Chapter 645: Rebellion? That's not all
"Your Highness must not be on guard, although the letter said that it was to investigate, but His Majesty mobilized the army and sent a thousand elite Zuo Wuwei to accompany him, maybe these people will directly take us down when we are not on guard." Yan Hongxin on the side also said the same.
Yan Hongxin is Yin Hongzhi's brother-in-law, he and his younger brother Yan Hongliang were both recommended to Li You by his brother-in-law Yin Hongzhi, and they are responsible for recruiting and training dead soldiers for Li You, and it can be said that they are the first and second in command of the armed forces in Li You's hands.
These two people themselves are the leaders of evil, Li You, the king of Qi, has done far less arrogant and domineering things than these two people, and some of the illegal and undisciplined things that Li You did were also done by these two people together.
Therefore, when they heard that the emperor had sent someone to investigate the violations of law and discipline in the palace, they all panicked. Because no matter whether Li You will be okay or not, they are a big deal anyway.
The emperor sent someone to investigate, and if they found out, they would definitely peel off their skin if they didn't die, and the culprit was likely to be rewarded with a knife.
Therefore, they are afraid, they want to resist, the only reliance is Li You, Li You is the governor of Qizhou, nominally the soldiers and horses of Qizhou are all transferred by the ghost Li You, at least the local garrison force is like this.
So they helped Yin Hongzhi to be alarmist together, and persuaded Li You to plan early, take precautions early, and make up his mind to rebel as soon as possible.
Anyway, it's a death left and right, it's better to rebel and gamble, maybe you can spell out a good future.
Dogs jumping off the wall are basically talking about people like them.
"No, my father won't arrest me." Li You shook his head in sweat: "This king is a prince and a prince, and my father will not arrest me for some trivial things."
"But Your Highness, Your Majesty sent Qiu Xinggong this time, have you forgotten how Liu Lancheng died before? That's a lesson from the past." Yin Hongzhi said anxiously.
"That's different, can this king be the same as Liu Lancheng? Does he Qiu Xinggong dare to do anything to this king?" Li You, this can be regarded as self-comfort.
"However, Your Highness, don't forget that Wu Yuanqing is also here, he is a diehard loyalist of the prince, maybe he was sent by the prince to deal with us." Yan Hongxin also followed to help.
"Oh, yes, yes, my brother-in-law is here, and my brother-in-law will be fine if he's here." Li You's eyes lit up when he heard Wu Yuanqing's name, and Yan Hongxin completely ignored what Yan Hongxin said.
"Your Highness, Wu Yuanqing is the prince's person, how can you pin your comfort on him." Yin Hongzhi is going to be angry, and he can't wait to knock open his nephew's skull to see how it grows.
"Yes, my brother-in-law is the prince's person, he supports the prince, but I don't want to fight with the prince, my brother-in-law will definitely not do anything to me, and he will definitely be fine." Li You shook his head vigorously and said.
Yin Hongzhi almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood and died, where did you get the confidence to bet on Wu Yuanqing's character.
"Your Highness...."Yin Hongzhi has to persuade again.
"Okay, uncle, don't say much about the rebellion, this king should have never heard of it. Hurry up and arrange for someone to prepare for the reception." Li You waved his hand to interrupt Yin Hongzhi's words and then commanded.
Yin Hongzhi actually doesn't know his nephew Li You at all. He thought very well for himself, I fought for the position of prince for my nephew, and when my nephew became the emperor, then I would follow the chicken dog to heaven.
But in fact, Li You didn't want to be an emperor at all, and it would be inaccurate to say that he didn't, but who was born in the royal family didn't want to be an emperor, but he just thought about it.
Li Chengqian's position as the crown prince is as stable as a rock, and the other princes can't raise the spirit to fight with him at all, knowing that they can't fight but still fighting, that's a fool, it's a mallet.
But Li You is not stupid, he knows that suppressing the occasional unrealistic thoughts in his heart, as he gets older, the ideas are simply gone.
It's also good to flirt with cats and dogs and be a vassal king who eats and waits for death.
I don't want to fight for the throne, let alone let him rebel, and it is impossible to have that guts. Li You belongs to the kind of foolish who relies on his identity, bullying men and women to do it, even if he rebels, it's fatal, I'm a dignified son, I know why I can't rebel for Lao Tzu.
Li You didn't think that what he did would have much impact on him, he was reprimanded, and even beaten by Zongren Mansion and Zongzheng Temple in accordance with the law, and it was just a matter of locking up.
Rebel? How can this be.
Therefore, when Wu Yuanqing and his entourage docked at the dock outside Qizhou, Li You was already waiting on the shore with the retinue of the palace and Qizhou officials.
On the shore, Liu Dewei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, read out the holy decree, and everyone knelt down to listen to the emperor's will.
What the holy decree says is actually no different from the content of the letter Li You received, but the letter was written in the emperor's daily tone, a scolding that cut his head and covered his face, and indecent words involving Li You's wife and grandfather's family.
And the holy decree is the written language that has been polished by the secretary and the subordinate province, and it is much more elegant and does not sound so big of gunpowder.
"His Royal Highness the King of Qi, the old minister was ordered to investigate some of the impeachment matters of the Quan Changshi this time, and I hope His Royal Highness will bear with him." After Liu Dewei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, finished reading the holy decree, his posture immediately lowered, and he saluted with a smile.
"Where is it, Liu Shangshu is polite, if you want to investigate, just check, even ask, this king will definitely cooperate." Li You hurriedly returned the salute.
Li You no longer has a brain, and he doesn't dare to be blind and arrogant at this time, not to mention that the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is a member of the third grade of the imperial court, a few years ago, because of Wei Zheng, Wang Qi and other ministers, the rules of avoiding salutes when seeing the prince were canceled.
Wei Zheng and Wang Qi have won the same treatment as the prince for the ministers above the third grade, that is, they don't need to avoid saluting when they see the prince, at most they can say hello, and the prince has to return the salute.
Therefore, don't look at the prince as a first-class person, in fact, he is already equal to the third-grade member in terms of identity, and there is no one who is one level lower and who is one level higher.
It's not like before at all, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and even the eldest grandson Wuji have to get off the sedan chair when they meet the prince according to the regulations, get off the horse and then salute first, and if they collide, the minister has to give back to the prince.
Therefore, Liu Dewei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, saluted Li You, and Li You must return the salute immediately, especially at this time, Li You did not dare to be sloppy at all, otherwise if he was caught talking and impeached by the courtiers, there would be no place to cry.
When it was Qiu Xinggong's turn, Li You returned the gift very casually, Li You is also a person who loves and hates clearly, if he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it, and he shows it on the occasion.
When it was Wu Yuanqing's turn, Li You saluted first, and then flatteringly shouted Brother-in-law, you are here, and the others frowned.
According to the rules, on formal occasions, Li You called Wu Yuanqing should be called an official position, and if he does not have an official position, he should be called a knight, and he can't call anything else, let alone call his brother-in-law.
Moreover, Li You is a prince and a king, Wu Yuanqing is a minister, and Li You is not allowed to call his brother-in-law in terms of etiquette.
The royal families of all dynasties did not call it that, but Li You was rectified by Wu Yuanqing I don't know how many times, how many times he was beaten, and he was afraid of Wu Yuanqing for a long time.
Don't talk about him Li You, Li Chengqian sometimes shouts nonsense at his brother-in-law and brother-in-law. The other princes and princesses are also called the same.
"You kid, don't mess around, you don't listen, something is wrong now."