Chapter 582: Chengdu Gao Case

In Nanming Palace, a eunuch hurried into the palace, came to Li Heng's imperial study room, and whispered to report: "Your Majesty, Gao Xianzhi is here."

"Announce him to meet him!"

During this period, Li Heng was in a very bad mood. The two major blows of the unfavorable attack on Jingzhou and the fall of Hanzhong put the Southern Tang in an extremely passive strategic situation. Especially the fall of Hanzhong made Chengdu in an extremely critical situation. However, the real crisis was not a strategic passive crisis, but a psychological crisis. The soldiers and civilians of the Southern Tang Dynasty were afraid of Li Qing'an and were like tigers. The Anxi army took Hanzhong within two days, which caused a strong impact on the Southern Tang army, and there was even a wave of soldiers escaping. Everyone in the court talked about Li Qing'an, so that no one said anything when discussing the recovery of Hanzhong.

This sense of fear included Li Heng himself. Although he always wanted to recover Hanzhong and Guanzhong, he actually did not have the courage or courage. He only wanted to be able to rule the Northern Tang River, with a trace of luck of being at peace with both sides.

This is just to the outside, but to the inside, he is not vague. Military power is Li Heng's most unambiguous thing. Unfortunately, his son still failed to complete the established deployment during this trip to Jingzhou, killing Xi Yuanqing, Zhao Chongyan and Jia Chongyan. These three people still hold military power in the Jiannan Army, but one thing was successful, that is, to reduce Gao Xianzhi's sphere of influence to 30,000 people. Most of the Jiannan Army are under the control of the Prince Li clan. Xi Yuanqing and three other generals were left behind in Yiling. Although Gao Xianzhi's power has not been completely removed, at least he is no longer as taboo to Gao Xianzhi as before.

After a moment, Gao Xianzhi hurried into the imperial study room, bowed and said, "I am Gao Xianzhi, please see Your Majesty!"

Li Heng didn't say anything, but his face pulled down. Gao Xianzhi dared not to kneel down, hum! Did he think he had the same requests as before?

Gao Xianzhi bowed and stood there for a while, but did not hear Li Heng's reply. He secretly felt a bad feeling in his heart and said, "I will see Your Majesty, Gao Xianzhi!"

Li Heng finally spoke. He glanced at Gao Xianzhi coldly and said, "What's the matter with General Gao?"

"Your Majesty! I am still the last time I requested that I am not in good health and beg you to let me go home to recuperate."

"Where are you going to recuperate?"

"I have a farmland in Shuzhou, and I plan to go home to work hard!"

"Zhuangtian!"

Li Heng sneered and said, "Is it just the fertile land covering an area of ​​3,000 acres at the foot of Mount Yu?"

Gao Xianzhi's forehead was a little sweaty. Li Heng asked him what he was doing? An ominous sign arose in his heart. He had to bite the bullet and said, "That's it!"

"But I never seem to have given you a large farmland, and your Yongye Field should be in Anxi. I am a little confused. How did you come from this farmland? Explain it to me?"

At this time, Gao Xianzhi's back was already wet. He fully understood what Li Heng wanted to do. Li Heng didn't want him to escape. He wanted to kill someone and borrow the land to get rid of him. Gao Xianzhi felt sad. The cunning rabbit died and the lackeys cooked. If he hadn't eliminated Li Wan himself, would he be the throne of Li Heng today?

He originally thought that Li Heng would be better than the old emperor Li Longji, but now it seems that Li Heng is more cruel and vicious than him. The rumor that Li Heng killed his father is very likely to be true.

Under Li Heng's sharp blade, Gao Xianzhi gradually straightened his waist. He suddenly realized that if Li Heng wanted him to die, even if he prayed, it would be useless. He said calmly: "Report to Your Majesty, my farmland was given by the late emperor. At the court meeting on the fifth day of December last year, Your Majesty can check the records of the court meeting at that time. I dare not speak nonsense."

"Is that so? But I've checked it. Last year, the late emperor only rewarded you with a thousand acres of fertile land, but now you have three thousand acres of fertile land. How did those two thousand acres of fertile land come from?"

Speaking of this, Li Heng's tone was no longer sarcastic, but was extremely stern, "You said! Where did those two thousand acres of fertile land come from?"

"I dare not deceive the king, but those two thousand acres of good land...."

Before he finished speaking, Li Heng threw an imperial edict in front of him, "

Look clearly, are there thousands of acres of fertile land on it? Will I wrongly accuse you?"

Gao Xianzhi saw that Li Heng actually threw the imperial edict of his father Li Longji in front of him, like throwing a piece of waste paper. His heart was desperate. Li Heng actually trampled on the order of the late emperor so much. He didn't have to look at it and knew that there must be thousands of acres of fertile land on it, and the word "three" in front disappeared.

At this time, he also took the initiative and said with a hard neck: "I am not guilty!"

"Not guilty?"

Li Heng sneered in a series of sneers: "You have the final say or not, nor is it me. There is a law in the Tang Dynasty. Whether you have sins should be judged by the law, and the people will come!"

