Chapter 890: Dilemma
Concubine Wei said: "Lang Jun, you should go!" β
Li Xian hesitated: "But ...... I don't know what Grandma means, if I come out rashly, if I anger Grandma......"
Concubine Wei said: "So what? No matter what the result of Yang Fan is, you have to go. You are not the wife who returned to Beijing peacefully, someone else will pick you up, you may not be able to be here now, let alone be the crown prince, even if the emperor doesn't want to spare him, what can you do if you go to ask for a favor? β
Li Xiandao: "But I heard that it was the queen mother who gave the death order at that time, I lived him, I died and he died, so he did his best to protect me back to Beijing, and it was not how loyal to my Li family, Chongrun said that he had a great relationship with King Liang......"
"You're confused!"
Concubine Wei blushed angrily: "It doesn't matter what his purpose is, what matters is what he does." If you are the emperor, do you want to dig out the hearts of others and see if they are doing things for you out of loyalty? What he does is good for the country, the people, and you, so you will be rewarded!
It doesn't matter why Yang Fan protected you, the important thing is that because of him, you saved your life. Now Yang Fan is in trouble, if you don't know, it's okay, now that thousands of horses are knocking, who in the palace doesn't know? If you don't get ahead, what will people think of you? You can't even protect the people who sacrificed their lives to escort you back to Beijing, who is willing to do things for you. The ancients still knew that a thousand dollars bought horse bones, why can't you even understand such a thing? β
Li Xian was a little moved, but when he thought of his mother's majesty, he was still timid after all, and shook his head and said, "Lady, this matter is ...... Let's wait and see about this for a while. β
"Daddy, Daddy!" With a crisp call, Li Bao'er ran in in a hurry, her face flushed: "Yang Fan stepped on the company camp and kicked Jin Wuwei, have you heard?" β
Several of her sisters are married. She is not too old, and she can live in the palace for another two years, otherwise it will be ugly for all the girls to get married.
Concubine Wei flicked her sleeves angrily and turned around and entered the inner room.
Li Bao'er looked at her mother's back in surprise, then looked at Li Xian, and asked, "Daddy, what's wrong with your mother?" β
Li Xian said annoyedly: "Don't mention it, your mother asked me to go to your imperial grandmother to intercede for Yang Fan." Your imperial grandmother is arbitrary and stern, how can I be bored with myself? β
Li Bao'er heard this. He smiled and said, "Daddy, don't worry, my uncle has already gone." β
Li Xian was stunned and said, "Hachiro? He...... Did he go to the imperial front to intercede for Yang Fan? β
Li Bao'er nodded and said, "Yes!" Just now I saw that he hurriedly left the palace, and the little chamberlain said that his uncle was going to see Yang Fan to intercede. β
"Oh......"
Li Xian stroked his beard and thought about it. There was a bit of weirdness in his expression.
In a corner of the East Palace, Li Dan's sons were standing there waiting for their father to come back. They were supposed to move out of the East Palace and return to the palace today. As a result, a thousand horsemen suddenly knocked on the ground.
Li Dan's second son, Li Chengyi, said: "San Lang." Didn't you say that Yang Fan and the Wu family were very close, why did you persuade your father to intercede for him. β
Li Longji is now a fifteen-year-old boy, with red lips and white teeth, bright eyebrows, and a very extraordinary atmosphere. After listening to the second brother's words, Li Longji said: "Erlang doesn't know anything. I heard Gao Lishi say that Yang Fan is not only close to Wu's movement, but also very close to Aunt Taiping. This person is not necessarily impossible to fight! β
Today's Li Longji is no longer because Yang Fan echoed Wu's words. is a resentful little boy who glared at him angrily, and lived in the palace all the year round, surviving in the midst of many crises, which has given him the ability to see problems through appearances.
Li Longji said: "This can at least show that Yang Fan is still vacillating between the Wu and Li families, in today's crisis, if our Li family can intercede for him and save his life, no matter what, he has to admit this feeling, he has a thousand horses, with his support, my Li family's position will be more stable." β
Wulang Li Longye said unconvinced: "Then it should be said that the seventh uncle is the crown prince, why let our father come forward?" β
Li Longji touched the fifth brother's head dotingly, and said with a smile: "Wulang, you must know that the seventh uncle is the crown prince, and it is inconvenient for him to come forward." When the seventh uncle goes, the imperial grandmother may think that the seventh uncle is inviting people to buy people's hearts, and his father is just a prince, and it is more convenient for him to come forward than Qibo, at least there is no suspicion of inviting people to buy people's hearts. β
Li Dan had six sons, in addition to the sixth who died young, there are five sons who are still alive now. The blood relationship between the children of the same royal family is indifferent, and the righteousness of brothers is shallow. Thanks to Wu Zetian's care, these five brothers have been locked up together since childhood, trapped within the walls of this East Palace, sharing joys and sorrows, so the brotherly affection is very strong.
These five brothers in Xiangwang's family are the same as many brothers from poor families in the people, for them, brothers, friends and brothers are not a joke, they are really like feet and hands, intimate, brothers, and righteousness. The family of the Son of Heaven, between brothers, has such a deep affection, and it is unprecedented.
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Wu Zetian paced slowly on the Lichun platform, feeling troubled in his heart.
