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

Chapter 696 Use these banknotes to soothe your injured butt

Li Xuan took the fire folder from one side, looked at the ashes on the desk paper, lowered her body, and blew lightly.

The next moment, the flame rushed out immediately, and the ashes lit up again.

At this moment, the above lines of Tubo characters have been revealed.

On the side, Ma Wei, the host and guest office of Honglu Temple, immediately copied all the Tubo characters he saw.

Ma Wei frowned suddenly, stood up and cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "My lord, these are all written in Tubo secret language, it will take some time to translate them."

Li Xuan nodded, and then said: "Send someone to contact the staff of the Ministry of War to see how to crack this thing."

"My lord, Qianniuwei can do it for me." Zhou Gan immediately stood up and cupped his hands at Li Xuan.

At this moment, the entire second floor has been surrounded by Qianniuwei people.

Li Xuan gave Zhou Gan an angry look, and said bluntly: "In Qianniuwei, there are a few people who are proficient in Tubo characters, and they are also involved in the transfer of military sentiment. At that time, they will not be able to transfer people from Honglu Temple and the Ministry of War."

"Then this subordinate didn't come for nothing this time." Zhou Gan immediately smiled wryly.

It was not easy to catch Tubo secret agents, but when they arrived, all of them were dead.

This made Zhou Gan somewhat helpless.

"How could it be for nothing!" Li Xuan raised her head and looked outside into the courtyard.

At this moment, Du Zhongkang and his uncle, the obese Du Jieshi, have been detained by Qianniuwei.

Li Xuan's expression suddenly turned cold, and he said: "If my king's memory is correct, Liu Guangye was here at the time and found out that he was conspiring. The people who contacted him were two descendants of the Eastern Turkic royal family. The secret works of Western Turks and Tubo appeared again, in my opinion, this is the place where we should investigate carefully, how much shady dirt is hidden behind this ball court."

"Is this a black market for intelligence?" Zhou Gan immediately understood.

This place turned out to be a place in Chang'an City that specializes in information exchange, information trading, and information buying and selling.

There are many children of aristocratic families as cover, and there are even royal families like King Li Xian of England. It is simply the dark place that is most easily overlooked under the fire.

Not to mention Jingzhao Du's and Jinwuwei Youjie envoys escorting him, there will be no mistakes.

……

Qian Niuwei was left to inspect the entire ball court, while Li Xuan left here with Dou Xiao.

As soon as they went out, they got into Li Xian's carriage.

As soon as she sat down, Li Xuan immediately said, "From now on, no matter where you go, you always take Dou Xiao with you. He is meticulous and can save you a lot of trouble."

"Here!" Li Xian clapped his hands and promised with a smile, then looked at Dou Xiao, and said, "Shibalang, I didn't expect you to have such abilities that you could be seen by Uncle Wang. Misunderstood, what ability do you have in the future, show it to your heart's content."

Dou Xiao himself is a dandy of the Dou family, although he hangs out with Li Xian, he usually doesn't show himself.

But now it seems that this dude is somewhat pretentious.

Dou Xiao glanced at Li Xuan in surprise. He originally thought that Li Xuan would take him with him in the future, but he didn't expect to leave him to Li Xian.

But Dou Xiao hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Follow the order!"

"En!" Li Xuan nodded, then turned to look at Li Xian and said, "When you go back, give him an official identity, otherwise I won't worry about going to the west."

To the west, Dou Xiao was puzzled.

Li Xian's face darkened slightly, and he whispered, "You know?"

"I just came out of the East Palace, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told me about the things in the west. This time, you and Shiro will go to the west to attack Tubo. I wanted to come here and ask you about the specific arrangements, but I didn't expect that This happened." Li Xuan sighed softly.

With just this sentence, the pupils of Dou Xiao who was sitting on the side opened wide.

He didn't expect that he came here casually and heard such important news.

British King Li Xian and Xiang Wang Li Dan will serve as the coaches and go to Tubo.

The prince of the Tang Dynasty went to war, what else could he do besides being the commander in chief.

"Actually, even if you go to the west, you're just sitting in the rear of Lintao, and you can't go to the front line at all." Li Xian gave Li Xuan an angry look.

Things are not as nice as what Li Xuan said.

Although Li Xian and Li Dan are princes, they are just young people who have never been to the battlefield.

They went to the western front just to stabilize people's hearts. Who would dare to rest assured and let them go to the front.

If something really happened, no one would be able to explain it to the emperor and the queen, so they could only stay in Lintao.

But Li Xuan sighed softly, and said: "The soldiers are fierce and the battle is dangerous. You will understand once you experience it. Lintao seems to be the rear area, but the transfer of food and grass, the collection of intelligence, the appeasement of the people, and the dispatch of the army are complicated. The target of the Tubo assassins.

Especially you, once you die, the entire army on the western front will collapse. If there is a slight mistake, the [-] army may be completely wiped out, so we have to be careful. "

Li Xian's face suddenly became serious. He thought he was sitting in the rear, but he didn't expect it to be so dangerous.

He finally nodded, but then smiled again: "However, with Uncle Wang accompanying me this time, this trip will definitely not be dangerous or boring, let alone Shibalang."

Li Xuan was not so happy, he said lightly: "As for the western front, we are just pawns after all. Only the Ministry of War can determine all matters, even Your Majesty... It's hard to say what will happen to the front at that time."

In fact, Li Xuan had long expected that this time he might be arranged to go to the Western Regions with Li Xian.

