Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 239 The tradition of the Tang Dynasty is that the father dies and the son laughs

In the fifteenth year of Yuanhe, Daming Palace.

Light in the front and dark in the back seems to be the characteristic of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

There was Li Longji in the front and Li Chun, the current emperor of Yuanhe, in the back.

I think that when Li Chun just came to the throne, he was decisive, knew people well, wiped out the feudal towns, and rectified the rules and disciplines. For a while, the Tang Dynasty had already picked up the momentum of rejuvenation. It's a pity that the Yuanhe ZTE lasted for more than ten years. After Li Chun achieved some achievements, he thought he had made immortal contributions and gradually became arrogant. He appointed the treacherous minister Huangfu Bo and dismissed the virtuous prime minister Pei Du, and his politics gradually declined. He began to believe in immortals and Buddha, and wanted to seek the elixir of immortality.

In the 13th year of Yuanhe, Li Chun issued an edict to recruit alchemists. Huangfu Bo recommended a mountain man named Liu Bi to him to prepare immortality medicine for Li Chun.

In addition, Li Chun sent eunuchs to Fengxiang to meet the Buddha's bones, and Han Yu, the Minister of Punishment, went to Shu and sincerely remonstrated. As a result, Li Chun became furious and prepared to execute Han Yu.

Pei Du and others reported that Han Yu was loyal and upright, so Li Chuncai demoted Han Yu to the post of Chaozhou governor. This is the origin of the sentence "A letter is sent to the Nine Heavens in the morning, and it is demoted to eight thousand people on Chaozhou Road in the evening".

The following year, Li Chun began to take longevity medicine, and his temper became irritable and irritable. He often rebuked or killed the eunuchs and maids on the left and right. The eunuch group was divided into two factions. Tutu Chengcui's faction planned to support Li Yun, while Liang Shouqian and Wang Shoucheng supported Prince Li Heng's accession to the throne.

Tutu Chengcui was Li Chun's best confidant. Once, some ministers persuaded Li Chun to prevent the eunuchs from gaining too much power because Tutu Chengcui was appointed as a strategic general. However, he replied: "Tutu Chengcui is nothing but No matter how much power I give to a domestic slave, getting rid of him is not as easy as pulling out a hair."

Tutu Chengcui was inclined to support Li Yun, the king of Li, and his tendency was what Li Chun valued.

Li Yun's biological mother was not from a good background. His name was Li Kuan before, but later he changed his name to Li Yun. As we all know, Li Shimin's second son is named Li Kuan, and his seventh son is named Li Yun... which is somewhat of a contradiction.

On New Year's Day, Li Chun felt unwell, so he canceled the New Year's Day meeting. Of course the ministers knew that the emperor had recently taken the elixir of life, but they also knew that it was a lie. It's just that now that the Tang Dynasty has finally ushered in ZTE, if something goes wrong with the emperor's medicine, something big will happen.

In the capital, rumors are everywhere and people are impetuous.

Li Chun has also felt that his health has not been very good recently. Coupled with eating too much heavy metals, his whole body is very hot and his temper has become more and more irritable. The eunuchs were often beaten and kicked by him because of the smallest problems.

He really didn't care about his identity and went to Quanwuxing himself.

On the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month, Li Chun suddenly felt that his energy was low. Considering the complicated situation inside and outside the palace, Li Chun secretly sent someone to summon Tutu Chengcui.

After Tutu Chengcui arrived at the Zhonghe Hall, he couldn't help crying when he looked at the haggard emperor.

To be honest, Tutu Chengcui was truly loyal to Li Chun. Everything he had was given by Li Chun, and there was no reason to betray Li Chun.

"Everyone……"

Before Tutu Chengcui could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Li Chun.

"Chengcui..." Li Chun waved his hand, signaling Tutu Chengcui to calm down and stop crying: "I feel a little uncomfortable. I have a few words that you should remember..."

"My slave, take your orders..." Tutu Chengcui knelt on the ground, sobbing.

However, neither of them noticed that there was a young eunuch not far away eavesdropping.

"I...I am not in good health right now. You go and take someone to find King Li Yun and ask him to be the crown prince." Although Li Chun was weak, his tone was extremely firm.

Tutu Chengcui asked hesitantly: "Everyone, you...that prince..."

Li Chun's first prince was his eldest son Li Ning. I remember that when Li Chun just ascended the throne, the court urged him to establish a crown prince, and there were people trying to get Li Chun to establish Guo Guifei as queen. But a talented and ambitious emperor like Li Chun was destined to never appoint a woman with a powerful mother's clan as his queen. After all, Si Chen's nightmare had not passed long yet.

