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

Chapter 587 Prepared for Ten Years of Revenge
In the winter and October of the second year of Longshuo, the right chancellor, Xu Yu, and his master Zi Ziran, hunted criminals in their fields. The landlord was angry, and Xu Mingdi shot them.

The landowner sued the county government, the emperor asked, the right minister answered carelessly, the emperor was angry, and the official was dismissed by decree.

In March of the following year, he was demoted to the governor of Qianzhou, and later to the governor of Xiangzhou.

……

Yu Ze quickly uncovered the case of that year.

Li Xuan has already seen the strangeness in it just by reading it once.

Putting down the file in his hand, Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Yu Ze: "Since the Right Prime Minister has been blamed for what happened back then, he must pay the landlord again and keep the compensation sealed. So why did the landlord sue the county government?"

In this case, Xu Ziran's arrogance was the root cause of the final tragedy.

However, in Li Xuan's view, no matter how arrogant Xu Ziran is, the nature of the children of the rich and powerful to be superior and demeanor should have penetrated into his blood.

In other words, the background of this landowner is far inferior to that of Master Xu Yu, the right chancellor. With Xu Yushi's ability as a prime minister, how could he not deal with it well if he personally handles it.

Yu Ze shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "What's going on behind this is extremely secretive, and I and other idlers would not be able to know about it. However, what was widely spread at the time was that when the sages were being questioned in front of the hall, apart from the fact that the Right Chancellor was right, Xu Jingzong, the secretary of the Zhongshu, once said: "If a minister is like this, the crime cannot be punished."

"Isn't that a bit of a typo?" Li Xuan looked at Yu Ze in surprise. Although his son committed a crime, even though the father covered it up, but the father and son hid each other, so it wouldn't be too much of a crime, right?

"The struggle in the court was fierce back then. Li Yifu, Master Xu Yu, and Xu Jingzong fought for power and attacked each other." Yu Ze sighed, and then explained the ins and outs of this matter clearly.

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In the second year of Longshuo, the left minister Li Yifu gradually lost the favor of the emperor, and the right minister Xu Yushi was gradually reused.

Left Minister Li Yifu and Zhong Shuling Xu Jingzong are both Empress Wu's people, and they suppressed Right Minister when they looked for an opportunity.

Xu Ziran's incident was the introduction, and Master Xu Yu's relegation was the result.

Li Xuan looked at the case files on the table and couldn't help shaking her head.

In the second year after Master Xu Yu was demoted, Li Yifu had completely collapsed, and then Xu Jingzong came to power.

It's just that Master Xu Yu was clearly slandered by Xu Jingzong, but three years later he tried to hook up with Xu Jingzong and try to return to the center. The contrast in this is really shocking.

Master Xu Yu was demoted, behind the scenes was nothing more than the Empress Wu, and the connection with Xu Jingzong was nothing more than the connection with the Empress Wu. Among them, the one who was not used to it was probably the emperor.

"Master Xu Yu has been demoted to Xiangzhou for ten years." Li Xuan couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, Prime Minister Xu Longshuo was demoted as governor of Qianzhou for three years, and Linde was demoted as governor of Xiangzhou for two years." Having said this, Yu Ze looked at the case file on the table, and frowned involuntarily.

"It's Linde's second year, so this drowning case is very strange!" Li Xuan put one hand on the table.

On the surface, this matter looked like the emperor had noticed Xu's little tricks, first warned him to kill, and then secretly pressed Master Xu Yu to be the governor of Xiangzhou for ten years.

Li Xuan shook her head slightly, Li Zhi would not do things like that.

After thinking for a while, Li Xuan said in a deep voice: "If the emperor didn't know about this incident at the beginning, someone made the case of falling into the water, and then let the emperor know about it, and in the end, Master Xu Yu stayed in the position of governor of Xiangzhou for ten years... If this is the case, then this person's method is a bit terrifying."

Li Xuan couldn't help but look serious.

If it was any other time, Li Xuan might have thought about this matter in the direction of the court struggle, but if it involved the King of the East China Sea, and the prince sheren Xu Shan who was favored by the hidden prince Li Jiancheng back then, he would have to think more.

