Li You's rebellion is a farce at all, firstly, he only has about 1,000 palace guards in his hands, and it is not certain whether these people can follow his orders to rebel with him, second, he has no financial resources to rebel, and thirdly, Li You does not have the prestige to respond to every call.

But anyone with a little brain, in the situation at Li You's time, would not rebel, but he just rebelled, and according to the news, Li You not only raised troops, but also named the Shangzhu State, Kaifu Yitong and other official positions, such as Yan Hongxin and others were all crowned kings, and they were all the kings of Tuoxi, Tuodong, etc., and even the names were not at the slightest level.

However, although Li You's rebellion was a farce, when the news reached Chang'an, it made Li Shimin's anger like thunder, after all, his son wanted to rebel against him, which was simply rebellious, and rebellion was a heinous crime, even if it was a prince, it was a capital crime, especially the nature of the prince's rebellion was simply too bad.

So Li Shimin also immediately ordered to quell the rebellion, and it happened that Li Ji came back from Bingzhou at this time, because Li Zhi could already shoulder the heavy responsibility of the governor of Bingzhou, and Li Ji's age was not young, and a general like him who held a lot of power was easy to form a tail that could not be lost all year round, so Li Shimin transferred him back to Chang'an to serve as the secretary of the military department.

As a result, before the position of the secretary of Li Jibing's department was hot, he received an order from Li Shimin to send soldiers from Huai, Luo, Bian, Song, Lu, Hua, Ji, Yun, and Hai Kyushu to quell the rebellion together with Liu Dewei, the secretary of the criminal department.

Speaking of Liu Dewei, the secretary of the criminal department, he was also unlucky, before Quan Wanji reported to Li Shimin that Li You assassinated him, so Li Shimin sent Liu Liu Dewei to investigate, he quickly found out that the matter was true, and after reporting to Li Shimin, he was ready to return to Chang'an, but he didn't expect that he had just left, Li You sent someone to kill Quan Wanji, and wanted to send someone to intercept him, but Liu Dewei also fled in embarrassment and almost died in Qizhou.

"Ahem, cough~" Ma Ye, who was half-lying on the bed, let out a violent cough, Li Xiu personally patted him on the back, and in the other hand he was holding a medicine bowl, and when Ma Ye's cough stopped, he opened his mouth to persuade, "Uncle Ma, the medicine is no longer hot, you drink it quickly, and it will feel better when the medicine is effective." ”

"The medicine prescribed by this Sun Laodao is too bitter, can you let him prescribe some delicious medicine?" Although Ma Ye's face turned pale at this time, he still frowned and said, the older he gets, the more like a child's personality is, and he even has to be bitter when he takes medicine.

"Good medicine is bitter, Sun Daochang is also for your good, and this time your illness is very fierce, and Sun Daochang's medicine is also a little heavy, otherwise it will not cure your illness at all." Li Xiu was also kind at this time.

A few days ago, Ma Ye suddenly fell ill while dealing with the affairs of Fei Nusi, and was carried home by someone at that time, which scared the county lord of Guanghua and Li Xiu and others, fortunately Sun Simiao lived nearby, so Li Xiu personally invited him to come for diagnosis and treatment, there is nothing big about people, but Ma Ye is old, no matter how small the illness will become very troublesome.

Under Li Xiu's persuasion, Ma Ye finally took the medicine bowl and drank it in a few sips, I have to say that the medicine prescribed by Sun Simiao this time is indeed very bitter, Li Xiu feels unbearable just by smelling the taste, Ma Ye is also grinning bitterly after drinking, Li Xiu hurriedly took a piece of preserved fruit and gave Ma Ye a taste of it, which made him feel much better.

"By the way, Li Ji has already left Chang'an to quell the rebellion, what do you think Li You's side will do?" Ma Ye suddenly asked at this time, the matter of Li You's rebellion has been spread to everyone, and it is also the focus of their Feinu Division, Ma Ye was busy with the affairs of Qizhou before he fell ill.

"Don't worry about this matter, Li You's rebellion was originally a farce, in fact, His Majesty doesn't need to send a general like Li Ji to go in person, as long as a holy decree can quell this rebellion, so I estimate that Li Ji and they haven't arrived in Qizhou this time, and the rebellion over there will be quelled." Li Xiu didn't care.

In fact, in the original history, Li You ordered troops to be sent from all over Qizhou after the rebellion, but no one responded at all, and then he could only forcibly recruit the people of Qizhou City to enlist in the army, which caused great public resentment, and then a small soldier in Qizhou planned to capture Li You, so he gathered a group of people to kill into the palace, and it was very easy to catch Li You, and Li Ji's army was still quite far away from Qizhou at that time.

"What you said also makes sense, but the rebellion of King Qi is a big deal after all, so Li Ji naturally doesn't have to worry about going out in person, but what I'm worried about is waiting until the rebellion is put down." At this time, I saw Ma Ye say with a solemn expression again.

