Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 497 Thunderbolt Means
Tai Chi Palace.

After Li Yuan abdicated, he lived here temporarily.

Just as the common people outside shouted for Li Yuan to be restored, a young eunuch quietly rushed to Tai Chi Palace.

However, just as the little eunuch was about to enter the Taiji Palace, he was stopped by two guards at the door.

"doing what?"

"There is an order from the Holy Spirit, let me come and see the Supreme Emperor."

The little eunuch said without the slightest nervousness, the guard's expression moved slightly, and he asked, "Is there an order from the Holy Majesty?"

"It's an oracle from the Holy One."

When these words came out, a guard suddenly stepped forward, and without further words, he chopped off the little eunuch's head with a single knife.

The whole process happened in a very short period of time, which is almost unexpected.

"If you want to enter the Taiji Palace, the Holy Majesty will not use oral instructions."

After a guard finished speaking, he continued to guard the Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin has already made arrangements here in Tai Chi Palace, if he is not one of his own, don't even think about entering, let alone passing on news.

The palace, the imperial study.

Li Shimin's brows were serious, and his complexion was surprisingly bad.

He didn't expect that a smallpox would not only waste all his previous efforts, but also someone would want his father to be restored. This was the last thing he wanted to see.

"Your Majesty, you are very kind to the people. Not only do you reduce their taxes, but you also give them various preferential treatment and benefits. But because of smallpox, they want you to abdicate now. These people are too ungrateful. As long as the Majesty orders, The last general led the troops to cut them off."

Hou Junji was very angry, and now he wished he could slaughter all the people outside the palace.

In his opinion, these people are a little bit aggressive, and only when they see blood can they know how to be safe.

Li Shimin frowned slightly, he naturally understood that what Hou Junji said was correct, as long as he took action, he could really suppress the troubles of the common people outside.

But this also has some bad consequences.

Will there be no reputation as a virtuous king, and smallpox is already terrible enough, which will cause their population in the Tang Dynasty to drop rapidly. If so many people are killed, won't the population of the Tang Dynasty be even smaller?
Without the population, Chang'an is unstable, and Lingzhou will lose its backing. If Turkic soldiers and horses break through Lingzhou, the consequences will be disastrous.

Therefore, Hou Junji's proposal is not feasible.

The anger in Yushufang was a little dignified, and soon fell into silence. This kind of silence made people feel flustered.

Li Ji stood aside, and finally spoke after a long time: "My lord, this matter is weird."

Hearing this, Li Shimin was a little surprised, and asked, "Why is it weird?"

In Li Shimin's view, it seems normal for the common people to act in fear of smallpox, and there is nothing weird about it.

Li Ji said: "Your Majesty, smallpox is terrible. It's normal for everyone to be afraid. It's okay to even say that you have lost your merits, but how can ordinary people think that Your Majesty's position is wrong, and how can they think of the idea of ​​restoring the Supreme Emperor? Ideas are definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people."

When these words came out, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then he felt that there was something wrong with this matter. The word restoration is not something that ordinary people can hear or know, not to mention that Li Yuan has always been in poor health, so he just If you abdicate, how can the people today think of something wrong?
Obviously, someone took advantage of this to stir up chaos in Datang.

"Damn it, someone plotted against me." Li Shimin scolded, but he was not too angry. From the day he became emperor, he knew that his side was full of enemies. Some people used the panic caused by smallpox to drive the people, and Can't make him angry.

"Your Majesty, you must not let the people behind the scenes succeed. I think that the most urgent thing is to issue an edict, and then bring Miracle Doctor Sun back as soon as possible. With the help of Miracle Doctor Sun's medical skills, he may be able to cure the smallpox disease of those patients. Even if he can't, It can also temporarily delay us for some time."

Speaking of this, Li Ji added another sentence: "Many people still believe in Miracle Doctor Sun."

The doctor's words always have great magic power, and patients will easily believe what they say.

Li Shimin was a little hesitant when he heard that he was going to issue an imperial edict. Originally, whenever a major disaster happened, the emperor would issue an edict. This throne did not come rightly.

If the edict of guilt is issued, will those people feel that their positions are not right, and the consequences at that time may be even more serious.

"Your Majesty, you can issue an edict of guilt, but apart from the edict of guilt, the Supreme Emperor can actually do something."

Just when Li Shimin was hesitating, Changsun Wuji spoke up. He naturally understood why Li Shimin was hesitating, so he naturally pointed out the problem.

"Auxiliary machine mean?"

"My lord, if the Supreme Emperor appeared in front of the people and said a few words for the Holy One, then those common people would naturally not allow the Supreme Emperor to be restored."

If Li Yuan could really say a few words for Li Shimin, it would be a good thing, but if Li Yuan didn't say what they planned, the consequences would be unimaginable and even more serious.

After Changsun Wuji said that, everyone immediately thought of this situation, so some people soon stood up to express their opposition.

"Your Majesty, it's too dangerous to do this..."

Many people objected, Li Shimin lowered his eyebrows, he didn't know what his father would do, this was an adventure, right, things would be much easier, but if it was wrong, it would make the situation worse.

He needs to gamble.

Li Shimin has been gambling all the time.

After thinking for a while, Li Shimin said: "Help me to draft an edict to punish myself, and put it in the Tai Chi Palace."

He still decided to take a gamble. No matter what, he had to take a gamble. Someone was plotting against him behind his back. If these problems could not be resolved as soon as possible, those vassal kings might not be able to settle down.

Only when his father stood up and said a word or two for him, could the hearts of the people be soothed, those lords of his vassals be more afraid, and the plans of the people behind the scenes come to naught.

Of course, Li Shimin knows better that the most fundamental solution is to find a way to treat smallpox as soon as possible. As long as the smallpox disease is solved, all problems will no longer be problems.

What Li Shimin was afraid of was not the rebellion of those princes, but the loss of the hearts of the people.

The people are like water, the water can carry a boat or overturn it, he can't afford to offend him.

After the ministers heard Li Shimin's words, Hou Junji and the generals felt very aggrieved. They had a part in forcing Li Yuan back then. If Li Yuan was restless, they might suffer.

No one knew what the result was, and everyone's complexion was very bad, and they were very disturbed.

(End of this chapter)