Chapter 721: The people forced the palace, and Li Yuan broke off

Since ancient times, no matter which dynasty has suffered a major natural disaster, or a major military defeat, or a dynasty is unstable...... If no one is really responsible, then the emperor can only issue the "Guilty Edict", take all the responsibility on himself, and apologize to the people of the world, but until the last resort, no emperor is willing to take this step, because as soon as the "Guilty Edict" is issued, it will seriously affect the image of the emperor, and the majesty of the emperor will be trampled on the ground.

The Li Tang Dynasty is no exception now, since Li Yuan ascended the throne, they suffered major defeats in a row, first failed to merge the state, and then were forced to withdraw from Guanzhong, and last year, the Tang army in the Eastern Expedition was the first big victory, and then the fiasco, not to mention all the land gained, not to mention, even Xiyang and Nanyang were lost, if the Sui army did not stop, I am afraid that even Xiangyang was lost, and now even the 30,000 lone rebels have annihilated their hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

One fiasco after another made the Tang Dynasty full of pessimism, although Li Yuan expanded the number of the Beizhen Army, but in order to appease the people, he first shrank the number of the Beizhen Army to 20,000, but now it is said to be 50,000, everyone is not stupid, how can you believe this self-contradiction? What's more, the Beizhen Army is galloping across Xiangyang County, and there are not many people who know the specific number, and they can't deceive people by cheating.

The officials in the court were also full of pessimism, and some officials saw that the upright dynasty could not even defeat the rebels outside the imperial capital, and they repeatedly cheated, and left in disappointment. The huge pressure made Li Yuan fall ill, and this illness was a full three days.

Just as he was about to convene his ministers to discuss, a vigorous demonstration broke out that night.

A torch under the night sky, like a firefly, towards the south gate of Taiji Palace, every corner of the square in front of the door is full of people, and people come slowly like locusts, these people holding the spirit card, are the families of the Tang Army soldiers who died in Gucheng, they asked the court to severely punish the incompetent Li Shimin, and also killed the soldiers a justice, a statement. This cry in front of the palace, no one organized it, and no one agitated behind it, it was purely voluntary for the families of the fallen soldiers.

They wept and sang mourning songs, each voice hid the pain and sorrow of the deceased loved ones, making people feel creepy, and occasionally people squeezed to the ground, and soon the surging crowd trampled into mud, that sound of mourning and sorrow, so that the Tang soldiers on the palace wall were full of panic and uneasiness in their hearts, they claimed to be the most elite warriors of the Tang Dynasty, but tonight, they felt fear for the first time......

At this moment, although the families of these bare-handed soldiers, some old and young, and skinny, even the most fierce and brutal Wu Chuanwei were frightened and did not dare to make a move, but those eyes full of death made them unspeakably cold.

The sound of crying spirits moved the sky, and it was clearly audible in the depths of the inner palace. The mournful sound composed of bursts of cries and death knells made the Venus in front of Li Yuan's eyes rush straight to his head one after another.

It's just a matter of crying and mourning, but the key is that during the day, news came from the Anyang County garrison that there was a large-scale escape in the barracks.

And this sudden storm came very violently, so violent that Li Yuan did not dare to use the army to suppress it, and really wanted to suppress more than 100,000 martyrs' families by bloody means, I am afraid that the palace soldiers would be the first to rise up against him Li Yuan, which can be seen from the palace wall soldiers let their families force them to the city, it can be seen that they have the compassion of rabbits and foxes, sympathize with these people, and are afraid that they will one day be led to death by the incompetent generals, and they are also afraid that after dying in battle, they will not get the slightest explanation or comfort, so that their old parents, widows and children will starve to death and freeze to death.

Li Yuan also knew that the people outside the palace were not only the families of the soldiers who died in Gucheng, but also the families of the soldiers who died in the battle of the Eastern Crusade, because he did not issue pensions when Li Yuan's treasury was empty, and did not properly settle the families of the soldiers, and when he had money and food in hand, and because Jingbei was about to become the land of the Sui Dynasty, he did not want to distribute it, but the families of the soldiers could not survive, so when someone took the lead, many countless grievances were suppressed, and they broke out at the same time on this day. If it can't meet the reasonable demands of the soldiers' families, I'm afraid that the 'Taiji Palace Change' will be staged immediately tonight.

Li Yuan sat on the throne, his lips trembled, but he couldn't say a word, if Li Shimin was still in Xiangyang at this time, he would definitely cut off his head with his own hands in front of everyone to thank the world. However, Li Shimin has already fled, and he has also issued a formal order to punish Li Shimin before, and now even if Li Shimin is dismissed as a citizen and Li Shimin is killed, these people outside the city will think that he is unwilling and insincere, and he will not be able to solve the problem at all.

