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

Chapter 1445: The Prince’s harem is restless

In the early morning, Li Xuan stood in the middle hall with his arms spread out. Liu Jinyu personally helped him get dressed.

The prince asked him to go to the East Palace today to discuss something, so Li Xuan naturally had to be more serious.

"At the beginning of last month, Song Jing came to visit me at home. He didn't say much. He just said that if something happened at home, the officers from Henan County would always help him." Liu Jinyu mentioned Song Jing in a low voice.

Li Xuan nodded slightly and said: "Song Jing is a smart man. He knows what should be done and what should not be done. It's just that he can't understand the current situation in the court."

After the emperor granted the title of Zen, countless dignitaries and dignitaries flooded into Luoyang, causing countless chaos every day.

Among them, Henan and Luoyang counties are the most troublesome.

However, Song Jing can still handle these things clearly.

But now people are paying more and more attention to the emperor's physical condition, and he doesn't know how to measure it.

"Pass a message to him." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said: "In today's Henan and Luoyang counties, if someone violates the law, he should be put in jail first. Don't rush to trial, just lock him up. When His Majesty enshrines the Zen, he also The world will be forgiven, so there is no need to go to death to offend others.”

At that time, the emperor consecrated Mount Tai and also granted amnesty to the whole world.

However, there are also people who are not allowed to be pardoned, and this person is Li Yifu.

"But with so many people in Luoyang, there will be some chaos after all. Please ask the prince for your husband. Your Majesty will consecrate you. If anyone causes trouble, he will be severely punished." Li Xuan smiled and said jokingly: "Especially the punishment with a stick, which can be doubled. "

Liu Jinyu raised her eyebrows and whispered, "If I'm beaten again, I won't be able to get up for a month."

"That's what you want." Li Xuan nodded calmly, then shook her head and said, "Song Jing also meant this."

Liu Jinyu looked up at Li Xuan in surprise and said, "My husband, you don't have any other meaning in what you said."

Li Xuan was silent for a moment, and then said: "The prince is in Luoyang now, and stability is his priority. Even if there is any trouble, he will also consider the East Palace."

Liu Jinyu immediately understood what he meant after what he said, first to ensure that the prince was stable.

If the emperor's health is really wrong, as long as the prince can successfully ascend the throne, then anything can be done.

Henan County also plays a considerable role at critical moments.

Just like Wannian County.

"Okay." Li Xuan picked up the long black sheath sword on the table, looked into the courtyard, and said: "The prince's call to be his husband today is probably related to the lack of ministers in the Ministry of Rites. It won't be long before the husband will come back. Come back." After that, I’ll take good care of you and Xia’er.”

Li Xuan turned her head and looked at Liu Jinyu.

"Yeah!" Liu Jinyu bit her lip and nodded slightly.

"Also." Li Xuan whispered: "On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, we will take a break in the morning. Let's go to the Taiqing Palace to take a walk and relax."

Liu Jinyu raised her head in surprise and asked in a low voice: "Shouldn't we go to Songshan Mountain?"

"Songshan is crowded, so Taiqing Palace is quieter." Li Xuan's eyes flashed with a hint of tranquility.

……

Wearing a purple python robe, Li Xuan sat calmly in the carriage and slowly walked towards Duanmen.

Li Zhu followed at the front of the carriage, and a dozen guards in black on the left and right stood up and followed him with swords.

Li Xuan lifted the car curtain from time to time and looked at the streets outside Luoyang.

During the twelfth lunar month, there were quite a lot of Chang'an people on the streets, and many of them were foreigners.

The people of Chang'an have long been accustomed to the presence of so many foreigners. Even if there are a lot of foreigners coming from Chang'an with the prince these days, they don't care.

The last time Li Xuan came back to Luoyang was last year, following the emperor's secret order to investigate the case of the Yue King's rebellion.

At that time, he did not stay in Luoyang City for long, and did not even return to Jade Dragon Garden.

Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.

I have been staying in Songshan since then.

Until the emperor recalled him to Chang'an.

Li Xuan lowered the car curtain and closed her eyes slightly.

