Chapter 8 Longevity King Wansheng
"Zhao Gao, what is your plan, come quickly?"
"If it works, I'll be rewarded."
Li Mao sat directly on the steps outside King Shou's mansion.
The movements are extremely casual and look very friendly.
Regardless of traitors and loyal ministers, those who can give solutions in case of trouble are good ministers.
Zhao Gao and low said: "It is the responsibility of the old slave to share the worries of His Majesty. β
"Li Longji has lived in the palace for a long time, obsessed with beauty, and has long lost the courage when he staged a coup d'Γ©tat to imprison Princess Taiping."
"As long as Your Majesty makes a noise in Chang'an City and gives him the feeling that the building is about to collapse, he will definitely escape from the palace as soon as he is timid and cautious."
Not bad!
Li Mao nodded in approval.
According to history, during the Anshi Rebellion, Li Longji was also timid and fearful, and gave up Chang'an City, which had millions of people.
Li Linfu had a different opinion, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, by all means! This traitor wants to harm you, and you should be dragged out immediately and beheaded. β
"Fart!" Zhao Gao was angry when he heard this: "You are the traitor, if you have a way, you can say it and hand it over to Your Majesty to decide." β
"Huh! There is a good plan for this. β
Li Linfu said in a deep voice: "There are millions of people in Chang'an City, and if you want to build momentum among so many people, you must cooperate with all the grassroots officials in every Fang City. β
"It's okay for us to spread rumors, but it's not enough to let the people rebel with us."
"Your Majesty's hands are full of elite people, and the palace guards are all good. We should seize the time, immediately send troops, directly enter the palace, repeat the story of Xuanwumen, and force Li Longji to abdicate. β
Li Mao pondered for a moment.
The system made himself the only emperor in Chang'an City within twenty-four hours, but it did not mean that he had one day.
Li Longji is not a fool, and it is impossible to wait for himself to accumulate strength to enter the palace.
He will definitely summon the forbidden army to come to encircle and suppress as soon as he receives the news of Pei Kuan's defeat.
If he really waited until tomorrow to act, maybe his head would be on Li Longji's desk by then.
But if you rush directly to the past now, although all the soldiers trapped in the camp can be ten with one, they can't stop the imperial city guards with strong bows and crossbows.
Looks like it's going to have to be both!
Thinking of this, Li Mao stood up, and the golden dragon robe on his body danced lightly in the wind.
"The decree is that as long as the people of the whole city are willing to follow me to defeat Li Longji's faint monarch, they will be exempted from tax for three years."
"As the old saying goes, a gentleman's word is a whip."
"I am here today, and I promise the people of Chang'an that after I take charge of the government in the future, if I violate this oath, it will be like this pillar."
With that, Li Mao immediately pulled out the long sword at his waist and slashed straight down towards the pillar at the door of King Shou's Mansion.
Crunch...... Crunch......
The doorway fell in response, and the cut surface of the column was very smooth.
Hiss......
Zhao Gao and Li Linfu couldn't help but gasp when they looked at the section.
If this knife were to be slashed at their waists, their bodies would be cut in two in an instant.
"Your Majesty is mighty!"
"Your Majesty is mighty!"
The two shouted in unison.
The Ten Kings' Mansion has long been surrounded by dense people.
They originally came to see the excitement, but now after hearing Li Mao's oath, there was silence at first.
Then, a tsunami of sound came from all directions.
"Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! β
"Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! β
"Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! β
Wave after wave.
Zhao Gao, who came up with the idea, stood in place, and couldn't help but admire in his heart, anyway, he couldn't think of such a way to mobilize the people.
Then he knelt down in front of Li Mao.
"Your Majesty, hooray, hooray, hooray."
Everyone around the Ten Kings' Mansion fell to their knees at the sound of the voice.
At this moment, Li Mao couldn't help but thank the great man in his heart.
If you want to mobilize the people, you must first let the people see the benefits of following you.
Du Fu has a poem: "The side court bleeds into the sea, and Emperor Wu has no intention of opening the border." β
Li Longji perfectly inherited this from his grandmother Wu Zetian.
The frontier has been fighting every year, and countless money and food have been consumed.
In July of the second year of Kaiyuan, in Luanshui Valley, the Tang Dynasty fought with the Khitan and Xi people, and the Tang army sent 80,000 troops, and the whole army was annihilated.
In August of the second year of Kaiyuan, Xue Ne of the Tang Army led an army of 100,000 to fight with Wujie in Tubo, and tens of thousands of people were killed and captured in Tubo.
In February of the fourth year of Kaiyuan, the Songpan War.
In September of the tenth year of Kaiyuan, Tang Yuan Xiaobolu fought with Tubo.
In September of the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, the Tang army fought a great battle with Tubo Guazhou.
In July of the sixteenth year of Kaiyuan, Tang and Tubo fought in the valley of thirsty waves.
In March of the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan, the Tang Dynasty attacked the battle of the Datong army in Tubo, and the battle of pulling out the sea was bitter.
After years of war, the people of Datang have long been overwhelmed.
At this time, when they heard that they could not pay taxes for three consecutive years, the people had already begun to spread the word to each other.
"Did you hear that? King Shou ascended the throne and announced that as long as he could succeed in his rebellion, he would not have to pay any taxes for three years. β
"Really? If there is no tax, what does he eat? Is it the same as our ordinary people, who eat Guanyin soil when they are very hungry? β
"It really can't be true anymore, King Shou swore in front of many people, and cut off the pillar head of the palace gate with a sword."
"He just doesn't collect taxes from the people in Chang'an City, not from the people in the whole world. Our Datang is rich all over the world, with a population of more than 10 million, where will he be hungry? β
"Then you have a point."
"Let's go and support him, if he can really defeat the emperor, then we can save a lot of money in three years."
"Half the size, eat the poor man. If I hadn't paid the taxes, my three sons wouldn't have to go hungry. β
"Let's go! Let's go! β
"Wait until I bring the kitchen knife at home."
"Shouwang Wansheng!"
"Shouwang Wansheng!"
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The people who received the news came out of their homes with kitchen knives and axes, and gradually gathered on the streets.
After a while, the voice of support for Li Mao sounded throughout Chang'an City.
Ten Princes' Mansions.
The corpses and severed limbs on the streets had been cleaned up, leaving only blackened blood stains on the ground, indicating the intensity of the battle.
Li Mao stood on his horse, listening to the voices of support in the city one after another, and his heart was full of emotion.
"Where the people want, where the victory goes, the road can be achieved!"
Li Linfu stood in front of the horse and hurriedly said: "Li Longji has lost the support of the people, and his defeat is just before the end of the day." Weichen congratulated His Majesty in advance. β
Zhao Gao held the reins, unwilling to be left behind, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty inherits the fortune of heaven and responds to the will of the people." Li Longji is really a car in the mantis arm, and he can't do it himself. β
Li Mao sat on the horse and listened a little fluttering.
Sure enough, it makes sense that the emperor likes traitorous ministers.
"Now is not the time to be happy, after catching Li Longji, I will hold a feast, and the monarch and the ministers will celebrate together."
"Let's go!"
Lu Bu and Gao Shun, who had already been prepared, moved with the trapped camp when they heard the sound.
The sound of neat footsteps almost drowned out the shouts of the people.