In Luoyang City, since Wang Shichong used Wagang to eliminate Wei Jin, he had completely controlled the main military power, and the other generals, such as Yuwen Chengdu and Zhang Zhenzhou, had to bow to Wang Shichong due to the situation.

Wang Shichong gradually controlled the power of the government in his own hands through various means such as promotion and replacement.

The new Zheng Palace was finally completed in the past two days. This was Wang Shichong's new Prince's Mansion. Shortly after Wei Jin died in the battle, Wang Shichong was named King of Zheng by Emperor Tai, and added Jiuxi to appease the dissatisfied minister of military power. However, Wang Shichong was no longer interested in King of Zheng, and he began to long for a higher position.

The construction of the new palace was a test. Not only was his palace magnificent and luxurious, but the palace also covered an area of ​​1,000 acres. The height and width of the main hall were exactly the same as that of the Daye Hall. Many of the construction materials were directly demolished from the palace, and the back garden covering an area of ​​500 acres even brought the Xi Neiyuan directly over.

There are five hundred beauties living in the palace, and the food and clothing are no different from the concubines in the palace. A large plaque with the "Zheng Wang Palace" hanging above the gate of the palace. All kinds of usurpations are brought about by the unanimous silence between the court and the country.

Wang Shichong's ambition began to expand rapidly, but although Wang Shichong had firmly grasped the military and political power in Luoyang, he believed that the time for abdication and ascending the throne was not yet ripe. He needed to do something that everyone in the world recognized, that is, to eliminate the Wagang Army and Yu Culture and.

In the past six months, Wang Shichong has been raising his energy and basically no soldiers were sent. Although the old nest of Wagang was empty, Dongjun and Liangjun were at his fingertips as long as he was willing, Wang Shichong still restrained his desire to send troops. He was waiting patiently for the opportunity, and he had to wait until Wagang and Yuwen and both were both injured before sending troops to seek the benefits of the fisherman.

In the study of the palace, two beautiful and charming new concubines were snuggling beside Wang Shichong, gently pounding his back, with a hint of resentment on his beautiful eyes. Wang Shichong sat at the table to review the memorial. This should be the emperor's business, but he took it to the mansion to take care of it.

If it were usual, the two concubines could not escape his wolf claws, but today Wang Shichong was attracted by a secret report and forgot the beauty around him for a moment.

The secret report was from the Taichang Shaoqing Cui Wenxiang. The secret report said that the Sili doctor Dugu Ji often hosted guests in the mansion, but every time he came, he was the same group of guests. Cui Wenxiang suspected that Dugu Ji and others had secretly gathered on the pretext of a banquet, hoping to attract the attention of King Zheng.

There is also a list behind it, including Dugu Ji, the Minister of Rites, Yang Shengong, the Minister of Rites, Sun Shixiao, the Chief of the Infantry, Liu Xiaoyuan, the Chief of the Infantry, Li Jian, the Chief of Qianniu, and Cui Xiaoren, the Chief of Dali.

Wang Shichong looked for a moment, and immediately the guard outside the door ordered: "Go and summon Taichang Shaoqing Cui Wenxiang to see me!"

In just a moment, Cui Wenxiang rushed over. Although Cui Wenxiang's father Cui Zhao was loyal to Yu Wenji and has been promoted to the Minister of Personnel of Yu Wenji, Cui Wenxiang, an official in Luoyang, was loyal to Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong did not like Cui Wenxiang, who was impetuous, shallow, stupid, cold and ruthless. He used all means to climb up and had the merit of flattery but had no talent to govern the country and ensure stability. However, Cui Wenxiang was the legitimate son of the Cui family of Boling. In order to win over the Cui family of Boling, Wang Shichong still reused Cui Wenxiang and named him the Shaoqing of Taichang.

Cui Wenxiang walked into the study and knelt down to salute, "My minister Cui Wenxiang paid homage to His Highness Zheng!"

Wang Shichong looked at Cui Wenxiang and looked handsome, but unfortunately he was just an embroidered pillow. He Yang Yang secretly reported and asked, "Is this thing you wrote true?"

