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

Chapter 334 Provoking People's Hearts

Standing on the Bayong Building several feet high, Li Xuan put her hand on the railing and looked into the distance.

In front of you, the Wujiang River is secluded, the blue sky is thousands of miles, and the emerald mountains are connected to the screen.

Looking up slightly, there is a tall pavilion with double eaves, a gable roof, and the corners of the wings are raised, and the stone swallow is about to fly.

His mood immediately opened up.

Taking a deep breath, Li Xuan suddenly turned around.

The robe with gold silk and black background, the colorful silver headband, and the stern and straight figure made him look very noble.

With a sneer on his face, Li Xuan walked slowly into the main pavilion of Bayong Tower.

When he looked up, he happened to see several guards in different clothes rushing up from downstairs, hurried to his master's side, and informed them of everything that happened outside.

The fighting that took place on the long street in the distance couldn't be hidden from these masters raised by various families.

What's more, the aristocratic family has its own way of doing things, and the surrounding long streets are already under the monitoring of countless light and dark sentries.

Seeing Li Xuan walk in, the patriarchs immediately waved their hands to let their subordinates leave, then quickly stood up and cupped their hands at Li Xuan at the same time: "I have seen the Nanchang County King, the County King Qianqiu!"

"Excuse me, everyone, please sit down." Li Xuan stretched out her hand with a gentle expression, and then sat down first under the eyes of everyone.

Only then did the others sit down together.

Seeing everyone sitting down, Li Xuan didn't speak directly.

He gave everyone a gentle but powerful look at first, then nodded slightly, and said solemnly: "You must have received a message that there is an assassin intending to commit murder just two streets away from here. , have been taken down, and if nothing else happens, they are the ones who assassinated Wang Shishi two months ago."

"Ah!" The faces of everyone present were stunned, and then there was an uproar.

You know, those two assassins directly assassinated the assassin Wang Fanglin two months ago in full view of everyone.

In the end, Wang Fanglin was seriously injured and dying, Chang Shi Li Ai died on the spot, soldiers and officials were killed and injured countless times, but in the end, those two extremely ferocious assassins escaped the pursuit of the officers and soldiers.

During the two months, the officers and soldiers searched for it several times, but they found nothing, not even a trace.

But today, they were all dead, all of a sudden.

For a moment, everyone couldn't accept it, and amidst the uproar, they all looked at Li Xuan carefully.

When she looked up, she realized that Li Xuan was looking at everyone with a smile that was not a smile.

There is a deep coldness in the eyes, which seems to engulf everyone.

The conversations of the people present gradually stopped under the cold eyes.

Li Xuan tapped the table in front of her lightly, and said word by word: "Those two people have been punished now, no matter what entanglements they had behind them, it's over now.

The king has already had people pull carts through the streets overnight to inform the people of Wuzhou that with the concerted efforts of the king and all of you, the assassin who assassinated the king's governor has been brought to justice.

From then on, the common people can have no worries, so can you, and this king can also have no worries. "

Li Xuan's last words were very low.

His eyes swept over the faces of Shen Tuo, Teng Yu, Qian Zhe and others, and he nodded in satisfaction when he saw that their expressions had gradually changed from surprise to shock.

Behind Wang Fanglin's assassination was the joint masterpiece of the Wuzhou family and the Tianyin Sect.

But now, with Tianyin Sect's uprising imminent, Li Xuan could only choose to put down the entanglements behind him temporarily.

However, it is still necessary to take a closer look at these Wuzhou aristocratic families.

"Everyone." Li Xuan's face suddenly became serious, and he said with cold eyes: "This king has been ordered by the saint and queen, and the central officials, to come to Wuzhou to take up the post, assist the governor, survey the state affairs, and sort out the affairs of the state. It is my king's responsibility to rent and tax the gods in the end, but it also needs your help."

"The responsibilities of the lower officials must be fulfilled." Everyone present immediately stood up, bowed their hands and saluted with solemn expressions.

Li Xuan smiled lightly, waved her hand, motioned everyone to sit down, and said at the same time: "Everyone, please sit down, this king is not reading an imperial decree, and His Majesty and Queen of Heaven are just telling this king what you said, so you don't need to worry about it. "

"I don't dare!" Shen Tuo, Zhang Yi, and the people behind them stood up at the same time, bowing their hands respectfully.

