Chapter five hundred and sixty seventh: confused emperor
The whole court was silent.
Suddenly, it was like this temple like Caishikou, and the quiet needles could be heard.
Behind the silence, there are many emotions mixed with, some are happy and some are sad.
However, almost everyone was shocked by the strength of the Shen Ce Army at the first time.
Strength often determines everything.
If Wei Hongmin could eliminate the Shen Ce Army, even if he killed Qin Shaoyou and the Emperor, as long as there was a reasonable reason, who would dare to say something in the temple? In this world, most people are following the trend, just because the wind blows both sides.
And the same is true now. When the Shen Ce Army showed extraordinary strength and killed Wei Hongmin, those who had a good impression of Qin Shaoyou could only have fun in their hearts, while those who hated Qin Shaoyou could only remain silent.
What else can be done besides silence? Not silence means that the court must punish the crime. The joke is that the Shen Ce Army is the only one, and more than 100,000 troops are defeated. The court dares to break the Shen Ce Army and risk the big trouble in the world to fight against Qin Shaoyou?
It is not so easy to fight for life. Although the Wei family has more than 70% chance of winning, she can mobilize the world's troops. After all, he represents the court. After all, the Shen Ce Army has only more than 10,000 people. As long as you command the world, gather the elite troops of the world and spit at a time, it will be enough to drown the Shen Ce Army.
However, those who are in the upper hand do not stand under the dangerous wall. Obviously, such a practice is too variable, and the Wei family can no longer afford a new situation.
The only thing she had to do was to temporarily stabilize the situation and fool this matter.
As for the reason, obviously, the caring Qin Shaoyou and the four governors had already thought about it. Wei Hongmin wanted to kill the emperor, which was a rebellion. Since it was a rebellion, these people were rewarded with the king's fortune and loyalty to the king, of course they were blameless. Didn't they see the good news that they had sent to ask for me?
What is a good news? Good news means that they have made contributions to the court and shed blood for the court. Naturally, they have a good news in their hearts, and only the bad news is Wei Hongmin. Fortunately... the net of heaven is vast and unobstructed, and Wei Hongmin has been punished, so... the court not only has a step forward.
The court has its own steps, but what about the Wei family?
The person who died was Wei, and the humer-minded minister of the Wei family was not long ago, and the Shizhong promoted by Wei family. Qin Shaoyou and others had thought of reasons for the court, but as long as Wei Hongmin died, the Wei family would have no steps to go down.
This has caused panic within the Wei family.
"How could things go to this point? Wei Hongmin has repeatedly misjudged the judgment. Now, it's really caught people off guard. It's okay if he dies. But how will the people in the world think of the Wei family?"
"Yes. Although Wei Hongmin is still alive, it has a huge harm to the Wei family. Alas..."
"You can't fight with the Qin surname. Now he has won a great victory. The strength of the Shence Army cannot be underestimated. Once the troops are deployed, wouldn't it be a joke if you can't take over Henan?"
"Of course, we can't start the war easily. It would be fine if it was the past, but as long as the emperor is still in Qin Shaoyou's hands, the imperial court will definitely attract doubts from the people of the world. Once people's hearts are fluctuating, it will be bad. If Qin Shaoyou rebels, he will naturally be cut into pieces. However, the imperial court uses troops without authorization, and to the emperor, it is also a murder of his mother. Alas..."
"Just...what should be done..."
"Wei Hongmin misled our Wei family."
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To a certain extent, Wei Hongmin is really a sinner of Qianqiu for the Wei family. He attacked Qin Shaoyou again and again, although he had his long-term vision, but every time he took action, he would steal the chicken and lose the rice, which made people speechless.
Fortunately, he was dead. For the Wei family, if there was any dirty water, it would be poured on him.
However, doing so will certainly make people vent their emotions, but to reality, it will be useless. The Wei family must give themselves a step forward.
Wei Xuanzhen knew the most about this.
Since he became a Shizhong, he realized the difficulties of the world and the situation in the world were a mess. He was worried about labor every day and was in a state of great difficulty. Now, Wei Hongmin's death has made him even more angry.
The court had room for maneuver, but the Wei family did not.
How should the Wei family make a move?
It is absolutely impossible to completely cut off Wei Hongmin. Wei Hongmin is one of the pillars of the Wei family. Once someone dies, his body is not cold. Just say that this person has nothing to do with him. This will only make many people within the Wei Party feel disappointed. Even Wei Hongmin cannot protect him. On the contrary, if something happens, he will kick him away immediately. If Wei Hongmin is like this, what about him?
Therefore, in order to inspire people, the Wei family must show that the blood of Wei Hongmin and Wei families is thicker than water and are inseparable.
But without division, it means that Wei Hongmin, the "rebellion party", is not a illegitimate plan. Since Wei Hongmin is a loyal minister, Qin Shaoyou, Wang Fangyi, Wei Dingfangren and others are rebelling.
Once Qin Shaoyou and others are criticized for rebellion, what does this mean? Since they are rebelling, is it difficult for the court to fight against the thieves and fight against the thieves? Is it really going to be so uncontrollable?
