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

Chapter 1467: Killing someone with a borrowed knife, killing Yuan Wanqing

The evening drums were heavy and the figures were in a hurry.

Under the darkness of night, as soon as Hei's carriage returned to Sigong Square, the gate of the square was already closed.

The carriage stopped in front of the Jade Dragon Garden. Li Xuan opened the curtain, jumped out of the carriage, and slightly raised his hand to Su Liangsi, who had been waiting in front of the door: "Brother Su!"

"I've met the prince!" Su Liangsi bowed his hands to Li Xuan, then looked at Liu Jinyu who opened the curtain slightly, bowed and said: "I've met the princess."

"Su Sima!" Liu Jinyu nodded in return and said at the same time: "I have a few children to settle here, so I have no time to entertain them. Please forgive me, Sima."

"The official has taken the liberty to disturb me. Princess, please!" Su Liangsi took a step back, Liu Jinyu nodded, and then signaled the carriage to drive into the palace.

"Brother Su, please!" Li Xuan reached out and invited Su Liangsi to enter the courtyard. While walking, he said, "Brother Su, do you know what happened today?"

"There are rumors that the prince burned the marriage certificate between the Prime Minister and the Zheng family. His Highness asked the subordinate to come and ask." Su Liangsi raised his head and looked at Li Xuan and asked: "Your Majesty, what is the matter? And what is the marriage certificate? real or fake?"

"Mrs. Tong'an blocked the door, and then sent someone to deliver an envelope that seemed to contain a marriage certificate, but I didn't open it and simply burned it with a fire."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan looked at Su Liangsi and said: "But Brother Su, in fact, that marriage book can no longer pose a threat to Yuan Wanqing. The Queen of Heaven will not allow it to appear in the court. Whoever takes it out will be the winner." Enemies of the Queen of Heaven.”

Su Liangsi couldn't help but sigh, nodded and said: "What the prince said is true, it is true. We still missed the best time to get it, and now..."

Su Liangsi was a smart man. Yesterday, Empress Wu made Yuan Wanqing kneel in front of the Qianyang Palace for four hours. Such punishment would make it difficult for others to chase and beat him.

If he really continues to torment Yuan Wanqing, Empress Wu might just fall out, and it would be difficult to deal with it at that time.

"Fortunately, Mrs. An and I came to the door today, just in time to make some fuss with the true and false marriage book, but that's it." Li Xuan shook her head slightly.

Although he was eager to kill Yuan Wanqing now, there was really no chance at the moment.

"Then the marriage certificate should still be with Mrs. Tong'an, and the Prime Minister's Palace will probably want to destroy it completely." Su Liangsi pondered, seeming to have other ideas.

"It should be carried by Mrs. An personally, but Brother Su, if you want the Prime Minister's Mansion to fight with the Zheng family, would it be wrong to do so? Now even if someone takes out the real marriage certificate, the queen will say it is fake, and everyone in the world will say it. It’s fake, the Prime Minister’s Mansion and the Zheng Family…” Li Xuan suddenly paused as she spoke.

Frowning, Li Xuan continued: "After all, the Zheng family is one of the five surnames and seven families. If the marriage cannot be achieved in the Prime Minister's Palace, but instead they are suppressed and the news spreads, it may damage the reputation of the Prime Minister's Palace!"

"Yes, that's how it should be." Su Liangsi raised his brows, looked at Li Xuan and said, "My prince is the best at all these things."

At this point, the marriage certificate was "burned" by Li Xuan, and the Prime Minister's Palace should cease to exist.

So what if the Zheng family still has the marriage certificate in their hands, as long as they don't acknowledge it.

But at this time, if the Prime Minister's Mansion is still chasing and beating the Zheng family group, the world's aristocratic families will have objections.

This will greatly shake the foundation of the Prime Minister's Palace.

Li Dan should be able to barely see this, but he didn't expect that others would pretend to be men from the Prime Minister's Palace to hunt down the Zheng family.

Although the world's aristocratic family thinks that the Zheng family deserves it, they also think that Li Dan goes too far.

There are not many people who support Li Dan in both the government and the public.

Li Xuan waved her hand and said: "Brother Su came up with the method, so let him do it. As a right-guard general, I sit in the office every day, so it is really not suitable for big actions... Please come in!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Su Liangsi bowed slightly, and then followed Li Xuan into the central hall.

