Will Ming

Chapter [-] Watching the Meteor Shower Tonight

The construction of Daxing City began in the second year of Kaihuang and was completed in the second year. It is a miracle that such a large-scale capital took such a short time.In the first month of the second year of Kaihuang, Yu Wenkai began to supervise the construction, and most of the construction was completed in March of the second year.You must know that this city is nearly twice the size of Nanjing City in the Ming Dynasty, and one and a half times the size of Beijing City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Almost seven times that of Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium at the same period, seven times that of ancient Rome, and six times that of Baghdad!

Daxing City originally had nine gates, including Kaiyuan, Jinguang, Yanping, Anhua, and Mingde, with three gates each in the east, west, and south.But later, at the insistence of Emperor Gaozu Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yu Wenkai had to open the Xuanwu Gate in the north, but because the Xuanwu Gate broke the feng shui of Longshou Yuan, Yu Wenkai simply opened Guanghua, Jingyao, and Fanglin in the north. , Anli, Zhide and other eight gates. Originally, there were no gates in the northern city, but eight gates were built at once.

Yu Wenkai abruptly used this method to change the Xuanwu Gate's feng shui divergence to the eight converging trends, but it is obvious that such a change was not successful.He originally wanted to solve the hidden danger of the Xuanwumen's bloody catastrophe, and restrained the Xuanwumen's fierce aura by gathering the eight sects.

But this kind of viciousness was obviously not suppressed. Although the Sui Dynasty was short-lived, people have not forgotten the bloody storm caused by Jin Wang Yang Guang and Crown Prince Yang Yong's seizure of the heir.The country was established in the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor Li Yuan was still there. The conflict between Qin Wang Li Shimin and Prince Li Jiancheng has reached the point where it cannot be resolved.

Since the Xuanwu Gate can directly enter the palace city, the cavalry will be able to control the Taiji Palace in a short time.On the east side of Taiji Palace is the newly expanded East Palace by Prince Li Jiancheng, and to the northeast of the East Palace, just east of the Xuanwu Gate is the Yong'an Palace that is currently under construction.

Three days ago, a large number of forbidden troops poured into Yong'an Palace, frightening Yu Wenkai.

Xuanwu Gate is not far from the Yongan Palace under construction, not too far from Taiji Palace, and not too far from the Prince's East Palace, so Li Shimin said that as long as he takes down Xuanwu Gate, he will control the entire capital.To the south of Taiji Palace is the imperial city, and the three gates of Guangyun, Changle and Chengtian directly lead to the imperial city.

The east, west and south sides of the palace city and the imperial city are the [-] squares of Chang'an City, where the common people live.

This big city is extremely magnificent, and compared to Chang'an City, even Luoyang, the eastern capital, is much worse.The size of Chang'an City is almost twice that of the Eastern Capital City.

Li Shimin led the army to seize the city gate and learned that Li Jiancheng was waiting to welcome the coffin of Qi Wang Li Yuanji at Xuanwu Gate.He was a little worried in his heart, and he always felt that today's matter seemed to be going smoothly.But after thinking about it, since it has come to this moment, what is there to worry about?As long as you conquer the Xuanwu Gate, you can directly enter the Taiji Palace.As long as he enters the Tai Chi Palace, this Chang'an City belongs to Li Shimin.

The city gate that Qu Tutong and Yin Kaishan's cavalry robbed was actually an urn city built on the north side of Chang'an City after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, also known as Xi Neiyuan.It took less than a stick of incense for the cavalrymen to enter the West Neiyuan to rush through the Xuanwu Gate, and as long as the city gate was not closed, it took less than an hour to take down all the Taiji Palaces.

Although Li Yuan was cautious and cautious, the rotation of the imperial guards in Miyagi was extremely irregular.But Li Shimin knew that the Forbidden Army guarding Miyagi would not exceed 2000 under normal circumstances.Even if there are some changes today, the number of forbidden troops will not exceed 1000 at most.And these [-] forbidden troops will be divided into Taiji Palace, Yeting Palace, East Palace, and Imperial City.Even if there are heavy troops stationed in Xuanwumen, they will never exceed [-] people.

Li Shimin, who had already counted the number of defenders in Miyagi, was quite confident about the power he had in his hands at this time.

He looked up and asked where Prince Xin Wenli was on the urn, and Xin Wenli shrank between the battlements and replied that the prince was at Xuanwu Gate.

Li Shimin didn't stay long, and ordered Tang Jian to lead 2 troops to guard the city gate to monitor the city defenders, and left Fang Xuanling with [-] troops outside Chang'an to respond.Twenty miles away from Chang'an City, the general Wang Xuba was asked to lead [-] troops to respond.After Qu Tutong and Yin Kaishan's five thousand elite cavalry entered the city, he brought more than [-] elite cavalry into the city.

He is confident that he will attack the Xuanwu Gate forcefully with dozens of times the force, even if the Xuanwu Gate is as solid as iron, it will be absolutely difficult to defend, defeat Xuanwu, and win the world.

On the upper floor of the Xuanwu Gate, Prince Li Jiancheng had long changed into a military uniform and stood there. On the left side of him were the three most trusted subordinates. Yulou.On the right are Chai Shao, Zhang Gongjin, Ding Yanping, Wang Bochao, Xia Fengchun and other generals.

