People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1322: Husband and wife’s night conversation: When will the emperor die?
The night is deep, inside the bedroom in the east courtyard.

Liu Jinyu was dressed in gauze and leaned lightly in Li Xuan's arms. For some reason, she never fell asleep.

"Your Majesty has relieved my husband from the duty of serving as a medicine expert." Li Xuan suddenly spoke, with infinite sentimentality in his voice.

It seems that compared to the positions of General Youwei and Guest of the Crown Prince, which he got, they are not as good as serving as a minister of medicine, which makes Li Xuan care more.

Liu Jinyu gently shook Li Xuan's hand and said in a low voice: "My husband has now been awarded the title of General of the Right Guards. All the tens of thousands of elite right guards in Yongluo are under my control. If my husband is still able to do so at any time, As a minister of medicine in the palace, I am afraid that even His Majesty will have trouble sleeping peacefully at night."

"Shang Yao is only allowed to stay in the palace for a while when something happens in the palace. General Youwei can usually command no more than 500 soldiers out of the camp. Others must be reported to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Secretariat... "

"That was normal times." Liu Jinyu exposed Li Xuan's self-deception with one sentence, and said unceremoniously: "My husband himself once said that His Majesty's success was only in the past two years.

If something happens to His Majesty one day, who wouldn't worry that my husband, the right-guard general, will knock on the palace door with the title of Shang Yao Fengyu and then abolish the establishment.

Your Majesty is protecting your husband. "

Liu Jinyu's words made Li Xuan completely silent.

After a long time, Li Xuan said faintly: "Who can be sure that my husband, the medical examiner and medical examiner, Fengyu, will definitely be in Beijing by then?"

"But you always have to be just in case." Liu Jinyu said, not knowing why she couldn't help but tremble.

"Prince." Li Xuan's words exposed the possible crisis behind this.

"Your Majesty, he may not have this idea, otherwise Your Majesty would not have allowed my husband to be the right-guard general." Liu Jinyu seemed to be comforting Li Xuan, but also seemed to be comforting himself.

"Perhaps His Majesty himself is not sure what will happen then, or perhaps His Majesty himself is also trying to stop himself." Li Xuan saw the entanglement in Li Zhi's heart at a glance.

Li Hong died of illness, Li Xian was deposed, and although Li Xian was maturing as the prince, no one knew when the emperor would die of illness, not even the emperor himself.

If something happens in the future and he is forced to abolish Li Xian, Li Xuan, the Shang Yao Fengyu, will not be able to take advantage of the opportunity to do anything.

Promoting Li Xuan to General Youwei, allowing him to participate in military affairs near Chang'an, is equivalent to the emperor putting a tight spell on himself, and at the same time warning other careerists.

The emperor would not depose Li Xian unless he was forced to the last step.

Li Xuan, the right-guard general, was the emperor's comfort to himself and Li Xian.

"There's only one question left." After Liu Jinyu said this, she lay gently in Li Xuan's arms and said no more.

Li Xuan sighed softly.

Yeah, there's only one question left.

When will the emperor die?

……

In the darkness, there was silence.

After a long time, Li Xuan said quietly: "Whether it's General Youwei or a doctor serving the emperor, if my husband was not in the court at that time, nothing would affect my family. But my husband happened to be in the capital as well. Then the storm is inevitable.”

Liu Jinyu leaned into Li Xuan's arms, the worry in her eyes so intense that she couldn't get rid of it.

When the emperor dies of illness and the prince ascends the throne, it is always the most dangerous time and the most turbulent time for people.

Countless careerists are ready to take action, countless speculators want to reach the sky in one step, and even the emperor himself has infinite hesitation in his heart.

History books contain too much history and lessons.

Yang Guang in the previous dynasty and Li Chengqian in this dynasty.

No exception.

"Your Majesty is already trying his best to control it." Li Xuan's expression turned cold for a moment, and she said firmly: "At this time, we will do whatever His Majesty says."

"What if it's the prince?" Liu Jinyu couldn't help but breathe heavily.

Li Xuan shook his head and said: "No matter what, everything is subject to His Majesty's orders, and Your Majesty will never do anything lightly, so at this time, if someone uses the name of the Crown Prince to harm others..."

"I understand." Liu Jinyu immediately understood the end of Li Xuan's words.

The emperor is uneasy. If someone comes to the palace to persuade others to enter, wants to create some kind of crisis, then no matter what, they must remain motionless.

If Li Xuan is in the capital, everything will naturally be presided over by Li Xuan, and it will be difficult for others to do anything they want to do. But if Li Xuan is not here, then others might plot against the palace.

After all, Li Xuan is not only the right-guard general, the prince's guest, and the heir, but also the grandson-in-law of left prime minister Liu Rengui.

There's so much to take advantage of here.

"What if someone in the capital wants to move Fanzhou?" Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan worriedly.

Nowadays, although the imperial court has mobilized 20,000 troops, Li Xuan still has 50,000 elite troops under his command. Even though they were scattered across various places, at the critical moment, they could still gather 10,000 cavalry to attack Chang'an.

Mobilizing the right guard army is only one aspect, mobilizing the Fanzhou army is the real killer move.

After all, there are more than 100,000 troops stationed in the entire Gyeonggi Province, and the 10,000 elite troops on the right guard are really nothing.

"I can't move." Li Xuan shook her head calmly and said easily: "Your Majesty has made too many arrangements in Fanzhou. Even if you want to do anything for your husband, it is difficult. Moreover, without your Majesty's imperial edict, it is difficult for your husband to do anything." Nothing will be done."

Li Xuan's words were so categorical that Liu Jinyu suddenly remembered the rumors between the government and the public.