Although the southeast is prosperous, it is far from the center.

Even if there are people who serve in the center, their powers and responsibilities cannot be compared with those of the phases.

Not to mention, Wuzhou is also not an important town in the southeast.

Compared with Suzhou, Hangzhou and Yuezhou, Wuzhou can only be regarded as a slightly inferior state and county.

"Okay, let's not mention the center." Li Xuan waved his hand, then looked at Shen Tuo on the side, and said gently: "Mr. Shen, please sit down. When the king passed by Changzhou before, thanks to Shen Shishi's detailed introduction of Wuzhou Zhuang Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to achieve something in just a few days, I would like to thank Governor Shen and Elder Shen for taking care of me."

"Don't dare, I'm so ashamed." Shen Tuo's expression changed slightly, and he quickly cupped his hands again.

In the midst of fear, Shen Tuo glanced at other people present, especially Teng Yu and Qian Zhe.

The two of them looked at him differently.

The Shen family is the largest family in the local area, the most powerful in the officialdom, and the only family in the local dynasty with a serving governor.

When Li Xuan first came to Wuzhou, he took out a letter written by Shen Qian, the governor of Changzhou, and Shen Tuo took it without hesitation.

The Shen family has a close relationship with the King of Nanchang, and everyone present has seen it before.

Does this mean that everything the King of Nanchang has done in Wuzhou in the past few days, whether it is the investigation of soldiers, or the issuance of bans and recruitment orders, has the support of the Shen family behind them.

There is also the sudden assassination incident today, their sudden failed assassination was killed, whether it is also related to the Shen family.

At this moment, more doubts about the assassination appeared in everyone's minds.

The king of Nanchang is obviously in the Bayong Tower, why those assassins would go to other places to assassinate.

The place is wrong, and the time is also wrong.

Who was being fooled, and who was being fooled.

Teng Yu and Qian Zhe looked at Shen Tuo with cold eyes.

Shen Tuo saw everything in his eyes, but felt slightly distressed in his heart.

He is also an old fox, of course he knows what these people are thinking.

It's just that he didn't expect that the king of Nanchang had already led him into the trap with just a few words.

Now he already understood that at the gate of the city that day, the purpose of Nanchang King returning Shen Qian's letter so easily was for today.

Well calculated!

"Shen Weng, please sit down!" Li Xuan stretched out his hand to signal Shen Tuo to sit down, and then his eyes turned to Teng Yu: "Teng Jiaoyu!"

"The next official is here!" Teng Yu immediately bowed his hands and saluted with a solemn expression.

Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, and said: "When the king received the order to serve in Wuzhou, he was already in Luoyang and had no time to go to Chang'an. However, he still wrote a letter and asked someone to bring it to the Imperial College. Jiu also wrote a reply letter very politely, asking the king to forward it to you."

As he spoke, Li Xuan turned his head and looked aside.

Li Zhu, who was wearing a black pattern-free robe, walked out from one side, and then, holding a letter in his hand, he walked up to Teng Yu step by step.

Teng Yu didn't even need to open it to read, just by looking at the handwriting on it, he knew that it was definitely written by his brother.

Teng Yu opened the letter with a cautious expression. The content of the letter was very simple, that is, he entrusted the Teng family to try their best to assist the King of Nanchang in the administration of Wuzhou, and not to be neglected.

If you just look at this letter, it is nothing more than a simple official letter, but Teng Yu glanced at the vigilant expressions on other people's faces, and he immediately knew that others had misunderstood.

Raising his head and looking at Li Xuan, Teng Yu's face remained unchanged, and Zhuang Su cupped his hands: "Your Majesty is still in Dingyou, Wuzhou for a year, but my lord has an order, so I will do my best to help you."

Li Xuan nodded with a smile, and said gently: "I still have some friendship with Duke Pei, the governor of Xuanzhou. When did Teng Jiaoyu want to go back to Xuanzhou? Let me tell you. Although my face is useless, but It is still possible to write a letter to Pei Gong."

Li Xuan has a good relationship with the Pei family, and he was able to solve the murder case of Luoyang County Captain Pei Qizhe.

Not to mention, he even saved Pei Sitong himself.

The relationship with Li Hong's concubine Pei is also pretty good.

It is still possible to write a letter to Pei Huanzhi, the governor of Xuanzhou, and ask him to do a little favor.

