The book continues from the above, the last book said that in the ninth year of Wude, in June (the fourth day of the first month), after eight years of layout by Chu Mofeng, after a year of preparation, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and Chu Mofeng, the king of Xian, under the pretext of encircling and suppressing the rebellion in order to protect themselves, launched a coup d'état in the palace with lightning speed, and ambushed near the Xuanwu Gate, and shot the prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji, who came to complain to Li Yuan, in one fell swoop, which is known as the 'Xuanwumen Change'.

As the coup d'état came to an end, Li Yuan ordered Li Shimin to be renamed as the crown prince on the sixth day of the first month of June, and made it clear that he would only ask about the affairs of the DPRK and China, and everything would be decided by the crown prince Li Shimin.

The high-spirited Li Shimin knew very well in his heart that he was able to win by luck this time, all thanks to Chu Mofeng's secret arrangement for so many years, especially when he was in danger repeatedly, if it wasn't for Chu Mofeng's desperate rescue, maybe he would have turned into a pile of dry bones, thinking of this, Li Shimin secretly decided in his heart that he would live up to this friendship in this life and this life.

However, after Li Shimin was made the crown prince, he was not faced with the peace of the prosperous era of leisure, but a large mess in front of him that needed to be dealt with by himself, and at this moment the Turks in the north were still looking at the rich land of the Central Plains with fierce eyes....... All of this is waiting for the crown prince Li Shimin to solve them one by one.

In view of the fact that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji repeatedly attacked and oppressed the generals of the Qin Wangfu, and this time the two lost their power and died, and the generals tried in vain to remove all the subordinates under their command and confiscate their family property from the government, Wei Chi Jingde repeatedly argued: "The guilt lies in the two culprits, and they have already been punished by death." If you want to implicate their henchmen, it will not be a way to seek stability!"

Who knew that someone had found out that Li Jiancheng wanted to buy Wei Chi Jingde before, saying that Wei Chi Jingde was disobedient to speak out at the moment, and then ignored Wei Chi Jingde's obstruction, and went to the mansion of Feng Li, the former Yiwei car general, to search.

Looking at the murderous soldiers outside the door, Feng Mansion suddenly panicked, since the Xuanwumen Incident, Feng Li has disappeared, and the whole Mansion lives in panic every day, afraid that one day the government will come to arrest people, who knows that today's worry has become a reality.

I only heard someone shouting outside the door: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the mansion of Feng Li, the general of the Yiwei chariot cavalry next to Li Jiancheng, Feng Li did not help Li Jiancheng do things at the beginning, but now Feng Li does not know where to go, this time we raided his mansion and forced him to show up, don't let go of the men, women and children in the mansion, and then confiscate the property after killing all of them." After speaking, he waved his hand and prepared to lead someone forward to smash the door.

At this time, I only heard a majestic voice mixed with anger in the air, "Who dare to step forward?" Hearing this voice, the leader immediately shouted and scolded, "Where are you meddling? If you don't want to live, roll over, uncle, I will send you to see Li Jiancheng." ”

As soon as the voice fell, I heard the voice say again: "As you wish." Then I saw a group of people and horses in the distance, all black-clothed and black-armor were murderous, the leader wore a mask on his face, and carried a dark iron rod in his hand, and when he walked to the front, he saw this person turn over and dismount, and came to the leading general, and then said coldly: "When I come down, I want to see how you send me to see Li Jiancheng?"

The leader raised his head and was about to scold, but he happened to see the other party's mask, and immediately dropped his weapon on the ground with a trembling hand, and then said tremblingly: "Xian...... King.... Your Highness. ”

"Your Majesty has issued an edict that except for the two chief evils, the rest of the people will not be held accountable, are you going to disobey the holy decree? The prince has also issued an order on this matter, don't you even listen to the prince's words?" Looking at the soldiers coldly, Chu Mofeng snorted coldly and said: "Or do you think that this king's knife is not sharp enough? want to use your head to sharpen it for this king? Roll far away for this king within ten breaths, if you let this king know that you are raiding your house indiscriminately, this king will not be forgiven." ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone hugged their heads and ran around, looking at the people who disappeared in a blink of an eye, Chu Mofeng couldn't help sighing, a change in Xuanwumen, people in the court were panicked, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's sons were all killed by Li Shimin, and at first he had persuaded him not to kill his nephews, who knew that Li Shimin cut the grass and eradicated himself in one sentence.

