Chapter 40 Langya Rebellion, Tang Emperor made a decision
In the early morning, the whole world is clear, and the sunlight shines gently on everything through the light mist, which is a pleasing feeling to the eye.
The time of the night, suddenly, the morning sun is quiet and elegant, there is no such noisy atmosphere, quietly sprinkled in Luoyang City, but at this time, there is a panicked voice in the early morning court in the Xuanzheng Hall of the Imperial City Daming Palace.
"Your Majesty, Weichen is incompetent, before Weichen went, all the people in the Qingxin Tea Workshop had already escaped, and Weichen didn't catch anyone about the Qingxin Tea Workshop, it seems that someone is ventilating for them. ”
"What? Damn, why is there such a rebellious traitor ...... in my dignified Tang court," Tang Xuanzong asked angrily, looking around with his eyes looking around, looking at the ministers below were all terrified, and no one dared to say anything.
"Oh no, Your Majesty. Oh no. Your Majesty ......", just when Tang Xuanzong was angry and his eyes were clear, the eunuch Jia Jingzhong looked panicked on his face, his steps were disordered, and he hurriedly ran into the Xuanzheng Palace, ignoring the officials and ministers in the hall, breaking the peace in the early dynasty.
"Hmph. What's the matter, you are so flustered, come quickly", Tang Xuanzong snorted coldly and asked.
"Your Majesty, Li Xiao, the king of Langya, has rebelled. He has now led 5,000 elite soldiers to attack outside the palace, and Luoyang City is now in chaos. The slave maid learned from the news from the secret post of the Jinyi guard that many unknown forces suddenly appeared under the command of Li Xiao, the king of Langya, because the king of Langya Li Xiao raised troops without warning, and the ministers and generals of the court were not at their posts because of the early dynasty, all the soldiers in the city were killed without reacting for a while, and the prisoners were captured, and the four major gates of the capital and many streets and places in the capital were controlled by Li Xiao, the king of Langya, and the entire huge Luoyang City was about to fall into the hands of Li Xiao, the king of Langya. And now the 3,000 soldiers of the six guards of the Yulin Guarding the Imperial Palace outside, including the Left and Right Guards, the Left and Right Guards, and the Left and Right Guards, are struggling to resist the attack of the rebels outside the Heavenly Gate, and I also ask Your Majesty to make it clear what to do next", Jia Jingzhong, the eunuch of the ceremonial ceremony, said in a hurried tone.
"Langya King Li Xiao rebelled, impossible, how could he make it", this was Tang Xuanzong's first reaction when he heard the news. Li Xiao, the king of Langya, is his younger brother in terms of generation, and he is a half-brother. It's just that he himself is the third son of Li Dan, the former emperor Tang Ruizong, and his mother is the side concubine Dou Defei, who was born noble, while Li Xiao, the king of Langya, was born to the emperor and a palace maid overnight, and his status was humble.
Because the emperor didn't want to see him, his life has been very dull, but he was given the false position of an idle prince, with no real power, doing nothing all day long, raising flowers and grass. How could such a person rebel, where did his 5,000 elite soldiers come from, why would the ministers of the court secretly support Li Xiao, the king of Langya, a lowly child, Tang Xuanzong couldn't believe his ears.
"Your Majesty, it is indeed Li Xiao, the king of Langya, who rebelled. He is now outside the Yingtian Gate of the Imperial Palace, and has been shouting for His Majesty to surrender quickly, otherwise, if he is allowed to capture the Imperial Palace, it will be a chicken and dog that will not be left behind, and he will be killed. Moreover, a man with very high military strength suddenly appeared next to King Langya, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who originally wanted to assassinate Li Xiao, King of Langya, had already been defeated by Suzaku in his hands, and he was seriously injured and could not fight again. Hearing the Langya King Li Xiao shouting outside the palace, thirty miles east of the capital Luoyang, there is still his 100,000 army on standby, I hope Your Majesty will think about it for the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, don't be stubborn, everyone is the Li royal family, he doesn't want to kill the killer", the eunuch Jia Jingzhong's tone trembled a little, although he was a high-powered eunuch, but he was a weak man with no power to restrain the chicken, and in the face of the siege of the elite soldiers of Li Xiao, the king of Langya, he was naturally scared in his heart.
