Chapter 1676 Chaos in Court (3)

? Chapter 1676

"Your Highness!"

At this moment, the eldest prince frowned slightly, below, Zhu Tong En immediately understood, and walked out of the train:

"If I remember correctly, His Highness just gave the foreign king the title of Special Envoy of Baiyue not long ago to handle Lingnan's affairs on his behalf. Lingnan's Baiyue is mixed, and it is extremely difficult. If one is not handled well, it may easily cause chaos. Now Lingnan is the time when the king of foreign lands is needed the most, and in my humble opinion, the king of foreign lands may not be able to get out of it for a while, and it will be difficult for him to be the Minister of the Ministry of War!"

The Lingnan affairs were originally used by the eldest prince to divert the tiger away from the mountain to drive Wang Chong away. At this time, he used the Lingnan affairs as an excuse to hold Wang Chong back so that he could not compete with Kong Wu for the position of Minister of the Ministry of War. Of the policy.

After all, the transfer of Wang Chong to Lingnan to become Baiyue's special envoy was decided by the First Prince before discussing the Minister of the Ministry of War.

"Um!"

In the main hall, the eldest prince nodded, glanced at Zhu Tongen, and a look of admiration flashed in his eyes. Zhu Tongen and Meng Tu each had their own victories, and it was indeed true that they were holding Wang Chong back with Lingnan affairs. The only choice now.

"My lord is right! There have been many riots in Lingnan before, and several governors were sent to solve the problem. If something happens, the entire Lingnan area will be in turmoil. However, Tang Dynasty is now living in peace with other countries, and there is no more war in the borderlands. In contrast, the candidate for acting as Minister of the Ministry of War is not too urgent. On the contrary, the land of Lingnan needs the talents of foreign kings more. I think it is more appropriate for foreign kings to go to Lingnan to handle the affairs of Baiyue. What do you think? ?”

As the First Prince spoke, his eyes swept towards His Highness and his ministers.

"Your Highness is right! My minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded the proposal!"

In an instant, all the ministers of His Highness joined in the discussion. In today’s court, almost all of them are the First Prince, King Qi, and Li Junxian. The First Prince insists on promoting Kong Wu. Where there is no reason for the crowd to oppose it, they all agree. !

The eldest prince sat high above, and seeing this scene, he couldn't help but smile slightly, but he just said something lightly, and he even dismissed it, recommending the joint memorial of Zhangchou Jianqiong, Song Wang, Gao Xianzhi, and Ge Shuhan. Resolve the invisible.

"Your Highness, I have something to announce!"

Unexpectedly, after hearing the words of the First Prince and the echoes of the courtiers,

Huo Jue didn't panic at all, not even a wave on his face, as if he had expected such a scene:

"The lands in the south of the Lingnan have been divided into two realms, and Baiyue gathered together. Under the witness of the patriarchs of the various lands, they made an oath together and set up a stele of the Baiyue meeting. For generations to come, all the descendants of Baiyue in the south of the Lingnan land will give birth and work hard. The fields will never fight again, the land of Baiyue is already peaceful, and all disputes and conflicts have disappeared."

"This matter is an old acquaintance between Weichen and Lingnan. I learned about it through correspondence. Because the court has to follow various rules and regulations, it is a bit slow. However, judging from the time, the news from Lingnan should have reached almost the same time. The capital is here!"

Those words made the court hall suddenly silent, especially the eldest prince and Zhu Tongen, their expressions obviously froze. The two had just mentioned the matter of Lingnan, but they never expected that such news would come out so soon.

"How can this be?!"

The eldest prince's face instantly became extremely gloomy, and he almost immediately turned his head to look at an official in the train.

"Your Highness, I just received the news from Lingnan half an hour ago, and I was about to play His Highness. It is true that Lingnan Baiyue has just joined the alliance and established a boundary marker. This has never happened before. From this point of view, it seems that the matter in Lingnan has really been resolved!"

Among the trains, the official in charge of Lingnan affairs from the Ministry of Officials came out trembling all over, and said tremblingly.

He originally thought that the Lingnan matter was just an ordinary matter that the court had to deal with every day, but he never expected that Huo Jue would bring it up first, and the eldest prince would even ask about it.

What's more terrible is that it was originally a trivial matter reported by the patrol, but now it is related to the selection of the Minister of the Ministry of War that the First Prince cares most about.

In the main hall, the First Prince's expression had already become extremely ugly. Hearing the official's words, the First Prince felt as if someone had slapped his face hard. The Lingnan incident was originally the best excuse to hold back Wang Chong, but now it has become a farce.

What made the eldest prince even more unacceptable was that up to now, Wang Chong had never stepped outside the capital, but among the discussions among the courtiers, the most difficult Lingnan affairs had already been managed by him and easily resolved.

"Report!"

At this moment, a loud voice sounded from outside the main hall. A guard held a halberd in his left hand. Amidst the sound of clanging armor, he walked in quickly and knelt down on one knee:

"Anxi, Qixi, Beiting, Andong, Annan Protectorate, and the frontiers of all places have urgent news, please take a look!"

