Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty: Please say long live His Majesty

Chapter 599: Clear the Court, Clear the Ruler, and Rule the World (Part )
With a "bang", the door was kicked open, and the four people sitting in the room stood up at the same time with knives in hand. However, when they saw Princess Gaoyang at the door, they were all stunned.

Princess Gaoyang's gaze swept over Yang Sina, Fang Yiai, and Li Yuanjing, finally looking at Xue Wanche, who was sitting at the innermost corner. She asked in disbelief, "Uncle, why are you here too?"

Xue Wanche.

Yes, in addition to Yang Sina, Fang Yiai and Li Yuanjing who all had their own thoughts, the fourth person here was the Danyang Princess's husband, the Left Guard General Xue Wanche.

Xue Wanche looked at Princess Gaoyang who had suddenly appeared, his expression slightly changed, and then he asked in a low voice: "Princess, why are you here?"

"Of course I noticed their movements long ago." Princess Gaoyang waved her hand, leaning her sword on the ground. She snorted coldly and said, "Today, they pulled off a trick of escaping in Pingkangfang. Didn't you consider that having too many people would only arouse suspicion?"

Yang Sina, Fang Yiai, Li Yuanjing, and Xue Wanche, which one of them is a simple person? Whenever they travel, they are always surrounded by a large group of people.

Tonight, he was sneaking around at first, but when he arrived at Pingkangfang, he was suddenly surrounded by people.

Especially Fang Yiai, he is still in mourning period. If he is really caught entering or leaving Pingkangfang, he will be impeached by the censor immediately. By then, he will have nothing to lose.

Yang Sina and Li Yuanjing looked at each other helplessly.

There were actually only two of them in Pingkangfang today.

Even if others saw it, Li Yuanjing could say that he was trying to arrange a marriage for Yang Sina's granddaughter and Fang Yiai's eldest son a few years in advance.

Not to mention, they met by chance.

Under normal circumstances, no one would have thought that they would have a private gathering together, especially with Xue Wanche.

Xue Wanche is the one they are willing to hide even at the cost of exposing themselves.

"I have told you my story, uncle, what about you?" Princess Gaoyang stared at Xue Wanche.

"Let me explain." Fang Yiai calmly raised his head and looked at Princess Gaoyang at the door. He said, "Although Xue Rengui has been highly valued by His Majesty in the Xue family over the past two years, he is ultimately a concubine's son. And although Xue Wanbei is currently in the army, he is only a General of the Right Guard. He has no way of gathering the men left by his uncle in the army."

Princess Gaoyang looked at Xue Wanche, who closed his eyes and nodded slightly.

The reason why Xue Wanche was demoted from General of the Right Guard to General of the Left Guard was because his influence in the army was being rapidly eroded by Su Dingfang.

Especially now, Su Dingfang has just gotten up, and the emperor summoned all the officials to welcome him. Now Su Dingfang is on duty at Chengtian Gate, so one can imagine how much the emperor values ​​him.

Xue Wanche's future has been cast into doubt.

"Not to mention, there's also what happened with Xue Yuanchao back then." Fang Yiai shook his head slightly and said, "Xue Yuanchao, Xue Yuanjing, almost everyone in their lineage has been implicated. After so many incidents, the future of the entire family is in jeopardy. Gao Yang, if it were you, what would you choose?"

Xue Yuanchao was Li Zhi's absolute confidant. It was precisely because of him that many people from the Xue family in Hedong firmly supported Li Zhi.

Later, all these people were implicated.

Xue Yuanjing was even the Minister of Personnel at the time, but because of this incident, he was directly stripped of his position and exiled.

After all, he is Xue Yuanchao's cousin.

……

Looking at Xue Wanche's gloomy face, Princess Gaoyang finally understood why Xue Wanche appeared here today.

Of course, she knew even more clearly that the root of all this lay with Xue Wanche.

Xue Wanche was a general in the army and was very careless when he spoke.

As a result of his slip of the tongue, Xue Wanche was impeached and resented.

This was tantamount to cutting himself off from the emperor.

The two words "resentment" can sometimes lead to murder.

It was because of the emperor's benevolence that he only demoted him from General of the Right Guard to General of the Left Guard, and at the same time asked Xue Wanbei to go to Liaodong to take over the power left by Xue Wanche.

