Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 84 Youzhou Prison

Just when Qin Lang entered Luoyang City with a group of children, Cui Dunli had already rushed to Youzhou by starry night.

Although Cui Dunli's family is from Boling County, his family moved to Guanzhong at the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty and settled in Xianyang, Yongzhou. Cui Dunli's grandfather even served as the minister of rites in the Sui Dynasty. The hometown of the ancestral land.

Youzhou, Jicheng.

In the fifth year of Wude, the imperial court set up a general manager's office in Youzhou to manage 39 states.In the seventh year of Wude, the governor's office was changed to manage seventeen states.

As the residence of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Youzhou is also the most important town and fortress in Hebei.

Since the imperial court defeated Dou Jiande and pacified Liu Heita, Hebei has always been a complex of forces. The abolished prince Jian Jiancheng and Li Shimin both commanded troops to conquer Hebei, and placed a large number of cronies in Hebei after the victory. In addition, one of the former separatist forces in the late Sui Dynasty After Luo Yi descended to the Tang Dynasty, although he was conscripted into the court, he still left many old ministries in Hebei.

Coupled with some other affiliated separatist forces, it can be said that Hebei is the place with the most complicated forces in the entire Tang Dynasty. In addition, Hebei has been attached for a short time and has been repeated several times. At present, the official power of the imperial court or the popular will of the people are extremely complex and changeable.

And the emperor chose the Confucian and cowardly Lujiang King Li Yuan as the governor, which also has a deep meaning.

Inspector Wang Shen of Yanzhou was Li Yi's man, and governor of Youzhou Wang Junkuo clearly stated that he was Li Yuan's in-laws and belonged to the crown prince, but in fact this man was cunning and vicious, he did not rely on both parties, and formed his own system.

Not long after the change of Xuanwu Gate in Chang'an City, the new crown prince gave great rewards and favors to the elders in the court and the powerful local factions, and basically did not transfer them.

However, for Li Yuan, the governor of Youzhou, he was recruited into the court immediately.

This is abnormal.

Although after this, the new crown prince Li Shimin successively ordered Li Daozong, the governor of Lingzhou, to enter the court, Li Youliang, the governor of Liangzhou, the king of Changle, to enter the court, abolished Daxingtai on East Road, and ordered Li Xiaogong to enter the court.

However, Li Yuan was neither the most prestigious nor the highest official in the clan, but he was the first to be conscripted into the court. This made Li Yuan very disturbed.

Now that Jian Jian is dead, Shimin is the prince, and he is immediately recruited into the court, how can he feel at ease.

Li Yuan is an uninitiated person, he usually does such things as hunting, drinking and drinking and robbing beautiful wives, but now he is at a loss when faced with this situation.

He hastily invited his relative, Prince Junkuo, to come.

Wang Junkuo of Peng Guogong was a fierce man, and he was appreciated by Li Yuan, so he was specially asked to assist Li Yuan in guarding Youzhou and controlling the soldiers and horses in Youzhou.

The imperial court sent Cui Dunli to call Li Yuan into the court, but delivered a reward edict to Wang Junkuo. Wang Junkuo was awarded the title of General of the Left Leading Army, and a thousand households were sealed.

during the day,
Wang Junkuo entertained Cui Dunli with a banquet, got him drunk and took the opportunity to inquire about many things about Chang'an.

After the banquet was over, the smile on Wang Junkuo's face disappeared.

He said to his son, "The new crown prince rewarded seven people, Pei Ji Chai, Shao Chang, Sun Shunde, Li Yi, Liu Hongji, and Qin Qiong and a certain one. Looking at this list, do you find it strange?"

"It seems that they are all courtiers whom His Majesty appreciates and relies heavily on."

"That's right, that's it. They are all admired by Taiji Palace. Except for Qin Shubao, the rest are not Li Shimin's."

Wang Junkuo's son said, "It seems that the new crown prince also knows to win over ministers of martial virtue."

"Fuck you, haven't you seen it yet? An edict conscripted your father-in-law into the court and gave me the title of General of the Left Leading Army, but the governor of Youzhou didn't grant me the title. What does this mean? It means that Li Shimin doesn't believe me at all. , guarding against me."

