Chapter 316: Wanting to Cover Up
Tian Lingzi, Ma Tengyun and Liu Jurong and others, when they were escorted to Xiangyang, Yang Fugong sent heavy troops to do a good job of guarding along the way to prevent someone from plundering Tian Lingzi and others on the way, in fact, Yang Fugong didn't have to worry so much, Tian Lingzi originally focused on the forces deployed in the south, these forces were wiped out by Li Rupei, and in today's situation, no one will care about the life or death of Tian Lingzi and others.
Regarding the opinions of escorting Tian Lingzi and others to Xiangyang, Yang Fugong has some ideas, after all, in the current situation, Tian Lingzi is his biggest opponent, and the ongoing purge in the capital has caused many eunuchs to be killed, including some civil and military officials, as well as many officers in the Shence Army, these people have no chance to explain, and they have only one fate after being caught, and they will be beheaded within a day or two. In this purge, Yang Fugong made up his mind, on the one hand, to eliminate the opponent, on the other hand, to establish his own majesty, he would never show mercy, and he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, causing the capital to fall into a bloody storm.
It's just a matter of doing it to the eunuchs, officials and the Shence army, this purge actually involves the gentry and wealthy households in the capital, which is a bit unreasonable, the gentry and rich households for their own interests, clinging to Tian Lingzi and others, this is a very normal situation, clinging to the powerful to protect themselves, is the consistent practice of all dynasties, Yang Fugong did not even let go of such a thing, it seems too small-bellied.
It is precisely because of this reason that Yang Fugong desperately wants Tian Lingzi's life, but unfortunately the emperor's attitude is clear, and Yang Fugong also knows that the emperor wants to stabilize the blessed king Li Rupei, so as not to have any problems in the south.
The emperor's edict has arrived in Xiangyang, in this case, Yang Fugong did not dare to make his own decisions, nor did he dare to play any tricks, he knew very well that Tian Lingzi fell into the hands of Li Rupei. Imagine that if Tian Lingzi's cousin Chen Jingxuan is still the jiedu envoy of Xichuan and Dongchuan, many feudal towns in the north, no matter what kind of temptation they face, will not do it, and Tian Lingzi can also hijack the emperor to Xichuan, so that Yang Fugong will fall into an unkind and unjust situation.
Yang Fugong was confident in balancing the relationship between the northern feudal towns, but he was not sure to deal with Li Rupei, nor did he dare to annoy Li Rupei.
When he received the emperor's edict, Li Rupei was busy thinking about the affairs of Lingnan Road and Qianzhong Road.
It only took three months for the Iron Blood Army to completely control Lingnan Dao and Qianzhong Dao. In this way, the entire south is under Li Rupei's control, and the territory controlled by Li Rupei is almost half of the Tang Dynasty.
Zheng Ningji's appointment as the envoy of the Qianzhong Dao Festival was very smooth, and Zheng Ningji himself did not expect that he would be able to serve as the envoy of the Qianzhong Dao Festival in a short time after coming to Xiangyang, and he was trembling. also made up his mind that he must do things well, let his unjustly killed father rest in peace, and let Li Rupei believe that there was no mistake in choosing him.
Candidates for the Lingnan Provincial Festival Envoy. Li Rupei is thinking about Cui Shenyou, Li Rupei has some concerns in this regard, after all, the power of the Cui family is too strong, and it will be very unfavorable in the future. However, Cui Shenyou served as the prime minister of the DPRK and China, and his ability is indeed good, and he served as the envoy of Lingnan Province. There will be no problems, and since Lingnan Province is one of the poorest places in the south, it takes a lot of effort to manage it.
Although Cui Anqian didn't put forward any opinions, he was not particularly reluctant, after all, he knew Li Rupei's ability and courage, and he also knew that the Cui family needed to be vigilant and introspective when serving Li Rupei, and he must not have authoritarian behavior, but Li Rupei had already made a decision, and Cui Anqian could only obey.
Cui Shenyou's attitude, as expected by Li Rupei, gladly accepted it, and soon went to Guangzhou Mansion to take office.
It should be said that Zheng Ningji and Cui Shenyou did not expect that they originally thought that Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road would be divided into several places, and set up many festival envoys or observation envoys, but they didn't expect that Li Rupei's approach was completely different from that of the imperial court, and the two of them would be directly responsible for the jurisdiction of the two huge places of Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road, and the two places would no longer set up any festival envoys and observation envoys, which was already the norm in the south today.
Power is certainly centralized, but so is responsibility.
Tian Lingzi, Ma Tengyun and Liu Jurong and others are about to be escorted to Xiangyang, after Li Rupei read the emperor's edict, there was no expression on his face, but Cui Anqian was very happy, His Royal Highness the King of Wei suffered misfortune, Tian Lingzi and Ma Tengyun were the direct culprits, Liu Jurong was also guilty, after these people were escorted to Xiangyang, they were beheaded just before the Huolong Village mausoleum, in order to comfort His Royal Highness King Wei in the spirit of the sky.
