Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1446
Power is the most unsolvable poison in the world.

Everyone advocates power in their bones, but some people can suppress their desire for power, while others cannot.Especially when the supreme power is at your fingertips, they can despise the law, abandon family ties, and ignore all public order and good customs in the world.

The position of emperor has been stained with blood since ancient times, and that position full of temptation is enough to make everyone willing to do whatever it takes to defeat their opponents.

His Majesty Li Er himself has a deep understanding of this matter. At the beginning, Xuanwumen just wanted to spare Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and others even if he cared about his brotherhood. His eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yaojin, Will Li Jing and others agree?
Cutting the weeds without eradicating the roots is something a fool would do...

The sound of rain outside the hall became one piece, and occasionally there was a faint sound of thunder, making His Majesty Li Er more and more restless.

In the past, whenever he had troubles, he always liked to come here to find a quiet place. Although Zheng Guanyin hated him all over the world, but because of this, he didn't need to worry about all his worries at all, and he could open his heart here.

She already wished that he would die immediately, so why would she care about other things about him?

But today, His Majesty Li Er couldn't calm down. He stared at the charming sister-in-law in front of him, wondering whether he would rush to tear her clothes at this moment, tear her charming body Pressing down on him and attacking fiercely, venting out the depression and irritability in his heart...

Wang De's voice sounded from the entrance of the hall: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Jin has entered the palace to report to you on an errand..."

His Majesty Li Er took a breath, suppressed the boredom in his heart, got up and walked quickly to the entrance of the hall, and left under the umbrella held up by the servant.

The main hall returned to calm again, the sandalwood incense was wafting, and the rain outside the hall was pattering.

Zheng Guanyin turned her head to look at the rain curtain outside the window, with a slight smile on her beautiful face.

No matter how much His Majesty Li Er tried to cut off her news, in this palace built in the former Sui Dynasty, how could no one inform her, the former princess?

She naturally knows everything about Prince Li Chengqian, King Wei, and King Jin.

It was raining heavily, and Zheng Guanyin's thin figure was sitting in the hall, just muttering in his heart: Is that day really coming...

For a moment, I didn't know whether it was gratification, ecstasy, or the emptiness after the goal of tenacious survival was achieved. I just stared at the continuous rain outside the temple with beautiful eyes, and my mind seemed to return to the night of blood and fire in the ninth year of Wude.

Along with the news of her husband's defeat and death, the soldiers who were like wolves and tigers killed anyone they saw in the East Palace, and blood flowed everywhere in the corpses... Those scenes seemed to be yesterday, and every scene was dyed. It was covered with bright red blood stains, buried deep in her heart like knives, and every movement made her heart ache and she wanted to die.

Perhaps, so many years of torture are about to end?

Then let this beautiful but tainted body of yours end together...

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The heavy rain poured down, and the ground of the courtyard of the Ministry of Military Affairs had already converged into a stream. Fortunately, the blue bricks laid on the ground had a good angle. After the rainwater gathered, it flowed to both sides and poured into the drainage ditch buried at the root of the wall. Therefore, there was no water accumulation in the courtyard.

In the on-duty room, Fang Jun asked the clerk to make a cup of tea, sat down behind the desk, drank two sips of strong tea to refresh himself, and continued to draft the "disaster rescue command office" plan.

As long as this kind of rain falls for a day or two, there will inevitably be floods in many places in Guanzhong, and it is possible that the Yellow River will burst its embankment again.Once there is a disaster in Guanzhong, the commanding yamen will perform its functions and dispatch troops to rescue the disaster. However, the commanding yamen has just been established, and all the regulations are still blank, so he, the chief official, has to work hard.

Taking the opportunity to increase the power of the Ministry of War and seizing part of the military power is just a matter of convenience. Fang Jun's main purpose is disaster relief.

In later generations, thanks to the development of communication, every time there is a natural disaster, there will be long reports on newspapers and TVs. The disasters in all parts of the country and even in every corner of the world are displayed in the eyes of the world. Various emergency measures for disaster relief emerge in endlessly. Disaster relief, resettlement of victims, post-disaster reconstruction, etc. are all fast and powerful, and I have seen many of them, so I am used to it.

However, in this era, Fang Jun realized how much natural disasters harm the people.

Backward transportation, backward communication, and backward production technology have resulted in many disasters happening right in front of our eyes, but we can only watch helplessly.

Houses collapsed, rivers flooded, corpses everywhere, horrific...

I am used to the "one party in trouble and all parties to support" in the later generations, and I am used to every natural and man-made disaster, there will be soldiers rushing to the disaster area for rescue at the first time. Fang Jun can't accept this kind of sadness that can only be indifferent to disasters.

The army is not allowed to leave the defense area without authorization to prevent chaos?
From Fang Jun's point of view, this is pure nonsense, the emperor has it every year, everyone takes turns to do it, today is you, who knows who will be tomorrow?Relatively speaking, the disaster brought about by the army's coup d'état to the people and the country is far less than that of the people who can't survive and gather together to riot.

The former is premeditated and organized, and will be controlled within a certain scale regardless of victory or defeat, while the latter is blind. Once it is launched, it will be a disaster that will affect the whole country...

He does not have the "loyalty to the emperor" thought that was influenced by Confucianism. He can love the country and the people, but he cannot be "loyal to the emperor".He adores His Majesty Li Er and is willing to do his best for him, and even more willing to devote himself to the Tang Dynasty, but he will never devote himself to his duty and die for the sake of one family and one family.

When it was time to be on duty, Guo Fushan, the servant on the right, came in, and seeing Fang Jun was writing a book at his desk, he gently put the food box in his hand on the low table by the wall, took out the food inside and arranged them one by one , and a jug of old wine, and whispered to the clerk standing beside him to fetch the bowls, chopsticks and dishes.