"On the contrary, Qin Shubao not only conferred the title of General Zuowei, but also made him the Duke of Qi and the governor of Liangzhou!"

Of course, the title of Duke Yi cannot be compared with the title of a big country like Duke Qi, and even the title of Duke Peng is far inferior.Not to mention that Qin Qiong's Zuowei General ranks first in the twelve guards, and now he is the governor of Liangzhou.Originally, when King Changle was guarding Liangzhou, the governor of Liangzhou was only the governor's mansion of the central capital. Now that Qin Qiong was sent there, he was promoted to the governor's mansion of the great capital.

On the contrary, when Li Yuan was the governor of Youzhou, he was actually the one who guarded Youzhou, but now that Li Yuan was gone, Li Shimin did not give him the title of governor. On the contrary, Cui Dunli said that the new crown prince intends to transfer Qu Tutong to be the governor.

It really makes no sense.

"This is obviously Li Shimin's plan to slow down the army. First transfer Li Yuan away and replace him with Qu Tutong. Then when the situation stabilizes, he will transfer me back to Chang'an. If you want to be flat, you can squeeze it if you want to be round. Yuan, why don't you just let him handle it?"

"Aye, you have fought with Li Shimin many times. Could it be that he can't trust Aye?"

"Li Shimin is a bird?" Wang Junkuo scolded, he voted for Li Yuan and then against Tang and then voted for Tang, repeated several times, Li Yuan didn't dare to do anything to him, Li Shimin really didn't think much of him.Because of this, he later chose to marry Li Yuan, a princeling, but who would have expected Li Shimin to launch the Xuanwu Gate Change to seize power.

"What should I do?"

Wang Junkuo sullenly said, "After all, I still underestimated him, Li Shimin, and now, I can only find a way to get rid of the deposed prince."

"How?"

"Learn more." Wang Junkuo said to his son.

Governor's Office.

Li Yuan anxiously waited for Wang Junkuo to arrive.

"Father-in-law, what did Cui Dunli say?"

Wang Junkuo sat down and said slowly to his in-law Li Yuan, "Things are a bit troublesome."

"how?"

"Chang'an has changed suddenly, and the details are still unknown. Your Majesty, you are a famous king of the clan. You are ordered to guard Youzhou, control the seventeen prefectures, and have tens of thousands of troops. Now the new crown prince has sent a sixth-rank official to recruit the king. Dynasty? Besides, your Majesty must not forget one thing. Previously, Xiaogong, Prince of Zhao County, was the governor of Yangzhou. He was in charge of the Huaihe River in the north, the Dajiang River in the east, and the mountains to the south. Someone falsely accused him of treason, and His Majesty recalled him without asking for evidence. The capital was thrown into the Heavenly Prison, interrogated and prosecuted, and finally released when there was no real evidence, but he was transferred to Zong Zhengqing, and he could no longer leave Chang'an."

"Now that Chang'an has ordered the king to enter the capital, how can you know that Zhao Junwang is not repeating it?"

"Nowadays in Chang'an City, the Crown Prince and the King of Qi have all been killed, and the King of Zhao County has learned from the past. If the King is ordered to return to Beijing today, will he be able to protect himself?"

Wang Junkuo's face turned pale when he mentioned Li Yuan.

Li Xiaogong is the No.1 king of the clan, and almost all of the southeast half of the Tang Dynasty was conquered by him, and his record can be tied with Li Shimin.

However, after this famous clan king was recalled to Chang'an from Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor, he was miserable. First, he was accused of treason and imprisoned. In the end, although there was no evidence to pardon him, he was changed to Zong Zhengqing. The difference between Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor and Zong Zhengqing was huge.

In addition, he deliberately hinted that Li Yuan Jiancheng and Yuan Ji were killed, which made Li Yuan believe that Li Shimin ordered him to go back to kill him, and even if he didn't kill him, he would probably end up under house arrest.

In fact, Li Yuan also knew that it was the emperor Li Yuan who brought Li Xiaogong down, not the current crown prince Li Shimin.At that time, the reason for playing with Li Xiaogong was that the Tang Dynasty ruled the world, and the emperor began to cut off the power of those local powerful factions.Li Xiaogong ruled the southeast half of the country at that time. Of course, the emperor could not allow it. He found someone to sue Li Xiaogong for treason, and then took the opportunity to recall him and put him in prison.

