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

Chapter 1335 Empress Wu’s methods

In the south of Chang'an City, carriages meander.

Liu Jinyu sat in the carriage and looked at the lively and excited people outside the city. Then she looked at Li Xuan who was holding her daughter and playing with her two sons in the carriage: "Husband, the Crown Princess gave birth yesterday, and we are leaving Beijing today. , will it be bad?”

"What can be wrong? My husband has already agreed with the prince that he will come back as soon as possible in one month to attend Prince Ping'en's full moon ceremony." Li Xuan looked out of the car and said with a smile: "What's more, Your Majesty We have already issued an order for my husband to go to Shu with Uncle Yao. He is about to leave, and my husband has no choice but to follow. Besides, it’s better to leave Chang’an now.”

Liu Jinyu nodded slightly. The news that the prince had a legitimate second son came, and the whole of Chang'an immediately fell into a boil.

Because the emperor immediately issued an imperial edict to celebrate three days in the city.

It doesn't matter what the people think. What matters is the officials in the court. They all know that the birth of the prince's second son means that the prince's status will be more stable.

But in the eyes of Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu, it became increasingly clear that when the government's situation was stable, the emperor had already begun to free up his hands to do something.

Since these matters at the moment have nothing to do with them, they naturally stay as far away as possible.

This kind of thing, even if you know more about it, may be fatal.

"What is Chang Shi doing now?" Liu Jinyu asked in a low voice.

"Still sorting out some accounts." Li Xuan frowned and said, "Logically speaking, we have sorted out the accounts clearly enough, why is he still doing it?"

"Will you find something?" A trace of worry flashed in Liu Jinyu's eyes.

"No." Li Xuan answered decisively without any hesitation.

The ledger system he created was particularly complex. This time, he personally participated in the ledger changes.

Everything looks crystal clear, but in reality everything is hidden.

If there is really someone who can clearly see the secret here, then this person is either a mathematical genius who comes out every tens of millions of years, or...

"Let's go and have a look. We always have to find out what he is doing. We are about to enter Shu." Liu Jinyu was still a little worried.

Li Xuan nodded. At this moment, Li Zhu's voice sounded outside: "Your Majesty, Governor Yao has arrived."

……

Ziwu Town, Ziwu Pass.

The soul is lost in Ziwu Road.

As the sun set, Li Xuan stopped his horse and looked at the Qinling Mountains in the distance. Thousands of mountains were covered with fairy mist, which was unlike the human world.

"Aye." Xia'er, wearing a light green plaid short robe, huddled in Li Xuan's arms, looking at the mountains in the distance with some fear.

"It's okay. When you come back here, it's like going home." Li Xuan smiled, then turned the horse's head and headed towards the convoy stretching behind.

Five hundred black-armored cavalry escorted Li Xuan, Yao Yi, Li Zhaode, Liu Jinyu, Qu Douer, Pei Shitong, Liu Shubi and all the children to Pengzhou.

Originally, Li Xuan planned to take his mother and concubine back with him, but her mother and concubine stayed behind.

The Chang'an Palace cannot be empty. Your Majesty may not mind, but they have to be sensible.

In one sentence, Li Xuan suppressed all his persuasion.

Li Xuan stopped in front of a carriage, and the curtains of the carriage were raised. Yao Yi stuck his head out, looked at Li Xuan, and asked, "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

"We will rest in Ziwu Town today, and tomorrow we will pass Ziwu Pass and enter Ziwu Valley." Li Xuan smiled slightly and said, "Uncle, don't worry, although Ziwu Valley is somewhat risky, the government has been killing people in recent years, even if there are bandits in the mountains. , and he has been hiding far away. "

Yao Yi smiled and said: "Even if you are not a bandit, I believe that the prince can arrange it very well."

"Haha!" Li Xuan handed over his hand, and then left with Xia'er. When he turned around, he couldn't help but take a look deep into the Qinling Mountains.

