Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

However, he also added in his heart, looking at this posture, after praising His Majesty Li Er's great achievements, he should start to criticize him.

Sure enough, Li Yuan changed the subject and said, "It's just that some people in Shimin are very dissatisfied, no, it should be very dissatisfied. Alas, my son, everything is too hasty. Just like the Xuanwumen massacre back then, I was so anxious that I went into a rage and completely lost my mind."

As soon as the word "Xuanwumen" was mentioned, Guo Ye could clearly feel that the frequency of Li Yuan's chest rising and falling accelerated, and even the sound of breathing became heavier.Obviously, the Xuanwumen incident back then has always been a thorn in Li Yuan's heart.

However, Guo Ye did not behave abnormally, and continued to listen silently, pretending to be dumb.

I only heard Li Yuan continue to say: "The widow left him a group of veteran ministers, and he threw them all out of the court and relegated them to poor mountains and rivers thousands of miles away. He is simply not a son of man!"

Guo Ye knew that Li Yuan was talking about these old ministers referring to Pei Ji, Xiao Yu and others who were dispatched by His Majesty Li Er to Lingnan to grow lychees. He seemed to have participated in the plan to expel the old ministers of Wude from the court.

Li Yuan continued to think about himself and said: "Also, although my grandson Chengqian doesn't want to make progress, and occasionally makes mistakes, he can be ruthless and depose him, and he doesn't even give this child a chance to correct himself. How is this so?" Follow the teachings? Once the crown prince says to abolish, he will be abolished. He doesn’t even listen to the courtiers’ advice and acts arbitrarily. It will hurt the foundation of the Tang Dynasty and the foundation of the dynasty. Just for this, the people of the world did not think about it, leaving the crown prince vacant for a long time, which is definitely not what an enlightened king should do. And... "

Li Yuan pointed to Li Yuanfang, the filial king next to him, and said, "For the sake of the throne, he personally slaughtered two brothers who had only one mother. I won't comment on him anymore. But this matter has always been criticized by the world. The widow believes that in the history books in the future, there will be a strong record of him killing brothers and brothers. He has always been suspicious and guarded against half brothers like Yuan Qing and Yuan Fang, and has always refused to reuse them. With the blood of the widow, how can you annihilate human relations and disregard brotherhood?"

"Father!"

Li Yuanfang took the opportunity to say: "I heard that the Holy Majesty has told Li Daozong, Qing Jiangxia King of Zongzheng Temple, that he plans to cut the annual salary of the members of the royal family from next year. Brother Lu, King Jing and I will be the first to bear the brunt. And, from next year At the beginning, the Holy Majesty will take back our several imperial villages outside Chang'an City. He wants to imprison us in the imperial city for the rest of our lives until we die of old age!"

"Cough cough cough..."

Li Yuan was excited when he heard the words, coughed again and again, panting heavily: "Listen, Guo Aiqing, this is how Shimin treats brothers and sisters. Do you think the widow can have no objection to him? Whether it is him or Yuan Qing , Yuanfang, are all descendants of widows. Even Chengqian is my grandson of Li Yuan. A person can be so cruel and ruthless to brothers and descendants of the same blood. Do you think he can do this well in the future? King of the country?"

Guo Ye frowned even more when he heard this, and wondered in his heart, is His Majesty Li Er so unbearable?Whether it is the Xuanwumen incident or the abolition of Li Chengqian's position as the prince, there are reasons for this, and Guo Ye fully understands it.

However, it was hard for him to believe what Li Yuanfang said. This was not His Majesty Li Er's way of doing things at all.That's right, as an emperor, he must be vigilant against factors that affect the stability of his throne, but Li Yuanfang's move is obviously a slap in the face of His Majesty Li Er, and 100% will not do it so foolishly.

Could it be that Li Yuanfang and his three brothers created this out of nothing?

Could it be that Li Yuan was fooled by Li Yuanfang and his three brothers and used him as a gun?

Suddenly, it occurred to him that what King Lu said just now was to support Li Chengqian again and reset him. This is the first step of the plan, so the whole plan that follows is aimed at His Majesty Li Er?

conspiracy!

In an instant, these two words appeared in his mind.

Guo Ye looked at Li Yuan, who had an exasperated expression and white beard, and then at Li Yuanfang, who was calm and calm, and thought to himself, if he guessed right, this is probably a huge conspiracy concocted by Li Yuanfang and other royal princes against His Majesty Li Er!

988 Threat

Li Yuan was full of resentment and various dissatisfaction with His Majesty Li Er, Lu Wang Li Yuanqing, Dao Xiao Wang Li Yuanfang and others deliberately re-established the deposed prince Li Chengqian and restored him, which made Guo Ye not only smell a strong conspiracy, but also let Guo Ye feel deep in his heart. Feeling chills everywhere.

This timidity comes from, why do they dare to speak so brazenly in front of their own faces?Don't they know that I am from His Majesty Li Er?So blatantly showing his indignation towards His Majesty Li Er in front of him, so blatantly seeking his support to support Li Chengqian's restoration with them.

Guo Ye couldn't help but wonder, where did a resigned Supreme Emperor and three concubine princes who had no real power in their hands wait for death, where did they have such confidence?What do they rely on?

Li Yuan's cloudy old eyes that fell on Guo Ye's body suddenly opened up, perhaps guessing Guo Ye's thoughts, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he said with a smirk: "Guo Aiqing, do you feel that the widow is saying these things in front of you? Is it very abrupt? Or is it that the widow knows that you are promoted by Shimin, but discusses such a confidential matter with you, and feels very frightened? Are you secretly accusing the widow of being stupid, knowing that you are the official in front of Shimin? Wouldn’t a courtier who is favored discuss such things with you be seeking skin from a tiger? Isn’t that right?”

