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

Chapter 1137 The king of Nanchang is as heavy as a mountain

Outside the Qianyang Palace, Li Xuan, dressed in black clothes and armor, looked dusty and walked out of the palace with a solemn expression.

Under the golden steps of the main hall, a Qianniu guard held Li Xuan's black-sheathed sword over.

Li Xuan calmly took the long sword, straddled her waist, held the hilt in her hand, and moved forward step by step.

The courtiers, guards, and chamberlains coming and going all around looked at Li Xuan with surprised eyes.

Look at the sword in his waist.

I'm a little surprised why he is not holding a long sword in his hand, but holding the hilt in his hand and walking forward step by step?

Li Xuan looked straight at him without any sideways glance, but a glimmer of understanding flashed deep in his eyes.

Why did the emperor let him guard the palace gate?

For many years, Cheng Chubi, the general of Zuojinwu Guard, has been guarding Chengtianmen and Duanmen.

Cheng Chubi, the Duke of Guangping County, was the general of Zuo Jinwu Guard.

The son of Lu Guogong Cheng Yaojin.

For many years, he has been Empress Wu's most trusted minister.

Similarly, Cheng Chubi has always been the emperor's most trusted minister.

Now, Li Xuan has been appointed to temporarily take over Cheng Chubi's gatekeeping duties.

This will surely fall into the eyes of countless ministers and generals inside and outside the city gate, letting them know the emperor's attitude towards Li Xuan.

The first is the clan. This time, many people in the clan have been implicated in the prince's rebellion, and many of them have been placed under house arrest.

Li Xuan now replaces Cheng Chubi to guard the palace gate, which means that the cleanup of the clan has been completed in this case.

With the support of the clan, those peeping eyes on the court will immediately fade away.

It's not necessarily rebellion, it's all greed.

Some people only have home in their eyes and no country.

Once the clan is weak, they will immediately collude with local officials to embezzle people's land, resulting in a sharp drop in local tax revenue and unrest in the country.

Therefore, if the clan is used well, it is the pillar of the emperor; if used improperly, it is a local tumor.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not lack the most accurate understanding of these local affairs.

Li Xuan walked towards Chengtianmen step by step.

On the Chengtian Gate, countless Jinwu guards looked at Li Xuan curiously.

Wearing black clothes and armor, dusty from all the travel, he held a sword hilt in his hand and walked steadily.

It gives people an inexplicable sense of stability.

Everyone's eyes suddenly calmed down.

Li Xuan immediately felt the change, and he understood that this was due to his identity as a right-back general.

The prince was deposed, the military power of Prince Liu was confiscated, and several generals joined the army and committed suicide. Prince Liu was already in panic.

Everything has already spread from Prince Liu Sui to other places.

There is no one who can serve in the Sixth Commandery of the Prince who does not have three relatives and six relatives in the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya.

Gao Zhenxing implicated the entire family because of Gao Qi's incident, and finally had to kill him cruelly.

Even though he was demoted three thousand miles by the emperor because of this incident, Li Xuan believed that he would never regret it.

Because it was his family that was demoted now, but it was the entire Gao family that was released.

Among them was Gao Kan, the Duke of Pingyuan County, who was the Minister of Military Affairs of the school, and his position was more important than the two brothers of the Gao family.

The Gao family is like this, and no other military family can feel at ease.

Now, as a member of the clan and as the frontline commander, Li Xuan was urgently transferred back from the army. Not only was he not punished by the emperor, he was also entrusted with the important task of guarding the gate.

The somewhat turbulent hearts of the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya completely calmed down at this moment.

……

Li Xuan walked up to Chengtian Gate step by step, dressed in black clothes and black armor, and stood out among the many Jinwu guards in red clothes and gold armor.

Cheng Chubi stood in front and raised his hands to Li Xuan: "Your Majesty!"

"Mr. Cheng." Li Xuan returned the salute seriously. Although he was inspecting the right guard generals now, when he was inspecting the left guard generals, Cheng Chubi was still his superior.

Cheng Chubi nodded and took a step back.

Li Xuan stepped forward and stood side by side with Cheng Chubi. In an instant, the entire imperial city appeared in Li Xuan's eyes.

