Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 923 Concentrating on Solving the Turkic Problem
Chapter 45 Concentrates on Solving the Turkic Issue

Xiao Nuoyan walked into the imperial study tremblingly holding a paper full of confessions. The result of the secret interrogation was too shocking.

The rebellion of Li Yuanji, Li Xiaochang, Changsun Jingye, Yuan Hongren and others was actually the current Sikong Pei Ji behind the scenes.

Xiao Nuoyan handed the confession to Li Jiancheng, stood aside with his hands down, and listened to Li Jiancheng's fury.

With three eyes and two eyes, Li Jiancheng read Yanfa's confession, then slapped the confession on the case table, and said angrily, "Come on!"

Xiao Nuoyan bowed and said, "The minister is here!"

Li Jiancheng looked at Xiao Nuo and said, "Take Pei Jisuo for interrogation."

Chen Ying, who was standing on the side, hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

Li Jiancheng handed the confession to Chen Yingshou and said, "Do you know what our old Xiangguo Pei has done? He is plotting to subvert the imperial court."

Chen Ying smiled disapprovingly. In fact, he already knew the result.Chen Ying's Tiger Yicong not only detected Pei Ji's tricks, but also knew about the existence of Yu Wenhua and this black hand.

Chen Ying didn't have an attack, it wasn't that he was afraid of Pei Ji and Yu Wenhuaji.

In fact, Chen Ying just wanted to use this excuse to clear up the hidden dangers inside Datang.Anyway, there are no people living in the Western Regions and Liaodong for thousands of miles. At that time, they can be exiled to the Western Regions.

To put it bluntly, Chen Ying did it for population migration.

Chen Ying explained to Li Jiancheng with a smile: "Your Majesty, Pei Ji is the leader of the founding heroes. Now, the conferment of the imperial family and the streamlining of officials have just been completed. If you do anything to Pei Ji at this moment, all the heroes will be in danger. The situation is not stable..."

Li Jiancheng frowned stubbornly.

Chen Ying went on to say: "Both, Pei Ji is a close friend of the Supreme Emperor. Locking Pei Ji will make the Supreme Emperor uneasy and affect the relationship between His Majesty and the Supreme Emperor's father and son."

Li Jiancheng still hated himself and said: "Then let him hide behind the scenes like this...to act outrageously?"

Chen Ying said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, to deal with this kind of person who likes to plot behind the scenes, it is natural to deal with him in the same way as he does."

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng waved his hand to signal Xiao Nuoyan to leave.

Xiao Nuoyan bowed and retreated.

Until there were no other people in the imperial study room, Chen Yingcai said: "Your Majesty, Pei Ji is a smart person, often a smart person will be smart and be mistaken by his cleverness!"

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "What are you going to do?"

Chen Yingdao: "It's very simple. If someone spreads the news that Master Yan Fa has confessed, Pei Ji will make the most correct choice!"

……

In Chang'an City, Sikong Pei Ji's mansion, lawyer Pei walked into the study, and was shocked to find that Pei Ji had gray hair and an old complexion.

Attorney Pei suddenly tremblingly asked, "Father, what's wrong with you?"

Pei Ji sighed weakly and said, "Is the Patriarch here?"

There was a commotion outside.

The head of the Pei family walked into the study slowly.

Lawyer Pei stepped aside carefully.

The head of the Pei family looked at Pei Ji and said, "Xuanzhen, what happened?"

Pei Ji sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Yan Fa was arrested, and the confession is that the old man was behind the scenes, instigating Li Yuanji and Li Xiaochang to plot rebellion, and even instigated the relationship between the father and son of the Li family."

The Patriarch of the Pei family was taken aback and said, "It's impossible! After such a big incident, why didn't His Majesty send someone to get you?"

Pei Ji shook his head and said: "Since they let out the news quietly, they naturally don't plan to deal with me in a big way."

The Patriarch of the Pei family asked anxiously: "Then what should we do? The whole world is the land of the Tang Dynasty. Could it be that our Pei family can only go to the Turkic people to avoid disaster? No, the old man will go to see His Majesty and intercede for you. .”

Pei Ji waved his hand and said, "This day... is aimed at me. If he can deal with me, he will naturally let the Pei family go."

The Patriarch of the Pei family looked at Pei Ji blankly and said: "Patriarch, this is the end of the matter, please excuse me, expel Pei Ji from the clan."

Lawyer Pei looked distressed, and said sadly and angrily: "Father...you can't!"