Of course, even so, Xue Wanche shouldn't be here tonight.

Princess Gaoyang's eyes swept across Yang Sina, Fang Yiai, and Li Yuanjing, and she instantly understood that Xue Wanche had been tricked by these three guys.

Li Yuanjing was a member of the royal family, the emperor's uncle, and the head of the royal family.

Yang Sina was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. He came from the prominent Hongnong Yang family and had sufficient connections and resources.

Although Fang Yiai held no official position, he was the son-in-law of the emperor and the son of Fang Xuanling, and his appeal was also very strong.

Xue Wanche is also a son-in-law of the emperor, but he is more of a military general and a fierce general in the army. As long as there is a gap in Chang'an and Luoyang, his strength can be immediately exerted.

What remains is someone who can keep the emperor informed of the situation at any time.

With a "creak", Princess Gaoyang suddenly closed the door behind her.

The four people in the room looked at each other intently.

Princess Gaoyang strode forward, placed her sword on the table, and then sat down next to Fang Yiai.

She looked at everyone, gripping her sword tightly, and said, "I don't care what you think, but I must have a share of the benefits here."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and then they slowly nodded.

The candlelight flickered, and sounds began to rustle inside the house.

……

In front of the Tai Chi Hall, on the steps.

Under the bright lanterns.

Li Chengqian, wearing a black robe with a golden dragon pattern, has his hands behind his back.

His gaze calmly gazed at the Taiji Gate, Chengtian Gate and Zhuque Gate in the distance, and even at the Mingde Gate at the end of Zhuque Street.

Under the dark night, countless lights in Chang'an City illuminated a large area of ​​the night sky.

Brilliant and quiet.

Li Chengqian took a deep breath, as if he wanted to absorb this brilliant silence into his body.

After a moment, he finally asked calmly, "Did Gao Yang go out with you?"

Zhang Ananda, who was standing in the back, stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, after the Prince Consort left, the Princess followed him out. After strolling around Pingkangfang, the Princess went straight to the manor outside the city."

"Gao Yang doesn't understand Yang Sina, nor does she understand Prince Jing, but she knows Fang Er well enough." Li Chengqian chuckled, then squinted his eyes and said, "This time, they have finally confirmed their complete alliance, right?"

"Yes!" Zhang Ananda bowed solemnly.

Prince Jing, Yang Sina, Princess Gaoyang and her husband, and Xue Wanche.

Princes, ministers from aristocratic families, princesses, their husbands-in-law, and generals in the army.

If these people unite together, they will have the basic power to overthrow the imperial power.

Li Chengqian asked calmly, "What do you think they will say when they get together this time?"

"I don't know." Zhang Ananda bowed deeply.

"Although they have exchanged letters several times before and have some understanding of each other, they probably won't talk much when they meet for the first time." Li Chengqian looked at the Chang'an City in the night before him and said lightly: "At most, they will complain to each other, and finally make up their minds completely. For the rest, they probably won't say too much." Zhang Ananda lowered his head and didn't dare to answer.

A burst of hurried footsteps came from the darkness in the distance.

Soon, a soldier dressed in black clothes and black armor appeared beside Li Chengqian, bowed and handed him a secret letter, then turned and left.

The whole process took place in silence.

Li Chengqian ignored him, opened the secret letter, took a look, then sneered and said, "So they're not complaining about me, but about my uncle... After testing each other, they tacitly chose to purge the emperor's side!"

Zhang Ananda's face turned serious.

Although clearing the imperial court seems to be one thing, it is actually divided into three steps: clearing the imperial court, clearing the emperor, and finally ruling the world for the emperor.

Prince Jing, Yang Sina, Princess Gaoyang, Fang Yiai, and Xue Wanche have reached a tacit understanding to rebel by clearing out the court.

"There shouldn't be a lot of things in this package, but they probably didn't have time to say it, nor did they dare to say much, so they kept a lot from each other." Li Chengqian's expression became indifferent. It has never been an easy task to purge the emperor's side.

Zhang Ananda glanced at the secret letter in Li Chengqian's hand and lowered his head again.

"Three things." Li Chengqian looked up and said, "First, send people to keep an eye on the King of Jing and thoroughly investigate everyone associated with him, both internally and externally, especially the military."

"Yes!" Zhang Ananda bowed and accepted the order. No one is absolutely reliable. He must have an army that he has absolute control over.

