The first thousand two hundred and thirty-one chapters Li Tang extinct
In the blink of an eye, it has been almost half a year since Guo Song came back from Luoyang. After Zhu Si was destroyed, the world was basically unified except for Liaodong. During this period, there were constant calls from the government and the public, hoping that Guo Song would ascend the throne as soon as possible, but Guo Song always refused.
Not mentioning this issue, his attitude left the officials wondering.
In the political hall, seven prime ministers gathered together, including Pan Liao, the minister on the right, Du You, the minister on the left, Zhang Qianyi, the minister of household affairs, Zhang Qiu'an, the minister of war, Cui Yuanfeng, the minister of rites, Han Min, the minister of industry, and Guo Shu, the minister of punishment.
, several other quasi-prime ministers also participated in the discussion.
The so-called quasi-prime minister refers to those who have the title of Pingzhangshi under the Zhongshu family, including Shangshu Zuocheng Pei Yanling, Huangmen minister Lu Zhi and the official minister Dugu Mingren.
Including several relevant chief officials, a total of thirteen important ministers met in the round hall of the Political Affairs Hall to discuss matters, which was convened by Zhang Qianyi, the chief minister of this month.
The executive office is a real power position. It is responsible for reviewing and approving various reports from local governors and long history to the political hall, and convening the political office for discussions. According to normal regulations, the executive office should be held by each prime minister in turn.
Although the regulations are very good, they are not implemented well in practice and are often stolen by powerful ministers in various periods. Powerful ministers such as Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Yuan Zai, etc. have been in control of the ruling pen for a long time.
In order to avoid the constant increase or decrease in the number of people in the Zhengshitang during Dezong's reign, when Guo Song established the Zhengshitang, he used iron tablets to set down the rules. The Zhengshitang was a seven-phase system, and the seven ministers took turns to take charge of the administrative affairs.
In the first issue, two months ago, Zhang Qianyi took over the executive pen from Du You, so he was responsible for convening the meeting today.
"As you all know, the little emperor was a mentally retarded royal child specially selected by the eunuchs of the Southern Tang Dynasty in order to occupy the power for a long time. He is now seven years old, but he lives completely in his own world and cannot communicate with others. He is even more prominent than those in history.
The famous Emperor Hui of Jin was much more serious. When he grew up, he was a complete idiot emperor. We obviously cannot accept such an emperor, and we do not need him to continue to be the emperor in name only, so establishing a new emperor must be put on the agenda.
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"Excuse me, how many people are there in the Li Tang clan now? Are there any suitable candidates?" asked Pei Yanling, Zuocheng, the Minister of Finance.
Everyone looked at Li Fan, the minister of Zongzheng Temple. Zongzheng Temple was responsible for the management of religions, Salesians and royal clans in various places. It was usually the royal family. Although Li Fan's surname was Li, he was not from the royal family. He was the eldest son of the former senior minister Li Mi.
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Li Fan stood up and said: "I have detailed information to report to you. Before the Jingyuan Rebellion, there were a total of 463 members of the Li Tang clan, including 244 male clan members, and the others were princesses and county lords.
, in the Jingyuan mutiny, seventy-three people were killed by Zhu Si's rebel army, and fifty-one men of the clan were killed.
Later, except for the lineage of Peng Wang Li, the rest of the clan went to Chengdu. However, in the Sanqing Palace Incident seven years ago, more than two hundred members of the Li Tang clan were killed by the eunuchs. After the Sanqing Palace Incident, the remaining clan members
There are only thirteen men left in the Li Tang clan."
There was an uproar in the round hall. Everyone knew that many clan members died in the Sanqing Palace Incident, but they did not expect that more than two hundred people died, and only thirteen people were left in the end.
Cui Yuanfeng, the Minister of Rites, asked again: "What is the situation of these thirteen people?"
Several prime ministers from the Hexi clan had long faces and said nothing. Du You sneered. Do these guys really want to make Li Tang's clan emperor?
Li Fan said unhurriedly: "Among these thirteen people, we must first remove the four sons of King Zhao Li Si. They are all adopted sons and not of clan blood, and they have all returned to their original surnames, so in fact there are only nine males in the clan.
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Among the nine people, there are three adults and six young sons. The adults are Zhao Wang Li Si, Peng Wang Li Ji and Jiyang County Wang Li Zhen. Zhao Wang Li Si died of illness in Yuezhou two years ago, and Peng Wang Li Ji
He also died of illness in Luoyang a few years ago. Li Zhen, the father and son of Jiyang County Prince, were poisoned before Zhu Si died. We found the record in Zhu Si's court archives."
Several low sighs sounded in the round hall. Prince Li Zhen of Jiyang County had both political integrity and talent, and was the most suitable heir to the throne. Unfortunately, he was also poisoned by Zhu Si.
"I heard that Li only gave birth to two sons in Luoyang. Are they considered outside the clan?" Pei Yanling asked again.
Li Fan shook his head, "Pei Zuocheng was talking about Li Zhao and Li Tie, but Zongzheng Temple believes that they are not the sons of Li Yu. Li Yu was diagnosed by the imperial doctor as being infertile thirty years ago. In the past thirty years, he has only had one son.
How could I possibly have another son after the age of fifty when I have never given birth and have lived a dissolute life for so many years?
