On the way back to the East Palace, Yan Zhuang and Chen Gong wanted to speak out many times. Li Hong knew what they were thinking, so he asked, "Are you surprised by Gu's actions today? Do you have too many questions in your heart to ask?"

Yan Zhuang and Chen Gong looked at each other and both nodded slightly.

"Then Gu will tell you that since this assassination, Gu is ready to no longer live as trembling as before." Li Hong said, "Before, Gu always believed that as long as we were careful and did not provoke others, no one would come to trouble us. But now Gu understands that no matter how careful you are, as long as you become the prince, you must face your enemies bravely, because they will not restrain their cruelty because of your kindness."

"Do you still remember this sentence? You will be compensated if you have debts, and you will be punished if you have hatred." Li Hong suddenly raised his voice and asked.

Chen Gong and Yan Zhuang shook their heads slightly, and they didn't know what to say at this moment.

"You two remember that this will be the code of conduct in the East Palace in the future." Li Hong said in a cold tone, "The East Palace will repay any debts, and revenge will be repaid."

Chen Gong and Yan Zhuang were shocked. They both heard a sense of killing from the prince's mouth, and then hurriedly answered, "One!"

"After going back, we will gather everyone to Chongjiao Hall. I have a task to make arrangements." Li Hong said in a low voice. Since he decided not to endure it anymore and wanted to use violence to defeat violence, he had to make arrangements. The first is to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, and the second is to capture the thief and kill the king.

"I understand." Yan Zhuang replied in a low voice, and quickly followed Li Hong's pace.

When he returned to the Eastern Palace, an eunuch came forward to report to Li Hong, saying that Yuchi Xunyan was asking for a meeting and was waiting for him in the study.

"Let him go to Chongjiao Hall!" Li Hong said lightly, then walked towards Cheng'en Hall. When he arrived at Cheng'en Hall, he took a shower and changed his clothes under Zhao Hongshu's service, and then he came to Chongjiao Hall.

At this time, Li Hong's confidants in Chongjiao Hall had already arrived.

The civil officials included Yan Zhuang, Zhang Jianzhi, Li Jiao, Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing, and the military generals included Li Duozha, Chen Gong, and Yuchi Xunyan. Although such a few people were not enough to allow Li Hong to fight against Empress Wu and his confidants who had already mastered the government, the team had already taken shape. As long as the corresponding personnel were added to it, they would slowly grow and grow. With the wisdom and ability of these people, Li Hong believed that they would not lose to Empress Wu and her confidants.

When everyone saw Li Hong, they were about to bow to salute, but Li Hong stopped him. He strode to the main seat and sat down, and said lightly, "No need to be too polite, just sit down!"

Everyone bowed to take the order and sat down one by one. Li Hong asked Yuchi Xunyan, "You are here to find orphans today, what should I report to you?"

Yuchi Xunyan stood up and said respectfully, "Your Highness, when you sent General Li to Chang'an County Government to block the case of files, a clerk secretly ran out of the county government to inform the news. I sent someone to follow him to the Snake Gang, and sent someone to secretly stare at him for a few days. Finally, I confirmed the person he was looking for in the Snake Gang."

"Who is it?" Li Hong asked.

"It's Wu Er." Yuchi Xunyan replied. Seeing Li Hong confused, he explained again, "To be precise, it was Wu Er who stayed in the Snake Gang and contacted the Chang'an County Office."

"So, Chang'an County Government also has the eyeliner of Mrs. Rong Guo. To be precise, it is Helan Minzhi's eyeliner?" Li Hong asked in a cold tone. Since this person is in contact with Wu Er, he can already be sure that he is from Yang and Helan Minzhi.

However, Li Hong felt it was a bit of a pity to get such an answer.

After all, it is already a stubborn fact that Yang and Helan Minzhi embezzled taxes in the east and west markets. He hoped that someone would participate, so that he could take the opportunity to cut off this person and achieve the goal of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

Now it seems that no one except Yang and Helanmin were involved in the tax revenue in the East and West Market. In this way, he could only prepare to attack Yang and Helanmin.

