readx; The news of the Tang Army's victory in the Northern Expedition came to Chang'an, the whole country of the Tang Dynasty rejoiced, Chang'an City was beating gongs and drums to celebrate, Jingzhao Mansion lit lanterns to celebrate, the lanterns of ten zhang high were as bright as the full moon, the lantern wheels were bright, hundreds of thousands of people joined hands in singing, carnival all night and never sleeped, the next day was to set off a huge parade, 100,000 scholars took to the streets again, chanting slogans and slogans in support of Li Qing'an's accession to the throne, attracting 300,000 people to join, hundreds of thousands of people were huge, and the court demanded to officially promote Li Qing'an as the emperor. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Li Qing'an led the Tang army to the Northern Expedition to victory, so that his personal prestige reached the peak, not only Chang'an, Luoyang, Taiyuan, Yangzhou, Chengdu, Xiangyang and other major cities of the Tang Dynasty were held by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people spontaneously support the enthronement procession, the Tang Dynasty 370 prefectures, more than 1,500 counties, more than half of the state and county officials in Chuzhou Ruizhao appeared, have written to the imperial court, support Li Qing'an to ascend the throne.

But there are also discordant voices in a eulogy, that is, the clan opposition, on the eighth day of the sixth month, Li Yi, the secretary of Zongzheng Temple, led the Taimiao blessing ceremony, that is, to seek the support of the Tang clan for Li Qing'an, but because Li Qing'an still maintained a tough attitude towards land annexation, the imperial court issued a clear field order, completed the clearing of the land across the country before October, and imposed heavy taxes on the land and property of the clan that exceeded the quota, which made almost sixty percent of the clan oppose Li Qing'an's accession to the throne, and they used Li Qing'an's non-Li Tang orthodoxy as an excuse, Refused to participate in the temple prayer.

Although most of the Li Tang clan held opposing opinions, but in the Northern Expedition victory, the upsurge of the support of the national government and the people, Li Qing'an entered the Daming Palace and there was no suspense, at the same time when the news of the triumphant return of the Tang army came to Chang'an, the political hall passed a unanimous resolution to elect Li Qing'an as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and then the referendum of the court hundred officials passed, on the evening of the same day, the Empress Dowager Shen issued an edict to the whole country, announcing that the current little emperor was not suitable for governing the Tang Dynasty and officially abdicated, and at the same time issued an order to set up the general of Tiance, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Li Qing'an, the king of Zhao, was the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and then the queen mother issued a decree to canonize Princess Dugu Mingyue of Zhao as the queen of the main palace and moved to Daming Palace.

The canonization of the queen is generally decreed by the emperor, but as the queen mother, in special circumstances, she also has the right to recognize, due to the special situation this time, Li Qingan is not in Beijing, and the clan is collectively opposed, in order to ensure that the new master of Daming Palace can move in time, so as to avoid accidents, so the Empress Dowager Shen went against the usual practice and canonized the queen in advance, and ordered Queen Dugu and her family to stay in Daming Palace overnight.

There was a light rain in the sky, and at night, the rain gradually became heavier, dripping, knocking on the leaves and eaves, but the Zhao Wang's Mansion in the Wubenfang was brightly lit, and the general of Qianniuwei, Nan Jiyun, led five thousand Niuwei soldiers and five thousand internal guards, fully armed, to protect Li Qing'an's family and move into the Daming Palace.

All the way from Wubenfang to Daming Palace has been under martial law, and another 15,000 Qianniuwei soldiers are on guard along the road with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry.

The palace of King Zhao is busy in an orderly manner, Mingyue, who has been canonized as the queen of the main palace, is directing the family to pack up and move, the large items are not moved for the time being, only the soft and belongings are packed, they have been busy for three days, packing out hundreds of boxes, moving is like this, it seems that there are not many items, but it is unexpectedly many to pack up, only their children's things account for half.

Because they can't sleep at night, so everyone slept during the day, at this time, the lights in the Zhao Wang's Mansion were bright, everyone was finally confirming the items, four hundred Li Qing'an's guards who stayed in the palace were carrying the boxes, they carried the boxes from the side door to the carriage, coming and going, very busy, in the Qifeng Courtyard Li Qing'an's second concubine Jiang Wuyi was holding her daughter, watching dozens of soldiers carry her things, two eunuchs ran back and forth, leading the way for the soldiers.

