Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 192: Mutiny breaks out, Li Yuan abdicates

Time flies, two months have passed, and the time for autumn harvest has come again. Everyone, including Li Yuanji, is preparing for the autumn harvest.

During this time, the capital of Zhenla was conquered by the coalition forces of Xie Shufang and Funan. King Bafavarman was captured and was being transported to Haikang. Other parts of Zhenla were successively conquered.

After the death of King Bafavaston of Funan, Fan Tong, with the help of Li Yuanji, officially became the King of Funan. Funan and Tangming became vassal states of Li Yuanji.

Liu Rengui in Luzhou Prefecture and Songzhou Prefecture also officially conquered the entire island, including the archipelago, which was the Philippines, and it completely became Li Yuanji's fiefdom.

The emergence of this situation directly caused Lingnan to accidentally become the North. Li Yuanji's fiefdom was expanded again, and his influence on the surrounding areas was further deepened. At the same time, the expansion of trade became increasingly greater.

Merchants from within the Tang Dynasty and overseas continued to gather in Haikang. The large amount of transactions made Haikang increasingly prosperous. Xuwen and Zhanjiang gradually benefited from this. The next best developed was Guangzhou Prefecture. Due to its natural advantages, Guangzhou Prefecture's development was no worse than that of Leizhou Prefecture.

Next is Nanzhou Prefecture, which is surrounded by the sea. Gradually it was developed in all aspects and became the third largest prefecture in Lingnan. Next are Jiaozhou Prefecture and Yuezhou Prefecture. However, due to road problems, Liuzhou Prefecture became a relatively poor prefecture.

At the same time, the internal strife in Japan became more and more serious. Empress Suiko Odabe was about to die, and the court became more and more chaotic. The newly succeeded minister Soga no Emishi was unable to control the court situation like his father Soga no Umako. His political enemy Kagamibe no Aramori was supported by Wei Ting, and civil wars continued in Japan.

Lee Won-gil's arms business, which had ceased due to the demise of Zhenla, resumed in Japan. In addition, Silla also successfully purchased Lee Won-gil's weapons and once resisted the offensive of Baekje.

In Baekje, the voices that Baekje was invincible, the Eight Great Clans and Buyeo Zhang were invincible were getting louder and louder, the voices for a war against Silla were getting louder and louder, and Baekje gradually increased its offensive against Silla.

At the same time, the conflict between Buyeo Jang, King Mu of Baekje, and the Eight Major Clans was intensifying. After Buyeo Jang was blocked from moving the capital to Iksan, the conflict deepened further and internal friction gradually increased.

Li Yuanji's fiefdom has quietly expanded, but no one in Chang'an knows about it. At this moment, the sky in Chang'an is clear, but most people are shivering.

In the Taiji Palace, Li Yuan had wanted to go out to escape the summer heat after Li Shimin went on the expedition, and let Li Jiancheng be the regent. However, now it was too late. In front of Li Yuan stood a general with a long sword in his hand, and blood was still dripping from the sword.

On both sides of Li Yuan, two people had died, both of them were eunuchs.

Li Yuan widened his eyes at this moment, looking at the fierce general in front of him with disbelief.

"Yuchi Jingde! Do you want to kill the king? I order you to get out immediately, otherwise, I will kill all your clans!"

The person in front of Li Yuan was Yuchi Gong.

Upon hearing this, Yuchi Gong showed no fear.

"Your Majesty, there are rebels in the palace. I am here to protect your Majesty. Please don't move around, or you will be killed by the rebels!

The King of Qin is leading his army to suppress the rebellion. Your Majesty, please wait here for a while."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan looked at Yuchi Gong in rage. At this moment, he still didn't understand what had happened. So, he was truly being the emperor in vain.

"Haha, haha! What a great Yuchi Jingde, what a great King of Qin! I want to see who the rebel he killed is! I'll wait for him here!"

Li Yuan was very angry. He felt extremely furious but also extremely desolate. He had never thought that Li Shimin would actually take this step. He had never thought that Li Shimin would dare to launch a mutiny.

What was sad was that his two sons were killing each other, and the imperial guards outside the palace did not make a single move, allowing Yuchi Gong to walk in. How could Li Yuan not feel sad?

After an unknown amount of time, the palace door opened and several figures walked in. Li Yuan looked and saw that the one walking in front was none other than his General Tiance, Prince of Qin, Li Shimin.

At this moment, Li Shimin, dressed in military uniform, with blood all over his armor, strode towards him.

"My son, I will meet my father."

Li Shimin entered and saluted immediately. However, none of the generals following Li Shimin saluted. They all looked at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan stared at Li Shimin with his eyes fixed, feeling extremely complicated.

