Chapter 82: The Great War of the Sui and Tang Dynasties (12)

Chang'an Yongxingfang is close to the east of the imperial city, and it is not famous in Chang'an, but it has a very famous mansion, that is, the palace of King Qi, the residence of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi.

The palace of the king of Qi covers an area of about 180 acres, and the buildings in the palace are magnificent and beautiful, just like the palace, but Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, did not live much time in his palace mansion, and he spent most of his time in Shu.

On this morning, hundreds of East Palace guards escorted the car of the crown prince Li Jiancheng and slowly stopped in front of the Qi Palace.

Li Jiancheng got out of the carriage and looked at this mansion gloomily with his hands behind his back, the sudden betrayal of the fourth brother Yuanji surprised him very much, and he was also extremely angry, originally the 40,000 military power in the capital was in his hands, but his father gave the 40,000 military power to Yuanji, disrupting his plan to use the 40,000 troops to support the Kwantung region.

But last night, Li Jiancheng got an even more terrible news, the fourth brother Yuanji has a plan to force the palace, force his father to abdicate and give way to him, which makes Li Jiancheng unbearable, today he must make it clear in person, what is Yuanji's intention?

Power is a terrible poison, some people can't have power, once he gets this poison, he will immediately become a devil, Li Yuanji is undoubtedly this kind of person, he got the 40,000 military power of Chang'an, which means that Chang'an City is already in his hands, he began to fade rapidly, human nature is annihilated, and demonic nature is raging.

At this time, Li Yuanji only had one thought, to seize the throne and set foot on the Son of Heaven Palace, even if he was only the emperor for one day, he would also taste the taste of the Ninety-Five Supreme, he only had this one chance in his life, if he didn't seize it, he would die without turning a blind eye, and his heart had been occupied by the devil.

In addition to Li Yuanji, there were also Shi Wang Shubao, the head of the Qi Palace, Hu Cao Wushiyi, and two staff members Duan Da and Zhu Ji, as well as Li Yuanji's deputy head of the guard, Li Deren, a total of five people.

Wang Shubao is about 50 years old this year, originally Li Yuan's staff, after Li Yuan entered the Guanzhong, he was punished for taking stolen goods and demoted to a commoner, but Li Yuan thought of his merits, reactivated him, and named him the chief of the Qi Palace.

Wang Shubao was very dissatisfied with Li Yuan in his heart, he thought that Li Yuan did not miss the old feelings, treated him poorly, and had always been resentful, once Li Yuanji grasped the military power of the capital, he immediately instigated Li Yuanji to mutiny, won Li Yuanji's heart, and became the mastermind of the Qi King mutiny.

Wu Shiyi is the second brother of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Wu Shi Yan, he was given a small Qi Wangfu Hu Cao because of Wu Shi Yan, and he was also dissatisfied with the imperial court.

He had a very good relationship with Wang Shubao, and under Wang Shubao's encouragement, he also joined the mutiny plan, and Li Yuanji allowed him to serve as Shangshu's left servant in the future.

The other two Duan Da and Zhu Yi were originally Wang Shichong's subordinates, Duan Da was the mastermind of Wang Shichong's usurpation, insidious and vicious, and later became Wang Shichong's Xiangguo, and Zhu Yi was once a Nanyang ogre, fierce and brutal, but on the other hand, he dared to do big things, and he was very courageous.

The two escaped from Luoyang when Wang Shichong was overthrown, he did not dare to surrender to Yang Yuanqing, but secretly took refuge in Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and offered gold silk, Li Yuanji knew that they were useful talents, so he hid in the mansion, this time the king of Qi mutiny, both of them were active planning participants.

Li Deren's original name was Wang Deren, and he was also a famous general under Wang Shichong, strong in martial arts, brave and good at fighting, after Wang Shichong's defeat, Wang Deren also followed Duan Da to Li Yuanji, Li Yuanji liked his bravery, changed his name to Yi Rong, changed his name to Li Deren, and he and Wu Shiyi were responsible for secretly recruiting brave people for Li Yuanji.

In fact, according to Li Yuanji's idea, since he controlled 40,000 troops, he simply launched a mutiny, imprisoned the crown prince, and forced his father to abdicate, but Wang Shubao was resolutely opposed, and several other people did not approve of it.

"Although His Royal Highness has military power, His Royal Highness has forgotten that these two armies are fundamentally loyal to the Holy Lord, if His Royal Highness directly launches a mutiny, he will not support His Highness, and will even defect, and he thinks that the best way is a palace coup, using our own people, launching a coup d'état in the palace, imprisoning the prince, forcing the Holy Lord to abdicate, and issuing an edict of abdication, so that His Highness can justifiably ascend the throne, and the army will naturally be loyal to His Highness."

