Xingqing Palace Xingqing Palace, Pei Kuan, Du Shiyi, all of them are not the first time to come. Although Pei Kuan has been suppressed by Li Linfu for many years, and Yang Guozhong has only had time to deal with him when he comes to power, he has his younger brother to help him, and Du Shiyi has helped him to carry a point, and he has been lucky to avoid all the storms and waves, and he has always stood tall in the court and occupied an important position. Du Shiyi has been out of town for many years, and most of them will be frequently summoned whenever they return to Beijing, and it is normal for them to come and go here. However, now that the two of them have set foot here again, it is completely different from the experience of the previous Jun.

Although they are still courtiers, the once supreme Tang Dynasty Son is no longer as good as in the past!

At this moment, Du Shiyi and Pei Kuan were in the hall watching the imperial doctor treat Li Longji, and Jiang Du, who was standing in the courtyard in front of the hall with a team of elite soldiers and horses, looked at the palace people who were driven out and gathered here, and saw a person kneeling on the ground trembling, he laughed and raised two fingers.

The scene that happened at today's court meeting, with Li Longji, who had passed out with his eyes closed, was sent back here, although the people in Xingqing Hall may not know it thoroughly, the situation can still be imagined. After Jiang Du's two purges, even if Li Longji spared no effort to win people's hearts and try to use it for his own use, there are still many people who are afraid, conscientious and only do their part, and dare not make up in front of the Son of Heaven, but there are always those who are lucky, just thinking that it is the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, and they will not really be governed by the courtiers. So, when Li Longji and Pei Kuan Du Shiyi came back, they were still followed by Jiang Du, and I don't know how many people had white faces.

"Twice, within a few months, I, Jiang Si, used two drastic methods, but I didn't expect that there were so many people who didn't listen to the lesson! Let me say what's good? Jiang Du's voice suddenly changed, and he shouted in a deep voice, "According to the list, let me sneak out all those people with ill intentions one by one!" Hmph, those who are flattering and bullying people also want to climb up? ”

Seeing a group of wolf-like generals rushing straight forward, some people changed their faces and wanted to resist one or two, and some people lowered their heads even more and did not dare to raise their heads, the latter was far more numerous than the former. When seven or eight people were escorted out of the crowd with their arms twisted behind their backs, there were begs for mercy, cursing, and more cries. Jiang Du was impatient to listen to this, and after making a look, his ears immediately cleared. Seeing that the rest of the people were all silent, he said lightly: "Don't let me be long-winded, follow the old rules." ”

When the fainting guys were taken away, he raised his feet and walked towards the Xingqing Palace, and when he went up the steps, he said without looking back: "It's only three things, and I don't want to create evil again and again, so you all have to keep your eyes and minds bright." His Majesty's abdication is also within this ten days, if you want to live in peace and stability, you need to do less of those crooked thoughts! ”

The sudden movement outside the hall was heard clearly by Pei Kuan inside. He didn't know that Jiang Du took this opportunity to clean up the people serving in the Xingqing Palace again, but he didn't have tactful persuasion before, but Jiang Du didn't mean to listen at all, but took out the old things about his father Jiang Jiao's lawsuit back then, and made it clear that he was putting an end to the war of tongues in the palace and leaving a disaster to the previous dynasty. At this moment, seeing that several imperial doctors were busy working around the Son of Heaven, but Li Longji still showed no signs of waking up, he couldn't help but ask Du Shiyi softly: "You said before that you would let the ministers elect the prince, is this really not a joke?" ”

"How could I lie in front of so many people?" Du Shiyi found that several imperial doctors all stopped moving for a moment, and then continued to be busy, he didn't know that this was the most concerned issue for everyone now, but he still said casually, "Prince Yisu and the second king are dead, and among the remaining kings and grandchildren, no one knows which person is the most able to convince the public. ”

"Then you really ......"

"Brother Chang Kuan wants to ask me if I really don't interfere? Of course, I don't interfere, and I can even say quite plainly that I have no problem with whoever succeeds to the throne. After I recovered the whole territory of Hebei, I once said to the generals of the three towns, I am used to being outside, Chang'an City is not used to staying, this right minister is just a false name, plus there are still sporadic rebels in Hebei to ravage the township, the people's hearts are undecided, plus this year's spring ploughing is in vain, it is almost too late to make up for farming, and some are famine, if there is no powerful person to appease, I am afraid that it will not be able to slow down for a few years, so I originally planned to stay in Youzhou after the war. It's a pity that there was such an emergency as the assassination of the King of Nanyang, and I had to come back! ”

Seeing that Pei Kuan was clearly incredulous, Du Shiyi said nonchalantly: "I don't get involved in the matter of establishing a prince, and Youlin, as my youngest son, will not participate either." Even if there are officials above the fifth rank in the DPRK and China, if there are officials who do not want to get involved in this matter, they do not need to be reluctant, in other words, there are those who are promoted, and there are those who abstain, and this is the real fairness. ”

"Then I will abstain!"

