"Old slave pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince." Outside the imperial study, Qin Jiudao respectfully bowed to Lu Chenglie. This is the future emperor, and perhaps he will have to serve him in the near future. Qin Jiudao naturally did not dare

Neglect.

"Eunuch Qin, are you ready to receive the orphan?" Lu Chenglie had a look of anxiety on his face.

"Your Highness, you'd better go back. Your Majesty said that he is not planning to see you." Qin Jiudao did not dare to neglect and said cautiously: "Your Majesty is asking the old slave to convey the order. The chief assistant and the general are coming. Your Highness, I'm afraid something is wrong.

Ah." Qin Jiudao has served Lu Zhaoci for many years. He is also an eunuch, and he is also well versed in the emperor's thoughts. When he saw Lu Zhaoci summoning Cen Wenwen and Li Jing, he could vaguely sense Lu Zhaoci's thoughts. I'm afraid it's not that

Simple things.

"What should we do? What should we do?" An anxious look appeared on Lu Chenglie's face, and he said nervously: "Eunuch Qin, what should we do? You have to teach me a way this time."

"This, this, I can't take this responsibility." Qin Jiudao also had a look of panic on his face, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Your Highness, I think that the reason why Your Majesty has not made up his mind yet is because King Wei

It violated the national law, and on the other hand, because King Wei is the son of His Majesty, whether to kill or not to kill him does not actually depend on Your Majesty, but on public sentiment."

"Popular sentiment?" Lu Chenglie said in surprise: "The world is big and belongs to Your Majesty. You can kill whoever Your Majesty wants to kill? Why should you care about public sentiment? Moreover, do those ministers dare to speak?".

"Your Highness, this old slave at least knows that there is someone who will object." Qin Jiudao said with a smile.

"Who?" Lu Chenglie frowned, thought for a moment, and exclaimed: "Wei Zheng."

"Only he would be like this." Qin Jiudao said with a smile: "If His Highness can deal with him, His Majesty will not have anything to say."

"This?" Lu Chenglie frowned, finally shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I don't have this ability." Who is Wei Zheng?

Sometimes, Lu Zhaoci would not give him face. Sometimes, the foam from his mouth would splash on Lu Zhaoci's face. Lu Chengtai's matter violated the court laws. How could a person like Wei Zheng let Lu Chengtai go?

It would be quite difficult to convince Wei Zheng. Lu Chenglie did not dare to touch Wei Zheng, a stubborn auxiliary minister.

"If Your Highness can't go in person, you can let others speak. Haha, I'll take my leave first." Qin Jiudao said with a smile: "If Wei Zheng can be convinced, King Wei's life will be saved. If he is not convinced,

Your Highness has achieved your wish, and Your Majesty will not say anything else."

"Thank you so much, Eunuch Qin." Lu Chenglie nodded, cupped his hands and said, "No matter what, King Wei is Gu's younger brother, and he cannot be killed like this."

"Your Highness Renyi, I'll take my leave first." Qin Jiudao said with a smile. Lu Chenglie looked at the imperial study room not far away, shook his head, and turned around.

"You know? Something big happened in the court."

"What's the big deal? The southwest has been pacified?"

"No, His Majesty has returned the favor, did you hear? Your Majesty has already returned the favor."

The road from Zhuque Gate to Meridian Gate was mostly occupied by government offices. Qin Jiudao was walking on the royal road. The petty officials and officials in the surrounding offices could see clearly, and there were noisy discussions everywhere. Qin Jiudao was walking on the royal road.

Dao Nai is the personal eunuch beside Lu Zhaoci. Since he appears in the imperial city, it means that he is in the imperial city of His Majesty.

"Something big must have happened." Many ministers in these yamen were talking about it, not knowing what happened.

"Look, the Chief Assistant is here." An adult wearing a crimson official robe said. On the imperial road, a purple carriage came slowly. The flag in front of the carriage had the word "cen" written on it, which was not the word "cen".

Who is Assistant Minister Cen Wenwen...

