MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 985 Prime Minister Regent

  Chapter 985 Ci Prime Minister Regency

  The situation in Lin'an City changed drastically overnight, and martial law began to be implemented in the city early the next morning. Troops of troops ran in the city, and the people in the city soon got the news from the military.

   Jin Wang Li Yanqing rebelled and attempted to attack Lin'an City. The palace immediately issued a series of orders to deprive Li Yanqing of all titles and official positions, demote him to a commoner, and offered a reward of 100,000 taels of silver to arrest Li Yanqing.

  The government began to seize Baoyanzhai on a large scale. Li Daqi, the proprietor of Baoyanzhai, had gone to Jiangxia in advance and escaped.

   Soon, the second decree came out from the ban. Because the emperor was seriously injured in the Li Yanqing rebellion incident, he temporarily suspended his court for five days.

  In the morning, the six prime ministers Fan Zhixu, Lu Yihao, Gao Shen, Zheng Wangzhi, Fan Zongyin, and Zhu Shengfei were invited by the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji to the Zhizheng Hall for a discussion.

  Gao Shen got into Fan Zhixu's carriage, and immediately said in a low voice: "Last night, there was a palace coup!"

  Fan Zhixu said calmly: "Everyone can basically guess this. I heard that Master Cao passed away last night. Li Yanqing went to Cao's mansion to express his condolences and was almost arrested. Is that true?"

  Gao Shen nodded, "The news is true. I heard from Cao Yan that Miao Fu led 15,000 people to surround the Cao Mansion, but Li Yanqing escaped from the tunnel, so he should have escaped successfully."

  Fan Zhixu sighed softly, "Actually, I was just concerned about the situation of the official family. If I'm not wrong, the official family has already."

Now that the other party spread the news that the emperor was seriously injured, it left a foreshadowing for the next step of the emperor's death. Fan Zhixu felt very sad, and finally found a king who could lead the Song Dynasty to Zhongxing, and disappeared so quickly. .

  Gao Shen was silent for a moment and said: "No matter what the current situation of the official family is? But the Supreme Emperor will never dare to announce the death of the official family. At most, he will abdicate under the pretext of recuperating after a few months."

   Pausing for a while Gao Shen said again: "There is another important news I want to tell you."

"what news?"

   "In the early hours of this morning, Li Yanqing led his army to defeat the pursuers in Huzhou, and Yang Chu, the deputy governor, was killed in battle."

   "How did you know this news?"

  Gao Shen smiled faintly, "Li Yanqing sent someone to tell me this morning, and he said that he would not return to the Northwest."

  Fan Zhixu was thoughtful, it seems that the drama is far from over!

  The carriage they were riding in drove into the palace. Along the way, they saw the soldiers as if they were facing a big enemy. They saw that all the court houses along the way were being searched wantonly, but they didn't know what they were searching for?

  Gao Shen and Fan Zhixu were quite surprised, isn't the coup over yet?

  When the carriage slowly passed by a soldier on guard, Gao Shen suddenly asked him in a low voice, "What happened?"

  The soldiers on guard looked around and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness is missing."

  Although Zhao Gou has not officially held the grand ceremony for the appointment of the crown prince, he has issued an imperial edict to confer the title of crown prince on Zhao Yang a month ago.

  Gao Shen and Fan Zhixu looked at each other, they were both deeply shocked, the whereabouts of His Royal Highness is unknown, I am afraid that the Supreme Emperor will not be able to sleep well.

Not long after, the carriage arrived at the Zhizheng Hall. Gao Shen and Fan Zhixu got out of the carriage and walked directly into the lobby. The other four people had already arrived. Everyone sat at the table in silence. Everyone knew that a coup d'état occurred in the palace. It is better to keep silent at this time, so as not to cause disaster from the sky.

  Gao Shen and Fan Zhixu didn't speak, they walked into the lobby and sat down, the atmosphere in the hall became weird.

  At this time, Fan Zongyin sighed, "This result is not what I expected."

  The other five people continued to remain silent, Fan Zongyin burst into tears, his voice choked up, "I am sorry to the officials!"

   Lu Yihao said lightly: "It's meaningless to say anything now, just wait for the result!"

  In the side hall of the Chuigong Hall, Zhao Ji was furious, pointing at Liu Zhengyan and Zhang Wei and yelling: "I can't stand a child. He is only two years old. He must be hidden by someone. Have you searched it thoroughly for me?"

  Zhang Wei tremblingly said: "Weichen has searched three times from the beginning to the end, every corner has been searched, and the child is indeed not found."

  Liu Zhengyan added: "After the investigation, there may be a clue."

   "What clue?"

   "The humble official checked the list of all the eunuchs and maids, and found that there was a little maid missing. She was Li Cai'e, the official's personal maid. She disappeared, and the humble official suspected that the child was taken away by her."

   "Is this maid out of the palace?"

   "I don't know yet, but Beizhi has found her home address. She is from Yuecheng, Kuaiji County."

   "Immediately send someone to her house to intercept, and then search again for me!"

   "Follow the order!"

  Zhao Ji suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked, "Have you searched the back mountain?"