Just by looking at the words, she has already understood the truth of the matter, check? If you really want to investigate, I'm afraid that the thief must be real, but Jin Wuwei's deliberate framing must also be true. With the nephew's usual personality and the huge status gap between the two sides, how could it be that Yang Fan took the initiative to provoke.
Yizong is at fault first, Yang Fan is reckless, one is the Qianqi Battalion, one is Jin Wuwei, one is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and the other is her own nephew, is it better to handle this case as a misunderstanding, or is it better for one party to deliberately frame one party and blatantly violate military discipline?
From a longer-term perspective, although she tends to protect Wu and Li in the two families, she can only return to Li because of the general trend. Because she understands that if the Li family is completely abandoned, the Wu family will be unpopular, and none of her nephews will be a mainstay, and the result will inevitably be that the Wu family will be abandoned.
Therefore, the government is out of Li, and the army is in charge of the military, which is her only choice in desperation. Qianqi was established to balance these two shili, so that the Son of Heaven has a certain amount of self-preservation, not only for the future Son of Heaven, but also for the current Son of Heaven, that is, herself.
After she laid out a blueprint for the future regime, she began to strengthen the process of relinquishing military power to the Wu clan. But she was also afraid that the Wu clan would take risks and launch a coup d'Γ©tat to seize the throne, and even her, the person who supported the martial arts family, was killed. This kind of thing is not impossible, a person who is an emperor must be strictly vigilant even if his own son leads troops, let alone a nephew.
If Yang Fan didn't decisively save people at that time and let his subordinates be persecuted to death by Yizong, how would he still lead the troops? He also has his last resort. Zhang Yizhi said that the twenty-four guards in Kyoto, except for one Lin Wei, all surrendered to the Wu clan, and now the words of severely punishing Yang Fan will make the army accelerate to the Wu clan?
Although this was her purpose, she didn't want even a fulcrum to balance the two families of Wu and Li to disappear, and she didn't want the army to start looking for another master while she was still alive. Cheng Hei is getting sicker and sicker, and the people of the martial arts family have gradually fallen to think twice, but what about her? She is also old, getting older and older, so she can't be abandoned by those who are mercenary?
Yang Fan can break through the Jinwuwei camp with a thousand horses, if she is really an elite soldier, if Yang Fan, the chess piece used for balance, is withdrawn, her entire layout will fall apart.
However, it is really unjustifiable not to punish him.
The dispatch and command of the Nanya Forbidden Army belong to the political affairs hall, and at the same time, she needs her nod, but all the troops of more than ten people, except for emergencies, must have the emperor's "edict" and tiger talisman issued by Shangshu Province and Menxia Province. The Beiya Forbidden Army directly belongs to the emperor and is less restricted, but there has never been such a move as Yang Fan, such as not punishing ......
Wu Zetian thought about it and was worried, and at this moment, Xiao Hai entered the room to report: "Sage, the king asks to see." β
"Oh?"
Wu Zetian thought about it for a while, and understood why this son came, he didn't want to see it, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind again, and said, "Call him in." β
Wu Yizong and Yang Fan, who were standing in front of the hall, watched the prime minister Li Dan enter Lichun Terrace, and after about two pillars of incense, Li Dan came out of the hall again and walked past the two without squinting. After a while, the chamberlain Xiaohai walked out of the hall, stood on the steps, and said loudly: "Bixia speaks!" β
Wu Yizong and Yang Fan leaned over slightly, and Xiao Hai said: "Yang Fan quickly ordered the thousand horsemen to return to the camp, and the sergeants should not discuss today's affairs." The soldiers and horses returned to the camp, and Yang Fan returned to his home to participate! β
Yang Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, since he was not punished on the spot, even if he was guilty, the consequences would not be too serious. He gave a long swipe to Lichun Terrace, turned around and left. Wu Yizong stared at him viciously with his eyes, and then turned his head to look at Xiao Hai. Xiao Hai turned to one side and said, "The saint has a meeting, General Wu, please." β
Wu Yizong flicked his sleeves and walked into the hall angrily, and when he saw Wu Zetian, he said: "Auntie, the facts are there, Yang Fan is bold, he should be beheaded, why did my aunt let him go!" β
Wu Zetian's face sank, and said, "Those bastard things you did, do you really think I don't know anything?" β
When Wu Yizong saw that Wu Zetian was angry, he shrunk his neck and stopped squeaking.
Wu Zetian snorted, and said: "Jin Wuwei has an army of 40,000 people, and he was beaten by a thousand people, you are really a good soldier!" β
Wu Yizong stiffened his neck and said, "Auntie, that's different, my nephew didn't expect him to be so bold, and he was completely defenseless......
Wu Zetian turned the dragon head and said: "Then you are in Zhaozhou, and the more than 100,000 troops were frightened by the Khitan scattered cavalry of less than 1,000 people and fled, and they were completely defenseless?" β
Wu Yizong's face turned red all of a sudden, and he was speechless for a long time.
Wu Zetian glanced at him coldly and said, "Go back, restrain your soldiers and horses, and fight again in the future, I am the only one who asks!" β
Wu Yizong said: "That...... So this time......"
Wu Zetian said: "This matter only happened between your two battalions, outsiders don't know yet, let alone know the details, you are not allowed to publicize it to the public, your ugliness has been lost enough, if it goes on like this, how can I entrust you with the right to garrison troops in Kyoto?" How to deal with this matter, I have my own opinion. β
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