Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 796

After tossing and tossing for a whole day, when Wang Pingan brought Ouyang Li and the others to the Ministry of War, it was already dark.

The Ministry of War is one of the six departments of Shangshu Province, with four divisions under its jurisdiction, among which the staff is in charge of scouting.The staff department is mainly in charge of the drawing of maps, as well as military projects such as cities and fortresses.

Since these things are in charge, it will inevitably involve sending scouts abroad to reconnaissance, to find out the enemy's situation, or something like that.It is necessary to send scouts abroad, and to catch the enemy's scouts. In this era, when the two armies are at war, the scouts sent are called scouts. When the two armies are not fighting, their own scouts are still called scouts, and the enemy's scouts are called spies. .

In the Tang Dynasty, the officials were not famous enough, but in the Ming Dynasty they became famous.Of course, it is not famous for the Department of Staff, but for other departments that extend from this department, such as Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

Wang Pingan led people into Shangshu Province. The second courtyard on the east side of this big yamen is the Ministry of War.Wang Pingan asked Ouyang Li and the others to escort the two Goguryeo spies to the Ministry of War, while he ran to the main hall to find Changsun Wuji.

There was no one in the main hall, so he ran to the second hall, and saw that Changsun Wuji did not go home from his duty, and was talking with Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling.

Changsun Wuji was very excited today. He learned from the gossip from Wang Pingan that he might be going to parade the emperor on behalf of the emperor. He was so excited that he didn't even have time to eat. As soon as the two of them talked, let them come up with ideas on how they should conduct military parades on behalf of the emperor.

Both Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling were thoughtful people, and since they were not the ones who performed the military parade on behalf of the emperor, they were not as excited as the grandson Wuji, and they were able to maintain a calm and objective view of things.

As soon as Chu Suiliang heard the news, he said: "Mr. Wuji, the military parade on behalf of the emperor is a big event. It can be said that it is not in accordance with the etiquette. People like Cao Cao are far away. Let's not mention it for now, and let's go ahead of the Sui Dynasty." Yang Jian, he is also a person who parades on behalf of the emperor, and there are countless generals in this dynasty, but no one can parade on behalf of the emperor. This is a bit taboo, and it is easy to cause criticism from others, so Mr. Wuji, you have to think twice Okay!"

Changsun Wuji was doused in cold water and was a little disappointed. Thinking about it, he seemed to be so excited. He asked Fang Xuanling, "Brother Fang, we are famous for our Tang Dynasty's conspiracy to rule out Fang Xuanling." Yes, brother Du passed away early, so it is impossible for him to break the matter, but your conspiracy is still there. Tell me, if this is true, how should I deal with it?"

Fang Xuanling thought for a long time, turned around more than 20 circles in the hall, and finally said: "In my opinion, this matter seems not as serious as Brother Chu said. Although the current emperor is young, he is not a fool. It is impossible for him to make a random decision on such an important matter as the military parade on behalf of the emperor, and it is impossible for him to talk to Wang Pingan before he makes a decision. Since he told Wang Pingan and Wang Pingan came to tell you again, it means that this matter has passed Decided, even if you decline, you still have to do it!"

Chu Suiliang frowned and said: "It means that the emperor decided to let Mr. Wuji parade the army on his behalf. Why is that? Mr. Wuji has made a lot of contributions in martial arts, but he has not made much achievements in martial arts!"

Changsun Wuji became anxious and said: "Cultural governance and martial arts, in fact, when it comes to cultural governance, I don't think I have done much. But why did Wang Pingan send this news? Wang Ping'an has always been strict with his mouth. If it wasn't for the emperor's instruction, he would be It's impossible to be this gossip, I've never seen Wang Pingan gossip!"

Fang Xuanling rolled his eyes, and said: "It seems that, according to me, it seems that the emperor has another matter, and this matter requires you to make concessions, Mr. Wuji, so it is so cheap for you."

They are all old friends, so Fang Xuanling said it very directly. To put it bluntly, this matter was given to the eldest grandson Wuji to take advantage of it.

As soon as Fang Xuanling's words came out, Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang were stunned at the same time, just like a flash of lightning suddenly flashing across the night sky, immediately illuminating the surrounding fields, both of them felt a sense of enlightenment!
Chu Suiliang let out a sigh, and said: "It seems that this is the case! This is a typical example of wanting to take something first, but giving it first. But..." He looked at Changsun Wuji, but didn't say the rest of the sentence.

Changsun Wuji grabbed his beard vigorously, plucked it twice, and pulled off several beards. He gritted his teeth in pain, shook his head and said, "But, what is the emperor's business that requires the old man to make concessions? It's a major matter in the court. ? But the emperor doesn't care about important matters in the court at all?"

Chu Suiliang said: "Could it be because of the expedition to Goguryeo? The emperor thought of his brotherhood and wanted to spare Li Ke's life, so he gave Mr. Wuji some benefits in advance, so that Mr. Wuji would not interfere with it. Is it okay to kill Li Ke?"

Changsun Wuji hated Li Ke, which was well known to all civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty.In fact, to put it bluntly, Changsun Wuji looked down on all the princes and princesses except for the children born to the empress. It's just that Li Ke was the most threatening to Li Zhi, so he was the most disgusted!

