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

Chapter 1340 Living in seclusion in Songshan Mountain, pointing the sword at the two capitals

The mist in winter spreads over the mountains.

The sun rises into the sky and the fog dissipates.

On the isolated peak of Songshan Mountain, a figure wearing white Taoist uniforms sat facing east.

It seemed that a trace of purple energy could be seen vaguely flashing across the horizon, and then disappear in an instant.

Taking a long breath, the surrounding mist poured into Li Xuan's mouth and nose like a wave.

A long breath, half a moment,

Under the sunshine, Li Xuan finally slowly opened her eyes.

The mist in the mountains remains only in the shadowed corners.

As for other places, the morning light has already filled the ground, and the weather is infinitely wintery.

The peak is straight, thousands of meters high.

At the foot of the mountain in the distance, a clear green lake falls on the earth, with farmland scattered across the street, and chickens and dogs hearing each other.

Longtan Water Lake is misty and rainy, and the natural scenery is ink scrolls.

The hibiscus emerging from the water is as beautiful as a victor, and its sword reaches the sky and dominates all directions.

The fierceness in his eyes flashed for an instant, and Li Xuan let out a long breath.

It is now the end of November, and it has been a month since he left Shuzhong.

Li Xuan was naturally unable to attend the full moon banquet of the second son of Prince Li Xian. Even though he was in Luoye now, a short distance away from Chang'an, he could not leave for a moment.

Even in the whole of Chang'an and the whole of Luoyang, almost no one knew that Li Xuan had arrived in Songshan.

Except for the two teams of Qianniu Guards who relayed news at any time to let Li Xuan know about the situation in the court, few people in the entire Songshan Mountain had access to Li Xuan.

Of course, there are very few.

This does not include Songshan Taoist Pan Shizheng.

Li Xuan's three meals were provided by Pan Shizheng and his apprentice.

Li Xuan's eyes moved eastward. On the mountainside in the distance, a solemn Songshan Taoist temple was being built.

The emperor's secret order was to let Li Xuan supervise the construction of Songshan Temple and prepare for the future Songshan Zen ceremony. But Li Xuan knew that the emperor's eyes were on Luoyang and Chang'an.

……

With a slight step, Li Xuan turned around and landed on the mountain level three feet below.

At this moment, Su Baotong walked up quickly and delivered an official document to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan took the official document, glanced at Su Bao, nodded, and then stepped into the Taoist temple deep in the mountain.

This place belongs to the depths of the entire Songshan Taoist Temple, and few people come here.

Since Su Baotong accompanied Li Xuan to Pengzhou in October with the emperor's secret order, and then announced the emperor's decree to escort Li Xuan directly to Songshan with more than ten guards, he has never left.

As for these official documents, they were naturally sent by Qian Niuwei from Chang'an.

Li Xuan couldn't help but think of what happened in Shuzhong.

He originally wanted to visit Li Xiaoyi after arriving in Pengzhou, and even sent a greeting card to him, but now he has not gone.

If nothing unexpected happened to Li Xuan, Li Xiaoyi would give a reasonable explanation to the outside world. Whether it was that Li Xuan was ill in Pengzhou or going to Panzhou, he would not let others see him.

Although Chengdu and Pengzhou are only one step away, Li Xiaoyi still has enough means to persuade others to stop.

In this way, the emperor's secret decree was kept secret from Li Xiaoyi.

Li Xuan left Chang'an openly without any obstruction from the emperor. After Li Xuan arrived in Pengzhou, the emperor asked him to send him back quietly.

If Li Xuan didn't have enough trust in the emperor, then I'm afraid that when Li Zhaode and Su Baotong appeared in front of Li Xuan with secret orders, Li Xuan would have thought that the emperor was going to take action against him.

Fortunately, Li Xuan had no intention of resisting Li Zhi at all. He just made a brief explanation at home and set off immediately.

From Bashu go directly down the Yangtze River, then go to Xiangyang Nanyang and go directly to Songshan Mountain.

Now in Songshan, although Li Xuan lives in the back mountain and is surrounded by more than a dozen Qianniu Guards, as long as Li Xuan does not leave Songshan and does not meet other people, the Qianniu Guards will not stop him.

All of these people are old subordinates who have followed Li Xuan over the years, including Su Baotong.

If Li Xuan really wanted to leave by force, these people would not be able to stop him at all, because these people themselves were not here to stop him.

Just like the emperor did not want to deal with him, but wanted to use him as a sharp sword, ready for changes that might happen at any time in Changan Luoyang.

