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

Chapter 82 Gao Yang, Fang Yiai, and Bian Ji (First Update)
Outside the Liangyi Hall, Li Chengqian slowly walked towards Chengtian Gate.

Li Anyan carefully supported him from the side, and Helan Chushi and several guards carefully protected him from behind.

Today, Li Chengqian toasted hundreds of court officials in the entire hall alone. Although the wine he drank was extremely diluted, the amount was so large that he still couldn't help feeling a little dizzy.

"Your Highness!" A voice called from behind.

Li Chengqian subconsciously stopped and looked sideways, and saw Yan Liben walking up quickly.

"Your Highness!" Yan Liben walked up to Li Chengqian and bowed solemnly.

"Lord Yan." Li Chengqian shook his head slightly, glanced at the Liangyi Palace, then looked at Yan Liben, nodded a little tiredly, and said, "Lord Yan, is there something wrong?"

"Yes!" Yan Liben bowed, then said seriously, "May I ask, Your Highness, why didn't I see His Highness the Prince of Wei today?"

"Huh?" Li Chengqian was stunned. Yan Liben didn't know?

Yes, Yan Liben didn’t know.

When Li Tai was whipped yesterday, it was during the New Year's Eve banquet, and the kings, princesses and others in the palace had drunk a lot.

I'm afraid the only people who really care about Li Tai's affairs are Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng.

This night was certainly enough for them to find out why Li Tai was punished and why.

But Yan Liben didn't know.

Some time ago, Yan Liben was strictly ordered not to go to the Prince of Wei's Mansion again, and Li Tai was also under house arrest, so he didn't know much about the affairs of the Prince of Wei's Mansion, not to mention that Li Tai and Fang Yiai had been hiding these murders from him.

Last night, Li Tai was punished, but after the New Year's Eve banquet, the palace gates were closed and no news could be transmitted.

When the palace gates were opened today, Yan Liben entered the palace and discovered that something had happened to Li Tai.

There's nothing we can do about it, since Yan Wan was also left in the palace last night.

After all, Li Tai was beaten with sixty lashes. If an ordinary person took care of him, he might end up dying.

Li Chengqian raised his head with some effort, looking towards the crowd in front of him, then turned sideways and asked, "Hasn't Lord Yan ever asked about my uncle? My uncle is the Sima of King Wei, and we just had a few drinks together?"

Su Xu was one of the eighteen scholars in the Qin Palace at that time, and even married Li Chengqian's aunt, Princess Nanchang, the tenth daughter of Emperor Gaozu.

If Princess Nanchang had not caught a cold last night, Su Xu should have been at the New Year's Eve banquet.

Originally, as Su Xu was one of the Eighteen Scholars of the Qin Palace and also the Commandant of the Imperial Concubine's wife, he had already transcended the struggle for imperial power. But unfortunately, the emperor appointed him as the Sima of the Wei Palace, and even many of the Su family's descendants who were good at martial arts served in the Wei Palace.

On the contrary, in Li Chengqian's Eastern Palace, although Su Shu was his Crown Princess, there were basically no other descendants of the Su family except for some servants brought into the Eastern Palace during the wedding.

"Sima Su doesn't know much about the details." Yan Liben shook his head and looked at Li Chengqian and asked, "Your Highness, do you know anything?"

"It's hard for me to say anything about this matter." Li Chengqian shook his head uncomfortably and said, "It's New Year now. If Lord Yan has nothing to do, you can wait. My father will send Qingque out of the palace in a few days."

"How could there be nothing?" Yan Liben was feeling uneasy at the moment, and he could no longer think about anything else. He bowed and asked seriously, "Your Highness, the editing of the Comprehensive Geography is very tight. After the third day of the first lunar month, everything is very busy, and we still need the King of Wei to preside over it."

"If Lord Yan really has something to say, you might as well ask other people. I don't know the inside story, and Fang Erlang was also in the palace last night. Lord Yan might as well ask Erlang." Li Chengqian's expression became indifferent, and then he turned and walked towards Chengtian Gate.

Yan Liben suddenly realized something, and then his face turned gloomy.

Fang Yiai.

The prince was right. Fang Yiai was also in Liangyi Palace last night. If you want to ask anything, it would be best to ask Fang Yiai.

However, before that, Fang Yiai was only a sixth-rank military officer of the King of Wei and had no qualifications to enter the Liangyi Palace.

Now that the banquet is over, maybe he has already left.

……

On the palace road, the sedan chair slowly moved towards the East Palace.

Li Chengqian watched Yan Liben walk quickly towards the Suzaku Gate, then turned to look at Li Anyan and said, "Send someone to keep an eye on it and see who our Junior Architect will go to at this time."

"Yes!" Li Anyan bowed slightly, then escorted Li Chengqian all the way back to the East Palace, and then went on to do his own thing.

"Helan, you should go back too." Li Chengqian looked up at Helan Chushi and said, "Rest for two days. You will be on duty the day after tomorrow. Get some rest."

Helan Chushi hesitated for a moment, but still bowed and said, "Yes!"

Watching Helan Chushi leave, Li Chengqian smiled gently.

