Chapter 135: King Shou's Marriage (2)
"Your Highness, what now? I didn't expect Your Majesty to take the initiative to mention this matter, and it seems that Your Majesty doesn't want His Highness to stay in the court. After Yang Qiqiu and his party left, Li Yingxu said worriedly.
"It's expected, but it seems that the royal brother still thinks of brotherhood and doesn't plan to demote this king to Annan and other places. Since the imperial brother wants to ask the king's opinion, then there is still a turning point in this matter, and we should find a way to go to Shannan Dongdao or Jingnan, which is also in line with the result of our discussion. In fact, when Li Yi mentioned his marriage before, Li Ye knew that he was very likely to be exiled to a place, of course, if it sounds good, it is called exile, and if it is not good, it is called exile.
However, Li Ye doesn't mind being exiled and exiled, what he needs is a place that can be used as a foundation for development.
If it weren't for the urgency of time, Lingnan, Annam and other places could also be, after all, they are close to the sea, the transportation is convenient, and they are also far away from the turmoil in the Central Plains. However, this also restricts Li Ye's further development, so Annan and other places are not suitable for Li Ye, of course, it has not yet been decided, and there are still opportunities for turnover.
"Your Highness, although this is the truth, if Tian Lingzi makes trouble, it will not be good news for His Highness." Li Yingxu was a little worried.
Li Ye also knows that there are too many changes in the middle, but this matter is not something he can decide.
I don't know if Li Yu took the initiative or Tian Lingzi deliberately did it, but a few days after Yang Qiqiu led part of the Nanzhao delegation to leave, Li Yue, the Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple, mentioned Li Ye's marriage at a routine court meeting. Although he didn't say anything about Li Ye going to the local town guard, Li Ye knew that after getting married, it would be soon.
Some ministers also found some strange things, after all, the matter of peace with Nanzhao has not yet been decided, why did His Majesty urge King Shou to marry? Although King Shou has reached the age of 16 and has reached the age of marriage, there is no need to be so anxious, what makes them even more strange is that His Majesty actually adopted the suggestion of Li Yue, the Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple, and at the same time asked Li Yue to choose an auspicious day of the zodiac to hold a grand wedding for King Shou.
Although Li Yue, the heir of the king, is the Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple, his relationship with His Majesty is not very close, but because of his high seniority, he took over the post of Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple after the previous Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple died in the Huangchao Rebellion, and was responsible for the daily affairs of Zongzheng Temple.
And Li Yue said three days on the spot, let Li Yu choose, and finally Li Yu chose the eighth day of October, which is close to the end of the year. The reason why this date was chosen was because the other two days were too early, and Li Yu didn't want King Shou's wedding to be held too hastily, so he chose a later date.
Seeing that the wood was already in the boat, although Li Ye wanted to raise an objection, it was impossible to change the result, so he could only accept it silently. It's July now, and the eighth day of October is only one August and September, in fact, the time is a little tight, but Tian Lingzi thinks that it is not appropriate to postpone it any longer, so Li Yi agreed.
"King Yu, thank you very much this time, don't worry, what I promised you will be delivered to the house in the evening."
After the next court, Tian Lingzi took the time to come to Li Yue's side and said with a smile, his smug expression overflowing. Li Ye's marriage was set for October, naturally not because it was a good day, but because Tian Lingzi bought off Li Yue, the Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple, at a cost of 50,000 yuan, which is not a small number.
Of course, Tian Lingzi will get the money back from other places, and after Li Ye gets married, he will definitely leave Chengdu, and then Li Ye's tea house will not be his Tian Lingzi's? Although he didn't know how profitable the tea house was, Tian Lingzi heard that Li Ye's money to the emperor every year was hundreds of thousands of yuan, so he could imagine the profits.
Li Ye didn't leave, so he naturally didn't dare to move, but after leaving the court, he naturally wouldn't have any scruples. So sending tens of thousands of guan at this time is nothing to him.