It seems like a huge problem to not be able to fight against thieves, but also to protect Wei Hongmin.
There is a Qin Shaoyou from Henan Prefecture that is still difficult to deal with, not to mention that Qin Shaoyou from now on almost control one mansion and five towns.
Wei Xuanzhen has been almost always entertaining the Wei family’s children who come to visit these days.
Everyone talks, each has his own thoughts and their own ideas.
But unfortunately, most people have no real nutritional topics except venting their anger and some are showing off their verbal pleasure.
Unable to think of a solution, Wei Xuanzhen turned gray overnight, and at this moment, the emperor finally asked about this matter.
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Li Xian has always been unwilling to care about external affairs. He has always been like this. He is almost isolated from the world in the palace. Empress Wei and him have a very harmonious relationship. Li Xian doesn't like to deal with those mundane affairs, so he is almost a hand-off manager.
At the beginning, I would attend court meetings and barely deal with the ministers, but later, I was too lazy to even go to Xuanzheng Hall. Usually, I was only in the harem, and foreign ministers could hardly even meet the emperor.
Li Xian has favored several concubines recently, and these concubines were all selected by Empress Wei.
Empress Wei's "conscientiousness" made Li Xian very happy.
Of course, these concubines had almost the same identities, and they were all poor and humble children, almost manipulated by Empress Wei, so Li Xian began to lose energy since then.
If it weren't for Wei Hongmin's death, I'm afraid that at this time, he would never care about what happened outside.
The emperor suddenly arrived at Xuanzheng Hall and invited Wei Hongmin to see him.
Wei Hongmin walked into the Xuanzheng Hall and saw Li Xian and Empress Wei sitting side by side. Empress Wei carefully held the tea for Li Xian.
Li looked a little impatient. He frowned on his slightly pale face and said, "Wei Qing. What's going on? Why did you say it? Qin Shaoyou held his mother hostage, and then said it's Wei Hongmin who wanted to kill her mother. I haven't had a good sleep these days. Why have I had so many things happening recently? I see that Wei Hongmin is a very thoughtful person. Why did he let him go to Weizhou, but he became like this? Alas... He died. It's not a pity, but I heard from the queen that he is still quite capable and loyal in normal times..."
Wei Xuanzhen didn't know what His Majesty was thinking for a moment, so she couldn't help but look up carefully and go to see Empress Wei.
Empress Wei pursed her lips and pretended to be indifferent.
Li Xian said: "But then again, the queen said that Wei Qing was a loyal minister. He was not loyal to the court, but me. Because of this, he heard that Qin Shaoyou was with his mother and was afraid that sooner or later he would teach me to abdicate again. He then became determined to avoid future troubles. He wanted to take risks and simply did not stop."
When Li Xian said this, Wei Xuanzhen suddenly felt like a mirror in her heart.
This must be because Empress Wei had already established her character. She took advantage of Li Xian's fear of the emperor to create the impression that Wei Hongmin had passed away for the sake of the emperor.
No wonder...
No wonder there are no outsiders in the Xuanzheng Hall today, only Li Xian, Wu Zetian and his father-in-law.
Only when these three people gather together can some words be said. After all, although the emperor's taboos against the emperor are well known to everyone, they must not say them in person, otherwise there would be another uproar.
Wei Xuanzhen hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is right. Governor Wei has his own difficulties. He did this on the surface to blame the people of the world, but in fact, he would rather be laughed at by others and take this great risk than to fulfill His Majesty, Your Majesty... Alas..."
He sighed heavily, feeling very sorry for Wei Hongmin.
Li Xian was silent and seemed a little helpless for a moment. He said, "But even so, Qin Shaoyou... should not harm me. At the beginning... I was able to be the emperor, and Qin Shaoyou made great contributions. Although Wei Hongmin had this intention, he was too stupid. He was really stupid. He was not entirely a loyal minister in the world."
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Li Xian's words made Wei Xuanzhen stunned.
The words at the beginning were pretty good, but why did it change in a blink of an eye?
Oh, Wei Hongmin is a loyal minister, and Qin Shaoyou is also a loyal minister. Which side do you stand on, Your Majesty?
For a moment, Wei Xuanzhen didn't know how to answer, so he had to look at Wei as if begging. Wei coughed and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is right, but what should I do now? There is no conclusion yet whether Qin Shaoyou is a loyal minister. After all,... he is too close to the emperor. Your Majesty, Qin Shaoyou, after all, is the emperor's son-in-law and Princess Taiping's husband."
After suddenly saying these words, Li Xian was stunned for a moment.
Empress Wei continued, "Since he is the son-in-law of the Emperor, I would like to ask, if one day, Your Majesty is no longer the Emperor, and the Emperor will regain the court. She only has two sons, one of which is already a rebellion, and it is impossible. The other is His Majesty, the deposed Emperor. After the Emperor's death, who will preside over the world?"
