Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 106 Li You's Rebellion
Jinzhou is located three hundred miles northeast of Jingzhao Mansion, so in order to complete the task as soon as possible, Hegan Chengji set off overnight with his people.

The movement of dozens of people riding horses was naturally not small, so the news quickly reached Li Shimin's ears.

"Your Majesty, Zhaowu School Wei Hegan Chengji led more than sixty riders out from the north gate overnight."

Hearing this report, Li Shimin frowned immediately.

"Whose subordinate is this Hegan Chengji?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, he belongs to the Prince."

Knowing that these people were sent by Gao Ming, Li Shimin waved his hands.

"Okay, I get it, let's get back!"

"Yes!"

Li Shimin knew that Gao Ming had his own plans, so he didn't want to interfere with him too much. After dismissing the people, Li Shimin continued to concentrate on handling government affairs.

And Gao Ming naturally knew that this matter could not be hidden from Li Shimin, but he did not intend to report to Li Shimin right now. He was going to wait for the results of Hegan Chengji's investigation before going to Li Shimin. After all, Zhou Zheng's matter was his own. What follows naturally has a beginning and an end.

The next morning, Gao Ming went to court. Although Li Shimin didn't ask him to go to court, Gao Ming knew that if he didn't show up for too long, maybe some clown would dare to jump on his head .

In fact, Gao Ming really thought too much. After Liu Bing killed Sun Yanguan outside the main hall last time, the atmosphere in the court hall was a lot more depressed. I'm afraid that if I accidentally offend Li Shimin, I will end up ruined like Sun Yanguan.

After going to court, Gao Ming stood beside Cheng Yaojin boredly, listening to the ministers report to Li Shimin about the affairs of his department, and after Li Shimin made a verdict, the eunuch Liu Bing announced his withdrawal from the court.

It can be said that this is an unremarkable morning.

After getting down, Gao Ming was about to leave, but was suddenly stopped by Cheng Yaojin. Under Gao Ming's puzzled eyes, Cheng Yaojin pouted slightly in one direction.

"His Royal Highness, be careful."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Yaojin left, leaving Gao Ming standing there alone thinking.

This is the case in the officialdom. Even if it is a kind reminder, it will not be too explicit. The main thing is that the reminded must understand it by themselves.

Gao Ming also understood this point, so he frowned and began to ponder.

"Cheng Yaojin reminded me to be careful of Hou Junji in the same way last time, who is he telling me to be careful of this time?"

Gao Ming thought for a while, he and Cheng Yaojin were standing in the direction of the military officer, and the direction of Cheng Yaojin's mouth should be the position occupied by the civilian officer, he thought carefully, and found that the position just now should be the eldest grandson Mowgli.

"Could it be that he wants me to guard against Changsun Wuji?"

This idea was vetoed by Gao Ming as soon as it came out, because last time Changsun Wuji had personally said that he and Gao Ming were not enemies, and it was true in fact. Gao Ming and Changsun Wuji had the same interests, so naturally there was no reason to be enemies.

And recently, in order to prevent Li Shimin from being suspicious of himself, Changsun Wuji ran to the Forbidden Garden when he had nothing to do, either to discuss state affairs with Li Shimin, or to visit the garden and talk heart-to-heart together, in order to gain more trust from Li Shimin.

To put it bluntly, Changsun Wuji couldn't even be busy with his own affairs, so how could he have the time to plan cleverly?

Therefore, Gao Ming thinks that the person Cheng Yaojin makes happy and careful should not be Changsun Wuji.

"If it's not Changsun Wuji, then who could it be?"

Just when Gao Ming was thinking hard, the image of a person suddenly appeared in Gao Ming's mind.

"Is it him?"

Gao Ming remembered that from the first day he came to the court, all the officials in the court, big or small, basically saluted and greeted him. There was only one fat man who not only did not greet him, but often looked at him with a disdainful look. look at yourself.

At the beginning, this kind of bright eyes was often seen, so he didn't feel surprised, who made his predecessor Li Chengqian a guy who didn't live up to expectations, but as time passed, it was difficult to see that kind of disdain in the court. Gao Ming immediately thought of this person.

"Who the hell is this guy?"

Standing in the group of civil servants, he will definitely not be a military officer, and he is standing next to Changsun Wuji, his status must not be low, but it seems that there are not many fat civil servants with high status in the Tang Dynasty. Could it be the eldest grandson? Wuji's son?

Thinking of this, the more Gao Ming thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

"Changsun Wuji is a fat man, so according to genetics, his son is half likely to be a fat man. Last time I offended Changsun Wuji, Changsun Wuji didn't intend to care about it, but his son is not necessarily , but which son is this fat man?"

Changsun Wuji's eldest son, Changsun Chong Gaoming, has met him before, but apart from him, Changsun Wuji has several other sons, such as Changsun Huan, Changsun Jun, Changsun Yan, etc., so Gaoming couldn't figure out what was going on for a while. Who the hell is the fat man.

But Gao Ming's temperament is very straightforward, he simply doesn't think about things that he can't understand.

"Forget it, as long as that fat man doesn't mess with me, I won't bother with him for the sake of the eldest grandson, the old fox. Besides, I haven't even dealt with the rebellious guy Hou Junji, and I don't have the energy to mess with other people. "

Thinking of Hou Junji, Gao Ming suddenly had a headache again.

