Chapter 411: The Eve of the Xuanwumen Incident (Part 1)
Li Yuan, who was in a dilemma, returned to Tai Chi Hall and summoned Pei Ji and other prime ministers to ask for advice.
After Li Yuan finished explaining what happened to him and his own analysis, the prime ministers below accused Li Er one after another.
"The prince cannot do that. The Eastern Palace banquet poisoned the King of Qin, which is a way to die together." Feng Deyi, the supporter of Li Jiancheng, even directly called it the King of Qin.
"Your Majesty, you can imagine that if the prince is convicted of it, it is very likely that he will be deposed as the prince. Then, who is the most likely to succeed the prince? Who is the biggest winner in this incident? Whoever benefits the most will be the most suspicious. Both the King of Qin and the King of Qi can benefit later in this matter, but the prince cannot benefit, so the prince cannot poison the King of Qin at all. Whoever benefits the most will be the most suspicious? I believe that this matter was manipulated by the King of Qin and framed the body!" Feng Deyi said and knelt down.
Li Yuan's face was as deep as water after hearing Feng Deyi's words!
His old friend Pei Ji nodded in favor and said slowly: "There is no need for the prince to do this. He has the power to do more than your Majesty, who has the power to do something unfavorable to him in the future, so why should he risk the reputation of killing his brother to do something unfavorable to him in the future?"
After hearing what his old friend Pei Ji said, Li Yuan was completely in a dilemma and didn't know how to deal with it.
In the next few days, Li Yuan seemed to have forgotten this matter and planned to be mixed up with it, but he didn't know that God would not follow his wishes.
On the first day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Wude, the Venus of Taibai appeared in the Wu position in the south of the sky during the day. According to the ancients, this is a symbol of "changing the sky", a sign of the outbreak of revolution or the change of those in power, and it means that a major event is about to happen.
This is an abnormal celestial phenomenon, and the Book of Han. The Astronomy Chronicles said that Taibai sutras the heavens, the world is revolutionized, and the people are reborn. It is said that this celestial phenomenon indicates the change of the throne. In this era, people have inexplicable awe of heaven. Even the emperor only calls himself the son of heaven, and various celestial phenomena are shown as warnings from heaven.
Earthquakes, floods, droughts and various astrological signs have various interpretations, which are warnings from God.
The Taibai Jingtian represents the change of the throne.
"When Taibai sees Qin, the King of Qin will have the world!" When Li Yuan saw the memorial submitted by the officials in the calendar, he was directly confused.
Taishi Ling was an official who was responsible for astronomy and calendar. They had the most professional interpretation of astronomy and astrology. Taibai saw Qin's division, which had already predicted the change of the throne. Now Fu Yi made a secret report and even said that the King of Qin should own the world.
Li Yuan looked at the memorials on the previous tables and felt restless.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was a great chaos, and the rebellion of the world was everywhere, but Li Yuan did not rush to rebel. Until one day, he was designed by the current King of Qin and arranged himself to sleep with the palace maids of Jinyang Palace. Finally, he was forced to get up. The third daughter helped him to pacify Guanzhong. He went south from Taiyuan, and the two armies met in Guanzhong, and entered Chang'an without any effort.
The next year, after Emperor Yang of Sui was killed in Jiangzhou, he abandoned the puppet emperor he established and established himself as emperor, establishing the Tang Dynasty.
Until now, he has been an emperor for less than ten years and has not yet been satisfied with him. Should he give way?
He himself had just passed sixty, and he was now enjoying the glory and wealth of dominance and endless glory. He did not want to give up this throne now. But now it seems that there are people who are not anxious, and the person who is not anxious is not the crown prince, but the King of Qin.
The most aggressive and capable son who is able to lead troops to fight, like the world of Chengtian today, and he has no war to fight, and he has begun to focus on his treasure throne.
The Yang Wengan incident and the East Palace poisoned wine incident, one by one, have shown that this son is eager to wait, and even goes crazy.
He must now make a choice, and then he will suffer endlessly.
If there were no such phenomenon warning, Li Yuan would have hesitated between the prince and the King of Qin, but now he made him make a complete choice.
The crown prince can wait, but the King of Qin cannot wait. The King of Qin not only wants the position of crown prince, but also his own emperor.
When Turkic Yushaishi led tens of thousands of cavalry to station in the south of the Yellow River, breaking into the Great Wall's border, and surrounding Wucheng.
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Li Yuan held a court meeting to discuss resisting the Turks' going south.
"The Turks have now reached the south of the Yellow River, breaking into the Great Wall and surrounding Wucheng. What are your good plans to retreat to the enemy?" Li Yuan asked as he looked at the minister below.
"It would be better for the fourth brother to replace the King of Qin as the governor of various troops to fight against the Turkic invasion. I believe that the fourth brother can definitely defeat the Turks and recover the lost territory." Li Jiancheng said confidently.
Li Yuan thought about it and the King of Qin was directly excluded from the person he believed in. If he led his troops to rebel and counterattack Chang'an, it would be troublesome. Now only King Li Yuanji of Qi can use it, but he was not worried about Li Yuanji's command ability.