"King Qin, you are truly worthy of me. I should have thought that you could attack the Three Hus back then. After all, I was soft-hearted for a moment, which led to you doing this. Now tell me, is the Crown Prince still alive?"

Li Shimin slowly stood up and stared at Li Yuan without any fear.

"Your Majesty, Crown Prince Li Jiancheng is plotting a rebellion, intending to get rid of me and take the throne directly. Fortunately, the Eastern Palace Chief of Staff Wang Yan quietly informed me. Otherwise, I would have been killed by the Crown Prince by now!

The Crown Prince has rebelled. As the Supreme General of Heavenly Strategy, I have the responsibility to eliminate the traitor. Now the Crown Prince has been executed!"

Li Yuan's expression froze for a moment. He looked at Li Shimin with wide eyes. The finger he was pointing at Li Shimin was even trembling, his eyes full of disbelief.

Li Shimin was not afraid and faced Li Yuan calmly. Once something is done, it must be faced head-on. He could not afford to retreat at all at this time. Now he had no way out.

After a while, tears suddenly fell from Li Yuan's red eyes.

"Haha! Hahahaha! Great, very good! King Qin, you have such a cruel heart. He is your elder brother. You can't tolerate it. Do you have to kill your elder brother? He is your real elder brother!

I really didn't expect that you would be so heartless. I regret it so much. I should have killed you at the beginning instead of keeping you alive!
I didn't pursue the matter when you killed the Three Hus before, but I didn't expect that you would be so cruel today. What, you killed Dalang, and now you are going to kill me?
Haha, it’s really great. Why, go ahead and do it, King Qin!

I want to see how a man who killed his brother and father can rule the world!

Fortunately, the Three Hu are in Lingnan. King Qin, with the Three Hu in Lingnan, you will not succeed. One day, the Three Hu will surely bring a large army to eliminate you, the wicked son who killed his brother and father! I am waiting for you!"

Li Yuan seemed to have gone crazy at this moment. The death of Li Jiancheng was too much for Li Yuan's already haggard heart to bear. No one could understand Li Yuan's heartache and anger at this moment.

Li Shimin looked at Li Yuan quietly, without any excitement, and was extremely calm.

"Father, how could I kill you? I will never do that. But I am old now and it is time for you to step down. Please issue an edict to make me the crown prince and let me govern the country."

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin's indifferent expression and completely gave up hope in his heart.

"You can't even think about asking me to issue an edict! Today, you can kill me, and I will never issue an edict! I tell you, the Three Hu are still here, and even if I want to make the Three Hu the emperor, I will never make you, my evil son, the emperor!"

As Li Yuan finished his angry and unwilling words, Du Ruhui stood up from behind.

"Your Majesty, the situation is hopeless, so why bother? Your Majesty, if you make the King of Qin the Crown Prince, the King of Qin will certainly not kill the King of Qi again. However, please issue another edict to summon the King of Qi to return to the palace. When the King of Qi accompanies Your Majesty in the palace, Your Majesty can enjoy the happiness of family life. Why not do it? If Your Majesty still does this, the King of Qin and the King of Qi will fight each other, and the world will be devastated again.

And most importantly, if someone with bad intentions gets the upper hand over others in the future, the newly established Tang Dynasty will be gone.

Your Majesty established the Tang Dynasty. Are you willing to watch it disappear so quickly?

By then, the King of Qin and the King of Qi will both die. Is this what Your Majesty wants to see?
Or do you think, Your Majesty, that the King of Qi can compete with the Tang Dynasty with the Lingnan area?"

After Du Ruhui finished speaking, Li Yuan fell silent. The only one he could rely on now was Li Yuanji in Lingnan. He now felt a little regretful that he should have supported Li Yuanji more at the beginning. As long as Li Yuanji's strength could compete with Li Shimin, the balance would still remain unchanged.

As for letting Li Yuanji return to the palace, he had never thought about it at all. Once Li Yuanji entered Chang'an, there would be really no chance at all.

At this moment, Cheng Yaojin stood up directly.

"Your Majesty, if you hesitate any longer, don't blame me for not recognizing you with the spear in my hand! And even if Your Majesty doesn't write the edict, someone else will. This edict must be issued! Otherwise, don't blame me for going on a killing spree!"

Li Yuan glanced at Cheng Yaojin, then at Li Shimin, and Li Shimin also spoke at this moment.

"Father, as long as you are willing to issue an edict and allow the King of Qi to return to Chang'an, I can promise that I will never kill the King of Qi and will let him stay with you in the palace.

If your father is unwilling, then I will have no choice but to gather an army and pacify the world once again.

I hope that Your Majesty will not make things difficult for me. As long as Your Majesty issues an edict, the Tang Dynasty will still be the Tang Dynasty of our Li family. I have the confidence that I can govern the world.