Yes, if it was Li Shimin and himself who failed at this time, then the little guys such as Qian'er, Tai'er, and Ke'er, as well as their son Chu Xuanhuang, might have turned into a dead soul under the knife. And his mansion, his wife, daughter, subordinates, and even his own unknown dark forces may be found by others, and then destroyed in one fell swoop. Although the June sky had already begun to be a little hot, Chu Mofeng was still in a cold sweat when he thought of this at this moment.

Looking at His Majesty's actions in the past few days, maybe he will abdicate and make way for Xian soon, when the crown prince ascends the throne, his dark forces still can't be revealed, except for the wanderer, wine shop and Ma San on the surface, the rest of the time is better not to let Li Shimin know, maybe Li Shimin will not have any thoughts about himself, and it is difficult to guarantee that others will not make a big fuss about it.

While he was thinking about it, he saw the gate of Feng's Mansion slowly open, and a woman walked out and bowed slowly to Chu Mofeng, "This lord, the slave family has thanked you for your great kindness, I don't know if I can invite my lord to come over to the mansion." ”

Looking at the lady in front of him, Chu Mofeng took off his mask and waved his hand slowly: "There is no need to go through the mansion, but I also hope that you can persuade General Feng, the court has already issued an order not to pursue it, and this is the time to employ people, and I hope that he can abandon his old thoughts and make a contribution to the Tang Dynasty, and then the king will protect him." ”

"The slave family has thanked His Highness here, and if His Highness has time in the future, I sincerely ask for a light to come to the Humble House. The woman nodded, then turned around and walked into Feng's mansion.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng turned over and got on his horse, greeted behind him, and walked in the direction of the palace. At this moment, Li Shimin was in the imperial study to review the folds, and Wang De, who was accompanying him, looked at Li Shimin, who was engrossed, with a hint of relief on his face, and then whispered: "Your Highness, there have been rumors outside these days, and some people have deliberately raided the rebellious mansion, do you think this matter needs to be informed? lest it fall into the hands of King Xian, and it will be difficult to deal with you at that time." ”

"No need, it's only been a few days, and some people have begun to disobey the decree and let them make trouble, and at that time, as many people as Mofeng reports, this prince will cut off as many heads. After listening to Wang De's words, Li Shimin put down the fold in his hand, and then stood up and said sharply: "My father and the emperor have ordered that they should not be pursued any longer, what these people think in their hearts, the prince knows it clearly." ”

Seeing this, Li Shimin hurriedly stepped forward to open the door, dragged Chu Mofeng in, and then said to the door: "From now on, His Royal Highness King Xian will come down to see this prince, and there will be no need to report it." After speaking, he closed the door, walked straight to the bookcase, picked up a book and handed it to Chu Mofeng, "This is the list of rewards drawn up by the Ministry of Rites, you first take a look at what is not suitable, if there is no problem, you can announce it tomorrow while it is early." ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, it's not good for me to see this fold, after all, this is a national event, how can I, a prince, overstep my authority?" Chu Mofeng waved his hand when he saw this, and then put the fold on the bookcase, and then whispered: "There are no outsiders here, you just need to remember that person not to give real power." ”

Li Shimin nodded when he saw this, and then motioned for Wang De to move a chair to Chu Mofeng, and then said with a smile: "What about you?

After thinking for a moment, Chu Mofeng slowly shook his head and said, "I don't want anything, but if you are willing to hand over the military power to me, I am happy to accept it." Stretching out his hand and pointing to the north, Chu Mofeng said with a hideous face: "Don't forget that they are still in the north, what the imperial court should do over the years is to recuperate and recuperate, and try to grow the soldiers and horses as much as possible, in the future, we will kill their royal court, and catch a few Turkic princesses and come back to reward the generals below." After that, the two of them burst out laughing.

"I'm going to do the negotiation, even if I am pointed out by a thousand people, I have to put up with it for the time being. I saw Li Shimin stretch out his hand and smash the bookcase, and his tone gradually became firmer.

Then Chu Mofeng said lightly: "I am responsible for solving the small-scale invasion of the border fortress, there are a total of 1,400 Tiance troops in the north, and they can deal with all emergencies in a short time. ”

On the 12th of June, the imperial court appointed Yu Wenshi and the crown prince Zhan Shi, the eldest grandson Wuji and Du Ruhui as the left concubines, Gao Shilian and Fang Xuanling as the right concubines, Yu Chi Jingde as the left guard rate, Cheng Zhijie as the right guard rate, Yu Shinan as the middle housekeeper, Chu Liang as the housekeeper, Yao Silian as the horse washer, and also rewarded all the gold, silver, cloth and silk utensils of the Qi Kingdom Division to Yu Chi Jingde.