"My lord means that this is the simplest case of revenge." After Yu Ze finished speaking, he couldn't help taking a deep breath: "The King of Donghai not only took revenge on Anlu County Duke Xu Shan, but even the entire Anlu Xu family suffered heavy losses."

"This is very similar to his style, isn't it? With a small person, he can shake up the overall situation of the court. It's just this revenge. I'm afraid he has been preparing for at least ten years." Li Xuan thought of the East China Sea King who had several indirect confrontations, and his heart was full of fear.

If the King of the East China Sea was the person Li Xuan thought of, then that person had just returned from guarding the frontier in the Western Regions ten years before that case happened.

To Linde two years, exactly ten years.

Gently tapped on the table, looked at Yu Ze and said, "Bring out the secret file of Baiqisi's involvement in this matter. It will definitely not be that simple for that person to design this matter. All aspects must be properly arranged. There must be many people who moved him. If you investigate carefully, you will definitely find his hands and feet."

"Here!" Yu Ze cupped his hands, immediately turned and went out to look for Sima Changyu of Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, and contact Baiqisi.

As soon as Yu Ze walked out of the side courtyard, he saw a government official walking quickly across the street.

When the government officials saw Yu Ze, they immediately cupped their hands and said, "Mr. Yu, the Prince of Linhai County is here to visit, and the governor invites the prince to come over."

"The King of Linhai County is here?" Yu Ze was full of surprise, and Jin Ren asked if he came to the door so soon?
Yu Ze subconsciously looked into the courtyard, and saw Li Xuan appearing at the gate of the courtyard at this moment.

……

"Respectfully send off the governor!" Li Xuan and Jin Renwen stood in the side hall of the government office, and then they folded their hands to send Dou Xuande away.

Seeing Dou Xuande's back disappear, Li Xuan turned around, cupped his hands at Jin Renwen, and said, "My lord, please forgive me. Weng Dou is busy with work and can only go first. Right now, only Li Xuan greets the lord. Please forgive me for any incompetence."

"My lord, you don't need to be so polite. Renshou knows that the situation is tense." Jin Renwen bowed his hand to return the salute, and then sat down on the plinth with Li Xuan, cupped his hands, and asked straightforwardly: "Ren Shou dare to ask the lord, does the center need Renshou to go with him this time when he is going to Silla?"

Li Xuan paused for a moment, it was difficult for him to answer this question asked by Jin Ren!
On the surface, it seemed that Jin Renwen was asking whether he wanted to participate in the conquest, but in fact, what he was asking was the scale of Datang's expedition to Silla.

Whether to destroy the country, withdraw troops, or maintain the current situation.

If it is to destroy the country, then there is no need for Jin Renwen, the king of Silla who was conferred by the Tang Dynasty, to exist.

If the troops were to be withdrawn, there would be no need for Jin Renwen to follow him to Silla.

But if the status quo is to be maintained, then it is necessary for him to go.

"It is not for me to intervene in the affairs of the lord." Li Xuan picked up the tea on the table and said softly: "The battle between the Tang Dynasty and Silla included saints and queens, and envoy Anton Li outside. This king is just a deputy envoy of the army. He transferred troops to Silla and was ordered under Li Dudu's account. As for the rest, the lord is still the center."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, Jin Renwen fell silent immediately.

Li Xuan had a lot to say, but there was only one thing that was true, that is, Li Xuan would go to the East Island with him, and Datang's determination was naturally clearly visible when he went.

But in other words, Jin Renwen can't say that Li Xuan is lying.

Of course Jin Renwen wanted to return to the country and become the ruler of the country, but if Silla was really destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, then there would be no need for him to exist as the ruler of the country.

However, it is not a day or two since Datang wanted to destroy Silla, but Silla still persisted!
What Li Xuan said was right, what happened to Silla in the end, one depends on the emperor's mind, and the other depends on the strategic methods of Li Jinxing, the ambassador of Andong Township in the front line, it is useless to ask Li Xuan here now.

However, Li Xuan, a prince who had just made great contributions in the south of the Yangtze River, was transferred to Silla, and the situation in Silla can be seen at a glance.

