The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 910

The sky was bright, civil and military officials came to Chengtian Gate one after another, waiting to enter the palace to participate in today's court meeting, civil and military officials were chatting in front of the palace gate in groups of three or five, and no one noticed the people in the city. There are many more defensive soldiers than usual, and no one has noticed that there are crossbow arrows as thick as spears lined up in the arrow holes. Those crossbow arrows are full of murderous intent, like deadly poisonous snakes hidden in caves .

On the gate tower of the main gate, Li Yuan has restored the majesty of the emperor.

He condescendingly overlooked the civil and military officials gathered in front of the door from upstairs. Although it was too far away to see who looked and who had arrived, he still watched very carefully.

"Daoxing, have you seen Chen Shuda?" Li Yuan asked an imposing young general beside him without looking back.

This person is Li Shao's son and Li Daozong's younger brother Li Daoxing, who was conferred the title of King of Guangning County. He is already a relatively rare and outstanding son of the Li clan. He served his life, but in the battle in Gucheng County, Xiangyang, all of them were eaten as the delicacy of the bastard in the water, and all died without bones.However, since Li Yuan's grandfather Li Hu, the Li family has produced heroes in large numbers. He himself gave birth to eight powerful sons, and each of the eight sons gave birth to many extraordinary sons. In Li Yuan's generation, they have expanded, but it is said that Talents are at their peak, and it is not unreasonable for Li Yuan to reuse these clansmen. After all, the generals who come from the orthodox military family have more natural advantages than those from Yeluzi. They may not be good at responding to the enemy, but the level of commanding troops has a certain advantage. Inherent superiority, but it is a pity that Yang Tong, a big devil, has been killed out of nowhere. Up to now, all the shrewd and capable children of the Li family have been killed. Among the few remaining clan members, only Li Yuan's own three sons and his nephew Li Xiaogong, the rest are either mediocre or too young to take on great responsibilities, but what he doesn't know is that Li Yuanji has been burned alive by Li Shimin, and he also doesn't know that his underage sons are All of them are powerful figures, such as Li Yuanjing, Li Yuanchang, Li Yuanheng, Li Yuanli, Li Yuanjia, Li Yuangui...all of them are famous figures in history.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Chen Xiangguo has arrived and is chatting and laughing with Doulu Xiang and Xiao Xiang." Li Daoxing had very good eyesight and found Chen Shuda among the crowd.

"Well, Dou Lukuan and Xiao Yu are here too?" Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered to himself, "It seems that the news hasn't leaked yet."

Li Daoxing quickly comforted: "My lord, according to what the imperial guards said, after the man in black failed to submit the letter, although he was able to hide his whereabouts, he was able to escape; but the Taiji Palace was heavily guarded, and the lord ordered the soldiers to block all the gates in time. He wanted to escape from the palace. Escaping from the inside is as difficult as climbing the sky, and they should be huddled in a corner at present, so these people should not know that the matter has been exposed."

"Well, what Daoxing said is very true." Li Yuan showed a relaxed smile on his face, suddenly remembered something, and asked nervously, "Have Tang Jian and Yuwenshi arrived yet?"

A young man with a swollen complexion and yawning kept rushing to say: "Your Majesty, they arrived earlier than Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Dou Lukuan and others."

This is Li Yuan's nephew Li Fengci. His father Li Zhan died young and was raised by Li Yuan when he was young. He grew up with Li Jiancheng, Li Xiaogong, Li Yuanji and others.But he is idle and idle, living the life of a playboy.After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he was granted the title of King of Bohai County. There were hundreds of prostitutes in his family.

Li Yuan scolded: "You only care about eating, drinking and enjoying yourself, and ignore the important affairs of your family and country. How can you recognize the ministers of the Qing Dynasty? Now I give you two hundred bolts of silk. You can buy scriptures and history to study and read for good deeds!"

"Thank you, my lord." Li Fengci thanked him, and closed his mouth embarrassingly.

Li Yuan didn't bother to pay attention to this worthless guy, turned his head and said, "Dao Xing, tell me."

