The city of Chang'an in July is like a big furnace.
Cicadas are chirping non-stop outside.
The hot weather and the annoying cicada chirping make people even more irritated.
Regent's Palace.
Xuan Shiba stood in the middle of the lobby and reported the latest progress of the rebellion case to Zhao Ziliang, "Li Mian has been recruited.
Above him is King Yan Li Bin.
In addition to Jia Rong, his subordinates also include the deputy general of the Qingzhou local army."
Cheng Danian, Weizhou Don't forget Lin Ruguang and Li Changping, the director of the Ministry of Industry.
In addition, according to Li Mian's account, he found that there was another person under Li Bin who had the title of King Siteng.
He was once the general of Zuo Jinwu Guard.
He is over sixty this year.
Free at home" Li Yuanying, the 22nd son of Tang Emperor Li Yuan, was named King Teng.
It was he who built the famous Tengwang Pavilion.
Li Zhanran is the grandson of Li Yuanying.
After listening to Xuan Shiba's report with a livid face, Zhao Ziliang took the list in his hand and read it in detail again, and was furious: "The rebels are all rebellious ministers and traitors.
King Yan Li Bin was so sanctimonious yesterday.
Why?
It is abominable and disgusting to defend the clan children and fight against Gu Yi, but he did not expect that he was also a rebellious minister.
He is telling the Yushitai to arrest everyone on the list immediately.
You will bring someone to supervise the execution."
"Follow the decree" The reason why Zhao Ziliang asked Yushitai to arrest people was mainly because Xuan Shiba was not an official of the Tang Dynasty after all.
He was asked to investigate the case before because he would not be interfered by external forces.
Now Li Mian has opened his mouth to explain so many officials. , there are two important members of the clan, so Xuan Shiba cannot be asked to arrest people, but Yushitai can only be asked to arrest people.
It is more justified, and Xuan Shiba is asked to lead people to supervise the execution in order to prevent treason.
The masterminds have planted a spy in Yushitai and leaked the news.
Under the supervision of Xuan Shiba, Yushitai did not dare to slack off and immediately dispatched a large number of government officials and soldiers to immediately arrest the suspects in Chang'an City, and also sent a large number of fast horses to arrest the suspects listed on the list in other places. , and interrogated on the spot.
These clues dug out the rebels.
Li Mian's explanation is definitely a disaster for the organization behind the scenes.
It is like the Yellow River bursting its banks.
It is difficult to stop it.
And Li Bin's arrest is like a sharp knife stabbing into the enemy's heart.
The internal organs are already extremely close to the core of this rebellious organization.
Not all members of the rebellious organization are determined people.
Many of them are speculators.
These people themselves have no political stance.
After being tortured and threatened, they couldn't hold it any longer, so they opened their mouths and confessed everything they knew.
With the arrest of King Yan Li Bin, some people in the court began to feel that something was wrong.
First, Li Mian, a clan whose blood relationship with the emperor was already very weak, was arrested, then Li Zhanran and Li Bin, Li Zhanran and Li Mian were arrested Needless to say, their blood relationship with the emperor is no longer close, but Li Bin is very close to the emperor.
He is the emperor's uncle. , three consecutive clans were involved, and other officials and generals were just small shrimps in the rebellion organization.
The three clans not only had higher status than the others, but also had a higher status in the rebellion organization, and the closer they were to the emperor.
The higher the status of a person, many smart people saw the mystery hidden in it.
This discovery made many people gasp.
As people like Li Bin were arrested, more and more officials and clan members surfaced and were arrested one after another.
Those arrested were not only officials, but also minor officials working in various yamen, as well as high-ranking clan princes, Some people, including the princes and princes, had a premonition that great changes were about to take place in the Tang Dynasty.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the latest investigation report submitted by Xuan Shiba and sneered: "Hello, clan, okay.
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I thought who had the courage to launch a rebellion.
It turns out that these clans are behind the scenes.
However, they were unwilling to let the Li and Tang royal family lose their power.
They saw that They are not used to Gu being in power, they are against Gu, they want to take back the power, even if Gu gives the power back to them, can they manage this country well?
How can a group of worms who only know how to eat, drink, wait for death, and oppress the people have the ability to govern this country well and then let it go?
Have they ruined the whole world?"
Gao Shang stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, calm down.
Judging from the current situation, the clan should indeed be in charge of this rebellion organization.
I just don't know how many princes and princes are involved in it.
If the entire clan is involved, this matter Things will be troublesome.
If we continue to investigate, it will be very difficult.
Maybe the entire clan will be kept in the dark.
In this case, how will the final treatment be dealt with?
If the entire clan is imprisoned and dealt with according to the law, how will the world view the king?
But if the investigation is not continued, there is no guarantee that those who have not been found out will not fight back in the future.
This is still It’s such a nerve-wracking question.”
Zhao Ziliang said: "Is it possible that Gu should tolerate and support adultery just because he is worried about how the people in the world will view Gu?"
Prince Zhanshi Lu Zhi stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think it's not terrible for the ministers to think that the clan opposes your Majesty.
Who doesn't have a few opponents in power?
What's terrible is that they have secret cliques hidden in the dark, and Their organizational structure and form have become extremely strict, and the ideas and views they spread are These points are very agitating and inflammatory.
Based on these, they will develop very quickly.
In just a few years, they can develop from a few people to tens of thousands of people.
Moreover, they are still hidden in the dark, and their contacts are made by Using a specific method, it is difficult to find them all in a short time, which is the scariest thing.”
Zhao Ziliang's pupils shrank when he heard this.
