"Concubine Yue." Li Zhi's face was a little unsightly, because this matter was really difficult to mention.

In August of the first year of Xianheng, Mrs. Rongguo died, and Concubine Yan rushed to Luoyang to mourn, suddenly fell ill in Zhengzhou, and died in Zhengzhou in July of the following year.

After that, Empress Wu held a grand funeral for him, and finally even accompanied the burial of Zhaoling.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with this, but in fact, if you look closely, you can find that it is boring.

In August of the first year of Xianheng, Mrs. Rongguo died, and Concubine Yan set off from Jiangnan, if it was fast, she could arrive in half a month, but she fell ill in Zhengzhou, and it was not until July of the following year, nearly a year later, that she died of illness in Zhengzhou Post House.

For a whole year, people were sick in Zhengzhou.

If at the beginning, the royal family was busy with the funeral of Mrs. Rongguo, but why did they stay in Zhengzhou after the funeral.

This matter was finally explained by Concubine Yan's serious illness and difficulty in moving, but some people are still speculating.

Zhengzhou and Luoyang are only far away, and they can be lifted over.

Not to mention that Zhengzhou is already on the edge of the canal, and a boat, even if it takes half a day, is enough to reach Luoyang.

Although Luoyang is not as good as Chang'an, King Yue has his own mansion in Luoyang.

In addition, there are countless famous doctors, and they will definitely be able to save it, but Concubine Yan has always lived in Zhengzhou Station.

In the end, he even died of illness in Zhengzhou Station.

The strangeness in this is something that Li Zhi can see now.

Empress Wu sighed lightly and said: "If it weren't for the concubines' careless worries back then, the concubines of Yue Kingdom would not have died of illness, it was all the concubine's fault." ”

"It's not about the queen, at the beginning, you and I were also worried that the concubine would be sad and overly angry, and then there was Hong'er's wedding." When Li Zhi said this, he paused, and finally shook his head and said: "Everything is a last resort, even the concubine didn't say anything back then, and even had a last word......

Empress Wu was silent, yes, there was Li Hong's big wedding back then, so he had to involve Helan Minzhi, and the relationship between Concubine Yan De and He Lanminzhi was good......

It's all troublesome.

Empress Wu finally spoke again: "It's still the concubine who didn't think it through, otherwise there wouldn't be today's thing." ”

"Don't be foolish." Li Zhi's expression turned cold, gritted his teeth and said, "It's his own wolf ambition, and he should be punished." ”

For Cao Wang Li Ming, Li Zhi has never had much good feelings.

At that time, Princess Yang was quite favored in the palace, especially after the death of Empress Changsun, Emperor Taizong once wanted to establish Yang as his queen.

If Wei Zheng hadn't stopped it strongly, this might have happened.

If it really happens, Li Ming is the son-in-law of the first emperor, and has the power to compete for the throne with Li Zhi, Li Tai, Li Chengqian and their brothers.

What's more, because the queen is alive, Li Ming is even more justifiable.

Especially after Li Zhi became the crown prince, Li Chengqian and Li Tai lost the opportunity to compete for the throne one after another, but if the first emperor made Yang the queen at that time, then Li Zhi, the crown prince, would not be able to sit for long.

This worry was not temporarily put to an end until after the death of Princess Yang of the Nest.

But even so, Li Zhi was always worried about King Cao, and it was not until the death of the first emperor that he was completely relieved.

After ascending the throne, Li Zhi directly posthumously crowned the Yang family as the princess of the nest thorn, and at the same time succeeded the king of Cao Li Ming to his uncle the late king of Qi, and the king of the nest thorn Li Ming as the heir.

It means that after accompanying the first emperor Emperor Taizong for more than 20 years, the Yang family was directly sent back by Li Zhi to his ex-husband, Emperor Taizong's younger brother King Qi.

In the end, in the name of the wife of King Qi, he was buried with Li Yuanji.

This irony, this hatred can be imagined.

However, Li Zhi's approach was praised by both the government and the opposition, because it was more in line with etiquette.

