Hangzhou Governor's Mansion, lobby.
Lai Jingye sat solemnly in the main hall after the case, and said with some clarity: "Because Li Jingye and Xue Zhang were classmates, when Xue Zhongzhang came to Hangzhou to take up a post, Li Jingye temporarily handed over his own courtyard to Xue Zhang for temporary residence. ?”
Li Xuan sat at the top on the left side, nodded with a wry smile, and said with cupped hands: "Your Majesty, when we were in Chang'an, many things were planned before we even knew about them."
After saying this, Li Xuan looked a little embarrassed.
Only now did he want to understand how many unknown things happened on the night he left Chang'an.
Pei Yan not only arranged for Xue Zhongzhang to enter the palace of the ambassador for preparing troops, but even started planning that night to transfer him to the post of Hangzhou Dacao to join the army. At the same time, he prepared secret orders for him to investigate Hangzhou officials and aristocratic families.
That night, the court had decided that Duan Baoxuan would be transferred to Dali Temple, Yuan Jiazuo would be transferred to Yuezhou Governor's Palace, and Lai Jingye would be transferred to Hangzhou governor.
At that time, many people received the news, but Li Xuan did not inquire about it at all.
No one, including his father-in-law Liu Rengui, told him these things.
Because everyone knew that it would not do much good for Li Xuan to know this.
On the contrary, once it is known that he has learned the information, he will be easily impeached.
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"So, Li Jingye is going to be in trouble." Lai Jingye narrowed his eyes slightly, and a trace of surprise and thought flashed at the corner of his mouth.
As the governor of Meizhou, Li Jingye was far away in Meizhou, and he had already received the latest personnel appointments and removals from the court in a short period of time.
And it still involves the transfer, appointment and dismissal of four third-rank officials in Runzhou, Hangzhou, Yuezhou and Dali Temple.
This is extremely sensitive.
Once the matter is exposed, not only Li Jingye but also the person who delivers the news to Li Jingye will be unlucky.
"These are just trivial matters. They cannot shake the foundation of the British public." Li Xuan shook his head and sighed. He reached out to pick up the hot tea on the side and took a sip. It was quite tasteless.
Li Ji's status in the court was even higher than that of Li Jing.
Compared with Li Jing's independence, Li Ji's support for Empress Wu in deposing Wang Liwu earned him unimaginable rich rewards.
Even if there is impeachment by the imperial censor and the emperor and empress do not say anything, it will be difficult to move forward with the matter.
"So, you handed the person over directly to the people from the Ministry of Justice?" Lai Jingye turned his head and looked at Li Xuan, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Li Xuan smiled, nodded and said: "This case has nothing to do with us at this point. The key lies in the Queen's judgment on the matter... Xue Zhongzhang is just a fool who was taken advantage of. Perhaps his background made the King of East China Sea want to win over him. , but everything is far from that step, so when Pei Yan is involved, it is just a matter of misunderstanding people and abusing cronies."
If we simply look at the situation at hand, things are indeed very simple, but are things really that simple?
A dark light flashed deep in Li Xuan's eyes.
"So send people to Chang'an, put this matter under the eyes of more people, and let them watch and bite Pei Yan." Lai Jingye saw through Li Xuan's true purpose in a blink of an eye.
In fact, the best way for Pei Yan to deal with this matter is to keep putting it off until people forget about it.
But now, Li Xuan happened to catch Wenxu and sent him to the capital before the Zhengdan Dynasty at the end of the year. Now it's exciting.
"Uncle Shi is wrong." Li Xuan put down the teacup, looked at Xiang Jieye, and said with sparkle in his eyes: "Actually, although this matter cannot shake the British Duke, are the British King's family really not worried about Pei Yan? Are you going to blame the British public for this matter?"
Although Li Ji has died, many of Li Ji's old troops in the army have already occupied high positions in the court.
To put it bluntly, even Li Xuan's father-in-law Liu Rengui was Li Ji's subordinate when he was in Silla.
"My nephew, do you want the British public to fight with Pei Yan?" Lai Jingye's expression suddenly became serious.
