As Chengde Tianzi said, Li Shen is a difficult person to deal with.

After he was trapped in the capital and couldn't move, this Pingnan Marquis did not sit still, but was actively operating.

Previously, Li Xin lied about the disaster situation in various places, and Li Xin thought that the fourth prince was unwilling, 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 officialdom earlier, but the connections in the officialdom were the most realistic, and the tea was cold as soon as people left, and the four princes were the "hot" to win the heirs in the past, so naturally there were many people for him to drive, but now that the dust has settled in the capital, those literati will no longer work hard for a clan that has already been a feudal clan.

Not to mention the great sin of lying about the disaster.

Then, it can only be that the Pingnan Hou Mansion is doing it.

Li Xin glanced at the Son of Heaven deeply, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, just now the minister left the palace and saw the people of the Zheng family in Xingyang, entering and leaving the Pingnan Hou Mansion. ”

The Son of Heaven was slightly moved, but he still didn't pay too much attention to it, just smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter if you enter the capital, just don't let them out." ”

Li Xin shook his head and said, "The minister thought of some very bad things. ”

The Son of Heaven pulled Li Xin, sat down at the table next to him, and said with a smile: "Chang'an, 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, the minister suspects the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, so he has to do it first." ”

The Son of Heaven frowned.

"How so?"

Jing'anhou's voice was sonorous and powerful: "All localities report disasters at the same time, if it is artificial, this kind of influence is not something that His Royal Highness the King of Qi who has already established a vassal can do, it can only be the Li clan of Zhaojun and the Zheng clan of Xingyang, who have a lot of local influence, are behind the scenes." ”

The Son of Heaven's expression gradually became solemn.

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

The reason why the big families can last for thousands of years is not only because they have a family and no country, but more importantly, they are "mercenary", this profit is not just a small personal profit, but the interests of the whole family, for the interests of the family, people in the family can die without hesitation.

And they are very "snobbish".

These big families, even if no one enters the office, will also invest in those poor families, and use the method of fiddling with puppets to fiddle with political affairs, 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 immediately break clean, and there will be no more relationship.

For example, in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Zheng family of Xingyang and the Li family of Zhaojun were both related to the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but after the fall of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, these two families drove out the princess of the Yuwen family and the emperor, among them, the Li family of Zhaojun did even more, not only killed the royal daughters of these Yuwen families, but also killed the heirs of these royal daughters, saying that they wanted to "purify the blood of the Han family", so as to please the new owner of this land.

Therefore, in the eyes of Li Xin and Taikang Tianzi, in any case, these families did not dare to intervene in the battle between the Pingnan Hou Mansion and the imperial court, even if it was the Li family of Zhao County, the main vein of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, they should also dissociate themselves from the Pingnan Hou Mansion.

After all, if they are separated, they are two families.

Li Xin took a deep breath and continued: "The minister couldn't figure it out either, but just now, the minister suddenly figured it out. ”

"Because of the abolished prince."

Li Xin said in a low voice: "With the abolished prince, they will not be considered a rebellion, they can have a reasonable reputation, at this time, if disasters continue to occur in various places, they will use the excuse of His Majesty's immorality to raise troops, and when the time comes, the people will be panicked, and they will have a chance to succeed!" ”

"Once they succeed, they will put the abolished prince on the throne of God, and when the time comes, whether it is the Xingyang Zheng family or the Zhaojun Li family, they will sweep away the decline and become the two most prominent families in the Great Jin!"

This is the hidden danger left behind by the mutiny of Taikang Tianzi when he took the throne.

This is the bane that was planted when the abolished prince left Beijing.

In fact, Li Xin also expected this, but he thought that even if Li Shen got the abolished prince, he would only passively defend, but he didn't expect that this Pingnanhou would start to do it now.

The Son of Heaven was stunned.

"They...... How dare you? ”

Li Xin took a deep breath and said: "The ministers just thought about it, this may be their only chance, if they wait until Your Majesty completely grasps the government, then they are just waiting for death, only at this moment when Your Majesty's foundation is unstable, they have a chance." ”

Taikang Tianzi slapped the table fiercely.

"If it weren't for Chen Ju who let go of the eldest brother at the beginning!"

Li Xin shook his head and said: "Your Majesty should not be angry, the more this time, the more we have to pretend that we don't know anything." ”

"Don't startle the snake."

The Son of Heaven looked left and right, then got up and said, "It's not convenient to talk here, Brother Xin, let's go to the study to talk." ”

Li Xin got up and said, "Yes." ”

The two of them paced to the study of the Son of Heaven, who did not sit on the dragon chair, but pulled a chair casually 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 has to do it, then why do the people of the Zheng family in Xingyang still go to the capital to throw themselves into the net?"

Li Xin thought for a moment and said, "It may be that the head of the Zheng family, who wants to confirm the situation in person." ”

"He is already dying, and it doesn't matter if he dies in the capital."

"What about Li Shen?"

The Son of Heaven said angrily: "Li Shen is in the capital, what's the point of him doing this, 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 panicked, and for a moment, he even suspected that Li Shen was going to fight the Jing'an Hou in front of him.

Hearing Taikang Tianzi's question, Li Xin thought of a person.

The young man who called himself his brother.

Li Xin took a deep breath and said slowly: "Your Majesty, what if Li Shen has other heirs in Southern Xinjiang?" ”

Taikang Tianzi looked at Li Xin fixedly.

"Brother Xin, what do you know?"

Li Xin shook his head and said, "The minister doesn't know. ”

Li Shuo's matter, if he had told this Son of Heaven earlier, it would be nothing, but he didn't say it earlier, so he must not say it again at this time.

"The minister just guessed that Li Shen has been in southern Xinjiang for more than ten years, and he still has a general's mansion in southern Xinjiang, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not hide another son.

Taikang Tianzi fell silent, and it was a long time before he looked at Li Xin.

"Brother Xin, this matter ...... What to do? ”

"First of all, we can't rush."

Li Xin said in a low voice: "This matter, we just don't know it, we can do what we need to do, don't alarm them, and then there is, the internal guards, Yulinwei and Qianniuwei, we must ensure absolute loyalty to Your Majesty, as long as we have complete control of the capital in our hands, there is still a lot of leeway." ”

The Son of Heaven nodded his head one by one.

"Brother Xin, you're right, what about again?"

"One more point, the most critical point."

Li Xin said in a deep voice: "Before the people sent by the Criminal Department to investigate the disaster situation come back, Your Majesty must drive Pei Jin down and take the forbidden army in his hands completely!" ”

"With the forbidden army, you can completely control the government and politics, and Your Majesty will have the capital to give it a go, and only then will you have the capital to fight against southern Xinjiang!"