Chapter 260 Liu Family Pills
A quarter of an hour later, eight people including Li Kan had read the letter, and their expressions had already turned into shock, either genuinely or falsely.
"Your Majesty, the Liu family actually..."
The person who was speaking was of the same rank as Li Kan, and was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Rites, named Cen Jianan.
These are not important. What is important is that he is also a member of the same boat.
"Lord Cen."
Ning Yongnian cast his gaze towards him and asked casually, "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, I dare not make any rash assertions on this matter!"
Cen Jianan knelt down without saying a word, clearly showing that he didn't want to offend anyone.
Ning Yongnian raised his eyes again and glanced at the others one by one. Seeing that the other seven people had similar expressions, he couldn't help but sigh after a moment's silence.
"Alas, my dear ministers, do you know why I summoned you to discuss this matter?"
"this"
Everyone actually knows the answer to this question, but no one has answered it.
However, Ning Yongnian was not angry, he just smiled and said:
"You all are good at pretending to be ignorant even though you know the truth."
"Well, if you don't want to say it, I will say it for you."
"Nowadays, the officials in the court are either surnamed Liu or surnamed Wei. To be honest, I don't trust them."
"Yes, I can indeed make all the decisions on my own."
"But there are times when I can't figure things out or understand things."
"That's why I want to hear what you think."
"And if none of you speak up, I will be left alone."
“.”
Although these words were said in a joking tone, there was a sense of self-mockery and helplessness in them.
Cen Jianan and the other eight looked at each other, and after a while, Li Kan took the lead and took a deep breath, bowed and said:
"emperor!"
"Since you have said so, I will dare to say a few more words!"
"In my humble opinion, since these letters were stolen from the Xu family by spies from the imperial court, they are most likely authentic."
"Since the Liu family dared to rebel together with the Xu family, and now they are fighting the Wei family to the death, Your Majesty might as well use the Wei family to completely wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop!"
“.”
Although he did not put forward any constructive suggestions, Li Kan's words at least showed his attitude.
Ning Yongnian pondered for a moment after hearing this, and suddenly asked: "What if these letters are fake?"
"Fake?"
Li Kan was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Your Majesty, I don't think it is fake."
"The Xu family now occupies Jizhou, and Dafeng in Yuanzhou has also launched an uprising."
"The longer the Liu and Wei families fight, the longer the world will be in chaos, and the more beneficial it will be to the Xu family."
"There is no reason for them to frame the Liu family at this time."
The candlelight in Shiqu Pavilion was bright, reflecting Li Kan's stern face.
"Um"
Ning Yongnian nodded slightly, as if he was convinced by Li Kan's explanation.
At this moment, Cen Jianan, who had just stood up from the ground, also spoke up: "Your Majesty, I think it doesn't matter whether this is true or not."
"oh?"
Ning Yongnian's expression froze: "What do you mean by that?"
"emperor."
Cen Jianan lowered his head, his voice was not loud but sincere: "Now in Daning, there are rebellions inside and outside, and powerful enemies are attacking. In such a critical moment, the Liu and Wei families are unwilling to stop, and they are still fighting non-stop regardless of whether they are in the government or in the opposition."
"If this drags on, how can officials and common people devote all their efforts to vindicating the rebels and expelling the foreign enemies?!"
"So no matter whether the Liu family really rebelled or not, and no matter who was right or wrong between the Liu and Wei families before, the most important thing right now is to stop the dispute between the Liu and Wei families!"
"Your Majesty, this is what I want to say!"
“.”
Regardless of whether it is true or false, right or wrong, one of the Liu and Wei families must be defeated immediately.
Although Cen Jianan did not explicitly say which family had fallen, given the current situation, I'm afraid everyone knows that the answer can only be the Liu family.
"Well, Mr. Cen, what you said is absolutely right."
Ning Yongnian nodded again, and then looked at the five people who had not expressed their opinions yet.
"What about you?"
"Say what you think, there's no need to be shy about it."
“.”
"Your Majesty! I think what Lord Li and Lord Cen said makes sense!"
"Given Daning's current situation, we cannot allow Liu Wei to continue fighting like this."
"Or maybe you can check whether the things in the letter are true."
“.”
Soon, the remaining five people also expressed their opinions.
Unexpectedly, including the three people who were not members of the same boat club, the eight people thought about the problem from different angles, with some expressing their opinions clearly and some expressing them vaguely.
But everyone's attitude was surprisingly consistent.
That is - the Liu family is doomed.
It is hard to say what Ning Yongnian was thinking when faced with such a result, as nothing can be seen from his expression.
"My dear ministers, please go back first. I will think about this matter carefully."
“.”
Li Kan and the others looked at each other, said nothing more, bowed and left Shiqu Pavilion.
The hall was silent for a moment, until Ning Yongnian looked at Li Huaizhong who appeared out of nowhere and asked casually: "Old Li, do you think what they said makes sense?"
"Your Majesty, this old servant really doesn't know."
Li Huaizhong replied in a low voice: "But since all the adults think so."
"What? Couldn't they have colluded in advance?"
Ning Yongnian interrupted at first, but soon denied it with a smile: "Haha, just pretend I didn't say that."
"If there really is such a person who can recruit these eight people and use them for his own benefit, then I would simply hand over the throne to him."
Although it was just a joke, it was Ning Yongnian's true thought at the moment.
If he had only met one person tonight, he might have suspected whether this person was in collusion with the Wei family.
But when the eight important ministers who had remained neutral all had the same attitude, the doubt no longer existed.
Then "Lao Li."
After a while, Ning Yongnian finally made up his mind.
"It is reported that Wei Xianzhi has entered the palace."
Two hours later.
When Wei Xianzhi walked out of Shiqu Pavilion, he had one more thing on him than when he came.
A token engraved with the word "ban".
Although most of the Imperial Guards are now in Jizhou, there are still nearly 10,000 of them left in the capital.
More importantly, among them are the Hualing Guards who came from the Xuan Jing Division.
Therefore, what Ning Yongnian gave Wei Xianzhi was not just the authority to mobilize the imperial guards, but actually a "imperial sword".
A precious sword that can destroy the entire Liu family.
“.”
Wei Xianzhi walked out of the palace quickly, bent down calmly and got into the carriage.
In fact, when Li Huaizhong went to Wei's house to summon himself into the palace, he knew that Wei Changtian's plan had succeeded.
Two days.
In two days, only one of the three major surnames in Daning will remain.
That is "Wei".
Half a year ago, Wei Xianzhi would never have thought that this day would come so soon, as if there was a giant hand in the dark pushing everything to speed up, speed up, and speed up again.
By the way, if we were to find a starting point for all these changes, when would it be?
Spring Dragon Poetry Festival?
Changtian killed Liu Yuanshan?
It seemed to be even earlier. For some reason, a picture suddenly popped up in Wei Xianzhi's mind, and he felt instinctively that everything seemed to have become different from that moment on.
It was near dusk, and he was drinking tea with Qin Caizhen in the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
Changtian suddenly ran over, and first thanked his mother for the first time, and then said in a very reserved voice:
"Dad, I want to kill someone"
Yes, my son was indeed a little abnormal that day.
He seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if he had never killed anyone before.
(End of this chapter)
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