Li Qing'an has been in the Tang Dynasty for four years, he never thought that he would get involved in the battle for the throne of the Tang Dynasty, nor did he think that he would face such a dangerous situation, at this moment he is only one step away from death, this is the political struggle, under the nest, An has finished his eggs, he is a tide stall person, if the prince falls, how can he be alone, since ancient times.

Li Qingan sighed and said, "Which three strategies, Mr. said it clearly." ”

"Let's talk about the next policy first, that is, to make the king immediately support the army to rebel, but there is no reason to support the prince, but the prince is only grounded in the East Palace and has not been abolished, so as long as the king rebels at this time, he will only lose the hearts of the people and end up ruined, so I don't agree with this policy."

Li Qing'an nodded silently, he didn't approve of it, at this time of rebellion, he and the whole family had only a dead end, Yan Zhuang said: "Let's talk about the middle strategy, it is to find an excuse not to return to Chang'an, such as the unstable situation of broken leaves, etc., the excuse is easy to find, but the problem is that the saint will not think like this, the excuse of the envoy will only increase his determination to get rid of the envoy, if he transfers the envoy to Beijing to serve as a general in half a year, will he go or not?" Going is a dead end, not going is a dead end, at that time the best outcome for the envoy is to take his family to flee to the West incognito, I believe that the envoy will not adopt this strategy. ”

Li Qingan smiled bitterly, "Sir, let's talk about the best policy!" ”

"The best strategy is to make Jun find a way to convince the saint, so that Jun is loyal to him far more than the prince, and will never rebel because the prince is deposed, so that Jun needs to take a dangerous move, take a step back, and open the sea and sky."

"Do you have a specific strategy, sir?"

"Yes!" Yan Zhuang stroked the rat's whiskers slightly and said with a smile: "I have three plans in a row to ensure that you can survive this catastrophe safely." ”

．．．．．．． Chang'an, the situation in Chang'an in the past two days has suddenly become tense, the cause is that Li Longji suddenly decreed, Chang'an night ban was one hour earlier, that is, it was just dark, Chang'an City Gate and Gate were closed, secondly, all the guards in the East Palace were replaced, all replaced by Yulin Army, and strengthened the vigilance, Li Longji also temporarily moved back to Daming Palace from Xingqing Palace, restored the early dynasty system, and attended the meeting of the political hall, these three pieces of news came out, Chang'an government and opposition people were suddenly panicked, and many people realized that the position of the prince was in danger.

In the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, Li Longji returned to the imperial study where he had been absent for more than two years, the imperial study has been cleaned up neatly and cleanly, spacious and bright, in the past two months, Li Longji has been busy with government affairs, indulging less in wine, going to bed early and getting up early, and his spirit is much stronger than before, but in this way, Li Longji believes that his former malaise is due to the control of witchcraft.

Li Longji sat behind the imperial case, and repeatedly read a recital in front of him, which was made by Li Qing'an, the envoy of the Beiting Festival, saying that he was seriously injured in the Battle of Broken Leaves, and hoped to temporarily resign from the post of the Beiting Jiedu envoy and return to the Central Plains to recuperate.

He had received the news a few days ago that Li Qing'an had crossed Hexi, entered Longyou, and only brought three hundred personal guards, until he received a secret report from Ge Shuhan, and had sent troops to cut off Li Qing'an's back road and control the biggest worry of the tide file, Li Longji couldn't wait to implement his plan to cut off the reserves, but Li Qing'an took the initiative to dismiss the army, judging from the place where the fold was issued, it was sent from the North Court, which should be sent at the same time as Li Qing'an's entry into Beijing, that is, Li Qing'an decided to resign from the North Court military post at the same time as he entered Beijing to report on his work. Li Qingan's statement made Li Longji hesitate for a while.

He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, although he was angry at the time of the witch cup disaster in the East Palace, but when he calmed down, he quickly found some of the unreasonable places, one is that the Quang Binh Mansion and the East Palace found out the witchcraft of the same witch at the same time, and there is no connection between the two cases, which is too much of a coincidence, and the second is that the Guangping Mansion found out the villain, and the prince was also present at the time, according to common sense, he should immediately go back to the study to destroy his villain, but he didn't do it, which is also very unreasonable, And when many details were not clear, the witch suddenly committed suicide by poisoning.

