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

Chapter 311 Divide and win over, half of state power

Li Xuan stood on the pier, with his hands behind his back, and on the long pole behind him, the pennant was basking in the sun, and the purple five pythons and five chapters were subdued. He was majestic without anger.

The many Wuzhou bureaucrats standing in front of him couldn't help but bow slightly.

Standing behind Li Xuan, Zhang Yi, who joined the army, his face was as cold as water.

What Li Xuan is doing now is obviously not taking him as a recorder to join the army at all, but he has nothing to do.

Li Xuan is a Wuzhou Biejia under the fifth rank, and even Sima of Wuzhou is only an official rank under the sixth rank, and he is even farther away from joining the army as a recorder under the sixth rank.

Don't Jia owns the power of half of the state. If it is placed on them, it is nothing more than a vain job, but it is placed on Li Xuan, the current county king, and at this sensitive time, the emperor's trust in him is self-evident. Metaphor.

At this time, who would dare to easily stroke Li Xuan's beard,

Zhang Yi glanced over the group of Liucao Canjun who were dressed in light green seventh-rank official uniforms and looked respectful, and his face sank involuntarily.

At this moment, Li Xuan suddenly shouted coldly: "Where is Cang Cao joining the army?"

"Xiaguancang Cao Canjun Li Yuanyi met the king!" As soon as Li Yuan opened his mouth, Li Xuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"So it's a son of the clan." Li Xuan nodded slightly in a daze, and then said with a serious face, "You are ordered to close the gates of all Kuku, without the order of the governor, this king, and Sima Qin, no one is allowed to come from Cangcao at will." To mobilize one soldier and one ration, the king will personally inspect each storehouse tomorrow afternoon."

"I will obey the order." Li Yuanyi complied without any hesitation.

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. Up to now, he had not seen the names of the Tianyin Cultists on the heads of anyone present.

Hucao, Gongcao, Cangcao, these people are either Wang Fanglin's hometown in Hedong, or members of the Wang clan, or the clan of the current dynasty. These people alone are enough for Wang Fanglin to control half of the real power in Wuzhou .

"Fa Cao is here to join the army!" Li Xuan's voice became slightly gentler.

"Reporting to the lord, Facao joined the army and went out to investigate the case with Qin Sima today, and he hasn't returned yet." A tall bearded man wearing a fish scale armor stood out from one side and stood with his hands folded.

"Your Excellency?" Li Xuan's eyes were dim, looking up and down at the person in front of him.

"The officer and soldier Cao Canjun Yan Tao has seen the prince!" Yan Tao looked at Li Xuan with a serious expression, carefully watching the slightest change on Li Xuan's face.

"So you are the soldier who joined the army?" Li Xuan looked at Yan Tao with some surprise.

"It's the next official!" Yan Tao knew that Li Xuan did it on purpose, but he still stood there calmly.

"Although picketing against the party is a matter for the law, the soldiers should also give appropriate assistance." Li Xuan looked at Yan Tao, glanced over his head, and said, "I order you to increase the number of people in Wuzhou City from today onwards." The number of patrols, until the end of this summer harvest, must not be wrong!"

"I will obey the order!" Yan Tao let out a long sigh of relief.

Li Xuan's willingness to give him an order meant that Li Xuan still trusted him for the time being, which made Yan Tao's whole heart let go.

Two months ago, after the assassination of Inspector Wang Fanglin, the entire city of Wuzhou was about to be overthrown, but even so, they still did not find the slightest trace of the traitor of the Tianyin Sect.

There are two people with heavy responsibilities. One of them is He Zheng, who joins the army with Cao Cao, and Yan Tao, who joins the army with Cao Cao.

For the past two months, both He Zheng and Yan Tao have been trying their best to search for traces of Tianyin Sect assassins in the whole city, but even so far, they still found nothing.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, looked at the fifty-year-old elder with fluttering beard standing to one side, and asked in a low voice, "Your Excellency must be a soldier who joined the army!"

