The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 911 Father and Son Confrontation (seeking tickets)
Li Yuan, who had suffered a great loss, not only built Chengtian Gate tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also the Xuanwu Gate of Zhengbei Gate. Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng, who were neglected by him again, unceremoniously opened the Xuanwu Gate for their own fame and ambition, allowing Li Shimin's soldiers to enter the inner palace without bloodshed.

Li Shimin and his soldiers passed the Xuanwu Gate, bypassed the Ningyin Pavilion, Chengxiang Hall, and Yanjia Hall in the south without any hindrance, and broke into the Ganlu Hall.Then knock open the bark door of Ganlu Palace, and the whole Taiji Palace is like a pine cone whose hard shell has been smashed open. After peeling off layer by layer, crispy pine nuts are revealed, just waiting to be enjoyed by others. .

Li Shimin has never been to Miyagi, the Taiji Palace in Chengdu, but there is not much difference between Miyagi and Miyagi of Daxing Palace. Every plant, every tree, every pavilion and every pavilion are very familiar to him, but Li Shimin has no time to look at them. With the confidant who sneaked back to Chengdu, he rushed all the way to the Temple of Ganlu.Chengdu City was a strange place to him after all, his army here was pitifully small, and he had to control his father before the deceived Yuan returned from the imperial army, otherwise he would surely die.

It's not that he didn't encounter resistance, but it's no exaggeration to say that the guards in the palace were vulnerable compared to the elite teachers he had carefully selected.

Speaking of which, Li Yuan forced him to come to this point. Ever since Li Yuan took down Li Jiancheng's power, he started attacking Li Shimin. Li Shimin was poor and destitute; in his view, Li Shimin had only two choices when he was in a predicament of food shortage: one was to disarm, but this was unlikely, because the Sui army in the north was powerful, and Li Shimin's strength was insufficient. Once the army is laid off, once the Sui army enters the country, it will be difficult to deal with it; the second is to surrender to him, just like Li Jiancheng, and return to Chengdu to be a "good son". With the example of Li Jiancheng, he thinks that Li Shimin will also surrender to him .

However, he was wrong.

Li Shimin didn't choose either, but persuaded Dou Gui, the governor of Yinping Road who was confronting him, with big right and wrong and personal interests. Dou Gui saw Li Yuan conniving Li Yuanji to harm the officials of the court, and knew that this kind of disaster would come to him sooner or later. on the head.One day, if someone says that Dou Gui rebelled against him, Li Yuan will definitely treat Dou Gui the same as he treats Liu Wenjing; and according to the current situation, it is very likely that the vicious and violent Li Yuanji will succeed Tang Guozuo; , once he ascended the throne as he wished, it would be a disaster for the Dou family and Datang.As for Li Jiancheng, who is already a turtle in the urn and has no power, even if he has a comeback day, he will not be able to suppress Li Shimin and Li Yuanji who are in military power.In such a one-by-one comparison, Li Shimin's superior position is undoubtedly the most in line with Datang's interests and personal interests.So when Li Shimin came to visit, Dou Gui seemed to see a bright light in the dark, and after several negotiations and compromises, he secretly joined Li Shimin.And cooperated with Li Shimin in all aspects to plan this coup.

If Li Yuan's suspicions were successfully aroused and the troops were transferred away, with his character, Li Yuanji would definitely be transferred to guard his side. This was a huge change.

And Li Yuanji is not only Li Yuan's most trusted prince, he can enter and leave the court without notification, he is also the general of the left guard, in charge of thousands of soldiers in the left guard and Wu Chuanwei, the most important thing is that although this guy is a bit ugly, he is quite capable of fighting. , Quite fierce, no one in Li Shishou's heart is his opponent. If he is in the palace and leads his bodyguards to resist Li Shimin's army that breaks into the palace, Li Yuan can take advantage of this smooth breathing to escape to the imperial city. If this is the case, even if Li Yuanji is killed, it will not change the fact that Li Shimin has few soldiers; he can either retreat as Yang Tong did at the beginning, or fight to the death, and Li Shimin can't afford these two choices. After learning the lesson of Yang Tong's failure, Li Yuanji was included as one of the reasons why he must be killed.

