The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 986 The Death of Emperor Tang (seeking tickets)
Everyone on the chrysanthemum stage was silent, and the clan's children who had never experienced the tragedy of the battlefield were pale and trembling in their seats.Dou Hukuan, who had previously advised Li Shimin to return power to Li Yuan, was completely paralyzed on the ground. He looked at Li Shimin with fear and pleading eyes, hoping that Li Shimin would let Li Yuan go.

But Li Shimin was as cold as a statue, and he didn't even give him a glimpse from the corner of his eye. This just shows that Li Shimin's anger has reached the extreme. The more angry he is, the calmer he behaves.

Under the protection of the guards, he walked down the chrysanthemum stage step by step, and walked towards Jiademen, where there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

The blood on the ground wetted his cloth shoes, and the blood on the hem of his clothes was absorbed by the fabric and slowly spread upwards. When he reached the front of the shield formation, the blood had spread below his knees, but Li Shimin didn't care.

Du Junchuo bowed to Li Shimin and said, "See Your Highness."

Li Shimin falsely raised his hand: "General Du is exempt."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Du Junchuo straightened his body and said, "Most of the rebels have been shot, what do you think?"

Li Shimin looked at the pile of dead bodies in front of him, and said coldly: "Except for the one who pretended to be the emperor, all the rest will be beheaded."

"Your Highness, these are our soldiers, and we have killed enough today. How about..." Du Junchuo met Li Shimin's cold eyes, quickly lowered his head, and stopped pleading.

"Kill me." Li Shimin ordered indifferently.

"Here." With a wave of Du Junchuo's hand, groups of armored soldiers rushed out from behind the shield formation, rummaged through the pile of corpses, and if they came across any who were still alive, they would stab them to death with spears.

Li Shimin and Du Junchuo led a group of soldiers towards the lonely Li Yuan.

Li Yuan, with disheveled hair, couldn't stand the humiliation, so he raised the Juque sword in his hand and wanted to kill himself. Li Shimin quickly grabbed the crossbow from the hands of the soldiers around him, and stabbed Li Yuan's left shoulder with an arrow without even aiming.

The severe pain made Li Yuan let go of his hand, and the Juque sword landed on the armor of a corpse with a 'dang' sound.

"What a rebellious son, what a rebellious son. Kill me if you have the ability." Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin with hatred, and now he has lost all hope and wants to die.

"It's quite a fake, it seems that Li Shentong has put a lot of effort into you!" Li Shimin's eyes flashed, he shook his head and sighed: "But I still can't hide it from me."

"..." Li Yuan.

"You are so bold that you pretend to be the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and my father. I really want to kill you, but now I still need a witness." Li Shimin stared at Li Yuan coldly, "Chengdu City is mine now. I know the movements clearly, so I deliberately set up this game today."

Indeed, this scene in front of him was deliberately done by Li Shimin, with the purpose of using Li Yuan to draw out forces beyond his control.

As the saying goes, "There is no better way to know a son than to be a father", but it doesn't work in Li Yuan's family. Although Li Yuan is good at fighting for power and tactics, and played Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji around, he doesn't know his three sons at all, because the three brothers The reason why he is so obedient and at his mercy is actually because he wants to use the satisfaction of "jun father" to get what he wants.In order to gain more political capital, they organize their staff to study Li Yuan from time to time, so they know their father's preferences and temperament well.

Li Shimin knew that his father pretended to be his grandson in front of Yang Guang, in front of Duguzheng, and in front of Dou Wei for the sake of his power.Losing the imperial power now makes him feel more uncomfortable than killing him. As long as he is still alive, he will continue to fight against himself, so he has been silently paying attention to Li Yuan, and even secretly fueling the flames.

In order to avoid being stabbed in the back by the grass in the face of this national crisis, Li Shimin first cut off a part of the grass in the name of destroying the wedding in the "Sui Dynasty" on the day of "marrying Webster's Bingdihua", and then asked people to give it to Li Yuan and Li Yuan. Shentong leaked the wind, saying that it was his own actions, so that the two of them could be further encouraged, and more uncontrolled civil and military forces were drawn into this incident, so as to catch them all in one go.

Although he knew that the person in front of him was his father, Li Shimin, who had turned from a chess piece to a chess player, was in a good mood when he once again faced the former chess player who had become a chess piece as a winner.

"Haha!" Li Yuan smiled desolately, and it could be seen that Li Shimin was really going to kill himself as a father.

