Ji Tang

Chapter 77
Qinling is in a former bandit village. Ji Song is holding a book of unknown content in his hand and is reading it with gusto.

"Homeowner!"

"what happened?"

Ji Song glanced at Ji Lu who walked in hastily and asked.

"The head of the family expected that since Princess Pingyang safely walked out of the forbidden palace last month, most of the generals from all over the country have chosen to stay put.

Except for a few people with ulterior motives who tried to rebel in the name of prince, but they were rejected by the King of Qin and should now be called prince, so his general Cheng Yaojin and others quickly put down the rebels.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty was generally stable, and there were no major disturbances. "Ji Lu didn't talk nonsense, and quickly revealed the information he had found out, and handed a letter to Ji Song.

After opening the letter, Ji Song realized that he had been in the mountains for almost half a year, and so many things had happened outside.

But he knew from the memories of later generations that Li Shimin's power was not stable at the time. If his prestige in the army was not so high, most generals would not dare to assassinate him, which would give him a lot of time to rectify the government.

Different from later generations, at this time Li Shimin did not directly attach the infamy of killing his brother and imprisoning his father, but cleverly transferred this infamy to Li Yuanji.

This made Ji Song have to admire Li Shimin's ingenuity. In addition, Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning was not dead, so he single-handedly launched an army to investigate the crime, but soon went back to guard Tongguan.

Although Princess Pingyang said nothing, news soon spread from the Tongguan garrison, confirming that Li Yuanji was the culprit of the entire incident, further clearing Li Shimin's suspicion.

No matter how many people believe this matter, at least Li Shimin himself will not be directly involved in the political whirlpool. Although it is controversial, it also gives him room for maneuver.

Li Xiuning's silence prevented any movement from the generals of the Detachment of Women. Even if the upper-level generals had any ideas, with Li Xiuning's prestige in the Detachment of Women, they would be killed by the people below before anyone could take action. Twist it to Li Xiuning.

Sometimes things develop like this, and a small change will lead to a different ending.

Compared with the records of Li Shimin in later generations, Li Shimin's situation was much better at this time. Although there was controversy, it could no longer affect the overall situation.

Looking further down, the prince's generals, Xue Wanche and others, failed to capture them after many sieges and suppressions after they fled into Zhongnan Mountain. After Li Shimin became the prince, he regarded them as "all of them are loyal to what they do and are righteous men." He was pardoned for his crimes, but Xue Wanche never came out of the mountain. Everyone searched for him many times but could not find him.

After Li Shimin took power, he vigorously promoted his cronies, appointing Yu Wenshiji as the crown prince Zhan Shi, Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui as the left concubines, Gao Shilian and Fang Xuanling as the right concubines, Yuchi Jingde as the left guard and Cheng Zhijie as the right guard. As for the rate, Yu Shinan was from Zhongshe, Chu Liang was from Sheren, and Yao Silian was from Xima.

He also gave Yuchigong all the gold, silk and other utensils owned by the King of Qi as a reward for his hard work.

At first, Wei Zheng, who was washing horses for the prince, often persuaded Li Jiancheng to get rid of the King of Qin as soon as possible. After Li Jiancheng was defeated, Li Shimin summoned Wei Zheng and said, "Why do you sow discord between our brothers?"

Everyone was worried about him, but Wei Zheng responded as usual: "If the late prince had listened to my advice earlier, today's disaster would certainly not have happened."

Li Shimin still admired Wei Zheng's talents, so he changed his original attitude, treated him with courtesy, and recommended him to be the director of Zhan.

He also recalled Wang He and Wei Ting from the state and appointed them as admonishing officials.

Li Shimin was in power and began drastic reforms. He ordered the eagles and dogs in the palace to be released, exempted all localities from paying tribute, and allowed hundreds of officials to state their own methods of governing the country. Administrative measures and laws were concise and tidy, and ministers inside and outside the court were greatly pleased.

At the end of June, Li Shimin deposed Tiance Mansion.By July, Li Shimin generally took control of the court. He appointed Qin Shubao, the former guard of the Prince of Qin, as the general of the left guard, Cheng Zhijie as the general of the right Wuwei, and Yuchi Jingde as the general of the right Wuhou. He had completely controlled the military power in the capital. .

After that, he placed many cronies in the court, appointing Changsun Wugou's uncle Gao Shilian as the minister, Fang Xuanling as Zhongshuling, Xiao Yu as Zuopushe, Changsun Wuji as the official secretary, and Du Ruhui as the military minister.

The imperial court appointed Yu Wenshiji as Zhongshu Ling, Deyi as Youpushe, and also appointed Cao Shenjun, a former soldier of Tiance Mansion, Du Yan as censor doctor, Yan Shigu and Liu Linfu from Zhongshushe as ministers of Zhongshu, Zuowei The deputy leader Hou Junji is the general of the left guard, the left Yuhou Duan Zhixuan is the general of the Xiaowei, the deputy guard Xue Wanche is the right leader general, the right deputy leader Zhang Gongjin is the right general of the Wuhou, and the leader of the right prison gate Sun Anye is the right prison guard. General, the right inner deputy led Li Keshi to lead the left and right generals.

By this time, both the army and the court had been replaced by Li Shimin's own people. Even if Li Jiancheng came back at this time, he would probably be unable to save his life.

Wude ninth year, the eighth day of August.

This day should be remembered by history. On this day, Li Yuan announced that the Zen Emperor would be crown prince Li Shimin.

Li Shimin repeatedly declined, but Li Yuan refused.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace and granted amnesty to the whole country. The area within the Guan pass and the six places of Puzhou, Ruizhou, Yuzhou, Taizhou, Shaanzhou, and Dingzhou were exempted from rent and labor for two years, and the remaining places were exempted from corvee for one year.

After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he quickly showed his superb political skills. He issued an edict to release the palace ladies and reduce the palace expenses: "The numerous palace ladies are closed in the deep palace gardens and deserve pity. They should be selected and released outside the palace." Let the maids go back to their relatives and let them get married."

When the palace people heard this, they knelt down and cried loudly to thank the emperor for his kindness.

After that, Changsun was granted the title of queen and took charge of affairs in the harem.

After Li Shimin proclaimed himself emperor, Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning resigned from the position of guard general of Tongguan and returned to the Princess Chang'an Mansion. She stayed behind closed doors, but often entered the palace to accompany Li Yuan, who was now the Supreme Emperor.

I don’t know what Li Shimin’s intentions were. After taking complete control of the government, he would give Li Yuan women from time to time. Li Yuan also accepted them one by one and never refused.

Li Shimin was sitting on the Tai Chi Palace, confidently preparing for a big fight, but an eight-hundred-mile rush made his slightly relaxed mind tense up again.

It turned out that Jihu chief Liu Cheng led his troops to surrender to Liang Shidu. Liang Shidu believed the slander and killed Liu Cheng.

Because of this incident, his subordinates were suspicious of each other, and many people came to surrender.

Liang Shidu was gradually weakening and was about to be overthrown by the Tang Dynasty, so he went to court to see the Turks, make suggestions for the Turks, and persuade the Turks to invade the Tang Dynasty.

Jie Li also heard about the coup in the southern Han Dynasty, and with the persuasion of Liang Shidu and others, he also believed that this was an opportunity.

Therefore, Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan conspired, and they gathered more than [-] troops to invade Jingzhou. They were unstoppable along the way, and there was no decent resistance at all. Coupled with the strong soldiers and horses, the two men's confidence greatly increased, and soon Soon the troops entered Wugong, Chang'an City was suddenly in chaos, and the capital was under martial law.

As the saying goes: When the ambition is not fulfilled, Hu soldiers go south to fight the war.

Once the war broke out in Chang'an, the King of Qin bravely rode alone.

(End of this chapter)