Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Imperial Capital

The order of the general of Tiance, the king of Qin, Li Shimin, was transmitted to the left and right Weiwei camps. The actual control of the left and right Weiwei is in the hands of the Li royal family of Longyou, and most of the soldiers in the army are the children of the Li royal family of Longyou. General Youweiwei did not dare to make a decision, and took the guards of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and galloped towards Zongzheng Temple.

Zongzheng Temple, one of the nine temples of the Tang Dynasty, is mainly responsible for managing the affairs of the Li royal family in Longyou.

Zongzheng Temple is located near the Imperial Palace, covering an extremely wide area, with a grand scale, majestic momentum and splendor.

The nine temples of the Tang Dynasty are Zongzheng Temple, Dali Temple, Honglu Temple, Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, Weiwei Temple, Taifu Temple, Sinong Temple, and Taifu Temple. The highest officials of the nine temples are all called Qing. There are nine Qings in the Nine Temples, and the three princes of Taiwei, Situ and Sikong, and are called "Three Princes and Nine Qings".

Zongzheng Temple, the study of Zong Zhengqing Li Xiong.

General Right Weiwei reported to Zong Zhengqing Li Xiongyu: "Uncle clan, the confidants of the King of Qin in Hebei Province have successively been loyal to the country, and the King of Qin has issued an order from the general of Tiance, so that the left and right Weiwei troops controlled by the Li royal family on the right side of Longyou are all plain and wearing white clothes. To order the army, there should be His Majesty's edict and King Qin's Heavenly Policy General Order, but now it is obvious that His Majesty does not know, Uncle Clan, what do you think we should do? ”

Zong Zhengqing Li Xiong said with sadness on his face, and said with tears in his eyes: "Dao Xuan is dead, Dao Xuan was killed by the crown prince and King Yuanji of Qi." Your Majesty promised me not to let Xiaogong, Daozong, and Daoxuan participate in the battle between the prince and the king of Qin, but now because of the battle between his two sons, he killed my Daoxuan. It is not easy for my Longyou Li clan to cultivate excellent children, and now only Xiaogong, Daozong, and Daoxuan can become great weapons, but they ruined my Daoxuan, Daoxuan was only nineteen years old, and he was martyred. Dao Xuan can't die in vain, I want him to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to give me an explanation for the Li clan of Longyou, and he must give me an explanation. ”

After that, Li Xiong ordered: "Order the left and right Weiwei troops to obey the orders of General Tiance of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and the whole army is plain, wearing white clothes, to mourn the two generals Li Daoxuan and Luo Shixin who died in the Tang Dynasty." ”

Soon, the right Weiwei general left Zongzheng Temple, returned to the left and right Weiwei camps, and issued an order to obey the Tiance general order of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and the left and right Weiwei armies changed their clothes and wore white clothes.

After receiving the order of the general of Tiance from Li Shimin, the king of Qin, Qin Wutong, the general of the left Wuwei, did not dare to make a decision without authorization, and he ordered someone to inform the heads of the Guanlong nobles in the imperial capital Chang'an, and invited them to discuss matters in the mansion of the left servant of the Guanlong nobles. The left and right Wuwei armies were controlled by the Guanlong nobles. Qin Wutong didn't go directly to the left servant to shoot Pei Lian, because he knew that Pei Lin was named the head of the Guanlong nobles, but in fact, his ability and prestige were very insufficient, and there were many people who opposed him within the Guanlong nobles.

Pei Lin was born in the Pei family, a wealthy family among the nobles of Guanlong.

The Pei family of Longyou is famous for its loyalty and bravery. Pei Renji, the former Sui Shangzhu State, the Ministry of Rites, and the Henan Provincial Ambassador, the third hero of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, made a three-hundred-pound eight-sided plum blossom bright silver hammer, and Pei Yuanqing, the only one who can hard-connect the three hammers of King Zhao Li Yuanba, Pei Yuanqing, are all from his family.

Pei Lin was originally a small official of the former Sui Dynasty, and when he was a palace supervisor in Jinyang and was responsible for managing the palace of the former Sui Yang Emperor in Jinyang, he met the former Sui Tang Guogong who was also born in Guanlong and stayed in Taiyuan Li Yuan. Li Yuan founded the country, and Pei Lin was named the left servant and participated in the decision-making of the imperial court. Because he was favored by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and was born in the Guanlong aristocracy, he was recommended by the heads of the Guanlong nobles as the head of the Guanlong aristocracy. However, after he became the chief of the Guanlong nobles, not only did he not develop and grow the Guanlong nobles, but often did things that repeatedly damaged the interests of the Guanlong nobles in order to welcome the emperor Li Yuan. The nobles of Guanlong are known for their military exploits, and Pei Lin also has no military merits to talk about, but instead led hundreds of thousands of Tang Dynasty troops, and was repeatedly defeated by the hands of rogues who only had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Its ability is low, its prestige is shallow, and it is famous throughout Chang'an.

