A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 356

A ride gallops into Beijing.

Li Deju went straight to Zhang Liang, the Duke of Changping County.

Present a brocade box to the front.

"The big knife has been folded!"

Zhang Liang opened the box, and sure enough, he saw that familiar face, some of which were ferocious, and some of which were grievous.He looked at it for a long time, and slowly closed it.

That guy used to make him very jealous, and even made him look up to him. They used to work together in Wagang, and they had a festive relationship. In fact, Zhang Liang was humiliated by Wang Junkuo. Later, Zhang Liang also found out some problems with Wang Junkuo, forcing Wang Junkuo He led his troops away from Wagang and voted for Li Tang again.

"Hahaha!" Zhang Liang laughed, laughing happily. After all these years, this guy has finally fallen.

"How did he die?"

"Shot by random arrows."

Zhang Liang took the box and went directly to the East Palace to meet the emperor.

When Li Shimin saw the heads in the box, he was silent for a long time, and then said, "Let's do it, don't leave a single one behind."

The emperor directly gave Zhang Liang an imperial edict, asking him to transfer the Baiqi Battalion to do it.

The city of Chang'an, which was bleak and cold, was suddenly sealed off under martial law, and then a hundred horses rushed out.

The whole Chang'an was shocked.

One by one, the news kept coming out.

Changle King Li Youliang was arrested,

Li Xiaochang, king of Nghe An, was arrested,

Liu Deyu, General of Youwuwei, Sun Anye, Chief of Youjianmen General, Du Caigan, Governor of Huazhou, and Yuan Hongshan, Commander of Imperial Guards, were arrested one after another.

The action is huge and the implications are deep.

Sensitive Chang'an Shimin, many of them quickly closed their doors and closed their homes, and stayed at home honestly,
The prime ministers of the Zhengshitang all hurried into the palace to face the saint.

This time, the prime ministers didn't have any news in advance, and the emperor suddenly took action, which is unreasonable.

But Li Shimin was not in a hurry to see them.

He was in the Lizheng Hall, talking to the pregnant Empress Changsun.

Empress Changsun, who had never been interested in court affairs, knelt down in front of Li Shimin at this time, begging the emperor to spare her life.

"The concubine is bold today, please forgive me."

Li Shimin didn't speak. After Luo Yi was punished for treason earlier, it was found out that the eldest grandson Anye had many secret contacts with him. It was also the empress who interceded. Li Shimin spared him once and suspended him from his post for three months, but later restored his official title.

"Do you know what An Ye and the others did this time? Talking about talismans to each other, conspiring with the old guards to cause chaos, and wanting to have another Xuanwu Gate change!"

"Your Majesty, the eldest grandson Anye's crime deserves death, but he was not good to my brothers and sisters in the past. It is well known in the world. If he is sentenced to death today, outsiders will definitely think that his concubines and concubines deliberately retaliated. I am afraid that your majesty will also be affected by his reputation."

Li Shimin sighed, "You know Changsun Anye. He is a rascal, addicted to alcohol, greedy and lustful. Has he done anything serious in the past few years? As a prison general, he even dared to collude with the palace guards and steal the palace in private. Chinese property."

The queen fell down.

If it's just greed for money, Li Shimin can still bear it, after all, he is the uncle of the country, but he absolutely shouldn't have resentment towards the emperor, and even got together with Li Xiaochang and the others, and actually wanted to embrace the restoration of the emperor, this is what Yue Lei Chi.

"Okay, I won't kill him."

In the end, Li Shimin still couldn't hold back the queen and promised not to kill her.

After comforting the queen, Li Shimin went to the Xiande Hall to meet the prime ministers.

Among the prime ministers, Pei Ji is actually not in charge, Xiao Yu has been introspecting at home recently because he offended the emperor, and Du Yan, who is also the two important positions of the imperial historian and the official minister, fell ill after winter, and was seriously ill. Can no longer act.

Now the prime minister is the right servant, Changsun Wuji, Zhongshu Lingfang Xuanling, servant Du Ruhui, Shangshu Zuocheng, secretary and supervisor Wei Zheng.

Li Shimin didn't hide the anxious inquiry of these four prime ministers, and directly said that these people intended to cause chaos and wanted to restore the emperor.

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the four of them changed drastically.

This is a big death.

"Wang Junkuo is also involved," said the emperor with another shocking news.

Then Zhang Ananda brought up the box and opened it for everyone to see.

