When Li Linfu hurried into the palace to meet Li Sanlang, Li Sanlang only asked one sentence.
"My dear, the prince actually rebelled, how should I deal with it?"
Li Linfu saluted Li Sanlang and said, "This is your Majesty's family matter, which is not something I should deal with."
His words completely ruined Li Ying's life.
The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty was so powerful that Li Sanlang had to support the eunuchs to fight against him.
As long as the prime minister is willing to say a few nice words and defend the prince, for example, "The prince was bewitched by a traitor," there is a high chance that he can save his life.
But Li Linfu didn't want to leave any hidden dangers.
So they said that this was the emperor's family matter, and that I couldn't control it and shouldn't. But in fact, it cut off Li Ying's last way of survival.
After learning about Li Linfu's attitude, Li Sanlang officially issued an order on April 21, the 25th year of Kaiyuan, to demote Prince Li Ying to commoners along with King E Li Yao and King Guang Li Ju.
Not satisfied with this, after a few days, they were simply killed together with Xue Xiu, the commander-in-chief of the Prince-in-law, at the east post of the city.
It was only at this time that the Three Kings' Rebellion case was officially declared over.
In fact, the things behind the scenes only started from this time.
First of all, the first thing is to find out whether Concubine Yang Shu sent someone to call the prince to suppress the bandits in the palace.
Concubine Yang Shu naturally complained about injustice. After investigation, the people around her did not leave the palace.
But under interrogation in the East Palace, it was confirmed that someone from the palace, claiming to be Concubine Yang Shu, came to summon the prince to the palace to suppress the bandits.
As for that person, no one can find him now.
There is no doubt that this will become a huge suspense.
Furthermore, Li Sanlang was not an idiot, and he vaguely sensed that there was a force secretly promoting this matter.
It's hard to say who it is specifically, but he knows very well that whoever can benefit the most from this matter must also be the most suspect.
Li Sanlang was waiting in the palace to see who would come forward, especially whether Concubine Wu Hui could not wait.
On the other side, Gao Lishi was asked to closely monitor Li Yunze to see if the Eighteenth Prince made any moves, whether he was connected with the court, whether he was trying his best in front of him, and whether he was trying his best to become the prince.
However, the reality made Li Sanlang very shocked.
There was no movement from Concubine Wu Hui, as if she didn't know that the East Palace was vacant.
As for Li Yunze, he took a group of famous officials touring the mountains and rivers all day long, eating, drinking and having fun along the way. He also circulated many famous poems. Not to mention hooking up with the palace, he even did not return to Chang'an City.
This made Li Sanlang very confused. Does it really have nothing to do with them?
This is the benefit of building an information cocoon.
Concubine Wu Hui has been operating in the palace for many years. As long as she is not too clever, she can do it whether she is pretending to be Concubine Yang Shu to call the prince, or she can secretly block Li Sanlang's inspection.
As for the court, Li Linfu's ability was far beyond what Li Sanlang had seen, and his work was impeccable.
Relevant matters had been discussed and arranged long before the prince launched his plan. When I checked now after the incident, of course I couldn't find any connection.
As for Li Yunze, Gao Lishi, who had received several calligraphy and painting appraisals from him, was naturally able to understand the next trend, and the information reported to Li Sanlang was selective.
It is true that Li Yunze did not return to Chang'an City, but he took a group of famous officials on a sightseeing tour.
But his men were constantly operating secretly, running back and forth among many people's mansions.
Li Sanlang is too conceited. He thinks he can control everything, but how is this possible?
As time came to the beginning of May, the turmoil of the prince's rebellion gradually began to subside, but another turmoil began to brew in the court.
Several green-robed ministers, serving as censors, reported to Li Sanlang at the court meeting, "The position of the crown prince is vacant. I would like to invite your majesty to choose a virtuous prince to take charge of the East Palace."
Li Sanlang has extremely rich experience, and he can understand what it means and the meaning behind it as soon as he hears it.
His eyes first glanced at Li Linfu, and then fell on another prime minister.
"Niu Qing's family, what do you think?"
