Chapter 286: Li Yi's Abdication (3)
"Young marshal. The big thing is not good, the second marshal said that he was going to gather troops to attack Hezhong Mansion, and he was already assembling troops, and he would come over in two months at the latest. β
The sound of hurried footsteps sounded in the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion in the middle of the river, and a man dressed as a literati hurriedly came to Wang Ke, who had just served as the Jiedu Envoy.
This man is Wang Chongrong's staff, and he ran away when he used to attack and kill Wang Chongrong, and after Wang Ke led the army back, he took refuge in Wang Ke as a matter of course.
Although Wang Chongrong is not Wang Ke's biological father, Wang Ke is still wearing filial piety clothes, and it is precisely because of this that he can receive some of Wang Chongrong's cronies. Therefore, although he has become a festival envoy, outsiders are not allowed to call him a festival marshal, but a young marshal.
"What? So fast? They have tens of thousands of troops? Wang Ke said in surprise.
Wang Ke knew that his uncle would not admit that he would make a comeback sooner or later. I didn't expect it to be so soon, he wasn't ready yet, with the strength he currently had in his hands, facing his uncle, the odds were not great.
"It should be about three to forty thousand, which is almost half of the army in the river. The young marshal must make plans in advance, otherwise it will be very detrimental to the second marshal to gather an army on his side. The staff said anxiously.
"What shall we do now, sir? Why don't you ask the court for help? Wang Ke was suddenly a little anxious.
"Young marshal, until the last moment, you must not look for the imperial court. After the news of the profit of the salt pond was spread, it was very unfavorable to the young marshal, and if the young marshal asked the imperial court to send troops to help at this time, it was very likely to offend the one in the north. The staff worried.
The one on the north side is naturally Li Keyong, which is a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the surrounding feudal towns. For the imperial court, these feudal towns are not very afraid, but for Li Keyong they are different.
Don't look at Li Keyong's previous losses in Guanzhong, but 20,000 troops are not enough for Li Ke to be greatly injured with vitality. In addition, Li Kegong died at the hands of the imperial court, and if the imperial army entered Hedong at this time, it would inevitably anger Li Keyong.
"What then? If there is no help from the court, how can we resist my second uncle. Wang Ke said anxiously.
Maybe he shouldn't have promised the court in the first place, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten to this point.
The staff quickly calmed down, "Young marshal, the army on the second marshal's side didn't assemble so quickly. We can immediately recruit troops, expand the army, and then win over other generals who are finally in charge, and maybe there will be a slight turnaround. β
"But we don't have that many weapons." Wang Ke thought of his family background, and he was a little lacking in confidence.
"There is a way, find the imperial court to buy weapons."
In the end, under the persuasion of his staff, Wang Ke sent people to Chang'an to buy weapons while recruiting troops and horses.
Later, Li Ye did agree to sell weapons to the other party, but it was not the weapon style of the forbidden army, but the weapons left by the Shatuo army and the Hezhong army in Guanzhong before.
Li Ye didn't want Wang Ke to lose too quickly, so he definitely wanted to support Wang Ke. After the matter is resolved in Shannan Dongdao, he will be able to free up his energy to deal with Li Keyong.
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"Brother Huang, do you have something to do with your brother?"
In the East Inner Garden, when Li Yi was playing polo, Li Ye suddenly came here. Seeing Li Ye coming, the eunuchs and Jinyi guards who accompanied Li Yi to play polo all retreated, to be honest, if it wasn't for Li Ye's order, they really didn't want to play polo with the emperor in front of them.
Because of Li Ye's reasons, Li Yi's temper was very irritable during this time, and he was often punched and kicked, and these people could only endure it, it didn't matter once or twice, and many times, they also wanted to escape from here.
However, there was no order, and they didn't dare to leave, Li Ye was like a savior at this time, so after Li Ye signaled, these people retreated quickly.
Seeing the scars and footprints on those eunuchs and Jinyi guards, Li Ye squinted his eyes and said a few words to Zhang Wei next to him.
"King Shou, our two brothers haven't played polo for a long time, do you want to play it."
At this time, Li Yi was wearing a yellow tight-fitting narrow-sleeved robe, black boots, a hood on his head, holding a crescent-shaped cane, riding on a horse, but he was mighty.
However, Li Yi also had the temperament of an emperor at this time, and other times could not be described in words.
Li Ye looked up at Li Yi on horseback, and said lightly, "Brother Huang, you still have the leisure to play polo at this time." β
"King Shou, I ordered you to play polo with me." Li Yi said sharply.
"Rest, Imperial Brother. The younger brother came to you to talk about business, and if you want to play polo, when you live in Xingqing Palace, you can play at any time, this Daming Palace, you should also move out. The meaning of Li Ye's words is obvious, he is going to force the other party to abdicate.