Cui Wenxiang hurriedly said: "It's true. We have been observing for a long time. They have had at least five gatherings, in just two months."

"How did you know?"

Cui Wenxiang smiled proudly and said, "Report to your Highness, Dali Chief Cui Xiaoren is Weichen's cousin. He currently lives in my mansion. Once I accidentally read the letter Yang Shengong wrote to him. Weichen suspected that they wanted to surrender to Li Yuan."

The three words "inadvertently" made a sneer appear on Wang Shichong's face. I'm afraid it wasn't unintentional!

However, the sneer on his face quickly disappeared, and Wang Shichong changed his smile again, "Cui Shaoqing also knows that it is difficult to convince the public by guessing without evidence. This is how it is! If Cui Shaoqing can find conclusive evidence of their rebellion for me, I can give you another level and become a Taichangqing, how about it?"

Cui Wenxiang was overjoyed and kowtowed and thanked her, "Thank you for your trust, I will definitely not let Your Highness down!"

"Go! Give me a message as soon as possible."

Cui Wenxiang kowtowed and slowly stepped down. A beautiful girl next to her curled her lips and said, "It's rare for such a person to betray her cousin."

Wang Shichong laughed and hugged his hands around the two beautiful girls. "You two have the skills of bedding, so let me enjoy it."

Cui Wenxiang's mansion is located in Jishanfang. This is a house that the Cui family spent a lot of money to buy in the capital twenty years ago. It covers an area of ​​more than 20 acres. The original intention was to live in the capital. It was equivalent to the guesthouse of the Cui family in the capital. However, since Cui Wenxiang's father Cui Zhao moved in five years ago, its nature has gradually changed, becoming a house that the head of the family enjoys exclusively. Now it has been occupied by Cui Wenxiang and turned into his private residence.

However, due to Cui Zhao's loyalty to Yu Culture and became a shame to the Cui family of Boling, the Cui family was dismissed from the position of Cui Zhao's head at the beginning of the year, and the respected Cui Hongsheng temporarily served as the head. Cui Wenxiang lost the halo of the head's legitimate son and did not dare to be too arrogant. She gave up the East Courtyard of the mansion and lived for several Cui clan members who studied and worked as officials in Luoyang. Dali Chief Cui Xiaoren is one of them.

Cui Xiaoren is the eldest son of Cui Jie, the half-brother of Cui Zhao. Because his father was born in a illegitimate family, Cui Xiaoren's status in the family was not very high. However, because he was diligent, he also gradually became the chief of the Dali Temple, and was considered a sixth-rank high-ranking official.

In the afternoon, as soon as Cui Xiaoren returned to his residence, Cui Wenxiang appeared at the gate of his courtyard, holding a bottle of good wine in his hand, and said with a smile: "Brother, I will enjoy this bottle of good wine alone."

Although Cui Wenxiang has a strong relationship with the Cui clan and Cui Xiaoren doesn't like him very much, he is his cousin after all. Cui Xiaoren smiled and said, "Is it as simple as drinking?"

Cui Wenxiang looked depressed and sighed, "I feel very bored, but I don't have any friends, so I want to talk to my brother."

"Since that's the case, just go into the house and sit!"

The two went into the study and sat down. Choi Hyo-in took two wine glasses, "I'm not very good at drinking, so I can only drink two glasses a little. Please forgive me, brother!"

Cui Wenxiang filled him with a glass of wine, "It's okay! Just have fun, don't get drunk."

The two of them touched the wine glasses and drank them all. Cui Xiaoren asked with concern: "What are the troubles about brother?"

Cui Wenxiang sighed and said, "Today I was humiliated by Wang Shiyun. Because I neglected him a little before, he held a grudge. Today, he insulted my father and I as father-son dogs."

Choi Hyo-in was stunned, "Why haven't I heard of what happened when?"

"Just just swallow your anger, how can you let others know about this?"

Cui Xiaoren looked at his brother sympathetically and comforted him: "Everyone knows who Wang Shiyun is. He relies on the power of his brother Wang Shichong to act as a blessing. Many people have been scolded by him. Don't take it seriously, just think that he is a dog and is bitten by the dog."

