Zhao Cijing came out of the Wude Hall angrily, and just walked down the steps, but he heard someone calling him in the distance, he turned his head to look, and saw the crown prince Li Jiancheng standing under a big pillar and waving to him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Zhao Cijing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

When Li Jiancheng came out, he saw Zhao Cijing with an angry face, and he was deeply surprised, Li Jiancheng knew his brother-in-law very well, he had a gentle and generous personality, and he had never seen him angry, and now he actually came to see his father in anger, something must have happened.

Li Jiancheng slowed down and waited for him to come out outside the hall, at this time he saw that the anger on Zhao Cijing's face had disappeared, and there was only endless sadness and helplessness left in his eyes, so he asked in surprise: "Cijing, what happened?" ”

"Your Highness should have seen King Chu just now!"

Li Jiancheng nodded, just now he saw the fourth brother Yuanji hurriedly walking into the inner hall, so he deliberately avoided it, Li Jiancheng became more and more surprised in his heart, and asked in a flash: "Could it be related to the King of Chu?" ”

Zhao Cijing nodded silently, sighed and said: "This matter has been rumored in the imperial court, His Highness really doesn't know?" ”

"I'll be debating in the Wude Hall before dawn, and I've just come out now, I really don't know what's going on, you tell me."

At this time, several guards appeared in the corridor next to the hall, and Li Jiancheng hurriedly waved his hand to stop Zhao Cijing, "This is not the place to talk, let's go to the East Palace to talk in detail." ”

The two of them left the Wude Palace, got in the car and headed towards the East Palace, Zhao Cijing was so depressed that he was about to explode, he really needed to find someone to tell him about the boredom in his heart, and he couldn't even take care of the taboo of going to the East Palace.

In the court room of the Xiande Hall of the East Palace, Li Jiancheng listened to Zhao Cijing's story with a frown, and was extremely shocked in his heart, not only publicly arrested the court officials, but also killed innocent officials, and the other six people were also seriously injured, he couldn't sit still anymore, and paced back and forth in the court room with his hands, the impact of this incident was too bad, not counting arrests, but also killing and maiming people, but in the end there was no explanation, which would chill the hearts of court officials, and the impact was very far-reaching.

What makes Li Jiancheng even more worried is that from Zhao Cijing's statement, his father does not take this matter to heart, Li Jiancheng of course knows that the fourth brother is famous for cruelty and tyranny when he is in Taiyuan, and the people of Taiyuan are afraid of him like a tiger, and at the same time hate it to the bone, and now let him be in charge of the military and political supervision of the imperial court, his methods will definitely be very cruel, this is what Li Jiancheng has always been worried about, I didn't expect it to become a reality so soon, if this continues, the hundred officials of the court will really deviate from morality.

"Your Highness, I don't want to talk about the Son of Heaven, but the facts are here, the Holy Lord is too indulgent to the King of Chu, so it will not harm him, it will also destroy the entire court, and it will completely shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, Your Highness must persuade the Son of Heaven to strictly control the King of Chu and not indulge him anymore."

Li Jiancheng's heart was very heavy, he knew that this was by no means as simple as his father indulging the fourth brother, it was his father's mentality that went wrong, what the fourth brother did was actually the other side of his father, the fourth brother was acquiesced and even hinted at by his father, he dared to be so unscrupulous, Xuanwu Jingwei was open, arresting and killing people was public, and the cruelty of the fourth brother revealed the panic in his father's heart from the other side.

The fundamental reason is still the strength of the Northern Sui, the aggressiveness of Zhang Xuan, the gradual strength of the Northern Sui and the gradual weakening of the Tang Dynasty, for a long time, Li Jiancheng sighed for a long time, how did he persuade his father, this is not the problem of the fourth brother, but the problem of the father himself, for a while, Li Jiancheng was speechless.

After a while, Li Jiancheng said slowly: "I will find an opportunity to persuade my father, the top priority is that you first appease the military department and don't let the situation worse." ”

Zhao Cijing sneered and said, "If the Holy Lord doesn't give an explanation, what's the use of me appeasing?" ”

"You ......"

Li Jiancheng was once again angered by Zhao Cijing's ignorance, he tried his best to restrain the anger in his heart, and said slowly: "The Holy Lord did not condone the King of Chu, the truth is not as simple as you think, appease the military department well, don't let the Holy Lord disappoint you." ”

"I think it's best for His Highness to go to the various deployment offices in person, and then decide his own attitude, Weichen has taken his leave!"

After speaking, Zhao Cijing turned around and walked outside the palace without looking back, Li Jiancheng chased a few steps quickly, but he couldn't stop Zhao Cijing, and finally watched his figure disappear outside the palace gate.