"Wang Junkuo entered the capital and went to Shayuan. When he realized that the incident had been revealed, he left his entourage and killed the people halfway. He changed his clothes and fled in disguise. He wanted to escape from the Turks in the north. When he reached the Luoshui River, he was chased and shot by Wu Huaiyu!"

The four prime ministers looked at the head, wondering why it was Wu Huaiyu who caught up and shot it.

"You are responsible for handling this case immediately." Li Shimin arranged the task and asked them to step down.

Changsun Wuji asked to stay.

Li Shimin waved his hand, "The eldest grandson Anye is the brother of the empress and You Pushe, let him live and be exiled in Lingnan."

"Wuji, you send Wang Junkuo's head to Taiji Palace for me, and by the way, also bring the heads of Li Xiaochang and Li Youliang, as well as those of Liu Deyu, Du Caiqian, and Yuan Hongshan."

Changsun Wuji knelt down on the ground and asked to resign.

"Let's get this done first." The emperor said with a blank expression.

The four of them retreated with great concern.

By the time Changsun Wuji found Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang had already collected almost everything from the net. The Secretary of Criminal Justice led the soldiers of Baiqi to check every house according to the list drawn up in advance.

Li Xiaochang, Li Youliang, Liu Deyu, Du Caiqian, Yuan Hongshan, the five of them had been beheaded directly, and only one grandson, Anye, was left.

When the eldest grandson Anye saw the eldest grandson Wuji, he yelled for help. This elder brother who once looked down on his half-brother and kicked out their young mother, was in a panic now. He watched Li Xiaochang and others being beheaded, and then his One by one, they were placed in front of him.

That fellow Zhang Liang was very ruthless, there was no interrogation, and there was no room for debate.

Lead troops to surround the mansion, search and arrest as soon as they enter the door, and then as long as the man is taller than the horizontal knife, he will be beheaded directly, and the rest of the old women, old and young will also be arrested and tied up in a string to kneel in the courtyard.

Changsun Anye has never seen such a formation.

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at the eldest grandson Anye with disgust, stepped forward and said a few words to Zhang Liang, and then Zhang nodded, "Put the eldest grandson Anye in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

"Wuji, save me, we are brothers born from the same father!"

Changsun Wuji turned his head away, not wanting to talk to him at all.

"I want to take these heads away."

Zhang Liang cooperated with someone to fetch the boxes and put them on one by one. Changsun Wuji asked people to carry the five boxes with no expression on his face, and went to the Taiji Palace together with the first-level box of Wang Junkuo brought out by the East Palace.

In Tai Chi Palace.

Li Yuan was playing the pipa, accompanied by Sikong, Zuo Pushe, and Wei Guogong Pei Ji, and Changsun Wuji broke in directly.

Several servants followed carefully, none of them dared to stop.

"Minister Sun Wuji pays his respects to His Majesty."

Li Yuan stopped and looked at Changsun Wuji, "Isn't I allowed to play the pipa?"

"Your Majesty," Changsun Wuji didn't say much, and asked his followers to put the six boxes in front of the emperor.

"what is this?"

"Li Xiaochang, Li Youliang, Wang Junkuo, Liu Deyu, Du Caiqian, Yuan Hongshan, and the heads of the six."

Li Yuan's lips trembled and his face turned pale. He raised his hand and pointed at Wuji angrily, but his hand was trembling, "Bold, Changsun Wuji, what do you want?"

"Your Majesty, these six thieves are talking about talismans to each other, plotting to cause chaos, intending to use the guards to create chaos, and even want to rob the emperor's seat in the Taiji Palace!"

Li Yuan trembled all over, and sat down slumped after a long time.

It seemed as if all the energy in his body had been sucked away.

"How dare they!"

The Supreme Emperor murmured.

Pei Ji on the side also had a face full of horror.

After a long time, Li Yuan waved his hands weakly, "In that case, I should be punished."

Changsun Wuji stood in the hall, looked at these two bad old men, looked around, and said, "After the emperor abdicated, he lived in the Taiji Palace. I request the Supreme Emperor to move to another palace."

Li Yuan stared at Changsun Wuji, "Where should I move?"

"You can invite the emperor to move to Hongyi Palace."

Hongyi Palace was the palace of Li Shimin when he was the King of Qin. At first, Li Shimin lived in Chengqian Palace in Taiji Palace. Later, Li Yuan built Hongyi Palace in the west of Taiji Palace because of Li Shimin's great achievements.

