Behind a dense forest in the southern suburbs, there is a clear river. Weeds are everywhere and very remote. There is a hat in the middle of the green weeds. But an old man in a straw raincoat is sitting by the river fishing, with black and white beards mixed with vicissitudes of his face, and his eyes look a little lazy and unsightly. A very burly middle-aged man was sitting beside him, and the two were fishing together.

"Master!Master!"

A scream broke the tranquility of the river.

I saw a slightly fat middle-aged man running over hurriedly.

"What's up?"

The old man frowned slightly, as if he was displeased, and his eyes fell on the river.

"Master! Your Majesty sent someone to issue an order, so that the Master must go to court tomorrow."

The fishing line suddenly shook violently, but no fish took the bait.

After a while, the old man said, "I understand, you go back first!"

"yes."

The slightly fat man turned around and left.

As soon as he left, the burly man said, "Brother, your Majesty must have announced that you will enter the palace this time to enthrone the new queen."

The old man sighed.

The burly man said again: "This is an internal strife between their Changsun lineage, so we don't have to get involved."

The old man remained silent.

The burly man continued, "Brother, uncle and the other ones are not easy to mess with, and they have always wanted to cause trouble for us. If the eldest brother had not been staying away and had not been able to find opportunities, they would have been unavoidable. Now that His Majesty is young, he is far from being as good as the Emperor Taizong, and it is unreliable. Thinking about the case of Fang Yiai, Li Daozong and Xue Wanche were baptized all over the family, but at that time His Majesty had not said half of them. They both had opened up territory for our Tang Dynasty and made unparalleled contributions. Li Daozong is also His Majesty's cousin, let alone us? Brother, you can't get through this muddy water no matter what."

The old man said a little dissatisfied: "I said you are really good, just fishing. If you say so much, the fish will scare you away."

"Brother, this."

"Okay, I know what's going on."

This old man is the famous Xu Maogong in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and is now called Li Ji. The burly man next to him is his younger brother Li Bi

The next day!

When it was still light, people stood in front of the gate of Tai Chi Hall, communicating with each other in groups of three or three, but compared to the past, there was much less speech between each other. After all, the situation is very good now, and no one dared to speak nonsense.

Suddenly, accompanied by a violent cough, an old man in a purple official uniform slowly walked in. When the other ministers saw it, they were shocked. Did Li Ji actually come to court?

Everyone was dumbfounded!

Originally, Li Jie, as a central minister, should have come to court, and it is strange that he doesn't come to court. However, since Li Zhi ascended the throne, he has rarely appeared. He often does not come to court for several months and has been sick at home. Unless Li Zhi wants to be promoted to him, he will refuse, and that's all.

After all, Li Ji's achievements are here, so no matter how Li Zhi is promoted, he is not an exaggeration, but he has all the false titles and no real position. Li Zhi imposed on him, and I will not do anything if you impose it on me, and I will make it a false one if it is real.

"General!"

"General!"

Many red-robed ministers greeted Li Jie, with no flattery on their faces, and only with great respect.

These people were Li Ji's old subordinates. Because the civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty were not separated, they were talking about generals and prime ministers. It was normal for generals to be transferred to civil servants. The same was true for civil servants to be generals. Fang Xuanling's great scholars of the generation also served as Minister of War for a long time. Many of Li Ji's subordinates were transferred to civil servants because there was no war, and they were spread throughout Dali Temple, six ministries, and local areas. There were not many in the three provinces, because the three provinces required too high literary literacy, and this group of people belonged to an absolute neutral faction. Because there was no group of people, Li Ji hid at home to recuperate every day, so they could just take care of their duties. However, soldiers have a characteristic, that is, one day, one of the bosses, and if others come, I will listen to my elders.

Li Jiyi bowed his hand to return the gift, his expression was very light, and he had no communication with them, and he seemed very distant. With the sound of coughing, he hugged in the corner alone, coughing so hard that he seemed to be terminally ill.

Chu Suiliang looked at Li Ji, looked worried, and communicated with Changsun Wuji with eyes.

Changsun Wuji had talked with Han Yi at the beginning, and now seeing Li Ji coming, he guessed it in his heart.

But when Li Yifu and others saw it, they looked happy.

The ministers gradually felt that the atmosphere was a little wonderful and there might be something going on. Before the sun came out from the west, Li Ji ran to court. It was so unusual.

However, what they unexpectedly expected was that the morning court was very dull, just like usual, and reported on work. Li Zhi praised the others for a few words, but Li Ji didn't say a word, stood in front and dozed off, and ended in a hurry.

However, after the court dispersed, Zhang Desheng quietly informed Changsun Wuji, Li Ji, Chu Suiliang and Yu Zhining not to leave first. When they entered the palace to discuss matters later, the four of them were prepared, so they went to the next room to wait.

Li Jilai came to the house at the latest and came staggeringly. But as soon as he saw Changsun Wuji, he immediately stepped forward quickly, bowed to Changsun Wuji, and asked, "Taiwei, I haven't seen him for many days, how are you in good health?"

Changsun Wuji quickly stood up and supported him, and said, "Maogong, it's not that I said to you. You are the pillar of my Tang Dynasty. How could you come here for half a year? You really feel ashamed of the kindness of the late emperor to you!"

The only person in the court who could get Changsun Wuji to stand up was Li Ji.

Li Ji sighed: "The Taiwei is so serious. I am just a common man. I can't afford to be the pillar of the Tang Dynasty. However, I am indeed ashamed of the kindness of His Majesty the late emperor. Unfortunately, I am not strong enough. When I was young, I fell into a root of the disease. Now I am really powerless."

