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

Chapter 727 Only when you get something by yourself can you believe it is true.

With a "squeak", the most secret secret door was opened and then closed instantly.

Li Xuan and Zhao Gong came out from the inside and stood in the long corridor with solemn expressions.

"These things need to be sent to the palace quickly, we can't keep them in our hands." Zhao Gong looked up at Li Xuan with an extremely nervous expression.

Li Xuan nodded solemnly, and said: "Send it now, don't delay, otherwise someone will worry that we have a backup."

The things in that secret door are really scary to look at.

Zhao Gong sighed softly and said: "Da Lang, you have to be careful in the future, don't drink too much, once you slip up after drinking, you will immediately become a target in the hands of others."

Li Xuan nodded seriously, and said: "When they come to this kind of place, they should have thought that their words and deeds may be secretly remembered. Unfortunately, they were all deceived by the seemingly sound-proof environment here. I don’t know, eavesdropping on them is not outside the wall, but inside the wall.”

Li Xuan seldom went out to eat, and almost never went to the brothel Chu Guan.

It is because he knows that in that environment, his control is extremely low, and people with a heart can easily manipulate it.

So even if it's drinking, his people will check it first, or even prepare the place.

But some people have never suffered such a loss.

Especially Qinxiangyuan, whose main focus is on soundproofing, and they are already unscrupulous, but after drinking, they dare to say anything outside.

Discussing government affairs in vain, divulging secrets, slandering the empress, spying on the throne, all kinds of unexpected things can be said after drinking.

However, if these drunken words are sorted out and recorded on paper for people to see, they will not think that what they say is drunken words at all, they will only think that they are mantras after drinking.

No one can see how drunk you are on paper, and even if you forget about it afterwards, it doesn't matter because you've already been convicted.

Li Xuan didn't even dare to keep these things. If he used these things to blackmail others, he would backlash if he didn't pay attention.

It's better to send it to the palace immediately for the emperor and queen to dispose of. The longer these things are left in the hands, the more troublesome they will be.

The suspicion of the empress is the worst thing. As for the resentment of the aristocratic family, heh, let's talk about it after they can save their own lives.

"At first, I wanted to let them go, but now it seems that I can't do without ransacking the house." Li Xuan sighed softly.

Just as Zhao Gong was about to speak, a burst of hurried footsteps came from behind him.

A Qianniu guard came quickly, cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "My lord, the minister of Dali Temple has arrived."

Li Xuan was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Zhao Gong in disbelief.

Zhao Gong also couldn't believe it, it was Duan Baoxuan, Dali Temple Minister, who came directly.

Before, when he was leaving the palace, two teams of internal officials came out from the Daming Palace, namely Dali Temple and Yushitai in front of him, but he did not expect that the empress would directly summon Duan Baoxuan, Minister of Dali Temple, and let him handle the matter personally .

"Let's go, it's obvious that Tianhou attaches great importance to this case. It seems that those people are really hopeless." Zhao Gong shook his head, still not recovering from the shock.

In fact, it wasn't just him, Li Xuan also couldn't believe that Duan Baoxuan, the Minister of Dali Temple, came here in person after leaving the palace, and so quickly.

"Then Yushi Zhongcheng should have done it himself on the Yushitai. It seems that the Empress Dowager is going to kill them all." Li Xuan couldn't help shaking her head, after all, he still underestimated Empress Wu's style and courage.

Zhao Gong sighed and said: "These people have never done anything in the court and only took advantage of the pits. I don't know how much credit they have stolen from others on weekdays. What's more, they secretly linked up and did nothing during the preparations for the western front. How many hands and feet, Tianhou and Your Majesty are planning to kick these people out of the court in one fell swoop."

"My nephew originally thought that all of this would happen after the war. Is it too early now, in case there will be turmoil in the family behind?" Li Xuan couldn't help shaking his head. He originally thought that even if he seized these things now People, the emperor and Empress Wu will also make deals with the families behind these people, and then use more stable means to deal with this matter, but now that Duan Baoxuan is here in person, one can imagine the resolute attitude of the Empress Dowager.

"Now you deal with it. I have to send those things to the palace immediately. In this situation, those things are more effective." Zhao Gong glanced at Li Xuan, turned around and walked back to the secret room.

Li Xuan took a light breath, looked at Qian Niuwei in front of him and said, "Tell brothers, hurry up, time is running out."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

……

"The sage's oral order: order the king of Nanchang to enter the palace immediately, and report all relevant matters, and Qinxiangyuan will hand over the affairs of Qinxiangyuan to Dali Temple."

"My minister Li Xuan complies with the order."

In the bright lobby, Li Xuan solemnly bowed and saluted.

Surrounded by a group of Thousand Niu Guards, Duan Baoxuan stepped forward, helped Li Xuan up, and sighed softly: "My nephew has done such a great thing this time. I can't even think of having any leisure time in Dali Temple."

Li Xuan smiled wryly, cupped her hands and said, "My nephew never thought that such a big storm would be caused."

From arresting Zhou Zhi and Bai Ying for exchanging information, to searching all of Qinxiangyuan, it took only half a night, but more and more people were implicated.

"This is just the beginning." Duan Baoxuan sighed softly, and said: "If you are here today, you have been here before, and you have not arrived today, the Queen of Heaven ordered that anyone who can be investigated should be investigated."

Li Xuan's face suddenly turned extremely serious, and she cupped her hands at Duan Baoxuan and said, "Uncle Shi, be careful."

Duan Baoxuan took all the pressure that Li Xuan was under before.

Aristocratic families have never been simple.

