Chapter 231: Shocking Xuanwu Gate
At this time in the East Palace, Li Jiancheng secretly summoned his confidants to come to the palace to discuss matters, Li Jiancheng secretly returned to Chang'an, so everything was carried out in secret, Chang He was also there, Li Jiancheng did not find out that he had secretly defected to Li Shimin, and it was precisely because of this that Liu Wenjing would know that Li Jiancheng had secretly returned to Chang'an, so he could inform Li Shimin.
"Where is Li Shimin now?" Li Jiancheng asked.
"Back to the prince, Li Shi's militia defeated Hongnong Palace and has retreated to Tongguan to garrison, and Zhang Liang, the squire of the military department, suppressed the matter, so His Majesty does not know about it." Xu Shimo, the prince's housekeeper, said.
"Oh~ He Li Shimin was also defeated, isn't he known as undefeated? Hum! Feng Shilang, please join him Li Shimin when you go to court! Li Jiancheng finally caught Li Shimin's handle, and of course, the news of his defeat was also blocked by the people he had planted in the military department.
"Yes!" Feng Deyi bowed down and replied, he is now a member of the Inner History Society, and if he participates in Li Shimin's book, it will be very heavy, of course, how does he, an Inner History Scholar, know things that even Li Yuan does not know, this is something he needs to consider.
"Yu Wenying, you go and unite with Yang Wengan and let him wait for the news of Lonely! Chang He, you keep an eye on every move in the city for me, Li Shimin is so cunning, he will definitely have a lot of people in Chang'an, they may know any movement in Chang'an, so Li Shimin may also smell the smell and rush back, as long as he finds Li Shimin's trace, he will report immediately! ”
"Da Zhi, you lead the Changlin Army to stand by at any time!" Li Jiancheng instructed his henchmen one by one, the reason why he did not launch a mutiny now was because Li Shimin was not in the city, and leaving Li Shimin would be a disaster sooner or later, because Li Shimin now has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and those generals on the northern front are all inclined to Li Shimin, and if Li Shimin raises his arms at that time, even if he has Chang'an, it will be difficult to sit on the throne, so Li Shimin will not do it if he does not return to Chang'an, and let Feng Deyi join Li Shimin, so that Li Yuan will recall Li Shimin back to Chang'an, then his opportunity will come.
"Yuanji, the imperial brother needs your help!" Li Jiancheng patted Li Yuanji on the shoulder.
"Please rest assured, Brother Huang, I will kill him with my own hands!" Li Yuanji said that he was also covered by Li Shimin, and he couldn't hold Jinyang Compared with Li Shimin's capture of half of the country for the Tang Dynasty, he naturally became a laughing stock in the eyes of others, and of course he hated Li Shimin.
"Because of this important matter, you will secretly send your family members to the outside of the city for resettlement, if it succeeds, then you will all be from the dragon ministers, Lone will not treat everyone badly, if not, then Lone will take the first step!" Li Jiancheng looked at these henchmen of his own and wrote a blank check.
"The ministers swear to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the death!" Everyone immediately patted the horse, making Li Jiancheng's vanity fly straight into the sky.
Huai'an Palace, in the study, you can clearly see through the light that there are two people photocopied on the window paper.
"The prince has secretly returned to Chang'an, it is estimated that there will be a move, I have already passed the news to Shimin, but I don't know if Shimin can come back before the prince makes a move!" Liu Wenjing's face was worried.
"I don't know what Lord Liu wants this king to do, Shimin and Jiancheng are both nephews of this king, and this king doesn't want to favor anyone." Li Shentong said, in fact, he was biased towards Li Shimin, but now it seems that Li Jiancheng is slightly better, so he does not express his position, of course, this is human nature, everyone is willing to do the icing on the cake, and few people are willing to do the thing of sending charcoal in the snow, he said this is equivalent to telling Liu Wenjing that he will not interfere in the affairs of Li Jiancheng's two brothers, and also blocking Liu Wenjing's way to find him to help Li Shimin.
"Jing hopes that once the crown prince makes a move, the prince will be able to come forward to protect the Qin Palace!" Liu Wenjing did not expect Li Shentong to risk his life to guide the Qin Palace, as long as he could help protect the Qin Palace, when Li Jiancheng made a move and Li Shimin was not in Chang'an.
"Okay, this king promises you!" There should be no problem in protecting the Qin Palace, provided that Li Shimin is not in the palace, even if Li Jiancheng wins the throne afterwards, then Li Shentong only needs to say that he can't bear to protect the daughters of the Qin Palace, so there is nothing wrong with it, so Li Jiancheng can't do anything with him.
"Na Jing thanked the prince and said goodbye!" Although Liu Wenjing did not achieve his goal this time, at least Li Shentong promised to protect the Qin Wangfu in the worst-case scenario, which can be regarded as a gain.