After all, this era is dominated by Confucianism, and the idea of loyalty to the emperor has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Now the emperor lives in the deep palace and does not hold power.
This has become an excuse for many people who want to cause trouble.
As long as someone proposes to remove the emperor and return power to the Many people will immediately respond to slogans such as "Emperor", and some will even accuse Zhao Ziliang of causing trouble with the government and being dictatorial.
He is compared with Wang Mang, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao and others.
If not for his high prestige, the Tang Dynasty has indeed ended the war in these years and greatly improved the living standards of the people.
If the politics of the Tang Dynasty were clear and the public security was good, it would have been long ago.
Some people openly opposed and criticized him, and this was why the princes and princes of the clan could only form cliques secretly and did not dare to openly oppose him.
Zhao Ziliang thought about it for a long time.
He has the ability and right to move these clans, but he has no name.
He is just a regent with a foreign surname and can only handle military and political affairs.
If he uses the regent's order to move the clan, it will seem a bit domineering.
Yes, this will give people a reason to talk.
If you want to disturb the clan, you must have the emperor's nod.
It will be different if you act in the name of the emperor.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ziliang stood up immediately: "Come here, prepare your horses.
Gu is going to the palace to see the emperor Li Mi and Lu Zhi.
You two go with Gu."
"promise" In fact, although controlling the emperor will leave a lot of things to say to others and leave a bad impression on the people, the benefits of using the emperor to control the princes are great.
If you want to do anything directly in the name of the emperor, who dares Disobey Shortly after Zhao Ziliang brought Li Mi and Lu Zhi into the palace, an imperial edict was issued from the palace and sent directly to the clan's mansion.
The main idea of the edict was that some members of the royal family secretly formed a clique with the intention of conspiring to rebel and endanger the Tang Dynasty and the country.
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The regent has been given full authority to investigate and deal with the matter.
No matter who is involved in the clan, all officials in the clan must cooperate.
With the emperor's imperial edict, Zhao Ziliang no longer had any scruples in his actions.
He was just an executor.
If the clan members wanted to scold him, they could scold the emperor.
It was the emperor who wanted to investigate.
However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the emperor's intelligence is limited, so he doesn't know what to do.
This is nothing more than a trick directed and performed by Zhao Ziliang.
Many people know it in their hearts, but no one will say it openly.
The clan is now in bad luck.
With the in-depth investigation of the case, more and more clan members are involved.
The furthest ones can be traced back to the generation of Emperor Gaozu, and the latest ones have been traced to the emperor's uncles.
During this period, the envoy of the Bohai State, Dai Yixin, and the Tang Dynasty Prime Minister negotiated for more than half a month, and finally signed an agreement: First, the Bohai State ceded the Yalu River coastal areas of Yahao Prefecture and the northeastern part of North Korea in Nanhai Prefecture.
After these two prefectures were assigned to the Tang Dynasty, the Bohai Kingdom completely separated from the imperial court.
The Korean Peninsula has lost its land connection, and it is impossible for the Bohae Kingdom to unite with the old forces of Silla to rebel.
Secondly, the Bohae Kingdom sends Da Qinmao's youngest son Da Songlin to Chang'an as a hostage.
Thirdly, the Bohae Kingdom every year Pay tribute of 1.8 million gold yuan to the Tang Dynasty; fourth, Bohai Kingdom will forever be a vassal of the Tang Dynasty.
On July 29, Dayi Xin left Chang'an and returned to Bohai State with great humiliation and envoys.
The Tang Army garrison in the northeast quickly received the imperial edict and prepared to gather troops to start taking over Yahao Mansion and Nanhai.
Mansion.
On the second day of August, a memorial of the latest case investigation report was delivered to Zhao Ziliang's court.
Zhao Ziliang picked up the memorial and looked at it.
His expression changed, he looked up at Xuan Shiba and asked: "Are you sure that King Chen Li Yu is the real person?"
The mastermind behind Xuan Shiba cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, from now on all the witnesses and clues point to Li Yu, but Wei Chen cannot guarantee that Li Yu is the leader of the rebel organization.
Wei Chen's intuition makes Wei Chen feel that Li Yu I'm afraid there's someone behind it, or there's more than one leader."
Li Yu is the emperor's brother.
Although he is a half-mother, among the current princes, he is one of the closest to the emperor.
This made Zhao Ziliang feel a chill.
Could it be that the entire royal family was involved?
This rebellion "Then we will investigate again and find out the supreme leader of this organization.
I am really looking forward to seeing who this person is."
"yes" When the case was investigated to this point, the person at the back of the curtain could no longer sit still, and began to panic.
He was afraid that someone in the organization who knew his identity would betray him, and his moves began to go wrong frequently.
This person even sent a large number of assassins to the Tianlao to assassinate him.
However, the Tianlao was no longer as well guarded as it was before.
Not only did the assassins fail to assassinate, they also suffered heavy losses.
In addition to some of them escaping, several were arrested on the spot.
"What is he?"
Zhao Ziliang was shocked after hearing Xuan Shiba's report.
It turned out that the supreme leader of this rebellious organization was none other than Li Song, the eldest son of Li Yu's eldest son Li Shi.
He was just twenty years old this year and was named King Xuan, who founded this organization, contacted and recruited most of the clans, princes and nobles to join it, and controlled a large number of managements in the Tang Dynasty and various places, and even many military generals.
On August 12, Yushitai Yushi Zhongcheng Umeda Millet came to Prince Xuan's Mansion with a large number of soldiers, government officials and police officers
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