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

Chapter 648 Attending Yushi Lu Yuanfang, Minister of the Household Department Dou Xuande
On Huangcheng Avenue, Li Xuan rode forward slowly with a calm expression, while Li Zhu led the horse slowly in front.

The front door is the Yanxi Gate. Seeing Li Xuan approaching, the guard of the left prison gate guarding the palace gate stepped forward to check Li Xuan's ID number.

These guards at the left gate are very strict, even if the prime minister passes by, they have to check in detail.

But soon, the strict investigation was over, and the guards at the left prison gate let him go.

Li Xuan bowed his hands slightly to the guard of the left guard who was standing on the inside, and the middle-aged man immediately bowed his hands in return.

Immediately, Li Xuan entered Yanxi's family.

The light went dark for a while, and Li Xuan finally couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In the city gate, looking back in the direction of Daming Palace, I feel a sense of awe in my heart.

During this visit, Li Xuan can finally confirm that everything in Chang'an City is planned by the emperor.

When Xue Zhongzhang was brought back to Chang'an from Hangzhou by Gao Ping and Leng Lin, it was the emperor's order through the doctor of the Ministry of punishment.

Now it seems that the emperor wanted to use Wen Xu and Xue Zhongzhang to see who in the court was in contact with the King of the East China Sea, but unexpectedly, Wen Xu died on the Wei River suddenly, and Xue Zhongzhang, Gao Ping, Leng Lin were killed at the same time.

Now, the emperor's plan could not go ahead, so he naturally wanted to find out who caused the case.

Li Xuan, Pei Yan, Li Jingye, and even Wu Chengsi were all on his suspicion list.

Before Li Xuan was arranged to stay at home, there was also the luncheon after the Zhengdan court meeting, and many other things that Li Xuan didn't know about, all were arranged by the emperor and he was observing.

Of course, some things were not expected by the emperor, such as the assassination of Li Xuan and Luoyang, and the forced suicide of Leng's mother and son.

But the king of the East China Sea, as well as other people, made their moves, but the emperor saw them all.

On the surface, Pei Yan is the minister of the Ministry of Justice, a close friend of Empress Wu, Li Jingye is the grandson of Li Ji, heir to the British Duke, and Wu Chengsi is the nephew of Empress Wu. Among the few people, it seems that the closest contact with the king of the East China Sea is Li Jingye. gorgeous.

Especially in the case of Wenxu's murder, Zhao Gong began to suspect that Li Xuan had found the Yinhuo poison of the Tianyin Sect, which finally caused Wenxu to kill himself and then burn himself to death. This is almost close to the truth, but unfortunately, this There are some details in it that don't make sense at all, or even go the other way.

First of all, the Yinhuo poison needs someone to put the poison on Wen Xu, and the only people on board at that time were the people from the Ministry of Punishment.

The relationship between Li Xuan and the Ministry of Justice is not very good.

Secondly, Li Xuan had just been assassinated by Taoist Master Wusheng in Luoyang at that time. One after the other, it seemed that the Tianyin Sect was doing it.

Finally, there was the suicide of Leng Lin's mother and son, obviously there were other things about Leng Lin.

Leng Lin is someone else's pawn, that is to say, the deaths of Wen Xu and Xue Zhongzhang were all manipulated by the people behind Leng Lin.

Li Xuan didn't know what Li Zhi had found, but Li Xuan had nothing to do with Leng Lin.

Regarding Lenglin, only Pei Yan was on the surface.

Pei Yan is still Xue Zhongzhang's uncle, Xue Zhongzhang and Li Jingye are classmates, and they are also Wu Chengsi's subordinates, because all of them have been implicated in this case.

As for Li Xuan, in fact, he just gave Wen Xu a medicine in the name of the King of the East China Sea, after that, Wen Xu did the rest.

In the eyes of others, Wen Xu may be the key to catching the King of the East China Sea, but in the eyes of Li Xuan, he is of little use at all.

Few people know that Wen Xu is just Wen Fuzhi's stand-in. He stays in Hangzhou all year round, and it is very likely that he has never even seen the King of the East China Sea.

