Chapter 1 There is a shortage of one person for major events
Chang'an Taiji Palace Wude Palace!
Li Longji sat on the top with a solemn face, and Wei Zhigu, Wang Ju, and Cui Riyong lived in the hall, also with serious expressions. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Gao Lishi waited cautiously on the side, and the entire hall was filled with a different kind of oppressive atmosphere.
"Your Majesty, Guo Yuanzhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, asks to see you!"
"Xuan!" Li Longji let Guo Yuanzhen enter the hall, and at the same time gave Gao Lishi a look. Gao Lishi understood and walked out of the hall to let all the palace maids stay away from the main hall and guard them outside the hall in person.
Guo Yuanzhen hurriedly walked into the main hall, the road was too anxious, as soon as he stopped, his breath couldn't keep up, and he coughed several times before he eased up.
"Guo Gong!" Li Longji nervously walked down the high hall, went up to help him and said, "Are you in your body?" ”
Guo Yuanzhen took a small step back, avoided Li Longji's support, and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, it's just that you're old, it's okay." His Royal Highness's great cause has not been accomplished, and the old minister does not dare to die. ”
Li Longji nodded worriedly, his henchmen drove Princess Taiping out of Chang'an one by one, and now the only important ministers who really have deterrent power beside him are Wei Zhigu, the secretary of the household department, and Guo Yuanzhen, the secretary of the military department. He couldn't be nervous, so he asked Guo Yuanzhen to take a seat.
Guo Yuanzhen said: "Your Majesty is in a hurry to recruit the old ministers, but things have changed?" ”
Li Longji took out a short knife from his arms, drew the knife out of its sheath and said, "This is what Daoji gave to me from Luoyang...... Aunt Zhena has been running to Taiji Palace a lot recently, intending to strengthen my father's determination to let me go on patrol. If you want to abolish the heart, you have reached the extreme. "Dao Ji is Zhang Shuo, Li Longji's most important mastermind, not long ago for Princess Taiping's secret operation was removed from the phase, demoted to Shangshu Zuocheng, the eastern capital to stay behind, rushed to Luoyang.
Guo Yuanzhen looked at the short knife that was swaying with a chill, the pupils in his eyes shrank, and his expression was heavy.
Li Longji said to himself: "Daoji is a persuasion, when the judgment continues, I will suffer from it!" I don't want to sit still and let my Tang Dynasty fall into the hands of women again. The eldest husband would rather break the jade than be complete. As he spoke, his gaze swept in front of Wei Zhigu, Guo Yuanzhen, Wang Ju, and Cui Riyong: "You are all my humerus henchmen, what do you think?" ”
Cui Riyong and Wang Ju preemptively said: "We are willing to die for Your Majesty!" ”
Guo Yuanzhen and Wei Zhigu glanced at each other.
Guo Yuanzhen said solemnly: "It's not that the old minister doubts His Majesty's determination, he just wants to ask more." Your Majesty, has it really decided? This will be decided and cannot be changed, and the net worth and life of the ministers are all entrusted to His Majesty alone. If he fails again, His Majesty himself will have no chance to return to heaven. May I ask your majesty, have you really decided? He asked again.
Li Longji said resolutely: "Just like the matter of Tang Long in the past, I have made up my mind and will never change it!" Three years ago, he made a similar decision, thus completely subduing Webster and Wu in one fell swoop. At this time, he mentioned it again, which shows that his will is resolute.
Guo Yuanzhen and Wei Zhigu sat up straight together and bowed: "I am willing to listen to Your Majesty's dispatch." ”
Li Longji looked at Guo Yuanzhen with burning eyes and said, "Guo Gong, when it comes to the military, no one has you. I power, you also know, how to operate, more opportunities? ”
Guo Yuanzhen said almost without consideration: "If you want to succeed, you should take wonder as the top." In terms of strength, Princess Taiping holds the Yulin Army and the Nanya Forbidden Army, and seventy percent of the troops in the palace are controlled by her, even if we are gathering soldiers and horses, it is not enough to shake any force of the Yulin Army and the Nanya Forbidden Army, but it will cause the vigilance of the Taiping Party due to the transfer of the army, so that the previous achievements will be wasted. At that time, Liu Youqiu intended to punish the Taiping party with a mutiny, but because of this, the news leaked out, which led to the current predicament, and we must learn from the past this time. Three hundred, Lao Chen thinks that three hundred people are the most suitable......"
