It's already dusk.

The lights in the Ganlu Hall were bright, and Li Shimin finally opened his mouth again.

"I want to see the pheasant slave!"

Pheasant slave Li Zhi, a prince who has only been a prince for less than half a year, is about to become a abolished prince. Li Shimin didn't think about fighting for this son, he just wanted to save his life.

Fang Xuanling agreed to the emperor.

Li Zhi was brought.

Nine-year-old Li Zhi is young and intelligent, dignified and serene. He was already sensible and understood the current situation, and after seeing his father, he silently took his father's hand.

"Holy and safe, my son will be relieved."

Li Shimin took his son into his arms, "It would be nice if Chengqian was as filial as you." ”

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Under the city of Guangzhou.

Li Ji convened the military account of the colonel.

"Dashuai, what happened to Han Jing, why did he give such an order?"

Another day had passed since he received the order to withdraw his troops, and Li Ji had learned more about this day. He now knew what had happened in Hanjing, and there had actually been a palace coup. And the mastermind turned out to be Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji.

The emperor has been placed under house arrest, the Gyeonggi region is under their control, and Hanjing is about to welcome Cheng Qian into Beijing.

"Those Zaifu of Hanjing have rebelled, and they have betrayed Your Majesty." Li Ji said sadly.

He swept his gaze over the generals and told everyone the truth. He wanted to see everyone's reactions, and the reaction disappointed him.

When the generals heard the news, they were not angry, but seemed to be relieved.

"What happens next?" Zhang Liang asked, this is the emperor's absolute confidant, the general of the Shence Army.

"Next, it is Cheng Qian's entry into Beijing, and then His Majesty's abdication, and Cheng Qian's accession to the throne."

"What about us?" Zhang Liang asked.

He was also one of the nine generals of the Xuanwu Sect back then, and he knew very well that the situation in the court would change dramatically after the coup.

A gentleman and a courtier.

Where should they, the emperor's ministers, go?

"Han Jing summoned us to withdraw our division."

"Are you going back to Beijing?"

"No, the government soldiers will return to the government, and the school will return to Beijing."

At this time, it was impossible for Hanjing to let this army drive to Hanjing, so they asked them to withdraw their troops, but the government soldiers returned to the government, and the generals returned to Beijing.

"I mean, what about when we get back to Beijing?" Zhang Liang continued to ask, he didn't think about taking the soldiers back to King Qin of Han to save him or anything, he was thinking about them now.

Li Ji snorted, "Even if Cheng Qian becomes the emperor, in order to stabilize the situation, he will not do anything to us, and maybe he will be promoted to a knight." ”

"Oh!" Zhang Liang let out a long sigh, which was relieved.

Li Ji looked at this emperor's henchman, he had such an attitude, and he didn't have any hope anymore.

"Distribute all the supplies in the army to the soldiers, and then disband the army and let everyone go home!"

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Guangzhou.

Zhang Zhongjian was a little haggard, and this time he was defeated by Li Ji, which was a big loss of face. When I was old, I almost lost my life.

"Virtuous nephew, do you think Li Ji will retire?"

Zhang Jing smiled, "Definitely, Li Ji has always been a prudent person." This time, he was on the wrong side, but now that the situation was so clear, he didn't have the slightest reason to resist any longer. Without the follow-up reinforcements of the imperial court, with his 80,000 people, he couldn't make waves in Lingnan, and Guangzhou City is now stationed with multiple reinforcements, so strong city plus heavy artillery, Li Ji could not capture it. ”

Really.

On the same day, Li Ji sent people to the city of Guangzhou to meet Zhang Zhongjian and others.

After some talks, Li Ji said that he would accept the edict of the imperial court, disband the army on the spot, and let the 80,000 army go home. However, several requirements were also put forward: First, the wounded soldiers should be received by Guangzhou and treated and cared for until the soldiers were sent back to their hometowns after they were healed.

Second, Guangzhou will give the disbanded soldiers dry rations and severance pay.

Third, the bones of soldiers killed in the war had to be collected by Guangzhou and sent back to their hometowns after cremation.

As for Li Ji and other generals, they will take a boat from Guangzhou to return to Beijing.

Zhang Zhongjian got up and stretched out his hand.

Li Ji also stretched out his hand.

The two opponents who fought to the death before shook hands and made peace at this time.

Although he was once a defeated general under Li Ji, Zhang Zhongjian is in a good mood now, and he is the final winner.

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Health.

There was laughter everywhere.

The whole Jiankang already knew the good news, and the prince was finally going to enter Beijing.

Jiankang's cabinet and various ministries are now happy, seeing Li Ji attacking Lingnan, everyone is still worried, but now they have won so unexpectedly.

Cheng Qian, Zhang Chao, and Ma Zhou sat together to discuss the matter of entering Beijing.

"Wenyuan, good news, Li Ji finally accepted the edict. He negotiated a few conditions with Guangzhou, and then agreed to disband the soldiers and horses on the spot, and the generals of the Southern Expedition returned to Beijing by boat from Guangzhou. ”

Hearing the news, Cheng Qian was even more happy.

Even Li Ji has been dropped, so things will be even more unhindered.

"Teacher, what do you say Lone should do after returning to Beijing?"