Li Daoxing checked carefully, and said to Li Yuan: "My lord, all the people you are looking for have arrived!"

"Good, good, good!" Li Yuan sat down on the seat, and Li asked again: "How are Li Shentong, Li Gaoqian, and Li Anyuan preparing?"

"Return to the Holy One!" Li Daoxing clasped his hands and said, "The king of Huai'an sent someone to report that his army has ambushed in the northeast of the palace city, and they can attack Wudan Mountain just waiting for His Majesty's order."

"Yeah." Li Yuan asked again with his eyes closed, "Where are Li Gaoqian and Li Anyuan?"

Just as Li Yuan said this, a military officer dressed as a brigade commander hurried up to the Chengtian Gate, and the servant standing at the door questioned him carefully, and led him in hastily.

"The last general, Liu Shili, was ordered by Generals Li Gaoqian and Li Anyuan to report back to the Holy Majesty. Yuan Cong's forbidden army has assembled and can act at any time." The general saluted.

"I know, go down and get ready."

"The general will follow orders." Liu Shili saluted and resigned.

Li Daoxing looked at Li Yuan, waiting for his will.

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Outside the Chengtian Gate, more and more officials came to visit the court. Usually at this time, the gate of the palace was already open, and the officials were asked to wait in the court room tea room, but today the Chengtian Gate was still closed, which surprised many officials. There was a lot of discussion together, and some people kept watching from the tower.

At this time, the sunlight from the sky broke through the clouds and was shining on the splendid Chengtian Gate with golden walls. The officials found that there was no sound of bells and drums today. The light judged that the sound of bells and drums had arrived.

However, the sound of bells and drums has not yet arrived. This abnormal appearance makes people have to think about it.

The officials all found the extremely inappropriate scene and flocked to the front of the palace one after another. Some officials slapped on the palace gate and shouted to the palace.

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On the tower, Li Daoxing asked again: "My lord?"

"Has Yuan Ji not come yet?" Li Yuan asked absent-mindedly. He didn't know why, but just now he felt a sense of fright.

Li Daoxing hurriedly said: "Return to the Holy Lord, brother Qi Wang has not come here yet."

"Don't wait for him." Li Yuan's figure shook slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Let's start."

"Here."

Li Daoxing waved his hand towards the door, the old eunuch immediately raised his whisk, and the two servants rushed towards the bell and drum and the Drum Tower.The eunuch of Guzhong Division raised his voice: "Ming Jingyun bell."

"Dang, Dang, Dang." Several servants lifted up the big wooden bell and struck the bronze bell hanging in the bell tower.

"Ming Wen Tiangu." At this moment, the chief eunuch of Guzhong Division had the arrogance of having thousands of troops and horses at his disposal.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom boom boom boom..."

The servants on the Drum Tower also beat a row of big drums. The eight people moved in unison, and every time they hammered down, they gave people a sense of uniform rhythm.

The servants in charge of beating drums and bells in various parts of Chengdu had been waiting for a long time, but the Chengtian Gate hadn't rang, so they could only wait silently. Drums came up one after another, and for a while, the entire city of Chengdu was echoing with the sound of bells and drums, which also meant that the one-day court meeting had officially begun.

He also reminded the officials who have not yet arrived to hurry up so as not to miss the time to respond.

The apprehensions of the officials waiting in front of the gate disappeared immediately, and they arranged their clothes neatly, ready to wait for the gate of Chengtian to open and see you in the palace.

At the same time as the bells and drums were ringing, the left and right imperial guards ambushed on the north side of the palace city, and Yuan Cong's imperial guards who were ambushing the east Jiacheng city Taicang and Yeting Palace rushed out to Chengtian Gate along both sides of the palace city.And the soldiers of the barracks outside the city under the charge of Li Shentong also marched in the direction of Wudan Mountain.Ambushing on both sides of Suzaku Gate in the imperial city, soldiers from Honglu Temple and Taichang Temple pressed up to Chengtian Gate in the north.

As the soldiers dispatched one after another, all civil and military officials were stunned, one or two were dumbfounded. They just watched the soldiers with bright armor, the generals Chen Shuda, Dou Lukuan, Xiao Yu, Tang Jian, Yuwenshi and a group of ministers were arrested. catch.Soon, there were fewer civil and military officials in front of Chengtianmen.

