Great Tang Southern Emperor

After Li Zhao's fuss, the originally prepared welcoming ceremony could not be carried out, and everyone was not in the mood to hold it. They just asked everyone to step over the brazier hastily and get rid of their bad luck.

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After all, Li Zhao did not escape the catastrophe. After Li Zhen cleaned them up, he was immediately caught by the big devil Wu Meiniang and gave her buttocks a few slaps.

Seeing the little cute baby choking and aggrieved with tears in her eyes, Li Zhen's heart melted.It's just about this kind of backyard matter, all of which are Wu Meiniang's decision. Although Li Zhen has the heart to plead, but Wu Meiniang's eyes turned sideways, he immediately withered, and quickly pretended to go to deal with official business - completely forgetting that he had already With all official duties delegated, there is no longer any official duties on the table.

Fortunately, a message from Chang'an City caused everyone to change the topic, and no one cared about Li Zhao's affairs—but for Li Zhen, he would rather Li Zhao be fined to stand for three days than to be punished for three days. Would love to see this message.

Because the news from Chang'an is that the emperor is critically ill, and the information about the king of Jin is transmitted—yes, the so-called king of heaven is Li Zhi, who used to chase after Li Zhen's ass when he was a child, and now he has grown up. When we grow up, we must know that the age difference between Li Zhen and Li Zhi is only one year, so the relationship is the best, they are tired of being together almost all day long, they are very close, no matter who gets something good, they will think about giving it to them. Another person's portion.

It's just that Tian's family has no family ties, and as she grows older, Li Zhen becomes more and more dazzling, almost overshadowing the demeanor of all the brothers, so she naturally becomes the target of public criticism and a thorn in the eyes of all the brothers.Although Li Zhen has tried her best to maintain the brotherhood, but it is still only the result of maintaining a superficial brother, but anyone who has a little idea about that position will regard Li Zhen as the biggest enemy—on the contrary, those who are against Those who are not interested in the throne, or those who are destined not to sit on the throne, such as Li Yin and Li You, and Li Mingli, who is still young, have a good relationship with Jian and Li Zhen.

It's just that among these people who have a good relationship, there is obviously no Li Zhi. In addition to his interest in the throne, another reason is that he feels that no matter his background (both mothers are queens, they are both considered as legitimate sons), he is still talented. Not much worse than Li Zhen, but Li Zhen completely overshadowed the light. Whether it is Datang or a foreign country, everyone knows that Datang has a prince Li Zhen who is destined to bring Datang to a higher peak, but they don't know that Li Zhi... …

He has become a little transparent in everyone's eyes. Unless he is a person who is very familiar with the royal family, no one will recognize him even if he goes out.

How could Li Zhi endure this?You must know that Li Zhi looks gentle and filial, but in fact he has a dark belly. Li Shimin had a total of fourteen sons. Apart from him and Jiang Wang Li Fu, a total of twelve died by accident. Three of the two died early, and six of the remaining nine died during his reign (Li Ke, Li Tai, Li Yin, Li Yun, Li Fu, Li Ming) Among them, except for Li Tai and Li Fu, who died well, the other four deaths were all related to him, and all of them were related to treason, which shows that he is not a good person.

So in order to fight for Li Zhen's position, Li Zhi had already started planning a few years ago, and turned himself into a heavenly king to win over all forces. Now he has won over most of the aristocratic families, and has also won the support of Buddhism and Confucianism. He feels that the forces under his command are no longer Inferior to Li Zhen, and Li Zhen was about to return to Chang'an, so he immediately launched a coup and imprisoned Li Shimin in the palace.

In addition, he also carried out a major cleansing of the court, purging almost all Li Zhen's supporters - fortunately, he has not yet reached the point of madness, most of Li Zhen's supporters in the court They are all highly respected old courtiers. Even if Li Zhi has usurped the throne, he dare not take them lightly. If you really want to kill these veterans, they will be overthrown by the people soon.

Therefore, even Li Zhi did not dare to touch these old ministers, but dismissed them all and imprisoned them, including Li Shimin, but the news announced to the outside world said that the emperor was seriously ill, and it was said that he was in the king of Jin. This is also a blessing in misfortune.

Chapter 1246 Two Questions ([-] words)

Chapter 193 Two Questions ([-] words)

Li Shimin did not die as they expected, which is a blessing in misfortune, because Li Zhen had already noticed the conspiracy of the family, so he had already replaced the so-called elixir that Lu Fangshi dedicated to Li Shimin, so Li Shimin did not die like them. He died as expected, but his condition only slightly worsened.And this is also one of the reasons why Li Zhi launched the mutiny, because Li Zhen will be back soon, and it is absolutely no problem to support Li Shimin's illness until Li Zhen returns.

And once Li Zhen returns to Chang'an, he will have a great possibility to detect the conspiracy of the family. It is not certain how many people Li Zhen will kill at that time, but as the culprit, Li Zhi will definitely not survive, so seeing Things have come to this, they want to stop and it's too late, so they can only fight desperately and launch a coup directly, hoping to control Chang'an City before Li Zhen returns.

