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

Chapter 627 He Asked Too Much
The courtyard corridor in front of you is winding, the light and shadow are long and oblique, the stone path is deep and deep, and the thorns on both sides are dense.

Li Xuan walked forward slowly, frowning lightly, he was still thinking about Pei Xingjian's military training technique.

A sound of footsteps sounded behind him, Li Xuan regained consciousness in an instant, turned around, and suddenly saw that Deng Liang had come behind him.

"Deng Liang has met the prince." Deng Liang bowed his hands to Li Xuan seriously.

Li Xuan bowed his hand to return the salute, and at the same time asked curiously: "Didn't Brother Deng have something to discuss with Dou Weng in the hall?"

"The conversation is over." Deng Liang stood up straight, then slightly cupped his hands and said: "Deng has something to do, I wonder if I can ask the lord?"

"Brother Deng, please tell me." Li Xuan smiled gently, then stretched out her hand, motioning Deng Liang to walk side by side with him, and at the same time said: "Everything that can be said, Xuan must know everything."

"Please trouble me, my lord." Deng Liang took a breath, followed his footsteps, and then said: "I heard that my lord is investigating a case in Hangzhou, and it involves the British heir?"

"Huh?" The expression on Li Xuan's face suddenly sank, and she looked at Deng Liang in surprise as she walked, and then suddenly said: "This king understands, your father was the British Duke's subordinate back then."

Deng Liang nodded, and said with a little worry: "During the first emperor's dynasty, my father joined the army and conquered Liaodong under the command of the British Duke. In the first year of Qianfeng, the British Duke conquered Korea again. Since the treasonous matter involves the British public, my father entrusted an official to inquire about the details."

Speaking of this, Deng Liang stopped, then cupped his hands, and said solemnly: "If the matter involves secrets, the lower officials will not ask."

"There's nothing secret or not." Li Xuan waved his hands, and then said: "The British public didn't get involved deeply in the Hangzhou case, but it was just a careless making of friends, which caused a little disaster."

Deng Liang's expression eased a little, and then asked: "Please tell me more about it, my lord."

"En!" Li Xuan pointed to the stone platform in front of the small courtyard, and Deng Liang nodded immediately.

Soon, the two sat down on both sides of the stone table, and then Li Xuan said: "I have a classmate Xue Zhang who is a good friend of the British family. County Wei Wenxu came very close, and even accepted a valuable manor as a gift from him. Later, Wenxu led the Wusheng black soldiers and Zhoushan pirates to attack Hangzhou city at night. Although they entered Hangzhou city, they were destroyed immediately."

Deng Liang nodded slightly. He had heard about the mystery behind this before.

Originally, the Wushengdao black soldiers under the king of the East China Sea colluded with the Zhoushan pirates and attacked the city of Hangzhou, but they were calculated by the court. Nanchang King and the governor of Hangzhou came to work. And the East China Sea King forces in the southeast.

The First World War eliminated all hidden dangers in the sea off Hangzhou.

Thinking about what Li Xuan said, Deng Liang asked a little puzzled: "However, a friend of the British heir is a friend of the British heir, so what is the relationship with the British heir?"

"When Xue Zhang first joined the army in Hangzhou, he temporarily lived in the British government's Hangzhou courtyard, and later moved to the manor donated by Wen Xu. Among them, Wen Xu also lived in the British government's courtyard for one night...

Not long ago, Wen Xu was captured, and the place where he was captured was in the British Court, and the heir, the British Duke, was involved. "

In a few words, Li Xuan told all the places related to Li Jingye in the whole process.

"So it's a disaster without reason." Deng Liang was a little amused, but also a little helpless.

If it were other people who were infiltrated by rebels, the government would leave after just asking a few words, or even take the initiative to cooperate and report in advance.

"Although Si Yinggong is only the governor of Meizhou, he is proficient in military strategy and is good at making decisions. Besides, there are many old troops in the army. If someone speaks out to frame him at this time, then Si Yinggong will be in big trouble." Li Xuan's expression said. There was a trace of worry, as if he was really worried about Li Jingye.

"What is false is always false. The Duke of England, the Duke of England, is loyal to the imperial court, His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven. How could he be connected with treason? If someone speaks out to frame him in the future, the important officials in the court will definitely fight with reason." Deng Liang bowed his hands to Li Xuan, and then said: "Thank you for reminding me, my lord, I will save it."

"It's enough for the captain to know what's in his mind. Although this matter is a bit troublesome, it's not a big deal." Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "Now the focus is still on Tubo in the Western Regions. Now that the Eastern Expedition is coming to an end, the captain doesn't know if he wants to go Go west?"

Hearing Li Xuan mentioning Tubo, Deng Liang shook his head slightly, and said: "Although this official has a heart, he also has self-knowledge. The matter of Tubo is quite different from the sea conquest. If I go to the western front, I'm afraid not only will it be difficult to make meritorious service, but I'm afraid it will be difficult." For various reasons, it is not a good thing to delay the march of the army."

Li Xuan glanced at Deng Liang in surprise, and then said with emotion: "Indeed, there are not many people in this world who are as clear-headed as Brother Deng."

Deng Liang smiled bitterly, some things were not just what he wanted.

Deng Liang stabilized his mind, and then asked again: "Before I stepped down from office, I heard from the lord and Dou Weng that the lord doesn't intend to go to Silla to ask for sin and the Japanese envoy immediately?"