Chang'an Qin Wangfu has been magnificent for a long time, in addition to the palace in the palace, it is estimated that the Qin Wangfu is the most magnificent, Qin Wangfu is not only Li Shimin's mansion, but also the Tiance General's mansion, Tiance General belongs to the kind of government established by Li Yuan to Li Shimin under the condition that there is no seal, and it can compete with Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng. Tiance Mansion has its own team of people and horses, and its own generals and the like, just like the prince has the East Palace Guard, Sheren, and Zhongyun. Xian Ma and other institutional personnel, so it is normal for the generals in the Tiance Mansion to often go in and out of the office of the Qin Palace, and this is also convenient for them to discuss some secret matters openly without fear of being noticed.
At this time, Li Shimin had secretly sneaked back to Chang'an, and he was already in the Qin Palace, except for a few guards, even the generals in the Tiance Mansion did not know.
"I hope that the Bodhisattva will bless the prince with peace and sound, and return from the battle earlier, even if he wants his disciple to reduce his life!" A woman is worshipping the Bodhisattva in the Buddhist hall of the Qin Palace, Li Shimin does not believe in Buddhism, but now there is a Buddhist hall in the prince's mansion, it is conceivable that this woman repaired it in order to pray for Li Shimin.
Just when Dou was praying for blessings, the door suddenly opened, and Li Shimin walked in.
"Wang~ Wangye, are you back?" Dou couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Yes, the king is back." Li Shimin didn't love Dou, but at this moment he felt that if he could, he should treat her well.
"Don't say much, hurry up and pack your things and go to the palace to accompany your mother, and wait for this king to pick you up!" Li Shimin didn't give Dou more time to talk, and directly asked her to move to the palace. Dou didn't ask much, she knew what Li Shimin didn't want to tell her, so it was useless for her to ask.
"Go, tell Hou Junji, let him act according to the plan! Also, this letter was secretly sent to Chang He! After Li Shimin sent the Dou family away, he directly ordered the guards to run errands, and he hid in the palace.
Compared with the surging dark tide in Chang'an, the battlefield outside Chang'an seems very calm.
"Your Majesty!" After Qin Shubao and Dou Jiande invaded Yan'an County from Jinyang, they divided into two routes with Dou Jiande's soldiers, one went south and one went north.
"Flatten, hard work." Yang Jun picked up Qin Shubao, looking at Qin Shubao who had become more mature, Yang Jun felt very pleased, of course, this was also honed by Qin Shubao alone, and he was already a father, so it was normal to be more mature than other younger generations.
"The enemy has fully shrunk, and the minister thinks that he should take advantage of the victory to pursue." Qin Shubao said that he has been out for several months, and he misses home very much, and he can go home early to hug his wife and children after the fight early.
"Don't worry, the enemy has no power to resist, and it is a matter of time before it falls, but now is not the best time, Chang'an is now showing a big show, it's a pity not to watch it, don't put pressure on them now, let them finish the performance with peace of mind, then it will be perfect!" Yang Xuan said mysteriously, regardless of whether Cheng Yanjin and Luo Shixin and Qin Shubao could understand it, he was also informed by the news from Feihong and Qianqiu lurking in Chang'an that Chang'an was about to be released, so he didn't move, it seems that the change in Xuanwumen can't be changed even if he is a strong butterfly.
"Yes! The minister knows! Since Yang Jian said that the time had not come, then he only asked so much.
"Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play!" The court meeting was held as scheduled, and Feng Deyi received Li Jiancheng's instructions, so he naturally wanted to join Li Shimin's book.
"Speak!" Li Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, since he became the emperor, he realized the taste of the king not being in the early dynasty, if it weren't for Yang Guang, a faint monarch who was scolded by everyone, I am afraid he would have been the same as Yang Guang a long time ago.
"The King of Qin was defeated in Hongnong, but he was suppressed by Zhang Gongliang, blinded the saint, please treat Zhang Liang's crimes!" Feng Deyi's words were not loud, but they were deafening in the ears of the ministers, but they didn't expect that even Li Shimin, who was the most capable of fighting, was defeated, so does Datang still have a chance to win?
"Your Majesty, the minister also has a plan to play!" At this time, Zhang Liang also stood up.
"Say! It really depends on what you explain? Li Yuan stared at Zhang Liang with wide eyes.
"King Qin is recognized by everyone as the best person at fighting, but a failure is nothing, even the saint does not dare to guarantee that there is no mistake, the reason why the minister suppressed it and did not report it was because he was afraid that the rumors would cause shock to the government and the opposition, but the prince suffered heavy losses in the army, and he was also suppressed by the cronies of the military department, I don't know what the reason is!" Zhang Liang found a good excuse for himself, and waited for the opportunity to bite back.
