Li Shi stayed up all night. At five o'clock in the morning, he was still crying for the death of his son. At this time, Song Chaofeng hurried over. He rubbed potion into his eyes, which made them red and swollen. His long, pale face was particularly eye-catching. He was sad and sad.
He said sadly: "Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon body!"
Li Shi glanced at him and saw that his eyes were as red as peaches, and he was obviously very sad. Li Shi was very moved and comforted him: "People cannot be resurrected after death, so you should be sad and accept the change!"
"Old slave...Old slave, I feel so sad!" Song Chaofeng turned away and cried loudly.
After a while, he wiped away his tears and said: "I just got the news that Zhao Chongwen's house was brightly lit tonight. After King Qin was assassinated, several men in black of unknown origin entered his house and then hurriedly left the city.
And run away."
Li Shi did not doubt that Song Chaofeng's words were fabricated. Song Chaofeng controlled the Cangjian Pavilion. One of the functions of the Cangjian Pavilion was to monitor the ministers. Zhao Chongwen was a staunch supporter of King Su, so the Cangjian Pavilion would definitely monitor him closely.
Li Shi was grieving that his son was assassinated. Now a suspect suddenly appeared. Song Chaofeng's description was exactly what made the assassin escape. Li Shi was immediately furious. He ordered viciously: "Send him to see me immediately, and I will personally do it."
Ask him why he wanted to kill my son?"
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Zhao Chongwen was an important figure in the Zhao family among the Guanlong aristocracy and the cousin of General Zhao Tengjiao of Youwuwei. His daughter married King Su and was named Princess Su. He was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. After Xue Xun was demoted, he became
He took over Xue Xun's position as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and at the same time joined Tong Zhongshu's subordinate Ping Zhangshi.
As King Su became the candidate for the new crown prince, Zhao Chongwen gradually came to the forefront and worked hard to help King Su Li Qian enter the East Palace. He was very skillful and used King Su's name to help the lonely elderly people in the city.
In the name of the government, King Su paid for the school, which won the unanimous praise of the officials. In addition, King Su's rival, King Qin, was supported by the eunuchs. This involved a struggle between the northern and southern yamen, and the officials almost unanimously supported King Su Li Qian.
Zhao Chongwen had also just received news from the palace that King Qin Li E had been assassinated, which shocked him. Although King Qin's death was a good thing for King Su, King Su was a little unclear.
Zhao Chongwen was considering how to explain to King Su. At this time, the housekeeper said at the door: "Sir, someone in the palace has sent an oral message. The Emperor Xuan will enter the palace immediately."
Zhao Chongwen sighed, this must be the emperor doubting himself and King Su.
He did not dare to delay, so he quickly changed into his court clothes and got into the carriage. The carriage waited at the gate for a while, and the housekeeper came to report: "Sir, the carriage boy has gone to play somewhere, and there is no one in his room."
Zhao Chongwen waved his hand, "Forget it, no more waiting, go to the palace!"
He closed the door, started the carriage, and drove towards the palace. Two entourages with swords on horseback followed closely behind the carriage.
The carriage is very spacious, like a small room, with a small stool next to it, which was originally the carriage boy's seat, but the carriage boy did not come with him today.
Zhao Chongwen closed his eyes and leaned on his seat, deep in thought. When the emperor summoned him, it must be Song Chaofeng who was slandering him in front of the emperor and blaming King Qin's death on himself and King Su. In the emperor's rage, how could he tell the difference clearly?
The question is who killed King Qin?
Just as Zhao Chongwen was deep in thought, a black figure slowly stood up behind him and strangled a rope around Zhao Chongwen's neck...
The carriage drove directly into the imperial city and stopped slowly in front of Xuanzhengdian Square, but no one got out for a long time. A eunuch couldn't help but ran up and opened the door, but he screamed in fright, took a few steps back, and sat down.
On the ground, he looked at the car in horror. Several guards rushed up and were shocked. They saw that Zhao Chongwen had a piece of white silk wrapped around his neck and hung on the window beam. He actually hanged himself in the car.
The news of Zhao Chongwen's suicide reached the inner palace. Li Shi's first reaction was that Zhao Chongwen committed suicide out of fear of crime. He further believed that the death of King Qin was planned by Zhao Chongwen. Although the culprit was dead, Li Shi's anger was still lingering in his heart.
It was decreed that Zhao Chongwen and his family would be sent to Yunnan to serve as soldiers.
However, Zhao Chongwen's death did not affect Su Wang Li Qian. The day after King Qin was buried, Li Shi officially issued an edict to confer Su Wang Li Qian as the Prince of the East Palace. The battle for the crown prince that lasted for several months finally came to an end. The court officials paid a heavy price.
win.
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The first snowfall in Hedong came at the end of November. For three days in a row, a heavy snow swept across Hedong from north to south. Overnight, the entire Hedong Road turned into a snow-capped world.
That morning, a young man wearing a warrior's brocade robe rode into Taiyuan City with several followers. The young man had a majestic figure, slender limbs, a bow and arrow on his back, and a horizontal sword on his waist. He wore a gauze hat on his head and fair skin.
