Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Yu Chang glanced at the ministers around him and reported in a low voice, "To the Duke of Han, the current governor of Jiaozhou is Du Zhenglun. He previously served as the Crown Prince's Left Secretary and was an important supporter of His Highness the Crown Prince in the early days."

Du Zhenglun?

Could it be someone from the Jingzhao Du family?

In the original owner's memory, he didn't have many memories of Du Zhenglun, as if he were a stranger.

Yu Chang saw Du He's confusion and whispered, "Duke Han Guo, let's go out to Taiji Hall. I'll introduce Du Zhenglun to you."

"it is good."

Du He nodded slightly.

After the two men left the Taiji Hall, they walked on a road where there were no other officials.

Yu Chang explained: "In the tenth year of the Zhenguan reign (636), Du Zhenglun served as the Minister of the Central Secretariat and the Crown Prince's Left Assistant. At that time, the Crown Prince had injured his foot and was very rebellious, completely refusing to listen to Du Zhenglun's teachings."

"So Du Zhenglun leaked the forbidden words of His Majesty to intimidate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The next day, Du Zhenglun was demoted to the position of Governor of Jiaozhou."

Leaking forbidden words?

Isn't this forbidden language serious?

Just one night later, Li Shimin sent Du Zhenglun, the Minister of the Central Secretariat and the Prince's Left Assistant, to Jiaozhou. How important was this forbidden rumor?

Could it be that they are discussing the dethronement and enthronement of the crown prince?

Du He asked curiously, "What kind of forbidden words would cause His Majesty to send Du Zhenglun to such a barren land?"

Even though the governor of Jiaozhou was a third-rank official,

Jiaozhou, a barren land, was a lower state, and the post of governor was a third-rank official.

Yu Chang turned his head and glanced around again, then whispered, "Du Zhenglun threatened His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, saying that if His Royal Highness didn't work hard to improve himself, His Majesty would depose him."

Good guy!

No wonder Li Shimin sent Du Zhenglun to Jiaozhou. It turns out this guy caused such a big disaster.

Could it be that Li Chengqian was worried about being deposed as crown prince because he was influenced by Du Zhenglun's words?

After thinking about it for a while.

Du He shook his head and said, "Yu Chang, I will write a letter later. Please send it to Du Zhenglun and ask him to protect our rubber trees."

"If those Liao tribes dare to cause trouble, I will advise the Crown Prince to send troops to suppress them!"

"Or we can take down Linyi Kingdom as well!"

Most of the Liao people who were hanging around in Jiaozhou were sent by the southern regime of Linyi, and their purpose was to cause trouble.

The imperial court had sent armies to suppress the rebellion many times before, but unfortunately these people were like monkeys and could not be found once they hid in the deep mountains and forests.

After the army leaves Jiaozhou, they will come out again to continue causing trouble.

It was a good opportunity to dispatch a large army to clear out the many countries in the south of Jiaozhou, and to have a smooth passage for the subsequent conquest of Tubo and Tianzhu.

"Yes, sir!" Yu Chang replied with a bow.

After the two separated, the first thing Du He did when he returned to the Ministry of Revenue was to write a letter to Du Zhenglun, seal it, and then have an official from the Ministry of Revenue deliver it to Yu Chang.

After he finished his work at the Ministry of Revenue, he began to think about the immortal novel about Li Shimin.

...

When we are busy, time flies and in the blink of an eye it is late May.

Du He had been incredibly busy lately, writing fairy tales for Li Shimin, handling the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue and Yongzhou, copying military songs for the imperial guards, explaining to Li Chengqian how to enrich the people, and keeping up with the research progress of the various departments in the Academy of Gewu...

Fortunately, Lu Chengqing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was quite capable and took good care of the two major issues of the land tax and the population census, so he didn't need to worry too much.

in the afternoon.

Du He had just returned to the Ministry of Revenue from the Eastern Palace when Sun Fujia, the Minister of the Supreme Court, and Cui Shenji, the Imperial Censor, came over.

"Greetings to Lord Korea."

