First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 72

70. Please ascend the throne on behalf of the king

At the gate of the city, looking at the Yin Shishi that Lei Yongji was carrying in his hand, Li Shimin was furious. He strode forward, staring closely at the dying Yin Shishi's face, "You dog thief, you have such vicious methods, I will kill you!" Better to die".

Yin Shishi was seriously injured. Hearing this, he forcefully opened his eyes, twitched the corners of his mouth, and laughed maniacally, "Little thief, you...your ancestors were...grown by me."

"I killed you", Li Shimin was furious immediately, his eyes were about to pop out, Gao Chong hurriedly stopped him, "Second Young Master, don't be impulsive, let Tang Gong tell you what to do."

Li Shimin was out of breath, and took a few deep breaths before he calmed down, and said coldly, "Don't let him die."

Then he led the soldiers to clean up the corpses under the city wall, where there were the coffins of the ancestors of the Li family.

Li Shimin had just left, but Liu Wenjing came here in a hurry, and when he saw Master Yin, he was furious, and felt a dull pain in his ears, "Old thief Yin Bing, take your life", after saying that, he drew his sword and stepped forward.

With a bang, Gao Chong directly swung his mace and knocked the long sword in Liu Wenjing's hand, "Liu Sima stop."

"Gao Chong, what do you want to do?" Liu Wenjing yelled angrily after being numb from the shock.

"Master Yin is an important prisoner of war. How to deal with it is up to Mr. Tang. Liu Sima thinks twice." Gao Chong accepted the mace and saluted.

However, Liu Wenjing didn't think too much, seeing Gao Chong standing in front of him, she angrily said: "Go away, I will kill this thief".

Hearing Liu Wenjing's disrespectful words, Gao Chong's face suddenly became gloomy, "Is Liu Sima trying to avenge himself?"

"So what?" Liu Wenjing's eyes were not friendly, he had no good impression of Gao's father and son at all, "You are a small recorder joining the army, do you want to stop me?"

"According to the order of the governor of the right-leading army, to take prisoners of war", Gao Chong looked serious, "If there is no order from the general or the governor, the rest have no right to deal with it."

Liu Wenjing sneered when she heard the words, ignored it, and walked straight to Yin Shishi. He must kill this person who humiliated him today.

Gao Chong raised his two maces, hit the maces in his left and right hands, and stopped in front of Liu Wenjing with a thud, "Gao Chong knows Liu Sima, but he can't recognize these two maces."

The sound of the two maces clashing echoed in Liu Wenjing's ears, buzzing. Liu Wenjing was out of breath, but seeing Gao Chong standing in front of him with a blank face, he was furious, but he had no choice. go.

In the Tai Chi Hall, the Dai Wang Yang You was sitting on his seat and fighting with each other, terrified. His Highness’s courtiers were also terrified. life and future.

At this time, the guard at the gate shouted, "Mr. Tang Guo has arrived."

Yang You stood up, at a loss, and all the courtiers in the hall quickly returned to their original positions, and then bowed in unison, as if they had rehearsed, shouting in unison, "Welcome Tang Guogong".

Yang Guang lingered in Jiangdu and took away most of the important officials, such as Pei Shiju, Pei Yun, Yu Shinan, Yang Yichen and others. Except for Yin Shishi and Gu Yi who stayed in Chang'an, the rest were either old, weak, sick or disabled, or some unimportant people. marginal role.

Li Yuan, dressed in armor and wearing a sword around his waist, strode into the hall, followed by Pei Ji, Gao Junya and others.

Seeing this familiar place, Li Yuan was overwhelmed with emotion, went straight forward, bowed heavily to Yang You, "My subject, Li Yuan, has seen His Royal Highness Jian Guo Dai Wang".

The acting king Yang You was a little panicked, he stretched out his hand in a daze, Li Yuan looked up, and Yang You was terrified, "Tang... Please, Mr. Tang."

