The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 977 Li Shimin's Big Secret

After a few days of tense decoration, the East Palace of the Taiji Palace has taken on a completely new look, with lights and festoons everywhere, full of joy. This time, Li Shimin married a pair of sisters. The former is Wei Yuancheng’s daughter-in-law Wei Yu, daughter-in-law of Li Zixiong, the former secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Sui Dynasty, and the latter is Wei Kuangbo. Daughter Wei Nizi, Wang Shichong's daughter-in-law.However, in the eyes of Li Shimin, a talented and generous prince, as long as he is beautiful, it doesn't matter what the other party's past experience is. Li Shimin does have the grandeur of the brilliant Tang Dynasty, which is tolerant and tolerant. If it weren't for Princess Qi Threatened with death, Li Shimin planned to marry them together.

Both Wei Gui and Wei Nizi are beautiful and well-mannered, especially good at writing articles and calligraphy, and are well-known in the circle of ladies and gentlemen.Because of this, after Li Shimin won the pair of double flowers in Luoyang, he hurriedly got them home.Of course, in addition to the beauty and wisdom of the two women, Li Shimin also had the consideration of wooing Webster to cheer for him. After all, the Tang Dynasty was politically stable and powerful at that time. The Eastern Expedition launched by Li Yuan was a proof of its strength. That Eastern Expedition was huge in scale and momentum. It not only wanted to kill Wang Shichong, but also planned to attack Li Mi in the east, Lin Shihong in the southeast, and Xiao Xian in the south.

Li Shimin had just wiped out Wang Shichong's clan, and his ambition to seize the heir was at the peak of its prosperity. If he slept with a pair of twin flowers in vain, their natal family would still have to cheer for him, wouldn't it be beautiful?

It's just that the situation took a turn for the worse, and Li Yuan poured the entire Tang army to shoot around. The consequences soon appeared. First, Li Shimin ordered Yang Shanhui to immobilize Henan County, and then Li Xiaogong was blocked by Luo Shixin in Xiangcheng County. When Li Yuan realized that something was wrong However, when Li Mi, Lin Shihong, and Xiao Mian faced the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, they spoke more beautifully than they sang, but as soon as the envoys left, they immediately The so-called covenant was torn to shreds. Everyone wished that Sui and Tang dynasties would last for more than ten years, so that they could recuperate. How could they provoke Yang Tong's evil spirit?

This directly led to Li Xiaogong annihilating Luo Shixin's entire army, and only a few hundred people left in an army of more than [-] fled miserably back to Xiangyang; and Yang Shanhui also defeated Li Shimin in Yiyang. When Luo Shixin stabbed a few times from the back, if it wasn't for the critical moment, Liu Wenjing thought of building a dam to hold the Sui Dynasty hostage by flooding the people of Henan County, I'm afraid Li Shimin's result would not be much better.

It was also during Li Yuan's convulsive Eastern Expedition that the Sui Dynasty regained most of the Huanghuai area except Qingzhou. Luo Shixin stepped into the world's shocking, The ranks of marshals that have attracted worldwide attention.

In addition to helping Yang Tong kill Wang Shichong, the Li Tang Dynasty suffered heavy losses, not to mention the power to make progress, but they couldn't even protect themselves.Even Li Shimin's ambition was hit hard. Wei Gui and Wei Nizi slept as usual, but he was no longer in the mood to win over Webster. In addition, Li Yuan was sharpening his sword and preparing to slaughter the big fat pig of the Guanlong nobles, so he didn't do it for a long time. Give Webster's Bingdi flower name.

Now Li Shimin followed the etiquette of marrying a flat wife in order to win over the few remaining Guanlong people and also for a big plan.

Early in the morning, Dugu Mingxiu and Mrs. Xiao helped Li Shimin change into a black beam crown and a scarlet official uniform. After dressing neatly, they smeared his face for a while. Li Shimin was at the mercy of the two of them like a puppet. When he was ready to dress up, Dugu Mingxiu brought a mirror, Li Shimin took a look, and saw himself in the mirror with red lips, white teeth, clear eyebrows, even more handsome than usual.