The heads of the Guanlong aristocratic families gathered in the mansion of the left servant Pei Lian.

Qin Wutong, the general of Zuo Wuwei, explained to everyone the content of the order of General Qin Wang Tiance.

As soon as the words fell, the left servant shot Pei Lin and shouted: "Without His Majesty's edict, who dares to order the army without authorization?" Could he, the king of Qin, Li Shimin, want to rebel? ”

Zhao Jingzhong, the head of the Zhao family and Zhao Meng's father in Longyou, the general of Huaihua, looked at Pei Lin and sneered: "Yo, our Lord Pei still has to support the prince and suppress the King of Qin." It's a pity that Master Pei has a hot face and sticks to other people's cold butts. You have always claimed to be a diehard loyalist of the prince, and the prince once regarded you as his confidant. Master Pei, what are the benefits of you following the prince all the time? This Tang Dynasty world was brought down by our Guanlong nobles with the assistance of His Majesty, you ask all the heads of the families here, which family has no children who died in battle? But now, Zheng Guanyin, who was born in a wealthy family in Shandong, has become the crown princess, and the wealthy family in Shandong has steadily suppressed my Guanlong aristocracy, this country is fought hard by us, and my Guanlong aristocracy should also naturally become the number one political force in the world worthy of the name of the Tang Dynasty. But why do you want to let their Shandong wealthy people sit back and suppress us? What do they contribute to my Datang? If you follow the crown prince again, won't I, the Guanlong nobles, always follow behind the wealthy clans of Shandong and be suppressed by them? Excluded by them? How can you be willing? ”

The heads of the Guanlong nobles present also echoed: "Supporting the crown prince to build is really not cost-effective for my Guanlong nobles." The effort is thankless and annoying. Could it be that I, the nobles of Guanlong, have made great efforts to help the prince to build a high position, just to be squeezed by the white eyes of the prince and the wealthy family of Shandong? You can't do things so mumbled anymore. ”

Pei Lin wanted to make the heads of the Guanlong nobles stop talking, but the discussions of the heads of the families became louder and louder.

Zhao Jingzhong coughed a few times and cleared his throat, and the heads of the families immediately stopped talking.

Zhao Jingzhong said: "I, the nobles of Guanlong, attach great importance to military merits, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and his military achievements are outstanding, and I have always been optimistic about Li Shimin, the king of Qin." What kind of military merits did his crown prince have? ”

Saying that, Zhao Jingzhong paused and said, "Let's not discuss it today, support the crown prince, or the king of Qin?" Let's talk about things, let's talk about whether to obey the orders of the Heavenly Policy of King Qin? What is the reason for the Heavenly Policy General Order of the King of Qin? Because the crown prince Jiancheng obeyed the idea of Yuanji, the king of Qi, he killed the king of Henan, Li Daoxuan, the eastern capital, and Luo Shixin, the prince of Tan Guogong and the governor of Jiangzhou. To tell you from the heart, how can the prince and the king of Qi cooperate with the enemy to kill their own generals? Everyone here is the head of each family, and they are all people who have been on the battlefield, how can we allow this kind of unauthorized killing of our own generals to happen in my Tang army? I hope that you will be here together and make rules, in the future, if anyone dares to use such despicable means to kill my Tang general, I Guanlong nobles will be rewarded. ”

The heads of the Guanlong nobles responded one after another: "We should indeed make a rule, in the future, all of us here, your sons and nephews will lead the troops to fight, if we encounter a commander like Prince Jiancheng and Qi Wang Yuanji, won't we also die of extraordinary grievances?" ”

Zhao Jingzhong said again: "This time, we will obey the order of General Tiance of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and order the left and right military guard armies, all the troops are vegetarian, and they are dressed in white clothes. Let His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty understand that this time, the crown prince Jiancheng and the king of Qi Yuanji have violated the bottom line of our Guanlong nobles and moved our rules, we must show our attitude to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and let His Majesty give an explanation to the two generals Li Daoxuan and Luo Shixin, who died in battle. ”

The heads of the Guanlong aristocratic families responded one after another: "It should indeed be so! The crown prince Jiancheng and Qi Wang Yuanji have gone too far, and the two generals Li Daoxuan and Luo Shixin have died too wronged, and His Majesty needs to give Li Daoxuan and Luo Shixin an explanation. ”