Emperor Li Shi was restored, re-ascended the throne, the news spread quickly, and immediately shocked the world, although the court officials were intimidated by Li Shi's power, most of them remained silent, but the families of other states criticized Li Shi for being greedy for the throne and the throne was not right.

Even the Hebei Domain and the Central Plains Domain, which were ostensibly loyal to the Chengdu Imperial Court, issued statements one after another, strongly criticizing Li Shi for launching a palace coup and improper accession to the throne, and refusing to recognize Li Shi's restoration.

However, the high-profile Guo Song remained silent, neither expressing support for Li Shi nor criticizing Li Shi's reinstatement.

Chang'an Xingqing Palace, Zhu Jun received a letter from his brother Zhu Tao, in which Zhu Tao strongly asked his brother to ascend the throne, Li Shi's restoration is a rare opportunity in a century, if you give up this opportunity, I am afraid there will be no time in the future.

This letter brought a huge shock to Zhu Zhu, in fact, he has been thinking about ascending the throne during this time, before he has been thinking about unifying the world and then ascending the throne, but Guo Song captured Hedong and defeated the Northern Tang Army in Yuxiang County, which seriously hit Zhu Jun's confidence, and his belief in unifying the world began to waver, followed by his eagerness to ascend the throne.

Thinking of Ruizhao two years ago, the jade tablet from a hundred years ago, the representative of the Tang Dynasty was the Zhu family, which was obviously the will of heaven, but he suspected that it was forgery, which was too undeserved.

In fact, it is not wrong for Guo Song to bury the jade tablet, and the person who replaced the Tang Dynasty in history is indeed the Zhu family, but it is Zhu Wen, not Zhu Zhu.

He is eager to ascend the throne, but he can't make up his mind, he also knows that now is a once-in-a-century opportunity, but he doesn't dare to reach out to grab it, for the sake of ascending the throne, Zhu Zhu has been restless in the past few days.

At noon that day, Zhu Jun was distraught, so he paced alone in the back garden, and walked to a rockery, but heard a palace maid crying 'woo', and another palace maid next to her was whispering to persuade her.

"People can't be resurrected after death, it's useless for you to cry, and besides, your mother has been in poor health, and her death should be expected."

"I'm not crying for my mother's death, but my mother has never worn silk clothes in her life, her biggest wish is to wear silk clothes once, I obviously have silk clothes here, always for various reasons did not send back to my hometown, now my mother has died, the only regret is that I did not wear silk clothes, I regret it! Why didn't I send it back sooner? ”

The palace maid's cry sounded in Zhu Jun's ears like thunder, isn't it the same for herself? I can't always make up my mind whether to ascend the throne or not, and when I don't have a chance in the future, I'm afraid I won't regret it.

At this moment, Zhu Jun woke up like a dream, he resolutely turned around and walked quickly towards the Qinzheng Palace, he made up his mind, he couldn't hesitate anymore, God gave him the opportunity, if he didn't seize it, he would definitely regret it like the palace maid in the future.

When he returned to the Qinzheng Palace, Zhu Jun immediately asked Liu Sigu to be found, and sent people to summon the left and right ministers Guoyuan Xiu, Yao Lingyan and the prince Zhu Sui, as well as the general Zhang Guangsheng, who also sent people to find them.

Liu Sigu lived in Xingqing Palace, and he was the first to rush to the main hall.

"Captain, is there anything important?"

Zhu Jun handed him the letter from his brother Zhu Tao, "Sir, take a look at this letter first?" ”

After reading the letter, Liu Sigu was secretly surprised in his heart, Zhu Tao was also against his brother's accession to the throne, but now he has changed his position, Liu Sigu knows Zhu Jun, I am afraid that Zhu Jun will be moved by his brother nine times out of ten, so he will come to him.

He pondered for a moment and said: "The humble position is to support the Taiwei to ascend the throne, and it is the same as His Royal Highness King Ji, but I think the time is a little later [Doudou]. ”

"Sir, still stick to the original position, and only think that the time is ripe after the unification of Hebei, Hedong and the Central Plains?"

Liu Sigu nodded, "Exactly!" ”

"Sir, do you think we can defeat Guo Song and recapture Hedong?"

Only then did Liu Sigu understand that what really made Zhu Jun change his mentality was probably the incident of Guo Song's seizure of Hedong, which shook his confidence.