"Mother, where are we going?" Her three-year-old daughter, Li Siyue, raised her little face and asked her mother.

Wuyi held her daughter with one hand, gently stroked her little face with the other, and smiled softly: "We are going to a new home, have you heard of Daming Palace?" ”

Si Yue shook his head, "Mother, where is Daming Palace?" ”

"It's a big, big mansion with lots and lots of palaces and houses."

"Is it bigger than our palace?"

Wuyi smiled and patted her daughter's little face, "Of course it's bigger than our palace, much bigger, and there is a big lake, called Taiye Pool, don't you like boating?" Mother can accompany you to row in the lake! Do you like it? ”

"I like it!"

Siyue clapped her hands with joy, and at this time, she remembered something again and asked, "Mother, they all call you Niangniang, why do they also call you Niang?" ”

Wuyi couldn't help laughing, she hugged her daughter, kissed her little face, and said with a smile: "Silly child, Niangniang is a title, and it's not the same thing as the mother you call, and others will call you princess in the future, you know?" ”

Si Yue nodded obediently, and Wuyi couldn't help but think of the promise her husband made to her on the eve of her departure, to make her a concubine, to restore the reputation of the Jiang family, and to move the remains of her parents back to Chang'an, she couldn't help but feel sour in her eyes, I don't know whether it was joy or sorrow, as soon as she entered the Ming Palace, she was as deep as the sea, and she didn't know what her future fate would be?

At this time, a little eunuch came running quickly and said to her: "Jiang Niangniang, the queen mother, please come over and be in the front lobby." ”

Three days ago, the Empress Dowager Shen Pearl sent more than 200 eunuchs and palace maids to serve in Zhao Wangfu, these eunuchs and palace maids are very adaptable, in just three days, they are completely familiar with their new masters, especially in the title is very decent, not bad at all, Princess Zhao was canonized as the queen for only one hour, they all changed their words, faster than the maids of Zhao Wangfu's people changed their words.

Maiyi nodded, hugged her daughter and walked to the front yard.

In the lobby of the front yard, Dugu Mingyue is making the final arrangements for the maids, and more than 60 maids' families are gathered together, and today is also a major moment in their lives.

"There is a premise, let me make it clear to you first, everyone is free, everyone has no deed of sale, they are all employed by my palace, there is a contract of employment, you can leave at any time, but now we are going to enter the palace, so I officially announce that our employment contract has been terminated now, and the owner has terminated the contract, according to the agreement, I will pay you three months' salary each, and at the same time, as a couple of years of master and servant, I will give each person another 100 yuan for settling in, and I will also give each of you a piece of land, not much land, Each person is only twenty acres, all of them are the suburbs of Beijing, and everyone to break up, I feel uncomfortable, but we have to break up, if you have any difficulties in life in the future, you can come to me, as long as it is reasonable, I will try my best to help you, thank you for taking care of my family over the years, thank you! ”

After speaking, Mingyue gave them a salute, these servants were very moved in their hearts, they also knelt down, kowtowed to Mingyue three times, and said with tears: "The queen mother salutes us with a golden body, we dare not be, we wish the mother a safe life, and I wish the princess and the little prince and the ladies all good health......"

Mingyue nodded, her voice was also a little choked, "Okay, it's not early, let's go back and pack our things!" I will let Lao Pan do the follow-up arrangements for everyone. ”

Pan Xiaonian, the big housekeeper next to him, waved his hand and said, "Come with me!" Everything is ready, and everyone has a share. ”

Everyone kowtowed to Mingyue again, and then followed Pan Xiaonian, at this time, Wuyi walked up with her daughter in tow, and said with some emotion: "Sister, I see that you are quite sad." ”

"Yes! Breakups are always sad. ”

Mingyue sighed, cheered up, and smiled at Wuyi: "Not all the family members are dismissed in this move, and there are twelve maids who will enter the palace with us, and the hugging qin and flute in your room will also enter the palace with us, and the children's nurses will also enter the palace, I will treat them more favorably, you can rest assured!" ”

Wuyi is worried about this, her two personal maids Baoqin and Rongxiao are in Anxi and follow her, both of them are orphans, if they really want to be dismissed, where can they go, and her daughter's nurse, her daughter can't do without, hearing Mingyue say this, she was relieved.

"The eldest sister came to me, is this the thing?"

