Chapter 366: The Tang Dynasty Changes in Heaven (Chinese)

On the night when Zhang Huan returned to Beijing, there were five or six people in Li Mian's mansion discussing countermeasures all night. Any change of power will not be smooth sailing. There may be a momentum of surrender. However, there will always be a few waves that arouse. Li Mian is the largest one. It should be said that the conflict between Li Mian and Zhang Huan is irreconcilable. His grandson is the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Since ancient times, abnormal changes in the throne have meant cruel struggles and merciless killings. His grandson will not escape the misfortune of being wiped out. Even his family cannot be spared. When there is no way out, he can only let go. Among the five people involved in the conspiracy, in addition to Li Mian, there is also the King of Jiyin Li Fu.

The brothers of Beiping, Li Kai, were one of the masterminds of the palace coup. Once Zhang Huan came to power, even if other people involved in the plan had nothing to do, their brothers would definitely not be able to escape the fate of being liquidated. Therefore, their fate was also connected with Li Mian, prospering and losing. The fourth person to the meeting was Li Chenghong, King Guangwu. This old prince who was once taught a painful lesson by Zhang Huan unexpectedly adhered to his principle. The bloodline of the Tang royal family cannot be defiled. Even if Zhang Huan is really the son of the prince Yu, he cannot tolerate inheriting the throne as an illegitimate son. Of course, no one knows what purpose is hidden behind the banner of bloodline he established.

The fifth person attending the meeting was Duan Xiushi, who no one expected. For a long time, Duan Xiushi led 6,000 troops to guard Xishoujiang City. His food was always supplied from Longyou, but this did not stop Duan Xiushi from being loyal to the empress dowager. In his long-term interactions with Zhang Huan, he could not accept the fact that Zhang Huan was a royal family. In his opinion, Zhang Huan was a great warlord who tried to compile the position in the name of the royal family. Those so-called imperial edicts were just perjury fabricated by Zhang Huan to ascend to the throne. His purpose was simple and clear, and he wanted to prevent Zhang Huan from becoming the throne. Among these five people, his attitude was the most firm and persistent.

After a sleepless negotiation, the five people were exhausted, but there was still no good way to deal with Zhang Huan's impending strong rise. The Li Fu brothers' suggestion was very simple, which was to firmly refuse to recognize Zhang Huan's royal status and mobilize all clans to sign the opposition letter. The brothers could take on the heavy responsibility of connecting, but Li Chenghong ridiculed the two brothers for being unrealistic. If other clans opposed it, there would not be only the five of them to hold a meeting here. In fact, most of the clans had succumbed to Zhang Huan's strength, and the Tang clans opposed it. Will Zhang Huan simply establish a new dynasty? But no matter how ridiculed he was, Li Chenghong could not come up with a good way.

Seeing that it was almost dawn, but the conspiracy of the five people still had no good results. Li Mian was disappointed. He was about to let everyone go back, but suddenly saw Duan Xiushi wink at him. Li Mian felt a move and stood up and smiled at everyone, "I always think of the solution slowly, and there is no rush to go back first. I will send someone to inform you if there is anything."

Everyone was exhausted and knew that there would be no result after the discussion, so they said goodbye to their homes. After a while, Duan Xiushi quietly returned, and Li Mian took him into his inner study room.

"What are the great ideas about Duan Jun?" Li Mian asked impatiently as soon as he entered the study.

"Don't worry about Li Xiangguo."

Duan Xiushi waved his hand and asked him to sit down first. He was really tired after not sleeping all night. Duan Xiushi took a sip of the hot tea and then said slowly: "I couldn't say something clearly just now, so I can only negotiate with the Prime Minister alone."

Li Mian was surprised, "How can you? Do you suspect there is a traitor among the three of them?"

"Brother Li Fu is a little better. I am worried about that person." Duan Xiushi lowered his voice and said, "At this time, there should always be sufficient reasons to oppose Zhang Huan, but his reason is that he does not want the royal bloodline to be impure. Does the Prime Minister think this is a real reason? As far as I know, this person is not a person with a firm position. Doesn't his performance in the case of Yuan Zai being assassinated completely explain the problem?"

Li Mian took a breath, and Duan Xiushi reminded him suddenly, yes, he was a little careless. In opposing Zhang Huan, Li Chenghong was an activist from beginning to end, and he thought that maybe he had been humiliated by Zhang Huan, or maybe his brother Li Chengye was killed in Longyou, so he hated Zhang Huan like a bone. But now after thinking about it again, how could a person who was so timid and afraid of death take the risk of his whole family being killed for the sake of pure bloodline? This person is indeed a problem.

"According to your opinion, what is Li Chenghong for?"

Duan Xiushi sneered, "If I guess correctly, he wants to use us as the ladder he climbs."

"What a Li Chenghong, I deserve to die." Li Mian gritted his teeth.

"Li Chenghong is just a villain. The prime minister doesn't have to be angry about him. The key is to deal with Zhang Huan." Duan Xiushi stood up, "Prime Minister, we must stop him from taking office!"

Li Mian snorted depressedly. Of course he wanted to stop Zhang Huan, but what's the use of thinking? He had to take practical actions. He suddenly remembered Duan Xiushi winked on himself. Did he think of something wrong?

Li Mian suddenly looked at Duan Xiushi and said, "Eunuch Duan, what good plan do you have?"

"There is only one way to re-establish a new king!" Duan Xiushi decided to track the railway.

