The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 600
"Cijing!"

Zhao Cijing walked out of the Wude Hall in a rage, and as soon as he arrived at the square in front of the hall, he heard someone calling him, followed the sound, and saw Prince Li Jiancheng standing in the corridor far away, waving to him.

Zhao Cijing walked over quickly, bowed and saluted: "My minister, see Your Highness!"

When Li Jiancheng came out, he saw the impatient Zhao Cijing walking into the palace, and he called out a few times but got no response, so he was very surprised.This brother-in-law is extremely filial, gentle and generous, and a gentleman. Li Jiancheng has known him for more than ten years, but he has never seen him be rude. If he came to meet his father in such a rage, something must have happened.

Li Jiancheng was worried, so he waited outside the hall. Seeing that Zhao Cijing's anger had disappeared, replaced by endless sadness, he asked in surprise, "Cijing, what happened today? What happened?" What's the matter?"

Zhao Cijing was like a child who has been wronged by the world and met his parents, tears rolled down, and he choked up and said: "Your Highness should have seen King Qi, right?"

"Exactly!" Not long after Li Jiancheng saw Zhao Cijing enter the Hall of Martial Virtue, his fourth brother Yuan Ji hurriedly chased him in, thinking that there was some conflict between the two of them, so he didn't make a sound.Hearing what Zhao Cijing said at this time, he was very surprised and asked: "You and the fourth brother have a conflict? Do you want me to resolve the misunderstanding for you?"

"Can't solve it!"

Zhao Cijing wiped away tears, and said angrily: "If it's a personal grudge, I won't have the same knowledge as him! But this matter has something to do with the dignity of the Ministry of War and the law of the court, and it has already caused a lot of trouble in Xiangyang. It's impossible to just let things go. .Don't His Highness know?"

"I went to court before dawn, and then discussed the Sui Dynasty's military expansion in Wude Hall. I just came out now, so how do I know what happened?"

At this time, a group of patrolling guards appeared, and Li Jiancheng stopped Zhao Cijing who was about to speak, "This is not a place to talk, let's go to the East Palace to talk!"

"Alright."

Zhao Cijing was extremely depressed, and needed to find someone to talk to, and also needed someone to stand up and uphold justice, so he followed Li Jiancheng to the Lizheng Hall of the East Palace, and angrily explained the ins and outs of the matter.

"That's how it is!" Li Jiancheng was shocked after hearing Zhao Cijing's confession. Li Yuanji's beating to death of an official of the Ministry of War had extremely bad effects. In the hearts of all officials, no one dares to speak out or discuss politics in the future. They are all like puppets, rigidly implementing court policies. Even if they know it is wrong, they will let the mistakes continue. Don't bother.

From Zhao Cijing's statement, Li Jiancheng knew that his father didn't take this matter to heart.What made Li Jiancheng even more distressed was the fourth brother. When Jinyang raised troops, Li Yuanji led the army to stay in Taiyuan and led the military of the fifteen counties.However, he often played and hunted with Dou Dan, trampled on the farmland and crops, indulged the soldiers, and openly plundered the people's property. The domestic poultry and livestock were almost robbed by them. The common people feared him like a tiger and hated him to the bone. Li Yuanji was finally convicted and dismissed, and became his prince in Beijing, but even under the eyes of his father, he was restless, because he was caught by Yang Tong when he was out, which led to Yang Tong's death. Dong set fire to the Taiji palace Miyagi, and took Li's family away.

Now that the emperor asked his fourth brother to supervise the civil and military officials, he simply gave him the authority to kill people openly. In the future, his methods will definitely be quite cruel.This is also what Li Jiancheng has been most worried about since the establishment of the Wuchuan Division. If it is okay to target those officials who have committed taboos, the court can give a reasonable explanation, but now they are killing people indiscriminately. If this continues, they will be loyal Civil and military officials must also be in danger, and they are alienated from the court.

"If the Holy Majesty continues to indulge King Qi like this, it will not only harm him, but also shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. Your Highness must persuade the Holy Majesty to strictly control him." Zhao Cijing said solemnly.

"I see!"

With a heavy heart, Li Jiancheng knew that it was not as simple as his father letting his fourth brother kill. To some extent, the fourth brother was a sharp sword in his father's hands. It was born of the evil thoughts in the heart of the emperor.

In the final analysis, it is still due to the prosperous Sui Dynasty and the aggressive Yang Tong, which caused serious problems in the father's mentality. The more brutal the fourth brother's methods, the more it can reflect the panic in the father's heart.Not only is father afraid now, but he has also lost confidence in the increasingly weak Li Tang Dynasty. He doesn't trust anyone now, and feels that everyone will betray him and betray him.

Facing Zhao Cijing's expectant eyes, Li Jiancheng sighed. The root of the problem is not his fourth brother, but his father's own problem. How can he persuade him?Li Jiancheng was speechless for a while.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng said: "My father is here to persuade. The most urgent thing is to appease the officials of the Ministry of War and tell them that the imperial court will explain to the families of the officials who died, and the situation must not be allowed to worsen."

Zhao Cijing sneered and said, "If the Holy Majesty doesn't give an explanation, how can I appease you?"

