Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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Gao Shilian left Dali Temple in frustration. Gao Mansion's carriage was waiting at the entrance of Dali Temple early on. Just as old man Gao was about to climb into the carriage, he heard a shout:

"Master Gao, please stop!"

Gao Shilian stopped when he heard the words, and turned his head to take a look. It was actually Guo Ye who trotted up with Zhenniang.

Just as Guo Ye was about to speak, Gao Shilian waved his hands and said, "I know what you want to ask, this is not a place to talk, you two get into the car with me, let's talk in the car."

After all, he got into the carriage first, and after Guo Ye and Zhenniang entered the carriage one after another, Gao Shilian ordered the groom: "Leave the imperial city and return to Gaofu!"

"Okay, sir!"

The groom flicked the reins, and the carriage drove slowly. The sound of the horse's hooves rattling was clear and sweet, resounding in everyone's ears.

After walking for a while, Guo Ye still couldn't hold back Gao Shilian's conversation, and asked first, "Lord Gao, what's the situation? Why did the trial go well, and His Majesty suddenly ordered to stop it? Oh, what a pity. , Seeing that it is about to succeed, it is actually a failure!"

"Hehe." Gao Shilian smiled wryly, and said, "The truth of the Gong Ji case is obviously something His Majesty would like to see come to fruition. Do you think His Majesty will take the initiative to stop this case? If the old man's guess is correct, it should be Someone forced His Majesty to stop the case."

"Forcing the emperor to suspend the trial of the case by the three divisions? Mr. Gao, you mean..."

Gao Shilian nodded and said: "That's right, there is only one person in the world who can save these old Wude officials; and there is only one person in the world who can make His Majesty order to stop the joint trial of the three divisions. That person It is the current Supreme Emperor!"

"My God, I should have guessed that he was messing up the situation long ago! Alas, the painstaking planning of Bala is completely in vain. How can the Supreme Emperor cause damage to the old court of martial arts?"

Guo Ye shook his head for a while, exclaiming what a pity.

Gao Shilian looked at Guo Ye's old-fashioned look, couldn't help but smiled, and joked: "You regret the old man's promise to you before, don't you?"

Guo Ye curled his lips and said angrily, "No way! Mr. Gao, you are my old boss anyway, but you don't know that a person wanders around Chang'an like a rootless weed, like a lonely ghost. Poor, very miserable!"

"Haha..." Gao Shilian, who was still in a slump just now, laughed when he heard Guo Ye's appearance of death, "I don't think so. I think you are living a very healthy life now, don't you?"

"It's also called nourishing? You don't know how that bastard Wang Junshi bullied me in the Ministry of War. Alas, the boy is beautiful on the surface, but in reality he is miserable!"

"Okay, don't see the sky yelling that you are pitiful. From the beginning when you came to the old man's house to offer advice, to today's few words in the courtroom that forced Pei Ji to be helpless, the old man and Wuji both saw it. It cannot be denied , you are a talent, and you are a promising young man. Tomorrow evening, come to the Changsun Mansion, the old man, Wuji, and several elders will gather there!"

Guo Ye almost jumped up in the car when he heard the words, and shouted in surprise: "Master Gao, you mean you agreed?"

"If you don't agree, can you come to Changsun Mansion to meet everyone?"

"Haha, it's good to dare to love, it's good to dare to love!"

Seeing Guo Ye's happy look, Gao Shilian seemed to think of his two grandsons who followed their father far away.

After thinking for a while, Gao Shilian sighed, and said: "This time I waited for my success to fail. It is considered a failure. It is not your fault and has nothing to do with you. Since I promised you before, how can I break my promise? Don't worry, Wuji is there for me." I have already said hello, and you will come over tomorrow."

Guo Ye put away his playful face and said seriously: "Thank you, Mr. Gao, for your recommendation!"

Gao Shilian waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Guo Ye, do you know why we stumbled today and were pulled back by them?"

Guo Ye replied softly: "The interrogation in the courtroom today went smoothly. Even though Pei Ji had the right to attend the hearing according to the order, we still dealt with it. And Gong Ji has reached the last step of signing, if not All of a sudden, the holy decree passed, and we have already won. The kid is stupid, and I really can't figure out what went wrong!"