Pei Ji looked at Lawyer Pei and said, "Do you know why, Li Yuanji asked for a glass of poisoned wine? Get me expelled from the clan, at least in the future, the emperor's liquidation will not implicate the Pei family."

Lawyer Pei couldn't help crying.

The Patriarch of the Pei family was also touched by the scene and wiped the corners of his eyes.

……

In the Pei family's ancestral house in Chang'an City, the Patriarch of the Pei family sat behind the desk with a sad face.

A group of elders of the Pei family, a group of old men, were sitting around, all sighing.

A elder asked: "Tell me, what is the new emperor planning to do?"

All the elders looked at each other.

Patriarch Pei said: "Can't you tell? He wants to settle accounts after the fall. When Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande were beaten, he disagreed with the abolished Qin King and blamed our Guanlong family. Now that he has come to power, he wants to settle old accounts with us. .”

The elder said: "Our Pei family has served them wholeheartedly since the Li family entered Guanzhong. Unexpectedly, our sincerity will be exchanged for disaster. Alas! The father and son brothers of the Li family killed each other , the world is really restless... Then shall we wait to be wiped out?"

All the elders faced the Patriarch, and all the elders shouted loudly: "Patriarch, please find Pei Xiangguo, and ask him to come to His Majesty to accommodate you."

The Patriarch of the Pei family sighed and said, "Old Xiangguo is in danger now."

……

With the brewing of time, especially the first heavy rain in Guanzhong, the drought in Guanzhong was easily resolved.Looking at overnight, the entire Chang'an Bashui returned to its original water level.

The Chang'an family already understood that the drought in Guanzhong has passed.

Chen Ying proposed a winter wheat cultivation plan to Li Jiancheng.Originally, Guanzhong only plowed once a year, but now Qinglinli has adopted winter wheat and autumn beans for three consecutive years in summer and autumn.

Let the people of Chang'an also see the feasibility of winter wheat.

With the unexpected arrival of this heavy rain, the people in all parts of Guanzhong hurriedly started farming, prepared grain seeds, and began to sow winter wheat. In this way, they only need to wait until next summer, and Guanzhong will be self-sufficient in grain.

Under this circumstance, the family members of the Guanzhong family could no longer sit still, and they began to sell the grain in their granary crazily.

In fact, Chang'an's grain has reached more than 700 million shi, and it has been continuously imported into Chang'an, and the price of grain has continued to fall.

From 25 Wen per bucket to [-] Wen per bucket, the price of grain harvest in Guanzhong was restored six years before Wude.

These grains have become a hot potato for the aristocratic families, and they will shrink a lot every other day.Relying on the people and gentry in Guanzhong, it is possible to consume 800 million shi of grain in Guanzhong within half a year, not to mention that grain storage also costs a lot of money.

If once the food goes moldy, they are like losing everything.

The law of the market is like this. Originally, I heard that the price of grain in Guanzhong remained high, and grain merchants from other places smuggled grain into the customs one after another.

The result was good. There was more and more grain in Guanzhong, and the price was getting lower and lower.

Under such circumstances, the Guanzhong aristocratic families also opened their granaries one after another and sold their grain.This has exacerbated the sharp drop in grain prices in Guanzhong.

Li Jiancheng not only completed the work of streamlining officials and soldiers and streamlining administration under tremendous pressure, but also restrained the expansion of Li Tang's clan.

Li Jiancheng was in a good mood, and it was mid-September.

During the Great Court Meeting, there was no sign of famine in Guanzhong.

Inside the Xiande Hall, Chen Ying, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Yang Gongren, Yu Wenshi and other important court officials gathered in the Xiande Hall with red faces.

Yuwen Shiji sighed: "Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, such a huge natural disaster and man-made disaster in Guanzhong can disappear invisibly. God bless me, Tang Dynasty!"

Yang Gongren said: "The aristocratic families in Chang'an still know the general situation. Without their help, the imperial court would not be able to survive this natural disaster no matter what!"

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Before next year's summer harvest, there is already enough food. By next summer, Guanzhong will be able to recover.

Wei Zheng knocked on the wat board and said: "Everyone, food is no longer a problem. The most urgent thing is to rectify the administration. This is the last hurdle to ensure that the relief food can be delivered to the victims. If someone embezzles the relief food, not only will the disaster relief fail, The imperial court and the Son of Heaven will lose their prestige in front of the family and Li Shu."

Everyone nodded.

