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

Chapter 1180 The King of Nanchang is sharp and powerful

Outside the golden door, the wind is freezing.

A group of Qianniu Guards in red clothes and gold armor stood solemnly on both sides of the official road, with flags flying.

In the distance, a thousand right guard cavalry in black clothes and armor were waiting solemnly.

Wei, the Minister of Justice, dressed in black robe, drank the wine in the golden cup in front of Li Xuan.

Li Xuan took the golden cup, glanced at Zhou Qian who was respectful, and then said with a serious expression: "Marquis Fufeng has been involved in border affairs for many years, and there is no need for Xiao Wang to talk about everything. However, please try your best to verify the affairs of the Shanyu Protectorate. , Donggong needs to see the most real situation."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, news about the grassland matter will be sent back to the court as soon as possible after the official goes north." Wei Bai, who was in his fifties, seriously handed over to Li Xuan.

Today, the daughter of the Wei family is the crown princess.

The Wei family and the East Palace both prospered and suffered losses.

The emperor deliberately asked Wei to go north to investigate this time, not only because he was the minister of punishment, but also because of his relationship with the East Palace.

Even Zhou Qian, who was escorting him north this time, also had a thousand right-guard cavalry, all of whom were Li Xuan's old troops.

Li Xuan took half a step back, cupped his hands and said, "Marquis Fufeng, be careful."

"My lord, take care." Wei Bai nodded, then turned around and got on the tall horse, with a dozen reins already driving away into the distance.

Zhou Qian handed over to Li Xuan, then mounted his horse and chased after him.

The entire team of Qianniu Guards cavalry in front mounted their horses at the same time and followed Zhou Qian further away.

Smoke and dust billowed for a while.

Su Liangsi stood beside Li Xuan, frowning and said, "Is the prince too worried?"

"The war is fierce and dangerous. It is difficult and dangerous, not to mention the personnel." Li Xuan turned around and headed in the direction of the distant war horse. At the same time, he said slightly worriedly: "This time Fufeng Hou went north. If he can return successfully, then Everything is clear, if the truth cannot be found out, Duke Zhao will be in danger."

Su Liangsi stopped and said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, can you really change your appearance?"

"It will happen if the evidence is verified." Li Xuan nodded with certainty, walked to the side of the horse, turned on the horse, and then said to Su Liangsi, who was also on the horse: "Because once there is real evidence, there will be people who hope that Duke Zhao will be dismissed. Many of the Dou family, the Pei family, and even the Wei family would like Duke Zhao to leave his position as Zhongshu Ling."

The Dou family is the wife family of the Prime Minister, and the Wei family is the wife family of the Prince. If they really want Li Jingxuan to dismiss the Prime Minister, and he is caught, then there will be great trouble.

"What's more, even the Li family of Zhao County would like Zhao Guogong to resign as prime minister." After Li Xuan finished speaking, she suddenly swung the reins and rushed forward.

Su Liangsi stopped where he was, his expression extremely complicated for a moment.

He knew that what Li Xuan said was right.

If the Li family of Zhao County is really found to have many people who have connections with the Turks, then the best way to prevent the entire family from being implicated is to replace them with Li Jingxuan.

If a prime minister here is replaced, as long as the follow-up can be guaranteed, in a few years, Zhaojun Li will send another prime minister up.

If only Li Jingxuan was saved, the next generation of the entire family would be severely damaged.

If the road ahead is blocked, then the entire family will have no hope of becoming prime minister in the next twenty years.

So in this case, the choice is very clear.

When the aristocratic family does this kind of thing, their movements are definitely beyond your imagination.

Even if Li Jingxuan is only related to the Li family of Zhao County, he still bears the title of Duke of Zhao. He cannot escape responsibility for this matter.

Turning around, Su Liangsi was already chasing Li Xuan quickly.

……

East Palace, inside Mingde Hall.

Li Xuan walked quickly from the outside and saw that besides Li Xian, there were also Yao Lingzhang and Su Liangsi, and there was also Fan Lubing.

Although Fan Lubing was in charge of washing horses in the East Palace, he always left immediately and rarely stayed.

