At noon on June 10, the 23rd year of Zhenguan, in Li Shimin's bedroom, dozens of ministers silently gathered in front of Li Shimin's bed to listen to his last words.

In my impression, the talkative, hearty and high-spirited Majesty has never spoken so procrastinatingly.

It seems that looking back on yesterday, Li Shimin was still in the prime of his early Chinese New Year's Eve, wearing armor and a sword, and was extremely brave, leading them to conquer every inch of the Tang Dynasty, but in the blink of an eye, their faith was already lying in bed sickly and old, and it was difficult to even speak.

This situation made these old ministers cry, and the discomfort in their hearts was uncontrollable. In the quiet atmosphere, a few soft sobs were heard from time to time.

Li Shimin said very slowly and with great effort. He mentioned every minister standing here. It seems that he has already thought about what to say, although he is not as good as he is suffering from illness, but his thinking is still clear. After some instructions, he actually informed the ministers of Datang's plans for the next three years.

It seems that these plans have been made in Li Shimin's heart, but due to physical reasons, he has never had the opportunity to operate.

The ministers spoke carefully and wrote down every word Li Shimin said. Li Shimin dragged his seriously ill body for an afternoon, and finally when he was tired of speaking, he didn't say more, let the ministers retreat, and lay on the bed again and fell asleep.

Three days later, Li Shimin summoned Cheng Yanjin and Li Tao alone, and so far, all the military defense of Chang'an City was taken over by Li Tao, and the garrison of the palace was taken over by Cheng Yanjin. Chang'an City is under martial law, if there is any disturbance, they will be arrested and put in prison, if there is resistance, you can cut it first!

Chang'an City entered a period of hard crackdown. When the order came out, everyone had a hunch: I'm afraid Your Majesty really can't do it, otherwise he wouldn't have moved out such an order!

And Li Ke, at Li Shimin's initiative, began to prepare for his father's funeral with tears. This great emperor has begun to prepare to say goodbye to this world!

On June 20, Li Shimin summoned the concubines of the harem to say goodbye to these confidantes who had accompanied him.

On June 23, the empresses and princes who were married or married abroad rushed to Chang'an City, and Li Shimin summoned all the children and gave them the most heartfelt admonitions and blessings.

On 26 June, Li Shimin suddenly proposed to take a walk around Chang'an City. Li Ke immediately arranged the frame for his father. The carriage walked around Chang'an City, and the people knelt on the side of the street, they were grateful to Li Shimin for the peace, wealth, and glory they brought to them, and everyone knelt on the ground reverently to see off the legendary emperor.

On 27 June, Li Shimin took a horse-drawn carriage to the banks of the Weishui River. Where the Weishui Alliance was once established, a monument of shame was erected, and today, Li Shimin asked people to personally cut off half of the monument of shame.

He stood next to the stele that had been returned, laboriously and hoarsely shouting, "Datang!" There is no shame! ”

The guard behind him suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted with red eyes: "Datang! Wansheng! ”

Li Shimin stood on the bank of the Weishui River and looked at the north. He went back to twenty-three years ago, to seven years ago, to that tumultuous time!

At that time, the northern nomads were the biggest threat to the Tang Dynasty, and they had twice entered here! But the difference is that twenty-three years ago they had no time to resist and could only make a covenant of shame. And seven years ago, the northern nomadic tribes were destroyed here!

Up to now, a large area of grassland in the north is still stable, and the herdsmen on the grassland have gradually recognized the Tang Dynasty, and regarded themselves as a part of the Tang people to learn the culture of the Tang people.

Then, he turned his head to look at the west, the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions have now all been assessed, the Silk Road is under control, and the Western Regions have gradually assimilated into a part of the Tang Dynasty like the north.

Looking at the east again, the Three Kingdoms of Goguryeo have become a cloud of the past, and the soil of the Tang Dynasty is connected to the easternmost sea.........

It's all so beautiful! How Li Shimin wants to see that one day, the fleet of the Tang Dynasty will be invincible in the ocean and conquer one enemy after another!

It's a pity that God didn't leave him that much time, he seems... No, he didn't get a chance to see those.

"Scandium!" Li Shimin laboriously pulled out his saber and shouted to the place where the sun hung high in the sky: "I am Li Shimin, the king of Tang!" The prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, the King of Qin and the Han Dynasty, can it be compared? ”

Behind them, whether it was the minister or the pawn, they were moved to tears, they respected Li Shimin from the bottom of their hearts, and cried and shouted: "Your Majesty's merits, victory over the King of Qin, win the Han Dynasty, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, unique in the world!" Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! ”

"Hahaha!" Li Shimin laughed heartily. The sun shone on him, and the Buddha clothed him with a layer of holy radiance.

When he went back, he deliberately let the frame go to Xuanwu Gate. The old ministers who participated in the Xuanwumen Incident reverently and solemnly followed Li Shimin from Xuanwumen to the palace.

In an instant, there seemed to be an illusion in Li Shimin's eyes, he returned to the palace gate of the bloody battle twenty-three years ago, he put the knife in his hand, and slashed left and right at the people who resisted him, Cheng Biting Jin, Yu Chigong, Li Tao, Gao Shilian...... Several loyal subordinates accompanied him, killing a bloody road for him, and at the same time a supreme road to power!

On that day, he won a thrilling victory, that day, he forced his brother to death, and on that day, he took over the supreme power from his father! On that day, all his legends were written from that day!

If it weren't for the full strength of that day, I'm afraid he would have been a white skeleton lying in the grave at this moment.

Li Shimin in the eunuch support, hard to walk into the Xuanwu Gate, although more than 20 years have passed, but the traces left after the battle are still vivid, the years are ruthless, it will take away your health, your life, but it will give you back the most memorable things in another way.

Li Shimin touched the knife scratches on the stone wall, and his thoughts were full of thoughts, and he returned to that day, with blood everywhere and dead people everywhere. But he just stood up from the pile of dead people!

Xuanwumen, the place he was most unwilling to face for more than 20 years, but now, his life is coming to an end, he shouldn't have come, he has come.

Although sometimes his memory has been blurred, but he still remembers the route of how to enter the palace clearly, along the route in his memory, accompanied by several old ministers, he walked all the way through the route of the year, and finally, sat down on the throne of the Golden Palace.

He is going to gather all his ministers to the court!

It is also possible that it was the last court meeting he presided over......

It is undeniable that the Tang Dynasty is indeed one of the most glorious eras in ancient China, and to this day, there are still many countries in the world that call us "Tang people", and there are many Chinatowns. This is all the credit of Li Shimin's creation. Without the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty created by him, there is no pride we have today. With all respect!

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