Changsun Wuji shook his head again and said, "No, the old man doesn't want to see Li Ke, but in fact the emperor doesn't want to see him either. As for spare Li Ke's life, there is no need to use the method of military parade to make the old man make concessions." As long as the emperor says, after capturing Li Ke alive, he can be brought back to Chang'an without killing him. For the old man, keeping Li Ke alive is more soothing than killing him, and he can be repaired as he wants. "

Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling nodded together, knowing in their hearts that for Li Ke, it was actually better to die than to live. Once he died, he would be free from everything, and it was hundreds of times better than living to suffer the endless torture.

Chu Suiliang also started to twitch his beard. He said: "Then I can't figure it out. I don't know why the emperor would do this. Wang Ping'an either doesn't pass on the news, or if he does, it must be true. Don't doubt it. But why does the emperor do this?" What to do?"

Fang Xuanling circled around a few more times, stopped suddenly, and said, "It's possible that it's not about the court, nor about Li Ke, but about the palace. Mr. Wuji, apart from being the prime minister, you Besides, he is still the emperor's uncle, my mother's uncle, the former emperor and the first empress are gone, now you can say a few words about the royal family's affairs, and what you say is very useful, but you are the only one left Already!"

"Things in the royal family, inside the palace..." Changsun Wuji suddenly called out, "Li Chu!"

At the same time, Chu Suiliang also said it, exactly the same as Changsun Wuji said, and he also shouted: "Li Chu!"

The biggest thing in the royal family is nothing more than the crown prince, and Emperor Li Zhi has not appointed any son as the prince until now!As far as the three prime ministers were concerned, they didn't know who Wu Meiniang was, and they never thought that the emperor was thinking of a nun at night, so once they thought that the emperor wanted Changsun Wuji to make concessions, the first thing they thought of was Li Chu !
Changsun Wuji was immediately surprised and said: "Which prince does the emperor want to appoint as the crown prince? Now all the princes are not very old, and in terms of status, none of them are good enough to be crown princes!"

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been three generations, but whether it is Li Yuan or Li Shimin, the princes they established at the beginning are all the eldest sons of the emperor, and the eldest sons of the emperor are all born to the empress.However, the current king and queen did not have any sons, and Li Zhi's eldest son was a concubine. For the Tang Dynasty, this was a very troublesome matter!

Changsun Wuji is a stubborn old man. Regarding Li Zhi's establishment of the crown prince, it's not that he wants to interfere, but he thinks that if he doesn't interfere, Li Zhi cannot set up a crown prince. In his eyes, Li Zhi is his nephew first, and then the emperor. And as the only elder who has the final say, who should inherit the Tang Dynasty, it should be his uncle who has the final say, not Li Zhi, the father!

Fang Xuanling said: "It's definitely not about setting up the eldest son of the emperor, otherwise why should Mr. Wuji make concessions?"

Chu Suiliang said: "Could it be that the son of Concubine Xiao Shu is going to be established? That Li Sujie who is still breastfeeding?"

Fang Xuanling said again: "Yes, brother Chu and I guessed the same, it must be Li Sujie as the crown prince, otherwise why did the emperor go around in such a circle?"

Even though Concubine Xiao Shu was born in the royal family, to the three prime ministers, the outdated royal family is not as good as ordinary people, so what about the phoenix?Just because they didn't take Concubine Xiao Shu seriously, they dared to call the prince by his name without any respect at all.

Changsun Wuji was furious, and said angrily, "What kind of thing is Concubine Xiao Shu? She even pretended to be pregnant a while ago, but now she has a son and dares to think otherwise. How can her son become the crown prince? What is she? , her son is even less of a thing!"

Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling were silent, calling Concubine Xiao Shu was not a thing, that's nothing, she was just the emperor's concubine, but Li Sujie was not a thing, how dare they?If Li Sujie is not a thing, then what is the emperor who is Lao Tzu!
Changsun Wuji was so angry that his beard cocked up, and said: "I have to ask Wang Ping'an about this. If this is the case, I won't go to parade any soldiers. This matter is endless. Let alone Li Sujie wants to be the prince, that The women of the Xiao family don't even want to be concubines, they just go straight to the cold palace!"

The three of them were discussing this matter for half a day, and even sent people to the palace to inquire about the news to see if the emperor loved Concubine Xiao Shu very much recently, so that Concubine Xiao Shu was so proud of her favor that it was unrealistic. idea.

It was just getting dark, and the inquirer hadn't returned yet, but someone came to report that Wang Ping'an had come, and two Goguryeo spies were brought under custody and sent to the Ministry of War for interrogation.

Changsun Wuji said: "Wang Ping'an came just in time, let's go ask him together."

But Fang Xuanling grabbed him and said, "Be safe and don't be impatient. Don't ask Wang Ping'an about this. If you ask him directly, he won't tell the truth. Didn't he bring two spies from Goguryeo? Let's just ask him." Take him to the night interrogation together, and after the interrogation is over, let's find a way to formulate words and make some indirect remarks, so that we can get the truth."

Chu Suiliang also said: "Yes, it's better to be on the safe side, then Wang Ping'an is a trickster, let's ask him directly, I guarantee we won't be able to find out anything."

While talking, Wang Ping'an went outside the hall, probed his head, and looked into the second hall.

(End of this chapter)