Could it be that he issued the "Edict of Guilt" and admitted that he was protecting the rebel? As soon as he thought of this, Li Yuan's face turned pale.

Yu issued an edict to sin himself, because he saw the person who committed the crime, he cried sadly, asked the reason left and right, Yu said: "When Yao Shun, the people are all with the heart of Yao Shun, and to be the king, the people each with their heart as their heart, is to pain."

Shang Tang issued an edict to sin himself in order to appease the people, "The remaining one person is guilty of ten thousand people, and the remaining one person is guilty." ”

King Zhou Cheng issued an edict to punish himself, which was "to punish him, and to kill the troubles".

And what about yourself? Was he forced by a group of people to have to issue an edict to punish himself?? However, Li Yuan also knew that if he did not give a satisfactory explanation to the families of the fallen soldiers and the army, then the phenomenon of soldiers fleeing would sweep the whole army, and eventually end up with a lot of rebellion and family separation.

He locked himself in the imperial study, refused to see anyone, and pondered all night, until the next morning, he could barely think of a general statute, and then he fell into a stupor.

At dusk, Li Yuan finally pushed open the door of the imperial study, stopped under an old locust tree in front of the door, after the rain, the breeze mixed with the fragrance of plants and trees came to his face, the eunuch at the door hurriedly bowed to the emperor, and Li Yuan, who looked indifferent, asked coldly: "Are those people outside the palace still there?" ”

"Walked partially." The eunuch hurriedly replied.

"Peacefully, it's still there?"

"Yes, the saint, these people have been crying outside the palace and have not left, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is forced to set up porridge relief in the name of the imperial court." The eunuch glanced at Li Yuan cautiously.

"And then?"

The eunuch bowed his head and said: "No one accepts His Highness's kindness, they just ask the court to give justice, and distribute the prescribed bereavement pension in full." ”

"Convene the ministers to discuss the matter." Li Yuan said coldly.

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When the ministers heard that the emperor had summoned, they hurried from the back door and side door and gathered in front of the Wude Palace.

I saw Li Yuan standing in front of the palace gate, closing his eyes and recuperating like a master, and everyone couldn't help muttering in their hearts: "Could it be that the saint is disheartened and wants to follow Xiao Yan and abdicate as a monk?" ”

As if hearing the voices of many civil and military people, Li Yuan finally opened his eyes, glanced at everyone lightly, and said, "I have summoned you to come here, and there are four things to announce:

1. I did not replace the mediocre and incompetent Yelang King in time, which led to the fiasco of Gucheng, so I wanted to issue an "Edict of Guilt", apologize to the families of all the fallen soldiers, and distribute pensions one by one in accordance with the rules, and cut off all positions and titles of Li Shimin in the same place, and demoted him to a commoner, and the crimes he committed will be liquidated one by one in Yizhou.

Second, the capital of Chengdu Mansion, ten days later, the officials of the court moved the capital with the accompaniment, Zhao Cijing was Jing Zhaoyin, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, was the general, in charge of Shu County, Xincheng, and Suining military; Li Sixing was the general of the left guard, and Dou Fengjie was the general of the right guard, and he was in charge of the forbidden army.

3. Set up the Yinping Governor's Mansion, govern the military and political affairs of the five counties of Pingwu, Yicheng, Wenshan, Jinshan, and Pu'an, and seal Dou Liang as the Tai Lieutenant and Shangzhu State, and the Metropolitan Governor of Yinping Dao, and seal Tang Jian as the Governor of the Governor's Mansion and Li Xizhi as the Governor of the Governor's Mansion; Set up the Badong Governor's Mansion, govern the military and political affairs of Badong, Fangling, Western Regions, and Tongchuan, and named Li Xiaogong as King Jing and the Governor of Badong, and Gao Shilian as the Governor of the Governor's Mansion and Chai Shao as the Governor's Sima; Set up the Brazilian Metropolitan Governor's Office, govern the military and political affairs of the four counties of Brazil, Tangqu, Qinghua and Fuling, and seal the chief Sun Shunde as the metropolitan governor, Wu Shiyi as the governor of the governor's mansion, and Li Gaoqian as the governor of the governor's palace.

Fourth, I want the Zen prince Li Jiancheng.... ”

'Boom'

There was an uproar outside the main hall.

Everyone was taken aback by the emperor's mouth, 'I want to be the prince of Zen Li Jiancheng'.

The founding emperor of the Li Tang Dynasty actually wanted to give up the throne to the crown prince? And at the moment when the people surrounded the palace, what kind of deep meaning does this contain?

Some simple-minded courtiers can't figure it out, and they don't want to think about it at all, their hearts are as refreshing as drinking chilled grapes on dog days, and they are happy, hoping that this is not fake, and I hope that Li Jiancheng may really inherit the throne.

