Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 422
Regarding Li Gang, Li Zhiyun's decision was to relegate Guanzhou Governor Shi.

Compared with Wang Gui and others who were exiled in Yizhou, Li Gang's punishment is undoubtedly the lightest. Most importantly, Guanzhou is Li Gang's hometown.

"Is this true?" Li Gang looked at the decree of King Chu and couldn't help but confirm it to Wei Zheng.

He had long planned to be beheaded, or to be exiled for three thousand miles, but he didn't expect that the King of Chu would just relegate him back to his hometown?

"Here is the decree, how can it be false?" Wei Zheng asked back.

Hearing this, Li Gang was silent for a while, moving his lips, "Thank you saint, thank you King Chu."

Not long after the news spread, some people were amazed at the generosity of the King of Chu, while others regretted that Li Gang escaped.

Since then, the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites has been vacant.

There is a lot of discussion between the ruling and opposition parties about who will take up this post.

political affairs hall.

Li Zhiyun put down the memorial and looked at Yang Gongren and the others.

When I saw Lao Li that day, Li Zhiyun wanted to ask who the new candidate should be, but Lao Li couldn't hold on physically, so he procrastinated again.

At this time, there were only four Prime Ministers in the Zhengshitang, except for Pei Ji who was excluded, the remaining three were Li Zhiyun's people.

"Who do you think is better for the post of Minister of Rites?"

Chen Shuda tentatively asked, "How is Wen Daya?"

Very good at life!
Li Zhiyun was secretly satisfied with Chen Shuda's sensibleness, but this time he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not."

"Why?" Pei Ju asked strangely.

With Wen Daya's qualifications, it is more than enough to serve as Minister of Rites.Moreover, he can be regarded as half of the king of Chu.

Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "Because this king intends to let him serve as the left servant of Shannan Dao Xingtai."

Dou Kang was still at the Shannan Dao Xingtai, so how could he not find someone to keep an eye on him.

Hearing this, everyone understands.

Yang Gongren asked: "Then is there anyone for His Highness?"

"What do you think of Lord Yan Yu Shiqian?"

Pei Ju's heart was shocked, and he thought to himself, the King of Chu really cannot be underestimated!
This move was a blatant way to win over the Guanlong family.Previously, the King of Chu had already received help from the Dugu clan, and now he wanted to win over the Yu clan. Once successful, basically there would be no troubles on Guan Long's side.He originally thought that the King of Chu would be impatient to discuss with them at this time, how to further enter the East Palace.

But the king of Chu did not.

From beginning to end, he never mentioned this matter.Judging from his recent performance, although he is a little rusty in organizing the Chao Gang, his methods are not young.

Whether it is promoting his own people or suppressing dissidents, the King of Chu can do it with ease.Now promoting Yu Shiqian is consolidating the family power of Chu Palace.

But Pei Ju's deeper thought was that King Chu's intelligence far surpassed that of the waste prince.He felt that the king of Chu knew very well where the foundation of the Tang Dynasty was.

As long as Guan Long is kept stable, there will be no major disturbances in the future, and the King of Chu will only become stronger and stronger.

He couldn't help but slander, King Chu is really only twenty years old?

This kind of scheming is not like what young people should have.He couldn't help thinking of Emperor Sui Yang, who was also an emperor with outstanding aptitude, but unfortunately he was too capable of tossing around, and he was doing it recklessly.

As Pei Ju guessed, Li Zhiyun knew very well that since Datang had a foothold in Guan Long, his first step was to stabilize Guan Long.In order to stabilize Guanlong, the top three schools must be selected.

That is, Dou's, Dugu's and Yu's.

Needless to say, Mrs. Dou, Li Zhiyun knew that it would be impossible for him to win over Mrs. Dou in the case of the fire in Yiyangfang.Furthermore, the Dou family showed affection to the deposed prince immediately after King Qin's death. There was no bottom line at all, and Li Zhiyun did not dare to trust them easily.

And Dugu Shi has long been his man, promoting Dugu Huai'en to be Jing Zhaoyin is to give Dugu Shi a taste of the sweetness.

Then, the rest is Yu Shi.

He and Yu Shi did not have a deep hatred, so it should be feasible to win them over.

If both the Dugu family and the Yu family lean towards him, it means that more than half of the Guanlong family supports him, and the remaining Dou family will not be able to make any troubles.