Startled by the rustling noise, Fang Jun stopped writing and raised his head. Seeing that it was Guo Fushan, he was a little surprised and asked, "Why is Guo Shilang here?"

Early this morning, Guo Fushan reprimanded his family members to come to the yamen to ask for leave, saying that there were distant relatives visiting at home and they wanted to stay at home to entertain guests.

Guo Fushan chuckled, and said: "After all, they are distant relatives, and they haven't seen each other for a long time. This time they came to Chang'an to do business, so they came to visit my mother at the house. I have never seen her since I was a child. What can I say? Probably Help if you can, as long as you are a relative."

While talking, the clerk had already brought the bowls, chopsticks, cups and saucers, Guo Fushan called Fang Jun to come and sit down, he patted the mud seal on the porcelain altar, and a sweet and rich aroma of wine wafted out.

Fang Jun sniffed and said with a smile: "Brother Guo actually entertained me with fine wine from my winery?"

Guo Fushan poured a cup for Fang Jun, and praised: "A certain person passed by the gate of Songhe Tower just now, thinking that Erlang must still be handling official business in the yamen at the moment, and my elder brother is lazy instead, I feel sorry, so I ordered someone to go to Songhe Tower Cleaned up a few side dishes, bought a pot of old wine, and comforted Erlang. But although Brother Yu knew that this wine was brewed by Erlang himself, it was the most good wine in Chang'an City. You can't just pass it off as good? You Just take some with you and drink it as you go.”

During the conversation, the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Guo Fushan has a soft personality and is smooth in dealing with things. He can't offend anyone, and he is very popular in the yamen of the Ministry of War.But Fang Jun is much stronger. Although he will not take the initiative to provoke troubles, but he does not rub the sand in his eyes. Respect and fear.

The two are strong and soft, but they have gotten along very harmoniously for so many days, plus Liu Shi and other low-emotional wastes dare not even step in the door of the yamen, the whole yamen is sunny and sunny. Unprecedented harmony.

Especially after Fang Jun won the limited but extremely important right to deploy troops for the Ministry of War, the entire yamen followed Fang Jun's lead, and there was not a single bit of discordant voice.

Wine is good wine, food is good food, Guo Fushan is also a son of a famous family, his family history is well established, and Fang Jun has a wide range of knowledge and unique views. The two sipped slowly and talked happily.

Pushing the cup to change the cup, Guo Fushan was a little drunk, his face was a little red, he looked around and saw that there was no one around, then he leaned forward and asked, "I just heard some news at home... By the way, His Majesty ordered His Royal Highness Prince Jin to thoroughly investigate Erlang and Changle. Erlang is not afraid of the matter of the princess at all? It is said that this matter is just a matter of personal preference in private, and no one can control it, but now it is brought to the table, it is no small matter. If His Royal Highness Jin Wang finds out What, His Majesty's wrath is almost inevitable..."

Another person who is lonely and unbearably gossip...

Fang Jun smiled wryly, shook his head and said, "It's really nothing, so what's there to be afraid of?"

Guo Fushan blinked and asked, "Really?"

Fang Jun said: "Really not!"

"Oh! I always thought that this happened. Erlang is amazingly talented and talented, and His Highness Changle is gentle, virtuous, and beautiful. He is really a match made in heaven. It's a pity, it's a pity...but even if you two Really innocent, doesn't Erlang care who made the rumors about this romantic affair?"

"you know?"

Fang Jun was slightly taken aback. It is said that this kind of thing has been circulated in the market, thousands of times, spread through the mouths of countless people, and it has long been impossible to find out the source.

"Hehe," Guo Fushan smiled complacently, and said in a low voice, "This is the news I just heard at home... What do you think? Then His Royal Highness Jin Wang traced the source of this rumor, and actually found a steward of Shen Guogong's mansion. What is his identity and status, how could he do such a boring thing? What is even more amazing is that when His Royal Highness Prince Jin arrested the steward in Shen Guogong's mansion, that guy actually admitted It's..."

Fang Jun was completely stunned.

The rumor was spread by Gao Shilian?

Although it's a bit unbelievable, it's not like Guo Fushan thinks that Gao Shilang really has no motive at all. At least "revenge for Shiro's broken leg" is reasonable, although it really can't stand scrutiny.

After all, with Gao Shilian's prestige status, it is impossible to be so narrow-minded.

However, the worst thing to do is to be serious about anything. If someone just wants an excuse, then the rationality of the matter itself can be completely ignored, and a big hat will do. Even Gao Shilian has a hundred mouths.

Your own servant has confessed, what else can you say...

Fang Jun knew that Gao Shilian was finished.

A seemingly inconspicuous matter, but combined with the current turmoil in the court, is enough to produce extremely serious consequences.

It's not that Gao Shilian himself was at fault, but since King Jin targeted Gao Shilian, it is obvious that the real purpose must be Gao Shilian's official position as Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

The Ministry of Officials is known as the No. [-] Ministry in the world. It controls the promotion and assessment of hundreds of officials in the imperial court. Its importance need not be repeated. However, if the King of Jin wants to fight for the heir, holding the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in his own hands will naturally greatly increase the chances of winning.

The crux of the matter is that since His Majesty Li Er allowed King Jin to thoroughly investigate the rumors, it is naturally tantamount to acquiescing that King Jin took this opportunity to do some small tricks.

Fang Jun sighed slightly. After all, history has inertia. The river is too wide and the water is too fast. It is really difficult for Li Chengqian to struggle out with his body.

This prince is really on pins and needles...

(End of this chapter)