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

Chapter 1018 Li Xuan accuses, the prince watches

In the back hall, Liu Rengui was sitting above, looking at Li Xuan with a half-smile.

Li Xuan raised her head, faced Liu Rengui, and said unusually calmly: "My father-in-law is a humble man, and the King of England is a lot of mischief. On the contrary, there are many bachelors around the King Xiang, so they are suitable for each other."

"What about the prince?" Liu Rengui looked serious.

Li Xuan's eyes were filled with surprise, and then she said: "There are too many children from aristocratic families around the prince. Although my Liu family is not inferior to them, and I have my father-in-law as the prime minister, the children of the five surnames and seven families may not be willing to compromise. Therefore, there is no need to approach the prince."

"Prince!" Liu Rengui took a deep breath and said, "Does the virtuous son-in-law know that the prince is planning to transfer Shiro to serve as the prince's assistant?"

"No!" Li Xuan was startled, and then stood up and said: "The prince has a high position and his father-in-law rarely participates in such things, so it's better not to get involved."

"So, it would be appropriate to arrange for Silang to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to become a bachelor of literature, right?" Liu Rengui's eyes flickered.

Li Xuan nodded seriously, cupped her hands and said, "It's extremely appropriate."

Li Xian is bound to be eliminated, Li Xian is Li Xuan's desperate move, and Li Dan is the best life-saving trump card.

Eggs cannot be put in the same basket. Li Xuan understands this truth.

"Okay." Liu Rengui said calmly, "There is another matter. The prince is going to petition His Majesty to promote you to inspect the prince's affairs."

"Prince Shao Zhan is responsible for inspecting the school." Li Xuan thought for a moment and said softly: "Your Majesty will not agree, if..."

"Do you really want to escape from the East Palace?" Liu Rengui interrupted Li Xuan directly, with a heavy expression on his face.

The higher-level inspection of Prince Shao Zhan was clearly within reach, but in the eyes of Li Xuan and Liu Rengui, it was a hot potato that they could ignore.

Li Xuan did not directly answer Liu Rengui's question, but asked directly: "Yue Weng, what did your Majesty say?"

"The memorial has not been sent to His Majesty yet, but you are right. Your Majesty will definitely not allow it." Liu Rengui shook his head.

Prince Shao Zhan's involvement in the East Palace affairs was too much, and with Li Xuan's status, it was even more inappropriate.

"That's good." Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Since last year, he has wanted to resign from the post of Dr. Zuo Zanshan, Prince Inspector of the School, but the palace refused.

By this year, he could only let others see his threat by getting more involved in the affairs of the East Palace.

In this case, as long as the prince wants to take a step further with him, the palace will immediately approve his resignation as soon as it is submitted.

In this way, the relationship between Li Xuan and Dong Gong will be completely severed.

This is Li Xuan's method of operation.

Ming Chongyan is about to die, and Li Xian is undoubtedly the biggest scapegoat.

Of course, it is very possible that Li Xian is also looking for an opportunity to try to kill Ming Chongyan.

It is very likely that the person who will kill Ming Chongyan in the future will indeed be Li Xian.

Once it reaches that point, it will be difficult for Li Xian to secure his position as prince.

If treason is involved again, whoever gets involved will be unlucky.

……

"Tell me, why do you always dislike the prince?" Liu Rengui picked up the hot tea on the side and took a sip.

"My father-in-law is wrong. How dare my son-in-law not be optimistic about the prince?" Li Xuan sighed softly, with a hint of melancholy on his face, and said softly: "In the early years, my son-in-law also gave advice to the prince, asking him to read more of "The Former Han Dynasty" "Book", it is best to compile it, be more open-minded, and don't stare at the "Book of the Later Han", but after a few years, the "Book of the Later Han·Annotations" was compiled, but there is no sound in the Book of the Former Han... The governance of the country There is a discrepancy in the Tao, and even more so."

"The prince still listens to your words. At least the prince and the princess now have the emperor's eldest grandson, right?" Liu Rengui's light words aroused Li Xuan's desire to talk more.