Wei Zheng continued: "Wei Zheng thought that Yushitai must send people to monitor the four directions.

Wang Gui nodded and said: "Xuan Cheng's words are to the point. The harm of government officials is like a flood of beasts. If they are left to their own devices, they will be enough to bring about the collapse of the country."

Li Jiancheng stood up, looked at the ministers and said, "Then according to Wei Zheng's words, Yushitai will immediately send people to supervise the distribution of food. If there is corruption and enriches one's pockets, you will be severely punished."

Wei Zheng scoffed and said, "I obey the order."

Li Jiancheng said: "My dear friends, is there anything else that needs to be discussed?"

Chen Ying stood up suddenly and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to resign from the post of Minister Zuo Pushe."

Everyone looked at each other in astonishment.

Li Jiancheng frowned suddenly.

The ministers broke up unhappy,

Chen Ying and Li Jiancheng, dressed in ordinary clothes, sat on both sides of the desk respectively.

Chen should raise a cup and invite Li Jiancheng to drink together.

Chen Ying pulled the dish in front of Li Jiancheng to his face and began to chew.

Li Jiancheng pointed at Chen Ying with a smile and said, "You boy, are you going to kill the pick? Let me be alone in the front to deal with the gang of elite Guanlong clan?"

Chen Ying curled his lips and said with a sarcasm on his face, "You really don't feel pain in your back when you stand and talk. I am the No. You really can't find someone to do things that offend people, and I bit the bullet and rushed to take the blame. Now that the dust has settled on several major events, it's time for me to retreat behind the scenes."

Li Jiancheng angrily put the wine cup on the case table and said: "When things are difficult, no one is afraid of offending others, and no one is willing to stand up to do things. Only you and Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling does not avoid suspicion, and is not afraid. Resistance, stand up and do things. Now that things are done, the heroes will give up their positions to those who dare not do things. What kind of bullshit rules is this? I don’t care what other emperors do, anyway, I will never will do."

Chen Ying paused while holding the chopsticks, raised his head to look at Li Jiancheng, put away his laughing expression, and said solemnly: "Da Lang, you are not a prince anymore, you are an emperor, you have to look like an emperor... What's more, the Turkic issue should be resolved, you can't let me take part in the Northern Expedition in the name of Shang Shu Zuo Pushe?"

……

Shangshu province is already empty.

Fang Xuanling was still under the candlelight, concentrating on classifying and sorting out the documents and memorials.

Holding a candle, Gao Shilian walked to Fang Xuanling and sat down. Seeing that Fang Xuanling was still very busy, he put down the candlestick and helped Fang Xuanling sort the documents.

After a long time, Gao Shilian sighed and said, "Xuanling, now that several major events have come to the fore, you should also resign from this hot post of Shangshu Youcheng."

Fang Xuanling glanced at Gao Shilian, and while continuing to work, he smiled and said, "Why?"

Gao Shilian said earnestly: "I am doing this for your own good. I have already written the seal, please resign as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. For more than a year, Wei Zheng, you, and I have brought the world's aristocratic families, civil and military officials, and The family members surnamed Li have been offended many times, now that the matter is done, it is time for us to retreat bravely..."

Fang Xuanling said in dissatisfaction: "Why? We have worked so hard, why should we retreat bravely?"

Gao Shilian choked for a moment, and said helplessly, "Since when did you start caring about your own achievements?"

Fang Xuanling smiled lightly and said, "Just now."

Gao Shilian was angry, and he was stunned for a while before he said: "This is to avoid disaster! Even if we refuse to retreat, in order to protect us, the emperor will release us to the prefectures and counties for a period of time. However, he is finally a meritorious minister. You don’t have to go to the poor borderlands to suffer so much, you can probably serve as a governor in Henan, or even in the fertile land of Guanzhong, and then return to the capital, and then you will be able to proclaim majestically and respectfully.”

Gao Shilian spoke with radiance and longing.

But Fang Xuanling smiled disapprovingly, shook his head and said: "You have a good idea, I'm afraid Your Majesty won't think so!
Gao Shilian said in astonishment, "What else can your majesty plan?"

……

In the middle of the night, Li Jiancheng lay on the bed with a heavy heart.

With a big belly, Zheng Guanyin carefully turned over, saw Li Jiancheng in a daze, and stabbed Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng turned his face to look at Zheng Guanyin and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zheng Guanyin frowned in displeasure and said, "What? I should ask you this. What's wrong with you, don't you sleep?"