Because he has led soldiers all the year round, his complexion is relatively dark, but now he is very fair. It seems that the two wives put powder on his face, but the powder was applied very evenly.A pair of eyebrows have also been trimmed and painted a little to make him more heroic.

It's a pity that a few front teeth are missing, two of which were dropped by Yang Tong when he threw him a scabbard in Zhuojun, and the other ones were given to Cheng Yaojin when he was defeated in the battle of Gucheng. The guy slapped him.If he doesn't speak, he is a heroic and handsome young man, but once he speaks, it is really not so elegant.

"Thank you two good wives!" Li Shimin stood up. Ever since he lost his teeth, he hated looking at the mirror. Although he doesn't care about it now, the habit he has developed over the years still makes him avoid the mirror naturally. He smiled and said: "It's still early, I'll go to the Jiade Hall to have a look!"

The wedding of the Sui Dynasty was held at night according to ancient rituals. The two parties first worshiped the ancestors, and then went to greet the relatives after dark. Now it is not long before dawn, and Li Shimin does not want to waste the precious day in unnecessary waiting, and he is not in the mood to sit still. Silly wait.

"Husband, don't forget the auspicious time!" After Dugu Mingxiu reminded, he realized that Li Shimin would never stop when he was busy, so he said, "Let me send someone to notify you."

"Yeah!" Li Shimin nodded, turned around and left, walked a few steps and then turned back and said: "The imperial capital is now like a wall that slipped through the net on all sides. The Sui army's secret workers who sneaked into the city are very likely to take the opportunity to make trouble today. Take care of the children, what are you doing?" Don't go out."

"Here." Looking at Li Shimin who left in a hurry, Dugu Mingxiu and Xiao Shi glanced at each other, and they both saw a strong look of worry in each other's eyes; they always felt that this wedding came too suddenly and unusually, listening to what Li Shimin said, even more so I felt a chilling breath blowing towards my face.

However, when Li Shimin came to the Jiade Palace, all the officials had already arrived, but the civil and military officials were neither happy because of the recovery of Ziyang City, nor did they feel happy because Li Shimin took a concubine.Because after the recovery of Ziyang City, there was a series of bad news, which made Li Shimin and the dignitaries very happy.

"It was Han Liang who agreed without permission, and it wasn't me, so no." Once again seeing the emergency document sent by Han Liang, the guard of Ziyang City, Li Shimin threw the document on the ground fiercely. This is the fifth time he Han Liang's request to release food was rejected.Li Shimin looked at the crowd of civil and military men, and said angrily: "It's enough to stabilize the food price. How can I have food to help and reward the refugees in Ziyang City?"

Just as Yang Guang expected, Li Shimin ignored Han Liang's promise to the refugees. It's not that he didn't want to pay attention to it, but that food is needed everywhere, how can there be any leftover food to fulfill Han Liang's promise?
"Your Highness, if you just sit back and do nothing, the imperial court will lose its trust in the people. If you want to appease the rebellious people in the future, I am afraid no one will believe it!" Chen Shuda sighed and said, "Many refugees are now family members of soldiers. If these people spread the news to Who in the army is willing to fight for the court?"

Li Shimin was silent for a while, then shook his head and sighed: "I have used all the food I can use to stabilize food prices, how can I have food to help and reward the refugees in Ziyang City?"

"Alas!" Chen Shuda, who had become a habit of disappointment, retreated back in a daze.

Seeing the numbness of Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu and others, Li Shimin felt an unspeakable palpitation in his heart for no reason.

These people were annoying at first, but when these people stopped looking for death and drowning, it made Li Shimin feel flustered.But at this point, a group of dignitaries already have the heart to protect themselves, and all they consider are their own safety. As for the life and death of the court, they don't care at all. The promise to the refugees in Ziyang City has been fulfilled.

Are they really foodless?
no.

