Chapter 262: The sudden change of the storm

Li Yan's assassination suddenly made the court, which was originally calm and calm, suddenly became nervous. Li Longji was furious. The general of Zuo Yulin Army, Sun Quanxu, was demoted to the Sixth Route Mansion of the East Palace, and ordered Jingzhao Yin Wang Gong to thoroughly investigate the assassination case.

The assassination case immediately spread throughout the court and the civil and military officials in the court were talking about it. Many people realized that this assassination case would ignite the fire of the dispute between the East Palace. It was obvious that King Di was assassinated, and other King Rong, King Ying and King Yong, who were also very popular in the East Palace, would face great suspicion.

Moreover, the assassination happened in front of the emperor, which shocked the emperor and the imperial concubine was also seriously frightened. This means that the murderer was suspected of assassinating the emperor. Once found out, the consequences would be extremely serious. Who is the truth? Officials and civilians in Chang'an City were speculating. Various statements were circulating in the market, and rumors were flying everywhere. In the afternoon, Jingzhao Yin broke out again that the assassin who died of poisoning was Liu Yun, a thief who had been wanted for a year. Jingzhao Mansion posted a notice to give a reward of 5,000 guan to arrest Liu Yun's accomplice. Someone soon reported that he had heard someone claiming to be Liu Yun at the Hedong Inn in Pingkangfang not long ago. For a time, various speculations about Liu Yun became the first topic in major restaurants.

In the afternoon, a team of Jinwu Guards, patrol battalions and soldiers appeared on the streets of Chang'an. Pingkangfang was the focus of the government's attention. The guests, shopkeepers and friends of Hedong Inn were all taken back to the yamen for questioning. The yamen runners went door to door in Pingkangfang, and all people of unknown origin were brought back to the yamen.

Also affected were the Anxi Army's entry style. Considering Li Longji's security issues, the entry style was temporarily cancelled. In the afternoon, Li Qing'an entered Chang'an City under the escort of 300 personal soldiers.

The Chang'an City in Tianbao's 11th year was no different from before. The walls were still the same bleak, the trees were still the same thick, the Zhuque Street was still the same wide and straight, and the men and women on the streets were still the same confident and gorgeous.

Li Qingan has forgotten how many times he has set foot on this most glorious capital in history. When he first entered Chang'an in the sixth year of Tianbao, he once thought about the Anshi Rebellion, but he thought it was still far away at that time, but now it is the eleventh year of Tianbao, and there are only three years left before the Anshi Rebellion. Li Qingan is confused. Will the Anshi Rebellion still happen? In history, An Lushan was largely forced by Yang Guozhong, and raised the banner of rebellion in hesitation. What about now?

With himself, an intruder who transcends time and space, Yang Guozhong turned to himself, which should have pointed to An Lushan, but An Lushan never received the position of Hedong Jiedushi. Although he had been named the Prince of Dongping, he still had difficulty in getting what he wanted in the most core position of Hedong Jiedushi. Once An Lushan could not become the Jiedushi in the Three Towns, would he still be able to rebel?

However, land annexation did not improve because of a cleanup in Henan Road the previous year, but instead showed an intensification. He went all the way to Guanzhong, and everything he saw was a lot of farmlands. The farmland system replaced the equal-field system, and the self-cultivated farmers in Guanzhong were almost completely lost. Then what he heard was repeated protests and uprisings about land. Although they were suppressed, the force of resistance was stronger and stronger every time, and the scale was greater. Li Qing'an began to doubt whether the Anshi Rebellion would be replaced by a large-scale peasant uprising.

But yesterday he met Li Longji, but Li Longji did not mention this matter at all. Did he not know that peasant uprisings broke out everywhere?

Various questions and complicated problems were intertwined in his mind, and he couldn't figure it out for a moment.

"General, look!"

The shouts of a personal soldier interrupted Li Qing'an's contemplation. He looked up and saw more than twenty Sogdian merchants leading camels coming towards him. He obviously saw himself, and they all became excited and surrounded him.

"General Li, we are facing difficulties." They complained in a verbal manner.

Li Qingan smiled and waved his hand and said, "Don't be anxious, just say, what are the difficulties you encountered?"

An old Sogdian businessman said: "It is the use of silver and money. All shops in Chang'an are unwilling to accept silver and money. We went to the black market to exchange it. It was very smooth at the beginning, but because there were too many people and the amount of silver and money was too large, it was not easy to exchange it on the black market. Or it was exchanged at a low price, so we suffered heavy losses. Please General Li make the decision for us."

Li Qingan smiled slightly and said to everyone loudly: "Don't worry, the emperor agreed yesterday that the money could be circulated nationwide. It is estimated that the Ministry of Revenue's plan will be issued in a few days. In addition, two new cabinets will be opened in the East and West markets in the past two days, which are specifically for exchange of money. Everyone should wait patiently and I will definitely solve this problem for you."

