Chapter 668 Brothers' Wall

Li Zhen never expected Yan Kai to come at this time. He felt in his heart, was it because the dispute between the East Palace had changed?

Li Zhen also learned not long ago that King Peng Lizhang had entered the prince's dispute. His son Li Yi and Lizhang had a very good relationship. It was precisely for this reason that when Li Heng solicited his opinions on whether Lizhang could be made the prince, he did not hesitate to express his support.

"It is a hurry to be quick and instant benefits and has too high ambitions, which is not conducive to the stability of the Eastern Palace..."

This was the advice he gave to Li Heng at the beginning. It was this sentence that hit Li Heng's heart heavily. In fact, this is the fundamental reason why Li Heng wanted to change the prince. Just like Li Longji deposed the prince several times back then, the rapid rise of the prince had already threatened the stability of the throne of Li Heng.

Li Zhen knew this very well. When Li Heng was invading Xiangyang in the east, the Li clan relied on the support of Empress Zhang and Li Fuguo to intervene in major personnel appointments and removals without authorization, which made Li Heng's serious dissatisfaction with him and directly led to today's Eastern Palace crisis.

But it also gave Li Zhen an opportunity. If Li Zhen could only ascend the throne smoothly, then Li Zhen would also gain huge benefits from this.

The footsteps had already reached the door, and the voice of his eldest son Li Yi came from outside, "Mr. Yan, my father is waiting for you in the room, please come in!"

Li Zhen felt a little relieved when his son's politeness made him feel good. He should ask Li Heng to let his son enter the court and become an official.

The door opened, Yan Kai walked in from outside, and then bowed and smiled, "Come uninvited, disturb the prince's rest."

Yan Kai was the aide to King Peng Li Gang half a year ago. Before that, he had always claimed to be accompanying King Qing until the last moment of King Qing. King Qing's son Li Qiu also stood up to testify for him. But in fact, he left King Qing a few years ago, and even he himself didn't know where King Qing died?

A few years ago, he was poor and surrendered to Li Qing'an, but was suppressed by Yan Zhuang and forced to be a small clerk. Later, under the arrangement of Li Qing'an, he went to Bukhara and was responsible for sorting out human and geographical information of various countries and Dashi in the University of Bukhara. After working for a year, he realized his true identity. He was already a member of the Anxi Intelligence Hall, but he did not target the Central Plains, but was responsible for Hezhong and Dashi.

A year ago, he received an order to go to Tuozhi City, the capital of Shiguo, to take care of King Qing Li Cong who was dying. Finally, he received a letter of recommendation from Li Cong and his seal. After King Qing died, he set out to Chengdu and stepped into the core layer of the Southern Tang Dynasty step by step with his talent.

Yan Kai was Li Gang's most trusted aide and Li Gang's military advisor. Logically, he should have known about the dispute between the Eastern Palace in the Southern Tang Dynasty for a long time, but in fact, the dispute between the Eastern Palace in the Southern Tang Dynasty was in a very hidden state for a long time. Li Heng was a dark person. He had been slowly starting to weaken the prince and seized military power without showing any expression.

Until recently, the dispute between Li Fuguo and Wang Gong's intelligence agency surfaced, and everyone gradually realized that Li Heng had the intention to change the prince. Li Gang was also called by his father. After a long discussion, Yan Kai learned about the change of the Eastern Palace in the Southern Tang Dynasty from Li Gang.

Once the situation is clear, the situation changes very quickly. The large-scale search this morning is also a sign of a major change in the situation. Many people are tense. Yan Kai was sent by Li Ting to discuss countermeasures with Li Zhen under such circumstances.

There was no excessive greetings, and both of them knew it. Li Zhen asked Yan Kai to sit down and then went straight to the topic, "Mr. Yan, is there any change in King Peng?"

Yan Kai nodded, "Just just received the news, the Minister of Revenue Linghu Fei strongly opposed the replacement of the prince. Under his leadership, a group of officials jointly demanded that the East Palace be stable. In addition, Li Fuguo and Empress Zhang support the prince, the prince's call has now gained the upper hand. King Peng was very upset and ordered me to discuss countermeasures with the prince."

Li Zhen lowered his head and said nothing. He knew very well that the situation in front of him was that the prince and King Peng each had their own advantages. The prince was mainly supported by the inner palace, including Li Fuguo and Queen Zhang, while King Peng was supported by the court. Representatives of the right prime minister, Wang Gong and Cui Yuan, both strongly supported the wise king of Peng, while the Li clan opposed the martial arts establishment. It can be said that both sides had their own advantages, and King Peng had a great advantage, which was finally decided by Emperor Li Heng.

But unexpectedly, Linghu Fei's sudden outbreak of mission suddenly changed, which made the prince not only have the support of the inner palace, but also the support of the court officials. In this way, King Peng's momentum dropped sharply.

Li Zhen could not think of a good countermeasure for a moment, so he asked, "What does Your Highness Peng mean?"

"His Royal Highness Peng means that he hopes to get the support of the royal family"

Yan Kai's words were concise and Li Zhen suddenly understood that the royal family was another force, which was enough to offset Linghu Fei's opposition. He was the Zongzheng Temple Minister and also had a relatively high reputation in the royal family. Therefore, Li Geng asked Yan Kai to come to him, wanting to come forward with a high profile and publicly support Li Geng in the name of the royal family. This trick is so clever!

Li Zhen couldn't help but look at Yan Kai. This method was probably because Yan Kai thought that Li was only a little bit tender, but Li Zhen was more concerned about his interests. If he came forward with a high profile, he would take great risks. Once the Li team finally won, the first thing was to deal with him, Li Zhen.