"Tell me, what should we do next for this matter?" Li Hong asked everyone.

"I think it's better to find out the Chang'an County Government first. Who colluded with Helan Minzhi to the top?" Zhang Jianzhi said.

Li Jiao nodded and agreed, "Yes, only by finding out this person can we continue to the next plan and have evidence to capture Helan Minzhi for interrogation."

Yuchi Xunyan promised, "This is not difficult, because this person is under our close surveillance. As long as we catch him and ask him, we can know who sent him to the Snake Gang to deliver the message."

"Okay, then do it like this!" Li Hong nodded slightly and said in a serious tone, "Everyone, since we are determined to investigate the case this time, we must investigate it to the end. Regardless of his royal relatives or the nobles, as long as we find that he has problems, we must punish him strictly."

Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao were the people responsible for investigating the cause of Wei Ling's death. They said deeply that they were the people who investigated tax corruption in East and West cities. Suddenly, they heard the prince made such a decision. The two hurriedly stood up and assured Li Hong, "Please rest assured, I promise not to let your highness down."

"Your Highness, I want to ask you to investigate the case with Zhang Silang and Li Sheren, and I also ask your highness to make it clear." As soon as Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao finished speaking, Fan Lubing stood up and spoke on his own initiative.

Before, Li Hong was reluctant to go to the East Palace by Li Zhe, so he never expressed his intention to serve Li Hong.

Today, Li Hong made such a great determination to investigate and deal with the corruption case. Fan Lubing found that although the prince in front of him was not of a big grade, he really had the potential to be a wise ruler of a generation, so he made up his mind to prepare to assist Li Hong, and then he volunteered.

Fan Lubing’s ability to take the initiative to investigate the case means that he has decided to surrender to him. How could Li Hong, who guessed this, be unhappy, so he agreed readily, "Mr. Fan can assist in investigating the case, so this case is even safer. What else can I not agree to?"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Fan Lubing replied respectfully, bowing deeply to Li Hong. Li Hong did not refuse, but accepted it calmly. Because he knew that Fan Lubing had completely surrendered to his command.

"In addition to this case, I have two other things to announce to everyone today." Li Hong said with a glance at everyone. Seeing everyone turning their eyes towards him, looking expectant.

Li Hong continued to speak, "Today I went to see my father and mother. My father and mother felt that Gu's guards were relatively thin, so he agreed to Gu's request to rebuild the left and right sect guards and the left and right sect guards. So, the matter of forming the Eastern Palace's personal army was handed over to Li Duozha and Chen Gong, you two."

Chen Gong and Li Duozha hurriedly got up.

Li Hong continued, "Li Duozha, your task is to select strong soldiers from the left and right sects and left and right sects and the left and right sects and reorganize a cavalry of the East Palace. The number of cavalry of this cavalry of the guard is set at 4,000, and two cavalry of the guards are divided into two."

"The last general will take the order!" Li Duozha bowed and replied.

"What should we call the names of these two Wei Shu Mansions? Let's talk about them too!" Li Hong asked everyone.

"Your Highness, how about the Knight Guard and the Forward Guard?" Yuchi Xunyan said. When he had nothing to do before, he chatted with Qin Zhan, Xue Yan and Cheng Dazhi, and would discuss some military tactics issues. The words Knight Guard and the Forward appear very frequently. Today, when Li Hong asked, he blurted out.

"Not bad!" Liu Yizhi nodded and said.

"It's really good!" Li Jiao also echoed.

Li Hong was also very satisfied with these two names. When he saw each other, everyone thought it was good, so he nodded slightly and said, "Okay, the newly formed East Palace personal guards are called Xiaoqi Guards and Forward Guards!"

"No!" Li Duozha said excitedly. Being able to form two iron cavalry himself does not fully represent the prince's trust in him, but also represents the prince's affirmation of his ability to command troops. How could Li Duozha be unhappy?

"Chen Gong, your task is to form an eight hundred guard for the orphans." Li Hong turned his gaze to Chen Gong and said, "These eight hundred people not only need to be proficient in vain and volleys of bows and horses. They must also be familiar with horse warfare, and be proficient in infantry warfare, and be able to fight a hundred. Do you have this confidence?"

