Chapter 104: This should be the best way to claim the throne

—— "Childe, Yongwang Li Xuan has a change, he is ready to instigate the forbidden army and launch a mutiny!" One day after Li Jue was in charge of the government and began to slowly meddle in the affairs of the court, but still respected the four auxiliary ministers as gods, Yang Xi, who had a report from his cronies in the palace that his subordinates had something very important to report, got such a report when he left the palace and secretly met with the person who reported the news.

"What?" Yang Xi was taken aback, he realized that he had already mastered most of the forbidden army in the palace, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen.

After inquiring in detail, Yang Xi figured out what was going on.

It turned out that Li Lan, who was unwilling to miss the throne on this matter, was planning to seek the throne by some means before Li Longji's mourning period ended. In the history of the Tang Dynasty, there were too many mutinies in the palace, including Li Shimin and Li Longji, and the emperors all obtained the throne through mutiny, and Wu Zetian was forced to hand over the throne, also because Zhang Cambodia and others launched a mutiny, Li Lan naturally thought of this.

When Li Longji was the emperor, he set up his palace in Xingqing Palace, and built Xingqing Palace on a large scale, Taiji Palace, Daming Palace, and Xingqing Palace were called the three major palaces. However, after Li Jue succeeded to the throne, he did not preside over the court affairs in the Xingqing Palace, but prepared to move the court back to the Daming Palace and preside over the court affairs in the Xuanzheng Hall and Zichen Hall of the Daming Palace.

The forbidden army stationed in Xingqing Palace is the left and right dragon guards, and the main troops stationed in the Taiji Palace and Daming Palace are the left and right Yulin troops and the left and right Jin Wuwei.

Yang Xi completely controlled the left and right dragon guards, which were also the most outstanding and largest teams in the forbidden army. He also placed a lot of people in the left and right Yulin Army and the left and right Jin Wuwei, but he couldn't achieve full control like the left and right dragon guards.

Whether it is Li Jue or Li Ling, or other princes and ministers, they all have their own cronies in these forbidden army ranks, more or less. Li Luan's plan was to use the soldiers and horses of the two lieutenant generals in Zuo Yulin's army, and these two lieutenant generals had more than 1,000 soldiers of the forbidden army under their command. Li Xuan planned to use these soldiers as the main force to launch a mutiny, and invade the palace from the Xuanwu Gate, the north gate of the Daming Palace, to kill Li Ying or force Li Ying to abdicate. He became emperor himself.

Yang Xi originally planned to take this path by himself, and when Li Jue did not plan to give up the throne to himself, he forced Li Jue to pass on the throne with military advice, but he didn't expect that he was "taken first" by Li Xuan, and he was angry and funny.

However, Yang Xi didn't have the slightest carelessness, and after asking about the situation, he immediately had an idea, and asked people to summon Pang Zhong, Hun Mian and other henchmen of the forbidden army, as well as Li Mi, Gao Shi and other very trustworthy people to come over to discuss affairs. After a bunch of important people went to the place he chose to discuss things, Yang Xi also told everyone present about it. "Ladies and gentlemen. Yongwang Li Xuan is ready to rebel. He wanted to use the first part of the Zuo Yulin Army to launch a mutiny. I have called you today to discuss how to deal with it!"

These people summoned today, Yang Xi has more or less revealed his identity information and intentions to them, so he summoned these people today. and any other explanations, just ask them how to deal with it. To nip out Li Lan's rebellion in the bud, it is actually very simple, after all, Yang Xi now has most of the forbidden army forces, as long as he strikes first, he can easily wipe out more than 1,000 forbidden troops of several of Li Lan's cronies, but Yang Xi doesn't want to do this. He wants to brainstorm and hear what these cronies under him think!

"Yang Shangshu, Xia Guan thinks. We should stop the rebellion of the Eternal King when it starts!" Gao Shi took the lead in expressing his opinion, "Now King Yong is just planning, not putting it into action, so stop it now." Xia Guan felt that it was not appropriate. ”

Gao Shi said this, Yang Xi cast an appreciative look, this is almost what he meant, he didn't want to stop Li Lan when there was no movement, that would be too boring.

Gao Shi said this, which surprised many people. found out that Li Lan was about to launch a mutiny, but Gao Shi suggested that he should let it develop and stop it at a critical time, isn't this disregarding the safety of the newly enthroned emperor? However, those who had doubts were generals like Pang Zhong and Hun Mian, and some other people such as Li Mi showed meaningful expressions.

Pang Zhong and Hun Mian immediately stood up and expressed a different opinion from Gao Shi, they thought that if Emperor Li Jue knew about this, then these people present would be a big crime. They are military generals, and they don't see much in the battles in the court, and they can't turn their heads too much.

However, under Gao Shi's explanation again, those who have doubts also understand.

The truth in this is very profound, I guess no one will explain it, no matter what they think, they can't think of anything.