Li Longji has realized that this case of the East Palace is not so simple, and it is very likely that he was framed, but Li Longji does not want to change anything, he needs this excuse to replace the crown prince, this prince's growing power and his recent performance make Li Longji feel a threat, a threat to his throne.

The prince must be abolished, not only that, but he also has to clean the tide file, and in the backbone list of the tide file, there are a total of twenty-three people, Pei Kuan, Lu Lian, Dugu Haoran, Li Qing'an, Wei Lian, Wei Tao, Wang Zhonghe...... Among them, the two people who paid the most attention to him, one was Wang Zhonghei, who enjoyed high prestige in the army, he did not kill him last year, in order to let Ge Shuhan smoothly take over the military power, now he should die, this person has been removed more than a month ago, there is no need to worry, but the Beiting Festival made Li Qingan a little difficult to do, Li Longji also knew that Li Qing'an was different from the family and the imperial family, he was a soldier from the end of the cold, and he was not in the tide file for a long time, that is, after the Yangzhou salt case the year before last, such a person would not become the prince's hardcore henchmanAt the same time, this person is also quite young and promising, and it is indeed a pity to kill him.

As the saying goes, attitude determines position, Li Qing'an's self-dismissal letter shook Li Longji's determination to kill him, he pondered for a long time, and finally put pen to paper to change the decision to dispose of Li Qing'an in the list of tide files, from standing to review.

．．．．．．．． At this time, Li Qing'an and his entourage had arrived at the Xianyang County Post Station, and he had already received the news of the tense situation in Chang'an, Li Qing'an had to admire Yan Zhuang's vicious eyes, and saw through Li Longji's means of banning the prince in advance, in fact, it was to deal with himself who held military power.

As soon as he arrived in Longyou, Li Longji launched, leaving little time for himself, Li Qingan sat at the table and wrote a book, he was the second link in the implementation of the strict series of three plans: seeking a backer, he also knew that the abolition of the prince was a major event that shook the country, and none of the tide stalls could escape, especially a member of the party who held military power like him, and the tenth ** was to kill him to get rid of the trouble.

Li Qingan quickly wrote a short message and said to the guard: "Invite Miss Mingzhu." ”

After a moment, Mingzhu hurriedly walked into the room, "Brother Li, are you looking for me?" ”

"Mingzhu, do you remember that I asked you if you could get in touch with the concubine?"

Mingzhu nodded, "The concubine Niangniang has summoned me to sing in the pear garden several times, and I should be able to meet her." ”

"That's good, I have a letter here, you will immediately transfer it to the concubine Niangniang for me, it is a matter of life and death, you must find a way to hand it over to her for me."

Mingzhu was taken aback, "Brother Li, what's wrong?" ”

"Don't worry about it, you have to give her the letter as soon as possible!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier suddenly rushed to report, "Envoy, we have found that a large number of troops are coming this way. ”

Li Qingan's face changed, and he stuffed the letter to Mingzhu, "You go through the back door!" Come on! ”

"Brother Li!"

Mingzhu's face turned pale with fright, Li Qingan stomped his feet and ordered his own soldiers: "You guys take her away quickly!" ”

Several personal soldiers escorted Mingzhu to the back door, and Mingzhu ran while looking back at Li Qingan reluctantly, and gradually ran away.

Li Qing'an put his helmet on his head upright, calmly waiting for the arrival of the army, and soon, the sound of horses' hooves broke the silent night, and only one voice shouted: "Beiting Festival makes Li Qing'an here." ”

Li Qing'an heard that this was the voice of the eldest grandson Quanxu, and only heard Yi Cheng say: "Here!" Li Yuanjun is in the post station. ”

"Surround the post station, and those who resist will be killed."

