Li Zhi and Wu Mei sat behind the screen, one of them closed his eyes and listened to what was going on in the court, while the other frowned and wondered what Li Hong's ultimate goal was in holding such a grand court meeting.
To overthrow seven families with five surnames? Impossible, even if the three of them join forces, it might be enough. It's impossible for just one person to do it.
Completely solve the stubborn problems of new money and old money? Then why did he want to cause trouble in the court? With his status as the Minister of Household Affairs and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it is not difficult to solve the stubborn problems of old money and new money.
Therefore, this old money and new money are just a cover, which is the result of Li Hong’s conscious and deliberate expansion. What he wants is to focus people’s attention on the new money and old money.
Is it just to stand out for a student? Destroy the Hongwen Hall and the Imperial College in order to control them all? Although it is of great significance to have all the control in hand, Li Hong does not need to rush.
What's more, his current Chongwen Hall has already overwhelmed the Imperial Academy and Hongwen Hall in terms of momentum. If he wants talents who can help him, his Chongwen Hall can fully provide them, so why use this roundabout method
"The Wang family is in danger." Li Zhi suddenly opened his eyes, with a cold light flashing in his eyes, and said calmly.
Wu Mei was startled. His Majesty, who had never had a good face since sitting here, suddenly spoke.
"What do you mean by your Majesty's words?" Wu Mei turned around and asked.
"King Cao Li Ming, Wang Yifang, and Kong Zhiyue are all people who are close to the Wang family. Now Li Hong is holding these people accountable for their dereliction of duty. The purpose is already obvious." Li Zhi continued to close his eyes and slowly said.
"What about...the others? He has no idea?" Wu Mei was surprised. Could it be that Li Hong was just for the Wang family
"Others? We only remember his great achievements in Anxi in the past few years, but we have ignored that making this series of achievements requires an absolutely careful strategy. He can handle with ease in Anxi and deal with so many Among the foreign countries, in order to finally settle the nearly a dozen small countries under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate, in addition to strong force, Bai Suni was still in Taiyi City. , has long lost the power of the lord of a country, and is just a tavern keeper. Li Zhekai, Gaochang, Shi Guo, Dongxi Qiemi, Ge Luolu, Ashina Duzhi, etc., although they have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. , but the integration of the forces of all parties requires not only strong force, but also an excellent strategy to balance the forces of all parties. Now that Anxi is as stable as a mountain, who is responsible for it? Li Hong? It's the Tang Dynasty's contribution to the expansion of the territory, but it is Li Hong's contribution to stabilize, balance and integrate all forces." Li Zhi closed his eyes and handed the memorial in his hand to Hua. lucky.
Li Hong was probably building such momentum just to make it easier for him to grant him the ministerial order! You little bastard, you actually dare to plot against your father.
Wu Mei nodded thoughtfully and murmured to herself: "Yes, because Wencheng was in charge of Tubo, various forces regarded Wencheng as a holy savior of the Buddha. Li Hong was able to control Tubo's power in such a complicated environment. It is enough to imagine the depth of Li Hong's city. "
Li Zhi looked like a teachable child, nodded, opened his eyes again, glanced at the queen, took one of the queen's hands and rubbed it, saying, "Yes, so Li Hong's goal now is the Wang family."
Wu Mei's eyelids twitched involuntarily. Who does the Wang family have the most frequent contact with? That is Li Zhong, the Prince of Liang, who is now placed in Loulan, Anxi. According to Li Hong's character of vengeance, he will naturally take revenge as soon as he has his hands free.
In order to prevent the Wang family of Jinyang from taking precautions, Li Hong even did not hesitate to make noise in the court. In the chaos, everyone was in danger, so Li Hong used the huge momentum as a cover to make everyone think that he was Stupidly prepared to fight against the meritorious wealthy families, five surnames and seven families on his own.
And in this way, when everyone was on guard against him, he secretly pointed his finger at the Wang family who had obstructed him on his way back from Anxi.
"How did your Majesty know?" Wu Mei was curious, when did he become so keen.
"Yang Wu said it." Li Zhi cracked a white tooth and said with a chuckle.
Seeing that Wu Mei was still surprised, Li Zhi continued to smile and said: "It's not Lian Tie's fault, he actually knew about this, but he didn't think about it, and he followed the most important person in this plan for many days... "
"Di Renjie?!" Wu Mei screamed and hurriedly covered her mouth with her hands. She glanced around with her eyes rumbling. Wang Lou shook his head and signaled that no one in the front hall could hear. Wu Mei then put down her hands.
"Yes, this is a God-given opportunity that Li Hong got. Because Li Hong came back from Anxi, Di Renjie originally wanted to ask whether the star and moon pattern was related to other sects in the Western Regions, but he was unknowingly drawn into the Wang family by Li Hong. "In the plan." Li Zhi continued, although he said that, he did not know what the specific case was.
