"Your Majesty, each of the Sixteen Imperial Guards has its own commander. It is inappropriate to dispatch them at will. It is better to order the people from the Beicheng Military and Horse Division to go to Gongyuan."
"The Huben Guards are responsible for guarding the imperial city and cannot be transferred at will!"
"Your majesty, the Ming Wu Guo, is brave and courageous. Now is the time to use thunderous means to extinguish the riots! It is most appropriate to mobilize the Tiger Guards!"
"Your Majesty, please do not listen to villains..."
The civil servants who came over were in a mess, talking about all sorts of things, and some even scolded Li Jing.
Even Qin Hui raised his hand and advised: "Your Majesty, the Tiger Guards are guarding the imperial city and must not move lightly."
But Li Qian seemed to hate those who were causing trouble behind his back, and said angrily: "What can't be done lightly? Daqian has been in peace for a long time, is it possible that someone will suddenly invade my imperial city?"
He looked straight at Li Jing: "Who is the General Hu Ben who is guarding the imperial city today? The Ministry of War quickly issued an order to go to Gongyuan to quell the riot!"
"We must be quick, we can't let those people escape!"
Li Jing raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, General Zheng Rentai of the Huben Guards is guarding the imperial city today. I will go and issue an order immediately."
As he spoke, he turned around, passed through the crowd of civil servants, and hurried out.
The two ministers from the Ministry of War were stunned and hurriedly followed his footsteps.
Without waiting for the civil officials to react, Li Qian turned to look at Wei Zheng: "Wei Qing's family, you also go to Gongyuan."
He said solemnly: "Yushitai must also participate to help Tang Guogong investigate the case as soon as possible. Those who have done evil will not let go of any one of them!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wei Zheng responded and quickly walked out of the palace with the two censors Zhongcheng.
The ministers looked at each other, and everyone could see that His Majesty the Emperor was very determined this time.
Originally, he and Cai Jing had a lot of grievances. This time Cai Jing made a mistake again and was caught with pigtails. He definitely couldn't let it go easily...
The civil servants did not stay in Ziwei Palace for long. Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor had arranged everything, they left one after another.
Li Qian also didn't stay long. He got on the sedan chair and arrived at the Hall of Eternal Life, his bedroom.
The chilling winter has come to an end, and the remaining snow accumulated on the other side of the small lake has long since melted, and the bare vegetation in the garden is gradually beginning to sprout.
A slightly cool breeze blew in his face, and Li Qian looked at the scene outside the window and remained silent.
In the eyes of many ministers, it is extremely irrational and unnecessary to rashly transfer Huben Guards away.
But for Li Qian, he would be safe only if these Tiger Guards were transferred away.
In addition, he also arranged some back-ups, but I don’t know if they will be used...
On the other side, after receiving Li Qian's order, the old eunuch galloped out of the imperial city on a fast horse, and soon arrived at the magnificent Tang Guogong Mansion.
"Imperial decree! There is an imperial decree!"
The guards guarding the gate of Duke Tang wanted to stop him, but they stopped when they saw the old eunuch's bright red python robe.
One person quickly ran back to the mansion to notify Li Yuan, while the other person led the old eunuch towards the palace of Duke Tang.
At this moment, Li Yuan was still in the study when he suddenly received a report from the guard.
Imperial decree?
Li Yuan stood up straight subconsciously. How many years has it been since the Duke of Tang Dynasty received an imperial edict?
Li Jiancheng on the side also frowned: "Dad, let's..."
"Walk!"
Li Yuan had already walked out of the study quickly and rushed outside.
When Li Jiancheng's words came to his lips, he looked at Li Yuan's hurried back but couldn't say anything, so he had to follow him.
The two of them rushed forward and soon met the old eunuch halfway.
The procedure for receiving the imperial edict was very troublesome, and one had to prepare an incense table for worship, but today the old eunuch didn't care so much. Even Li Yuan wanted to show some respect, but he stopped him.
"Your Majesty, the matter is of great importance. This is His Majesty's oral order. We don't need to go to so much trouble."
After saying that, he did not give Li Yuan a chance to continue to refuse. Instead, he looked solemn and said loudly: "Tang Guogong accepts the order!"
Li Yuan was startled and immediately leaned down to salute. Li Jiancheng, who was following behind, happened to bump into this scene and hurriedly followed suit.
"His Majesty's oral order is to ask the Emperor's uncle to immediately lead troops to blockade the Gongyuan and investigate the matter of leaking the title to the bottom of it!"
"Appreciate this!"
After the words fell, Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng stood up at the same time, but the expressions on their faces were different.
"I obey the decree."
Li Yuan stood up and walked forward a few steps, looking at Wei Zhongxian doubtfully: "Eunuch Wei, can you tell me what is going on? Where did the leak come from?"
The old eunuch sighed, his face full of helplessness, and said to Li Yuan: "Your Excellency, our family is not sure about the specific situation."
"I only know that a censor found out that the test questions for the current examination have been leaked, and today is the time for the candidates to appear, so there was a commotion in the Gongyuan."
"Your Majesty has come specifically to ask the Duke to mobilize troops, take control of the Gongyuan, and find out the truth."
Li Yuan's face was solemn, as if he had thought of something.
Seeing him like this, the old eunuch stepped forward again and whispered: "Your Majesty seems to be very angry this time and wants to find out all those who have done evil."
Li Yuan nodded silently: "I understand what your Majesty means."
Li Jiancheng opened his mouth and blocked the Gongyuan. This is too crazy...
But Li Yuan didn't care how he reacted, and started to act directly.
At the same time, he asked Li Jiancheng to take the Duke's warrant, mount a fast horse, and go to mobilize troops outside the city.
Li Yuan himself, among the dozens of generals, mounted their horses and rushed to Gongyuan...
The old eunuch walked out of the Duke's Mansion, looked at their backs, then quietly breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the imperial city...
The news here cannot be hidden from others. In fact, since Li Qian issued the order, many people in the capital have gradually learned about the news.
In the Generalissimo's Mansion, Zhao Kuangyin frowned and kept pacing in the hall with his hands behind his hands.
"Let's go, it's all over."
A young boy ran in from the door, his palms were sweaty, and he looked at Zhao Kuangyin nervously: "Now the Hu Ben Guards are not in the imperial city. The prince of the Duke of Guo's Mansion rode to the south of the city, and the Duke of Guo also took his family generals.
Went in the direction of Gongyuan."
"Generalissimo, General Shi will ask you for instructions. What should we do next?"
"what to do……"
Zhao Kuangyin subconsciously wanted to walk out, but he suddenly stopped after taking a few steps, and his brows furrowed deeper.
"grown ups……"
The young general was startled by his sudden movement, swallowed his saliva and looked at him nervously.
Zhao Kuangyin's breathing was a little heavier, but after hesitating for a long time, he sighed deeply, waved his hands and said: "Let him stay in Beicheng... Don't let any riots occur in Beicheng."
"Yes, sir."
The young general seemed to be quietly relieved and ran out as if to escape.