After breakfast, Zhang Huan went out quietly. Tomorrow will be the ceremony of the ancestral temple. Everything is done by his subordinates and confidant ministers. He has nothing to do, but Zhang Huan does not care about the affairs of the ancestral temple. He cares about the world. From a certain perspective, going to power is just a way for him to realize his ambitions. Realizing the prosperity and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is his dream ideal.

At this moment, his eyes had already surpassed the ancestral ceremony for tomorrow's ancestral temple sacrifices and even the near future. What he had to consider was the major politics three or even ten years later.

The carriage drove into Xuanyangfang and stopped in front of Cui Mansion. He walked into Cui Mansion without waiting for the notification. The Grand Manager of Cui Mansion hurriedly reported to Cui Yuan. After a moment, he led Zhang Huan to a flower pavilion in the back garden. In the flower pavilion, Cui Yuan was leaning on the cushion to read a book. The breeze blew the strands of hair on his forehead. Seeing Zhang Huan coming, he put down the book and smiled, "I know you will come to me."

"Yes! I should have come to see Master Ge a long time ago." Zhang Huangong bowed and sat down with a smile. He looked Cui Yuan up and down and said, "Mr. Cui's complexion seems to have improved a lot, which is gratifying!"

"This year, I pay attention to the health care method, and thanks to the good supplements. Although I still can't move, I feel that my spirit is really much better." Speaking of this, Cui Yuan raised his head and smiled, "Speaking of it, you took Anxi, which has solved my heart again!"

Zhang Huan nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "If this is possible, can the prime minister be willing to come out again and take on important positions?"

Cui Yuan was stunned. Things were a little beyond his expectations. He knew that Zhang Huan would come to negotiate with him about the ownership of Shandong Qinghe Army. He also knew that Zhang Huan would come to announce Cui Yu as the left prime minister, but he didn't expect that Zhang Huan would invite him out again. This was something he had never considered. Seeing that Zhang Huan's expression was serious, it didn't look like a joke, the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

After pondering for a while, Cui Yuan said slowly: "I am almost sixty-five years old this year. Not to mention that I am old, my ambition and ambitions of those years have been slowly wiped out by the years. It is time to give way to the younger generation. More importantly, my legs and feet are inconvenient and I can no longer stand and walk. If I need anything to help, I can say it, but if I return to the official position, I will forgive me for not agreeing."

Zhang Huan also knew that it was unlikely to ask him to come out again, but he really wanted to get Cui Yuan's rich experience and guidance. After all, the ten years of Cui Yuan's rule were the fastest period of national power and population recovery after the Anshi Rebellion. Now Cui Yuan clearly rejected his request. Although it was expected, it still made him feel a little disappointed.

He shook his head regretfully and asked helplessly: "The Prime Minister thinks that what is the most urgent thing in our Tang Dynasty at present after quelling the rebellion in the Central Plains and clearing the enemies in all directions?"

"The most urgent thing is to govern without doing anything and continue to implement rest and recuperate!" Cui Yuan said without thinking: "Cultivation and restoration were originally a national policy formulated by our seven major families fifteen years ago. It was to be implemented for thirty years, but after only fifteen years, war broke out again. It has been seven or eight years since then, and the national power of our Tang Dynasty has almost returned to the end of the Anshi Rebellion, especially in the Central Plains region, where the entire journey is deserted, and the villages and towns that were originally densely populated and prosperous have disappeared. It will take at least thirty years to recover!"

"But the Tang Dynasty has been in turmoil for many years, and all kinds of systems have been destroyed, and the original systems may not be able to adapt to the current situation. If we really do nothing, will all kinds of hidden contradictions suddenly erupt? For example, the land issue, how should we allocate nearly one million hectares of uninhabited land in the Central Plains be distributed?"

I am not very convinced of what Cui Yuan said about governing Zhang Huan by doing nothing. The aristocratic family government collapsed and the imperial system was reopened. These are two completely different political systems. How could it continue to continue the old system? For example, under the aristocratic family government, major aristocratic families occupied a large amount of land in their actual control. It is the possession of these land that enables the aristocratic families to support their own troops and form powerful clan forces. Now the aristocratic families are beginning to decline, but the reality of occupying land has not changed much. If governing without action, it is equivalent to acquiesceing the continued possession of land by major aristocratic families and continuing to control the human body of slaves. In the end, a situation of a poor temple and rich monk was formed, which Zhang Huan could not accept no matter how he.

Of course, he also knew that Cui Yuan could not say anything to continue to reduce the power of the aristocratic family for the sake of the Cui family. This matter still needs to be discussed with people such as Li Mi and Hu Yong who have nothing to do with the aristocratic family.

Thinking of this, he changed his topic and said: "This Central Plains Rebellion not only caused the common people to suffer, but the entire local government was almost destroyed, and even the regiment training in various counties was gone. In order to maintain the public security in the Central Plains, I plan to station the Shandong Qinghe Army to the Central Plains counties. I wonder if Mr. Cui has any objection?"

This is actually Zhang Huan's naked demand for the Cui family's military power. Cui Yuan didn't know, and he also knew that this was the general trend. The Pei family had already given up its military power. If he did not agree, Zhang Huan's army would definitely go to Shandong to seize power by force after annihilation of the Uighurs and Khitans. At that time, the Cui family would really have nothing. He had already planned this in his mind.
Chapter completed!