  Zhang Wei was a little hesitant, "There are only two monasteries and the Plum Blossom Temple in the back mountain, but I have already sent people to search."

  How shrewd Zhao Ji is, he immediately saw Zhang Wei's duplicity, and he said angrily: "Go search the back mountain immediately, and don't let go of every bush!"

   "Follow the order!"

   The two stumbled and ran away.

  Zhao Ji was distraught, the coup was only half successful, Li Yanqing ran away, and the whereabouts of Prince Zhao Yang was unknown, but fortunately he was more cautious and did not announce Zhao Gou's death, otherwise things would be troublesome.

   "Your Majesty, all the people from Zhizhengtang have arrived, why don't you let them go back first and discuss it another day?" Huang Qianshan said cautiously.

   "No need, just follow the second plan, and let's talk about it after a few months of transition."

  The Zhizheng Hall was still silent. At this moment, the guards shouted: "His Majesty the Supreme Emperor is here!"

  Lv Yihao, Fan Zongyin and Zhu Shengfei stood up quickly, Zheng Wangzhi hesitated and stood up too, but Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen remained motionless, as if they didn't hear.

   After a while, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji strode towards the hall, and the four quickly bowed and saluted, "See His Majesty the Supreme Emperor!"

  Zhao Ji nodded, but seeing Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen sitting there motionless, he felt displeased immediately, and gave them a hard look, "What's the problem with the two gentlemen?"

  Fan Zhixu got up and said: "I want to know the situation of the officials, can I ask His Majesty the Supreme Emperor to inform me?"

   "He has decreed this morning that he is seriously injured and cannot participate in court affairs for the time being."

   "Then can I allow the minister to visit the official's house, so as to relieve the minister's feeling of thinking about the emperor?"

  Zhao Ji still rejected him politely, "The emperor is seriously injured and cannot see guests, let's talk about it later!"

  Fan Zhixu was silent for a moment, then took out a memorandum from his bosom, "I'm old, I'm afraid I won't be able to take up the important position of prime minister. This is my resignation letter, please pass it on to the officials."

  Zhao Ji didn't agree or refuse, but turned to Gao Shen again, "What do you want to say, Mr. Gao?"

  Gao Shen also took out a letter of resignation, put it on the table and said, "Master Cao died of illness. I want to help with the funeral affairs. I can't take care of the court affairs for the time being. I think it's better not to affect the operation of the court. It's better to let the virtuous."

   After finishing speaking, Gao Shen took a deep look at Huang Qianshan behind Zhao Ji.

  Gao Shen and Fan Zhixu didn't discuss it beforehand, but they handed in their resignation at the same time.

Zhao Ji's face was very ugly, he wanted to dismiss Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen, and give up his seat to Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan, but now is not the time, after the court stabilizes, he will find fault with the dismissal of the two, but unexpectedly, the two resigned first, which is really disappointing Zhao Ji was a little embarrassed.

  However, Zhao Ji's embarrassment is only for a moment. It is good for the two of them to resign, so that it is convenient for him to arrange. He must absolutely control the Zhizheng Hall in the next month, so Fan Gao's resignation is also in line with his wishes.

  Zhao Ji immediately went down the donkey and said: "Since both of you are no longer qualified to be prime ministers, I will allow you to resign!"

  Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen saluted everyone, turned around and left Zhizheng Hall quickly.

  At this time, Zhao Ji turned his head and said to Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan: "The Zhizheng Hall is indispensable, and the two of you will take over temporarily, and we will talk about it when there is a suitable candidate!"

  Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan were overjoyed, and bowed together to salute, "Thank you for your kindness!"

  The two duly took the position of Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen, which was decided by Zhao Ji in advance. Huang Qianshan was the right minister, and Wang Boyan was the privy envoy. Neither of them had any polite words.

  Especially when Huang Qianshan took Fan Zhixu's right chancellor position, left chancellor Lu Yihao's eyes flashed a trace of dissatisfaction. It stands to reason that he should take over as right chancellor. When will it be Huang Qianshan's turn to take the position?

   But now that Huang Qianshan was riding on his head, Lu Yihao had no choice but to suppress the strong dissatisfaction in his heart, trying not to show it on his face.

  Zhao Ji waved his hand, "Everyone, please sit down!"

  The six prime ministers all sat down, Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan smiled. They finally realized their wish to be a prime minister, especially Huang Qianshan was very happy. He actually sat in the seat of the right prime minister.

Zhao Ji smiled lightly and said: "The official family is seriously injured and will be unable to govern for a long time, but the country cannot live without a king, so I discussed with the official family that I will temporarily serve as the regent while the official family is recuperating. Do you have any opinions on handling the court affairs instead of the emperor?"

  If Li Yanqing is caught, then Zhao Gou's death will be planted on Li Yanqing's head, and he will be crowned emperor again in a fair manner.

But Li Yanqing ran away, so Zhao Ji decided to maintain Zhao Gou's existence before Li Yanqing was caught, and he became the regent himself. After Li Yanqing was killed, he announced that Zhao Gou was seriously injured and died This is Zhao Ji's second plan to formally ascend the throne.

  For Zhao Ji, who is eager to re-emerge as emperor, this is only a few months, and he can afford to wait.

  (end of this chapter)