The voice of the eldest grandson Quanxu was particularly loud, which was to remind Li Qing'an, and Li Qing'an immediately ordered: "Pass my order, no one is allowed to resist." ”

He stood up and walked slowly to the outside of the post station, the fire outside the post station was blazing, the torches illuminated the post station as day, the dense Yulin Army soldiers surrounded the post station, there were as many as 3,000 people, the sword was rattling, the new general of the Zuo Yulin Army, Changsun Quanxu, took the lead, holding a long lance, next to the eunuch Yu Chaoen, holding a roll of white linen holy decree, in addition, behind the army, there were Zhang Yi, the squire of the criminal department, Ji Wen of Dali Temple, and Song Hun in the imperial history.

At this time, Li Qingan slowly walked out of the post station, he saw that the high-ranking officials of Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Yushitai were all there, and he couldn't help but smile, this is about to be tried by the third division, I don't know what crime Li Longji wants to give himself?

The eldest grandson Quanxu stared at Li Qing'an, his expression was very complicated, and he suddenly shouted, "Li Qing'an, I am here on the orders of His Majesty, I hope you will not make unnecessary resistance." ”

Li Qingan nodded, "This matter has nothing to do with my personal guards, can I let them go?" ”

"Yes! However, they are not allowed to enter Beijing. ”

Li Qingan immediately turned around and ordered: "You will disperse on your own, and you will not be allowed to enter Beijing." ”

At this time, Yu Chaoen stepped forward and raised the holy decree and said: "The holy purpose is here, and Li Qingan accepts the decree." ”

Li Qingan knelt down, "Minister Li Qingan took the order." ”

Yu Chao unfolded the holy decree on the ground, and said loudly: "Li Qing'an, the envoy of the Beiting Festival, sent troops to the north to attack Gelulu on the way to the class without the permission of the Ministry of War, and after the investigation of the supervising army, there is indeed such a matter, and he should be asked about his crimes, and he will be temporarily dismissed from his posts as the envoy of the Beiting Festival, the governor of the Beiting and the guest of the prince, and handed over to the three divisions of the university for trial, in order to convict and hold the responsibility, please here!" ”

Li Qingan smiled bitterly, this is called wanting to add to his crime, there is no excuse, the frontier festival envoy beats the Hu people, which one does not want to fight, and there is a reward for meritorious service afterwards, but when he comes to himself, it has become a crime, and it is not a formal battle, why do he need Li Longji's approval? It seems that he has good intentions to let Mingyue and kiss.

"The minister takes the order!"

At this time, Zhang Yi, the servant of the Criminal Department, stepped forward and said, "Li Yuanjun, please come with us!" ”

He sighed secretly, Li Qing'an was arrested, which means that the cleaning of the tide stall has officially begun, and he is also a tide stall person, I don't know if he can escape this catastrophe.

Li Qingan stood up, "Let's go!" ”

He turned on his horse and headed towards Chang'an City under the strict guard of the three thousand forest soldiers with armor.

．．．．．．．．． Just three hours after Li Qing'an was arrested, the sky was just dawning, and under the Longwei Road in Danfeng Square of Daming Palace, Pei Kuan knelt in front of His Majesty Dan to accept the holy decree issued by Li Longji. Pei Kuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is old and frail, and can not bear the burden of government affairs, so he is specially allowed to retire from the old man, that is, he will be exempted from the Ministry of Rites and the book of the same book. ”

"Ministers Pei Kuan commands!"

In the East Palace, Lu Lian, who had just been promoted to the crown prince Zhan Shi, also received a decree, and in the imperial history, Cheng Song Hun impeached him for allegedly accepting bribes from Du Bosheng in the Yangzhou salt case the year before last, and dismissed his crown prince Zhan Shi and the Pingzhang affairs of the Tongzhong Shumen, and was sentenced to prison for strict trial.

In the impeachment list of Cheng Song Hun in the imperial history, it is also mentioned that Shangshu's left servant shot Dugu Haoran, and when the salt case broke out, he served as the governor of Yangzhou, and it was difficult to get rid of his involvement.