"The Duke of Jin Guo is polite, it's just a gesture." Li You, who is in his fifties, said with a smile, obviously satisfied, guilty or something, not at all.
"Does King Yu have time at night? Our family has prepared some thin wine in the house, and specially let the dancers in the house choreograph a new dance, do you want to see it? Tian Lingzi said with a smile.
"Really?" King Yu's eyes lit up and he said loudly, then looked around cautiously and lowered his voice, "Don't deceive this king. β
"Naturally not, how can our family deceive His Royal Highness. Our family thinks that His Royal Highness King Yu has agreed, so our family is in the house, waiting for His Royal Highness King Yu to come. Tian Lingzi said with a smile, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
For the king in front of him, he is old, but he is greedy for money and lustful, so it is not difficult to buy off the other party, one hand of money, one hand of women, are you afraid that you will not be able to clean up the other party?
Although the conversation between the two avoided the ministers of the next dynasty, many people still saw the two talking and laughing together, and Li Ye naturally saw it too. Seeing that Li Yue, the king of the Tang Dynasty, was actually in cahoots with Tian Lingzi, he was also very angry, could it be that the Tang Dynasty was really hopeless? Can't these people in the royal family see the current situation facing Datang? Still not ready to forge ahead?
"King Shou, be careful yourself, King Yu and Tian Lingzi are so friendly, obviously there is a conspiracy in it, I am afraid it will be unfavorable to His Highness." Few people know the news that Li Ye is going to be released, and Zheng Jin, who opened his mouth to remind him, is obviously not one of the few people, but the emperor's abnormal behavior also makes him a little worried.
"The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. Zheng Xiang doesn't have to worry too much, Xiao Wang will deal with it carefully, and he will not let this kind of power eunuch trouble the court. Li Ye said eloquently.
Seeing that Li Ye was so confident, Zheng Zheng wanted to remind the other party that Tian Lingzi was not such an easy person to deal with, but when he saw King Ji coming towards him, and it looked like he was looking for King Shou in front of him, he didn't say much, so he said hello and left.
"Seven." King Ji, who had a serious face, shouted Li Ye from afar, with a commanding tone.
For this Sixth Emperor Brother, Li Ye has an average impression and a general relationship, but after all, he is a half-brother, and he still has to have at least respect, so he hurriedly bowed his hand, "Sixth Emperor Brother." β
Looking at the fast-growing Seventh Emperor Brother in front of him, King Ji's expression was a little complicated, but thinking that there were only four of the eight brothers left, and the Fifth Emperor Brother was the emperor, he was not very friendly to him, and he was guarded against him everywhere. Li Ye, the seventh child, was very close to the fifth child at the beginning, and he did not do his job, which made him very dissatisfied; As for Lao Qi, because he is frail and sickly, and the royal family's family affection is already weak, the relationship is not very close.
But even so, he only has these three brothers left. Now Lao Qi may also follow in his footsteps, as an elder brother, he is a little unbearable, or he sees an opportunity.
"Old Seven, I'm afraid you don't know, after getting married, you will be exiled to a remote place. After all, you and I are brothers, although there are relatively few contacts, but I can't watch you being persecuted by the Five Emperor Brothers.
The matter of your exile was thought up by the Fifth Emperor Brother and Tian Lingzi's dog thief together, but I didn't expect the Fifth Emperor Brother to be so dismissive of brotherly love that he would want to exile you to a remote place. King Ji said with some sadness.
"What? Where did the Sixth Emperor Brother find out? How did I not know? Isn't it just getting married? Li Ye said 'surprised'.
Although the auspicious king in front of him was kind enough to remind him, Li Ye always felt that the other party was a little cozy, you must know that the other party has belittled himself more than once, how could he be so kind to remind himself this time? And not many people know about this, and he only knew that Li Yi had this plan because of Yang Fugong's reminder, but how did the other party know?
