Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 848 Li Shimin was demoted to common people
Chapter [-] Li Shimin was demoted to a commoner

In the Martial Virtue Hall of Tai Chi Palace in Chang'an City, Li Yuan looked at Li Yuanji with a sinking face and said, "Is it certain?"

Li Yuanji bowed and said: "Father, it is absolutely true, all the captured dead men have confessed, and now only Zhang Liang is left, who has not revealed the truth.

Li Yuan pondered: "Tomorrow, Zhang Liang will be handed over to Dali Temple for trial."

Li Yuanji opened his mouth wide and said in disbelief: "Father, you are too partial!"

Li Yuan glanced at Li Yuanji, and said slightly displeased: "Deposing a prince is no longer a family matter."

Li Yuanji quickly bowed and saluted to cover up his joy.

At this moment, Yu Yanzhang, the general of the left prison guard, came slowly.

Looking at Yu Yanzhang, Li Yuan shouted furiously: "It's all trash, it's all trash...The king of Qin secretly mobilized thousands of dead men to enter Chang'an, and you can't find out such a big matter, what use are you for?"

"I'm guilty!" Yu Yanzhang's face turned pale and red, bowed his head in silence, and didn't say another word.

Li Yuanji said lightly: "Father, don't even think about it. How many old Wagang troops are there in the Twelve Guards? After Li Mi's death, most of the soldiers of the Wagang Army surrendered to the King of Qin. Chang'an Kong, let thousands of people into the city, what kind of big deal is that?"

It's fine if Li Yuanji doesn't say this, but mention this.Li Yuan's face became even more gloomy, and he said angrily, "Come on!"

Chen Qi, the Zhongchang servant, hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty!"

Li Yuan flicked his sleeves, and said coldly: "Go get the white flag and yellow axe!"

Chen Qi didn't dare to be negligent, and ran towards the outside of the hall with small steps. It didn't take long for Chen Qi to go and come back.But at this time, the little eunuch behind him was wearing a white banner and a yellow axe.

Li Yuan pointed at Li Yuanji and said, "Sanhu, I will give you a white banner and a yellow axe to be fully responsible for thoroughly investigating this matter. If you need to call in soldiers and horses, you can call Yuan Cong's forbidden army directly without going through Tiance Mansion and the Ministry of War!"

Li Yuanji's eyes flashed with joy, and he hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, my son will definitely investigate to the end, and the bottom of the investigation will reveal the truth!"

After Li Yuanji left, behind the curtain, Pei Ji walked out slowly.

Pei Ji looked at Li Yuan solemnly and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Qi Wang has always been loose and reckless, will this matter be spread as rumors? Qin Wang secretly mobilized dead soldiers to enter Chang'an, this is too unbelievable!"

Li Yuan pointed to the letter in his hand and said: "No mistake, the leader is Zhang Liang from Tiance Mansion, except for Zhang Liang, most of the other dead men have confessed, no mistake..."

Pei Ji glanced at the letter, there were hundreds of people's names and confessions in the densely packed confession, I'm afraid it is not easy to fabricate it, Pei Ji said with a face of shock: "If so, in order to prevent the King of Qin from suddenly attacking, we must prepare for!"

Li Yuan said: "Pei San, go and call Dou Dan, and... and... Chen Ying!"

"Chen Ying?" Pei Ji hesitated for a moment. Originally, Li Yuan was very afraid of Chen Ying, but now he actually handed over the heavy responsibility to him.This made Pei Ji very suspicious of whether he had auditory hallucinations.Pei Ji asked cautiously again: "Your Majesty, do you really want to call Chen Ying into the palace?"

How could Li Yuan fail to hear Pei Ji's worries and concerns?
The point is that he is really unavailable at this time.

Just as Li Yuanji said, Li Shimin has used the generals of the Wagang Army to infiltrate the Twelve Guards over the years and control a large number of key departments. Ying, Xue Wanche and other generals, but most of these generals are outside, and cannot affect Chang'an City.

Right now, apart from Chen Ying, there is no other general who can have prestige in the army and subdue the arrogant soldiers of the Twelve Guards.After all, the military is not a place where people can surrender with just a single order. Without real prestige and record, it is really not easy for generals who come by airborne to control the army.

He was worried about asking the prince to come forward, but after thinking about it, Li Yuan was most relieved by Chen Ying, the son-in-law.After all, Chen Ying didn't even want to be an official, and would rather donate his family wealth to farm in Anton.This shows that Chen Yingzhen is tired of the struggle in the court.

Li Yuan is such a person. He himself considers himself the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, and the ruler of the Tang Dynasty. Regardless of power or status, anyone must receive his approval. If he is willing to give, you must accept it.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan turned to Pei Ji and said: "Sanniang is ill, you keep these things from Sanniang, pass on my oral order, and order Chen Yingli to take over as General Zuowuhou Wei, and immediately accept the defense of Chang'an Zhuchengmen and Zhufang Wuhou. !"

The Twelve Generals of the Guards actually performed their duties, and the Wuhou Guards were in charge of the palace ban and the security around Chang'an City.