The Sogdian merchants cheered and said, "Then we have to go back and notify everyone, don't sell the money at a low price."

Everyone was extremely excited and led the camel to the east city. Li Qingan thought for a while, took out a famous post and handed it to a personal soldier and said, "You go to the Rehai Ijijiu shop in the west city and find Li Huichun, and say it was my order to speed up his progress."

The soldiers took the famous letter and headed towards the west market. Li Qing'an continued to move forward and soon arrived in front of Gao Lishi's Mansion in Yishanfang.

To Li Qing'an's surprise, Gao Lishi was actually in the mansion. When he heard Li Qing'an arrive, Gao Lishi personally greeted him.

"Qiro, we haven't seen each other for almost two years!"

Gao Lishi's laughter was still as cheerful as before, but he was much older than before, with almost all white hair, and the unconcealable sense of self-confidence that he used to be, his eyes were calm and calm, full of indifference to see through the power field.

Li Qing'an stepped forward and gave a deep bow, "See Ahon!"

"You're welcome, hurry up and go to the mansion!"

Gao Lishi ordered the butler to arrange the soldiers, and he took Li Qing'an affectionately to the inner palace.

After entering Gao Lishi's study, the two of them sat down. Li Qing'an smiled and said, "Why is Mr. Gao in the mansion? I thought Xingqing Palace would be in chaos, and Mr. Gao must be busy."

Gao Lishi smiled bitterly and asked back, "Did you see me in Huaqing Palace yesterday?"

Li Qingan shook his head and Gao Lishi said, "That's clear. Now the saint doesn't need me at all. There are a group of young and powerful eunuchs who are more capable than me. What else do I need to do? It's just to tell the world that he is a nostalgic person."

"Will that not better if Gao Weng simply retired from office and went home to retire?"

Gao Lishi sighed, "Actually, I think so too! I just always feel that some things have not been finished, so I just retreated like this, and I feel really unwilling to accept it."

"Aweng refers to the former prince!"

"No!"

Gao Lishi shook his head slowly, "It may have been, but now it's not. Now I just hope that he can establish a crown prince and not let the continuation of the Tang Dynasty be in danger. Only by establishing a crown prince can the cornerstone of the Tang Dynasty be stabilized."

At this time, a maid brought the tea in. Li Qing'an took it, took a sip, and asked again: "Who is the Lord of the East Palace in the end?"

Gao Lishi smiled but didn't answer, and after a while, he said, "What do you think?"

Li Qingan smiled and said, "The one who calls the most now is King Di. Today he was shot with another arrow. I guess he can earn some hardship. I think his chances are 60%.

"Sixty percent?" Gao Lishi shook his head and smiled, "You look at him too highly. It's good that he can achieve 30% of his achievements. When he was appointed as a new crown prince in the 26th year of Kaiyuan, Zhang Jiuling once proposed him, but the emperor said that he had the will but lacked strength and had insufficient prestige. Maybe he improved a little in the past two years, but he still couldn't reach the prestige of the Eastern Palace. If it were me, I would be more optimistic about King Ying, after all, I still have some courage."

"Why does Gao Weng think King Ying is more likely?"

"I did think it would be King Ying half a year ago, but now I have changed my mind."

"Who will win in the end Gouer thinks?"

Gao Lishi looked at both sides and lowered his voice: "Emperor Changsun."

"Li Chu!"

"Shh!" Gao Lishi waved his hand and whispered to Li Qing'an: "Just know what you know in your heart, don't spread it."

"Don't worry, Mr. Gao, this matter is of great importance, and I will never say much."

Li Qing'an was quite strange in his heart. Li Chu was the Emperor Daizong of Tang in history. Will history really skip Li Heng and directly touch his son? He is really a little confused. History has completely gone astray.

Seeing Li Qing'an lowered his head and pondered, Gao Lishi smiled and said, "Don't worry about who has entered the Eastern Palace for the time being, you should take care of yourself! You have to find a way to overcome the current crisis."

Li Qingan was excited. This was indeed what he cared about the most. He hurriedly said: "Please make clear."

"Hey! You have developed too fast in Anxi in the past two years. Your troops have exceeded 100,000 and you have vast land. Yang Guozhong has participated in you more than once, saying that you are too dangerous. I can see that the emperor is indeed suspicious. Don't look at him meeting you yesterday and treating you to dinner. That doesn't mean the problem. No one can see through his true thoughts, and it's changing. You have to be careful to become Wang Zhongsi's second!"

Li Qingan nodded silently. It was indeed this problem. He pondered for a while and said, "Can Ahon avoid it?"