And the rest of the people in Tiance Mansion all had rewards, but what surprised everyone was that the biggest hero of this incident, the virtuous king Chu Mofeng, was not among the rewards, which made everyone wonder, could it be that the two highnesses had something to disagree with? Then there were curious people to inquire around.

On the 13th, the imperial court issued an order to knight Chu Ninghan, Chu Yuetong and others, and the virtuous king Chu Mofeng resigned;

On the 14th of Gengwu, the imperial court once again issued an order to reward the virtuous king's mansion with 10,000 acres of fertile land, and the virtuous king Chu Mofeng then wrote a letter to implor that the reward be withdrawn, converted into silver and distributed to the people of the north, in order to alleviate the suffering caused by the war, the crown prince Li Shimin received the return and played it to Li Yuan, and then with Li Yuan's permission, the imperial court quickly promoted the matter;

Xin Weiri (15th) the imperial court three times decreed to appoint the virtuous king Chu Mofeng to form a Tiance army of about 10,000 people again, after the army formed a combat force, quickly went to the northern state capitals to station, in order to prepare for the future Turkic attack, after receiving the will Chu Mofeng replied to the envoy, the next day into the palace to meet His Royal Highness the prince to return.

Three decrees in a row two refusals, the people who watched were terrified, one of the two has the right, one has soldiers, one is already the Ninety-Five, the other is really one person under ten thousand people, if these two people are not in harmony, then the unlucky people are still the people of the world.

Hearing that Chu Mofeng received the holy decree, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and on the second day, Chu Mofeng entered the palace early to meet the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and the two talked in the study for about two hours, and then Chu Mofeng went straight to meet Li Yuan.

In the Da'an Palace, Li Yuan looked at Chu Mofeng who was standing with his hands tied, sighed slowly, and then beckoned to Chu Mofeng, and when he touched the Buddha, he hurriedly stepped forward, "Take a chair and sit down by yourself, you don't have to be very particular here." Li Yuan, who was lying on the couch, looked at Chu Mofeng with interest and said, "Why do you kid have time to come over today?"

"Father-in-law, the boy is here to see you today. Chu Mofeng took out the small box that he had just taken away from the imperial study, got up and put it in front of Li Yuan, and opened the box with his hand, Li Yuan glanced down, and sat up on the ground with just one glance, "It's hard for you kid to still have this heart, let's say, what's the matter today?"

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng took out two bottles of wine and handed one to Li Yuan, then took a sip of it to himself, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the boy and the second brother are not charming, and they don't have something to ask for every time they see you. ”

Holding the porcelain vase and taking a sip beautifully, Li Yuan's face suddenly bloomed with joy, and then said with a smile: "I have already handed over the affairs of the court to the prince to do, and in a few months I am thinking about preparing to abdicate and make way for Xian, so that the prince can succeed to the throne, and then I will issue a decree to canonize you as the emperor's younger brother, and the Tang Dynasty will be the world of your two brothers after the Tang Dynasty, do things well and don't let me down, otherwise when I go underground after a hundred years, those who are defeated by me will laugh at me." ”

"Your Majesty, it's good that the kid is helping the second brother in secret, this imperial brother ......" Chu Mofeng, who is familiar with the laws of the Tang Dynasty, knows very well that this imperial brother can only be enshrined by the emperor's own brothers, and he is a prince of the opposite sex who has reached the peak of his life according to common sense, as long as he keeps himself alive and protects himself, he will definitely stand tall in the next few decades, and now Li Yuan is actually ready to arch himself to the position of the imperial brother before abdicating, which makes Chu Mofeng a little confused, and is about to open his mouth to refuse, who knows that Li Yuan said with a look of hatred of iron and steel:" Don't think about it, I know that non-emperor's own brother can't be promoted to the emperor's younger brother, so tomorrow I will draft a decree to accept you as a righteous son, give you the surname of the country and allow you not to use the crown, and then let Erlang succeed to the throne and crown you as the emperor's younger brother, no one will be able to object. ”

After listening to Li Yuan's words, Chu Mofeng knew that the old man in front of him was really thinking about himself, although he and his second son used a less glorious way to elevate him in disguise, but he still treated himself as always, thinking of this Chu Mofeng couldn't help but burst into tears, and immediately knelt in front of Li Yuan and choked up and said: "The son Chu Mofeng has seen his father-in-law. ”

