Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 632

On the first day of July in the second year of Yifeng, at the East Palace banquet, Crown Prince Li Xian presented overseas grains and recommended himself to cope with the long drought. , set up a disaster relief command center, transferred Qingzhou governor Di Renjie to enter the court as the chief farmer, and took care of everything. It was night, some bandits attacked the granary at night, and the prince ambushed and repelled the troops. The next day, the emperor was furious when he heard that The matter was resolved, played by Li Zhen, the king of Zhunyue, who issued an edict to search the whole city, and Wu Chengsi, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment, presided over the whole case, and the trial was concluded within a time limit of one month.

On the sixth day of July in the second year of Yifeng, the leading fleet of "Deng Ji Company" arrived at the outskirts of Luoyang, carrying more than [-] stones and grains for disaster relief. The shopkeeper Deng Chengyu made a wishful handle and some jewelry to show his favor; on the ninth and tenth day of July in the second year of Yifeng, the "Deng Ji Company" shipping fleet arrived in Qingzhou and Pingzhou respectively, and Di Renjie, the governor of Qingzhou, was ordered to command Hebei and Shandong. In matters of disaster relief, living people have nothing to count, and everyone in the world feels that the prince's benevolence is unparalleled.

At Si time on July [-]th in the second year of Yifeng, the sky opened its eyes. After more than two months of severe drought, the first rain in Henan finally fell. It is said that it is better than rain, and hundreds of thousands of disaster victims gathered near the eastern capital braved the rain and reveled, eager to return home. The prince Li Xian, who presided over the disaster relief, urgently called various departments to coordinate the return of the victims, and wrote parallel articles in Henan, Hebei, Guanzhong, The prefects of the four prefectures in Shandong ordered all prefectures and counties to go all out to arrange the resettlement of the victims and the restoration of farming. In addition, Li Xian dispatched a large number of Donggong guards who knew farming and officials from Sinong Temple to the prefectures. , counties, to supervise matters related to the popularization of overseas grain varieties.

It rained for several days in a row. Although it was only a small shower, the drought was over at least. Not only that, but the scorching hot day was also slightly cooler. It was a rare good weather in the hot summer. , the newly born grass tips and tender shoots are green and verdant, and they have covered the ground in a few days. If you can afford leisure, you can take this opportunity to go out for an outing, so that you can enjoy the long-lost "spring mood". But Xian is not blessed to suffer, because he is very busy, he is so busy that he is so busy that he spends his time working from dawn to dusk, almost doing everything by himself, but it is hard to find a moment to breathe. The tendency is that there is a shortage of manpower on the official side, so I can only do it myself.

It goes without saying that you are tired, but in Li Xian's view, it is worth it. Not only is the immeasurable public morality of living people countless, but also because this move marks one thing, that is, It is Li Xian, as the crown prince, who has officially stepped into the core of the political situation. With the increasing communication with the officials of various ministries and departments, his prestige has naturally increased. Xian already has a large number of supporters, and because of this, he has discovered some talents that can be cultivated. If he takes time to cultivate a little bit, even if the old officials such as King Luo Bin are not recalled, Li Xian will not be worried that no one will be available. Of course , These are all things to say. Right now, for Li Xian, the most important thing is to do a good job in the post-disaster reconstruction work. No, it's almost dark, and Li Xian is still busy in the study, but he doesn't even care about dinner use it.

"Your Highness, Chief Zhuang is here."

Just as Li Xian was discussing the construction of water conservancy projects with several officials from the Ministry of Industry who had been dispatched, he saw Gao Miao hurried in from outside, walked straight to Li Xian, and lowered his voice to report: .

"Ah."

Hearing that Zhuang Yong came at this time, Li Xian knew that something important must happen, but he didn't rush to ask in detail, probably because the officials present were not all Li Xian's direct descendants, so he just let out a soft voice to show Knowing it well, he patiently discussed with all the officials for a while, and after the matter was finalized, he sent all the officials away.

"This subordinate kowtows to His Royal Highness the Prince."

Not long after the officials from the Ministry of Industry left, Zhuang Yong was accompanied by Gao Miao into the study room. When he saw Li Xian sitting behind the copywriter, he rushed to him and respectfully paid respects to him. Not enough.

"No, just sit down and talk."

After more than half a month of continuous rotation, Li Xiantie's body was already too much to bear. Before, in front of all the officials, he could still hold on. Now he is facing Zhuang Yong. As a confidant, the tiredness could not stop rushing up, the tiredness on his face was astonishingly strong, he really didn't want to pay attention to those empty etiquette, and just gave an order casually.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Li Xian was free to do whatever he wanted, but Zhuang Yong didn't dare to ignore it, and thanked him respectfully. Then he sat sideways on the brocade pier, and said solemnly, "His Royal Highness, according to the inside information of the Ministry of Punishment , the night raid on the granary is nearing conclusion. More than [-] officials, big and small, have been involved, and nearly [-] people have been imprisoned. In the morning, the court will submit the book to be reviewed."