Niu Qing's family is Niu Xianke. Niu Xianke was the general manager of Shuofang March before. Li Sanlang wanted to promote him to the court as an important minister, but Zhang Jiuling strongly opposed it.
The reason for Zhang Jiuling's objection was simple. Niu Xianke was from a humble background and had a low level of education.
To say that his cultural level is not high is putting it mildly. In fact, Niu Xianke was just a frontier official and was considered semi-literate.
When this incident broke out, Li Linfu secretly tripped up Zhang Jiuling twice.
The first time he said to Li Sanlang, 'Niu Xianke is a prime minister, Zhang Jiuling is a scholar, I don't know the general outline.'
The second time he said to Li Sanlang, "As long as you have talent and knowledge, there is no need to be full of knowledge. There is nothing wrong with the emperor employing people."
The Niu Xianke incident became the trigger for Zhang Jiuling's resignation as prime minister. When Zhang Jiuling resigned as prime minister, Niu Xianke was appointed as a subordinate of Tong Zhongshu and took charge of the affairs of the province, that is, he became the prime minister.
After hearing Li Sanlang's inquiry, Niu Xianke said solemnly, "Your Majesty will decide everything."
Li Sanlang was noncommittal and turned to the other prime minister, "What do the Li Qing family think?"
Li Linfu also saluted and said, "Everything is at your Majesty's discretion."
Li Sanlang was noncommittal and said, "This matter will be discussed later." He stood up and left the court.
Back in the palace, Li Sanlang asked his confidant Gao Lishi, "Which prince is the most active recently?"
"His Majesty."
Gao Lishi responded respectfully, "The three kings often went out to banquets and had banquets with many imperial censors."
"Sanlang?"
Li Sanlang was very surprised by this. He didn't expect it to be the loyal king Li Yu.
It may be strange to talk about the loyal king Li Yu, but you will know that he has another name. In history, Li Yu changed his name to Li Heng after he was established as the prince.
It was Li Heng who launched the Maweipo Incident, also known as Tang Suzong.
Li Yu indeed had friends with many courtiers, and even had banquets with several imperial censors.
However, it was not him who took the initiative to invite him, but someone else who took the initiative to invite him to attend the meeting. It just so happened that several imperial censors and other ministers were also invited to attend. When Gao Lishi said it, it became a matter of fact.
Many attendants and censors were having a banquet.
As for the ones who invited Li Yu to the banquet, it was Princess Xianyi and his wife.
What is the invisible network? This is it.
Gao Lishi was impartial on the surface, and what he told was indeed the truth. Even if Li Sanlang sent people to investigate, it would definitely be true.
But on the one hand, he often sent his favorite things for appreciation, and at the same time, there were strong supporters in the court and palace.
On the other side, there was no expression, but the loyal king who often said that his servants had too much power.
When the two come together, simple language skills can produce different results.
Li Sanlang, who squinted his eyes, did not comment on this.
In the days that followed, ministers from the DPRK and the Central Government kept asking for the establishment of a crown prince, from the green-robed Censor, to Qian Fei's Gishizhong, to Shen Fei's Imperial Prince Si Ye, and even to the purple-robed Censor and the
The secretaries and supervisors all began to talk about establishing a prince.
Next, it was the prime minister's turn to speak.
Li Sanlang's secret investigation did not stop, and several other eunuchs also sent in their own investigation information.
The loyal king Li Yu has been very active recently. He goes out to attend banquets almost every day, and there are many ministers at all levels attending the banquets.
Moreover, there are often heroic words at banquets.
As for the other key target, King Shou, he finally returned to Chang'an City.
King Shou did not go to the banquet, nor did he have a private meeting with any minister. Instead, he went to Chengdong Station to pay homage to the prince Li Ying, King of E Li Yao and King of Light Li Ju who were given to die here.
The performance of the two people can be said to be a show of distinction.
Li Xing went to banquets every day because of constant strong invitations.
The lofty words spoken at banquets are nothing more than words guided by thoughtful people when one has drunk too much.
But when these things were reported to Li Sanlang, it was a different situation.
