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

Chapter 1068 Killing and setting fire to the King of Nanchang

Jade Dragon Garden, front courtyard and main hall.

Li Xuan stood in the hall, smiled bitterly and handed the greeting card in his hand to Zhao Gong.

Zhao Gong sat at the top, put down the tea that Li Xuan handed him personally, and took the invitation with some surprise.

Opening the greeting note, there are only four words on it: three years.

"What does this mean?" Zhao Gong looked at this headless thing with a confused look on his face.

Li Xuan smiled bitterly and cupped her hands, saying, "Uncle, do you still remember the Lord of Guangping County?"

"Lord of Guangping County?" Zhao Gong thought for a while, then his face changed slightly and said, "It is the daughter of the Pei family that you personally rescued from the demon girl of Tianyin Sect. Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven took pity on her miserable life experience and gave her a gift. The Pei daughter who was granted the title of Lord of Guangping County is now accompanying the acting princess?"

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded with a wry smile.

Since the filial emperor Li Hong died of illness and Li Xian succeeded him as the crown prince, Li Hong's crown prince Pei Shi stepped back and became the acting princess.

Daiwang is the title Li Hong held before he was crowned prince.

"What is the three-year period... Yes, it's been three years, and the period of filial piety is over." Zhao Gong suddenly glared at Li Xuan and said bitterly: "Why have you incurred all the romantic debts?"

Li Xuan smiled bitterly and cupped her hands, saying: "She was still young back then. If she had to do this, my nephew could only vaguely agree, thinking that in three years, when she grows up, she will be more sober and find a good husband. Who knows? …”

Li Xuan had almost forgotten about Pei Shitong. In the past three years, the two had no contact at all.

I originally thought that the Pei family would arrange everything, but why did they suddenly run out again.

Zhao Gong glared at Li Xuan again, and then asked: "What are your plans? If you don't want to, can she forcefully marry her?"

"It's not what my nephew wants, it's what the Pei family wants."

Li Xuan looked at Zhao Gong, her expression became serious, and said: "Uncle, she is an orphan. She has been alone for three years, and she still remembers this incident, especially now that she takes the initiative. If my nephew refuses directly, it will be too hurtful. "

"I didn't expect that the King of Nanchang, who was decisive in killing in the northwest, turned out to be a gentle seed." Zhao Gong snorted coldly, rolled his eyes at Li Xuan, and said: "In other words, you don't intend to refuse at all now, you want Ah My uncle came to visit the Pei family... No, you want your uncle to go and find out the Pei family's attitude towards your proposal. If the Pei family agrees, you will agree. Isn't it... You really have a wishful thinking. ah!"

"Uncle, please don't say that. My nephew definitely doesn't have such thoughts." Li Xuan quickly waved her hands and explained: "You really can't refuse it too actively, because it involves the acting princess... Uncle, be careful. Some."

Zhao Gong was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "You are worried that others will say that you are disrespectful to the emperor."

Li Xuan nodded with a wry smile and said: "After all, the filial piety to the emperor is just such a widow. When King Yong established the new crown prince, Princess Dai was originally going to become a monk in the Taiqing Palace in the north of the city, but later because her nephew and the prince discussed it, Princess Dai moved to Prince Yong's Mansion, Prince Yong's Mansion was abolished and changed to Prince Dai's Mansion. Now the Prince Concubine has to wait for the prince, or the King of England, or the Prime Minister to have an heir, which is better than following the filial piety of the emperor, but now only the prince has an eldest grandson...

Princess Dai has always been in poor health. If something happens to Princess Dai because of Xuan's incident, then Xuan may be in big trouble. "

"You!" Zhao Gong took a deep look at Li Xuan and said, "If it weren't for the matter of Princess Dai, no one would pay attention to it..."

"What's wrong?" Li Xuan saw Zhao Gong stunned and was a little confused for a moment.

Zhao Gong came back to his senses, shook his head slightly, and said: "There is something behind this matter that is not that simple. The Pei family made a mistake in respecting the emperor. Now that the prince has been deposed, they have begun to take action on the king of England, and you are their The best chess piece."

