The Lone Star of the Tang Dynasty

Time flies, from the beginning of the month to the middle of the month, and from the middle of the month to the beginning of the month, so repeatedly, Li Er's days have become more and more tormented.

Until the fifteenth day, a meeting between him and Li Changge seemed to herald some kind of subtle turn.

Half a month later, he came to the first day of the new year again, and when he went to court, Li Er was already full of worries.

After retiring from the dynasty, the news that followed made him even more shocked.

"Your Majesty, in recent days, officials have made frequent mistakes, and the error rate is on the rise......

"Your Majesty, during the construction of the imperial examination room, the shed caught fire halfway...... and other ominous things came one after another, and the misfortunes contained in the folds were frequent.

Li Er listened to these disturbing news, and took a deep breath, he knew that the family forces such as the five surnames and Qiwang had begun to take action, and they were no longer satisfied with the secret tandem and confrontation, but began to directly intervene in government affairs, and even did not hesitate to create chaos, intending to shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty and force themselves to comply.

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When the news of Cui Zhengde's arrest spread all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, many people discussed the matter.

Not only that, but the reports on the fold also frequently reached Li Er's desk, and all the news was negative.

The people began to worry about whether this was a sign of instability in the Tang Dynasty, and some even blamed this on Li Er's indiscriminate killing of innocents, which angered the heavens.

What's even more shocking is that from the beginning of the year, Li Er turned a deaf ear and turned a blind eye to these problems. He told Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and others that if someone didn't work well, they would be removed and replaced. It seems that for him, the use of the imperial examination and the promotion of new talents are the top priorities.

As time passed, more and more negative news reached Li Er's ears.

Some of the talents selected through the imperial examination were obviously talented and outstanding, but they were excluded and isolated in the official offices of the six ministries.

Of course, Li Er knew what was going on, but his attitude was unpredictable.

In the court, hundreds of civil and military officials asked Li Er to withdraw Cui Zhengde's charges and posthumously give him a nickname.

Li Er remained indifferent. As a martial artist, he naturally has perseverance and determination beyond ordinary people.

However, even if Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others tried their best, it was difficult to make significant progress.

The non-cooperation of the hundred officials greatly limited the emperor's power, making Li Er's reign extremely difficult.

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On the ordinary day of the fifth day of the new year, Li Er's mood suddenly tensed because of a sudden news.

In the newly resettled land outside the city, potatoes were originally planned to be planted to relieve the famine, but the imperial court not only distributed a year's relief food, but also placed high hopes on the people to rebuild their homes......

The wasteland, which was in dire need of reclamation and sowing, turned out to be extremely salty and could not grow any crops at all.

This discovery left Li Er dumbfounded and unbelievable.

This land was personally selected and solemnly recommended by Fang Xuanling, and now that something has gone wrong, Fang Xuanling is full of cold sweat, and he blames himself in his heart, knowing that this matter will definitely implicate himself.

Li Er was hovering between anger and reason, he calmly analyzed, and immediately gained insight into the possible black hands behind it - those powerful families.

In order to weaken the impact of the New Deal, they even did not hesitate to sabotage the relief of refugees.

"This group of cunning families, thieves have ambitions...... They must be secretly doing it!" Li Er was extremely indignant, his fists were clenched, and his muscles were full of muscles, and he was almost about to immediately order troops to go out and smash those places where dirt and dirt were hidden.

Fortunately, Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui were dissuaded in time, so that Li Er suppressed the raging anger in his chest and temporarily stabilized the situation

A wave has not settled, and another wave has ......

Another piece of news that came immediately afterwards caused an uproar in the government and the opposition.

Nationwide, book prices soared without warning, more than tenfold in just a few days. Originally, it only cost three taels of silver to buy a book, but now it has soared to thirty taels of silver, and the readers are full of grief and complaints.

When Li Er, Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui and other virtuous ministers heard of this change, they understood it and already understood the mystery.

The

initiators behind this incident were undoubtedly the prominent Qinghe Cui family, who used the means of controlling the book market in an attempt to cause public resentment to boil, and then attack the prestige ...... Li Er and the new policy he promoted

Li Er's mood was up and down at the moment, as if he suddenly understood the root of the historical tragedy of why the Second Emperor Huan Ling chose to favor the Ten Standing Servants when the dynasty was corrupted.

Looking back on the past, the powerful and wealthy families surrounded by Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling were exactly the same as today's family valves, they held heavy power and played with the government in the palm of their hands. If those two emperors had a sense of responsibility to Jiangshan Sheji and the common people of Limin, they would definitely do their best to fight against this force, but unfortunately, they had neither outstanding governing ability, nor did they lack the military strategy and courage to control the heroes like Li Er, let alone the assistance of capable and loyal ministers like Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng. Faced with such a predicament, Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling seemed to have no other way than to rely on the seemingly easy-to-control eunuch group. So that these unlearned eunuchs finally pushed the Han family into the abyss.

At this moment, the anger and anxiety in Li Er's heart were on the verge of collapse, and the usual posture of Corporal Lixian was left behind.

After retiring from the court, he convened an emergency meeting of Fang Xuanling and other important ministers, and shouted emotionally: "If we can't find a solution today, I will announce the dissolution of the imperial court!"

Ministers discouraged each other.

"Your Majesty is angry!".

"Your Majesty, please consider it calmly!".

The atmosphere in the hall was tense to the extreme, and Wei Zheng and the others looked at each other, full of wry smiles.

In the face of the complex situation in front of them, they knew that there were both deliberate provocateurs and those who secretly sabotage, and the court was mixed. If there is a good way to break the situation, how can they wait until today? But as ministers of the clear stream, it is really difficult for them to collude with those powerful people who are intriguing.

At this moment, Empress Changsun walked into the hall with a bowl of ginseng soup, she knew Li Er's recent fatigue and trouble, and the worries between her eyebrows showed the tenderness and responsibility of the mother's world. Seeing that everyone was kneeling down and the atmosphere was tense, she decided to come forward and play the key role of Zhenggong Niangniang.

She patted Li Er's back and comforted her with gentle words: "Erlang, don't be too anxious. Now they are just cunning ministers. Thinking that when we fought the world together, even the army of the Sui Dynasty could not stop our footsteps, can these traitorous ministers still compare to Yang Lin, the backer king of the year?"

Her words were like a warm current that pierced through the stagnant air.