In an instant, the hall immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. What the imperial court discusses is political matters, and has nothing to do with the border areas.

It is rare for the Six Protectorate Mansions and the frontiers of various places to send news to the imperial court in this way, and the letters from all sides arrived at the same time, and urgent letters were also used.

It would be fine at other times, but it happened to be this sensitive time. For a moment, everyone felt a little strange.

In the main hall, the First Prince obviously thought of something, and his brows were deeply frowned.

"Bring it up!"

The eldest prince immediately said, with so many people watching, even if he didn't accept it, it would be fine. A total of more than twenty letters, as thick as one foot, were immediately delivered to the First Prince through the hands of the eunuch. Picking up the first letter from the top and opening it, the eldest prince just glanced at it, followed by the second letter, and the third letter..., the eldest prince's face became more and more ugly, and when he read the last letter, the eldest prince's expression It was already as black as the bottom of a pot.

"asshole!"

At that moment, the First Prince gritted his teeth, a raging anger burst out from his heart, if it wasn't in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he might explode immediately.

"Your Highness."

A Huangmen reminded in a low voice at the side, according to the usual practice, as long as it is related to the government, it must be explained in the court, even the eldest prince is no exception.

"Leave it to the prime minister!"

The First Prince suppressed his anger and said.

The prime minister is the head of all officials, and has the ability to prime minister's affairs. As long as it is related to the court, the first thing to look at is the eldest prince, and the second is naturally the prime minister's turn.

A thick stack of letter paper was quickly delivered to the hands of His Highness Prime Minister Li Linfu. The latter frowned, and also had deep doubts in his heart. He didn't know what was written in the letter, which made the First Prince so angry.

With this doubt in mind, Prime Minister Li Linfu quickly opened the letterhead, and after reading the last letter, Li Linfu's face also became subtle.

"read!"

From the main hall, the voice of the eldest prince came,

Li Linfu turned his head and glanced at the eldest prince in the hall, hesitated for a while, and finally said the content on the letter paper concisely.

——In Li Linfu's perception, this stack of letter paper is like a piece of hot potato, but according to court practice, after the First Prince has looked at it, it is his turn to read the contents of the letter paper to the ministers, even if Li Linfu doesn't want to, he can't help it.

"From top to bottom, there are a total of 10,000 military officers, large and small, from the six capitals and the frontiers. They jointly recommend the King of Foreign Lands to be the Minister of the Ministry of War!"

Li Linfu said in a deep voice.

"boom!"

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and upon hearing Li Linfu's words, there was an uproar in the entire hall. There were a total of 10,000 officers in the six major guard houses, large and small, and various frontier officers! This huge number, this huge power, is enough to suffocate anyone who hears it. No one thought that these people would jointly recommend Wang Chong at this time.

The joint recommendation of Song Wang, Zhang Qiu Jianqiong, Ge Shuhan, and Gao Xianzhi, the four important imperial officials, is already very important. Now, with the joint recommendation of nearly ten thousand soldiers from the six capital guards and Bianxi, it is recommended that Wang The power of Chong has become so huge that no one can ignore it.

Even if it is the First Prince, he cannot ignore this voice. Even if the First Prince, Confucianism, and King Qi jointly control the court, they cannot but treat this voice seriously.

"Nearly ten thousand soldiers, how is this possible?!"

In the main hall, the faces of the First Prince's lineage had already become extremely ugly. If the contents of the letter had not been announced through the mouth of Prime Minister Li Linfu, everyone would have suspected that it was a fake.

"Damn it!"

In the court, the most embarrassing and unacceptable person at this moment was undoubtedly Kong Wu. With the joining of the frontier generals, his hope of serving as Minister of the Ministry of War became more and more slim.

After waiting for more than ten years, I have been waiting for three military ministers. I thought I couldn't be the military minister, but this time I could at least be the acting military minister, but I didn't expect that with Wang Chong's killing, it would become a failure.

How does this make Kong Wu happy!

But no matter how he struggled, the voices calling for Wang Chong to take up the post of Minister of the Ministry of War were getting louder and louder.

There was a dead silence in the hall, and everyone was silent. One pair of eyes looked at the first prince above the hall, while others looked at Huo Jue among the courtiers.

Huo Jue's actions today have seriously offended the First Prince, but it can be seen that before he acted, he was already mentally prepared, and he was willing to go all out, and no matter what happens in the future, at least his purpose today has been fulfilled. Reached. Now let's see how the eldest prince pronounces the sentence.

Did he insist on promoting Kong Wu, or was he forced by King Song and other generals to set up Wang Chong?

The whole matter is too involved and too sensitive, and no one dares to speak nonsense at this time.

Needle drop could be heard in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The eldest prince sat upright with his hands clasped tightly, his face extremely gloomy.

If it was before, he would have covered it up more or less, but now that he has experienced a series of incidents such as the picket incident and the border incident, the discord between him and Wang Chong is already a half-open secret, so how could he possibly do so? Give Wang Chong a good face again!

And Kong Wu was his default candidate, and Wang Chong's move was clearly to oppose him.