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

Chapter 586 The old case of destroying the family, fierce revenge

In the spacious study room, stacks of household documents were placed in front of Li Xuan.

Shen Zhuang, a Yangzhou resident Cao Canjun, stood on one side, and said with a somewhat embarrassed face: "Many years ago, the files of officials who were related to the East Palace are all here."

Li Xuan smiled lightly, looked sideways at Shen Zhuang, and said, "Brother Shen, don't worry, although there are many things, it won't take long before we can find them all."

The corner of Shen Zhuang's mouth twitched slightly, but thinking of the warning from his elder brother Shen Yuqing, his heart quickly calmed down.

Shen Zhuang gave a wry smile, cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "Your Majesty, who would have thought that the matter of the hidden crown prince would resurface decades later."

The matter of the King of the East China Sea is not too secret even in Chang'an, but no one dares to mention it in public, after all, it involves too much danger.

Even so, the news spread from Chang'an to Yangzhou in just a few days.

What Shen Zhuang didn't expect was that Li Xuan was not in a hurry to go south to Hangzhou, but to investigate the remnants of the hidden prince in Yangzhou.

Ordinary people would not even dare to touch this kind of thing, but Shen Zhuang couldn't even avoid it.

Dou Xuande, Chang Yu, and Lu Yuanfang were all busy repairing the warships and contacting the states. This difficult matter, intentionally or not, fell on Shen Zhuang's head.

He wanted to escape by claiming to be sick, but his eldest brother Shen Yuqing forced him to participate.

Because although the Shen family has nothing to do with the King of the East China Sea, there are some things that cannot be guaranteed to be framed by others.

"Your Majesty, people who were involved with the East Palace back then are mainly divided into three categories. One category is the family of descendants who were killed back then and left behind. The second category is the family that existed in the past but was later reactivated by Emperor Taizong. The third category is the family that existed in the past but was not punished but was dismissed from office and has not been rehabilitated for many years." Having said this, Shen Zhuang's face was already a little embarrassed.

Those who were able to enter the Prince Yin and build the East Palace back then were all the most intelligent and outstanding people from various Yangzhou families at that time, and all of these people had close ties with the four major Yangzhou families in all aspects.

Even the Shen family has many such people, but many of them have recovered with the help of the family.

Even if the official position is not high, and the ambition in the heart is hard to achieve, over the years, it should have long since passed away.

Even if there is one or two occasionally, dissatisfied and contacted with the descendants after completion, it is only one or two.

But just these two people have put many families in Yangzhou in danger of being ransacked.

The four major families in Yangzhou have been cultivating Yangzhou for many years. They are married to each other, blood relatives are connected, and the relationship between them is deeper than anyone imagined. Who knows that they will not find their own home if they are not careful.

Li Xuan looked up at Shen Zhuang, and then looked down at the many household registers in front of her.

Yu Ze and Li Zhu stood on both sides of the door, and a team of Jinwu guards outside the door were guarding tightly.

Li Xuan beckoned to Yu Ze, and Yu Ze immediately began to organize and register these books.

Li Xuan looked at Yu Ze, and said softly: "Check carefully, and focus on those people who are related to the Yangzhou evil money case..."

Before Li Xuan finished speaking, Shen Zhuang's expression changed.

The evil money case was solved by Li Xuan at the beginning, although it didn't cause much trouble later, but as far as the Shen family knew, this case had already been put on the desks of the crown prince and the emperor.

Not only Li Xuan, but even Baiqisi had reported about the Shen family's involvement.

Now that Li Xuan revealed this case again, Shen Zhuang immediately became nervous.

The evil money case is nothing more than punishing him alone, but if he is connected with Prince Ying, then their entire Shen family in Yangzhou is at risk of having their family ransacked and exterminated.

"My lord, there must be no one from the Yangzhou family involved in the matter of the King of the East China Sea, please check it out." Shen Zhuang finally couldn't help but beg for mercy.

Li Xuan smiled faintly, put down the book in his hand, raised his head, looked at Shen Zhuang, and said a little funnyly: "Brother Shen, although you are greedy and often ignore court law, you won't move at all, but if you don't move, it doesn't mean that the rest of the Shen family won't move. It would be better for you to ask Brother Ling about these things."

Shen Zhuang paused slightly, although he was reckless, he was not stupid, and looked at Li Xuan nervously: "Your Highness already has a goal?"

Li Xuan shook her head calmly: "If there is a goal, would this king still read these things here?"

"Really?" Shen Zhuang's expression was a bit ugly, and Li Xuan could tell at a glance that his words were insincere.

Li Xuan sighed softly in her heart, it seems that her reputation in Yangzhou has been ruined!
In fact, Li Xuan's good reputation is more popular among ordinary people and young scholars, and the aristocratic families in various places are more afraid of him.

After all, those aristocratic families can collect more information than ordinary people and scholars who don't know anything.

Li Xuan's previous actions in Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Wuzhou and Muzhou, all the deeds seen by others on the surface, will be analyzed word by word by those who are interested.

Analyze his personality, analyze his way of doing things, how to approach, how to target, and even how to assassinate.

Among the aristocratic families, there are specialized talents in charge.

But judging from Shen Zhuang's reaction right now, the aristocratic family is still too afraid of Li Xuan.

But, this is a good thing.