Pei Ji nodded and said: "Old minister, let's go!"

……

It was just dawn in Qinglin, and Chen Ying and Li Xiuning got up early. In order to increase Li Xiuning's physique, Chen Ying accompanied Li Xiuning to practice ten-duan brocade. However, when he just started warming up, He Yueer came to Li Xiuning's side quickly and said: " Princess, Pei Xiangguo is here and has arrived at Ximing Gate, less than a quarter of an hour away!"

Li Xiuning complained: "It's not over yet, the prince is gone, King Qi is here, King Qi is gone, Xiangguo Pei is here..."

Chen Ying put his arms around Li Xiuning's shoulders to comfort him and said, "Sanniang, let Yue'er tell Pei Xiangguo that you haven't gotten up yet, and I will deal with Pei Xiangguo. Anyway, he is a Xiangguo who is always busy, so he won't be able to stay in the Qinglin." A day!"

Li Xiuning nodded, putting on makeup is not a big deal, but pretending to be dead feels very bad, every time it makes Li Xiuning feel like she is really going to die.

Li Xiuning nodded.

Chen Ying immediately changed into casual clothes, led Guo Luo, Zhou Qing, and Ashina Simo, and opened the middle door of Chenjiabao to welcome Pei Ji.

Not long after, Pei Ji's carriage came slowly to the gate of Chenjiabao, and a dozen or so Yuan followers ran out from behind the carriage, arrived at the gate, and surrounded Pei Ji to guard him.

Chen Ying stepped forward and bowed and said: "Pei Xiangguo is here, Chen Ying has lost his way and welcomes you, please make amends!"

Pei Ji nodded and said, "Chen Concubine, you are welcome!"

Having said that, Chen Ying stretched out his fingers and made a gesture of inviting in.

However, Pei Ji shook his head and said: "This old man is here only for Chen Consort, and I also invite Chen Concubine to accompany me to the palace immediately!"

Chen Ying was taken aback and asked, "What happened to Pei Xiangguo?"

Pei Ji sighed, fixed his eyes on Chen Ying, and said slowly: "It's okay to tell the son-in-law, just last night, the Qin Palace sent more than a thousand dead men to enter Chang'an secretly, and they have been arrested by the King of Qi." Already!"

Chen Ying was even more horrified now.

At this time, it was only the end of the sixth year of Wude, and there were still nearly two and a half years before the change of Xuanwu Gate in the ninth year of Wude. How could it be too early for King Qin to send dead men into Chang'an at this time?
Chen Ying slowly breathed a sigh of relief. He actually sent dead soldiers into Chang'an, but he didn't arrange them in a centralized manner, and he hasn't sent anyone to contact them yet. Tiger Yicong is an independent organization, which has changed from a real army. For too long, they are less and less like the army, more like a rivers and lakes organization.

Now the number of tigers in the east and west cities has increased to more than a thousand, but fortunately, Li Yuan has not been alarmed.

With complicated thoughts, Chen Ying followed Pei Ji into the carriage and walked slowly towards Chang'an City.

……

In the Xiande Hall of the East Palace, Li Jiancheng stood in front of the window, looking out like a dense mist, his face sinking like water.Li Jiancheng murmured: "King Qi's action should have been successful by now, right?

Wei Zheng stood in front of the desk, flipped through the documents, and said casually: "Your Highness, don't worry, there will be no surprises."

Li Jiancheng sighed silently, turned around to look at Wei Zheng and said, "Sanhu has been telling me that after King Qin's affairs are over, he wants to be General Tiance, Xuancheng feels..."

Before he finished speaking, Wei Zheng raised his head awe-inspiringly, stared at Li Jiancheng firmly and said, "If you don't get Zhang Liang's confession for a day, the overall situation will not be settled, and... King Qi, absolutely, absolutely cannot take over Tiance's job." Admiral."

Li Jiancheng was stunned: "It's so difficult for me to renege on my promise and lose weight?"

Wei Zheng paused, and said simply and crisply: "The title of General Tiance shouldn't exist at all."

Li Jiancheng frowned slightly and said, "It was a last resort for my father to set up this position."

Wei Zheng said solemnly: "General Tiance's Mansion is the source of disasters in the world..."

Li Jiancheng was speechless.

Wei Zheng didn't take it seriously and continued to say: "Once the crown prince takes power, he should immediately abolish Admiral Tiance's Mansion and Yidao Daxingtai, and return the power to the imperial court. There can only be one imperial court and one central government in the Kyushu of the world... ...And like the Western Regions Protectorate, Annan Protectorate, Anton Protectorate, and Anbei Protectorate, the military and government must be separated and not affiliated with each other. In addition, the military and horses of each Protectorate should be divided into two, and the states should be separated. The mansion is under the jurisdiction of Da Du Fu Chang Shi and Sima, and Da Du Hu is only responsible for the commanders of the soldiers in the towns. The food and fodder needed must be jointly signed by Du Hu Fu Chang Shi and Sima..."