Du He noticed their serious expressions and asked curiously, "Sun Daliqing, Cui Shiyushi, you two came to see me because you have something important to report."

Although they both belong to the judicial department of the Tang Dynasty, they do not have much interaction in normal times.

Sun Fujia said in a deep voice, "Replying to Duke Han, over the past month or so, our Dali Temple and the Censorate have uncovered many aristocratic families who embezzled birth subsidies!"

"And there are also many anonymous citizens who have taken the initiative to report those who embezzled birth subsidies."

"The above is a new list of people found to have embezzled subsidies!"

When Du He heard what Sun Fujia reported, his eyebrows raised slightly.

That's it?

Isn't this expected?

Du He took the list and took a look. When he saw the densely packed names of aristocratic families on it, he finally understood why the two people's expressions were so solemn.

"The 35 princes remain unchanged, but the number of aristocratic families has increased from 108 to 360."

"The extra aristocratic families are still small aristocratic families in Lingnan Road, Jiannan Road and Jiangnan East Road."

Good guy!

These people are really not afraid of death.

After reading.

Du He asked softly, "Sun Daliqing, the Dali Temple and the Censorate shouldn't be able to investigate such a remote place in just over a month, right?"

"Is there something else going on?"

It would take at least eight or ten days to ride from Chang'an to Lingnan Road.

There must be something fishy here.

Sun Fujia nodded and said, "Reporting to Duke Han, there are people behind the scenes spreading rumors that the court has discovered that hundreds of aristocratic families have embezzled birth subsidies, and the court dares not punish these families."

"So, small families in remote areas, encouraged by these remarks, also extended their greedy hands."

There was a pause.

Sun Fujia lowered his voice and said, "According to our Dali Temple's speculation, the person who spread the rumors is from the Guanlong family!"

It turns out that it was that old bastard Changsun Wuji who was causing trouble!

This guy really has a clear goal, and he is trying every possible means to force himself to confront these vassal kings.

But would he be afraid of these princes and aristocratic families?

Du He said calmly, "Don't worry, Lord Lieutenant Sun. This number of people isn't enough to fill my gaps. Let them hang around for a while longer."

During this period, the soldiers of Yongzhou are organizing a large-scale team building. Once they have fun, they can be sent out.

After a while.

Cui Shenji also reported: "Duke of Han, a vassal king secretly went to Lingzhou, spent a lot of money to bribe local officials, and asked for a large number of Western Turkic women."

"Li Shenfu, the Prince of Xiangyi, alone took 81 beautiful young women."

what!

These people dare to set their sights on the young women of Western Turkestan!

Du He, who had originally had a calm expression, suddenly jumped up with his face full of anger.

You have to know that these people and properties are not the same, especially the large group of Western Turkic women, who are prepared to be distributed to the soldiers as concubines.

These people's hands reach so far!

Do you really think the sword in his hand is not powerful?

Sun Fujia and Cui Shenji did not expect Du He's reaction to be so big. They were both shocked.

Du He said in a deep voice: "Give me the list!"

Cui Shenji quickly handed the list to Du He.

After reading.

Du He laughed in anger: "It's still these 35 princes and those aristocratic families. Are they sure that I dare not take action against them?"

These guys are really taking advantage of the situation, testing the edge of death step by step.

Sun Fujia bowed and said, "Duke Han, this matter involves a great deal of seriousness. I will report this to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty later. Do you have any instructions?"

Du He shook his head: "Go and report this to the Crown Prince and His Majesty now."

He originally wanted to deal with these people a few days later, but since they were looking for death, he decided to help them.

"As ordered!"

After Sun Fujia and Cui Shenji received the order, they left the Ministry of Revenue together.

...

Approaching the next value.

Du He packed up his things and prepared to go home when Si Yilang Lai Ji came in to report.

"Duke Hanguo, His Majesty summons you to Ganlu Palace to discuss important matters!"

"The Duke of Ying, the Duke of Chen, the Duke of Liang, the Duke of Wei, and the Duke of Zhao are also present at this meeting."