Gao Shilian held up three fingers and said: "We have made three major mistakes. First, we ignored that the Supreme Emperor would force His Majesty to order to stop this joint; second, we underestimated His Majesty's filial piety to the Supreme Emperor, and failed to understand the holy meaning." "Third, if you are too impatient and have too much appetite, you shouldn't do it whether it's sweeping out dissidents in the court or destroying enemies on the battlefield."

"First, second, I can probably understand it." Guo Ye asked puzzledly, "As for the third, I'm too impatient and have too much appetite, I can't understand it at all, I hope Master Gao will explain it."

Gao Shilian Nianxu was silent for a while, and said softly: "The old man just came to the conclusion, regardless of whether it is right or wrong, let me tell you my thoughts first."

Guo Ye looked like a studious baby, and responded humbly: "Boy, all ears!"

Chapter 529 The Emperor's Mind

"The old man thinks that the biggest mistake we made this time is that we are too impatient, have too much appetite, and take things for granted."

Gao Shilian leaned against the wall of the car, paused his feet with some remorse, and sighed: "The line of Wude old ministers is deeply rooted in the court, intertwined in various state capitals, and has a deep habit. As the saying goes, three feet of ice It’s not a day’s cold! We just rely on a small ink corruption case to completely eradicate Wu De’s former ministers, hehe, not only underestimating the strength of the opponent, but also completely ignoring His Majesty’s thoughts.”

"What's on your majesty's mind? What else can your majesty have on his mind? Didn't he stop the interrogation of the three divisions after being forced by the Supreme Emperor?"

Guo Ye looked puzzled, and asked very tangled: "Master Gao, what you said is a bit contradictory, but I am confused!"

"Too anxious, too much appetite, wrong, wrong, really wrong..."

Gao Shilian didn't continue to explain, but shook his head and sighed angrily.

"Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu home?"

The carriage slowed down a little, and the groom who drove the carriage outside gave a reply.

Gao Shilian hummed, and said to Guo Ye: "You go back first. Tomorrow evening, remember to go to the Changsun Mansion. At that time, we will sit down and have a good talk."

Guo Ye looked at Gao Shilian's mental state at this time, sluggish and dispirited. It seemed that he was not interested in answering his own question.

Immediately, Guo Ye gently held Zhenniang's little hand, and said to Gao Shilian, "Succeed, we will see you at the Changsun Mansion at dusk tomorrow, Mr. Gao!"

Gao Shilian seemed to be very tired. He leaned his head back against the wall of the car, closed his eyes slightly, waved his right hand, and whispered, "Let's go, let's go, see you tomorrow!"

Guo Ye hummed, led Zhenniang carefully out of the carriage, and walked back in the direction of Taipingfang.

After Guo Ye left, the groom shook off the reins again, and drove the carriage to the direction of Chongyifang Gaofu.

Horses run, cars move, sway.

Gao Shilian suddenly opened his eyes again, laughed bitterly at himself, and said to himself: "Your Majesty summoned Wuji into the palace at this time, it is really enough for Wuji to drink a pot. The heart of an emperor is hard to bear." Unpredictable, your companion is really like a tiger..."

Sighing, Gao Shilian continued to close his eyelids again, breathing evenly and falling asleep.

da da da ~~

The carriage continued to run towards Chongyifang.

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The Imperial Palace, Liangyi Hall, and Wangbei Pavilion.

His Majesty Li Er was sitting on the dragon chair, with his hands on both sides of the armrests of the dragon chair, looking down gloomyly like a jungle lion king, without saying a word.

The doors and windows in the Wangbei Pavilion were closed, apart from His Majesty Li Er, there was only Changsun Wuji alone.

At this moment, Changsun Wuji stood on the spot, slightly bowed his head, and confessed his guilt tremblingly: "Your Majesty, I am guilty of your guilt, and I have burdened Your Majesty."

"I shouldn't use Gong Ji's case to attack Xiao Yu and Pei Ji."

"I shouldn't have made arbitrarily assertive decisions and secretly deployed Qianniuwei to prevent Pei Ji and the others from meeting the Supreme Emperor."