Li Jiancheng sighed lowly, caught between his father and the civil and military officials, he felt so helpless at this moment.

At this moment, a eunuch hurriedly walked in, came to Li Jiancheng and knelt down and saluted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, there is a decree from Your Majesty!" ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned, his father had just ordered him and Chen Shuda to start negotiations with the Northern Sui, and the matter had not yet been rolled out, so why did he give himself another order?

He took the edict and looked at it, and couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face, as Chen Shuda expected, the imperial court was in financial difficulties, and in the end it was necessary to let the Guanlong nobles bleed to solve it, although Li Jiancheng was not very in favor of this kind of exploitation of the exhaustive and fishing, but in addition, he couldn't think of any way, but his father also seemed to know that the Guanlong nobles were being exploited too hard, so he promised to divide the Luoyang business to each family as compensation after taking Luoyang.

Is this a plum to quench thirst or a cake to satisfy hunger? Li Jiancheng didn't know, but there was one thing he had to do immediately, that is, to find the Dou family, transfer his father's edict to him, and as for how to distribute the money and food, let them watch it themselves.

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There is a huge building complex covering an area of about 200 acres in Chongrenfang, Chang'an, which is close to the Guozixue Office, many people in Chang'an regard it as a part of Guozixue, and only a few people know that it actually has nothing to do with Guozixue, this building is actually the Chang'an headquarters of the Wuchuan Society, which was once known as the most mysterious organization.

The attitude of Li Yuan, the son of heaven, towards the Wuchuan Society was slightly different from that of Yang Guang's era, Yang Guang's attitude towards the Wuchuan Society was not to support or ban it, and Li Yuan supported the Wuchuan Society on the surface, but in fact he secretly suppressed it, constantly undermining the internal unity of the Wuchuan Society, so that the gatherings of the various families of the Guanlong nobles in the Wuchuan Society became less and less, and since Dugu Shun's accidental death, the activities of the Wuchuan Society have basically stopped, and the huge mansion of the Wuchuan Society has also been locked with heavy locks, leaving layers of dust.

But tonight, the Wuchuan Society, which has been deserted for a long time, is unexpectedly lively, the lights in the Tingfeng Pavilion in the northwest corner of the Wuchuan Society are brilliant, hundreds of lanterns illuminate the five-storey attic as if it were day, the attic gate is full of carriages, groups of guards maintain order in the distance, and the curious people are not allowed to approach, only a wide and gorgeous carriage can drive into the control area, slowly stop in front of the gate, and the owner inside is escorted into the attic.

Yu Yun came relatively late, when he arrived, the open space outside was already full of carriages, Yu Yun didn't know why Dou Wei suddenly called everyone to discuss important matters, but he always had a bad feeling, now that the imperial court is in financial difficulties, Li Yuan will not start to fight the idea of Guan Long nobles again! You must know that at the end of last year, a large amount of money and grain had just been exploited.

Yu Yun just got off the carriage, but he heard someone next to him calling him, and when he turned around, he saw Dugu walking out from behind a carriage.

"Why don't you go in?" Yu Yun stepped forward and asked with a smile.

As soon as he thought about it, Yu Yun suddenly reacted, "Brother Xian won't be waiting for me!" ”

Dugu Yu nodded, "I want to discuss it with my brother." ”

"Did you hear anything?"

Dugu Yu sighed, "I just talked to Dou Wei, and he clearly told me that this gathering is still to share the military expenses, and like last time, one million stone grain and five hundred thousand yuan, the saint is getting more and more ruthless, and he completely wants to squeeze us dry, but this time there is a promise, after the Tang army takes Luoyang, the business of Luoyang will be distributed to the various families of the Guanlong nobles, although it is not very reliable, but it is barely a hope." ”

"And what is the attitude of the other families?"

"I guess you don't know yet, and I can't make up my mind myself, so I want to ask my brother."

Yu Yun pondered and asked, "If it is still the same distribution as last time, can the Dugu family afford it?" ”

"Money and food are not a problem, the key is the matter itself, to be honest, I feel very uncomfortable, I really don't want to give him this money and food."

Yu Yun sighed, "To be honest, I don't want to give it, but I feel that something is wrong with Shengshang during this time, his murderous intentions are very heavy, I personally think that don't anger him at this time, let alone attract his attention, since he promised to give us Luoyang's business, then we will wait and see." ”

Dugu Yu nodded, "I understand, my brother is right, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, let's endure this time!" ”

While the two were talking, Dou Min, the son of Dou Jin, came out of the gate, he saw the two of them, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Two uncles, please come in!" I'm waiting for you two. ”

"Got it, let's go in." (To be continued.) )