person?" Besides, as soon as they met the king in the palace that day, the miscellaneous family was impressed by the king's demeanor, and they always wanted to find an opportunity to get close to the king! ”
Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "This king also wants to take time to visit his father-in-law's mansion, but he hasn't been free for the past few days." By the way, father-in-law, please take a seat! Come on, good tea! ”
Ju Wenzhen smiled and said politely: "Don't be busy, Your Majesty is still waiting in the palace, please come with me to meet the king!" ”
"It's good!" Zhao Ziliang agreed, and immediately explained some matters to the ministers and generals, and followed Ju Wenzhen to the palace.
Following Ju Wenzhen to the Zichen Palace, Zhao Ziliang saw the crown prince Li Shi and the prime minister Yuan Zai standing aside, their faces were not very good-looking, and there were several other ministers, he didn't care, he walked to the middle of the hall and saluted to Daizong: "Minister, please see Your Majesty!" ”
Li Yu raised his hand with a smile and said, "Uncle doesn't have to be polite!" I invited you here today, I discussed it with several Aiqing, and decided to appoint you as the prime minister, with full authority to handle military and political affairs, and only one person is responsible for the opponent, the prince, Yuan Zai, Wang Jin, Du Hongjian and others will assist you, what do you think? ”
"Prime Minister? No wonder the faces of the prince and Yuan Zai are so ugly, dare to be like this! ”
Zhao Ziliang muttered in his heart, and said to Li Yu: "Thank you Your Majesty for entrusting you with the important task, I don't want to hide it, I didn't expect Your Majesty to trust your Majesty so much, and let your Minister have full authority to handle the affairs of the military formation in the DPRK and China, which makes the Minister feel that he can show his strength, and he is a little panicked, lest he live up to His Majesty's trust!" However, Your Majesty, since Your Majesty has decided to let the minister be the prime minister, it is better to let the minister be the regent, and the minister is only responsible to His Majesty, the rights of the two are actually the same, but the names are different, and the title of the prime minister overlaps with the official positions of several prime ministers, which will make the officials and the people scratch their heads! ”
Li Yu thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he agreed: "Uncle is right, then I will appoint you as the regent of the Tang Dynasty!" Uncle doesn't have to feel a burden in his heart, since I have made you regent to fully trust your talent and loyalty, you can just do it, I will support you! ”
"Obey the order!"
Li Yu asked again: "Uncle, since you have become the regent, I don't know how you will decide to start after taking office."
Zhao Ziliang said to Li Yu: "Your Majesty, the minister is now telling Your Majesty how to be, how to guarantee, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not believe it too much, and the colleagues present will also think that the minister is talking big, because the minister does not know much about the situation in the court and the situation in various feudal towns, and the minister needs time to grasp the situation in the central court and the local feudal towns before formulating governance measures, Your Majesty can rest assured, Datang is not so weak and can't help the wind, this time can still afford to wait!" ”
Li Yu was stunned when he heard this, but he was quickly satisfied with Zhao Ziliang's answer, and laughed: "Okay, my uncle really deserves to be a talented person, if it is someone else, I am afraid that he will boast in front of me now, but my uncle is not, this is enough to show that my uncle is an old and serious person, I am relieved!" By the way, I have already asked the imperial dining room to add a few dishes at noon, and my uncle will stay and eat with me! ”
The emperor's reward for the imperial banquet is a great honor for the courtiers, and the courtiers must not shirk, Zhao Ziliang hurriedly agreed: "Yes, the ministers obey the order!" ”
At lunchtime, Li Yu said to Zhao Ziliang: "Uncle, don't you know, I am not good as an emperor, my grandfather and father left such a mess for me, I am walking on thin ice every day, trembling, lest I ruin the ancestors' society because of my own mistakes!" I'm afraid that you have also heard about it, the situation in the DPRK and China is responsible, and those courtiers only care about fighting for power and profit, but they can't see the crisis of the court! Let's just talk about me, I have been forced by the rebels twice to leave Chang'an to flee for my life, once to Shaanxi County, once to Fengtian, when the emperor's grandfather and father were chased by the rebels and fled, what happened to me in the Tang Dynasty? Why is the people's hearts not ancient now, and everyone thinks about betraying me and betraying the Tang Dynasty? ”
Zhao Ziliang said: "Your Majesty, there are only a few people with different intentions, and the vast majority of people in the world are loyal to Your Majesty and the Tang Dynasty!" Let's talk about why these rebels rebelled, first of all, they had the strength to rebel, and the generals and officials under their command were all promoted by them, so those people were loyal to these rebels, they were in charge of the army, government affairs, and financial power, that is to say, they had military power, and they could appoint officials and generals on their own, as well as money, so their ambitions began to swell. Human desires are endless, and once these people's ambitions are inflated, they will be out of control! At that time, the minister suggested to the two emperors that they could no longer divide the Jiedu envoys, and the Jiedu envoys could be set up in the border areas, in order to be able to take military action against the surrounding barbarians faster and better. But in Guanzhong, the hinterland of the Central Plains, Jiangnan, Shudi, Lingnan can no longer set up the festival envoys, Your Majesty look at the present, the festival envoys have been flooded, the rebels are all the festival envoys, they have soldiers, officials and money, and it is easy to rebel! ”