Chapter 40 The fortieth round of peace and civil strife

Li Shimin rushed to the Tai Chi Hall in three steps and two steps in parallel.When he entered the gate of the palace, he saw Li Yuan sitting there silently looking at him, so he kowtowed and wept, "My son kowtowed to see the father." Li Yuan's state of mind was still difficult to calm down at this time, and he said in a low voice: "Erlang, you killed me!" Dalang and Shiro, they are your blood brothers! If you think killing is not enough, you might as well kill my old bone too." Li Shimin took a few steps forward, threw himself into Li Yuan's arms, and wept bitterly: "Father said so, I am truly unforgivable to die. In fact, my eldest brother and fourth younger brother died, I did not know. Beforehand, I earnestly warned my subordinates, They are only allowed to catch them on the spot without harming their lives, and then hand them over to the emperor. Unexpectedly, when the situation became chaotic, the son and minister could not control it, and even caused a great disaster. The minister is not good, please punish him severely."

Li Yuan glanced at Yuchi Jingde who was beside him. From Haichi to here, he led the soldiers to guard his side all the time, obviously following Erlang's order to monitor him.Li Shimin said now that he didn't know Dalang and Shiro were dead, but Li Yuan didn't believe it at all.He wanted to push Li Shimin away and scold him heavily, but seeing the situation around him, he knew that he was not free either.Although he is called the emperor, the real power is in the hands of Erlang who is weeping in his arms, so he has no choice but to suppress his anger. At this time, Yuchi Jingde had already confined Pei Ji into the side room, and ordered him to guard him on the spot.Only Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda were left in the hall to accompany Li Yuan.Seeing their father and son embracing and weeping together, Xiao Yu came over to comfort him and said, "Your Majesty, the crown prince and King Qi died in the rebellion, and it is irreparable. The old minister just heard that the two of them want to be together in the future. If King Qin was killed in Kunming Lake, they were the ones who started the disaster, so it seems that King Qin cannot be blamed."

Li Yuan burst into tears, heartbroken, Li Shimin's tears in his arms wet the front of his clothes, soaked to the flesh, and he could feel the coolness of the tears.Hearing Xiao Yu's words, his mind suddenly cleared up.Only now did he think about the whole incident together, and vaguely felt that Li Shimin's crying in the palace last night might be part of his whole action.This son's killing and cutting decisions can be described as sharp, and his planning can be described as thorough.Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Li Yuan's back, and a lot of fear surged in his heart: Erlang was mourning in front of him, as if he was very respectful to him, but what was he thinking in his heart?One thing is certain, since he has seized the military power from his own hands, he has already figured out how to deal with him.Li Yuan suddenly had a look of kindness on his face, he gently pushed Li Shimin away, wiped away the tears on his face with his sleeve, and said: "Erlang, ten fingers connect to heart, they are also my sons, I am heartbroken and die." Because of their temperament. Xiao Lang is right, they have malicious intentions, and they are completely to blame, I don't blame you, get up."

Chen Shuda clasped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, now that the capital is in turmoil, the first priority is to stabilize the chaos. After the completion of the construction, a prince should be established as soon as possible to calm the chaos in front of us." Li Yuan nodded and said: "That's right, what Chen Qing said is very true. Erlang, the position of crown prince is yours in the first place, and you must not refuse this time. Shiji, come here, and immediately draw up a booklet to make Erlang Shimin his Crown Prince." The next day, this book was issued to the world.On June 7th, Li Yuan issued another imperial edict, which said: "From now on, military aircraft and soldiers will fight for granaries, and all affairs will be insignificant, and the crown prince will be appointed to make a decision, and then he will be heard." In this way, Li Shimin has completely grasped Li Shimin is only twenty-nine years old this year.

Since Li Shimin became the prince, he naturally wanted to live in the East Palace.On June 4th, as the guards of the East Palace headed by Xue Wanche dispersed, the East Palace became an undefended palace.Hou Junji led a group of wolves like tigers into the East Palace like a whirlwind, searched out Li Jiancheng's sons Chengdao, Chengde, Chengxun, Chengming, and Chengyi, pulled them out of the palace gate and beheaded them.Afterwards, they went into Prince Qi's mansion again, found out Li Yuanji's sons Chengye, Chengluan, Chengju, Chengyu, and Chengdu, and killed them all.Hou Junji then ordered the crowd to drive out all the people from the two mansions and imprison them in the prison of Dali Temple.Only Yang Ju was brought into Tiance Mansion by Hou Junji. It turned out that Li Shimin had confessed that Yang Qiong only pityed his sister and could hand her over to Yang Qiong to take care of her.In this way, the East Palace was vacated for Li Shimin, and Li Shimin moved into the East Palace immediately after Li Yuan's book.

Li Shimin heard about Li Yuan and said that for the sake of security, none of the official positions in the imperial court would be changed, but only the officials of the East Palace needed to be reappointed, so Li Yuan agreed to play.On that day, Li Shimin served as Yuwen Shi and Prince Zhanshi, Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui were the sons of the left, Gao Shilian and Fang Xuanling were the sons of the right, Yuchi Jingde was the leader of the left guard, Cheng Yaojin was the leader of the right guard, and Yu Shinan was the leader of the middle guard. The housekeeper, Chu Liang is the housekeeper, and Yao Silian is the horse-washer.

When Li Shimin became the crown prince, the first thing he faced was how to deal with the old belongings of the East Palace and the Qi Palace. At that time, Hou Junji was leading people to search and arrest people from the two prefectures all over the city, and more than 100 people had been arrested.According to the ideas of Hou Junji and some generals, these people have been Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji for many years and have done a lot of evil. They should be killed and their homes should be lost.Among the generals, Duwei Chi Jingde didn't think so. He said to Li Shimin in the Xiande Hall: "Now the two murderers have been killed, and their son is extinct. As for the party, they are their own masters, and they are also officials appointed by the court. Prince, Jingde thinks that his crimes should be forgiven, which is good for the stability of the world."