The courtiers who had been struggling for four years finally learned the news, and Li Chun chose to make Li Ning the crown prince.

However, the good times did not last long. Two years later, Li Ning died suddenly of a serious illness at the age of nineteen.

What can be proved is that Li Chun still had deep feelings for the prince nicknamed "Huizhao". After the death of Prince Huizhao Li Ning, Li Chun did not go to court for thirteen days in a row. According to archaeological discoveries, both the scale and specifications of the tombs are second to none among the tombs of princes in the Tang Dynasty, which is enough to show Li Chun's feelings for Prince Huizhao, who died young.

Of course, he cannot be compared with Li Hong. After all, Li Hong was the emperor who pursued his posthumous title.

The issue of the crown prince became a problem that troubled Li Chun. In fact, he was more inclined to his second son Li Yun in his heart. Just because of Concubine Guo, a considerable number of courtiers were supporters of Li Heng, while Li Yun was supported by only a few people, including Tutu Chengcui.

In desperation, Li Chun had to compromise and make Li Heng the prince. However, Concubine Guo was not promoted to the queen because of this. Not to mention, Prime Minister Cui Qun, who had always supported Li Heng, was suddenly dismissed from the prime minister and demoted to Hunan Observer.

All this implies that Li Chun does not like the prince, and the prince's position is shaky.

Tutu Chengcui was also very clever and never gave up running the business for Li Yun. Therefore, even though Li Yun is now a prince, there are still some forces in the court supporting him, which is not a rootless duckweed.

"The prince is frivolous and cannot rule the world!" Li Chun took a deep breath. He had long been unhappy with his indulgent son.

You, me, and I have been busy working for the resurgence of the Tang Dynasty for so many years, so we should enjoy it for a while. And you? You are not as good as a biscuit, how on earth do you deserve to enjoy it?

Hearing these words, the young eunuch was startled and slipped away quietly while no one was paying attention.

"Chengcui, I'm counting on you now!" Li Chun's eyes sparkled, and his skinny hands grasped Tutu Chengcui's arm: "I...I can't make it. It's a pity that Yuanhe Zhongxing is in a good situation. ...I know the prince's temperament. If he ascends the throne, it will be impossible for Xiao Gui and Cao to follow him. He will only destroy my hard work..."

Tutu Chengcui burst into tears and nodded solemnly: "I will live up to everyone's expectations!"

However, what they didn't know was that the young eunuch had already arrived in Concubine Guo's palace.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty, it's trouble!" The little eunuch stumbled into the palace before he dared to shout loudly.

God knows how hard it was for him to hold back along the way.

"What's going on?" As the granddaughter of Guo Ziyi and the daughter of Princess Shengping, Concubine Guo was already majestic. When she spoke, her solemn voice made the originally panicked little eunuch think twice, and then he calmed down.

The young eunuch wiped his sweat, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty just said, said..."

He didn't dare to say anything in the middle of what he said. He really couldn't speak.

"蹹貔, you say it!" Prince Li Heng slapped the table. He wanted to kick the little eunuch, but he held back.

This is not the time to force someone. The key information is still in the mouth of this little eunuch. What if someone is frightened and refuses to speak anymore?

Although Li Heng loves to play, he is not an idiot.

"Speak slowly, don't be anxious." After Li Heng calmed down, he comforted the young eunuch: "Don't worry, I will not treat you badly in the future."

"What the Crown Prince means is what I want." Concubine Guo's voice also softened: "Don't be impatient. I will pardon you, just say so."

"Yes..." The young eunuch's heart also calmed down, and he opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty said, 'The prince is frivolous and cannot rule the world', and he asked Tutu Chengcui to support King Li..."

"what?"

When it came to saying "the prince is frivolous", Concubine Guo tightened her armrests tightly; when it came time to send Tutu Chengcui to support King Li, Prince Li Heng could no longer sit still. He stood up in a hurry. He said to Concubine Guo: "Auntie, what should I do?"

Can you not be anxious? This is related to his position as prince.

Since ancient times, I have never heard of a deposed prince still living well. The lesson learned in that chapter about Prince Li Xian is not far away, as well as about Prince Li Ying during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

What if your status is not guaranteed and you are deposed...

Li Heng felt that his tailbone was getting cold. It was terrible. He just wants to play his polo in the palace, what's wrong with him?