"That's right, I'm so cowardly in my heart! Seeing that Wang Shichong was about to usurp the throne, I offended their Wang family again, and the future was dark. If I hadn't offended Zhang Xuan in my early years, I would have really gone to Zhongdu. Brother, please give me a clear path!"

Cui Wenxiang looked at him expectantly, and Cui Xiaoren pondered for a long time and said, "Maybe you can defect to Li Tang."

Cui Wenxiang spread her hands, "Brother, stop telling jokes, I am a gentry in Hebei, how could Li Yuan want me?"

"This may not be necessary. If Emperor Wude could not even tolerate the Hebei gentry, what else would he want to do with the world."

Speaking of this, Cui Xiaoren looked at Cui Wenxiang, "If you really want to join Chang'an, I can introduce a way to my brother."

Cui Wenxiang widened her eyes and pretended to be surprised and said, "It turns out that my brother has already—"

"No, it's not. Someone else came to me. I didn't agree, but I didn't refuse. I just said I would consider it for a few days."

"I don't know who it is?"

Cui Wenxiang looked at Cui Xiaoren nervously. As long as Cui Xiaoren said that name, he would find the target.

Cui Xiaoren pondered for a moment and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, it's important. I can't say who it is. If my brother really wants it, I can be an intermediary."

Cui Wenxiang had a certain plan in her mind, so she said sincerely to Cui Xiaoren: "This is it! I will write a letter and ask my brother to help me pass it tomorrow. I want to get a reply as soon as possible. If Chang'an doesn't work, I can only switch to Zhongdu."

Cui Xiaoren nodded, "Either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will definitely help my brother hand it over."

"Come on! Let's drink."

"drink wine!"

The next night, Cui Wenxiang urgently found Wang Shichong. He knelt down and bowed, and said to Wang Shichong: "Report to your highness, I am sure that Yang Shengong, the Minister of Rites, was Li Tang's contact person in Luoyang."

"Why are you so sure?" Wang Shichong asked.

Cui Wenxiang said in detail about him and Cui Xiaoren's drinking, and finally said: "Cui Xiaoren went to Yang Shengong's mansion the next morning, and then Cui Xiaoren told me at noon this day that the letter had been passed on and asked me to wait patiently. I followed him for one morning. He did not see anyone except to meet Yang Shengong, so I can be sure that Yang Shengong is the contact person of Li Tang."

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he nodded slowly and said, "In an hour, whether your wealth can appear depends on the result!"

Cui Wenxiang suddenly became excited, as if he saw Taichangqing's seat waving to him.

Half an hour later, more than a thousand Wang Shichong's guards surrounded Yang Shengong's mansion. They broke open the door and rushed in directly. Wang Shichong wore a golden helmet and golden armor, and walked into the Yang Mansion with a sword in his hand. At this time, Yang Shengong was tied up and escorted out by soldiers. Yang Shengong was a royal family of the Sui Dynasty and the son of Yang Da. Wang Shichong had long wanted to get rid of him, and this time he happened to catch the handle.

When Yang Shengong saw Wang Shichong, he shouted loudly: "No sin!"

Wang Shichong sneered, "Is there any guilt? I have to search for it."

The guards rummaged through boxes and cabinets in Yang's mansion, and finally found a dark room in the study. A large number of letters were found from it, including more than a dozen correspondences from him and his brother-in-law, Minister of Works of the Tang Dynasty, and Duke of Ying Guo.

Wang Shichong threw a thick stack of letters in front of Yang Shengong. Yang Shengong's face turned pale, his legs became weak, and he collapsed on the ground.

That night, Yang Shengong could not withstand the torture and explained one by one that Wang Shichong's army launched a large-scale search, including Dugu Ji, Sun Shixiao, the chief of Xingyang County, Liu Xiaoyuan, the chief of infantry, Li Jian, the chief of Qianniu, Cui Xiaoren, and more than 20 people were arrested.

Three days later, the arrested minister was taken to the Luoshui side to beheaded. On this day, Cui Wenxiang was officially promoted to the Minister of Taichang Temple and became one of Wang Shichong's confidants.
Chapter completed!