"Scholar Cao joined the army, Feng Hua, and met the county king!" Feng Hua cupped his hands solemnly at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan nodded, and said: "Scholar Cao joined the army, took charge of Hejin and built bridges, Yuyu and other things. Feng joined the army and worked hard. Please also send the map of the waterways and bridges in Wuzhou to the king tomorrow. The king wants a copy tomorrow." Ask for advice!"

"Don't dare!" Feng Hua's face was slightly solemn, then he folded his hands and backed away, his eyes subconsciously swept across Li Xuan's military recorder Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi noticed Feng Hua's gaze and nodded slightly. At the same time, Li Xuan also turned to look at Zhang Yi, and said in a gentle voice: "Zhang Canjun, now introduce some other officials and squires from this state to this king. whoever."

"Dare not to follow orders!" Zhang Yi cupped his hands in a bitter voice. He did not expect that with just a few words, Li Xuan had already won over half of the real-power soldiers in Wuzhou.

Right now, when the governor Wang Fanglin was seriously injured and Sima Qinming went out to investigate the case, the newcomer Li Xuan became the de facto leader of the entire Wuzhou City.

As if he was the master.

"This is Tang Jun, the State Instructor!" Zhang Yi pointed to a [-]-year-old man in a light green official robe with a refined face.

"Tang Jun has seen Farewell!" Instructed Tang Jun to slightly bow his hands to Li Xuan.

"I've seen Tang Jiaoyu!" Li Xuan stretched out his hand to salute Tang Jun, and Zhang Yi, who was watching this scene, changed slightly.

After landing on the shore, this was the first time for Li Xuan to return a salute to someone. Although it was only an instruction from Tang Jun, it was full of deep meaning.

Li Xuan turned her head, looked at Yu Ze behind her, and said with a smile: "Tang Jiaoyu and Yu Xiuzhuan are old friends, we need to move around more in the future!"

Tang Jun looked up at Yu Ze, with a nostalgic smile on his face, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Guanzhong, see you for a long time!"

"Brother Sichi, it's been a long time!" Yu Ze returned the greeting with a gentle expression.

The expressions of everyone who saw this scene changed even more dramatically.

Not only did Li Xuan easily win over the various forces left behind by Wang Fanglin, he even already had his own contacts in Wuzhou, so he was quite difficult to mess with.

With Tang Jun around, Li Xuan soon got to know more low-level officials in Wuzhou, which also made them more accepting of Li Xuan.

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"This is Old Shen, the father of Changzhou Governor Shen!" Tang Jun respectfully introduced Shen Tuo, a sixty-year-old white-haired man in a scarlet brocade suit, to Li Xuan.

"Old man Shen Tuo has met the King of Nanchang County!" Shen Tuo slightly cupped his hands at Li Xuan with a gentle expression.

Li Xuan hurriedly stepped aside, and at the same time said politely: "Senior, don't bully this junior. A few days ago, Xiao Wang went to Changzhou to pay a visit to Governor Shen, and here is Governor Shen who brought a letter from my family."

Seeing this letter, Shen Tuo's brows relaxed a lot.

He was afraid that Li Xuan would take this letter to him in private, which meant that Li Xuan needed his help with something very difficult.

On the contrary, it's the public place like this that makes him relax the most.

Because at this time, letting people see that there is this letter is the biggest role played by this letter.

Shen Tuo stood up slightly, holding the crutch with one hand, and took the letter with the other, and said at the same time: "If the prince has any difficulties in the future, you can go straight to the Shen family's old house to find the old man. If he can help, the old man will never refuse."

"Then thank you, Old Shen!" Li Xuan bowed heavily.

When the other people around saw this scene, their faces were slightly dignified.

The Shen family is the head of the four major families in Wuzhou, and one of five out of the sixteen families in Wuzhou. They have children working in various places and their official careers are well developed.

Now the highest official position is Shen Qian, the governor of Changzhou.

His father, Shen Tuo, was also the governor of the state in his early years, a scholarly family, and a family of officials.

With the Shen family in front, the Yang family, the Teng family, and the Qian family were all polite to Li Xuan.