As far as Li Shimin knows, although the merchants of the Sui Dynasty were behind the instigation of the crazy Shu brocade and wood, if there were no merchants under the command of these people, the merchants of the commercial firms and shops would go to the private sector to buy Shu brocade and wood at high prices. The entire Yizhou could not be destroyed, and the actions of the whole people to abandon the land to weave brocade and look for wood enriched these people, but the imperial court had to bear the consequences of the whole people’s abandonment of the land. In the subsequent food price surge, these people were also the first to know that the Sui Dynasty After the DPRK cut off the trade, they took the lead in buying the grain from the market and hoarding it home. Every household was like this. Naturally, the supply of food in the market was in short supply. How could the price of food not skyrocket?
Now even if they provide [-]% of the food, the court can definitely overcome this difficulty. After all, the territory of the Tang Dynasty is already very small, and the refugees to be relieved are actually very limited.But neither one nor the other.

But right now, there is no time to experience it.

The riots in a large number of areas in central Shu and the phenomenon of occupying mountains as kings were already a mess. The news of the defeat of Duan Lun and Yuan Ren's divisions has come. Request, I hope the court will help him get through the way to retreat.

And having no soldiers is obviously another big problem for Li Shimin, which makes Li Shimin and all the dignitaries burn out.

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Wei Quanbi, who was returning home after leaving the court, saw the lights and festoons in the house, and the joyous atmosphere filled his face. He couldn't help shaking his head and sighing deeply.

Wei Quanbizhou, the grandson of Wei Xiaokuan, a famous Sui marshal, Wei Jin's eldest son, Wei Jin and his elder brother Wei Ji were conspired by Wang Shichong because they supported Yang Tan's pro-government, and Wang Shichong used Wagang to get rid of him. In the name of Yang Tan, the distrust of loyal ministers, and the purpose of eliminating dissidents, Yang Tan even coerced Yang Tan to kill Wei Jin, Wei Ji's family members, and the peripheral forces of the two brothers in the name of collaborating with the enemy and defeating them.

Because Wei Quanbi was the magistrate of the Lu family in Hongnong, he fled back to Guanzhong after hearing the news, and because he was ostracized by his cousins ​​Wei Kuangbo and Wei Yuanzhao, he had been a small county magistrate in Yizhou. Later, because of this, he escaped Li Yuan and cleared Guanlong The catastrophe of the nobles, and Wei Kuangbo and Wei Yuanzhao's main line of Websters led by Wei Yuanzhao were brutally slaughtered by Li Yuan. Now Li Shimin promoted Wei Quanbi to the servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in order to go through the motions, and became Wei Gui and Wei Nizi's natal family.

What puzzled him was that his side was ready, but the two cousins ​​were still in the palace, and he didn't know what Li Shimin was doing.

Wei Quanbi called his younger brothers Wei Wan and Wei Kun, and ordered: "Release the grain, and immediately take out the grain from the family to stabilize the grain price. No matter what, Shu County cannot continue to be in chaos."

Before Ziyang City was recaptured, Wei Quanbi didn't feel anything, but after being recaptured by Han Liang, a lot of bad news began to flood his ears, Wei Quanbi also panicked, and was forced to board Li Shimin's pirate ship again. I can no longer just sit and watch.

"Patriarch, something is wrong!" A family general stumbled in with bloodstains on his embarrassed face.

Wei Quanbi frowned slightly: "What's the matter?"

"There is chaos in the city. A group of untouchables who were starving and dazed rushed into our grain store and grabbed all the food." The family general mourned.

"Where's the army?" Wei Quanbi asked angrily.

"The army is not in the city. Although the patrolling army went to suppress it, it is just that there are crazy mobs everywhere. The patrolling army can't suppress it at all, and they can't attack those old and weak women and children." The general said: "Most of the soldiers in the army are The people of Shu County, how can they deal with the mobs of the villagers?"

"Bastard!" Wei Quanbi was furious. He had already planned to let bloodletting go, but he didn't expect that the riots would take place in the imperial capital. Just as he was about to say something to his two younger brothers, there was another burst of noise from outside.

