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Chapter 167: The Eastern Palace plots to poison the King of Qin, Du Ruhui proposes a mutiny

After Wang Gui finished speaking, Wei Zheng immediately spoke.

"Prince, I suggest that it is best to let the King of Qin lead his army to fight. On the day when the King of Qin leads his army to the battle, the Crown Prince can hold a banquet outside the city and poison the farewell wine to kill the King of Qin. Then let Feng Li lead the Eastern Palace Guards to control the palace.

The palace guards are not as good as they used to be. When the saint first started the rebellion, all the palace guards were his confidants. However, they have been neglected in management over the past few years, and the guards have long been just a name. Moreover, the commander of the palace guards is no longer the same as the saint, but the saint has never noticed it.

The variable of the King of Qin must be eliminated. If the King of Qin is allowed to fight against the Turks and wins, his momentum will be even greater and it will be even more difficult to suppress him. The most feared thing is that the King of Qin does not destroy the main force of the Turks, but keeps the Turks around so that the sage will use the King of Qin more. How should the prince deal with it then?

The prestige of the King of Qin in the army is already very high. If he wins another great victory, the people in the army will probably not be Tang generals and Tang troops, but Qin generals and Qin soldiers!

Once the King of Qin is attacked, the palace must also take action. There will be no way out at that time, because even if the King of Qin dies, there is still a King of Qi in Lingnan for the Saint to choose! "

Wei Zheng's face was full of murderous intent. It was not the first time that he had advised Li Jiancheng to kill Li Shimin. He had done so a long time ago, but Li Jiancheng just wouldn't listen. He always had a glimmer of hope that he could oppress Li Shimin through the general trend. Li Jiancheng did nothing wrong.

Under the general trend, Li Shimin was indeed overwhelmed several times, but in the end Li Yuan stepped in and forced Li Shimin to survive, and his power continued to grow.

Wei Zheng had seen through all this a long time ago. In his eyes, the goal could not be achieved through oppression from the general trend. Li Yuan would not allow such a situation to occur, and Li Shimin was not a man who would surrender without a fight. Now there was no way out between them. It was a fight to the death. Only the one who survived in the end could sit in that position.

Li Jiancheng was still hesitating in his heart. He really wanted to oppress Li Shimin, but he was the first to kill Li Yuanji, so Li Jiancheng was really hesitant for a moment. However, Li Shimin took the initiative to kill Li Yuanji, which made him extremely moved by what Wei Zheng said.

As for Li Yuan in the palace? He no longer had any burden. After all, he was not going to kill Li Yuan, but was just forcing him to give up his throne. Just like Wei Zheng said, once this matter started, there was no turning back, and he could not be soft-hearted.

At this time, Li Gang's voice was also heard.

"Prince, what Xuancheng said is correct. We can follow what Shujie said and write a letter to the sage to ask the King of Qin to lead the army to attack. However, I suggest that we should not rush. If Jie Li wins a great victory in Daizhou, we can write a letter then. If Jie Li is defeated, we can wait for the next time.

The Turks have been coveting the rich land of our Tang Dynasty for a long time, and the looting will certainly not stop. As long as Jie Li wins once, it will be time to write a letter to the King of Qin to let him lead the army. Only then will the sage allow the King of Qin to lead the army.

According to Xuancheng's words, the power of the King of Qin is now extremely huge. Although he is weaker than the Crown Prince, it is limited. Only by killing the King of Qin can the people in the King of Qin's mansion be like headless flies. After the Crown Prince takes the throne, they can be eliminated one by one.

As for the threat from the Huns, Li Yi or Li Jing and others can lead the troops to fight against them. As long as the prince takes the throne and governs the people's livelihood for a few years, he can then send hundreds of thousands of troops to destroy the Turks, so as to permanently eliminate this threat and restore peace to the north.

Now the Tang Dynasty is in tatters. Only the crown prince can succeed to the throne and rule the country, and make the Tang Dynasty strong. Please put the country first and don't be soft-hearted! "

Although Li Gang was a scholar, his words were murderous. Although he was a scholar, he had experienced a lot from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. This did not mean that Li Gang was as easy-going as he appeared.

Li Gang persuaded Li Jiancheng because he saw hope in Li Jiancheng. The Tang Dynasty was in urgent need of governance. In terms of governance ability, all the civil and military officials in the court recognized that Li Jiancheng was stronger than Li Shimin. This was because since Li Yuan started the rebellion, Li Jiancheng's civil and military achievements had been demonstrated and everyone could see it.

In addition, Li Jiancheng was the eldest son, and Li Gang, as a Confucian disciple, always insisted on establishing the eldest son as the heir. Only establishing the eldest son as the heir could be the foundation of the dynasty.

It's not that these Confucian scholars didn't oppose Li Yuan's actions, but they were humble and their words were not taken seriously, so Li Yuan didn't listen. The situation became worse and worse, Li Shimin's power became stronger and stronger, and Li Gang also felt a huge crisis.

In Li Gang's eyes, not establishing the eldest son as the heir would be like destroying the foundation of the dynasty. Once imitated by later generations, the successive changes of dynasties would be accompanied by blood and rain, which would consume the internal organs of the dynasty and even lead to its collapse.

As Li Jiancheng listened to what they said, he struggled more and more inside. After a long time, Li Jiancheng slowly spoke.

"We can see the situation in Daizhou. If Jie Li wins, we should write to the sage and ask him to send the King of Qin to lead the troops. As for whether to poison him, we can discuss it later. Don't be impatient."

Upon hearing this, Wang Gui and others became anxious and wanted to persuade them again, but Feng Li hurried in.