"Look, the general is here too." Another chariot came slowly, and sitting in the chariot was the general Li Jing. The ministers pointed at Li Jing and said.

"It seems that something big happened. Otherwise, the general would not have appeared here." An adult said to the people around him: "I really don't know what happened to make His Majesty return to court early. Could it be that something big happened?

Now, we have to stand in good formation this time." In officialdom, the most important thing is to stand in line. Only by standing in line can we make good progress. Otherwise, we may be defeated by our opponents. This time we met

Cen Wenwen and Li Jing came together. It was obvious that something big was going to happen in the court, and none of these people were nervous.

"Have you found out everything? What happened?" In the Changsun Mansion, an old man stood in front of Changsun Wuji. Changsun Wuji asked coldly. This is his spy. Over the years, although the spies have been

Although the Jin Yiwei had eradicated a lot, there were still a lot of things hidden. At this time, the life and death of the Guanzhong family was related. Changsun Wuji decided not to hide anything anymore and ordered his spies to take action one after another to find out everything about the imperial court.

"Reply to your lord, we have already inquired about it clearly." The old man did not dare to be negligent and said quickly: "The King of Wei has committed something. Someone in the East Palace came to say that it was Xu Jingzong who came up to write a memorial. What is recorded above is

King Wei is involved in the Luoyang case, so King Wei is the person behind the Luoyang case. That's why Your Majesty returned to court early to deal with this matter. The Chief Assistant and the General have already entered the palace just now.

, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also join forces with the clan ministers to prepare to protect His Highness the King of Wei."

"Lu Chengtai?" Changsun Wuji narrowed his eyes and exclaimed: "This little fat guy actually wants to seize the throne of the prince?" Changsun Wuji saw Lu Chengtai's thoughts at a glance. Regardless of Lu Chenglie's attitude towards the family, one thing is

What will not change is that in the eyes of outsiders, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is backed by the Guanzhong Family. Lu Chengtai draws in or even controls the Guandong Family just to compete with the Guanzhong Family behind Lu Chenglie. Moreover, this Luoyang case is also for

He has amassed a lot of money. If he wants to seize the position of prince, it is not possible to rely solely on merit. Sometimes, money is still indispensable. Doesn't it cost money to win over those officials? The reason why Lu Chengtai is involved in Luoyang

This was the reason for the case. Changsun Wuji suddenly hesitated.

If we go as before and write a letter together to vouch for Lu Chengtai, and face the officials' pleas, Lu Zhaoci has to agree. But in this way, Lu Chengtai can also escape. God knows whether he will covet the position of prince in the future.

, it will cause a lot of trouble if it is not done well, but if the King of Wei is not saved, then Wei Shi may take the opportunity to be killed. Let me ask, no matter what kind of psychology Lu Zhaoci had, he killed the King of Wei Lu Chengtai and his son.

The pain cannot be easily eliminated. When he is furious, he will even vent his anger on other people. Webster hit the tip of the spear, and it is impossible not to be exterminated.

"Humph, I let you, a brat, take advantage of this." Changsun Wuji finally made up his mind and sneered: "I will save you once this time, but even if you can be saved, do you think you are still the same King of Wei as before? Still

Do you have the qualifications to aspire for the position of the East Palace? Hum, since I can design you for the first time, I can design you for the second time." Changsun Wuji is right about this, because the reason why the Luoyang case broke out is because of Changsun Wuji's decision.

Wuji's design has a lot to do with it. Although it was a coincidence, Changsun Wuji's move was to deal with the Guandong family, but it involved Lu Chengtai. Changsun Wuji was confident that since he could design Lu Chengtai's first time, he would have

the second time.….

"Go and tell Lord Wang Gui that even if we want to save Wei Wang Lu Chengtai's life this time, you can still make a big announcement in the busy city, saying that Wei Wang Lu Chengtai is young and was deceived by the Guandong family, so he did this.

As it turns out, Wei King Lu Chengtai was just deceived by Zheng Renji."

"Sir, you are wise." The old man said quickly: "In this way, those people will transfer all their anger to the Guandong family, King Wei's life will be saved, and the Guandong family will become the target of your majesty's anger.

