Chastity Layman

  Chapter 84 Youzhou Prison

   Just when Qin Lang entered Luoyang City with a group of children, Cui Dunli had already rushed to Youzhou by starry night.

Although Cui Dunli's family is from Boling County, his family moved to Guanzhong at the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty and settled in Xianyang, Yongzhou. Cui Dunli's grandfather even served as the minister of rites in the Sui Dynasty. The hometown of the ancestral land.

  Youzhou, Jicheng.

   In the fifth year of Wude, the imperial court set up a general manager's office in Youzhou to manage thirty-nine states. In the seventh year of Wude, the governor's office was changed to manage seventeen states.

  Youzhou, as the residence of the Metropolitan Government, is also the number one fortress in Hebei.

Since the imperial court defeated Dou Jiande and pacified Liu Heita, Hebei has always been a complicated force. The abolished prince Jian Jiancheng and Li Shimin both commanded troops to conquer Hebei, and placed a large number of cronies in Hebei after the victory. In addition, one of the former separatist forces in the late Sui Dynasty After Luo Yi descended to the Tang Dynasty, although he was conscripted into the court, he still left many old ministries in Hebei.

Coupled with some other affiliated separatist forces, it can be said that Hebei is the place with the most complicated forces in the entire Tang Dynasty. In addition, Hebei has been attached for a short time and has been repeated several times. At present, the official power of the imperial court or the popular will of the people are extremely complex and changeable.

  And the emperor chose the Confucian and cowardly Lujiang King Li Yuan as the governor, which also has a deep meaning.

  Yanzhou Inspector Wang Shen is Li Yi's man, and Youzhou Governor Shi Wang Junkuo is clearly Li Yuan's in-laws and the Crown Prince's man, but in fact this man is cunning and vicious, he does not rely on both parties, and forms his own system.

  Not long after the Xuanwumen Incident in Chang’an City, the new crown prince rewarded the elders of the court and the powerful local factions, and basically did not transfer them.

  However, Li Yuan, the governor of Youzhou, was recruited into the court immediately.

   This is very unusual.

  Although after this, the new crown prince Li Shimin ordered Li Daozong, the governor of Lingzhou, to enter the court one after another, Li Youliang, the governor of Liangzhou, the king of Changle, entered the court, abolished Daxingtai on East Road, and ordered Li Xiaogong to enter the court.

  But Li Yuan was neither the most prestigious nor the highest official in the clan, but he was the first to be conscripted into the court. This made Li Yuan very disturbed.

   Now that Jian Jian is dead, Shimin is the prince, and he is immediately recruited into the court, how can he feel at ease.

  Li Yuan is an uninitiated person. He usually does such things as hunting, drinking, and robbing beautiful wives. But now facing this situation, he is at a loss.

  He hastily invited his in-law, Prince Junkuo, here.

  Peng Guogong Wang Junkuo is a fierce man, and he is appreciated by Li Yuan, so he is specially asked to assist Li Yuan in guarding Youzhou and controlling the soldiers and horses in Youzhou.

  The imperial court sent Cui Dunli to call Li Yuan into the court, but delivered a reward edict to Wang Junkuo. Wang Junkuo was granted the title of General of the Left Leading Army, and a thousand households were sealed.

   During the day,

  Wang Junkuo hosted a banquet for Cui Dunli, got him drunk and took the opportunity to inquire about many things about Chang'an.

  After the banquet was over, the smile on Wang Junkuo's face was gone.

  He said to his son, "The new crown prince rewarded seven people, Pei Ji Chai, Shao Chang, Sun Shunde, Li Yi, Liu Hongji, and Qin Qiong and a certain one. Looking at this list, do you find it strange?"

   "It seems that they are all courtiers whom His Majesty appreciates and relies heavily on."

   "That's right, that's it. They are all admired by Taiji Palace. Except for Qin Shubao, the rest are not Li Shimin's."

  Wang Junkuo's son said, "It seems that the new crown prince also knows to win over ministers of martial virtue."

"Fuck you, haven't you seen it yet? An edict conscripted your father-in-law into the court and gave me the title of General of the Left Leading Army, but the governor of Youzhou didn't grant me the title. What does this mean? It means that Li Shimin doesn't believe me at all. , guarding against me."