The entire Luoyang City further ahead also appeared in Li Xuan's sight.

"The Chengtian Clan is the most important in the world, even above the Xuanwu Clan. Whoever stands in this position is equivalent to controlling the throat of the entire palace." Cheng Chubi looked ahead and said softly: "Your Highness, be careful, from now on , the prince is already in the eyes of countless people."

Li Xuan paused for a moment, then turned to Cheng Chubi, cupped her hands, and said solemnly, "Thank you, Mr. Cheng, for reminding me."

Cheng Chubi was a trusted minister of the emperor and Empress Wu. Of course, Li Xuan was not as good as Cheng Chubi, but Li Xuan was a trusted minister of Li Xian.

With just one move, the emperor had already hinted to the outer court that the Tang Dynasty was about to get a new crown prince.

Anyone who receives this signal will understand immediately.

Li Xian's matter has been completely concluded and is nearing the end of the process.

At this moment, everyone will abandon their nostalgia for the old prince Li Xian, and then throw themselves into the arms of the new prince Li Xian without hesitation.

With just one chess piece, the emperor had already taken control of people's hearts.

Li Xuan sighed in her heart.

When he was in the main hall before, the emperor was still hesitating about the turmoil that deposing the prince would bring, but in the blink of an eye, he had already come up with clever tricks.

Even before Li Xuan returned to Luoyang, the emperor had already made preparations.

……

Li Xuan turned to look at Cheng Chubi, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Cheng, how long will Xuan be on duty today?"

"Zi Shi, after Zi Shi, Ma Si Zong will be succeeded by Zuo Jinwu Wei Zhonglang." Cheng Chubi looked at Li Xuan with a smile and returned the courtesy and said: "Cheng has never had such a rest. Now that the prince is back, Cheng can take a good rest for a few days."

"Xuan is only a temporary replacement for a few days. The overall situation still needs to be controlled by Mr. Cheng." Li Xuan politely handed over his hand, and then continued to ask: "I'm afraid Xuan won't be able to go home these days. I don't know if he is resting at Zuojinwuwei Yamen. Or...Shang Yao Bureau?"

Li Xuan now also has the responsibility of Shang Yao Fengyu, and Shang Yao Bureau is also his headquarters.

Cheng Chubi nodded calmly and said, "Your Majesty, you can come and go freely in the palace, but in order to avoid others gossiping, it's better to go to Shang Yao Bureau." "Thank you, Mr. Cheng, for clearing up the confusion." Li Xuan was completely reassured, and he made a small talk. After a small trial, Cheng Chubi got the most reassuring answer.

"I'll leave this place to the prince." Cheng Chubi glanced around and said with a smile: "The prince is no stranger to these brothers now, so I think there won't be any problems."

"Yes!" Li Xuan bowed slightly. Over the years, whether it was the Jinwu Guards who had been following him or the other Jinwu Guards who were temporarily following him, there were more than a thousand of them.

And those who can follow them must not only have status, but also have ability.

There have been many promotions over the years.

Li Xuan glanced around and saw a dozen familiar captains.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and the generals returned the favor.

Cheng Chubi felt relieved, then turned and left.

Li Xuan watched Cheng Chubi leave, then turned around, then took a step forward and stood in the center of the gap with a solemn expression.

The right hand is holding the hilt of the Eight-sided Han Sword, the flag is flying beside the body, and the blade is cold.

All the officials, big and small, who came in and out of the palace, could not help but lower their heads slightly when they saw Li Xuan.

Then he raised his head and looked at Li Xuan.

Wearing black clothes and black armor on Li Xuan, like a black abyss, suppressing everything on the dark plain.

Everyone immediately felt the difference between Li Xuan and Cheng Chubi.

If Cheng Chubi is a hard and towering solitary mountain, then Li Xuan is an endless low-lying hill.

It's reassuring and powerful enough.

A familiar figure appeared in Li Xuan's sight.

Liu Yuanlang, a member of the Ministry of Revenue, walked out of the official residence of the Ministry of Revenue in a hurry, and then stood on Miyagi Street.