Wang Shubao's suggestion was supported by several other people, and Duan Da added: "Actually, the crown prince is not terrible, it is easy to deal with, the key is the king of Qin, His Royal Highness should first find a way to call the king of Qin back and kill him, without worries, His Royal Highness can ascend the throne and be the emperor in a dignified manner." ”

Li Yuanji frowned, "But to transfer back to King Qin, it must be done by the will of my father." ”

Duan Da smiled yinyin, "This requires His Highness to enter the palace a little harder, serve by the saint's side, and take advantage of the saint's mediocrity to make a statement to the saint, I think since the saint is willing to give the military power of the capital to His Highness, then he will definitely listen to His Highness's advice, and order to transfer the King of Qin back, coax the King of Qin into the palace, and at the same time launch a palace coup, which can be a big deal." ”

Li Yuanji walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, nodded, this matter has to be implemented as soon as possible, and he asked Li Deren and Wu Shiyi again: "How about recruiting brave people?" ”

The two glanced at each other, and Wu Shiyi bowed and said: "Back to Your Highness, we are recruiting brave men in the army, and it is going very well, we have recruited more than 2,000 people, all of whom are strong in martial arts, and there are currently 500 people in the mansion, and 1,500 people in the manor outside the city, all of whom are in secret training." ”

"Good!"

Li Yuanji praised: "To speed up training, you must be absolutely loyal to me. ”

"Obey!"

At this time, there was a guard outside the door to report, "Your Highness, the prince has arrived, and I want to see Your Highness." ”

Li Yuanji was taken aback, the imperial brother is here, what can I do? He looked at everyone for help, and Wang Shubao laughed and said: "This is very simple, the prince must be suspicious, His Royal Highness resolutely refuses to admit it, just say that he is acting in accordance with the will of the saint, and he has no choice." ”

A thought suddenly rose in Li Yuanji's heart, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I simply imprisoned the prince today, what do you think?" ”

"No!"

Wang Shubao hurriedly objected, "The crown prince is in charge of the government, if His Royal Highness imprisons him, it will inevitably cause chaos in the government, so it will startle the snake, His Royal Highness still does what he suggests, and resolutely deny it." ”

Duan Da next to him also sneered and said: "Changshi is right, in fact, the prince is a useless person, the least powerful, you can clean him up in the end, Your Highness doesn't have to worry about him, it's a good strategy to stabilize him first." ”

Li Yuanji accepted everyone's plan, stabilized his mind, and walked out quickly......

Li Jiancheng had been invited to King Qi's outer study, although several of Li Jiancheng's staff advised Li Jiancheng not to go to King Qi's mansion, Li Jiancheng still decided to go, he believed that the fourth brother did not dare to do anything to himself.

In the outer study, Li Jiancheng paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, at this time his heart was full of sadness and anger, he didn't understand how he didn't understand that at such a critical juncture in such a situation, the fourth brother actually made a mistake and snatched away 40,000 military power, regardless of the overall situation, what did he want to do, to snatch the throne?

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, followed by Li Yuanji's laughing voice, "Which fragrant wind blew the imperial brother here?" ”

Li Yuanji strode in, bowed his hand slightly, and said with a smile: "It's the first time that the imperial brother has come to my mansion!" ”

Since he mastered the military power, his waist has obviously stiffened, and the tone of his speech is not the same as before, he has begun to have a momentum and become more confident, in other words, he doesn't take the imperial brother Li Jiancheng in his eyes anymore, in front of Li Jiancheng, he no longer has the respectful little brother posture he used to have.

Li Jiancheng felt the change in Li Yuanji's tone and attitude, and asked lightly, "Are you talking to me?" ”

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "What do you say about the imperial brother, the younger brother has always respected the imperial brother, and the imperial brother's words made the younger brother panic." ”

Li Jiancheng snorted, "If you have the slightest respect for me, you shouldn't take away my military power, fourth brother, you respect me in your mouth, but in your bones, you never took me to heart." ”

Li Yuanji hurriedly shouted, "Brother Huang unjustly killed me!" I definitely didn't mean to take away the military power of the emperor's brother, it was my father who insisted on giving it to me, I had to follow, I just told my father about the poisoning of King Qin, I didn't think I should hide it from my father, but my father was angry, so he gave me the military power, brother Huang, I have no disrespect for you. ”

"Enough!"

Li Jiancheng finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and angrily reprimanded him: "Now the situation is critical, you can only let the army in the capital support the eastern front, it is precisely because of your selfishness that the overall plan fails, if the eastern front is lost, you are the culprit!" ”

Li Yuanji was also annoyed and angry, and he said with a dark face: "Brother Huang wants to speak with his conscience, is it my responsibility to cause today's situation?" It was your incompetent command and brotherly struggle for power that led to the defeat of the Tang army again and again, and now you want to put the responsibility on my head, but you can't do it! ”

Li Yuanji stomped his foot fiercely, turned around and left, Li Jiancheng was stunned for a long time, he also knew that it was impossible for the fourth brother to return the military power to himself, and it was impossible to admit that he had the ambition to usurp the throne.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng quickly left the Qi Palace's palace and headed towards the palace......

Yang Xin Palace, Li Jiancheng knelt on the ground, he had already told his father about his worries one by one, he hoped that his father could take back the military power of the fourth brother and take measures not to let the tragedy of brothers killing each other happen.

Pulling a thin curtain in front of Li Jiancheng, Li Yuan sat behind the curtain, and after a while, Li Yuan said coldly: "You shouldn't doubt your brother, first of all, you can't have such suspicions, you have to believe in Yuanji, just like I believe in him, I don't want to listen to you a second time." ”

Li Jiancheng only felt that his whole body was cold and biting, his heart was like falling into darkness, and the bottomless and endless abyss made him a little desperate.

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