Yuchi Jingde contributed the most to this incident, and Li Shimin has rewarded him with all the gold and silk artifacts in Prince Qi's mansion.Li Shimin nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and praised: "It's nothing more than respecting virtue, wisdom and courage, it's rare to have such a broad mind. Xuanling, what do you think?" Fang Xuanling said: "What Jingde said was actually the most important thing in the early administration of the prince. Now in the capital, due to the extensive search and arrest of the Jiancheng and Yuanji remnants, people are in panic and need to be stabilized. Xuanling thought that the crime of rebellion should be stopped. Yu Jiancheng and Yuanji can ignore the rest of the party. May the emperor issue an edict of amnesty to the world, so as to reassure people's hearts."

Du Ruhui said: "Also, the people in the world have been raging because of Fu Yi's extermination of Buddhism and Taoism. Please ask the emperor to issue an edict to stop Fu Yi's original intention, so that the world's monks, nuns, Taoist priests, and female crowns will all be restored. That's it." Li Shimin nodded and said: "Yes, I should ask my father to issue an edict on these two matters. However, Li Yi is in Jingzhou, Li Yuan and Wang Junkuo are in Youzhou, they hold heavy troops, and they were the most friendly with Dalang during his lifetime. I don't need to ask them , but in case they rebel, can they be pardoned at the same time?"

Fang Xuanling said: "Li Yi and Li Yuan are different from the old members of the Eastern Palace. They are out in the army and their minds are unpredictable. They should take precautions early." On the second day, Li Yuan really issued an edict, the main content of which was to pardon the crimes committed by the East Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion, and dismiss Fu Yi's proposal.In the next two days, Qu Tutong led the troops out of Luoyang, and Changsun Wuji went out to the west of the capital as the marching commander. Seeing the imperial edict, Feng Li, Feng Yi, Xie Shufang and others walked out of Zhongnan Mountain and surrendered to Li Shimin. Li Shimin comforted them with good words and granted them official posts.Only one of them, Xue Wanche, thought he had offended Li Shimin too much, and because of his stubborn personality, he still hid in Zhongnan Mountain.When Li Shimin heard the news, he called Xue Wanjun and said, "My brother is also loyal to what he does, and a true righteous man. You can go and tell him that I will pardon his crimes and let him return to Beijing to contribute to the court." Xue Wanjun said He fled before the day was too late, and was pardoned later, and witnessed with his own eyes that Li Shimin really no longer made things difficult for the former prince.He gladly accepted the order, went to Zhongnan Mountain to find Xue Wanche, went back and forth three times like this, and finally persuaded Xue Wanche to come back.

However, Li Shimin was very worried about Wei Zheng. He sent someone to bring Wei Zheng to the Hall of Xiande, and asked face to face: "Wei Zheng, you washed the horses for the former East Palace, and it's nothing more than a good grasp of the articles and books. Why don't you do your job properly and focus on sowing discord between our brothers?" Feelings?" Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others in the audience cherished Wei Zheng's talent and couldn't bear to see Wei Zheng guilty because of this.Now seeing that Li Shimin was furious, he wanted to speak for Wei Zheng, but finally he didn't dare to speak out due to Li Shimin's majesty, and secretly worried for Wei Zheng in his heart. Unexpectedly, Wei Zheng's expression was calm, without any look of fear on his face, and he said frankly: "If the prince had followed Wei Zheng's words, there would be no disaster today." He smiled again and said to Fang Xuanling and others, "If so, Then Wei Zheng's position today is where you stand." Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng's expression at this time, and suddenly remembered the scene when Li Jing was tied up to see Li Yuan, so he changed his face and asked leisurely: "Wei Zheng, I know you have talent. But after all, you cast the wrong door, don't you have a heart?" Do you regret it?" Wei Zheng had a look of helplessness in his eyes, and then he said proudly: "Otherwise, although the previous crown prince is not as decisive as His Highness, he is lenient, and his subordinates return their hearts. Wei Zheng is only aiming at this point, that is, death I will never regret it.” Li Shimin sneered and said, "What a Wei Zheng, you actually held me down with your words first. You must be trying to say that I am not as good as the former prince, and care about you a little bit? Since you are so scheming, let me ask you, if you return As an official, what can you do for the court at present?" "Wei Zheng thought to himself, His Royal Highness now puts the stability of the world as the top priority, and this is where Wei Zheng can be used. His Royal Highness is only in Luoyang to the east, and in Shandong and Hebei, the former prince has done a lot of favors there. If Wei Zheng goes to comfort him, then Wei Zheng will become a living target, and the people there will definitely appreciate His Highness's generosity." Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, hearing Wei Zheng's idea, admired his sharp mind and thought Li Shimin will definitely not embarrass him again, and the heart that was lifted just now fell down again. Sure enough, Li Shimin treated him differently, laughed and said: "Wei Zheng, I really didn't misunderstand you. If Da Lang obeys your advice, how can I stand up? If you beg me for mercy today, then it's not you. Xuan Age, Ruhui, I intend to entrust Wei Zhengdong to the post of Chief Registrar Zhan, what do you think?" Fang Xuanling said: "Wei Zheng has entered the East Palace, and Ruhui and I are the happiest. I think he will definitely help His Highness." Li Shimin said sternly: "Wei Zheng, you have become my staff from now on, and the only way to do things is to be diligent and careful. You must remember this point, and you can't use the ghost tricks of the past, and don't even think about it!" After a pause, he said again , "As for whether I am lenient or not, you can wait for time to observe and make a conclusion at that time." When Wei Zheng arrived at this time, he paid homage to him, "Wei Zheng actually knew His Highness's famous name a long time ago, but it was a pity that he did not follow him early. From now on, I will definitely do my duty and do things faithfully. It's just that I have an upright character and don't hesitate to speak a lot. If I offend Your Highness because of this , I only hope that His Highness can understand the great integrity and not pursue the mistakes of his subordinates." This time it was Gao Shilian's turn to smile, and said, "Wei Zheng, why do you have such a temper, do you have to argue everything clearly?" There was a burst of laughter in the hall. A few days later, the court issued an imperial edict to appoint Wei Zheng as an admonishing doctor, and sent him to comfort Shandong and Hebei.At the same time as Wei Zheng, there were three other people who were awarded the title of advising doctor, namely Wang Gui, Wei Ting, and Du Yan who had ended their exile. When the imperial edict was sent to Xunzhou, Wei Ting and the others had just heard the news of the Xuanwumen Change.At this time, Wei Ting's violent temper has been restrained a lot, he listened to Wang Gui's advice, let go of the old suspicion with Du Yan, and gradually got along well.Hearing the news of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's being punished, Wang Gui and Wei Ting couldn't help weeping. Among them, Wei Ting was the most distressed. Du Yan comforted the two of them and said: "If the crown prince fights with the King of Qin, there must be a loss. This is a very clear thing. You should not be too sad. We were exiled here and did our best to our respective masters. There is nothing more to do." Concern. King Qin is now ruling the court, I know he is very broad-minded, and he will definitely not embarrass you." The relationship between Wei Ting and Li Jiancheng is mainly based on friendship, while Wang Gui is a master who loves justice. Hearing Du Yan's words, he couldn't help being annoyed: "It is also the duty and obligation of the imperial court to support the prince, and it is even more It is the duty of a human being. If, according to what you said, mortals are no different from animals if they hold the creed that if they have milk, they are their mothers?" Wang Gui's righteous and strict words made Du Yan very angry. Slowly, Wang Gui and Wei Ting calmed down.On this day, they received the imperial edict and started to pack their bags, and then the three of them set out together and headed towards the capital. When Li Yi heard the news that Li Shimin had become the prince, he felt like sitting on pins and needles in Jingzhou City.He thought about it, now that he is out with his troops, Li Shimin has no way to deal with him for a while, and when his position is gradually stabilized, it will be the beginning of his danger.It just so happened that Li Wujie, a sorcerer from Caozhou, made a special trip to visit, and Li Yi asked him about his future.Li Wujie made a divination for him in a serious manner, and exclaimed: "Duke Yan has shown his noble color, and he should rule the world." Li Yi was also very superstitious in divination before, and he would predict every major event, and when he met If you are lucky, you will do it, if you encounter evil, you will avoid it.Now after listening to Li Wujie's words, I feel that it is better to fight for a while than to sit and wait for death.Taking advantage of Li Shimin's unstable foothold, he took the lead in raising troops, and maybe he could get the response of the world.If the great things can be accomplished, they can continue to support Li Yuan as the emperor, and he will become the number one hero. Li Yi did what he said, and his opponents pretended to follow Li Yuan's secret decree to lead troops into Jingqin King.He rectified his troops and left Jingzhou City, marching all the way east.Li Yi knew that Zhang Wansui, the governor of Gaochao, was Li Shimin's best friend, so he first ordered to destroy Gaochao City with all his strength and capture Zhang Wansui.Zhang Wansui had already heard the news of Li Yi raising his troops, he thought that he was too weak to fight against, so he took more than ten cavalry and ran eastward at high speed to report the news to Zhangsun Wuji.In this way, Li Yi won Gao Qi without any effort. He was full of spirit and ordered to speed up the march and headed straight to Binzhou. When Zhao Cihao heard that Li Yi's army had arrived at the city, he didn't know the details, so he hurried out of the city to meet him.Li Yi pretended to be the teacher of King Qin under the secret decree, Zhao Cihao naturally believed it, and hurriedly welcomed him into the city. At this time, Changsun Wuji had already seen Zhang Wansui, so he mobilized his army