Early Dynasty, Taiji Palace.

At the beginning of the early dynasty, it was as calm as usual. Just when the early dynasty was about to disperse, Yushi Zhao Wannian suddenly stood up.

He said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister has his own music. ”

This morning, Li Shimin has already made arrangements to meet with the Henan Provincial Supervision Envoy. He said absentmindedly, "What do you have to say?" ”

Zhao Wannian's face was cloudy, and he looked a little cowardly. After a moment of silence, he finally mustered up the courage to say: "The minister impeached the deposed crown prince Li Chengqian and left the place of exile without authorization, which violated the laws of the country and should be investigated. ”

The ministers all know that this matter is Li Shimin's rebellion, and although there has been a lot of uproar these days, no one has thought of making a fuss about this matter. Not only is it completely meaningless, but it will also offend Li Shimin to death.

Everyone doesn't know, why did this Zhao Wannian go crazy?

Sure enough, Li Shimin scolded: "You are a dignified imperial historian, you don't do your job all day long, what are you doing to impeach a commoner?" It's really full. ”

Zhao Wannian said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The abolished prince Li Chengqian is now a guilty person, and he has no right to leave the penal colony without authorization and come to Chang'an City.

He is now a concubine, and he has neither the courage nor the ability to come to Chang'an City.

I want to ask, who is behind the back, behind the help of him? This is knowingly breaking the law, knowingly committing a crime. The minister requested that the matter be strictly investigated. ”

At this time, the ministers were even more surprised. The original Zhao Wannian's spearhead was directed at His Royal Highness the Prince. Everyone has already heard that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who arranged this matter.

Although Li Shimin was angry about Zhao Wannian's audacity, Zhao Wannian was reasonable, and Li Shimin didn't know what to do for a while. He was stunned for a moment, and then said, "In this case, you can leave the music first, and I will study it." Let's disperse first. ”

Li Shimin planned to put it aside for the first time, ignore it, and let the matter go away.

No one expected that Zhao Wannian was just a start, and then, many people suddenly appeared to impeach him. Within a few days, as many as 232 impeachment notes were issued.

That's not all, those students of the Faculty of Arts before the education reform also signed a joint letter to investigate the matter.

In the current Tang Dynasty, everything is thriving, why is there such a sudden countercurrent?

It turns out that nothing in the world is perfect. The social reforms advocated by Li Shimin, Li Su, Wei Zheng, and others were welcomed by the vast majority of the people. However, it also touched the interests of many people.

These old-fashioned forces are the old interest groups represented by the gate-lord clans.

The development of industry and commerce, the strengthening of land management, the promotion of basic education, and other measures greatly contributed to the progress and development of society in the Tang Dynasty.

However, all these measures have directly hit the old interest groups represented by the gate valve clan.

The imperial court strengthened land management and restricted them from annexing land. The development of industry and commerce broke their original monopoly on commerce. The popularization of basic cultural education has changed the original mode of social education under their control. Even the imperial examination system has changed, blocking their direct access to officials, and losing the foundation of their influence on the government.

They have long been holding back their energy to restore their former glory.

Zhao Wannian's impeachment gave them a start, so they responded in groups.

They pointed the finger at the prince, not to bring down the prince. Instead, they used the topic to exert pressure on the imperial court to force the imperial court to make concessions to them.

Why did Zhao Wannian impeach the crown prince Li Su?

It turned out that Zhao Wannian's younger brother Zhao Tongnian had studied hard for 12 years, and he was named Sun Shan in the exam for many years. With the help of his brother Zhao Wannian, whose family is also not wealthy, he continued to study hard, and he felt that he could not enter. Thinking about winning a name for himself in the imperial examination.

Unexpectedly, under the impetus of the crown prince Li Su, the imperial examination was cancelled, not only that, after the reform of the education system, natural science accounted for a large proportion, and Zhao Tongnian was illiterate for natural science. All his dreams were lost, so he couldn't think about them, so he went crazy.

Zhao Wannian was dissatisfied. He was originally Li Ke's sworn friend, and Li Ke's failure to compete for the crown prince was actually done by the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Tai. However, he was implicated with Li Ke, was demoted, and was fined 1 year. Li Ke has been promoted to prince, and his situation has not changed in the slightest.

His target this time was really not the crown prince Li Su, but the entire Li dynasty. He felt unfair about Li Ke and Li Tai's restoration of titles: why should the descendants of the Li family be fine if they make mistakes, he should be treated like this. So, he thought about venting.

As a result, Zhao Wannian's approach resonated.

When Li Tai was reprimanded, because he was Li Shimin's son, he was only demoted to the rank of county prince, but his subordinates were severely dealt with in the Li Li Ministry's left attendant Wang Qi, Yan Liben, and Shi Ma Qianli, the head of the Wei Palace.

Wang Qi and Yan Liben were demoted to the third and fourth levels respectively, and Yan Liben was relegated to Minzhou as Sima. Because Ma Qianli was the prince of Wei, he was thought by Li Shimin that he had brought Li Tai badly, and he was directly demoted to a commoner.

The subordinates of the abolished prince Li Chengqian were even more miserable, and they were all killed and their homes were raided. The abolished prince Li Chengqian is now living a free life, which will naturally cause dissatisfaction.

So the family members of these people who were still officials in the imperial court saw that someone was taking the lead, so they tossed up.

As for the children of the Gate Valve Clan still having a lot of strength in the court, they naturally have to add fuel to the fire.

There are other people who have not benefited from the reform, or who have received less benefits, and they have also followed suit. For a while, it was menacing.

After receiving Li Dan's letter, Li Su's first thought was to return to Chang'an immediately, and then he thought that he should believe in the wisdom and problem-solving ability of Li Shimin, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Cen Wenwen. He is one of the targets of others' attacks, and he will be of great help in Chang'an.

So Li Su decided to continue to Yangzhou. Still, he wrote a letter for Li Dan's messenger to take back.

In Chang'an, the incident continued to expand, and within a few days, the number of impeachment pieces continued to increase, reaching 376. Among them are ministers who have been supportive of reform.

Why do these people have to come in?

It turned out that some of the scientific and technological achievements of Li Su and others took care of their own people, such as Li Xiaogong, Hou Junji and even Li Shimin, who made a fortune, and many people looked red.

For the sudden riot, Li Shimin and others were unexpected, and felt a little headache.