"After you have the emperor's eldest grandson, you should focus more on the political affairs of the court." At this point, Li Xuan felt like there was an uncontrollable fire in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said, "If it was last year, the prince would have followed the instructions of his son-in-law." Said that grains were prepared from the south of the Yangtze River..."

"The prince has already done it." Liu Rengui frowned, looked at Li Xuan and said, "The prince has already done what you said."

"It's only half done." Li Xuan shook his head and said seriously: "What Sun-in-law said at that time was that he hoped that the prince could transfer grain from the south to the north, renovate rivers, and build water conservancy projects. If he could go one step further to inventory the fields and pay taxes, troops……

In this way, not only can the food shortage last year be avoided, but if you do well and make contributions by transporting food, then this year, when the vacancy of Minister of the Ministry of Industry becomes available, someone in the East Palace will be able to directly take his place. "

Credit, in Datang, credit is always the stepping stone to a higher level.

If last year, Li Xian did more business in water and grain roads, then this year, when the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry becomes vacant, he will have someone in his hands who can take over.

If Li Xian's people can take over, Wu Chengsi won't make so many moves in the future, Ming Chongyan won't take advantage of the situation, and there won't be so many things.

"Renovating rivers and constructing water conservancy projects are not easy tasks, let alone checking the fields." Liu Rengui shook his head slightly, with a solemn look on his face.

"Yue Weng, who in the court doesn't know that these things are not easy, but it is precisely because it is not easy that the prince needs to do it, so that the Tang Dynasty can prosper and your majesty will not be so tired." After Li Xuan finished speaking, he stood up and faced the Ming Dynasty. The direction of the palace is handed over.

……

"Okay, let's not talk about the prince." Liu Rengui waved his hand directly and said: "In a few days, you will set off. What are your thoughts on the war with Tubo this year?"

"My son-in-law originally planned to rest and recuperate for a year this year, stock up on food and grass, renovate military equipment, recruit party soldiers, and prepare for the march to Supi next year, but His Majesty has a purpose, so this year, we must take action against Tubo, but at this time, it is best It’s better to choose the hot weather in summer, when the plateau miasma is at its weakest.”

Li Xuan mentioned the word "plateau miasma" again, and Liu Rengui had to nod.

Although the emperor ordered them to capture all the gold mines in Supi this year, he did not stipulate a specific time, which can be considered. "In addition." Li Xuan looked at Liu Rengui carefully and whispered: "It is said that the Tubo envoy has written a letter about Qinling. I think Qinling must know about it. When the time comes, one of them will attack the gold mine, and the other will If we advance in ambush and finally reach Qamdo, we can force the army to return halfway to Qilun Ling, or we can intercept and kill them on the way..."

In Li Xuan's few words, a series of strategies had already appeared under his words.

Liu Rengui raised his eyebrows, and then sighed softly: "Sure enough, the most suitable person for you is the Minister of War."

Li Xuan smiled lightly and said, "Why don't you ask Your Majesty, Yue Weng, to let your grandson-in-law return to the court and serve as Minister of War?"

Liu Rengui glared at Li Xuan for a moment and said angrily: "Forget it, with your temperament, if you really want to be transferred back to Chang'an, I'm afraid the entire court will not be able to live in peace."

Liu Rengui is the person who knows Li Xuan best. No one knows better than him what role he plays in the recent storm.

Wu Chengsi was unlucky, but the real unlucky one was Ming Chongyan.

All the things Ming Chongyan had done were exposed by Li Xuan, and the emperor even gritted his teeth and demanded Ming Chongyan's life.

It's just that it's not that easy to kill Ming Chongyan. If you're not careful, you will be counterattacked by Empress Wu.

Liu Rengui recovered his thoughts, looked at Li Xuan and said, "You'd better leave Chang'an as soon as possible. The sooner you return to Changzhou, the better."

"My son-in-law also wanted to go back, but it was hard to fight on the front line. When Duke Pengcheng returned to the court, he brought most of the craftsmen back to Chang'an. If my son-in-law wants to attack Supi this time, he must first cross the Tongtian River. So we need to transfer some people there." Li Xuan had a pleading look on her face.

