At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 838

Li Yuan was "escorted" back to the Tai Chi Hall by his grandson Shunde, accompanied by close officials such as Shang Shu Zuo Pu She Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, and Feng Deyi, while Li Shimin was busy commanding the manpower to control the imperial city, clean up the remnants of the East Palace and the Qi Palace, fierce fighting It's still going on. After all, the prince Li Jiancheng has been in business for many years, and the forces loyal to him are not weak. If Li Shimin hadn't seized the opportunity and successfully killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, leaving the princeling party without a leader, it is still unknown who will die in the end.

Time passed by one minute and one second, and Li Yuan didn't say a word in the Tai Chi Hall. After being silent for nearly two hours, he sighed as if waking up from a dream, and said to Pei Ji and the others: "Unexpectedly, such a thing happened today. This kind of thing, how do you think you should deal with it?"

Both Pei Ji and Chen Shuda sighed secretly. Two hours passed, and the killing noise outside became smaller and smaller. Obviously, the overall situation has been settled, and the princelings are powerless. What if we win?At most, King Qin would be killed, but in this case, Datang would be even more injured, and the overall situation should be the top priority!
So Pei Jigong said cautiously: "When the emperor first raised the flag of righteousness in Jinyang, Jiancheng and Yuanji did not participate in the planning of major events. After the emperor took charge of Guanzhong, Jiancheng and Yuanji did not have much credit. They are jealous of King Qin's great contribution. High prestige, spreading rumors to slander King Qin, colluding with the harem, trying to put King Qin to death, now King Qin is forced to fight back and kill them is helpless."

Chen Shuda interjected: "King Qin has conquered the world, and the world will return to his heart. If the emperor makes up his mind to make King Qin the crown prince and entrusts him with state affairs, there will be no more troubles."

Li Yuan's complexion changed, he said three "yes" in an emotionless tone, nodded and said: "What you two Qing Ai said, this is exactly what I have always thought."

Both Pei Ji and Chen Shuda are close ministers around Li Yuan, so they can naturally hear Li Yuan's helplessness, grief and resentment at this moment, but in the current situation, is there a better way?Although Qin Wang's move was cruel, but the Tang Dynasty fell into his hands, after all, his surname was Li, and Qin Wangxiong was very talented, and Datang would surely flourish in his hands. This was undoubtedly a blessing in misfortune.

A gleam of joy flashed in Changsun Shunde's eyes, and he respectfully said: "The emperor is wise, but the remnants of Jian Jiancheng and Yuanji are still fighting against Yuanji. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, I hope that the emperor will issue an imperial decree immediately, ordering all armies to obey the king of Qin." Otherwise, under the self-injury and massacre, our Datang will be seriously injured, and in the end it will only benefit outsiders."

Li Yuan glanced at the elder Sun Shunde, and said indifferently: "Okay!"

Soon, Li Yuan promulgated an imperial decree, ordering all the troops in Chang'an City to stay at the station and not to move rashly, and obey the King Qin's disposition. Anyone who mobilizes troops without permission will be punished as treason.

With Li Yuan's imperial decree, the turmoil in Chang'an City quickly subsided. In addition, Li Shimin issued an Announcement to the People, only punishing the chiefs of the East Palace and the Qi Palace, and ignoring the rest. Therefore, the forces loyal to the Crown Prince and the Qi King all put down their weapons and surrendered. , and the direct descendants of the Eastern Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion either escaped from Chang'an City, or knelt down and surrendered to plead guilty.

Soon, the arrogant soldiers of Tiance Mansion invaded the East Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion, and without Li Shimin's order, the people under his command consciously took the five sons of Prince Li Jiancheng and the five sons of King Li Yuanji They were all killed, and all the female relatives of the Prince's Mansion and Prince Qi's Mansion were taken into the palace.

Li Shimin used resolute means to destroy the recalcitrant forces of the crown prince and King Qi, and firmly controlled the entire Chang'an city. On the second day, he came to the Tai Chi Hall to meet Li Yuan.

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The bloody smell on Li Shimin's body has not dissipated, and he knelt down in front of Li Yuan like a jade pillar, with red eyes and crying loudly.Li Yuan's lips trembled for a while, and he knelt down slowly to support his son Li Shimin. In the end, the father and son cried together. , crying even harder.

After a long time, Li Yuan patted Li Shimin on the shoulder and comforted him: "Shimin, Father knows that you feel uncomfortable, but you can't blame this. It's Jian Jiancheng and Yuanji's own fault. They deserve to die, and death is not a pity!"

Li Shimin raised his head and said with tears streaming down his face: "My son..."

Li Yuan interrupted: "You don't need to talk anymore, get up, the country's affairs are the most important!"

