Chapter 1349 Ruthless
Wine Port.
This formerly one of the eighteen strong vassals of the Piao Kingdom was famous because it was a coastal port on the southwest of the Piao Kingdom and was also rich in rice and teak. After Qin Lang led the coalition forces to occupy this city, he used this city as the military port and coalition command of the joint fleet, and was renamed Yucheng.
"Shangguan Yi will be the governor of Michen and is on the way."
Dian Jun Qian Xiaowu told Qin Lang.
"Has Shangguan Yi been demoted?"
Qian Xiaowu handed a piece of information to Qin Lang. This was the latest information collected by Luzon's Jinzouyuan in Luoyang. He flew south and then forwarded it from the sea. It took a lot of trouble and took a lot of time.
Because it is far away from the Central Plains, the information between Qin Lang and the Central Plains court now has a time difference of at least one month. This is based on the fact that the Qin family had an open news network in the Central Plains and the transmission of many ports in Nanyang.
The intelligence was issued by the Jinzou Academy. There are secret intelligence officers from the Qin family in the Jinzou Academy, who will screen out the latest intelligence collected and then send them out.
Shangguan Yi, a senior secretary of the Hanlin Academy, was demoted to the governor of Michen because he submitted a memorial to request the abolition of Empress Wei. Empress Wei gave birth to a son. There were rumors in the capital that the child belonged to Zhao Shu, and Empress Wei and the Wei family were both bad. What was even more amazing was that the news came out that Wei had suffocated the child who had just been born for three days and then blamed the sisters of Emperor Qin Chen.
This made a huge wave of waves and everyone despised them.
Although the emperor said that the child died due to congenital deficiency due to premature birth, and said that Empress Vitiligo was postpartum weakness and the child died, which of the officials and the people in Luoyang were not sexually ill.
This explanation is too forced. Moreover, everyone has long heard that the child has given birth to full term or weighs nine pounds. Where does premature birth weakness come from?
Since the child is very healthy after full term, it is even more impossible to die suddenly. After all, the Wei family had visited the palace and saw the child everywhere, and they also promoted the child to be strong. They also said that this was the legitimate prince and he wanted to be the crown prince.
Then the inconsistency revealed a truth. Perhaps Wei killed the child himself in order to cover up the scandal, but instead blamed him for the crime of Qin Huang Chen.
This view has been supported by more and more people.
Especially afterwards, Empress Wei was sent to the Shanglin Palace for rest and was isolated from contact with the Wei family and others. After Emperor Wei was demoted to a concubine, everyone even more recognized it.
So they shouted and everyone shouted and beat.
Wei had never gained much popularity before. In the previous incident in the School City, many people even focused their dissatisfaction on Wei. Now, he is not going to take the opportunity to beat the dog in the water.
It was at this time that the inner prime minister Shangguan Yi also submitted a memorial, asking to abolish Wei.
But unexpectedly, the emperor actually demoted Shangguan Yi to the governor of Michen and was almost exiled.
Qin Lang finished reading the latest information and couldn't help but sigh.
"Are there any newspapers that carry Luoyang this time?"
"have."
Qian Xiaowu took out a stack of newspapers, including the imperial court newspapers, official newspapers run by various departments, and some newspapers run by newspaper merchants and booksellers. They were basically the latest contents of some more influential newspapers and magazines in Luoyang City.
Qin Lang looked through it one by one, and the content on it was even more complicated.
What are current affairs, news, people's livelihood and economy, even poetry, songs, geography, etc.
Looking at these newspaper news, it basically makes people feel like they have returned to Luoyang and can intuitively feel the current situation in Kyoto, the Tang Dynasty.
The official newspaper published the latest personnel adjustment information of important officials provided by the Ministry of Personnel. For example, Shangguan Yi was demoted in this announcement. The official newspaper was to be copied to various prefectures and counties and military towns through the post station so that officials at all levels of the court could understand the latest situation of the court.
Of course, there are also many other news, such as the newspaper published the Southern Expedition provided by the Privy Council, how Wang Xuance, the general manager of the camp, defeated the 100,000 troops in the north, how he took advantage of the victory and went thousands of miles, how he conquered powerful vassals and tribes such as Mino and Ava.
It even published news that King Qin Lang of Qi led the Luzon army and the soldiers of the vassal states in the South China Sea, and according to the orders of the court, how to expedition the Piaoyue at sea and quickly defeat the great vassal state of the southwest of the Piao Kingdom according to the deployment of the Privy Council.
Qin Lang even saw the emperor issued an order on another page to grant the title of the King of Michen to Qin Lang.
"King, we have established a coalition and destroyed Michen Kingdom. Now the court has come to pick peaches and set up a governor's office to send officials. It's so light."
Qin Lang didn't care and continued to look through other newspapers.
My younger sister Qin Shu is now the imperial concubine, while Qin Wan is the Shu concubine. The emperor's harem is one queen and six concubines. Except for Empress Wei and Qin Shu concubine, everything else has changed a lot.
There is a lot of information revealed here.
But Shangguan Yi asked to depose Wei and establish Qin, but he was immediately demoted to Michen as the governor. However, the emperor issued an order to grant the title of the King of Michen to Qin Lang. In addition, he had promised to give Qin Lang's son the four commercial stations of the Qin family. This matter was always a bit different.
After closing the newspaper, Qin Lang came to a preliminary conclusion.
The emperor did have the idea of abandoning Wei, but he obviously did not intend to make Qin Shu the queen, let alone make Li Xian the crown prince.
The four concubines, including Concubine Xiao, Concubine Zheng, Concubine Wang De and Concubine Xu Xian, were all born into gentry, including two gentry in Jiangnan and two gentry in Shandong.
Is the emperor planning to use the gentry to suppress the military aristocrats led by Qin Lang?