"The second thing." Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "Keep an eye on the King of Wu and do everything possible to prevent him from interfering in these matters."

"Yes!" Zhang Ananda's expression became serious.

"The third thing," Li Chengqian continued, "is to send someone to Weizhou to keep an eye on Fang Yizhi."

"Yes!" Although Zhang Ananda bowed, he looked up with some confusion. Why was he staring at Fang Zizhi instead of Fang Zi Yiai?

"Because Chai Lingwu is the chief secretary of Weizhou." After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he turned around calmly and walked towards His Majesty Taiji.

Zhang Ananda stood there, his face completely gloomy.

Fang Yiai and Chai Lingwu were once close confidants of King Wei, but they both betrayed him at the last moment.

Fang Yiai never returned to Chang'an, and Chai Lingwu finally chose Li Chengqian. It was because of this that although Chai Lingwu did a lot of things, he was finally demoted to the position of Wei Changshi, and his affairs were settled.

Later, Chai Lingwu never returned to Chang'an, and Princess Baling also went to Weizhou.

Only when the late emperor passed away did Princess Baling come back and live there for a year.

However, although Chai Lingwu had been in Weizhou for a long time, his brother Chai Zhewei was a royal guard general who was highly trusted by the emperor.

Once Fang Yiai contacts Chai Zhewei through Chai Lingwu, the consequences...

Suddenly, Zhang Ananda looked up.

its not right!
If that’s the case, we should focus on Chai Lingwu and Chai Zhewei, why should we focus on Fang Yizhizi?

Suddenly, remembering Chai Lingwu's past, Zhang Ananda began to understand why the emperor was keeping an eye on Fang Yizhizi.

……

The sedan chair slowly moved towards Ganlu Gate.

Li Chengqian sat on the sedan chair, letting the cold wind blow on his face.

Things have just begun, and everything is far from being closed.

Li Chengqian raised his head and looked at the night sky above him, with its waning moon and cold stars.

Changsun Wuji and his men thought that in order to ensure the logistical stability of the Eastern Expedition, Li Chengqian would transfer Yang Siyi and Yang Sina away from Chang'an one after another next year, then secretly dismiss Yang Siyi, and then support the Yang Sizhi lineage and disintegrate the Yang Gongren lineage.

In this way, any forces of rebellion and usurpation will be completely dissipated.

Yes, the Hongnong Yang family is the real threat.

Whether it was the other Kings of Jing or Fang Yiai, without the support of the Hongnong Yang family, they could not even take a single step in Chang'an City.

Only the Hongnong Yang family.

Even Li Chengqian didn't know how many people they had in secret.

Who knows who among his men will help the Hongnong Yang family open the city gate at some point.

Without the Hongnong Yang family, no one else would have such ability.

Therefore, by dismembering Yang Gongren's lineage and firmly guarding the food supply route, Li Chengqian will be able to completely win the victory in the Liaodong war in the end.

At the same time, avoid the recurrence of the Yang Xuangan incident.

If Princess Gaoyang had not participated, Li Chengqian might have done so.

However, Gao Yang was born with the power to destroy everything.

Yang Sina's plan and Changsun Wuji's proposal will be ruined.

Li Chengqian, who had prepared in advance, would take advantage of the situation to expose this incident and get rid of Yang Sina and his gang.

Then he swallowed up all the property of Yang Gongren, the main branch of the Hongnong Yang family.

Especially food and fodder that can replenish military supplies.

This way you can get the support of the military.

After a few more years, we will find out about their hidden fields and households, and after Goguryeo wins a great victory, we will expand our influence throughout the world.

As for the risks that may arise here.

Li Chengqian shook his head slightly.

Gao Yang.

Gao Yang has the ability to make everyone feel that the Hongnong Yang family brought disaster upon themselves.

Li Chengqian looked at the gradually approaching Ganlu Gate.

I felt funny for a moment.

If Yang Gongren's lineage is destroyed in the future, everyone will blame everything on Princess Gaoyang.

Yes, it was they who asked Princess Gaoyang to join forces.

If it ends up with the destruction of the family and death, no one will have much sympathy.

As for when Li Chengqian would take action, he shook his head slightly.

Because he himself didn't know about it.

It was as if he didn't know when Gao Yang would go crazy.

(End of this chapter)