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

Chapter 1836 Plan: Poisoning the Emperor
The rain fell gently in Luoyang city, and the sultry heat of early autumn dissipated immediately.

In Luoyang City, countless Jinwu Guards stood solemnly on Dingdingmen Street. The emperor's carriage was heading towards the palace under the escort of countless soldiers.

Li Xuan lifted the car curtain slightly. On the East-West Avenue outside the car window, people were standing on tiptoe, four hundred steps away, looking out.

"What? The emperor is afraid of assassination?" Liu Jinyu held Xia'er and looked at Li Xuan with amusement.

Li Xuan turned around and said with a smile: "It has always been the easiest for the emperor to be assassinated when he travels. If the guards are not careful enough and someone sets up a crossbow in a high place, even the emperor can be easily shot and killed if he is not careful, especially if there is a traitor."

"Your Majesty, have you ever plotted to kill someone like this?" Liu Jinyu asked Li Xuan curiously.

"Only the Queen can ask such a question." Li Xuan turned around and sat down beside Liu Jinyu. After thinking for a while, he shook his head slightly and said, "I did plot against some people in the past, but most of the time, I used various means to make them kill each other.

Those who can be personally taken action by me are basically powerful figures who cannot be infiltrated by the inside, such as when I killed Xu Jingye in Huashan."

Xu Jingye, no, Li Jingye, the son of Li Ji, Duke of England.

Who could have imagined that Li Ji, who had made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty in destroying other countries many times, would have descendants who actually intended to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, although Li Jingye is dead, Li Ji still has descendants who are active in the court.

It’s just that most of them linger in local areas, and there are very few of them in the court.

It's not just Li Ji, but also Li Jing, who suppressed Li Ji for his entire life, and his descendants were equally miserable.

Li Jing's eldest son, Li Dejian, was exiled to Wuzhou because he was involved in the treason of the deposed Crown Prince Li Chengqian. He was not exempted from exile until Li Zhi ascended the throne.

After Li Dejian returned to the court, he inherited Li Jing's title of Duke of Weiguo, but unfortunately, he died of depression within a few years.

Li Dejian's younger brother Li Dejiang later inherited the title. Li Dejiang later served as the governor of Yanzhou and then died of illness.

Although Li Dejiang was the son of Li Jing and was a clean and honest government official who loved the people when he was a governor, he did not accomplish any other major deeds.

Li Dejiang's son Li Youqian is now the Sima of Qinzhou, but he often rotates around and rarely returns to Chang'an.

On the contrary, Li Jing's younger brother Li Keshi, his son Li Dazhi, and grandson Li Lingwen were all important generals trusted by Li Xuan.

One is the General of the Right Thousand Oxen Guard, and the other is the General of the Imperial Guard.

One palm for confidentiality, the other for security.

As the saying goes, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west."

Nothing more than that.

……

"The grapes in Changzhou are ripe." Li Xuan handed the memorial to Liu Jinyu and said, "Kang Liancheng is submitting a memorial to request merit."

"We already have the seeds and technology, but training will take time. If we can transplant some directly from Changzhou, it will be faster." Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan seriously.

The grape business can provide more opportunities for people all over the world to make a living and reduce the world's food loss.

Today is different from later times. There is always a shortage of food in the world.

Li Xuan smiled and said casually, "This is easy. Give him the power to enter and exit Beiyuan, let him transplant some people to Beiyuan, find people to pretend to be guards and female officials, or even officials from the Sinong Temple to watch closely, he will have to come up with some real stuff."

Liu Jinyu nodded immediately. This method was the fastest and least likely to be noticed.

"I heard that there were grapes in Beiyuan in the early years, but they died later." Li Xuan looked up and said, "Transplant them and plant new seeds at the same time. Plant a large area of ​​similar grapes in a similar environment in Yongzhou. When the seedlings are mature, they can be directly planted in Hebei."

"Why Hebei?" Liu Jinyu was a little confused.

"Because Hebei is not easily discovered." Li Xuan smiled and said, "After a year or two, these grape seedlings will be given as rewards to the royal family and meritorious soldiers. In the future, grapes will naturally bloom and bear fruit in the Tang Dynasty."

"Your Majesty is wise." Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan with emotion.

Li Xuan figured out this method with a little thought, but Liu Jinyu had to think for a long time.

"Starting this year, we can build a large number of granaries in Hebei." Li Xuan took a deep breath and said, "Reassure the people, repair the roads, build granaries, and wait for Silla to have trouble. Then, within a month, we can quickly mobilize the army to Andong and then attack Silla."

"That depends on whether the Silla people will give Your Majesty this opportunity?" Liu Jinyu's eyes swept across Luo He outside the curtain of the carriage. They finally returned to the palace.

"It's not up to him. The conflict between the King of Silla and the Silla True Bone nobles is getting bigger and bigger, and it will break out within a year or two." Li Xuan smiled lightly.

……

Fushanfang, a restaurant in the attic with a view of South City.

A piece of paper was handed up silently.