……

Looking at the back of Shen Zhuang leaving, Li Xuan said softly: "Uncle Yu, do you think he will go directly to Shen Yuqing when he goes back this time? Shen Yuqing is the most clear about these internal and external activities."

Yu Ze didn't answer directly, but turned around and asked: "My lord, do you really think that the eyeliner of the king of the East China Sea is in these southeast families?"

"This is inevitable. Many people think that the King of the East China Sea grew up in the north, so his tentacles of power have always been in the north. However, there is one thing that I always keep in mind, that is, the connection between the King of the East China Sea and the Tianyin Sect... The reason why he can become the East Sea King of the Tianyin Sect at least shows that he has been to the southeast before, and then integrated into the remaining forces."

Li Xuan's expression suddenly became solemn. The Queen of Tianyin is dead, so how the King of the East China Sea joined the Tianyin Sect back then is almost unknown now.

However, during his trip to the southeast back then, he might have acquired a lot of power, but it's hard to say how many people know his identity and origin.

Li Xuan picked up a household book, handed it to Yu Ze, and said softly, "Check it out. You don't need to check anything else. Just check whether there are any cases of family members who have been exterminated in the center in the past 20 years?"

"Miemen?" Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan in disbelief. Although he didn't elaborate, Yu Ze knew that Li Xuan already had a direction of investigation in his mind, and he could almost pinpoint the target's identity.

King of the East China Sea, Miemen, this is revenge.

At that time, Prince Jiancheng was a confidant under his command, but later became Emperor Taizong's ruling minister.

These people are the most hated objects in the eyes of the people who have grown up.

They can't target the central royal family, they can only target those who have withdrawn from the central.

……

Yu Ze, Li Xuan, and Li Zhu were looking through the household registers in their hands at the same time, and the time passed quickly.

The stacks of books on one side are also rapidly becoming lighter.

Li Xuan's face became more and more serious.

After Li Jiancheng was established as the prince, all the aristocratic families in the world went to the prince's womb.

From the concubines and nobles of Li Jiancheng's harem, to the order of the prince's family, the order of the prince's rate change, and the order of the prince's servant.

Outside, there are Prince Liufu, Prince Guests, Prince Zhanshi, Prince Zuochunfang, Sijing Bureau, Dianshan Bureau, Yaozang Bureau, Neizhi Bureau, Dianshe Bureau, and Gongmen Bureau.

The military officers are the crown prince with six ranks, the left and right guards, the left and right relatives, the left and right siyu, the left and right Qing Dao, the left and right guards, and the left and right internals.

There are thousands of people, themselves, their descendants, and dozens of people in Yangzhou are involved.

The fate of these people after Li Jiancheng was killed was also different.

Some were directly killed, some were dismissed from office, as long as they were not too closely involved with Jiancheng, most of them were later reinstated or even reused.

When Li Jiancheng was the crown prince, there were countless talents around him. Naturally, it was impossible to kill and abandon them all. What's more, they were assigned to various positions...

"My lord, I found it." Yu Ze suddenly raised his head, looking at Li Xuan solemnly.

Li Xuan also put down the household registration in her hand, and looked at Yu Ze solemnly: "Tell me, which family is it?"

"It's the Xu family, the former crown prince, Xu Shan, Duke of Anlu County, fell into the water and died in Yangzhou in the second year of Linde. The six members of his family died together." Yu Ze handed over a copy of the household register to Li Xuan.

"Mr. Anlu County, he is not in Anzhou, what is he doing in Yangzhou, and why does he appear in the Yangzhou household register?" Li Xuan's face was full of confusion, and he took the household register.

Anlu is in Anzhou, Hubei, which is thousands of miles away from Yangzhou. What is he doing in Yangzhou as an Anlu county magistrate?

"At that time, the Duke of Anlu County joined the army from the recorder of Xuanzhou to become an official. He came to Yangzhou to buy property. At the same time, his youngest son also settled in Yangzhou. The person in charge was the Xu family of Yangzhou." Standing beside Li Xuan, Yu Ze couldn't help shaking his head while looking at the words on the household register.

"Yangzhou Xu family? Xu Jingzong?" Li Xuan put the household registration in his hand on the table, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a cold voice: "Anlu Xu family is going to hook up with Hangzhou Xu family and Xu Jingzong through Yangzhou Xu family!"

"Your Majesty does not know that Xu Shan, Duke of Anlu County, is the son of Xu Shao, the Duke of Qiao. Duke Qiao was a childhood friend of the Emperor Gaozu. Later, he made great achievements. However, he died of illness in the fourth year of Wude. Duke Xu Shan of Anlu County was young.

Later, Prince Yin was punished, and after several years of silence, the Xu family was promoted by Emperor Taizong. In the Xu family, Xu Shan joined the army as a Xuanzhou recorder and became an official. His younger brother Xu Boyi became the governor of Liangzhou. "

"The second year of Longshuo, the second year of Linde, isn't it only three years?" Li Xuan could smell something different very keenly.

If it is said that after Master Xu Yu was demoted, the Xu family's foundation in the center was cut off, and then some people were given a chance to do something.

After some planning, Linde finally sent Xu Shan, the head of the Xu family in Anlu, to the underworld for two years.

If you think about it a little deeper, the demotion of Master Xu Yu, the Right Prime Minister, is also related to him.

Li Xuan suddenly felt a chill.

"Check, who actually investigated this case back then, and why didn't there be any movement?"

(End of this chapter)