The new emperor's accession to the throne does not matter if he sits on a dragon chair.
Even though it was clearly stated in the will that the eldest prince Li Tong succeeded to the throne, the sudden death of the national teacher Yin Yang still left regrets, or loopholes, for this change of authority.
Two hundred percent of the officials of the Queen’s Faction did not believe in the contents of the will.
But they can't get evidence, and they can't question without evidence, otherwise it would be a crime of disrespect!
And after Li Tong came to power, a mysterious organization quietly emerged.
This organization is called Jinyiwei.
The main responsibility is to follow the court officials, even if necessary, they can even cut first and then play. They only obey the emperor, and no one else has the right to mobilize Jinyiwei.
After Jin Yiwei surfaced, he did two important things immediately.
First, kill Yu Feng, the doctor of Yushi.
Second, the 36 members of Xu Lang's family, the chief of Qintian Supervisor, were slaughtered, and even the maid, the cook, and the gardener did not let it go.
After these two incidents broke out, Baiguan was shocked, and the memorial for the crusade against Jin Yiwei flew to the desk of the emperor's majesty like snowflakes.
However, Li Tong didn't even read these memorials, so he just let them put them in sack for too long and sent them to burn.
Concubine Gao was very worried. His son had just ascended the throne, and the methods were so harsh. If it aroused the rebellious psychology of hundreds of officials, the future would be even more difficult. Governing the country is not a matter of family. Whoever opposes it can only be an angry talk. If this is done, Li Tong's throne will soon be over.
Therefore, Concubine Gao feels it is necessary to have a good chat with her son.
During this period of time, Concubine Gao didn't communicate much with her son. Once the other party had become an emperor, if everything was being pointed out by her own mother, her heart would definitely be unhappy. Concubine Gao has been in the harem for many years, and she really understands this kind of psychology too well, so she never takes the initiative to see her son except for her daily greetings.
Second, Concubine Gao still has a guilty conscience. Li Tong didn't know about changing his edict. He firmly believed that Li Hong had passed the throne to him upright, so the orthodox concept in his heart was deeply rooted. However, Concubine Gao watched the will be changed. She only needed to see her son once, and she would remember the matter of the betrayal, and she was afraid that one day she couldn't keep her mouth open, so she simply disappeared.
But now it's time to have to meet.
Even the officials of her faction have been exhausted by Jin Yiwei, and I don't know how many people turn back after tossing on.
This trend must be stifled in the cradle.
Concubine Gao originally wanted the court lady to invite Li through, but after thinking about it, it would be more appropriate to go to the Imperial Study Room to see him in person.
Give the emperor face at all times, even if he is his own mother.
"The Queen Mother is here." The eunuch at the door shouted in a shrill voice.
When the emperor's voice came from the room, the eunuch pushed open the door of the imperial study room, and then bowed back.
"Mother, why are you here? Hurry up and take a seat." Li Tong put down his brush and walked over, helping Concubine Gao to sit down on the chair.
Concubine Gao Gui said: "Look at my son, do you still need a reason?"
"What the queen said is." Li Tong smiled, and then ordered the maid to make tea.
After the tea was presented, Concubine Gao picked up the tea cup and drank slowly, sorting out the language in her mind, wondering how to speak.
Li Hong said: "Mother, if there is nothing to order, the emperor will review the memorial first. You can sit here for a while and wait for the emperor to finish the review.
Concubine Gao Gui said: "The emperor is fortunate, but the queen does have something to tell you."
"The emperor listens to the teachings of the queen mother." Li Tong said.
"Emperor, the government and officials have had a lot of opinions on Jin Yiwei recently." Gao Guifei said slowly: "The queen knows that you want to organize the court order quickly, but you can't act too hastily. Doing so can easily cause dissatisfaction with the officials. Although the emperor is the king of a country, he still needs a hundred officials to do specific things. They are your siblings. The more you cut off, although you can solve temporary disasters, but if you want to do something later, you will feel it. Rest your hands and feet."
"Of course, the mother queen didn't say that you did something wrong, but that the emperor was a little anxious. Let's slow it down, at least give the officials a respite and accept the process. Chaotang has not yet reached the time to use the strong medicine."
Li Tong smiled and said: "What the queen mother said, the emperor understands. But the mother queen thinks of these hundred officials too simple. Since my succession, some officials have criticized me in private and said my position. The name I came here was not right and right. In addition to the sudden death of the former national teacher, no one could stand up and speak for me. Even if I threw the will on the faces of these bastards, they would feel that the will has been changed."
"The mother queen, I am also very distressed. I am not afraid of these people's nonsense, but let them be so arrogant, how can I govern this country? So these voices must disappear. If they refuse to disappear, I will let them shut up. And the mother queen Don’t even think that I’m killing people randomly. Everyone who died under Jin Yiwei’s hands is a survivor. They are all criminals who have committed many crimes."
Concubine Gao saw determination in Li Tong's eyes, determination, domineering, but not benevolence.