"Yeah!" Li Xuan frowned slightly, Deng Liang asked too much, but he still nodded and said: "Silla people have always been capricious, and their words are not trustworthy. But later, the envoy was still in Chang'an, and the other generation had already linked with Baekje to surrender the general, and rebelled again.

Although I am retreating towards the army now, but next year there will be a war with Tubo, how will Silla move by then..."

Li Xuan sneered, Deng Liang nodded slightly in agreement.

Silla people have never had a heart of respect for the contract, and it is a common occurrence that today should be reversed tomorrow.

"Therefore, the envoy of the Silla Kingdom needs to cool off for a while, not to mention the envoy of the Wa Kingdom, it is a good thing to make him flustered for a while." When Li Xuan said a word, Deng Liang immediately understood Li Xuan's plan, and some Can't help laughing.

"As for the Japanese envoy!" Li Xuan's expression immediately became solemn: "This time the army has won three battles and three victories on the East Island. The reason for this is the bravery of our soldiers, but it cannot be denied that the movement of the Wa country at this time has given a great deal of attention to the situation." The great pressure of Silla made it the second time, the third army attacked Maixiao City, and finally failed."

"That's true." Deng Liang took a light breath. He was a personal participant, so he couldn't see the role of the Wa Kingdom in it.

Li Xuan raised his head, looked at the bright moon above his head, then turned to the east, and said in a deep voice: "Silla repeats itself, and villains behave like villains, but Japan is also ambitious and coveting. It is inevitable that you will not be able to open your mouth after making great achievements. Therefore, this king I feel that we should take it easy a little bit, and wait for him to calm down before meeting him again."

There was a sneer on the corner of Li Xuan's mouth, Silla and Tubo, these two countries are not good.

That is to say, he was afraid of the affairs of the court, otherwise he would land in Silla himself, and it would be possible to completely destroy Silla, and then spy on the Wa country.

"What the lord said is very true, I have been taught." Deng Liang stood up with some emotion, and said to Li Xuan, "Thank you for your guidance, I will not disturb the lord's rest, let me leave."

Li Xuan stood up, looked at the back of Deng Liang leaving, and suddenly looked at Su Baotong indifferently, and said, "Baotong, if I remember correctly, that Deng Dudu, who was a Sima from Yizhou, made meritorious service and was promoted. As the governor of Yizhou, he is still under the command of Xing Guogong?"

"Yes." Su Baotong said with a complex expression: "At that time, my grandfather first served as the general manager of the Shenqiu Road to destroy Baekje, and later served as the general manager of the Liaodong Road to attack Goguryeo. Later, he was forced to retreat due to lack of food and grass. Deng Jiuguang, the governor of Dengzhou It was at that time that Dengzhou governor was promoted to the post of Dengzhou governor."

"You see, although your father has been granted the title of Duke of Wuyi County, but his job is only to serve as an emperor, and now he has been forgotten. You are standing behind this king, and they don't even ask you a question. What is his heart, it is obvious!"

After Li Xuan finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the small courtyard. Only Su Baotong stood there in a daze, clenched his fists.

After returning to the small courtyard, Li Xuan was sitting in the study. At this time, several secret letters were already placed on the table.

Li Xuan opened the pages one by one to read, and the events in Yangzhou during this period were all under his control.

Afterwards, Li Xuan wrote a few more replies, and then went to wash and rest.

On the second day, after he got up early, the letter on the table had already disappeared.

……

For a whole day, Li Xuan arranged for Qianniuwei to take over as the guardian of the inner courtyard of the Silla Pleading Envoy and the Wa State Envoy. At the same time, he checked the credentials brought by the two, and after sorting them out, he sent them to Chang'an immediately. .

This time the Tang Dynasty withdrew its troops, and Silla, which had been defeated in three consecutive wars, immediately regained its spirits. Although this was the second time to plead guilty, the abbreviated content in the pleading letter was the same as the last time, and his heart was already clear.

On the contrary, it was the national envoy of the Wa Kingdom, and the content and connection written in the national letter were the same as those discussed by Monk Daozhen.

Do business, study, and then canonize the son of King Tianwu as the son of King Wa.

Although the current Tianwu King has several sons, there is only one who has really cultivated to succeed the throne.

King Tianwu was not worried about any problems with his inheritance. He had killed all his brothers who could be killed. No one in his generation could snatch his son's throne. What he was more worried about was actually his grandson's throne.

Unless he is willing to cruelly kill all the other sons except the heir, then his grandson will still have to face the situation of his uncle fighting for the throne.

Therefore, he was thinking, starting from him, every prince asked Datang to confer him. In this way, even if it was a hundred years later, with Datang on top, his sons would not dare to act rashly.

Li Xuan saw through King Tianwu's thoughts, but also guessed through Daozhen's calculations.

He made King Tianwu focus more on his grandchildren, but he ignored the threat that was close at hand.

As for the matter of canonization, does Datang really care about who will be the Japanese king?
Except for the meeting, Li Xuan did all the things that the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple should do.

After making sure that there is nothing missing, I went to the lobby of the Governor's Mansion.

Today, Dou Xuande specially held a banquet to welcome the army's return to the east, Silla's envoy, and the arrival of the Japanese envoy.

This will also be the first meeting between Li Xuan and the Silla Pleading Envoy and Wa State Envoy after several months.

However, before the two of them could find their superiors, someone had already entangled Li Xuan first.

(End of this chapter)