Hearing Ma Ye's words, Li Xiu couldn't help frowning, he naturally knew what Ma Ye meant, Li You's rebellion is a capital crime, but he is the prince after all, although he should be beheaded according to the law, but can Li Shimin really be ruthless to kill his son?

Of course, in the original history, Li Shimin did kill Li You, for others, Li You naturally deserved it, and even after Li Shimin killed his son, it also seemed that as an emperor, he killed his relatives and maintained the majesty of the Tang Dynasty's laws, but from the perspective of human nature, Li Shimin, as a father, executed his son, even if this son is not successful, Li Shimin may not feel good in his heart, and it will even form a more serious blow to his nerves that are already fragile because of his son.

"It's a little too early to think about these things, and this kind of thing should have been a headache for Your Majesty, Uncle Ma, your body is sick like this, it's better to recuperate with peace of mind!" After Li Xiu was silent for a moment, he finally spoke again to persuade him, he had already withdrawn from the court, and Ma Ye's body was like this again, so troubles like the above really shouldn't be considered by them.

"I know that you kid is unwilling to get involved in these things, but sometimes people are in their position, they must seek their own government, your identity is very special, even if you resign, you are still the most trusted person of Your Majesty, I heard people in the palace say that Your Majesty encounters any difficulties, sometimes the first thing I think of discussing with you, but considering that you don't like things in the court, Your Majesty did not come to bother you."

"Uncle Ma, I'm ......"

Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he heard Ma Ye's words, and just wanted to say something, but at this time, he was interrupted by Ma Ye waving his hand: "You don't have to explain anything, I can understand your thoughts, it's just that Your Majesty has been getting older and older in recent years, and because of his hard work day and night, Your Majesty's health is not very good, especially in the past two years, his sons, in addition to Li Zhi and Li Ke, others have not made Your Majesty worry less." ”

When he said this, I saw Ma Ye suddenly sigh and then said: "This time Li You rebelled again, and the blow to His Majesty was also very serious, I heard that he has not thought about eating and drinking for three or four days in a row, and he can't sleep well at night, and the whole person has lost weight several times at once, although you have resigned, but you are one of the few people who can be called a friend of Your Majesty, should you also do your duty as a friend at this time?" ”

Hearing Ma Ye's words, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel even more ashamed, Ma Ye said that the above was completely selfish, and he didn't want Li Xiu to really do anything, but he just hoped that Li Xiu, as a friend, could comfort Li Shimin at this time, at least let him take care of his health, because Li Shimin is the emperor, and his health is also related to the safety of the entire Tang Dynasty.

"Uncle Ma, I understand what you mean, I will definitely enter the palace to persuade Your Majesty when I find an opportunity!" Li Xiu quickly nodded and said, although the relationship between him and Li Shimin is no longer a simple friend, it does not prevent him from doing his duty as a friend.

"That's right, but you also have to grasp the measure, don't agree to what you can't promise, especially the situation in the court and China in the past two years is so dangerous, with your identity, if you step into the court again, I'm afraid it will be really difficult to get out!" Ma Ye nodded with satisfaction at first, and then solemnly admonished, it seems that he also feels the situation of the storm coming from the DPRK and China.

Hearing Ma Ye's advice, Li Xiu also nodded again, and then he chatted with Ma Ye for a while, and at this time, the medicinal power of the drink also began to work, and Ma Ye also felt very sleepy, so Li Xiu helped him lie down, and when he fell asleep, he personally covered Ma Ye with a quilt before leaving, of course, when he left, he also let people inform the Guanghua County Lord and Hate'er, so as not to disturb Ma Ye from their mother and daughter.

Half a month later, the situation in Qizhou was really like the original history, Li Ji's army had not yet arrived in Qizhou, and as a result, Li You's side had fallen into the situation of rebellion and separation, not only the army of Qing, Zi and other states did not listen to Li You's orders, and even the counties under Qizhou did not listen to his orders, and then Qizhou soldier Cao Du Xingmin gathered his soldiers, and took advantage of the night to chisel open the wall of the Qi Palace, not only captured Li You alive, but also captured Yan Hongxin and other Li Xiu's cronies, among which Yan Hongxin's younger brother Yan Hongliang wanted to resist, As a result, he was gouged out by Du Xingmin and others, and was whipped to death.

After Li You was captured, the few rebels under his command also surrendered, and then Li You and his gang of henchmen were also taken into custody by Li Ji who arrived and prepared to be sent to Chang'an, but the documents for reporting the victory were sent to Chang'an first.

In the Liangyi Palace, Li Shimin held this good news sent by Li Ji in his hand, but his brows were furrowed and he fell into distress, because he didn't know what to do with Li You's son? According to the law, of course Li You deserves to die, but if he really lets him kill his son ruthlessly, he can't be reluctant, after all, tiger poison doesn't eat children, let alone people?

"Your Majesty, Yan Guogong asks to see you!" However, just when Li Shimin was distressed, he suddenly saw an inner servant rushing to report.