Chapter 317: Li Ke ascends to the throne

"Cheng Saburo! Fang Er, how could it be you? The people who came to greet Li Hao turned out to be a few people that Li Hao was familiar with, which made Li Hao a little surprised.

"We don't know much about this, but all the people in the palace have been replaced now. My father and they are all guarding the palace now, and the crown prince is imprisoned! The news brought by Fang Er and Cheng San shocked Li Hao and Li Ke! The crown prince is imprisoned, what is the situation?

"Let's go into the city first, the situation in the city is tense now." Li Hao led the men and horses directly into the city with Fang Er, and the soldiers who guarded the city were allowed to enter after checking the military orders in Li Hao's hands and Fang Er's identity.

The situation in the city is also very delicate, there are soldiers guarding many places, and the entire Chang'an City has become strict. The thousands of students from the Military Academy brought by Li Hao were summoned to the palace by Li Er's order after entering the city, and Li Hao also went with him.

"See the emperor!" Seeing Li Er again, this guy suddenly became a lot older, and his hands were still trembling when he sat in his place. Beside him are Li Jing, Xu Shiji, Cheng Fairy and other old ministers who have followed him to fight the world, but he doesn't see the eldest grandson Wuji.

Li Er saw Li Hao and Li Ke, and nodded his head. didn't say anything, just asked the two of them to go and have a good rest first, and Li Ke was left in the palace.

After seeing this, Li Hao's heart became a little active, and it seemed that something big had happened in the palace. Otherwise, how could the eldest grandson Wuji and the crown prince not see this kind of scene, but Li Hao didn't know what happened.

The next day, Li Hao was summoned to the palace again, this time Li Ke was made the crown prince. Lao Fang Lao Cheng and the others did not object, and no one objected to the other ministers when they saw this scene, and the eldest grandson Wuji still did not go to the court. The news from outside is that the guy is sick, and no one knows what the illness is.

After Li Ke was established as the crown prince, Li Er retired from the court, and the affairs of the court were handed over to Li Ke and several important ministers to deal with. Li Ke seems to be a little unaccustomed to becoming a prince, which is a little unnatural. He really wanted to talk to Li Hao about something, but he had to discuss things now, and some things couldn't be said nonsense.

During the time when Li Er fell ill and the crown prince was imprisoned, a lot happened in Datang, and these need to be discussed. For example, the surroundings of Datang are not very quiet, and there are many people inside Datang who are ready to move, and these things need to be discussed.

Li Er's current state is not suitable for deliberations at all, and it is said that it is already remarkable to be able to stand up and walk. If it weren't for Lao Sun's move, Li Er might not even be able to stand up.

Li Hao doesn't need to worry about the things arranged, these important ministers in Li Junzhong have handled them well, and Li Ke's own ups and downs for so many years have made his vision grow a lot. If there is chaos around, then fight it, and now Datang's ability, there is no need to worry about these surrounding places at all, not to mention that there are so many more weapons.

In fact, Li Hao doesn't need to worry about these things, the advice that should be given has been given, the weapons have been provided, and the rest is the army's business. Wang Xuance stayed in the south to preside over the affairs there, and Chang'an also transferred some troops and a veteran to the past.

Xi Junmai was still in the east, and troops were also sent over there, and a veteran also went. Lao Cheng and Xu Shiji were arranged to go to the northwest, and they also needed the assistance of important ministers there. Xue Rengui stayed in the Northeast, and Chang'an gave him an old minister.

In order to ensure the foolproof nature of the war, and also for the new prince to preside over the first national war of the government, the old Li Jing was once again sent to command the war. He is the military god of Datang, and with him, Datang's army is like having a Dinghai God Needle.

Li Ke is different from Li Er, he doesn't have to worry that these old ministers will become bigger. As long as Li Hao was by his side, he never worried about the problems of these old ministers. And when these plans were formulated, Li Hao was also among them.

Of course, these arrangements are all quietly underway. In addition to the prince's more joy, on the surface, Datang still seems to be in the panic that Li Er has been unable to go to court normally, but in fact, it is already in close preparations.

As soon as the new weapons were completed, they were rushed to the front, and a large amount of grain and grass was also sent to the front line under the guise of caravans. According to Datang's previous cement road construction plan, there are spacious cement roads passing through these three fronts, which saves a lot of time and manpower for transportation.

After staying in Chang'an for a while, Li Hao finally knew about the changes in the palace, which Li Ke told him, and no one else knew. Li Er hid all this very deeply, because it was too embarrassing to say it.

Li Zhi hooked up with Queen Silla when he was nursing Li Er, and he was also involved in deliberately blocking the news in the palace and preventing Li Er from receiving medical treatment. The eldest grandson outside the palace, Wuji, didn't actually know this, but he strongly recommended Li Zhi to take the position, so he was implicated.