His eyes were wide open, looking at Li Xuan standing under the Chengtian Gate in disbelief.

When Li Xuan bowed calmly to him, Liu Yuanlang finally woke up and subconsciously took two steps forward, but then he stopped alertly, nodded to Li Xuan, and then turned around and returned to his mansion.

Seeing Liu Yuanlang leaving, Li Xuan looked calmly ahead, toward Duanmen and Dingdingmen Street further ahead.

A flash of depression quickly flashed deep in his eyes, but he was killed instantly.

Liu Yuanlang was originally a secretary, but because Di Renjie was inspecting Hebei, the emperor wanted to find someone to supervise Changzhou's logistics affairs, so he transferred Liu Yuanlang to a member of the household department.

However, the war in Changzhou is still ongoing, so Liu Yuanlang should be in Chang'an at the moment. When was he transferred to Luoyang?

Li Xuan took a breath, and it was obvious that the emperor didn't trust him that much.

Li Xuan smiled, isn't this what it should be?

Li Xuan looked forward calmly. Only when people were transferred over did the emperor feel more at ease with him.

In this palace, not only Liu Yuanlang is there, Zhao Gong is there, even Ouyang Tong is there, Pei Guangxiao is there, Pei Yan is there, there are also Liu Shenli, Li Jingxuan, Dou Xuande, Cui Zhiwen, Liu Boying, Huang Rensu, and many other Li Xuan Officials who have gotten along with each other before.

Now that Li Xuan appears here, standing on the Chengtian Gate to guard the palace gate for the emperor, these people can also breathe a sigh of relief.

Not to mention, there are countless people Liu Rengui has promoted up and down in the court over the years.

Even Li Xuan himself had a Henan county magistrate named Yao Chong who was one of his own in Luoyang.

Furthermore, Li Xuan's literary reputation is considered first-rate in the world.

Even within the imperial civil service system, Li Xuan had considerable influence.

The clan, generals, civil servants, and Li Xian.

The emperor just used Li Xuan as a chess piece, and he had already stabilized the hearts of many people.

Li Xuan had to admire this calculation.

But on the other hand, as Li Xuan spent more and more time in the government, he was in both the government and the public, both internally and externally...

Only then did Li Xuan remember that he also inspected the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and his influence in the foreign affairs was also quite large.

Especially since he had just captured Supi.

The longer the days go by, the greater Li Xuan's influence will be in all aspects.

The more Li Zhi uses Li Xuan, the greater his influence will be.

At this moment, Li Xuan felt an illusion.

It seemed that if he raised his hand, the whole of Luoyang would shake.

……

At dusk and the sun set, Li Xuan stood calmly on the Chengtian Gate, as quiet as the abyss.

In a few moments, the palace will be completely closed.

Countless high-ranking officials and minor officials walked along the Imperial City Street in front of them and left the palace through Duanmen.

There were many acquaintances inside and outside, and Li Xuan just nodded lightly as a greeting.

His eyes were still looking around cautiously.

Although the emperor used him to stabilize people's hearts, if something really happened, he would be the unlucky one.

Just when almost all the officials in the imperial city had left, leaving only a few people on duty, a slight sound of footsteps sounded behind them.

The familiar rhythm made Li Xuan breathe a sigh of relief. Turning around, Li Xuan bowed: "Uncle."

"Yes!" Zhao Gong nodded, walked from behind to Li Xuan, and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

Looking at the palace that was about to disappear into darkness, Zhao Gong said softly: "This time I finally got through it safely."

Li Xuan nodded gently. This time, after all, it did not cause a catastrophe.

The emperor acted decisively. He took out the armor hidden in the East Palace stables in advance and took control of everything in the East Palace.

If we really wait until the emperor's birthday before taking action and allowing foreign troops to enter the palace, tens of thousands of people will be killed or injured by then.

This shows how cruel Li Xian is.

"The Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Yushitai's inspection of the officials in the East Palace have come to an end, and now only the prince is left." Zhao Gong raised his head and looked at Li Xuan with a deep look.

Li Xuan was immediately startled. He looked at Zhao Gong in disbelief: "Uncle, is it that the Third Law Division wants to interrogate the prince?"

(End of this chapter)