to march west.In order to prevent Li Yi from coercing people who don't know the truth, Changsun Wuji sent secret envoys to send letters to officials in counties along the way, explaining the truth of Li Yi's rebellion, so that they can recognize the general trend and not help the rebellion. Zhao Cihao heard that Changsun Wuji was leading an army to fight Li Yi, and got a letter from Changsun Wuji, determined to join hands with him and try to capture Li Yi.Zhao Cihao brought Yang Ji, the commander of Binzhou, and explained the truth to him, and then the two discussed the action steps in detail. At this time, Li Yi was still in the dark.On this day, Changsun Wuji led the army to the city of Binzhou, and made people read Li Yi's crimes of rebellion loudly.When Li Yi was arguing back and forth with Changsun Wuji on the city wall, Zhao Cihao and Yang Ji led the people to open the city gate and lead Changsun Wuji's army into the city. Seeing that Zhao Cihao betrayed him inside and outside, and hearing the sound of drums in and out of the city, shouting and killing, Li Yi knew that the situation was over.He slid down the city wall in a hurry, not caring about calling his family, so he fled on his horse.After leaving the city, Li Yi headed north all the way, trying to run to Jieli Khan to linger on his last breath and make a comeback.However, he hadn't reached his destination yet, and he was recognized when he passed through Udai country on the way.At this time, King Udai followed the national policy of being pro-Tang, so he beheaded Li Yi on the spot, stored his head in a box and sent it to Chang'an as a gift to Li Shimin.In this way, the matter of Li Yi's rebellion was completely calmed down. Li Yuan was awarded the governorship of Youzhou. Because of his cowardly personality and lack of independent opinions, he listened to Wang Junkuo, the deputy governor of Youzhou, to make decisions on major matters.After Li Shimin's mutiny succeeded, he sent Cui Dunli, a general manager, to Youzhou to call Li Yuan back to Beijing with an edict.Because Li Yuan had a good relationship with Li Jiancheng in the past, he felt uneasy when he saw the edict, so he consulted with Wang Junkuo.Wang Junkuo said decisively: "If your majesty enters Beijing right now, you will have no way to go. Now your majesty has tens of thousands of troops, how can he accept Cui Dunli's call and throw himself into the net?" In fact, Li Shimin at this time was unwilling to reduce the impact of the incident. To pursue the responsibility of Li Jiancheng's remaining party, how leniently treat them, Wei Zheng and Wei Ting are examples.If Li Yuan could return to Beijing in time, at most he would lose the real power in his hands, and his life would not be in danger. After hearing Wang Junkuo's judgment, Li Yuan couldn't help but shed tears, feeling panicked.Wang Junkuo shed a few tears while pretending to accompany him, and urged Li Yuan to strike first. Li Yuan finally made up his mind to rebel under Wang Junkuo's instigation, and said resolutely: "Well, instead of going to Beijing and dying, I'd better give it a go. Wang Gong, I entrust my family and life to you today, and I hope you can help me with all your strength." Li Yuan then sent Cui Dunli He was imprisoned, tortured day and night, and asked the truth about the mutiny in the capital.Cui Dunli was strong and unyielding, and kept silent. On the one hand, Li Yuan started conscription, preparing to join King Qin of Jing; on the other hand, he recruited Wang Shen, the governor of Yanzhou, to Youzhou to discuss with him about marching troops together.At this time, Cao Canjun and Wang Lishe, the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion, felt that Li Yuan's actions were a bit sloppy, and persuaded Li Yuan tactfully, "Your Majesty, Wang Junkuo is very repetitive and cannot delegate important tasks. If Your Majesty wants to make important matters, it is better to go to Wang Junkuo as soon as possible and replace him with Wang Shen." At this time, Li Yuan had already regarded Wang Junkuo as the backbone, and thought that Wang Lishe was provoking dissension, so he reprimanded him and drove him out of the house. Wang Lishe's words were learned by Wang Junkuo, so he accelerated the pace of action.He first led dozens of people to Wang Shen's apartment. At this time, Wang Shen had just bathed, and when he heard that Wang Junkuo was visiting, he hurried out to meet him with wet hair.After meeting Wang Junkuo, he pulled out his sword and chopped off his head with one sword. Then he summoned his subordinates with his head, and said, "Li Yuan and Wang Shen prisoner are envoys, conscription without authorization, and plotting rebellion. I have now sent Wang Shen beheaded, and the remaining Li Yuan would not be able to make waves. Let me ask you, are you willing to rebel with Li Yuan and cause the family to be wiped out? Or are you willing to capture Li Yuan from me in order to get rich?" Li Yuan usually does not ask about military affairs. , The power in the army is concentrated in the hands of Wang Junkuo. Now that Wang Junkuo said this, the people below shouted loudly: "I am willing to follow the king's governor to put down the rebellion." Wang Junkuo led more than a thousand people to arrest Li Yuan. Li Yuan was terrified and helpless. He could only listen to Wang Junkuo's indictment with his eyes wide open.When the two went to bind Li Yuan, he jumped up and cursed loudly: "Wang Junkuo, you despicable villain! Do you think that if you betray me, you can keep your wealth forever? Isn't Li Shimin a