Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Zhang Liang asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, but I don't know who will be in charge of this bad person?"

"Leave it to Duke Qin!"

"No, absolutely no!"

"Huh? Zhang Liang, don't push yourself!" His Majesty Li Er said gloomyly, "Your suspicion of treason has not been completely cleared. I only took away your position as the leader of the bad people's congress, which is magnanimous enough!"

"Your Majesty, I don't mean that. You can ask me to hand over bad people to anyone, but you can't hand them over to Duke Qin!"

"Why is that? You deliberately framed Duke Qin, and I took away your bad guys and handed them over to Duke Qin, counting it as your apology to Duke Qin. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"Your Majesty, think about it carefully. Qin Guogong is now in charge of the Lijingmen, and then he took over the bad people... Your eyes and ears, but you are all in charge of Qin Guogong! This...isn't appropriate!"

His Majesty Li Er, as an emperor through the ages, of course knew that this matter was wrong.But apart from Guo Ye, he really didn't have any suitable candidates!He could only say: "Duke Qin will step down as the head of the Lijing Sect, and then he will take over the bad guys!"

"Then what about the position of head of the Lijing Sect?"

"Return to the original state! I will take charge of it myself!"

Zhang Liang knows very well that Guo Ye's is taking advantage of this time and time again!

Guo Ye has been the head of the Lijing Sect for three years, and has placed a lot of people in the Lijing Sect. Even though he has stepped down as the Sect Master, he still has a lot of influence on the Lijing Sect.

What's more, His Majesty Li Er is getting older, how can he have the energy to take care of the trivial matters of Li Jingmen?It is said that he is in charge of it himself, but in the end, is Master Changsun not in charge of specific things?With the friendship between Master Changsun and Guo Ye, how could it be possible for Guo Ye to let the tea go?

In essence, Guo Ye still shoulders the shoulders of the Lijingmen and the bad guys, but he does not have the title of the owner of the Lijingmen.

Today's suburban welcome ceremony, the ultimate winner is Guo Ye!

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After such a big change, His Majesty Li Er was also rather downhearted, and said to Guo Ye: "I didn't expect that a grand welcoming ceremony in the suburbs would almost make Qin Guogong suffer unjustly. How about this, I will give you half a month's time first. Fake, you stay at home with your lovely wife and beautiful concubine. I will go to court in half a month, and I will use it again!"

After Guo Ye heard this, he was not interested in the so-called "other uses", but the words "beautiful wife and beautiful concubine" deeply stimulated him!

Bringing home five stunning beauties all at once, will they be safe in the back house?

Chapter 1696

One plan fails, another plan

In a sense, Guo Ye is actually Zhang Liang's savior.

It is now the 12th year of Zhenguan.In history, eight years later, that is, in the 20th year of Zhenguan, a man named Chang Dexuan wrote a memorial, saying that Zhang Liang had 500 adopted sons and was plotting evil.

His Majesty Li Er believed it immediately and ordered Ma Zhou to investigate the matter thoroughly.The wall fell and everyone pushed it. As soon as Zhang Liang was imprisoned, he was impeached by countless officials.In the end, Zhang Liang was beheaded in the city, and all his family property was confiscated.

Now, even though Zhang Liang was disgraced and humiliated by Guo Ye, and even lost his position as the leader of the bad people's congress, at least his official position is still there, and all hidden dangers around him have been eliminated.If we can keep ourselves safe from now on and be a wealthy and idle person, the end will definitely be much better than in history, at least there will be no problem with a good death.

To put it bluntly, the key to the whole matter lies in His Majesty Li Er.

Now, the world is at peace, and the only Goguryeo that poses a threat to the Tang Dynasty is still half-dead by Guo Ye.The seat under Li Er's buttocks is extremely secure, so naturally he has a higher tolerance for treason cases.

Zhang Liang is an old man who has been with His Majesty Li Er for nearly 20 years, and he has always been as timid as a mouse.Even if you have the heart to rebel, you may not have the courage to rebel. Even if you have the courage to rebel, you don't have the strength to rebel, and there is no threat to His Majesty Li Er.Therefore, His Majesty Li Er turned a blind eye to this treason case, and it passed.

However, eight years later in history will be different.At that time, His Majesty Li Er was old and frail, and felt that his time was numbered.More importantly, he returned from the battle against Goguryeo and felt that his throne was not secure.At this time, there is zero tolerance for the case of treason, and don't let it go if you make a mistake.At that time, no matter how serious the injustice was, Zhang Liang had to kill him.

Of course, Zhang Liang didn't time travel. He didn't know what would happen in the future. Not only was he not grateful to Guo Ye, but he also hated him to the bone.Not long after the Jiao Ying ceremony, he took a small sedan chair, walked through the side door, and entered Qi Wangfu.

This time he was invited.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the broken boat still has three thousand nails.Although Zhang Liang's five hundred adopted sons have been ordered to be disbanded by His Majesty Li Er, the bad guys are no longer under his jurisdiction.But he has been in charge of bad people for many years, and he still has a lot of power in private, which is worthy of being wooed by King Qi Li You.