"Prince, someone has come from the palace. The Saint has asked you to come to the palace as soon as possible. The King of Qin has also been summoned by the Saint."

Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, then he laughed. At this time he could guess that since Wei Ting's letters had arrived, the letter to Li Yuan must have arrived. This time he entered the palace must be because of the Lingnan incident.

Li Jiancheng immediately went into the palace, completely unaware that his conspiracy with Wang Gui and others had been known to Wang Chao, who was the spy hired by Li Shimin in the Eastern Palace.

In the Qin Palace, Li Shimin also received the letters from Changsun Wuji and Cheng Yaojin. When he saw Changsun Wuji being killed and the Black Armor Army finally escaped with heavy losses, Li Shimin's teeth were almost crushed. He really didn't expect that Li Yuanji would dare to do this. He didn't expect that Li Yuanji was not fooled by the letters he sent, and was so decisive. The two people he mentioned in the letter, because he knew about these two people, all the others were left in Chang'an by Li Yuanji.

It was hard for him to believe that Li Yuanji had no fear at all. Li Shimin's original intention was to make Li Yuanji suspicious through this letter, so as to make him think that he had other secret agents in Lingnan. The purpose was to confuse Li Yuanji and make him dare not take action because of this.

But Li Yuanji did not play by the rules and still acted in this way. It was just a simple cover, but anyone could see that it was Li Yuanji's instruction. Wasn't he afraid of his spies planted in Lingnan?

Li Shimin continued to read, and when he saw Zhangsun Wuji say that Cen Wenben and Wei Ting had already made some guesses, Li Shimin became gloomy. He could see that Li Yuan had given him and Li Jiancheng fifty lashes each before, and he was not sure who it was, so he set a precedent and prepared to kill them. That's why Li Yuan did that.

Now, if Li Yuan knew that it was him who did it, Li Shimin didn’t dare to imagine what Li Yuan would do. At this moment, Li Shimin was completely numb.

Li Shimin then called Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, showed them the letter, and then told them about Changsun Wuji's matter. The two had already made some guesses before, but now they were no longer shocked when they heard it.

Now they are thinking about how to do this.

After a while, Fang Xuanling spoke first.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to get Zhijie and the others back. Since the King of Qi dared to attack the deputy envoy and failed this time, he must have another trick up his sleeve. Zhijie and the others are in danger.

Moreover, now that the King of Qi has taken action, it is equivalent to putting an end to the previous ambush. If the King of Qi does not let go of this matter, then the crime of ambush and killing the deputy envoy will not be so easy for the King of Qi to bear.

Your Majesty does not need to worry about the sage. This matter has passed, and the sage will not do anything after knowing about it. All you need to do is to insist that you have no knowledge of this matter.

The most important thing now is the East Palace. After the people in the East Palace know about this, they will definitely make a fuss about it, because this matter involves the King of Qi. When the time comes, the King of Qi will be used to suppress the King. The people in the East Palace will surely be very happy to see it.

Now we need to deal with the East Palace, not the saint."

Fang Xuanling's words made Li Shimin suddenly enlightened. For Li Yuan, this matter had already ended before, and for Li Yuanji, he had already sent people to kill Changsun Wuji and taken revenge, which also meant it was over.

Now he has to contact Li Yuanji to deal with the Eastern Palace together. Li Jiancheng is really willing to sacrifice Li Yuanji to deal with him.

At this moment, Du Ruhui on the side frowned and spoke.

"Your Majesty, there is another question. Although this incident was committed by Changsun Wuji, Your Majesty was not aware of it at the time. But now that the East Palace knows about it, they will definitely think that Your Majesty asked Changsun Wuji to do it.

In the prince's mind, will he think that since the king could kill the king of Qi, will he kill the prince in the future? If the saint also thinks so, will the king kill the saint in the future? What should we do?"

Li Shimin's mind exploded and Fang Xuanling's pupils shrank. The problem Du Ruhui raised seemed to Li Shimin the most fatal at this moment.

He was indeed unaware of it at the beginning, but Changsun Wuji was from the Qin Palace and was his absolute confidant. Who would believe it if he said that this matter had nothing to do with him?

Once Li Jiancheng thinks like this, he will definitely kill him in the future fights. He has led the army for many years and knows one thing very well, that is, it is the early bird catches the worm, and it is most important to strike first and gain the advantage.

If Li Yuan thought like this, his power in Chang'an would inevitably be suppressed, and the people in his Qin Palace might all be purged. This was something Li Yuan could not tolerate, and even he would be expelled from Chang'an.

And Du Ruhui's voice continued to be heard.

"Right now, the Turkic Khan Jie Li is plundering Shuozhou, and the governor of Daizhou is fighting him. The Turkic invasion has troubled the court for a long time, and once made the saint think of moving the capital. Now that these things have happened, I am afraid that not only the East Palace, but also the saint, will ask the king to lead the army there.

Once you go out, it will be extremely difficult to return to Chang'an, and the Eastern Palace will certainly launch a crackdown on everyone in the Qin Palace. By then, many people in the Qin Palace will probably be arrested, demoted, or exiled.

My king, now that things have come to this, we have no way out. It is time to start planning. We have already made a lot of preparations. The Xuanwu Gate, the only way to enter the East Palace, has its commander Chang He who is loyal to the king. Although the preparations are still incomplete, we are running out of time. "

Du Ruhui was also a decisive person. Now everything was unfavorable to them. However, as long as Li Shimin left Chang'an, the Qin Palace would suffer a devastating disaster. The only way was to launch a mutiny. Although it was not known whether it would succeed, it was better than sitting and waiting to die.

(End of this chapter)