Ever since Helan Chushi ran away, Gao Ming found that Hou Junji seemed to be looking at him with a lot of vigilance recently. Now when he saw him, he just nodded his head as a greeting, without even saying a word. It seemed that he had sensed something. .

More importantly, Hou Junji is not an ordinary person. He is a general who has led soldiers for decades, and has made a lot of contributions to the Tang Dynasty. He is highly valued by Li Shimin. It is Li Shimin's greatest compliment to him.

It was not an easy task to get rid of a vigilant person, let alone a person like Hou Junji. Gao Ming knew very well that it was impossible to bring down Hou Junji just by relying on his own one-sided words.

So for a while, Gao Ming couldn't think of a good way.

"It seems that we can only take one step at a time."

But thinking differently, it might not be a bad thing for Hou Junji to be vigilant at this time, because as long as he is vigilant, he should not make any trouble during this period of time, and what Gao Ming lacks right now is time.

"You have to eat food one bite at a time, and you have to do things one by one. After I have dealt with Li You and Zhou Zheng's affairs, I will clean up Hou Junji. Damn it, I seem to be doing well this year." Can't rest."

Thinking of this, Gao Ming shook his head helplessly, then got on the chariot and went back to the East Palace.

When sitting on the chariot, Gao Ming was still muttering to himself.

"I don't know if Li Goudan and the others are going well, but with Li Goudan's ghost spirit, nothing will happen, right?"

Just as Gao Ming thought, Li Goudan was not only fine at this time, but also lived very comfortably, and at the same time, he admired Gao Ming even more.

"His Royal Highness guessed correctly, Li You is indeed planning to rebel!"

Li Goudan didn't know that Li You's rebellion was not guessed by Gao Ming, but recorded in history, and Li You was just following the track of history to die.

After Li You killed Quan Wanji, he was worried that Li Shimin would blame him, and under the urging of his cronies, he conspired against him.

After deciding to rebel, Li You began to enlist men over the age of 15 in Qizhou to serve as soldiers. Used as military pay.

From this moment on, apart from the lack of fanfare, Li You has officially rebelled.

However, Li You didn't intend to attack Chang'an, because he also knew that he had no ability to snatch the country from Li Shimin, so he was just planning to cede the land and become king.

Of course, Li You also knew that Li Shimin would send troops to attack him after the incident, so he ordered people to drive the people into the city as guards, and named his cronies King Tuoxi, King Tuodong, etc. Li Goudan next to You also got the title of Tuobei King.

For such a situation, Li Goudan expressed his thanks, but secretly laughed.

"Even a fool like Li You dares to rebel. He is so stupid. His Royal Highness said that stupidity is contagious. It seems that I have to feel that I have completed the task, lest he pass on my stupidity to me. After I finish the task What kind of official will His Royal Highness appoint me? If you can appoint me as the county lord, I will be satisfied, hahahaha..."

Thinking of this, Li Goudan couldn't help laughing out loud.

From Li Goudan's point of view, being a king by Li You's side is meaningless at all, it's purely for death. In contrast, being a county magistrate under Gao Ming's subordinates is much more valuable.

Just when Li Goudan fell into fantasy, he suddenly heard someone calling himself outside the door.

"Lord Li, Your Majesty asks you to go to the meeting hall to discuss important national affairs!"

Hearing this, Li Goudan curled his lips immediately, slandering him endlessly.

"Fart's national affairs are nothing more than eating and drinking. Forget it, I will play with him first. Anyway, his days are not many."

Thinking of this, Li Goudan immediately stood up and went to "discuss important matters" with Li You.

When Li Goudan arrived, he saw Li You's concubine pouring a glass of wine into his mouth, while his confidant Yan Hongliang was still talking nonsense there.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. When the officers and soldiers of the imperial court arrive, we will serve the wine with our right hand and chop with the knife with our left hand."

Li You was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately burst out laughing.

"Haha, Yan Aiqing is really a warrior, come here and give me wine!"

"Thank you king!"

Seeing this scene, Li Goudan became more and more disdainful, but with a very happy smile on his face, he bowed his hands towards Li You.

"Your Majesty, the future is late, and I hope your Majesty will forgive me!"

As soon as Li You saw Li Goudan, he smiled even more happily.

"Hahahaha, it turns out that King Tuobei, who is my great king, is here. Come and give me wine!"

"Thank you king!"

Seeing Li Goudan raised his cup and drank it down in one gulp, Li You immediately smiled and put his arms around his shoulders.

"Li Zhong, when we repel the imperial army, we will let you hunt the whole Qizhou with the king. The king shoots arrows in front, and you just follow the king to pick up the prey!"

Li Zhong was exactly the alias Li Godan used at Li You's place, so as soon as Li You finished speaking, Li Goudan immediately flattered him again.

"Your Majesty is mighty, and I, Li Zhong, will be absolutely heartbroken for your Majesty, and I will never hesitate to die!"

"Hahahahaha..."

Li You's "state affairs" ended in the midst of eating and drinking. Li You, who was in a good mood, was naturally drunk. As for the other "ministers" and "generals", they were naturally not much better. , and only Li Goudan is alone.

At midnight, when Li You and his cronies were sound asleep, there were a few flapping sounds of wings in Li Goudan's residence. Under the darkness, several pigeons flew out of Prince Qi's mansion and flew towards the distance. go.

Li Goudan is ready to make a move.

(End of this chapter)