Han Zhi, who has been promoted to Yushi Zhongcheng, was also frightened. It was the first time he saw such a big scene of using the "slaughter knife" to fight against the Korean, Chinese and military forces. Thinking to myself: "My lord and the court ministers said that I, Han Zhi, was a great spy who sneaked into the Puppet Tang Dynasty. Judging from this posture, Li Yuan is the biggest spy in the Puppet Tang Dynasty! This is obviously to toss the Puppet Tang court I am willing to be eccentric and anxious. Compared with his handwriting, I am really ashamed and flattering. But this guy is too capable of making troubles, isn't he afraid that Puppet Tang will be tossed to death by him so alive?"

At this moment, Chengtianmen opened a side door, and a servant came out, glanced at the crowd, and said loudly: "There is a decree from the emperor, Han Zhi, Xuan Yushi Zhongcheng, will see you at Chengtianmen!"

"My minister obeys the order!" Han Zhi cheered up, knowing that his opportunity had come, no matter what Li Yuan thought, anyway, for him, this incident in front of him was a godsend opportunity to mess up the center of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty. The soldiers in front of the door waited for Han Zhi to enter, and immediately ordered people to close the side door and put a huge stone on top.

This move also made Han Zhi realize that the Puppet Tang Dynasty had undergone major changes, and he must take this opportunity to wipe out the backbone of the Puppet Tang Dynasty, so as to create a great situation for the Sui Dynasty to recover Yizhou.Otherwise, how can I be worthy of Li Yuan who has laid a good foundation?

When he climbed to Chengtian Gate and met Li Yuan, he found that Li Yuan was calm and unhurried, as if all these incidents had nothing to do with him.

Li Yuan's calmness and composure left Han Zhisha speechless, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Mr. Han Zhi, see Your Majesty."

"Han Qing!" Li Yuan squinted his eyes and said, "Last night, someone wrote a letter to the East Palace, and two days later they agreed to mutiny against the Palace in an attempt to support the crown prince to ascend the throne. The people I arrested today are all suspected of participating in the rebellion; these people , I will leave it to you now."

"My minister obeys the order." Han Zhi saluted devoutly.

"These people are only a part of them. What matters is how many people are their accomplices if the rebellion is true." Li Yuan leaned forward slightly, emphasizing his tone: "This matter is extremely important! I don't want to live in fear every day. Among them, I don’t want to be attacked by the rebels in my sleep and force me to abdicate.”

"Your Majesty, you can rest assured that my ministers will definitely find out all the accomplices who betrayed the party, so that your Majesty can rest easy. Our Tang society is as stable as Mount Tai." Han Zhi said calmly, but his heart burst into ecstasy: Among the crowd, he has already seen those who were taken away, most of them were capable people from the Puppet Tang Dynasty. The key is that the people involved also included Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, and Dou Lukuan, three prime ministers, and they represented a large group If people's interests are twisted out one by one, and the crime of treason is charged, they can be removed by the hands of Li Yuan. In this way, the puppet Tang Dynasty will definitely be hurt.
"Yeah." Li Yuan nodded, and said in a deep voice, "My principle is that I would rather be in vain than indignation!"

"Here." Han Zhi understood what Li Yuan was thinking, and this was his wish. When he presided over the trial of Liu Wenjing's case, he played the role of a cruel official and took the opportunity to wipe out many people who Li Yuan disliked. He was granted the title of Yushi Zhongcheng.But this time, Li Yuan directly pointed out that "it is better to be in vain than to indulge", which undoubtedly gave him a sharp sword.

"Go." Li Yuan waved his hand, Han Zhi bowed his waist and retreated step by step until he exited the door, then turned and left.

Li Yuan looked at Han Zhi's leaving back, lost his mind for a while, and suddenly said angrily: "Why do people always want to betray me? Liu Wenjing and others were just lowly officials back then. It was I who gave them a chance, and I let them From lowliness to greatness, it is I who let them dress in nobles and become extremely human ministers. Unexpectedly, they are in the face of a national crisis, and one or two want to take over my country. This is a group of white-eyed wolves who can't eat enough, shameless."