Why are you here today?

"Your Highness!" Li Xuan raised her hand to Li Xian. He was originally on duty to check the documents, but he was suddenly called over.

"Uncle Wang, please sit down." Li Xian raised his hand with a smile, Li Xuan bowed, then turned to look at Yao Lingzhang, Fan Lubing and Su Liangsi, cupped his hands and said: "Zhan Shi, wash your horse, Sima!"

"Your Majesty." The three of them returned the greeting politely.

Li Xuan nodded and sat down at the table on one side.

At this time, Fan Lubing suddenly said: "I heard that the prince has not paid attention to the book repairs in recent times. Except for His Highness's lectures every few days, he has been on duty checking official documents at other times. I don't know what's important. matter?"

Li Xian, Yao Lingzhang and Su Liangsi all looked at Fan Lubing in surprise.

Now everyone in the East Palace should know that Li Xuan's recent focus is on Youzhou and Shanyu's Protectorate.

At this time, the only way Li Xuan could obtain information was through official documents transferred from the Ministry of Education.

He didn't go to Shangshu Province to check it himself, so he could only check it through the channels of the East Palace.

Fan Lubing smiled reluctantly, but his eyes were still fixed on Li Xuan.

Really smart people can glean the truth from just a few words.

Li Xuan is undoubtedly such a person.

From his teachings to Li Xian and from the old records of the Ministry of Household Affairs, we can tell that he is highly accomplished in this area.

For several months now, since Li Xian became the crown prince, Li Xuan spent most of his time in his own room, checking the information by himself. It is strange that there is no ghost here.

But it's difficult to figure out what Li Xuan is doing.

He consults a large amount of information every day, which involves land, population, weather, customs, military strength, terrain, mountains and rivers, etc., there are many. So the best thing to do is just ask.

……

Li Xuan looked at Fan Lubing with some surprise, then nodded and said, "I am indeed checking something, but I believe that it won't take long for everyone to know what's inside, so I won't go into details here."

"I would like to ask the prince to give me some advice. I think His Highness the Crown Prince will also be very interested." Fan Lubing turned to look at Li Xian.

Li Xian was suddenly stunned.

Li Xuan smiled, nodded, and said: "Okay, actually, I am checking the commercial tax of Hebei Province, the origin and number of Jinshi over the years, the appointment and place of birth of officials, and the mobilization of the army. I want to see what happened in Dingzhou this time. Is the matter related to the entire Hebei Province?"

"Is it relevant?" Fan Lubing couldn't help but lean forward.

This is a big deal.

Cui Mi, the censor Zhongcheng, and Wei Shishi, the minister of punishment, all went north to Hebei and the ancient city of Yunzhong.

In addition to investigating the existence of spies, we are also investigating whether there is a greater degree of collusion in this matter.

Li Xuan turned to look at Li Xian, and said to Li Xian who looked curious: "Although I have read a lot, many of them are old news, which is of little use, and anyway, it is just talk on paper. It is difficult to see the truth of the matter. It is even possible to be confused by illusions. In the end, you have to look at what happened specifically and then compare it to sort out the clues."

Li Xian nodded slowly, what Li Xuan said made sense.

After all, they were in Chang'an now, far away from the front line, and they couldn't see the details of many things clearly.

How can you make the most accurate judgment?

At most, it is nothing more than deducing from the information currently available after the incident occurred.

Just based on research.

Li Xuan turned to look at Fan Lubing and asked curiously: "Is Xima busy today?"

Although he was dissatisfied with Li Xuan's answer, Fan Lubing still turned around, looked at Li Xian, and said, "I'm here today because your Majesty has just issued a decree that the king of prime minister will be the shepherd of Luozhou; Chief Doulu has been transferred The Minister of Household Affairs will also inspect Henan Road to inspect the inventory of hidden fields at the beginning of the year."

After Fan Lubing finished speaking, everyone in the Mingde Hall had different expressions.

Li Xian was a little dazed, Yao Lingzhang lowered his head and groaned, and Li Xuan lowered her eyebrows.