"Sit down! What's the rush!" Concubine Guo is worthy of being a general. At this critical moment, she showed amazing calmness.

Her mind quickly overclocked and she began to think about what to do next.

At this time, it is absolutely impossible to wait. The emperor has already had murderous intentions towards the two of them. If he adopts the "wait" strategy now, he will definitely have to wait for Tu Chengcui's butcher's knife.

Recalling that at the beginning, the eunuchs forced the late Emperor Shunzong Li to recite the "Yongzhen Inner Zen" and abdicate the throne to Li Chun; now that she had the emperor's will, Guo Guifei did not dare to think what these eunuchs could do.

Concubine Guo felt that she might have paid for it if she could die by drinking poison.

Seeing Tutu Chengcui's position as General Shence, he was absolutely delighted to bring two bowls of flat noodles - a share for both her and her son Li Heng. So, if you can't wait, why not...

Concubine Guo's eyes gradually became sharper, and the sharpness in them made even Li Heng, his own son, feel shuddering.

This...is this still the arrogant and domineering grandma that she usually is? Why do you feel like the Great Sage Queen Zetian is possessed?

Li Heng thought about it... Auntie has a son like her, so she shouldn't... not be a torma, right?

Concubine Guo did not take care of her son, but ordered to the left and right: "Quickly go and invite Chen Hongzhi, the internal minister, Ma Jintan, the lieutenant of the Shence Army guard on the left, and Liang Shouqian, the lieutenant of the Shence Army guard on the right, and be fast!"

"Yes!" The confidants on the left and right quickly retreated.

Not long after, Chen Hongzhi, Ma Jintan, Liang Shouqian and others came to Guo Guifei's palace.

"Empress!" Chen Hongzhi and others immediately knelt down to pay homage.

"I won't say any more. The matter is urgent. Your Majesty has secretly ordered Tutu Chengcui to support Li Yun, the king of Li. I don't think I need to say anything more about what this means." Guo Guifei looked around at the people kneeling on the ground. , among these people, not only are they sworn in with Tutu Chengcui, but they can at least be said to hate him with all their heart.

Everyone has been following His Majesty since they were in hiding. How come you have risen through the ranks and are the only ones favored by His Majesty? Just because you are a coffee concubine?

Although the color of Tutu Chengcui... is a bit brown.

"As long as the empress says a word, the slaves and the others will go up the mountain of swords and into the sea of ​​fire without any ambiguity!" Chen Hongzhi was the first to respond.

Among these people, he and Tutu Chengcui had the greatest conflict. The two of them completely disliked each other. If Tutu Chengcui succeeds in establishing Li Yun, he will definitely persuade Li Yun to get rid of him when he becomes powerful.

"This is not enough, Chen Changshi." Concubine Guo's eyes flashed: "The emperor just told Tutu Chengcui that the prince is frivolous and cannot rule the world. The imperial concubine thought that even if Tutu Chengcui was removed, what would happen? What? If the emperor still doesn’t like the prince, one word can still decide the life of my mother and my son. If my mother and son are deposed, how can there be any intact eggs after the nest is overthrown?"

Concubine Guo's words made it very clear. You are all grasshoppers on the same line as me. It is completely useless to kill Tutu Chengcui and Li Yun now. If the root cause of the problem cannot be solved, when the time comes to pull out the carrot and bring out the mud, we will be gone and your life will not be easy.

Chen Hongzhi is a smart man, and he certainly understood what Concubine Guo meant.

He secretly gasped, she is worthy of being the granddaughter of Prince Fenyang, she dares to think and do...

Regicide, this thing...this thing...

To be honest, at this time, it was not like the era in the late Tang Dynasty when eunuchs could put the emperor in a small courtyard under house arrest. The relationship between the eunuch and the emperor was just that of a domestic slave and his master. What the eunuchs did was actually domestic slaves participating in the internal disputes of the royal family, just like the slaves in each house of a wealthy family in the old society helping their masters fight for property. It was not that the slaves were really powerful enough to seize the property of the entire family.

For example, the previous Yongzhen Inner Zen has this meaning. If you want to ask the eunuchs to kill the emperor and decide on world affairs by themselves, then they don't have the guts; but to force the old emperor to abdicate and support the new king to dominate and dominate himself, they not only have the guts, but also have great courage.

"Prince, what do you mean?" Concubine Guo turned her gaze to Li Heng again.

