Yes, Princess Chuan did start talking about Emperor Taizong.
It is said that at that time, Emperor Taizong wanted to establish a crown prince, but because he was hesitant, he publicly asked the ministers about their intentions.
He said: Among my three sons, who is the best candidate for the crown prince?
His three sons: the late emperor, King Yan, and King Zhao were not yet granted vassal status at that time.
Afterwards, the ministers launched a series of in-depth discussions.
The civil servants believe that the eldest son (the late emperor) has excellent civil and political abilities and is actually the best candidate for the crown prince. Moreover, this is also in line with the ancient ritual system of establishing the eldest son as heir. But if the eldest son is abolished and the younger son is established, how can we explain it to the world?
The military generals believe that the second son, King Yan, has outstanding martial arts talents and is the best candidate for the crown prince. Everyone knows that King Yan has made great contributions to the country and the country of Feng Dynasty. Even if the elder is abolished and the younger is established, it is enough.
Serve the masses without fighting.
As for his third son, King Zhao, he immediately stated that he was not interested in the battle for the throne and voluntarily withdrew from the battle.
The controversy lasted for nearly half a year, and finally the decision was made.
In the end, Emperor Taizong adopted the suggestions of his civil servants and appointed his eldest son as his heir apparent.
King Yan was greatly disappointed and resentful of this. He once publicly stated that it was his brother who had robbed him of the crown prince position, which shows how dissatisfied he was.
So much so that later on, he became stubborn and refused for various reasons, just refusing to go to the Yunnan fiefdom to become a vassal.
Finally, Emperor Taizong thought of his past achievements and changed his fiefdom to Le'an, Shandong as some compensation.
However, King Yan, who became a vassal in Le'an, still refused to give up and continued his dream of becoming emperor.
That year, Emperor Taizong had just passed away, and he immediately hatched his own plan to usurp the throne and launched a series of plans.
So what kind of layout does he have?
According to Princess Chuan's words, King Yan divided his plan to usurp the throne into two parts: inside the palace and outside the palace.
The layout of the palace is a secret move. No one knows exactly why. However, it can be inferred. Do you think it is not enough to explain the problem that the late emperor suddenly collapsed after only a year or so after he ascended the throne?
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Therefore, Princess Chuan also suspected that King Yan was behind the scenes.
However, this is just her speculation and there is no conclusion yet.
In other words, the death of the late emperor is still an unsolved mystery, and even Princess Sichuan does not know the specific secrets.
Princess Chuan knew a lot about the layout outside Prince Yan's Palace. In her words, it was really a big deal.
Is such that.
First of all, he secretly contacted a number of vassal kings, especially King Zhao, in order to obtain their support. This was intended to start from within the family first, so as to put pressure on the newly enthroned little emperor.
In addition to making good use of clan relations, King Yan also actively built his own power, such as recruiting soldiers and horses, hoarding grain and grass, etc.
However, these alone are not enough. We must find some way to cause some internal trouble for the emperor.
Therefore, he won over King Yongchuan, and with his financial support, the Emperor Worship Sect was born. Its intention was very simple, and its purpose was to cause some trouble to the country.
That time, King Yan came to Yongchuan Mansion secretly in person, while Princess Chuan visited the guests for her husband and negotiated the exchange of interests.
That is to say, talk about the conditions.
Finally, King Yan made a promise that if he could quickly ascend to the throne of Dabao in the future, he would make King Yongchuan the king of Yunnan, and Princess Chuan would naturally be the queen of the feudal state.
This is an act of separatist rule in a vassal town, and is no different from taking the initiative to cede territory.
This condition is very tempting!
Princess Chuan was also very satisfied with this, so she sought out the Taoist Ge Qiu who had a dream of being a great mage to protect the country. The two hit it off and decided to create the Emperor Worship Sect.
The worship of emperors was born.
The two also had a good division of labor. On the surface, Ge Qiu was the spiritual leader of the sect, while Princess Chuan was the person behind the scenes.
At the beginning, the development of Emperor Worship was very smooth, and it soon formed a climate.
However, Princess Chuan was not proud of this, but continued to maintain her original vigilance. For the sake of safety, she divided her followers into two, namely, a small wave in Lanshan County and a large wave in Yongchuan Prefecture.
The two are separated in two places, and they just correspond to each other from a distance. If there is any accident, they will not end up in one fell swoop.
It has to be said that her move was indeed far-sighted, and it actually came true later.
Not long after, the first opportunity came!
A sudden locust plague descended from the sky, causing instability in people's hearts. The Princess of Sichuan saw this opportunity and ordered Ge Qiu to seize the opportunity to cause trouble in order to achieve success.
The plan was good, but something unexpected happened!
What is the situation?
Ge Qiu's front leg had just launched a series of actions, but his rear leg was brutally suppressed by the government troops who arrived in time, and the losses were extremely heavy.
Afterwards, Princess Chuan finally realized something was wrong. The reaction speed of the government army was so fast that it was incomprehensible!
What does this phenomenon indicate?
There are experts secretly watching!
Otherwise, how could the other party be able to grasp every move of one's own side?
Princess Chuan was greatly surprised by this, and quickly ordered the main followers of Yongchuan Mansion to lurk down immediately. She also said that without her order, no one was allowed to act rashly, and they were just waiting to see what happened.
But Ge Qiu's branch was not so comfortable. He was chased and had nowhere to hide. In the end, he had to flee to Shandong Mansion to seek refuge with King Yan.
As the master of the game behind the scenes, King Yan naturally had to be protected, otherwise who would mess with him?
However, this also caught him off guard.
You must know that at that time, he had just begun preparations and did not dare to openly challenge the emperor. Because of this, he put on a posture of arguing with reason.
At that time, the late emperor also thought of the brotherhood and suppressed the matter.
Let’s talk about Princess Sichuan. After the failure of the first uprising of the Imperial Worship Cult, she became cautious, and her strategy also changed to a relatively stable long-term development. She began to recruit blacksmiths privately, forge weapons, and collect horse leather, fodder and other supplies.
He thought it would be needed in the future, and hid in the dark to observe and wait for opportunities.
Soon, a good opportunity came again!
What happens this time?
The mountains collapsed!
Yes, the King of Yan suddenly sent a message from flying pigeons, saying that the emperor (i.e. the late emperor) had passed away. For the sake of safety, the ministers of the cabinet chose to block the news and not announce the funeral. At the same time, they hurriedly sent people to find the deceased who was traveling abroad.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince immediately went to Beijing to succeed to the throne.
Li Liangji, who was the prince at the time, happened to be staying in Yongchuan Mansion. Therefore, King Yan decided to make a ruthless move and ordered King Yongchuan to intercept and kill the prince at all costs, and immediately started an uprising.
After receiving the order, King Yongchuan openly walked out of the city of Yongchuan Mansion without the emperor's permission in the name of worshiping Buddha, and then immediately launched related actions. At that time, Princess Yongchuan secretly left the city and
I didn’t go with my husband all the way.
The plan was quite careful, but something unexpected happened.
What is puzzling is that Prince Li Liangji seemed to have received the news in advance and cleverly avoided all the traps. Not only that, he also used the tricks to bring King Yongchuan and his party into the ambush.
surrounded by troops.
In the chaos, King Yongchuan was captured by unknown masters, and later he died.
This rebellion, which started high but started low, ultimately ended in failure.
Until his death, King Yongchuan never figured out which master had broken his meticulous scheme.