Chapter Eighty-Nine: Eradication (Ask for Collection)
The scene fell silent. Feng Li, Xue Wanche and Xie Shufang looked at the heads of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji on the ground, and their hearts were shocked. And those soldiers, when they saw the heads of the two people, slowly lowered their weapons in their hands.
At this moment, Wei Chigong hurried over.
As soon as he saw Yu Wenshi, Wei Chigong handed him the holy decree in his hand: "Well, at this time, Your Majesty asked you to read it!" ”
Yu Wenshi opened the decree first, and when he saw it, his face immediately looked happy. Walked quickly to the gate, raised the holy decree in his hand and said to those Donggong soldiers who had no fighting spirit: "Your Majesty the Emperor's holy decree is here!" ”
Seeing the yellow scroll, the Donggong soldier slowly knelt down, from front to back. In the end, even Feng Li and the other three knelt on the ground.
The three of them could hear "King Qin controls the soldiers and horses of the world!" When he said a few words, he was suddenly shocked, and he turned over and got on his horse and went north with more than ten personal soldiers. As soon as the three of them left, hundreds of knights followed.
And Yu Wenshi looked at the layers of soldiers in front of him and gave up the idea of chasing.
Li Shimin looked at the nearly 1,000 corpses and the black soldiers under the Xuanwu Gate, silent.
The April sun shone under the Xuanwu Gate, and the red blood flowed all over the ground, which was extremely dazzling.
A row of officials from the Qin Palace's mansion stood on the Xuanwu Gate, looking at Li Shimin. They knew that the current Datang would be decided by the young man in front of them.
At this time, those Donggong soldiers who were kneeling on the ground looked for their general blankly, but they didn't see a figure, so they had to disperse slowly.
On April 19 of the seventh year of Wude of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, ambushed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji outside the Xuanwu Gate and killed them on the spot. The army under the East Palace, under the leadership of Xue Wanche, Feng Lixie, and Shufang, attacked the Xuanwu Gate, and finally failed. Xue Wanche and his men fled with more than 100 cavalry soldiers.
At the same time, Li Yuan sent Pei Ju, the squire of the Yellow Gate, to the East Palace to appease the soldiers under Li Jiancheng, but the soldiers abandoned their posts and fled.
"His Royal Highness King Xuanqin is here!" With the sharp voice of the chamberlain, Li Shimin slowly walked into the palace.
I saw Li Yuan sitting on the bed, as if he was much older. Seeing Li Shimin coming in, he sighed, beckoned, and let Li Shimin approach.
Gently stroking Li Shimin's back, Li Yuan said: "Recently, there have been almost confusions. ”
During the Spring and Autumn Period, a person with the same name as Zeng Shen of Lu State killed someone outside, and someone with good deeds ran to Zeng Shen's mother and said: "Zeng Shen killed someone." The great-mother replied, "My son will not kill." "Weave as usual. Not long after, someone came to misreport that Zeng Shen had killed someone, and then Zeng's mother was afraid, so she threw herself over the wall and left. Now, Li Yuan uses his great-mother as a metaphor, but he exonerates himself.
Li Shimin listened to Li Yuan's words, and couldn't help but immediately threw himself into Li Yuan's arms and wailed.
After the father and son were finished, Li Shimin walked out of the Taiji Palace, and the eldest grandson Wuji walked in front of Li Shimin: "Your Highness, Yu Chigong, Duan Zhixuan, Cheng Yanjin, and Qin Qiong have already imprisoned the prince and the wife and heirs of the King of Qi, dare to ask His Highness how to deal with it?" ”
Li Shimin raised his head, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji in front of him and said, "Go and invite King Huai'an to come over!" ”
Huai'an King Li Shentong, is now the Taiqing of Zongzheng Temple.
"My uncle is in charge of the genealogy, and now I have broken the prince's party and want to delete the names of his heirs from the genealogy, I wonder if my uncle is willing?" Li Shimin asked Li Shentong with a smile.
Li Shentong was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Shimin, and said after a while: "Of course you can!" ”
That night, Li Jiancheng's sons, Li Chengdao, King of Anlu, Li Chengde, King of Hedong, Li Chengxun, King of Wu'an, Li Chengming, King of Runan, Li Chengyi, King of Julu, Li Chengye, King of Liangjun, son of Li Yuanji, Li Chengluan, King of Yuyang, Li Chengyu, King of Pu'an, Li Chengyu, King of Jiangxia, and Li Chengdu, King of Yiyang, were all convicted and killed. At the same time, Li Shentong removed their names from the genealogy.
The original East Palace and the female dependents of the Qi Wangfu were all filled into the palace, and later became part of Li Shimin's harem, among which the more famous is the original Li Yuanji's wife Yang, Li Yuanji was accepted as a concubine by Li Shimin after his death, but there was no official title, the palace called "Chao Ra Princess", very favored, she is the only concubine who gave birth to a child after the death of the eldest grandson queen in history, Li Shimin even had the intention of making her the queen.
In addition to the direct relatives of the Qi Wangfu in the East Palace, there is another person who needs to be removed is more than 100 subordinate officials and generals of the Qi King in the East Palace. They are all close associates of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.
"Eradicate the evil, cut the grass and eradicate the roots! For these cronies of the original East Palace and Qi Palace, they must be exterminated! As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji's words fell, he immediately received a large number of approvals. Even the two civil officials of Fang Du nodded yes.
However, Wei Chigong argued: "The sins are all committed by the two culprits, and they have already been ambushed, if they still want to implicate their henchmen, it is not a way to seek stability!" ”
Everyone argued with Wei Chigong for a long time, and finally looked at Li Shimin at the same time.
Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and then said to everyone: "Wei Chi is reasonable! In this way, stop chasing and killing those cronies of the Qi Mansion of the East Palace today! I went to Your Majesty to ask for a decree and announced an amnesty for the world! ”
On the same day, Gaozu issued an edict to pardon the world, and the charges of rebellion were only imposed on Jiancheng and Yuanji, and the rest of the henchmen were not investigated. All the affairs of the state were left to the disposal of the King of Qin.
Soon after this edict was issued, Feng Li and Xie Shufang took the initiative to stand up, while Xue Wanche was still on the run. Li Shimin sent people to make it clear to him many times, and finally, Xue Wanche also completely fell to the Qin Palace. After all, the former East Palace team disappeared because of the death of the crown prince.
Watching these former Donggong henchmen come out one by one, Li Shimin said: "These people can be loyal to the people they serve, they are righteous people!" And they all forgave them.
At this point, in the entire Li Tang clan, the power of King Qi of the East Palace has disappeared, and no one can stop Li Shimin from entering the East Palace.
Zhang Yunwen was lying on the bed recuperating from his injuries, with his two brothers beside him.
He stared blankly at the bright sunlight outside the window.
Seven years of martial arts, and now only seven years of martial arts! The change of Xuanwumen in history occurred in the ninth year of Wude. His arrival actually caused the Xuanwumen Revolution to happen in advance, so will the history change later?
(The younger half will go back to school tomorrow, and it will take a day on the road.) And this afternoon I went to stop the online newspaper, so I can only go to another chapter! I ask for your forgiveness. )