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

Chapter 1091 The emperor ordered the prince to leave the capital

Luoyang Imperial Palace, in the East Palace.

Li Xuan walked in from the door with a surprised look on his face. Looking at the dozens of East Palace officials who were walking around and busy, he couldn't believe it. Li Xian actually left Chang'an and came to Luoyang.

Incomparable absurdity arose in his heart: Li Xian, is he crazy?

Entering the main hall of the East Palace, Li Xian, Liu Nayan, Xue Yao, and other princes gathered together to discuss something in a low voice.

Li Xuan stopped at the door, then solemnly raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, King Nanchang, Governor Xuan of Changzhou pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Uncle Wang is here." Li Xian couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He looked around at the East Palace staff, smiled and waved his hands, and said, "You guys continue your work, and I'll have a chat with Uncle Wang."

"Here!" Everyone bowed slightly to Li Xian, then looked at Li Xuan, and bowed again. Li Xuan quickly raised her hand: "Everyone, please stand up."

"Uncle Wang, come this way." Li Xian walked over with a big smile, took Li Xuan's wrist and walked into the inner hall.

Li Xian is tall, wearing a bright yellow python robe that fits perfectly. He walks with dignity.

"Uncle Wang, please sit down." Li Xian asked Li Xuan to sit down, and then looked at him and said: "Originally, Uncle Wang was on marriage leave, so I shouldn't disturb Uncle Wang, but something happened in Luoyang recently, and I felt it was really bad. Please handle it and ask Uncle Wang for help."

"Your Highness, please speak." Li Xuan quickly stood up and held his hands seriously.

The moment he lowered his head, he was thinking quickly.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for the emperor to let Li Xian leave Chang'an and come to Luoyang easily. There must be something going on.

"It's still about checking the fields." Li Xian looked solemn, and then said: "I was alone in Chang'an, checking the fields in Luozhou. Everything was going well, and then suddenly I found that a piece of land could not be found."

"Can't find it?" Li Xuan's face was full of astonishment, and then asked: "How come it can't be found?"

"It can't be found. It's not in the files of the Ministry of Revenue, it's not in the files of Luozhou Prefecture, it's not even in the files of Luoyang County." Li Xian shook his head gently.

"Then who took this land?" Li Xuan's expression became solemn.

The earth is there, and it is impossible to say that it is no longer there.

As long as you check on the ground, the relevant people will naturally jump out.

"Gu sent people to Luoyang County and indeed found the land, but there was no document recording any information about the land in Luoyang County. It was difficult to find the landowner who owned the land, and then they discovered that just last year, that land A landowner has been beaten to death, his family has been exiled, and there are no clues at all." Li Xian couldn't help but sigh.

"Then how did His Highness find this field in the first place?" Li Xuan looked serious.

Li Xian suddenly appeared in Luoyang and suddenly called him to the East Palace. There must be trouble for him.

"It was found in the old archives of the Zhenguan period. However, the land is no longer in the current archives of the Ministry of Household Affairs. However, once the land was checked, it was there, but it was not in the archives everywhere, and there was no expropriation. There are no tax records or sealed files, but I just don’t know who the current landlord is?" Li Xian couldn't help but spread his hands to Li Xuan.

"Your Highness must have found out something. You might as well tell him directly, but what difficulties have you encountered?" Li Xuan looked at Li Xian seriously.

Li Xian is the prince and has been ordered to inspect the land of Luozhou. Anyone who obstructs him can be killed first and reported later.

Now that Li Xian is so scrupulous, he is probably not meeting ordinary people.

"According to the criminal department files of the landowner, we finally found Wei Hongji, the prisoner of the Shaofu who was left behind in Luoyang." Li Xian stood up in person and placed the tea brought by the maid on the table next to Li Xuan. .

Li Xuan quickly stood up and took the tea cup.

Slowly sitting down, Li Xuan frowned, and then asked: "Your Highness, what happened to this place in the end?"

"It's gone. It's not in any of the various treasury files. It's not just the land where people pay taxes, it's also the land where officials and nobles are exempted from tax. There's nothing in it." After a slight pause, Li Xian said: "There's not much land here. It’s only a few hundred acres, but it’s of a very serious nature, and if you’re not careful, it’s a crime of treason.”

Li Xuan nodded gently. Generally, officials and nobles steal people's fields by borrowing, usurping, super-attaching, or hiding. Moreover, hiding is also the kind where they secretly mine the land without going to the government to register it. .

But the current situation is tantamount to grabbing all the acres that originally belonged to heaven and earth into individual hands.

The so-called Pu Tianxia is not the king's land.

Luoyang, Chang'an, and all the registered mountains and rivers in the world belong to the emperor, and even everything as far as the eye can see belongs to the emperor.

But now, someone has quietly erased a part of the land from the list of mountains and rivers.

The nature is extremely bad.

"This shouldn't be like this." Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Li Xian, frowned and said, "Wei Shaofu is not a domineering person, and he is a third-grade Shaofu supervisor. How could he not understand the serious nature of this? , this matter seems a bit strange."

"That's right." Li Xian nodded and said: "I thought so too, so I wanted to find someone who worked under Wei Shaofu first, but I couldn't find him. Maybe this person has... today I asked Wang Uncle, I just hope that Uncle Wang can find out the truth from where to start?"

Li Xuan's brows furrowed even more tightly, and she asked in confusion: "Why doesn't Your Highness directly go to Wei Shaofu to inquire about the truth?"

"Firstly, it's because there is no evidence. Secondly, the Shangyang Palace that Wei Hongji is currently responsible for building has reached a critical moment. If there is no evidence to interrupt, it will be troublesome to delay the construction schedule."

