Li Dong expressed his political opinions in one sentence, but it also gave the officials in the court their first impression of Li Dong.
Just this impression, but it inadvertently laid the foundation for disaster.
In the next few days, the fights in the court became more intense, and Li Dong, who always wanted to provoke them, angrily reprimanded them. But a few days later, the trend in the court changed again.
Some people raised issues, but no one discussed them. Even if Li Dong had an opinion, he would immediately obey it.
Anyone with a discerning eye would know that something was wrong. Li Dong was also quite surprised by this situation, but as he was about to ascend the throne, he was a little confused for a while.
Seeing this situation, Li Ao had to go to court again to stabilize the government. Li Dong also encountered a wall for the first time and was a little unhappy all day long.
Among them, Song Mu could only give Li Dong a few words of persuasion when he was giving lectures in the East Palace. However, as Li Dong had more papers to review, Song Mu was often unable to talk to him.
Although Song Mu is the young master of the crown prince, he is only continuing to teach in the East Palace. From the perspective of ordinary people, Song Mu is far away from the eye of the storm, and he seems to be in isolation.
But perhaps because of the confusion of the authorities, Song Mu was able to see what was going on in the court, and he understood more and more what Li Ao meant when he said that he did not want to get involved.
The battle between the two parties is getting more and more intense, and Song Mu can even see that in the near future, perhaps after Li Dong's level, a winner will be decided.
If you want to mix it in, you have to wait.
However, after thinking like this, Song Mu's words often appeared in his mind, and there was no definite answer in his mind.
At the same time, the changing situation in Chang'an also changed subtly due to the arrival of two great scholars.
One day at court, two great scholars, Xiang He and Chang Dafu, suddenly appeared and stated that they would do something for Li Dong's smooth accession to the throne. The civil and military officials in the court immediately came to their senses.
Even though Li Dong is only at the same level as a Jinshi, he represents the royal family and has the support of many great scholars in the world behind him.
Also because of the appearance of the two great scholars, it seemed that the storm in Chang'an was suppressed for a while, and everything seemed to be on the right track again.
Song Mu also breathed a sigh of relief. From this point of view, it was just a false alarm. Although Li Ao was ill, he had already thought about this for Li Dong. This time he was just thinking about it slowly.
The days of his enthronement were getting closer and closer, but on this day in the court, everyone was discussing the next matter of his enthronement, but suddenly someone came to report and submitted an urgent request of eight hundred miles.
"Your Majesty, reports came from Southern Xinjiang yesterday. The East China Sea Monster Tribe and the Southern Xinjiang Demon Barbarians launched a counterattack. However, they broke through three major cities in one night. Most of Guangdong Province fell. The Southern Xinjiang border troops suffered heavy casualties, and millions of civilians were trapped.
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Everyone who heard this was stunned. Even Li Ao, who was sitting in the main seat, suddenly stood up.
But the next moment, another urgent military order came. It was about the war in southern Xinjiang and urgent help was needed.
As a result, the previous war in southern Xinjiang has been completely unsuccessful, and even the demon barbarians have broken through like this, and everything has been lost!
When Li Ao heard the news, his expression suddenly froze. This time he suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fell down suddenly.
There was another exclamation in the court, and all the ministers came forward one after another to hurriedly treat him.
In this chaos, all the officials had no idea at all. The current situation in the Wen Dynasty had taken a turn for the worse. This time, it was a real internal and external trouble.
Li Dongyu spoke at this moment to stabilize the court and gave orders to everyone.
"This matter must be done immediately, Prime Minister Tan, immediately mobilize people from all over to support southern Xinjiang."
"Prime Minister Feng, issue a decree and all provinces and highways in southern Xinjiang will immediately take in the people of Guangdong Province. Don't let the people of our Wen Dynasty be besieged again!"
At this moment, Prime Minister Feng and Prime Minister Tan finally put aside their differences and immediately left the court to issue orders. Song Mu, following other officials, hurriedly sent Li Ao back to the palace and called for the imperial physician.
But this time, after taking the pulse, the imperial doctor actually showed fear, and what came from the palace was Li Dong's angry shouting.
Everything came to a standstill.
The day before the auspicious day of enthronement, the sky was covered with dark clouds early in the morning, and soon it began to rain. Perhaps it was the continuous spring rain, but the chill continued to penetrate into everyone's heart.
Song Mu came to the East Palace as always. Although there were so many things that shocked him, Song Mu still needed to preside over teaching courses for the royal children.
It's just that I didn't see Li Dong in the East Palace today. I heard that Li Dong is now living in His Majesty's palace and taking care of him day and night. I want to see Li Ao get better with my own eyes.
Song Mu was writing down the arrangements for the next few days in the Nuan Pavilion. At this time, other lecturers also arrived here one after another, and one of them said to Song Mu immediately.
"Master Song, it's raining heavily today."
"Yes, it is a good thing that it rains in spring. Spring rain is as precious as oil. In this way, the wheat in the wheat field can drink water, which relieves the pain of this spring drought."
Song Mu nodded in agreement, and several people were drying their shoes among them, and some people started talking.
"Speaking of which, when I first entered the Imperial City, I saw a lot of Chang'an internal guards outside the Imperial City. What is this?"
"Master Yao is talking about the Xuanwu Gate side, right? There are indeed hundreds of troops there. They should be training together with the Royal Forest Army."
"How do we know this matter? Perhaps it is an arrangement made by His Highness for his subsequent enthronement."
Several people said this, the speaker was unintentional and the listener was intentional. Song Mu immediately stopped what he was doing, looked up at the people and asked.
"The Chang'an inner guard will also participate in the enthronement ceremony when the time comes?"
Lord Yao stood up immediately and said something a little doubtfully.
"It should be so. After all, it is the enthronement ceremony, and there are always not enough manpower. Sir, you are also the Minister of Rites, so you should know something about it, right?"
Song Mu was thinking in his mind at the moment. For this enthronement ceremony, Song Mu was only responsible for writing prayers, or he was a ghostwriter, and then he learned some etiquette that he should pay attention to as the prince's young master.
and process, but I don’t know anything else about it.
However, Song Mu still thought about it for a while and still frowned slightly.
"The Chang'an Internal Guard and the Royal Forest Army are not intertwined, and their responsibilities are also different. Even if the Chang'an Internal Guard is needed to do something, it is impossible to mobilize hundreds of people at once."
Saying this, Song Mu immediately looked up at everyone and asked.
"What are those Chang'an internal guards dressed like?"
"They are all wearing armor, and they are all tall and tall."
When Song Mu heard this, he put down the pen in his hand and looked a little serious.
Seeing this situation, several adults also looked at Song Mu in confusion.
"Sir, what's wrong with this?"
"In the imperial city, the Imperial Guard's soldiers and armors all need to be mobilized with military talismans. If the Chang'an inner guards want to mobilize so many armored soldiers, they should also have military talismans to match when they enter the imperial city."
As Song Mu said this, he felt more and more inappropriate, and immediately stood up and went out.
"I don't know what to do about this matter. I'll go and talk to His Highness."
Several adults were confused, but they heard Song Mu's voice continuing to come.
"Today there is a lecture in the East Palace. Please take good care of the royal children."