Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 241 Innocent Knee Shot by Arrow
More than a hundred years ago, Emperor Xiaowen of Wei established the noble family, "Cui, Lu, Zheng, and Wang". Originally, there was no Li family in Longxi, but the general "Li Bao" of Zhenbei was also designated as the Jia family, and his son Li Chong The eminence lasted for a while, and finally the family was able to become a famous family in the world.

Every family has its heyday and its decline. At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Li family of Longxi came from behind, leaving the other four surnames far behind...at least in the eyes of the world.

Otherwise, the Li Tang royal family would not call themselves the Li family of Longxi.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were a large number of ministers with five surnames and seven families, but a considerable part of them came from the middle and late Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion. Only the Li family in Longxi had a prominent position in the early Tang Dynasty. During the reign of the first three emperors of the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian, There are four prime ministers alone.

At the beginning of the sixth year of Wude, although Li Jing had already been praised by the sage Li Yuan as "the ancient famous generals Han, Bai, Wei, and Huo, how could they match", but the Li family in Longxi had not yet reached its peak, and Li Zhaode was still a little boy , Li Yiyan has not yet become an official, and Li Jixiu has not even been born, but the Li family in Longxi has been regarded as the first family in the early Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, when Li Zhaode went straight to the Chang'an county government office on the second day, he heard that Wang Renyou handed over the post, and the county government office closed the door... He was furious and scolded again and again.

Who doesn't know that Li Huairen has a good relationship with the Li family in Longxi, Li Keshi and Li Qianyou regard him as nephew, in Li Zhaode's view, this is a slap in the face of the Li family in Longxi.

The little officials below were frowning, and Li Dewu, the county lieutenant, was expressionless, cursing inwardly... If the family had not declined, even the Li family in Longxi would not dare to humiliate you like this, Huangkou kid!

"Sixteenth Brother!" Li Kai walked in quickly and scolded, "This is the Chang'an County Government, the place where the country is governed, how dare you do this!"

"Brother Seven, it's Wang Renyou..."

"Come out and talk!" Li Kai emphasized his tone, staring at Li Zhaode as he went out angrily, before saluting slightly, "My younger brother is messing around, please forgive me."

The officials around him naturally didn't dare to say anything, and they were obedient. Li Kai glanced at Li Dewu seemingly casually, nodded with a smile, turned and left without saying anything.

After leaving the county office, Li Kai went straight to Li Zhaode's house, and said in a low voice as soon as he entered, "The matter of closing the door should be the responsibility of the county captain, and it was Li Dewu who sent people."

One day is enough for Li Kai to inquire about the news.

"That's right." Li Zhaode waved his hands in dissatisfaction, "But he didn't go in person...it's definitely not what Prime Minister Pei meant."

"Li Dewu and the crown prince are all prepared, but the banquet held every day, that is, the crown prince asks a sage to give the name of the wine, it must not be instigated by the East Palace."

Li Dewu definitely didn't want Pei Shiju to know about Li Shan. He certainly didn't want to have anything to do with Li Shan. It was reasonable not to go in person, but in the end he sent someone to seal the door... It could only be that someone pushed behind his back.

Therefore, Li Kai felt a little strange, "It's not just because of Wang Renyou..."

"Yuhuchun is a name bestowed by a sage, even if Wang Renyou relies on the name of Princess Tong'an..."

After waiting for a long time, Li Zhaode couldn't help asking: "Seventh brother, what should I do?"

"Brother Huai is still waiting for news!"

"Don't worry." Li Kai's eyes flickered, let alone Li Zhaode, even his father Li Qianyou didn't know about the inside story.

But if you want to find out the truth, you have to wait until Li Qianyou comes back... Facing Li Zhaode's anger just now, Li Dewu remained calm and did not explain anything.

Li Zhaode waited impatiently, Li Shan who was still in Zhujiagou was thinking about something new, and Li Dewu in the county government... couldn't say anything, what an innocent shot in the knee!

Now that Li Shan's name is getting better day by day, the king of Qin has praised him several times as early as last year, the crown prince is also favoring him now, Wei Zheng and Wang Gui are very kind to him... Under such circumstances, Li Dewu will never I hope I have anything to do with Li Shan.

Not to mention Li Dewu's official career after the incident was exposed, not to mention the anger of his wife Pei Shuying, not to mention what his father-in-law Pei Shiju would think, but Li Dewu himself...

