Chapter 404
As soon as Ju Suiliang was traveling, he saw the Luozhou governor Dai Zhide jumping off his war horse in a hurry and demanding to see Li Shimin.
Dai Zhide's father Dai Zhou and Feng Suiliang's father Qi Liang were both officials of Li Shimin's Qin Palace back then, and they often met when they were in Chang'an.
While the eunuch went in to pass the message, the two greeted each other.
"Why did you come in a hurry?" asked Jun Suiliang in confusion.
The word Dai Zhide is written.
Dai Zhide lamented: "There is an accident in Yichuan County!"
"Ah!" Suiliang asked in surprise when he heard this, "What happened?"
When Dai Zhide heard this, he took out a memorial, sighed and handed it to Ju Suiliang. Ju Suiliang glanced at Dai Zhide and hurriedly picked up the memorial to read it.
This memorial was written by Zheng Hao, the chief writer of the Gentleman Yichuan, to Li Shimin. It was Li Shimin's request that the people who were not sent to expel and attack the petitioners.
Of course, the memorial did not state that someone spread rumors among the people, and that repairing reservoirs and canals in Songxian and Yichuan would damage the Feng Shui of Songxian and Yichuan.
It just said that the people did not understand the court's construction of reservoirs and canals to occupy land, and hoped that the court could persuade the people well and not directly order to expel the people.
Local gentry officials were willing to do their best to persuade the people to obey orders for the court.
When Chu Suiliang saw it, his face became solemn. Although he did not support Li Chengqian's current practices, he never wanted something to happen to Li Chengqian's faction. Xue Dading was a minister recommended by Li Chengqian to the court and valued it. If something happened, it would have a huge blow to Li Chengqian's prestige.
Just as Zhu Suiliang was thinking about these things, the eunuch came out to pass an order to Dai Zhide to see him.
When Ju Suiliang saw Dai Zhide taking the memorial, he hurriedly walked in, with a look of worry in his eyes. He didn't know whether to leave first or ask for Li Shimin again, so he took the opportunity to argue for Li Chengqian.
Just as Suiliang was hesitating, he heard Ma Zhou and Liu Shi, the Zhongshu Sheshou, came from a distance, leading a team of guards to ride over.
Zhu Suiliang knew that these two people were supporting Li Chengqian and went up to him.
At the same time, Ma Zhou and Liu Shi also saw Suiliang, and when they saw him coming up, they were busy getting off the horse and meeting him.
The three of them walked closer, and Chu Suiliang bowed and said directly: "What have you heard of when you come to see Your Majesty?"
When Liu Shi saw the question, he said in a deep voice: "I just got the news here, and I came to see Your Majesty with the Secretariat."
When Guan Suiliang heard this, he frowned and said, "The people who have any opinions should listen to it. You should not be too tough. Besides, Yichuan is right next to Luoyang, so there must be no accident."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince has sent Li Yi's mansion to come to you at night..."
When Liu Shi and Suiliang were talking to Ma Zhou, he had already explained his purpose to the eunuch who was guarding the gate. Because Ma Zhou and Liu Shi were both close ministers of Li Shimin, the eunuch who was guarding the gate directly led him into the journey.
Seeing this, Suiliang followed Liu Shi and entered the walk again.
"The person who came to pass on my will and summon Xue Dading to Luoyang to see me quickly."
As soon as the three of them and the eunuch arrived at the door of Li Shimin's bedroom, they heard the sound of Li Shimin's loud orders coming from inside.
The three of them were people who often followed Li Shimin. They knew that Li Shimin was angry when they heard it. They stood at the door and did not go in immediately wait for the eunuch to go in before reporting.
When the eunuchs entered, the three of them stood at the door and heard Dai Zhide say to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, as long as you recall the people of Xue Shangshu, there is no source of resentment, I will persuade you again."
When Ma Zhou heard it outside, he found something was wrong. He was about to ask about Suiliang, but he heard the eunuch report to Li Shimin: "I will report to His Majesty's Secretary of the Central Secretariat and Liu Zhongshu, and Sui Junshu is looking for a meeting outside."
Li Shimin was about to discuss it with someone at this time, so he said directly: "Let them come in!"