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Li Xuan asked someone to serve tea. After the maid went down, Li Xuan looked at Su Liangsi and said, "In any case, this matter should be settled by now."

Su Liangsi nodded, and then said bitterly: "If this is the case, then even though the East Palace took action this time, it suppressed Yuan Wanqing, but it only suppressed Yuan Wanqing."

"Why, didn't Dong Gong find any weaknesses in the other people in the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Li Xuan wrinkled and reached out to press the lid of the teacup beside him.

Su Liangsi took a deep breath and said: "The Prime Minister's Mansion has always had a small number of people, and the Prime Minister's restraints are very tight. This is also true for Beimen bachelors like Yuan Wanqing. Behind them, there is the Queen of Heaven who is restraining them."

Empress Wu used Beimen bachelors to divide the power of the prime ministers, so naturally the prime ministers would not easily catch the weaknesses of Beimen bachelors.

Therefore, the Beimen bachelors have always lived a relatively poor life. Even if they have some things, they are given through the channels of the Prime Minister's Palace.

Therefore, Beimen bachelors have always been strict with themselves and rarely do anything out of the ordinary.

It's not easy to catch them.

"Although Yuan Wanqing was suppressed this time, so many people were moved in the East Palace. If Yuan Wanqing was only sent to Taiyuan in the end, while the others were safe, it would inevitably make people doubt the power of the East Palace." Su Liangsi looked at it. Looking at Li Xuan, she said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, we still need to think of some solutions."

For such a big move by the East Palace, one Yuan Wanqing is not enough to demonstrate the authority of the East Palace.

Li Xuan gently knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: "This time I'm investigating Yuan Wanqing, I'm also investigating the connections between the Prime Minister's Palace and Zhu Xiang. So besides Yuan Wanqing, who else has contacted Zhu Xiang?"

"He is the only one who has been found so far." Su Liangsi shook his head slightly. Yuan Wanqing was the commander of the secret guards. Only he could do things without being easily caught.

In the original prime minister's battle, all parties had already used a lot of force before entering the political hall.

Even Li Xuan sent people to keep an eye on the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Only Yuan Wanqing could secretly contact the prime minister under his nose.

"Start first, impeach them for minor crimes, and no matter what else, try to drive as many of their people out of Luoyang as possible during this enshrinement." Li Xuan looked cold.

Su Liangsi nodded and said thoughtfully: "In this case, it is not difficult to operate."

If the power on the surface is enough, he can already tell everyone. Li Xuan sighed softly and said: "Your Highness and the Prime Minister are brothers after all, and some things need to be stopped in moderation."

Su Liangsi pursed his face slightly and nodded: "What the prince said is true. After this incident, the Prime Minister should also learn a lesson. In the future, the Prime Minister will be more cautious and even elusive."

Li Xuan raised an eyebrow, looked at Su Liangsi and asked, "Brother Su, what do you mean?"

Su Liangsi smiled slightly, then looked at Li Xuan and said, "If the official's guess is correct, there is still something in the hands of the prince."

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly: "Brother Su overestimates Xuan."

"Haha!" Su Liangsi laughed very calmly, but his eyes were always fixed on Li Xuan.

Li Xuan sighed softly, shook her head, and took out two memorials from her sleeves helplessly.

"Brother Su." Li Xuan looked at Su Liangsi and said, "Xuan has two memorials here. One is to impeach Mr. Zuo Sitai for his misconduct, bullying the people and causing death, and the other is to impeach the emperor. Cui Jiguan, nephew of Dr. Shi Cui Mi, talks about the bribery case. "

When Li Xuan took out the memorial to impeach Dou Sitai, Su Liangsi couldn't help but smile. But when Li Xuan took out the memorial to impeach Cui Mi, his expression changed.

Dou Sitai is the brother-in-law of Princess Dou, the Prime Minister. Targeting him can certainly intimidate others.

But Cui Mi, the imperial censor, was Empress Wu's employee. Targeting him would probably anger Empress Wu.

Li Xuan looked at Su Liangsi with a smile and said, "Brother Su, there are two memorials. Brother, please take one."

