Sui and Tang Dynasties: Engagement to Li Xiuning, start with heavy snow dragon ride

"Could it be because Li Shimin escaped?"

Pei Ju guessed.

Everyone shook their heads, Wei Zheng said:

"Li Shimin's defeat is already doomed. His Majesty will not be unaware of this."

Pei Ju frowned, and said again:

"Before leaving the palace, I approached Zhang Heng and asked how His Majesty was doing recently. He said that he didn't notice anything unusual."

Several people fell silent.

Xu Maogong thought about it, and said:

"Nowadays, the performance of all the officials in the court is seen by everyone. You must know what His Majesty thinks."

"It has developed to this point, if His Majesty insists on eradicating the nobles, we still need to make a statement."

He said these two sentences while looking at Su Wei and others.

Except for Wei Zheng, they are all of noble origin, if they don't take sides at this time, there will be endless troubles.

"But His Majesty wants to eradicate it, so I can't escape if I think about it?"

Pei Ju's eyes were dim, and he now understood what it means to be with a king like a tiger.

Sometimes it is obviously a good thing, but in a blink of an eye, the emperor is not happy again.

Su Wei also sighed:

"However, it is not easy to completely eradicate the nobles. Now most of the power is in the hands of the nobles."

"After these few wars, the national treasury is almost empty. If there is such a big move again, it will not hurt at all, and it will anger the family. It will be another time..."

He didn't finish his sentence, and everyone present knew what he meant.

Wei Zheng shook his head. He felt that Yang Zhao's purpose was not to eradicate the nobles.

"At the Xiaochao meeting that day, His Majesty's purpose was not to be a nobleman, but to be a capable person."

Xu Maogong nodded, and continued:

"Yes, if all the officials in the court are our officials, His Majesty will not come out of it."

"Whether you are a nobleman or a poor family, the important thing is to be able to take on great responsibilities."

Everyone reacted, thinking about it too.

In terms of nobility, is there anything more noble than the royal family in this world?

Could it be that the emperor wants to eradicate himself?

"My next move should be to cooperate with His Majesty and get rid of some mediocre people."

What Wei Zheng said coincides with Xu Maogong.

"I'm afraid this matter is not so simple..."

Pei Ju seemed to have thought of something, seeing everyone looking at him, he continued to explain:

"Master Su's words just now reminded me of one thing."

"Perhaps, this is His Majesty's original intention."

Xu Maogong and others became interested and hurriedly asked:

"What's the matter?"

Pei Ju still paused, and said four words:

"The treasury is empty."

Wei Zheng and others understood.

Yes, although the national treasury is not empty now.

But there are not many left.

What Pei Ju said was that Yang Zhao was afraid of such a situation.

It's not just these human corpses that are eradicated.

More importantly, most of the property was embezzled by them.

Now the country needs to recuperate, if the Western Turks or Goguryeo or Tuyuhun invade.

How many more games can they play?

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and we are still far behind."

Wei Zheng sighed, he never thought of this step.

Several people nodded in agreement.

"Then the next step, His Majesty may rectify the imperial court. We need to make preparations."

Xu Maogong thought about it and reminded everyone.

He knew Yang Zhao well, if there was anything he would do immediately.

No procrastination.

"I'll go to talk to His Majesty in the evening, everyone, please wait for the news."

After Xu Maogong finished speaking, several people left.

Su Wei and Pei Ju looked at each other, and they both saw the relaxation in each other's eyes.

In this way, it has nothing to do with them.

Ever since Yang Zhao talked about nobles that day.

They were always uneasy.

If Yang Zhao just hated the nobles and wanted to eradicate them, then they would all be implicated to some extent.

After going back that night, the two of them discussed whether they planned to resign and return home.

After Xu Maogong and Wei Zheng's analysis, it is estimated that Yang Zhao's purpose is almost the same.

They are rarely relaxed.

……

at night.

Xu Maogong enters the palace.

To test Yang Zhao's outlet.

The two talked for an hour and came out.

While Xu Maogong heaved a sigh of relief, he was even more puzzled.

After returning, he passed the news to Wei Zheng and others.

The good news is that their conjecture is correct, and His Majesty's concerns do come from this.

Confused, Yang Zhao was different from the daytime, and turned back to the calm emperor.

And during the day, his behavior was abnormal, which made Xu Maogong a little confused.

What puzzled him even more was that Yang Zhao gave an order.

Three days later, Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and others were dragged to the vegetable market and asked to be executed.

Generally speaking, if you want to be such a rebel, just pull down the Meridian Gate and ask to be killed.

And I'm not in such a hurry, I need to be detained for a while and interrogated more.

Yang Zhao was in a hurry to kill.

Xu Maogong didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he returned to the mansion and discussed with Wei Zheng and others.

In the end, no results were discussed.

At most, they felt that the purpose of pulling down the vegetable market was to tell the world the fate of rebellion.

Another point is to make it for the common people to show the majesty of the emperor.

Chapter 286 Subtle Influence

In a blink of an eye, a month passed quickly.

A lot happened during that time.

Li Yuan and others have been dragged to the vegetable market and questioned and executed in public.

Yang Zhao felt relieved.

During this period, he learned of Yang Zhao's thoughts, and Wei Zheng recommended Chu Suiliang again.

Yang Zhao didn't think too much, and arranged for a position as Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

It just so happened that Su Wei and others had caught the original Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Yang Zhao was furious because of the ironclad evidence.

Immediately ordered the whole house to be ransacked.

It can be regarded as paving the way for Yang Zhao's plan.

Xu Maogong has been quite busy recently, and under Yang Zhao's order, he was looking for someone.

There is no special description, only that it is a woman.

He was curious, but he didn't dare to ask more questions.

It is right to assume that His Majesty wants to accept a concubine.

But why would you entrust this kind of thing to him?

Yang Zhao has been quite irritable from time to time in the past few days.

There is no other reason, according to Jin Yiwei's news.

Li Shimin's whereabouts have not been found out yet, and he feels something is wrong.

It seemed that there was a force secretly competing with him.

In the bedroom, Yang Zhao paced back and forth.

Jinyiwei is rewarded by the system, and the ability to spy on intelligence does not need to be questioned.

But it has been a month, and there is no news at all.

It seems that Li Shimin has evaporated in this world.

During this period, Shen Lian also guessed.

"Have you died in the mountains?"

Yang Zhao didn't believe it, he had an intuition that Li Shimin was not dead.

Even if he is dead, why can't he find the bones.

Even if it was eaten by wild animals, there are still bones, right?

No trace was found.

Can people really disappear out of thin air?

Obviously this is impossible.

Yang Zhao had a vague guess in his heart.

"Your Majesty, my subordinate Shen Lian seeks to see you."

At this moment, upon hearing Shen Lian's voice, Yang Zhao's eyes flashed.

"Enter."

Shen Lian in a flying fish suit walked into the hall, before he could speak, Yang Zhao hurriedly asked:

"But Li Shimin has news?"

Shen Lian was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head: