Chapter 318 I am the king, he is the minister
What Yuan Zai didn't know was that after the court on this day, Li Qing also held a small meeting for Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, Chen Zhibao, Lei Wanchun and others.
"In today's court, Yuan Zai is almost unable to control some of the court officials. You must keep an eye on him during this period. People like him will not face their own failures, so the tug-of-war with him will not last long. Only when Yuan Zai is gone can the Tang Dynasty's court truly begin to develop in the direction of Qingming."
Li Yan's meaning inside and outside was obviously that he felt that Yuan Zai was already desperate at this time.
"Your Majesty, Yuan Zai and Wang Jin have been very concerned about the government affairs during this period, and there is no problem with me in cooperation. However, according to their ability to handle the government affairs, it seems that Yuan Zai is Wang Jin's deputy. Yuan Zai is not very strong in dominance of the government affairs. This is not somewhat consistent with what His Majesty said before. However, with Yuan Zai's mind, he should not be unable to stand so quickly, right?"
Zhang Xun obviously didn't understand what Li Qing said. After all, just a day or two ago, Yuan Zai was pretending to be quite good in front of him.
"I say this, that makes sense. Zhibao, tell them the situation I have asked your imperial guards to observe in the city these days. We are all our own people and have nothing to hide."
Chen Zhibao, who had never made any noise before, stood up and said, "After these days, I have some confidants now, so the matters that Your Majesty asked me to investigate have indeed become famous. Since Your Majesty returned from the imperial tomb, I don't know why, there are always some people who look like gossips staring at Xingqing Palace. I went with me a night a few days ago and found that although these people lived outside Chang'an City, they were actually all the guests raised by Yuan Zai outside the city. But these people were surveillance of Xingqing Palace. I really don't know why..."
"What, Yuan Zai actually asked his disciples to monitor Xingqing Palace? Hasn't the Xingqing Palace been abandoned since the death of the Supreme Emperor? Why did he still monitor it?"
Both Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan were very surprised by what Chen Zhibao said. After all, if he wanted to monitor Li Yan, he had to monitor Tai Chi Palace. No one could understand what the meaning of monitoring Xingqing Palace meant.
"I have indeed not told you about this matter. Today I will let you know everything about it so that I can avoid the time to fight an unprepared battle! Yuan Zai made his disciples monitor Xingqing Palace, which is indeed his reason, because according to his ideas, he could find my handle in Xingqing Palace, and use this matter to weaken my reputation in the court. In this way, he can control my Tang Dynasty's court for a longer time."
"Hand? Your Majesty has only been ascending the throne for several months. Before you ascend the throne, you have been fighting outside. What kind of handle can he find in Xingqing Palace?"
Obviously, Zhang Xun still couldn't understand this matter. In his and Xu Yuan's heart, Li Qing had almost no handle to let Yuan Zai find it.
"This so-called handle has to start with the matter of I went to the imperial tomb to guard the tomb before. I told you and the court officials that I wanted to guard the tomb, but after arriving at the imperial tomb, I left. I and Lei Wanchun took twenty elite imperial guards to Qizhou..."
To explain this, Li Qing spent half an hour.
Not only did he have to talk about his trip to Qizhou, but he also had to tell all the causes and consequences, why did Yang Yuhuan die when he was at Mawei Post, how did he arrive in Qizhou, how did Li Longji ask him on his sickbed, how did he agree to him, and the Tang Dynasty was disturbed by An Lushan and Shi Siming, which had nothing to do with Yang Yuhuan.
Li Neng knew very well about his close friends, that is, he would never do anything like this that he could not do anything that he could not do.
After Li Yan finished telling the truth, everyone was silent. Everyone didn't know how to deal with it for a while, because the shock this incident brought them was a bit too great.
Yang Yuhuan was definitely a household name in the Tang Dynasty. They all felt sorry for Yang Yuhuan's death for a while, but as court officials of the Tang Dynasty, they were once relieved like Chen Xuanli for blamed the decline of the Tang Dynasty on Yang Yuhuan and Yang Guozhong.
But now Li Yan said this, from their experiences, he knew deeply that the decline of the Tang Dynasty had little to do with Yang Yuhuan. It was all done by Li Longji himself, or by the court officials of the Tang Dynasty in the court.
But this is how people are. No matter what dynasty, it is always difficult to face their own problems. People often selectively ignore problems related to themselves, but Li Neng did the opposite at this time. He made these people understand a truth at this moment. In fact, it is not too late to discover and correct the wrong things.
"Hey? What's wrong with you? Are you not saying anything? I have already told you the causes and consequences of this matter. Now the imperial concubine of the previous dynasty lives in Xingqing Palace, and I have never thought of hiding it from anyone, but just didn't take the initiative to say it. If Yuan Zai insists on fighting with me in this matter, I will be unable to ask for it."
At this time, Zhang Xun and the others finally understood that whether Li Yan ascended the throne or the previous King Jianning, they were all people who only did what they thought was right.
If this was an ordinary emperor, Li Longji would have died anyway, which Taoist temple Yang Yuhuan had a dime with me? But Li Yan was not that kind of person. If he wanted to take care of Yang Yuhuan's affairs, he would not really care about the great opposition in the court.
"In this case, Your Majesty thinks that Yuan Zai and the others already know that the former imperial concubine was in Xingqing Palace, and what should you do to Your Majesty in the court?"
Chapter completed!