But Liu Sigu also had to admit that Guo Song was indeed like a big mountain, horizontal in front of them, and it was too difficult to move this big mountain, so he was silent for a long time and said: "It will take time to defeat Guo Song and capture Hedong." ”

"Humph! How long will it take, ten or twenty years, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for the day I die! ”

"Why should the captain be in a hurry?" Liu Sigu sighed and persuaded.

Zhu Jun shook his head, "I've been waiting for four years, I've been waiting patiently, there was a sign of heaven the year before last, I gave up, and now Li Shi has been restored, and the opportunity has come again, if I don't seize the opportunity, I will definitely regret it in the future, please understand my decision." ”

Zhu Jun said categorically, he was no longer so hesitant, Liu Sigu had to take a step back, "Taiwei really made up his mind?" ”

"I've made up my mind!"

"Oh well! No matter what kind of decision the captain makes, he will resolutely support it. ”

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After a while, the other four people hurried to the Qinzheng Palace, and they were all a little surprised, the Taiwei actually summoned them with a gold medal, and this was the first time.

The four of them came to salute one after another, and Zhu Jun just waved his hand and asked them to sit down as if he was an old monk.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Jun opened his eyes and said slowly: "I thought about it for five whole days, and finally made up my mind, I decided to establish Sheji, please don't stop it, and help me establish a new dynasty." ”

The eyes of the four of them all looked at Liu Sigu, and Liu Sigu shook his head with a wry smile, indicating that he had no choice.

Yao Lingyan said cautiously: "Taiwei is already the actual male master, everyone in the world knows it, so why take the risk to take that step?" ”

Zhu Jun glared at him fiercely, "There is no loss to your interests, of course you don't take it seriously, have you considered my interests?" ”

Yao Lingyan saw that Taiwei was angry, he lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything, Yuan Xiu had already seen Zhu Zhu's determination, and even Liu Sigu couldn't persuade him, so he didn't have to bother with this tongue.

He thought for a while and said: "Taiwei will ascend the throne sooner or later, and there is nothing wrong with ascending the throne now, it just so happens that the Southern Tang Society is unstable, it is indeed an opportunity, and the humble position is also supported, but we need to be thoughtful and well-prepared." ”

"How long are you going to prepare, five, ten, or twenty?" Zhu Jun's anger was almost uncontrollable.

Yuan Xiu hurriedly said in fright: "Don't take that long, two or three months is enough." ”

Zhu Jun's anger calmed down a little, and he said: "Two or three months is too long, at most one month, Yuan Xiangguo, I will leave this matter to you." ”

"Obey the order!"

Seeing that Zhang Guangsheng never said a word, Zhu Jun asked dissatisfiedly: "Why didn't the general express his position, don't you support it?" ”

Zhang Guangsheng sighed in his heart, so he had to bow down and say: "How dare you not support your humble position, if you don't oppose it, you will support it!" ”

"You can talk!"

Zhu Jun stood up and said: "From now on, Yuan Xiangguo is the leader, Yao Xiangguo and the general are assisted, I will give you a month, and you must get this matter done!"

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The three of them said goodbye and left, but Zhu Zhu left the prince Zhu Sui and the military advisor Liu Sigu behind, Zhu Zhu took two steps and said: "I still need to discuss with you about something, once I ascend the throne, how to deal with the abolished emperor Li?" Second, what to do with the Li royal family under house arrest in Chang'an? ”

The prince Zhu Sui said: "Li only must not stay, he has enjoyed all the glory and wealth in the past few years, and he has no regrets when he dies, as for the royal family who stayed in Chang'an, it is estimated that not many people pay attention to them, and the child suggested that they all be killed secretly, in order to eliminate future troubles, and do not admit the existence of these people to the outside world." ”

"What about the advisor's opinion?" Zhu Jun asked Liu Sigu again.

Liu Sigu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then he said unhurriedly: "The opinion of the humble position is actually the opposite of the prince, Li can only be killed for the time being, we need him to give up the imperial throne to the Taiwei, the Taiwei can make him an Anle Gong, put him under house arrest, and wait for a year, no one will pay attention to him, and then announce that he died of excessive drinking, and no one will say anything."

As for the royal family of Chang'an, if there is no Chengdu Southern Tang, I am also in favor of killing them all and cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, but since there is Chengdu Southern Tang, there is no point in killing these royal families, Taiwei is not as good as being benevolent and righteous on the surface, and send them out of the country, at least the people of the world can't scold Taiwei for being cruel, and after conquering Chengdu in the future, it is not too late to cut them down and eradicate them! ”

Zhu Jun took a few steps with his hand in his hand, nodded and said, "The military advisor has a point, so it's decided." ”