Second, Li Yuan didn't know the relationship between Li Yuanji and Li Shentong, but he couldn't escape Li Shimin's eyes and ears. In terms of Li Yuanji's lawless temperament; On the contrary, they were overjoyed and united with Li Shentong to enter the palace. After killing Li Shimin, who was a widow, he took the opportunity to kill Li Yuan, and then blamed Li Shimin, who suddenly appeared in the palace and had no excuse.

In addition, Li Shimin also needs someone to take the blame. Originally, Li Jiancheng was the most suitable person, but now he has no power and power, and can't even get out of the East Palace. If he says he wants to make trouble, no one will believe it; Li Yuanji became the best candidate.

Based on the above three reasons, Li Yuanji must die.

As for the content of the letter, Li Shimin was not worried at all. He knew his father very well, and he would never tear his face apart unless he was absolutely eliminated. Instead, he continued to choose to maintain the harmony on the surface. As expected by Li Shimin, Li Yuan did not announce who was the mastermind of joining Li Jiancheng.And why he suddenly appeared in Chengdu is even simpler - "Follow the father's order to punish the traitor king".

After all, Li Shimin wanted to become Li Tang's reality, but he didn't want to engage in a civil war with his father, which would exhaust Li Tang's only vitality. Therefore, he took advantage of his father's suspicious and suspicious characteristics to concoct the "Brothers" The illusion of "the two met for a mutiny" successfully transferred the army to Wudan Mountain, put down the [-] "rebels" used as a cover, and successfully transferred Yuan from the forbidden army to seal the city and seal the imperial city so that he could "behead" his father. first.

As the emperor's bedroom, Ganlu Hall would never be opened when the emperor was sleeping. There was only one way to get in, and that was to open the gate!

Fortunately, although the palace walls are built extremely high, they are the palace gates of the inner court after all, not as thick as the Xuanwu Gate, as long as there are logs as hammers, they can be smashed open. These are also considered by Li Shimin, and let Jing Jun Hong and Lu Shiheng made preparations in secret.

When the group arrived at the back door of Ganlu Hall, Li Shimin's confidant generals Zhai Changsun, Hou Junji, Li Mengchang, Dou Shilun, Qiu Yingqi, and Deputy Luo Jun rushed up first, took the log from the soldiers' shoulders, and hugged the log with all their strength. The hard giant log slammed into the palace gate viciously after trotting for help.

"Boom" the palace gate was shaken with a dull sound. Everyone picked up the log and stepped back quickly, and ran up again. There was another dull and huge shock. Several warriors bumped into it more than ten times. It loosened, and opened a fist with a wide opening every time it hit.

The rhythm of the clashes of several giants is not fast, that's the case, but every loud noise is like knocking on Li Shimin's heart, which shocked him. When he saw the crack getting bigger and bigger, Li Shimin's gloomy expression revealed With a relaxed smile, he waved the Dingtang knife and shouted: "Keep up, a few more hits and it will break away."

Ganlu Hall is the northernmost one among the three main halls. It is a single palace complex with multiple doors and deep winding paths. It can be divided simply and centered on Ganlu Hall. There are spacious courtyards and tall palace walls and palaces in the courtyards, so the dull sound of knocking on the door has become very slight when it reaches the second courtyard, and Li Yuan, who lives in the Ganlu Hall, can't hear it at all.

But the people who entered the courtyard for the first time were awakened. The door was knocked so hard that they knew something had happened, and a group of people panicked.Some rushed to report the news to Ganlu Hall, some shouted for help, and some saw that the door bars were in danger of breaking, so they moved tables, chairs, and stones against the gate, and they were all in a mess for a while.

The Gong'e eunuchs in several small palaces around the back of Ganlu Hall were also awakened, but they realized that it was too late at this time, and they all ran out to watch, but Li Shimin, who was eager to break into the palace, saw that they did not launch an attack , I didn't bother to pay attention to it, but anxiously ordered several generals to speed up the speed of hitting the door.

"Klala...Boom!" The log slammed hard again, and the door inside finally broke, and it seemed that only a small half was connected. He slammed twice more fiercely, and finally opened the palace door wide. Li Shimin shouted: "Rush in."

Everyone drew their swords and rushed in under the watchful eyes of the trembling maids and eunuchs.

