What happened in Yunshao Mansion soon had a follow-up. Soon after the morning of the next day, Fengge issued an order, and the sons of the emperor's heir, Li Dan, and the emperor's grandson Li Chengqi surrendered, and they were all reduced to the title of county king.

This incident naturally caused an uproar in the DPRK, and although Li Tong is now sitting in the Yunshao Mansion, he is still serving as the Luantai minister, so he also knew the content of the document at the first time.

Although he didn't listen to Li Longji's explanation yesterday, he had an official of Yunshao Mansion tell the whole story afterwards, and naturally understood that this matter was a plot by the martial arts family to engage his fourth uncle's family. Seeing such a result, I was also quite embarrassed.

The emperor's heir Li Dan has really not been in a good situation recently, but he still sent his son to Yunshao Mansion during such a sensitive period, probably to arouse some love and protection from the empress through family affection.

After all, after the Heavenly Grant was changed, no matter how fierce the battle for the heir in the court was, in some public occasions, Wu Zetian still paid more attention to the maintenance of family relationships. In the two years that Li Tong and his family have been in Qianling, every New Year, the emperors and grandchildren go to the palace to dance to congratulate, at least on the surface, the relationship is still relatively harmonious.

But this year, because the relatives of the Dou family are too capable of tossing, they directly led the fire to the forbidden, perhaps his fourth uncle Li Dan is also worried that he may not even be able to maintain this surface harmony, which coincides with Li Tong's appointment as the envoy of Yunshao Mansion, and wants to borrow a little from Li Tong's power to at least ensure that the princes can continue to attend the New Year's ceremonial ceremony.

But unfortunately, the Wu family should have been keeping an eye on their family recently, seeing that the princes entered Yuefu and couldn't get along with Li Tong, Wu Yizong then chased after him, so a follow-up happened.

Li Tong deduced that he was not overestimating himself, at least if he was present at that time, no matter what, he would not give Wu Yizong a chance to seduce those bear children.

But this kind of thing is really calculated or unintentional, the sons of the martial arts family are already distributed in the forbidden army of the north and south, holding various positions, and they really want to keep an eye on Li Dan's family to do things, and they can't avoid it once and twice.

In the original history, a similar scene happened between Li Longji and Wu Yizong, no matter how much potential the future palace becomes a strongman, he is only a seven-year-old child after all, and he has to pay a bloody price to grow up greatly.

Li Dan's five sons were demoted on the same day, which caused a much greater sensation than Li Tong being knighted a few days ago. But what really attracts people's attention is not the level of these five little viscounts, but the sentence "Ming Rite Order" in the text, in other words, the original titles of these five children are chaotic, and now they are normal.

If it is further extended, it is that there is no essential difference between the imperial heir Li Dan and the heir of King Wu of Wei in terms of status. After Li Dan abdicated, he was named the emperor's heir, literally, and naturally the emperor's heir. But if it can be interpreted so simply, why not simply crown the crown prince?

The purpose of the five kings being demoted today is to weaken the significance of the title of "imperial heir" in the legal rites.

In the past, although the imperial heir Li Dan had not yet entered the East Palace, all his sons were princes, and his eldest son Li Chengqi had the exclusive title of "imperial grandson", and Li Tong and they could only be embarrassed to be the same imperial grandson. As for Li Longji, the king of Chu, he is even more filial to the heir of Emperor Li Hong.

Now they are not specialized, and they are all reduced to ordinary county kings, so the "imperial heirs" who were originally supported by them and are somewhat transcendent can naturally only be demoted to the next level.

In particular, Li Longji's return to the sect this time is no longer to honor his heir, which means that Wu Zetian is going to kill the Dou family, the big tiger of Guan Longxun. After all, before, the reason why the emperor's grandson Li Chengqi was able to be special was because of his status as the eldest son, and Li Longji, the king of Chu, was because of his foreign Dou clan.

A deep-rooted family has more than it seems on the surface. Li Tong used Dou Qi to wantonly embezzle the Dou family's property in Guanzhong, and it cannot be boasted that he dug up the roots of the Dou family. At present, the reason why the Dou family is abolished is because no leader has come forward to give full play to the potential contained in the century-old accumulation.

The reason why Li Longji was able to succeed in the future is naturally because he was a major participant in all palace changes. And the reason why he dared to jump like this is naturally because of his own courage and ability, and secondly, because the Dou family, a foreign relative, itself brings him a lot of power that cannot be obtained in the conventional political pattern.

From the late Wu Zhou period, especially after Li Xian's return, the situation entered an inflection point, that is, to return to Guanlong. Although Wu Zetian has been dictatorial all his life, he is by no means as powerful as he seems on the surface, and the imperial authority has been ruined in his hands.

During the reign of Wu Zhou, there was a case of rebellion, that is, the case of Qi Lianyao and Liu Sili. This rebellion is neither three, nor four, not martial arts, but to be the emperor himself, and in this rebellion case, there are many Guanlong families, including several other parties, who are involved.

In other words, there are already some forces in the current situation who are extremely impatient to see your mother and son, aunt and nephew tossing around, since you don't want to have a good time, I will simply be the emperor!

At that time, the Khitan was in turmoil, and foreign affairs were already in a mess, and there were such signs inside, with Wu Zetian's political sense, how could he not feel the dangerous atmosphere contained in it?

