The word "side by side" king of the Tang Dynasty

If it could have been predicted that King Wu would send someone to adjust the food today, Zhou Gongxuan would have resigned and returned home a few days ago, so that he would not have to encounter such embarrassing things.

Providing food and fodder for King Wu's army to counterattack Chang'an made him feel cold just thinking about it.

Although he also admired King Wu Li Changqing very much and felt that Li Shimin's act of killing his brother and imprisoned father to gain the throne was disgraceful, but after all, Li Shimin had officially proclaimed himself emperor, so he did not want to participate in this battle between the two emperors of the north and the south.

The dispute over imperial power is like a giant meat grinder. Others are dragged into it and may end up being shattered to pieces.

If he were young, he might choose to help King Wu out of his will, but now that he is over 40 years old and has children and grandchildren around him, he really doesn't dare to risk the lives of his whole family to do such a thing.

"Mr. Wang, please forgive me for not agreeing to this matter. This is related to the lives of my whole family! Zhou

Gongxuan said with a heavy face, shaking his head and rejecting Wang Daowen.

Wang Daowen narrowed his eyes slightly, and his face became colder:"Master Zhou, could it be that in your heart, the false emperor who killed his brother and imprisoned his father is the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty?" King Wu exercised the power of the emperor on behalf of the emperor. Now that the imperial edict has arrived, do you want to resist and disobey it?"

Wang Daowen said, reaching out to open the sandalwood box that he always carried with him, revealing the bright yellow imperial edict in it.

Zhou Gongxuan's expression changed, and he secretly complained in his heart, but he still quickly left his seat and bowed. Seeing the imperial edict was like seeing the emperor coming in person. He didn't dare to be disrespectful at all

"Lord Zhou, King Wu’s holy decree is here. Will you accept it or resist it?"

Wang Daowen held the imperial edict in his hand and looked at Zhou Gongxuan coldly.

The latter looked pale and knew that he would not be able to escape today. If he dared to refuse to accept the edict, it would be a major crime to kill the nine tribes!

After hesitating for a long time, , Zhou Gongxuan gritted his teeth, took the imperial edict from Wang Daowen with both hands, and said:"Hangzhou Governor Zhou Gongxuan accepted the edict!"

After using all his strength to say this, Zhou Gongxuan was already sweating profusely, his face was extremely pale, and he seemed to be unsteady on his feet.

But he still held on and said:"The lower official can agree to transfer food and grass, but The official has only one request, and I ask Mr. Wang to agree to it."

"Mr. Zhou, please speak. If it is not too much, I can make the decision without authorization and agree to Mr. Zhou."

Wang Daowen felt a little sorry for forcing Zhou Gongxuan to choose a side by King Wu's order, so his tone became softer.

Zhou Gongxuan sighed and said,"Xiaguan hopes that when Mr. Wang returns this time, he can bring Xiaguan's family to justice. All the young and old were brought to Beijing for proper resettlement. This was the official's only request."

"Can."

Wang Daowen also knew Zhou Gongxuan's worries and sympathized with him.

However, no one can remain neutral in the integrity of the two emperors. He must stand aside!

After thinking for a while, he nodded and agreed to Zhou Gongxuan's request:" King Wu has enough food and grass. After capturing Chang'an and slaying the false emperor, Mr. Zhou will definitely remember his great achievements."

"Don't dare to take it, don't dare to take it."

Zhou Gongxuan smiled, but the smile was a little forced. Wang Daowen didn't take it seriously. After discussing some matters about transporting grain and grass with him, he got up and left the governor's mansion.

Zhou Gongxuan looked at his leaving back and couldn't help but give a long sigh

……

A few days later, under the leadership of Wang Daowen, a team escorting 200,000 stones of grain and grass set off from Hangzhou to Beijing.

Soon, the news spread to Chang'an.

Inside the Tai Chi Hall.

Li Shimin looked at the intelligence report from the secret agent and couldn't help but sneer:"Huh, Li Changqing, Li Changqing, you really have the idea of ​​​​Jiangnan area!"

Throwing the information back to the Long Case, Li Shimin said:"Who is the governor of Hangzhou?"

"Your Majesty, the governor of Hangzhou is Zhou Gongxuan."

The secret agent kneeling on the ground replied.

"According to my order, Zhou Gongxuan, the governor of Hangzhou, has an affair with the traitor Li Changqing. He will be punished as treason and his entire family will be executed!"

Li Shimin ordered coldly, and his words were full of iron-blooded murderous spirit. Upon hearing this order, both the secret agent and Li Changqing standing beside him were stunned.

The governor of Yizhou is a high-ranking official in the border area. He is a high-ranking official of the second rank! Just so easily... kill everyone?

After reacting, Wang Gui hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him:"Your Majesty! This is absolutely a no-no! Killing the governor of a state at will, if word spreads, people in the world will be afraid that your majesty will be called a tyrant……"

"I am doing this to scare the monkeys. If he is not killed and all the Jiangnan officials transport food to Li Changqing, then what will happen! Li

Shimin suddenly turned around, waved his sleeves, and said with murderous intent:"I just want those officials to know that everyone who betrays me will die!" No matter what his identity is! Even if he is a high-ranking official, I will kill him without fail!"

His cold and emotionless eyes fell on Wang Gui and asked:"You want to stop me? Wang

Gui turned pale with fright. He knelt down as soon as his body went limp and said in a trembling voice,"I don't dare!""

"snort!"

Li Shimin snorted coldly, turned around and walked away.

The secret agent did not dare to delay any longer, and bowed out of the hall with a cold sweat, leaving only Wang Gui, who was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground with an earthy face.

……

Soon, a piece of news spread throughout Datang.

Zhou Gongxuan, the governor of Hangzhou, defected to King Wu and followed King Wu's imperial decree to transfer grain from Hangzhou to Beijing. He was ordered to be executed by Li Shimin and his entire family was executed.

Fortunately, his whole family left for Beijing early and were not at home.

As soon as this news came out, the entire Tang Dynasty was in a state of excitement. The people of the world were already quite dissatisfied with Li Shimin, and now they were even more indignant and denounced Li Shimin for being stupid.

"The ignorant king! Mr. Zhou Gongxuan, the governor of Hangzhou, is a rare and honest official! To actually end up like this!"

"The governor made no mistakes and was beheaded, which is really a foolish king!"

"With such a foolish king, the Tang Dynasty is in danger!"

"What a shameless king!"

In response to the people's once again condemnation and abuse, Li Shimin no longer hesitated and used iron-blooded methods to suppress all the people who abused him. Anyone who dared to discuss this matter in Chang'an City belonged to the three tribes. Violence is ultimately better than words. In Li Shimin's case, Under the iron-blooded hand, these voices were quickly suppressed. Even though everyone was indignant, they did not dare to speak out.

Through this incident, officials of all sizes in the country understood one thing. The conflict between Li Changqing and Li Shimin The fight has truly begun

……

After Zhou Gongxuan was killed, Beijing got the news as soon as possible.

In Kowloon Palace, Li Changqing crushed the porcelain cup in his hand after hearing the Shadow Guard's report, with an angry look on his face.

"Li Shimin, you deserve to die!"

……

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