Li Yi's face changed, and he said in a deep voice, "I want to move to Xingqing Palace, unless you win in polo." β
Li Ye raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Brother Huang, this is the throne, you are so sloppy?" β
"Don't Shou Wang dare?"
"How about playing with you?" Li Ye beckoned to Link, and soon a brocade guard came to one of Li Ye's cars, and then brought the clothes and tools for playing polo for Li Ye to change into.
Li Yi and Li Ye played polo, did not choose a team member, and no one kept the goal, so they scored more goals than anyone.
Soon the two rode onto the court, and in the middle of the two, there was a colored treasure ball.
As the referee threw the ball into the air, as soon as the ball landed, Li Yi was quick to grab the treasure ball directly, and then galloped with the polo with his staff.
Seeing that the goal on Li Ye's side was getting closer and closer, Li Yi was about to shoot the ball, when suddenly a stick stabbed diagonally and snatched the ball directly from him.
Li Yi was stunned, but when he reacted, Li Ye ran directly with the ball in the opposite direction, he hurriedly chased after it, and looked for an opportunity to recapture the polo.
However, he didn't pay attention, Li Ye waved his stick, and the treasure ball crossed a beautiful arc and flew towards Li Yi's goal.
Although there are only two people playing this polo, the excitement is not bad, both of them are polo masters, you fight for me, but what people didn't expect was that Li Ye shot the ball first.
Zhang Wei and the others looked forward to it, and after seeing the ball go in, Zhang Wei shouted happily, "Your Highness, the ball is in!" β
Next to it, the referee next to the stadium raised a flag to signal, "His Royal Highness King Shou scored a goal!" β
Then a black flag was planted on the stage representing Li Ye.
Li Yi's face was a little gloomy, and he said in a deep voice, "Come again!" β
"His Royal Highness King Shou scored a goal!"
"His Royal Highness King Shou scored a goal!"
"Your Majesty has scored a goal!"
"His Royal Highness King Shou scored a goal!"
It lasted about half an hour, and because there was no one to defend, Li Ye scored a total of eighteen goals, while Li Yi only scored five.
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When he got to the back, seeing that the gap was so big, Li Yi was so angry that he threw his cane, and then jumped off the horse, his face extremely gloomy.
Li Ye easily jumped off the horse, handed the stick to Zhang Wei, took the sweat towel and wiped the sweat on his head, and then walked to Li Yi's vicinity, "Brother Huang, are you still playing?" β
Li Yi suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Ye, stared at him deadly, and looked at him for a while before he said, "If you win, I will personally write an edict of abdication, and this throne is yours!" β
"So sloppy?"
Now it was Li Ye's turn to be surprised, how did this abdication feel like a family? At the beginning, Li Yi asked Chen Jingxuan and others to hit the ball and bet on Sanchuan, and now they are coming to hit the ball to bet on the throne?
"Don't you want this position? I've given it to you, what you want to do with me, whatever you want! Li Yi said in a deep voice.
"The imperial brother is too worried, and the younger brother will not do anything to the imperial brother. Xingqing Palace is still under repair, after the abdication of the imperial brother, the younger brother will temporarily move to the Taiji Palace to live, the imperial brother can temporarily live in the Daming Palace, and wait for two months after the renovation of the Xingqing Palace, the imperial brother will move over.
Every year, the younger brother will allocate 500,000 yuan to Xingqing Palace for the daily expenses of the imperial brother in Xingqing Palace. Li Ye assured.
"Whatever you want, anyway, I will be too emperor in the future!" Li Yi laughed at himself.
was robbed of the throne by his own brother, the feeling in Li Yi's heart is difficult for others to understand.
After saying this, he walked to the Daming Palace with a lonely expression, and the little eunuch who was new to his side hurriedly followed.
Li Ye didn't chase after him, I don't know why, when the other party said that in person, he felt an unspeakable discomfort in his heart.
No joy, just a little loss.
Early the next morning, at the regular court meeting in the Taiji Palace, Li Yi attended.
You must know that after the Shangyuan Night incident, Li Yi has been under house arrest in Daming Palace and has not attended a court meeting. This time, many people also guessed some reason in their hearts.
Looking at the ministers in the court, Li Yi said what everyone was expecting. The general meaning is that he feels that it is not suitable to be the emperor, and he cedes the throne to King Shou.
Although most of the ministers of the DPRK and China guessed the theme of today's court meeting, after hearing the news, many ministers looked a little depressed.
Although Li Ye played a disgraceful role in this, this is not something that these courtiers can change. Most of the ministers of the DPRK and the central government who were truly loyal to Li Yi were purged, and the rest did not dare to open their mouths to stay, and remained silent there.
After the end of the court meeting, this news soon spread to the entire Chang'an City, and then spread to the surrounding areas of Chang'an, as well as the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty.
After the end of the court meeting, Li Ye and his female dependents began to move into the Taiji Palace.
This Taiji Palace, after many years, has finally changed its owner.