Chapter 509: Chaos

Pieces of white paper money fluttered in the wind, and slowly fell to the ground, on the roof of the palace.

At this time, both on the ground and on the roof, there was already a thick layer of paper money.

In the middle of the palace, there was a plain white, and under the eaves, white curtains and white flowers were hung, and the trees were also hung with white flowers, wrapped in white cloth, and the soldiers standing under the cloister were also white wooden armor, holding long lances wrapped in white cloth.

Today, the whole country mourns.

Last night, after Li Shimin passed away, everyone entered the hall, only to see Li Zhi lying on Li Shimin's body and crying loudly, and those concubines and princesses were all sobbing.

Seeing such a situation, the eldest grandson Wuji stepped forward and asked Li Zhi to deal with the affairs of the public in order to calm the inside and outside. After Li Zhi heard this, he wailed, but did not answer. The eldest grandson Wuji said angrily: "Your Majesty handed over the world to His Highness, how can His Highness do nothing but cry like a puppet!" ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he wiped away his tears and dealt with internal and external affairs with his eldest grandson Wuji.

After the situation in the palace was settled, before dawn, Li Zhi and everyone came to the Liangyi Palace. By this time, the rain had slowly stopped.

After dawn, in the Liangyi Palace, Li Zhi took Yu Zhining, the prince's left concubine, as his attendant, and Zhang Xingcheng, the Shaozhan Shi, served as the middle school, and inspected the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the right concubine, and Gao Jifu, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and the Zhongshu Order. collected all the affairs of the court in the East Palace, and announced the news of Li Shimin's death at the same time.

A day later, the funeral Taiji Hall was sent out, the edict was read, and the crown prince ascended the throne.

On the same day, Li Zhi ordered that the major affairs of the military state should not be stopped; Ordinary details, entrusted with a division. The kings are the governors and assassins of history, and listen to the funeral, and Pu Wangtai is not limited. At the same time, it was ordered that all palaces under construction throughout the country should be suspended.

In just three days, Li Zhi, with the assistance of the eldest grandson Wuji and others, took control of the entire Chang'an. As long as Li Shimin's funeral is over, the enthronement ceremony will be officially held and he will be crowned emperor.

According to the Tang ceremony, on the day of mourning, it is located in the other hall, and the civil and military three grades or more enter, cry in the court, and cry outside the door below the fourth grade. There is a division version of the "Zhongyan" and "Foreign Affairs Office". The emperor has changed his clothes and wept, and then all the incumbents inside and outside the hundred officials wept, and fifteen raised their voices, and the crying stopped and was comforted.

Zhang Yunwen was dressed in plain white clothes, kneeling outside the hall, his head pressed low. In my mind, there was nothing.

Fortunately, on the second day after Li Shimin's death, the sky began to clear, if not, I am afraid that Zhang Yunwen and they would still have to kneel in the rain.

After crying fifteen times, there was silence all around, and an old scholar of the Hanlin Academy stood up tremblingly, uh, he knelt for too long, his knees were numb, and then he shouted "Woo hoo lament", which attracted everyone to listen attentively, and then began to fill his mouth with a lot of words, listening to its contents, it was nothing more than praising Li Shimin's great achievements and expressing deep condolences for Li Shimin's death. When reciting to the sky, this adult shouted to the sky and grabbed the earth, his feelings were sincere, and when he read the **, he was even more hoarse.

After the article was read, there was also a five-character poem, which was also the theme of deep mourning.

After the old bachelor finished reciting, some civil officials stood up and recited the elegy.

Finally, when these ministers who were qualified to recite the eulogy had finished reciting, the mourning was completed. After a few days, it was time for mourning.

Zhang Yunwen and the others can also take a temporary rest, and wait until the day of the funeral, they will still be busy.

Slowly got up, rubbed his somewhat numb knees, and looked at the plain whiteness in his eyes, Zhang Yunwen slowly walked out.

In the past few days, the imperial court has focused on the funeral for Li Shimin, and the governors of the three provinces and the secretaries of various ministries have joined the ranks of the funeral, and those who remain are deputy adjutants. And Li Zhi didn't have the heart to deal with national affairs, but he threw himself on the funeral.

The death of the monarch is a great gift of the country, and we have to be cautious.

Therefore, now that the efficiency of the court is insufficient, many unimportant things have been put on hold.

When Zhang Yunwen walked out of the palace with the flow of people and was about to get into the carriage, he suddenly saw a person running over panting. is a chubby middle-aged man, who is now the head of the investigation institute, Mei Renxing.

Seeing him running over panting, Zhang Yunwen's heart moved, stopped and watched Mei Renxing gradually get closer.