It is said that the emperor owns the four seas, the whole world, is it the king's ministers; the coast of the four seas, is the king's land, but it is a fact that the aristocratic family and the royal family divide the world.Just looking at the fields owned by the aristocratic family, one can tell that they are the real landlords in the world.

Some of these people are rich and wealthy, and if they really want to take revenge, they are definitely not easy to mess with.

"It doesn't matter." Duan Baoxuan said flatly: "It's nothing more than killing people. If you kill more, you'll be fine."

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, the world is like this.

If you are just threatening, then once you are seen through, countless people will trample on it unscrupulously, but if you really kill people, and the blood flowed into rivers, there will be very few people who dare to retaliate.

There are not even many people who are secretly plotting and calculating.

"Uncle Shi knows what's in his mind, so my nephew is relieved." Li Xuan glanced back at the people present, and then said in a low voice: "When Dali Temple is asking, please pay attention to whether anyone has seen a person who always wears The man in Tsing Yi with the face mask, it would be better if he had the exact time."

Duan Baoxuan frowned suddenly, and then nodded heavily.

"The little nephew is going to enter the palace!" Li Xuan cupped his hands, bid farewell and left.

Watching Li Xuan leave Qinxiang Garden and ride towards the palace, Duan Baoxuan said coldly, "Send Di Renjie to come here immediately."

"Here!"

……

With a "click", a black piece landed on the full chessboard, and a dozen pieces were eaten to death immediately.

Li Zhi took out the surrounded chess pieces one by one, and put them into the chess box on the side.

The surrounding light is extremely soft, not glaring at all, and the bright candles are covered with tall green gauze, making people feel cool for some reason.

Empress Wu, who was sitting opposite Li Zhi, looked at the situation on the chessboard, and sighed softly: "Your Majesty, the concubine always feels that it is too early to stop this time, and the harvest is very little."

This time it seemed that a lot of people were arrested and a lot of money was harvested, but it was not enough after all.

If the families behind these people can also be severely implicated, then the harvest will be great.

"Those people have been plotting secretly for many years, and even supported the son of Prince Yin, but in the end they only got some insignificant chess pieces and were kicked out of the court. The concubine is really unwilling." Empress Wu tightly held the hand in the chess box, The white chess piece fell from her hands with a crisp sound.

Li Zhi didn't look up, but still looked at the chessboard in front of him calmly.

"But there is no way. The spring drought has spread to more than a dozen states in Hebei Province. If you don't do anything now, then when the autumn harvest comes, once there is a disaster, the imperial court will have no expectations to rescue the disaster." Empress Wu sighed softly. It was reported half a month ago.

The court has sent people to Hebei Dao in a hurry, and the simple report has been passed to the center, and the summer drought in Hebei Dao is a foregone conclusion.

Not to mention the lack of harvest due to the drought, the court tax revenue cannot be completed, the court has to turn around to rescue the people, but because of the preparations for the war with Tubo, the court has no way to prepare much money and food. Once the drought comes, the court will have nothing to do .

Empress Wu even thought about transferring Li Xuan to Hebei Road to control the river and adjust the weather, but the people from the Water Department reported that the summer drought was irreversible, and even if they wanted to send people to rescue the disaster, they needed to send someone who could integrate Officials from dozens of states.

The king of Nanchang is far from qualified, and in the court, there is really one such person, and that is Huang Rensu, the former envoy of the capital and the current Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

As for King Nanchang, what he did was equally important...

"When the war is about to begin, it is inappropriate to set up a prison. It is enough to warn them and let them cut some flesh." Li Zhi raised his head slightly, looked at Empress Wu and said: "Supporting the son of Prince Yin and colluding with Tubo, they all do this kind of thing If they can do it, they won't stop in the future.

If you want to completely strangle them, there are still many opportunities. "

"The concubine understands." Empress Wu breathed a sigh of relief, but then she said, "The concubine never thought that that person would dare to hide in Qinxiangyuan. he comes."

"It's none of your business. You have too many things on your hands, and there will always be loopholes that people will take advantage of." Li Zhi didn't pay much attention to the fact that the man in Tsing Yi was hiding in Qinxiang Garden.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness!" Empress Wu picked up a short note from the side and handed it to Li Zhi. Li Zhi glanced at the densely packed small characters on it, and immediately lost interest.

Empress Wu immediately said, "I just reported that although the king of Nanchang didn't catch him, he has already marked him."

Li Zhi nodded slightly, and said: "Since the person has been marked by 27 Lang, it can only mean that this person is dead."

"It's hard to say, the king of Nanchang also wants to find out the depth behind this." Empress Wu looked at Li Zhi with a trace of worry.

Li Zhi shook his head, and said, "Let him do whatever he wants, with him biting behind, those old guys have to behave better."

"I hope that in this war, they won't play tricks behind their backs."

"Check all the ordnance and grain depots on the western front, and there must be no problems in this area." Li Zhi raised his head and looked at Empress Wu with a solemn expression.

Empress Wu nodded lightly, and then said: "It is indeed time to investigate strictly."

"And that thing." Li Zhi put the sunspots in his hand into the chess box, waved his hand, and said, "Now, Bai Ying and Zhou Zhi are killed and captured, and both the upper and lower lines are broken. If the Tibetans want to take If they get something, they have to do it themselves, and only when they get something by themselves, they will be more convinced that it is real."

Looking at the deep look in Li Zhi's eyes, Empress Wu nodded lightly: "Your Majesty, what you said is reasonable."

At this time, there was a slight sound of footsteps in the center of the hall. Empress Wu turned her head, and an servant bowed and said, "Sage, Queen of Heaven, the King of Nanchang asks to see you."

(End of this chapter)