Abandoning his wife and son, clinging to Pei's family is a taint, and the abandoned son has skyrocketed ninety thousand miles. As such a father... what kind of mental state will he have?
"Mingfu is back." Li Dewu forced a smile, "How about investigating in Jingyang?"

"The official warehouse is insufficient, and the current dynasty has not yet closed the warehouse..." Li Qianyou sighed.

Last year, when the Turks attacked Hedong, they almost pierced through it, and then sent partisans to attack the pass. A large number of people were displaced, and a considerable part of them poured into Jingzhao.

Although most of the people were able to return to their hometowns after the imperial court provided disaster relief, in the past two years, the government has not spent enough money, and food prices have been rising almost every month. The spring plowing is about to happen, and it is just when there is a shortage of crops, refugees are again pouring into Jingzhao.

This time, Li Ganyou was going to inspect Jingzhao Jingyang granary, trying to release food for disaster relief and prevent refugees from approaching Chang'an... But now it seems that the possibility is unlikely.

After talking about business for a while, Li Ganyou asked casually, "That restaurant in West Market yesterday..."

"The wine shop is too small to accommodate people, so that people queuing up to buy wine blocked the streets, and even fought violently, which once caused chaos in the West Market." Li Dewu replied squarely, "It just so happened that the children of the Wang family in Taiyuan passed by, and out of righteous indignation... ..."

Li Qianyou's chuckle interrupted Li Dewu's words. Although he didn't know the relationship between Li Dewu and Li Shan, he was very clear about the relationship between Li Shan and Wang Renyou.

"Princess Tong'an is the saint's sister...but Yuhuchun is the prince who asked the saint to give her a name."

It's just a trivial matter, and it doesn't matter if Princess Tong'an insists on meddling. After all, she is the saint's own sister, but adding the crown prince...it will make a difference.

After a moment of silence, Li Dewu smiled wryly and said, "Don't dare to hide the truth from the Ming government, and it's a helpless move to be an official..."

While talking, Li Dewu took out a name card from his sleeve and handed it over.

"Huh?" Li Ganyou glanced, his face changed slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he smiled and said, "It's hard for you."

"Thank you, Mingfu, for your understanding."

"Forget it, today the child is angry with his friend, please don't take offense at Dewu."

"The subordinate dare not."

Li Ganyou changed the topic again, and left after a while.

After returning home, changed his clothes, and cleaned his hands and face, Li Qianyou sat down in the study, pointed at Li Kai with a smile, "De Mou has thought deeply, it really is so."

Li Zhaode muttered: "Could it be the East Palace? Prime Minister Pei?"

"Uncle is too famous. The sixteenth disciple is quick-tempered, but in terms of talent, he is far ahead of my nephew." Li Kai said with a smile: "Uncle, who made the move?"

Li Zhaode muttered again: "Who is so shameless!"

This sentence made Li Qianyou stare at him. Indeed, Yuhuchun has become famous, the price of wine is high, and there are many people in the market. In fact, there are not one or two people who covet it, but most of them are merchants. Being a dignitary, wanting to seize someone's property in such a capacity... is really shameless.

But can such words be said casually?
Li Kai took the famous post and glanced at it, his pupils shrank slightly, "Wechsler..."

Li Zhaode poked his head, "Wei Qingsi...is he a descendant of Jingzhao Wei?"

Both Li Ganyou and Li Kai remained silent, they both knew this person.

Wei Qingsi is naturally a child of Jingzhao Wei, but Jingzhao Wei can't beat Longxi Li. The reason for keeping them silent is that Wei Qingsi is not a high-ranking official, but he is an official of the East Palace. An important post, the prince's family order.

The prince's family order, in charge of criminal law, meals, warehouses, slaves, warehouses, and Tibetans, is not the prince's confidant.

In the final analysis, the prince's family order is the chief steward of the East Palace, in charge of food and criminal law, and must be the person Li Jiancheng trusts the most.

Li Qianyou is still concurrently the head of the Qi Palace, and his political stance is biased towards the East Palace. How could he offend Li Jiancheng's most trusted prince's family order, Wei Qingsi, for Li Shan?

As for Li Dewu, it was true that he was innocently shot by an arrow in his knee. He was focused on climbing up the East Palace, and it was even more impossible for him to refuse the request of the crown prince's family order Wei Qingsi.

(End of this chapter)