"Langya King Li Xiao rebelled...... A group of people from the Qingxin Tea House mysteriously disappeared...... 100,000 sailors in the East China Sea were attacked by dragons...... What is the connection between this......", facing the rebellion of Li Xiao, the king of Langya, Zhou Yan, who was standing in the main hall, looked at everything coldly, his face was calm, and his heart was like water. Even if the palace was captured by Li Xiao, the king of Langya, what would it be? With his strength, he thought that he could come and go freely in this palace, and no one could stop him.
However, this is not the time for Tang Xuanzong to lose, once Li Xiao, the king of Langya, gains power, the high-level personnel of the entire Tang Dynasty will carry out a large-scale blood exchange, the so-called, a generation of emperors and a courtier, Li Xiao, the king of Langya, will definitely cut off the wings of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji's power and promote his own descendants. This is very unfavorable to Prince Qing who is far away in the northern desert, not a question of right or wrong, but a different position, since he has decided to support Prince Qing and stand on Prince Qing's side, he can only cut off the rest of the obstacles on the throne, contribute to Prince Qing's plan, and try his best to help him become a treasure.
Li Xiao, the king of Langya, Zhou Yan once heard him mention two sentences in the mouth of Fu Tianqiu, the commander of the fierce wolf, and he had a vague impression of this person. But based on his performance in Luoyang City and his current behavior, it can be seen that he is an extremely forgiving person, who has not shown flaws for decades, and suddenly broke out such a powerful force, no one reacted. Such a sinister and cunning person is far more dangerous than Tang Xuanzong, who is now unambitious, Zhou Yan would rather let Tang Xuanzong sit on the throne now, rather than let Li Xiao, the king of Langya, succeed in his rebellion, so he wants to help find a way to rehabilitate Tang Xuanzong.
Alas, at this time, Zhou Yan couldn't help but think of Chen Tong who was far away in the Northern Desert, if Chen Tong was by his side at this time, maybe he would have already made up his mind, and he didn't have to think about so many things.
The affairs of the court are so rapidly changing, and sometimes they can only be reasonably arranged according to the form.
"Gonggong Jia, immediately send an order for Jinyi Wei Xizuo, Secret Sentinel and others to find a way to send rescue messages to the states near the capital, so that they can quickly send troops to support and quell the rebellion. At the same time, he quickly informed the Jinyi Guard, who was in the Tongtian Floating Slaughter, to command Xuanwu to come to the palace to support, and as for the White Tiger, let him continue to stay in the Tongtian Floating Slaughter to stand by", the feelings of frustration, shock, and fear only turned around in Tang Xuanzong's heart, and Tang Xuanzong quickly recovered his majestic and solemn expression, and ordered in a calm tone.
"Yes, Your Majesty. The slave and maid receive the order", the celebrant eunuch Jia Jingzhong received the order.
"Where is General Zuo's achievements Qiu Shenji?", Tang Xuanzong asked again.
"The last general, Qiu Shenji, is here", a sturdy man with a straight body and a majestic spirit below responded to Tang Xuanzong's question.
"Qiu Shenji, I order you to immediately lead five hundred Qianniu Guard Elite soldiers to rush to Yingtianmen to support, and be sure to do your best to hold the imperial city, and don't give the rebels a chance to take advantage of. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty, the last will obey. As long as I, Qiu Shenji, still have a breath, I will not let the rebels break through the imperial gate, please rest assured, if they want to step into the palace, they can only step over my Qiu Shenji's corpse. Time does not wait for people, and the end will go", Qiu Shenji took the mobilization talisman of the Qianniu Guard among the sixteen guards of Yulin, held his head high, and strode out.
"Where is Fu Tianqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War?", Tang Xuanzong shouted Fu Tianqiu again.
"Weichen Fu Tianqiu is here", another majestic-looking and sturdy man stood up and responded loudly.
Zhou Yan's heart moved, turned his head to look over, and found that his cheap brother, Fu Tianqiu, whose real identity was the commander of the Wolf Guard of Prince Qing's Mansion, was also above the early dynasty this time.
Although Fu Tianqiu knew that someone had glanced at him, he didn't know that he was Zhou Yan, because Zhou Yan had already changed his appearance, even if he stood in front of Fu Tianqiu, Fu Tianqiu couldn't recognize him. Although Zhou Yan's seventy-two supernatural powers were used when he was cultivating at the mortal level, he only changed his appearance, temperament, appearance, and so on, and did not change his body, but it was also a very profound supernatural power, but it was only limited to Zhou Yan's current weakness in his own cultivation and could not be fully exerted.
