Chapter 11 Sneezing

Chang'an City is shrouded in the vast snow and cold air. Today, the Xuanzheng Hall small dynasty, officials of certain grades in Beijing rushed to participate one after another. Everyone finally met the emperor early in the morning and planned to return to their respective yamen offices.

Now Princess Taiping and Xue Chongxun are both in Huaqing Palace, but the political management center is not in Xuanzheng Hall, but in the political affairs hall outside, with Zhang Shuo as the core in the hands of a group of court officials.

Therefore, seeing the emperor is a matter of etiquette.

The Secretary of the Central Committee, Zhang Shuo and the Minister of Revenue, Liu An, met on Zhuque Street. Now he entered the Daming Palace and walked towards Xuanzheng Hall together.

Occasionally, officials passing by would bow to them and salute them respectfully, but they didn't have to be polite to everyone, just nodding to those who were not very familiar with them.

The magnificent palace in the snow is still tall, with its thick outline and grand momentum giving people the illusion that it will never decline; and the people in it are as small as ants, setting off the immovable imperial power and the lowliness of the world.

But this is just an illusion, and the power to maintain this place is still human.

At this time, an official from the Political Affairs Hall rushed over to the avenue. When he walked to Zhang Shuo and Liu An, he shook the snow on his body and said: I have been waiting for the two at the entrance of the Political Affairs Hall for a long time. I heard the wind early in the morning. Today, I am preparing a joint book...

What book?Zhang said that he had been covered in snow and probably had been standing outside despite the cold for a long time. The snow on his clothes had shaken off a lot, and even the snowflakes on his beard.

Abdicate!The official widened his eyes and said two words, his face pale.

After hearing this, Zhang Shuo was stunned and looked at each other for a while. Zhang Shuo said in a daze: Isn’t Xue Lang still in Huaqing Palace?I haven't received any hint from Your Highness before.

Liu An said: I didn’t hear any wind at all.

This kind of thing... Zhang Shuo frowned and thought for a moment, and then he made a quick decision, don’t go to Xuanzheng Hall for the time being, let’s go to the Zhengzheng Hall first, and you can check the liaison details between Chang'an and Huaqing Palace within five days, and you must not miss one!Be quick!

Yes, go and do it immediately.

The two walked into the Zhengshi Hall and sat for a while, but saw that the other prime ministers were not here, and they didn't know if they had gone to Xuanzheng Hall before they entered the palace. Zhang Shu sneered for a moment and didn't say anything.

Liu An reminded: Should I notify other husbands first?

They are well-informed in various yamen, so can we do this forever?Zhang said.

After waiting for a long time, a subordinate official found out the documents and files and reported to the Political Affairs Hall. Zhang said he hurriedly looked through the photos, and Liu An came over.

Zhang Shuo browsed and murmured: Huaqing Palace has sent several groups of people, but from the list, these people cannot be responsible for such a big deal.

Compared with Zhang Shuo, Liu An didn't care about his steady demeanor and said impatiently: From this point of view, what he did today was not instructed by His Highness?

Isn't this obvious?Zhang said, "He's too anxious...

Liu An showed a hint of ridicule. A while ago, Xue Lang defeated Tubo 500,000. After returning to the court, he faced the saint in Hanyuan Hall. He did not kneel in front of all civil and military officials. Today, he had no choice but to hear that the Shence Army was dissatisfied with the rewards of the court, not to mention that the eight thousand elite troops were still stationed in Chang'an... Today, he was frightened.

Ah…cut!Zhang Shuo suddenly sneezes.After hearing this, Liu An looked at him in shock: Mr. Zhang must pay attention to his health, the weather is getting colder and colder.

Zhang said quickly took out his handkerchief and covered it on his nose: You are right, it is easy to get cold when the weather is cold, so everyone has to rest.After saying that, Ah...sneezes again and suddenly coughs.

I am afraid that my face is impeached by the censor. If someone comes, I will serve you in the pen. I will write a note and I have to go home to find a doctor to get some medicine to take. Alas, I am older and not as good as a young man.

Liu An sat in a daze for a while, and suddenly started coughing and stood up and spitting in the spittoon. I didn't feel very straightforward...

Zhang Shuo looked at him seriously, but there was a smile on his lips that was not easy to detect. But it was too coincidental. I was really lazy because of the cold and wanted to be lazy. Can't Liu Xianggong think about other things if he envied him?

Liu An bowed his fists in shame, and he couldn't say anything.

The two of them figured out the matter and ran away, but many ministers were slow to react and went to Xuanzheng Hall with a tough bullet. Then Li Chengning took out the joint book and asked everyone to sign and seal it...

This matter is difficult to deal with. The abdicated person's surname is Xue. Anyone will be anxious about such a big thing, and the signature is neither a sign nor a sign.

Some upright officials cursed on the spot: Your Majesty has done this, and his century-old foundation has been destroyed by his own hands. Will there be any face to see his ancestors underground in the future?

Li Chengning was sitting on it in a golden dragon robe, speechless.

Someone said with a thick neck: Your Majesty not only ruins his foundation, but also wants to bring unrighteousness to His Highness Princess Taiping and the King of Jin!

