Chang'an City in July is like a big furnace, and the non-stop chirping outside, the hot weather and this annoying sound make people even more irritable.

Regent's Palace.

Xuan Shibai stood in the middle of the lobby and reported to Zhao Ziliang the latest progress of the rebellion case, "Li Mian has been recruited, his top is Yan Wang Li Jue, and his downline in addition to Jia Rong is Cheng Danian, deputy general of the Qingzhou Local Army, Lin Ruguang, Weizhou Beijia, and Li Changping, director of the Ministry of Industry. In addition, according to Li Mian's confession, he found that there is also a downline under Li Jue who is Li Zhanran, who was the title of King Teng, who was once the general of Zuo Jin Wuwei, who is over sixty years old this year, and is now idle at home! ”

Li Yuanying, the twenty-second son of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, was named King Teng, and the famous Tengwang Pavilion was built by him. Li Zhanran is the grandson of Li Yuanying.

Zhao Ziliang listened to Xuan Eighteen's report with a blushing face, and then took the list recorded in his hand and read it in detail again, and was furious: "Mess with the party!" It's all some rebellious thieves! Li Jue, the king of Yan, was still dignified yesterday, fighting for the protection of the children of the clan and the lonely reason, but he didn't expect that he was also a chaotic minister! It's really hateful and hateful, send a message to the Imperial Observatory to immediately arrest everyone on the list! Eighteen, you take someone to supervise the execution! ”

"Yes!"

The reason why Zhao Ziliang wanted to let Yushitai arrest people was mainly due to the fact that Xuan Shibai was not an official of the Tang Dynasty after all, and he was asked to investigate the case before because he was not interfered with by external forces, but now Li Mian opened his mouth to explain so many officials, including two important members of the clan, which could not let Xuan Shitai arrest people, but only let Yushitai arrest people, and let Xuan Shibai take people to supervise the execution in order to prevent the masterminds of the rebellion case from having planted ghosts in Yushitai and leaked the news.

Under the supervision of Xuan Eighteen, Yu Shitai did not dare to slack off, and immediately dispatched a large number of officials and soldiers to immediately arrest the suspects in Chang'an City, and sent a large number of fast horses to arrest the suspects on the list in other places, and interrogated them on the spot, these clues dug up the rebels.

Li Mian's confession is definitely a catastrophe for the organization behind the scenes, which is like the Yellow River bursting its embankment, and it is difficult to block it, and Li Mian's arrest is like a sharp knife stabbed into the enemy's internal organs, which is extremely close to the core of this rebel organization.

Not all of the members of the rebel organization are resolute-minded people, many of them are speculators, these people do not have any political positions themselves, they are all grass on the wall, the wind blows the goods on both sides, after being arrested, after some torture and intimidation, they can no longer hold on, and they open their mouths to confess everything they know.

With the arrest of Li Jue, the king of Yan, some people in the court began to feel that something was wrong, first Li Mian, the emperor's blood relationship was already very weak, and then Li Zhanran and Li Jue, Li Zhanran and Li Mian did not say it, their blood relationship with the emperor is not very close, but Li Jue and the emperor are very close, he is the emperor's uncle, three successive clans are involved, and other officials and generals are just small shrimp in the rebel organization, the three clans are not only higher than others, The status in the rebellion organization is also high, and the status of those who are closer to the emperor is higher, and many smart people have seen the hidden mystery in this, and this discovery has made many people gasp.

With the arrest of Li Jue and these people, more and more officials and clans surfaced and were arrested one after another, not only officials, but also small officials who worked in various yamen, and even more high-ranking clan princes, county dukes, and national dukes, some people had a hunch that the Tang Dynasty seemed to be about to undergo great changes.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the latest investigation report submitted by Xuan Shiba, and let out a sneer: "Sect? Okay, okay, I thought that what kind of person had the courage to launch a mutiny and rebellion, it turned out that these clans were making ghosts behind their backs! To put it bluntly, they are unwilling to let the Li Tang royal family lose their authority, they are not used to seeing Lone in power, they oppose Lone, they want to regain power, even if Lone gives them back the power, can they manage the country well? What is the ability of a group of moths who only know how to eat, drink, and wait for death, and oppress the people? Do you want them to spoil the world again? ”

Gao Shang stood up and arched his hand and said: "The king is angry, judging from the current situation, this rebel organization should indeed be presided over by the clan, but I don't know how many princes and dukes are involved, if the entire clan is involved, this matter will be troublesome, if it is investigated, it is likely that the entire clan will be covered, in this case, how to deal with it in the end?" If the entire clan is imprisoned and dealt with according to the law, how will the world view the king? But if you don't investigate, those who haven't been found out won't fight back in the future, which is really a nerve-wracking problem! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Could it be that Lone should be appeased because he is worried about how the people of the world will view Lone's problem?" ”

Wang Fu Zhan Shi Lu Zhen stood up and arched his hand: "Great King, Weichen thinks that it is not terrible for the clan to oppose the king, who does not have a few opponents in any ruler in power?" What is terrible is that they are secretly forming a party hidden in the shadows, and their organizational structure and form have been extremely tight, and the ideas and opinions they spread are very agitatory and instigating, and in terms of these, they will develop very quickly, and in just a few years they can develop from a few people to tens of thousands, and they are still hidden in the shadows, and the contact is made in a specific way, and it is more difficult to find out all of them in a short time, which is the most terrible! ”

