Chapter 65: The Emperor's Counterattack

When she received a letter from home thousands of miles away, she was still the emperor, and her sister said that she was homesick, and Li Yu sent her own chariot without thinking about it, and sent a capable team to pick up her sister.

When the reform she wanted to implement was on the verge of failure due to the fierce countermeasures of the eunuchs and the feudal towns, her sister's second letter arrived, and she decided not to return, she decided to stay in the distant Mobei and wait for a peace for the Tang Dynasty.

She didn't come back, but she sent an Anxi military captain named Guo Rong to lead two hundred young men to escort her clothes and crown back to Chang'an, if she had no place in this life, I hope her brother can bury her clothes on the side of her father's cemetery.

She wants to tell her father that what flows in her body is the blood of Gaozu and Taizong, and that the princess of Li Tang will never fall, and for the sake of Datang, she has no regrets!

After reading his sister's letter, Li Yu burst into tears, and all the depression in his heart after years of life as a prince and his accession to the throne poured out with tears.

He gave up the last desperate fight, the Anshi Rebellion has greatly damaged the vitality of the Tang Dynasty, and the conflict caused by the throne has made Chang'an City bleed, and he has been the prince for 25 years, and he has become the emperor after only eight months on the throne, Li Yu knows that he will become a laughing stock in the history books, but he doesn't care.

Li Tang's princess is flowing with Taizong's blood, Li Tang's emperor and crown prince are also flowing with Taizong's blood, he wants to pave the way for his son, he believes that his son will do better than himself.

After letting go of all his concerns, Li Yu found that he had nothing to fear.

For the first time since ascending the throne, he took out the momentum of the Tang Emperor, and controlled the Shence Army above the court, and was ready to unite the feudal towns to reprimand Ju Wenzhen, who forced his palace, to the fullest, shocking all the courtiers.

Subsequently, Li Yu issued several edicts in a row, personally degrading Wei Zhiyi, Wang Shuwen, Wang Ling and other reformist cores to Yuanzhou!

Then, Li Yu issued an edict to blame himself for all the problems caused by the reform, and finally abdicated the edict, gave up the throne to his son Li Chun (Li Chun), and moved into Xingqing Palace under the protection of Jin Wuwei.

Li Yu took the initiative to abdicate, but no one in the court was a fool!

Above the court, he angrily denounced the eunuchs for their arbitrary power, and the feudal towns were divided, which directly pushed the eunuchs and the self-reliant feudal towns to the forefront!

After denouncing the eunuchs and the feudal town, he issued a separate decree and sat in Jiannan for 21 years, made countless military exploits for the imperial court, and single-handedly reversed the situation between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

Take the initiative to take all the faults yourself, so that all careerists lose the target of attack, and the conspiracy is crushed!

The initiative to abdicate and concede avoided possible conflicts, made the smooth transition of imperial power, and avoided the political turmoil since the death of Dezong!

Taking the initiative to demote the cadres who changed the law actually not only protected these courtiers who were loyal to him, but also retained capable talents for the imperial court, and if he wanted his son Li Chun, he could even directly use them before these people left the capital.

In just a few days, Li Yu brought his 25 years of political wisdom to the extreme, and this series of operations won the unanimous praise of the family, the Jiangmen, the Hanmen, and the common people.

Although he abdicated from the emperor to become the emperor, Li Yu's prestige in the court and the people has been unprecedentedly improved!

A move to retreat into advance, so that the eunuchs and the local festival envoys fell into a very passive situation, the credit for supporting the new emperor is gone, but the infamy of forcing the emperor to abdicate is spread all over the world!

Forcing an emperor in the palace can be said to protect himself, but forcing two emperors in a row, everyone's reaction will be the same, seeking to usurp the throne!

The careerists are ready to move, but at this time, just 50 years have passed since the peak of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the glory of Datang is still there, and any behavior that dares to confront the glory of Datang head-on will become the best trophy of other careerists!

As long as Li Chun succeeds to the throne and does not take the most extreme confrontation like himself, neither the eunuchs nor the feudal towns will dare to risk the condemnation of the world!

This is equivalent to testing the path of reform for his son, finding out the bottom line of reform, and clearing the obstacles to reform!

After moving into Xingqing Palace, Emperor Taishang Li Yu was even more closed, so that his reputation of "kindness, filial piety, generosity, benevolence and good judgment" was widely spread, although he did not take the initiative to interfere in the government affairs, but no one dared to despise any opinion of Li Yu whether Li Chun or the courtier Zaifu.

At this moment, everyone found that they underestimated the emperor who had been the prince for 25 years!

In a word, from being forced to abdicate to taking the initiative, today's Emperor Li Yu plays a pivotal role in the political map of the Tang Dynasty!

However, one day in September, before dawn, an inconspicuous carriage quietly drove out of Xingqing Palace, which had been closed for a month, and a team of Jin Wuwei followed silently behind the carriage.

Leaving Xingqing Palace, the carriage and the accompanying Jin Wuwei went straight to the Chunming Gate, seeing the Jin Wuwei and the unique carriage, the Chunming Gate guards immediately opened the city gate, and all the officers and soldiers guarding the city watched the carriage go.

"Captain, is this the ...... of the saint?"

"Shut up, it's good to know, if it weren't for the saint's compassion and initiative to ......, Chang'an City might face a catastrophe, and it is unknown whether you will have your life here at that time!"

"Those damn eunuchs, everyone's mouths are closed for me, Chunmingmen is safe and sound before sunrise today! Do you understand! ”

"Yes!"

After leaving the Chunming Gate, under the escort of Jin Wuwei, the carriage headed north, and after arriving at the Tonghua Gate, it turned eastward, and crossed the Changle Station seven miles east of the Tonghua Gate.

The convoy then continued northeastward, along the official road to Lintong.

About ten miles later, when the sun began to rise, the carriage stopped at a small, nameless pavilion beside the official road.

"Your Majesty, it's already here!"

The carriage, which had not made a sound all the way, heard a call.

"Take righteousness, help me get out of the car!"

Hearing the voice, Jin Wuweilang, who led the team, turned Zhang Qiyi over and dismounted, and helped the middle-aged man in the car out, and then the middle-aged man sat quietly in the nameless pavilion, quietly looking at the official road in the northeast.

"When did you follow me?"

"Your Majesty, I followed Your Majesty when the Jingyuan Soldiers Changed in the fourth year of Jianzhong (783)."

"The change of the Jingyuan soldiers, I still remember that I could still fight with a sword to defend against the enemy, and I was the queen of my father's palace, and now I ...... It has been four years since it was established, and now it has been 22 years, and I heard your uncle Zhang Yafu say that you are the most like Zhang Zhongcheng, have you considered leading an army alone? ”

"Your Majesty, I only want to protect Your Majesty in this life!"

"You, I have a hunch that you won't be around me for long......"

"Your Majesty!"

"Do you remember Anthy?"