"First of all, the demon monk who beheaded Na Sarava, he bewitched His Majesty with his words and offered the elixir of life, but in fact it was poison, which poisoned His Majesty's body, and only then did he have the chaotic government. It is precisely because of this that His Majesty's health is not good, and he has to abdicate and let His Highness take over. Therefore, the first thing to do when entering Beijing was to kill this demon monk. ”

This can also be regarded as a response to their original slogan, Qingjun's side.

This is a political slogan, even if it is to pull a scapegoat, it must be done at this time.

Not only did they have to kill, but they also had to kill the entire Hanjing, and the people of the whole world saw it.

Let everyone know that the emperor was confused by the demon monks, and he lost his mind after eating the poison pill. The emperor was still very wise in the past, and this cannot be erased. The prince's army is also just, for the sake of the country and the society, in order to clear the king's side.

Now that the monarch's side is cleared, the emperor's health is no longer good, and he can no longer continue to govern the world, so he abdicates to make way for Xian and let Chengqian succeed him.

Everything will be legal and reasonable, and there will be no problem in the succession of the successors.

"And then?" Cheng Qian asked again.

"Then," Zhang Chao smiled, "Then His Royal Highness will be rewarded with meritorious heroes, not only the soldiers who raised the army, but also the courtiers who followed, and the heroes of the Xuanwumen Revolution in Hanjing should be rewarded, even if they were like Li Ji, who had caught us a little off guard, and even those court officials who did nothing should also be rewarded appropriately." ”

In short, it is to reward as much as possible, anyway, to show the world that the new emperor will not engage in any purges and the like, and must be stable, united, and stable.

As for the back, of course, it is to be the prince again, then to supervise the country, and then to succeed to the throne, step by step. What about being an emperor?

Reshuffle the center, establish a cabinet, restore parliament, and restore the New Deal.

There are a lot of things to do, and you can take your time.

However, there is one point, Zhang Chao must remind Cheng Qian.

"To go to Hanjing, we must bring a large army into Beijing."

"Is it necessary?" Cheng Qian asked, he originally thought that it would be good to bring 20,000 or 30,000 people, and the rest of the soldiers could be disbanded or returned to the garrison.

"Your Highness, of course it is necessary. There are still so many armies in Hanjing, and even His Majesty is still there. In case we can't talk about it then, we still have to rely on the military as a deterrent. Your Highness doesn't want to be constrained or even threatened everywhere in Hanjing, right? ”

In this way, Cheng Qian also understood that what he said was too simple.

"Teacher, this matter will be left to you, you choose the elite to go north with Gubei."

Ma Zhou also agreed with Zhang Chao's proposal, and this time he entered Hanjing, which would not be too calm. After all, Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji, etc., which is simple.

"The minister thought that after entering Beijing, he should take over the Gyeonggi soldiers and horses as soon as possible and get the right to control these soldiers and horses. It would be better to be able to reorganize these Gyeonggi armies, break them up, integrate them into our southern army, and transfer some of them out of Gyeonggi. Ma Zhou proposed.

"This must be, but we can't be in a hurry, and we can't let the people of the Hanjing court be frightened."

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In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, in the middle of September.

Zhang Chao selected 100,000 elites, 40,000 people from two naval fleets, plus 60,000 land forces from three group armies, a total of 100,000 elite men, and sailed away from Jiankang in Jiangnan to Hanjing to the north.

Behind the fleet, there is a 'logistics civilian fleet', carrying grain, grass, ordnance, etc., in fact, this logistics civilian is still a soldier of the Southern Army, but it doesn't matter if the name is changed. They were fully equipped and organized, with a total of 60,000 people, plus 60,000 real people, and set off with the army one after another.

The white sails of the sky, the countless ships.

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Hankyung, East Palace.

Xia Hua has been taken back to the East Palace, and now she is the mistress of this palace, waiting for the man to return home.

"Ah~"

Labor pains began, and the child in the womb couldn't wait for his father's return.

"Imperial Doctor!"

The royal midwife, female doctor, etc., who had been waiting in the East Palace for a long time, immediately came over and sent Xia Hua into the delivery room.

After the examination, the midwife told Wu good news.

"The fetus is very positive."

Xia Hua is young and the first child is the first child, but fortunately the fetal position is positive, otherwise it will be very troublesome.

Wu Meiniang sat on the edge of the bed, holding Xia Hua's hand tightly, cheering her on.

"Force, it'll be fine in a while."

After half an hour of torment, with a cry of wow, it was finally delivered.

The midwife lifted the child's legs upside down and helped him wipe them.

"It's a boy." The midwife told the sweaty and weak Xia Hua a good news.

Xia Hua smiled, when she was pregnant, the imperial doctor said that it might be a boy, but after it was really born and confirmed, it was still more pleasant.

The little guy cried loudly and powerfully.

The midwife began to bathe him, washed and wrapped around the swaddling clothes, and then handed the anxious summer flowers to the long-awaited summer flowers. "It's ugly!"

"It's the same with newborn babies, he's already growing well." The midwife said on the side.

Xia Hua feeds the baby under the guidance of the midwife.

The little one quickly found it and sucked hard.

"It hurts!"

Everyone laughs together.

After eating the first mouthful of milk, he finally stopped crying.

Temple of Manna.

Wang Chengen came in with a smile, "Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, the crown princess has just given birth to a son, and the mother and son are safe." ”