"What do you think they're going to do? If I am directly killed, I am afraid that my reputation will also be ruined, and the emperor will also be affected. Li Ke came to consult Li Hao's opinion, and he didn't know what to do with these two people.

Li Er, this guy is also enduring, knowing that Li Zhi slept with his own woman and blocked the news in the palace, this guy just pretended to be indifferent, and then took advantage of the relaxation to let a few of his cronies go out and send a letter to inform the old house of them.

In the end, it was these old ministers who had played the Xuanwumen Revolution with him to exert their power again and rescue Li Er from the blocked state. At this time, Li Er's state was fine, but he didn't deal with the matter of the prince, so he was directly imprisoned.

How thrilling the specific process is, Li Hao and Li Ke don't know, they just analyze it from these news. It is said that many people died in the palace, and the queen of Silla was also directly beheaded, and only the crown prince was left behind.

"Exile, there's a shortage of men on the Taiyang side. The previous crown prince and the king of Qi were exiled, and now the crown prince and the eldest grandson Wuji are exiled with their families. It's not good to kill people after all, it's all your own people, let them go to Taiyang Prefecture to fight with those natives. ”

Li Hao thought about it and gave such a suggestion. He now understands why Li Er is like this, his queen gave birth to three sons, but none of them are worry-free, even the youngest one, who looks cowardly and timid, betrayed him in the end.

"I also thought about it like this, Princess Jinyang pleaded with me before. In this way, let's do what the virtuous brother said, and I hope they can settle down after they go to Taiyangzhou. Li Ke nodded after hearing this, he actually had this idea too.

Soon, the former crown prince Li Zhi's treatment plan came out, and the family and the eldest grandson Wuji were exiled to Taiyangzhou, the newly reclaimed territory of the Tang Dynasty. This treatment plan made many people in Chang'an a little disappointed, and also made Li Er more recognized Li Ke's performance.

Two months later, Li Er's body had almost recovered. But his actions and words have been affected a lot, and no one can guarantee how long he can live, based on this situation, he originally planned to pass on the throne to the crown prince Li Ke.

At this time, Li Ke and the others saw that his physical condition was almost complete, and then they told Li Er about the plan they had been preparing. Just let him not show up for the time being and do things in the palace, the crown prince is still in power outside, and the matter of the crown prince taking over the throne has also been postponed for the time being, and the biggest battle since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty will be fought first.

"Ridiculous!" Li Er began to get a little angry, feeling that his important ministers and Li Ke and Li Hao were fooling themselves, or they were treating the Tang Dynasty as if they were child's play. But in view of the fact that several of his important ministers all took the same position that the Tang Dynasty could win this war, he accepted this plan with half a heart. However, Li Jing was also a little relieved to have Li Jing on the front line, because with Li Jing, even if he couldn't win, he wouldn't be defeated too badly.

Three months later, the news that Li Er fell ill and could not go to the court finally spread to the Quartet, and the rebellion expected by the Tang Dynasty began first from the north, and the Xue Yantuo Tiele tribe launched the first cry of the rebellion to invade the Tang Dynasty border, and then the Western Turks on the western front, the Khitan, Xi, Murwei and other tribes on the eastern front, as well as the remnants of Goguryeo, showed their fangs to the Tang Dynasty as if they smelled blood, and were ready to tear off a piece of meat on the Tang Dynasty.

All of a sudden, the northern, western, and northeastern lines of Datang were full of beacon fires, and the people in Datang also fell into a state of panic, and some people who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune hoarded and raised grain prices. However, in the south, Tubo and Fusang, because Li Hao cleaned up thoroughly, there was no wind and waves here.

Compared to those few places of rebellion, Li Hao felt that their efficiency seemed to be too slow. I waited for them for almost half a year before I saw them start moving, which was really hard for them.

The army on the Datang front began to retreat in an orderly manner according to the previous plan, and of course these retreats were not given casually. Under the cover of grenades, every retreat must have a large number of corpses left in order for them to get those abandoned places.

After two months of war, a large number of places on the Datang front began to be occupied, and all the troops retreated to the big cities on the front line. Because of the preparations made in advance, the losses of the Tang army can basically be ignored.

Li Hao's wife and children have already returned from the Northeast, and although the situation on the Northeast Peninsula is not very serious, Li Hao is still worried about their safety. At this time, it is safest to stay by his side, you must know that he is now promoted again, and he still holds some military power.

Xiao Wu and Gao Yang went to Ryukyu by boat, and the two of them could not appear in Chang'an now, so they could only return to Ryukyu first. As long as Li Er is alive, Li Hao will not dare to take this risk, anyway, Li Er will not live long, and Li Hao does not want anything to happen in other aspects.