Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 377 Create your own rumors and block Empress Wu's path

Duke of Wei.

When Li Yan returned to the inner house, he saw Li Dejian carefully preparing gifts.

He took a few glances, then smiled and said, "For mother?"

Li Dejian blushed, "I'm going to Luoyang to meet her in a few days."

Li Yan nodded: "It's a good thing. For mother, Guanzhong is a sad place. It's better to settle in Luoyang. After all, the living environment there is better than Chang'an. Father will get used to it after living for a while."

For Li Dejian and Xie's reunion, he is happy to see it, but he will not deliberately push it. If there is still affection, then everything will be logical. If not, there is no need to force it, and it will make the parties uncomfortable.

With anticipation in Li Dejian's eyes, he said gently: "Yuanfang, your mother's most frequent letters are asking about your situation. If you have time, go and see her more. She will be happier than receiving any gifts."

Li Yan nodded: "When His Majesty brings all the officials to Dongdu, I will naturally go there."

Li Dejian frowned slightly: "You have to be prepared, the blocking power of the Guanzhong gentry this time will be extremely strong!"

"Last time, because of the disaster, the people in the pass suffered heavy casualties, and the foundation of the gentry in the pass was also damaged. When His Royal Highness took him to Luoyang, they were unwilling, but they would not object."

"Now that the disaster is over, the people have returned to the prefectures and counties, and the situation has temporarily returned to stability. If we go to the Eastern Capital, the political center will be shifted as you said. From then on, Luoyang will be the main center, and Chang'an will be the auxiliary. How can the gentry in the pass rest?"

Li Yandao: "I understand, and Your Majesty is also very clear, but as my father said, it is temporarily stable. With the population in Guanzhong, if the problem of water transportation and grain roads is not solved for a day, famine may break out again at any time. to suffer."

Li Dejian sighed: "They don't care about people's lives..."

Li Yan said coldly: "Taizong loves the people, and he knows the truth that the king is a boat and the people are water. The aristocratic family disregards the life and death of the people, which is to shake the foundation of the country. If this is the case, why does your majesty care about their feelings?"

Li Dejian's face became solemn: "Your Majesty is benevolent and magnanimous, and the courtiers will attack this weakness. When it comes to an important moment, can Your Majesty be ruthless? These gentry are rooted in various places. If you attack them rashly, the first to suffer is definitely not the aristocratic family." , but the common people, this has to be guarded against!"

Li Yandao: "Father, don't worry, this is not a chaotic world. Using the butcher's knife rashly is always the next step. What's more, going to Luoyang is only the first step. If this is going to be ruthless, what is the follow-up?"

Li Dejian breathed a sigh of relief: "You are still as calm as ever, so I am naturally relieved."

Li Yan laughed: "The relationship with the sage is closer, the prime minister is more familiar with me, and being promoted to the head of the inner guard cabinet can cultivate cronies. I will not be complacent about such a small achievement."

Li Dejian: "..."

Hearing what you say makes me feel so proud.

Li Yan continued: "But taking this opportunity, I really want to clarify a question about the past, father, please take a look."

After all, hand over the list written by Guest Yang.

Li Dejian took it, and after a careful look, he vaguely understood something, his expression changed drastically, and he lowered his voice subconsciously: "Yuanfang, why are you going to investigate this matter? There is absolutely no way to investigate this matter!"

Li Yan saw that he was so nervous in his own home, and his face became solemn: "Father, have you heard the rumors in the market today?"

Li Dejian pursed his lips: "I heard Xu Da mentioned it, but don't worry, rumors are rumors after all, not to mention they are so exaggerated, who would believe it? We are not right, just say that you were abducted by a prostitute when you were a child." Let's go, your mother turned against me and went back to the south of the Yangtze River in a rage, and you also grew up in Liangzhou until you were led by Qiu Ge to find you?"

Li Yan thought of Qiu Ying who was still in Tuyuhun, he sighed secretly, and said in a concentrated voice: "This explanation can be hidden from most people, but not from the person involved. Since many nobles in the Guan have participated in this matter, after I return , They should also know why I am living outside, right?"

Li Dejian immediately said: "They absolutely dare not reveal this secret, the involvement is too great!"

Li Yandao: "Since that's the case, how did the leader encourage these people to participate?"