It was no surprise that Li Yuan did not miss anything, Guo Ye's thoughts were all guessed by him, as if all the secrets in his heart were exposed to the sun, and there was nowhere to hide.

Unexpectedly, Li Yuan's withered old face showed a bit of strangeness. He stretched out his hand to Dao Xiao Wang Li Yuanfang who was sitting opposite, and motioned: "Yuan Fang, take out the things."

Li Yuanfang groaned, took out what looked like an account book from his arms, then stood up and handed it to Li Yuan respectfully.

Just when Guo Ye was wondering what this account book-like thing was, Li Yuan had already opened the account book and asked, "Guo Qing, Guan Jiujiu, Yangzhou Salt Transport Envoy, is this person your capable subordinate?"

Guan Jiujiu?

Why mention Guan Jiujiu for no reason?

However, Guan Jiujiu was brought to Yangzhou when he was the governor of Yangzhou, and was promoted to the post of Yangzhou Salt Transport Envoy.

Immediately, he hummed noncommittally, expressing his acknowledgment.

Li Yuan didn't look at Guo Ye, but continued to look at the account books, and read: "Guan Jiujiu has been the Yangzhou Salt Transport Envoy for about a year, right? Haha, you know that your subordinate is greedy for ink in the Salt Transport Envoy How much money, how much salt tax was secretly withheld, and filled your own pockets?"

hum~

Guo Ye's brain seemed to have been hit hard by a sledgehammer, and he was shocked for a moment. Did Guan Jiujiu take money and withhold salt tax?I do not know how?

But when he thought of Guan Jiujiu's temperament, and then looked at the account book in Li Yuan's hand, he said in horror, it seems that it is probably true.

As soon as I thought of this, I suddenly became angry and cursed secretly, this damn Guan Jiujiu, I have already told him, don't stretch out your hand, you will be caught if you stretch out your hand, and he actually thinks that what I said is ignoring the wind?

Li Yuan raised his head slowly, and had a panoramic view of Guo Ye's expression changes. A smug look flashed in his eyes, as if he had expected Guo Ye's surprise.

Immediately afterwards, he continued flipping through the account books, and read: "How much does Guo Qing know about Uncle Wang, the arrow in white?"

Wang Bodang, the arrow king in white?

How did Li Yuan know about Wang Bodang's existence?

Guo Ye panicked now, and asked directly, "The Supreme Emperor, what exactly do you want to do, old man?"

Li Yuan slowly closed the account book, to be exact, it should be the memorandum book, chuckled, and said with a smile: "Guo Qing, if I hadn't spent a lot of manpower and material resources to investigate you, I really don't know how deep you are hiding Even Wang Bodang has a deep friendship."

"I do not recognize!"

Guo Ye bit the bullet and shook his head before denying it: "Wang Bodang, the arrow king in white, I have heard of this legendary figure, but I don't know him."

"Hahaha...Guo Qing is a little insincere!"

Li Yuan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang, when he was following Li Mi, I have seen him several times. It's a pity that this man is stubborn and only loyal to Li Mi, and he can't be used by my Tang Dynasty, so he fell off the cliff in the end. He died. But people are not as good as heaven. I didn't expect him to be the leader of the bandit in the Yelang Valley near Xichuan Duhufu, and he had a long history with Guo Qing, who was then Xichuan Xiaoduhu. As for why he formed The Wild Wolf Army stationed in Tuyuhun Kingdom, this point cannot be investigated. However, when Guo Qing conquered Tuyuhun Kingdom, Wang Bodang and his Wild Wolf Army did a lot for Guo Qing. Tuyuhun was conquered by Guo Qing, and the matter was accomplished Afterwards, Wang Bodang lived in seclusion in the mountains, and even handed over the Wild Wolf Army he had personally formed to Guo Qing. Hehe, now the Wild Wolf Army has been divided into several forces, and the generals who commanded these wild wolf troops are The team that Guo Qing recruited back then? Pang Feihu...Kang Bao...These generals stationed in the various cities of Tuyuhun Road are all Guo Qing's confidantes, right?"

cold~

Guo Ye shivered all over his body, and a chill gradually crept up from his back. Li Yuan actually knew these things so clearly, it was terrifying.

Except that Yu Wenqian and Dongchang were not investigated by Li Yuan, Li Yuan had already discovered all other things.

The words have already reached this point, and Guo Ye can no longer deny it. He raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "The Supreme Emperor, you...you are actually investigating me behind the scenes?"

"Hey...Guo Qing, it's not that I'm investigating you intentionally. It's just..."

Li Yuan pointed to Guo Ye, and said with a sneer: "It's Guo Qing, your rate of rise is too shocking, I can't help but pay attention to you. I didn't expect that I found so many things by accident. Good, Guo Aiqing, you are really hidden. It’s deep enough! Uncle Wang, tsk tsk, you are my best friend with Li Mi’s remnant, Uncle Wang in white clothes. If the widow brings this matter to my son who is the emperor, guess what? How will you treat Guo Qing?"

What do you think?

Of course Guo Ye knew that His Majesty Li Er knew the consequences of this incident. Although His Majesty Li Er would not cut off his own head because of his relationship with Wang Bodang, at least there would be a layer of estrangement from now on.

This is not what Guo Ye wants to see.

But he was very curious, why Li Yuan was able to find out Wang Bodang who had retired to the mountains and forests.

Immediately, he asked: "Supreme Emperor, how did you find out about Wang Bodang?"

Li Yuan shook his head silently, then waved to Li Yuanfang who was facing him, and motioned, "Yuanfang, come and tell him!"