Tiantang

Chapter 413
Chapter 420 King Feng's Rebellion

Hearing that the Li family had something to ask for, Cui Huan immediately remembered the matter that the imperial court was promoting recently to take land, manors, mountains, forests and lakes from the royal family and make them state-owned.

The emperor recently issued an imperial edict to establish a government office for the special envoy of the Antang imperial envoy, and appointed a female official Tian Kexin as the minister of the imperial envoy with full powers. With the help of the emperor's pro-military shence army, some officials were transferred from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Rites. , Started the "land reclamation movement" with great fanfare.

That is to say, within the next few months, all the land occupied by the royal family of Li and Tang in batches, except for a small part of self-sufficiency reserved in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court, the rest must be registered and turned over to the national treasury for unified distribution by the Ministry of Households. To the landless commoners.

Because it was a matter arranged by the prince himself, and the various ministries and departments coordinated and coordinated, Tian Kexin's special envoy's government office pushed forward this work very quickly, and the progress was smooth.

The meaning of the court or the meaning of the emperor Zhang Xuan is obvious. Since the court has exempted all the titles of the Li and Tang royal clans and demoted them to common people, then these former top dignitaries are not qualified to occupy so much land and land. Servant farmer.

The royal family and others dare not speak out. At this moment, it is the most fortunate thing to be able to save their lives. As for family assets and so on, those that should be discarded should be discarded.Otherwise, if the new emperor is offended, people will still be killed and property will still be confiscated.

But wealth is something that is hard to give up after all.In the past two days, Cui Huan heard that many royal clans began to think of ways to transfer their family properties, breaking up a large amount of land, mountains, forests and manors, and dispersing them, in order to counteract the imperial court's new policy aimed at the royal family.

There are also some people who take connections to invest in others, trying to get the emperor to spare and keep their huge family business.

But what a shrewd and delicate woman Tian Kexin is, these little tricks of the Li Tang royal family cannot escape her eyes.

As a result, the almost astronomical amount of wealth and land occupied by Li Tang's royal family was forcibly "robbed" by Tian Kexin's subordinates, and batch after batch went into the national treasury.The officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs who specialize in acting as the national treasury were very happy about this, and the financial worries of the imperial court, which had been strained due to the rebellion and war, were greatly alleviated.

On the surface, Li Tang's royal family dared not say anything, but behind their backs there were complaints, and even comparisons appeared among themselves.Complaining that so-and-so's land and manor are much reserved, but all his property is confiscated, and so on.

For example, Princess Yuzhen’s Yuzhen Temple and the surrounding manors and hundreds of hectares of land. Tian Kexin knew that Princess Yuzhen was different from other Li and Tang royal families. one of his subjects.For the sake of the emperor, Tian Kexin only took away part of the land belonging to Yuzhen Temple, leaving Yuzhen Temple and two manors for Princess Yuzhen.

This aroused the dissatisfaction and "jealousy" of Princess Xianyi and others, so they connected together and found Chen Xilie or Yang Guozhong, and some found Cui Huan here.

But Chen Xilie and Yang Guozhong knew that this was the result of the emperor's secret instruction, so they didn't care if they dared to interfere with this matter.As for Cui Huan, let alone, he couldn't fight against his emperor's brother-in-law anyway.

Cui Huan also said that Li Xi came here for this, and sighed, "Brother Li, please forgive Cui for being blunt. You can't have both, and now the new dynasty and Li Tang are in the past. Now Li Tang's royal clan It is inevitable for the court to take back the fiefs and manors from the state treasury and distribute them separately after being relegated to common people."

"Cui advises everyone not to confront the imperial government's decree, lest His Majesty's wrath be aroused and a catastrophe be caused."

Li Xi was startled, and then smiled wryly, "Brother Cui misunderstood what Li Xi meant, and I didn't come here for this reason. The general trend is inevitable, and besides, I don't have many industrial fiefdoms under my name."

Cui Huanqi said, "Oh? Then, why is Brother Li here?"

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful today, and the destiny belongs to him... Although the Li Tang royal family has been saved by His Majesty's grace, but..." Li Xi smiled awkwardly, "How does this make Li Xi speak?"

Cui Huan smiled, "Brother Li, please be blunt, you and I have a friendship, if Cui can do what he can, he will speak for Brother Li before His Majesty."

"Since that's the case, Li Xi has the audacity to speak up."

Li Xi clasped his fists and said in a low voice, "My father intends to dedicate Yanguang to His Majesty as a concubine, and please brother Cui please speak kindly in front of Your Majesty."

As soon as Li Xi said this, Cui Huan was dumbfounded: Li Heng actually wants to marry his youngest daughter, Princess Yanguang, to Zhang Xuan as a concubine?

But Cui Huan immediately understood the "good intentions" of Li Heng and his son.It can be seen that although Zhang Xuan did not attack the royal family of Li and Tang, and even canonized Li Heng and Li Yu as princes, they were not at ease in their hearts. As an excuse, all the Li and Tang royal families were killed.

So he came up with the idea of ​​​​"marriage" with Zhang Xuan.

Compared with Li Longji, Li Heng doesn't have too many children, with thirteen sons and seven daughters.This Princess Yanguang is Li Heng's youngest daughter, who is young this year and has not yet married.Among Li Heng's daughters, she can be regarded as the one with both talent and appearance.

Seeing Cui Huan's shocked and speechless expression, Li Xi smiled again in embarrassment, "Brother Cui!"