Li Dejian was startled: "The leader?"

Li Yan repeated what Yang Jiabin said: "Although what this person said may not be true, I also prefer such a person to exist, otherwise the Yang family would not be so united."

Li Dejian was thoughtful: "Hearing what you said, it is indeed very possible that people who are loyal to Changsun Fuji on the surface must have been implicated in the treason case, but Changsun Fuji's foundation is too strong. There are a lot of supporters secretly..."

Li Yandao: "Father, you also received the favor of the former Zhao Guogong, can you speculate on the identity of this leader?"

Li Dejian said slowly: "The first night you returned to Chang'an, you came to me to check what happened back then. What your mother said was not half false, and I really have nothing to add. It is still the same now."

"It can only be said that Changsun Fuji is an extremely outstanding person. Naturally, it is impossible for him to show kindness without any intention of reciprocating it. But when we met in the past, as usual, there was no tendency to threaten kindness. Even when it came to a critical moment, he did not take the initiative. Request, on the contrary, I thought of the kindness of the past, and I don't want to stand on the sidelines, I believe that the leader will be like this..."

Li Yan asked: "Among the gentry in the pass, how many people are there who can raise their arms and gather in secret?"

Li Dejian smiled bitterly: "That's too much. Basically, the meritorious ministers who participated in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty have this prestige. After all, this is Guanzhong. There are many such people. The late emperor would not touch them, but now most of these meritorious ministers Therefore, if you want to find out what happened sixteen years ago, it will be very difficult."

Li Yan frowned. Sixteen years ago, there were indeed a large number of meritorious ministers alive, but now there are very few. It is really troublesome to be stuck at this point in time.

Li Dejian persuaded: "Yuan Fang, the late emperor had a decree to allow the Changsun family to return to the temple and pass on the incense. It can be seen that this matter has passed. You really don't need to pay attention to those rumors in the market."

Li Yandao: "As long as someone in a high position, there is no reason why everyone loves me. There will only be more and more people who hate me and envy me. It is just to make those guys incompetent and furious. I never care about it. It's just what happened back then... ...I'm afraid it won't be that easy to pass!"

In fact, after finding out the identity of the dumb uncle, he didn't have to worry about his childhood, but he always thought that "Zuo Ming" was still strange, including what he said when he finally lost his mind.

In addition, Li Yan really wanted to investigate the case of the murder of thousands of people in the Changsun family in Lingnan. If he could find out how the gentry in the pass secretly acted back then, it would be of some help to that case.

Of course, those things were not in a hurry, Li Yan chatted with Li Dejian for a few more words, his legs automatically navigated, and he went to the training ground.

His goal at this stage is very simple, to create his own rumors and block the way of others.

Especially Empress Wu's way.

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Daming Palace.

Yongan Hall.

When Li Hong ascended the throne, Empress Wu officially became the Empress Dowager, and moved into the palace where Li Shimin planned to live for Li Yuan in the past.

In fact, not to mention the Yong'an Palace, the original planning of the entire Daming Palace was built by Li Shimin for Li Yuan in order to show his filial piety.

The change of Xuanwumen belongs to the change of Xuanwumen, and filial piety belongs to filial piety. The two are not next to each other. This is also the basic operation of the Tang emperor, which is passed down from generation to generation.

Later, when Li Yuan passed away accidentally, the construction progress of the palace stopped. When Li Zhi and Empress Wu came to power, they spent much more money than Li Shimin. The construction speed was very fast, and they quickly moved into a comfortable new home.

And Empress Wu is even more exaggerated than Li Zhi, and like Yang Guang, she is a construction madman. Even though her power has shrunk now, she still ordered people to renovate the palace before moving in, so she lived in it unsatisfactorily.

Eunuch Gao walked into the palace and saw that the palace was quiet, and the servants and maidservants were almost walking on tiptoes. He knew that the Queen Mother was in a bad mood again today, so he was also a little frightened, and slowly moved in.

From a distance, I heard the Queen Mother's cold voice: "How many books have I been read by the censor to allow you to stay in the Inner Literature Museum, and you have failed to live up to my painstaking efforts, and escaped most of them without listening to the bachelor's lecture? "

As soon as Eunuch Gao heard it, he knew that the disciples of the Wu family were being taught the lesson. The Empress Dowager has been heartbroken for this group of relatives recently.