"Write a memorial and send it to the Shangshu Province. The Shangshu Province will send it to the Ministry of Industry. As for how many people can be seconded, it depends on your own ability." After Liu Rengui finished speaking, he looked at Li Xuan and said, "Tell me again One thing about you, His Majesty has decided to send Pei Zilong of the Ministry of Punishment to the west, so you should pay attention to it."

Pei Yan visited the west.

Li Xuan's expression suddenly became solemn, and then she asked in a deep voice: "Where is the route?"

"Taozhou, Hezhou, Lanzhou, Shanzhou, Changzhou, East Tuyuhun, Shazhou, Suzhou, Ganzhou, Liangzhou, and finally return to Chang'an." Liu Rengui said softly.

"So, you can't go to Maduo?" Li Xuan's eyes couldn't help but flash.

"If you don't want to go, the most you can do is go to Wuhai to take a look." Liu Rengui shook his head and said, "Pei Zilong is nearly sixty years old. Ma should go there and see what happens if something happens." Liu Rengui looked up and took a deep look at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved her hands with a wry smile on her face, but did not speak.

……

"Speaking of age." Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan seriously and said, "This year is His Majesty's fiftieth birthday, July 21st. Remember to send back a congratulatory gift."

"Here!" Li Xuan handed over his hand seriously. The emperor was born in the second year of Zhenguan, and he is exactly 50 years old this year.

Li Zhi is very concerned about this age.

Because his father Li Shimin only lived 50 years and six months, by the end of this year, Li Zhi will be older than Li Shimin.

This will be another feat for a son to surpass his father.

This is especially true for Li Zhi.

Li Xuan knew clearly that Liu Rengui was reminding him in disguise that Pei Yan's Western Tour would end either after or before July 21.

Li Xuan already knew about this matter.

"By the way, Zhao'er is already three months old, right? Should we celebrate her three-month birthday first?" Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan, because if he calculated carefully, Li Xuan would definitely not be in Chang'an on Li Zhizhao's first birthday.

"Okay, just listen to Yue Weng." Li Xuan paused briefly and said, "Then let's do it on the eighth day of the lunar month. The day is just right."

Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan instantly and said, "On the eighth day of the eighth day of the lunar month, is this okay?"

Li Xuan married Qu Dou'er on the sixth day of the lunar month, and celebrated his eldest son's three-month birthday on the eighth day of the lunar month, which was a bit excessive.

Li Xuan shook her head and said: "The eighth day of the lunar month is just right. Some things must be explained thoroughly, otherwise troubles will easily occur... And once it is decided, it will be a huge difficulty to do anything."

Liu Rengui nodded thoughtfully and said, "You are right, it is true."

Li Xuan smiled. Although he was talking about himself, he was alluding to Li Xian.

Weng and his son-in-law talked about other things for a while, and then Li Xuan withdrew from the back hall.

At this moment, a figure slowly turned out from the back of the hall. It was none other than Prince Li Xian in casual clothes.

……

"Prime Minister Zuo, did I really do something wrong last year?" Li Xian stood in the hall with a hint of regret in his expression.

Last year, he did plan to divert grain from the south to the north and renovate the river as Li Xuan said, but he had just started to renovate the river and he had already encountered many difficulties.

Finally, under resistance from all parties, Li Xian had to withdraw his hand.

"Your Highness did not understand what the King of Nanchang meant." Liu Rengui stood next to Li Xian and whispered: "Your Highness, it is a merit to repair the river, it is a merit to conquer the front line, it is a merit to strictly enforce the law, and it is a merit to rectify the household registration, and it is a merit to be good at etiquette. Happiness is merit, and official administration during the Qingming Festival is also merit."

Li Xian was stunned for a moment, then said: "Xian knows what to do."

"As for the matter of the prince's family, let's forget it." Li Xian waved his hand, then walked out of the hall, and finally left the Liu Mansion through the side door.

Liu Rengui watched Li Xian leave and sighed softly: "It's not easy to be the prince's guest."

(End of this chapter)