Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 389 A big picture emerges

   As the emperor of Chengde said, Li Shen is a difficult person to deal with.

  After he was trapped in the capital and unable to move, the Marquis of Pingnan did not sit still, but was actively operating.

   Li Xin thought it was the fourth prince who was unwilling to lie about the disaster situation in various places before, but after thinking about it carefully, he could figure out that it was not so simple.

Although His Royal Highness King Qi was very well-connected in the official circles, the contacts in the official circles are the most realistic. Tea gets cold as soon as people leave. In the past, the fourth prince was a "popular" to win the succession, so naturally there were many people for him to drive, but now When the dust settles in the capital, those literati will no longer work for a clan that has already become a vassal.

   Not to mention the big crime of lying about the disaster.

  Then, it is only possible that the Pingnanhou Mansion is doing it.

  Li Xin took a deep look at the Son of Heaven and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, just now the minister left the palace and saw the people of the Zheng family in Xingyang entering and leaving the Marquis of Pingnan mansion."

  The emperor was slightly moved, but he didn't take it too seriously, he just smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter if you enter the capital, just don't let them go out."

   Li Xin shook his head and said, "I think of some very bad things."

  The Emperor took Li Xin, sat down at the table next to him, and said with a smile: "Changan, don't worry, speak slowly."

  Li Xin sat down, closed his eyes and thought about it carefully, then opened his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, I suspect the Marquis of Pingnan Mansion, and we must do it first."

  The emperor frowned.

   "How can I see it?"

The Marquis of Jing'an's voice was sonorous and powerful: "At the same time reporting disasters from all over the country, if it is man-made, this kind of influence cannot be achieved by His Royal Highness Prince Qi, who is already a vassal. It can only be the Li Clan of Zhao County and the Zheng Clan of Xingyang who have a lot of local influence. The powerful family is behind it."

  The emperor's expression gradually became solemn.

   "How dare they bet on the Pingnan Hou Mansion?"

The reason why aristocratic families can last for thousands of years is not only because they have a family and no country, but more importantly, they "only profit", this profit is not only personal profit, but the interests of the entire family, for the benefit of the family, the family People here can die without hesitation.

   And they are "snobby".

These aristocratic families, even if no one has entered the officialdom, will invest in those poor families and play with political affairs by playing with puppets. At the same time, their means of avoiding disasters are also very clever. Once the family feels that someone or something will bring disaster to the family , the family will be immediately broken clean, and will no longer have any relationship.

For example, in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Zheng family of Xingyang and the Li family of Zhao Jun were both related by marriage to the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Li's actions were even more extreme, not only killing the princesses of the Yuwen family, but also all the descendants of the princes, saying that they wanted to "purify the blood of the Han family" in order to please the new owner of this land.

Therefore, in the eyes of Li Xin and Emperor Taikang before, these aristocratic families would not dare to intervene in the battle between the Pingnanhou Mansion and the imperial court, even if it was the main line of the Pingnanhou Mansion, the Zhao County Li clan, they should Disengage from Pingnan Houfu.

   After all, the family is separated, it is two families.

   Li Xin took a deep breath and continued: "I don't understand this matter, but just now, I suddenly figured it out."

   "Because of the abolition of the prince."

Li Xin whispered: "With the abolition of the prince, they will not be regarded as rebels, and they will have a justifiable status. At this time, if disasters continue to occur in various places, they will use the excuse of His Majesty's immorality to raise troops. Frightened, there is a chance for them to succeed!"

   "Once they succeed, they will hold the abolished prince on the throne. At that time, whether it is the Zheng family in Xingyang or the Li family in Zhaojun, they will be wiped out and become the two most prominent families in Dajin!"

   This is the hidden danger left behind when Emperor Taikang came to the throne by mutiny.

   This is the root cause of the abolition of the prince and his departure from Beijing.

   Actually, Li Xin also expected this, but he thought that even if Li Shen got the abolished prince, he would only passively defend.

  The emperor was stunned.

   "How dare they...?"

Li Xin took a deep breath and said, "The minister just thought about it, this may be their only chance, if they wait until His Majesty has a complete grasp of the government, then they are just waiting to die, and only at this moment when His Majesty's foundation is unstable. , they have a chance."

   Emperor Taikang slapped the table hard.

   "If it wasn't for Chen Ju who let go of eldest brother!"

  Li Xin shook his head and said, "Your Majesty shouldn't get angry. The more this is happening, the more we have to pretend that we don't know anything."

   "Don't startle the snake."

  The emperor looked left and right, then got up and said, "It's inconvenient to speak here, Brother Xin, let's talk in the study."

  Li Xin got up and said, "Yes."

  The two walked to Tianzi's study. Tianzi did not sit on the dragon chair, but pulled a chair and sat with Li Xin. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.

   "What I can't figure out is that if Li Shen insisted on doing something, then why would the people of the Zheng family in Xingyang go to the capital and throw themselves into the net?"

   Li Xin thought for a while, and said, "It may be the head of the Zheng family, and he has to personally confirm the situation."

   "He's very old, and it doesn't matter if he dies in the capital."

   "What about Li Shen?"

  The emperor said angrily: "Li Shenren is in the capital, what's the point of him doing these things? It can't be that he wants to make a wedding dress for Li Yan, right?"

   At this time, the new emperor was a little flustered, and for a moment, he even suspected that Li Shen was going to beat the king of Jing'an in front of him.

   Hearing the question from Emperor Taikang, Li Xin thought of a person.

   That young man who called himself his elder brother.

   Li Xin took a deep breath and said slowly, "Your Majesty, what if Li Shen has other children in the southern border?"

   Emperor Taikang looked at Li Xin steadily.

   "Brother Xin, what do you know?"

   Li Xin shook his head and said, "I don't know."

   Li Shuo's matter, if he told the emperor earlier, it would be nothing, but he didn't say it earlier, so he can't talk about it at this time.

"This minister is just guessing, Li Shen has been in the southern border for more than ten years, and he still has a general's mansion in the southern border. It is difficult to guarantee that he will not hide another son. Looking at the actions of the Pingnanhou mansion, this possibility is very high. "

   Emperor Taikang fell silent, and after a long time, he looked at Li Xin.

   "Brother Xin, what should I do about this matter?"

   "First of all, we can't be in a hurry."

Li Xin whispered: "Let's just pretend that we don't know about this matter, we can do what we want to do, don't disturb them, and then there are the inner guards, Yulin guards and Qianniu guards, we must promise to protect His Majesty. With absolute loyalty, as long as we fully control the capital, we still have a lot of leeway."

   The emperor nodded one by one.

   "Brother Xin, you are right, what else?"

   "One more point is the most crucial point."

  Li Xin said solemnly: "Before the people sent by the Ministry of Justice to investigate the disaster situation come back, His Majesty must drive Pei Jin down and take the Imperial Army completely in his hands!"

   "With the Imperial Army, you can completely control the affairs of the state. Only then will your Majesty have the capital to give it a shot and the capital to fight against the southern border!"

   (end of this chapter)