A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 649 Li Yuan: This is exactly what I have always wanted

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji died one after another, and the dozens of cavalry escorts were also killed by the Qin Palace guards led by Yuchi Jingde who surrounded them.

"The important thing has been accomplished, I will go to see your Majesty!" Yuchi Jingde held a long spear in his hand, covered in blood and filled with murderous intent.

The battle outside Xuanwu Gate soon spread to the palace. Li Yuan, who was playing with the concubines in the harem, suddenly changed his face when he heard the news.

The palace guards were quickly summoned, but as soon as the palace guards arrived, they saw Yuchi Jingde and others leading the crowd directly into the palace.

Yuchi Jingde's armor was dripping with blood, and with a long sword in his hand, he directly knocked away the two palace guards who dared to block the way, and then went straight into the main hall.

The other palace guards were caught in his murderous aura and did not dare to stop him.

Yuchi Jingde rushed forward. Li Yuan was shocked and angry when he saw it: "Who is causing trouble today? What are you going to do?"

Yuchi Jingde said directly: "The prince Qi Wang raised his troops to cause chaos, and the Qin king raised his troops to kill him. In order to prevent your majesty from being disturbed, I came to protect you."

"Your Majesty, please issue an edict to order the soldiers and horses of the world to obey the orders of King Qin!"

Wang Xuanjing took action directly and quickly gathered some guards to calm down the panicked people. Wang Xuanjing told everyone that the prince was dead and the King of Qin's army had taken control of Chang'an. If you want to survive, you should obey him. He pledged his life to go and negotiate with the King of Qin in person.

Li Yuan was shocked. He still didn't understand why his eldest son, Li Shimin, had taken action and had successfully killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

Li Shimin took control of Chang'an as quickly as possible and killed all those who dared to resist. Then he sent messengers to post notices to reassure the people and patrol Chang'an to kill all those who dared to burn, kill and loot during the chaos.

After the officials of the East Palace learned that the prince was dead, they were immediately in chaos. Some people shouted for revenge, some were desperate, and some wanted to escape Chang'an. The entire East Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion were in chaos.

Although Li Yuan had more than twenty sons, he only had four legitimate sons. Except for one son who died young, there were only the prince, King Qin and King Qi. Now that the prince and King Qi have been killed, the only ones qualified to inherit the throne are Li Shimin.

After receiving the order to mobilize troops, Li Shimin immediately sent people to mobilize the Xuanjia Army and Yulin Guards outside the city into the city. At this time, learning that the prince had been killed, the prince's guards immediately began to attack the imperial city. However, the imperial city was tall and the prince Su Wei had no siege equipment and could not attack the imperial city for a while.

At the same time, after learning that King Qin had killed the prince, Wang Xuanjing immediately came forward to comfort the officials in the East Palace.

Li Yuan's heart turned over and over again, but he did not dare to delay at all, and said directly: "Okay, this is exactly what I have always wanted, to order the King of Qin to command the army of the world and put down the rebellion."

In less than an hour, peace returned to Chang'an.

After receiving the edict, Qin Qiong immediately took the edict and sent it to Li Shimin. On the other side, Yuchi Jingde was still guarding Li Yuan with his helmet and armor on his head.

No matter how dissatisfied he was with Li Shimin, at this point, the situation was irreversible. Even if he dares not to agree today, tomorrow there will be news that the prince Qi will rebel and kill the king, and Qin will put down the rebellion.

On the other side, the Xuanjia Army and the Yulin Guards rushed to the imperial city. After seeing that the attack on the city was hopeless and the prince was dead, the two thousand prince guards fled in all directions in the blink of an eye.

Only then did the East Palace settle down.

When Wang Xuanjing saw Li Shimin, he said to him: "Your Highness has won, and the world is at your fingertips. Please forgive the people in the East Palace."

The generals of the Prince of Qin's Palace said one after another: "Your Highness has done his duty of eradicating evil and eradicating its roots. He should kill all his cronies and confiscate their property!" "Absurd! The chief culprit has been killed. If he wants to involve other party members again, this is not the way to stabilize the world! "Wang Xuanjing shouted loudly: "The prince has made friends with many ministers in the court. If he is killed, thousands of people will be implicated. Chang'an will be a river of blood, and the Tang Dynasty will be unstable. Do you want to destroy the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Shimin immediately ordered the generals to stop the pursuit and asked Emperor Li Yuan to issue an edict to grant amnesty to the world. The responsibility for treason is limited to Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and no other party members will be held accountable.

After the edict was promulgated, the people and nobles in Chang'an City immediately felt relieved.

With the end of the turmoil, Chang'an City quickly returned to normal, as if nothing had happened, but the court had changed drastically.

Li Shimin got his wish and became the prince. In just a few days, the court that originally supported Li Jiancheng changed drastically and expressed support for Li Shimin.

After all, most of the people in the court were just outsiders, not to mention that Li Jiancheng was dead, so they could only support Li Shimin.

On the other side, the officials in the East Palace were demoted one after another, and only a few officials were appointed by Li Shimin.

Among them were Wang Xuanjing and Wei Zheng.

Li Shimin was established as the prince, and Li Yuan entrusted all the power of the government to Li Shimin, so the subordinate officials of the Qin Palace began to quickly enter the court.

Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Jingde, and Wang Xuanlie were appointed as Generals of Left and Right Wuwei and Generals of Left and Right Wuhou respectively, commanding Chang'an and the country's troops. Military power has been firmly controlled by Prince Li Shimin.

Gao Shilian was appointed as the Minister of Attendants, Fang Xuanling as the Secretary of the Central Committee, Changsun Wuji as the Minister of Rites, Xiao Yu as Zuopushe, and Du Ruhui as the Minister of War.

At the same time, Li Shimin also ordered that since the first year of Wude, all officials who had been exiled for outspoken admonitions would be released. Civil and military officials above the fifth rank without a title would be given one level of knighthood, and those below the sixth rank would be given one level of honorary rank.

The civil and military officials benefited and soon settled down. Ministers wrote letters one after another saying that the prince was wise and in charge of the world.

After the minister of civil and military affairs was bribed, Li Shimin ordered the world to exempt from taxes for one year, and gave out a series of benefits. In addition, the prince's subordinate officials successfully controlled the court and military power. The impact of the Xuanwumen Incident quickly dissipated.

Li Shimin successfully controlled the Tang Dynasty.

Guanzhong quickly restored stability under Li Shimin's rewards and punishments, but news of the Xuanwu Gate incident also began to spread to other parts of the country.

In Youzhou, after learning that the prince Li Jiancheng had been killed by Li Shimin, Luo Yi, who had always been close to the prince, became panicked.

You must know that he has done too many cross-border things with the prince, and he is also an important military force used by the prince Li Jiancheng to deal with Li Shimin.

Luo Yi, who held a large number of troops, did not believe that Li Shimin would let him go, nor did he believe in the officials who came to comfort him.

Seeing that Li Shimin had taken control of the Tang Dynasty and was going to deal with him next, Luo Yi decided to take a preemptive strike. At this time, Luo Yi was stationed in northern Xinjiang and secretly sent people to contact the Turks.

Then he made an agreement with the Turks to go south together and attack Li Tang. The Turks, who had been blocked in the northern border, were overjoyed and immediately agreed.

On August 19, the Turkic army moved south.

(End of this chapter)