Chapter 422: East Palace's Rebellion

Chang'an City. Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin looked coldly at the Yin Concubine who kept sobbing in front of him. That cold gaze made Concubine Yin's sobbing voice gradually decrease, and finally disappeared, just drooping her delicate face and saying nothing. Only one pair of shoulders was still shaking slightly.

An inexplicable atmosphere spread throughout the hall.

"Alright, you get up!" Li Shimin said lightly.

Concubine Yin glanced at Li Shimin hesitantly, and said, "But, it's You'er......"

Li Shimin frowned: "He committed a major crime of rebellion, even if I want to spare him, I'm afraid of a hundred officials." The law will not spare him! ”

When Concubine Yin heard this, she couldn't help but sobbed again.

Li Shimin felt upset for a while, shook his sleeves, and scolded Concubine Yin: "What kind of body is it that cries and cries!" Look at the good son you taught, who wants to rebel and rebel! You, who are a mother, are also indispensable for responsibility, and you go back to the palace to think about it for a month. In the meantime, you must not go out of the palace gate for half a step! ”

When Concubine Yin heard this, she immediately fell to the ground as if she was paralyzed.

Li Youqizhou's rebellion made Li Shimin feel disgraced. His son rebelled against him in Qizhou. However, in addition to being ashamed, I also felt a little distressed.

In mid-March, Li You was sent to Chang'an. Li Shimin imprisoned Li You in the Inner Province on the one hand, and investigated the rebellion on the other.

During this period, how to deal with Li You became a problem. To kill or not to kill?

"Hehe, Li You is probably going to die this time!" Li Chengqian sat down after a few cases, picked up the wine cup and said to everyone seated. In his words, there was clearly a bit of schadenfreude.

"yes!" In the middle of the seat, Na Duhe sighed lightly, and put the wine glass in his hand on top of several cases, "The crime of treason is extraordinary!" His Royal Highness King Qi is afraid that this time it will be more auspicious! Alas, I don't know what this King of Qi thinks, this matter of raising the flag and standing on his own is not trivial, and it often takes several years or decades to prepare for it in a peaceful and prosperous era before it can have enough strength. This King of Qi actually hurriedly raised his flag after cutting down Quan Wanji, so how can he be undefeated? ”

Li Chengqian sneered: "Hmph, just with his straw bale look, he also wants to learn to do things?" Even if there is no chaos in Qizhou City, I am afraid that as soon as Li Ji's army arrives, it will disappear immediately! ”

Helan Chushi hurriedly raised his wine and said with a smile: "That's it, it's still His Highness's eloquence, if His Highness stands in the position of King Qi, he will definitely succeed in one fell swoop!" ”

When he said this, Helan Chushi exchanged glances with Du He on the other side.

Li Chengqian listened, but did not reprimand Helan Chushi, but smiled arrogantly, as if he silently said this.

"By the way, Your Highness, what you arranged for the villain to do that day, the villain has already done it! The man accepted His Highness's things, and patted his chest, saying that he promised to satisfy His Highness! Helan Chushi suddenly remembered what Li Chengqian told him to do, and said at the beginning.

Hearing the news of Helan Chushi, Li Chengqian couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Really? Then Ang Lee agreed? ”

As soon as Du He, who was next to him, heard Li Anyan's name, he immediately hugged his fists to Li Chengqian and said: "Congratulations to Your Highness, now that this Li Anyan has accepted the gift of His Highness, as long as Your Majesty has any unfavorable actions to Your Highness in the future, this person can inform Your Highness in advance!" It's really an extra pair of eyes for His Highness! ”

This Li Anyan is the general of the right guard. When Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were competing for the throne, this Li Anyan was one of the six generals in Li Jiancheng's East Palace. Later, Li Jiancheng failed to compete for the crown and was defeated by Xuanwu Gate, which Li Anyan resisted desperately and led his soldiers to attack Xuanwu Gate several times. Later, he surrendered to Li Shimin. Li Shimin remembered that he was loyal to the lord in the Xuanwumen Incident, and ordered him to take charge of some of the palace guards.