Gao Shi's general meaning is still as he said just now, that is, before there is no chaos, there is no evidence, Yongwang Li Xuan can evade responsibility, and even gain sympathy by being persecuted, after all, the new emperor's foundation is unstable now, and these people are all following Yang Xi, the son of Emperor Li Xuan. If you make a move when King Yong is in turmoil, then don't say anything, King Yong's power can be completely eliminated, and it can boost Yang Xi's prestige and further control the situation in Chang'an.

Seeing that Gao Shi persuaded most of the people with his own words, Yang Xi was very happy.

However, he saw that Li Mi had been standing without expressing his opinion, which he thought was quite strange, and after seeing Li Mi's eyes, he also understood what he meant. So on the pretext that the matter needed to be further considered, and let everyone wait for his order, everyone retreated, leaving only Li Mi and Gao Shi.

"Brother Changyuan, what do you think about this matter?" There were only three people left in the room, and Yang Xi was not polite, so he asked Li Mi directly.

Li Mi has always been known for his strategy, and he is even better than Gao Shi in this regard, otherwise he would not have been so valued by Li Longji, and he was ranked in the political hall in just a few years, squeezed into the train of the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and was one of the four auxiliary ministers after Li Longji's death. Today, he has been silent, and Yang Xi also felt that this person wanted to be different, and he didn't want more people to know, so he sent most of them away.

"Ziliang, don't you have a longer-term plan?" Li Mi said with an unfathomable look: "If you really want to do that, then what is going to happen is a good opportunity for you to further strengthen your strength......

"King Yong and His Majesty have a lot of cronies in the forbidden army, if King Yong rises up this time, then it is just a good time to see who supports King Yong and who supports the emperor, these things are clear, and it is easy to act. Also, let the two brothers fight each other, weaken their respective strengths, and when the situation is out of control, Ziliang, you will make another move, then the situation in Chang'an is not completely under your control? According to my suggestion, when the Yongwang and the emperor are fighting, if they can, they will not make a move, let them fight and lose!"

What Li Yu said made Gao Shi suddenly enlightened, and he felt that what he thought was still too simple. He also fully agreed with what Li Yu said, and when Yongwang Li Xuan and Li Jue fought to the death, Yang Xi came out to clean up the scene again.

Yang Xi listened, and he was also stunned, he had thought of some of them, but he didn't think much of them at once, hearing Li Yu say this, he was greatly encouraged, and immediately thought of something deeper, he felt a good idea emerge in his heart.

"If Li Ling is at a disadvantage when Li Ling and Li Ling fight, and even is killed by Li Ling, and some of Li Ling's sons are also killed, then Li Ling, who wants to seek the throne, is a rebel minister who everyone will be punished, if I gather all my forces to fight back against Li Ling at this time, and wipe out all Li Ling's strength, then Li Ling is dead, and Li Ying is no longer there, then I, the Li Tang clan who has made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, can justifiably claim the emperor and ascend the throne!" As soon as he thought of this, Yang Xi felt an irrepressible excitement in his heart, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, revealing a trace of cruelty.

The cruelty revealed at the corner of Yang Xi's mouth made Gao Shi tremble, a little nervous, but Li Yu didn't react.

Li Mi is an extremely smart person, in fact, what he thinks in his heart is similar to Yang Xi, but as a minister of the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible for him to say these words that are almost rebellious. If he said it, Yang Xi would also adopt it, but no one could predict whether Yang Xi would mind if he had such a vicious mind, although Li Xi had always felt that Yang Xi was a very worthy person, and he could talk freely with such a person. But Yang Xi is a person who wants to be an emperor, what if after he becomes an emperor, his temperament changes greatly and he becomes suspicious?

If that's the case, then he, the one who makes a guess, won't necessarily end well!

Such a decision or suggestion should not be made by someone like him, but by Yang Xi himself.

Although Yang Xi didn't fully expect what Li Mi thought, during the eye contact with Li Mi, both of them felt something that could only be understood and indescribable, which was a very high level of tacit understanding, and the feeling that the hero saw and saw the same.

"Two, it seems that the most important thing now is to let the world know about my father-son relationship with the emperor, and with a name, don't worry about doing things in the future!" Yang Xi said with a smile.

The so-called name is not justified, if he has always appeared as Yang Guozhong's son, then even if Li Ling kills Li Ying and seizes the throne, he will be more acceptable to the world than him, a person surnamed Yang, as the emperor. After all, the Tang Dynasty is surnamed Li, and if Li Lan succeeds in fighting for the throne, it is just a struggle within the royal family, and if a person surnamed Yang replaces Li Tang, that is, a change of dynasty, and people loyal to the Tang Dynasty can completely rise up against him, and I believe that countless people will do this. But if he becomes Li Jue's son, then after the battle between Li Jue and Li Ling, he will take the throne, which is a legitimate thing, and there will definitely not be many people who oppose it. So the most important thing to do now is to force Li Jue to tell the world about the relationship between the two.

This should be the best way to claim the throne.

"Ziliang is right, this is the first thing to do!" Li Mi nodded in agreement.

Gao Shi also recognized it after thinking about it!