Sure enough, there is still no escape, time and fate!
Even though he had known for a long time that this would be the result, when the "truth" came to light, Li Xian couldn't help but feel a deep sense of sadness in his heart. Under the uneasy mood, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but slightly moistened. But there was no other expression, just a long sigh.

"In addition, according to reliable sources, Jia Chaoyin, Li Shi, Ming Chongyan and other post-party backbones have joined forces to impeach Luoyang governor Wei Xiji for negligence of duty, and plan to replace him with Shaoyin Fan Lubing."

Seeing that although Li Xian was sighing and feeling sad, but he didn't show any involvement in it, Zhuang Yongxuan's heart immediately relaxed a lot, because he and Zhang Jianzhi had exactly the same views, and they didn't want the abolished prince Li Xian to return. Living in this world, in fact, not only him, but all the officials of the East Palace think so in their hearts. Of course, they are relieved, but Zhuang Yong dare not bring his true feelings to his face. Instead, they were silent for a while, and after Li Xian's mood calmed down, he continued to report.

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Li Xian couldn't help being shocked, sat up straight suddenly, his eyes flashed wildly, the tiredness and sadness disappeared in an instant, and the rest was only shock and anger, nothing else , because the position of Governor of Luoyang is so crucial, at least for Li Xian—in the entire palace, the eunuch leaders who can be ranked are basically people from Empress Wu. As for the Yulin Army, what? Although among the two great generals, Qi Bi He Li had already secretly voted for Li Xian, while Xue Rengui held a neutral attitude, but most of his heart was for Li Xian, but more than half of the mid-level generals belonged to Empress Wu's party, even though Empress Wu had sent all the generals to Li Xian. Most of the disciples adjusted the system of the Habayashi Army, but they were replaced by Empress Wu's troops. The pattern of controlling the Habayashi Army has not changed much. Under such circumstances, the power of the Luoyang Mansion is crucial. If Empress Wu's party really controlled the power of Luoyang Mansion, for Li Xian, the problem would be serious.

The status of the Governor of Luoyang is one level higher than that of the ordinary Governor of Shangzhou. Although it can be called important, it doesn't have much practical significance. It is almost insignificant in the court situation. However, in Gaozong's era, this position was very important. Staying in the Eastern Capital, the Governor of Luoyang has actually replaced the function of the Governor of Jingzhao. He is a key department in Gyeonggi. Xi Ji, all of them are the confidants of Emperor Gaozong himself, in order to ensure the safety of the center, which shows the key to this position. Earlier, Empress Wu infiltrated the Luoyang Mansion, and Li Xian could ignore it, because Li Xian also Doing the same job, with the sharp weapon of "Ming Di", the effect will only be higher than that of the latter, and will never be lower, but now Empress Wu is planning to take the pot together, which will touch Li Xian No matter from which point of view, it is absolutely impossible for Li Xian to sit back and watch Empress Wu win!
"Gao Miao, go, ask Mr. Zhang to enter the palace immediately to discuss matters!"

Tricky, incomparably tricky!Li Xian thought about it silently for a long time, and thought of several ways, but he didn't have much chance of winning. In the final analysis, it was because there were too few manpower available in the court, and it was really a bit of a stretch. In desperation, he could only smile wryly and reach out to rub his aching forehead, intending to leave the problem to Zhang Jianzhi.

"promise!"

Although Gao Miao didn't understand what Li Xian was worried about, but when he saw Li Xian's face was cold and stern, he didn't dare to be negligent, he hurriedly answered, and hurried out of the study, staying in the imperial city all the way Zhang Jianzhi's mansion at the root rushed to the house, and when he arrived at the ground, he caught up with Zhang Jianzhi who was having dinner. When he heard that Li Xian had called, Zhang Jianzhi didn't say anything, and it was only half of the night when he left. After dinner, he hurried back to the East Palace with Gao Miao in a carriage.

"The old minister kowtows to His Highness."

Zhang Jianzhi is an extremely stable person, and under any circumstances, the etiquette that should be observed has never been vague. Walking through the door of the study, although he had already seen the anxious look on Li Xian's face, he was not in a hurry Instead of exploring the root cause, he meticulously followed the court rules and made a big gift.

"Sir, there is no need to be too polite. Please take your seat, Mr. Zhuang Zhang, and explain the news you have received in detail."

Li Xian knew Zhang Jianzhi's temperament very well, let him go through the etiquette, and then waved his hand, ordering Zhuang Yong to repeat what he said earlier.

"No, so that Mr. Zhang can find out, the thing is like this..."

Li Xian had an order, Zhuang Yong didn't dare to be negligent, got up quickly, responded respectfully, and then told the whole story, which made Zhang Jianzhi, who has always been calm, couldn't help but wrinkle brow.

(End of this chapter)