I almost started teaching from the most basic "Shuowen Doctrine", but I haven't taught it yet.

It is not an exaggeration to say that eunuch Gao can proudly puff up his chest, he is better than many Wu's children!

But thinking about the study time these people spent in exile in the south of the Five Ridges, one can understand why.

So Empress Wu didn't give up, and arranged them into the Inner Literature Museum, and asked the group of great Confucian scholars to teach these tribesmen well.

As a result, the workload of the imperial medical department increased greatly. Many gray-haired old scholars walked in to teach and carried them out to seek medical treatment.

Eunuch Gao's footsteps became softer, and he walked into the hall silently when he landed. He saw Empress Wu sitting upright, with her thick hair tied up in a high bun, and a scarf on her face.

A group of Wu's disciples, headed by Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, were kneeling below, trembling: "The empress dowager forgives the sin! The empress dowager forgives the sin! I must study carefully, study carefully!"

Empress Wu stared at them for a moment, then waved her hands and said, "You don't need to force it. If you are willing to stay in the Inner Literature Museum, you can study literature hard. If you don't want to, just go out of the palace to practice martial arts."

When the disciples of the Wu family heard that they wanted to learn martial arts and endure hardships, their faces became even more ugly, but they dared not argue, they were obedient.

On the contrary, Wu Chengsi, the leader, was a little quick-witted, rolled his eyes and said, "I want to tell the Queen Mother, I have heard some rumors in the market recently, it is about Li Yuanfang, the leader of the Neiwei Pavilion, can you tell me about it?"

Empress Wu's eyes moved slightly, but she didn't hide her intentions: "The rumor about Li Yuanfang? Let's hear it!"

Now the whole court knows that Li Yuanfang and the Queen Mother are the most difficult to deal with, and they can justifiably not deal with it. There is really no need to hide it.

Wu Chengsi hurriedly said: "I heard that Li Yuanfang is related to Wu Guogong. It is rumored that he is Wu Guogong's posthumous son. He is planning to commit crimes!"

Empress Wu's eyes lit up slightly, but as soon as she thought about it, she shook her head and said: "The age is not right, even the posthumous child is not enough. This person who made up is probably from the market, and he has little knowledge of the affairs of the court. Catch it, and it will never be spared!"

Empress Wu meant that the truth of the rumors could be confirmed in the hearts of the common people through killing.

After all, if the rumormonger is killed, many people will subconsciously think about killing people, regardless of whether they deserve it or not. As long as there are enough alarmist words, even non-existent things will become real.

Wu Chengsi didn't understand, he was still thinking about how his aunt spoke for Li Yuanfang, and said hesitantly: "There are also some rumors that Li Yuanfang is related to the former Duke of Zhao and is his secret successor, and he wants to avenge the former Duke of Zhao."

Empress Wu frowned slightly, and her eyes flickered: "This is quite interesting..."

Wu Chengsi's mood seemed to improve after seeing Wu, and he called out tentatively: "Auntie, didn't Li Yuanfang grow up in Liangzhou? I'm afraid he was trained by the former Duke of Zhao, and he entered the court as an official when the time was right. Saints are not good!"

"I am afraid?"

Empress Wu's eyes turned cold again: "This kind of nonsense, when you say it, can you use your brain? How many people can believe this kind of statement, we have to start with the relationship between the inner guards, understand?"

Wu Chengsi was stunned.

Empress Wu showed helplessness, just as she was about to raise her head, she felt that something was wrong: "You just said that there are some rumors, besides these two, are there other things?"

Wu Chengsi was refreshed, he still remembered the humiliation that day, and hurriedly began to tell with emotion: "Some, some, then Li Yuanfang was the grandson of Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty. The royal family, whose surname is Yuwen..."

Wu Chengsi said happily, and the other Wu's children also gloated, but they didn't notice that Empress Wu's face sank quickly, and her eyes became cold.

When Li Yuanfang's network began to rely on Qin and Han, Empress Wu couldn't bear it anymore, picked up the bottle next to her and smashed it down:
"A bunch of idiots, get out of here! Get out!!"

(End of this chapter)