bastard seizes tang

Chapter 629 Trap
East Palace, Guangtian Palace, and Inner Hall.

Prince Li Ke summoned Ma Zhou and Wang Xuance, not daring to neglect, and rushed to the East Palace early. They waited in Guangtian Hall for a short while, and then went after Li Ke washed up a bit.

"I will pay my respects to the crown prince." As soon as Li Kefang entered the hall, Wang Xuance and Ma Zhou stood up and bowed to Li Ke in unison.

Li Ke pressed his hand, and said to the two: "They are not outsiders, why are you so polite, sit down quickly."

"Thank you, Prince." The two agreed and sat back down again.

After the two sat down, Wang Xuance asked first, "I don't know why Your Highness heard us come here?"

Li Ke took out the secret letter from Su Dingfang from his sleeve, handed it to Wang Xuance, and said to the two of them, "Let's take a look first."

"No." Wang Xuance replied, took the secret letter from Li Ke, and read it with Ma Zhou.

Wang Xuance only looked at it for a moment, then asked in surprise, "When did the prince get the news?"

Li Ke replied: "I also just got the news last night, and felt that it was quite abnormal, so I ordered you to come here early in the morning, and wanted to ask what you mean."

Wang Xuance handed the secret letter back to Li Ke, and said to Li Ke: "The general is the prince's old department. This is well known in the world. How dare a mere Dugu name do this? In Yichen's opinion, the Xuanwei mansion's camp this time is quite serious. It's weird, maybe it's just a game, I'm afraid someone is going to take the opportunity to make trouble."

When Li Ke was a young Turkic hostage, Su Ding was conveniently the leader of Li Kewei and accompanied him in Mobei. When Li Ke attacked Xue Yantuo in the north, he used Su Dingfang as a general and made great achievements in several battles.Su Dingfang was leaning against the East Palace, but even so, there were still people who dared to make things difficult for him, so the person standing behind him should not be underestimated.

Ma Zhou thought for a while, and said to Li Ke: "Although His Majesty has long intended to clean up the Longyou military mansion, the disturbance this time is really big. I'm afraid those aristocratic families in Longyou who are used to power will not be happy about it."

Li Shimin's intention to rectify the Longyou sect has not been for a day or two. As early as the tenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin decreed to change the local commanding army's mansion to Zhechong mansion, and the commanding army to Zhechong Duwei, not to Guoyi Duwei, This was Li Shimin's first step in reforming the military system of the Tang Dynasty.

This step was relatively smooth, because this step was just a name change and part of the jurisdiction was redrawn, and did not affect the fundamental interests of the Guanlong Clan, so the response was not too great.

But this time, Li Shimin appointed Su Dingfang as the governor of Liangzhou, and also specially allowed him to take the rank of general of the left guard and lead the local Zhechong mansion.

Li Ke said: "I have heard that you have come here because of this hidden worry. It is not only to inform you of this matter in advance, but also to ask you to discuss countermeasures, and to explain something."

Wang Xuance and Ma Zhou heard the words, and said, "The crown prince please explain."

Li Ke first said to Wang Xuance: "I'm afraid they will make a big fuss about the matter of Yingxiao. The news has already been sent to Beijing by the supervisory censor of Longyou Dao, and it should be delivered soon. Xuance pays homage to the censor Zhongcheng. Although the supervisory censor It is not directly under your control, but you can also control it, you must find out the details of this matter and the reasons before and after, and inform me immediately."

"No." Wang Xuance got the order and immediately responded.

After Wang Xuance responded, Li Ke instructed Ma Zhou again: "Although this matter was sent to Beijing by the supervisory censor, it belongs to military affairs, so I will definitely report it to the Ministry of War. My palace cannot intervene in the Ministry of War." It is inconvenient to intervene, so King Bin must pass Yan Shangshu's pass, and once there is any news from the Ministry of War, this Palace will know it before Father Huang and Pu She."

The Ministry of War was the place where Changsun Wuji belonged, and Li Ke's hands were not so long, so he didn't dare to extend his hands in order to avoid suspicion. Shangshu Youcheng, the second official of Shangshu Youpushe, can naturally ask about the news of the Ministry of War.