, among the people, everyone will also transfer their anger to the Guandong family. We may take the opportunity to destroy the entire Guandong family. Your Majesty will no longer focus on our Guanzhong family."

"Huh, there's Lu Chengtai." A smug smile appeared on Changsun Wuji's face, and he sneered: "The reason why Prince Zhang Huai was deposed was not because he had no courage, but because Prince Zhang Huai had a bad ear.

Zi Ruan would be influenced by the Guandong family and listened to Cui Renshi in everything, so he was deposed. Now that this crime is put on Zheng Renji, King Wei has become the second Prince Zhanghuai. He also has

Any chance of becoming a prince?".

"Sir, you are wise." The old man nodded again and again. In this way, although he saved the life of Wei King Lu Chengtai, more importantly, he took the opportunity to save the life of Wei Shi and eradicated the Guandong family. It was simply killing three birds with one stone.

, this method is not something that anyone can think of. Changsun Wuji is indeed very powerful. I have to admit that it is not unreasonable for Changsun Wuji to be said to be comparable to Cen Wenwen.

"I have seen your Majesty." In the imperial study room, Cen Wenwen was sitting on the brocade stool, while Li Jing was still leaning on the chair. His face was pale, and the beard under his chin no longer had the same shine as before.

His eyes are no longer as bright as before. General Li Jing is also getting older.

"You two, I have called you here today because I am in trouble." Lu Zhaoci smiled bitterly and handed Xu Jingzong's memorial to the two of them, saying: "State affairs are easy to handle, but even I can't do anything about family matters.

Already."

Na Cen Wenwen took the memorial and glanced at it. His face moved slightly, but he quickly handed the memorial to Li Jing. He was deep in thought. After Li Jing looked at it for a moment, he handed the memorial to Li Jing with trembling hands.

Qin Jiudao next to him sat there and stopped talking. Qin Jiudao did not dare to neglect, quickly put the memorial on the imperial desk and quickly retreated. This kind of thing was not something that he, Qin Jiudao, could get involved in.

"Speaking of which, the three of you and I were in the hands of the Li family back then. We were in constant fear every day for fear of being killed by the princes of the Li family. It took a lot of effort to get where we are today. The country is in the hands of you and me. Although we have established

The Tang Dynasty was still in the midst of internal and external troubles. With the careful assistance of these two men, I was able to create the prosperous age of Zhenguan. Now the world is at peace, but something like this happened in the court. Although I am the emperor, I am also a father.

It's not easy to deal with this kind of thing. That's why I invited Mr. and Brother Jing to discuss it and see what we should do." Lu Zhaoci shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You all tell the truth.

I really want to kill this traitor, but he is also my son. If I don't kill him, how can I comply with the laws and regulations of the court? Moreover, you also know that Di Renjie was responsible for arresting Chang'an, and all the cases in Chang'an were found out. It was Wei.

What he did was that he colluded with the foreigners on Guanlong Road to kill people and plunder goods. Webster monopolized the business travel from Guanlong Road to Congling Road in the Western Regions. Over the years, he did not know how much money he earned. According to this

Regarding the matter, even if we kill the whole family of Wei, it is okay. If we don’t deal with the King of Wei, how can I deal with Wei?”….

Li Jing and Cen Wenwen also nodded, but they did not dare to answer the question. They also felt very embarrassed about this kind of thing. Looking at Lu Zhaoci's posture, it was obvious that he wanted to keep the King of Wei, but the public opinion was like this, once

If it spreads, everyone in the world will be dissatisfied. Who will abide by the laws of the court in the future? But if Lu Zhaoci were to kill Lu Chengtai, let alone the pain of losing his son, just the crime of killing his son would be recorded in the history books.

He left a strong mark. If he had not had many achievements to write down, this Emperor Zhenguan would probably be almost the same as Yang Guang. The emperors have left a bad reputation, can these ministers escape? The same goes for Li Jing and Cen Wenwen.