People in the world say that they are greedy for power like their own lives, which is true.At the beginning, supporting Li Shimin to restrain Li Jiancheng was to let their brothers fight on their own, regardless of whether it was Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, for the sake of power, they could only be loyal and please themselves, the emperor and father, so that his throne would be as stable as Mount Tai.

Later, when he saw that the Sui Dynasty was as powerful as the sky, although Li Yuan didn't say anything, he knew that he could not destroy the Sui Dynasty in his life. Not to mention the national strength and the gap between the army, but in terms of age alone, he would fight for it when he was old and frail. However, Yang Tong, who is young and vigorous, will be consumed to death even if Yang Tong does not attack with troops.

Since there is no hope for his own reunification, he can only hope for the next generation. However, at this time, he realized that Li Shimin's power has surpassed that of Prince Li Jiancheng.

If he died, would the powerful Li Shimin be willing to support Li Jiancheng?
The answer is obviously no, because power struggles have been endless since ancient times.No one is willing to admit defeat, and no one believes that the opponent is willing to make concessions.Even if Li Shimin is benevolent and righteous, and is willing to be a generation of virtuous kings for the benefit of the Tang Dynasty, are his subordinates willing?

With this understanding, Li Yuan began to cut off Li Shimin's influence for Li Jiancheng.But Li Shimin is not only powerful in the army, but also fights against Li Jian in the court, because the interest groups involved are too large and too wide, even he himself is too cautious and has no way to start.

Looking back at Li Jiancheng, Li Yuan almost twisted his nose in anger. Looking at his posture, he seemed to be an eminent monk with no desires or desires. He seemed to be saying: If the brothers want to be the king, he will be willing to let the virtuous and never do it. Brothers fought against each other, and brothers killed each other.

The majestic prince of the Tang Dynasty will be the Ninth Five-Year Supreme who will sit in the Tang Dynasty in the future. In his eyes, he should put the country and the well-being of the people as the most important thing. What is personal emotion in front of the country?If you can't put your personal emotions aside, how can you sit firmly on the throne of supremacy?How can he restrain his ambitious younger brother?

In order to prove whether Li Jiancheng's benevolence and brotherhood are true, Li Yuan even gave Li Jiancheng the opportunity to knock Li Shimin down many times, but Li Jiancheng always put the Tang Dynasty as the most important thing, not only did not make trouble, but instead stood up for Li Shimin at critical moments. say good things.

In Li Yuan's eyes, this is simply an unforgivable woman's benevolence.

In his opinion, the emperor's supreme body is the world's safety and security, and at critical moments, he must be clear about the importance, know how to make choices, and have no room for personal affection!
However, with such a good opportunity and so many high-sounding opportunities, Li Jiancheng did not knock down his political opponents to the ground, but even sat back and watched Li Shimin recover.
Such a person might not even be able to hold down his own brother in the future, so how could he beat the arrogant Yang Tong?If the country is handed over to him, let alone the unification of the world, it will be difficult for the Tang Dynasty to stretch.

It was also from this time that Li Yuan, who was greatly disappointed in Li Jiancheng, also had the heart of easy storage.

However, when Li Shimin really launched a palace coup in accordance with his emperor's standards and killed his brother and imprisoned his father, Li Yuan was dissatisfied again. He felt that this was a devoid of humanity and no conscience. Whether it can last or not, this coup d'état must be blatantly declared, and he vowed to strangle him to death with his own hands, and then chop him into meat and feed them to the dogs.

Unfortunately, he lost again.

Perhaps because he expected that Li Shimin would not let him go, Li Yuan had the idea of ​​breaking the jar, spit out a mouthful of bloody saliva, and said with a smile: "Nizi, you have made so many arrangements, is it because you don't want to bear the responsibility of killing your father?" Notoriety? But there are so many people here, do you think they are your confidantes, so they won’t reveal your crime of killing your father?”

After the words fell, Li Shimin didn't respond, but Du Junchuo and others changed their faces.

Although they were loyal to Li Shimin and expressed their determination to die for the country, it would not be worth it if Li Shimin silenced them.

"My father, I will naturally serve him respectfully until I grow old, but you are not." Li Shimin said lightly: "Although you pretended well, you still can't hide it from me. So your trick of sowing discord is useless to me."

"What a rebellious son, what a rebellious son." Li Yuan laughed loudly: "Then why don't you kill me quickly."

"Shimin, he is your royal father, he can't be killed." Concubine Wan Gui's hairpin was scattered, she lifted her skirt and ran over in a hurry.

