This is the first time Pei Ji has visited Prince Chu's house since he showed up, and it was still late at night.
He thought about it in the palace for a long time, and finally decided to come to the Chu Palace.
Side hall.
Li Zhiyun arrived and both parties greeted him.
"Prime Minister Pei is a rare visitor. What's the matter with coming to see me so late?"
After sitting down, Li Zhiyun asked. He was quite curious about Pei Ji's purpose, because Pei Ji had never visited him at his house before.
Of course, curiosity is one thing, and being unhappy is another.
He has just coaxed his wife and is ready to further exchange knowledge.
"If there is any important matter, please let His Royal Highness the King of Chu decide." Pei Ji handed over his hand.
"Please tell me."
"Yes, Honglu Qing Liu Shilong once visited me and mentioned that Li Xiaochang, the governor of Lizhou, wanted to rebel..."
A stick of incense passed by.
Li Zhiyun's expression did not change after listening to Pei Ji's words.
"Your Highness, I don't know whether this matter is true or not. I hope that Your Highness will act with caution." Pei Ji cupped his hands and said.
Li Zhiyun asked: "Prime Minister Pei, you have always looked down on me in the past, how can you consider me so much now?"
"How dare I look down on the son of a saint, Your Highness? It's just that in the past, His Highness was inconspicuous, and I didn't know that Your Highness was talented. Now His Highness has taken care of the government properly, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. I feel that it's time to retire."
Is this, giving in and begging for mercy?
The corners of Li Zhiyun's mouth were slightly raised, with an unpredictable smile.
Pei Ji, unlike other ministers, was a pure emperor's hawk. Historically, when Li Shimin's army became successful, Pei Ji did not give Li Shimin face, and often gave Li Shimin little shoes to wear. In the first few years of Zhenguan, Li Shimin rectified the officialdom, and Pei Ji
He often caused trouble for Li Shimin.
At that time, Pei Ji always believed that the Supreme Emperor would always have a chance to regain power, so he did not want to cooperate with Li Shimin at all. He even often entered the palace to conspire with Li Yuan.
How good is the relationship between Pei Ji and Li Yuan?
For example, historically, in the fourth year of Wude, someone reported Pei Ji for rebellion. Then Li Yuan sent people to investigate, but nothing was found.
Here comes the important point. In order to appease Pei Ji, Li Yuan sent three concubines to Pei Ji's house with delicious food and wine. They accompanied Pei Ji to a banquet. The next day, the concubines returned to the palace.
The amount of information is large enough.
Unfortunately, Pei Ji underestimated Li Shimin's ability. Not only did Li Yuan fail to recover, he was also kicked away by Li Shimin.
But now, Pei Ji has figured out that he cannot fight against Li Zhiyun.
The fundamental reason was that the emperor was no longer able to handle government affairs.
Li Yuan in history was still alive and kicking, but now Li Yuan is lying on the bed with hemiplegia and sleeping most of the time. How can he still have a chance to regain control of the world?
He didn't dare to bet on whether Li Yuan would recover.
Once Li Yuan is like this in his life, he will definitely die in the hands of King Chu.
In this case, he might as well leave a way out for himself.
"Prime Minister Pei is the great minister of the Tang Dynasty. Zhiyun also hopes to ask Prime Minister Pei for advice in the future." Li Zhiyun said with a smile.
Regardless of whether Pei Ji's confession was true or not, he said that Li Xiaochang was preparing to rebel, but Li Zhiyun somewhat believed it, because Sha Tuo did indeed rebel in history.
However, Li Zhiyun did not expect that Hongluqing Liu Shilong was involved.
"I am willing to serve Your Highness." Pei Ji held his hand.
Li Zhiyun smiled but did not immediately confide in him. For people like Pei Ji, maintaining the most basic vigilance is the basis.
The next day, Li Zhiyun summoned Wen and Wu.
After hearing about Pei Ji's informant, everyone had different expressions.
"Your Highness, can you believe Pei Ji's words?" Wei Zheng asked suspiciously.
Li Zhiyun said with a smile: "You will know if it is true or false after you try it. How can the law be used until the treachery is exposed?"
Du Ruhui understood clearly and cupped his hands and said: "You can send your chamberlain to summon Li Xiaochang and order him to return to Chang'an immediately. At the same time, he ordered Chai Shao, the governor of Qizhou, to lead his army into Liangzhou to guard against Li Xiaochang. Xiahou Duan, the governor of Zizhou, was in Lizhou.
To the south, we can send troops to cooperate."