With such a person who often follows Li Shimin as his eyes and ears, Li Chengqian can indeed understand first-hand information.

"Hehe, Your Highness, then Li Anyan still has a secret letter asking the villain to present it to His Highness!" As he spoke, Helan Chushi took out a letter from his arms, presented it with both hands, and handed it to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian opened the envelope suspiciously, glanced at it hastily, and said with a smile: "Hmph, I still think that this Li Anyan has something to say, but I can't imagine that it is still the same old tune!" Li Chengqian pursed his lips with some disdain, "These words have already been said by King Han and Hou Shangshu!" ”

waved the letter in his hand and threw it on top of Du He's several cases: "He persuaded Gu to follow King Qi, and said that he was willing to conspire in this matter!" ”

Du He glanced at the contents of the letter, lowered his head and smiled: "I don't know if this Li Anyan is really confused, and he actually sent this kind of letter to the palace, isn't he afraid of being turned out?" But these words are indeed repeated! ”

Helan Chushi pondered for a moment and said, "But this Li Anyan deliberately sent it to His Highness!" In this way, it can be regarded as a complete sale of his life to His Highness! ”

Li Chengqian's eyes showed a hint of joy: "Hmph, look at this Li Anyan is quite interesting, after that Gu succeeds, he will definitely not lose his credit!" ”

Before Li Anyan sent the secret letter, someone had already persuaded Li Chengqian to raise the flag and cause trouble! He also swore that he would help him well! There are many people who say this, but there are still two people who have the greatest impact on Li Chengqian.

The first is Hou Junji. Li Chengqian learned from Helan Chushi that Hou Junji was depressed and silently unhappy because he was not reused. So he disguised himself and went to see Hou Junji with Helan Chushi. It was during that meeting that Li Chengqian proposed to let Hou Junji also help watch Li Shimin's actions, and if there was any behavior that was unfavorable to him, he would inform him immediately.

Hou Junji immediately raised his right hand: "This good hand should be used by His Royal Highness!" ”

Li Chengqian heard the implication, was overjoyed at the moment, and hurriedly thanked him.

Hou Junji said again: "Your Majesty loves King Wei deeply, I am afraid that His Highness will have a disaster for the people, if there is an edict, it is advisable to prepare for it!" ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he was silent for a while, and after a long time, he got up and gave Hou Junji a long look: "I still hope that the general will advise!" ”

Hou Junji smiled and stroked his beard under his chin: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" ”

Another person who persuaded Li Chengqian to rebel was Li Yuanchang, the king of Han. Li Yuanchang and Li Chengqian are similar in age and have a very good relationship. Li Chengqian often played the same game with Li Yuanchang day and night, divided into two teams, Li Chengqian and Li Yuanchang were each unified one, were armoured, wielded a lance, set up a battle and shouted, stabbed and bled for entertainment. It can be seen that the two have a relationship. Li Yuanchang also put forward Li Tai's threat to Li Chengqian's position in the East Palace, and persuaded Li Chengqian to strike first. Finally, he said: "I used to see that Your Majesty had a beautiful woman around her, who was good at playing the pipa, and if it could be done, I hope Your Highness will give her to me!" ”

Of course, no one knows whether this is really the case, or whether it is an excuse that Li Yuanchang deliberately made.

In addition to these two people, there are also Yangzhou Thorn History, Kaihua County Gong Zhao Jie, Du Ma Duwei, Du Ruhui's son Du He and others also successively persuaded Li Chengqian to raise his banner and stand on his own.

Li Chengqian was silent for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed.

So Li Chengqian and his accomplices cut their arms with knives, and after bleeding, wiped them with cloth. After one person has passed it, it is handed over to the next person. When everyone wiped the blood from their arms with this cloth, they burned the cloth to ashes, put it in wine and drank it together, and swore to live and die together. Originally, he was going to secretly mobilize the dead to rush to kill the West Palace, but Du He said to Li Chengqian: "There is a change in astronomy, and it should be launched quickly to deal with it. ”

Li Chengqian thought for a moment and agreed.