After a slight pause, Li Xian said with some embarrassment: "The third time I came, I also wanted to ask Uncle Wang to take a look at the progress of the construction of Shangyang Palace. It has been several years. Every year, it is said that it is almost completed, but it never can be completed."

Li Xuan knocked on the table gently, her frown still untied.

He doesn't understand.

If Li Xian wants to do something like this, he can just do it.

So what if Wei Hongji was responsible for building Shangyang Palace?

If something happens to him, there are plenty of people in the world who can take over. Liu Shenli, Yang Wulian, Huang Rensu, Li Xuan, and even Liu Nayan can take over. Why should he be so cautious?

"Your Highness is worried that this land issue has anything to do with the palace?" Li Xuan raised an eyebrow and looked at Li Xian.

Li Xian nodded sheepishly, and then said cautiously: "What if this is someone else's trap again?"

"If Your Highness believes me in this matter, then I will help Your Highness to investigate tonight. I believe there should be results tomorrow morning." Li Xuan raised her head and looked at Li Xian seriously.

Li Xian was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Now I'm going to trouble Uncle Wang."

"It doesn't matter." Li Xuan stood up, then cupped his hands and said, "In this case, I will leave first."

"Send Uncle Wang off alone."

"Your Highness, stay."

…    Li Xuan walked slowly out of the East Palace. Along the way, he greeted others gently without leaving any flaws.

After leaving the East Palace and getting on the carriage, Li Xuan's face immediately turned cold: "Go back home."

"Yes!" Li Zhu immediately urged the horses to slowly leave the palace.

In the carriage, Li Xuan's face turned completely gloomy.

Li Xian, this bastard, is actually digging a hole for him.

What happened to Wei Hongji must be true. He must have made a mistake, and it was a very serious mistake.

If Li Xian dealt with Wei Hongji forcefully, there would be no problem at all.

Find a censor to impeach directly. No matter what, you can still do it.

You can even go to Di Renjie directly, and Di Renjie can impeach Wei Hongji to death.

But Li Xian was obviously worried about this.

Although he found out about this matter, it was the emperor who asked him to come to Luoyang.

How could the prince of a country leave the East Palace so easily.

If the emperor is in Chang'an, then Li Xian should stay in Chang'an.

If the emperor is in Luoyang, then Li Xian supervises the country, and he should be in Chang'an, unless the emperor summons him to Luoyang.

But now, the emperor is in Chang'an, but he has sent Li Xian to Luoyang. He is the prince, how can he leave the capital so easily!

It is inevitable that there will be traps here.

There are intrigues.

The intrigue surrounding this.

Li Xian was worried that others were harming him.

In other words, he has something in his heart.

Thinking of the joy hidden under Li Xian's worried face, Li Xuan knew in her heart that this matter was not that simple.

Wei Hongji, a close confidant of the emperor and the eunuch of the Shaofu.

A part of the world's financial and tax revenue flowed into the inner treasury. In addition, he was left in Luoyang and supervised the construction of Shangyang Palace. It is self-evident how high his status in the emperor's heart was.

This matter now may not be a good opportunity to win over Wei Hongji.

If it is said that other close officials of the emperor have been in Chang'an all year round, Li Xian's situation may not be unclear.

But Wei Hongji may not know that clearly about Li Xian's situation.

This brings opportunities.

Wei Hongji was born in Jingzhao Weishi Yicheng Public House.

Xicheng Gongfang was originally the residence of the Dongjue Wei family. Later, Wei Hongji's grandfather, Wei Yuanli, the Great Chariot and Cavalry General of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was named the Duke of Baocheng, and his descendants were therefore called the Gongfang of Baocheng.

But this is only three generations, and it is very close to Dongjuan Weishi.

The current matter seems to be done by servants of the Wei family, but it can be completely framed as Wei Hongji's conspiracy.

You can even climb to the entire Dongjuan Webster.

Li Xian asked Li Xuan to come forward to investigate, not necessarily because he really hoped that he could find out something, and he was probably using Li Xuan as a basis to pressure Dongjuan Wei to surrender.

Knock the mountain and shake the tiger.

As for what happened to Li Xuan in the end, whether he quit after getting nothing or whether he really found out something and was blamed by the emperor, that is all Li Xuan's fault.

In addition, there is also a possibility that Li Xian wants to use Li Xuan to investigate this matter to let the outside world know that Li Xuan and Dong Gong are still one.

Although Li Xuan does not have a position in the East Palace now, in fact, Li Xuan is still willing to run for the affairs of the East Palace.

Others' attitudes towards Li Xian will naturally change.

……

The carriage gradually stopped, and Li Xuan in the car couldn't help but sigh.

Li Xian, as well as the entire East Palace, put almost all their plans on Li Xuan, and the relationship between them became so sinister unknowingly.

Li Xuan recalled that there might be another reason for Li Jingye's decision.

At the beginning, Li Jingye was in Yangzhou and Li Xuan was in Changzhou. The east and west sides posed a great threat to Chang'an.

But in this case, Li Jingye died, leaving only Li Xuan, and he was estranged from Dong Gong again.

Li Xian naturally wants to win over him.

"Husband!" Pei Shitong's voice interrupted Li Xuan's thoughts.

Li Xuan opened the car curtain, and Pei Shitong walked quickly to Li Xuan and asked worriedly: "Mr. Lang, is there something wrong with the prince?"

Li Xuan nodded lightly and said: "Tong'er, do me husband a favor. Go through the passage of Pei's house and send a message to Wei Hongji, the eunuch of the Young Mansion, saying that my husband wants to see him."

"it is good!"

(End of this chapter)