"Yes." Li Zhiyun pondered for a moment, then said with a smile: "Keming, I will appoint you as the governor of Liangzhou and the army commander, to transport grain and grass, and to cooperate with Chai Shao."
"I obey."
Immediately afterwards, Li Zhiyun added: "In addition, Du Caigan, the governor of Huazhou, and Sun Anye, the governor of Weizhou, must be on guard."
"Are they also planning to rebel?" Xue Fang asked.
Li Zhiyun said: "I have received a secret report from the local government. They have close contacts with Li Xiaochang. I am afraid they have evil intentions."
Li Zhiyun was guessing whether these two people would rebel. Of course, Du Caigan was not guessing, because on the night of the Ten Thousand Years Palace Incident, Fuyi found the letters exchanged between Du Caiqian and Li Jiancheng from the ruins of the East Palace.
In other words, Du Caiqian is Li Jiancheng's man.
In addition, because historically these two Shaqiao rebelled with Li Xiaochang, it is better to be on guard than to let things go.
General Su Lie said: "If there is a change in Huazhou and Weizhou, Huaizhou will be the first to bear the brunt. Your Highness can station troops in Huaizhou and prepare for attack. If the two states dare to rebel, you can first use Huaizhou as a battlefield to dampen their energy and delay their attack."
March, and then mobilize Xuzhou troops and horses to attack its rear."
"Who is the general manager of Huaizhou?" Li Zhiyun asked.
Xue Yuanjing replied: "Huang Junhan."
Cheng Yaojin said: "Your Highness, let the general go. This guy still owed me money when he was in Wagang."
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun smiled and teased, "Don't you owe him money?"
"Definitely not." Cheng Yaojin replied without blushing or out of breath.
Wei Zheng snorted: "Soldiers, this is a major event for the country. Don't mess it up."
"What are you talking about? I've always been steady in my work." Cheng Yaojin said, patting his chest.
Li Zhiyun said: "Okay, I will order you to be the commander-in-chief of the military affairs of Huaizhou, Zhengzhou, and Bianzhou, to maintain integrity, and to cooperate with Huang Junhan, the general manager of Huaizhou, to guard against Huazhou and Weizhou. In addition, Su Lie."
"I'm here."
"You are the deputy general, let's go together."
"As commanded."
Then, Li Zhiyun looked at Dai Wei and said, "Master Dai, please take a trip to Xuzhou. I ordered Li Junxian to prepare and go to Huazhou to quell the rebellion at any time."
"I obey."
After everything was agreed upon, Li Zhiyun went to the palace and asked for an order to recall Li Xiaochang.
Lizhou.
Li Xiaochang was born in the clan. At the end of his career, Li Yuan invaded Guanzhong, and Li Xiaochang surrendered by offering Yongfeng granary grain and grass. In the early days of Wude, he was granted the title of King of Yi'an and Governor of Lizhou due to his meritorious service.
Recently, as the news of the Ten Thousand Years Change spread throughout the world, Li Xiaochang could no longer sit still in Lizhou. He had been in contact with the prince, but now the court is conducting a thorough investigation of the prince's old officials, which has led to Wei Yunqi, the governor of Suizhou, and Ren Gui, the general manager of Xuzhou.
After returning to Chang'an, all the old officials of the East Palace were sent to Yizhou.
Under this situation, he was worried that the court would recall him to Chang'an and put him under house arrest, so he felt uneasy in his heart.
As the saying goes, what you are afraid of will come to you. At this time, the imperial envoy arrived in Lizhou to convey the decree and summoned him to return to Chang'an.
"The governor cannot go back!" Yuan Hongshan, the commander of the army, said: "Wei Yunqi and Ren Gui, these two are already prisoners. Whether they live or die depends on Li Zhiyun's thoughts. If the governor returns to Chang'an, I am afraid he will also end up in peace.
The two of them will meet the same fate."
Li Xiaochang said: "I had no intention of going back. Li Zhiyun, a bastard, still wants to sit on my head and shit?
He doesn't deserve it!
In my opinion, there may be something behind the changes in the palace over the past ten thousand years, and the death of the prince is full of doubts."
"The governor might as well send troops to help the king and save the saint." Yuan Hongshan said.
Li Xiaochang asked the guard next to him, "Huazhou, Weizhou, is there any news over there?"
"Reporting to the Governor, Governor Du and Governor Changsun have agreed to respond to the Governor."
"Very good!" Li Xiaochang said, stroking his palms: "Now that Li Zhiyun has just defeated Prince Qi, the government is unstable. At this time, I mobilize the army. The right time, place and people are all in my hands. When the traitor Li Zhiyun is captured and the saint returns to power, we will all be heroes.