On the second day, Liu Xiangdao led a group of officials and gentry from Luoyang, saying that it was Li Shimin who ordered them to go on the expedition with Li Chengqian.

Liang Jianfang and Xi Junmai immediately realized that this was a display of the military strength of the East Palace and even the imperial court, and Li Chengqian handed over such an important matter to them, and he would never show mercy if anything went wrong.

But if they win beautifully, their credit will be much greater than the original, and the two of them can't help but play twelve points of spirit to arrange the layout of the next counterinsurgency battle.

In this group of people, what surprised Li Chengqian was that Zheng Lide, the patriarch of the Northern Ancestral House, the strongest branch of the Xingyang Zheng clan, also came.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Majesty personally explained when the minister came to Yichuan, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to meet Zheng Lide alone." Liu Xiang Daoyu reported.

It can be seen from this that Li Shimin is still jealous of the family.

Li Chengqian thought about it and originally wanted to calculate the Zheng family, but since Zheng Lide bumped into it himself, he would see him after the victory of the counterinsurgency.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Liu Qing has worked hard all the way, go back to rest first, and in the past two days, you can communicate with this Zheng Lide about the election of reform officials." ”

Liu Xiangdao's eyes lit up when he heard this, his face showed surprise, and he hurriedly got up and saluted Li Chengqian: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie instructed the ministers to do it!" ”

Du Zhenglun and Liu Xiangdao proposed to reform the election as soon as they came up, offending a large number of powerful people, although they were forcibly suppressed by Li Chengqian, but if the two of them could not succeed, they would inevitably suffer more suppression when Cai Wenying's rebellion was put down.

At this time, Li Chengqian took Zheng's handle and threatened Zheng Lide to let him support the reform of the election of officials.

Watching Liu Xiangdao go down, Xu Jingzong hurriedly lowered his voice and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, do you also go to see these gentry, and ask them to jointly write to Luozhou and Henan Province that the tenant rent shall not exceed forty percent." ”

Li Chengqian couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this, and asked rhetorically: "Now that the imperial court has taken the handle of the scholars here, such a virtuous imperial court can directly issue a rent reduction and then strictly supervise the implementation."

Why does Xu Qing still give such a good reputation to others?"

After saying that, he looked at Xu Jingzong with a stern expression and waited for him to answer.

When Xu Jingzong heard this, he knew that Li Chengqian might be able to see his thoughts, and said with a sneer on his face: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is thoughtful, but the minister is thinking badly." ”

It is true that it is a moral policy to reduce the tenant rent, but if you want to implement it well, you have to kill a lot of people and copy a lot of homes, and in the end, it is Li Chengqian who is grateful to the people, but the gentry must hate him Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu and others.

Therefore, Xu Jingzong wanted to make peace with these gentry secretly, and then just do it in general.

It's just that Li Chengqian let Xu Jingzong pass the test easily, hearing that Xu Jingzong still wanted to fool him, he still didn't say a word, and looked at Xu Jingzong with a serious expression.

Seeing this, Xu Jingzong knew that Li Chengqian had already understood his thoughts, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

He bowed solemnly to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it's not that the minister is afraid of offending people, but the minister is really a little worried——。 ”

"Worried about what?"

Li Chengqian's expression became colder and colder.

Xu Jingzong gritted his teeth in his heart when he saw it and continued: "Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Prince, has Your Majesty been in good health recently?"

"Presumptuous!" Li Chengqian said coldly directly.

Xu Jingzong didn't wait for Li Chengqian to continue, and hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, think about it, Your Majesty has issued orders one after another in the past few days, all for the sake of the East Palace, and is bent on paving the way for His Royal Highness the Prince, will it be because Your Majesty ......?"

The implication of these words is obvious, and Li Shimin's intention to establish authority for Li Chengqian in this way is obviously to let Li Chengqian succeed to the throne at an early date.

The reason may be that Li Shimin's old illness has relapsed and will die soon, or it may be other reasons, which do not need to be investigated.

But as long as it involves the inheritance of the throne, everything must be based on stability, so Xu Jingzong's approach or worry is reasonable.

Li Chengqian secretly thought in his heart that he really underestimated these people in the past, and he relied on his own understanding of history to take these people in, and because the goal was the same, there was no chaos.