In just four hours, the Beiting Festival made Li Qing'an, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Pei Kuan, the prince Zhan Shi Lu Lian, and the Shangshu Zuo Shot servant Dugu Haoran were arrested or dismissed one after another, Chang'an City was a sensation, the Qingwang Party, the Yang Party was the prime minister, the tide stalls were silent, and the Xiangguo Party was silent.

The intention of Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty is already very obvious, and all the core figures of the Tide file have been dismissed, and the next step is to point the sword at the prince of the East Palace.

Because Li Longji only moved half of the house, Yang Yuhuan was still in Xingqing Palace and did not move back to Daming Palace, so Gao Lishi has been busy moving in Xingqing Palace, he just heard a little news, and hurried to Daming Palace, these days he is also haggard, Li Longji's sudden turn of face caught him off guard, judging from Li Longji's dripping water, he has already arranged, but he doesn't know anything.

Gao Lishi had to admire Li Longji's forbearance and thunderous methods, he served Li Longji for more than 40 years, and he was loyal, and Li Longji even quietly concealed his arrangement of the abolition of the prince.

Rushing to Daming Palace along the way, Gao Lishi kept hearing the news, Li Qing'an was arrested in Xianyang, Pei Kuan was dismissed and retired, Lu Jian was arrested, and Dugu Haoran was suspended, every case is enough to cause a sensation in the government and the opposition, but now it is concentrated together to break out, this situation only happened in the palace coup thirty-seven years ago, it was that palace coup that the young Li Longji led his troops to kill the Taiping Princess Group and ascended to the throne of the Tang Dynasty.

And today is the tenth day of April in the ninth year of Tianbao, and another serious incident similar to a palace coup broke out again, this time it was the East Palace Change.

Gao Lishi was so anxious that he drove into the Daming Palace and went straight to the Zichen Palace, and the guards and eunuchs did not dare to stop him, and they led the way for him in front.

Rushing to the door of the imperial study, Gao Lishi suddenly heard Li Longji's angry shouts: "You are the right minister of the imperial court, the head of a hundred officials, and now the three ministers have been dismissed from their posts due to accidents, are you not responsible for such a serious matter?" Do you want me to take this responsibility for you? ”

"The minister doesn't dare, the minister is not strict, and he is willing to take responsibility."

This is Li Linfu's voice, Gao Lishi couldn't help but shake his head secretly, and now even Li Linfu was implicated.

"Alright! I remember that you are busy with government affairs, and you have no time to control the hundred officials, so I will not punish you more, this time it was the negligence of the Ministry of Officials, which led to my mistake in promoting Xiangguo, and the Ministry of Officials should be responsible, and you were removed from the post of Secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials was dismissed from the post of Lang Da Xixun, and he was demoted to Henan to join the army, and Wei Jiansu of the Ministry of Household was transferred to take over as the Minister of Officials. ”

Gao Lishi, who was standing outside the door, heard the last sentence, and he suddenly realized, it seems that Wei Jiansu is also a member of the Yang Party.

In the imperial study, Li Linfu's heart was gloomy, this stormy purge, he did not participate from beginning to end, he and the prince Li Heng fought for so many years, and in the end, it was Yang Guozhong who had been an official for less than four years, what virtue and how could Yang Guozhong be? It's just another obedient dog, and at this time, Li Linfu suddenly thought of an old saying: 'The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks.'" ’

Although the cunning rabbit is not all dead now, his dog is old, needless to say, he can guess that this position of secretary is none other than Yang Zhao.

He sighed, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty and is willing to accept Your Majesty's punishment." ”

Li Longji also knew that he could not fight on several fronts, especially when the crown prince was abolished, and he had to maintain political stability as much as possible, and in terms of the ability to stabilize the court situation, Yang Guozhong had neither qualifications nor experience, and was far from being able to compare with Li Linfu.

He nodded and said: "I also know that you are loyal, so I don't want to punish you too much, you are an old minister, and the head of a hundred officials, during this period of chaos, you will stabilize the government for me, you know?" ”

Li Linfu understood Li Longji's words, he couldn't help but turn his worries into joy, bowed down and said: "I am willing to do my best for Your Majesty, and then die." ”

Li Longji smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "Go!" I'm a little tired. ”

"Retire!"