"Thank you, my lord, for telling me." Jin Renwen heaved a long sigh, stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Ren Shou bids farewell."

"Send off the lord!" Li Xuan stood up, and then sent Jin Renwen all the way to the gate of the Dudu's Mansion, and then returned to the Dudu's Mansion.

Sitting in the carriage, Jin Renwen looked at Li Xuan's disappearing back with serious eyes.

The curtain of the car was lowered, and a [-]-year-old official with a beard on his nose and wearing a green robe slightly cupped his hands at Jin Renwen and asked, "Your Highness, what is the meaning of the Tang Dynasty now?"

"He Yi, haven't you been irritated by Brother Wang?" Jin Renwen's face was gloomy for a while, and then he looked at his companion and said, "Cui Zhongshi, send a letter to ask Chaozhong if Brother Wang really doesn't want to be the king anymore. If you don't want to be, then just give it up to this king."

"Here!" Cui Zhongshi immediately bowed his hands and agreed.

The carriage moved forward slowly, and when the curtains of the carriage flickered, Cui Zhongshi raised his head and looked at the courtyard wall of the Governor's Mansion on one side, his eyes fixed on the location, which was the location of Qin Dujiaoqian's other courtyard.

……

In the other courtyard, Qin Obtuse Jiaogan was sitting in front of the window, reading a book of "Spring and Autumn".

Confucius governed the "Spring and Autumn Annals". Compared with the "Analects" compiled by Confucius' disciples, the "Spring and Autumn Annals" compiled by Confucius himself was more accepted by Silla.

Two sounds of "squeak" suddenly came from outside the window, and Qin Obtuse Jiaogan raised his head subconsciously, and then saw a green bird suddenly flew in from the window, and finally landed directly in front of Qin Obtuse Jiaoqian.

Qin's blunt horned eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly grabbed the bird in his palm, and at an extremely fast speed, removed the small tube tied to the bird's leg, and took out the note inside.

After just one glance, Qin Obtuse Angle Gan couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, quickly took out a small note from his sleeve, and stuffed it into the bamboo tube. Immediately, the emerald green bird quickly flew out of the small courtyard.

At this moment, a Jinwu Guard's eyes fell on Qin Dujiaoqian.

Qin bluntly nodded calmly, then sat on the table and stool and began to read seriously.

It was as if the emerald green bird just now did not exist at all.

However, Qin Dujiaoqian didn't expect that the little bird flew out of the small courtyard, didn't fly far at all, but landed directly on an arm in the small courtyard opposite.

Its feathers are emerald green, with a pinch of vermilion on the top of its head. It is an emerald bird.

Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "The Silla people are so willing to use such a pet to send messages."

"The emerald bird is very valuable and has always been a favorite of the officials and families. Even if it is captured occasionally, it will be released as a lost pet. It is really delicate to use it as a messenger." Yu Ze stood aside with a solemn expression.

While taking the letter from the emerald bird's lap, Li Xuan said: "The king of Linhai County has always been gentle and elegant, with a deep sense of determination, without the delicacy of a villain, but with the lofty spirit of a gentleman. Now it seems that, just like his own temperament, he has no real heart to be a king."

"What the prince said is very true." Yu Ze nodded in agreement, and then said: "The king of Linhai County is even loyal to my Tang Dynasty, but Silla is the country he was born in, and the king is his direct brother. With his mood, if he has ambitions to fight for the throne of Silla, he probably won't stay in Yangzhou for such a long time without making any moves."

"The Tang Dynasty is prosperous, even if you take any official position in the Tang Dynasty, it is better than going back to a remote place like Silla." Li Xuan couldn't help shaking her head slightly.

Maybe a lot of people like to dominate the one-acre three-point land in the corner, maybe some people like to go to a wider world, these are hard to tell.

"It is precisely because of this mentality that His Majesty will be at ease, and he will be taken advantage of by others." Li Xuan picked up his fingertips, and he directly opened the small note in the bamboo tube.

"The Tang army's conquest of Silla was all due to the son of Donghai King Jiancheng."

There was only such a sentence on the small note. After reading it, Li Xuan couldn't help laughing.

(End of this chapter)