Li Shimin walked up to meet him quickly, and said with a smile: "If the concubine mother is here to intercede for the emperor, then the concubine mother need not mention it, because he is not."

"This person, isn't your father?" Concubine Wan Gui, who stopped far away, was dumbfounded.

"No, he is a puppet found by Li Shentong." Li Shimin shook his head and said, "If you don't believe me, concubine mother, you can take care of yourself."

Concubine Wan Gui glanced at Li Yuan suspiciously, but couldn't tell why.

She is old and decrepit, and she has long been disliked by Li Yuan. If Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, who were brought up by her, hadn't respected her so much and regarded her as her own mother, Zhang Jieyu might have taken her away.But even so, he couldn't get along with Li Yuan alone.Even if we occasionally meet a few times in some festivals, it is still far away.

Now it's also far away, and Li Yuan's hair is disheveled, how can she recognize him?
Her hesitation was fine, but it was not a good thing for Li Yuan.

Because other people didn't believe the concubine Wan Gui who was the head of the harem, so they naturally became half-believing.

"Report to Your Highness." At this moment, a group of cavalry rushed out from the side gate of Jiashan Gate. The young general at the head was Qu Tushou, Ma Sanbao's lieutenant general. He threw a heavily tied captive off his horse and saluted Li Shimin. Said: "The last general waited for luck and did not disgrace his life. He has arrested the rebellious king Li Shentong and returned."

"Bring him here." Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, the biggest variable was finally resolved satisfactorily.

"Here." Qu Tushou responded, and put Li Shentong, whose legs had been broken, in front of Li Shimin.

"King of Huai'an, according to the law of Wu De, the rebels belong to the barbarians. You can't escape if you kill all the people. But I will give you a chance to live now." Li Shimin looked at Li Shentong who was kneeling on the ground like a dog, There was no emotion in the cold eyes.

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he picked up Li Shentong and threw Li Yuan in front of him. When he felt that everyone was looking at him, he pointed to Li Yuan who was pushed to the ground and couldn't speak: In front of everyone, if it is said that this person is the father, and if it is verified to be true, I will let it go, but if it is false, don't blame me for turning my face and denying him."

The audience was silent, only Li Shimin's voice echoed.

Everyone looked at Li Shentong, and even Li Yuan, who was pressed to the ground, looked expectantly at Li Shentong in front of him, as if saying: Li Shentong, you bastard, you said it!

Li Shentong burst into tears, and returned a sad look: I want to say that you are Li Yuan, but I was poisoned by Ma Sanbao and became dumb, what should I say?
Li Yuan couldn't wait for Li Shentong's reply, so he was desperate and enlightened.

His good son has prepared so much and fully prepared, how can he give Li Shentong a chance to speak?

The two brothers looked at each other with tears in their eyes, but were speechless.

But Li Shimin didn't give them too many chances to 'look at each other', and ordered "Kill Ni Wang."

There was only a flash of cold light, Du Junchuo raised the knife and dropped it, Li Shentong's big skull rolled to the ground, and his neck hit the ground.

"Everyone back down." Li Shimin waved his hand to make everyone back down.

Du Junchuo and others were also afraid of being silenced, so they hid far away after Li Yuan was tied up.

"Where is my father? Tell me, where has my father gone?" When Li Shimin said this, his tone was respectful and caring, but it made some people who knew it shudder.

Hide further away.

Li Yuan asked tremblingly, "Why did you do this?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I've had enough..." Li Shimin's voice cracked suddenly: "I've had enough of your suppression, enough of your manipulation, enough of your selfishness. Although you gave us the army in name These generals are in command, let us dominate everything on the battlefield, but you are in charge of everything, and you don’t even dare to change the marching route. We rigidly implement your request, and our Datang is defeated again and again. It made the great country like this." Li Shimin hissed and continued: "So I want to be a chess player, and I want Datang to follow my will."

Li Yuan was stunned for a while, and his expression became gloomy: "I didn't know you had such great ambitions, but you were wrong..."

"How did I go wrong? Where did I go wrong? It's not me, nor the elder brother, nor the fourth younger brother, nor the nobles of Guanlong, but you." Li Shimin interrupted roughly, and vented his anger Come out: "It's your stupid and selfish decisions time and time again that cause Yang Tong to easily win again and again. Compared with you, a hero like you, Yang Gongren, Yang Shanhui, Wei Yunqi, and 'Fang Mou Du Duan' are all bullshit. You Such an incompetent and selfish bastard deserves to die! I only regret that it is too late now. If I imprison you in Guanzhong, even if I can’t unify the world now, it will not cause Guanzhong and Jingzhou to be lost, let alone such a tragic situation. .”