Changsun Wuji was moved and said, "You are all sick for me, the Tang Dynasty, it's really hard for you. Let's sit down."

Li Ji drank Yu Zhining again, Chu Suiliang exchanged a few greetings, and the four of them sat down.

Chu Suiliang glanced at him and said, "Taiwei, Sikong, right servant, Your Majesty summoned us to discuss matters today, mostly for the Queen's business. It seems that the emperor has made up his mind to make Wu Zhaoyi the queen, but if we sit still, it will really go against the death of the late emperor, but if it goes against the emperor's will, we will definitely die."

Yu Zhining closed his eyes and entered into meditation.

Changsun Wuji did not say anything, and Yu Guang looked at Li Ji. Li Ji remained silent and had no expression on his face.

These four people are really the top veteran actors in the Tang Dynasty. If you can see through what they are thinking, they are definitely the prime minister’s talent.

But no matter what Li Ji was thinking, no one dared to refute Chu Suiliang's words, because Li Shimin did entrust Li Zhi and Queen Wang to them before his death. This was a dying letter and it was recorded.

Chu Suiliang saw that he didn't say anything, so he said to Changsun Wuji again: "Taiwei, you are Your Majesty's uncle, you can't let Your Majesty lose the bad reputation of killing your uncle."

Changsun Wuji sighed, but said nothing.

Chu Suiliang said to Li Ji again: "Sikong, you are the founding merits of my Tang Dynasty, and you cannot let Your Majesty be a bad reputation for killing merits!" He thought Yu Zhining said the same thing again. Seeing that both of them did not say anything, he slapped his chest and said boldly: "Only I, Chu Suiliang, was born among the people, and did not make great contributions to the country. Now I can rank high with the gift of the late emperor, and I was also entrusted by the late emperor. Oh, the late emperor put His Majesty and the queen's hands in my hands. If I don't fight to the death, what will I see with the late emperor in the future?"

This passage is sonorous and powerful, with a spirit of not going to hell, who will go to hell if I don’t go to hell.

It's really awe-inspiring.

If there is such a prime minister in the Tang Dynasty, why worry about the past thousands of years?

But when Li Ji heard this, something was wrong! I was sitting here without saying a word, and I coughed twice at most, and then I was represented by you, Chu Suiliang. I felt so aggrieved!

Chu Suiliang seems to be loyal and righteous. At this critical moment of life and death, don’t come. If you die, you will die. This is a spirit of giving up others.

But if you really think so, you're wrong.

All four of them know what Li Zhi was looking for them for. Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and Yu Zhining definitely opposed it. If it were only three of them, they would definitely discuss countermeasures immediately and how to deal with Li Zhi later. But now that there is a Li Ji, we cannot openly discuss how we deal with the emperor. Do you want to rebel?

But the problem is, this has to be discussed.

Chu Suiliang and the others knew that one day they would have been thinking about countermeasures. What they had a clear mind was that they didn’t know what Li Ji was thinking?

Is it against? Or support?

Before this, Li Ji was completely neutral, and he didn't even show his face. His relationship with anyone was very weak. Not to mention Changsun Wuji, it was difficult for even his old subordinates to see him.

In the case of Fang Yiai, Changsun Wuji used this to eliminate dissidents, and he had thought of pulling Li Ji into the water. But the problem was that he could not find Li Ji's handle. Li Ji was very obedient, without thinking about power, and never did anything out of the ordinary. If you say that he was the emperor, he repeatedly refused the emperor's gifts. Not only did he refuse, he also forced his children and grandchildren to refuse. Isn't this just to clear his relationship with Li Zhi? It looks like he was going to retire and return home.

The current situation is that the four of them represent the entire court. Three of them have clearly refused. Only Li Ji has not expressed his opinion. If Li Ji also expressed his opposition, then he would definitely win without saying a word. Li Zhi is the emperor, but the central ministers all opposed it, and he dared not do anything randomly.

Chu Suiliang was afraid that Li Ji would suddenly come forward to support Li Zhi later, so it would be irreversible and very bad. He had no idea at all. Li Ji was already so mysterious that even Changsun Wuji couldn't figure out what he meant.

Just now, Chu Suiliang's first sentence was to test Li Ji, but Li Ji didn't say anything. He thought that since that was the case, then don't say anything. His words later were to act like everyone was consistent with Chu Suiliang's words. Li Ji had no choice but to say anything, and not speaking was equivalent to supporting Chu Suiliang.

Chu Suiliang is not stupid, he is savage.

"Ouch!"

Li Ji suddenly covered his head with one hand and moaned in pain.

Chu Suiliang hurriedly said, "Sikong, what are you?"

"Oh, this old problem has been dealt with again! Ah—! This disease is really not the time to come!"

Li Ji covered his head with both hands, his whole body trembled, and his sweat broke out, which seemed to be in great pain.

Chu Suiliang was stunned when he saw it.

It happened that Zhang Desheng came in and was about to announce their entry into the palace to discuss matters. When he saw that our Da Sikong was trembling with a headache, his face was scared and he said, "Da Sikong, what are you?"

Li Ji shouted: "Oh! It hurts so much."

"Hurry——Hurry up and Imperial Doctor Xuan!"

"It's useless. I'm old and I'm not only the secret recipes passed down from my family can stop the pain."

Zhang Desheng was so anxious that he shouted to the two eunuchs beside him: "You are still standing stupid and doing something, help Sikong back quickly."

The two little eunuchs quickly stepped forward and helped Li Ji up and walked outside.

But as soon as Li Ji left, Zhang Desheng suddenly reacted and couldn't help but look around in a daze. It's wrong! We are ordered to announce that he will enter the palace to discuss matters. If he sends him away, how can our family explain to His Majesty?

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