"Patriarch! Something is wrong!" A servant with a black face rushed in in a panic
"What happened again?" Today was supposed to be a happy day for marrying a younger sister, but one after another bad news made Wei Quanbi's complexion worse, and he shouted angrily, "Who is making noise outside?"

"It's the mob in the city." The servant said terrified: "Today we are the only family having a wedding, and the mob in the city came here upon hearing the news. People are now attacking our mansion."

"Go and have a look." Wei Quanbi yelled angrily when his scalp was numb. He raised his sword and walked out of the door. There are five or six hundred people out, how can he be a figure of military general background, can he still scare the mob?
"Boom~" The three brothers had just walked out of the main hall when they saw the door fall down with a loud bang, and one of the two doors fell to pieces.

Some mobs rushed in screaming, and some people jumped over the walls in all directions, and their skinny appearance made people feel hairy; It doesn't look like a mob, not to mention burly and strong, but also quite insidious and capable of fighting, even the three hundred soldiers who Li Shimin used as a front for the Wei Mansion were also knocked down to the ground by them and beat violently. The ruthless hands on the man's most vulnerable crotch made the three Wei brothers feel pain for them.

"It's too presumptuous, it's too much." Wei Quanbi strode out with a livid face, and a few mobs brandishing various weapons just rushed in. Seeing him in luxurious clothes, as if they saw a prey, they didn't say a word , Hit me straight up.

"Looking for death!" Wei Quanbi yelled angrily, slashing left and right with the sword in his hand, three or four mobs died under his sword in an instant.

"Kill me!" The surrounding mob were terrified of being killed by Wei Quanbi, Wei Quanbi yelled, and charged into the crowd with his sword outstretched.It's not that he is too cruel, but that he knows that more than [-]% of the people are real mobs, but the other [-]% are definitely the masterminds who instigated the mobs to come to Wei's mansion to cause trouble. The only way to kill some people is to scare the real mobs away It's time to catch these people out.

Otherwise, more innocent people will die.

"咻~" At this moment, a sharp blade pierced the air, Wei Quanbi felt a warning, and subconsciously turned sideways to avoid it.

"Pfft~" Wei Kun screamed in the blood spattering, then fell down foaming at the mouth, said "Poison Arrow" and died.

Just as Wei Quanbi was about to say something, there was another 'whoosh', and the second brother Wei Wan also followed in the footsteps of the third brother.

The rest of Wei Quanbi didn't dare to rush forward, he glanced and saw someone in the crowd quickly put away a crossbow, which shocked him greatly.

Sure enough, as expected, this group of ignorant mobs really came here after being bewitched, and Wei Mansion is in danger now.

This thought was fleeting, Wei Quanbi swung his sword and rushed into the crowd, towards the person who stabbed in the back, but two more crossbow arrows pierced his shoulder blades in no particular order.

These two arrows are non-poisonous. They are obviously the assistants of the one who shot Wei Kun and Wei Wan to death. They are not qualified to use this kind of poisonous arrows. This should be the mastermind behind them. Believers use it.

"You are a coward, you hide your head and shrink your tail, what kind of hero are you?" Wei Quanbi suddenly stopped and let out an angry roar, but the assassin hidden in the crowd disappeared. Looking around, there were all mobs rushing in like a tidal wave. After beheading a few people, the generals and slaves beside Wei Quanbi were dragged into the crowd by a wooden hook, leaving only the screams and screams.

In just two moments, the entire Wei Mansion had fallen. Looking around, there were mobs everywhere. The screaming and sobbing of the female family members in the back hall made Wei Quanbi's eyes tear. Looking around, like a wounded wolf.

Because he was too imposing before, the surrounding mobs were intimidated by his aura and did not dare to move forward.

"Both of his arms have already been injured by arrows. Why are you afraid of him? Let's all kill him together!" In the crowd, someone was urging loudly.

Due to excessive blood loss, Wei Quanbi's consciousness was a little blurred at this time, he hurriedly looked over, but there were shaking mobs everywhere, how could he tell who was talking?