Listening to Guo Yuanzhen's analysis, Li Longji couldn't help nodding, but when he heard the three hundred people, his expression was a little unnatural.
The strength of the Yulin Army plus the Nanya Forbidden Army is nearly 15,000, although these 15,000 soldiers may not all obey the orders of Princess Taiping, but even if there are only 10,000 people, it is not just 300 that can compete.
Guo Yuanzhen sighed when he saw Li Longji's expression: "Your Majesty, the old minister still wants to transfer the right soldiers of Long into Beijing to kill the thief, and 50,000 right soldiers of Long are given to the old minister, just with Chang Yuankai's stupid thing of not knowing soldiers, giving him 100,000 soldiers is not the opponent of the old minister." But as long as the right soldiers of Long make a move and the foreign soldiers enter Beijing, it is conceivable that Princess Taiping will definitely make a strong move and control the emperor, and the situation will be even worse. It's not that we have no people, it's that the Taiping Party is all over the government and the opposition. When we gather troops and horses, it is equivalent to informing the Taiping Party to prepare. The three hundred people in the hands of Longwu General Wang Mao Zhong are credible, and their strength is not weak, so they can be of great use. ”
Li Longji also knew that what Guo Yuanzhen said was extremely true, Princess Taiping was not Empress Wei, Wu Yanxiu and the like after all, how could the original Tang Long coup be so troublesome and dangerous.
Cui Riyong said stubbornly: "What is Guo Gong planning to do with three hundred soldiers?" The gap in strength made him panic.
Guo Yuanzhen said in a deep voice: "The most feared thing in the hands of Princess Taiping is not her right to speak in the court, but the Yulin Army and the Nanya Forbidden Army in her hands. With these two armies in hand, Princess Taiping will be able to control Miyagi anytime and anywhere, who is not afraid of three points? We can only solve the problem once and for all. Take control of the Yulin Army and cut off Princess Taiping's arm first. As long as the Yulin Army is controlled, the neutral Ten Thousand Cavalry Army will also be used by His Majesty. At that time, His Majesty will hold the Yulin Army and the Ten Thousand Cavalry Army, and the Northern Ya Forbidden Army will threaten the Southern Ya Forbidden Army, and Dou Huaizhen, Xiao Zhizhong, and Cen Xi of Shangshu Province will not be the generals who will lead the troops, so they will not be afraid. ”
The Northern Ya Forbidden Army and the Southern Ya Forbidden Army in Guo Yuanzhen's words are all the forces that defend the palace.
The Northern Ya Forbidden Army originated from the hundred cavalry of Tang Taizong, and since the time of Tang Taizong, Emperor Li Tang of all dynasties has continuously set up and expanded his direct Praetorian Guard. Taizong Li Shimin created a hundred cavalry system, and Gaozong Li Zhi took the government soldiers to ride more and shoot the Yulin army. With the passage of time, the emperors of the previous dynasties continued to add bricks and tiles to the Yulin Army and the Hundred Cavalry, and the number of forbidden troops became larger and larger. Today, the hundred horsemen have grown to 10,000 horsemen, and the Yulin Army has also grown to more than 5,000 people. Wanqi and Yulin Army are located in the north of the palace, and the two forbidden armies are also called the Beiya Forbidden Army.
As for the Nanya Forbidden Army, it is stationed in the imperial city south of the palace city, under the direct jurisdiction of Shangshu Province of the sixteen guards, the sixteen guards come to the world Chongzhi Mansion, every once in a while the Chongzhi Mansion will send elite soldiers into Chang'an to protect the palace, but also the backbone of the imperial city.
Li Longji's eyebrows fluttered when he heard this, especially when he controlled the northern government and resisted the southern government, what he said was itchy in his heart.
Guo Yuanzhen touched his nose and said: "Your Majesty, don't be happy too early, the old minister's method is particularly dangerous, and controlling the Yulin Army is the most critical step, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a thief and a king." We still have one person missing, a person who can kill Chang Yuankai and Li Ci Liwei in the Yulin Army. As far as the old minister knows, Wang Maozhong's martial arts are not enough to be a big responsibility. ”