   "On the contrary, Qin Shubao not only conferred the title of Zuowei General, but also became the Duke of Qi and the governor of Liangzhou!"

  The title of Duke Yi of course cannot be compared with the title of a big country like Duke Qi, and even the title of Duke Peng is far inferior. Not to mention that Qin Qiong's Zuowei General ranks first in the twelve guards, and now he is the governor of Liangzhou. Originally, when King Changle was guarding Liangzhou, the governor of Liangzhou was only the governor's mansion of the central capital. Now that Qin Qiong was sent there, he was promoted to the governor's mansion of the great capital.

  On the contrary, when Li Yuan was the governor of Youzhou, he was actually the one who guarded Youzhou, but now that Li Yuan is gone, Li Shimin did not give him the title of governor. On the contrary, Cui Dunli said that the new prince intends to transfer Qu Tutong to be the governor.

   It really makes no sense.

"This is obviously Li Shimin's plan to slow down the army. First transfer Li Yuan and replace him with Qu Tutong. Then when the situation stabilizes, he will transfer me back to Chang'an. If you want to be flat, you can squeeze it if you want to be round. Yuan, why don't you just let him handle it?"

   "Aye, you have fought with Li Shimin many times. Could it be that he can't trust Aye?"

  "Li Shimin is a bird?" Wang Junkuo scolded, he voted for Li Yuan and then against Tang and then voted for Tang, and repeated several times, Li Yuan didn't dare to do anything to him, Li Shimin really didn't think much of him. Because of this, he later chose to marry Li Yuan, a princeling, but who would have expected Li Shimin to launch the Xuanwu Gate Change to seize power.

   "Then what to do?"

  Wang Junkuo frowned, "After all, he still underestimated Li Shimin, and now, I can only find a way to get rid of the deposed prince."

   "How to dump?"

   "Learn more." Wang Junkuo said to his son.

  The Governor's Mansion.

   Li Yuan anxiously waited for Wang Junkuo to arrive.

   "Father-in-law, what did Cui Dunli say?"

  Wang Junkuo sat down, and slowly said to his in-law Li Yuan, "Things are a bit troublesome."

"how?"

"Chang'an has changed suddenly, and the details are still unknown. Your Majesty, you are a famous king of the clan. You are ordered to guard Youzhou, control the seventeen prefectures, and have tens of thousands of troops. Now the new crown prince has sent a sixth-rank official to recruit the king. Dynasty? Besides, your Majesty must not forget one thing. Previously, Xiaogong, Prince of Zhao County, was the governor of Yangzhou. He was in charge of the Huaihe River in the north, the Dajiang River in the east, and the mountains to the south. Someone falsely accused him of treason, and His Majesty recalled him without asking for evidence. The capital was thrown into the Heavenly Prison, interrogated and prosecuted, and finally released when there was no real evidence, but he was transferred to Zong Zhengqing, and he could no longer leave Chang'an."

   "Now Chang'an orders the king to enter the capital, how do you know that Zhao Junwang is not repeating it?"

   "Nowadays in Chang'an City, the Crown Prince and the King of Qi have all been killed, and the King of Zhao County has learned from the past. If the King is ordered to return to Beijing today, will he be able to protect himself?"

  Wang Junkuo's face turned pale when he mentioned Li Yuan.

  Li Xiaogong is the number one king in the clan, and almost all of the southeast half of the Tang Dynasty was conquered by him, and his record can be tied with Li Shimin.

  But after this famous clan king was recalled to Chang'an from the governor of Yangzhou, he was miserable. He was first falsely accused of treason and imprisoned. In the end, although there was no evidence to pardon him, he was changed to Zong Zhengqing. The difference between the governor of Yangzhou and Zong Zhengqing was huge.

  In addition, he deliberately hinted that Li Yuan Jiancheng and Yuan Ji were killed, so that Li Yuan already believed that Li Shimin ordered him to go back to kill him, and even if he didn't kill him, he would probably end up under house arrest.