The person from the Yang family is a handsome and unrestrained elder in his [-]s, named Yang Yan, who became an official due to illness in his early years, and now he is educating the younger generation in the family.

The one from the Teng family is younger, around forty, and works as a teacher in Xuanzhou. Recently, because the old man in the family passed away, he came back to attend the funeral during the Chinese New Year.

The last one is the Qian family. The daughter of the Qian family married the King of Yue as the side concubine. These years, they have gained a lot of momentum in Wuzhou, and they have the potential to press against the three great families.

The person who came to the Qian family was a middle-aged man in his early 30s. He was dressed in a blue robe and looked very chic.

"My lord, if there is anything I need to do for you, please tell me bluntly, there was a letter from the Yue Palace a few days ago, asking me to do my best to help the king." Qian Zhe was very respectful to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan reached out and patted Qian Zhe's arm, and said with a faint smile: "Before this king left Luoyang, he had a conversation with brother Yue Wang. This time, the crisis is hidden. He has strictly ordered the palace to be cautious. If brother Qian is flawed, you might as well communicate more with the palace."

Qian Zhe was slightly taken aback, then solemnly cupped his hands: "Thank you for reminding me, my lord, I will keep it in mind."

Li Xuan turned around to look at the others, raised her hands slightly, her eyes froze slightly, and a powerful aura burst forth immediately.

"Everyone, please keep in mind that as long as the murderer who assassinated the king's governor is not found, someone will be in danger. This king is like this, and everyone is the same. Please be careful." Li Xuan sincerely said to everyone present. As soon as they bowed their hands, everyone immediately returned the salute, but unconsciously, their memories were immediately pulled back to the storm two months ago.

There are too many things that cannot be carried by a simple memorial.

On that day, the entire city of Wuzhou was turned upside down by the officers and soldiers, no matter whether it was aristocratic families or civilians, no one missed it.

I don't know how many conflicts and fightings happened in the middle, and everything is hard to count.

But even so, the Tianyin sect's assassins were still not found, but there were countless thieves, bandits, and shady deeds who were caught and killed.

Anyway, since then, the security incidents in Wuzhou City have decreased a lot.

But if people were to go back to that stormy night, absolutely no one would want to.

Li Xuan turned around and looked at Zhang Yi, who joined the army, and said with a gentle attitude: "Zhang Canjun, the governor is seriously injured now, Sima is away, I hope you can help me a lot, and bring Wuzhou's government affairs back to normal as soon as possible!"

"I will do my best." Zhang Yi bowed his hands to Li Xuan earnestly.

Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction. At this moment, Qian Zhe suddenly said to Li Xuan: "My lord, the families have prepared a reception banquet for my lord at the Siming Tower today, and I hope my lord can appreciate it."

Li Xuan smiled a little embarrassedly, and said: "Everyone is sincere, and this king is not good at refusing, but I'm afraid I will have to wait a little longer. After I settle down, I wash up a bit and rush to Siming Tower."

"Naturally." Qian Zhe replied respectfully.

Li Xuan smiled lightly, looking backward.

At this time, Li Zhu had already come to the side in a black carriage.

Li Xuan cupped his hands to the crowd and said, "Everyone, see you at the dinner."

"Farewell to the prince!" Amidst the voices of everyone, Li Xuan got into the carriage directly.

Escorted by teams of Qianniu Guards, the carriage slowly drove towards the city gate, and everyone else finally got on the carriage.

At this moment, under the city gate, there is only Li Xuan in the carriage, surrounded by a group of guards.

All of a sudden, the sound of "Hang Han Han" sounded from the city gate tower, and everyone on the pier subconsciously raised their heads, and suddenly saw a huge steel arrow suddenly raised, and then aimed firmly at the black carriage.

"No, it's Fuyuannu!" Bing Cao Canjun Yantao screamed in an instant, and before he could speak, he heard a "collapse".

The extremely fierce giant arrow has been shot out fiercely, and it shot straight at the black carriage.

(End of this chapter)