Chapter 318: Heaven
One day, we will all die, and only they, the children, will be crowned kings!
At that moment, Shi Qingyi's thinking had stagnated, however, immediately, she told herself that this was not the time to hesitate and evade responsibility, because Li Shimin's mood at this moment was obviously much sadder than her, after all, he not only lost his eldest brother just now, but also subsequently, because of the struggle for power, and almost cut off his eldest brother's bloodline with his own hands, Shi Qingyi could almost imagine that when Li Shimin learned the news, his state of grief and indignation, even, Because of the close relationship between the eldest grandson Wuji and him and Shi Qingyi, Li Shimin couldn't even vent the anger in his heart with the eldest grandson Wuji, so it was very difficult to say what kind of dangerous move he would make at that time.
Shi Qingyi, who was anxious in her heart, couldn't keep her composure, so the next moment, she had already turned around and looked at the Yuwen Imperial Concubine who was looking at her, and without waiting for the other party to speak, she had already hurriedly said to the Yuwen Imperial Concubine:
"Aunt Yuwen! I'm worried about His Royal Highness King Qin right now, so I'll go first! She said, and then, Shi Qingyi couldn't care about others anymore and ran all the way.
This is the first time she has shown her outstanding light skills in front of everyone, if it is usual, it will inevitably cause a huge sensation, but at this moment, where will anyone notice this, Emperor Yuwen is also anxious, and she can't wait to rush back to Li Yuan and Li Shimin, the father and son, but her martial arts are not satisfactory, plus she is old, and her court dress is not easy to walk, so although she is anxious, she can only be helped by a few palace maids, to slowly rush to that side. When I get there, I don't know how much time it will take, so even if I finally get there, I am afraid it won't be of much help.
Emperor Yuwen is like this, but for Shi Qingyi, who has already raised his speed to the limit, it is not the same. It turned out that in order to consider safety before, Shi Qingyi chose this place was quite far away from the palace where Li Yuan and Li Shimin were, even at her wind-like speed at this time, it would take quite some time, not to mention, when the palace maid who reported the news got the news, it would take time to rush all the way, in this way, when the palace maid finally rushed to Shi Qingyi. When I came to tell her the news, a long time had actually passed, and for Shi Qingyi, even if she could rush to Li Shimin in front of her in an instant the next moment, she would actually be unable to stop Li Shimin from making any irrational moves, and no matter what irrational things Li Shimin would do, there was no doubt about it. His actions will inevitably be given to himself. Cause great harm.
That's why Shi Qingyi didn't hesitate to rush there immediately, even if it was too late, he still had to think of ways and try his best to save the ......
Shi Qingyi thought so in her heart at the time, however, when she finally arrived. The situation in front of her was beyond her expectations, Li Shimin did not cause irreparable losses because of the loss of his mind, on the contrary, Li Yuan. Because he saw the tragic death of a group of his grandchildren, he finally understood the cruelty of the coup d'état in front of him, so he finally gave in to Li Shimin and personally issued an edict, allowing Li Shimin to take charge of the military and political power in the entire Chang'an City.
It can be said that it was not until this moment that the coup d'état initiated by Li Shimin, the king of Qin, really came to a complete end. And when Li Yuan finally wrote his edict, whether it was the generals of King Qin, or the frightened palace maids and servants in the palace, and even the faces of the high-ranking officials of the court who were innocently involved in this coup d'état, they all showed a relieved look, but Shi Qingyi clearly saw that Li Shimin, who had clearly become the ultimate victor surrounded by everyone, his face was full of forcible patience, but he could not vent his resentment, perhaps for Li Shimin, He really doesn't have any goals to vent his anger! After all, it was he himself who was the real culprit in the launch of this coup!
Shi Qingyi's heart sank suddenly, because at this moment, she already knew that what she didn't want to happen before had finally happened irrevocably.
Later, in the records of the history books, the behavior of some of the Qin Wangfu will kill the prince and the heir of the prince of Qi without authorization is called the resentment of the Qin Wangfu, so he broke into the East Palace and the Qi Wangfu and killed all the heirs of the two, but in fact, if it is really extremely resentful, then what the eldest grandson Wuji and others did was obviously merciful, in addition to being the boy who could be the heir of the prince and the king of Qi, the crown princess Zheng, the princess Yang of Qi, and all their daughters survived, and at that time, A group of Wenchen under the crown prince gathered in the East Palace, and once fiercely resisted the killing of the prince's heirs by Changsun Wuji and others, and the eldest grandson Wuji and others did not kill them because of this, but tied them all up, and then took them to the palace to hand over to Li Shimin - it is really ironic, after the death of the prince, his group of generals did attack the Xuanwu Gate that had been controlled by the Qin king Li Shimin in order to avenge him, however, the final result was to kill the Tang Emperor Li Yuan appointed to protect the city general Jing Junhong, Lu Shiheng, the losses of the Qin king's family were relatively small, and when the siege failed, these people fled one after another, and even the widows and heirs of the crown prince and the king of Qi were abandoned, leaving them to stay in the city, waiting for the Qin king's subordinates to kill.
Imagine, if these prince's guards could take these people away after the siege failed, or if they didn't choose to attack the palace at all, but led the troops to defend in the East Palace, then the part of the generals under the eldest grandson Wuji alone would never have the courage to attack the East Palace, and Li Shimin never thought of killing the prince's family at all, so this tragedy could have been avoided, in short, all kinds of coincidences, but in the end, this incident still happened.