The palace, the study.
"Father-in-law, the emperor's move is very meaningful, it is said that Tian Lingzi, Ma Tengyun and others are rebellious, so that the emperor's dignity is trampled on, the emperor must be thinking of killing Tian Lingzi and others alive, but the emperor did not do this, but sent Tian Lingzi and others to Xiangyang, a certain expectation is that the emperor wants to remind a certain person that he needs to save some face for the royal family and not continue to develop towards the north."
"Lord, I think that the emperor has another meaning, that is, it means that the decision of the year was wrong, and His Royal Highness the King of Wei and His Royal Highness the King of Shu were unjustly killed."
"After so many years, the emperor has thought of this now, what did he do earlier."
When Li Rupei said this, Cui Anqian didn't speak, but a worried look appeared on his face.
Li Rupei smiled and spoke.
"Father-in-law don't worry too much, you know what you can do and what you can't do, you can't set off a bloody storm within the royal family, you can't do that kind of relatives and enemies, you can't do such stupid things, during this time, you have been thinking that the emperor has suffered such a huge humiliation, can he start to work hard, as the saying goes, the country is easy to change, the nature is difficult to change, the emperor will not change much, a few years later, Yang Fugong is afraid that he will be more arrogant than Tian Lingzi."
"A certain also has such feelings, Yang Fugong is killing people on a large scale in the capital, everything that has anything to do with Tian Lingzi and others is basically killed, this is too much, a certain look at Yang Fugong's measures, it is even more excessive than Tian Lingzi, Tian Lingzi is willing to kill more people considering the stability of the capital, Yang Fugong didn't think so much."
"Yang Fugong is not without thinking, I'm afraid he thinks a lot, the reason why he does this is to be able to completely control the situation in the capital, father-in-law think about it, what is the relationship between Tian Lingzi and the emperor, he was once called his father by the emperor, what is the end in the end, it can be seen that for the sake of power, some people can do anything, Tian Lingzi has problems in this regard, his power has reached its peak, and he is not satisfied, and he will bring disaster upon himself."
"Yang Fugong will not be more stupid than Tian Lingzi, the same wants to control power, why Yang Fugong can reach his current position, isn't it because Tian Lingzi has gone too far, if the prediction is good, it will not take many years, Yang Fugong's power is greater than Tian Lingzi, Tian Lingzi's lesson, Yang Fugong must learn, how to learn, the most important one is to completely control the emperor, and never let the emperor find the strength he can rely on again."
"It's ridiculous that the emperor didn't find this, or that he found this, and there is not much good way to stop it, the emperor ascended the throne at the age of twelve, it's not a good thing, this time should be the time to suffer and temper his character, if the emperor has a good gentleman who learns how to handle government affairs, he may be able to control the government, at least not as bad as now, but at present, there is no such possibility."
"What I'm worried about is that the Tang Dynasty has been ravaged, and as for the emperor, his fate has long been doomed."
Cui Anqian listened very carefully, this was the first time Li Rupei intuitively commented on the emperor, which was a big rebellion in the past, but Cui Anqian has long been used to it, even he, an official from the imperial examination, will comment on the emperor at a specific time.
"What the prince said is that the emperor wants to ease the relationship with the prince, but Yang Fugong has an ulterior purpose, and I think that if the emperor encounters the situation of being imprisoned again, I am afraid there will be no chance to turn over."
"My father-in-law is right, the emperor can't have a second chance, you're welcome, even if the emperor has countless opportunities, he can't grasp it well, whether it is in terms of ability or conduct, the emperor has no chance to control the overall situation."
Cui Anqian sighed slightly, in fact, he had long thought that Li Rupei could develop towards the north, and there was no need to wait for the south to completely settle down, I don't know why Li Rupei was reluctant to make such a decision.
"Lord Wang, what should we do with Tian Lingzi, Ma Tengyun, Liu Jurong and others, as well as Chen Jingxuan."
"It's useless to keep them, send them to your father's mausoleum and behead them, the emperor and Yang Fugong are afraid that they can't wait for someone to do this, and they don't want to disappoint them."
After Tian Lingzi, Ma Tengyun, Liu Jurong and others were escorted to Xiangyang, Li Rupei did not go to see them at all.
After only staying in Xiangyang for one day, Tian Lingzi and others, together with Chen Jingxuan, were escorted to Huolong Village, and when they saw the mausoleum of His Royal Highness King Wei, Tian Lingzi and others trembled and made a puddle of mud.
The news that Tian Lingzi, Ma Tengyun, Liu Jurong, Chen Jingxuan and others were killed soon spread to the capital.
The emperor's will soon came down, and this will was to rehabilitate the king of Wei and the king of Shu, and of course all the experiences of the king of Wei and the king of Shu were blamed on Tian Lingzi and others, because the dead could not speak.
Li Rupei did not keep this holy decree, and before he got his father's tomb, he personally lit it and burned it. (To be continued......)