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Chapter 805 Xuanwu Gate

Li Tang's imperial palace is called Da Nei, which is the Daxing Palace originally built in the former Sui Dynasty.

After Li Yuan took over, it was renamed Taiji Palace, and the common people and Chang'an officials and common people also called it Jingda Nei.

There are ten gates on all sides of the Taiji Palace wall.There are five gates in the south, and Chengtian Gate in the middle.There is a door to the east.Two doors to the west.

There are two gates in the north, of which the Xuanwu Gate is slightly west of the middle, and the Anli Gate is to the east.Since Tai Chi Palace is located at the northernmost end of Chang'an City, the north wall of the palace city is the outer wall of Chang'an City.

Because the Xuanwu Gate and Anli Gate in the north are also the north gate of Chang'an City, they are located on the slope of Longshou Yuan, and the terrain is relatively high. From the Xuanwu Gate, you can overlook the entire Taiji Palace.

So occupying the Xuanwu Gate is like occupying the Taiji Palace.The defense of Xuanwu Gate and Anli Gate is the most important thing in the protection of the palace.

Li Yuan's royal driver returned to Chang'an from Lishan Hot Spring Palace.Yu Jia and his party did not return to Chang'an, but went straight to the palace city through the West Inner Garden and Xuanwu Gate.First enter the sleeping hall, and then go to the Taiji hall to convene the ministers to discuss matters.

The accompanying 5000 troops were led by General Jing Junhong of the Beiya Forbidden Army, led by Lu Shiheng.

Although he didn't take special precautions, Li Tang made the most comprehensive arrangements for the emperor's travel and work. For example, Xi Neiyuan is Li Yuan's most trusted Beiya Forbidden Army station. Yuan Cong's Forbidden Army belonged to Li Tang's most loyal and most effective troops.

The Beiya Forbidden Army was stationed near the Xuanwu Gate. After arriving at Daxing Palace, Li Yuan mobilized the Nanya Forbidden Army stationed in the south of the palace. This team was selected from the twelve guards. The two forbidden troops, one south and one north, ensured the absolute safety of Li Yuan.

However, not all the Nanya Forbidden Army are outside the palace. Those who are responsible for guarding the palace gates are also the Nanya Forbidden Army, and those who act as palace guards are the left and right Qianniu Guards in the Nanya Forbidden Army.

Today, the person stationed at Xuanwumen is Chang He, the official of the Nanya Forbidden Army, who is the general of Zuo Tun Wei Zhonglang.Chang He was originally from the Wagang Army, and defeated Zhang Xutuo with Li Mi.Near the Xuanwu Gate, there are Beiya Forbidden Army stationed, while the guard of Xuanwu Gate is the Nanya Forbidden Army. The two sides supervise each other to ensure that Xuanwu Gate is safe.

Li Yuan had a little understanding of these things, and he didn't really care about them. How he wanted to deal with the conflict between the Prince Qin and the Prince was the major issue, not his own safety on the way back to Tai Chi Palace.Since the news of Yang Wengan's incident, the crown prince in the capital, the King of Qin and the two parties attacked each other, and memorials of impeachment flew like snowflakes.

The prince's party criticized the king of Qin's self-respect for his supporters and plotted against him. This time, following what Yang Wen did, he bought the guards of the East Palace to frame the prince.

Those who came to help the crown prince included Li Yuanji, King of Qi, and Li Yuan's harem concubines who interceded for Li Jiancheng in turn.Headed by Pei Ji, many court officials spoke for Li Jiancheng.

Li Yuan understands why Li Jiancheng has so many people supporting him. He has been the prince for many years and has the power to oversee the country. Besides, although this son is a bit cautious, he is still a good man and will not easily use his power to suppress others.

Therefore, civil officials still hope that Li Jiancheng will inherit the throne.

As for the memorials attacking Li Jiancheng, most of them belonged to the King of Qin's party who were clearly labeled as Tiance Mansion, such as Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, etc. Needless to say.