"That's right, I deserve to die." Li Yuan couldn't help shouting angrily: "But I, Li Yuan, have lived most of my life, and I have never seen such a vicious and unfilial beast like you!"

"Isn't this exactly what you want? Didn't you force this? But no matter what, you are my father after all, and I will naturally satisfy you if I have some preferences." Li Shimin sneered: "Hello Ju, I specially give it to you. You prepare a whole square of famous chrysanthemums; you pervert, I will pick out one hundred of the most beautiful maidens for you to kill..."

"Okay, what a filial son." Li Yuan sighed, at this moment, he seemed to be ten years old. Although he didn't want to die, he was a generation of heroes after all, and he had the bearing of a generation of heroes. Now, what can I say? It's all just the sad cry of a bereaved dog, and he smiled miserably: "The emperor has the emperor's way of death, you..."

"But you are not an emperor now, so I have to wrong you." Li Shimin pulled out his sword, and under Li Yuan's gaze, he stabbed his father's chest with a "poof": "After you die, I will live a good life for you." Burial, so that you can be honored by the emperor after death!"

"Ho ho..." Li Yuan lay on his back, his protruding eyes gradually lost their luster.

"Boom!" Just as Li Yuan's eyes were slowly losing their luster, there was a loud thunder in the sky, and in a blink of an eye, the wind was strong, and the sky was full of petals, like a rain of golden flowers.

Li Shimin raised his head and looked up at the sky in astonishment. A bean-sized drop of rain immediately hit his face, and soon he saw dark clouds rolling in all directions.The sky is bright and bright, the blue sky and white sun quickly fade away, and low-hanging black clouds gather over the Chengdu Plain.

The wind blew up, the flowers flew and the sand flew away, and the heavy rain was accompanied by the roar of thunder and lightning, and the roar of the sky and the earth instantly poured down.The sky and the earth seemed to be weeping bitterly over the misery of this human relationship!
Li Shimin looked down and saw that Li Yuan had died with his eyes open. He didn't dare to look any further. He suppressed the shock in his heart and ordered Du Junchuo who came over in a voice without the slightest emotion: "Huai'an Wang Li The supernatural powers raised troops to plot rebellion, conspired against the law, and killed all the families. As for the Holy One, although he has been rescued, he is already old, and he was forced to poison him by the treacherous king, so he should cultivate and live in the East Palace Buddha Hall."

In fact, Li Shimin also knew that the whole plan was full of loopholes and could not withstand scrutiny, but the people of the world had long believed that he was a beast who killed his brother and father, did he really kill him?It has become a knot that is difficult to untie.

If you don't explain it, others will suspect you; if you explain it, it will only be thankless, and the description will become darker; if you use some strong means to prove it, others will say that you are a guilty conscience, otherwise why forcefully stop the rumors in the market?

It's really killed now, don't care what you say, how you scold, how ugly you scold.

I admit it, and I don't care.

At least for me, Li Shimin, I will not feel wronged or uncomfortable.Because you scold me so well that I feel at ease and convinced.

"Here." Du Junchuo bowed to Li Shimin's back as he fled, and then his eyes fell on Li Yuan's corpse. Thinking of the sudden storm, he knelt in front of Li Yuan in awe, and gently used Closing his eyes with his hands, he thought to himself: "This is God sending off this unrepentant Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

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I would like to take this opportunity to tell you two real and strange events: First, every time an elderly person in my rural hometown passes away, there will always be rainy weather. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or something else.

Secondly, the time when my elder brother was born coincides with the time when an old lady in the village passed away, and then my elder brother has a memory fragment of this old lady.

There is also a child who also has a memory fragment of a deceased Cantonese old man. When his parents were working in Guangdong, they found this Cantonese family by following the child’s memory. Later, several elderly people in their 60s and [-]s, The boy was caught and called "Mom".

This is a real thing, but what is the reason?
Ask for a solution, and ask for a vote.

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Where are the rivers and lakes?
In the books of Jin Yong and Gu Long, in the movies of Tsui Hark, in the songs of Gu Jiahui, in the lyrics of Huang Zhan, and in the singing of Zhou Huajian.Jin Yong Gulong writes about Jianghu, Tsui Hark plays Jianghu, Gu Jiahui Huang Zhan composes Jianghu, Zhou Huajian sings Jianghu... I mix Jianghu for my life.Do you agree?

(End of this chapter)