Chapter 264 Counterattack
All of this is just speculation.
"Bring this Feng Yuxiu directly for interrogation, won't the truth be revealed?" Li Shimin asked.
Of course Qin Lang also knew that Feng Yuxiu was a key person, but when he deduced this person from the confessions of the assassins, it was already a step too late.
"died?"
"Well, it is said that Feng Yuxiu fell off his horse and died a few nights ago after drinking."
All clues are cut off here, without this witness, Qin Lang's speculation is just speculation. The Feng family moved very quickly. They fell off a horse and died a few days ago, and were buried very quickly.
"Really dead?"
"I suspect that the person who was buried a few days ago was not Feng Yuxiu, but just a dead ghost. The real Feng Yuxiu is still liaising behind the scenes to plan this assassination, but now this person is probably already far away, and it is difficult to find him. Come out, and it is not ruled out that this person has been silenced or committed suicide."
In a big family with a long history, there are actually many such loyal servants. They can commit suicide without hesitation in order to seal some secrets.
"It doesn't matter if you die, just arrest Yan Zun and I don't believe he won't confess."
"Your Majesty, there is no evidence now. Feng Yanzun is far away in Ruzhou as the governor, and his father is still the prime minister. We have no way to arrest him."
This is a tricky place, and Feng Yanzun is not an ordinary person. You know, just after the new year, Li Shimin had just bestowed his five-year-old sister, Huainan Princess Xu, on Feng Deyi's second son, Feng Yandao.
The prime minister's eldest son is the governor himself, and the Feng family is a well-known clan in Bohai, and they are relatives of the state. There is no hard evidence, how to move them?
"Then do you know whether the assassination was intended by Feng Deyi or just by Feng Yanzun? Why did they do this?" Li Shimin asked, this is what he didn't understand.
"I don't know, but I guess this tax reform has completely offended these gentry bureaucrats. Feng Deyi was originally the leader of the opposition forces. His son is said to be young and promising, and the gentry is proud... ·”
"Check, I don't believe it can't be found out."
Li Shimin doesn't need any definite evidence, just give him a name, he has three divisions of Baiqi, Zhenfu, and Dianqian, so why not find out the problem? Even if it is not appropriate to directly arrest people, targeted surveillance and investigations, I believe there will be results soon.
Qin Lang had no grievances with Feng Deyi before, but he didn't expect that this time he was going to kill him. Whether it was his or his son's idea, this Liang Zi was completely settled.
After coming out of Tai Chi Palace, Qin Lang went directly to Changsun Wuji's mansion to meet his wife and uncle.
"Feng Deyi wants to make the eldest grandson dismissed!" Qin Lang cut to the chase.
Changsun Wuji stroked his beard, "Why did Saburo say that?"
You Pushe, who is in his twenties, is indeed too young, but he is also a person who has followed Li Shimin to conquer the world since he was a teenager. He has experienced life and death, and he is also a powerful person. Qin Lang has long heard that his eldest grandson Wuji Ever since he became You Servant, he and Feng Deyi have often been at odds.
Since the Feng family made a move, Qin Lang has no intention of avoiding it. He doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble, but he is not afraid of trouble.
"The Prime Minister is very popular in the imperial court!" Changsun Wuji said.
Qin Lang heard the meaning behind the words.
Eldest Sun Wuji is Li Shimin's most trusted person, not only because he is his wife and brother, but also because of their life-and-death friendship for more than ten years. The eldest grandson has always been Li Shimin's confidant, so his trust in him is unmatched.
After Li Shimin kicked out the prime ministers of the Wude Dynasty, Yang Gongren, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Pei Ji, and Pei Ju, from the center successively, Feng Deyi took advantage of the trend and became Zuo Servue, the head of all officials.
And Li Shimin couldn't wait to directly support his wife and elder brother Sun Wuji as a right servant.