Coming to Zhang Yunwen's side, this Mei Renxing stopped, took two breaths, and said in a low voice: "My lord! ”

Zhang Yunwen saw Mei Renxing's solemn face, and immediately pointed to the carriage: "Let's go up and talk about it!" ”

Mei Renxing hesitated slightly, and followed Zhang Yunwen into the carriage.

After getting into the car, Zhang Yunwen greeted: "Go to the investigation institute!" ”

In the car, Zhang Yunwen and Mei Renxing sat opposite each other, and Mei Renxing looked at the driver outside, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen knew that this was Mei Renxing's cautiousness, and he didn't blame it, but said with a smile: "Okay, then let's talk about it after the investigation institute!" ”

The carriage "answered" and soon arrived at the investigation institute.

After entering the investigation institute, Zhang Yunwen and Mei Renxing came to a room together. After sitting down, Zhang Yunwen said leisurely: "Okay, Master Mei, is there anything important that needs to be said to me?" ”

Mei Renxing glanced at Zhang Yunwen and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty died of illness, and the crown prince has not yet succeeded to the throne, and now the court and the four realms are a little unstable!" ”

Zhang Yunwen nodded: "I know this!" But you don't have to worry, after the crown prince ascends the throne, the government and the opposition will settle down! As for those subject countries around us, when the time comes, our Tang army will go to clean it up! ”

Mei Renxing sighed lightly: "My lord, look at these!" As he spoke, he handed over a stack of papers from the side, on which were densely written, "This is the information that our spies have worked so hard to gather!" Adults, please take a look! ”

Zhang Yunwen picked up a piece of information and looked at it one by one, starting from the first one, the more he looked at the back, the deeper his brows wrinkled.

It turned out that when the news of Li Shimin's physical condition deteriorated rapidly spread in Chang'an City, those envoys from various countries in Chang'an had been concerned about Li Shimin's situation. Some people hope that Li Shimin is safe and sound, some people hope that Li Shimin will die sooner, and so on.

When the news of Li Shimin's death spread throughout Chang'an, these people immediately transmitted the news back to their own country. As a result, various countries have sent envoys to check the next move of the Tang Dynasty and the temperament of Li Zhi, the emperor, in the name of condolences.

Of course, this mission is just an action. According to the report from the spies, Tubo Qinling took advantage of Li Shimin's serious illness and death to unite with Tang Jing, and finally wiped out Yongjing and killed the leader of Yongjing. The site and people have been greatly developed. Although there is no major movement on the Western Turkic side, the number of Turks who enter and leave Qiuzicheng has suddenly increased, and the new Anxi Protector Chai Zhewei has not yet set off, only the former Governor of Xizhou, who was the Gaochang royal family, Lu Zhizhan, concurrently holds the post of Protector in accordance with Guo Xiaoke's practice, and the others are in Xizhou, which is still far from Qiuzi.

To the east, after Su Dingfang stepped down from the post of Protector of Anton, Liu Renliang, who performed well on the battlefield of Goryeo, took the position. After Liu Renliang took office, he adopted the same method as Su Dingfang, widely promoted sinicization, promoted farming, and suppressed the two kingdoms of Silla and Baekje.

After the news of Lee Semin's serious illness spread, the two kingdoms of Silla and Baekje were all grinding and excited. You must know that when Li Shimin personally conquered Goryeo, what kind of majesty it was, how high its prestige was, and the two kingdoms of Silla and Baekje did not dare to disobey half a sentence. Now that Li Shimin has passed away, there is a great opportunity now, as long as he can win the support of the new emperor, then his side will definitely be able to defeat the other side and unify the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Now, the two countries are closely planning war preparations and currying favor with Li Zhi.

In addition to these messages, there was another piece of information that caught Zhang Yunwen's attention.

According to the reports of spies within the Western Turks, the Great Cannibals have launched several major attacks on Persia and will capture most of the territory of Persia, and many Persians have fled to the Western Turks and even the Western Regions. Persia has sent envoys and is coming to the Tang Dynasty, preparing to borrow troops from the Tang Dynasty to resist the invasion of the Great Cannibals.

This news was thrown at the bottom by Mei Renxing, and it didn't seem to be taken very seriously. Come to think of it, although Persia has contacts with the Tang Dynasty, it is not a subject country, and it is thousands of miles away, so it is natural not to pay attention to Persia. However, Zhang Yunwen was well aware of the impact of this Great Food Invasion on the Western Regions, so he decided to facilitate this matter.

In addition to the information on this side of the frontier, there is also an undercurrent in the court now. The eldest grandson Wuji took advantage of the identity of the number one minister to support the orphans, and began to promote his own people in the court, suppressing those ministers who did not look at him, which made the court uneasy.

After reading this, Zhang Yunwen let out a long sigh, when Li Shimin was alive, he suppressed most of the contradictions at home and abroad with his own high prestige. Now that he is dead, this contradiction has begun to intensify, and it seems that he will have to be busy in the future!