foolish man?" How could he allow you to deceive him? Just wait, if I die now, I will see you soon in the underworld." Wang Junkuo's gloomy face caused Li Yuan to be hanged immediately. Wang Junkuo was imprisoned and released Cui Dunli, and asked him to return to Chang'an to report the incident in Youzhou to Li Shimin.Li Shimin heard that Li Yuan wanted to rebel and was punished, but he spared himself a lot of hands and feet. He was very happy, so he appointed Wang Junkuo as the general of the left army and the governor of Youzhou, and ordered him to continue to guard Youzhou. Later, what Li Yuan said to curse Wang Junkuo came true.It turned out that Wang Junkuo had bad intentions in persuading Li Yuan to raise troops this time.He knew that Li Shimin would regard himself as Li Jiancheng's party, and he wanted to use Li Yuan's head to win Li Shimin's trust in exchange for his own wealth.After more than half a year, Li Shimin awarded Li Xuandao the governor of Youzhou, and asked him to assist Wang Junkuo in maintaining the affairs of the government.Wang Junkuo had ghosts in his heart, thinking that Li Xuandao was here to spy on him.However, Li Xuandao is a quiet and inactive person, with such a pedantic spirit, he often stops Wang Junkuo from doing lawless things, and often scares him with the law of the king.Once Wang Junkuo was ordered to visit Beijing, and Li Xuandao asked him to send a letter to Fang Xuanling.Wang Junkuo was afraid that Li Xuandao would sue him, so he secretly opened the letter to read.Unexpectedly, this letter was written in wild drafts, full of paper and smoke, without a single recognizable word.When Wang Junkuo walked to Weinan at this time, he felt even more guilty, so he made up his mind to flee to East Turkic.He knew that with his own abilities, he couldn't beat Li Shimin in anything.But he didn't run very far, and was inexplicably killed on the way. Li Yuan was trapped in the palace city and couldn't go out for a step. Apart from wandering between the palaces, the only pleasant activity was to go boating in the sea pool.The surrounding guards were all changed, they obeyed Hou Junji's order and kept Li Yuan and others under strict supervision.Li Yuan couldn't go out of the city to hunt in the palace, and he couldn't see his courtiers coming to play. After a period of time like this, he suddenly became irritable. Li Yuan is very aware of the situation in front of him. Although he is called the emperor, he does not have any imperial power. The only thing he can do is to manage himself well.Li Shimin never entered the palace again except for meeting him once that day.Li Yuan sighed that he disregarded his family affection, and often thought of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji who had returned to the underworld, and many emperors and grandchildren suffered from the disaster, which is really a great sorrow in life. The sunset is infinite, and the setting sun is like gold. Li Yuan is alone in the Liangyi Hall with his eyes closed.At this time, Hou Junji walked in straight away, saluting and said: "I have ordered this book to be entrusted to the emperor by the order of the crown prince." Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "Present." He unfolded it and saw that there were only a few words on it, to the effect that Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin De had been promiscuous in the harem, and their virtues were bad, so they should no longer serve the emperor. The woman gave death. Seeing that Li Yuan had finished reading the letter, Hou Junji played again: "Your Majesty, I have brought you a section of Bai Lian and a bottle of poisoned wine. As long as the Emperor makes an order, I can handle the rest." Li Yuan was suddenly furious, stood up, threw the letter away, and scolded: "Bastard, what are you, dare to talk to me like this. You call Erlang here, I have something to ask him." Hou Junji hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. The crown prince ordered the minister to handle this matter. If the matter is not handled well, the crown prince will kill the minister." Seeing Hou Junji's rogue posture, Li Yuan thought to himself that since he is Erlang's confidant and responsible for guarding Miyagi, if he persists, he will just blow his beard and stare, which is ultimately a bluff.Thinking of this, Li Yuan sat down dejectedly, with tears streaming from his eyes, and sighed: "I can't even keep my own concubine, so why do I call myself emperor? Hou Junji, tell Erlang that if he doesn't like me, he can cut me off as soon as possible." This is the cleanest way!" Hou Junji kowtowed again and again, and said: "My minister is not good at handling things, and if I provoke the emperor to be angry, I really deserve death. I hope the emperor will punish me severely. It's just that Yin and Zhang are said to be virtuous, so your majesty must not leave them behind." In short, these two people are not missing in the emperor's harem." Li Yuan wanted to scold again, but also thought that Hou Junji was instigated by Erlang, and Erlang didn't show up, so he could only say nothing to Hou Junji.It was obvious that if Yin and Zhang were not handed over today, Hou Junji would not let it go.Li Yuan let out a long sigh, called the eunuch and said, "Call Yin and Concubine Zhang to come over." Then he said to Hou Junji, "You get out first, since I'm not missing these two women, you're not missing this time either. .” Hou Junji hastily withdrew from the hall. After a while, Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieyu came, they didn't