The left and right servants are high-ranking officials of the Shangshu, and both are the prime ministers of the Zhengshitang. They have similar status.
Changsun Wuji is young and has low qualifications, so he is eager to make some political achievements, but Feng Deyi finally got the position of prime minister, and he also wants to consolidate his position. Below the harmony of the left and right shoots, it is actually a secret struggle between the two shoots.
After all, Changsun Wuji is still young, so in this kind of secret struggle, in fact, he has always suffered from being dumb. He can't win against the wily Feng Deyi. Let's talk about it.
For a long time, Li Shimin regarded Feng Deyi as his own, so after kicking out the four prime ministers of Wude, he was left alone in the court and was the first.
But in fact, Qin Lang knew that Feng Deyi was an infernal person. In history, after Feng Deyi died, his double-faced swords were exposed, so the angry Li Shimin held him accountable after his death.
"Eldest grandson, Feng Deyi is actually a two-faced sword. When His Majesty was fighting with King Xiling, he showed his friendship on both sides. In fact, he told the Supreme Emperor exactly what he said to King Xiling and His Majesty every time."
Changsun Wuji was shocked.
"how you said that?"
This is really a shocking anecdote, if it is true, Feng Deyi's Zuo Pushe would have to be exonerated directly.
Feng Deyi is a very remarkable figure with superb tactics.
His family is the Bohai Feng family, which is also a well-known gentry family. His grandfather was the Taibao and Zuo Pushe of the Northern Qi Dynasty. His father was the governor of Bohai and the governor of Huozhou. Jiang was an official in the Chen Dynasty.
Feng Deyi grew up in Jiangnan when he was young.
Later, his father found an opportunity to escape and served as the governor of Tongzhou in the Sui Dynasty. Not long after the Sui Dynasty destroyed the South and the Chen Dynasty, there was a great rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, and Yang Su led the army to quell the chaos. Feng Deyi, who grew up in the south of the Yangtze River, went to Yang Su's tent and became a military reporter. Su Ping made a lot of achievements, which was appreciated by Yang Su, so he married his sister to Feng Deyi.
Hooked up with Yang Su, the favorite minister of the current prime minister, and Feng Deyi's official career was also on the rise. Later, he helped Yang Sudu build the Renshou Palace, which was favored by Empress Dugu, and was promoted to the important position of internal historian.
When Emperor Yangdi came, he followed Yu Shiji, the Minister of Internal History, one of the four nobles of the dynasty, and worked in collusion. After the change in Jiangdu, he followed Yu Wenhuaji as an internal history order, and finally saw that Yu Wenhuaji was dying, so he quickly followed Yu Wenshiji and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
It's a pity that Li Yuan despises him.
But not long after, Feng Deyi immediately presented Li Yuan with a secret strategy. Li Yuan was very happy after seeing it, so he was immediately awarded the title of Internal History Sheren, and was promoted to Internal History Assistant Minister shortly afterwards.
Takenori for four years, concurrently Sima of Tiance Mansion.
In the sixth year of Wude, the official worshiped the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, in the seventh year of Wude, he was sealed as the Duke of Miguo, in the eighth year of Wude, he worshiped the order of Zhongshu, and in the ninth year of Wude, he worshiped the minister Youpushe again.
It can be said that in the Wude Dynasty, Feng Deyi can be said to be a mess.
Because he used to be the Sima of Li Shimin's Tiance Mansion, he, like Yuwen Shiji, has always been regarded by Li Shimin as his own.
But in fact, this is the real hob meat, double-faced and three-handed. On the surface, he is the Sima of Tiance Mansion. He seems to be digging out his liver and lungs to Li Shimin. In fact, he turned his head and reported to the prince. Tell Li Yuan all the information from both sides.
After all, he is Li Yuan's man.
This matter is relatively secret, so Li Shimin still doesn't know about it.
"I have evidence."