  Actually, Li Yuan also knew that it was the emperor Li Yuan who brought Li Xiaogong down, not the current crown prince Li Shimin. At that time, the reason for playing with Li Xiaogong was that the Tang Dynasty ruled the world, and the emperor began to cut off the power of those local powerful factions. Li Xiaogong ruled the southeast half of the country at that time. Of course, the emperor could not allow it. He found someone to sue Li Xiaogong for treason, and then took the opportunity to recall him and put him in prison.

  If Li Yuan hadn’t been seized by Li Shimin’s militia, in fact Li Yuan would continue to cut off those powerful factions in the future.

  There is also Li Yi, the king of Yan who originally ruled in Youzhou, who was also called into the court by Li Yuan.

  Wu Wang Du Fuwei, who was farther away, suffered even worse after being called into the court, and was killed directly.

  If there was no mutiny in Chang'an, Li Yuan would definitely be purged on Li Yuan's head in the end.

  But what Wang Junkuo said now makes Li Yuan feel that the person who wants to mess with him is Li Shimin, and Li Shimin wants to kill him.

   Panicked and terrified, Li Yuan asked Wang Junkuo for advice.

  Wang Junkuo replied coldly, "This is the end of the matter, we can't sit still and wait for death, it is better to send it to others first. I heard that the people of the world are confining His Majesty in the Taiji Palace, so it is better for the king to raise troops in the name of Qin Wang Qing Jun."

   Li Shimin can calm chaos, so of course Li Yuan can also calm difficulties.

   Li Yuan, who was originally an idiot, felt like he had found a treasure, and immediately felt that this was really an excellent plan, and immediately decided to raise troops.

  Wang Junkuo patted his chest and said, "I am willing to die for the king!"

  When he returned to the mansion, he told his son Wang Yongan, his son was shocked, "Why did Aye want to join forces with the king?"

Wang Junkuo said disdainfully, "Li Yuan is an idiot, how can I go to die with him, this is just a strategy for us to survive, let this idiot rebel, and then our father and son can put down the chaos and wipe out the thieves, in this way, Not only can we clear our status as abolished princelings, but we can also gain credit for calming the chaos, and then who will Li Shimin not give me the post of governor of Youzhou?"

  Wang Junkuo's son was shocked. He didn't expect his father to be so vicious that he even plotted against his father-in-law.

   "Would this work?"

   "Hahaha, why not, just wait and watch the show." Wang Junkuo said with a proud face.

  People like Li Yuan, he can easily play with them.

  In Youzhou City.

  Cui Dunli was sleeping in a daze, but someone picked him up from the bed.

   "Who are you?"

"Walk!"

   Several Youzhou dental soldiers dragged Cui Dunli away like a dead dog.

   "I am Sima Zhenfu, I am the envoy of the imperial court, what do you dare to do!"

  No matter how much Cui Dunli yelled, no one paid any attention to him, and they still dragged him away like a dead dog.

   "You are presumptuous, my brother-in-law is General Zuowei, Qi Guogong, and Liangzhou Governor Qin Qiong, and my nephew is Zhenfu Si Cheng and Yi Guogong Qin Lang!"

   "I am the second son of the Boling Cui family!"

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   Being dragged all the way into the Governor's Mansion, Li Yuan stared at Cui Dunli with red eyes.

   "Cui, what is Li Shimin's plan to deal with me, tell me, and I can spare your death!"

  Cui Dunli looked at the ferocious Li Yuan with a look of shock.

   "My lord, why is this so?"

"explain!"

   "Is Your Majesty planning to rebel?" Cui Dunli asked.

  Li Yuan snatched the leather whip, and lashed Cui Dunli fiercely, grinning his teeth in pain.

   "I am the son of the Cui family of Boling, my brother-in-law is Qin Qiong, the Duke of Qi, and my nephew is Qin Lang, the Duke of Yi...you are so courageous!"

"explain!"

  Li Yuan whipped again.

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   "Your Majesty, Cui has passed out."

   "It's useless, bah." Li Yuan threw down his whip angrily, and walked away with his sleeves thrown.

  Back in the hall, Li Yuan gritted his teeth and trembled with excitement.

   "Pass down the order of the king, send out the station to recruit troops, and recruit soldiers and horses from the seventeen states!"

   "My lord, this is absolutely impossible!"

   Youzhou soldier Cao Shenjun Wang Lishe stepped forward and objected loudly.

  (end of this chapter)