Li Xuan is the most loyal to the emperor.

Even if he were asked to give up the position of Chief Controller of Luoche Road, Protector of Fanzhou, and be directly transferred back to Beijing, he would be willing to do so.

But there are too many people in the government and the public who are unwilling to let him be transferred back.

Not to mention his amazing methods, he is still the most trusted person by the prince. With the control of the army, the East Palace will definitely be as stable as Mount Tai.

There are too many people who don’t want to see the situation become so stable.

Even inside the East Palace, there are many interested people.

……

"When my husband left the palace, he went to see Dou Weng. Dou Weng seemed to have expected it and wrote down all the movements of the court in Changzhou and Fanzhou." Li Xuan said softly: "Your Majesty It’s been considered comprehensively enough.”

Liu Jinyu didn't speak, just lay gently in Li Xuan's arms and listened to him continue.

"Wei Husband is the appeasement ambassador of Lu Zhe Dao, Hei Te Changzhi is the deputy appeasement envoy, and Zhang Daan is the appeasement envoy chief Shi."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan sneered softly and said: "My husband is the marching general manager of Luoche Road, Hei Te Changzhi is the deputy marching manager, and Xiao Siye is the marching commander."

Liu Jinyu raised her head subconsciously and looked at Li Xuan in disbelief: "Isn't this happening because the Luoche Taoist Comfort Envoy, the Luoche Tao Marching Administrator's Mansion, and the Fanzhou Protector's Mansion all have the same team?"

Li Xuan shook his head and said: "In the Fanzhou Protectorate, Wei Hu is the Protector, Hei Te Changzhi is the Deputy Protector, Zhang Daan is the Chief Governor, and Xiao Siye is the Governor of Mizhou, located in Milin between Shannan and Linzhi."

"In other words, if the husband is in Fanzhou, then it is the husband who has the final say. If the husband is not here, it is Hei Te Changzhi who has the final say. If both the husband and Hei Te Changzhi are not here, then it is Zhang Daan who has the final say. , Xiao Siye has the final say in military affairs, and logistics belongs to Zhang Daan." Liu Jinyu looked deeply, and she had already seen through the checks and balances.

"Not only that, Xing Wenwei was transferred to Fanzhou Sima, Cheng Chuzheng was transferred to Luozang Guard Zhechong Captain, and Uncle Yu was transferred to Fanzhou Hucao to join the army." Li Xuan couldn't help but smile.

Yu Ze's transfer to Fanzhou Hucao to join the army went smoothly beyond imagination.

"Other military officials, including Fa Cao, Cang Cao, Bing Cao, Shi Cao, and Merit Cao, were all transferred from Changzhou." Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "In this way, the court will know everything about Fanzhou."

"I remember that my husband once said that many of those who joined the army in Changzhou are close associates of His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven. Only the Fa Cao and the Bing Cao are my husband's people."

"Now that we add Hu Cao, there is no problem with the Fanzhou Protector's Office and the Fanzhou Governor's Office." Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and then said: "It's just that news from Fanzhou can reach Chang'an at any time, but there is no problem. "

"Then what's the problem?" Liu Jinyu knew Li Xuan very well, and Liu Jinyu could hear the last part of his words clearly.

"It's the county magistrate." Li Xuan sighed softly and said: "There are fifteen prefectures in Fanzhou. More than half of the governor's positions are affected by his husband. Others from all walks of life have not yet been contacted. I don't know what their specific tendencies are. , but it is not a problem for the husband to control the overall situation, but there are seventy counties in Fanzhou, five or six counties in the large state, and two or three counties in the small state, so seventy county magistrates are needed. Guess how the court dealt with it? "

"Half of them are generals from the army, and the other half are officials from the court." Liu Jinyu looked a little uncertain.

"Most of you are right. It is true that most generals in the army also serve as county magistrates, but not many are transferred from Chang'an to Fanzhou. In fact, most of them are from Jiangnan Road?" Li Xuan couldn't help but sneer.

"Jiangnan Road?" Liu Jinyu frowned tightly and asked, "Don't you have a good relationship with various Jiangnan aristocratic families? Why do you want to transfer so many children from Jiangnan aristocratic families to Fanzhou?"

"Because we need to investigate Hidden Fields." Li Xuan sighed softly. He couldn't see the emperor's purpose clearly.

Governing Fanzhou was just incidental. The emperor's real purpose was in Jiangnan.

"The tax revenue from Jiangnan is becoming more and more important in the court, but everyone knows that the Jiangnan family is the best in the world in occupying Yintian. Therefore, in order to investigate Yintian, it is natural to mobilize more families to leave Jiangnan."

Li Xuan sneered lightly and said: "With their children taking up posts in Fanzhou, these aristocratic families will inevitably mobilize their forces to go to Fanzhou. By then, Jiangnan will be empty, and it will be the best time to investigate Hidden Fields."

"In this case, doesn't your husband become the person who offends others?" Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan worriedly.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said with a serious look: "It is inevitable to check the hidden fields. Only by checking the hidden fields can the court collect taxes and help the people. If someone secretly pays taxes but only provides relief for God, then this person will There must be great ambition.

If the Tang Dynasty wants to have long-term peace and stability, it must prevent this to the greatest extent. Since Your Majesty has seen the crux of the Tang Dynasty today, he will naturally give his full support. "

After a slight pause, Li Xuan lowered her eyebrows slightly and said: "Everything may only last for a year or two. After this period of time, there may be no chance again."

Liu Jinyu's expression couldn't help but change slightly.

At the beginning of the year, Li Xuan told her that the emperor's fate was between one and two years.

Now that more than half of the year has passed, based on this calculation, next year, the emperor will...

(End of this chapter)