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

Chapter 624 The battle between the prime ministers wants to lead to chaos

Hangzhou Governor's Mansion, lobby.

Lai Jingye sat solemnly behind the official case in the main hall, and said in a daze: "Because Li Jingye and Xue Zhang used to be classmates, when Xue Zhongzhang came to Hangzhou to work, Li Jingye temporarily handed over his other courtyard to Xue Zhang to live in temporarily. ?”

Li Xuan sat on the upper left side, nodded with a wry smile, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, when we were in Chang'an, there were many things that we didn't know yet, and they had already figured them out."

After saying a word, Li Xuan's face was a little embarrassed.

It was only now that he wanted to understand how many unknown things happened the night he left Chang'an.

Pei Yan not only arranged for Xue Zhongzhang to enter the army-raising ambassador's residence, but even started planning that night to transfer him to Hangzhou Facao to join the army, and at the same time prepared a secret order for him to investigate Hangzhou officials and aristocratic families.

On that night, the imperial court had decided that Duan Baoxuan would be transferred to Dali Temple, Yuan Jiazuo would be transferred to Yuezhou Governor's Mansion, and Lai Jingye would take over as Governor of Hangzhou.

At that time, many people received the news, but Li Xuan didn't inquire about it at all.

Including his father-in-law Liu Rengui, no one talked to him about these things.

Because everyone knows, Li Xuan knows this, and it doesn't do much good at all.

On the contrary, once it is known that he has learned the news, he will be easily impeached.

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"So, Li Jingye is going to be in trouble." Lai Jingye narrowed his eyes slightly, a trace of surprise and thought flickered at the corner of his mouth.

As the governor of Meizhou, Li Jingye was far away in Meizhou, so he had been appointed and dismissed by the court in a short period of time.

Moreover, it still involves the appointment and removal of four third-rank officials in Runzhou, Hangzhou, Yuezhou and Dali Temple.

This is extremely sensitive.

Once the matter is exposed, not only Li Jingye, but also the person who conveyed the news to Li Jingye will also be unlucky.

"These are just trivial matters, and they won't shake the foundation of British Duke." Li Xuan shook her head and sighed, reached out to pick up the hot tea on the side, and took a sip, feeling a little tasteless.

Li Ji's status in the court was even higher than that of Li Jing.

Compared with Li Jing's solitude, Li Ji's support for Empress Wu in the matter of abolishing the king and establishing the martial arts gave him an unimaginably generous return.

Even if there is impeachment by the imperial censor and the empress does not speak, it will be difficult to proceed with this matter.

"So, you handed him over to someone from the Ministry of Criminal Justice?" Lai Jingye looked sideways at Li Xuan, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Li Xuan smiled, nodded and said: "This case has nothing to do with us, the key lies in Tianhou's judgment on this matter... Xue Zhongzhang is just a fool who is being used. Perhaps his background makes the king of the East China Sea want to win him over." , but everything is still far from that step, so involving Pei Yan is nothing more than knowing people and abusing cronies."

If you simply look at the situation in front of you, things are indeed very simple, but are things really that simple?

A gloomy light flashed in the depths of Li Xuan's eyes.

"So send people to Chang'an, put this matter under the noses of more people, let them stare and bite Pei Yan." Lai Jingye saw through Li Xuan's real purpose in a blink of an eye.

In fact, the best way for Pei Yan to deal with this matter is to keep procrastinating until people forget about it.

But now, Li Xuan chose to capture Wen Xu, and then sent him to the capital before the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting at the end of the year.

"Uncle Shi is wrong." Li Xuan put down her teacup, looked dedicated, and said with a sparkle in her eyes: "Actually, although this matter can't shake the British Duke, the British King's family, don't they really worry about Pei Yan? Are you going to blame the British Duke for this matter?"

Although Li Ji has passed away, I don't know how many of Li Ji's old troops in the army have already occupied high positions in the court.

To put it bluntly, even Li Xuan's father-in-law, Liu Rengui, was Li Ji's subordinate when he was in Silla.