"you……"

Li Jiancheng was annoyed by the ignorant Zhao Cijing, but he couldn't get angry with this brother-in-law who was devoted to the country, so he could only try his best to restrain the anger in his heart, and said cryptically: "I know that Wu Chuan's actions to supervise all officials have made everyone We are in constant fear, but we might as well put it another way: If officials have a clear conscience, what are they afraid of? If they have a clear conscience, no matter whether it is the Wuchuan Division, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Yushitai, or Dali Temple, they are all useless to them. Father Emperor Although he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he can't help himself in many cases. What is happening now is not as simple as you imagined. You can do your best to appease the Ministry of War, which is the greatest help to the father. Don't let the father treat you You are disappointed."

Before his father's permission, he didn't dare to let his brother-in-law, who was too upright, know some things, so he had to persuade him politely.

"Your Highness, you'd better let the Holy Majesty come up with an explanation first. Only by appeasing the court officials first, can we, Tang Dynasty, be united and deal with the violent Sui army that will commit crimes in the coming year."

"You know shit!"

Li Jiancheng, who couldn't bear it any longer, uttered a foul word. With a livid face, he stared at Zhao Cijing fiercely: "You think that the father doesn't know the current situation, and that the father established the Wuchuan Division because his son has nothing? I'll tell you now, My father is not conniving with my fourth brother, but I have to do it. The current enemy of my Tang Dynasty is not the Sui Dynasty, but an official who has contacts with the Sui Dynasty and will stab us at any time. You, Minister of the Ministry of War, are really confused ,do not know anything."

"The humble minister doesn't know anything, so the officials of the Ministry of War will be dealt with by His Royal Highness. If His Highness is dissatisfied, the Holy Majesty can let the minister be removed from the post of Minister of the Ministry of War!"

"Anyway, you should hurry to the Ministry of War and appease the officials." Li Jiancheng said angrily

"I'm not!" Zhao Cijing snorted coldly, no matter how angry Li Jiancheng yelled, he walked out of the palace without looking back.

"You..." Li Jiancheng chased after him quickly, no matter how much he shouted, he couldn't call this stubborn donkey back, and finally he could only watch helplessly as his figure disappeared outside the palace gate.

Returning to the Lizheng Hall, he sat down angrily, thinking of being caught between his father and the civil and military officials all these years, being both angry and unpleased, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and he slapped the table next to him heavily, furiously Roaring: "There is no cure for this elm lump."

"Your Highness, there is an order from the Holy Master!" Just as Li Jiancheng was furious, an old eunuch hurried over.

"Bring it!" Li Jiancheng tried his best to calm down his anger. His father had just asked him to go to Mrs. Dou. The matter hadn't started yet, so why did he get another order?

"Here!" The old eunuch presented the letter respectfully.

Li Jiancheng took the handbook and looked at it, with a wry smile on his face.

In order to solve the financial difficulties, the unsupported big merchants under the rule of the Tang Dynasty were wiped out, and then the vacated business routes and industries were distributed to the Guanlong dignitaries in exchange for their support in money and food.At this time, could it be that the father still has illusions about the powerful and powerful in Guanlong?If so, what's the point of monitoring civil and military officials by myself and my second brother?Could it be to reduce the vigilance of the powerful in Guanlong?

After thinking about it for a while, Li Jiancheng felt that this possibility was extremely high, but he started to do it immediately, so why bother?Doesn't Father know the reason why nights are long and dreams are many?
Li Jiancheng couldn't think about it, and he didn't bother to think about it. The important thing now is to find the Dou family and hand over the imperial father's letter to Dou Gui. The money was sold to the powerful and powerful in Guanlong, and how to distribute it was up to them to decide.

Looking at the handwriting in his hand, Li Jiancheng breathed a sigh of relief.With this point of interest, it will be much easier to raise money and food in an emergency, and you will definitely be able to get the amount your father needs quickly.

This kind of thing has actually been done before, that is, exchanging Jingzhou business for money and food in the hands of the powerful and powerful in Guanlong.

The Guanlong dignitaries started an exclusive business through various border counties. They secretly communicated with the Sui Dynasty's business department, sold Li and Tang's domestic materials to the Sui Dynasty, and then bought rough horses from the Sui Dynasty, and sold them to the court at a high price. , making a lot of money one by one.

The crossbow horses eliminated by the army of the Sui Dynasty went to the south, but they are really not crossbow horses. Yang Tong now controls the horse source of the whole world. Many times, the war horses he eliminated are placed among various forces, and they are also top-level war horses. Being snapped up by everyone, there is no need to worry about sales.However, the aristocratic families took advantage of the urgent need of the princes to form cavalry, and introduced a large number of them, which led to the continuous flow of wealth in the world to Yang Yu's hands. She is helping Yang Tong shed the blood of various princes.

For their own benefit, these people behaved obediently in front of the Ministry of Commerce of the Sui Dynasty, and they didn't even dare to play tricks with Yang Tong, otherwise they wouldn't even be able to buy a crossbow horse next time.Many aristocratic families are now relying on the crossbow horses of the Sui Dynasty to make a lot of money. This is the case under Li Tang's rule, and the same is true under Li Mi's rule.

For the sake of the war horse, Li Yuan and Li Mi could only turn one eye and close one eye to recognize it.The result of obtaining war horses is at the cost of a huge amount of materials and money in the country. The reason why Xiangyang lacks materials is because the bulk of materials flowed to the Sui Dynasty, resulting in a lack of everything in the city. After all, Li Tang's silk, satin, grain Oil, salt, money, copper and iron were all eaten up by the war horses.

(End of this chapter)