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

Chapter 931: Knowing nothing is the scariest thing

The hatch opened, and a figure wearing a black cloak appeared in front of Li Jingye.

"It turns out it's you!" Li Jingye looked up and sighed: "Yes, at this time, you are the only one who can catch up."

Li Jingye was driven out of Chang'an almost as soon as he left the court meeting, and went eastward without stopping for a moment.

It is winter now and the northwest wind is prevailing. It is not easy to catch up.

Ming Chongyan took off his hood, looked at Li Jingye with a cold face, and said coldly: "You killed Liu Ximei."

Liu Yizhi, courtesy name Ximei.

The North Gate bachelor was the first to blame Li Jingye for the death of Liu Yi.

"Real people should know that Jingye is just passing on messages for others." Li Jingye looked at Ming Chongyan without much concern, his expression calm and indifferent.

Ming Chongyan stared at Li Jingye and said coldly: "You colluded with the Demon Cult. You have the opportunity and the ability."

"No matter how capable you are, you can't penetrate the secret guards." Li Jingye said softly with a hint of pride on his lips: "The real person probably still can't figure out what went wrong with the secret guards, right?"

Even among the Beimen scholars, few people knew about Liu Yizhi's burning of Zhaoling. Among the secret guards, even fewer people knew about it, and they were all strict and loyal subordinates. How could Ming Chongyan not know about it? I don’t understand how the truth of the matter leaked out.

Di Renjie and the King of Nanchang were just guessing, but they had not yet obtained any evidence, but Wei Siwen had already obtained the entire plan of the action at that time.

There are many people involved, and even if there is no direct evidence, it can be inferred.

Wei Siwen had more control than Di Renjie and the King of Nanchang.

Li Jingye had evil intentions, but he was very capable. The secret guards did not notice his affair with Tibet for many years.

If he really has plans for the Secret Guard, it is very possible, but...

"Tell me, what do you want?" Ming Chongyan suddenly calmed down.

"Xunhua County Magistrate." Li Jingye spoke directly, staring at Ming Chongyan and said, "I want my man to become the Xunhua County Magistrate."

"It seems you know what happened."

Ming Chongyan sneered slightly, but then said: "Pindao can help, but you have to understand that although Xunhua can be the choke point to hold the King of Nanchang hostage, Xunhua is also the key to the advancing army. Once he If he endangers the army's logistics, the former military commander will not let him go, and the King of Nanchang is likely to become the former military commander in the future."

Xunhua is on the north bank of the Yellow River from Hezhou to Xinzhou.

To the west are Jianzha and Guide, and the three counties belong to Kuozhou. However, compared to Jianzha and Guide, Xunhua is the least conspicuous, so it is also the easiest to manipulate.

Li Jingye's gloomy thoughts are clearly visible.

His revenge against Li Xuan will not start easily, but once he does it, he will immediately find a way to end him completely.

Li Jingye stared at Ming Chongyan and said word by word: "Then you should find a way to prevent him from becoming a former military commander."

Ming Chongyan's face became solemn and he looked at Li Jingye opposite to each other.

A powerful clan is something that no courtier wants to see.

They may still be companions now, but they will definitely be enemies and rivals in the future.

After a few breaths, Ming Chongyan sighed softly, then nodded and said: "Okay, everything is as you said. Now, please tell Pindao, who told you about Ximei?"

"Didn't you already guess it?" Li Jingye looked at Ming Chongyan with some disdain, but Ming Chongyan still stared at Li Jingye.

Li Jingye took a deep breath and said, "Okay, it's the prince."

"How did the prince know?" Ming Chongyan looked cold, gritted his teeth, and continued to ask.

The biggest enemy of these North Gate bachelors is the prince. Now the prince knows their deepest secrets without knowing how, which is enough to make them sleepless.

"Liu Yizhi had a young son who was caught by the King of Nanchang when he was in Wuzhou." Li Jingye chuckled and said disdainfully: "At that time, the King of Nanchang sent a letter to the prince every three days, and the prince That’s why you know it.”

"I see." Ming Chongyan finally understood that Liu Yizhi died not in the hands of Li Xuan, nor in the hands of the prince, but in the hands of his own son.

Once the prince caught hold of Liu Yizhi's son, he could naturally find out everything Liu Yizhi did.

In particular, Liu Yizhi was particularly fond of his youngest son, which led to the leakage of secrets.

Therefore, it was the prince who killed Liu Yizhi.

unambiguous evidence.

"Thank you." Ming Chongyan took a deep look at Li Jingye, then turned and left.

After waiting for a long time, Li Jingye stood up, walked to the cabin door, and said softly: "Here is a letter of apology. Please deliver it to Chang'an."

"Yes!" Qian Niuwei outside the cabin bowed slightly, took the secret fold, then turned and left.

Ming Chongyan had already given instructions before leaving to take care of the British Duke.

The footsteps quickly disappeared, and at this moment, new footsteps appeared again.

Li Jingye suddenly spoke softly: "Tell the prince that Ming Chongyan is here."

"Here!" Someone outside responded softly, then turned and left.Turning around, he looked at the narrow cabin.

Li Jingye's mouth showed a proud and evil smile.

……

In the dead of night, in Prince Peng's Mansion, in the east courtyard.

Liu Jinyu had just put Xia Niang to sleep, and then looked at Li Xuan and said: "Today Lang Jun attacked the British Lord, and tomorrow they will attack you for no reason. Now among Lang Jun and others, Xinzhou is the most vulnerable person to be targeted. .”

After a slight pause, Liu Jinyu said worriedly: "If something happens to Xinzhou and the enemy takes advantage of it, it will be easily defeated by the Tubo people. At that time, everything Lang Jun has will be destroyed."

