Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3389 The rain is coming
Dong Mingyue frowned slightly, a little worried: "Then, does the prince think that Chai Zhewei will be attached to Guan Long?"

"Ah!"

Li Yuanjing sneered: "Chai Zhewei is selfish and has no strength of character. He will not be attached to anyone. He will definitely watch the fire from the other side with a heavy army in his hand, and then choose the profitable side according to the trend of the situation. He only cares about his own interests. It doesn't matter who is the emperor! Don't worry, as long as the situation is favorable to us, Chai Zhewei will come to us without lobbying."

"Um……"

Gently patted the troublesome hand between her waist and abdomen, Dong Mingyue said: "So, let's stand still and just wait to see how the situation develops?"

Li Yuanjing nodded and said: "That's right, we have to keep our minds steady at this time."

In fact, he always had a feeling of horror in his heart that Changsun Wuji was indeed very scheming, no matter how much he tried to break his head, he couldn't think of a good way to deal with the aftermath.

Maybe it's not completely unimaginable, but some thoughts flashed in my mind, and I didn't dare to think about it at all...

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The Liaodong battle report was suppressed by the imperial court and was not disclosed to the outside world. Only a handful of officials in the East Palace knew about it, lest it would lead to a collapse of the situation if it was leaked.

However, in the early morning of the next day, the news of "Your Majesty fell off his horse and was injured" and "Tang Jun Ping Rangcheng was defeated" spread in the city of Chang'an, and various rumors followed. turmoil.

Many ministers gathered in front of the gate of Xingqing Palace, asking for a clear answer from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was temporarily residing here, so as to reassure people's hearts.

Inside Lizheng Hall.

Li Junxian knelt down on one knee, with a look of shame on his face: "It is the general's negligence that caused rumors to spread in the city and panic among the people, and the general is willing to be punished."

This matter was indeed his negligence. After all, he was in charge of Datang's most powerful espionage system, but he failed to detect this trend in advance and nip it in the bud in time. This was his responsibility.

However, it is not possible to place all the blame on him. After all, before that, he had never received the news that His Majesty was injured in the fall from the horse in Liaodong, so he could not grasp the situation in time and plan ahead.

Li Chengqian looked solemn, but he didn't criticize harshly, and said slowly: "At this time, it's not the time to discuss crimes, I just want to ask you, can there be a proper strategy to eliminate the rumors in Beijing, stabilize people's hearts, and put those Goguryeo in Chang'an Find out the spies in the city one by one?"

When the two countries are at war, they will naturally send spies to sneak into the heart of the enemy country to spy on intelligence, assassinate important officials, and spread rumors.Datang not only installed high-level internal agents like Chang Sun Chong in Ping Rang City, but also did a lot of secret spying operations.Similarly, Goguryeo must have placed many secret works in Chang'an City.

It's just that although the "Hundred Riders" searched many times before and caught a lot of them, it is obvious that there are still people lurking in the dark, waiting for an opportunity.

Li Junxian knelt down on one knee, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, it is not the late general who is shirking responsibility. The previous large-scale searches have captured many enemy agents inside and outside Chang'an City. Even if there are one or two It is absolutely impossible for the fish caught in the net to cause such a big storm and cause such an effect."

Li Chengqian's face became gloomy, he stared at Li Junxian, and said word by word: "What do you mean, the rumors about the father's fall from the horse and his injury were not intentionally spread by Goguryeo?"

Li Junxian naturally knew that the matter was of great importance, and it was nothing more than Goguryeo's secret operation hiding in the dark to spread rumors, and it was his fault, the commander of the "Hundred Knights", who was negligent.

But if someone else did it on purpose, then the involvement would be huge...

He cautiously said: "The general does not dare to say anything, but as long as His Highness gives the general three days, the general will definitely find out the source of the rumors!"

Li Chengqian rubbed his swollen temples, the situation he was most worried about was about to happen.

Foreign enemies are easy to defend against, but house thieves are hard to defend against.

Now it's just Goguryeo's secret work stirring up wind and rain in Chang'an City, so it's not difficult to find it out.However, if someone in Chang'an City deliberately spread rumors that the emperor was injured, causing the situation to be turbulent and panicky, then this person's real intentions are really terrible.

If you are not careful, a mutiny may happen...

Taking a deep breath and calming his mind, Li Chengqian said: "Gu Wei will give you three days, if you can't find out the mastermind behind the scenes, Gu Wei you just ask!"

"Here!" Li Junxian hurriedly responded.

