Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

"Xiao Yan?"

After hearing Xiao Kai's explanation, Du He seemed to have auditory hallucinations, as if someone was roaring to the sky.

"Thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river, don't bully young people into poverty!"

There was a pause.

Du He shook his head slightly, getting rid of this absurd idea in his mind, then smiled and said to Xiao Kai.

“Brother Xiao, I feel that the name Xiao Yan given by your father has the appearance of a capable minister of the country!”

"As for the name you gave Xiao Xiaole, it sounds like a playboy who is uneducated and unskilled."

When Xiao Kai saw Du He said that the name he had chosen was not good, he curled his lips speechlessly.

He then said with a sly smile: "Brother Du, I named him after the way you named Du Ping'an. How dare you say that my naming is unreliable?"

"According to what you said, the name Du Ping'an that you gave to your eldest son is not reliable either, right?"

"Because of the name, my father beat me with a stick."

At that time, his father strongly requested to name his grandson Xiao Yan, but Xiao Kai himself insisted on naming him Xiao Xiaole. He also used Du He's naming method as an example.

Finally, his father got so angry that he beat him with a stick.

But even so, Xiao Kai still didn't want to change.

Xiao Kai believed that if he named his son Xiao Xiaole, he would be able to surpass his father and become a more outstanding person than him!

Well...

Du He was stunned again.

I didn't expect that Xiao Kai would refer to his naming method when naming his own son.

There was silence for more than ten breaths.

Du He touched the tip of his nose and said, "Brother Xiao, you are really good at naming. When I heard the name Xiao Xiaole, I knew he was definitely not an ordinary person."

Xiao Kai curled his lips: "Brother Du, it turns out that you have the same feeling. It seems that we heroes think alike!"

“Yeah…right.”

After Du He finished speaking, the door of the office closed.

...

in the afternoon.

When Du He was busy handling government affairs, the prince's personal guard came to the Ministry of Works and conveyed the prince's order for him to go to the Eastern Palace.

When Du He arrived at Mingde Hall, Li Chengqian told him an expected news.

"Du He, the emperor summoned us to the Liangyi Palace to discuss matters. He was talking about the punishment for those who plotted rebellion!"

"After discussion between my father and a group of ministers, the court has decided to execute all the clans of the aristocratic families who participated in the rebellion!"

"Of course, the main targets are the paternal clan and the sub-clan. As for the maternal clan that is not too deeply involved, the emperor still chooses to let it go."

The three clans refer to the paternal clan, the maternal clan, and the son’s clan, and basically all those killed are people from the direct lineage.

As long as the families that have married into their alliances have not participated in the rebellion, there will basically be no impact at all.

Du He joked, "Your Highness, the three of us brothers should not be among those who will be killed, right?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "You three brothers have been removed from the family tree of the Jingzhao Du family, so naturally you are not considered part of the Jingzhao Du family."

"Besides, you didn't participate in the rebellion. Even if you were not removed from the family tree, the emperor would not take action against you."

The imperial court executed the three clans of those who plotted treason, but it was not killing innocent people indiscriminately.

The imperial court would not kill those who had made contributions to the imperial court and had not participated in rebellion.

However, the punishment of demotion was inevitable.

Li Chengqian then said in a deep voice: "Du He, now the Jingchao Du family, Jingzhao Wei family, several branches of the Boling Cui family, Chenjun Xie family, Chenjun Yuan family and other large and small families, they will be purged by the court!"

"I'm afraid that the court will be in turmoil for some time to come."

Du He nodded solemnly.

Once the imperial court has purged those families who participated in the rebellion, a large number of vacancies will appear in the imperial court and local official positions.

Not to mention the positions of county magistrate and county magistrate, even the positions of state Sima and state governor will probably have many vacancies.

People from other aristocratic families will definitely fight to the death for these positions, and the entire court will be caught up in the struggle for interests.

But all this has nothing to do with Du He, because there are only three brothers in their family now, and he has no manpower to use if he wants to get a piece of the pie in this dispute.

There was a pause.

Li Chengqian then said with a serious expression: "Now that Li Tai has colluded with officials and noble families to rebel, your Majesty will focus on cracking down on cliques in the next period of time!"

"I have a bad feeling in my heart that my father might take action against the forces under my command, and you are one of the core figures targeted!"

"In order to avoid being affected, you should stay quiet for a while and don't do anything!"

He has the strongest power in the current court.

Many high-ranking civil officials in the court and many powerful military generals in the army have already joined his army.

If Li Chengqian's guess was correct, his father knew the various supporting forces in the Eastern Palace as clearly as a mirror.

If my father is afraid that he will affect the imperial power, then he will definitely weaken his power.

"Okay." Du He responded with a serious expression.

After talking about business.

Li Chengqian asked in a low voice: "Du He, you personally led the troops to participate in the suppression of the rebellion. Do you know why Li Tai was able to escape to Japan?"

"Did Li Ji get instructions from his father and intentionally let Li Tai escape?"

When he heard that Li Tai had run away, he immediately thought that it was his father who had secretly instructed him to do so.

Otherwise, how could the rebels under Li Taihe escape from the siege of more than 200,000 elite imperial troops and flee to Japan?

Du He did not hide anything. He told Li Chengqian everything about himself and Cheng Yaojin's speculations.

After a cup of tea.

Li Chengqian said with a complicated expression: "Du He, Duke Lu is right. Since my father let Li Tai go to Japan, from now on, Li Tai will not pose any threat to me!"

"I don't know if Li Tai can lead tens of thousands of rebels to Japan with the assistance of Wei Ting, Du Chuke, Cui Renshi and others to conquer Japan!"

Originally, he was full of hatred towards his younger brother Li Tai because Li Tai almost stole his throne.

But now that Li Tai has been kicked out, Li Chengqian's hatred for him has faded a little, and he doesn't have to kill him to rest easy.

Du He smiled and said, "Your Highness, Japan has been in a stable state in the past few decades, and there has been no conflict in the country. The strength of their soldiers is even better than that of the weak Silla."

"Although there are more than three million civilians in the country of Wa, their fighting power and weapons are not good enough, and they are no match for the King of Wei."

"I just don't know how Li Tai will deal with the people of Japan. Will he annihilate all the men, or just take control of the power?"

In the early years of the Zhenguan period, Japan and Silla fought several battles in order to compete for the sea routes for trade with the Tang Dynasty, and all of them ended in Japan's defeat.

Besides, Japan has not yet started reforms, and its strength is totally insignificant.

Li Chengqian nodded with a complicated expression.

The two chatted for a while, and then Du He left the East Palace.