Before dawn, the street drums of Hankyung had already begun to sound. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as the drums sounded, the permanent staff officers in the capital began to go out and rush to the court. According to the system, the Tang Dynasty civil officials have more than five grades, as well as the Zhongshu and the two provinces under the door, the supervision of the imperial history, the member of the Wailang, and the doctor Taichang, see the emperor every day, called the permanent counselor, also known as the court official.

Zhenguan Dynasty, Zhongmen, Menxia, Shangshu three provinces, as well as the Privy Council, Hanlin Yuan, Yushitai and above, must see the emperor every day.

Only some officials in Beijing need to get up early to participate in the court, but the emperor has to get up early every day.

As is customary, the emperor gets a night dress.

Before dawn, the palace maids who were specially responsible for preparing the emperor's clothes for the morning dynasty at night had already ironed the clothes and held them in front of the emperor.

Under their service, Li Yuan washed and changed his clothes.

Put on the dragon robe, it is not yet dawn outside.

The street drums in Hanjing City are still ringing, and there is an eighteen-storey bell and drum tower in the center of Hanjing City, towering into the sky, one of the landmarks of Hanjing. There is a huge drum here, and in the morning, this drum is the first to sound.

Then the street drums of each city and street in Hanjing will be sounded immediately, and they will be beaten until the sky dawns and the people can see clearly.

Li Yuan did not have an early dynasty for three years.

Staying in the palace every day and indulging in wine, his body has long been hollowed out.

These days, every day in the morning, he already feels that his body is a little unbearable.

In fact, the early dynasty was a ritual, and Li Yuan hated these rituals now, but he couldn't cancel them. This is a manifestation of the emperor's authority, and in this period, if he does not come to court earlier, he may be passed on to something.

When people are in a state of panic.

Damn Cheng Qian, a ten-year-old child, has such a scheming. His choice was beyond Li Yuan's expectations. He didn't hide and couldn't come out, but he only came out alone.

He sent people to the East Palace to persuade him to surrender, but Ma Zhou and other prime ministers expressed their attitude, and resolutely did not open the palace door in accordance with the prince's edict.

Li Yuan asked Cheng Qian to be brought to the East Palace, trying to force the East Palace to open the door, but the East Palace still refused to obey the edict.

In Ma Zhou's words, when Cheng Qian walked out of the East Palace, he was no longer the prince of the imperial court, and now, the people in the East Palace only obeyed the emperor's will.

Even if Cheng Qian gave the order, it would be useless.

It's dark.

Then the gate of heaven was opened, and the court officials entered the palace and went to the palace.

The boring pilgrimage meeting, after a set of rituals, ended in a hurry as usual.

The real discussion is still in Li Yuan's imperial study.

Li Yuan rarely reads books now, and this imperial study is actually a large side hall.

Here he summoned his confidants and ministers to discuss military affairs with them.

"The group of rebels in the East Palace are the stones in the pit, all of them are stinky and hard. Even Cheng Qian's words were useless. Now, the only way to do this is to attack hard. Li Yi, do you have the ability to take the East Palace? Li Yuan sighed, he felt back pain today, and when he got up in the morning, he felt uncomfortable, the pain was terrible, and his back was not straight.

Luo Yi lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, Donggong was too difficult to bite, he tried all kinds of methods, but it didn't work.

The crown prince, who had been sitting at the foot of the jade steps and had not spoken, stood up, "Father, the son is willing to attack the East Palace on behalf of King Yan." ”

Li Yuan glanced at his son in surprise, this eldest son had been in seclusion for several years, and it seemed that he had already been stupid. Every day, he sat there like a mud bodhisattva, and he didn't say a word.

Unexpectedly, now he actually took the initiative to ask Ying to attack the East Palace.

Li Yuan smiled, and Jiancheng was finally alive again.

"Prince, what is your plan?"

"There is no other way, only to attack hard, not afraid of casualties, no matter how big the price is, you have to attack and win. There are no more than 10,000 guards in the East Palace, and they can't fight us. ”

Li Yuan thought about it, this is also a method. Although they fought hard, their casualties might be several times that of the defenders, but Gen Li Yuan had no patience to wait any longer.

"Okay, the East Palace is yours, and it's up to you to take it back."

Li Yuan glanced at these henchmen in the palace, these people were different from those in the court meeting outside, these were his real henchmen, others might waver, but they had no way back.

"Zhuqing, Shimin must have received the news from here, and it is estimated that he is on his way back to the division. In one month at the earliest, or two months at the latest, he will return from the Western Regions. We can't let him go back to Beijing, we have to keep him out. Guanzhong is the top priority of interception, but although Uncle Qin is my son-in-law, he is dedicated to the people. ”

"Is anyone willing to take Guanzhong and intercept the people?"

The ministers looked at each other.

Guanzhong Qin Qiong, this is not easy to deal with. Known as the martial arts, the folk also call him the door god, because Li Chao wrote a book for him, beautified and praised it in many ways, so that Qin Qiong's reputation was resounding all over the world. Even the folk peddlers and pawns may not know who the prime minister of the dynasty is, but when he talks about Qin Qiong, he must give a thumbs up and praise the mighty and loyal Second Master Qin.

Qin Qiong is as famous as Guan Erye in the people.

However, this person also has the ability to lead troops, and it is dangerous to fight in the pass. Qin Qiong is not fighting alone, there are Li Ji in Hedong, Su Dingfang in Shuofang, and Guo Xiaoke in Hexi, these people can support Qin Qiong, especially Li Shimin's army of the Western Expedition can arrive at any time.

Chai Shao stepped forward, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead the army to seize Guanzhong and intercept the abolished emperor." ”

Li Shimin has been designated by Li Yuan as the abolished emperor, and he also abolished the Zhenguan era name, this year is the ninth year of Wude, and he continues to use the Wude era name.

Li Yuan was very relieved to see Chai Shao's request. However, he was still hesitating, and he wanted to send Li Xiaogong to Guanzhong, but he was a little relieved about Li Xiaogong.

He is relieved of Chai Shao's ability and trusts his loyalty, but Beijing also needs Chai Shao, a privy envoy.

"Your Majesty, Erchen requests to lead troops to defeat Qin Qiong in Guanzhong." One person is out of the ranks.

But it was King Yuanji of Qi.

"Sichang and Yuanji are both loyal and commendable, Sichang, you are the privy envoy, and I can't leave you for a moment. Yuanji, you come to command the western expedition, I will let Xiaogong be your deputy commander, and then use the Xue Wanche brothers as your vanguard. Li Yuan finally decided.

"I, give you 30,000 horses, and after you leave Beijing, you can recruit soldiers and horses from Henan and other places on the spot."

Hurried footsteps.

A chamberlain crawled in.

"Your Majesty, urgent report."

"The warrior rebelled, opened Yangzhou City and surrendered to Li Chao, Li Chao has taken Yangzhou City bloodlessly, and is currently waving his army against the Yangtze River!"

Li Yuan stood up in shock.

"Samurai Yan surrendered to Li Chao? That's impossible! ”

The ministers are silent, Yangzhou falls, then from the mouth of the Yangtze River to the mouth of the Han River, it will be unimpeded.

"Who can stop Li Chao?" The Emperor asked.

Everyone looked at each other.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Li Jing, the king of Wujun, has already led 30,000 soldiers and horses to Jiangxia, and Li Jing will definitely be able to defeat Li Chao." A minister said.

Li Yuan was thinking in his heart, Wu Shi Yan can't be trusted, can this Li Jing be reliable?