Among these four concubines, Concubine Xiao is more likely to be selected by the emperor to replace Wei.
When the emperor chose the Wei family, the Wei family was a famous family in Guanlong and a prominent family in Jingzhao for hundreds of years. He had always married the Li Tang royal family and became a prime minister. He was also severely suppressed because he was in the wrong team in the Shengzu Dynasty. His fame was weak and he was selected by the emperor.
But unexpectedly, she was greatly injured by Su's counterattack before her death. The birth and death of the child made Wei fall into a desperate situation. The emperor was also heartless. Seeing that Wei fell into the quagmire, it was difficult for him to protect himself and use it for his own use, so she simply abandoned him and immediately chose Concubine Xiao to come up.
Concubine Xiao is Xiao Deyan's granddaughter, and Xiao Deyan is the nephew of former prime minister Xiao Yu. Xiao Deyan passed away a few years ago and died at the age of 97. She lived quite long. In her early years, she was the crown prince Xian Ma, who was the deposed prince Jiancheng. Later, she was an important subordinate of the Wei King Li Tai's mansion with Su Xu, and participated in the compilation of the accusation.
He was the kind of unlucky person who had never stood in the early stage, but later he became an official, a lecturer in the East Palace, a secretary, a secretary, and a junior secretary. Taichangqing came all the way, a bachelor of Hongwenguan, and a Yinqing Guanglu doctor.
The Xiao family of Lanling belongs to the top family in Jiangnan. Moreover, since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, they have been married to the royal family and have a good reputation. Although Li Ke also married the daughter of the Xiao family of Lanling as his concubine, Li Ke is also the grandson of Yang Guang and Empress Xiao.
But Li Ke has never made a big move, and was killed by Changsun Wuji at the beginning of Kaiyuan.
Qin Lang asked Xiaowu, "Do you know if the wife of Li Ke, a commoner of Wu, entered the palace?"
Li Ke had two princesses, one was the niece of his mother, Yang, and the other was the Xiao family of Lanling. Li Ren, the King of Cheng who was once called Wu Qianliju by Wu Zetian, was the eldest son of Li Ke. He was from the Xiao family and had Li Ke's third son.
In terms of seniority, this Xiao is the aunt of Emperor Xiao.
"How did the king know that Wu's wife, Xiao, was also summoned to the palace?"
"Is this true?" Qin Lang shook his head and sneered twice. Emperor Li Yin has always ignored ethics and never cared about any principles and ethics. For example, he had an affair with martial arts talents before, and later he brought Xu Zhaoyi into the palace, and now he has been named Xianfei Concubine.
For example, he included his son's concubine Wei in the palace, and his younger brother Li You's princess Wei in the palace, and his aunt and nephew shared the same.
So Qin Lang felt that Li Ke's wife Xiao might not be let go. He had heard of this former Princess of Wu who was born in a famous family and was virtuous and talented.
There is a precedent for the aunt and nephew of Wei, so it is normal for him to have another aunt and nephew of Xiao now.
Qian Xiaowu told him that Xiao had indeed entered the palace and had been named a consecrated concubine.
This made Qin Lang convinced that the emperor was about to abandon Wei and support Xiao.
Contact the official report to the personnel announcement from the Ministry of Personnel just now, the prince's servant, the Hou Xiao Chen of Wuyang County was granted the title of Duke of Liang and the Minister of the Secretariat, which was obviously preparing for the next step of becoming the minister.
Shangguan Yi was quite unlucky. Faced with the call of the deposed Wei and Qin in the court, the emperor killed the chicken to warn the monkey, and Shangguan Yi became a victim.
Qin Lang was not very disappointed, after all, he had never had any hope.
But judging from the current results, it has met his expectations. Over the past year, the emperor has taken frequent attacks on Luzon, both true and false, and it is impossible to tell whether to test or take action.
Qin Lang can only give some responses.
This time the Nanyang Alliance and the coalition forces entered Pig are a response.
Now the emperor has made actions based on this, Qin Shu was granted the title of Emperor Chen Concubine, Qin Wan was restored to Concubine Shu, and several princes and princesses were restored to titles, and Li Xian also changed the title of King of Qin.
Qin Jun also awarded Guangluqing, Duke of Qi in the court, and Qin Xun also restored the title of Duke of County.
However, Qin Lang had nothing to be grateful for.
This is like the emperor slapped the Qin family twice for no reason, and now gave him a date. In Qin Lang's opinion, of course, he should not be grateful if he was slapped twice for no reason, and he should not think that he was kind to him because he was slapped twice before, and now he slapped him twice.
After all, a blacksmith must rely on his own strength.
Xiaowu said unceremoniously, "This emperor is a perfect monarch. He does not need to be upright and capable ministers, does not listen to loyal and good advice, but believes in treacherous villains. He does all kinds of rebellious actions and is very stupid."
Qian Xiaowu was the son of Qian Dexing, the old minister of Qin Lang. Qian Dexing was also the maid and concubine of Qian Jiulong, Duke Chao. He set up his own family in his early years and followed Qin Lang to the south to Bai Qi. Before, Qian Jiulong's legitimate son Qian Yuanxiu participated in the Xuanwu Gate Incident of the Su family, and the Qian family suffered a great disaster.
Fortunately, Qian Dexing's branch is now in Wu'an, and Luzon has grown up. Because he has established his own family and married Qin Lang, he is a relative of his children. He has been protected by Qin Lang, so he has not been implicated much this time.
But the Qian family also had less favorable feelings for the emperor.
Thinking of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Qin Lang could only sigh.
Palace changes are not that easy to do.
In fact, the Su family and the others secretly contacted the Qin family, but Qin Lang ignored it at all, and of course they did not report it.
Chapter completed!