Father, please issue an edict. "

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin deeply, and after a while, he smiled bitterly.

"Everyone underestimates you, and I underestimate you too. Let me tell you, today you staged a coup to seize power, killed your brother and imprisoned your father. In the future, all of these will come true to you!
Your son, your grandson, and your descendants will all seize power through military coup. Now that you have started this, you will never have peace again!"

Li Shimin clenched his hands. Li Yuan's words were so vicious that even Li Shimin could not bear it.

After a long time, Li Shimin came out of the Taiji Palace. Then an imperial edict spread throughout Chang'an, stating that Crown Prince Li Jiancheng had rebelled and had been executed by the King of Qin. Then the King of Qin Li Shimin was made crown prince. All important affairs of the country were decided by Crown Prince Li Shimin.

One imperial edict completely changed the world of the Tang Dynasty.

At this moment, Li Shimin summoned Zhangsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others and discussed the matter with a frown.

"Father is unwilling to issue an edict to allow the Prince of Qi to return to Chang'an. What can you do?"

Li Shimin had no choice but to rely on Li Yuanji to return to Chang'an before he could feel at ease, otherwise he would not feel at ease, especially since Li Yuanji was in Lingnan and Li Jiancheng's confidants outside were at risk of defecting to Li Yuanji.

Although he was not afraid of Li Yuanji, it would take a lot of effort to pacify Li Yuanji. The world that had been pacified with great difficulty would be reignited by war, which was not what he wanted to see.

After Li Shimin finished speaking, Du Ruhui spoke with a gloomy face.

"Prince, although Your Majesty does not write an edict, you can find someone to write one and pass it to the King of Qi. If the King of Qi does not reply, he is a traitor and we will attack him with our army!
By then, the Crown Prince will be in power, and the King of Qi will be in Lingnan, unable to make any changes! If the King of Qi is willing to return, then let him accompany Your Majesty, what's the harm!"

At this time, Changsun Wuji did not dare to say that he would directly attack Li Yuanji, because the most important thing for them now was to stabilize the court and deal with the remnants of Li Jiancheng. Li Yuanji could only be regarded as a minor issue. After all, he was far away in Lingnan. The stability of the court and the remnants of Li Jiancheng were the most important.

In their eyes, Li Jiancheng's influence outside is still much greater than Li Yuanji's, and Li Jiancheng's priority is still above Li Yuanji.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and agreed immediately.

"Okay, let's do as Keming said. The most important thing now is to stabilize the situation and not let it escalate. At the same time, issue an edict to the whole country, be sure to pay attention to the actions of the former crown prince's remnants!

Especially Youzhou and Li Yi in Jingzhou. These two places have large armies and are in the north. We must pay attention to them!"

Several people agreed. There are the most things happening in the north right now. Not only is there a large army controlled by General Li Jiancheng, but there is also the invasion of the Turks, which is the most troublesome.

At this time, Changsun Wuji's voice came.

"Prince, we should send people to Lingnan to gather intelligence about Lingnan. Once the situation in Chang'an stabilizes, the most important thing next is the King of Qi."

Li Shimin looked at Zhangsun Wuji and said, "You are responsible for this matter. Find out the strength of the King of Qi. Once the situation stabilizes, we can deal with this matter!"

Then several people walked out one after another. There were many things to do now and they could not afford to delay at all.

At this time Yuchi Gong walked in.

"Prince, Jing Junhong was beheaded by Feng Li, and Feng Li has also fled. No one knows where he went.

I think Feng Li will definitely flee to Lingnan. Can you send a large army to pursue him?"

Li Shimin shook his head upon hearing this.

"No need. If he flees to Lingnan, do you know where he will go to Lingnan? The most important thing now is to stabilize the situation. As long as the situation stabilizes, it will be useless for Feng to go to Lingnan immediately.

How can a Lingnan region compete with the Tang Dynasty? It cannot distinguish between the primary and the secondary. "

Although Li Shimin said this, he was the only one who knew the heaviness in his heart. Although it was just one Feng Li, there was definitely more than just one Feng Li. This was what made him most helpless because he had no other way.

His focus now is to stabilize the situation, then to subdue Li Jiancheng's forces and win the support of the aristocratic families. Everything else has to take a back seat.

The news that Li Jiancheng was killed and Li Shimin became the crown prince quickly began to spread outward like a hurricane. Everyone who heard it was shocked. The people from the Qin Palace were all happy, while the people from the Eastern Palace were all in despair.

In addition, the aristocratic families also suffered a considerable impact. The aristocratic families that bet on Li Shimin were happy, while the aristocratic families that followed Li Jiancheng were all terrified, and all the families began to adjust their direction.

And from Chang'an, a white dove with a letter on its feet flew out from Chang'an and went to Lingnan.

(End of this chapter)