From a certain point of view, Li Xuan, who can be used as the emperor's back-up man, is definitely the person whom the emperor trusts most.

Of course, this incident was also a test for Li Xuan by the emperor. If he failed to pass the test, everything about Li Xuan would be revealed.

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Standing in the hall, Li Xuan bowed to the Supreme Taoist Prime Minister in the center, then turned and entered the bait room on the left.

Sitting on the stone couch, Li Xuan directly opened the official document.

In November of the first year of Yonglong, the remnants of the Turkic party Ashina Gudulu, Asde Yuanzhen and others gathered and dispersed. According to Heisha City, they rebelled. Xue Rengui, the general of Zuowei and the governor of Daizhou, attacked Yunzhen in Yunzhou. They were defeated, more than 10,000 people were beheaded, and more than 20,000 people were captured.

The first content of the official document made Li Xuan look solemn.

Ashina Gudulu, the remnant Turkic party, Li Xuan escaped from the last war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks unexpectedly.

Not only did he flee deep into the grassland with his younger brother Ashina Mochu, but he also regrouped tens of thousands of troops in the northern part of Monan with Asted Yuanzhen and others.

Unfortunately, in these years, the Tang Dynasty established Ashina Nishuge as Khan in the eastern part of the grassland, and used him to suppress all forces that were dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty internally.

Ashina Gudulu and Ashide Yuanzhen finally gathered tens of thousands of troops and prepared to attack Ashina Nishu, but Xue Rengui attacked from Yunzhou and penetrated the Turkic army directly from the ribs, and then After countless beheadings, Ashina Gudulu and Asde Yuanzhen were almost wiped out, and only escaped with their lives.

The situation in the grassland became completely clear at this moment.

Yunzhou is in the south and Raolezhou is in the east.

Standing against each other, the situation is extremely consolidated.

Ashina Gudulu and Ashide Yuanzhen are now very likely to have become pawns used by the Tang Dynasty to attract dissatisfied people in the grassland. Whenever they gather a certain amount of strength, the Tang Dynasty will immediately bombard them. Defeat it.

If this is the case, and if there are no major changes, Datang's rule in the eastern part of the grassland will be extremely stable.

But it's a pity that the Turks still have Western Turks, and the Tang Dynasty also had its emperor decline.

Upheaval is coming soon.

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Li Xuan's eyes fell on the second official document.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, a shocking case of matricide occurred in Luoyang.

Fang Tingxu, a wealthy businessman in Luozhou, first married his wife Zhang and gave birth to a son named Fang Danian. When Fang Danian was seventeen years old, his mother Zhang passed away, and Fang Tingxu married his stepmother Chen.

Mrs. Chen has a fierce and jealous personality. She often quarrels with her husband, abuses her stepsons, and often moves the family's belongings back to her parents' home. Fang Tingxu tried her best to persuade her, but Mrs. Chen never repented.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen and Fang Tingxu had another quarrel, and then the couple fought each other. Chen became violent and killed Fang Tingxu with a sharp knife.

When Fang Danian saw that his father died unexpectedly, he took the sharp knife from Chen's hand in a rage and killed Chen with one knife.

The next day, Brother Chen found out and went to the Yamen to sue Fang Danian for being disobedient and unfilial, contradicting his father, bullying his stepmother, and beating him at every turn.

Chen was so humiliated that she wanted to commit suicide with a knife. Fang Tingxu tried to grab the knife in a hurry, but accidentally touched the blade and died. Seeing this, Fang Danian took his anger out on his stepmother and killed Chen with a knife.

Li Xuan's acquaintance, Luo Governor Shi Yuan Jiazuo, quickly ordered people to bring Fang Danian to the lobby to inquire about the case in person.

Fang Danian replied: "How could I kill my mother for no reason? How could I beat my mother first and force her to commit suicide? Just because my parents had a quarrel and my mother was violent by nature, she hacked my father to death with a knife. When I saw my father's violent death, I felt so heartbroken that I killed my stepmother in a fit of rage. I regret it now."

Yuan Jiazuo ordered people to bring the servants of the Fang family into the court, and carefully asked about Chen's personality and what happened that day.

After repeated attempts, it was finally confirmed that Mrs. Chen went crazy and killed her husband.

Later, Fang Danian killed his mother.

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Seeing this, Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he seemed to smell something different.

The case in Luoyang was brought to the court and appeared in official documents.