Li Xuan gently pushed the tea cup forward, and then whispered: "Although there are many prime ministers in the court, there are only a few of them when they are broken down. With each other competing for each other, there are fewer and fewer positions left for the latecomers. ... Pei Shangshu is a trusted minister of the Queen of Heaven. It is difficult to say that he will not take a step forward. The most important thing is that he is young enough and ambitious enough."
In the fight for prime minister, there is only one person related to them now, and this person is Lai Heng, Lai Heng's uncle, Huangmen Shilang.
Lai Heng was already sixty-eight years old, and was only a few years younger than Li Xuan's father-in-law Liu Rengui. However, Liu Rengui had been the prime minister several times, but Lai Heng had never been the prime minister.
According to his age, before he retires from office, the court should give him the position of Tongpingzhangshi, but only at the same level, and it will not be for a long time.
Especially compared to Liu Rengui, who has been fighting all year round, Lai Heng's body is more sick and he can do less.
The sooner he can become prime minister, the more information he can accumulate for his descendants.
Among the new generation of Laijia, the only one who really has hope for this future is Lai Jieye.
If the Lai family wants to be more stable in the court, they must help Lai Heng seize the position in advance, and their opponent is Pei Yan.
Li Xuan's vague suggestion, Lai Jingye nodded slightly in agreement.
This is the case in the struggle between the DPRK and China. One is ebbing and the other is ebbing. You are weak and I am strong.
If Pei Yan loses points in the fight with Li Jingye, then the position of prime minister will naturally become farther and farther away from him.
"It's not that easy." Lai Jingye thought for a moment, but finally shook his head helplessly, smiled bitterly, and said: "This matter only requires the British Duke and Pei Shangshu to communicate with each other, and they can eliminate all misunderstandings."
"If so, wouldn't it be better?" As soon as Li Xuan raised his head, Lai Jingye immediately caught the end of his voice, and his eyes lit up instantly.
Li Xuan said calmly: "Uncle Shi, we don't need to do anything else about this. We just need to let everyone in the government and the public know that the men of the King of Donghai, who once accompanied Pei Shangshu's nephew, stayed in the British Duke's annex for a few days. , after that, the men of the King of the East China Sea have been lurking in the British Duke's annex for a long time, but the latter is no longer important, many people will take action in order to clear up the relationship."
"The King of Donghai's men once accompanied Pei Shangshu's nephew and lived in the British Duke's annex for a few days." Lai Jingye nodded slightly, then shook his head and said cautiously: "I can't wait to come forward in this matter. After all, no matter whether it is Pei The Minister, the British Duke, and the Queen of Heaven will not ignore it."
Li Xuan thought for a moment and suggested, "How about admonishing the doctor?"
"Xue Yuanchao?" Lai Jingye frowned slightly, thinking about the power of this.
Li Xuan explained softly: "I am admonishing the officials for their opinions and admonishing the pros and cons. Xue Zhongzhang is a descendant of the Xue family, so it is best for him to come forward."
"Why don't you ask Cui Mi, the censor Zhongcheng?" Lai Xuan looked at Li Xuan cautiously.
Li Xuan shook his head and said in disapproval: "Because Yushi Zhongcheng has no hope of becoming prime minister, and the position of Yushi doctor has been vacant for several years. Yushi Zhongcheng cannot reach the rank of Yushi doctor, but he who is admonishing the doctor can become prime minister in the future."
Lai Jingye seemed to have remembered something, and said quickly: "But Doctor Zhengjian and Pei Shangshu are also close followers of the Queen of Heaven?"
"Uncle Shi forgot!" Li Xuan leaned forward and said in a low voice: "Doctor Zhengjian himself is the consort of Hejing County. His eldest son is now the prince. Although he is a close confidant of the Queen of Heaven, he is not as good as Pei Shangshu. , now that I think about it, he is the most suitable person to take action."
Lai Jingye was noncommittal and asked: "How can we get Dr. Zhengjian to come forward?"