On the Xuanwu Gate, the imperial guards in blue and gray armor stood densely in several rows. The archers had already placed their quiver beside them, and they could easily draw out their spiked arrows.There was a bed crossbow every fifteen steps. The heavy crossbow with the thickness of a calf had been loaded, the noose had been tightened, and arrows could be rained down just by an order.

Li Jiancheng looked at the many generals around him, and involuntarily glanced at Yong'an Palace.

Chai Shao stood beside Li Jiancheng, he glanced at the prince, and his heart was agitated.Speaking of it, he was unwilling to believe it no matter what, but now that the Tang Dynasty was established, the king of Qin, who grew up alone in the Li family's old house in Longyou, would rush to grab that chair in a hurry.He frowned slightly, thinking of the Taiji Palace behind him, he couldn't help but clenched his fists.

"Wang Bochao, Xia Fengchun."

He tilted his head and ordered in a low voice: "Never leave His Highness the Crown Prince's side for a while!"

"Here!"

Wang Bochao and Xia Fengchun looked at each other seriously.

"coming!"

Zhang Gongjin pointed to a torrent that was pressing down the street ahead and said two words, only to realize that his throat was so sore that he could hardly make a sound.

Iron hooves trampled on the ground, like the roar of war drums.

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Imperial study room

Sandalwood was lit in the room, and the lingering aroma lingered in the air.Although the fragrance is not very strong, it is as clear as it floats in the mind when it penetrates into the nose.The steam from the hot tea on the table exudes a kind of tea fragrance, both of which can calm people down.

Li Yuan leaned on the chair and looked at the stubborn and distressed woman in front of him, and couldn't help but shook his head slowly: "I didn't expect...you would come back at this time. I also didn't expect that it wasn't just you who came back Yes, even he was brought back together."

Holding a cup of hot tea but not taking a sip, Li Huining raised her head and glanced at Li Yuan, then lowered her head again without answering.

"I want to know why he refused to come to see me when he escorted you back to Chang'an? Could it be that he cared so much about that incident 20 years ago? He was just a baby at that time, and he didn't even know that he belonged to me Seed! Since I don’t know, where did such deep hatred come from?”

Li Huining didn't even raise her head this time, and remained silent.

Li Yuan sighed and said: "Forget it, since you are back, he is also back, which means that you still miss me in your heart. Especially him, being able to come back shows that you still have filial piety in your heart. I also understand why he didn't enter. In Chang'an City, it is not for him to intervene in matters between Shimin and Jiancheng. And if he leads troops into the city, I will not allow it."

Li Huining looked at the teacup and said in a low voice, "Anzhi said something to me before I went back to the city."

"what?"

Li Yuan asked.

Li Huining looked at the tea leaves floating on the water, and said with a bitter smile: "He said he brought soldiers, and if there was a serious danger, he would lead the army to attack the city. If... if the situation is still under control, he They will immediately take the navy back to Juyeze."

Li Yuan hummed, his expression didn't change, but the brilliance in his eyes couldn't be concealed from others.

"It's not easy to be able to do this. What's rare is that... he didn't think about it when he was in such a mess. Very good, much better than Shimin."

Hearing him say this, Li Huining suddenly raised her head and said, "What's wrong with Shimin?"

Li Yuan's expression changed and he said angrily: "Intent to kill and usurp the throne, no king and no father, this is not wrong, then tell me what is wrong!"

"Father, you made Shimin become like this!"

Li Huining said something tit for tat, she stared straight into Li Yuan's eyes without a trace of fear: "If you hadn't forced the people to fight with the elder brother, would this situation be like this? Send him to the When I was in Longyou’s hometown, I thought you were wrong, Father, and now it seems that you were even more wrong to bring him back, and using him as a stepping stone for your eldest brother is a big mistake!"

She raised her chin stubbornly and proudly, waiting for the emperor's thunderous wrath.

But she was surprised to find that her father was not angry, but haggard as if he had aged ten years all of a sudden.He leaned back on the chair, and every time Li Huining said something, the pain on his face became more and more intense.When Li Huining uttered the four words Big Mistake, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes but quickly disappeared.

"Ning'er...you don't know how to balance..."

"I only know that you can't kill each other!"

She gritted her teeth and continued to speak words that could pierce Li Yuan's heart, but also pricked her own heart.

"Actually... I have always wanted you brothers and sisters to be kind and love each other. If I don't sit on the dragon chair, if the Li family doesn't turn the family into a country, and if we escape the world and return to the old mansion in Longyou, I will I’m afraid it’s not hard to achieve what you want.”

Li Yuan sat up straight slowly, his tone suddenly changed, and his eyes immediately became awe-inspiring: "But since I sat on the dragon chair, I can't just think about my family, but also the whole world. You said that the people of the world are me. It's forced to be reversed, but have you ever thought that if I don't force him, would he be willing to be the King of Qin?! You can only blame me for being the one who owns the world, and they are my sons!"

Li Yuan stood up, straightened his waist and said: "There is only one person who can inherit my world, and the rest can be erased if you can't obey. I am a father, but I am also an emperor! The two generations of the Yang family And die, my Great Tang will last forever!"

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Chang'an city