In addition to Li Yun's own low vigilance, a very important point is that he is not as rich as Li Yunze, nor is he willing to spend money like Li Yunze.
Li Yunze himself did not do much, but Yang Guozhong and others under him were running around like hard-working ants.
If you like antique calligraphy and painting, give antique calligraphy and painting; if you like gold and silver, give gold and silver treasures.
Even the greedy eunuchs were stunned by the severity of his attack.
The most important thing is that in history, Li Linfu, who actually did not want King Shou to be the crown prince, wrote to Li Sanlang many times to ask Li Sanlang to make King Shou the crown prince. On the contrary, this irritated Li Sanlang, thinking that the prince was colluding with the prime minister, and instead made Zhong Li.
The king is the prince, this is typical
Backhand style.
But now, Li Yunze's performance and operating techniques made Li Linfu understand that this was not a simple person.
If I use a backhand technique, I won't be able to hide it from him.
At that point, it will be a fight to the death.
Li Linfu didn't want to offend Li Yunze, who had amazing abilities and outstanding strength, so he simply took the initiative to take on the responsibility of Prince Fu of Shou Palace and actively promoted him secretly.
In fact, many of the banquets where Li Yu was invited were secretly arranged by Li Linfu.
Many of those who asked for the crown prince were secretly instigated by Li Linfu.
With Li Yunze and Li Linfu working together, and with Li Yunze sparing no expense in sending massive gifts and huge sums of money, Li Sanlang without any suspense fell into an invisible trap that only allowed him to see what he wanted to see.
in the net.
"Hercules."
Li Sanlang, who already understood that the matter had reached a critical point, asked his confidant Gao Lishi, "Which one should be established between Sanlang and Shibalang?"
Gao Lishi in history responded to this by saying, "Who dares to fight again if we stand for a long time."
Because of this, the elder Li Yu was appointed as the crown prince.
At this time, Gao Lishi's answer was, "The loyal king likes feasting, but the longevity king values friendship."
The words were not stated clearly, but the meaning was already clear.
While King Zhong was busy attending the banquet and wooing the officials, King Shou was paying homage to his three brothers who had been sentenced to death. They were kind-hearted and distinguished themselves.
On the surface, Li Sanlang was noncommittal about this, but in fact, he had already made a decision in his heart.
At the court meeting that day, Li Sanlang, who had always said that he would discuss it later, took the initiative to ask the two prime ministers.
"Among the princes, who should take charge of the East Palace?"
Niu Xianke, who has always been submissive, now took the initiative to express his position and said, "I believe that King Shou should be the crown prince."
Li Sanlang narrowed his eyes and immediately asked, "Why?"
"His Majesty."
Niu Xianke took out a letter and handed it to Gao Lishi who came down to greet him. "When King Shou was inspecting outside Chang'an City, he felt that the food shortage in Chang'an was affecting the people's livelihood, so he sent this letter to me to advise him and others to do something about it."
Hebian method, buying the capital at a price that is 20 to 30% higher than the current price
, the capital has millions of dendrobium grains each, and the transportation of Jianghuai and Huaihe rivers has been stopped and the rent from the capital has to be transferred. This method can solve the food shortage in Chang'an City, and can also reduce the load of water transportation on the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, easing the contradiction of more people and less land."
Li Sanlang looked at the beautifully handwritten letter in his hand and was greatly surprised.
He really didn't expect that Shibaro had this talent.
After handing the letter to Gao Lishi, Li Sanlang looked at Li Linfu and said, "Li Qing family, what do you mean?"
"I recommend the longevity king." Li Linfu's response was sonorous and firm.
Li Sanlang smiled slightly, "Why?"
"I am Lord Shou Wangfu!"
This reason is impeccable. As Shou Wang's master, if he doesn't recommend Shou Wang, why should he recommend others?
If that were to happen, he, Li Linfu, would become the laughing stock of the whole world.
Li Sanlang nodded slowly and stood up without comment, "Retreat from the court."
On the third day of June, Li Sanlang officially issued an edict to establish King Shou as the crown prince and take charge of the East Palace!
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