Su Liangsi looked at Li Xuan solemnly and asked directly: "What does the prince plan to do with the memorial to impeach Cui Yushi?"

"What to do if you don't have any plans? Just wait and see. If you have a chance, take it out. If you don't have a chance, just leave it alone." Li Xuan said, handing the memorial to impeach Dou Sitai to Su Liangsi.

Su Liangsi had no choice in this matter. He could only choose to impeach Dou Sitai.

"We only need to drive Dou Sitai out of the position of Zuo Si Lang, and Donggong will find a suitable replacement." After a slight pause, Li Xuan looked at Su Liangsi and said, "Brother Su, it is best to find someone from within Donggong. Such a person If you transfer them, others can be promoted in turn, so that you can calm people's hearts."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will send you to the provincial government." Su Liangsi nodded, but his eyes still fell on the memorial to impeach Cui Mi.

He didn't know that once the memorial was used, Cui Mi would be impeached and the Queen would be offended at the same time. However, the memorial could take down a censor, and if used at a critical moment, it would be of great use.

"May I ask Your Majesty, how exactly does Your Majesty plan to use it?" Su Liangsi couldn't help but ask in the end.

Li Xuan smiled faintly, then shook his head and said: "Originally Xuan planned to hand this magazine to Prime Minister Pei, and then impeach the imperial censor as a vote of surrender to the East Palace, but unexpectedly, Xue relative to Prime Minister Pei turned out to be Such resistance is so strong.”

Su Liangsi's face darkened, and someone in the same room said: "What the prince has in mind is a strange plan that will be of great benefit to His Highness, but Prime Minister Xue disagrees."

Use Pei Yan to counteract Empress Wu, and Li Xian will develop his power under him. In this way, four or five years later, Li Xian will have enough power to control the government.

When the time comes, Empress Wu returns to the harem. If Pei Yan is obedient, he will continue to be the minister Zuopushe. If he is not obedient, he will be made the crown prince and tutor like Liu Rengui.

A prince and a tutor are held high, but they do not touch the real power.

In order to prevent him from overreacting, you can even let him continue to be in the third rank of Zhongshu's sect to balance the situation.

This is the best way.

Of course, no matter what, someone's power will be damaged, and right now, the person who will be damaged will be Xue Yuanchao.

"What a shame, we are so weak." Su Liangsi gritted his teeth.

Li Xuan nodded in agreement. The reason why Li Xuan had this strategy was because it would take another four years for Li Xuan to return to the center.

Even Su Liangsi needed to serve as the Minister of the Six Ministries well, so that he could legitimately enter the political hall.

But these all take time, at least four to five years.

It is precisely because of this that they need someone above them to block the pressure from Empress Wu.

Empress Wu was greedy for power, and countless people had proven this with their lives in the early years.

Once Li Xian comes to power, he will inevitably attack Empress Wu's power. They, the subordinates of the Eastern Palace, will immediately be suppressed openly and covertly by Empress Wu.

If there is no one above to help them withstand the pressure, it will be very difficult for them.

This person could have been Xue Yuanchao, and it should have been him, but he didn't have the confidence.

Li Xuan finally thought of winning over Pei Yan, but Xue Yuanchao was very resistant.

This made Su Liangsi, who saw all this clearly, very angry.

Su Liangsi raised his head and looked at the memorial in Li Xuan's hand, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, maybe we still need to take action."

Li Xuan nodded in agreement and said: "I have actually had some thoughts. After all, Yuan Wanqing contacted all the prime ministers for the Prime Minister. The fact that Minister Doulu got four votes is clear evidence that Prime Minister Pei is also connected with Yuan Wanqing.

If we can start from here, it may make Prime Minister Pei feel wary and come back to the East Palace, but it's a pity..."

"But it's a pity that the Queen is not willing to let me wait and make more fuss about Yuan Wanqing." Su Liangsi sighed deeply, shook his head and said: "The direction of the prince is correct. Although it seems a bit difficult at the moment, so through the censor doctor Let him force Prime Minister Pei."

"How about getting a magazine, impeaching the prime minister for colluding with the prime ministers, sending the magazine to the imperial censor's residence, and then revealing the news to Prime Minister Pei?" Li Xuan gently raised his head and looked at Su Liangsi, who smiled. .

Li Xuan also smiled.

(End of this chapter)