The sentence that Li Xian would mention in the New Year's Eve, Li Xuan may not have seen the truth at first, but after a long time, many joints are difficult to hide.

For example, during this period of time, Li Dan basically did not go out.

Even Li Xian was completely grounded some time ago.

Even today, Li Xian thought that Li Xian was practicing horse bowing in the Palace of King Ying.

After all, it is very important that the commander of the army, at least in terms of bow and horse, cannot show his flaws in front of the generals.

If you don't pay attention, it will affect the morale of the army.

Therefore, the emperor specially invited Dugushan, the right guard Zhonglang general, to teach Li Xian.

Dugushan is the eldest son of Shi Dugude, the governor of Bingzhou Metropolitan Government, and his body is stunning. If it weren't for his background, Dugushan would have gone to the front line to kill the enemy a long time ago.

Today's military, the Li family, the Yang family, the Dou family, the Dugu family, the Wei family, the Du family, these old families in Longxi are becoming weaker and weaker in the military.

On the contrary, the founding ministers of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the Hedong family and foreign military generals, have developed rapidly in recent years.

But these Longxi aristocratic families will not stand still and wait for death. If Li Zhi can't do it, then they will invest in Li Hong, Li Xian and Li Xian.

In fact, the emperor was also happy to see this. Sometimes, he was not afraid of making movements, but what was afraid of was doing them quietly in places where you could not see them.

Reining in her thoughts, Li Xuan went on to say: "This battle with Tubo, there is a very high probability that it will be a tie, but there are also many possibilities. It is my big victory in Tang Dynasty, but because of the presence of Lun Qinling, Tubo Great victory, my Great Tang has a lot of chances of a big defeat."

"The Great Tang defeat?" Li Xian's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help but think of the situation during the first battle in Dafeichuan.

When the news of the front line's defeat came, they didn't know how many things had been smashed in the palace. They didn't even see the emperor for a month.

"Lun Qinling." Li Xuan repeatedly emphasized: "If we are on the front line this time, the biggest enemy is the Tubo Kingdom's Lun Qinling. According to the existing information, it is very likely that Lunqinling will Already on the front lines."

Hearing Li Xuan's words, Li Xian's expression suddenly turned solemn.

"My attention to this matter is that Lun Qinling is the opponent of the entire Tang Dynasty, not just us." After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "Speaking of today's events, the Tubo people have disrupted the situation. I am afraid that it will be difficult to hide this matter from His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven, you have to think about your words, otherwise you will be dragged to the palace gate to be punished like the prince last year."

Li Xian was severely punished by Empress Wu for doing some absurd things at the beginning.

Hearing what Li Xuan said, Li Xian immediately raised his head and looked at Li Xuan pitifully: "Uncle Wang, please help me."

Li Xuan glanced at Li Xian, then took out a stack of bank notes from his sleeve, and handed them over: "This is what you lost at the ball court today, Zhou Gan brought it back for you, as a token of his gratitude, and then use these Banknote, soothe your hurt ass."

"Ah!" Li Xian was stunned.

Li Xuan smiled and said: "You forgot, you bet with me today on whether Du Zhongkang's life will survive until the sunset, but now it seems that Du Zhongkang will not die today, so , you won this bet, and the money is the spoils you won back."

"Did I win?" Li Xian couldn't believe it, and at the same time couldn't help but said: "Uncle Wang, Du Zhongkang has entered the Qianniu Prison, as long as Uncle Wang speaks, he will never come out alive, or even live Tonight, why let him go?"

"It's not about letting a horse go, but acting in accordance with the law. The law is responsible, and if you sentence him to death, he is the death penalty. "Li Xuan looked at Li Xian and Dou Xiao sincerely.

Dou Xiao nodded immediately, and looked into Li Xuan's eyes with a hint of admiration.

"I don't believe it!" Li Xian knew Li Xuan quite well. Li Xuan's rhetoric was used to deceive others. Maybe he could be deceived in the past, but he was almost deceived.

Li Xuan shook her head slightly, and said: "Sanlang, don't look at me as the king, but the king can't do anything recklessly, so if you want to kill someone, you must use a legitimate weapon, that is, the law, Tang law. "

Li Xuan looked solemn, stared at Li Xian and said: "When we kill people, the law is the best tool. To put it in a Buddhist way, the law kills, and killing does not involve cause and effect; if Du Zhongkang is judged by the law The death penalty, then no one can save him. Whoever wants to save him is an enemy of the law and the entire Tang Dynasty. What I need to do when the time comes is to mobilize the power of the entire court and kill him completely .”

Li Xian opened his mouth in surprise when he heard Li Xuan say that.

This is too cruel.

Dou Xiao on the side, on the contrary, looked solemn, and even nodded slightly in agreement.

Li Xuan then said: "The matter of Du Zhongkang, the one involved is nothing more than the Du family. As for me to exert the same pressure as the Du family on Qianniuwei, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple, there is no need to use any means. You can kill people; if the Du family is dissatisfied in the future and they take improper actions because of this, then they will kill as many people as they want according to the law, and no one can save them, this is a conspiracy method."

Li Xian nodded with a complex expression.

Li Xuan smiled, and then said: "Of course the Du family also has legitimate means, such as eight ways to forgive crimes, discuss relatives, discuss old friends, discuss talents, discuss abilities, discuss merit, discuss nobles, discuss performance, and discuss guests. As long as the Du family If any of them can be related to Du Zhongkang, then he still has a way to get away."

"No, no." Dou Xiao said slowly at this time, "Because he is a bastard."

(End of this chapter)