Thus, this conspiracy to rebel was decided.

Just when the East Palace had just decided to rebel and was about to launch it, a news came, but everyone in the East Palace couldn't help but stop moving.

This is Li You, the king of Qi, standing on his own in Qizhou and raising the banner to rebel.

Everyone in the East Palace couldn't help but look at each other, planning for a long time, who would have expected that someone would take the lead.

It didn't take long for the news of the rebellion of the King of Qi to be put down again. When they learned that Li You was not defeated by Li Ji's official army, but was captured by insiders, everyone couldn't help but laugh at King Qi's incompetence. Only Na Gan Chengji's complexion changed.

Li Chengqian saw that Su Gan Chengji's face was different, thinking that he was worried about the rebellion in the East Palace, so he immediately smiled and said: "The west wall of my East Palace is the Taiji Palace, which is only twenty steps away from Da Neizheng. ”

Su Gan Chengji laughed dryly and saluted.

Li Chengqian didn't care either, and continued to drink and have fun with the rest of the ministers.

Although Li You's rebellion was put down, the impact of this incident was very large, and how to deal with Li You became a problem. When the joint trial between the Criminal Department and the Dali Temple had not yet come to an end, a minister issued a chapter requesting that Li You be brought to justice.

Of course, there are also people who write to intercede for Li You, but they account for a minority.

"Prince, in your opinion, what should be done with Li You?" At the court meeting, Li Shimin handed over this choice to Li Chengqian after listening to the opinions of both sides on Li You's handling.

Li Chengqian raised his head in surprise and looked at Li Shimin who was sitting on the dragon chair, but only saw the latter looking at the important ministers in the court.

"The son thinks that if it is a family matter, the fifth brother should not die; And if it is based on state affairs, then the fifth brother should be corrected! Li Chengqian was silent for a moment, and finally replied.

Li Shimin let out an "oh" and was noncommittal. However, a minister who strongly advocated Li You's rectification of the law retorted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is false! Your Majesty's family affairs are state affairs and world affairs! How can we talk about it separately? If even the crime of rebellion cannot be corrected, then what kind of criminal responsibility can correct the law? ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate slightly.

At this moment, Li Zhi, who was standing aside, suddenly walked out, saluted Li Shimin, and said timidly: "Erchen, Erchen has something to say!" ”

For this King of Jin, whether it is Li Shimin or the ministers of the court, they all know that this person is usually average, and since he participated in the court meeting after the opening of the mansion, he has almost always played the role of a wooden stake. Although it was favored by Li Shimin, it was because of the relationship between the eldest grandson and the queen. Now that he has taken the initiative to speak, what is this for?

Li Zhi gritted his teeth and said: "Father, the son doesn't want the fifth brother to die!" The ministers knew that Li Zhi had something to say behind him, and they were all silent and looked at Li Zhi.

"Although the fifth brother often bullied me when he was a child, and when he grew up, he was arrogant and domineering, and now he still does these things, but after all, he is my fifth brother, how can he watch the fifth brother being killed! Therefore, I came out to plead, hoping that my father and the ministers could open up and spare the fifth brother! Li Zhi stumbled to say these words.

As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin and all the ministers were silent, and for a long time, Li Shimin said quietly: "I know that you have a lot of brotherhood in your heart, but this matter involves rebellion, and it can't be exposed so lightly!" ”

Hearing Li Shimin say this, Li Zhi blushed: "But, but ......" Before he could speak, Li Shimin waved his hand and motioned for Li Zhi to go down first. Li Zhi was helpless, and then retreated into the queue.

When Li Chengqian and Li Tai saw this, the corners of their mouths couldn't help but show a cold smile.

Seeing that the discussion could not lead to any results, Li Shimin said softly: "Well, it is better to wait for the trial between the Criminal Department and Dali Temple to be completed, and then make a final decision!" ”