know that the catastrophe was imminent, they saw Li Yuanying and bowed down, saying: "There have been great changes in the womb these days, Your Majesty has not summoned us, and my concubine is doing it for you. His Majesty is worried." The scene in Jinyang Palace at that time flashed through Li Yuan's mind. These two women brought him a lot of joy in those days. People are not plants, how can they be ruthless?Thinking of this, infinite tenderness welled up in Li Yuan's heart, his eye circles turned red again, and he sighed: "You -- alas -- if you can be your concubines in peace and stability, and don't have a lot of grievances with Da Lang and the others, why don't you?" How about today?" Zhang Jieyu's mind was more agile, she immediately heard the strangeness in Li Yuan's voice, and hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty said so, is there something wrong?" Li Yuan raised his finger to the outside of the hall, and said: "When you came, you must have seen Hou Junji waiting outside the hall. He was ordered by Erlang to let me kill you two. Alas, the reason for the change of Xuanwu Gate this time is still Erlang said that the two of you are promiscuous with Dalang in the harem!" The second daughter was shocked, they took a few steps forward and fell at Li Yuan's feet, weeping bitterly, Concubine Yin De sobbed, "Your Majesty, this is obviously the king of Qin who framed his concubine, he is jealous of Da Lang, pervasive, and wants to climb Da Lang from his concubine. Your Majesty, you have to decide for us." Zhang Jieyu hugged Li Yuan's right leg and said, "It's a fact that we have more contacts with Da Lang. We just think that King Qin is domineering, and his thoughts are a bit similar to Da Lang. In fact, we do this for His Majesty's sake." "Since the King of Qin wants to seize the crown prince, the next step is to seize the emperor's position from His Majesty. Now that the Xuanwumen incident has finally happened, it shows that our vision was not bad at that time. Your Majesty is still the emperor now. You should understand the thoughts of your concubines and work hard." Don't listen to King Qin's mercy, let's see what he can do." Li Yuan said quietly: "King of Qin? Erlang is now the prince, not the former King of Qin. He is called the prince, but he has actually taken away my power. Now I am trapped in the palace every day, and it is difficult for me to take a step outside. You can't even do this Can't you see it?" Concubine Yin De fell on Li Yuan's feet and said: "From now on, my concubine will accompany the emperor every day, and will not care about foreign affairs. Please tell King Qin that as long as I can save my concubine's life, I will never dare to say a word in the future." words. If he doesn’t believe it, he can even cut off our tongues.” Li Yuan burst into tears like rain, and big teardrops fell on the hair of the two daughters. He stretched out his arms to embrace them and said, "Don't I think so? In fact, these days, I can't even control my own destiny. The so-called man is a knife, I am a fish, you should understand this truth." Concubine Yin De's eyes were blurred with tears, and she begged: "Your Majesty, maybe we will be expelled from the palace and reduced to the people, is that not okay?" Li Yuan shook his head and said: "You have been in the palace for many years, don't you know the dangers in the palace? I really can't be the master of the current situation. If you don't believe me, I will call Hou Junji and listen to him words." After finishing speaking, Li Yuan called Hou Junji into the palace and asked him to send a message to Li Shimin that as long as the lives of the two daughters could be saved, they could be expelled from the palace. Hou Junji said: "Your Majesty, the crown prince ordered the minister to handle this matter, and also asked the minister to return to the East Palace within two hours to return to the East Palace. Now that I return to the East Palace empty-handed, I am afraid that I will behead myself." Li Yuan knew that Li Shimin's heart was as hard as iron, and his ambition was hard to change. He also thought that Yin, Zhang Ernu and Li Shimin had a deep grievance, and there was no room for change, so he sighed: "I am the king of a country, and I still beg my son to be safe." The life of the concubines around you is actually not the monarch. You two, don't blame me for being hard-hearted, it is really a last resort. You just go with Hou Junji, I said that I will give you a whole corpse." , Li Yuan buried his head on the table in front of him, and burst into tears. The second daughter screamed, paralyzed on the ground and refused to move.Concubine Yin De even said: "Since we sisters have been with the emperor, we thought that we could have unlimited glory in this life and stay together until we grow old. Unexpectedly, the emperor left us halfway. If I had known this, it would be better to leave the palace when we were in Jinyang Palace. A peasant woman can spend her whole life." Zhang Jieyu shouted: "Your Majesty, will King Qin kill the sons of his concubines? They are His Majesty's flesh and blood." Li Yuan's expression was ugly, and he waved to Hou Junji.Hou Junji turned his head and winked, and the people behind rushed up and dragged Concubine Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu out of the hall. Hou Junji couldn't bear to face Li Yuan again in the hall, so he saluted and prepared to withdraw.At this time, Li Yuan stopped him and said, "You tell the prince to let Xiao Yu, Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Yuwen