Li Daoxing said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the truth has not been found out yet, let's wait for Han Zhongcheng to interrogate."

"You are still young, you don't understand." Li Yuan shook his head, and said angrily: "How could there be a fake? How could there be a fake? Over the years, they have seen my Tang Dynasty's decline, and they wished that the Tang Dynasty's day would come sooner. It collapsed at one point, like the Dugu sect among the Guanlong nobles, the Guanlong gentry, and the Shandong gentry, and now, it's my turn to pick someone up."

"..." Li Daoxing was still a half-grown child, and he didn't know how to comfort the heartbroken emperor.

At this time, General Du Junchuo, who was in charge of apprehending the rebels and thieves, strode into Chengtianmen tower in military uniform, and said: "Your Majesty, the last general has taken down all the rebels, and I am here to reply."

Li Yuan happily said: "Immediately take them to Wu Chuan Si's mansion and hand them over to Yu Shi Zuo Cheng Han Zhi for trial."

Du Junchuo replied: "The final general obeys orders."

Li Yuan heard that the accomplices of the traitor party had been arrested, his heart was relaxed, and he was so tired that he got up and said: "Go back to Ganlu Hall."

"Here." Everyone followed suit.

Li Yuan first lived in bed with Concubine Yin De last night, and soon after he fell asleep, such a big event happened. He was anxious and couldn't sleep all night. , is exhausted.

All civil and military officials were scared out of their wits by the scene in front of Chengtian Gate, and finally waited for the soldiers to retreat, but the emperor did not summon them. They were like headless flies, not knowing what to do for a while.

Gathered in front of the door and had a quick discussion, it was decided that Pei Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhao Cijing, Minister of the Ministry of War, would go to see the emperor and ask the reason of the matter.

But when they arrived at Ganlu Hall, Li Yuan was not there. He just asked Li Daoxing to go to the royal family to inform everyone about the situation, and then went to the back hall of Ganlu Hall to rest and recuperate.

Although there are still many things that I want to do and deal with, after all, I am a person who is almost sixty years old, and these years of national weakness, internal and external troubles, and high busyness have consumed too much vitality of Li Yuan. He really can't hold on now. Only the most urgent arrangements can be grasped.

The emperor does not go to court and ignores politics.None of the Chaowen and Wu could be seen, but they dared not leave. If the emperor summoned them and failed to meet them in time, they might be punished for disrespect, so they went back to the imperial city in twos and threes, absent-mindedly handling their own government affairs.

When the situation became clear, the crowded Tai Chi Palace gradually calmed down.Because of all the tossing last night, the inside of Miyagi was not able to sleep peacefully. At this time, the matter was over, and except for those who had duties, most of the others went to sleep and went back to their cages, yawning again and again.

When the sun was rising, the misty Miyagi was in a peaceful scene.

In this seemingly peaceful atmosphere, there was movement at the Xuanwu Gate, the north gate of Taiji Palace.

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Generally speaking, the layout of the imperial palace is arranged symmetrically along the north-south axis, divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court.The outer court is the palace and official office where the emperor listens to the government and holds banquets, while the inner court is the bedroom and garden of the emperor and concubines, a place for the emperor and concubines to live and relax.The most critical thing is that the outer court is located in the south of the palace, and the inner court is in the north of the palace.Therefore, the gates on the north side of the palace wall play a major role in the safety of the inner court. Among them, the Xuanwu Gate, which is the main gate in the north, plays a pivotal role. And controlling the inner court can also control the emperor, so that once the center of the dynasty, and then extended to the entire country.

When Yang Tong entered Guanzhong, he entered the Urn City through the Xuanwu Gate of Daxing Palace, and then entered the palace city through the Xuanzhong Gate. He beheaded Li Yuan, and the result was that the palace city was completely burned. By the way, more than half of Li Yuan's princes, daughters and concubines were captured. If Yang Tong didn't think Li Yuan was still useful and set fire to create chaos first, Li Yuan might have also become a prisoner in that beheading operation.