, with piercing eyes.
The young man's name is Yang Xuanying, who comes from Hongnong County, Guozhou. His grandfather is the prime minister Yang Wan, and his father Yang Hongwei once served as a supervisory censor. After the Jingyuan rebellion, Yang Hongwei returned to his hometown. Now he is the head of the Yang family in Hongnong.
Of course, Yang Xuanying came to Taiyuan to express his position on behalf of the Yang family on the order of his father. Yang Hongwei's younger brother Yang Hongwu was once a guest of the Prince of the East Palace. After Li Yi ascended the throne, he was named the Minister of Rites. However, Li Shi launched a coup to seize the door and reset him, so Yang Hongwu
He was purged as a member of Li Yi's party and demoted to the position of Prime Minister of Guiping County, Lingzhou.
But this incident made the Yang family extremely dissatisfied, but what really prompted the Yang family to completely change their stance was a letter from Wang Zhihe, the magistrate of Chenliu County. The Wei family's absolute support for Guo Song made the Yang family begin to reflect, and the emperor
Li Shi's cold treatment of the Yang family finally made the Yang family change its stance of supporting Chengdu and instead support Guo Song.
Yang Xuanwu inquired all the way and found his aunt's house. As a marriage between aristocratic families, Yang Xuanwu's aunt married Xue Yong, Xue Fan's younger brother. Since Princess Xue Tao returned to the Xue family to visit relatives and pay homage to her grandfather and ancestors, she returned to the Xue family on behalf of her father.
The Xue family was gradually reused by Guo and Song Dynasties. Xue Fan was promoted to the governor of Luzhou.
There was also Xue Jian, who was appointed as the governor of Daizhou. The Xue family produced two governors and one Shaoyin, which was inferior to that of the Wang family.
When Mrs. Yang saw her nephew arriving, she was very happy and quickly sent someone to deliver a message to her husband. Not long after, Xue Yong hurried back home. Of course, Xue Yong was not here to greet the younger generation. He knew very well that Yang Xuanwu would definitely come to Taiyuan at this time.
Carrying a family mission.
In the study, Xue Yong read the letter written by Yang Hongwei to him. He nodded and said to Yang Xuanying: "Your Yang family's decision is just the right time. If you wait until Zhu Si moves the capital before surrendering, it will only be the icing on the cake.
Don't worry, I will definitely help you with this. It's still early, so I'll go see if I can see His Highness Prince Jin."
"Do you want my nephew and uncle to go together?"
Xue Yong thought for a while and said, "You'd better go with me. Maybe His Highness King Jin will meet you."
"Then wait a moment for my nephew to change his clothes."
Xue Yong smiled and said: "No, that's just right. It means you came here after a long journey."
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In the Tiance Mansion of Jinyang Palace, Guo Song was chatting with Pan Liao, Cao Wannian and Zhang Qianyi in the official room.
"The biggest difference between Taiyuan and Zhangye is in winter. Zhangye is completely idle after it snows. On the contrary, Taiyuan becomes even busier after the snow. The city's food supply, transportation security, water conservancy construction, and material transportation are all busy.
The matter of emotions makes me, a long history person, very confused."
Guo Song smiled and said: "Let me teach you a trick. This Zhang Sima next to you likes to do tedious things the most. The more complicated the things, the happier he is. If you give him the things, won't the problem be solved?"
Zhang Qianyi touched his nose and said, "Your Highness must have said it wrong! I am not Zhang Sima, but Zhang Sima."
Everyone laughed. At this time, a staff member reported at the door: "Your Highness, Xue Shaoyin has something urgent to see you!"
"Invite him in!"
The manager hurriedly went to inform, and the three of them stood up and said, "Your Highness, please be busy! We are also going back to work."
The three of them left, and Xue Yong, the manager, hurriedly walked in. Xue Yong stamped his feet at the door, shaking off the snow foam on his shoes. Then he walked into the official room, bowed and saluted: "I see you, Your Highness!"
Guo Song sat down in front of the brazier, pointed to the couch opposite and said: "No need to be polite, Xue Shaoqing, please sit down and warm yourself up by the fire!"
Xue Yong was flattered, sat down on the brazier, rubbed his hands, and said to Guo Song: "I came here because I wanted to talk about the Yang family in Hongnong."
Guo Song was startled, then smiled and said: "The Yang family has contributed to those thousand tank boats, and I have not forgotten it."
"Wang Zhihe, the magistrate of Chenliu County, has been dismissed from office by Zhu Si's puppet government because of the water tanker incident. It is said that he will be arrested and imprisoned. He has fled back to Hongnong with his wife and children. His son will come to Taiyuan next spring.
Guozi learns to read."
Guo Song nodded, and asked curiously: "Xue Shaoyin and the Yang family are getting married?"
"My wife is the daughter of the Yang family. The head of the Yang family sent his son to Taiyuan. He just arrived this morning and sent a letter to His Highness."
After saying that, Xue Yong took out Yang Hongwei's letter from his arms and presented it to Guo Song with both hands.