People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1015 The emperor’s methods are unpredictable

In Taiji Hall, Li Zhigao was sitting on the imperial couch.

All the ministers bowed their heads solemnly, and no one dared to look up to see the emperor's extremely indifferent expression.

The eyes of Jiuzhongtian fell on Zabala, and the emperor said in an extremely cold voice: "What was the envoy talking about about the lives of the East Palace last night? Can you tell me more clearly?"

Zabala pursed his lips and smiled lowly, and said lightly: "What else could it be? Everyone saw the fire in the East Palace last night, so why would your Majesty cover your ears?"

"Oh?" Li Zhi looked sideways and said in a low voice: "General Cheng Wuting of the Forbidden Army."

"I'm here." Cheng Wuting immediately stepped forward, raised his hands and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, a bonfire was burning in the East Palace in the courtyard last night. The bonfire rose into the sky, but no living beings were harmed. As for the innocent souls, someone tried to attack the East Palace last night, but All of them have been killed by the ministers, no one has been exposed, and no one has survived.”

"Yes!" Li Zhi nodded lightly, and finally looked at Zabala and said, "Envoy, these are the innocent souls you are talking about. Why do I think they all have a way to die?"

Zabala's entire face twitched uncontrollably, and his eyes were extremely twisted.

He was tricked.

Before, that person told him clearly that as long as there was a fire in the East Palace last night, after the fire burned, more than a dozen corpses would be found in the East Palace.

And all of them are palace residents who died this year.

As long as it was exposed in the court, it would immediately have an extremely bad impact on the prince, the emperor, and even the entire Tang Dynasty.

Only in this way can Tubo gain time to recuperate.

But now, there are no corpses at all, all the dead are assassins.

Now it's as if all the assassins were sent by him, Zabala.

Li Zhi leaned forward slightly, looked at Zabala with a sneer, and said: "Since there is a gold mine in Supi, that's great, King of Nanchang!"

"I'm here!" Li Xuan immediately stood up with his hands raised.

"Wang Xiaojie!"

"I'm here!" Wang Xiaojie immediately stood up.

"You two, find all the gold mines in Supi for me this year, and then occupy them all for me. During the Zhengdan Dynasty next year, cast a golden Buddha ten times the size and send it to Chang'an." Li Zhi's cold voice It echoed throughout the entire Tai Chi Hall.

Li Xuan and Wang Xiaojie did not hesitate at all, and immediately said: "I accept the decree."

As soon as Li Zhi waved his hand, Li Xuan and Wang Xiaojie retreated into the train at the same time.

……

Holding the ivory baguette in hand, Li Xuan stood upright, his cold eyes passing over Pei Yan's body.

Pei Yan stood there motionless.

If what happened today goes as it should, a fire broke out in the East Palace, and more than a dozen corpses were found under the ashes.

The Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai intervened in the investigation to find out the identities of the corpses, and then implicated the fact that the prince was not the son of Empress Wu.

However, after Li Xuan and Di Renjie sent the suspected secret documents to the East Palace and Daming Palace, the emperor immediately took action.

There was indeed a fire in the East Palace last night, but all the fire was caused by fires that had been set in advance.

The dead were indeed people, but they were all unlucky ones who jumped into the trap of the Imperial Army.

As for what happened today, Zhou Wen, the supervisory censor, did not come at all, and the people in the Imperial College were also as quiet as quails.

The last one left was Pei Yan, who should cooperate with the attack, but Pei Yan was like a shrunken turtle.

All of this is the emperor's method.

Once you notice anything unusual, use thunderous means immediately.

Although there was an attack by the Tubo envoy at the court today, he was the only one.

Moreover, he was severely punished by Li Zhi.

……

"Envoys." Li Zhi spoke again, his eyes falling on the envoys of Turks, Dashi, Tianzhu, Khotan, Qiuci and other countries in the hall. Many envoys bowed at the same time.

Li Zhi looked at Zabala again and said in a calm voice: "In the past two years, 15 Tubo troops have died at the hands of the Tang Dynasty in the Tang-Tubo War. Tubo can no longer threaten the Tang Dynasty, so from now on From today on, the envoys can move freely in Chang'an. As long as they do not violate the law, they can go anywhere, and they can also send letters to Lun Qinling..."