I felt a bit embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, I saw in this memorial that Zheng Renji and the Guandong family were involved. Your Majesty, please don't forget that the King of Wei is still young and will inevitably be tempted by others. It is understandable that he committed such a thing."

Li Jing frowned and said softly: "In this way, your majesty can deal with the Guandong family, including Wei Ting and others, and you can also punish them. In this way, the life of King Wei can be saved, and the law and order of the court can be maintained."

It has nothing to do with it." Li Jing sighed softly. What he said had nothing to do with Chao Gang and laws. In fact, it meant that it had nothing to do with Lu Zhaoci. If Changsun Wuji were here, he would definitely find that in this world,

He is not the only smart person. At the very least, Li Jing can think of such a strategy.

"Brother Jing. In this way, Your Majesty will have no chance to eradicate Webster." Cen Wenwen said with a smile. Cen Wenwen immediately pointed out the main goal of Lu Zhaoci's setup, which was to eradicate Webster and fight with Wei

It has to be said that both Changsun Wuji and Li Jing have thought about this matter very clearly. The first thing is to satisfy Lu Zhaoci's wish. If the emperor's wish cannot be realized perfectly,

At that time, try your best to preserve an important part of the emperor, that is, reputation. The reputation of the emperor is the most important.

But Cen Wenwen could clearly understand why Lu Zhaoci did this and set up such a big scheme. His purpose was to wipe out all Guanzhong and Guandong families. But what Lu Zhaoci didn't expect was that the Luoyang case

The result was to Lu Zhaoci's surprise, and his son actually got involved. This made Lu Zhaoci very embarrassed. This was not just a matter of reputation, the key was also related to Lu Zhaoci's plan.

Let the Guanzhong and Guandong families be driven out of the court completely in this turmoil, and give the Weishi, or the Guandong family, the harshest blow. Li Jing's statement did satisfy Lu Zhaoci's needs to a certain extent.

But it goes against Lu Zhaoci's most essential needs.

"What solution have you come up with, sir?" Lu Zhaoci stared at Cen Wenwen and said. In front of the two humerus ministers, Lu Zhaoci did not hide his thoughts. What's more, now the arrow is on the string and he has to take action.

Either take this opportunity to kill everyone, whether it is Guandong or Guanzhong, they are all targets of death. Of course, in this case, Lu Chengtai's life will be lost. The second way

Even if they stop fighting and find a few scapegoats to solve the case and save Lu Chengtai's life, it will be even more difficult for the two famous families in Guanzhong to kill Guandong next time. Both answers are bad.

Selected.

"Old minister, I don't know." Cen Wenwen didn't even think about it and simply rejected Lu Zhaoci's question. He really didn't know how to choose. Lu Zhaoci sighed deeply. He knew that this question was difficult for people to answer.

Make a choice.

"However, I would like to analyze the stakes of this matter for Your Majesty." Cen Wenwen shook his head and said: "Kill Wei Ting and Zheng Renji, destroy the Guandong and Guanzhong families, and the Tang Dynasty will no longer have troubles with aristocratic families, and the people can also

Live and work in peace and contentment, and achieve long-term peace and stability, but your majesty will lose the king of Wei and will be charged with murdering his son. If you do not kill these two people, your majesty will not lose the king of Wei. Nor will you give up the bad reputation of killing your son, but from now on

, the aristocratic families will become popular, and the Guanzhong and Guandong aristocratic families will rise again, and those powerful people will regard the laws and regulations as child's play. There will be no laws in the Tang Dynasty. The murderers can live, the robbers can survive, and the whole world will fall into chaos.

Among them, the country of the Tang Dynasty will naturally be as stable as Mount Tai during your Majesty's reign, but after Your Majesty, the old ministers will not dare to speak nonsense." Cen Wenwen said lightly. Although he did not say what Lu Zhaoci should do, but in fact it was

It has been pointed out how Lu Zhaoci should be.

"Sir, are you being alarmist?" Li Jing frowned and said, "If that doesn't work, we can just demote all these people to common people. Why should His Majesty bear the reputation of killing his son?"

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