But such a hasty uprising also led to their insufficient preparation. Although Chang'an City has been controlled by them, almost everyone understands that King Jin is rebelling. In this way, they lost the moral opportunity. It is no longer possible to use justice to persecute Li Zhen.

Secondly, Li Shimin has not been unaware of it these years. He must have left behind. If Li Shimin really died suddenly, quite a few of his left behind may choose to be loyal to the new emperor, but now they are obviously not Maybe if they did this, they would fight against Li Zhi in Chang'an City, and after Li Zhen came back, they would cooperate with each other to help Li Zhen take Chang'an City.

"Damn, they moved so fast." Li Zhen slammed the hammer on the table and said in a hateful voice: "However, if you dare to imprison the emperor, this palace will definitely not let them go this time, Li Zhi, Buddhism, Confucianism, aristocratic families... …Originally, I planned to keep you to take care of slowly, but since you have chosen to tear your skin apart, then don’t blame me for not being sympathetic.”

"Your Highness, the family members of the minister also participated in it. The crime is unforgivable. Please forgive me." Pei Xingjian immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, because in this coup of King Jin, the Pei family of Hedong also participated, and it was the For the branch of the main vein, Pei Xingjian must apologise, no matter what.

"Your Majesty, please come down." Not only Pei Xingjian, but also people from other aristocratic families knelt down immediately.

"It's okay, this is something that your master does, it's none of your business." Li Zhen waved his hand, and he already understood the details. Although the rebellion was from the Pei family in Hedong, it was not from Pei Xingjian. To put it bluntly, this It's just a matter of standing in line between two tribes of the same clan with different ideas. Pei Xingjian chose Li Zhen, while Li Zhi was in the main line. Even if Li Zhen blamed it, he couldn't blame Pei Xingjian.

Pei Xingjian was grateful and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, don't worry, Your Highness, although it is my cousin who rebelled, I will not show mercy."

"And all of you, don't be so nervous. I'm not the kind of person who likes to implicate the nine clans. It's only your fellow clans who are rebelling, not you... As long as you don't betray me, I will be fine. What will I do to you?" Li Zhen has a lot of loyal family disciples under Li Zhen's command, and this time nearly [-]% of the big families in the Tang Dynasty participated in the rebellion of King Jin, and the Pei family is only one of them, so these people are very panic. I am afraid that Li Zhen will punish them for this.

"Thank you, Your Highness, I am so grateful, I will definitely not betray Your Highness." All the people from the family immediately knelt down and thanked Li Zhen. Li Zhen's words were like a reassurance for them, and made them let go. To get rid of the uneasiness in my heart, at least my life was saved.

But it is not Li Zhen's style to just eat sweet dates, so his big stick came next: "But I also said the ugly words first, of course you will not be implicated by your fellow clans, but if I can get lucky If you have won King Jin, if you punish his subordinates, I don't want you to intercede with them... Otherwise, I will definitely not be merciful."

It's not that Li Zhen doesn't care about feelings, he knows too much about the urgency of the aristocratic family, although these aristocratic sons are all his confidantes, if they don't take this opportunity to beat them, they are likely to act as if they are stepping on two boats. things came out.What's more, rebellion is a felony, the lightest is to ransack the family and exterminate the clan, and the culprit will even be sentenced to various cruel punishments. Li Zhen doesn't want to do something like a killer right after he ascends the throne, because it will be misunderstood by the world. Cool by nature.

"Subordinates don't dare." Everyone's heart trembled, even saying they didn't dare.

"I hope so."

"Your Highness, this subordinate feels that we should pay special attention to two things at the moment." Du He, who just arrived yesterday, suddenly stood up. Tianzhu is too far away from the Tang Dynasty, so he still arrived two days later than Li Zhen. As a result, as soon as they arrived in Dengzhou and met Li Zhen, they hadn't rested yet, when they learned the news that Li Zhi had usurped the throne in Chang'an City, Li Zhen hurriedly called him to a meeting.

Li Zhen quickly asked, "Which two things?"

Li Zhen has always attached great importance to Du He's opinions. Now Du He is nearly forty years old. After several years of experience, he is no longer as young as before. His father, Du Ruhui, was even called Xiao Du.And this time back to Chang'an, it is conceivable that Du He's position will definitely rise, and it may not be too late to enter the center and general, but it is not a problem to stay with Li Zhen after three consecutive victories.

"The first thing is to ensure the personal safety of His Majesty, uncles and their families. Only in this way can we stabilize Datang in time after we win." Du He was talking about Li Shimin and the veterans, but in fact he He was referring to his own family, and Li Zhen naturally knew this well.

Because Li Zhi usurped the throne this time, all the people close to Li Zhen were imprisoned by him, except for those veterans, their family members were also imprisoned, and the same was true for the Du family.Although Du Ruhui had passed away five years ago, Du He's mother, brothers and sisters were all in Chang'an City, and the private room Yiai and Cheng Chuliang's family members had all fallen into Li Zhi's hands. .