They all advised Li Yuan to take advantage of Yang Wen's rebellion to abolish the crown prince and make King Qin the heir apparent.Even the Taishi ordered Fu Yi to use today's celestial phenomena to offer prophecy to Li Yuan, saying that Taibai will see the Qin Dynasty, and the King of Qin will rule the world.

Even Li Shimin himself criticized the prince for promiscuity in the harem, discord with his brothers, and persecuted himself many times.

Li Yuan kept all these memorials, and he learned a lot of clues through the intelligence network in his hands.

First of all, Wang Yan, who held the position of Gengcheng in the East Palace, was taken to Dali Temple half a month ago. After being interrogated, he learned that the other party had been bought by the King of Qin and became King Qin's eyeliner in the East Palace, sending countless news about the East Palace to King Qin.

In addition, according to the other party's confession, King Qin's eyeliner in the East Palace is far more than him alone.

After Yang Wen's defeat, Wei Ting and Prince Sheren Xu Shimo persuaded Li Jiancheng to occupy the capital and raise troops.Zhan Shizhu Zhao Hongzhi persuaded him to remove the prince's driving uniform, remove the entourage, and go to himself to confess his guilt.

In the end, Qiao Gongshan turned himself in strangely, so Li Jiancheng chose the latter approach.

Li Yuan is a discerning person, and he can see that someone is obviously setting up a trick to make Li Jiancheng jump into it.

Who is Wei Ting? The Wei family, as a prominent family in the Guanlong clan, has already taken refuge in Li Shimin.

Li Shimin has married two women from the Wei family as concubines, the news is known throughout Chang'an, yet Li Jiancheng still trusts Wei Ting so much.

Li Yuan is clear about the tempers of the two sons. Judging from Li Jiancheng's character and his embarrassment when he entered the hot spring palace, Li Yuan judged that it was absolutely impossible for Li Jiancheng to rebel.

Therefore, someone must have framed him in this matter. As for who, Li Yuan didn't want to think about it. He would rather blame Yang Wengan than think about it.

Regarding Yang Wenqian, the governor of Gyeongju who was at the forefront of this matter, Li Yuan had sent General Qian Jiulong of Zuowuwei and Governor Yang Shidao of Lingzhou to lead two troops to approach Yang Wengan.

Yang Wenqian surrendered if he knew the way, and if he didn't know the way, he would only be destroyed.

After dealing with these foreign affairs, he was exhausted physically and mentally. He returned to Tai Chi Palace this time and summoned Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Feng Deyi, Dou Dan, Yan Shigu and others, just to clarify the matter in front of the ministers, while admonishing King Qin, you can only take what I give you, and you can’t grab what I don’t give you, and you can’t even think about it. On the other hand, you can comfort the prince. He must have suffered so much from being pushed so hard by King Qin these few years.

Li Yuan thought to himself, since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the most powerful people in the world have made the rules and delineated the latitude and longitude.And the order of seniority is the rule, it can't be chaotic, even if King Qin is ten times better than the prince, he can't change this rule, this is the iron law.

If everyone has the strength and wants to re-establish the rules, then there will be no chaos in this world.Didn't Yang Guang in the previous dynasty think that he was ten times smarter than Yang Yong, but so what, Da Sui was ruined by his cleverness.

Li Yuan thought so, the chariot and horse had already entered Xiyuan, and under the protection of the Beiya Imperial Army, his chariot slowly drove to Xuanwu Gate.

The gate of the palace had already been opened wide, and was waiting for the emperor of Tang Dynasty and his party.
Changchang Tianzi Yijia, Huben soldiers opened the way in front, and a general on the side of the road shouted loudly: "The last general Zuo Tun Wei Zhonglang will often pay homage to the emperor!"Long live my emperor, long live, long live! '

Li Yuan knew the name Chang He, but he was just an insignificant person. Tai Chi Palace had ten gates, and each gate was guarded by a guard. It was rare for Li Yuan to have heard the name.

So the name Chang He just passed by Li Yuan's ears.

PS: The new year is here, and it will be a new year soon. This book will end at the beginning of the new year.

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