Because in this way, the name of the first emperor can be protected to a greater extent.

For more than 20 years, he has been safe and sound, until Li Ming was involved in Li Xian's rebellion, Li Zhi directly abolished his prince and demoted him to the king of the county.

But when the Changzhou rebellion case in May this year was found to have Li Ming's hands and feet, Li Zhi had already moved to kill him.

It's just that I didn't expect that the deeper I dug into this matter, the more things I dug up.

At the beginning, Li Zhi fell on Li Ming's staff.

When Li Ming was deposed as the prince, most of his staff stayed away, and only Suzhou Changshi Kongzhen occasionally sent people to visit him.

However, in the end, it was found out that Kong Zhen and Li Ming did not have too many private contacts, and the one who was really colluded in them was a son of Hongnong Yang, Yang Shangui.

It was he who traveled between Changzhou and Qianzhou and delivered news to Li Ming.

The emperor asked Li Zhaode to investigate.

Li Zhaode was a cadre, and in the end, he not only found out the children of the Yang family, but also found out the Xiao family who were implicated.

However, at the beginning, Li Zhi's eyes were on the Yang family, and he even made a plan with Empress Wu to divide the Yang family.

But it was at this time that the secret guards found the Xiao family.

Xiao Shoudao, the general of the right guard, Xiao Dezhao, the squire of the military department, and countless officials of the Xiao family in all parts of the world.

Only then did the emperor arrange for Li Xuan to go to Pengzhou, and finally quietly returned to Songshan.

……

Li Zhi took out a portrait and handed it to Empress Wu, and said with a cold expression: "This is Yang Shangui who escaped from Qianzhou, and it is Zhou Xing who he contacted." ”

"Attract attention with Hongnong Yang, and Xiao is hidden behind the scenes; attracted attention with those bad people in Chang'an, but hid his troops in Luoyang. Empress Wu looked up at Li Zhi, frowned and said, "Your Majesty, this kind of method is not something that ordinary people can come up with. ”

"The queen is right, the one who really came up with these is Xiao Decong, the head of the Yue Dynasty." A sneer appeared on Li Zhi's face.

"A cousin of the Squire of the Army?" Empress Wu was a little surprised.

Since the matter was implicated in the Yang family, the only thing Empress Wu did was to marry a Yang daughter into the East Palace, and then she didn't ask more about this case.

Now that everything has come to light, it is no wonder that Li Zhi attaches so much importance to Xiao Dezhao, and even sent Li Xuan to Luoyang to deal with him.

"King Peng is still dedicated, as long as he hesitates for half a minute, King Yue's matter will not be found out." Li Zhi shook his head and said, "Now that everything is clear, it makes me even more sad, King Yue, Brother Eight Princes, why is this so?" ”

Although Li Zhi is the third son of Empress Changsun, he is the ninth among the sons of Emperor Taizong.

"Your Majesty is wrong." Empress Wu looked at Li Zhi with bright eyes, and said with some gritted teeth: "King Yue looks like it's for Erlang on the surface, but in fact, he's for himself, once he really succeeds, Your Majesty, how long can he tolerate Erlang." ”

Li Zhi suddenly clenched his fists tightly.

Today's conspiracy is to wait until Li Zhi eats Luoyang in the spring and summer of next year, and then they will do it during the Dragon Boat Festival or when the emperor sacrifices to Songshan.

At that time, perhaps Li Zhen, the king of Yue, might want to enter Beijing, so that he would have the opportunity to lead troops.

After all, it is such a big deal for the emperor to seal Zen, and when the time comes, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, will enter Beijing if he says that he is not good.

colluded inside and outside, stormed the palace, welcomed the deposed prince Li Xian to the throne, and then Li Zhen assisted the government.

There may be other means in this, all of which are in Li Zhen's plan, but these, none of this can happen.

"They are so stupid that they don't want to think about it at all, does anyone support them from the prime minister of the court, does anyone from the world support them, does anyone from the kings of the clan support them?"