So even if he knew some clues about the King of the East China Sea, it took such a long time from Hangzhou to Chang'an that the King of the East China Sea had enough time to erase everything Wen Xu knew.

Wen Xu is nothing more than a dead chess piece, it's just that Li Xuan made him act as if it was useful.

He is irrelevant to the King of the East China Sea, but it is easier to become a tool for the ruling and opposition leaders to attack each other.

It would be fine if he really had something to do with Xue Zhongzhang, but Xue Zhongzhang is just a pawn being used after all.

He has no connection with the King of the East China Sea at all, but Li Xuan is manipulating behind his back, making it look like he is really connected with the King of the East China Sea.

But if you think about it carefully, Pei Yan is the minister of the Ministry of Justice, and he is only one step away from being the prime minister; Stand hostile.

It's just that the emperor couldn't bear the result of any of them hooking up with the King of the East China Sea, so the layout was designed.

If Wen Xu and Xue Zhongzhang were allowed to return to Chang'an alive, then the courtiers below would criticize each other, but the emperor could clearly see the truth in it.

Not to mention that behind these people, there is one person involved - Empress Wu.

Li Xuan may have some hands-on ability, but it is nonsense to suspect that he has a connection with the King of the East China Sea.

The several conspiracies between the King of the East China Sea and the Tianyin Sect were all solved by Li Xuan, not to mention that Li Xuan personally wiped out the Tianyin Sect.

So although Fang Fang had certain doubts about Li Xuan, they were only doubts.

After all, compared to the other three people, even today, Li Xuan is just a young minister of Honglu Temple, and the harm is extremely small.

The assassination case on the Luohe River completely cleared him of the suspicion of being connected with the King of the East China Sea.

On the other hand, the suicide case of Leng Lin's wife, although it seems that no real evidence has been found out now, but all parties seem to have a direction.

Li Xuan hadn't been in Chang'an all year round, so she couldn't figure out the mystery behind it, but knew that this matter had nothing to do with him.

This is enough, there is no need to wade through this muddy water.

Walking out of Yanxi Gate, under the sunlight, Li Xuan's expression became serious.

This matter is far from over, Li Xuan, Li Jingye, Pei Yan, Wu Chengsi, they all have suspicions, but if they want to get rid of such suspicions, the best way is to catch the king of the East China Sea.

But in Li Xuan's view, his real opponent is not the King of the East China Sea, but Li Jingye, Pei Yan and Wu Chengsi.

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On the north side of Yanximen Street is the Taiwo Palace, and on the south side are Zuochunfang, Youchunfang, Prince Jialing Temple, Prince Zuoqingdao and other officials of the Eastern Palace.

Just as Li Xuan came out of Yanximen Street, she saw a familiar figure walking slowly ahead.

Dressed in a crimson robe, with a tall and straight body and a dignified complexion, Li Xuan recognized it at a glance.

"Uncle Lu!" Li Xuan yelled, urging his horse slightly, caught up with Lu Yuanfang before him, then got off his horse, and cupped his hands at Lu Yuanfang who had stopped, "There are many things to do in the New Year, and I haven't called on Uncle Lu, please forgive me. "

"My lord, you are welcome. Xi Zhong has just settled the house, and the New Year is also busy." With a wry smile on Lu Yuanfang's face, he lowered Li Xuan's hand and said, "I heard that my lord has been appointed as the young minister of Honglu Temple. Congratulations." Lord."

"Uncle Shi, you're being polite." Li Xuan looked at Lu Yuanfang who seemed to have just come out of the East Palace, and asked curiously, "Is this Uncle Shi working in the East Palace?"

"That's right!" Lu Yuanfang nodded, then took two steps back, and solemnly saluted Li Xuan, "I'm an official, Doctor Chaoyi, inspecting the prince to wash horses, serving Yushi Lu Yuanfang, and meeting the Nanchang County King."