At that time, although the plan to kill people with the help of the power of the imperial court was jointly conceived by them, the specific operation and implementation were carried out by Zhou Yan freely, and Fu Tianqiu did not know in what capacity Zhou Yan entered the court at this time.
"Fu Tianqiu, I borrowed your three hundred elite soldiers of the Jinyi Guard, and ordered you to immediately lead the elite soldiers of the Jinyi Guard to smuggle out of the palace from the secret passage of the imperial city, and unite with the Jinyi Guards who were on the way to command Xuanwu, and try every means to rescue the generals and soldiers of the capital who were captured by the rebels, and set off a storm everywhere in Luoyang City, so that his backyard caught fire, and there was no time to attack the palace again. Fu Qingjia, although your task is more dangerous, I believe that you will be able to do it, all for the sake of the Tang Dynasty", Tang Xuanzong said earnestly.
Weichen took the order. This time, Weichen will live up to His Majesty's trust, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, Weichen's head can be broken, blood can be shed, and his will will not disappear. Even if Weichen fights to the last soldier and the last drop of blood, he will definitely fight to the end and delay the rebels for His Majesty", Fu Tianqiu said with a loyal expression.
Immediately afterwards, Fu Tianqiu left the Xuanzheng Hall with a holy decree that could mobilize three hundred brocade guards.
Jinyiwei is the most mysterious and powerful of the sixteen guards of the Tang Dynasty, and the most powerful one of the Son of Heaven's personal guards, its power covers all the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and there is a figure of Jinyiwei on the territory of the Tang Dynasty, which is specifically responsible for monitoring the civil and military officials of the imperial court, down to the people in the fields and villages, with the privilege of cutting first and then playing, he is the largest intelligence network in the hands of the Tang Emperors in the past dynasties, and it is also the deepest hidden assassination network. Only the Tang Emperor's decree can be mobilized, it is a force directly under the Tang Emperor, there are no tokens such as military talismans that can be mobilized, and they will not obey the orders of the rest. Under normal circumstances, when the Tang Emperor mobilizes the power of the Jinyi Guard, he will directly command the envoys through the four Jinyi Guards, and then pass on the orders through the commanders of the four Jinyi Guards, and secondly, as the closest celebrant to the Son of Heaven, the eunuch who holds the Tang Emperor's holy decree can mobilize the power of the Jinyi Guard to a limited extent.
This time, if it weren't for the fact that Qinglong, who was commanded by the four major Jinyi guards, was nowhere to be found and his life and death were uncertain (Tang Xuanzong didn't know that Qinglong had fallen into the hands of Prince Qing), Suzaku was seriously injured and unable to take on this role, Baihu and Xuanwu were outside the palace, and Jia Jingzhong, the eunuch of the ceremonial rites, had no force in his hands, so it was not suitable for this matter, and Tang Xuanzong would not let Fu Tianqiu, who was the secretary of the military department, lead the Jinyi guard. But that's the case, Tang Xuanzong only gave him three hundred brocade guards, and also asked him to command Xuanwu to make peace with the brocade guards.
Soon, in this short period of time, Tang Xuanzong ordered and arranged everything he could think of, and then Tang Xuanzong stood up, his body burst out with an unparalleled true qi momentum, and said in a loud voice to the ministers under the high platform: "Ladies and gentlemen, follow me to Yingtianmen to take a look, how powerful the rebels are. I don't believe that Li Xiao's incompetent boy has any ability to capture my majestic imperial city, I want to see how many catties and taels he has. The order went down, set up a frame, and responded to the gate of the heavenly city. This time, I want to visit the city wall in person to take a closer look at the invincible majesty of my Tang Dynasty warriors. ”
"Obey Your Majesty's will", all the ministers below responded, even Zhou Yan seemed to be shocked by Tang Xuanzong's momentum in this short moment. At this time, Tang Xuanzong really showed a little bit of the prestige of the Ming monarch who single-handedly created the "prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty", rather than the image of a tyrant who has always known only to be arbitrary and arrogant and cowardly and complacent.