Therefore, Zongzheng Temple believes that Li Zhao and Li Tie are not the blood of Li Ji, and more importantly, Li Zhao and Li Tie were also poisoned by Zhu Si, and there are clear records in the archives of Zhu Si's court."
"Zong Zhengqing, let's continue talking about the six youngest sons!" Zhang Qianyi reminded Li Fan a little unhappily not to go off topic."
Li Fan bowed slightly and continued: "Two of the six younger sons were Li Zhen's sons and were killed together with Li Zhen. One of the other four is the current emperor, and then there are three others, Si Guo Wang Li Jun, Si Chu
Wang Li Jinyuan and Duke Chenliu Li Wanji. Unfortunately, King Li Jun of Si Guo died of a serious illness four years ago. King Li Jinyuan of Si Chu fell into the water and drowned three years ago. Duke Li Wanji of Chenliu County also unfortunately died of illness last spring. Everyone, in the Li Tang clan
There are no men anymore, only a group of princesses and county lords are left."
There was silence in the round hall, and everyone finally understood that the Tang Dynasty clan had become extinct, and there was no one else except the idiot little emperor.
Pei Yanling also wanted to say that although the lineage of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty has been extinct, the brothers of Emperor Gaozu still have descendants, and the Li Tang clan still has many bloodlines continuing.
But at this time, Du You finally couldn't bear it anymore. He coughed twice, stood up and said: "I really don't understand, what does our discussion about changing the emperor now have to do with the Tang Dynasty clan? Is it possible to just find a man from Li Tang and make him stand up?
Is he the emperor? I think some people are blinded by lard, or they have taken the wrong medicine. Now besides His Highness the King of Jin, who is qualified to be the emperor?"
Cui Yuanfeng and Pei Yanling blushed and were speechless for a long time.
Pan Liao stood up to smooth things over and said: "There is no need for Prime Minister Du to be angry. Since it is a discussion, everyone can speak freely. After all, it is still the Tang Dynasty. None of us want His Highness, the King of Jin, to bear the infamy of plotting to usurp the throne. Facts have proved that the Tang Dynasty can no longer
If this continues, if His Highness the King of Jin wants to replace the Tang Dynasty, he will not wait until today, right? Now the situation is forcing us to change the dynasty."
The convener Zhang Qianyi waved his hands and said: "Everyone, let me say a few words. As the convener of today's discussion, I hope that the political affairs hall will first make a decision whether to agree to the young emperor's abdication, and then we will talk about the new emperor. First of all, the
A vote, do you want to decide this matter today? Those who agree to decide this matter today, please raise your hands?"
The seven prime ministers and three quasi-prime ministers raised their hands in unison. No one had any objection to deposing the young emperor. Everyone had seen that kid. He was a complete fool. It would be a shame for the court to let him continue to be the emperor even in name.
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Zhang Qianyi nodded, "Since everyone agrees to vote today, before the vote, as usual, I need to ask if any of the Prime Ministers do not understand the situation or my explanation is insufficient?"
No one raised any objections, so Zhang Qianyi slowly said: "Emperor Li Wen has been mentally retarded since childhood. There has been no improvement so far, and there is no possibility of improvement. The Political Affairs Hall recommends that he terminate his throne and find another person who can stabilize the people of the world and help the country."
Those who agree will inherit the throne, please raise your hands!"
Zhang Qianyi raised his hand first, and the other six prime ministers and three quasi-prime ministers also raised their hands, unanimously voting to depose the emperor Li Wen from the throne. However, this was only a proposal from the political hall. The real deposing of Li Wen from the throne must be approved by the supervisor.
Then the Queen Mother issued the decree.
Zhang Qianyi immediately wrote a resolution, which was signed by seven prime ministers and three quasi-prime ministers, forming a proposal from the political hall.
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Coming out of the political hall, Pan Liao smiled at Du You and said, "This is the first time I have seen Du Xiangguo get so angry during the political hall discussion?"
Du You said angrily: "Can I not get angry? The King of Jin has brought peace to the world and everyone expects him to return, but he still wants to discuss who will come to the throne from the Li Tang clan? Zhang Qianyi usually pretends to be the best, but at the critical moment, he showed his weakness and actually summoned the Minister of Zongzheng Temple.
We were discussing something together, what was he thinking?"
"Zhang Qianyi must have known about it beforehand. I think he is just pretending. If he directly expressed his intention to let King Jin ascend the throne and replace the Tang Dynasty, it would be bad for the reputation of His Highness King Jin. So he wants everyone to know that Li Tang has already
Extinct."
Du You still shook his head, "Since you have already expressed your intention to depose Li Wen from the throne, why doesn't the Political Affairs Hall continue to vote to recommend King Jin to inherit the throne? Moreover, it is not a good thing for Li and Tang to have no heirs. Everyone will suspect that His Highness King Jin is doing this. He is here
When I brought this up, I felt like he was hinting at something? That’s why I said he was revealing something.”
Pan Liao smiled slightly and said: "Don't doubt Zhang Qianyi. He is the first secretary of His Highness King Jin to join the army. He will never betray His Highness King Jin. Maybe it is His Highness Jin's intention to let him tell everyone.
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"You are a good old man. If everyone in the world is as easy to talk to as you, then the world will really be unified!"
At this time, Zhang Qianyi came over and said with a smile: "Two Prime Ministers, let's go to His Highness King Jin together!"