The courtyard has long been in chaos. Soldiers who have not experienced any battles ran wildly all over the courtyard. Li Shimin led Zhai Changsun, Hou Junji, Li Mengchang, Dou Shilun, Qiu Yingqi, and Deputy Luo Jun to rush forward. Raise the knife and fall, kill everyone.

At this time, who cares about being kind and soft-hearted, those who dare to resist will be killed, and those who get in the way will be killed as well. They passed by all the way, killing blood all over the ground. act recklessly.

The warning of the attack on Ganlu Palace was sent to the inner guards of the Imperial Forest Army.The inner guards had always moved with the emperor, wherever the emperor was, the inner guards were nearby, and they were also the emperor's last and strongest defensive force.

"I am Li Shimin, the king of Jin. The king of Qi conspired to rebel, and I came to escort you under the orders of the saints. It has nothing to do with you!" Li Shimin sternly yelled at the hesitant inner guards: "If the king didn't have the order of the emperor, how could he enter the Xuanwu Gate? ? The situation is urgent, if the Holy Majesty makes a mistake, can you take responsibility?"

"I will be able to testify for King Jin." At this time, Liu Shili strode forward and shouted in a deep voice: "Everyone give up resistance!" This is also Li Shimin's man, and his value lies at this moment.

As he spoke, Master Liu took the lead in throwing the horizontal knife in his hand to the ground. Seeing the person with the highest rank abandoning his weapon and surrendering, the rest of them made the same action one after another. Only a sound of clanging and clanging was heard, and a pile of them was piled up on the ground soon. With the sword, Li Shimin's tense heartstrings suddenly loosened, and the last variable was finally resolved without bloodshed.

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The noise of people outside woke up Li Yuan, he sat up in shock from the collapsed bed, and asked in a frightened voice, "Who is making trouble outside?"

At this time, the palace warden of Ganlu Palace ran in tremblingly, and threw himself on the ground as soon as he came in. Although Li Yuan had gray hair loose and was wearing a yellow silk pajamas, he was not as dignified as usual, but he was still not angry. : "Who is causing the chaos, tell me!"

The palace supervisor just knelt and kowtowed, his forehead hit the ground with a bang, and he didn't even dare to say a word.

The emperor is gone, he is just a lowly servant, at this time, everything is wrong, he will die if he offends the future emperor; Lao Tzu, who offends the future emperor, will still be killed by the future emperor who is eager to express his filial piety.

Li Yuan was furious when he saw this, and before he could ask again, he saw the door curtain was lifted, and Hou Junji and Zhai Changsun had already rushed in with bloody knives. Li Shimin glanced sharply and saw that there was no threat inside, so he turned around Dodging, let Li Shimin out, followed by Li Mengchang, Dou Shilun, Qiu Yingqi, Luo Junfu, Yin Kaishan and a large group of people.

Seeing that there was no danger inside, everyone put away their knives and saluted Li Yuan solemnly together with Li Shimin.

Seeing that it was Li Shimin and his henchmen, Li Yuan's expression changed, he stared at Li Shimin coldly for a long while, and said solemnly: "It turned out to be you, ok, ok! It's a good plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain."

"Your Majesty!" Yin Kaishan saw that Li Shimin was unable to answer, stepped forward a few steps, bowed solemnly to Li Yuan, and said in a deep voice, "The King of Qi, Li Yuanji, is plotting to rebel, and the ministers are entrusted by the Holy Order to enter the court secretly to suppress the rebellion. We may not hear about it for fear of leaking." .Now that the ancestors are alive, the King of Qi has already been punished!"

When Li Yuan heard the words "King Qi has already been punished", he felt miserable, and his breathing suddenly became rapid. He took a few breaths, suppressed his excitement, and turned his fierce eyes from Yin Kaishan to Li Shimin. He beat the bed fiercely, and said viciously: "Li Shimin, you can do it, you are ruthless! After killing my younger brother, will I also have to kill my father, and it will be a hundred? Isn't it?"

The resentment in his father's eyes finally made Li Shimin a little more guilty. His knees softened and he knelt on the ground, bowed his head, and said nothing.