"Get up, promise me, follow your second brother to protect this country and the people of the Central Plains, and I will be content with this. Seeing this, Li Yuan hurriedly motioned for Chu Mofeng to get up, and then waved his hand and said, "I have time to come and see me, I am a little tired today, so you can retreat for the time being." ”

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng gave a salute, and then hurriedly left Da'an Palace, according to Li Yuan's instructions, before the matter was over, the news must not be leaked. Who knew that not long after Li Shimin left, Li Yuan wrote an edict to Chen Shuda and others: "I should be honored as the emperor, and accept Chu Mofeng as the righteous son, and give the country the surname to allow him not to be crowned." Chen Shuda showed the edict to Li Shimin, who refused to succeed to the throne, but was quite happy that Li Yuan accepted Chu Mofeng as his son.

Then the imperial court sent people to the Xianwang Mansion to spread the decree and announce it to the world, so far in the eyes of everyone, a king of the opposite sex is far less important than the righteous son of an emperor, and Chu Mofeng can be regarded as reaching the peak. And for this matter, King Xian's mansion was full of jubilation, if it weren't for Chu Mofeng's obstruction, the mansion would have already been full of lights and congratulations.

In fact, it was not that Chu Mofeng didn't want to celebrate, but just before the holy decree arrived, an urgent express came from Youzhou, saying that Li Ming, the king of Lujiang, had rebelled, and Wang Junkuo pretended to support it in order to protect himself, and then suddenly led the army to fight back, and the soldiers around Li Ying fled. Wang Junkuo hanged Li Ming, and on the 25th of June, Li Jin's head was sent to the capital Chang'an.

Subsequently, Chu Mofeng issued an order to Wang Junkuo through Youzi, ordering him to temporarily rectify the affairs of Youzhou, and wait for the new governor appointed by the imperial court to take office.

In the blink of an eye, the branches and leaves of the trees on the street have begun to turn yellow, and from time to time a few pieces are blown off by the wind, and they can't bear to leave in mid-air. There is a slightly bleak scene in Chang'an City, and people seem to have changed from the previous Xuanwu Gate, with the autumn leaves falling and yellowing, and working diligently in the fields.

In order to strengthen the armament, on the sixth day of the seventh month (the sixth day of the first month), Emperor Li Yuan issued an edict appointing Qin Qiong, the protector of the Qin Mansion, as the general of the Left Guard, Cheng Yanjin as the general of the Right Wuwei, and Wei Chi Jingde as the general of the Right Wuhou. Gao Shilian was appointed as the servant, Fang Xuanling as the Zhongshu Order, Xiao Yan as the left servant, the eldest grandson Wuji as the secretary of the ministry, and Du Ruhui as the secretary of the military department.

On the seventh day of the first day (the seventh day of the first month), Yu Wenshi was appointed as the Zhongshu Order, and Feng Deyi was the right servant; and the former Qin Wangfu soldier Cao joined the army Du Yan as the imperial historian, Yan Shigu and Liu Linfu were the Zhongshu servants, the deputy leader of the left guard Hou Junji was the general of the left guard, Duan Zhixuan of the left Yu Hou was the general of the Xiaowei, the deputy protector Xue Wanche was the general of the right leading army, Zhang Gongjin was the general of the right Wuhou as the general of the right Wuhou, the head of the right prison gate Sun Anye was the general of the right prison gate, and the deputy leader of the right inner division Li Keshi was the general of the left and right armies.

For a while, everyone had a reward, but Chu Mofeng still hung the title of King Xian, and did not add any real power, and the three of Yu Chi Jingde, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, who were loyal to Chu Mofeng, immediately went to King Xian's mansion privately to inquire, but were blocked back by Chu Mofeng on the grounds that 'the prince is not involved in court politics'.

In order to prevent the recurrence of the previous situation in the Li Ying incident, and in addition to the fact that Jiancheng and Yuanji's party members scattered and fled to the people, although the imperial court repeatedly issued pardon orders, they still felt that there was no guarantee; officials and people in various places vied with each other to denounce and arrest them, hoping to use this to solicit merit and reward from the imperial court.

Chu Mofeng then hinted that the counselor Wang Wan made a report to the crown prince Li Shimin. On the 10th day of the 7th month of the 10th month, Li Shimin ordered: "Those who were implicated by the East Palace and the King of Qi before the fourth day of June (the fourth day of the first month), and those who were implicated by Li Ying before the 17th day of June (17th), are not allowed to file accusations against them, and violators will be dealt with." ”

At this time, Pei Lin reflected at home, and Wei Zheng was ordered not to enter the palace for the time being, and then under the advice of Li Yuan and Chu Mofeng, Li Shimin decided to reinstate the two.

