Just when the crown prince Li Shi and his confidants and ministers all felt a chill at Zhao Ziliang's methods, a small servant ran in and said to Li Shi: "Your Highness, Lord Wang Yi, the servant of the Criminal Department, has just passed away!" ”

Wang Yi has already been seriously ill, and he has not improved for several months, and his condition has been at home, and everyone knows that he is only afraid of dying with the world soon. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Li Shi turned his head to look at Wang Yi's younger brother, Jing Zhaoyin and secretary and young eunuch Wang Hong, and said: "Hongqi ······"

When Wang Hong heard the news of his brother's death, his face was a little sad, and he got up and hugged his fist at Li Shi and said: "Your Highness, I am afraid that my lower officials will not be able to come to greet you these days, please don't blame Your Highness!" ”

Li Shi nodded quite reasonably: "You go and deal with your brother's funeral with peace of mind!" The main palace will go to worship Brother Ling in two days! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, Your Majesty has taken your leave!" After Wang Hong finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Wang Hong's departure made Li Shi and the others feel a little heavier, Wang Hong's two brothers are Li Shi's right-hand men, one is the servant of the Criminal Department, the other is Jing Zhaoyin and the secretary and young eunuch, the power is not small, they are all people who can do things, now that Wang Yi has died, Wang Hong is also tied up by his brother's funeral, and Li Shi can use even fewer people!

Wu Shude, the secretary of Dali Temple, asked: "Your Highness, what should the lower officials do?" How should we deal with the changes in the imperial court and the regent's series of methods? ”

Li Shi looked at Chang Gon, another Chinese scholar, and asked, "Chang Gon, what do you think?" ”

Chang Gon thought for a while, and said to Li Shi: "Your Highness, the regent is in full swing, and if we fight against it now, we will be hit hard!" Wu Daren can only handle it impartially, no matter what happens to the eunuch party, we must first keep the right of Wu Daren to speak in Dali Temple, if we lose Dali Temple, it will be more troublesome in the future! ”

Dali Temple is equivalent to the Supreme Court of later generations, although in the era of imperial supremacy, the power of Dali Temple has been greatly restricted and limited, but no one can ignore its energy.

Li Shiyan asked about a possibility that he had been considering in his heart for the past few days, and he asked: "Can we temporarily turn enemies into friends with the eunuchs and the prime minister's faction?" ”

Chang Gon was stunned for a moment and asked, "Does Your Highness want to unite the Prime Minister's faction and the eunuch party to fight against the Regent's Palace?" ”

Li Shi didn't make a sound, just nodded. He has already thought about it, now Zhao Ziliang is in the position of regent, in charge of the military and political affairs of the imperial court, and his power is almost equal to that of the emperor, except for a few yamen in the Jiuqing who are not under his control, all the military and political yamen institutions in the other imperial courts are under his control, in this case, any faction in the court wants to confront it, it is almost a complete defeat, this is not to think about it. And if the three factions unite, it will be able to balance the regent palace to a certain extent, at least Zhao Ziliang needs the consent of the three factions in many military and political decisions and personnel appointments and dismissals, if it is not agreed by the three factions, the three factions will definitely not sit idly by, and even at the cost of launching a coup d'état to oust Zhao Ziliang is possible, in the current situation, the Tang Dynasty court will definitely not be able to withstand such a big turmoil, he believes that Zhao Ziliang is not without scruples, if the regent palace and the three factions want to continue to play in the playground of power, First of all, we must ensure that the Datang boat cannot be capsized, and if the boat capsizes, everyone will not have to play.

Li Shi's idea was very good, but he ignored the thoughts of his henchmen and ministers, and Chang Gon objected on the spot: "Your Highness, this matter must not be allowed!" Who are the eunuchs? Those people are some evil slaves who bully the masters, and if we unite with them, one day they will bite them from behind. And who are those people sent by the prime minister? Although Yuan Zai, an old thief, has some talents, what is the difference between him and Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and others? To unite with such a person is tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger! Please think twice, Your Highness! ”

Yang Juan also stood up and arched his hand: "Your Highness, Weichen is also against joining forces with the Prime Minister's faction and the eunuch party!" Most of the people in the Prime Minister's faction and the eunuch party are grass on the wall and the wind blows on both sides, and if you unite with such people, maybe they will sell us unknowingly! For the sake of glory and wealth, what can't the eunuchs and the prime minister do? Well, even if His Highness has this will, the Prime Minister's faction and the eunuch party have agreed, but how does His Highness know if they are sincere or false? Your Highness, the camp in the officialdom must not be ambiguous, there are rules, and if you mess with the rules, you will be detached! ”

Yang Juan's last sentence is good, there are rules for playing politics, and it is absolutely impossible to change political opinions, two camps with completely different political views can only be united in the case of foreign invasion, even so, they will secretly play tricks on each other, but the Regent Mansion is not a foreign enemy, even if the political ideas and ideas are different, it is only an internal contradiction, which has not yet reached the point of allowing the three parties to unite together against the Regent Palace.