"Nephew, do you want the Duke of England to fight Pei Yan?" Lai Jingye suddenly became serious.

Li Xuan gently pushed the teacup forward, and then said in a low voice: "Although there are many prime ministers in the court, there are only a few in detail. With each other competing, there are fewer and fewer places left for those who come later. ...Pei Shangshu is a loyal minister of the Queen of Heaven, it is hard to say that he will not go further, the most important thing is that he is young enough and ambitious enough."

In the competition for prime ministers, there is only one of them who is related to them now, and this person is Lai Heng, Lai Heng, his uncle Huangmen servant who is dedicated to his work.

Lai Heng was already sixty-eight years old, and he was not a few years younger than Li Xuan's father-in-law, Liu Rengui, but Liu Rengui had been friends several times, but Lai Heng hadn't been a friend once.

According to his age, before he retires, the imperial court should give him the position of Tongping Zhangshi, but only the same, and the time will not be long.

Especially compared to Liu Rengui who has been fighting all the year round, Lai Heng's body is more sickly, and he can do even less.

The sooner he can become the prime minister, the more background he can accumulate for the children of the Lai family.

Among the new generation of Laijia, the only one who really has this future to count on is Lai Jingye.

If the Lai family wanted to be more stable in the court, they had to help Lai Heng take the position in advance, and their opponent was Pei Yan.

Lai Jingye nodded slightly in agreement with Li Xuan's cryptic proposal.

The struggle between the DPRK and China is like this, one ebbs and another, you are weak and I am strong.

If Pei Yan loses points in the struggle with Li Jingye, then the position of Prime Minister will naturally become farther and farther away from him.

"It's not that easy." Lai Jingye pondered for a moment, finally shook his head helplessly, smiled wryly, and said, "On this matter, Yingying Gong and Pei Shangshu need to communicate with each other, and the two of them can eliminate all misunderstandings."

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be better." As soon as Li Xuan raised his head, Lai Jingye immediately caught the end of his voice, and his eyes lit up instantly.

Li Xuan said calmly: "Uncle Shi, I don't need to do much about this matter, I just need to let the government and the public know that the subordinates of the King of the East China Sea, who once accompanied Pei Shangshu's nephew, stayed in the other courtyard of the Duke of England for a few days. After that, the men of the King of the East China Sea have been lurking in the other courtyard of the British Duke for a long time, but the latter is not important anymore, in order to clear the relationship, many people will move."

"The subordinates of the King of the East China Sea once accompanied Pei Shangshu's nephew to live in the other courtyard of the Duke of England for a few days." Lai Jingye nodded slightly, then shook his head, and said cautiously: "I can't wait to come forward on this matter, after all, whether it is Pei Shangshu is still the Duke of England, and the Queen of Heaven will not ignore it."

Li Xuan thought for a while, and suggested: "How about admonishing the doctor?"

"Xue Yuanchao?" Lai Jingye frowned slightly, thinking about the power of this.

Li Xuan explained softly: "The doctor is advising the doctor to discuss the gains and losses, and Xue Zhongzhang is a child of the Xue family. It is best for him to come forward."

"Why don't you find Cui Mi, Yushi Zhongcheng?" Lai looked at Li Xuan cautiously.

Li Xuan shook her head and said in disapproval: "Because Yushi Zhongcheng has no hope of being a prime minister, and the doctor censor has been vacant for several years. Yushi Zhongcheng can't go up to the doctor censor, but he is advising the doctor, and he can be the prime minister in the future."

Lai Jingye seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly said: "But Doctor Zhengjian and Pei Shangshu are also the queen's cronies?"

"Uncle Shi forgot!" Li Xuan leaned forward and said in a low voice: "Doctor Zhengjian is the prince's son-in-law of Hejing County, and his eldest son is now the Prince Sheren. , Now that I think about it, he is the most suitable person to do it."

Lai Jingye was noncommittal, and asked instead: "But how can we get Doctor Zhengjian to come forward?"