"No." Ma Zhou got the order and immediately complied.

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In the East Palace, Li Ke was very sad because of the Xuanwei mansion camping, but at the same time, Su Dingfang, who was in Liangzhou and worshiped as the governor of Liangzhou, was also having a headache.

Liangzhou, Guzang City, Liangzhou Governor's Mansion.

Ever since the Su Dingfang official paid homage to the governor of Liangzhou and took up his post in an emergency, the affairs at hand of the governor's mansion of Liangzhou were just about to be straightened out, but at this moment, the incident of Xuanwei Zhechong's mansion suddenly appeared.

Xuanwei Mansion is directly under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou, and it is only more than sixty miles away from Guzang City, where the Dudu Mansion is located. Belittle, not to mention that Su Dingfang still carries Li Ke's entrustment on him.

Su Dingfang knew that Liangzhou's local forces were mixed, and he didn't dare to be careless, so the first time he got the news of Ying Xiao, Su Ding conveniently took the governor's mansion guard to Xuanwei to inquire about the matter.

But when Su Dingfang inquired about this matter, the whole Xuanwei Mansion did not cooperate with Su Dingfang. Xuanwei Mansion's governor Dugu Ming not only covered up and hid the soldiers under his command, but even confronted Su Dingfang in front of the soldiers in the battalion, causing a quarrel.

Su Dingfang has been in charge of the army in the north for many years, and his prestige in the army is very important. Naturally, he would not sit back and watch his subordinates provoke such provocations. He immediately ordered someone to detain him and bring him back to the Dudu's mansion.

Contradicting Feng is a taboo in the army, and it is a crime. It is not wrong for Su Dingfang to take the name of Dugu, and it is inevitable. Li Ke's explanation before leaving was to order someone to inform Li Ke of the matter.

"Marshal, the officers and men of the Xuanwei Mansion seem to have a lot of complaints about our Governor's Mansion recently. According to the news from the Liangzhou Governor's Department, someone from Xuanwei's Zhechong Mansion has already surpassed Captain Guoyi to thank the Governor of Liangzhou. Cheng Mingzhen, the governor of Liangzhou, stood in front of the case and told Su Dingfang, who was seated above him.

The Inspector Xie that Cheng Mingzhen spoke of was Xie Shufang, the Inspector of Liangzhou. If the official rank was indeed inferior to that of Su Dingfang, the local Inspector also had the right to supervise the prefecture, and there were complaints in the local Zhechong Prefecture.

Su Dingfang heard the words, put down the pen in his hand, and asked: "What are they asking for to thank the governor?"

Cheng Mingzhen replied: "I would like to ask Governor Xie to come forward, and ask the commander-in-chief to release Dugu's name."

"Humph!"

Su Dingfang snorted heavily when he heard the words, and said: "Dugu Ming indulged the soldiers, so that Ying Xiao was in the front, disrespectful, and contradicted me in the back. This is a violation of military discipline. If you rely on the words of a few soldiers, you will let them go. Then what's the use of military law?"

Cheng Mingzhen said: "It is indeed the case, so Xie Inspector also rejected the soldier's request, and also informed us of the matter, please deal with it as soon as possible."

Su Dingfang asked: "How long has Dugu Ming been in prison?"

Cheng Mingzhen replied: "It's been ten days, and he can be interrogated today. If he refuses to plead guilty again, he will be punished severely."

Su Dingfang nodded and said: "Since that's the case, then you can order someone to bring Dugu Ming."

"No." Cheng Mingzhen responded, and ordered people to go down to make arrangements.

Duguming violated military discipline and was imprisoned. It was not far from Su Dingfang's Dudu Mansion. A round trip took at most half an hour, but the soldiers sent by Cheng Mingzhen went there for a long time without any news.

But just when Su Dingfang was suspicious of this and was about to order the guards to go to inquire about the news, the person who had gone out finally came back, but they failed to bring Dugu Ming, but brought back a bad news: Dugu Ming was assassinated Died in prison.

(End of this chapter)