Under the guidance of a young eunuch, Zhang Liang came to the flower hall in the backyard of the palace.

Zhang Liang took a closer look and found that quite a lot of people came. Besides himself and Qi Wang Li You, there were also the Patriarch of the Five Great Gentlemen, Yin Hongzhi, the Uncle of the State, Wei Ting, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Shi Xue Dading, the Chief of Qi Wangfu.

After seeing the ceremony, the guests and hosts were seated.

Li You cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, I invited everyone here today to discuss how we should deal with Guo Ye."

Wei Ting frowned slightly, and said: "His Royal Highness, from the point of view of Wei, this Qin Guogong...is not because I want to increase the ambition of others and destroy the prestige of our own people. Even if we are tied together, we are not his opponents. I think that we should give up!"

Li You was anxious at the time, and said: "Forget it, how can you forget it? There are rumors outside that Guo Ye is the illegitimate son of the father and intends to pass on the throne to him. If you don't get rid of him, how can this king become a great treasure?"

Wei Ting said: "Your Highness, so what if Guo Ye is really His Majesty's illegitimate son? His biggest opponent now is not you, but Jin Wang Li Zhi. Although Li Zhi is still young, he has a noble status and belongs to His Majesty. His Majesty’s son. It’s not that easy for His Majesty to abolish the son and establish the elder! Now, the most important thing we should do is to divert the trouble to the east and let the Empress Changsun fight with Guo Ye. Instead of fighting with the Duke of Qin, both sides will suffer, and the King of Jin will benefit.”

Yin Hongzhi nodded and said, "That statement makes sense."

"Reasonable? Reasonable ass!" Li Quan, the head of the Li family in Longxi, said angrily, "I think you two were scared out of your wits by Guo Ye and didn't dare to make enemies with Guo Ye, that's why you came up with this argument! It will take at least seven or eight years for Jin Wang Li Zhi to become famous. Who knows what will happen after such a long time? To put it bluntly, His Majesty doesn’t know if he can live for another seven or eight years!”

Wei Ting sneered and said, "Okay, then let's fight Guo Ye now! The question is, do we have the strength? Do you know what Guo Ye's status is now? Qi Guogong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites and General of the Guards, The Chang'an Order, and the leader of the bad people's congress."

Zhang Liang interjected, "Lijingmen is actually under Guo Ye's control."

Wei Ting continued: "Do you know what this means? In Chang'an City, except for the imperial guards, all the military power has been completely controlled by Guo Ye. When we fight Guo Ye, it is like hitting a stone with an egg!"

Zhang Liang sighed, and said, "Not only that, His Majesty also intends to let Guo Ye be the minister of the Ministry of War. At that time, not only Chang'an City, but all the soldiers and horses of the whole country may be under Guo Ye's control."

One word awakened the dreamer, and people realized that without knowing it, Guo Ye's power had rapidly expanded to the point where they needed to look up!

Leading the post of General of the Guard House means that Guo Ye has mastered the city defense army of Chang'an City.

The Chang'an order means that Guo Ye is in charge of the government servants in Chang'an City.

The leader of the bad people's congress and the former owner of Lijingmen means that Guo Ye has mastered the secret spies of Chang'an City.

With all these powers in hand, why should the guys from Prince Qi's Mansion fight Guo Ye?If they had that ability, they would have staged a coup and supported Li You as emperor long before Guo Ye came back.

Qi Wang Li You was so angry that he took several cases.Said: "Damn! How could the father give Guo Ye so much power! What should we do now?"

Li Quan also felt that this matter was very difficult to handle, and said: "Now that Guo Ye's power is so huge, we really have no chance of winning if we confront him head-on."

Zhang Liang said with a sneer, "Could it be that the Li family in Longxi is planning to abandon King Qi and join Guo Ye?"

"No, absolutely not! Duke Xun, please don't get me wrong!" Li Quandao: "Guo Ye can only be regarded as His Majesty's illegitimate son at best. If he is the emperor, his name will not be right and his words will not be right. We are the heirs of the five great gentry families. Loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, how can you support such a person?"

Li Quan's words were high-sounding, but no one believed them!Yin Hongzhi said: "According to what you said, you should take refuge in King Jin Li Zhi? As the son of His Majesty, King Jin, wouldn't it be more legitimate to take refuge in him?"

"This... King Jin is too young... Forget it, let's open the skylight and speak honestly. The reason why our five great noble families have joined King Qi is because King Qi promised to share the country with our five great noble families. This condition, regardless of It is impossible for Guo Ye or King Jin to agree."

Zhang Liang said: "Patriarch Li, you are right! Loyalty, filial piety and righteousness are bullshit, and only ready-made benefits are real. Why do we deal with Guo Ye? It is because he blocked our road to wealth. From a distance, it is he who hindered King Qi's ascension to the throne, and from a closer point, it is he who hindered our colored glaze business. With these two reasons, Guo Ye must die!"

Wei Ting said: "What you said is useless, I also want Guo Ye to die. But the problem now is...we can't beat him!"

Zhang Liang smiled sinisterly, and said: "We can't fight, but someone can! For example... Your Majesty!"