"The solution is very simple, to eliminate his doubts. If you cannot eliminate his doubts, I am afraid you will not be able to return to Anxi this time. I can't think of the specific method for the time being, but it is correct to give him the spoils, and it is also right to have a good relationship with the Imperial Concubine, but this is not enough. You must make him believe that you have no intention of rebellion, and this is the fundamental solution."

"Okay! Let me think about it."

Gao Lishi patted his shoulder and smiled, "You have been living here temporarily in the past few days. I am different from before. There will be no criticism, so you can stay there with peace of mind."

Li Qingan stood up and smiled and bowed, "Then I will continue to disturb Gao Weng."

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In the afternoon, Yang Guozhong, who had been busy for a day, returned to his mansion. The assassination of King Di made him so busy that he could not fall to the ground. He first led a group of civil and military officials to welcome him, and then was called to Xingqing Palace by Li Longji and scolded him. He was the former Jingzhao Yin and could not escape the blame for the inability to arrest the thief Liu Yun.

A assassination case of King Di caused chaos in Chang'an. Both the army and the yamen runners were arresting another man in gray who had escaped, with their eyes focused on the upper class. However, King Ying and King Yong of the suspected King Rong did not mention anything. Yang Guozhong also knew that if it was really the three kings, Li Longji would have let the matter go to nothing.

"The Prime Minister is back!"

Yang Guozhong's carriage had just stopped in front of the mansion, and the two servants at the door shouted loudly, his tone was very fast.

"What happened at home?" Yang Guozhong walked off the carriage and asked.

"master!"

As soon as Yang Guozhong finished speaking, his wife Pei Rou ran out surrounded by more than a dozen maids, her face full of panic.

Yang Guozhong knew something, but he pretended to be surprised and said, "Madam, what happened?"

"Master, my brother is going to be killed by Li Qing'an. You can save him!" Pei Rou pulled Yang Guozhong's arm and begged hard.

Pei Xiao was unexpectedly encircled by Li Qing'an's army, which made Yang Guozhong seriously disrupted his deployment. He received a message from Fei Ge last night, but the matter was a foregone conclusion. Li Longji readily agreed, and Changsun Quanxu also acted very quickly. He immediately handed over with Li Qing'an, making this matter a foregone conclusion. Although the Ministry of War can object, the Anxi army is a border army and the Ministry of War has much less control. Besides, Li Longji personally agreed. In the afternoon, he was scolded by Li Longji so much that he dared not mention this matter again.

Pei Xiao was transferred to Anxi, which made Yang Guozhong very depressed. This was equivalent to handing a hostage into Li Qing'an's hands. Unless he was a little cruel, he didn't want this brother-in-law, but he didn't have the confidence. The brother-in-law is his wife's treasure, she was just such a younger brother.

This incident made Yang Guozhong feel like a big blow, and he couldn't think of any good way to save it for a while. He had to comfort Pei Ju and said: "Madam, don't worry, things are not as bad as you think. Pei Xiao just went to Anxi to join the army and came back in a few years, and I will be better at that time."

"Master, I'm afraid that Li Qing'an will let him go to the battlefield and die! You have such a stiff relationship with him, can he not take revenge on you?"

"Madam, you don't understand it now. The more my relationship with him becomes, the more he will save Pei Xiao's life. Otherwise, he will be suspicious of revenge on his own, and he will not do such a thing."

Yang Guozhong was comforting his wife, and at the same time comforting himself. I hope Li Qing'an was really as he said, and was afraid of taking advantage of the mouse. But Yang Guozhong also knew in his heart that there were many ways to beat Pei Xiao in the hands of Li Qing'an. Alas! They had a lot of calculations, but they didn't calculate Li Qing'an. Speaking of which, he was still blamed for shooting himself in the foot. So what if he gave Li Qing'an a way to enter the city?

Pei Rou is a strong woman. Although she is a woman, she does not understand the sinisterness of politics and the deep meaning of Li Qing'an leaving Pei Xiao, her younger brother's crying made her panic. Now, although her husband swears that it is not a problem, she is still worried. What is going to Anxi? It is full of deserts and is not a place where people stay. She still refuses to agree. She pulls Yang Guozhong's sleeve and refuses to let go. She must let Yang Guozhong get Pei Xiao back. She must not go to Anxi. Yang Guozhong said that it is useless to do it. In the end, he is a little angry.

"I have something to do, I won't come back tonight!"

He shook his sleeves, broke free from Pei Rou's hand, and got into the carriage, and ordered: "Go to Linghu Fei Mansion!"

The carriage started to start, but as we were far away, I still heard Pei Rou vaguely cursing: "You old killer, if you have the ability, don't go home. I will never finish it with you!"

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To be continued...