"There is a female emperor in this world. Who can tell you that there will be no second one? Qin Shaoyou is the husband of the female emperor. What's the difference between this and the emperor? What's more, in the future, the emperor will be given to Qin Shaoyou's son. I heard that Qin Shaoyou and Princess Taiping's son are over one year old and have a strong birth. There are people in Luoyang Palace who are complimenting, saying that this is a good dragon grandson, Your Majesty... I think about some things carefully, aren't you still afraid? I know that Your Majesty has a strong relationship with Qin Shaoyou, and some things. I dare not think too badly, but Your Majesty has no intention of harming others, but can Your Majesty guarantee that others have no selfishness?"
"Where is this world, no one in this world, even if he is a concubine, I dare not say that he has no selfish intentions at all. As for Qin Shaoyou, whether he is good or bad, it doesn't matter, but is Your Majesty really willing to bet on his loyalty? What bets does Your Majesty make? Your Majesty can not gamble with his honorary position. Or does Your Majesty want to bet on his life? Your Majesty can give up everything and gamble, but does Your Majesty want to bet on his own prince? Your Majesty, we can't afford to bet on him. Even if we can, the princes can't afford to bet on him. This is not a time to act in anger."
Li Xian was silent after hearing these words.
Every sentence that Empress Wei said was pierced into his heart like a knife, infinitely amplifying the deepest fear in his heart. Once this fear was released, Li Xian was immediately depressed.
Wei Xuanzhen narrowed her eyes and watched coldly. Seeing that the time was almost done, she said, "What the Empress said is right. Your Majesty, this is the case in this world. The word "love and friendship" is important, but who is a parent who does not love his children? Qin Shaoyou has friendship with Your Majesty. Doesn't he love his children? Your Majesty is the same. Your Majesty should love his children. What Wei Hongmin did is for both Your Majesty and for His Highness. Can't Your Majesty understand his difficulties?"
Li Xian's body was shocked and he was speechless. He sighed bitterly: "But now... since such a thing happened, then... what should... be...? Alas... I'm really worried about it, so I listened to the queen's words and asked Wei Qing to discuss. Wei Qing, I have always written to you, what do you think should?"
Wei Xuanzhen knew that at this time, His Majesty had been completely pulled to Wei Hongmin's side.
At least he strongly sympathizes with Wei Hongmin.
Wei Xuanzhen smiled bitterly in her heart, what should I do? I also want to ask what to do. It’s so messy that I can’t explain it.
Empress Wei said at this time: "Your Majesty, you have to calm down Qin Shaoyou for the time being, so... according to my opinion, first of all, you have to issue an order to comfort Qin Shaoyou and others. Aren't they rewarding merits? Then let them report and reward them with some money and food, and give them 500 kilograms of gold."
The so-called gift of five hundred gold looks like five hundred kilograms of gold, which is definitely a large amount of wealth. However, the gold here means copper. Giving five hundred kilograms of copper may be a huge wealth for ordinary people, but for Qin Shaoyou and others, it is really a hair.
Of course... this is just a form of walking. To a certain extent, since there is a reward, it is equivalent to the court recognizing the actions of Qin Shaoyou and others, and putting a legal cloak on Qin Shaoyou and others to kill Wei Hongmin.
Li Xianhe nodded and said, "Okay, that's it."
Wei said slowly again: "But we can't be frustrated with Wei Hongmin. Why don't Your Majesty give him a son? Just say that his son has made merits. How about being named a prince? In this way, if Wei Hongmin knows about him, he will be grateful to Your Majesty."
Suddenly, he rewarded Wei Hongmin's son with a false contribution, which obviously meant telling the people of the world that the emperor seemed to miss Wei Hongmin quite much.
I admired Qin Shaoyou and Wei Hongmin's son, which was obviously a confusion. But after a closer look, Qin Shaoyou was only five hundred gold coins, while the Wei family was a prince. It was obvious which was more important.
Li Xian was moved, pondered for a long time before sighing, saying, "Okay, everything is up to the Queen."
Wei smiled slightly and said, "There is another thing. Since Wei Hongmin is dead, the governor of Zhaoyi Town is vacant. The country cannot be without a king for a day. This Zhaoyi Town cannot be without a governor for a day. Does Your Majesty have a good candidate?"
Li Xian had any good candidates, but he just shook his head: "Is there any good candidates for the Queen?"
Wei said lightly: "The Later General Zheng Tong is skilled and capable of a great task. You might as well ask him to be the governor of Zhaoyi."
Zheng Tong is a son of the Zheng family among the five surnames and seven families. Wei suddenly recommended this person, but Li Xian felt strange because he really had no impression of this person. Based on his understanding of Empress Wei, if Empress Wei likes to be close to him, he will say a few words in front of him from time to time. Where did this surname Zheng appear? Why was it suddenly recommended by Wei?
Li Xian was stunned for a moment, but said, "Okay, then let him serve as the governor of Zhaoyi. In short, everything is based on the queen. What the queen said will never be wrong."
Wei smiled slightly: "Your Majesty is too proud, how can I be right in everything?"
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