"Your Majesty, the rebellious soldiers have not been killed yet, and the last general will go to quell the rebellion first!" Zhai Changsun received Yin Kaishan's signal, and he immediately helped Li Shimin up with Li Mengchang, and dragged out Li Shimin who was half pushed and half pushed. Yingqi and Deputy Luo Jun also followed out.The palace guard rolled his eyes and quietly retreated.

In the empty bedroom, only Yin Kaishan and Hou Junji were left facing Li Yuan.Yin Kaishan stepped forward and said to Li Yuan: "The king of Jin obeyed the secret decree of the sage, and went deep into the tiger's den to hunt for thieves regardless of his family's life. Abolish the king of Qi."

Hou Junji said loudly: "My lord, the prince has no merit or prestige, how can he command the world and fight against the tyranny of the Sui Dynasty? The last general thinks that he can inherit the great cause of the sage, and it is the King of Jin. Now I hope that the sage will obey the heart of heaven and obey the will of the people." , Canonize King Jin as the crown prince."

According to their plan in advance, they will first control the emperor today, forcing him to publicly announce that Li Shimin entered Beijing to suppress the rebellion under a secret decree, designate Li Yuanji as a thief, and then use the name of the emperor to cleanse Li Yuanji's buddies. Li Shimin, who has meritorious service, will be the prince, and after a month or two, the emperor will give the throne to the prince Li Shimin.

Doing so can avoid shocks in the court to the greatest extent, and Li Shimin can also use this time to fully coordinate the relationship between all parties, first distribute the benefits of the results of the political struggle, and then make an announcement in public, so that the court can transition smoothly.

Others, that's all, the key is Li Jiancheng.Originally, Li Jiancheng, an unstable factor, must be punished, but although he himself has no power and power, there is also Li Xiaogong who expedition to Nanzhao. This guy and Li Jiancheng couldn't be more iron buddies. After many rounds of rescue, as early as the first time when the whole army was annihilated, Li Yuan was slaughtered as a scapegoat. If Li Jiancheng died, Li Xiaogong would definitely put aside the matter of Nanzhao, set up the army of King Qin, and seek justice for Li Jiancheng, which caused Li Jiancheng to die. The civil war in the Tang Dynasty, because of this, Li Jiancheng was picked out from the ranks of must be punished by everyone, the so-called "one peck and one drink cause and effect" is not an exaggeration.

"Is the emperor really such a failure? Why?" Li Yuan never imagined that the Li Tang Empire, which he built by killing countless lives and exhausting all his efforts, would evolve into a situation where father and son would fight each other, and brothers would fight each other.

Suddenly he thought of Li Yuanji, who gave him safety, and felt a burst of cold and heartache, because his most trusted son had turned into a cold corpse. If he knew that Li Yuanji was burned to death and killed by Li Shimin himself, he might be afraid. Even more heartbroken and chilled.

"As the saying goes, there will be a raging nest, a raging army, and the prosperous Tang Dynasty will become like this. Doesn't the Holy One have a little self-knowledge?" Now Li Yuan has become a loser, whether it is in state affairs or family affairs. He failed so badly that he didn't deserve Hou Junji's respect. He said coldly, "My lord, it's meaningless to say anything. Only the King of Jin can stabilize the Tang Dynasty, and only the King of Jin can defeat the Sui Dynasty. Please make an order as soon as possible."

"You..." A look of humiliation flashed across Li Yuan's eyes. Even if he was in a corner, he was always the person who controlled the Tang Dynasty, but now he was forced by his generals to issue such an imperial edict.

Li Yuan smiled indifferently: "Do you think that if you imprison me, I can be manipulated by you? No, absolutely impossible. If I, Li Yuan, are determined to die, I can still cause endless troubles for you, can't I?"

Yin Kaishan was also a little impatient with Li Yuan's self-satisfaction, he clapped his hands, and after a while, a man wearing a cloak walked in, and when he walked in front of Li Yuan, he immediately lifted the cloak.

Li Yuan saw the other party's appearance clearly, and couldn't help shouting: "Hey, why..."

Speaking of this, Li Yuan's voice stopped abruptly. He realized that the person in front of him was simply another self. The two people's facial features were very similar, but the person in front of him was much younger than him, and the beards of the two were also somewhat different. Looking up, the "Li Yuan" in front of him is still very young, but if he is far away and wears a flat crown, ordinary people will not be able to detect the authenticity at all.