Shi and others come here tomorrow. I have something to say." Hou Junji bowed his head and said: "I have disturbed the emperor today, and I really deserve death. I will obey the order and pass this order to the crown prince." The cries of Yin and Zhang's daughters could still be heard in the hall, Li Yuan's expression faltered, and he sat down weakly, staring blankly at the painted beams on the hall, as if he had fallen into a trance. Since Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, at night, he dreamed that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji led their sons to claim their lives, and then followed Wang Shichong, Xue Rengao, Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou, Yang Wenqian, Shi Wanbao, Li Yi, Li Yuan and others woke him up again and again, unable to fall asleep. Changsun Wuji found several monks and Taoist priests one after another, and set up altars in the East Palace to suppress them, but with little effect, Li Shimin still couldn't sleep peacefully, and was in a trance, and couldn't even manage affairs in the daytime.Fang Xuanling asked the reason, and said to Li Shimin: "It's okay, tonight, His Highness will surely sleep peacefully." After he went down, he went to find Yuchi Jingde and others. In the Xuanwumen Incident, Yuchi Jingde's contribution is the most famous. Fang Xuanling came here and told about Li Shimin's sleepless dreams, and finally said: "You followed King Qin to fight in the north and south, how many people were killed and how much blood was shed, King Qin didn't frown because of this, he is like this now, nothing more than Because the original crown prince and King Qi are his close relatives. If you can be by his side, you may be able to overcome this barrier." Li Shimin has now become a crown prince, and the old subordinates of Tiance Mansion still called him King Qin because of his obedience. Everyone agreed, and at this time Yuchi Jingde said: "Actually, this kind of thing doesn't need to bother many people, as long as I and Shubao go. Mr. Fang, you don't have to worry about this matter. At night, I will let you go." The door of the palace where the King of Qin rests is wide open, brother Shubao and I are fully clothed, and each has a door, so no ghosts or ghosts can get close to us." That night, Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao were both fully clothed, equipped with long and short weapons, and stood upright in front of the door of Li Shimin's bedroom. They stood like this all night.Strange to say, Li Shimin didn't have a single nightmare that night, and slept soundly until dawn. Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao stood for two consecutive nights, which made Li Shimin completely relieved of his fatigue.That day Li Shimin woke up early in the morning, opened his eyes and saw the two of them standing upright by the door, turned over and got up, walked to the door, and said distressedly: "Brother Shubao, Jingde, how can you make me feel at ease when you are on watch for me like this?" ?” Qin Shubao said: "Your Highness works hard day and night for the country and the people. We have only put in a little effort, which is really nothing to worry about." Yuchi Jingde said: "We stay on duty at night and go home to rest in the morning, so we won't be too tired." Li Shimin said: "No, you are the pillars of the country, how can you always work in this battle? Well, I can sleep peacefully now. From today on, you don't come to watch at night again." "If there is another repetition, wouldn't all previous efforts be wasted?" Yuchi Jingde said anxiously. Li Shimin said: "I came up with an idea yesterday. Let Yan Liben draw the heroic portraits of the two of you and paste them on the two doors. Maybe it will be just as effective." Yan Liben really painted the portraits of Qin Shubao and Yuchi Jingde that day. The pictures were lifelike, and they were painted with colors to make them more vivid.Li Shimin asked people to hang it on the door leaf at night, and then closed the door to sleep. Sure enough, he had no dreams all night, and slept until dawn again.This incident gradually spread among the people, and in the Spring Festival of this year, some people copied Yan Liben's painting and pasted it on the door of their house, calling it "door god". On this day, Xiao Yu, Pei Ji, Chen Shuda and Yu Wenshi went out of the Taiji Hall and went straight to the East Palace. They met Li Shimin and handed him an edict from Li Yuan. It turned out that when Li Yuan summoned them, he only said one sentence: "I will be honored as the Supreme Emperor, Shiji, you come to draw up the decree, and I will sit in the crown prince today." Pei Ji had tears in his eyes at that time, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda also thought it was wrong.Helplessly, Li Yuan's heart was as hard as iron, and he insisted on taking the Zen position. After reading the imperial edict, Li Shimin seemed to feel it was very sudden, and said, "How could your father be like this? I have just been promoted to the crown prince, and the world is still unstable, and I still have to rely on my father to stabilize the world. Pei Sikong, you have a good relationship with your father. But go and persuade Father, so that Emperor Father must not have such thoughts." Pei Ji bowed and said: "Your Highness, it is really a painstaking effort for the emperor to do this. The emperor is getting older these days, and his energy is a little weak; but his highness is very energetic, well-equipped with both civil and military skills. At this time when all