At this time, even those strong 'mobs' who specially targeted the soldiers and family members of the Wei family all disappeared, and all the mobs that caught the eye were thin-boned, hungry-faced mobs, using all kinds of strange The "weapon" hit him head and face.

"I'm a relative of the emperor, you can't treat me like this." Wei Quanbi roared.

"It's you rich and unkind relatives of the imperial family who are being beaten." Just now, the voice sounded in the crowd again, "If you hadn't maliciously hoarded food in order to make a big difference, how could we have no food to eat, how could we have become refugees ? Everything today was forced by you. Do you think so?"

"Yes!" The mob, who were afraid at first, suddenly responded with such a provocation, and flocked to Wei Quanbi one after another.

"Kill." Wei Quanbi tried his best to swing his sword and cut a wooden fork into two pieces, but a small ax flying from the sky had already cut deeply into his chest, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang clang", and he roared With a sound, his left hand grabbed a mob's neck, but another mob held up a snatched horizontal knife and slashed down fiercely, cutting off Wei Quanbi's arm shoulder to shoulder.

"Puff puff puff~" Seeing that Wei Quanbi, who was blocking the door, had lost his fighting power, the surrounding mobs even more boldly greeted Wei Quanbi with poles, sticks, and wooden rakes in their hands.

Wei Quanbi never dreamed that, as the grandson of the famous commander Wei Xiaokuan and the son of the famous minister Wei Jin, he would not die at the hands of the Sui army, but at the hands of a group of hungry and crazy mobs. When his life was dying, he was filled with anger and resentment Turning into a mournful and angry roar, his body jerked violently, and the huge force knocked several mobs into the air. He stood still, his eyes blazing fiercely.

A group of mobs were frightened by his gaze for a moment, but no one approached.

After waiting for a long time, someone came forward and stabbed him with a stick, but Wei Quanbi's burly body fell down suddenly, and he died in extremity. Seeing him standing dead, the mob detoured in fear and rushed into Wei's mansion.

Wei Quanbi is a general's son, he also has good martial arts, the guards and servants of the family all have extraordinary fighting power, but Wei's family is like this, let alone a real person.

Chen Shuda's mansion was breached by the mob even earlier. The servants and maidservants in the family screamed and ran for their lives when they saw the mob rushing in. The few guards were instantly wiped out by the mob. Go up and beat him to death with a stick.

"With such a vicious heart, it's hard not to achieve great things. If I knew it was like this... I should have chosen you at the beginning... It's a pity that the sky is not fake, so what can you do now? Haha..."

Before Chen Shuda died, he kept laughing wildly, but the mob didn't care that much, they beat Chen Shuda's body until his body was beyond recognition, and then entered the mansion.

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Tai Chi Hall!
Li Shimin climbed up and looked far away. Looking around, the whole Chengdu seemed to be in chaos, with mobs wandering everywhere, but he just looked at it like that, and tapped his fingers lightly on the guardrail. No one knew what he was thinking.

"Why did it come to this? How did it come to this?" Xiao Yu who was on the side looked at the city where thick smoke was constantly coming out, knelt down on the ground, weeping bitterly.

"Why are you here?" Li Shimin glanced at Xiao Yu, and then looked at the huge city filled with the sound of killing. After a long silence, he sighed and said: "The sage Kong said, "The husband is a boat, and the people are like a boat." It is water. Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it. If you think about danger, you can know it.” And I also think that “the country, the monarch, and the powerful are the boat, and the people are the water; water can carry the boat, and it can also overturn it. Zhou'. As early as the time when food prices soared, the Tang court, kings, and dignitaries had already lost their hearts, and today’s chaos planted the seeds of disaster at that time! And the long-standing public grievances in central Sichuan have now passed through Yang Dong provoked them one by one, and they naturally spewed out. I don’t know how many powerful families will survive this time.”

"Huh?" Xiao Yu's crying stopped abruptly, and she looked at Li Shimin's feet in disbelief, but her body kept trembling.He felt as if he knew a big secret that he shouldn't know.

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