Just like Li Jingye.

Liu Jinyu did not say the last words.

Everything Li Xuan does now is based on merit.

Once Xinzhou was defeated by Tibet, Li Xuan lost any foothold in the court.

Li Xuan smiled softly, put down the "Book of the Former Han Dynasty" in his hand, looked at Liu Jinyu, and said: "If the Xinzhou incident threatens my husband, it will naturally threaten Your Majesty.

Once something happens to Xinzhou, something will happen to Shanzhou, Kuozhou, Hezhou, Lanzhou, and Taozhou, and even the defeat of Dafeichuan will be repeated. Therefore, your majesty and the ministers will eliminate the first layer of harm for my husband. "

Li Xuan was the governor of Xinzhou, but Xinzhou was just a state in the Northwest Road of the Tang Dynasty. The emperor would not allow the situation to collapse.

Liu Jinyu nodded slightly, being able to deceive the eyes of the emperor and ministers. Such a person cannot be easily guarded against.

"In Xinzhou, my husband is the governor, the chief historian, the Sima and the Lu Shi who join the army. The only one my husband can control is the Sima; the Chief Shi must be His Majesty's people; as for the Lu Shi and the army, I am afraid it will be the Queen of Heaven and the Lu Shi. The people of Northgate Bachelor.

Wei Husband and the Prime Minister have a good relationship, and even if Beimen Bachelor wants to keep an eye on Wei Husband, he won't go too far. "Li Xuan smiled slightly, but in his heart, he was extremely wary of the candidates who would join the army.

"After that, six county magistrates and six cao will join the army. The colleague is Uncle Yu. Qugou needs people from Tuyuhun, Xinghai needs people with outstanding abilities, Guinan and Tongde need people who are proficient in agriculture, and Zeku needs people who are proficient in fortification. , there is not much chance of manipulation here, the important thing is that Liu Cao joins the army."

Li Xuan paused slightly, sighed softly and said: "Bing Cao and Hu Cao are husbands, Ku Cao can control them as long as he patrols three times a day, Fa Cao is transferred from Dali Temple, and Shi Cao is transferred from the Ministry of Works. Only merit Cao joins the army, and it is estimated that the North Gate bachelor will take action."

"Joining the army by recording affairs and joining the army by meritorious service can be regarded as grabbing the prince's throat." Liu Jinyu sighed softly.

Those who record affairs and join the army and meritorious officials join the army are all from the Yushitai line.

Coupled with the fact that they are independent, even what Di Renjie wants to do is not easy.

In particular, the censor Zhongcheng Cui Mi has a very close relationship with the Beimen bachelor. These people will always keep an eye on Li Xuan.

Li Xuan felt much calmer in her heart. These people were Empress Wu's spies in Xinzhou. They wanted to keep an eye on Xinzhou, and Li Xuan had nothing to do.

"It's not a bad thing to have these people here. At least when you do something for your husband, the court can rest assured." Li Xuan raised her head, looked at Liu Jinyu, and said, "If you do things for your husband, the court will know nothing about it. That's how it works." It’s big trouble.”

Liu Jinyu's heart skipped a beat and she couldn't help but nod immediately.

"As long as we are in Xinzhou, everything will be easy to handle." Li Xuan showed a slight smile on her lips and a faint look in her eyes.

"What about outside Xinzhou?" Liu Jinyu continued to look at Li Xuan and asked: "Shanzhou, Kuozhou, if someone takes action to hijack the exchange of grain, grass and goods, then there will be a slight delay in Lang Jun's Xinzhou. trouble."

"If others want to take action, they can choose not just Shanzhou and Kuozhou. The reason why Shanzhou and Kuozhou are the most harmful is because they can spy on the news in Xinzhou at any time, so they only need to prepare everything half a month in advance. Then even if there are obstacles, half a month in advance is enough to solve the problem for my husband." Li Xuan's expression was calm.

Half a month is enough for him to kill someone.

"Lang Jun..." Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan worriedly.

Li Xuan smiled lightly, waved her hand, and said: "It's not that exaggerated. Shanzhou is beyond my husband's control, but there are too many officials in Kuozhou, Hezhou, who have joined the army, chief bookkeepers, county captains, and county magistrates. There are too many ways to avoid control, as well as the record keeping and government officials below.

My husband really wanted to see who would come to cause trouble, so the rest would be justifiable murder.

I want to see how many people will be involved. "

The people in the court will only focus on the positions above, not knowing that without the people below, they can't do anything.

The incomparable confidence in Li Xuan's words made Liu Jinyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Li Xuan himself is not so relaxed. He does not want others to cause trouble, because it will affect his speed in operating Xinzhou.

Compared with Wuzhou, Xinzhou is his real foundation.

As long as he stays in Xinzhou for three years, he won't be afraid even if the world turns upside down.

Even if there is someone in the court, he will be associated with Tubo.

At worst, he will raise an army to clear the emperor's side.

Liu Jinyu hugged Xianniang, who was making some movements, and then whispered: "The rest is the matter in the court. Wei Zhiwen impeached Liu Yizhi and was killed. The North Gate bachelor will not let it go. Also, on the other side, I’m afraid they will also pursue and fight fiercely.”

Li Xuan nodded and said: "Beimen Bachelor can indirectly instruct the Secret Guard. Although Di Huaiying did not expose the Secret Guard this time, His Majesty may not be unaware of it. If something happens to the Secret Guard next time, North Gate Bachelor will be passive."

"So, the prince will still take action against the North Gate bachelor." Liu Jinyu's face once again showed a trace of worry.

"When your husband is away, the wife should go out as little as possible." Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "The North Gate bachelors will not give up."

(End of this chapter)