"Print an order! Let King Yuanji of Qi be the governor, General Li Yi of Right Martial Guard, and General Zhang Jin of Tianji to rescue Wucheng." "Li Yuan looked at Li Yuanji and said, "Just listen to the two generals in military affairs, and don't just do it alone."
Li Yuanji asked with great righteousness: "My son received the order, but my father, I ask Yuchi Gong, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, Qin Qiong, and the right third army of the Qin Prince's Mansion to go with him."
After hearing Li Yuanji's words, Li Yuan immediately approved the report without any consideration.
He himself also wanted to transfer the Qin King's confidant generals away to prevent them from rushing to escape the wall.
Li Yuan's intentional actions made the prince's ministers cheer, and Li Er's supporters were almost desperate.
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After the court was dispersed, Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng returned to the East Palace together.
Li Jiancheng patted him on the shoulder and smiled and said, "Yuan Ji did a good job this time. As long as he gets rid of his second brother's confidant generals, the world will be our brothers in the future."
"It's natural to have the support of your elder brother." Li Yuanji flattered his elder brother.
"Yuan Ji, you have brought your second brother's brave generals and elite soldiers with tens of thousands of troops to your subordinates. You will go to war in a few days." Li Jiancheng said this and said with a vicious look on his face: "Your second brother and I will go to the Kunming Lake to have you off. At that time, let the soldiers take the opportunity to kill him in the tent. When the father reported to him, he would say that he died of illness. If the father did not believe it, I should ask someone to make a suggestion and force my father to hand over the national affairs to me."
Li Yuanji's eyes showed an undetectable light, and he said respectfully: "Brother, I will listen to you, and I will follow your instructions. I will arrange the manpower myself later to ensure that the second child cannot turn over."
The conversation between the two made Wang Chang, who was hiding outside the bedroom, serve as the leader of the prince in the East Palace, hear clearly. Wang Chang had already been bribed by Li Er. After listening to the two of them's vicious plot, Wang Chang quietly found Li Er and told Li Er. Li Er felt that the matter was urgent, so he immediately found Changsun Wuji, Yuchi Gong and others, and told them the news.
After hearing the situation, Changsun Wuji said immediately without thinking: "Your Highness! It seems that we have to start early this time, so we will take the initiative."
Li Er sighed and said, "The tragedy of flesh and blood is a great sin from ancient times to the present. Of course, I know that disaster is coming, but I plan to attack them with righteousness after the disaster happens. Wouldn't that be better?"
Yuchi Gong was moved and said, "As family affection, is there anyone who can give up to death! Now everyone swears to serve His Highness to the death. This opportunity is given by God. Seeing that the disaster is about to happen, Your Highness is still calm and not worried. Even if Your Highness looks down on himself, how can he be worthy of the country of the ancestors and ancestral temples!" Yuchi Gong said slowly, "If Your Highness refuses to adopt our proposal, for the safety of our whole family, I plan to escape from the wilderness and we will not stay with the King of Qin in the future. I, Yuchi Gong, cannot be slaughtered by others!"
Changsun Wuji sighed and said, "If Your Highness refuses to obey General Yuchi's advice, things will definitely develop towards unfavorable places. General Yuchi Gong and others will definitely not follow Your Highness anymore. For the safety of the whole family, I should follow them away from Your Highness and will not be able to serve Your Highness again."
When Li Er heard them leaving him, he lowered his head and sighed helplessly: "I can't give up the opinions I have expressed. Please discuss them again!"
Yuchi Gong rushed to say, "Your Highness is hesitant to deal with things now. This is an unwise approach; when facing danger, you cannot make decisions, which is a manifestation of indecisiveness."
Yuchi Gong paused and said, "Besides, the more than 800 warriors raised by Your Highness usually have, as long as you enter the palace, as long as you let them wear armor and send weapons, the situation of the uprising has been formed. How can Your Highness stop it?"
After listening to it, Li Er looked at the other staff members to see if they had any opinions.
Fang Xuanling stood up and said coldly: "The King of Qi is vicious and perverse, and he is unwilling to serve the prince after all. Recently, I heard that the guardian Xue Shi once said to the King of Qi: "The name of King of Qi can be combined into a word of Tang. King of Qi, you must dominate the Tang Dynasty after all."
Speaking of this, Fang Xuanling looked at the King of Qin and said, "The King of Qi happily said that as long as it can be removed from the King of Qin and seized the position of Prince of the Eastern Palace, it will be easy."
Changsun Wuji had a ridiculous look on his face and said, "Haha! I didn't expect that King Qi had such great ambitions. He had already had the intention to seize the position of the prince before he had succeeded in planning a rebellion with the prince. He was not satisfied with the rebellion, so what could he do? If these two people got what they wanted, I am afraid the world would no longer belong to the Tang Dynasty."
However, Li Er had a heavy look on his face, and he nodded slowly, admitting what they said.
Changsun Wuji clasped his fists at Li Er again and said, "With your highness's wiseness, capturing these two people is as easy as picking up grass on the ground. How can you forget the major affairs of the country and the country in order to keep the moral integrity of ordinary people!"
Li Er shook his lips, shook his head again, and said, "It's not as easy as you said. We still have too few people to control now. If you secretly enter the palace to hide, you will be wasted if you are not careful..."
(The second update is over, and it will be updated here today. See you tomorrow, friends.)
Chapter completed!