"In other words, even if my nephew refuses, they will think of other ways?" Li Xuan's face darkened.

Li Xian had already begun preparations to succeed the crown prince several years before Li Hong's death.

He was surrounded by people who placed bets in advance.

But Li Xian is different.

Although there are people around Li Xian, there are not many wealthy families who have really invested heavily in him.

Only the Wei family and the Cui family had two women as concubines by Li Xian's side.

After Zhao Qi's death, the Zhao family has gradually become alienated from Li Xian. It is not surprising that the Pei family wants to bet on Li Xian.

But this is not an easy task.

Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the prince's status is in danger, so at this time, the one with the best chance of inheriting the throne is Li Xian.

At this time, the Wei Cui family would naturally increase their investment in Li Xian.

The Wei family is naturally Wei Xiang'er, the daughter of Wei Xuanzhen, the county magistrate of Wannian County; the Cui family is the daughter of the Cui family of Qinghe, and is related to Li Xuan's aunt Cui.

The Wei family and the Cui family have already taken the lead, so naturally they will not let the Pei family intervene easily.

So the best person to start here is Li Xuan.

Let’s not talk about whether Li Xuan will refuse. Even if Li Xuan refuses, they can still use other means, such as the Queen of Heaven.

"Your principal concubine, as well as your side concubines, are all given marriages by the Queen of Heaven. It's no big deal to add another one." Zhao Gong looked at Li Xuan deeply and said, "In this way, you will bear the mark of the Queen of Heaven." That’s a lot, you have to be careful, if you do anything against the Queen in the future, you will be said to be ungrateful.”

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then her expression became solemn.

He never thought that things could be viewed from this perspective.

"So, the Queen is also willing." Li Xuan already understood something.

This is not a big trick, but it is the spider silk that Empress Wu keeps covering his body layer by layer. Li Xuan suddenly laughed, shook his head, and said: "Uncle, you are overthinking. The Queen is wise and wise, and sees thousands of miles. What can my nephew have against the Queen... The rest is actually just the nephew's suggestion. His suggestions, such as the Qinghai-Tibet battle strategy in recent years, will be adopted by the Queen of Heaven as long as they make sense."

Zhao Gong nodded slowly. Although Empress Wu has been in power these years, to be honest, she still sees the overall situation very clearly.

The same goes for Li Xuan, saying that it's not a deliberate objection, it's just looking at the problem from a different perspective. As long as it makes sense, everyone can be persuaded.

Besides, what fundamental contradictions would there be between them?

"The imperial edict has arrived. Zhao Gong, the court official, and Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang, will receive the edict!"

The sudden sound made Li Xuan and Zhao Gong feel solemn at the same time. Li Xuan said, "Uncle, there is news from Chang'an."

……

"...According to Qianniuwei's inspection, since July, the Turks have been thinking about returning, and more than half of them want to return. Zhao Gong, the current official of the imperial court, is the Turks' pacifier, inspecting General Youwei and inspecting the young master of Honglu Temple. Prince Xuan of Nanchang County is your deputy envoy to pacify the Turks.

A thousand right-guard cavalry were transferred to Luoyang City and placed under the command of Zhao Gong, the court council official. The King of Nanchang assisted in properly handling the Turkic affairs and approved of this. "Qian Niuwei read out the imperial edict loudly.

"I will accept the order." Li Xuan and Zhao Gong held their hands together at the same time, looking solemn.

The imperial edict fell heavily into Zhao Gong's hands.

Neither Li Xuan nor Zhao Gong expected that the Turkic incident would be so serious.

Half of the 100,000 Turks wanted to return home, which was beyond Li Xuan's original expectations.

The situation is much worse than expected.

Zhao Gong looked at Li Xuan and asked, "Dalang, how are you going to deal with the Turks?"

Although there are not as many Turks in Luoyang City as there are in Chang'an, there are still around 30,000 or 40,000, and most of them are Turks from northern Youzhou.

These Turks gathered together in Luoyang, and now they are thinking about returning. If something really happens, these Turks will immediately riot, which will be difficult to deal with.