Compared with Taiji Palace and East Palace, Hongyi Palace is relatively small and remote, it is located in a forbidden garden, and the scenery of the mountain village is not bad.

Li Yuan abdicated for more than a year and still lived in the Tai Chi Palace, but the emperor Li Shimin lived in the East Palace all the time, and all court meetings and so on were also in the East Palace.

A courtier has long been playing, asking the emperor to take the throne, but Li Shimin has been refusing to let the Supreme Emperor live in the palace.Changsun Wuji brought up this matter today, but in fact it was not the emperor's confession.

This was proposed by Changsun Wuji himself, and he was going to resign and go to do it for the emperor.

"Okay, go back and tell the emperor that I can move there at any time, let him pick a day and send someone to move me." Li Yuan said in a hurry.

Changsun Wuji withdrew.

The six heads were left on purpose.

After he left, Li Yuan looked at the heads of the six people, they were all acquaintances.

Li Xiaochang, the king of Yi'an, is actually not a real royal family like Li Ji and Luo Yi. Li Xiaochang's grandfather, Li Jing, was a soldier of Yang Zhong, one of the twelve great generals of the Western Wei Dynasty.Later, when Li Jing was in the Yang family, he had an affair with a black female slave from Kunlun in Yang Zhong's family, and gave birth to a son, Li Yuantong, but Li Jing was not kind, and he didn't recognize this black son.

Therefore, Li Yuantong followed his mother as a slave in the Yang family since he was a child. Although his father did not recognize him, the Yang family treated him well, especially Yang Jian appreciated his ability to do things. join the army.

Later, Yang Jian usurped the throne to replace Zhou Jiansui, and Li Yuantong naturally ascended to heaven as a chicken and dog. Along the way, he served as Shangshu Zuocheng, Yangzhou Chief Administrator Shi, Bingzhou Chief Administrator Shi, Si Nongqing, Minister of Criminal Affairs, and Minister of Military Affairs. Still stay in Dongdu.

Back then, Li Yuan intentionally flattered Li Yuantong, and purposely married him into the clan, calling him clan uncle.In fact, Li Jing was a sergeant in the Sixth Town back then, a shabby man surnamed Li who settled down. The so-called Longxi Li was just putting money on his face.

Li Yuan later raised troops to enter the customs. Li Xiaochang, the eldest son of Li Yuantong, served as the county magistrate of Huayin. He had a large granary in Huayin warehouse. At that time, Li Yuan attacked Chang'an, and the army was short of food. Charcoal in the snow.

Later, when the country was founded, Li Yuan also specially remembered the contribution of this 'family nephew', and named him King of Shangzhu Kingdom and Yi'an County.

In fact, Li Xiaochang, the royal county king, is actually the same as Luo Yi and Li Ji, belonging to the subordinate royal family, not the real royal family.

Li Xiaochang is still very grateful to Li Yuan.

At the end of Wude, he served as the governor of Lizhou, and his performance in the local area was not good, but Li Yuan did not convict him much. Once Li Shimin seized the throne, he was treated differently from his clan brother. Li Xiaochang and his sons originally had several kings Li Shimin not only transferred him to the court to take over the real power of the governor of Lizhou, but also demoted or cut the titles of his princes.

He was transferred from the governor of Lizhou to the court to be the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but within a few days he was transferred to an idle position. He changed again and again. Previously, Luo Yi was punished, and Li Xiaochang was reprimanded by Li Shimin in public. There are even rumors that the emperor wants to seize the title of the king of other counties. Change the title of county magistrate.

Li Xiaochang was very unconvinced, so he had the idea of ​​wanting to restore the Supreme Emperor. Li Youliang, who was also constantly suppressed by Li Shimin, also hit it off, and then he joined Liu Deyu, Du Caiqian, and Changsun Anye.

When Li Xiaochang and Li Youliang visited Li Yuan in the palace successively, they mentioned this matter in private, Li Yuan reprimanded them on the surface, but in fact they did not stop them, nor did they tell Li Shimin.

In fact, he had a little hope in his heart.

It's a pity, now that the six heads are all in front of them, let alone reset, even this Taiji Palace can't live anymore.

The Taishanghuang opened his mouth wide, like a fish coming ashore.

"What a cruel Jiro."

Pei Ji didn't dare to say a word.

(End of this chapter)