Li Chengning sighed and said: You don’t understand my difficulties. I didn’t want to ascend the throne at the beginning, but everyone insisted on letting me sit in this position. Now it’s like a needle and needle... If you think you can’t abdicate, then I’ll abdicate.

Even the prime minister Li Shouyi, who has always been upright and dared to speak, could not bear it anymore and said angrily: What does Your Majesty want?I don’t understand. Who said that Your Majesty is wrong at this time?Everything is justified. If someone blatantly forces Your Majesty, I will be the first to stand up and argue, but no one does this. Why did Your Majesty summon me and others to do this absurd thing!

After being persuaded by a group of people, Li Chengning, who had decided to do it, was shaken again. He looked around and was worried and didn't know what to do. After a long time, he said: Let me think twice and go to court again tomorrow.

Everyone no longer cared about face and etiquette, and many people shook their heads and sighed on the spot.

After the group broke up, Li Chengning returned to Penglai Hall. His mother, Zhao, hurriedly came up to ask how things were going. Li Chengning said pale and said: The court officials all opposed it, saying that I would be the sinner of the Tang Dynasty. I was afraid for a moment and changed my words and said that I would abdicate, thinking, I would quit and change another person, and do whatever others would do...

Seeing that his shoulders were shaking, Zhao immediately brushed his back with a pity and said: Ning'er, don't worry, there are two gentlemen with good knowledge and strategy in the Hanlin Academy who happened to be here in Penglai Palace today. Please let them give you an idea.

At this time, two Confucian scholars came over and knelt in front of him and called for a long life. Li Chengning helped them up and asked for advice.

Officials of Hanlin Academy...

Although there is no choice in talent and learning, some people have not yet had the opportunity to go to the key yamen to experience it, lack experience, and just talk about it on paper.

However, the Zhao family and his son can't find anyone else now. Which ministers in power are willing to come here to give them advice?

A Confucian scholar asked: What did Your Majesty do in Xuanzheng Hall? He announced his retirement...what happened?

Li Chengning said: I just said I should think twice and discuss it tomorrow.

The man breathed a sigh of relief and said: Your Majesty can't be left behind now. If you abdicate so passively, it will be easy for him to re-establish a descendant of Li Tang, and then what to do... But this great contribution is not Your Majesty's future situation...

Another person objected: How could you persuade Your Majesty like this?!The Li surname of the Tang Dynasty was Zhengshuo, how could it be changed just by saying that?Could it be that Princess Taiping’s family sent someone to force Your Majesty?

Li Chengning said: That's not, but isn't it obvious?The Shence Army was in Chang'an and they kept saying that our Li family treated Xue Chongxun badly and was eyeing him covetously; and the imperial guards did not listen to us.You didn't see it in Hanyuan Palace that day. Xue Chongxun even knelt down and saved the group of powerful generals who had returned from the battlefield, and there was still a smell of blood on their bodies.I can't sleep at night now, and I dreamed that the soldiers rushed into the palace...

Zhao was very worried when she heard this. She cried: The country of Li Tang cannot all fall on our fair-minded Ning'er. Now the court is so good that we can't blame us. When Ning'er was just pushed to the throne, she was already like that. No one listened to us. Can we blame us?Those ministers always use their ancestors' foundation to suppress Ning'er, as if he had made it like this. They just wanted to be happy to see my son being forced to death!The military generals in Chang'an said without any hesitation that the emperor should reward their Xue Chongxun's merits. What does this mean?All of them have been named Princess. If you don’t you want the Li family’s throne?The knife is in the hands of others, what can others do if they want Ning'er?You will give me some comments.

The first Confucian scholar sighed and said: You have to take the initiative to make contributions. After all, the Xue family and the Li family are also in-laws, and his mother is also Princess Li Tang. Since Your Majesty cannot turn the situation around, it is better to have a good relationship with him. Everyone is happy.

The two strategists couldn't say the same thing, and the other immediately shook his head and said: This matter is not that simple. You also said that Princess Taiping's surname is Li?We, Li Tang, are not without people. Princess Taiping is not smaller than Xue's strength. Why should she betray the ancestors of the Li family?

You really only read the books of sages and don’t think about the world. Just say that when Wu Zhou was about to change the empress’s surname, what was the dissatisfaction with Princess Taiping?She had a smooth life in the Zhou Dynasty. No matter how she was doing this, it was all their family who made it. What does it matter if the name changed?Is Princess Taiping willing to give power to her distant relatives with Li Tang's status or to her own son?

After hearing this, the Confucian scholar was shocked and said: You are too brave. To put it this way, Princess Taiping, you are not afraid of being arrested by the wall and beheaded you!

At this time, Li Chengning frowned and said angrily: You want to go back to the Hanlin Academy to argue!Please go back!

The two of them hurriedly stopped and hurriedly left.

After they left, Li Chengning complained: Who are the mothers looking for? How did these two people get into the Hanlin Academy?

Zhao said: I think there is one of them that makes sense. When Wu Zhou was in power, he didn't see how Princess Taiping was like...