And these people are also the most dangerous people. After all, the real prestige is their father, but they themselves are just ordinary nobles and young men. They don't have much prestige in the army or among the people.Although Li Zhi still dare not take action against them due to the prestige of the veterans, these people are undoubtedly an extremely important bargaining chip. Taking their family members under the knife—whether it is used to vent their anger or directly force Li Zhen to stop marching or even surrender will put Li Zhen in a dilemma and bring him great trouble. If Li Zhen really insists on marching regardless, Once Li Zhi really commits a murder, he will lose the loyalty of his subordinates...

"Don't worry about this, the safety of all the old officials is guaranteed to be protected." Li Zhendao, he has placed a lot of people around Li Zhi, and quite a few of them have been mixed with Li Zhi's confidants or close guards. There are also some people who control a considerable part of Li Zhi's army. It can be said that Li Zhi's life is now in Li Zhen's hands. It wasn't that Li Zhen wanted to see who jumped out at the end, he had already done it - even Li Zhi's life was under Li Zhen's control, not to mention the safety of those veterans, it could be said that everything was in Li Zhen's hands. Under Zhen's control, there is no need to worry at all.

"Tell me about the second thing."

"The second thing is about your safety, Your Highness." When Du He heard Li Zhen say that his family's safety was guaranteed, he had always trusted Li Zhen very much. Knowing that he never lied, Du He suddenly felt as if After taking the reassurance pill, he no longer had the previous worries, and then asked the second question with a serious expression.

"My safety? What safety issues can I have?" Li Zhen asked back: "I have hundreds of warships here, and more than [-] elite soldiers. Under this heavy protection, who in this world can threaten my safety? ?”

"But Your Highness, will these hundreds of warships escort you all the way to Chang'an? With 10,000+ elite soldiers, can they be the opponent of the elite sixteen guards and 30 forbidden troops?"

"This..." Except for Li Zhen, everyone was silent, because what Du He said was true. The Marine Corps is better. If they go by land, they can still escort Li Zhen all the way to Chang'an, but the battleship can't do it. ah.Although there is also a Yellow River waterway from Chang'an to Dengzhou, it's a pity that the Yellow River is silted up all the year round, so it's no problem to pass some inland river boats, but for the sake of momentum, all the ships escorting Li Zhen this time are naval warships, and the smallest ones are all draft Destroyers with a depth of more than five meters cannot pass through a part of the Yellow River at all, let alone battleships with a draft of ten meters, they cannot pass the Yellow River at all.Instead of going by the Yellow River, is it necessary to drag the boat across the land?

But if there were no warships, Chang'an City would not be able to be defeated by more than [-] marines alone. Nine of the sixteen guards, and the remaining seven guards are also in a state of uncertainty, and may rebel at any time. Once Li Zhi is allowed to subdue all sixteen guards, things will get worse.

The number of sixteen guards is about 30, and they are waiting for work at leisure. Facing the long-distance attack and only half the number of marines, they don't have to defend the city at all. With 10,000+ marines alone, Li Zhen can't even take down Chang'an City, she can't even protect herself.

Without giving Li Zhen time to contemplate, Du He continued to press: "Besides, the benefits are touching. Your Highness, you regard everyone present as your confidants, but they may not be truly loyal to your Highness. Once the conditions given by Li Zhi are sufficient, they will be loyal to you." He may not continue to be loyal to His Highness, and he may turn against you at some point, Your Highness must guard against it."

As a result, as soon as Du He finished speaking, public anger was immediately aroused, and everyone condemned him one after another.

"Du He, what do you mean? Sowing discord?"

"Du He, you are too petty. I am loyal to His Highness."

"Du He, Du He, you look down on people too much. Your Highness treats me with kindness. How could I betray His Highness?"

"That is, my loyalty to His Highness can be seen in the sky. No matter what temptation Li Zhi offers, I will definitely not betray His Highness." |

"Your Highness, you must believe in the loyalty of your subordinates. Your subordinates will absolutely never seek refuge with King Jin."

"Prince Jin is not in the right position. Sooner or later, he will be replaced by His Highness. Am I a fool? Will I join King Jin at this time?"

"..."

Faced with Du He's suspicion, those under Li Zhen criticized him a lot, spraying him bloody.

However, in the face of everyone's scolding, Du He only said one sentence: "What if King Jin promises to grant you dukes, or even promises to grant you land? Will you not betray?"

"..."

quiet!

The people who had turned the good meeting room into a vegetable market in a turbulent crowd suddenly got stuck, and the originally lively meeting room instantly became audible.Except for the few people who were sincerely loyal to Li Zhen, everyone else looked at each other with a little bit of guilt in their eyes, not to mention that no one dared to look at Li Zhen, but used eye contact instead. At the same time, he deliberately avoided Li Zhen's sight.

"Why didn't you talk?" This time it was Du He's turn to sneer: "Didn't you show more loyalty than the other just now? Why did you all become dumb when I mentioned the issue of the fief? , you have already been exposed to King Jin's solicitation, and were tempted by the pie he threw?"

"Snapped!"