Man Tanghong

Chapter 460 The Veteran's Self-Cultivation

Li Yuanji knew that this was caused by his desire to eat melons that he had developed for a long time. He always felt that some pornographic news happened, which should arouse heated discussions, and then everyone got together in small groups to have a good discussion. See who is the loser and who is the shameless party, and then laugh at the shameless party together.

This is a perfect process of eating melons.

It's a pity that there are not many people who know about Li Yuan's matter, and without Li Yuan's permission, no one dares to disclose the matter, and no one dares to get together with him to eat melons.

In fact, his status also determines that he cannot eat melons on this matter.

Not only that, but also act as the fire captain when necessary.

After all, if Li Yuan really killed Li Jiancheng in a fit of rage, then he would be in an embarrassing situation.

At that time, what he will face will no longer be two giant dragons fighting for each other. Instead, he will have a young dragon shuttle back and forth in the gap, taking advantage of both sides.

Instead, as a young dragon, he has to face Li Shimin, the dragon of dragons that only emerges once in a thousand years.

In that case, he will have no chance of winning, and it will be difficult to achieve his wish.

"Open the palace gate!"

Li Yuanji was thinking wildly, and arrived in front of the Tai Chi Palace.

The gate of the palace is tightly locked, and the palace walls are full of people wearing black and gray armor. The black ones are the knots that bind the armor, which are made of cowhide, with tiny metal threads mixed inside, and the gray ones are the armor. The piece is gray, as if a layer of paint has been painted on it.

However, Li Yuanji knew that it was not paint, nor was it pure gray, but a color formed by long-term exposure to wind, sun, and sweat erosion.

When maintaining the oil plating on weekdays, it will also give people a dirty and bright feeling.

In the Tang Dynasty, not many people wore this kind of armor. Only the soldiers stationed at Xuanwu Gate and Anli Gate would wear this kind of armor.

They are also Li Yuan's personal soldiers, Li Yuan's Yuan Cong, known as Yuan Cong's Forbidden Army in history, also known as Beimen Tunjun, Father and Son Army.

Some dignitaries in Chang'an City, when the Taiji Palace was locked and left and right garrison guards were dispatched, they sensed something was wrong. They immediately sent people from the house to probe the gates of the two squares near the Taiji Palace to inquire about the news.

As if he couldn't see those people, Liu Jun galloped across the golden bridge in front of Tai Chi Palace, waved the letter flag in his hand, and shouted to the left and right guards on the imperial city.

The palace gate also opened slowly under Liu Jun's yelling, but only a side door was opened, and only a small gap that could only allow one person and one horse to pass through was opened, not all of them were opened.

Under Liu Jun's urging, Li Yuanji entered the Taiji Palace along the small gap.

As soon as he entered the door, the left and right guards guarding the door quickly closed the door, lowered the bolt, and firmly blocked the door with a thick wooden stick with tree roots.

It seems that the imperial order was received to seal the door.

If it weren't for the letter flag in Liu Jun's hand, Li Yuanji felt that if he wanted to enter the door, he might have to force his way through.

If you want to forcibly break into the heavily guarded Tai Chi Palace, there is only one way to go by attacking the city.

In the Tang Dynasty, especially in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, when military equipment was at its peak and warriors emerged in endlessly, attacking the Taiji Palace was tantamount to fighting against everyone in the Tang Dynasty.

One can imagine what will happen.

"call……"

After breathing out a breath of turbid air and blowing away the cold wind and the smell of dust that he had galloped all the way, Li Yuanji followed Liu Jun to the Ganlu Hall in a hurry while observing the situation in the Taiji Palace.

Everything in Taiji Palace gave Li Yuanji a completely different feeling from before.

In the past, people came and went, crowded corridors, and places served and guarded, but there was no sign of a palace man, nor any officials and envoys.

Those who come and go are all armored soldiers with blades.

One by one not only carried knives and guns, but also carried quite powerful single-man crossbows and double-man crossbows.

All the crossbows are loaded with crossbow arrows, ready to go.

When meeting people, he is also cold, he only knows to bow and salute, and he doesn't say a word.

If Li Yuanji hadn't known what was going on in the palace and had guessed what orders Li Yuan would give to the guards in his rage, it would have been easy to regard all this as part of a coup d'état.

Under the deterrence of the letter flag in Liu Jun's hand, Li Yuanji followed Liu Jun to the Ganlu Hall unimpeded.

Although along the way, there were many gates guarded by guards and guards on the left and right, but under the deterrence of Xinqi and Liu Jun's yelling, the gate opened quickly before anyone came to the gate.

After passing through the Dragon Gate, bypassing the Dragon Hall, and arriving at the square in front of the Ganlu Hall.

Li Yuanji saw a group of people kneeling in front of Ganlu Hall, some he knew and some he didn't know.

But most of them are Yingying and Yanyan in Li Yuan's harem, their children, or the palace servants who have been serving them.

On their side, Pei Ju, Dou Gui, Wei Zheng and others were also kneeling.

On the stone steps of the Ganlu Hall, there were still kneeling and waiting for Li Yuan's dispatch at any time, the left and right Tunwei generals, and the generals and others.

Although Tang people used to like to kneel and sit, they were not fond of kneeling.

