The rise of the prince

Chapter 687
On August [-]th, everyone in the palace was sleepless that night. The bloody smell filled the cold air, and the killing sounds gradually calmed down.

After the new army took control of the situation, Duke De quietly took his hand and told him not to go out and stay with the emperor.

Li Xingzhou understood the kindness of De Gong, and then asked Yang Hongzhao to command the soldiers of the Wu De Division, and Wei Yubai to lead the new army. The two took the Xuanwu Gate outside the Imperial Garden as the boundary, and one went east, the other went west, and carefully cleared the remaining rebels. Beside the emperor, in the imperial garden, has not left.

Whether Yang Hongzhao rebelled or not, Li Xingzhou did not have absolute confidence, but when he saw him in the palace, he guessed that Yang Hongzhao was rebellious in all likelihood, but after seeing Tong Guan rebelling, he changed his mind and rushed to report.

Yang Hongzhao probably didn't expect that things would suddenly get out of control. He was a man with a bottom line, and he didn't want to kill everyone, and he didn't want to overthrow Jing Guo's regime.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Xingzhou had to kill the prince and Tong Guan. If the two did not die, Yang Hongzhao would not survive.

As for the rest, even if they had met Yang Hongzhao, they had no chance to speak in front of the emperor. The prince was different from Tong Guan.

In the middle of the night, the emperor still felt insecure, so he ordered five battalions of the new army outside the city to be transferred in to defend the imperial city. At the same time, he urgently sent all the high-ranking generals of the forbidden army into the palace for house arrest, because the forbidden army was already unreliable.

When the first ray of light appeared in the sky, Yang Hongzhao and Wei Yubai returned. All the main roads in the imperial city were controlled by the new army, and the rebels were wiped out. At this time, the new army had invested nine battalions of troops to control the inside and outside of the imperial city.

More than 1000 captured rebels were detained in the inner square of the North Gate, and their bodies were piled up on the narrow road outside the Xuanwu Gate, forming a hill.

As the situation stabilized, under the protection of Wu Desi, the ministers and the emperor could finally leave the Imperial Garden and go to Kunning Palace.

After a busy night and a night of worry and fear, everyone was exhausted physically and mentally, their faces were pale and their eye sockets were sunken.

The emperor beckoned Li Xingzhou to come over: "I will leave it to you to deal with the aftermath. I don't care about the rest, but there is only one thing, all rebels must die!"

The emperor's words were very cold, Li Xingzhou's heart skipped a beat.

To be honest, he has sympathy for the soldiers of the Forbidden Army. Their purpose is different from the intrigue of Prince Tong Guan. They just have been deducted military pay all the year round and have deep grudges against the court.

Comparing your heart to your heart, making you work hard, and deducting your military salary, for several years, ten years, decades, ten people can't stand it, so it's not surprising that there are complaints.

But when things got to this point, there was nothing they could do, and there was no way out.

At the end of the count, Wu Desi killed 190 people and injured more than 200 people. The new army only had a few wounded, and no one died in battle. But whether it is the emperor, the ministers, or the soldiers who died in Wu Desi, none of them died. Traitors among these Custodians will be allowed to live.

"It is the greatest grace for me not to be implicated. Blood cannot be shed in vain. Otherwise, how can I frighten the world and control the people." The emperor seemed to see his hesitation, and said coldly again.

Li Xingzhou clasped his hands and nodded, "I obey the order."

Then the emperor said a few words to appease the ministers and let them go out of the city and go home under the guard of the new army.

What was supposed to be a good night of the Mid-Autumn Festival turned out to be a bloody riot all over the city.

After the peace in the imperial city, there were also those outside the imperial city. Two battalions of troops attacked the palace and were finally defeated, causing at least four or five hundred rebels to flee in the city, and some may have escaped from the city.

Kaiyuan City is so big, it would take more manpower and material resources to encircle and suppress it all than the Imperial City.

It is obviously inappropriate for the new army to encircle and suppress the city. Not to mention that the Forbidden Army stationed outside the city all year round is not familiar with the streets in the city. is another matter.

Therefore, Li Xingzhou's suggestion is to hand over this matter to the Kaiyuan Mansion, and let He Zhao mobilize the yamen servants to handle it. Most of the yamen servants are locals, and they govern everywhere every day. high.

A lot of trifles, scattered things, busy, scrubbing bloodstains, arranging corpses, detaining prisoners of war, etc. When I sorted out the clues, I was almost busy, and it was noon the next day, and the sun was shining.

In addition to the fight last night, Li Xingzhou finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell asleep beside Ji Chun's sick bed.

When he woke up leisurely, it was already afternoon, Ji Chunsheng on the bed was gone, and Wei Yubai had several battalion commanders standing in front of him, bowing their heads in silence.

He had a bad premonition in his heart, and asked, "Where's Uncle Ji?"

At first no one spoke, but finally Wei Yubai said, "He's gone"

In an instant, his breath was stuck in his chest. He had a thousand words, but they were all stuck in his throat. He couldn't say a word. He silently pressed the edge of the bed and stood up, trying to control his emotions.

"What. When did you leave?" He asked.

"When the prince is asleep." Wei Yubai answered him.

"Where is the person? Where is he now."

"He has already been taken back to the palace. It is not good to be in the palace. He is from the palace. The prince is too tired, so we didn't call you."

Li Xingzhou nodded, "Go back."

Surrounded by Wei Yubai and all the commanders, Li Xingzhou walked out of the house. Meixue was already waiting outside. Li Xingzhou forced a wry smile and patted its beautiful mane: "It's a good thing you didn't come, otherwise you would be gone too." Said Then he got on his horse and went out of the palace.

It was already afternoon, and the clouds began to pile up in the sky. Just like his gloomy mood, he told himself in his heart that he should be happy. The crown prince died, and from then on, no one could stop the road to the position of supremacy.

but the price
He understands that this is still a small price. Looking at history, the lives of more than 2000 people and the death of Ji Chunsheng are already small as the price of power change. abound.

But then I understand that he is still just an ordinary person, and he cannot remain unmoved when he is in it.

So Li Xingzhou admires Zhao Kuangyin very much. He is a man who can kill people. He has made great achievements in the war, but he is also a man who can save people. The mutiny of Chen Qiao and the change of imperial power alternately, there is no blood flow. There are no corpses lying on the ground, which can be regarded as a miracle throughout human history.

He is not that sophisticated, and he also wants to seize the crown prince's power without bloodshed, but it is obviously impossible.

After a day-and-night handover, the defense in the palace returned to the Wu De Division, and Shangzhi's personal guards were in the hands, and the staff outside the Wu De Division was urgently transferred back.

Now Wu Desi plus Shangzhi's personal guards, there are more than 500 guards in the imperial city, and they gradually stabilized.

The corpses in the palace were dragged out and buried in the back mountain. The bloodstains were wiped away by maids and eunuchs, and then spices were sprinkled in the courtyard in the corner to cover up the bad smell. You can smell the faint smell of blood between these beautiful vermilion palace walls.

(End of this chapter)