Normally, by the 27th and 28th of the twelfth lunar month, officials would no longer be focused on state affairs. Even on the 3rd and 4th of the twelfth lunar month, officials would leave their shifts early.

The reason is that the New Year festival in the Tang Dynasty only lasted three days.

That’s right, there are indeed only three days now, according to the Zhou rituals.

Of course, Tang officials now have one day off every five days. Historically, after Emperor Li Zhi ascended the throne, he felt that officials were too idle, so he changed the five-day rest period to a ten-day rest period. However, the rest period for the Winter Solstice and New Year's Day was extended to seven days.

From working one day off on the fourth day to working one day off on the ninth day, if you calculate carefully, officials are still losing money.

Later, the number of holidays increased, but that was during the time of Li Longji.

……

After collecting his thoughts a little, Li Chengqian took out a piece of paper from under the table, picked up a thin bamboo brush, and began to think.

The past year has passed.

We need to start preparing carefully for many things this year.

First of all, this year he must decide on a real strategy for treating his leg injury. Although he now has Li Qin's great medical skills, to be honest, when he is treating his injury, Li Chengqian still hopes that Sun Simiao can watch by his side so that he can feel at ease.

The second reason is that the "Kaogongzhi" needs to continue, and the Eastern Palace needs to recruit more craftsmen from the local areas, and then infiltrate the Ministry of Works, and even the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War.

Although he was not allowed to interfere in military power on the surface, he still needed to prepare for his father's attack on Goryeo.

Originally, this attempt was unsuccessful in history, and his father's old illness relapsed. Now that Li Chengqian has intervened, it is hard to say what the situation will be.

Third, it was to target Li Tai. Fang Yiai temporarily left the Prince of Wei's Mansion, but because of the "Guodi Zhi", the Prince of Wei's Mansion still had many talents, and he needed to take action in this regard.

It would be best to significantly delay the completion of the Comprehensive Geography.

Oppress Li Tai, but let Li Tai feel that there is still hope, and then weaken his power, repeating back and forth.

Doesn’t the emperor still have hope for Li Tai?

Okay, take your time.

Fourthly, regarding external affairs, Tubo, the emperor talked about the affairs of various tribes last night, and he can also participate, especially Tubo.

This brings up some opportunities, that is, the Military Affairs Bureau's Zhifang Division. Whether it is to win over people familiar with the Military Affairs Bureau's Zhifang Division or to infiltrate people from the Eastern Palace into the Zhifang Division, both are options.

Fifth, it is to mobilize internal and external forces and secretly cultivate the power of the Eastern Palace, which especially requires avoiding the eyes of the emperor.

It seems like there are five steps, but in fact there are only three: strengthen yourself, attack Li Tai, and at the same time use external forces to develop strength.

……

In the brazier, the paper was burning rapidly.

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief after watching the paper turn into ashes and completely disintegrate.

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded from outside the hall, and Li Anyan quickly entered the hall.

"Your Highness!" Li Anyan bowed solemnly.

Li Chengqian nodded calmly and said, "What's the matter? Tell me."

"Just now, His Majesty issued an order to appoint Fang Yiai, the Chief Clerk of Prince Wei, as the Chief Clerk of Songzhou. At the same time, Fang Yiai and Princess Gaoyang will be married on August 8 this year." Li Anyan looked solemn.

"So it's Songzhou." Li Chengqian laughed inexplicably. Looking at Li Anyan, whose expression was still solemn, he shook his head and said, "Anyan, do you think Fang Erlang might be transferred back to Chang'an at any time in the future?"

"Yes!" Li Anyan looked solemn. This time they had calculated so much, openly and secretly, but the emperor only demoted Fang Yiai from Chang'an to Songzhou, which could not even be considered a demotion.

Once Fang Yiai married Princess Gaoyang, even if he still served as the Chief Clerk of Songzhou, he would already be the Imperial Concubine's Commandant of the Tang Dynasty.

If he returns to the court at that time, he will make a comeback immediately.

"Don't worry." Li Chengqian smiled lightly and said, "This arrangement may not be a bad thing. You have to remember, An Yan, sometimes the outer emphasis is too heavy and the inner light is too light, which will crush everything."

"Yes!" Although Li Anyan didn't understand, he still remembered Li Chengqian's words.

"Fang Er is getting married, so what about Du Er?" Li Chengqian asked again.

"It's also the eighth day of the eighth month. Princess Gaoyang and Princess Chengyang are getting married at the same time." Li Anyan hesitated, but still bowed and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness."

"That's not necessary." Li Chengqian smiled and waved his hand, saying, "I just hope that my two sisters can live a more peaceful life in the future."

Princess Chengyang and Du He. In her previous life, because Du He joined him in a rebellion, Chengyang remarried. In fact, she and Du He were still good friends.

Gao Yang and Fang Yiai, neither of them is easy to deal with.

Li Chengqian was a little surprised. Gao Yang was not his mother's daughter. Although she was deeply loved by the emperor, she was arrogant and domineering, and even to the point of stupidity and dementia, which was shocking.

Gao Yang and Fang Yiai, it would be better if these two were locked up for life.

And there is also Bian Ji.

Li Chengqian thought for a moment, what is Bian Ji doing now?
(End of this chapter)