A trace of shame flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, he nodded and stood up.

On the second day, Li Yuan issued an edict, making Qin Wang Li Shimin the crown prince, and announced that from today onwards, all state affairs, no matter how big or small, would be handed over to the crown prince, and he himself officially retreated to the second line.

Half a month later, Li Yuan announced the abolition of Tiance Mansion in preparation for Li Shimin's ascension to the throne.

On the sixth day of May in the fifth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan announced his abdication and passed the throne to the prince Li Shimin. The latter declined, but Li Yuan refused. He proclaimed himself the Supreme Emperor and continued to live in the Taiji Hall.

Li Shimin officially announced his ascension to the throne, changed the year name next year to the first year of Zhenguan, and made He Min, the princess of Qin, the queen.

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Concubine Qi Yang is Li Yuanji's married wife. She is in her early twenties. She is dignified and beautiful, with bright curved eyes and slightly upturned lips. She looks a bit like the eldest grandson Wugou, especially when she smiles.

Li Shimin was a little obsessed with it, standing there watching in a daze, Yang Shi knelt on the ground tremblingly, lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, not daring to move a little bit, I felt pity for her coquettish and timid appearance.

Li Shimin's breathing became a little short. He walked forward, trembling, stretched out his hand to lift Yang's round and smooth chin, and stared at the face condescendingly, only to feel that it was more similar. His pretty face overlapped.

Li Shimin looked at the red lips that were close at hand, and his breathing became more rapid. There seemed to be a flame burning in his stomach, and he murmured: "Wugou, is that you? You have finally returned to my side!"

Yang shivered slightly, closed her eyes and shivered, her long eyelashes made her beautiful appearance even more attractive.Li Shimin couldn't help bending down to kiss those red lips, lost himself in the madness, he picked up this woman who was his sister-in-law, and strode towards the bed...

A skinny figure like a skeleton stood quietly outside the window for a long time. In the dark night, his eyes were like two burning candles, and like ghostly will-o'-the-wisps in the summer night cemetery, making people shudder.

It wasn't until the last gasp came from the room that the skeleton figure disappeared into the darkness.

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It was midsummer in mid-May, the sun was scorching hot, and the heat was overwhelming. Boats came and went on the Luoshui River, and the city gates were full of traffic. It was a bustling scene.

Because Li Shimin blocked Chang'an City and various checkpoints after launching the Xuanwumen coup, the news did not reach Luoyang until he officially ascended the throne, and the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty in Daqi were shocked.

For a while, it seemed that the whole city was talking about Li Tang's change of heaven, and all kinds of gossip were flying all over the sky. Some old people even compiled a storybook about the Xuanwumen mutiny overnight. There was an endless stream of audiences who came to cheer every day, tsk tsk, this The business tentacles and hand speed of the old man are really impressive, which makes some handicapped web writers of later generations feel ashamed.

Gao Bufan was not surprised by Li Shimin's seizure of power, because in real history, Li Er relied on the Xuanwumen Mutiny to kill his eldest brother Li Jiancheng and his fourth brother Li Yuanji, and forced his father Li Yuan to abdicate. The process was cruel and bloody. There are quite a few female family members who were taken into his harem by Li Shimin, for example, Princess Qi Yang was one of them, and later she gave birth to a son for Li Shimin. One, of course, these "side-offs" do not prevent him from becoming a generation of Mingjun, after all, history books are written by the victors, not to mention Li Shimin's achievements in his life are really great, and his flaws can't hide his strengths.

Gao Bufan had no admiration for Li Shimin, and when he learned that he had seized power, he immediately summoned his ministers to discuss, and finally decided to take the opportunity to send troops to attack Li Tang.

The reason is ready-made, and it is very high-ranking, so there is no need to worry about the infamy of breaking the contract.Gao Bufan issued a call to action against Li Shimin. The call to action was written by Zu Junyan, and Yu Shinan, Wei Zheng, and Du Ruhui participated in the polishing, and nearly a thousand words were eloquent, enumerating Li Shimin's various evil deeds of killing his brothers and forcing his father to abdicate, as well as occupying the throne. Brothers-in-law, sister-in-law, etc., anyway, just swear and scold Li Shimin as a villain with no morals and no morals.

As soon as the call to action was issued, Li Jing started at Hedong, and captured the three counties around Taiyuan within a month. Gao Bufan also marched in person, leading [-] Qi troops westward from Luoyang to attack Hangu Pass.

Yu Chigong led the navy to go upstream from the Yangtze River to attack Badong County. In this way, the battle of unifying the country between Gao Qi and Li Tang kicked off.

There was an immediate earthquake in Guanzhong! ! !

(End of this chapter)