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

Chapter 1409 Let the emperor think carefully
A burst of chuckles came from the side hall. Li Zhi was lying on the bed. His face was a little uncomfortable just now. After taking medicine, he finally got a lot better.

Taking a breath, Li Zhi looked at Empress Wu and said, "Mei Niang should pay more attention to the matter of the Eastern Tour and don't let others interfere too much."

"Yes!" Empress Wu looked at Li Zhi in surprise.

Li Zhi's eyes turned slightly cold and he said: "In this year's imperial examination, Cui Ming of the Cui family ranked second and was appointed Wannian County Lieutenant. Zheng Min of the Zheng family ranked fourth and was appointed Wugong County Lieutenant."

Empress Wu's eyes suddenly became solemn and sharp: "When did this happen? How come I don't know about it?"

"The results of the imperial examination will be announced in March, and officials will be conferred in April. I will send it to you. I am sick, and you don't have the time to see me." Li Zhi shook his head calmly and said, "They seized the opportunity."

Empress Wu's face was gloomy.

The Wugong County Lieutenant was relatively far away, but the Wannian County Lieutenant was in trouble.

At critical moments, Wannian County Lieutenant was able to use force in Chang'an.

Big things can't be done, but small things can't be done. It's too easy to lock a person in a certain place so that he can't get to a certain place when he should be there.

If they work together, something could easily happen.

"Fortunately, they didn't take action in Luoyang." Li Zhi lay on the imperial couch and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Perhaps they didn't think that His Majesty could still go to Luoyang." Empress Wu said in a low voice: "As for the matter in Wannian County, just throw two difficult cases from the Ministry of Punishment, and I can make him resign in half a month."

"You don't have to do this." Li Zhi waved his hand and said with squinted eyes: "Go to Luoyang first. After half a year, you can be promoted and transferred to a casual position. Instead, Lu Xu, a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel, should be transferred to the Imperial College."

Lu Chen, a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel, was the son of Lu Chengqing, the former prime minister of Fanyang County. He also helped the legitimate sons of the Cui family and the Zheng family find the positions of Wannian and Wugong county captains.

Now, he, the official doctor, no longer has to do anything.

If Lu Chen had obtained the position of chief clerk or county magistrate for the above two people, Li Zhi would not have cared, but the position of county lieutenant, county lieutenant would not be a concern.

The county captains of Wannian County in Chang'an and Henan County in Luoyang have the power to block the gates at critical moments.

Even if the prime minister is deliberately blocked, he can only be blocked helplessly.

"These are all their little tricks. Let's check on Lu Xu about the secretarial affairs. Lu Chengqing was famous for his literary reputation back then, and he was good at promoting high-ranking disciples. Maybe there are traces of one of them." Li Zhi's face was calm. , but his eyes were already filled with murderous intent.

When a wealthy family acts, their plans are extremely sinister, but their means of doing things are also very cryptic.

After all, in this world, the one who truly holds the power of life and death is the emperor. If he is unreasonable, the emperor can directly slaughter the entire Lu family.

But without evidence, the emperor could only act within the rules.

"Yes!" Empress Wu nodded slightly, her face solemn.

"Alas!" Li Zhi sighed softly and said, "If Prince Peng is transferred back, maybe we can find out clearly."

"Di Renjie and Yao Chong, if we let them go and check, they can find out." Empress Wu looked at the emperor comfortingly, and the emperor couldn't help but laugh.

They have settled this case in court. As for private investigations, whether it is the secret guard or the secretary prison, their respective investigations are within their limits.

As long as there is no intervention from Dali Temple and Yushitai, it will not attract too many people's attention.

After all, even the emperor himself didn't want others to find out that he was almost dying because he was being plotted against.

"For the Western Turks, Fanzhou has begun to prepare money and food, and the early soldiers have begun to take action."

After a brief pause, Li Zhi said, "After receiving the imperial edict, Prince Peng immediately took action. His actions were swift and decisive, and he also mobilized several people..."

"I know, everything is for the sake of state affairs." Empress Wu smiled and said, "But he really doesn't have much to worry about. A comfort envoy actually ran to the front to direct the survey and management of the waterway. It's really..."

"That's why I don't worry." It was also because of this that Li Zhi felt relieved about Li Xuan, and then he sighed softly: "If all the governors in the world can be as diligent in government affairs as him, I won't have to worry so much, especially... Du Huaibao."

Li Zhi's face darkened.

Empress Wu didn't know what to say for a moment.

Although the Western Turks rebellion was originally located in the Western Turks, Du Huaibao's secret and violent expropriation was also an important factor that contributed to the Turks' rebellion this year.

If it were not this year but next year, after the emperor's enshrinement, the emperor would be able to handle it more easily.

But unfortunately...

Empress Wu turned around and said: "So, no one else is doing anything about the Western Turks?"

The Western Turks rebellion and the solar eclipse were both reported to the emperor at the same time. With his sensitive and suspicious personality, it would be strange not to investigate in depth.

Li Zhi shook his head and said: "Outside, the remnants of Dashi and the Eastern Turks, and inside, whether someone instigated Du Huaibao to do something, Mei Niang, you can check it yourself, I want to know the result."

"Yes!" Empress Wu nodded seriously. Du Huaibao was actually his man. After all, to replace Wang Fangyi, Empress Wu was naturally most willing to use her own people.

Lying calmly on the imperial couch, Li Zhi said softly: "Ask Taiping and the Prince Consort to go to Luoyang with us. They should not get involved in Chang'an's affairs."