Tian Lingzi will definitely not tell the other party, could it be Yang Fugong? But it's not right, in history, Li Yi was seriously ill, and all the ministers recommended King Ji to be the emperor's younger brother in case Li Yi died suddenly. It was Yang Fugong who overrode public opinion and supported Li Ye, who had no power, to ascend to the throne of the emperor, which means that the relationship between Yang Fugong and King Ji is not very good.
If it's not Tian Lingzi, it's not Yang Fugong, then who is it? Or that the other party has planted someone in the house of the two or next to Li Yi, so that he can know the news so quickly. If it was the latter, he would have to suspect King Ji's true purpose, or the other party had always coveted the other party's supreme position.
This can be said in the past, after all, who doesn't covet that position. If it weren't for the eunuch who couldn't be the emperor, maybe the Tang Dynasty would have been replaced by a eunuch a long time ago.
"Where did the imperial brother know, you don't care about the seventh brother, but this thing is true. The pacification of the rebellion, the seventh brother, you are the first to merit, but the fifth emperor brother did not reward you, but treated you like this, and Chen Jingxuan only quelled a rebellion, and was named the inspector and Liang Guogong. Thinking of this, the royal brother feels worthless for you. King Ji said with some pity.
"The words of the sixth emperor brother are serious, in front of the fifth emperor brother, the seventh brother is both a younger brother and a minister. And Lao Qi is already a prince, and the fifth emperor brother has nothing to reward me, so Lao Qi doesn't pay much attention to rewards. However, the reminder of the sixth emperor brother, Lao Qi must keep it in mind, even if it is released, it doesn't matter, Lao Qi is thinking about how to quell this rebellion, just to show his strengthγγγγγ β
Looking at Li Ye, who looked a little excited, King Ji couldn't help but interrupt, "Old Seven, you listen to the imperial brother first." β
"Brother Six Emperors, please speak."
King Ji looked around, and then said cautiously, "Old Seven, although the fifth emperor brother is older and is our imperial brother, but now the country is not a country, Tian Lingzi and these people are all appointed by him." If it weren't for Tian Lingzi's interference in the government affairs, how could I be like this in the Tang Dynasty, and how could we have fallen to the corner of Xichuan.
Lao Qi, you have an army, and the imperial brother is also somewhat influential among the ministers of the court, and when the time comes, our brothers will join forces, and we will definitely be able to reproduce the prosperous Tang Dynasty. β
"Brother Sixth Emperor, what are you?" Li Ye was a little surprised, King Ji hurriedly covered his mouth and said, "Just know, the imperial brother won't force you, you can think about it, the imperial brother will definitely not be as intolerant as the fifth imperial brother." β
After saying that, King Ji ignored Li Ye's 'surprise', and left quickly, although others saw the two chatting, but at most they thought it was a greeting between brothers, and they wouldn't think about it in other ways.
It wasn't until King Ji walked away that Li Ye's face returned to calm, looking at King Ji who was far away, and then looking at the hall behind him, he couldn't help but sigh, this royal family, there are really few good people.
Although King Ji was known as a wise man in the court, his biggest weakness was that he did not have an army. At this time, the forbidden army was in the hands of Tian Lingzi and Yang Fugong, and King Ji couldn't intervene at all, only Li Ye coincidentally formed the Tiance Army. Although the Tiance army is not as good as the Shence army, there are also nearly 10,000 troops, and King Ji, who has no army, naturally came to woo Li Ye. Although Li Yi deliberately distanced himself from Li Ye, he did not cut Li Ye's military power, and the Tiance Army was still under Li Ye's command.
As for King Ji's assurance, Li Ye scoffed. Which emperor would allow his own brother to hold heavy troops, King Ji said it well, or thought that he Li Ye was so deceived.
"Your Highness, are we going back to the palace, or are we going to the manor outside the city? I heard that there was a new progress in the study of gunpowder in the manor outside the city. Unconsciously, Li Ye walked outside the palace, and Zhang Wei, who was waiting, hurriedly greeted him.
"New developments?" Li Ye was a little surprised, although he really wanted to see it, but thinking of today's court meeting, he ordered, "Go directly to Liu's mansion." β