Chapter 25

The evening wind is blowing, and the stars are bright; at the end of the night, Li Yuntang is still staying in the square in front of Qianqing Gate.

A cloak was tightly wrapped around his body, and he leaned his elbows on the white marble pedestal in front of the Qianqing Gate, while his eyes were fixed on the brightly lit Pingzhang Pavilion.

Such concern is not because he is worried that the emperor will not be able to handle it alone.

Since the emperor has handed over his military power as a threat, he only needs to release: he has no intention to make major changes to the current political situation, let alone touch the cake of courtiers in terms of interests, and clearly express his opposition to the New Deal.

It is not difficult to change the posthumous title of the old emperor to a better one.

The reason why Li Yuntang is waiting here is to wait for the chief minister of the cabinet who often "absenteeism" to come out, and to see what he looks like; when Shangguan Meng came, Li Yuntang happened to be away for a while, so he missed it. took the first chance.

The act of visiting this time was naturally not because he was interested in the man who was over half a century old, but because the little emperor had mentioned that the Empress Shangguan was the direct daughter of Shangguan Meng, the cabinet cabinet.

After all, the appearance of the children is related to the father; considering that the Shangguan family has been a minister for many generations, his wife, Shangguan Meng, even if she is not a beautiful woman, she must at least have a dignified face.

Therefore, after seeing the demeanor of the elder, he can roughly give the queen's appearance a valuation range in his mind, so he can have a bottom line in his heart.

While thinking about it, Li Yuntang stared at the open space in front of the Pingzhang Pavilion with fascination; a beam of light suddenly lit up on the ground, he looked up and saw that the door of the pavilion had opened, and the little emperor came out first.

Li Yuntang secretly thought that something finally came out, and at the same time tidied up his appearance and went up to meet him. Shangguan Meng was bowing to bid farewell to the emperor, and he happened to see what happened.

The chief assistant is about six feet tall, with warm and powerful eyebrows, piercing eyes, and a neatly trimmed beard and beard. He has an extraordinary appearance. At first glance, he is pampered and pays great attention to his image. people.

Seeing his appearance, Li Yuntang let go of his half-suspended heart a little bit—this skin of the old man, this empress, can't be too ugly, right?

He was thinking, when suddenly a familiar voice sounded:

"Li Yuntang, what are you looking at?"

The little emperor turned around at some point, seeing Li Yuntang's eyes gradually extended as Shangguan Meng left, he stretched out his hand and waved in front of his eyes, and asked at the same time.

This question gave Li Yuntang a hard time.

I can't say that I want to judge whether the queen who is about to enter the Kunning Palace is good-looking by looking at the appearance of the head of the country, right?
With such a factual account, the little emperor in front of him is afraid that he will overturn the jealous jar.

Thanks to Li Yuntang's knowledge and quick memorization, he quickly found an answer:
"I heard from the emperor earlier that the name of Shangguan Pavilion's old man is Jinglue, which is the same as that of the former Qin's name Wang Meng; in addition, the official positions of the two parties are also roughly similar, so I can't help comparing the two in my heart, so I read more Take a look."

"He, Wang Meng?"

The little emperor snorted softly, and in his tone, it seemed that he had a lot of complaints about this important minister who was often absent from work.

"Then Wang Jinglue is Wang Zuozhi's talent, he was able to rank in the martial arts temple in both Tang and Song dynasties, how can my old man be compared to him?
He has been an official in the court for more than [-] years and has never made any achievements. Relying on the shelter of his family, he has been promoted step by step, and he will protect himself when encountering major events.

If he could say something for me in the court, he would give the old emperor a posthumous title, and there would not be so many twists and turns;

I don't know what my father thinks, but I want to put him in this assistant position! "

When Li Yuntang heard this, he felt that Shangguan Meng was a sensible person. The old emperor had all the power, and he only needed the cabinet to put on a show;

After the courtiers launched the coup, not only was Shangguan Meng not liquidated, but he was still the head of all the officials, which was enough to show that he had a good balance between the conservative and the innovative factions.

For a person with such means, how can the city be shallow?

The little emperor couldn't get enough of what he said, and in front of Li Yuntang, he mentioned a little-known anecdote:

"Don't even mention it, this Shangguan Pavilion boss really has a little bit in common with that Wang Jing!

Yun Tang, have you ever heard of "Wang Meng touched the world with lice"? "

Of course, Li Yuntang has heard of the allusion that the little emperor said:
According to legend, during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huan Wen, a powerful official, conquered the former Qin Dynasty and entered Guanzhong. Wang Meng, who lived in seclusion in Huayin, heard about this and went to pay a visit.

After he entered Huan Wen's tent, he suppressed the lice on his body and talked eloquently. Although his status was humble, he showed no timidity when pointing out the country.

"What does the emperor mean?"

Shangguan Meng had just left a scheming image in Li Yuntang's heart, so he couldn't help thinking about the benefits, and then guessed:
"Could it be that when the old man was young, he once talked with noble people, and he also behaved calmly and fearlessly, leaving a good story?"

The little emperor gave Li Yuntang a blank look. He didn't know where he came up with these things. He paid Shangguan Meng so much money, and couldn't wait to tell the ins and outs:

"When Shangguange was young and old, he liked to keep dogs. Once he lost a yellow dog. It took several days to find it. It was already dirty and had many lice;

He didn't think it was dirty, and he worked tirelessly to clean up the lice for his pet dog; his father scolded him for not doing his job properly;

Unexpectedly, Shangguan Pavilion was young and energetic, so he directly named himself Jinglue, in response to what his father said about palping lice;

Later, his father thought that this word was not too bad, and it was the same as the ancient name, and he got used to it over time, and after his son was crowned, he really allowed him to use 'Jinglue' as the word."

Uh, I didn't expect this old Shangguange to have a temper when he was young.Why does it look like it's lying flat now?

Li Yuntang thought while laughing, and looked up again, the little emperor had already stepped on the white marble steps and was walking towards the gate of Qianqing; so he didn't worry about this story anymore, and hurried to follow.

Although the night was getting dark, Li Yu didn't intend to fall asleep. She first ordered Jing Yunhai to go to the imperial dining room to get some stomach-warming food, and then brought Li Yuntang to the Hongde Hall on the west side of Qianqing Palace.

After closing the palace door, the little emperor's face suddenly showed embarrassment, which made Li Yuntang confused, wondering why the emperor changed his color.

Just as he was about to ask, the emperor, who hesitated for a long time, finally spoke:
"Yuntang, in order to express my renunciation with the New Deal, I made a promise to those cabinet ministers, saying that I would rehabilitate those... the gang of courtiers who were executed by the late emperor for obstructing the New Deal;

Then, frame some evil deeds on several Gu Ming ministers and compile them into a book to show future generations not to repeat the same mistakes.

In this book, Uncle Qin will inevitably be involved."

Having said that, Li Yuntang understood that the little emperor knew that the matter of compiling the book and framing must involve his cheap father, and he was afraid of causing dissatisfaction.

Immediately, he felt that the little emperor was considerate, and he was a little moved. Then he covered the emperor's tender hands with both hands, and comforted him in turn:

"My lord, Yuntang understands the truth that if you can't bear it a little, you can make big plans. If they want to be happy, let them be happy.

One day, I will let them taste how it feels to ransack their home and break into it while they are still alive, and have thousands of people scolding them behind them! "

"I am afraid that you will be confused by the authorities, so I asked this question. Since you think so, I am relieved."

The little emperor let out a sigh of relief, as if he had unloaded a heavy burden, then changed the subject and asked:

"Then what should we do next?"

(End of this chapter)

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