Li Jiancheng said with some guilt: "Did I disturb you?"

Zheng Guanyin struggled to get up, Li Jiancheng hurriedly supported her, and sat crookedly in his arms.

Zheng Guanyin yawned and said, "I know I'm noisy, so I need to talk about it quickly."

Li Jiancheng smiled helplessly, and sighed: "Chen Ying resigned, and Gao Shilian also resigned. It seems that they have already discussed it..."

Zheng Guanyin nodded his head and "hummed" twice, "What about you?"

Li Jiancheng said a little excitedly: "I am naturally very displeased with this so-called emperor's mind!"

Zheng Guanyin half-closed her eyes, and said sleepily: "Although it is said that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, I don't care about others. Chen Ying's affairs are both state affairs and family affairs..."

Li Jiancheng rubbed his temples worriedly and said, "Chen Ying is young, where can he retreat?"

Zheng Guanyin yawned again and said: "It doesn't matter, it's okay to be a superintendent, or a superintendent, not too far from Chang'an, or... it's not bad to be demoted to be the governor of Shangzhou."

Li Jiancheng helped Zheng Guanyin pull the quilt, and said angrily: "You are very good at making arrangements."

Zheng Guanyin raised the corners of his mouth lazily, and laughed and said, "Chen Ying is too young, otherwise, we can give him a second-grade job and raise him..."

Li Jiancheng frowned in dissatisfaction and said, "What are you talking about?"

Zheng Guanyin glanced at Li Jiancheng's ugly face with a playful smile, and said with a smile: "Unfortunately, it is a position that gives preferential treatment to veterans. Chen Ying was a right servant of the second rank at a young age. ...the reason for being promoted to the second rank again..."

Zheng Guanyin's voice became smaller and smaller, and she fell asleep again in a daze.

Li Jiancheng remained silent, looked at Zheng Guanyin's smiling sleeping face, and carefully hugged her to lie flat.

……

Chen Jiabao, Chen Ying lay peacefully on the bed, soundly asleep.

Suddenly, there was a retching sound from outside.

Chen Ying woke up in a daze, opened his eyes, and found that Li Xiuning was vomiting in front of the spittoon.

Chen Ying hurriedly got up, put on a piece of clothing, and gently came behind Li Xiuning, stretched out his hand to stroke Li Xiuning's back, and asked with concern: "Sanniang, what's the matter? This is... I ate my stomach badly, do you want to ask Yu?" Come see the doctor..."

Li Xiuning reached out and twisted the soft flesh on Chen Ying's waist.

Chen Ying was in pain, looked at Li Xiuning innocently and asked, "Why are you pinching me?"

Li Xiuning's eyes were like a pool of deep water, looking at Chen Ying angrily, "I'm not blaming you!"

"Blame me?" Chen Ying suddenly realized, and said with joy, "San Niang, why... have it again!"

Li Xiuning nodded.

Chen Ying was full of joy, while supporting Li Xiuning, he carefully helped Li Xiuning to bed.

The two lay side by side on the bed.

Li Xiuning suddenly twisted her body with difficulty, looked at Chen Ying and said, "Chen Lang, why did you resign as Prime Minister? Minister Zuo Pushe, no one is more suitable than you!"

Chen Ying sighed and said: "Feng Lun is dead, Pei Ji died of a hunger strike, Chen Shuda and Xiao Shiwen were dismissed from office, the six prime ministers of the Wude dynasty are now four out of six, more than 3000 officials from the Guanzhong family have been dismissed, and your majesty's position is also secured. ..."

Li Xiuning interrupted Chen Ying and said, "Are you worried about the master of high merit?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said: "No... Your Majesty has a big heart. He can accommodate Fang Xuanling, Duan Zhixuan, Qin Qiong, Niu Junda and other old generals of the Qin Palace, and he can also pardon Li Yuanji for treason. No matter what I do... a lifetime of wealth is indispensable. of!"

Li Xiuning said even more puzzled at this time: "Then you..."

Chen Ying said with a smile: "Eastern Turks are changing frequently, I really don't feel relieved, the imperial court has completed its internal purges, and began to concentrate its forces to clean up the Turks!"

Li Xiuning was silent.

She tightly grabbed Chen Ying's hand and said, "Chen Lang, can you accompany me..."

Li Xiuning couldn't continue, she couldn't be so selfish.

Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning and said, "As long as the Turkic issue is resolved, we can grow old together!"

(End of this chapter)