……

When Chen Ying arrived at Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace in Chang'an, Feng Deyi, Yang Gongren, Chen Shuda, Xiao Shiwen, Yuwen Shi and other important officials were all present.

Chen hurriedly greeted Li Yuan.

Li Yuan looked at Chen Ying and nodded, motioning for Chen Ying to stand aside.

Li Yuan's eyes met Pei Ji's in the air, and Pei Ji nodded to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan said loudly: "I have made up my mind that my servant, Qi Wang Yuanji, will be given the title of Sikong."

Chen Shuda and Feng Deyi looked at each other.

Yang Gongren stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, what happened?

Li Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "The king of Qin conspired to rebel and kill the king."

Feng Deyi took two steps back in fright.

Pei Ji narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

Chen Ying imitated Pei Ji's appearance, with a calm expression on his face, like an old monk in meditation.

Yang Gongren looked at Chen Ying with questioning eyes, saw Chen Ying's expression, and shut his mouth quickly!

Li Yuan continued: "This is the first edict."

Chen Shuda said: "I obey the imperial edict!"

Li Yuan went on to say: "The second edict is to abolish the Tiance Admiral's Mansion, and the officials in the original mansion will be merged into the East Palace, Three Provinces and Six Ministries, Yushitai, Nine Temples, and Twelve Guards, and re-appointed. People, don’t be alarmed, rewards and punishments, the imperial court has its own laws and regulations, so don’t worry too much. If anyone takes advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, confuse people’s hearts, and plot big treason, I will never forgive.”

Feng Deyi was so frightened that his hands and feet trembled, and cold sweat dripped down his face.

Chen Shuda hesitated for a moment, but did not answer.

Li Yuan glanced at Chen Shuda like a lightning bolt.

Feng Deyi said: "Your Majesty, is there some misunderstanding here?"

Pei Ji pushed Chen Shuda.

Chen Shuda's head turned sharply. If there was no conclusive evidence, Li Yuan would not be so arbitrary. He said in a trembling voice: "I obey the imperial edict!"

Li Yuan looked at Chen Ying, then at Dou Dan, and then said: "The third edict, Qin Wang Shimin, since Taiyuan Yuancong, has repeatedly made military exploits, so he has the feeling of arrogance and rebellion against his father and his master. , the financial treasures obtained, which are full of private pockets, invite to buy people's hearts, with treacherous intentions. Since the opening of Tiance Mansion as the chief soldier, the king has not thought of the emperor's kindness and father's virtue. Sending Xiaoxiao's disciples to flee to the Guandong, to support Wuhe, planning to do something wrong. I have been lenient and educated several times, but he can't restrain his deeds. Sheji, the entire clan, cannot cover up great harm with small merits! The decree abolished the King of Qin as a commoner, and removed his concurrent Taiwei, Shangshuling, Zhongshuling, the left and right twelve generals, Dong Daoxingtai Shangshuling, Yizhou Daoxingtai Shangshuling and other posts, his title of Admiral Tiance will be removed, and Gou will have his life, and he will not leave Beijing for life."

Feng Deyi's body was weak and he staggered, Pei Ji hurriedly supported him.

Li Yuan took a deep breath and said: "The third edict, the crown prince was established, he is benevolent and loving, he has supervised the country for many years with outstanding achievements, he is in charge of the Minister's order, and he is in charge of the political affairs hall meeting. All ministers should treat the crown prince as I do If there is negligence and negligence, I will severely punish it."

Feng Deyi said tremblingly: "Think twice, Your Majesty, if these three edicts are issued tomorrow..."

Li Yuan said in an unquestionable tone: "Let's draw up an edict..."

Feng Deyi teased Li Yuan feebly, then backed away in despair.

Li Yuan went on to say: "The general of the town, the Duke of Liang, and Chen Ying, the captain of the son-in-law, are loyal and good, and have made meritorious service many times. When they were out of the town to protect the capital of the Western Regions, they acted decisively, cleared up the atmosphere of thieves, and comforted Li Shu. This is the sincerity of the country and can be used to great effect. Leading General Zuo Wuhou Wei, concurrently serving as Minister of the Ministry of War, participating in political affairs, and assisting state affairs..."

Chen Ying was stunned.

He knew about General Wuhou Wei, but he was a political adviser. He was a deputy prime minister. He was not in his thirties, and he was called a deputy prime minister. This was really awesome.

You must know that although the political affairs hall in the Tang Dynasty was not as powerful as the Ming and Song cabinets, it represented that it had entered the center of power.

Although the ancients often said that Gan Luo worshiped the prime minister at the age of 12, Gan Luo worshiped only Shangqing, and there is no real comparison with the real prime minister.

Seeing Chen Ying stunned on the spot, Li Yuan's face darkened.

Yang Gongren hurriedly pushed Chen Ying lightly.

Only then did Chen Ying come to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I'm a warrior. I don't know how to deal with vulgar matters, and I don't know how to deal with common affairs. I'm afraid I'll make you laugh!"

Li Yuan said: "No need to say more, I've made up my mind!"

(End of this chapter)