In the final analysis, everyone was still very disappointed in Li Yuan.

At the time of the division of the heroes, the Tang Dynasty was the first in the world, and its strength was overwhelming, it was Yang Dong who was outside the territory, and its comprehensive national strength was far inferior to the Tang Dynasty presided over by the Long nobles, the Kwantung clan, and the southern wealthy clans, but in a short period of time, the once unparalleled Tang Dynasty continued to fail miserably and constantly lose its territory.

The real reason is not that Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and other generals are incompetent, but that Li Yuan intervened too deeply in the military campaign, and it is good to say that he planned the overall situation of the war and formulated the battle plan with his confidants, but he was far away in the imperial capital, but he interfered in all the details of the war, and required the generals in the front to meticulously implement the established plan, otherwise he would be severely punished; make the generals in front like a puppet, knowing that they are wrong, they can only copy the battle plan to fight; Even if it is a temporary revision, it must be reported to the imperial court, and it can only be implemented with Li Yuan's approval. However, back and forth, the transmission of information between and from one can be two or three days at a time, and half a month at a slower rate, but the changes on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and when Li Yuan approves it in the imperial capital, the war may have ended. In fact, Li Yuan not only interfered too deeply in the military, but he also had many, many other problems, such as focusing on letting the clan take over the military power, while the good war generals did not have the opportunity to give full play to their talents and promotions, and so on......

Li Yuan can not deal with anyone except for being able to pinch soft peaches like Liang Shidu, Zhu Cang and Xiao Miao, not to mention Yang Tong, that is, Xue Judu almost killed Daxing City, and failed again and again, resulting in the burial of the good situation.

The Guanlong aristocracy changed from a hero of the Tang Dynasty to an anti-Tang pioneer, isn't it still Li Yuan who is disappointing and chilling?

All these problems are actually open secrets, if Li Yuan really gives Li Jiancheng the divine position, it will be the luck of the Tang Dynasty and the blessing of the people.

At this moment, a man came out of the column and cried out, "Why is this so, the Holy One! Gou Jian still has the courage to make a comeback; Wang Mang usurped the throne, and Guangwu Liu Xiu also stepped forward; At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were also Liu Bei's revival of the Han family. Although the vitality of my Tang Dynasty is greatly damaged, the soldiers are still loyal to the saint, and there are still millions of subjects in Shu, as long as the monarchs and ministers are united and prosperous...... The recovery of Jingzhou, Yongzhou and Merge is also unknown. Can you be cold and discouraged by a momentary setback? Although Gucheng is defeated, the saint is still the optimus pillar of my Tang Dynasty, if the saint goes to the throne, my Tang Dynasty may completely collapse, the saint thinks twice! Think twice!! ”

Speaking of the sore spots, this person took off the crown, bowed to the ground, and shouted in his mouth: "The minister invites the saint to take back his life to save the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Many courtiers looked at it intently, and found that this person was Pei Lone, this Pei Lone's other skills were not a little, but the whiskers and horses were unsurpassed, and he was so stirred up, many courtiers also reacted in hindsight, and they all took off their hats and bowed down in the stagnant water, and shouted earnestly: "The ministers ask the saint to take back the fulfillment to save the Tang Dynasty!" ”

"The ministers ask the saint to take back the fulfillment to save the Tang ......"

"The ministers ask the saint to take back the fulfillment to save the Tang ......"

"Holy think twice! The Tang Dynasty has fallen to this point, not because of the saint's fault, but because Yang Tong is too treacherous. ”

"The saint's heart for the country and the people is sincere, if it weren't for Yelang, uh, the Guanlong nobles got in the way, causing our army to be defeated repeatedly and losing countless strengths, why would I be here?"

"Yes, the saint, the saint is right, the wrong is the Guanlong nobles who are in the enemy and outside, and the wrong is the sinister and cunning Yang Tong Xiaoer......"

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Speaking of which, many courtiers probably even believed that 'it's not that Li Yuan is incompetent, it's just that Yang Tong is too cunning'. So everyone was crying, and the atmosphere was inexplicably sad, as if it was a dragon funeral.

Everyone is like this, Li Jiancheng, who has insight into all the thoughts of his father, has to kneel down with the tide and try to squeeze out tears to show his loyalty and filial piety.

But Emperor Li Yuan looked at it expressionlessly, as if he was watching a farce that had nothing to do with him.

Everyone howled and cried for a long time, and found that the emperor had never said anything, and one by two began to feel weak, and the cry slowly became silent. But there are also some people who are too deep in the play and can't hold back their energy for a while, although they stopped crying, they still sobbed and sobbed like rain.

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