Cui Huan let out a long breath, and said with a wry smile, "Brother Li, this matter is probably impossible. Your Majesty is not a lustful person, I'm afraid... Besides, Princess Wanchun is by Your Majesty's side, I am afraid that Princess Wanchun's test will be very sad. "

Wan Chun is Li Longji's daughter and Li Heng's younger sister, and now Li Heng actually wants to dedicate his daughter Yanguang, who is Wan Chun's niece, to Zhang Xuan—although in the harem of the Tang Dynasty, this kind of elder and younger It is not uncommon for the emperor to return to the same place, but Zhang Xuan would definitely not agree.

Cui Huan understood Zhang Xuan's personality, so he didn't need to mention this kind of thing, it must be for nothing.

Li Xi sighed in disappointment, and said nothing more.

Li Xiben also knew that this matter would be difficult, but Li Heng urged him to hurry up, so he came to Cui Huan in desperation.

Cui Huan sent Li Xi away, and was just about to return home when he heard an urgent report from the border—Li Gong, Li Longji’s No. , played the banner of calling on the king of the world to return to Tang Dynasty.

Cui Huan let out a long sigh. He had long expected that there would be some people in Li Tang's royal family who would not be reconciled and would rebel.It's just that I didn't expect it to be Li Gong.

Some of Li Longji's sons were enfeoffed as kings and scattered all over the country, but because of the Anlushan rebellion, the feudal kings who were enfeoffed with Lianghuai, Jiangnan, Qingzhou and other places all fled to the capital with their families. .Only Feng Wang Li Gong was in Wuwei, under the jurisdiction of Ge Shuhan, and did not return to Beijing.

Li Gong is the governor of Wuwei canonized by Li Longji and the interview envoy of Northwest Tingdu in Hexi'an, and he also controls some soldiers and horses.

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The news spread throughout Chang'an, Xijing, shaking the government and the public.Of course, it was the members of Li Tang's royal family who were most shaken. Some were fearful, some were angry, and some were secretly delighted.

Zhang Xuan was flipping through the watch and stamp Tian Kexin sent in the imperial study, when Yan'er rushed to report, "Your Majesty, Chen Zaifu and Yang will meet you!"

Zhang Xuan put down the watch in his hand a little tiredly, nodded and said, "Xuan."

Chen Xilie, Yang Guozhong and others walked in with gloomy faces. After the worship service, Chen Xilie respectfully reported, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has received an urgent report from Lingzhou. Li Gong raised troops and claimed to occupy Wuwei, Liangzhou and other places with [-] troops. Self-proclaimed emperor, rebelling against the Tang Dynasty, please Your Majesty punish me!"

Zhang Xuan was taken aback, but then smiled faintly, "Li Gong? I also met him once in the past."

"Fifty thousand soldiers? Where did Li Gong get fifty thousand soldiers? It's just a bluff." Zhang Xuan waved his hands and said, "It's going to rain, and my mother is going to marry, and I can't help it—Chen Zaifu, it seems that brother Shuhan is still there Li Gong took advantage of the loophole if he didn't return to Hexi. But it doesn't matter, as long as Ge Shuhan returns to Hexi, I believe he will make some moves."

"Your Majesty, the imperial court should send troops to conquer the traitor Li Gong, otherwise, if Li Gong is allowed to make a big fuss, the world may become unstable again..." Yang Guozhong clasped his fists and said.

Zhang Xuan smiled, "It's natural to send troops to conquer, but I don't believe how much trouble Li Gong can cause. Ziyi, pass on my will, order Lei Wanchun to lead an army of [-] guards to return to Huihe Prince Ge Le, and follow the way Crusade against Li Gong. Then order Yang Lian from Qinghai to guard the gate of Longshuo in Qinghai to prevent the rebels from attacking the east of Longshuo."

Guo Ziyi embraced the order.

"How is the movement in Chang'an City?" Zhang Xuan said meaningfully.

Yang Guozhong raised his eyebrows and said softly, "Your Majesty, I am worried that these Li and Tang imperial clans in the city will not be safe...Your Majesty, in my opinion, it is better to detain them in one place. Just in case there is a change."

Although Yang Guozhong's voice was soft, it was very sinister.

The reason why he repeatedly urged Zhang Xuan to attack the Li Tang royal family was nothing more than to use this to build his prestige, but also because he was a minister who rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. If the Li Tang royal family were restored, he would die.

From this perspective, Yang Guozhong unswervingly supports the rule of the new dynasty, and the last thing he wants to see is a glimmer of hope for Li Tang to make a comeback.

Zhang Xuan glanced at Yang Guozhong, knowing his thoughts clearly.

It's just that as an emperor, he needs to control and use a subject like Yang Guozhong reasonably so that they can play a role in the consolidation of the court and imperial power.There is no denying that Yang Guozhong is a traitor, but in front of Zhang Xuan, he can only be used and manipulated, and he has lost the opportunity to turn the clouds and rains.

Zhang Xuan smiled indifferently, "Ms. Yang is worrying too much. Why is this so? Li Gong is Li Gong, and you can't blame other people because of Li Gong's rebellion. Well, I've made up my mind, so you don't need to say it—everything is business as usual. Hurry up, I hope to spend the Spring Festival and Shangyuan Festival in Zhongjing."

Yang Guozhong lowered his head in disappointment.

But Gongsun Liang inadvertently grasped a trace of condescending ruthlessness from Zhang Xuan's eyes.At this time, Gongsun Liang suddenly realized that Li Gong's rebellion was definitely what the emperor would like to see, because it gave him a chance to raise a butcher's knife with integrity.

The same is true, how can the change of dynasty and the change of imperial power be peaceful and bloodless?
(End of this chapter)