The Qinling Mountains span 3,000 miles from east to west, and are 300 miles wide from north to south in a straight line. However, the entire steep Meridian Road is 600 miles long, winding back and forth and extremely dangerous.

The entire Qinling Mountains has always been a place where thieves and bandits have entrenched themselves since ancient times.

Although the government and army carried out irregular raids, the bandits had to stay away from official roads, but because of the high mountains and dangerous forests, it was difficult to completely eliminate them.

Just like the banditry in Taihang.

If someone deliberately contacted all the bandits in the mountain at this time to ambush Li Xuan, then it would be impossible for Li Xuan and the others to hate the mountain.

But unfortunately, the person passing by was Li Xuan.

His people had already entered the mountain and began to secretly monitor various important roads in the mountain. If there was any movement, it would immediately be reported to Li Xuan.

This is not because Li Xuan is making trouble for himself. In fact, there are countless people in the world who want to kill him.

That is to say, the emperor is still alive now, otherwise, even a large army of officers and soldiers will be mobilized to intercept and kill him.

……

Turning around, Li Xuan continued to move forward and came to a carriage in the middle.

Li Zhaode opened the curtain and looked at Li Xuan: "Your Majesty, how are you in the mountains?"

"There is no problem for the time being, but we need to see how the situation is at Ziwu Pass." Li Xuan gave a slight hint.

If there are really going to be problems with these people, then there will inevitably be problems in Ziwu Pass.

Today, the reason why they stopped here was because Li Xuan had sent people to Zi Guanxi to investigate.

"That's good." Li Zhaode breathed a sigh of relief. He was cautious and sensitive, which was the characteristic of every such person.

This is true for Li Xuan, and so is Li Zhaode.

If you were to be ambushed on a steep mountain road, it would be enough to say that you lost your footing and fell off the plank road afterwards. "Hasn't Chang Shi figured out the palace's accounts yet?" Li Xuan looked inside the car curiously.

Li Zhaode's face changed slightly, and then he said calmly: "Actually, it's over, but I just want to remember it better. What, is there something wrong with the prince?"

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded slightly worriedly and said, "I will leave Chang'an for Fanzhou next year, but Xia'er and Zhao'er are both old enough to go to school. I don't know if I can leave this matter to Chang Shi."

Li Zhaode immediately relaxed, nodded, and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will come personally to this matter."

"Thank you so much, Chang Shi. When I arrive in Pengzhou, I will personally hold a grand apprenticeship banquet and invite the princes and nobles of Chengdu and the senior officials of the Yizhou Prefecture." Li Xuan immediately caught the words.

Li Zhaode was stunned for a moment, and then felt extremely funny, but he still handed over his hand and said: "In this case, I will be ashamed to accept it."

Li Xuan nodded and said, "Then I won't disturb Chang Shi. Xia'er bids farewell to her mentor."

"Teacher." Xia'er said in a sweet voice.

Li Zhaode nodded happily.

"Chang Shi." Li Xuan nodded, then turned and rode away.

Li Zhaode watched Li Xuan leave with Xia'er, and then lowered the car curtain with a calm expression.

……

With a gentle breath, Li Zhaode's expression calmed down completely.

A man sat in a carriage, and the surrounding convoys began to move forward.

Li Zhaode then turned around, waved away the account books of Prince Peng's Mansion placed on one side, and opened the secret compartment hidden underneath.

In the secret compartment, there is a secret document.

The name of the secret file says Xiao Shoudao, the right guard Zhonglang general.

Opening the secret file, I saw that it read, Xiao Shoudao, born in the Xiao family of Lanling, his father was the Prince Consort, Xiao Rui, Duke of Song Dynasty, his mother was Princess Xiangcheng, the daughter of the late emperor, and he was a right-guard general.

Xiao Rui, Duke of Song Dynasty, was the son of Xiao Yu, Duke of Song Dynasty.

"You are the right guard, the general!" Li Zhaode sighed softly.