Not to mention that they are also connected to the Demon Sect.

"If His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven had ordered the killing, my nephew could have killed 30,000 to 40,000 Turks with these thousand cavalry in his hands. However, the Holy Mandate properly handles the matter of Turks wanting to return, so the Turks cannot be treated. If you want to force yourself, you can only use other means." Li Xuan looked solemn.

Zhao Gong stood aside and listened. When he saw that Li Xuan was not panicked, he knew that he already had thoughts about the Turks.

"Threat them with threats, lure them with benefits, move them with emotion, and enlighten them with reason." Li Xuan calmly stated her preparation methods.

Zhao Gong heard clearly that Li Xuan's focus was on the first eight characters.

"Tell me specifically, what should we do?" Zhao Gong looked straight at Li Xuan.

"Kill people first." Li Xuan smiled softly and said, "Uncle, do you still remember the Dahe Gang yesterday? They mobilized 300 right guards, 200 Jinwu guards, and all the policemen from Luoyang County, Henan Province to surround them. The Dahe Gang is stationed, rush in, kill all those with knives, kill all those who resist, and make the noise louder."

"You want to kill the chicken to scare the monkey." Zhao Gong nodded suddenly, but then frowned and said, "But it's not enough."

"Of course it's not enough." Li Xuan's face showed a slight coldness, and he looked to the southwest and said softly: "The remaining eight hundred right-guard cavalry are standing on horseback on the long street outside Guangli Square, with armor on their upper bodies, swords, guns and scabbards. The crossbow is cocked and ready to go, ready to attack at any time to kill all the Turks in Guanglifang..."

Li Xuan's tone became faster and faster, and even Zhao Gong couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster when he heard it.

"Don't..." Zhao Gong immediately stopped Li Xuan, took a deep breath, and said, "Are you sure you just want to scare them and not really kill them all?"

"Of course." Li Xuan laughed again, but even when facing his own uncle, the white teeth in his mouth were still a bit scary.

Zhao Gong's eyelids couldn't help but twitch, he took Li Xuan's arm and said, "Don't act recklessly. If something happens to the Turks, the whole of Luoyang will be in chaos."

"Don't worry, uncle." Li Xuan waved his hands with a smile and said, "There are only tens of thousands of Turks. As long as Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven have an imperial edict, my nephew guarantees that they will definitely be able to kill the Turks before they really make any noise. It’s so clean that the people in Luoyang won’t even notice.”

Zhao Gong was completely stunned. He looked at Li Xuan in disbelief: "You can do this?"

"It's not difficult." Li Xuan patted Zhao Gong's arm and said with a smile: "Uncle, if you ask people to set up a bonfire outside the gate of Guangli Fang, they will understand everything. "

Four words instantly appeared in Zhao Gong's mind: murder and arson.

What does it matter if you only kill people and don't set fires? Killing people and setting fires at the same time is the most consistent style of killing a god on the battlefield.

Zhao Gong looked at Li Xuan, who still had a gentle expression in front of him. At this moment, he could clearly see the deep and surging bloody meaning behind Li Xuan.

Shaking his head, Zhao Gong said with emotion: "In just a few years, you have already become a proud soldier."

"Uncle, you are wrong." Li Xuan shook his head calmly and said, "My nephew is not a arrogant general. My nephew is the governor of a border state with hundreds of thousands of households, 20,000 elite cavalry, and 100,000 Turks. , Even if they are placed on the grassland, my nephew can kill them all."

Li Xuan turned to look in the direction of the grassland and said softly: "The Turks have been naturalized in the Tang Dynasty for decades and have not heard of war for many years. Even if they occasionally have one or two heroes, they cannot stop their men from fighting for a long time. Even if they forcefully raise troops and start a war, It must be considered a defeat. Of course, this is just the first battle..."

"What if it wasn't the first battle?" Zhao Gong keenly heard Li Xuan's hesitation.

"If hundreds of thousands of Turks die, they should be able to have a brave and capable cavalry. At that time, they will be difficult to deal with... At that time, they will truly have the foundation of a country." Li Xuan's face became solemn. .

(End of this chapter)