Li Yuan took advantage of the situation and stood up, "Today, the son has no way, and the whole world is turned against him. The people are in dire straits, and the minister wants to abolish the faint and make the light clear. Please replace the king as the throne, help the Sui Dynasty, and stabilize the world."

Although Yang You was young, he could understand what it meant, his face turned pale with fright, he trembled and did not dare to speak, all the officials in the palace were also shocked, he did not expect that Li Yuan would be so swift and resolute, he just attacked Chang'an, When you want to abolish and establish.

Li Yuan didn't think about asking Yang You's opinion, he turned around and asked, "Who is in charge of Taishi Bureau now?"

Among the ministers, you looked at me and I looked at you, but there was no sound for a while, Li Yuan frowned, and asked, "Who is in charge of the Taishi Bureau?"

Seeing that Li Yuan was angry, someone said: "Report to Tang Gong, the Taishi ordered Yuan Chong to be in Jiangdu, and Yuan Pei, the secretary of the Taishi Bureau, was ordered to be executed by Jingzhao County Cheng Guyi for shaking the morale of the army."

Li Yuan was startled when he heard that, and asked again: "Where is the person in charge of the Ministry of Rites?"

"Liu Cheng, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, has met Tang Gong," said an official with a clear face in the palace.

Senior officials of the Ministry of Rites, such as Yang Yichen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Shanxin, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, were all taken to Jiangdu by Yang Guang. Now the highest official of the Ministry of Rites is a doctor of the fifth rank.

Li Yuan nodded, "Just pick an auspicious day and see when the acting king is suitable for enthronement."

"Nowadays, the sage is in good health, and he was appointed to supervise the country on behalf of the king. How can he come to the throne?" Liu Cheng, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, said with a straight back and a straight face.

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes when he heard this, nodded in praise and said, "It's so courageous."

Then he sighed and said: "How can I get along with the bandits from the east of the Guandong without permission, so I won't let you stay." After saying that, he waved his hand, and the commander of the personal guard behind him, Qian Jiulong, immediately understood, drew out the horizontal knife and slashed at Liu Chengda. Shocked, before he could react, he covered his neck and widened his eyes, blood flowed from between his fingers, and collapsed to the ground, "You..." Without saying a word, he died of breathlessness.

"Liu Cheng, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, has been punished for his private investigation into the bandits in the east of the Guandong." Li Yuan said with a stern face, "Next, who should be in charge of the Ministry of Rites?"

"Excuse me... I'm the official of the Ministry of Rites... Yi Cao Lang Sun Ji, I have met Tang Gong." A thin official of the Ministry of Rites stood up tremblingly.

"Tell me, which day is the auspicious day?" Li Yuan had a warm face, and her mother-in-law's face was full of smiles.

"Next... the first day of the next month?" Cao Lang and Sun Ji, the instrument of the Ministry of Rites, were in a tense battle, and were about to cry. How could he know which day would be auspicious, but as the saying goes, the 15th day of the first month must be an auspicious day.

Unexpectedly, Li Yuan frowned slightly after hearing this, "Today is only the eighth day of October, if it takes a long time until the first day of next month, it will inevitably delay the suppression of thieves, it is not appropriate."

Sun Ji groaned secretly in his heart, fearing that Qian Jiulong would chop him up with a knife, he hurriedly said: "The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow will be the tenth day of October, and the tenth day of the double day will be an auspicious day."

Li Yuan was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Double [-]th, very good, very good, then the day after tomorrow, the registration will be handled by the Ministry of Rites."

Sun Ji hurriedly responded.

Hearing these words, Yang You, who was at the top, immediately collapsed on the ground, he fully understood what it meant.

At the same time, he is also full of despair for the future. No matter what, he has no way out. Even if his grandpa Yang Guang returns to Chang'an in the future and captures and kills Li Yuan, he will not let his grandson who once proclaimed himself emperor be spared.

(End of this chapter)