industries are waiting to be flourished, it is time to go to college. The grand plan. The veteran believes that if His Highness can follow the emperor's will and take over the throne early, it will be good news to the common people of the world." Everyone was taken aback after hearing this, they never expected Pei Ji to say such a thing. In fact, what Pei Ji said was really insincere.In his heart, he also wanted Li Yuan to be called the emperor, so Li Shimin had an extra layer of scruples.It was Li Yuan who said a few words to him, which made him change his mind.When they were about to leave the Tai Chi Hall, Li Yuan saw that Pei Ji had tears in his eyes, so he let the other three go ahead, leaving Pei Ji to speak. There were only the two of them left in the hall, Pei Ji choked up and said, "Your Majesty, how could you do this? Old minister—old minister, I really can't accept it." Li Yuan came over, stroked Pei Ji's back, and said earnestly, "Jian Pei, we have been friends for many years. Now that we are in this situation, can't you still not see the magnitude of the matter? I understand Erlang's temperament, He is capable, and you can rest assured that he will govern the country in the future. However, Erlang is also very suspicious. If I continue to stay in the position of emperor, I don’t know what he will think. If this is the case, I will simply abdicate completely and will Leave the whole world to him. As for yourself, I advise you to take care of yourself. You had a close relationship with Dalang in the past, and you often spoke up for Dalang. Your subordinates may make trouble for you. Remember my words, from now on, Erlang will rule the world, and it is enough for us to have a prosperous and stable old age." It is because of Li Yuan's teaching that Pei Ji can answer Li Shimin's question so obediently. Reluctantly, Li Shimin firmly disagreed with his succession. Li Yuan recalled the scene when he forced Emperor Gong of the Sui Dynasty to give up his throne, but he didn't expect to repeat yesterday's story today.It's just that the protagonist of the story has become himself, while the one watching over there is his own son.他就将裴寂等人又叫入宫内，令他们将传国八玺送往东宫。 朝中大臣见状，连连上书请李世民遵从李渊的圣意；诸州官员见了京城来的诏书，他们判断大势，揣摩李世民的真实思想，也连连上书请求李世民早日继位。那几日，通往京城的驿站异常繁忙，雪片似的上表堆在李世民的案上。 这日，众大臣齐集东宫显德殿里，公举萧瑀向李世民进言，让他早日即位。 后面的大臣群情激昂，齐声喊道：“请太子早日即位。”说完，他们齐刷刷地跪倒在地。 李世民急忙从案后站立起来，说道：“世民不能顺了你们的心意，请起，请起，此事还要从长计议。” 这时后面有人喊道：“殿下若不答应我们，臣下就在这里长跪不起了。” 殿内一时沉静了下来。 良久，李世民方长舒了一声，说道：“唉，这实在让世民为难。你们说的也有理，父皇执意要将这千钧重担交给我，我若不接，愧对你们和天下百姓。好吧，我答应你们，都起来吧。” 众人脸现喜色，慢慢站立起来。太史令傅奕跨前几步，奏道：“殿下，臣已经看好了日子，明日即是良辰吉日，事不宜迟，请殿下明日即位。” 李世民沉吟了一会儿，然后说道：“世民不忍拂了父皇和众大臣的心意，就按太史令所选日子即位吧。不过，有两件事情要先说明，一者，如今国内民穷，不宜举办铺张的登基仪式，明日由我率领大家祭于南郊，告于太庙，再发一道诏令颁于天下，即为登基；二者，父皇要搬出太极宫，此事万万不可。我今后视事的地方即在此显德殿内，明日登基的地方也在这里。” 李世民既然这样说，群臣不再有异议，此后众人分头准备明日的登基事宜。 李世民晚间回到寝殿，长孙嘉敏已经为他备好了晚膳。 共进晚膳时，李世民瞧着长孙嘉敏那消瘦的脸庞，心疼地说道：“敏妹，你这一段时间为我担足了心事。瞧，你比以前瘦多了。” 长孙嘉敏满脸喜色，说道：“我担一点心又算什么，谁能比上你这样日夜操劳呢？总算大事有成，不枉了一番心血。” 李世民想起举事前夜她为众人添酒壮行的情景，心中对她又多了一层感激，柔声道：“敏妹，你这些年操持家务，遵循礼法，堪称贤人。尤其难得的是，你能奉事父皇，承顺父皇之妃嫔，弥缝我与大郎之阙，更有添酒壮行的男儿气概，实为我的贤内助。明日，父皇传位给我，今后治理天下之时，你还要帮我出一些好主意。” 长孙嘉敏心里一沉，正色说道：“古语有云'牝鸡司晨，唯家之索'，我前段时间所以做了一些事情，盖因你身边人手不够之故。如今你做了太子，明日又成了天子，则天下文臣武将皆为你所用。我为妇人，安能再谈政事？不过后宫之中，我将殚精竭虑，请你放心。” 李世民听后心里感动，对她又加深了一层敬重。此后两人说话，颇有默契，不再涉于政事。 长孙嘉敏忽然提起了杨琼之妹杨琚，说道：“我这些日子细细观察，那杨琚确实生得国色天香，且举手投足之间中规中矩。可惜了，她若不随四郎，就是另外一番天地。” 杨琚和李元吉已经生有一子，此次乱军之中被人斩杀。杨琚自从被带入天策府后，一直跟随杨琼居住。 李世民抬眼问道：“我这些日子太忙乱，无暇顾及。她的情绪怎么样？” “她初来之时，因心伤其子，整日呆呆地坐在那里不思茶饭。这些日子已经好了，慢慢也有了一些胃口，脸色红润起来。琼妹妹还说，杨琚能有今天，还多亏你看在她的面子上有些照顾。” “唔，这样最好。她们姐妹相处在一起，谈谈说说，可以免除寂寞。敏妹，女人最好健忘，日子久了，杨琚也许会慢慢好起来，你说是吗？” 长孙嘉敏眼含笑意，默默地盯着李世民并不言语。 次日卯时，李世民依次去南郊、宗庙祭祀，然后回到东宫显德殿即皇帝位。李世民就在这里颁布了他的第一道诏令，其内容为大赦天下，关内及蒲、芮、虞、泰、陕、鼎六州免除租调二年，其余地方给复一年。 李世民当了新皇帝，为免朝中动荡，如裴寂等大多数大臣不做调整，诸州县官吏亦各司其职。当然，为了行事方便，对一些重要职位做了一些调整，其即位之日，即以高士廉为侍中，房玄龄为中书令，萧瑀为尚书左仆射，长孙无忌为吏部尚书，杜如晦为兵部尚书，封德彝为尚书右仆射，颜师古、刘林甫为中书侍郎。一开始，李世民坚决让萧瑀任尚书令，然此职最早由李世民领之，萧瑀也坚决不同意，群臣纷纷附和。这样，尚书令一职因没有人敢就任，就空了起来，主持尚书省的事务实际上由尚书左右仆射领之，即为宰相职。 李世民对此次事变有功的人员，除了厚加赏赐外，另外皆委以重要武职，秦叔宝为左卫大将军，程咬金为右武卫大将军，尉迟敬德为右武侯大将军，马三宝为右卫大将军，段志玄为骁卫将军，侯君集为左卫将军，张公谨为右武侯将军，长孙安业为右监门将军，常何为中郎将。薛万彻投降之后，李世民很是欣赏他的忠心与勇猛，亦授他为右领军将军。如此，军中重要武职基本上由原天策府府属把持。 登基事毕，诏令发出。李世民身穿衮冕端坐龙椅之上，他目视座下整齐恭肃的群臣，第一次感受到了皇帝的威严。他对群臣说道：“朕今日登基，深感天下百废待兴，望众爱卿竭尽心力，为天下苍生计，多思、多述治国方略。朕想起昔日天策府的学士制度，当时使朕受益不浅。欧阳爱卿、魏爱卿，朕看弘文殿内藏书不少，共有多少卷？” 欧阳询出班答道：“回陛下，弘文殿中共有四部书籍计二十二万卷。” 李世民点点头道：“朕想在弘文殿侧再辟一文学馆，可称之为弘文馆，丰富其藏书，精选天下文学之士于其中，这样，朕在听朝之余，可以入弘文馆检言咨学，商榷政事。玄龄，此事由你来办。” 封德彝出班奏道：“陛下初登大宝，即虑国事，又采纳群言，则我朝幸甚。老臣还想，陛下居于东宫，似嫌狭小，能否再造新宫，以显我朝新气象。” 李世民答道：“不好。朕初登皇位，不顾天下之水火，为了一己安乐另造新宫，岂不寒了天下人之心？封卿，这样的话今后不可再说。” 魏征前去山东宣慰，刚刚回到京城，待李世民的话音一落，即出班奏道：“陛下以天下苍生为念，委实圣明。臣以为，眼前的一件大事，要比置弘文馆更重要。” “魏卿快说。” “陛下宽赦原东宫、齐府属下之罪，并信用我们委以官职，更派臣往山东宣慰，免除关东赋税一年，这些都是英明之策。可有一件最紧要的事情，陛下恰恰忘了。” 群臣听后不禁皱起眉头，觉得魏征的话委实刺耳。果然，李世民的眉头微微皱了一下，问道：“朕有何不当之处，你不妨直说。” “先太子和齐王至今身首异处，望陛下能将他们好好礼葬。臣与王大夫有表一道，请陛下御览。” 这句话戳到了李世民的痛处，然魏征和王珪现为谏议大夫，说这些话也是分内所当。李世民让将其表呈上来，只见这篇上表写得感情真切，又极富策略。李世民读罢不禁悚然动容，立起身道：“王卿、魏卿，你们所言极是。朕这一段时间诸事忙乱，倒是忽略了此事。他们为朕的亲兄弟，当礼葬至墓所。礼葬之前，可追封建成为息王，元吉为海陵王，还要定下他们的谥号。陆卿，你为渊博之大儒，可先提之。” 陆德明斟字酌句，默默思索片刻，然后小心翼翼地奏道：“《谥法》云'隐拂不成曰隐。不思忘爱曰剌，暴戾无亲曰剌'，老臣以为，可将息王谥曰'隐'，海陵王谥曰'剌'。请陛下定夺。” 陆德明的提议让李世民和群臣都很满意，这样先追封李建成和李元吉为王，维持了他们和李世民的兄弟名分；又加以如此谥号，则申明了玄武门之变的正义性，很是恰当。 李世民感激地看了一眼陆德明，觉得他为自己解决了一个很大的难题，脸上的神色依然沉重，说道：“就依陆卿之议，虞卿，拟旨吧。礼葬之日，朕当亲往致祭。王卿、魏卿，此事就由你们二人负责，知会原东宫、齐府僚属统统前往送葬。还有，可嗣赵王福为息王之后。”赵王福是李世民和杨琼生的儿子，年方三岁。 李世民话锋一转，说道：“王、魏二卿今日的行为，让朕又想起了李卿世，他当时礼葬李密，太上皇曾经多次赞其忠义。他们三人殊途同归，都是臣子的本分，朕心甚慰，唯望众卿亦怀忠义之心，是为人之大伦。” 魏征和王珪伏地叩首道：“陛下心术豁达，昭如日月，臣等今后唯忠于陛下，不敢再有一丝儿疑阻。” 解决了这个难题，李世民满意地又复坐下。这时，只见杜如晦匆匆从殿外进来，走到前列奏道：“陛下，颉利可汗带领二十万兵马，突破泾州长驱直入，现在已经到了武功县西。” 李世民大惊，他知道泾州的城防因为李艺之乱尚未修复，以致让颉利可汗钻了空子。他一激灵站起身来，问道：“颉利何来之速也？他长驱直入如进无人之境，沿途州县为何没有一点动静？还有，李靖、李世手握重兵，为何就没有一点动作？” 颉利可汗听说长安内乱，遂引兵来袭，很顺利地就到了武功县西，这里距离长安仅有二百里。这样，李世民在他的登基之日，马上又要面临着突厥大军兵临城下的难题。