Yang Gongren and the others are all smart people, so naturally they would not start fighting for power and profit before this major event is accomplished.They knew why King Chu did this, so they had no opinion.

Li Zhiyun is very satisfied with the sensibleness of the three of them.

The only dissatisfaction is Pei Ji who has been silent all the time, but he doesn't have Lao Li to support him now, his opinion is tantamount to farting.

Li Zhiyun ignored it.

Pei Ji didn't dare to make any comments, because he couldn't see the emperor now.

He felt the danger from King Chu.

Not long after, Li Zhiyun wrote the decree, picked up the seal and stamped it, and ordered Dugu Sheng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to go to Yufu in person.

When Yu Shiqian received the imperial edict, he thought about it and agreed directly.

If you don’t agree, there is nothing you can do. Now that the crown prince, King Qin, and King Qi are all dead, and the emperor is about to die, it is clear at a glance who will ascend the throne in the future.

It would be a fool not to follow the trend and fall to King Chu at this time.

On the second day after receiving the decree, Yu Shiqian came to the Lizheng Hall to meet the King of Chu.

"Thanks to His Royal Highness's love and compassion, this old minister is still incapable of serving the country. The veteran will definitely fulfill his duties. Please rest assured, Your Highness."

Yu Shiqian is not young anymore, he has to be supported when he walks, speaks very slowly, and coughs from time to time.

Judging by his appearance, he might not live long.

This person is not famous in history, and Li Zhiyun doesn't know when he died.

"Yu Gong's words are serious. This king has always known that our dynasty cannot exist today without Yu's family. Please give more advice to this king in the future."

"The old minister must try his best to plan for His Highness."

Li Zhiyun nodded, and continued: "Grand Yu, I know that Yu Zhining is capable, so I will definitely not sit back and watch him live in Turkic. If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely bring him back."

Hearing this, Yu Shiqian was slightly moved. It turned out that the King of Chu still remembered Yu Zhining.

"Your Highness is very kind, and the old minister will remember it. Please rest assured that Your Highness will always support His Highness."

After chatting with Yu Shiqian for a while, Li Zhiyun initially got Yu's support.

There are some things that cannot be done overnight, and now he only hopes to stabilize the Guanlong people, and then let him take over the court smoothly.

Since Lao Li can't manage things, Li Zhiyun will naturally take this opportunity to root out all the prince's people.

In the court hall, almost all the prince's people were excluded by Li Zhiyun, and most of them were exiled in the name of the prince's treason.

Losing Wang Gui, Wei Ting, Lu Chisong and others, the former supporters of the East Palace had no leader and could only be defeated one by one by Li Zhiyun.

When almost all the people left in the court by the deposed prince were cleared, Li Zhiyun began to think about the place.

Locally, there are mainly three people who are friendly with the prince and who are threatening.

Wei Yunqi, governor of Suizhou, Ren Gui, governor of Xuzhou, and Deng Hao, governor of Yingzhou.

Du Ruhui said directly: "Yingzhou is in the north of Youzhou, and Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao can be restrained at the same time. Your Highness can't move Deng Hao at this time. Not only can't you move, but your Highness also needs to add a reward to appease him, so that he won't win over Gao Kaidao .”

Li Zhiyun thought for a while, and said: "Yes, I can make him the governor of Yingzhou, Doctor Jinzi Guanglu."

Deng Hao's situation is special, and he really can't act without authorization. This point, Li Zhiyun can think clearly.

Xue Shou said: "Deng Hao can't move, Ren Gui, the governor of Xuzhou, can recall him to the court."

"What if he doesn't come back?"

"That's treason."

Li Zhiyun paced around for a while, then nodded and said: "It's possible, let Ren Gui be recalled to the imperial court to keep him, and Li Junxian will be the governor of Xuzhou instead."

"The last general will take the order." Li Junxian stepped out and clasped his fists.

The remaining Wei Yunqi did not wait for Li Zhiyun to speak, Wei Siqi came out, cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, recall Wei Yunqi, I am willing to go to Suizhou in person."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun almost forgot that Wei Yunqi was also from Jingzhao Wei.

"Are you sure?"

"If I'm not sure, then it's even more dangerous for others to go." Wei Siqi said with a smile.

This is true.

"That line, my king told you to go to Suizhou to recall Wei Yunqi as Yizhou Xingtai Shangshu Zuocheng."

"My minister obeys."

(End of this chapter)