Of course she didn't want to carry such a name on her own, she had to carry it with the emperor after all. Then you can't just enjoy the benefits of being an emperor and not take the blame, right? In this case, the people under your command will also have opinions.

Why don't you learn from your grandfather, Emperor Taizong, right? Take the initiative to declare that the eldest brother was killed by me with one arrow?

Li Heng's face was tangled and his eyes were hesitant.

You asked him to give it a try, but he was still a little hesitant.

Li Heng is such a dandy prince who likes to play polo and is a talkative. He really doesn't have the responsibility to do anything serious.

"His Royal Highness, fight!" Chen Hongzhi stepped forward and looked at Prince Li Heng resolutely: "We just sit back and wait for death, why not rise up and give it a try!"

"That's right! Let's fight, Your Majesty the Crown Prince!" The eunuchs were all talking, trying to persuade the Crown Prince who was still hesitating.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince! Let's fight!" Liang Shouqian knelt on the ground and told with tears in his eyes: "Your Highness the Crown Prince! We can't sit still and wait for death!"

Li Heng glanced at his mother-in-law who was calmly encouraging him, and then at the eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground urging him to give it a try. He felt that heaven and man were also at war in his heart.

He slowly stood up and walked to the eunuchs.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince! If you are deposed, we will all be doomed!" Ma Jintan knelt on the ground, sobbing.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince! He is right! Let's fight! Fight to the death!" Wei Yuanyu also persuaded him from the side: "Rather than miss this opportunity, it is better to give it a try than to wait to die here!"

Li Heng was silent.

After a moment, he sighed softly: "Why did the fish die? Why did the net break? Can we still fight against Aye?"

He was really unsure. After all, he was facing Emperor Yuanhe, who single-handedly led the resurgence of the Tang Dynasty and wiped out countless military governors who disobeyed the imperial court.

Li Chun has been accumulating power for a long time. How can he say that he dares to resist if he dares to resist?

His mother-in-law was not afraid of the emperor because her mother was Princess Shengping and her grandfather was the prince of Fenyang County. Half of the people in the court were members of their family's political power, and they had that status and strength. But he was a frightened prince, and Aye didn't say that he didn't like him, and even dismissed his right-hand man who supported him from the court...

"Your Highness, the world is unpredictable. Many things are not about being able to do it, but about whether you dare to do it." Wang Shoucheng's voice was like a bell, making people subconsciously follow his words and think: "His Majesty Taizong, if it hadn't been for the Xuanwu Sect's change, he would have been killed long ago. He became a prisoner of his subordinates; and if Emperor Xuanzong had not been a congenital coup, he might have been usurped by Princess Taiping..."

"The changes in Xuanwu Gate?" Li Heng's heart trembled.

This is a story engraved in the blood of the Li family...

If you say this, I won't be sleepy anymore.

Li Heng's expression gradually became evil.

"You mean, let the lonely Aye abdicate?"

"Yes! In my opinion, as long as we act quickly, we have a ninety-nine percent chance of winning!" Upon seeing this, Chen Hongzhi immediately reassured Li Heng, "The purpose we gave Tutu Chengcui is to make him support Li Li. Wang Liyun. We only need to intercept and kill Tutu Chengcui and King Li on the road, and then divide a group of troops into the Zhonghe Hall to control everyone. By then, we will only have to wait for everyone's abdication edict and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's enthronement edict to be promulgated, and the world can It depends on the message!"

"His Royal Highness! Go for it!" Wei Yuanzhi and others encouraged Li Heng loudly from behind Chen Hongzhi.

"Prince," Concubine Guo stepped forward upon seeing this and put her hand on Li Heng's shoulder: "The wealth and life of my mother and your uncle are entrusted to you..."

Li Heng took a deep breath and gradually made up his mind.

"Do it! Fuck him to death!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince is wise!" Chen Hongzhi and others said immediately.

Li Heng suddenly raised his hand and said: "Wait a minute..."

Everyone was puzzled and looked up at Li Heng.

"Mr. Gu feels that... Aye's reputation in the court is too great. If he practices inner Zen, he might be dissatisfied."

Li Heng's voice was soft and faint, but in Guo Guifei's ears, Guo Guifei thought that he was giving up.

Just when Guo Guifei frowned and was about to reprimand Li Heng, she never thought that Li Heng spoke up again.

"Just don't do one thing and don't stop doing the other..."

At this time, Li Heng's eyes were full of ferocity and bloodthirsty. He put his hand on his neck and made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Chen Hongzhi and others looked at each other in shock!

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