In addition to Chang Gon's family background is a little worse, Yang Juan and Cui Youfu are all children of the big family, they are also Jinshi and the first born, and they climbed to today's position by strength, of course, they look down on the prime minister's faction who rely on their whiskers and horses, and those who get up in the prime minister's faction, and even more look down on those who have no roots and no descendants in the eunuch party, how can they put down their identity and unite with these people?

Cui Youfu said to Li Shi: "Your Highness, Your Highness understands Your Highness's thoughts!" No matter which of our three parties is in charge now, it will not be able to change the decadent situation of the Tang Dynasty, and now it seems that only the regent has this ability. First of all, the regent had great prestige in the court and army; Secondly, you have also seen the means of the regent, let me ask His Highness, Yuan Zai and Ju Wenzhen those people have such ability? Again, the regent has the entire Western Qin as a backing! If the three of us join forces, we can contain the power of the regent, and even drive him back to Western Qin, but in this case, what should the Tang Dynasty do? What about the imperial court? What about the feudal towns out there? His Majesty asked the regent to come back to use his talent and strength to save the crisis of the Tang Dynasty, if we confront the regent, it will not be for the Tang Dynasty, but for the Tang Dynasty. His Royal Highness does not need to worry about his rights and inheritance, now His Majesty is still there, the Tang clan is still there, and there are many ministers loyal to the royal family and the court, as long as His Royal Highness does not make a big mistake, the regent can't and dare not do anything to His Royal Highness, the regent is a person who wants to save face, how can he not cherish his feathers? At most, he is only a Cao Cao, but he is more affectionate than Cao Cao, which is well known to the world, if he wants to be the emperor, the world will not be surnamed Li for a long time, Your Highness thinks about it, is this the case? ”

Yang Juan was furious when he heard this, pointed at Cui Youfu and scolded: "The surname Yang, which side are you?" actually helped Zhao Ziliang speak, in vain His Royal Highness is so important and carries you! ”

"I'm telling the truth!" After Cui Youfu finished speaking, he bowed to Li Shi: "Your Highness, the loyalty of the lower officials to Your Highness can be seen from the sun and the moon, please see from Your Highness!" ”

Li Shi looked at Cui Youfu, got up and helped him up, and sighed: "Get up, what you said makes sense, but even if the palace doesn't do anything, I'm afraid that some people don't want the palace to live a stable life, the emperor's grandfather was always cautious when he was the prince, did Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong let him go?" ”

At this time, Chang Gon said: "Your Highness, Weichen feels that what Master Cui said is not unreasonable, from now on, His Royal Highness will take his ministers and others to move closer to the Regent's palace, and openly support the Regent's governance measures and military deployment in the court!" Since we can't go along with the Prime Minister's faction and the eunuchs, and we have to preserve our own strength, the only way now is to stand on the side of the Regent, and the Regent can't attack his own people, right? If the Regent Mansion has any attempt to seize the Tang Dynasty in the future, we can do it suddenly! ”

This expedient measure made Li Shi feel a little aggrieved. After all, he is the crown prince and the son of the emperor, and the entire Tang Empire except for the emperor is his biggest, but now he is asked to attach himself to Zhao Ziliang, which makes him a little unable to erase his feelings and let go of his body, but the method that Cui Youfu and Chang Gon said seems to be the only way to preserve their own strength, not to use it in Zhao Ziliang's head-on confrontation, and to keep the court going.

Cui Youfu persuaded: "Your Highness, you should continue to suffer from it!" It's not been a month since the regent has already attacked the eunuchs and the prime minister's faction, causing their power to be greatly damaged, and if we don't do anything, the bow and arrow in the regent's hand will be aimed at us next time! ”

Li Shi thought about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, we are afraid that we can only deal with it like this now!" ”

Li Shi knew in his heart that Zhao Ziliang had already attacked the eunuch party and the prime minister's faction, and these two factions would never compromise with Zhao Ziliang, he now took refuge in the past, and Zhao Ziliang was very likely to accept him, after all, Zhao Ziliang also needed help.

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October 26.

Early in the morning, after Zhao Ziliang finished practicing martial arts, he asked Du Fu who was standing aside at breakfast: "How is Sha Zali?" ”

Du Fu bowed down and replied: "Sha Chali is a Tubo person, when Ge Shuhan defeated an attack of the Tubo people during his time as the envoy of Longyou Jiedu, he found this person among the Tibetan prisoners!" He saw that Shazhali was burly, fierce, and had extraordinary combat strength, so he became a lover of talents, pardoned Shazali's crimes, and accepted him as a general. Ge Shuhan was able to suppress him when he was alive, after Ge Shuhan was captured, Sha Zha Li fled back to Chang'an, burned and plundered along the way, and was later incorporated into the Servant Bone Huai'en, after the end of the Anshi Rebellion, he was transferred to Lingwu, when the Servant Bone Huai'en rebelled, Sha Zhali also had to cheer for it, after the death of the Servant Bone Huai'en, he led his troops to surrender to the imperial court, was appointed as the Fengxiang Army Soldier and Horse Envoy, and made war achievements in the process of counterinsurgency, and was promoted to the deputy envoy of the Fengxiang Army! This person has a violent personality, often conniving at soldiers to rob the people, and many times he personally leads troops to plunder, and the local government has a great headache for this, but there is nothing to do about him! ”