Li Zhi sneered all over his face, the Cui family, the Xue family, the Pei family, the Liu family, and many families have relatives inside and outside as prime ministers, and they will not support Li Zhen at all.

As for the clans, in the eyes of the emperor, it is too late for the princes of King Han and King Huo to hide, and as for the younger generation, Li Xuan and Li Xian are too deeply tied.

The other children didn't have any say in this matter at all.

"Your Majesty." Empress Wu looked at the emperor and said in a low voice: "The family in the world, the Xiao family also has many in-laws, as well as those scum of the Yang family, among which it is inevitable that there will be the collusion of the prime minister, as for King Zong, has Your Majesty forgotten, and King Ji." ”

Li Zhi's face suddenly turned cold, Li Shen, the king of Ji, is the only son of Emperor Taizong except for Li Zhi and Li Zhen, the king of Yue.

If Li Zhen really succeeds, others don't say it, Li Shen, the king of Ji, is definitely likely to support Li Zhen.

Li Zhi took a long breath, then waved his hand and said, "What didn't happen, don't speculate." ”

Empress Wu nodded slightly, Li Ming, the king of Cao, died, and Li Zhen, the king of Yue, was disposed of for presiding over a conspiracy rebellion this time, and the only remaining brother of the emperor was Li Shen, the king of Ji.

If Li Shen, the king of Ji, is also disposed of because of various implications, then Li Zhi will still leave a stain at the end of his life.

"King Yue." Li Zhi sighed lightly and said: "How to deal with him is also a difficult problem, if you really kill him, I will be in the ground, how to see my father." ”

Empress Wu was silent for a moment, his life's merits, and the name behind him has always been one of the things that Li Zhi cares about the most.

In his life, he surpassed the first emperor in many things, but if it was in terms of fratricide......

"Spread the decree, let the governor of Yuezhou come to dedicate himself, seize the Yuewang Mansion, and the governor of Yangzhou, Shi Pei Xingjian, immediately go to Changzhou, converge with Changzhou Assassin Shi Shen Qian, seize all the property of the Xiao clan in Nanlanling, and find out all the Xiao clansmen involved in the case, arrest those who should be arrested, those who should be killed, those who should be released, and the property and fields should be confiscated." Li Zhi's eyes instantly turned cold.

Empress Wu looked up at the emperor slightly, she knew that the reason why the emperor had made the situation develop so far was for the sake of the fields.

Xiao Clan, Yue Wangfu, if these two aspects can open the gap, then the imperial court's inventory of the hidden fields in Jiangnan can go further.

"And Caizhou." Li Zhi turned sideways and asked, "Where is King Peng now?" ”

In the shadow under the pillars, Zhao Gong walked out and said solemnly: "Back to Your Majesty, after returning to the heavens, after King Peng inspected Xiao Shilang's mansion last night, he asked people to send all the documents to Chang'an overnight, and Luo Governor Shi Yuan Jiazuo is checking all the relevant people involved in Luoyang City, etc., King Peng should have gone to Bishan now." ”

"Bishan?" Li Zhi looked up in surprise and asked, "What is he doing in Bishan?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the thirty pairs of armor seized by the Xiao Mansion were not from the army, nor did Xiao Shilang get them through his own channels, but Xiao Guan himself and bought them in Bishan...... King Peng found out that there was a private workshop for making armor in Bishan, and the annual production of armor could produce hundreds of pairs of armor......"

"What?" Li Zhi suddenly couldn't help but stand up, and said in exclamation: "Hundreds? ”

A hundred pairs of armor a year, five years down, that's five hundred.

With such a batch of armor, coupled with the war horses and elite soldiers that Datang has never lacked, if you can still get 500 long lances, once these people enter Chang'an, I am afraid that they will be invincible.

"Tell King Peng and let him find out all the things in Bishan, no matter who is involved, they will be investigated endlessly." Li Zhi nodded heavily.

"Whoa!" Zhao Gong bowed his hand, and then bowed his hand towards Empress Wu, and then retreated silently.

Li Zhi said softly: "It seems that these things are far from over. ”

(End of chapter)