Zabala suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Zhi in disbelief.

The Tang Dynasty actually allowed him to communicate freely with Tubo. Could it be that the Tang Dynasty had expanded to this point?

Li Zhi's dull gaze fell, and Zabala couldn't help but shudder.

Datang is not arrogant, but confident.

"Okay, the gift is over, please step aside." Li Zhi waved his hand again.

Zabala stood up staggeringly, and his feet had become numb without knowing when.

Bowing down, Zabala raised his hands with a heavy face: "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

After saying that, Zabala slowly retreated.

The gifts continue.

Envoys from the Turks, Dashi, Tianzhu, Khotan, Qiuci and other countries successively presented valuable gifts and sincerely surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

Finally, a familiar figure appeared in Li Xuan's eyes.

Murong Nuohebo, King of Tuyuhun, walked up from behind holding a brown box.

In an instant, the faces of Li Zhi and the officials in the palace darkened at the same time.

Li Xuan stood in the queue, glanced at Murong Nuohebo from the corner of his eyes, and a trace of disgust flashed deep in his eyes.

During the war last year, the Murong clan was clearly not attacked, but during the battle of Dafeichuan, they always gathered their troops and shrunk in Fuqi City.

After that battle, Datang began to strictly examine the caravans heading to Tuyuhun, and at the same time increased the proportion of tariffs collected.

At the same time, troops kept coming and going around Fuqi City, as if they would rush into Fuqi City the next moment.

Throughout the winter, the entire Fuqi City fell into a state of panic.

Years ago, Murong Nuohebo followed Li Xuan and Liu Shenli back to Chang'an. Except for the routine interview at Honglu Temple, no one else saw him at all.

Let alone an emperor.Even today, during the Zhengdan Dynasty, countless foreign envoys paid tribute, and Tuyuhun was assigned to the last place.

You know, this is the time when King Murong Nuohebo of Tuyuhun personally entered the palace.

The King of Kings was ranked last, which shows the anger of the entire Tang Dynasty towards Tuyuhun.

"I, Prince Consort, Prince of Xiping County, King of Tuyuhun, Khan of Wudiye Boledou, Murong Nuohebo, pay homage to Your Majesty and wish Your Majesty a long life." Murong Nuohebo knelt down and worshiped on the ground.

Although Murong Nuohebo was removed from the official positions of Governor of Anle Prefecture and General Zuo Xiaowei, he was still the Commander-in-Chief of the Tang Dynasty and the Prince of Xiping County.

Murong placed these two titles first, which shows his humble attitude.

Li Zhi's indifferent gaze fell on Murong Nuohebo. After scanning it twice, he finally raised his hand calmly: "Get back on your feet."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Murong Nuobo stood up, then reached out and opened the wooden box in front of him. The whole box only contained a piece of green jade as big as the box.

The emerald green jade, which was square and square but emitted a soft light, immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Murong Nuohebo quickly raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this is a rare treasure that I found deep in the Kunlun Mountains. I present it to Your Majesty today. I wish Your Majesty endless blessings and longevity."

"There are rumors that when Bian He found the Heshi Bi, it looked like an ordinary stone. It was finally cut by microdermabrasion and became the Heshi Bi." Li Zhi looked at Murong Nuohebo, satisfied. He nodded and said, "Ai Qing is interested."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Murong Nuohebo quickly bowed and said at the same time: "Your Majesty, it is your destiny to live a long life and enjoy endless blessings."

Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction and said: "The Tang Dynasty was ordered by heaven to live a long and prosperous life."

"The Tang Dynasty is destined by heaven to live a long and prosperous life; your majesty is destined by heaven to live a long life without borders." All the officials knelt down to congratulate him at the same time.

Li Zhi smiled and then waved his hand to the side.

Wang Fulai immediately stepped forward, unfolded the imperial edict in his hand, and read loudly: "In the third year of Wei Yifeng, the year of Wuyin, the first month of Guichou, the first day of Yihai, the emperor Ruo said:
Yu play!

The husband became a prosperous country and sent deep love to Yue Mu.

The secretary of the silk-lun sect is sent to the palace, and the curtains are presented to him. His position is only important.I hope you will be prosperous and prosperous, and you will be close to the virtuous people.