Hearing Zhang Liang's words, Li Yuan knew that *** and the Qin Wang Party had started attacking each other again, and his eyes were full of dissatisfaction.
"Is that the case?" Li Yuan glanced at the people from the military department and said. "Summons the crown prince and the king of Qin to see me!" Without waiting for the people from the military department to answer, Li Yuan spoke again, and everyone was puzzled, these two were on the front line to supervise the battle, not in Chang'an, I don't know which one Li Yuan was singing, but Li Yuan was very familiar with his two sons, if they were not in Chang'an, those under them would not be so presumptuous.
Sure enough, soon Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin came to the Taiji Palace, and everyone knew that Li Yuan was not talking nonsense.
"Do you know what's wrong? Privately returned to Chang'an from the front line, and attacked each other! Li Yuan said expressionlessly, but everyone knew that Li Yuan was already angry, so Li Shimin and the two did not say anything.
"Remove King Qin Tiance from his post as general and fine him for three years. Remove the prince's right to discuss politics and close the door for half a year, can you serve? Li Yuan took back the right to let him out, and he was the only one left in the three-legged situation.
"Son's thanks!" What else can the two of them say at this time? But there was a glint in their eyes that no one else understood.
"From today on, Pei Lin will serve as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and he will be fully responsible for fighting the enemy, okay, today's court meeting is here, I am tired, disperse the court!" After speaking, Li Yuan left.
"Brother Huang, do you want to do it at this time?" When he arrived at the Linhu Palace, Li Yuanji asked.
"Wait a minute, lead him to the Xuanwu Gate and then do it, there are our people." Li Jiancheng whispered.
"Big brother, fourth brother, what are you talking about?" That's when it happened. Li Shimin's voice came from behind, Li Yuanji looked back, not only in his heart, but also in his heart, as if he felt that Li Shimin's eyes were full of murder, and he was very reluctant to kill them, he suddenly snatched the bow and arrow in the hands of the guards, and pointed at Li Shimin is three arrows, maybe he was restless, the three arrows were dodged by Li Shimin, seeing that Li Shimin was in danger, Li Shimin's guards hurriedly surrounded Li Shimin.
"Let's go!" Li Jiancheng was also stunned, but he didn't expect Li Yuanji to suddenly make a move, pull up Li Yuanji and run towards Xuanwu Gate, and their guards were cut off for them, Li Shimin didn't do anything when he was attacked, and took the guard's bow and arrow to Li Yuanji is an arrow. Li Shimin's archery skills are not inferior, and an arrow directly hits Li Yuanji.
"Brother Huang, go away! Avenge me! Li Yuanji saw that he couldn't live, but he asked Li Jiancheng to leave quickly to avenge him.
"Fourth, don't worry, I will definitely cut off Li Shimin's head for you to bury!" After Li Jiancheng finished speaking, he threw down Li Yuanji and rushed to Xuanwu Gate, as long as he arrived at Xuanwu Gate, then he would be safe, and then he would gather the Changlin Army and take Li Shimin down.
"Who's coming? How can you trespass on the palace gate? Chang He saw Li Jiancheng and his party rushing to the Xuanwu Gate, pretending not to know.
"Chang He, it's Lonely, quickly open the city gate and let Lone get out of the city, you lead the army to block Li Shimin." Li Jiancheng hurriedly said to Chang He.
"Is there any proof? Without His Majesty's order, the palace gate cannot be opened at will! Chang He ignored Li Jiancheng at all.
"Chang He, you villain who eats inside and out, I'm wrong about you, soldiers, rush me!" Li Jiancheng didn't expect Chang He to be like this in the end, looking back at Li Shimin had already chased after him, Li Jiancheng had no choice but to break through, he believed that Chang He would not dare to do anything to him.
"Death to those who trespass the palace gates! Give me arrows! Chang He ordered the soldiers to shoot, but these soldiers all knew Li Jiancheng, after all, Li Jiancheng usually passed through this gate to attend the court meeting, so everyone hesitated.
"A bunch of rubbish, fuck off! Chang He pushed away the soldiers in front of him, grabbed the bow and arrows and aimed at Li Jiancheng! "Lord, I will bear the charge of killing the crown prince for you! Chang He thought about this in his heart, and as soon as his hand was released, the arrow feathers shot out quickly, and Li Jiancheng's arrow fell.
"Kill!" Li Shimin also led the guards to kill at this time, although there were few of them, but the other party had no heart to fight again after losing Li Jiancheng, so it was very simple to be cleaned up by Li Shimin.
"Your merits will be remembered by Lone! Go, tell Hou Junji, let him take someone to confiscate the weapons of the Changlin Army! I also want to trouble General Chang to send troops to capture the rest of the gates! Li Shimin resolutely ordered that all threats should be eliminated. The Xuanwumen Revolution ended in only half an hour from beginning to end.