Guo, who was dressed in a green robe, regretted it, took a look, and then handed the note to Qin Dunjiaogan opposite him, and then said calmly: "The emperor has returned to the palace." Qin Dunjiaogan withdrew his eyes from the drizzle outside the window, sighed softly, and said: "Everything is too late, the drought is over.

If I had known that there would be a drought in the Tang Dynasty this year, I would not have sold grain to the Tang Dynasty at such a low price."

Guo Huihui pondered for a moment, then asked cautiously, "How much food do you have in your country? What if the Tang Dynasty attacks us..."

"Don't worry, the country is well prepared." Qin Dunjiao smiled calmly, and then said: "Although a lot of stored grain has been sold to the Tang Dynasty, the golden autumn harvest is good, so we can put it into the warehouse."

"Be careful." Guo Hui looked at Qin Dunjiaogan and said, "According to my information, the emperor is still determined to fight against Silla. He may lead the army and attack Silla directly at any time."

"I believe what you say." Qin Dunjiao picked up the wine glass and poured himself a glass, then said: "Who among the emperors of the Central Plains did not have ambitions for Dongdao? Except for Yang Guang, Emperor Taizong, Emperor Gaozong, and the other Yang Jian, Emperor Gaozu, and Emperor Zhongzong, who did not think about completely crushing Silla and unifying the world, but who did it?"

Guo Huiwu looked at Qin Dunjiaogan with surprise, who was so confident. He did not expect that Qin Dunjiaogan and the Silla people behind him had such an idea.

"There are only a few who can do it, and there are only three people who can mobilize the army." Qin Dun Jiaogan drank the wine in his glass, then looked towards the South City in the southeast and said calmly: "The emperor naturally wants to mobilize the army, but with the floods last year and the drought this year, given his personality, I'm afraid he will focus on governing the court, and put everything else aside for now."

"You still understand him." Guo regretted and nodded slowly.

Since Li Xuan ascended the throne, his image of loving the people has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Some things don't need to be said, just do it.

In the past two years, there was flood in one year and drought in the other, but neither caused any disaster to the people in the world. This was very rare in the past.

Even if there are one or two such things, upon closer inspection, Li Xuan's shadow is still behind them.

"Okay." Guo regretted not saying anything more, raised his glass, and said, "I'll toast you one more glass, and I'm going to Hebei to take a look.

The emperor seized a lot of grain from the Xu family in Jingzhou this time, and most of it was transported to Hebei. I want to see whether this grain was used to help the people or stored?"

"If you have any news, remember to let me know." Qin Dunjiao raised his glass and clinked it with Guo Huiqiu.

After finishing the glass of wine, Guo regretted it and got up and left.

……

When the footsteps outside faded away, Qin Dunjiaogan immediately stood up, walked out of the room, then went downstairs and sat down alone in a room. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Guo regretted wanting to use Silla to completely overthrow Li Xuan's rule in the Tang Dynasty. How could Qin Dunjiaogan not see this?

But what Qin Dunjiaogan really hoped was that Guo would regret causing chaos within the Tang Dynasty and not let Li Xuan turn his attention to Silla.

They both have their own positions, so there is no way Qin Dunjiaogan would be used by Guo Huiqiu.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Qin Dunjiaogan immediately stood up, paid the bill and left.

Under the drizzle, a bamboo umbrella covers my face.

Qin Dunjiao carefully watched the footsteps behind him, turned three times and made sure that no one was following him before returning to the embassy.

The deputy envoy observed carefully at the door, and finally nodded slightly to Qin Dunjiaogan.

Qin Dunjiaogan let it go completely.

Returning to the inner room, Qin Dunjiao poured a cup of tea and drank it down before looking at the deputy envoy and saying, "Did you confirm that you had sent the news of the food shortage in the Tang Dynasty to the country?"

"Starting from mid-March, one letter a month, a total of four letters." The deputy envoy nodded confidently and said carefully: "Ambassador, is it because you returned to Datang too early that the news was not received in China?"

"Maybe." Qin Dunjiao shook his head slightly, then said sternly, "It is also possible that the Tang Dynasty sent people to kill those things."

The deputy envoy's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at Qin Dunjiaogan in disbelief: "Tang... Why did Tang intercept and kill our messenger?"

"There is news that the emperor is preparing to attack Silla." Qin Dun Jiaogan said with a serious face, "And the country is in turmoil right now, and I don't know if the news has reached the Tang Dynasty."

"In the country, what about the king?" The deputy envoy did not finish his words, but the expression on his face had already told Qin Dunjiaogan that he also had a good understanding of the affairs in the country.

"I don't know. Let's wait and see." Qin Dunjiaogan looked serious and asked, "Have you contacted the maids in the palace?"

"No." The deputy envoy shook his head and said, "The person has already entered the harem. The people from the Honglu Temple did not inform us at all, and we cannot contact the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"In the current situation, if you and I want to play a role, we have to find a way from those maids." Qin Dunjiaogan said with a stern expression: "It is better to find a way to meet the emperor and see if we can send the things we brought from the country to the palace."

"Domestic stuff?" The deputy envoy opened his eyes wide in surprise.

Qin Dunjiao nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)