He could sense that there were several eyes on him from outside.

He, the right-guard general, is the youngest among all the generals in the court.

In recent years, the emperor has mostly used him as the main personnel, more than the left and right Qianniuwei generals and the left and right Jinwuwei generals.

It was because Li Xuan was in Fanzhou all year round and had little connection with the officials in the court.

On the contrary, it is difficult for others to avoid being infiltrated by all parties.

And with Li Xuan blocking the way, it would be difficult for others to see the emperor's true methods.

Unknowingly, Li Xuan had arrived under Duanmen.

After getting off his horse, Li Zhu and others were waiting outside the palace. Li Xuan calmly walked into the imperial city.

At Chengtian Gate, the person in charge of guarding the palace was still General Cheng Chubi of the Left Jinwu Guard.

Li Xuan nodded slightly to Cheng Chubi, and Cheng Chubi nodded in return.

Li Xuan had also been on duty at Chengtian Gate, and Li Xuan, the Zuo Jinwu guardsmen on both sides of the city gate, was also familiar with them.

I am so familiar with them that I know where their door is and how many people there are.

Turning around, Li Xuan walked towards the east in the direction of the East Palace.

The crown prince's right guard led Wei Ji to stand at the gate of the East Palace. When he saw Li Xuan, he immediately came down from the palace gate, cupped his hands towards Li Xuan and said: "Your Highness, your Highness is waiting at the Mingli Hall in the palace. He has ordered the Prince to come. , ask your subordinates to take the prince over immediately."

"Excuse me." Li Xuan bowed her hands slightly in return, and then walked into the East Palace.

……

In the Mingli Hall, there are several ministers in the middle hall handling memorials.

Li Xian sat under the central hall, frowning slightly, looking at the memorial in his hand, and seemed to be a little distracted. Li Xuan walked into the palace, glanced at it, and then cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Peng Wangxuan, see you, Your Highness."

Li Xian immediately raised his head, his mind returned, he breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said, "Uncle Wang is here."

Li Xian glanced around and said: "Father has ordered me to ask Uncle Wang alone about some matters. You all can go down."

"Here!" A trace of surprise flashed across the faces of several housekeepers. They had never heard the prince say this yesterday.

Now the court was paying attention to the emperor's decrees from the palace all the time, but they did not expect that Li Xian actually had the emperor's decrees in his hand.

Perhaps the emperor had more edicts issued somewhere they couldn't see.

Seeing several of the family members respectfully exiting, Li Xian looked towards the inner room and said, "Uncle Wang, shall we talk inside?"

"Here!" Li Xuan looked solemn.

Li Xian walked into the inner room first, then sat down on the low couch inside. Then he looked at Li Xuan: "Uncle Wang, please sit down."

"Here!" Li Xuan handed over her hands seriously, then sat down and came over.

"When Uncle Wang met his mother yesterday, did he mention the Zheng family's affairs?" Li Xian raised his head and looked at Li Xuan seriously.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "I said what I said, and the Queen of Heaven also agreed. However, I did not expect that someone would actually impeach me for bullying the nobles in Fanzhou, oppressing the people, supporting soldiers to respect themselves, and having evil intentions."

Li Xuan's face was full of bitterness and she couldn't help but shake her head.

Li Xian was stunned, his face immediately turned cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Who is it that set up such a trap?"

Li Xian knew Li Xuan far better than anyone else in the DPRK.

What Li Xuan did in Fanzhou would be sent back to Chang'an every seven days.

It records in detail everything Li Xuan did in Fanzhou, from naturalizing people, cleaning up rivers, and managing mulberry fields. Except for personal matters, Li Xian informed Li Xian in detail about almost everything he did, and also explained why he did it. s reason.

Li Xuan spent almost all this year working for the stability of Fanzhou, and he didn't even have much control over the military.

Such a person, you say he respects himself as a soldier and has evil intentions?
Who is up to no good?
Li Xian's heart suddenly became angry.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "The Queen of Heaven also knew that he was lying. After asking the minister a few questions, he changed the topic to the war in the Western Region and the use of the Du Shui Supervisor to investigate the hidden fields, and nothing else."