Compared with the unreliable East Palace and King Qi guards, on the contrary, the ministers under the prince were more loyal and scrupulous, and when the East Palace guards had broken up and fled, these ministers gathered in the East Palace, intending to protect the prince's widow and heirs with their lives, so that they would be served by the eldest grandson Wuji. All of them were trapped and sent to Li Shimin, in fact, the strength of these people themselves is not worth mentioning in front of the eldest grandson Wuji and others, however, the Wenchen of the prince's lineage. In fact, it has a very deep relationship with the Wenchen of the King of Qin, for example, when Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, the leaders of the Wenchen of the Qin Dynasty, were oppressed, it was the Wenchen of the prince's lineage who helped to save his life, and with such a relationship, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was able to assert himself with the acquiescence of the Wenchen lineage before, naturally had to buy a face from the Wenchens, and the participation of the Wenchens could not be lacking in governing the world, and the eldest Sun Wuji also knew that the prince's subordinate Wenchen was actually really talented. Therefore, his subordinates showed mercy and spared their lives.
However, the catastrophe of these prince's ministers was not over, when the eldest grandson Wuji and other generals brought these people to Li Shimin, and at the same time informed Li Shimin of the news that they had killed the prince and the children of the king of Qi, they were caught off guard, and then Li Shimin was instantly furious. Unexpectedly, he lost his mind and ordered the killing of all the arrested princes and ministers, maybe at that time. He just wanted to vent his anger, but more perhaps, he finally discovered that these subordinates he had always trusted so much might not necessarily be completely in line with him. Li Shimin may have known his generals well from the beginning. The generals are unruly, and the head of the relatives, Sun Wuji, has always had a gloomy personality, so he may indeed make moves that he did not expect, however. Wenchen's concealment of him in this incident finally caused the scene that Li Shimin was most unwilling to see at this time, and therefore, at that moment, Li Shimin's thoughts towards the Wenchen led by Fang Xuanling were the most resentful.
Perhaps, this order of his is actually taking revenge on Fang Xuanling and the others: since you acquiesced in the killing of the heirs of the crown prince and the king of Qi by the generals led by the eldest grandson Wuji, then, this time, what qualifications do you have to stop me from killing these friends of yours, but they are my enemies?
And in the face of Li Shimin's order, whether it is Fang Xuanling or the eldest grandson Wuji, these murderers who have personally participated in the slaughter of Prince Qi's heirs, naturally no longer have the courage to block Li Shimin's order, perhaps, after carrying out a necessary massacre, Li Shimin can indeed calm his anger, however, such an approach will make him more self-blame and regret in the future, after all, although Li Shimin has a strong personality, he is not a murderer after all, on the battlefield, In terms of punishment for the enemies who have been defeated, although Li Shimin has also killed many things, however, killing them all is definitely not Li Shimin's style, but at this time, who can come forward to stop Li Shimin's madness? At least, although the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others had already sent people to find Princess Qin, they all knew clearly that it was too late.
Fortunately, at this time, the general Wei Chigong stood up, and Wei Chigong himself did not have much intersection with the ministers on both sides of the crown prince and King Qin, of course he would not stand up just because of pity, and the reason why he chose to stand up at this time was in fact, it was completely for Li Shimin's consideration, because governing the world could not be without these top strategists under the prince, therefore, at this moment, Wei Chigong was completely for Li Shimin's sake.
There is no doubt that at that moment, Wei Chigong was the best person who could stop Li Shimin, first of all, he was Li Shimin's confidant and favorite general, and he had saved Li Shimin many times on the battlefield in distress, because of this, as long as Wei Chigong expressed his clear opposition, even if he was in a rage, Li Shimin had to think about what Wei Chigong said in his heart.
Secondly, in this coup d'état, Wei Chigong has been following the left and right of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and hunted down Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, for him, so he did not participate in the hunting of the crown prince and the heirs of the king of Qi.
In the end, it is a very small number of people can know, it turned out that in all the plans when this coup d'état was not launched, just in case, Li Shimin even made a plan to directly kill Tang Emperor Li Yuan under an extremely unfavorable shape, and this decision, the selected reserve candidate, is Wei Chigong, the crime of killing the father and killing the king, but it is obviously greater than killing the prince's heirs too much, too much, and therefore, When this fierce general and loyal minister who did not hesitate to bear the infamy of the ages for the great cause of Li Shimin finally opened his mouth to Li Shimin to forgive those princes' courtiers, at that moment, the shock to Li Shimin's heart must have been even greater.
It is precisely because he knows that this subordinate has always been loyal to him, and even this time he pleaded for the ministers of the East Palace, it was all for his own consideration, and because of this, Li Shimin finally suppressed his anger and withdrew the order......
The dust has finally settled, this palace coup, compared to the scale, of course, is far from being comparable with any major war experienced by the entire Tang Dynasty before, however, it makes all the people involved in it unforgettable, although this coup d'état at that time affected only three places: the Imperial Palace, the East Palace and the Qi Palace, however, when the matter is over, the influence of this coup d'état on the whole world will be slowly reflected with the passage of time...... (To be continued......)