Chapter 308: Lust for Profit
The secret discussion between Li Shimin, Guanyin and his henchmen lasted from morning to afternoon.
In the end, two plans were determined, one was that after Li Shimin entered the palace, if Li Yuan did not listen to persuasion, he would see the opportunity to do something; One is to remove the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji after Li Yuan's consent and authorization.
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Li Shimin immediately made arrangements.
Hongyi Palace entered a state of alert, the whole palace was under martial law, and everyone was not allowed to enter or leave without Li Shimin's permission.
Eight hundred Xuanjia soldiers were immediately assembled in place, fully armed, unclothed, and ready to respond to emergencies at any time.
The eldest grandson Wuxian was responsible for the inspection and registration of the personnel entering and exiting the palace gates, and immediately reported to Li Shimin if there was an abnormality.
The eldest grandson, Shunde, was responsible for strengthening the guards of the gates of the imperial city and the palace city, monitoring the movements of the East Palace Guard Mansion and the Qi King Protector's Mansion, and immediately reporting the relevant situation to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin specially explained that it is necessary to be tight inside and loose outside, and not let outsiders feel that Hongyi Palace, Imperial City, and Palace City are any different from the past.
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Once Li Shimin entered the palace, everything outside the Hongyi Palace and the palace city was subject to the orders of Princess Qin.
If nothing else, it will be implemented in accordance with the agreed two sets of plans; If there is an accident, Guanyin will make a decision after discussing with Gao Jian, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji.
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After Li Shimin entered the palace, the eldest grandson Wuxian took care of the access control in the palace, and the eldest grandson Shunde did a good job of guarding the palace and the imperial city.
Without Li Shimin's warrant, all guards are not allowed to enter the palace, and suspicious people are forbidden to enter and leave the palace.
The soldiers of the East Palace Guard Mansion and the Qi King Guard's Mansion, except for entering the East Palace, were not allowed to be transferred on the grounds that they did not have a warrant from the military department to transfer troops.
All other guards are not allowed to be transferred except for daily duty.
If there are those who do not obey the order, Zuo Xiaowei General's Mansion, holding the warrant of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, will send troops to prohibit them.
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After the arrangements were completed, Yuwen Shihe, the eldest grandson Shunde, and the eldest grandson Wuxian left the Hongyi Palace and went back to do what should be done according to the agreed plan; The others stayed in Hongyi Palace and were ready to be dispatched.
Li Shimin and Guanyin returned to the Qinglu in the back garden, and took a short rest in their busy lives.
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Before the big change, everything was very calm, inside and outside Chang'an City, the Imperial City, and the Palace City, after a day of scorching sun, whether it was the official eunuch's house or the ordinary people, they were all taking the best possible way to relieve the summer.
On the night of the second day of the sixth month, nothing happened, and the entire city of Chang'an was spent in peace.
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On the morning of the third day of the sixth month, there was an inner court in the Liangyi Palace.
According to the usual practice, Li Shimin needed to go to the Liangyi Hall to participate in the inner court, and he had to enter the palace.
Before leaving, Li Shimin summoned Gao Jian, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Duan Zhixuan, Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Shubao, Qiu Xinggong, Ding Jikan, Changsun Zhan, Zhang Gongjin and others to the Chengqian Palace.
Li Shimin and Guanyin arranged for everyone.
Li Shimin decided to take Duan Zhixuan, Wei Chi Jingde, Qiu Xinggong, Zhang Gongjin, and more than a dozen guards into the palace, while the others accompanied Guanyin to wait for news in Hongyi Palace.
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After the explanation, Li Shimin led Duan Zhixuan, Wei Chi Jingde and others to leave Hongyi Palace and enter Chang'an City through Fanglin Gate.
Go south along the west street of the imperial city, enter the imperial city from the west gate of the imperial city Anfu Gate, and then enter the Taiji Palace from the south gate of the palace city Shuntian Gate, and go north to the Liangyi Gate.
In Liangyimen, Li Shimin saw his eldest grandson Wuxian.
The eldest grandson Wuxian secretly reported to Li Shimin that Li Jiancheng, Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi, Yu Wenshi and others had arrived at the Liangyi Palace, and no suspicious people had entered or left the palace.
Li Shimin left Duan Zhixuan, Wei Chi Jingde and others at Liangyi Gate, and he rode to Liangyi Palace.
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On that day, there was not much agenda in the Inner Dynasty, Xiao Yu reported to Li Yuan about the elimination of temples, monks and nuns, and Li Yuanji reported on the preparations for the conquest of the Turks.
Li Yuan looked careless, just asked a few questions he cared about, and the Inner Dynasty ended early.
Before dispersing the court, Li Yuan smiled and said to the ministers participating in the inner court, "The weather is too hot, I want to go to the harem sea pool to cool off, and all the secretaries should find a place to cool off."
