Danyang, the news that Li Xuan and his entourage had escaped was reported to Fu Gongyou by the chief general of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Great Array outside Li Xuan's tent.

After Fu Gongyou got the news, he was stunned, and said secretly in his heart: "Outside the camp tent, five thousand Danyang elites have laid down eight golden lock arrays; Danyang City has 100,000 Danyang elites, how did he escape? If I had known that he had such a method, I should have killed him at that time. ”

Fu Gongyou regretted it. He stepped up preparations for rebellion, and he knew that once Li Xuan fled Danyang, he would definitely tell Li Xiaogong, the governor of Jingzhou, about his rebellion and the Tang court.

Ten days later, Fu Gongyou officially rebelled, called the emperor in Danyang City, the country name Song, the year name Tianming, set up three provinces and six departments, civil and military officials, awarded his cronies Zuo Youxian as the military department of Shangshu, the ambassador of the southeast province, the governor of Yuezhou, and appointed the confidant general Zhang Shan'an as the southwest road Daxingtai, guarding the Yangtze River and preventing the Tang attack.

Chang'an, the imperial palace, when it came to the third watch, Li Yuan, who had finished reviewing the recital, had just laid down when he heard the drumming drum outside the palace gate "dong dong" sounding. Li Yuan ordered the palace people to open the palace gate and go to check. With the assistance of the eunuchs, he redressed and went to the Taiji Palace.

Taiji Palace, brightly lit, in the dark night, looks unusually conspicuous. The crown prince Jiancheng, the king of Qin, Li Shimin, the king of Wu, Du Fuwei, the left servant shot Pei Lian, the right servant shot Feng Deyi, and the imperial historian Xiao Yu had all arrived, and they were sitting on the pear blossom wood high-backed chair, waiting for the arrival of Emperor Li Yuan.

Du Fuwei, the king of Wu, the fourth person in the Tang Dynasty today, is second only to the emperor, the crown prince, and the king of Qin, and is still above Li Yuanba, the king of Zhao, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi. Du Fuwei was very satisfied, happy for his wise choice, and glad for Li Yuan's generosity. If you have to meet such a master, what more can you ask for? ”

Li Yuan walked into the Taiji Palace and sat down on the dragon chair.

The ministers saluted.

Li Yuan asked, "Who beat the Dengwen drum late at night?" ”

A eunuch walked into the Taiji Palace with Li Feihu, who was sweating profusely and covered with dust.

As soon as he stood still, Li Feihu took out Li Xiaogong's recital, bowed and saluted: "Minister Li Feihu to see Your Majesty." Jianghuai's auxiliary Gongyou is reversed, this is the Metropolitan Governor's recital, please Your Majesty Holy Judgment. ”

Li Yuan took over the recital.

Fu Gongyou's rebellion was beyond everyone's expectations. It has been six years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the world has been unified, and the people have recognized the rule of the Tang Dynasty from their hearts. At this time, Fu Gongyou turned out to be the opposite, he had no political support, and second, he had no support from the people. Why did he rebel? The supreme leader of the Jianghuai Army is the current King Wu of the Tang Dynasty, what excuse did he use to rebel? Does he not care about the safety of his own leader and his close friend Du Fuwei? Thinking of this, everyone present looked at Du Fuwei.

Du Fuwei lowered his head and muttered to himself, "He finally reversed." ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he stood up and saluted Li Yuan: "Fu Gongyou rebels, please don't worry about Your Majesty." The traitor Fu Gongyou has always had rebellious ambitions, and the minister has always suppressed it. When the minister left Jianghuai, he only handed over the administration to the rebel of Fu Gongyou, and the military power was firmly in the hands of the minister's confidant general, the righteous son Wang Xiongdan. The minister will repair a letter now, let the righteous son Wang Xiong serve the country, capture the traitor and assist the public blessing, and dedicate it to His Majesty. ”

Li Yuan opened Li Xiaogong's recital, and then he said to Du Fuwei in an unusually heavy tone: "Wang Xiongdan has been killed by Fu Gongyou's design, and the military power has been seized. ”