Therefore, in the second year, Li Xian, the king of Luling, was recalled to Shendu as the crown prince, and the back road of Guozuo to Tang was officially determined. The reason for this change is caused by the current situation of the entire world, and it is by no means due to the painstaking words of a few so-called old ministers who seek the country.

The imperial power of the Li family was raised in the old nest of Guanlong, and if he wanted to regain his majesty, he could only return to the old nest to continue to absorb nutrients. And in this process, Li Longji, as the heir to the Dou family's political legacy, of course, has also grown.

The most likely one in the third family has been killed, and the spare tire has also exploded in a desperate situation, dying with the enemy. In the fourth family, Li Chengqi's maternal relatives have almost been wiped out, and Li Chengyi's mother is the granddaughter of Liu Zheng, who has long been cold, and the rest have no strong arms to help, can they not be allowed to do it?

From a humanitarian point of view, Li Tong wants to sympathize with the blows that people will suffer in the next situation. But starting from the actual situation, he also vaguely expects that his grandmother's methods will be more aggressive, and the harder he strikes at a sitting tiger like the Dou family, the more room for his old clothes society to grow in Guanzhong.

At the moment, Li Tong didn't know that his grandmother was in trouble again, and he actually gave the Buddhist scriptures offered by his mother-in-law Fang to his fourth uncle's concubines.

Even if you do, you won't be surprised. His grandmother is both conceited and suspicious, and is accustomed to forcing people into extreme situations for so-called tests. For example, when Mingtang first saw him in the old years, he opened his mouth and forced Li Tong to almost die in the palace.

Doing this now is really a basic operation: although I have killed your whole family, or I am going to kill your whole family, you still have to keep your peace of mind, look at the Buddhist scriptures to kill your anger, and calm down and learn how others educate your son.

Although people's happiness is half based on the misfortune of others, Li Tong can't be happy when he sees that his fourth uncle's family is about to be tormented.

In fact, this has not changed his own situation, especially by a few bear children of his fourth uncle's family, and when he came out, he had to call himself humble to Wu Yizong, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, I really want to tell his grandmother, even if you don't restore my county king's title, even if you make me a township king, as long as it is the king, I will be satisfied.

The demotion of the five kings is just the beginning, and the next step is naturally the minions. Although Lai Junchen, the head horse of the cool official, was still on the way back to the Shendu by Baba, the servant Shihou Sizhi had already been ordered to go to Xijing to detain the sinner Dou Xixuan.

At the same time, the Sixing Temple officially took over the handling of the case of outsiders privately telling the emperor's heir, and Cui Yuanzong, who had recently dismissed the prime minister, was in charge of the trial. This arrangement is really full of malice, first of all, the facts of the case are actually quite clear, and the severity of the sentence only depends on the depth of the crime of privately telling the emperor's heir.

Li Tong knew that Cui Yuanzong's position was more inclined to his fourth uncle Li Dan, but he was known for his strict law enforcement. If Cui Yuanzong is willing to handle the case seriously, he will definitely be able to dig out more personnel involvement. But if he is willing to cover up, and Hou Sizhi can dig out more secrets in Xijing Dou Xixuan's mouth, then Cui Yuanzong can be regarded as taking it.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for Xue Jichang to take the initiative to go to Xijing to clean up the Dou family, but it is a pity that the means are not strong enough, so that this thunder exploded, and now he can only take more people in, and he has been affected.

Although Li Tong avoided Yunshao Mansion, it was difficult for him to stay out of the matter completely.

In the afternoon of this day, he left the imperial city after work, and soon after getting off the Tianjin Bridge, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe surrounded by several attachés on the side of the bridge walked forward, and there was still a few zhang distance from Li Tong's mount, so he raised his arm and forked his hand to report to his home: "Xue Men is cautious and has seen Xunqing." The left and the left are blocked, please forgive Xunqing. ”

"It turned out to be General Pu Guogong Xue."

After hearing this, Li Tong hurriedly turned over and dismounted, raised his hand in response, and looked at the other party with some curiosity. During the Yongchang period, the imperial court posthumously named Xue Rengui as the Duke of Puguo, and with his son Xue Ne's heir, he became the general of the right guard, which was the person in front of him.

Xue Ne's name Li Tong naturally heard it, but there was no intersection between them, seeing that he was waiting for him, he was a little curious in his heart, and after seeing the salute, he asked: "I don't know that Pu Guo is waiting for the left, what do you think?" ”

Xue Neren is as his name suggests, a little bad at words, seeing the two standing opposite each other, attracting many courtiers who got off the Tianjin Bridge to watch, first did not answer Li Tong's question, just said: "Bow down here, is it to add trouble to Xunqing?" ”

Li Tong also had a change of mind after hearing this, Xue Ne is a general of the forbidden army, and his identity is a little sensitive, and he may be calm recently, so that he is not so vigilant that he does not dare to communicate with others, but in the eyes of those who have a heart, it is still inevitable to be suspicious.

"It's really not a place to talk here, there are relatives and other businesses nearby, I don't know if General Xue is willing to go with him?"

After thinking about it, he decided to go to his aunt, Princess Taiping, to meet Xue Ne.