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After the ministers saluted Li Yuan, they withdrew from the Liangyi Hall one after another, and Li Yuan called out to Li Shimin, "King Qin, you wait a while, I have something to say to you."
Li Shimin stopped, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin, and walked out of the hall side by side.
Li Shimin walked up to Li Yuan, bowed and said, "Grandpa, what's the matter with calling your son?"
Li Yuan just whispered to Li Shimin, "You come over alone in the afternoon, Grandpa has something to say to you."
After speaking, he waved his hand at Li Shimin, "Go."
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Li Shimin bowed down again and saluted Li Yuan, and replied, "Erchen knows." Then, walk out of the Liangyi Hall.
Outside the gate of the Liangyi Palace, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had not yet left, and the two were standing on the platform in front of the hall and talking with a smile.
Li Shimin stepped forward, and the three of them greeted each other, each smiling and greeting each other.
The three brothers look like brothers, friends and brothers.
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Li Yuan has four sons-in-law, who are born to the queen of the Dou family.
The eldest son, Li Jiancheng, is generous and benevolent.
The second son, Li Shimin, is wise and heroic.
The third son, Li Xuanba, died early due to illness.
The fourth son, Li Yuanji, is obedient.
Li Jiancheng is older, more than ten years older than the other three younger brothers, and he wants to be confused by fame, fortune and status, and they have a deep brotherly relationship and love each other.
And now, the three living brothers are all at the pinnacle of power, and the brotherhood is no longer there.
On the morning of the third day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Wude, on the platform in front of the Liangyi Palace, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Yuanji, and the three brothers of the same mother, stood opposite each other for the last time, smiling one by one.
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After the dispersal of the dynasty, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji deliberately stopped and did not leave, wanting to see if Li Yuan wanted to have a long conversation with Li Shimin. They were afraid that Li Yuan and Li Shimin would privately discuss Li Yuanji's transfer of elite soldiers from the Qin Palace. Once Li Yuan repents on this matter, it will disrupt Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's overall plan.
Now, seeing Li Shimin coming out of the hall in an instant, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were relieved.
Between the three of them, there were not many common topics, just a few simple words to each other, and then they bowed and said goodbye, and each went home.
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Since Li Shimin left, Gao Jian, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji talked to Guanyin in the Chengqian Palace.
At the beginning, Gao Jian, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji were still a little restless, and they were afraid that Li Shimin would have an emergency when he entered the palace.
Although the four of them are much older than Guanyin, they have been staff members in the Qin Palace's mansion for a long time, although they are all full of wealth and resourcefulness, they only play the role of staff assistants, and they have never made decisions about matters involving the life and death of countless people, and they are still a little unstable when they encounter major events.
This is like a rich man with a lot of money, compared with a peasant with only a few acres of thin land, when doing many things, the rich man is more inferior than the ordinary peasant.
A person's status often determines a person's insight and vision.
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Guanyin is different from Gao Jian, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji, she has followed Li Yuan since she was fifteen years old, and together with Li Shimin, she has made suggestions for Li Yuan to obtain military power, suppress bandits, and expand the army.
Moreover, Guanyin, as the princess of Qin and Li Yuan's beloved daughter-in-law, is at the top of state power, knows more insiders, has more information, and sees things more comprehensively.
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Just when Gao Jian, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji were worried in their hearts, Guanyin was more aware of the four of them, and her expression was calm.
After waiting for half an hour, everything was calm as usual, and there was no bad news from the palace, and the hearts of Gao Jian and the other four people relaxed.
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When everyone's mood calmed down, Guanyin suddenly realized that the Chengqian Hall was a place to handle official business.
In the empty hall, Guanyin sat on the couch in the middle of the main hall, and the two elders of her uncle Gao Jian, the fourth brother Sun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui sat far away from her on both sides of the hall, and raised their voices when they spoke.
It gives people the feeling that his uncle Gao Jian and his fourth brother Sun Wuji are not their relatives at this time, but more like the relationship between their boss and their subordinates.
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Thinking of this, Guanyin felt a little uncomfortable sitting on the couch in the middle of the main hall, and she said to Gao Jian with some disgust: "Uncle, Auntie thinks that there should be no more things in the palace this morning, and we don't have to sit here stupidly, why don't you go to the study room of the Vertical Arch Hall with the two gentlemen and the fourth brother, and the maid will serve you tea."
Since he already felt that Li Shimin would be fine, Gao Jian also felt that it was more convenient to go back to the backyard to talk, so he invited Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui on behalf of Guanyin, "Mr. Fang, Mr. Du, we might as well go back to the backyard study to drink tea as Ah Wan said."
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Gao Jian thought that it was common to go to the backyard study to drink tea with Guanyin, but Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui felt that it was not suitable because of their different identities.
