In Cuiwei Hall, Li Yuan sat at the top with an expressionless face, his eyes flickering. Although three consecutive waves of people made him blind and exhausted, and he still doesn't know what happened, but one thing is clear, he can't do anything casually. When making a decision, you need to think carefully.
Li Shimin also had an expressionless face. In fact, he wanted to speak. In his opinion, the first step was to summon Liu Hongji and Zhang Pinggao to lead troops to escort him as soon as possible. As long as this force could reach Fangzhou, although it could not be solved easily, it would be invincible. Then slowly search for clues and slowly investigate the inside story.
But Li Shimin couldn't speak, and he didn't dare to speak. On the one hand, it was because of Liu Hongji's status as a direct descendant of King Qin, not to mention that the two generals in the army, Li Shiji and Huang Junhan, were both direct descendants of Li Shimin.
On the other hand, Wei Zheng's suggestion...calling the prince to see him, calling Yang Wenqian to see him, as long as they come, it will be clear in black and white, and there is nothing more convincing than this.
Unless the prince and Yang Wenqian dare not come, Wei Zheng must have thought carefully before setting off and must have discussed it with the prince, Wang Gui, and Pei Shiju. The possibility that Li Jiancheng would not dare to come to Renzhi Palace is very low.
The most important thing is that Li Shimin knew that his father might suspect that he was secretly trying to take over the East Palace as soon as possible.
The atmosphere in the hall was a bit stagnant, no one dared to breathe heavily, Qiao Gongshan in the corner looked at all this blankly, everything was beyond his expectation and beyond his imagination.
In fact, Li Yuan didn't believe any of them now, but after a brief period of confusion, he found that none of them were worthy of doubt, which made the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty fall into a deeper confusion.
If the prince is determined to rebel, what will Wei Zheng do?
A delaying tactic?
Impossible, this could only scare the enemy away.
In the past few years, delivering armor and ordnance to Yang Wenqian was Dalang's way of protecting himself. Li Yuan had no shame in using this as a reason to depose the prince. The entire court knew that this was his tacit approval... If he wanted to use similar reasons As an excuse to depose the prince, there are still three thousand Chang Lin troops in the Forbidden Garden.
The reason why Li Yuan arranged backup forces around Chang'an was simply because he didn't want to use this as an excuse to store up money.
This time Qiao Gongshan went out of Beijing to transport ordnance, it was obviously not the prince's instigation, otherwise Wei Zheng would not have come at a gallop to express his feelings for the prince, and even made a promise that the prince would come to Renzhi Palace to see him... although it was not stated clearly. , but Li Yuan knew what Wei Zheng meant. There must have been more than a dozen riders from the prince, and he even came to plead guilty alone.
On the contrary, Qiao Gongshan came to Renzhi Palace to report the prince's rebellion, which showed that this person was probably assigned by Erlang... Li Yuan glanced at Qiao Gongshan in the corner, and he vaguely remembered that this person was the old man from the East Palace. , was also an old man from Jinyang back then.
Was he bribed by Erlang recently?
Or was Erlang placed in the East Palace early?
Thinking of this, Li Yuan felt a little cold in his heart. In addition, Du Fengju, the second wave of people who accused the prince of treason, was born in the Du family in Jingzhao, and Du Yan and Du Ruhui were both officials of Tiance Mansion.
The most important thing is that Li Yuan felt that the prince would not be so stupid. He took Pei Ji, Luo Yi, and Feng Li away. Would Dalang choose to raise an army at this time?
Li Yuan shook his head slightly. If he wanted to rebel, any time would be better than now. At least he could target himself or Erlang as soon as possible.
Turning his head to look at Li Shimin, Li Yuan, who had experienced three waves of shocks, had initially targeted the second son with suspicion, but now his level of suspicion has been greatly reduced.
The reason is not complicated. On the one hand, Li Yuan has privately promised to Li Shimin that Yichu will be released this year. It is already July. Li Shimin will be able to successfully enter the East Palace in a few months. Why bother with this?
And judging from the performance during this period, neither the attitude of King Qin himself nor the attitude of Tiance Mansion was urgent... Well, maybe Changsun Wuji was an exception.
On the other hand, and most importantly, Li Yuan's perception of his second son is very complicated, from admiration when he was a boy, to relying on him as a young man, to fear and wariness later, to dependence and trust now.
But one thing is for sure. Li Yuan has always recognized Li Shimin's ability. He is smart and martial, outstanding and outstanding. He is willing to be civilized and military. It is not an exaggeration to say that literature can stabilize a country and martial arts can determine a country.
Such a loophole-filled trap is really inconsistent with Erlang's past behavior.
Li Yuan felt that if Erlang wanted to frame the prince, he would do it perfectly. With his scheming methods and his power in the court, this could be done.
From Qiao Gongshan's prosecution, to Du Feng's prosecution, and then to Wei Zheng's arrival... If the first two were Erlang's work, it can only be said to be too clumsy.
Du Ruhui is known as the "talent of the king's assistant", Fang Xuanling and Ling Jing are both famous ministers. Although Changsun Wuji is cunning, he is not lacking in scheming. Would he come up with such a clumsy plan?
Li Yuan fell into such contemplation. He knew that something must have gone wrong, but he still could not determine who the mastermind behind the scenes was, or even what the other party wanted to do.
After a long time, Li Yuan asked softly: "When was it?"
Su Zhi, the supervisor of the palace on the side, responded: "Your Majesty, it's been three minutes since the ugly hour, can you summon a meal?"
Li Yuan shook his head and looked at Cui Xin, the person in Zhongshushe, "Cui Qing is drafting an edict."
"Yes." Cui Xin picked up the brush and licked it in the ink pool he had been grinding.
"Send a messenger to rush back to Chang'an immediately and order Li Huairen, the heir to the throne of Wei, to collect the troops from Xinfeng and Liquan, control Ren Guogong Liu Hongji, Xiao Guogong Zhang Pinggao, Cao Guogong Li Shiji, Guo Guogong Huang Junhan and move to the borders of Fangzhou and Jingzhao place."
Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. Phoenix Valley was only more than thirty miles away from Jingzhao. As long as he could get there, there would be no problem. As for what happened next... Call Du Yan to ask first. If possible, Call Feng Lun over as well.
Li Shimin vaguely felt that something was not right. If Du Yan was greedy for Conglong's merits, it would be possible to overwhelm his nephew Du Ruhui, but Feng Lun was originally a Duke of the country, and even ranked as Prime Minister. Taking such a big risk Risk...is it necessary?
And why did Er Zhuhuan, who had always been in contact with Feng Lun, suddenly rebel?
These are all doubts that exist in Li Shimin's mind.
Wei Zheng glanced sideways at Li Shimin, then lowered his head, thinking that Pei Hongda's guess was indeed correct. In fact, there were also objections to this matter within the East Palace. The prince's servant Xu Shimo urged his highness to raise troops to occupy Chang'an, but Pei Hongda Tell the prince with certainty that there must be an ambush around Chang'an.
Xinfeng and Liquan are right on the edge of Chang'an, one in the west and the other in the east. They are guarding Chang'an...in other words, they are clamping down on Chang'an.
If Li Shiji and Huang Junhan can still appear as Yongzhang Shi and Biejia, then the names Liu Hongji and Zhang Pinggao have already proved His Majesty's attitude.
(End of chapter)