"This matter is easy. Qianniu Guard, Jinwu Guard, Dali Temple, Ministry of Punishment, Yongzhou Prefecture, Chang'an Wannian County, all you need to do is ask about the relationship between the Xue family's elder brother and Xue Zhongzhang brothers, and then make some insinuations and ask Xue Just have a relationship with Liu Guangye, the son of Wenxi County Lord."
Li Xuan connected Xue Yao and Liu Guangye with just one word.
It was precisely because of Liu Guangye's death that the King of East China Sea was the blood descendant of Prince Yin Li Jianzhong.
If Xue Yao is suspected of colluding with him, and there is another Xue family member, Xue Zhongzhang, the Xue family in Hedong will definitely be in trouble.
But it’s not small, it’s not small, that’s all, but it’s enough for Xue Yuanchao to see clearly the opportunities and ambitions in it.
In such a chaotic situation, an opportunity comes.
"Pei Yan has really offended his nephew this time." Lai Jingye felt a little emotional for a while.
Li Xuan lowered her eyes slightly and said calmly: "Pei Shangshu may really think that my nephew does not know what he is doing in Hangzhou, but he only has a total of two or three people in Hangzhou, so we should keep an eye on them."
Lai Jingye nodded slightly and said: "Over there at the center, uncle will..."
Before Lai Jingye finished speaking, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside the lobby, and Lai Jingye stopped talking immediately.
Immediately afterwards, a scribe came in and reported: "Your Majesty, two Zhang Gu from the Punishment Department are here."
Lai Jingye and Li Xuan looked at each other with a smile on their faces.
"please!"
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"Gao Ping, Leng Lin, from the Ministry of Punishment, I have met Mr. Lai Shijun, and I have met King Nanchang."
Gao Ping and Leng Lin stood in the center of the lobby, facing Lai Jingye, who was sitting above them, and Li Xuan, who was sitting on the left, and they both raised their hands.
Li Xuan nodded slightly in return, then looked up and down at Gao Ping and Leng Lin.
Gao Ping stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Report to the envoy, Wei Wenxu of Xiaoshan County has been arrested. We have sent a letter back to the ministry and are preparing to return to Chang'an tomorrow."
"This time I came to Hangzhou, Hangzhou didn't take good care of me. I hope you two can understand me." Lai Jingye's face was full of gentleness, and then he said: "As for what happened last night, I have already gone to Wen Zhongshu, and the matter has been settled. It has nothing to do with Hangzhou anymore."
Gao Ping understood Lai Jingye's warning, and he immediately stepped forward and said: "Your magnanimity, Hangzhou Prefecture, including Xiaoshan, has conducted numerous investigations, and it is true that there is no more cases of Wu Sheng Dao."
"That's good." Lai Jingye nodded with satisfaction, and then said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow, I will send a team of soldiers to send you two to the border of Hanghu and return west to Chang'an."
"Thank you, envoy." Gao Ping and Leng Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They are most afraid that something will go wrong in Hangzhou Mansion at this time. If they insist on keeping Wenxu here, it will be really troublesome.
"You two, please hurry up on your journey. Although Wen Xu was arrested, Wusheng Cult also has remnants of bandits in other places." Li Xuan sighed softly and said sincerely: "When I returned to Beijing from Wuzhou, there were many people on the road. We have been attacked several times and thieves are rampant, so you two need to be more careful."
The corners of Gao Ping's mouth twitched slightly, but in the end, looking at Li Xuan's sincere look, he still cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding me, I will save you the trouble."
Li Xuan nodded as if he didn't care, and continued: "In ten more days, it will be the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting. It is best to settle this year's affairs this year."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I won't dare to delay when I'm on my way back to Beijing." Gao Ping's expression became extremely solemn.
They really wanted to avoid the Zhengdan Court Meeting and return to the capital, but they heard the threats in King Nanchang's words clearly. If they didn't do this, they would probably offend King Nanchang to death. .
If Pei Yan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, has made an explanation, then offend him or her. The key is that they don't know what Pei Yan is thinking now, and they can only take one step at a time.
At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the door.
Chief Shi Hu Yuji walked in, holding a letter in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent message from Yangzhou."
(End of chapter)