Later, in order to recapture Guanzhong, Li Yuan tried to imitate Yang Tong and killed him in the Daxing Palace in order to use the dead soldiers of Guanlong nobles and Shandong gentry for his own use; The soldiers attacked Zhuquemen from the front, while Dou Cong and lawyer Pei led an elite army into Daxing Palace from the Xuanwu Gate behind them. If Yang Tong was killed, the Dou Kangjun lurking in Fufeng would seize Dashanguan and release the Tang army. After entering the customs, Feng Lijun, who was lurking in Beidi County, cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Yongbei. However, Yang Tong learned in advance that he had come up with a plan to wipe out all the enemy forces lurking in Guanzhong, and achieved a decisive decision to stabilize Guanzhong. The great victory exhausted Li Yuan's power hidden in Guanzhong.

The Tai Chi Palace in Chengdu also faces the south, with the front facing the south and sleeping in the back. Once the Xuanwu Gate falls, the inner court will lose peace. Therefore, the guards of the Xuanwu Gate are all the emperor's confidantes. The door is regarded as the most important thing, and the guard appointed by it is Jing Junhong.

Jing Junhong had defected to Li Yuan when he was still staying in Taiyuan, and made great achievements in Li Tang's pacification of Wei Dao'er and other battles. After Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang, he occupied Bingzhou and Guanzhong. During the battle, he made illustrious military exploits, and was awarded the title of Hussar General by Li Yuan for his meritorious service, and was also awarded the title of Marquis of Qianchang.

Being able to hand over the gate of Xuanwu Gate to Jing Junhong is enough to prove Li Yuan's trust in Jing Junhong.Lu Shiheng, the Zhonglang general who served as Jing Junhong's deputy, was also Li Yuan's confidant.

However, what Li Yuan didn't know was that these two people had already been bought by Li Shimin.

Li Yuan believed in the truth of these two people, but his position was too high, and he only came into contact with dignitaries and prime ministers, so he ignored these two little people.

Little people are human beings, they also have to survive and have ambitions.

Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng were indeed grateful for Li Yuan's trust in the beginning, but Li Yuan had ignored them for too long. When they saw their colleagues, and even their former subordinates had a higher status than them, they were naturally unwilling to be the gatekeepers.They also want to be promoted and become high-ranking generals.

But Li Yuan forgot about them, so after so many years, they are still gatekeepers, and their dissatisfaction has already grown in their hearts. The power of resistance, under Yin Kaishan's win over earlier, secretly took refuge in Li Shimin, who forged a comrade-in-arms friendship during the war, and became Li Shimin's killer move lurking beside Li Yuan.

When the two learned that Li Shimin was going to secretly return to Chengdu, they silently waited for the opportunity.

As early as two days ago, Li Shimin had sent Yin Kaishan to get in touch with them, saying that Li Shimin would try to lure the army away from the capital, and then enter the palace through the Xuanwu Gate to control the inner court.

After Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng heard the news, they silently prepared according to Yin Kaishan's arrangement. After they adjusted step by step, Li Yuan's other confidant generals were arranged to rest today, and then they quietly placed Li Shimin's soldiers into the army .Everyone else knew that Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng were the emperor's confidantes, so they went to the city to enjoy the rare vacation time without the slightest doubt.

Just in the middle of the night last night, the two of them knew that the incident had begun shortly after they received Li Yuan's order to close the Xuanwu Gate and not allow anyone to do anything.Immediately afterwards, there was a great turmoil in the imperial city, and the emperor actually transferred all the troops away as expected.In the entire Miyagi, only their camp soldiers are sitting in the town, which is closely linked with Li Shimin's plan, coming and going, and it is seamless.

When Li Shimin appeared under the city with hundreds of elite soldiers, Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng, who had already replaced the defenders with confidants or Li Shimin's army, opened the door without hesitation, and welcomed Li Shimin and his troops into the palace silently. middle.After that, the Xuanwu Gate and Xuanzhong Gate were closed to prevent other armies from coming to seize the gate.

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