There is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the public judge of Pengcheng County, with profound knowledge and enlightenment; he is also civil and military, and his achievements are well-known.

Use it with cicada er, which is suitable for court proceedings.

In order to examine the ceremony, you can stay in the palace and hold the Ministry of Works Minister's Book, and the rest will remain as before.

I admire this life, and I will give it to the world. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty may live forever." Liu Shenli suppressed the excitement in his heart and saluted seriously.

Although Liu Shenli knew very early that he would be inspecting the Ministry of Industry as a minister, but the imperial decree would change every day.

Today, in the Zhengdan Dynasty, the emperor worships him as prime minister in front of hundreds of officials, clan members, foreign envoys, officials, senior citizens and young people, which shows his trust.

Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction, then turned sideways to look at Wang Fulai.

Wang Fulai continued to take out the imperial edict and read: "In the third year of Wei Yifeng, it was Wuyin, the first month of Guichou, and the first day of Yihai. Emperor Ruo said:
...He served as the governor of Daizhou, the Duke of Pingyang County Xue Li, the general of Zuowei who inspected the school, and suppressed the northern Xinjiang..."

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty, Xue Li. Your Majesty may live forever." Xue Rengui, dressed in bright light armor, walked out solemnly.

The reason why the emperor asked him to review General Zuowei instead of transferring him back from Daizhou was because the Turks were uneasy and needed to be suppressed.

"In the third year of Wei Yifeng... he appointed Cen Changqian, the governor of Suizhou, as secretary supervisor..."

"Your Majesty, Cen Changqian, thanks you for your kindness. Your Majesty may live forever." Cen Changqian stood up, then knelt down to receive the order.

"In the third year of Wei Yifeng... the Governor's Office of Changzhou was established, and the governor of Changzhou was appointed. Wang Xuan of Nanchang was the Governor of Changzhou, and he inspected the general Zuowei and inspected the young minister of Honglu Temple..."

"Your Majesty, Li Xuan, thank you for your kindness. Your Majesty may live forever." Li Xuan stood up and accepted the order solemnly.

The moment he lowered his head, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The left-guard general who inspects the school is still in his hands.

……

"In the third year of Wei Yifeng... he was awarded the crown prince Li Na of King Han as a farewell driver in Hangzhou..."

"In the third year of Wei Yifeng... I granted Li Xu, the crown prince of King Huo, the title of Jiangzhou's farewell..."

……

After a long time, the hall was filled with people kneeling.

Attendant Zhao Renben stepped forward and knelt down in the center of the hall again.

Holding the memorial memorial in his hand, Zhao Renben said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I wish to congratulate you. The ceremony has been completed!"

On the imperial couch, Li Zhi nodded slightly and raised his hand: "Xing!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Renben stood up, Liu Shenli stood up, Cen Changqian stood up, Li Xuan stood up, and all the officials in the palace stood up, bowed and retreated into the train.

Li Zhi raised his head and looked at the ministers in the palace, and said solemnly: "In the second year of Yifeng, thanks to the hard work of all the ministers, the country's fortunes have become increasingly prosperous, but now it is far from the time when the swords and guns are stored in the warehouse and the horses are released in Nanshan. This year, there are still more I hope you will continue to work hard and serve the country well."

After a slight pause, Li Zhi said with a gentle expression: "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it is also the anniversary of the emperor's grandson. Later, the Liangyi Palace will prepare rich delicacies, please enjoy it!"

"I obey the order, and thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." The ministers bowed their heads solemnly.

"Dang-dang-dang-dang!" Ruibin's bell rang, and the music of Taihe played.

"At the end of the dynasty, the saint came out and held a banquet for the ministers in Liangyi Hall."

"Your Majesty is being sent off respectfully, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

……

Li Xuan slowly walked out of the Tai Chi Hall, looked at Li Ne and Li Xu who looked surprised, and said in her heart: "The emperor's actions are indeed unconstrained."

One is Jiangzhou and the other is Hangzhou.

The emperor's purpose may not be that simple.

There is also Ming Chongyan.

This time the emperor remained calm and suppressed all his movements. I don't know what he would think.

(End of this chapter)