Xiao Shoudao, the right-guard general, was not only the emperor's nephew, but also Li Xuan's nephew.

Li Xuan even has a very good relationship with Xiao Shoudao's third brother Xiao Xian.

Xiao Xian was also present when Li Xuan first got married.

Li Zhaode grasped the secret file in his hand. He was now staring at Xiao Shoudao, not because of Xiao Shoudao's relationship with the emperor and Li Xuan, but because once Li Xuan left Chang'an, Xiao Shoudao would take over and be in charge of everything in Youzhou and Luozhou. Right back, tens of thousands of elites are used and mobilized.

Earlier, Pei Xingjian was appointed as the Right Guard General, Gao Zhenxing was appointed as the Right Guard General, and Li Xuan was appointed as the Right Guard General.

But since Gao Zhenxing was demoted as Chaozhou governor because of his involvement in the rebellion of the deposed prince Li Xian, only Pei Xingjian and Li Xuan were left on the right guard.

And because of the Turkic rebellion and Tubo's control, both Pei Xingjian and Li Xuan were away from home all year round, and the right guard general was always vacant.

At this time, the person responsible for handling the affairs of Youwei was Xiao Shoudao, the general of Youwei Zhonglang.

Now Li Xuan has been promoted to General Youwei, but because of his clan status, he is only in charge of the overall situation of Youwei and is not involved in deeper things.

Of course, this does not mean that Li Xuan has no control over the right-guard army near the capital. In fact, it is quite the opposite.

Over the years that Li Xuan has been the right-back general, he has transferred countless people in and out of the right-back.

These people are spread in countless corners of Youwei. In addition, Li Xuan has promoted countless people in Youwei over the years, and he has the official position of General of Youwei. What he really wants to do, as long as it is within the imperial system, No one objected.

But Xiao Shoudao must not be ignored because of this, especially after Li Xuan left.

Li Zhaode looked at the densely written memorial in his hand and couldn't help but look solemn.

Once Li Xuan leaves Beijing and goes to Fanzhou, there will only be two people who can mobilize the right back at the critical moment.

One person is Li Zhaode, and the other person is Xiao Shoudao, so...

"Tap tap tap!" The rapid sound of horse hooves interrupted Li Zhaode's thoughts. In an instant, he put the secret file into his arms and opened the car curtain.

……

Li Xuan put Xia'er back on Liu Jinyu's carriage, and then took the official document sent by Qian Niuwei.

After just one glance, Li Xuan's expression suddenly became stern.

Turning around, Li Xuan handed the official document to Li Zhu and said, "Give the news to Chang Shi and Yao Shijun."

"Here!" Li Zhu immediately accepted the order and then rode towards Li Zhaode and Yao Yi. ,
Yao Yi was okay, but Li Zhaode looked as serious as Li Xuan.

Turning over and dismounting, as soon as Li Xuan entered the carriage, Liu Jinyu couldn't help but ask: "What happened?"

"Alas!" Li Xuan let out a long sigh, then sat down in the carriage, then shook his head slightly and said: "The Queen of Heaven comes to the table, please forgive King Qi Shangjin and King Xu for Sujie's crime; King Qi will be the governor of Mianzhou, and King Xu will be the governor of Yuezhou, but still Don’t listen to Chaoji.”

Liu Jinyu frowned and said, "This is the impact of King Cao's incident. Are you afraid that King Qi and King Xu will also die at the hands of local mediocre officials?"

Li Xuan nodded and said: "A while ago, when King Cao died, there were a lot of rumors in Luoyang, Chang'an, saying that King Cao died in the hands of the Queen of Heaven. Now I am doing this, firstly, to clear up the rumors, and secondly, I'm afraid it will be the same. For Li Xian.”

Liu Jinyu suddenly thought of something and lowered her voice and said, "In order to let the deposed prince leave the palace."

Li Xuan's face looked a little sad. He just sent the letter yesterday, and today the feedback came.

(End of this chapter)