Now Li Chengqian is bent on promoting the internal reform of the Tang Dynasty, touching the interests of too many people, and these people have begun to fool him.

Li Chengqian looked at Xu Jingzong's stern gaze, and said coldly: "Just based on your words, you should be beheaded all over the house." ”

"The minister is guilty!" Xu Jingzong's face turned pale with fright when he heard this, and he knelt down and kowtowed directly.

"You are not doing things well, and you still want to provoke the relationship between His Majesty and the Lone King?" Li Chengqian continued.

Xu Jingzong, who was kneeling below, was so frightened that his forehead sweated, and his intestines were blue.

Li Chengqian looked down at the back of Xu Jingzong's head, thinking about how to punish him.

After a while, Li Chengqian announced in a loud voice: "Come here, spread the will of King Gu, Xu Jingzong, the left concubine of the East Palace, lost his honor before driving, and was demoted to four levels in a row to the Inner House of the East Palace, and still dealt with the affairs of his original position. ”

Xu Jingzong listened to the order without waiting for the chamberlain, and hurriedly said loudly: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie Longen." ”

"Hmm!"

Li Chengqian said "um" lightly, and Xu Jingzong hurriedly got up and retreated.

After Li Chengqian's will to punish Xu Jingzong was officially handed down, all the officials in Yichuan were shocked.

Everyone knows that Xu Jingzong is the henchman of Li Chengqian's henchmen, and he will be demoted by four levels even if he loses his honor before driving?

Just when everyone was surprised, news came out from Xu Jingzong's servant, and it turned out that Xu Jingzong had not done a good job of reducing the rent of Luozhou's fields.

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized that they were also very shocked, and everyone could see Li Shimin's full support for Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian's determination to reform was also clearly expressed through the punishment of Xu Jingzong.

The ministers who wanted to understand this were also more attentive to the errands that Li Chengqian had given them.

Li Chengqian saw this clearly, and he was also very satisfied with Xu Jingzong's practice of making up for his mistakes.

In the near future, Li Chengqian has done three things to carry out in his internal reforms: first, to reform the selection system, second, to reduce the land rents of tenants in various localities, and third, to open up the Yihe River and build a reservoir in Song County.

Of course, when doing these things, he can't forget to clean up his opponents, the officials of the noble clan and the gentry from all over the country.

As for Cai Wenying, Li Chengqian and Li Shimin, they didn't see it, they just took advantage of the situation to take advantage of this matter.

Li Chengqian arranged everything here, and the army officially set off, and the previous life was put down in Song County.

Liang Jianfang and Xi Junmai led 3,000 soldiers with bright armor and opened the way in front.

Xue Rengui led 2,000 troops to the Donggong Palace, which was well-groomed, and led the soldiers and horses of the palace to protect Li Chengqian's guard of honor.

Behind this was the witness of Li Chengqian's military prestige, and Li Chengqian's honor guard was followed by more than 100 prisoner cars, which were held by officials, gentry, and more than 10 patriarchs of the Shi clan who participated in the rebellion in Yichuan County.

The men were convicted of the crime and were held in prison vans.

At this time, these people were all wearing white prison clothes and heavy shackles, standing in the cage in a solemn manner, watching the countless flags fluttering in front of them, and the crown prince's guard of honor who calmly walked forward was like ashes.

Behind the hundreds of people on horseback led by Pei Xingjian himself were officials who lived in Luoyang Fuxian or Zhishi, and it had been found that there was no problem with the patriarch of the scholar clan.

In the end, there were 10,000 people led by Xue Dading himself, who were either driving cattle or pushing carts or carrying burdens or pickaxes, and they went to Song County to build a reservoir.

After this period of education, the people of Yichuan County respected Li Chengqian like a god, and they carried out any orders he gave unconditionally.

Li Chengqian's order to Liang Jianfang was that he would enter Songxian County to handle government affairs at noon today, and Liang Jianfang and Xi Junmai had no objection to this.

Li Chengqian wanted to solve everything in Song County at once this time, and then go back to Luoyang to set up a dragon gate formation with Li Shimin, so except for Li Yifu who continued to stay in Yichuan, everyone else and affairs were brought with him.