Fang Xuanling excused himself and said, "Shi Lian and the auxiliary machine will go with the princess, and Ruhui and I are waiting for the king here."
The eldest grandson Wuji persuaded, "Two gentlemen, let's go together, if you don't go, how can my uncle and Wuji leave alone."
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui saw that it was not good to refuse, so they followed Guanyin out of the back door of the Chengqian Palace, and came to the front hall of the vertical arch in the backyard.
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The study is in the west room of the vertical arch front hall, and when it comes to the study, Guanyin persuades a few people to sit down and let Hsinchu make a pot of fragrant tea.
Among the four, Gao Jian has the highest position and seniority, Fang Xuanling is the oldest, and the two sit on the north side of several cases; Du Ruhui and eldest grandson Wuji sat on the south side of several cases.
Although Guanyin is said to be the princess of Qin, but in front of her uncle and four brothers, she did not dare to put on a score, she sat on the east side and poured a cup of tea for each of them.
A few people were sipping fragrant tea and chatting at the same time, and the atmosphere of the conversation was really like a family.
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Du Ruhui remembered what the eldest grandson Shunde said yesterday at the Chengqian Palace, and couldn't help but ask the eldest grandson Wuji with a smile, "Yesterday, Xue Gong said that he had been eating with the princess since he was a child, what happened?"
The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but laugh and said, "Uncle Shunde has been a child king in the clan since he was a child, with high rank and great strength, and he has always been dissatisfied with anyone, but he admires the king and the maid so much."
So, the eldest grandson Wuji told Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui about their martial arts training together since childhood, the eldest grandson Shunde lost to Li Shimin in the archery test, and lost to Guanyin in the bickering.
The two laughed while listening, and both said that the eldest grandson Shunde had met two nemesis.
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Later, the eldest grandson Wuji talked about the fact that the eldest grandson Shunde beat the third brother Sun Wuxian at the funeral of his father Changsun Sheng, and when the family was separated, Guanyin persuaded the eldest grandson Wuxian and his wife.
After speaking, the eldest grandson Wuji shook his head and sighed, "The third brother is most afraid of Uncle Shunde in this life, and the most convincing is his sister and maid."
Fang Xuanling couldn't help but admire, "It seems that the princess is really talented, and she can plan big things since she was a child."
Guanyin listened to the eldest grandson Wuji talk about what happened when she was a child, and she also felt very kind, and she couldn't help but smile when she sat there.
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Du Ruhui chased after him and asked, "So, how did Xue Gong later follow the king and the princess Niangniang and become the father of the Jinyang army?"
The eldest grandson Wuji said, "As for the later events, Wuji only heard that Uncle Shunde evaded military service and begged for food to Jinyang, but the specific details are not too clear."
As he spoke, he turned his face to Guanyin, "Why don't you tell us about it, why did Uncle Shunde run away and eat with you?"
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Guanyin saw that a few people wanted to hear the interesting stories of the eldest grandson Shunde in the past, and it was not easy to refuse, so she told everyone how the eldest grandson Shunde pretended to be a beggar to make trouble in the Taiyuan Left-behind Mansion and beat the guards of the official office.
Guanyin took it with her and told a few people how to subdue Liu Hongji, Dou Cong, Duan Zhixuan, Liu Wenjing, Pei Lin and others.
Speaking of Dou Cong and Liu Wenjing, Guanyin couldn't help but look gloomy, her eyes were a little red, and she sighed, "The father of the Jinyang army, now three people are no longer alive, Uncle Cong unfortunately died a few years ago, Liu Wenjing was framed, and Jiang Baoyi was killed by Song Jingang, if the three of them are still there, the meritorious deeds will not be lost to Uncle Shunde."
Du Ruhui said with emotion, "I heard that Liu Wenjing was hidden by Pei Lian's design, but I don't know if it's true or not? No one would have expected that a pair of close friends in Jinyang would turn their faces and become enemies after becoming famous?"
Guanyin said lightly, "This is all caused by fame, fortune and status, the people of the world, the crown prince, the king of Qi, isn't it a flesh and blood brother? When people are hungry for profit, where is there family affection and friendship?"
Speaking of this, several people couldn't help but sigh at the impermanence of the world and the danger of officialdom.
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Thinking of the upcoming battle for succession, Fang Xuanling sighed, "Maybe in the next three or two days, there will be another bloody storm, and I don't know how many heads will fall to the ground? In the whirlpool of power struggle, you don't fight, sometimes you can't help yourself."
The eldest grandson Wuji said, "At present, it is inevitable that the sword soldiers will meet each other, I hope that there will be less bloodshed, and if the killing is too heavy, I am afraid that the foundation of the Tang Dynasty will be moved."
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