Qin Lang's evidence is that Feng Deyi had a secret relationship with Jiancheng back then, and some East Palace witnesses who tipped off the news. At the beginning, Feng Deyi acted in secret, and very few people really knew about it, but Jiancheng also had his own confidantes, so in fact, there must be someone who knows about this matter. .
On the other hand, every time Feng Deyi reported to the emperor what he had said to Jian Jiancheng and Li Shimin, Li Yuan was not the only one who knew about it, there were also people who knew about it.
In addition, Feng Deyi often did this kind of secret tricks to exclude and frame his colleagues. Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and other former old partners and prime ministers knew it.
As long as this kind of thing is exposed, Li Shimin will definitely not tolerate it.
Feng Deyi's favorite way to deceive his colleagues is that when discussing privately, he often agrees with his colleagues' proposals, but when he plays in front of the emperor, he speaks the opposite proposal behind his colleagues. We agreed on the result of the discussion, and then Feng Deyi said that he had other objections, which would undoubtedly make the emperor feel that the other person was very ignorant, too domineering, and so on.
Actually, Feng Deyi likes to deceive his colleagues like this the most. Sometimes such things are unconvincing and no third person knows, so he can only swallow it by himself.
"In the seventh year of Wude, during the Yang Wengan incident, His Majesty wanted to make His Majesty the crown prince. After His Majesty defeated Yang Wenqian, he announced an edict to change the crown prince. It turned out that Feng Deyi strongly advised him to stop! It was he who saved the crown prince. Although this matter is secret, there are still a few people from the original East Palace and the Supreme Emperor who can prove it."
As soon as Qin Lang said this, Changsun Wuji knew that Feng Deyi was finished.
It's all over.
You must know that the Yang Wengan incident was planned by Du Yan. It was the closest success of the Tiance Mansion's counterattack to seize the heir. At the end of the coquettish operation, the prince completely fell into the pit that time, and everything reacted passively as Tiance Mansion expected, and Li Yuan was indeed about to abolish the prince.
But when Li Shimin got Li Yuan's personal promise, he happily led his troops to destroy Yang Wenqian and came back, but Li Yuan changed his mind again, and finally became the crown prince without losing it. Hit 50 yuan, relegated to the outside world.
Also after this incident, Li Shimin’s wish to change the crown prince through the emperor was completely defeated. After that, there were two years of suppression. It was not until the fourth day of June in the ninth year of Wude that Li Shimin fought back desperately, and only then did he take the risk and succeed.
"The censor Tang Lin is now present at Yushitai. He used to be Jian Jiandong Palace's confidant. He is one of the insiders. If the eldest grandson doesn't believe it, you can confront him."
Changsun Wuji asked Qin Lang, "Why didn't you tell His Majesty directly?"
"I used to be the envoy of Zhenfu, and it was within my duty to supervise Feng Yi, but now I am no longer in that position. Another thing, I was just assassinated, and the Feng family is the biggest suspect. If I report him now, wouldn't it be a crime?" If it is suspected of avenging personal revenge, then my words may not be accepted by His Majesty, so this matter should be reported by the eldest grandson."
Qin Lang's implication is that if the eldest grandson makes a move and Feng Deyi falls, he will naturally become a left servant, which is also good for him.
If the Feng family didn't offend him, Qin Lang didn't intend to bring this matter up. After all, although Feng De has the talent to speculate, he is clever, and double-handed, but as a courtier, when the situation is unclear, he wants to hedge his bets. It is also understandable.
But the Feng family should never have provoked Qin Lang. Since they made the first move, Qin Lang had to fight back.
"Eldest Grandson, Your Majesty has been deceived by Feng Deyi's treacherous behavior for a long time, and I still hope that the eldest grandson will take action."
After being silent for a while, Changsun Wuji said, "You sort out the materials and give them all to me."
Qin Lang smiled and nodded, the big fox and the little fox finally reached an agreement to kill that old fox together!
(end of this chapter)