Li Linfu slowly withdrew from the imperial study, but suddenly saw Gao Lishi, he wanted to say a word, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to sigh and leave in a hurry.

Gao Lishi walked into the imperial study, Li Longji was a little tired, and was lying on the throne with his eyes closed, although Gao Lishi was light-hearted, but he still woke Li Longji up.

"General, why are you here, how is the concubine?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Niangniang is very good, she is asking Your Majesty if you will go back tonight?"

"Forget it, I'll stay in Daming Palace tonight, at Wu Xianyi's place, I'm tired of running around, you go and tell your concubine, I'll go back tomorrow."

"The old slave obeys!"

Gao Lishi agreed, but did not move, Li Longji glanced at him and asked, "Is there anything else about the general?" ”

"Your Majesty, really.... Have you decided to abolish the crown prince? ”

Li Longji's face sank, and he said with some displeasure: "Do you want to speak for him again?" ”

Gao Lishi hurriedly knelt down and said: "The old slave doesn't dare, it's just that there are many suspicious points about the witch cup in the East Palace, and the old slave thinks that he wants to .....investigate it again."

"What else do you need to check?"

Li Longji angrily interrupted his statement, "He arranged for his henchmen to set up a point in Dongshi, and privately contacted the important ministers outside, the evidence is conclusive, just by virtue of this, I can abolish him, and the matter of the witch cup, I searched out the villain from his study, he not only cursed the Tang Emperor, but also cursed his father, this kind of disloyal and unfilial rebel, can I hand over Sheji to him?" ”

"Your Majesty is angry, the prince has been the crown prince for more than ten years, loyal and benevolent, and has a good reputation, this witch cup matter, the old slave thinks that it is definitely not his doing, Your Majesty must not hastily abolish the prince!"

"Humph! Loyalty and kindness? I also thought he was loyal and kind, but was he loyal? He secretly befriended the minister behind my back, I had already given him a chance in Wei Jian's case, it was only a few years, he started again, his loyalty, filial piety and benevolence are clearly a cunning and sinister heart, you don't have to persuade me anymore, this time I have made up my mind. ”

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty think twice! ”

Gao Lishi's head was banging, his forehead was already bloody, and he said with tears on his face: "Your Majesty is sixty and six this year, and his life is rare in seventy years, Your Majesty is now abolishing the prince, how dangerous will this be to the society of the Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty is now abolishing the prince, which will make brothers kill each other, father and son turn against each other, at that time, Your Majesty's heart is sad, how can you feel embarrassed?" ”

Gao Lishi's admonition poked Li Longji's sore spot, he was furious, and smashed the inkstone at Gao Lishi, 'Bang! The inkstone smashed on Gao Lishi's forehead, and immediately the blood flowed, Gao Lishi's body shook, and he almost fainted, but he endured the great pain and defended Li Heng again: "Your Majesty strictly forbids the prince to have personal friendships with ministers, but encourages other princes to make friends with talented people, why is this unfair to the prince?" Besides, the prince went down to the witch cup, but the prince always refused to admit it, it can be seen that there must be grievances, how can there be a villain found in the Guangping Palace, and after four hours, the villain was found in the East Palace, so unreasonable, how can Your Majesty turn a blind eye? Your Majesty, the crown prince is also the son of Your Majesty, father and son, why the hurry! ”

"Shut up!"

Li Longji roared loudly, he pointed at Gao Lishi, and viciously ordered the left and right: "Drag this fang down to me!" Drag it out! ”

Several eunuchs forcibly supported Gao Lishi, half-dragging and half-persuading: "Gao Weng, go down!" Don't make Your Majesty angry anymore. ”

Gao Lishi was very old, he was bleeding profusely, and he could no longer support it, and finally he shouted, "Your Majesty, the old slave is not for the prince, the old slave is for the sake of Your Majesty!" ”

He fainted, Li Longji sat down on the dragon throne in a dejected manner, unable to say a word for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "Old Gao Weng, send him back to the house to retire!" ”

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(To be continued)