Chapter 158: The Action of the Immortal Temple (8)
Yue Hao quickly gave Mrs. Le. Soon after, she opened several mechanisms, and in an instant, hazy smoke gushed out, covering the entire hall.
Then the light flashed in the hall, and several pre-arranged protective arrays opened at the same time, completely isolating the inside and outside.
"I learned from the Lord of the Palace in front of the Happy Hall that the Immortal Temple took the lead in uniting more than a dozen major forces. They judged that His Majesty Li Zhen is the founding emperor of the Tang Empire, so they wanted to kill him. My mission is to kill Chen Gao, the chief supervisor of the palace, and it must cooperate with their progress to kill Chen Gao at the right time, so that he could not rescue Li Zhen in time." Yue Hao glanced at the Dugu family and said slowly.
"But if they really do this, it is not in our interest!" After a pause, Yue Hao said again.
Dugu Tao and Dugu Hong nodded repeatedly, and then they got together to discuss.
An hour later, the people from the Dugu family finally left the Yue Prince's Mansion quietly.
These days, people in Chang'an City are not in the mood to pay attention to the movements on Yue Hao's side, because even greater movements are tying the hearts of countless people.
After half a month of war, the Hun Khanate's army invaded the south and the troops of the northern provinces of the Tang Empire suddenly retreated thousands of miles, and then camped in a dangerous place, posing as a stance of guarding the enemy.
However, there were many mysterious strong men, who formed hundreds of squads and often invaded the army of the Tang Empire.
At the same time, the immortal temple suddenly opened the mountain gate, and the ten halls of the immortal temple jointly issued a decree to recruit believers from all directions. The immortal temple promised that as long as the disciples who entered this time could pass the first few steps of the test, they would directly become true disciples of the immortal temple!
As soon as the news came out, the world was shocked. Countless believers of the Tang Empire used various means and even sold their property without hesitation. Then they took the teleportation array to various strongholds in the Immortal Palace. They were determined to worship the Immortal Temple.
The local officials of the Tang Empire also heard the sound. Amid Emperor Li Zhen's scolding, they racked their brains to appease the believers in the country and prevent them from doing too crazy behavior.
Within just a few days, the Tang Empire suddenly became a pot of porridge, and everyone's attention was attracted by these emergencies.
In this turbulent storm, naturally no one noticed Shangguan Yun bid farewell to Li Zhen and returned to the northern front to take charge.
No one noticed that Li Chuang stayed behind closed doors. It is said that under the guidance of several well-educated scholars of the dynasty, he studied the knowledge of governing the country.
No one noticed that Yue Hao visited Chen Gao, had a cordial conversation with Chen Gao for half an hour, and then left Chen Gao's mansion with pride.
Chen Gao, who was deeply favored by Li Zhen, even personally sent Yue Hao outside the gate, and waved to Yue Hao with a smile, as if he was colluding with each other.
The incident of Yue Hao visiting Chen Gao was naturally seen by the secret spies sent by the goddess, but they didn't know what Yue Hao and Chen Gao said. They could only sigh that Elder Yue Hao is worthy of being the King of Yue of the Tang Empire, and easily gained Chen Gao's full trust.
In the court of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Zhen was busy dealing with the government affairs and did not notice any abnormal movements from the outside world.
Li Zhen was busy sending people to take over the military power of the 18 southeastern provinces. At the same time, he had to plant thousands of loyal old ministers around him in key positions in the Tang Empire, and to plant millions of loyal soldiers in every army of the Tang Empire to control the extremely huge war machine of the entire empire.
Because everyone is busy, no one pays attention to Yue Hao's actions.
Since no one noticed the actions of Yue Hao, a famous man today, no one noticed that Dugu Gang and his secret spies raided a stronghold in Chang'an City, and tortured some of the people inside to death. Then he hurried back to his home with a confession.
Then Dugu Tao rushed to the palace with the confession and secretly asked to see Li Zhen.
No one knew what Dugu Tao and Li Zhen said, but shortly after Dugu Tao left the palace, Li Zhen ordered the family of nine ministers to be under house arrest, and then the nine ministers were sent to the imperial prison.
One of the ministers had always controlled the grain and taxes in all provinces in the southeast of the Tang Empire. Li Zhen sent Fang Xuan to the southeast to thoroughly investigate the grain storage work in the southeast.
Fang Xuan also took away tens of thousands of powerful soldiers and generals, and also took away some members of the royal elders.
Several other ministers also managed taxes in other important areas of the Tang Empire, and they were all replaced by the confidants sent by Li Zhen.
After some more days, the eunuch-general Chen Gao also appeared. He held Li Zhen's secret order and secretly visited many powerful ministers in Chang'an City, which made the city full of soldiers and many powerful ministers uneasy, wondering if there was another disaster coming.
The news was quickly fed back to some people who were interested, and then all kinds of rumors spread from the palace - the corruption case broke out from the nine ministers, which made Li Zhen angry and sent the imperial envoy to thoroughly investigate the matter.
This news made the civil and military ministers of the Tang Empire extremely frightened. They had just killed one after another a few days ago. Could it be that there will be countless people coming to the palace this time?
The nine ministers managed the most abundant part of the Tang Empire, and were also the most prone to problems in the Tang Empire in the past years. Many powerful people were involved in these matters.
If Li Zhen really investigated this matter thoroughly, I still don’t know how many powerful people would be involved.
For a moment, the court of the Tang Empire was filled with sorrow, and countless civil and military ministers began to move, crying and crying to find a backer to survive this disaster.
Many civil and military ministers are timid. They do not have the courage or the strength to interfere with the rebellion a few days ago, but they have the courage and the ability to embezzle the gold and silver of the treasury!
Li Zhen killed thousands of ministers a few days ago, and the remaining ones are those who do not have the courage to rebel but definitely have the courage to embezzle.
The corrupt leader who was in power was arrested and imprisoned. If these officials outside did not find a backer quickly, they would be found to be raided.
In this strange and complex atmosphere, the King of Qinghe Li Yu took the opportunity to recruit hundreds of powerful ministers who came to his door. These people swear to follow their orders in the future, hoping that the King of Qinghe could save their lives in the possible outbreak of the future.
Li Yu was extremely proud of his sister. His sister had just married Yue Hao, and Yue Hao was the minister Li Zhen valued the most.
Chapter completed!