At the end of the sentence, Li Xuan looked straight at Li Xian.

Li Xian was stunned for a moment, and then said solemnly: "It's the same here. My father basically asked about the same thing, and basically nothing else."

Li Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. What he was talking about was actually recommending Pei Yan as Minister Zuopushe.

Pei Yan served as Minister Zuopushe, so what he would do was to use the entire political hall to fight against Empress Wu in the name of the center.

Now Li Xiancai can have both sides.

This kind of thing is in Li Xian's greatest interest, but for the emperor, it is somewhat unacceptable.

His own son is trying to win over outsiders to fight against his own wife.

But there is no way around this, especially Li Xian.

There is the example of Li Xian before him. If Li Xian wants to gain more power, he must use Pei Yan to compete with Empress Wu.

Otherwise, Li Xian can only become a puppet emperor in the end.

How could Li Xian, who was already a prince and had supervised the country several times, agree to such a thing.

Looking into each other's eyes, Li Xian also breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm looking for Uncle Wang today because my father, Rang Sanlang, is asking Uncle Wang for advice." Li Xian paused for a moment, and then said with some embarrassment: "In the harem, Gu and the Crown Princess have always been deeply in love, but now there are Gao and Yang in the East Palace. family, and now there may also be the Zheng family, between each other..."

Li Xian looked bitter. He was indeed not very good at handling the harem.

If there was only Wei in the East Palace, the husband and wife would naturally be harmonious. Even with the Gao family, the Gao family had a low-key temperament, and the East Palace would be peaceful. But now there is the Yang family, and there is also the Zheng family.

Li Xian can no longer handle these.

Li Xuan wrinkled and said, "This is an internal matter in the East Palace. It's inconvenient for me to interfere."

"Uncle Wang, this matter has caused me a lot of headaches. If this happens, I'm afraid I won't dare to go back in the future." Li Xian cupped his hands, looked at Li Xuan and begged: "My father asked Sanlang to ask Uncle Wang for advice. Uncle Wang will definitely be able to help." Sanlang solves the problem. Uncle Wang is a guest of the prince, so he still needs his advice on this matter. "

Looking at Li Xian, Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "Then I will take the liberty to say something."

"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Li Xian breathed a long sigh of relief.

Li Xuan pondered for a moment, and then said: "First of all, Your Highness needs to confirm that after the East Palace, the Crown Princess is the main one. If anyone else disputes with the Crown Princess, Your Highness must stand behind the Crown Princess without hesitation. The husband and wife are one. This It’s inevitable.”

"Yes, yes, Uncle Wang is right." Li Xian breathed a sigh of relief. With Li Xuan's words, he felt more at ease.

The reason why Li Xian felt that Yang was difficult to solve was because Empress Wu stood behind Yang.

Moreover, although Yang had a tough personality towards the Crown Princess, she was extremely gentle towards Li Xian, and Li Xian was a little reluctant to let her go.

Now that Li Xuan has set the order of succession with Li Xian, Li Xian's rules for handling affairs in the harem suddenly become clear.

He should have known this all along, but somehow he was confused.

Li Xuan smiled bitterly, but then he said: "Although that is the case, there is another thing that Your Highness needs to understand. Although the head of the harem is the Crown Princess, the Crown Princess should also be dominated by Your Highness. The people in the harem, except If there are any gossips among the Crown Princess and the concubines, Your Highness may wish to kill a few of them with the rod."

Li Xian was stunned. In the harem, besides him, the crown prince and the concubines, there were many palaces and maids.

The same is true in the court. In addition to him, his father, the emperor and his mother, there are also many other ministers.

He couldn't do anything to his mother, but he could deal with the ministers in the court.

Use palace men and maids to divide the power between the crown prince and other concubines.

Use Prime Minister Pei to weigh the Queen Mother, use other prime ministers to weigh Prime Minister Pei, use the Six Ministers to weigh the Prime Minister, and use the Minister of Jiu Temple to weigh the Six Ministers.

This is a special kind of balance.

No wonder his father asked him to ask Uncle Wang for advice.

(End of this chapter)