Zhao Ziliang's pupils shrank when he heard this, after all, this era is Confucianism, the idea of loyalty to the monarch has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and now the emperor lives in the deep palace and is not in power, which has become an excuse for many people who want to make trouble, as long as someone puts forward the slogan of Qing Jun side, returning to the emperor, etc., there will be many people who will respond immediately, and even someone will give him Zhao Ziliang an crime of causing trouble and chaos in the dynasty, dictatorship, etc., and compare him with Wang Mang, Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao and others, if it were not for his high prestige, these years have indeed brought the Tang Dynasty to end the war, The living standards of the people have been greatly improved, and if the politics and public order are clear and good under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, some people have long openly opposed and criticized him, and this is also the reason why the princes of the clan and the princes of the country can only form a party in secret and dare not openly oppose him.

Zhao Ziliang thought about it for a long time, if he wants to move these clans, he has the ability and right, but he has no name, he is just a regent with a foreign surname, and he can only deal with military and political affairs.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ziliang immediately stood up: "Come on, prepare a horse, I want to go to the palace to see the emperor!" Li Mi, Lu Zhen, the two of you go with Lone! ”

"No!"

In fact, although controlling the emperor will leave a lot of words to others, and will leave a bad impression on the hearts of the people among the people, the benefits of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes are great, what do you want to do directly in the name of the emperor, who dares not to obey?

Soon after Zhao Ziliang took Li Mi and Lu Zhen into the palace, a holy decree was issued from the palace and sent directly to the Zongren Mansion.

With the emperor's holy decree, Zhao Ziliang no longer has any scruples in acting, he is just an executor, and the clans will scold the emperor if they want to scold, and the emperor will investigate. However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the emperor has limited intelligence, so how can he know anything? This is nothing more than Zhao Ziliang's self-directed trick, many people know it in their hearts, but no one will say it openly.

The clan is unlucky, with the in-depth investigation of the case, more and more clans are involved, the farthest can be traced back to the generation of Emperor Gaozu, and the most recent has been found to the emperor's uncles.

During this period, after more than half a month of negotiations between the envoy of the Bohai State and the Tang Dynasty, the Da Tang Dynasty finally signed an agreement: first, the Bohai State ceded the Yahao Province (the area along the Yalu River) and the Nanhai Province (the northeastern region of Korea), after these two provinces were transferred to the Tang Dynasty, the Bohai State completely lost land contact with the Korean Peninsula, and it was impossible for the Bohai State to unite with the old forces of Silla to rebel; second, the Bohai State sent Da Qinmao's youngest son, Da Songxuan, to Chang'an as a hostage; Third, the Bohai State paid an annual tribute of 1.8 million gold yuan to the Great Tang Dynasty; Fourth, the Bohai State will forever be a vassal to the Tang Dynasty.

On 29 July, Da Yixin left Chang'an and returned to Bohai with great shame and an embassy, while the Tang garrison in the northeast soon received an edict from the imperial court to assemble men and horses to begin receiving Yahao and Nanhai provinces.

On the second day of the first month of August, a copy of the latest case investigation report was sent to Zhao Ziliang's imperial case, Zhao Ziliang picked up the chapter and looked at it, his face changed, he looked up at Xuan Shibai and asked, "Are you sure that Li Yu, the king of Chen, is the real mastermind behind the scenes?" ”

Xuan 18 arched his hand and said: "King, from all the witnesses and clues now, all point to Li Yu, but Wechen does not dare to guarantee that Li Yu is the leader of the rebel organization, Wechen's intuition makes Wechen feel that there are only people behind Li Yu, or that there is more than one leader!" ”

Li Yu is the emperor's brother, although he is a half-brother, but among the current princes, his blood relationship with the emperor is one of the closest people, which makes Zhao Ziliang feel a chill, could it be that the entire imperial family is involved in this rebellion?

"Then check again, find out the supreme leader of this organization, and I'm looking forward to seeing who this person is!"

"Yes!"

At this point, the person at the back of the curtain could no longer sit still, and began to panic, lest the people in the organization who knew his identity betray him, and his moves began to make frequent mistakes, and this person even sent a large number of assassins to the prison to assassinate his identity, but the prison was no longer as strong as it was at the beginning, and the assassins not only did not succeed in the assassination, but also suffered heavy losses, except for some who escaped, several were arrested on the spot.

"What? It's him? Zhao Ziliang was shocked after listening to Xuan Eighteen's report, it turned out that the supreme leader of this rebel organization was none other than Li Yu's eldest son Li Shi's eldest son Li Yu, who was just twenty years old this year and was named King Xuan, this organization was founded by him, and it contacted and absorbed most of the princes and nobles of the clan to join it, and controlled a large number of management in the Tang Dynasty and various places, and even many military generals.

On August 12, the Imperial History Observatory Imperial History Cheng Umeda arrived at the Xuanwang Mansion with a large number of soldiers, officials and catchers.