"Uncle Shi, please get up!" Li Xuan hurriedly helped Lu Yuanfang up, and then walked side by side with him, saying at the same time: "From what Uncle Shi said, Uncle Shi was transferred from the fifth rank to the Sima of the Governor's Mansion in Yangzhou, and was transferred to the sixth rank. Serving the censor, but the inspection was from the fifth-rank prince to wash the horse, and His Majesty awarded the fifth-rank doctor Chaoyi, so does your majesty intend to let Uncle Shi take over as Yushi Zhongcheng?"

Yushi Zhongcheng, the fifth rank, the second in command of the Tang Dynasty's supervision system, second only to the third rank of the Yushi doctor.

However, the Royal Doctor is not permanent, and now it is even more vacant.

Today's Yushi Zhongcheng is actually the leader of the Tang Dynasty's supervisory system. There are six servants under his command, six servants in the palace, and 15 supervisors. , review prison lawsuits, and know the department's outline.

The servant censor is on the sixth rank, the servant censor in the palace is on the seventh rank, and the supervisory censor is on the eighth rank.

From the prime minister, the prince, to the general, they are all included in the impeachment scope of the censor.

The typical position is humble but powerful.

Therefore, when the emperor's trustworthy minister was appointed as the censor, he would also review other posts, such as Lu Yuanfang's prince Xima.

Today's Lu Yuanfang is equivalent to being transferred from the fifth rank to the Sima of Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, and transferred from the fifth rank to the prince Xima. It seems that he has only been raised by one level, but I don't know how many people are extremely jealous, but it is difficult to take half a step.

Not to mention, Lu Yuanfang now has multiple jobs, and it seems that he is the head of the six censors.

As long as he goes up further, he will immediately be the fifth-rank Yushi Zhongcheng, and he will be on an equal footing with Jiusi Siqing.

The depth of the emperor's trust can be seen from this.

Seeing the not-so-happy expression on Lu Yuanfang's face, Li Xuan was a little surprised, and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Shi seems a little unhappy, but...did something happen in the womb just now?"

"It's nothing, it's just a pity that I didn't see the prince." Lu Yuanfang sighed softly. He originally had a lot of advice for the prince Li Xian, but the people below didn't seem to value this imperial servant, "enthusiastic" After a reception, he sent off the guests.

"This matter is not the prince's fault, it's Xuan who talked too much a few days ago, the prince and the princess..." Li Xuan was in the middle of speaking, but couldn't continue.

At this time, Lu Yuanfang smiled and said: "The officials know about this matter, no wonder I can't see His Highness the Crown Prince when I am on duty today."

"Xuan will discuss this matter with His Highness the Crown Prince in detail later, and if Uncle Shi has any suggestions, be ready." Li Xuan smiled and cupped her hands slightly.

"Then I will trouble you, my lord." Lu Yuanfang sighed in his heart, and then turned to Li Xuan, and said, "Your lord, you know that Weng Dou was appointed Minister of the Household Department today."

"I passed by when I met you before, and I will visit you in two days." Li Xuan sighed softly.

This time they came back from Yangzhou together. Li Xuan was appointed as the Shaoqing of Honghe Temple, Lu Yuanfang was appointed as the censor, and Dou Xuande was appointed as the Minister of the Household Department. It can be said that they were all promoted.

If you count Duan Baoxuan who was previously appointed Minister of Dali Temple, Yuan Jiazuo who was transferred to Yuezhou Governor, and Lai Jingye who was transferred to Hangzhou Governor, all the people who participated in the eradication of Tianyin Sect and aiding Dongdao have all been promoted.

Walking in the middle of the road, Lu Yuanfang cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "I still need to thank the prince for taking care of me for many days about Ji Zhen."

"Brother Ji Zhenxian, the number one scholar, is young now. If the current scientific examination is not appropriate, just wait a little longer. The number one scholar is better than the Jinshi." Li Xuan looked at the road in front of him, and said to Lu Yuanfang : "Break the road here, Uncle Shi, take care."

"Take care, Your Majesty." Lu Yuanfang bowed his hands to Li Xuan solemnly.

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At the beginning of February, Chunwei is coming.

(End of this chapter)