On the eighth day of August (the eighth day of the first month), Li Yuan issued an edict to pass the throne to the crown prince Li Shimin, Li Shimin repeatedly resigned but Li Yuan insisted repeatedly, and then Li Yuan and Li Shimin father and son had a long talk in the imperial study, no one knew the content of the conversation, only knew that when Li Shimin walked out of the imperial study, there was an extremely confident smile on his face.

Wude nine years of August Ding Mao day (the ninth day of the first month), this day left a strong mark in the history books of later generations, a great dynasty on this day smoothly completed the alternation of imperial power, the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty Li Yuan abdicated on the grounds of old age, and then Li Yuan's second son, the crown prince Li Shimin that is, the emperor is located in the East Palace Xiande Palace, and then Li Shimin issued an amnesty to the world; Dingliu Prefecture was exempted from land taxes and taxes for two years, and other states were exempted from military service for one year, and on this day, Li Shimin personally announced a shocking news to the government and the opposition: canonized King Chu Mofeng as the emperor's younger brother.

As soon as this news came out, there was an uproar in the government and the opposition, and many people thought of the holy decree that Li Yuan had accepted Chu Mofeng as his righteous son, and then combined with today's events, he suddenly realized that all this had been arranged a long time ago, and a royal brother could have more weight than those military and political powers, at this moment, the Tang Dynasty was still Li Shimin on top, and Chu Mofeng was really worthy of the name One person under ten thousand people, this son was only twenty and six this year, everyone couldn't help but think of their situation at this age, and sighed.

In the Liangyi Hall on night, Li Shimin, the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, brought the queen's eldest grandson Luo, the concubine Wei Qi, Yang Yurong and the prince under his knees, and the emperor's younger brother Chu Mofeng Mansion to drink and feast together.

Since the day of Jinyang Longxing, the two have known each other, until today it has been nearly ten years, after many difficulties and obstacles, and finally completed the first step of the great cause, and then the road ahead is still long, at this moment the people of the Central Plains under the rule of the Tang Dynasty will still suffer from the war poison from the north, which makes the two worried.

"Those eagle dogs and useless things in the palace are simply lost, not to mention the loss of labor and money, and they will attract criticism. Chu Mofeng took a sip of the wine jar, and then handed it to Li Shimin on the side.

"Cheng, let some of the palace maids in the palace go, there will be a lot of expenses due to the large number of personnel, and the court will not be able to make ends meet, so you can't pay again. Li Shimin nodded, then thought for a moment and took a sip of the wine jar, and the clear and transparent liquid dripped down his lips and fell on the Ming Huang Tuanlong regular clothes, making Chu Mofeng on the side couldn't help but be disdainful, "Please pay attention to yourself, lest the clothes be sent to Huan Wash again tomorrow." ”

"Help me think of an era name, I can't continue to use my father's era name, and I'm going to make a decree to change the yuan as soon as the New Year passes." Wiped the wine stains on his body, Li Shimin raised his hand and counted, "Organizing the army, recruiting troops, checking the state capital, rectifying the rule of officials, and dealing with the Turks, how did you suddenly find that after sitting in this position, there are so many things to deal with." ”

"Now you know how difficult it was for the Emperor Taishang at that time, right?" Chu Mofeng patted Li Shimin's shoulder, which was really a great crime of disrespect at that time, and the little yellow door on the side couldn't help but glance at his eyes, if it was someone else, he would have been taken down on the spot, but the problem was that this person in a white regular uniform was not someone else.

I saw Chu Mofeng say with a disgusted face: "Leave the matter of the year name to the ministers under your command to think about, in addition, Pei Lian, Wei Zheng and that person, just don't reuse them, especially that person, I will find a way to get rid of him when the time comes." ”

Li Shimin nodded, then stood up and looked at the inky night, his eyes flashed with a depth, and then he said slowly: "The matter of the whole army and conscription is left to you to do, I will let it go, as for the rest of the things I will arrange one by one, while you are doing your thing, supervise for me, and report at any time if there is any problem." ”

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng hurriedly got up and bowed respectfully to Li Shimin and said, "Obey Your Majesty's holy words." Then the two of them walked together with their arms and walked in the direction of the Liangyi Palace......

As the saying goes, there are three fires for a new official to take office, and look at Li Shimin's decree to benefit the country and the people, and then look at Chu Mofeng's military training on the battlefield, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......