If Li Yuan hadn't been seized by Li Shimin's army, in fact Li Yuan would continue to cut off those powerful factions in the future. For example, in front of the Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, had already been deprived of his military power and his wings cut off by Li Yuan.

There was also Li Yi, the King of Yan who originally ruled in Youzhou, who was also called into the court by Li Yuan.

Du Fuwei, the king of Wu who was farther away, suffered even worse after being called into the court and was killed directly.

If there was no mutiny in Chang'an, Li Yuan would definitely be purged on Li Yuan's head in the end.

But now Wang Junkuo's words made Li Yuan feel that the person who wanted to mess with him was Li Shimin, and Li Shimin wanted to kill him.

Panicked, Li Yuan asked Wang Junkuo for advice.

Wang Junkuo replied coldly, "This is the end of the matter, we can't sit still and wait for death, it is better to send someone first. I heard that the people of the world have His Majesty locked up in the Taiji Palace, the king, why don't you use the name of Qin Wang Qingjun to raise troops to calm the situation."

Li Shimin can calm chaos, so of course Li Yuan can also calm difficulties.

Li Yuan, who was originally an idiot, felt like he had found a treasure, and immediately felt that this was really an excellent plan, and immediately decided to raise troops.

Wang Junkuo patted his chest and said, "I am willing to die for the king!"

When he returned to the mansion, he told his son Wang Yong'an, his son was shocked, "Why did Aye want to join forces with the king?"

Wang Junkuo said disdainfully, "Li Yuan is an idiot, how can I go to die with him, this is just a strategy for us to survive, let this idiot rebel, and then our father and son can put down the chaos and wipe out the thieves, in this way, Not only can we clear our status as abolished princelings, but we can also gain credit for calming the chaos, and then who will Li Shimin not give me the post of governor of Youzhou?"

Wang Junkuo's son was shocked. He never expected his father to be so ruthless that he even plotted against his father-in-law.

"Can this work?"

"Hahaha, why not, just wait and see the good show." Wang Junkuo said with a proud face.

He can easily manipulate people like Li Yuan in his hands.

In Youzhou City.

Cui Dunli was sleeping in a daze, but someone picked him up from the bed.

"Who are you?"

"go!"

Several Youzhou dental soldiers dragged Cui Dunli away like a dead dog.

"I am Zhenfu Sima, and I am the emissary of the imperial court. How dare you!"

No matter how Cui Dunli yelled, no one paid any attention to him, and they still dragged him away like a dead dog.

"You are presumptuous, my brother-in-law is General Zuowei, Duke of Qi, Qin Qiong, governor of Liangzhou, and my nephew is Chengfu Sicheng, Duke of Yi, Qin Lang!"

"I am the second son of the Boling Cui family!"

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Being dragged all the way into the Governor's Mansion, Li Yuan stared at Cui Dunli with red eyes.

"Cui, what is Li Shimin's plan to deal with me? Tell me, and I can save you from death!"

Cui Dunli looked at the ferocious Li Yuan with a look of shock.

"My lord, why is this so?"

"Say!"

"Is Your Majesty planning to rebel?" Cui Dunli asked.

Li Yuan snatched the whip, and lashed Cui Dunli's body fiercely, grinning his teeth in pain.

"I am the son of the Cui family of Boling, my brother-in-law is Qin Qiong, the Duke of Qi, and my nephew is Qin Lang, the Duke of Yi...you are so brave!"

"Say!"

Li Yuan whipped again.

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"My lord, Cui has passed out."

"It's useless, bah." Li Yuan threw down his whip angrily, flung his sleeves and walked away.

Back in the hall, Li Yuan gritted his teeth and trembled with excitement.

"Pass down the king's order, send out the station to recruit troops, and recruit soldiers and horses from the seventeen states!"

"My lord, this is absolutely impossible!"

Youzhou soldier Cao Shenjun Wang Lishe stepped forward and opposed loudly.

(End of this chapter)