He must first clarify the reward for this risk. Li Zhen gently stroked his beard and smiled: "Actually, the royal family is not very united, and each has his own thoughts. To put it bluntly, they are all people who value profit. If you want the royal family to support it, King Peng must first express his opinion. How can I repay the royal family in the future so that I can contact each other."

Yan Kai couldn't help but curse shamelessly. Isn't this obvious bargaining? But he also thought of this in advance. He had told Wang Peng that no one can get up early without profit. If you want to get support, you must come up with something that will make others' hearts moved.

"Prince, King Peng also realized the importance of the royal family. He asked the prince to rest assured. Once he ascended the throne, the prince would become the Minister of Revenue. Secondly, he would give it to the royal family to mint coins and salt rights, and secondly, to increase the limit of the royal family's Yongye Field. This is His Highness Peng's promise."

"Um!"

Li Zhen was quite satisfied with this promise, "Okay! I will go out to contact the royal family later. At least I can guarantee that tomorrow morning, thirty important royal families will jointly sponsor Wang Peng to the East Palace."

Yan Kai was overjoyed. The twenty royal families were very important. He quickly stood up and thanked, "Then the royal family, please ask the prince."

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The large-scale search in Chengdu city is still continuing, and there has been a lot of news that thousands of people have been arrested for hiding military weapons, and more than 300 street gangsters have been beheaded for taking the opportunity to rob. The entire Chengdu city is shrouded in panic and uneasy.

Yan Kai seemed to have not noticed the chaos on the street. He was still pondering the situation in front of him. Sometimes he himself was a little confused. Is he carrying out a mission or really a staff member of King Peng? He was actually assisting King Peng wholeheartedly, hoping that he could ascend the throne. He seemed to have completely entered the role, and even occasionally forget his mission.

Yan Kai sighed secretly in his heart. His mood was very complicated. Assisting the prince ascended the throne and became the emperor's army, this has always been his dream. He assisted King Qing in that year because of this dream, but King Qing failed. He also fell from the peak of his life and even fell to the point of living by giving alms. Today he once again became King Peng's aide, and once again wanted to assist this young man in the throne. Everything was very similar to the scene back then. He once again felt that he seemed to have begun a new journey.

But all this is a dream, he knew it was impossible. He was like a kite, holding the rope in Li Qing'an's hand. If he had a strange intention, he would be crushed to pieces. He was destined to become an imperial teacher in his life.

‘The Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed, and you can be the prefect of Jianzhou!’ This is the promise Li Qing'an gave him and his destination.

Yan Kai couldn't help but smile bitterly. What if Li Zong ascended the throne?

After all, the fate of the Southern Tang Dynasty is in the hands of Li Qing'an. He has failed once, has he failed again?

The carriage drove into the palace city area, where the guards were even tighter. A team of cavalry came towards him. The leader only looked at his carriage and did not intercept it. Yan Kai's carriage was inserted into the purple Qilin flag of King Peng and Li Jue, which could be unobstructed in the palace city area.

But a carriage behind him was stopped, "Please stop for inspection!"

"Bastard! This is Linghu Shangshu's carriage. Shangshu is on the carriage. Didn't you see it?"

Yan Kai was shocked and looked back quickly. He saw that it was indeed Linghu Fei's carriage. He was protruding his head and saying something to the cavalry captain. The captain waved his hand and Linghu Fei's carriage turned and drove onto the Baiyu Avenue. It was the main road leading to Nanming Palace. It seemed that Linghu Fei was about to enter the palace. Yan Kai was a little confused. When will Linghu Fei's carriage beside him? Why didn't he see it?

At this time, his followers whispered: "Sir, Linghu Shangshu's carriage came out of the Eastern Palace and followed us three miles away."

Yan Kai suddenly realized that he had come out of the Eastern Palace and went to the imperial palace again in a blink of an eye. It seemed that Linghu Fei was stepping up his activities.

The carriage continued to move forward, and after walking about five miles, he came to a majestic palace. This was the palace of Prince Peng, covering an area of ​​50 acres, second only to the Nanming Palace and the East Palace, which also symbolized the status of Prince Peng in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Yan Kai's wife, children and parents were both in his hometown Yuezhou, and he did not receive Bashu. He was single in Shu, so he lived in the palace of Prince Peng, with an independent yard and two beautiful maids serving him.

The carriage slowly stopped at the side door of the palace. Yan Kai got off the carriage and walked directly into the palace. He wanted to report to Peng, Li Guan, the result of his negotiations with Li Zhen.

Li Geng's study is in the backyard, quite far from the gate, and has to pass through four courtyards. Yan Kai quickly walks along the corridor, and from here you can directly walk to the entrance of the study.

There were not many servants in the palace, and Li Heng's military expenditure was too large, which led to a very tight financial situation. Li Heng had to save money and reduce the palace expenses, including the Nanming Palace, the East Palace and all the princes and princesses. The Peng palace used to have two hundred palace maids and eunuchs, but now there are only fifty people left. In this way, the entire palace seemed empty. Of course, there were many guards, and none of them were reduced.

"Mr. Yan!"

When Yan Kai walked to a round door, he suddenly heard someone calling him. He looked around and saw a guard behind the round door whispering, "Sir, here!"

Yan Kai recognized this person at a glance. Qianniu Shishi Liu Wei, a small guard leader in the royal palace. He is tall and extremely brave, but his other identity is a member of the Anxi Intelligence Hall. In his Prince Peng's mansion, he mainly contacted the Intelligence Hall for Yan Kai.

Seeing that there was no one around, Yan Kai hurriedly walked up. Liu Wei quickly stuffed him a small note and turned around and walked away.
Chapter completed!