Ma Zhou and the other two went to the palace to salute. Without waiting for them to speak, Li Shimin directly signaled to hand over Dai Zhide's memorial to Ma Zhou. Ma Zhou looked at it in one glance and handed it to Liu Shi.
"What does Ma Qing think about this?" Li Shimin asked.
Ma Zhou bowed and bowed and said, "When you go back to your Majesty, I think hundreds of elders of Yichuan besieged Shangshu Xue, I am afraid there is still a hidden secret in this."
Dai Zhide glanced at Ma Zhou without saying anything when he heard this.
However, the next to him, Suiliang stepped forward and said, "I just heard that Your Majesty was going to recall Shangshu Xue, and I thought it would be clear when Shangshu Xue came back."
Dai Zhide hurriedly smiled bitterly and said to Zhu Suiliang: "Brother Shandeng, this memorial is clearly written. The people are not satisfied with the land area for repairing the reservoir and canals, and do not agree to the construction of canals and reservoirs in Songxian and Yichuan."
Shandeng is the word "Zhu Suiliang".
Dai Zhide's words seemed to be saying to Ju Suiliang, but in fact, they were saying "there is still a secret" that Ma Zhou said just now. Because Ma Zhou was the prime minister, he couldn't directly contradict him, so he said to Ju Suiliang by talking to him.
Ma Zhou glanced at Dai Zhide and didn't say anything. However, Li Shimin saw that Ma Zhou had something to say and was unwilling to say it in front of Dai Zhide, so he said to Dai Zhide: "Dai Qing has just returned to Luoyang and will deal with other government affairs first. This matter will be discussed when Xue Dading arrives."
Dai Zhide had to bow and leave after hearing this.
Li Shimin looked at Ma Zhou and asked, "Ma Qing has anything to say!"
Ma Zhou said directly after hearing this: "I heard from Your Majesty. His Highness the Crown Prince has heard from someone in Yichuan and Songxian, saying that the imperial court built a canal and reservoir to bring the Feng Shui and earth atmosphere of the two places to Luoyang. If the canal is built into two counties, it will be trapped into the sea and the people will turn into fish and turtles."
"When did this happen?" Li Shimin asked with his eyes wide open.
"I heard from Your Majesty. This is the news that His Highness the Crown Prince sent a letter through a flying pigeon. According to the time, it should be the pigeon that was released early this morning." Liu Shi said truthfully.
Li Shimin's eyes flashed when he heard this, and two cold lights shot out. He asked in a deep voice: "So the prince has always known about Luoyang?"
Seeing Li Shimin's eyes shivering, Liu Shi's heart trembled and did not dare to answer immediately. Seeing this, Li Shimin immediately turned his gaze to Ma Zhou's face.
Ma Zhou hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Luoyang has always had pigeons trained in the Eastern Palace."
When Li Shimin heard this, he remembered that the first carrier pigeon he saw in Chang'an was flying back to Chang'an from Luoyang.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin continued to ask: "I am in Luoyang. Why don't you report such a big deal to me first, but you have to report to Chang'an and then send it back to Luoyang?"
"I don't know this!" Ma Zhou said bluntly.
Liu Shi saw that Li Shimin was suspicious, so he explained to Li Chengqian: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, has no intention of deceiving Your Majesty. This news was told by Your Highness, and his ministers immediately."
"I know that Xue Dading sent such a great news to Chang'an first without reporting it to me. Do you think this is reasonable?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice.
No one here knows that although Xue Dading is in Yichuan County, he really didn't know that there were rumors in Yichuan County before. How could he let him know these rumors in advance when he was the target of the gentry in Yichuan County's key defense?
Li Chengqian would not report to Li Shimin about the establishment of institutional information in various places in the East Palace, because there was a person who was specifically responsible for inquiring about Li Shimin's news.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, has sent Li Yi's mansion to Yichuan County to investigate the rumors." Ma reported to Li Shimin in a timely manner.
Li Shimin's face cleared slightly when he heard this, and after a while he said lightly: "I really don't have many people here. Since I have sent Li Yi Mansion, let's wait for him to go to Yichuan County."
Seeing this, the three of them knew that Li Shimin had not misunderstood Li Chengqian because of this. They were relieved and they all surrendered without any reason.
Li Shimin felt uncomfortable when he saw him leaving. Obviously, both sides had a different opinion on what was happening in front of him, but he didn't know who to believe.
Chapter completed!