"Yes!" Empress Wu nodded slightly.

Not long after, the emperor had fallen asleep gently. He had just stood out for a while, and he was already very tired. …

The bright yellow chariot stopped outside the gate of Prince Peng's Mansion. Liu Jinyu and Pei Shitong were already waiting at the door. When they saw Li Xian coming down from it holding Xia'er in his arms, Liu Jinyu and Pei Shitong hurriedly said, "I have met His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Aunt Wang, please get up." Li Xian put down Xia'er and watched her run towards Liu Jinyu, then said with a smile: "Princess Fuchang is very lively in the palace, and she will stay in the palace for another day tomorrow. There’s no need to go to the palace the next day.”

"That's good." Liu Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Li Xian and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"It's okay." Li Xian waved his hand and said, "Taiping is pregnant today. My father asked me to take some silk from the palace to the palace."

Li Xian waved his hand behind him, and immediately, ten carts of silk were pulled into Prince Peng's Mansion.

Liu Jinyu was so surprised that it was just Princess Taiping who was pregnant, and she was still pregnant for more than two months...

Liu Jinyu came to her senses instantly and said to Li Xianfu, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"Okay, let's go back to the palace first." Li Xian nodded and said, "If Aunt Wang has something to do, just ask someone to come to the palace and let her know."

"Here, I would like to send you off to Your Highness." Liu Jinyu raised her head, then watched Li Xian leave in a chariot, and then waved her hand and led her family into the palace.

After asking Su Zang and Zhou Sheng to take their servants to sort out the rewards in the palace, Liu Jinyu returned to the backyard with Xia'er in her arms.

After waving her hand to the maid, Liu Jinyu carried Xia'er to the bed with her own hands. Her daughter fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

Although nothing happened all day long, Xia'er, who had always been cheerful, always acted well in the palace. Even Liu Jinyu knew how tired she was.

"This can't go on like this." Pei Shitong walked to Liu Jinyu's side and whispered: "Even if the emperor is well this time and leaves Chang'an for Luoyang, what about next time? If the emperor gets sick again next time, he wants Xia'er again. What should I do if I go again?”

Liu Jinyu's hand suddenly paused. She had not forgotten that the emperor also pointed out that Xia'er would go to Songshan to help him open the furnace in a few months.

At that time, Liu Jinyu and Xia'er were both in Chang'an, and the emperor was in Luoyang. The emperor couldn't directly call people to Songshan, he always needed a reason.

Now, Pei Shitong's words have made the reason clear.

The emperor just needs to get sick again.

As long as the emperor gets sick again, he can call Xia'er to Luoyang, or even directly to Songshan Mountain.

"Do we have room to refuse?" Liu Jinyu raised her head and looked at Pei Shitong, her eyes filled with pain and helplessness.

"Yes!" Pei Shitong looked straight at Liu Jinyu and said, "The emperor can get sick, and Xia'er can also get sick."

"Huh?" Liu Jinyu frowned immediately.

Pei Shitong smiled softly, and then said: "The emperor asked Xia'er to enter the palace, just to tell others that he can recover quickly with the help of Xia'er's blessing. Even Princess Taiping was pregnant because she was with Xia'er. , This method can only confuse some ordinary people and some officials who are willing to believe it, but it is completely useless to those who can really see through everything. "

"We cannot do anything detrimental to His Majesty." Liu Jinyu shook her head and looked straight at Pei Shitong. Prince Peng's Mansion had its own position.

"Of course. In fact, those people are just not sure about the emperor's physical condition. In this case, we might as well help the emperor." Pei Shitong looked straight at Liu Jinyu and said, "How about letting Xia'er get sick too? ?”

Liu Jinyu fell silent, and after a moment, she said: "When, not tomorrow, if it affects the emperor, we will be in trouble."

"Of course, after the emperor leaves Luoyang, he does not need to be seriously ill. A slight cold or cold will be enough." Pei Shitong raised his eyes, looked in the direction of the palace, and said softly: "Since the emperor hopes that people in the world will think that Xia'er's blessing is useful, Then let’s let it sit down.”

"The emperor has recovered from his illness, but Xia'er is ill." Liu Jinyu nodded slowly, and finally gritted his teeth: "Okay!"

The emperor wanted to use Xia'er to open the furnace. In any case, at that time, Xia'er was more or less ill.

Then at that time, it would be good if everyone in the world knew that the emperor was unwell.

Xia'er is ill, but the emperor's condition has metastasized.

So, how sick is the emperor?
It’s enough for anyone in the world to guess.

It's even hard to say that Songshan's affairs will be directly exposed to the public eye.

That way, the emperor would have to think carefully if he wanted to use Xia'er again.

Liu Jinyu breathed a long sigh of relief, looked up at Pei Shitong, and said, "Actually, what I'm most worried about is not the present, but the future."

"In the future?" Pei Shitong seemed to realize that Liu Jinyu was going to say something very important.

"Yes, in the future." Liu Jinyu looked at Xia'er and said softly: "The situation is not bad now. The emperor's health will eventually improve. But if one day in the future, it really comes to the last day, if Xia'er is still in the palace, then what will happen if Xia'er is still in the palace? It’s probably very difficult to avoid this bloody storm.”

Before the emperor died, and even on the night of his death, Xia'er was in the palace.

Then at that time, whether before or after the event, there will inevitably be huge risks.

Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu had always wanted to send Xia'er out of Chang'an to avoid these things, but the emperor would not let him go so easily.

"Especially that day, it won't be too late."

(End of this chapter)