While speaking, Jiang Du also entered the main hall. Seeing that Pei Kuan turned his head to look at him, his face was cloudy, and the heir of Chu Guogong said with a hippie smile: "There are almost no outstanding abilities among those dragon sons and phoenix grandchildren, and I can't look down on any of them, since Du Xiangguo said that he can abstain, it will be much easier, I won't recommend the general manager, right?" When I turned around, I went to sue Sù Dou Shi, thinking that he would be relieved to know that he didn't need to get involved in this matter. ”

Du Shiyi himself did not participate, and his son was not allowed to participate, Jiang Du even patted his chest and said that he and Dou Yi would not intervene, but Pei Kuan would not really think that for this most important thing in the Tang Dynasty today, the people of the Du family have no influence at all. You must know that Li Li, the king of Nanyang, came back with Du Shiyi's army, and Du Shiyi's attack this time was also because of Li Li's matter, many people will think that this is Du Shiyi's attitude, even if it is not, Li Li, the king of Nanyang, and those imperial grandsons in the East Palace, and the Yisu princess Zhang behind him, how can they not contribute to the trouble?

But things are like this, what else can Pei Kuan do? He was also tired of all these troubles that Li Longji had tossed out, and as the left minister who was in charge of power, he had heard too many and all kinds of gossip, and he was extremely tired of it. He suddenly lost the interest of waiting for the Son of Heaven to wake up, and sighed deeply.

"I think there will be a mountain of music in the political hall right away. I'll go back and take care of the other things first, and I'll leave it to Junli and General Jiang here. ”

When Pei Kuan left, Jiang Du felt much more relaxed. He didn't pay attention to these imperial doctors at all, and said bluntly: "Du Nineteen, do you know what I admire about you the most?" Not afraid of the powerful! In the past, the nobles who were not afraid of power were only ministers and nobles like Wang Maozhong and Wang Shouyi, but now there is one more, that is, the one who can already enter the coffin, but he is stunned and refuses to abdicate! The words you said on the main floor of the diligent government affairs are really so appetizing to me, the king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as an enemy, Meng Fuzi is really right! It is said that Confucianism is the set of monarchs and ministers, but that is a stupid reading for some people! ”

Du Shiyi saw that Jiang Du was talking happily, he couldn't help but glance at the imperial doctors, and saw that some of them were even trembling slightly, so he glanced at Jiang Du: "Be careful!" Out of anger and out of anger, now that the election of the virtuous king has not even come out, if His Majesty wakes up at this time, and is angry with your words, you will be responsible for the consequences at that time? ”

"Of course I can't bear that responsibility, but I've been holding it back for too long all these years, and when I can finally have a good time, I can't help it." Jiang Du walked slowly to the imperial couch, and saw that Li Longji's eyes were closed tightly, and his face was bloodless, he waved his hand and ordered those imperial doctors to do their own work, but his mouth said, "I am reminded of the great controversy of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period today." The princes are not high, and if there is a slight difference, they will take a big position or even take their lives to resist, and the scholar can be proud of the princes and princes, this is the real countryman! But since the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin dynasties, this scholar has become less and less valuable! ”

"It's just a matter of class. If a scholar becomes a minister, he naturally doesn't want someone to spit in front of him, and if he further becomes a prince, he can't tolerate the arrogance of a mere scholar. Du Shiyi knew that Jiang Du was just a good talker, and he didn't really drill the tip of the horns, so he sighed casually, and then asked an imperial doctor who finally stopped, "What's wrong with Your Majesty?" ”

"Back to Xiangguo, although the pulse is weak, it is not a big problem for the time being."

Although the Imperial Doctor's Department has not undergone any cleaning, and there is even a name for diagnosing the pulse, in fact, it is to help the Son of Heaven carry the news, just facing Du Shiyi and Pei Kuan is enough to make people tremble, and now there is a real evil star Jiang Du here, every imperial doctor has raised his heart to his throat, for fear that the next moment will be an unforeseen disaster.

Sure enough, Jiang Du's face sank, and he asked bluntly: "Don't tell me these vain words, make it clear, how many days are left?" ”

This question immediately caused several imperial doctors to look at each other. After a long while, someone cautiously whispered: "Your Majesty has been deteriorating since he returned to Chang'an, and he was ...... No, because of the assassination of the concubine Li Lan, it is a huge loss, and today's situation is ...... It should be a stroke, if it is carefully modulated, there will always be three or five months, but if there is a case, there may only be ten and a half days left. ”

"It's actually a stroke ......"

When leaving the Xingqing Palace, Du Shiyi muttered to himself, catching a glimpse of Jiang Du's well-deserved expression on his face, he didn't want to say anything. With Jiang Jiao's relationship with Li Longji back then, it was just because of Wang Shou's small plan that Jiang Jiao was exiled with a heavy rod and died on the road. Execution is execution, demotion of officials is demotion of officials, but since the Tang Dynasty came to power, it has become increasingly popular to be humiliated by heavy canes, and the so-called punishment of doctors has long been left behind, and when Li Longji is in power, he has completely followed his grandmother's set. It is no wonder that after the Anshi Rebellion, there were many towns in the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial power was almost never really restored!

The talents that the imperial court can attract can also be encircled by the feudal towns! And the eunuch's authority overshadowed the concubine of the Son of Heaven, and the power of the forbidden army manipulated and abolished it, which was simply a copy of the Son of Heaven to order the princes!

In the Xingqing Palace, several imperial doctors had already retreated, and the curtain in front of the imperial couch had also been lowered, but Li Longji, who was lying flat, had already opened his eyes, but his eyes were gloomy. He opened his mouth to make a sound, but all he could do was a silent sigh. At that moment, his heart was filled with endless regret and bitterness.

If you knew today, why bother in the first place? Now, he is only more breathless than dead, and no one takes him as the son of heaven in his eyes!