Li Chengqian said again in a deep voice: "Not only do we need to find out those who spread rumors, but we also need to pay more attention to the turmoil in Chang'an City, especially the recent movements of the Guanlongmen Clan. We must keep a close eye on them!"

After a pause, he continued: "The most important thing is Qiao Guo Gong Chai Zhewei, the whole Zuo Tunwei is up and down, let your spies keep an eye on him, who did Chai Zhewei meet, when did he see it, and what did he even talk about?" , must be mastered verbatim! Do you know how powerful it is?"

Li Junxian's heart was tense, he nodded and said: "The general will understand!"

Under pressure, Zuo Tunwei is the only army in Guanzhong that has a complete system and is fully staffed. It has a strength of [-] and is stationed at the Xuanwu Gate, the gate of the Forbidden Palace. It can be said to be very important.

As long as the Zuo Tunwei is stable, Chang'an is stable. Even if someone acts rebelliously, the East Palace can turn the tide.

However, if there is a change in Zuo Tunwei... the situation will completely collapse.

Thinking of this, Li Junxian asked in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, spying on you can only be punished when it shows signs of rebellion. Why don't you simply send 'Hundred Riders' masters into the Zuo Tunwei to frighten the little ones, so that even if they have any? Don't you have the heart of disobedience, and you dare not do rebellious actions?"

Surreptitiously watching in secret, people may not be aware of it at all. If you are bold and passionate, you may do those rebellious acts.It's better to send people to Zuo Tunwei openly and aboveboard, and tell Chai Zhewei clearly: I suspect that you have disobedience, and I will keep an eye on you!
In that case, how dare Chai Zhewei act rebelliously?
However, Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "How is this possible? Chai Zhewei is a member of the country, a general in command of the army, and the 'Hundred Cavalry Division' can spy on him secretly, but if Guruo suspects Chai Zhewei openly without a single act of disobedience, What do the other ministers think? Seeing Gu's suspicion is so strong, who will do things for the court in a down-to-earth manner? This is absolutely impossible."

Li Junxian had no choice but to give up.

He understood Li Chengqian's meaning, "People in the world can blame me, but I must not lose people in the world first." It is true that this would be a lot of peace of mind for the courtiers, but it was too pedantic.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sensitive, suspicious, paranoid, and rebellious before, but now he has gradually secured his position as the crown prince, his temperament has stabilized, but he has a tendency to develop in the direction of "abusing good people"...

The prince a few years ago was very different from the prince now, they could be called two extremes, and Li Junxian didn't know how to evaluate this.

For the subjects, a kind-hearted, soft-hearted, lenient and merciful monarch is naturally the supreme gospel, and they can forgive even minor mistakes in ordinary times. "It's frightening.

But for the empire, it is difficult for a monarch with insufficient courage to undertake the important task of pioneering and forging ahead. He can only rely on the virtuous ministers, and it is easy to lose power...

Li Chengqian said in a deep voice: "In short, regardless of any troubles in Chang'an City, Gu must be grasped immediately. At this critical time, I hope that the general will do his best not to disappoint the expectations of the father and Gu. Protect the community!"

"Here!"

Li Junxian bowed his head to take the order, got up and took three steps back before turning around and striding out of the hall.

After Li Junxian left, Li Chengqian said to the servant on Suli's side: "Send someone to invite Duke Wei to come here immediately, I have something important to ask in detail."

"Here."

The servant hurried out and sent someone to Duke Wei's mansion to deliver the order.

Recently, Wei Guozheng was in charge of the military training of the academy's students and the six-rate training of the East Palace. He was so busy that he couldn't keep his bones. Therefore, the prince specially ordered him to go back to the mansion to rest at night, and all the gates were open to him.

Crown Princess Su came out of the apse slowly, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, stepped forward and placed it on the coffee table beside Li Chengqian, her soft and beautiful face was full of worry: "I shouldn't meddle in political affairs, but Rumors spread all over the city and palace all of a sudden, and even the servants of the Xingqing Palace are panicked... but I don't know if the emperor is really injured, or is it a thief spreading rumors?"

Li Chengqian has always been weak-tempered, and tends to be self-conscious about things, but this time he behaved well, appearing very calm, smiling and patting the princess Su Shi's snow-white soft face, and said with relief: "It's true that the father was injured, but it is definitely not a rumor It's so serious, it's just Goguryeo's secret work hidden in Chang'an City, taking the opportunity to exaggerate and disturb people's hearts, so don't worry about it, Concubine Ai."

(End of this chapter)