"A humble position will surely live up to your highness's expectations!" Chen Gong said with the order.

The last time the prince was assassinated, he protected him and almost killed the prince. He felt very guilty and blamed himself and had been resentful. Today, the prince still trusted him and still valued him. He handed over the task of forming a guard to him. What else can he say besides serving his life to the death?

Li Hong asked Li Duozha and Chen Gong to sit down and continued to speak, "The second thing is that there are still many talented people around you. If you have talents you know, you can recommend them to the East Palace."

If you really want to investigate Yang and Helan Minzhi, it means that you may have to confront Empress Wu head-on earlier. Therefore, Li Hong can no longer develop steadily step by step like he had planned before, but instead needs to enrich his team in a short time.

For the so-called talents here, Li Hong not only wants to provide advice and handle civil servants skilled in government affairs, but also needs military generals who are skilled in commanding military personnel and have brave martial arts.

"Your Highness, I think Luo Binwang is a talent." Yan Zhuang said.

Although he had only met Luo Binwang once, on the hillside behind Dazhuangyan Temple that day, Luo Binwang's attitude and calm and steady demeanor made him have a good impression of Luo Binwang.

Luo Binwang is not just a talent, he is simply a talent. When Li Hong met Luo Binwang, he never thought of giving up this person. Therefore, when he saw Yan Zhuang say this, he agreed, "I am optimistic about him. When you investigate the case this time, you can ask him to help you. He is the master of Chang'an County. With him to assist you in investigating the case, you will be much smoother when investigating the case."

"I understand!" Zhang Jianzhi, Li Jiao and Fan Lubing said.

Then everyone fell into silence.

Because, except for Yanzhuang, the others were either transferred to Chang'an City shortly after they were transferred to Chang'an City or had been working in the unparalleled yamen. Like Li Duozha and Chen Gong, they were just small lieutenants before, and they had never known anyone with the opportunity to meet talented people! So Li Hong said this and stumped them.

Li Hong also knew that his request was a bit difficult for everyone in front of him, so he could only say lightly, "Okay, there is no rush to do this. Please pay more attention after you go down!"

Everyone stood up to accept the order, and saw that the prince had nothing to give, so they dismissed from the Chongjiao Hall.

Only Yan Zhuang stayed and did not leave.

When everyone left, Li Hong asked Yan Zhuang who was staying, "How was the matter you told you to do?"

"It has been discussed and a total of three caravans have been selected, including two caravans to the Western Regions and one fleet to Fusang, Japan. As long as your highness nods, they can set off immediately." Yan Zhuang replied.

"Okay, you ask them to set off in the next few days." Li Hong sighed and said, "We need money very much!"

"I understand!" Yan Zhuang said with the order.

"It's also a bit inconvenient for Yuchi Xunyan to go to the East Palace frequently. A lot of information cannot be reported to Gu in time. You should just take a job in the Yulin Guard!" Li Hong said, "If you have any information you can report to Gu."

Yan Zhuang was overjoyed and hurriedly took the order and said, "Promise!"

"By the way, Yan Zhuang, do you know Li Chunfeng?" Li Hong asked.

The assassination of Gaozong suspected that he was caused by his name, and that Gaozong had many concealed his name, which made Li Hong very worried, so he wanted to find out what he wanted to do.

As for the mysterious and mysterious and a bit illusory question he thought of was Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng. However, he also knew that Yuan Tiangang was erratic, and only Li Chunfeng had served in the court.

Only then did he ask Yan Zhuang about Li Chunfeng.

"Your Highness, are you talking about Li Chunfeng, the doctor in the Secret Pavilion?" Yan Zhuang asked in confusion.

"Yes, it's him." Li Hong said happily, "You should invite him to meet Gu now, and say Gu has something to do to ask him for advice."

"No!" Although Yan Zhuang was puzzled why the prince wanted to see Li Chunfeng, he was now used to the prince's way of giving orders, so he bowed and took the order and strode away from the Chongjiao Hall. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!