"This matter is easy, Qianniuwei, Jinwuwei, Dali Temple, Ministry of Justice, Yongzhou Prefecture, Chang'an Wannian Second County, just ask about the relationship between Xue Jiadalang and Xue Zhongzhang brothers, and then make a side note and ask Xue The relationship between Jia Dalang and Liu Guangye, the son of Wenxi County Lord is enough."

One word from Li Xuan connected Xue Yao and Liu Guangye together.

At the beginning, it was because of Liu Guangye's death that it brought out the fact that the king of the East China Sea was a descendant of Prince Yin Li Jianzhong.

If Xue Yao is suspected of having an affair with him, and Xue Zhongzhang is added, the Xue family in Hedong will definitely be in trouble.

But it is not small, it is nothing more than that, but it is enough for Xue Yuanchao to see clearly the opportunities and ambitions inside.

In such chaos, the opportunity came.

"Pei Yan really offended my nephew this time." Lai Jingye felt a little emotional for a while.

Li Xuan lowered her eyes slightly, and said calmly: "Pei Shangshu may really think that my nephew doesn't know what he is doing in Hangzhou, but he only has two or three people in Hangzhou, so just keep an eye on him."

Lai Jingye nodded slightly, and said, "Over there, Uncle will..."

Before Lai Jingye finished speaking, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside the lobby, and Lai Jingye immediately stopped talking.

Immediately afterwards, a clerk came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the two chiefs of the Ministry of Punishment are here."

Lai Jingye and Li Xuan looked at each other, with a smile on their faces at the same time.

"Please!"

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"Gao Ping, Leng Lin of the Ministry of Punishment, I have met the envoy and the King of Nanchang."

Gao Ping and Leng Lin stood in the center of the lobby, facing Lai Jingye who was sitting above, and Li Xuan who was sitting on the left side cupped their hands at the same time.

Li Xuan nodded slightly in return, then looked Gao Ping and Leng Lin up and down.

Seeing Gao Ping stepping forward, he cupped his hands and said: "Report to the envoy, Wei Wenxu of Xiaoshan County has been arrested, and I have already sent a letter to the Ministry, preparing to leave for Chang'an tomorrow."

"This time I came to Hangzhou, Hangzhou didn't take good care of me, I hope you can understand me." Lai Jingye's face was full of gentleness, and then he said: "About what happened last night, I have already gone to Wenzhong, and the matter is over. It has nothing to do with Hangzhou anymore."

Gao Ping understood Lai Jingye's warning, he immediately stepped forward and said: "Master Dadu, Hangzhou Mansion, including Xiaoshan, has been checked several times, and indeed there is no such thing as death."

"That's good." Lai Jingye nodded in satisfaction, and then said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow, I will send a team of soldiers, send two to the border of Hangzhou and Lake, and send two west to Chang'an."

"Thank you, envoy." Gao Ping and Leng Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They are most afraid that something will go wrong in the Hangzhou government at this time. If they insist on keeping Wen Xu, it will be really troublesome.

"You two, please hurry up on your journey. Although Wen Xu was arrested, there are remnants of the Wusheng Sect in other places." Li Xuan sighed softly, and said sincerely: "When the king returned to Beijing from Wuzhou, he was on the way. We have been attacked several times and thieves are rampant, you two need to be more careful."

The corners of Gao Ping's mouth twitched slightly, but at the end seeing Li Xuan's sincere appearance, he still cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for reminding me, I'll save my time."

Li Xuan nodded seemingly indifferently, and continued: "In more than ten days, it will be the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting. It is better to conclude this year's affairs."

"Don't worry, my lord. I won't dare to procrastinate on the way back to Beijing." Gao Ping's expression became extremely serious.

They really wanted to avoid the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting and return to Beijing, but they could hear the threats in the Nanchang King's words clearly. If they didn't do this, they might offend the Nanchang King to death .

If Pei Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, has something to say, then offend them as they please. The key is that they don't know what Pei Yan is thinking now, and now they can only take one step at a time.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the door.

Chief Shi Hu Yuji walked in, holding a letter in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice: "Master, Yangzhou is urgent."

(End of this chapter)