Several great men suddenly appeared behind Li Heng, surrounding Gao Xianzhi. Li Heng glanced at him and said, "Take this person down, order the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and the Censorate to conduct trial, I will never protect you!"

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The news of Gao Xianzhi's arrest and imprisonment spread throughout Chengdu the next day. The charge was very clear. He forced the land of a good family and the Grand Third Division held a trial. All the people of Bashu applauded.

However, many official figures were secretly shocked by Li Heng's skills, which not only eliminated the threat of military power, but also gave an explanation to a large number of landless farmers to ease the severe conflicts caused by the land. Although this method is not very clever, it is extremely vicious and beyond the reach of ordinary people.

In Chang'an City, the late autumn sunset has given Chang'an a thousand golden traces, and there is already a little chill in the air. Several horse-riding men entered Mingde Gate in dust. The prosperity and picturesque ladies of Chang'an were not attractive to them. They were worried and inquired all the way, and came to the gate of the Zhao Wang Mansion in Xingdaofang. A middle-aged man led by the leader stepped forward and said to the gatekeeper: "We are the family of Miss Gao Wu. I brought her family letter from Chengdu. Do you know if she lives here?"

"Please wait!"

The soldier looked at them and turned around and went into the mansion. After a while, Gao Wu, wearing a bright red dress, ran out like a gust of wind and asked anxiously: "Where are they?"

"Mist Girl!" The middle-aged man saw Gao Wu and greeted her loudly.

"Uncle Qi!"

Gao Wu was stunned for a moment, quickly walked down the steps, walked up to him and asked nervously, "Is there something wrong?"

This uncle Qi is called Qi Sheng. She has always been the personal lieutenant of her father Gao Xianzhi. The people next to her are her father's personal soldiers. They should be guarding her father's side. Why did she come to Chang'an? She felt an ominous premonition in her heart.

Qi Sheng sighed, took out a letter and handed it to Gao Wu and said, "This is the letter from the lady to the girl, let's take a look!"

Gao Wu hurriedly opened the letter, and she was stunned when she saw half of it. The letter paper quietly fell from her hands. She couldn't believe the facts she saw.

Qi Sheng picked up the letter and handed it back to her, saying, "Girl, the old general has been taken to the Dali Temple Prison. Now the emperor dares not kill the old general immediately because he wants to see the reaction of the old general's old subordinates. However, according to the news we received from bribing the Dali Temple Chief, the emperor is very likely to kill the old general directly in prison after the incident is slightly calmed down, and then he said that he committed suicide for fear of the crime. Girl, the situation is critical!"

Before he could finish his words, Gao Wu hurriedly asked, "Then have you told General Xi and General Zhao and others?"

"We've already had someone."

Qi Sheng shook his head and said sadly: "But we are very worried that General Xi and the others will not rebel. It's not that they dare not, but the old general will not allow them to rebel. They are not strong enough. But we know the old general, and the old general will never implicate his subordinates in rebelling for themselves..."

Speaking of this, Qi Sheng hesitated and said, "We think that only girls can save the old general."

"Me? Of course I want to save my father, but how do I save me? Teach me!"

Qi Sheng looked at the gatekeeper not far away and lowered his voice: "The girl can't save her, but Li Qing'an can, do you understand?"

"He!" A trace of confusion appeared in Gao Wu's eyes, but soon her eyes became clear.

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Li Qingan had already learned that Gao Xianzhi was imprisoned through a Feige letter from Chengdu. It can be said that this incident was as expected by him. With his understanding of Li Heng, he knew that Li Heng would never tolerate Gao Xianzhi continuing to exert influence in the army. In the killing of Li Wan and Yang Guozhong at the beginning of the year, Gao Xianzhi was already at home, but he could raise his arms and immediately regain the military power. Although that incident made Gao Xianzhi highly praised by Li Longji, it was undoubtedly a nightmare for Li Heng. Gao Xianzhi could seize power and kill Li Wan with one call, and he could also seize power and kill Li Heng.

Gao Xianzhi's fate was already destined the moment he seized power. Li Longji might not care about his identity as an old emperor, but no king could tolerate such a general who retreated but was not idle for his later successor to the throne.

Li Qingan also sent someone to hint Gao Xianzhi and suggested that he could come to the Northern Tang Dynasty, but Gao Xianzhi responded with silence, which made him helpless.

At this time, Li Qing'an reviewed some major government affairs coming from Anxi in his study, including the basic construction of Tangzhi Road and the resettlement of 200,000 new immigrants in Anxi. These two things are the most important events in Anxi in recent years and have been paid attention to him. Now it is coming to an end, which undoubtedly made him feel relieved. However, he is more concerned about whether the Anxi Government Affairs Hall has been resettled in accordance with the Anxi Rules and Orders, and whether there are any favoritism and fraud, corruption. Li Qing'an knows that the new Anxi regime can maintain a kind of integrity at the beginning, but as time goes by, can the officials in Anxi maintain their initial vitality and integrity? He believes that Wang Changling has no problem, but what about Pei Mian? The officials who went from Hexi insisted? He is very worried.
Chapter completed!