Because, after all, it is impossible that everything that happens in the court requires his, the emperor, to do it himself.
Wu Mei thought for a moment and then said: "Does that mean that the case handled by Di Renjie is related to the Wang family?"
"I don't know. I'm afraid only Di Renjie and Li Hong know this now. When Li Hong called Di Renjie just now, it shows that he has enough evidence in his hand. As for the poor scholar, Li Hong just picked it up. You can't do this either. I know it, but I don't want it to be the last straw for the Wang family." Li Zhi's expression became more relaxed. As long as this little brat didn't make the court a mess and was just dealing with a Wang family, it would still make him feel better. Be patient, otherwise, you must deal with him!
In the court hall, Kong Zhiyue's face turned pale. After being called several times by Li Hong, he slowly walked out of the crowd.
Zhongshu Ling Pei Yan, his servant Zeng Changqian, and the Minister of Civil Affairs Li Yiyan, including Zhang Wenguan and Cui Yuanzong, the left and right servants of the Shangshu Province, looked both relaxed and solemn at the same time.
As a series of things happened in the court, people gradually understood that His Highness the Crown Prince did not intend to compete with everyone, but only wanted to game the Wang family in the chaos.
"Divide and transform, make friends from far away and attack closely, win in chaos..." Some words began to appear in the minds of many officials in the court.
King Cao Li Ming also realized what Li Hong's ultimate goal was! He is not looking good now. He has a certain responsibility for making old money privately, and not only him, but also Princess Qianjin, who is far away in Luoyang and is still imprisoned in the house. At the beginning, she and the Wang family were the ones who made the most old money privately. people.
Kong Zhiyue walked out with a pale face, and Wang Yuan of the Jinyang Wang family also turned gloomy. He never expected that so many people would be deceived by His Highness the Crown Prince!
In fact, his purpose was to target the Wang family. He just wanted to bring down the Wang family. Kong Zhiyue, Wang Yifang, and Cao Wang Li Ming were all plotted by Li Hong, and now there is ironclad evidence in the hands of Di Renjie, the minister of Dali Temple!
I am afraid that this battle will be difficult to turn around. Di Renjie was not recommended, but came from the imperial examination. He does not have much closeness and awe towards the wealthy families. This is probably why His Highness the Crown Prince asked him to investigate the case.
Li Hong saw that Kong Zhiyue's face began to become dull, and he said calmly and calmly: "Tell me, what happened to those students in Hongwen Hall and Imperial College who hanged themselves?"
Kong Zhiyue raised his head numbly, his expression switching back and forth between dullness and panic. He originally thought that hanging himself would be enough to deal with, but he didn't expect that His Highness the Prince seemed to have noticed something.
At the same time as Li Hong was asking questions, Li Zhi behind the screen suddenly opened his eyes and sat up when he heard Li Hong asking about the suicides of students from the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall!
He didn't know about this, or in other words, he wasn't qualified to know about such a trivial matter!
Wu Mei also understood that the reason why Di Renjie asked Li Hong was probably the student's suicide case. It seemed that this case was related to the Wang family, Hongwen Hall, and the Imperial College!
"Uncle Cao Wang, since you spoke just now, why don't you also tell me, do you know anything about the suicide of these students?" If Li Hong's eyes could kill, Li Ming would have been cut into pieces by Li Hong. .
This rip-off, who had been stumbling upon himself with Princess Qianjin back then, has not changed his ways now. Not only did he mint old money privately, but after being discovered by students from the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall, he even resorted to killing people to silence him.
The reason why those students have star and moon patterns on their bodies is because there are stars and moon patterns on Kaiyuan Tongbao. The second is that the person who designed and planned to kill the student was Suo Yuanli from the Princess Qianjin's mansion, who was a famous cruel official in history. With him around, it would be easy to stage the murder as a suicide.
By tattooing the stars and moons on the students, Suo Yuanli wanted to divert the attention of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple from investigating the case and let them focus on the Western Regions. In this way, they would not be under the attention of Dali Temple. In this way, fewer mistakes will be made, and the clues related to the student who was found to have hanged himself will be reduced.
Li Zhi clenched his fists behind the screen. King Cao Li Ming was named by Li Hong. This was obviously not a good situation. The Wang family has been standing for a hundred years and has a complicated network of relationships. It is understandable to have close contacts with the emperor's relatives, but if he is involved in a murder case, it is not This is another simple murder case, and this is related to the reputation of the royal family.
When King Cao Li Ming heard Li Hong's voice, he couldn't help but trembled all over. He didn't just come into Li Hong's sight today. He had already aroused his dissatisfaction with the warlock incident some time ago. If he does it again now, If you commit murder and silence, you can easily imagine your fate.
(End of chapter)