Kneeling is only used during the great sacrifice, the great ceremony, and the first big court meeting of the year.

Now these people are kneeling, and they have made such a big battle.

It can be seen that Li Yuan has made a real move this time, and he wants to make a real move.

"Quick! Quick! Get out of the way! Let His Royal Highness King Qi enter the palace!"

As soon as Liu Jun arrived in front of Ganlu Hall, he began to drive away those people who were kneeling under the stone steps and had already blocked the road.

Under such circumstances, those who can kneel under the stone steps are of extraordinary status.

The leader is Pei Ju, who is more than 70 years old.

If in the past, Liu Jun dared to talk to Pei Ju like this, Pei Ju would have spat at him and dragged him to find Li Yuan, asking Li Yuan for an explanation.

Not only would Li Yuan not speak for Liu Jun, but he would try every means to coax Pei Ju on Liu Jun's behalf.

But today, in the face of Liu Jun's shout, Pei Ju decisively moved away, and let the other people kneeling beside him also move away.

Even when Li Yuanji passed by, he licked his old face and took the initiative to talk to him.

"Your Highness, please be sure to persuade the sage, absolutely not to let the sage do things that harm benevolence. In that case, the reputation of the sage, the reputation of the Tang Dynasty, will be destroyed in one fell swoop."

Pei Ju knelt down on the ground, and said with a bitter expression on his face.

Li Yuanji looked at him fixedly, not knowing if he wanted to protect Li Jiancheng, or if he was fulfilling his duties as an official of the East Palace.

As for considering Li Yuan's reputation, that's pure nonsense.

Li Yuan's reputation has nothing to do with him.

Even if Li Yuan became an unjust and stupid king, it would not affect his continuing to be a high-ranking official in the court of the Tang Dynasty, let alone affect his glory and wealth.

Li Jiancheng was slaughtered by Li Yuan, the same, and it will not affect his continuing to be a high-ranking official, nor will it affect his glory and wealth.

After all, Li Yuan respected an elderly, famous, and knowledgeable person like him.

Otherwise, he, Li Gang and the remnants of the former Sui Dynasty would not have been able to rank as ministers in the Tang Dynasty.

As long as Li Yuan is not dead, as long as Li Yuan is not confused, his official rank and wealth will not be reduced.

Therefore, it is more likely that he is performing his duties as an official of the East Palace.

"We... don't seem to know each other well?"

Li Yuanji stared at Pei Ju, and suddenly said something.

Pei Ju was taken aback for a moment, but he was not embarrassed, but continued to say bitterly and bitterly: "It is true that I don't know His Highness well, the main reason is that Your Highness is busy with affairs, and I have not been able to find a chance to visit.

After this matter is over, the minister will hand over the greeting card and visit the door. "

This is the veteran, the veteran who has been up and down in the officialdom for decades.

If you are bullied, you will not feel embarrassed, but will quickly relieve the embarrassment.

Li Yuanji felt that if he spit on Pei Ju's face, Pei Ju would be able to wipe it off quickly, and kept praising him for his good spit, powerful spit, and tricky angle.

The only one who can raise his temper to the point of resignation is the old minister.

Young people can't do it.

Young people are full of vigor, and before they have experienced repeated beatings in the officialdom, they cannot bear grievances, nor can they tolerate others humiliating them, let alone understand the truth that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

Therefore, bickering and getting angry with the veterans who have been up and down for decades in the officialdom are definitely the most stupid things.

Li Yuanji was not in the mood to quarrel with Pei Ju, nor was he free to argue with Pei Ju for a gamble, so he just nodded, hummed, and then walked up the stone steps.

When Li Yuanji stepped on the second stone step, Wei Zheng shouted anxiously, "Your Highness, you must not let the saint depose the Crown Prince. If this happens, the etiquette system will be messed up."

Li Yuanji paused, turned his head to look at Wei Zheng, and asked, "Am I your subordinate?"

Wei Zheng was taken aback.

Li Yuanji said coldly again: "What qualifications do you have to teach me how to do things? What qualifications do you have to ask me to do things?"

Wei Zheng blushed instantly.

He knew that his words were too much, but right now for Li Jiancheng, he couldn't care less.

Immediately, he bowed deeply to Li Yuanji, and said in a heavy voice: "Your Highness, once the ritual system is messed up, there will be endless troubles."

This is a big truth.

Counting the dynasties in history in detail, but whoever messed up the ritual system of succession at the beginning of the founding of the country, the descendants will inevitably fire, and each generation is more brutal.

The same is true of the Tang Dynasty in history. After Li Shimin made a "good" start, the subsequent succession of the throne was also full of blood.

Li Chengqian and Li Tai fought to the death, but Li Zhi took advantage of it. When Wu Zetian was on the throne, he killed a lot of people. Before Li Longji created the Kaiyuan prosperity, he also led his soldiers to kill Wu Zetian before taking the throne.

It is precisely because of this that whatever the ritual system of succession was "set" at the beginning of the founding of the country, the descendants of future generations will follow the ritual system and continue to follow.

This is not a good thing for a royal family.

But Li Yuanji can decide whether to abolish Li Jiancheng, kill Li Jiancheng or not?

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