Li Xuan's eyes fell on the official document, and Yuan Jiazuo made a judgment: "A woman regards her husband as her main body, so how can she fight in the house; a son regards his mother as his heaven, and his knees are dark and razor-sharp."

Today, Mrs. Chen is jealous of Lv Zhi and has a ferocious temperament, so that her husband's head falls to the ground and a vicious sword rises in the inner court.

Of course, Chen is guilty of killing her husband, but she will be punished by her own department.

Fang Danian committed the crime of killing his mother because of his petty anger. Even though his father's hatred is irreconcilable, he should not kill his mother with his son.

He who kills must pay with his life.

If you do not punish someone because of your filial piety, you know that you have a father and heaven but not a mother and earth; if you use the excuse of righteous indignation, you are advocating filial piety regardless of the law.

According to the law, if a son kills his mother, he should be punished. If there is a reason for the incident, the sentence will be reduced by one level and executed immediately. "

Li Xuan looked at the official document and carefully considered the verdict.

"Chen's jealousy and fierce temperament caused her husband's head to fall to the ground, and the murderer rose up in the inner court."

Li Xuan couldn't help but laugh.

This case has basically been concluded in the hands of Yuan Jiazuo.

Chen Ziliang had nothing to say about his verdict, Fang Danian did not argue either, and the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple had no objection.

However, when he went to Shangshu Province, Shangshu Zuocheng Liu Jingxian had objections after checking the case files.

Liu Jingxian retorted: "The righteousness of husband and wife is equal to the universe, and the family relationship between mother and child has been as clear as ever.

The stepmother is like the mother, but her life is not as good as that of the mother. It is because of the father that she is compared to the mother.

Now the stepmother has no evidence and kills her father with her own hands. On the day I started, my mother was extremely kind.

Tang law: If a father or grandfather is beaten by someone and his descendants help in the fight, they are not guilty, even if they are injured, they can still be punished. What's more, the Yue people killed their father.

If his father is sentenced to death, a filial son will take it as such.

Cut off the rebellion for your father, who says otherwise to a martyr?

There is an innocent person in the Chen family who can be punished, so why die?

In the special year, there is no handle for killing people, and the staff is used for discipline. "

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Li Xuan took a breath. Liu Jingxian's meaning was very simple. Although her stepmother was also a mother, she was not as good as her biological mother.

Chen only called Fang Danian her mother because she was married to her father.

Now that Mrs. Chen has violated the righteousness of husband and wife and killed her husband, from the moment Mrs. Chen raised the butcher knife, Fang Danian and Mrs. Chen have severed their mother-child relationship.

Naturally, there is no such thing as "matricide".

When Fang Danian saw his father being killed, he was so angry that he killed Chen to avenge his father. This was an act of filial piety.

Chen, on the other hand, deserved to die because he was guilty first.

Those who should be punished should be punished with a rod.

In the end, the court took Liu Jingxian's will and punished him with a stick.

Li Xuan thought about the whole case. The more he thought about it, the more interesting it became. .

In this case right now, it doesn’t matter who killed whom, nor does it matter how the sentence is ultimately punished.

The key is why the killing occurred.

Mrs. Chen was so jealous and ferocious of Lv Zhi that her husband's head fell to the ground, and the murderer arose in the inner court.

The word "Lu Pheasant" is very sensitive. If Yuan Jiazuo's punishment is really followed, it will inevitably be associated with the future.

But if Chen took action, she would not be considered Fang Danian’s mother, it would be another matter.

Liu Jingxian's judgment is very interesting.

Li Xuan pondered Liu Jingxian's resume. The son of former Prime Minister Liu Xiangdao, he entered the official position as a minister, worshiped the censor, and later moved to Zuocheng, the minister.

Liu Xiangdao was Li Xian's man, but Liu Jingxian was promoted to Minister Zuocheng after Li Xian was deposed.

Now, in this case, the verdict has been directly reversed. It seems that there is no problem at the moment, but it will be interesting if King Qi and King Xu are contacted.

Empress Wu must have seen this verdict, and I wonder what she thought in her heart.

Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly. He is such a talented person, and it is enough to further his worship as prime minister.

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Li Xuan lowered her head and sneered slightly, looking down at the third official document.

Zhou Xing, the magistrate of Lin County, asked the prince to be removed to Shu.

Li Xuan couldn't help but stood up immediately, with a frightened look on her face.

Shuzhong, why is it Shuzhong?
By the way, it's Shuzhong.

It is indeed Shuzhong.

(End of this chapter)