This time, Xile sent fifteen million taels of golden tickets, so of course he would not let Wu Yuan go easily.
After a whole day, Wu Yuan left with Xile satisfied.
The sun had already set after they came out. Yan Miao and Murong Haitang sat in the pavilion chatting.
Seeing Wu Yuan coming out, the two said in unison: "Prime Minister Wen has been waiting at the door all day."
Wu Yuan slapped his forehead and forgot about summoning Prime Minister Wen.
When Wu Yuan arrived at the pavilion at the entrance of the East Palace, Prime Minister Wen was already lying there and asleep.
Wu Yuan grinned, then coughed lightly.
Prime Minister Wen immediately woke up. Although he had a resentful look on his face, he still hurriedly saluted Wu Yuan.
"No need, the state affairs are busy, Prime Minister Wen is considerate." Wu Yuan said casually.
But it was better not to say this. After saying this, Prime Minister Wen immediately quit, "Your Majesty, I am old, but I am not stupid. Others don't know, but I still know. The memorial was all done by Yan Fei, the Chief of Ceremonies."
You review it, and I have an old minister to help you look after it, so what other state affairs can you be busy with?"
"You can't say that. The things I'm worried about are all major matters related to Da Wu's life and death. I'll leave the small things to you, and I can rest assured." Wu Yuan said without blushing or heartbeat.
Prime Minister Wen was too lazy to continue to expose Wu Yuan's lies, and only said: "Your Majesty summoned the old minister, what is the matter? It happens that the old minister also has something to report to your majesty."
"In that case, Prime Minister Wen should speak first." Wu Yuan said very generously.
Prime Minister Wen was speechless. It was the first time in history that an emperor like Wu Yuan was too lazy to attend court in the morning.
Now even a fool can see that Wu Yuan really doesn't have that much desire for the throne.
It's a pity that Emperor Wu always believed that Wu Yuan had been coveting the throne for a long time, which led him and Wu Yuan to where they are today.
Prime Minister Wen even knew that Wu Yuan ascended the throne today, which had a lot to do with Emperor Wu's persecution.
Maybe in Wu Yuan's mind, he would be more happy to be a dashing crown prince.
After thinking about it in his mind, Prime Minister Wen also cheered up and said to Wu Yuan with a somewhat solemn expression: "Your Majesty, I have two things to say."
"First of all, your Majesty, please stop touching the wealthy gentry of the capital city. These people are more or less closely related to some ministers of the imperial court. They can affect the whole body with their influence. Now they have brought down a Li family and slaughtered an ordinary person.
Home is enough, if we continue to move it, it may cause turmoil in the court."
"I heard that Your Majesty has already met Liu Baichuan and other senior ministers. Today, those few people have jointly submitted a letter to the Supreme Emperor. You don't need to think about it to know that it is to impeach Your Majesty."
Wu Yuan was not surprised at all after hearing this.
"It's just a few old stubborns. If you want to impeach them, just go ahead and impeach them." Wu Yuan was not afraid at all. If he hadn't deliberately let it go, their petition would never have been sent to Emperor Wu.
"Your Majesty, I am a little confused. Why is Your Majesty so lax about Longyang Palace?" This question has been in Prime Minister Wen's mind for a long time.
In the past, Emperor Wu Yuancheng and Emperor Wu sent all the concubines from the harem to Longyang Palace, and also let the important officials of the court go to Longyang Palace to ask Emperor Wu for their release, and did not care at all that these important officials met with Emperor Wu.
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The risks hidden in this are very huge. If something goes wrong, Emperor Wu will resurrect and regain control of the court.
Wu Yuan couldn't have thought of these things, but Wu Yuan seemed to have done it deliberately, which made Prime Minister Wen rack his brains and couldn't figure out the key.
But Wu Yuan just smiled mysteriously, "You will know when the time comes."
When Prime Minister Wen heard what Wu Yuan said, he felt itchy in his heart and became more and more curious about Wu Yuan's purpose.
"Well, I won't touch the aristocratic families in the capital for the time being. As for the old ministers, if they are really energetic, let them come to the morning court every day and arrange for them a busy official position like the Minister of Dali Temple. This will
People just can’t be too idle.”
Prime Minister Wen looked at Wu Yuan with a strange look on his face, and asked those highly respected veterans to take up such extremely busy official positions as ministers of Dali Temple. Just thinking about this scene makes me feel quite wonderful.
This is Wu Yuanneng's idea to persecute people, but Prime Minister Wen is also happy to see those people like this, even if they see him, it will not be very humiliating.
"Then please ask Your Majesty to give you an imperial edict. Otherwise, I will be the one who has a headache."
"You can just look for Yan Fei later." Wu Yuan said nonchalantly.
Prime Minister Wen agreed with a smile, and then said seriously: "The second thing is that your Majesty was assassinated."
Hearing this, Wu Yuan also said: "I called you here today because I wanted to tell you about this matter."
Prime Minister Wen was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "Then please let your Majesty speak first. I guess after your Majesty has finished speaking, I won't have to say anything anymore."
Wu Yuan smiled. In fact, he could probably guess what Prime Minister Wen was going to say.
Most likely it was because he was arresting people from the Guiyuan sect on a large scale and involved a lot of people, so they came to dissuade him.
But what Wu Yuan wanted to say was exactly the opposite. He immediately didn't bother to play charades with Prime Minister Wen, and said bluntly: "Are any of the people arrested today any court officials?"
Prime Minister Wen nodded, "A few, and even some, are their children and descendants."
Wu Yuan secretly thought, and sure enough, the Guiyuan Sect is really pervasive.
At the same time, it also made Wu Yuan further realize how terrifying the Guiyuan Sect was, as it really could snare anyone.
"What did they say? Has there been a trial?"
Prime Minister Wen nodded again, "After review, these officials or their descendants all said the same thing. They had no idea that the Guiyuan faction would assassinate you, let alone participate in it."
"In fact, everyone arrested today gave the same answer."
Speaking of this, Prime Minister Wen's expression was a little solemn, "The Guiyuan Sect is a bit mysterious, and its followers are all-encompassing, but it is the Presbyterian Council that really has the right to speak. The ten elders are the real core of the Guiyuan Sect. Others
They all just joined it, and some of them have never had any contact with other members of the Guiyuan Sect since they joined it."
Of course Wu Yuan believed what Prime Minister Wen said, but this was not the reason for him to let go of those people easily.
"Your Majesty, the second thing I want to say is to ask you, how do you plan to deal with these people?"
Wu Yuan raised the corner of his mouth and said matter-of-factly: "Assassinating the emperor is a major crime that affects the nine clans. Since he is a sect, no matter whether he is involved or not, he can't be immune. I am right to say so."
Prime Minister Wen's face changed, and he said solemnly: "That's right, but there are too many people involved, and the court is also discussing this matter a lot. If His Majesty really wants to deal with them, the ministers may cause trouble in the court.
turmoil."
After Prime Minister Wen finished speaking, Wu Yuan's eyes turned cold, "Then do you think I should let them go?"