Seeing Li Yuan's shocked appearance, Yin Kaishan said mercilessly: "My lord, do you think that by committing suicide, His Highness can be charged with killing his father, and thus be scolded by generations to come? Impossible. Now the entire Miyagi city is dead. Being controlled by His Highness, the reason why we easily reached the Ganlu Palace is the credit of Jing Junhong, Lu Shiheng, Liu Shili, Du Junchuo, Li Anyuan, Liu Xiaosun and other generals you regard as your confidantes. If the Holy Majesty decides to die, tomorrow You will still "sick and go to court", promulgate government orders, and wait for "you" to sit in your highness, and the depressed "you" will indulge in wine and sex, stay behind closed doors, and can only wait until you give birth to a prince or daughter, or a major festival Even if this method can't be concealed for a long time, the court can still make "you" die of excessive indulgence. As for the handwriting and so on, it can't be hard to imitate, but as long as your highness The civil and military officials who have managed the Tang Dynasty to flourish, and have completely despaired of you... will soon forget you completely."

"What Mr. Yin said is very true." Hou Junji sneered, and said to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, 'you' can have children, and naturally some children will die; King Qi can 'rebel', depose the prince, The King of Han, the King of Han, and the others can also 'conspire against'. Do you think this is the case?"

"Okay, as expected of my son, this move is vicious enough!" Li Yuan's heart suddenly passed through a bitter chill, he is the emperor, he is very clear about these methods, and this is actually Li Shimin's intention, Yin Kaishan and Hou Junji It's just a messenger, if he doesn't agree, then everything will become a reality.He didn't want to be manipulated by others after his death, and he didn't want his remaining son to be punished for "rebellion". Then he could only live in humiliation. He was stunned for a while, then suddenly laughed stand up.

"Hehe...haha! Good, good, good!" Li Yuan's low laugh turned into a loud laugh, and he beat the bed angrily.The empire he built was gone, not only lost the supreme throne, lost his most trusted son, even his own life and death could not be decided by him.

One Wen and one Wu looked at each other with a smile, knowing that the purpose of the threat had been achieved, they patiently did not press him, allowing Li Yuan to vent his dissatisfaction.

Li Yuan, who was crying with laughter, took a long time before lying back on the couch panting. He pulled the quilt over his body, closed his eyes, paused for a while, and said lightly: "Go out and tell Li Shimin; I will give it as he wishes, and I can give him whatever he wants."

However, before the two of them were overjoyed to react, Li Yuan said again: "I betrayed my cousin Yang Guang who believed in me very much, and I suffered today's retribution. Li Shimin killed his younger brother and forced his father, such unconscionable things." Now that I have done everything, there will definitely be retribution. I will see with my own eyes how the rebellious son will be retribution step by step."

The tone of his voice was already very calm, but the words he said were full of monstrous hatred, which made people feel chilled to the bone.

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The turmoil in the middle of the night ended quickly at Maoshi.

The bells in the palace were as usual, ready to ring at the appointed time.This also means that the mutiny is over. Although the owner of the Taiji Palace has been reduced to a prisoner, the daily operations continue as usual.

What disappointed Li Yuan was that, as the founding king of the Tang Empire, he had worked hard for the empire and worked hard day and night for many years, but when he announced a series of decrees, none of the dead stood up. , Instead, he happily shouted "The Holy One is wise".This also made him realize how many failures he deserved as an emperor.

The Xuanwumen Incident launched by Li Shimin made him the crown prince of the Li Tang Empire as he wished, but his success also ended with the death of Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng was deposed as the king of Brazil. At the beginning, it officially entered the Li Shimin era, and the prior benefit distribution and liquidation also began.

As Li Yuanji's number one henchman who "conspired to rebel", the cruel official Han Zhizi was the target of everyone calling for his death, but after all, thanks to Li Yuanji's gift, he formed a dense intelligence network in the palace, so he was the first to detect it. , quickly escaped with his cronies.As for the rest of Wu Chuanwei, they were not so lucky. They all became chickens used by Li Shimin to buy people's hearts, and they were killed so many people that they all applauded.

(End of this chapter)