Mingyue took her hand and smiled: "I want you to ride in a carriage with me, to be honest, I'm a little nervous, hey!" Originally, Rushi and I sat together, but Ruhua was pregnant, and she had to accompany her, so I had to ask you to sit with me. ”

Wuyi also smiled, "Actually, I'm quite nervous, so it's best for everyone to sit together, why don't we take the biggest carriage and let Wan'er sit together, everyone is a little lively, I guess she is also a little nervous." ”

Mingyue thought about it and smiled: "Okay! I asked people to arrange, and the surname Suo let the picturesque also sit in, anyway, there are only three of them, and they should be able to squeeze in, although it is a bit unetiquette, but we can't manage so much. ”

Wuyi thought about it, and then smiled slightly: "Actually, it can be explained!" Let's just say that it is a requirement of the army, for security reasons. ”

"You! It's just a lot of ideas, okay, that's a good excuse. ”

Mingyue hurriedly instructed a eunuch to arrange a carriage, Mingyue saw that the hour was coming, so she asked people to inform everyone one by one, to the front hall to concentrate, after a while, everyone came, Rushi held her sister Ruhua, Ruhua has been six months pregnant, her stomach is up, it is quite inconvenient to walk, the nurse is holding Rushi's daughter Siduo, soon, Pei Wan'er also came, she also held her daughter, the interesting thing is that except for the eldest daughter Siyue, the other children are asleep.

Seeing that they are about to enter the palace, everyone is quite nervous, and at the same time, with a hint of excitement, from tonight, they will enter a new life.

At this time, a eunuch ran into the lobby and saluted Mingyue: "Niangniang, the hour has come, and the carriage is ready." ”

Mingyue nodded and said to everyone: "Everyone get in the car!" It's time for us to go. ”

She took one last look at the old mansion with some nostalgia, and then led everyone out of the lobby, until they walked to the shadow wall, the carriage was ready, the three hundred personal guards were fully armed, and the horseback guards were around the carriage, Mingyue led everyone to sit in the widest carriage in the house, followed by the other two, which were ridden by the personal maid and the nurse, the main gate slowly opened, the carriage started, and drove out of the gate.

Outside the gate is also brightly lit, the items have been transported into the palace first, nearly 10,000 Qianniuwei and internal guard soldiers lined up to protect, the army is under martial law all the way, from Wubenfang to Daming Palace, along the way are Tang army soldiers.

Nan Jiyun urged him to step forward and salute with his fists, "The last general Nan Jiyun will escort the princess and ladies into the palace!" ”

He got used to it for a while, and he couldn't change his mouth, Mingyue smiled slightly, "I'm really sorry that you can't rest so late!" ”

"It is our duty to protect the princess!"

Nan Jiyun immediately ordered, "It's time to go!" ”

The carriage finally left the Zhao Wangfu and headed towards the Daming Palace, everyone looked through the car window and gradually went to the Zhao Wangfu, their eyes were full of a sense of reluctance.

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Tonight, Princess Zhao's entry into the palace is almost the top priority of the Chang'an army, all the troops stationed in Chang'an have been sleepless all night, although many of the troops are not related, but as a military order, each army has maintained a state of first-class combat readiness, from Daming Palace to Mingde Gate, almost every important place has army patrols, just when most of the senior generals went to Daming Palace and Wubenfang to be loyal, Hu Peiyun, the head of the Internal Security Intelligence Hall, did not go anywhere, he sat in the headquarters of the Intelligence Hall, and he also had no sleep all night.

He had received information that hundreds of clans would gather tonight to fight to the death against Li Qing'an's accession to the throne.

'Dying and throeting! ’

Hu Peiyun thought of this word, what is the point of opposing the clan now? He also had to admire Li Qing'an's foresight, he knew that the clan would be the biggest obstacle to his accession to the throne, so he has been constantly weakening the power of the clan over the years, although the power of the clan has been greatly inferior to before, and it has become the weakest moment since the founding of the country, but they still have the right to speak in the choice of the emperor.

Li Qing'an launched the Northern Expedition on the eve of his accession to the throne, fighting a battle without suspense to win the support of the whole country's public opinion, and now the Northern Expedition War was victorious, the national public opinion is boiling, and Li Qing'an's reputation has also reached the middle of the sky, which makes the opposition of the clan insignificant.