Su Liangsi asked: "Is this the Qian Niu Guard who went out to deliver the order just now?"

"Yes!" Fan Lubing nodded and said: "This matter was originally decided before the princess gave birth to her son. The Prime Minister originally planned to set off directly before the princess gave birth. Unexpectedly, the Yongping County Prince came to this world, and His Highness was suddenly tripped up. But the imperial edict has been issued, so I can only go to help temporarily, please allow your highness."

"There is no problem here, but where is the father and mother?" Li Xian did not hesitate much. Instead, he was a little worried that the departure of Fan Lubing and the Beimen scholars would affect Empress Wu's handling of government affairs.

Fan Lubing sighed in his heart, Li Xian was a benevolent and filial man. This kind of person was the emperor that many ministers longed to see.

After gathering his thoughts, Fan Lubing lowered his head and said, "There hasn't been much going on with Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven recently. I'm afraid it will take some time before there is any news about the matters in Grassland and Dingzhou."

"I know." Li Xian raised his head and looked directly at Li Xuan: "Uncle Wang?"

The corners of Li Xuan's mouth twitched slightly. In the East Palace, he would always say anything that offended people.

Li Xuan looked at Fan Lubing gently and said: "It is not easy to investigate the matter in Hidden Field. If Xima needs help with anything, he can go directly to the East Palace. Although His Highness does not have the ability to handle government affairs now, he can tell His Majesty and the Queen. A few words are enough; in addition, you might as well bring two more people with you to Xi Ma, and the Human Power East Palace can also provide support."

Fan Lubing's eyes changed slightly, and then he said with a smile: "It's better to be respectful than to obey."

"Such a great kindness." Li Xuan nodded.

Fan Lubing turned around and looked at Li Xian, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, if there is nothing else to do, I will leave first."

"Go and wash your horses." Li Xian nodded with a smile. The sharpness of Li Xuan's words really stung people.

"I excuse myself." Fan Lubing took a deep breath and retreated calmly.

……

"Your Majesty, you are so clever." Su Liangsi looked at Li Xuan with wonder in his eyes.

He originally thought that Li Xuan's wooing of Fan Lubing was just to divide the North Gate bachelors, and the effect had not been very good, but today it seems that this method is really powerful.

"You're welcome, Sima." Li Xuan nodded calmly, and then said: "The investigation of Hidden Field is quite difficult and dangerous. Please ask Sima to send someone to keep an eye on it. If someone does something wrong, please stop it in time. The safety of all bachelors is the most important thing. .”

Su Liangsi's eyes couldn't help but jump.

Li Xuan had gone too far when he forced someone into Fan Lubing's hands, and now he asked him to send people to follow and monitor him.

"I obey." Su Liangsi solemnly handed over his hand, but he couldn't refuse, just like Fan Lubing couldn't stop him.

Because Fan Lubing was now inspecting the East Palace and washing horses, Li Xian asked him to bring a few people from the East Palace to help, and he really couldn't refuse.

The same goes for Su Liangsi. He is now inspecting the East Palace's rate and order, and the secret guard of the East Palace is actually in his hands. He can't refuse even if he is asked to keep an eye on the Prime Minister.

And this means is much more than that.

With the intervention of Fan Lubing and Su Liangsi, the news in the Prime Minister's Palace could not be hidden from the prince at all.

Even the Prime Minister's Mansion couldn't say who leaked the news. It could be Fan Lubing, Su Liangsi, or anyone.

"Uncle Wang, is it okay for Shiro to do this?" Li Xian couldn't help but feel a little worried.

When investigating Yin Tian's affairs, Li Xuanhe told Li Xian that he also knew a lot of the risks involved.

"If no one is causing trouble behind, this thing will naturally have a chance to succeed, but I am afraid that someone will cause trouble." After speaking, Li Xuan turned to look at Su Liangsi and said: "Sima, please take a good look at it, Henan Road When those aristocratic families are cleared of hidden fields, who will they go to?"

"Here!" Su Liangsi's breathing suddenly became heavy. Who is King Nanchang targeting again?

(End of this chapter)