Du Fuwei was grief-stricken at that time, collapsed on the chair at once, and said with tears in his eyes: "O majesty, my righteous son." I'm sorry for you for my father, I should think about politics for my father, how can you be the opponent of the traitor of Fu Gongyou? It's for your father who has harmed you. ”

Emperor Li Yuan said to Du Fuwei: "King Wu mourns. After that, he ordered: "Wang Xiongdan, the right general of the Jianghuai Army, is loyal to the country, would rather die than yield, and posthumously crown Wang Xiong as the Duke of Yichun County, the general of the Left Guard, the governor of Yuezhou, and the hereditary replacement." ”

Du Fuwei stood up tremblingly, and saluted Li Yuan: "On behalf of the dead righteous son Wang Xiongdan, thank Your Majesty for your grace." ”

After Li Yuan comforted Du Fuwei and sat down, he said to everyone: "Fu Gongyou is reversed, everyone should tell me, what should the court do?" ”

The crown prince Jiancheng looked at Li Shimin, the king of Qin, a little nervously. As long as there is a war in the Tang Dynasty, he will think of his younger brother King Qin. Before the end of the war, the Qin Palace, the center of the entire empire, and he, the crown prince, could only become a dispensable spectator, watching his own brother perform on the stage and accept everyone's worship. Every time there was a war, the Tang Dynasty had to rely on the King of Qin. In a battle, he added a general to the palace of the king of Qin, and he was promoted to an official position and obtained a fief. Seeing that the Tang Dynasty army was full of his Qin King's men and horses, his prestige was getting worse day by day, but his East Palace could only become more and more deserted day by day, and his fear and jealousy were growing day by day. Prince Jiancheng doesn't want to go back to the past, and he doesn't want any more wars in the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing the prince's nervousness, the left servant Pei Lin stood up and said: "The old minister suggested that Li Xiaogong, the governor of Jingzhou and the king of Zhaojun, lead the Tang army stationed in Yueyang to immediately prepare to quell the rebellion. ”

The crown prince hurriedly stood up and seconded: "Erchen thinks what Master Pei said is extremely true. ”

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, also stood up and said, "Erchen also agrees with the left servant to shoot Master Pei. Jianghuai is in turmoil, and the king of Zhao Jun is the closest, and the rebellion should be suppressed sooner rather than later. ”

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin in surprise, and praised in his heart: "My son is really good, and he has the overall situation in mind." ”

The right servant shot Feng Deyi and Yushi Xiao Yu also got up and echoed: "Please Your Majesty issue an edict to order the Governor of Jingzhou and the King of Zhaojun to quell the rebellion." ”

Li Yuan saw that the important ministers had the same attitude, so he ordered: "Order Li Xiaogong to lead the southern army of the Tang Dynasty to exterminate the Fugongyou rebels as soon as possible." ”

"Your Majesty." Everyone echoed in unison.

Li Yuan saw that the matter was settled, so he wanted to get up and leave.

Wu King Du Fuwei suddenly stood up and played: "The Jianghuai army is a subordinate of the minister, and now it is bewitched by the Fu Gongyou rebel thief and gathers a crowd to rebel. The minister is willing to protect one person as the vanguard, in order to do his best for the country, and get rid of the evil thief Fu Gongyou for the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible. ”

Li Yuan stood up and said, "Oh, it's rare that Brother Wu Wang has such a heart to serve the country. I don't know who Brother Wu wants to sponsor? ”

Du Fuwei said: "Another son of the minister, Kan (han) Ling, the left general of the Jianghuai Army. ”

Li Yuan asked in surprise: "But General Kan Ling, who is known as the "Jianghuai Twin Heroes" with Wang Xiong's birthday?" ”

Duvowe replied, "This is it." This person has the courage of ten thousand people, and when he entered Chang'an this time, he took him with him. If Kan Ling is the vanguard, it can also let the old Jianghuai army of the minister know that the minister is completely loyal to the Tang Dynasty, which is conducive to the army to get rid of the bewitchment of the traitor and the auxiliary Gongyou, and regain allegiance to the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Yuan was overjoyed and said, "Accurate." ”