Only then did Hu Peiyun understand the reason why Li Qing'an refused to compromise with the clan, once the compromise would be endless, and he resolutely did not compromise, using the method of launching foreign wars to mobilize public opinion, hundreds of declining clans could not confront the 45 million public opinion of the Tang Dynasty in any case, Li Qing'an skillfully used foreign wars to turn the high-level power transfer of the emperor to the throne into a national movement, which is an extremely clever means of power.

This made Hu Peiyun, who had never understood why Li Qing'an wanted to fight back to the war, suddenly realized, he thought that Li Qing'an was really trying to eradicate the hidden dangers of the grassland, but now it seems that it is actually a disguised power struggle, but it is more clever and more hidden.

At this time, there were footsteps outside, and a soldier who came in reported: "Zong Zhengqing is here." ”

"Let him in!"

Hu Peiyun stood up, the moment he was waiting for came, and after a while, Zong Zhengqing Li Yi walked in quickly, he looked a little flustered, and said when he entered the door: "General Hu, they have already started." ”

"Don't panic, say slowly, where? How many people are there? ”

Li Yi swallowed and said, "In King Sheng's mansion, there are about three hundred people, and they are secretly discussing how to deal with the new emperor. ”

Hu Peiyun nodded, there are more than 300 people, only half, it seems that there are still many people who are more timid and afraid of things, and refuse to show up, so it's okay to kill a hundred people!

He immediately ordered: "Send a letter to the internal guards, asking them to immediately send troops to surround King Sheng's Mansion!" ”

Dugu Mingyue moved, and only 5,000 of the 10,000 internal guards went, and the other 5,000 were lent to the Intelligence Hall for emergency calling.

At this time, the general who led the 5,000 army was the new internal guard general Ji Sheng, who had just returned to Beijing, and he did not go to the main office, but was ready to cooperate with the intelligence hall, and this order was given to him by Li Qingan before the northern expedition.

Ji Sheng is also one of Li Qing'an's most trusted henchmen, in the gold medal awarded by Li Qing'an, his gold medal is ranked eighth, even surpassing Hu Peiyun, which shows Li Qing'an's trust in him, at this time he is ready, he is full of armor, holding a sword, and 5,000 soldiers are also ready to go.

In the dark night, a cavalryman rushed over and handed a request order to Ji Sheng, Ji Sheng glanced at it, and immediately ordered: "Send troops, Sixteen Palaces Sheng Wangfu!" ”

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Sheng Wang Li Qi is Li Longji's twenty-first son, and one of Li Longji's only remaining sons, he has been very low-key, in recent years, the Tang Dynasty has been divided between the north and the south, he did not go to Chengdu, but stayed in Chang'an, almost never went out, and escaped the purge again and again.

But his low profile does not mean that he is cowardly, this time when Li Qingan is about to ascend the throne as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he finally feels that he can no longer be silent, he has always believed that Li Qingan can be the king of Zhao, can be the general of Tiance, can be the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, but can not be the emperor, the reason is very simple, Li Qing'an is not after Taizong, not from orthodox background, is the descendant of Li Jiancheng back then, Li Jiancheng has been punished in the Xuanwumen Change, how can his descendants ascend to the throne again?

This made Li Qi unacceptable no matter what, in fact, it was unacceptable to all the clans, although Zong Zhengqing Li Yi expressed his support, it was because he was not the queen of Taizong, and he could not represent the clan.

More than 320 clans have been secretly connected for more than a month, and today the Queen Mother officially issued an order announcing that Li Qing'an would inherit the Tang dynasty, which made the clans almost crazy, and they gathered together desperately to discuss countermeasures.

The hall of the palace was full of emotion, more than 300 clans were angry at the absurdity of Li Qing'an's accession to the throne, most of these clans were in their thirties to their forties, and they enjoyed all the glory and wealth from childhood to adulthood, but in recent years, they have been repeatedly attacked, the land has been deprived, and the family property has been confiscated, especially many of the clans who have gone to Chengdu, when they came back, they found that their mansion and the palace have been confiscated, and he had to live in the other house he purchased before, relying on a little savings to sit on the empty mountain, the standard of living has deteriorated sharply, and the blame of his family, The complaints of their children and grandchildren made their anger accumulate in their hearts, and the news that Li Qing'an was about to ascend the throne finally detonated their anger.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it! ”

Jumping out and shouting loudly is a thirty-year-old clan, he is the eldest son of the former prince Li Ying, that is, Li Li's eldest brother, Li Li committed suicide after the city was broken, and Li Yan, who was appointed Guangluqing in Chengdu, slipped back to Chang'an, he was the king of Xinping County, and the house was also confiscated, and the gold and silver worth 200,000 yuan he buried in the cellar were also stolen, which made him grief and indignation.

