On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 561
The first three edicts followed one after another, but the fourth edict has not been sent to Yan Wangfu for a long time.

Of course, this is not because the people involved in the performance have become emotional after Cui Che's three resignations, and they don't want to come back for a fourth time, but because Cui Che ordered that public opinion needs to be fermented.

Since the officials forced the palace, the Observation Department under Cui Che has never stopped guiding public opinion.

There are spies active in crowded places in every state and county, spreading the view that the destiny lies in Cui.

In fact, since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the people who had frequently usurped the throne by powerful ministers did not have any strong objections to what Cui Che was about to do.

The people in the Kanto area hated Yang Jian's Guanzhong standard policy, and he didn't even allow the people in other places except Guanzhong and northern Xinjiang to own or forge weapons privately.

The people in Kansai hated Yang Guang for abandoning them and moving the capital to the south. As for the other royal family of the Sui Dynasty represented by Yang Hao, the people in Kansai knew from beginning to end that this court was just a puppet in Cui Che's hands.

Outside the Palace of King Yan, scholars and people were discussing heatedly, but the public opinion was not raging.

During this period, the only time Cui Che walked out of Prince Yan's mansion was to ask for rewards from soldiers and meritorious personnel.

For the rest of the time, Cui Che thanked guests behind closed doors, only Fang Xuanling, Pei Xiu and other cronies could enter and leave the palace in the middle of the night.

On the surface, Cui Che is playing tricks on his grandchildren at home, but behind the scenes, he still uses these trusted ministers to control the court and issue his orders one after another.

For example, the administrative division of Kansai was re-planned and the county was changed to a state.

Take Hanchuan County and Xicheng County as Liangzhou, and appoint Qin Qiong as the governor of Liangzhou.

Merge Fangling County into Luzhou, and take Mai Mengcai as the governor of Luzhou.

At the same time, Cui Che arranged a series of personnel transfers, such as revocation of Luozhou governor, Li Jing, the former governor of Luozhou, as the governor of Xuzhou, and Du Ruhui, the former governor of Xuzhou, to enter the court.

Cui Che's move was to make Li Jing familiar with Xuzhou's affairs and make preparations for succeeding Cui Qiji and guarding Xuzhou in the future.

The time came to the third year of Zhenyuan, on December [-]th, Fang Xuanling, Pei Xiu and others finally got Cui Che's instruction, there was no strong opposition from all over the place, the time was ripe, and it was time to go through the final procedure.

On the same day, the officials came to the Daming Hall and respectfully invited the young emperor Yang Hao to personally go to Yanwang Mansion to proclaim the decree.

When this day really came, Yang Hao seemed to have lifted the burden from his shoulders, and let out a sigh of relief.

He didn't procrastinate, and once again wrote an abdication edict, and the emperor's guard of honor left Daming Palace and headed for Yanwang's mansion.

When the people along the way saw this scene, they all said:
"This is the fourth time. When the heat is up, it's time for King Yan to receive the order."

"The Minister of Zhongshu, the uncle of the country, the queen mother, and now the emperor, are enough to show the sincerity of the emperor."

"Hey! Uncle Guo and the Empress Dowager are all close relatives of the emperor, but how can Zu Junyan, the Minister of Zhongshu, be able to participate in it?"

"You don't know that, I heard that the king chose Zu Junyan's daughter as his wife for the emperor, but she is not yet married."

"So, that Zu Junyan is the head of the country."

"Look at the handwriting of our King Yan. The first three times it was the emperor's private relatives who came to ask him to accept the edict. Now the fourth time is the emperor himself coming to the door. Who can say that he is persecuting the young master in the future."

"It's just that it looks better now, but after thousands of years, it will still be unavoidable to bear the name of bullying the young master."

A foreign envoy who had just arrived in Jinyang was frightened by the comments of the people around him. He wondered:
"Aren't you afraid of being arrested by spies for discussing state affairs like this?"

He knew that Cui Che had an observation department under him, which could be said to penetrate every corner.

The surrounding people scoffed at this, and they laughed:

"Your Majesty won't offend you with your words, so why should we be afraid of him?"

In fact, Cui Che did not really fully open up freedom of speech. If someone really wanted to slander him, he should be arrested or arrested.

It's just that the saying of bullying the young master and messing up the palace is to turn a blind eye and close one eye, after all, this is what he did.

Outside the Palace of King Yan, there was an uproar of voices. All the civil and military officials who accompanied Cui Che, including the generals who followed Cui Che to the expedition, all knelt outside the palace, begging King Yan to go out and receive the imperial edict.

All the officials cried, but Cui Che remained indifferent.

Until the emperor cried outside the mansion:
"Father! Please go out and meet each other!"

The gate of Prince Yan's Mansion was slowly opened, and Cui Che, who was dressed in ordinary clothes, walked out of the gate alone, and bowed to Yang Hao's car driver:
"Sinful Minister Cui Che, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Yang Hao got out of the car, helped Cui Che up, and asked:
"It is my thoughtful idea to promote the country to Xiangfu. No one has bewitched or persecuted me. Why has Xiangfu repeatedly refused to accept the edict, and now he is even more closed?"

Cui Che hid tears and said:
"My minister was greatly favored by Gaozu, and I made an appointment with the late emperor to join forces to fight against injustice.

"Accepting the late emperor's last edict to assist His Majesty, I intended to emulate Zhuge Marquis Wu and devote myself to death.

"However, His Majesty wanted to surrender the entire country. Cui Che was terrified and didn't know how to deal with it, so he could only thank the guests behind closed doors."

The young emperor stroked the back of the powerful minister, and said with relief:

"Why should Xiangfu be like this? The people in this world can live without me, but they can't live without Xiangfu. Today, I personally visit the door, which is enough to show my sincerity. I also ask Xiangfu to remember all the people in the world, and don't refuse any more."

After all, Yang Hao asked his future father-in-law Zu Junyan for the edict of abdication, and read it out in public.

Once again, Cui Che, who was kneeling to listen to the edict, was lifted up. Yang Hao handed him the edict and said:
"If Xiangfu doesn't accept the edict this time, I will wait outside the mansion until Xiangfu changes his mind."

The ministers and the people watching the excitement shouted:

"Please King Yan accept the edict."

Seeing this, Cui Che first knelt in the direction of the Taimiao, and wept loudly:
"Gaozu! The late emperor! I am determined to help the country. This feeling is as strong as gold. But now that the emperor and the officials are persecuting, and the people hope, I have to accept the imperial edict against my will.

"I will definitely inherit the will of my ancestors and late emperors, to bring order to the world, and to kill the traitor Yang Guang!"

As he spoke, Cui Che wiped away his tears, bowed his head solemnly to Yang Hao and said:
"Sir Cui Che, lead the order!"

Cheers rang out in the arena, and all civil and military officials celebrated with each other, fearing that their own joy would not be as good as others.

It can't be said that the Yang family has been supporting scholars for 28 years, and there is no hard bone.

But those who really opposed Cui Che had already been suppressed by him openly and covertly, through occasional corruption cases, they were wiped out.

Occasionally, a few clean-blooded people were also expelled from the court.

After Cui Che received the decree, the following Jinyang court began to prepare for the abdication ceremony.

Cui Che ordered Pei Xiu to be in charge of many matters of the abdication ceremony, including setting up the altar for receiving abdication, and inviting guests from all walks of life to witness together.

The time for the abdication ceremony was set on New Year's Day next year, and there was still more than half a month left, which was enough for Pei Xiu to prepare.

　Not tonight, there will be a Northern Wei episode at noon tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)