Teng Yu didn't care how important Li Xuan was to Pei Huanzhi, but his expression became serious.

What he is really afraid of is Li Xuan's style of doing everything in his head and calculating it to the bone.

Silently, your way forward and your way back have been completely controlled by him.

"If there is a need, I will definitely trouble the prince." Teng Yu said a very solemn sentence, and handed himself over.

He has no choice.

Li Xuan stretched out her hand and said with a smile: "Teng Jiaoyu, please sit down."

After Teng Yu sat down, Li Xuan's eyes slowly fell on Qian Zhe.

Qian Zhe quickly bowed and said: "Mr. Qian is greedy and despicable. I hope the prince will forgive me for everything I did wrong."

Li Xuan shook her head with a faint smile, and said casually: "After all, the Qian family is a big family, and it is also the wife's family of Brother Yue, how can this king be negligent at will."

"Don't dare, dare not." Qian Zhe hurriedly bowed in fear.

Although it is said that his sister was accepted by the King of Yue as a side concubine, but a side concubine is a side concubine, not even a side concubine, how can it be said that she is the wife of the King of Yue.

There is only one real family of wives of the king of Yue, and that is the family of the official wife of the king of Yue, Li Zhen.

In any case, the Qian family cannot claim this title.

"No matter what, the relationship between the Qian family and this king is a little closer. If Concubine Qian can give birth to an heir, they will also be my blood relatives." Li Xuan's upper and lower lips touched Qian Zhe's words immediately. His face became more comfortable, but he still kept clapping his hands and said, "Don't dare, dare not!"

"Please sit down." Li Xuan stretched out his hand slightly, and Qian Zhe immediately sat down on his seat.

Only then did Li Xuan look up at Zhang Yi who was standing on the left, and said softly, "Join the army..."

"My lord, you don't have to say any more!" Zhang Yi cupped his hands with a wry smile, but he said sincerely, "I have already received a letter from my elder brother, no matter what the matter of my lord is in Wuzhou, I will definitely give my full assistance."

Only then did Li Xuan nod slightly. When he was in Hangzhou, he specially visited the Lu family, Lu Yuanming, and Zhang Chun, Yuan Yi, Yu Yong and others were also there.

When leaving, Li Xuan also got Lu Yuanming's personal letter.

However, Lu Yuanming did not write this letter to Zhang Yi.

The four families in Wuzhong, Gu Lu Zhu Zhang.

Each family has different interests and demands, and it is somewhat wrong to use a letter written by the Lu family to ask people from the Zhang family to do things.

After all, it is Zhang Chun who is related to the Lu family, not Zhang Yi.

Hearing Zhang Yineng's initiative to say that now, Li Xuan also nodded slightly in satisfaction.

Lu Yuanming's letter is of great use, not here.

Afterwards.

Li Xuan gestured for everyone to sit down with both hands at the same time, and then raised the wine glass in front of him: "Everyone, I don't need to emphasize again and again, the most important thing in Wuzhou now is Xia Shou.

It doesn't matter if it's the Tianyin Sect or anyone else, if anyone dares to make trouble during Xia Harvest, the king will definitely let him know what is meant by family ruin and death. "

Li Xuan's gaze was extremely cold, and everyone present was immediately awed.

"I don't dare!" Everyone present hurriedly stood up at the same time.

Li Xuan smiled slightly, and said: "Everyone, please raise your glasses together, and wish that the treasury will be full this summer and the people will be happy."

"May the treasury be full and the people happy." All the people present raised their glasses at the same time and drank in unison.

Li Xuan drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and the other people did not dare to neglect at all, and immediately drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Only then did Li Xuan nod in satisfaction, put down his wine glass, his words changed, and he said: "Although the king has implemented the prohibition order, it is difficult for this order to cover the entire Wuzhou people, especially those who migrated from Muzhou back then. of.

Therefore, the king intends to issue a new decree specifically targeting some Muzhou immigrants who have lived in Wuzhou for many years. The official document is here, and everyone who is doing it can take a look. "

Li Zhu stepped forward immediately, bowed and put the official document in Shen Tuo's hand first.

Shen Tuo just glanced at the content of the official document, and his expression changed slightly.

Open up wasteland and grant land orders.

(End of this chapter)