Everyone in the hall was quiet, looking at him, Li Yan said loudly: "Everyone, I have thought about it for a long time, I suspect that Li Qingan is not a clan at all, he is pretending. ”

His conclusion caused an uproar among the more than three hundred clans in the hall, and Li Qi, the king of Sheng, couldn't hold his breath, he hurriedly interrupted Li Yan's words, "King Jun, do you have any evidence?" ”

"There is no direct evidence, but there are many suspicious places, for example, where are Li Qingan's parents? What about his siblings? How can he be the only seedling, how can his parents die, this is simply unreasonable. ”

Li Yan's eyes shot a fierce light, "I suspect that he has wiped out all the real descendants of the family, anyway, he is breaking leaves, he is the sky over there, no!" Maybe there is no posterity at all, he made it up."

Li Yan's suspicion caused a resonance in the hall, Li Qing'an is built after the people have made them unacceptable, if it is still a fake sect, it is simply appalling, the entire hall is boiling, scolding, shouting, like a pot of boiling water.

"Quiet! Everyone, be quiet! ”

Sheng Wang Li Qi tried his best to quiet everyone down, and when the hall was quiet, he said generously: "Whether it's true or not, no matter what, before Li Qing'an's life is unknown, we must prevent him from ascending the throne, and we must not let him break the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

"But... Is there anything else we can do now? Someone worried.

"Yes!"

King Sheng's surname Li Qisuo stood on the table and condescendingly said to everyone: "We should inform the world, expose the face of Li Qing'an's pseudo-clan, let the people of the world spurn him, so that he does not dare to ascend the throne, time is pressing, we will start tomorrow to ....."

Li Qi didn't finish speaking, his eyes suddenly widened, only to see an arrow into the lobby like lightning, sharp arrows rushed straight at him, before he could react, the arrow shot through his throat, Li Qi covered his throat, his eyeballs bulged, and he fell straight down the table.

The lobby was silent at first, and then there was a big chaos, everyone was so frightened that they fled with their sleeves to cover their faces, and fled from place to place, and Li Yan, the king of Xinping County, who had just sworn that he doubted Li Qing'an's identity, was even more frightened and got under the table.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, all the windows around were smashed open, and more than 2,000 heavily armed soldiers rushed into the hall, all of them carrying horizontal knives at their waists and crossbows in their hands, aiming at the chaotic clan.

"No one is allowed to move! Whoever dares to move, will be killed! ”

The rush and shouting of the soldiers in the brigade made the clans present dare not move, and everyone fell to the ground, trembling with fear.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, and Ji Sheng strode in with more than 100 soldiers, he glanced at the lobby with a stern gaze, and said sharply: "Someone reported that a crowd is gathering a rebellion here, and it should be beheaded according to Tang Law!" ”

Hearing that he was going to be killed, everyone was paralyzed in fright, and Li Yan was the first to shout: "The general spares his life!" We are all members of the Tang Dynasty, and we are discussing and supporting His Royal Highness King Zhao to ascend the throne! ”

Everyone secretly despised Li Yan, but at this time, they couldn't care about anything else, and it was important to save their lives, so everyone shouted: "Yes!" We are all discussing to support King Zhao's accession to the throne, and there will be no rebellion!"

Ji Sheng sneered, Hu Peiyun was right, these clans are all soft bones, and if they were slightly frightened, they would be shocked one by one.

He ignored it, these sects had to be closed for a few months before they could write down their confessions one by one.

He waved his hand, "Take them all away, put them in the internal guard prison and torture them severely, there must be people who want to rebel!" ”

The soldiers rushed up, regardless of whether these clans cried and refused to get up, grabbed their feet and necks, carried them out of the Sheng Wang's Mansion, threw them into the dozens of iron carriages that had been prepared for a long time, and slammed the doors shut, and the carriages quickly drove towards the imperial city.

At this time, it was the second watch, and the streets were under martial law, and there was silence, only the rain was still dripping.

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(To be continued)