Although mercy is not in charge, as an emperor, mercy must also be mastered.
An emperor who is too sturdy will never end up well.
When the emperor was also a learning behind him, Li Hong did a good job, but Li Tong was still too young after all, and his things were too simple.
Yes, the officials who died may indeed have committed many crimes, but they were killed without being interrogated by the Dali Temple. This would cause the imperial power to overflow, and at the same time give the officials a feeling that the imperial power is not supervised.
The relationship between the emperor and the ministers was originally a mutual supervision. How to control this degree is something that both parties must carefully figure out.
Li Tong's current behavior is equivalent to directly telling the ministers, he can't hear any bad words.
The result of doing this is that there will be only flattering people left in the court in the future, and there will be no more words from the bottom of the heart.
Concubine Gao Gui felt more terrible the more she thought about it. She worked hard to make her son an emperor, and she must not allow this to happen.
"Emperor, after listening to her mother's advice, Jin Yiwei can't kill people anymore. Even if he has the evidence, he can't kill at will. You must collect the evidence and hand it over to the people of Dali Temple." Gao Guifei said solemnly.
Li Tong frowned, he didn't like Gao Guifei's attitude at the moment.
He is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the most powerful person in the entire Great Wilderness, even his own mother, can not arbitrarily dictate his decision.
However, Li Tong just became the emperor after all, and his aura was not strong enough. When Concubine Gao became serious, he seemed to have returned to when he was a prince. His mother's words were the imperial decree, and he could not be rebutted and could only be implemented.
"What the queen taught is that the emperor should keep it in mind." Li Tong said slowly.
Gao Guifei
Said: "The emperor, it's not that your mother is unreasonable, but your behavior has touched the bottom line of a hundred officials. If you let Jin Yiwei kill people indiscriminately, the consequences will be disastrous. What's more, the academy has never expressed its position!
When it comes to the academy, Li Tong's face suddenly becomes extremely ugly.
As mentioned before, since Li Tong became the throne, he has directly broken the practice of Emperor Tang's enthronement, and that is to visit the academy.
Li Tong didn't have any good feelings about the people in the academy, and the "death" of the master was already a certainty, so he directly cancelled this convention.
Not only that, Li Tong also sent the eunuch to the academy, wanting to let Mr. Da come into the palace and congratulate him on his enthronement in front of the civil and military officials.
As a result, the eunuch was blasted out without even entering the gate of the college.
This incident reached Li Tong's ears, and he was so angry that he smashed several expensive vases.
At this moment, in Li Tong's heart, the one who hated the most was not the disobedient officials, but the people in the academy, especially those on the second floor.
At the same time, the people Li Tong feared the most were ranked, and everyone on the second floor of the academy was also on the list.
Baiguan, he can use Jinyiwei to deal with the people on the second floor of the academy, Li Tong has nothing to do.
They are really the key to determining whether they can sit firmly on the throne.
More importantly, the hub of the Four Sacred Beast Array is still in the hands of the third master of the Academy.
The fact that Ji Zixing passed the hub to Zhou Fei was limited to the people in the academy. For the people of the Tang Dynasty royal family, they still believed that Ji Zixing was the master of the hub.
At the same time, only Ji Zixing knows the position of the eye.
That is the last barrier of Chang'an City, and it cannot be destroyed.
Based on the above reasons, even if Li Tong is dissatisfied with the academy, he must maintain his surface respect.
"Okay, I immediately made an order to make those Jinyiwei contract actions." Li Tong said.
Concubine Gao was relieved.
"But there is one person who must be killed." Li Huanfeng said after turning.
Concubine Gao Gui's heart that had just fallen was suddenly lifted up again.
"Who?"
"Yan Jie."
Yan Jie, a member of the Living House of Datang, is responsible for recording the daily life of the royal family. The emperor's words and deeds can be regarded as a mirror set up by the royal family to give him full power. At the same time, he also has an undead gold medal!
Now, Li Tong is going to kill Yan Jie!
"Emperor, are you crazy?" Concubine Gao Gui exclaimed, "How can a man in the living quarters be killed!"
Li Tong said blankly, "This person is very guilty. He does not recognize my identity and refuses to write a personal order for me! I asked him why he was like this. Guess what he said? He said that my position was stolen. I am not qualified to write a living order only to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty! Empress, if I don’t even have anyone who writes a living order, can I still be considered an emperor? So this person must die!"
Concubine Gao took Li Tong’s hand and said, “Emperor, if you think about it, you don’t have to kill. You can dismiss his official position and keep him away from the capital. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Yan family has been in charge of living quarters. As a human being, the words and deeds of my successive emperors of the Tang Dynasty were recorded by the Yan family. Killing him had too much influence."
Li Tong said: "There is no need to persuade the queen, my heart is determined. Because Yan Jie once said in front of me that even if I dismiss him, he will record all this with a pen in his hand to inform the people of the Tang Dynasty about the change of imperial power. The truth! How can I stay with such a person!"
(End of this chapter)