It was normal for Li Xiang to make the final decision on this matter, and it was also well considered.
Take the present time for example. As his birthday is getting closer, Li Xiang has to stay in the capital, so he has plenty of time. Even if it takes another twenty days of peace, he can afford to wait. Moreover, for Li Xiang, he wishes that his future days would be like this.
But for those who are ambitious, they don't want to see such a day. It is extremely rare to have a chance to get together. If they miss this opportunity, it will take a long time to return to the capital with such a large group of people.
So the ones who are anxious now are those ambitious people. Li Xiang just needs to wait patiently for these people to show their true colors. Of course, if they are patient enough and drag it out until they leave the capital, then nothing will happen.
Li Xiang also analyzed this matter. In the capital, there are many people and eyes. No matter what you do, you have to pay attention to your reputation. Take these princes and grandchildren for example. Facing ordinary people, these people are superiors, but if they face Li Xiang, they will be regarded as weak. After all, Li Xiang has the army and power.
When dealing with these princes and grandchildren, Li Xiang had to abide by the rules. If you arrested people without any evidence, or interrogated them with the slightest suspicion, then not to mention the court officials, even ordinary people would spread all kinds of rumors, which would be extremely disadvantageous to Li Xiang.
But if these people leave Chang'an and return to their own fiefdoms, then things will be completely different. After these guys return to their own territories, they are too far away from Chang'an City. Li Xiang has plenty of ways to block local news. As long as there is any suspicion, whether it is to raid your house or conduct a high-profile investigation, it is completely possible.
The reason why these people wanted to make trouble in Chang'an City was because Li Shimin was still alive. In addition, Chang'an City was the capital of the country, and Li Xiang could not use force to suppress them. This was also what they relied on.
After figuring this out, Li Xiang asked Chang Sun Chong to intensify the investigation, and the previous secret investigation became an open investigation. Some people would like to follow you 24 hours a day to make you afraid. As long as the birthday party is over, if it can be spent peacefully, Li Xiang will send more personnel to the whole country to keep a close eye on all of you.
I don't dare to come to your house to investigate in the capital, but when I come to your fiefdom, I won't dare to arrest you if there is something a little bit wrong, but I can arrest the eunuchs and palace maids who serve you.
You princes and grandchildren of the emperor have been ignorant of the five grains since childhood. If you want to do something, you must rely on the servants under your command. If you don't rely on them, you probably won't be able to accomplish anything. These guys only need to be thrown into a hard prison and tortured, and they will confess everything they should confess. At that time, if we want to deal with you, it will only take a word, right?
Chang Sun Chong also figured it out smoothly. He had been stuck in a dead end before, thinking only of finding out everything that needed to be found out in his small territory in the capital. But the actual situation was not that easy. People also knew that this matter concerned the lives of the whole family, so these people would not act recklessly unless it was absolutely necessary.
After leaving Li Xiang, Changsun impulsively mobilized thousands of people from outside the city. These people all changed into ordinary people's clothes, but they all had tasks in hand. Except for the princes and grandchildren, including some of their closest servants, they all had to be kept under my watch.
After you return to the palaces of princes, dukes, and marquises, we will not care about this. They are your homes. We will have people infiltrate them. No matter what you do inside, we will not interfere too much. Because we cannot enter these aristocratic mansions at will when we do not have evidence, otherwise all kinds of threatening remarks will come out. If the people in the Imperial City Office do not follow the rules, sooner or later someone will report it to the emperor, which will ruin the fun of the birthday party.
But once you leave the palace, no matter what you do, there will be people following you from front to back, left to right, and you can't expect to get rid of the people around you, because the whole street is full of other people. No matter how fast or slow you walk, there will be people around you, so if you want to get rid of these people, it's just a dream.
Soon the servants in the palace realized that after leaving the palace, it seemed like there were many pairs of eyes following them. In the past, these people would hide their identities, for example, by pretending to be street vendors or passing merchants.
But now these people have no such idea at all. All of them just follow you straight away, and when you go to other streets, someone will come to take over. This is simply a disregard for the majesty of the palace, but they have no way to make trouble with this. The Imperial City Office has the responsibility to ensure the safety of the capital.
What's more, the people they were following were servants from the palace. Could they dare to cause trouble at the Imperial City Office? If they were to cause trouble because of the prince, it would seem that the prince had something to hide. Your servants are doing serious work in the capital, so why are you afraid of being followed? For the safety of the capital, can't your servants make a small sacrifice?
Li Shimin's subordinates also reported Li Xiang's action, but Li Shimin did not talk to Li Xiang about this matter. In Li Shimin's view, this was a decent approach. The plan had been laid out for such a long time, and if these people did not show up, it would be a good thing.
Li Shimin had previously established Chai Lingwu in order to make these people emerge. Now, after seeing Li Xiang intensifying his investigation, he immediately understood what Li Xiang meant. There is absolutely no need for us to do this. If we can really get through this smoothly, it would be a good thing.
Of course, that would be a pity for his own princes and grandchildren. Once these people returned to their fiefdoms, Li Xiang would not know how to deal with them. Therefore, Li Shimin hoped that those dangerous people would take action earlier and not implicate too many descendants.
