There is an arsenal on the west side of the Chongwen Hall of the East Palace. The partition wall is adjacent to the Taiji Palace. The straight-line distance from the Wude Palace is less than 100 feet. When Li Daozong led his army to attack the Taiji Palace and approached the Wude Palace, he had three thousand "Hwarangs" with golden hair.
Just hiding in
Therefore, he rushed out at the critical moment and almost defeated Li Daozong directly.
The arsenal occupies a huge area, with not only warehouses for storing weapons, armor, and ice blades ordnance, but also a continuous barracks for a thousand troops, who serve as the imperial guards of the East Palace and directly protect the safety of the crown prince.
And they stand side by side with the Wude Palace Arsenal, so they can support each other in times of emergency. The sky has just become clear, and the huge palace slowly wakes up from silence. The waterwheel drives into the palace, transporting night incense, and the carriages with sundries leave the city from Xuande Gate.
, palace attendants in various palaces put in work one after another, cleaning the floors and washing away stains.
, as the sun rises, the palace gradually becomes lively.
After Li Anyan got up in the morning, he personally led the guards under his command to exercise. After returning, he bathed and changed clothes in the barracks on the side of the arsenal. He had a simple breakfast, processed official documents for a while, made tea, and drank tea slowly. Now.
His official position is "East Palace Thousand Niu Preparation Body". This official position was inherited from the Northern Wei Dynasty, which means "Servant with a Thousand Ox Sword and Guards". He is responsible for the East Palace Guards. It seems that his job is important, but in fact there is no chore. "East Palace Thousand Niu Preparation Body"
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There are several of them, responsible for different areas of the East Palace. He only needs to record the entries and exits of the arsenal, be responsible for the maintenance of weapons, and the security of this area.
So many years have passed, and the high spirits and high spirits of those days have long since disappeared like smoke and clouds yesterday. The hatred has been buried deep in my heart, and I have gradually accepted such a peaceful and peaceful life...
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and then someone entered the room without warning: "Brother!"
Li Anyan put down his tea cup, frowned and looked at his younger brother Li Sixian who pushed in the door, and said displeasedly: "In the Forbidden Palace, a major military camp, how can you come in and out like this without any permission? You don't understand any rules!"
Li Sixing didn't take it seriously. He walked in and sat opposite his brother. He poured a cup of tea and took a sip. He praised it: "Good tea!" Then he looked up at the furnishings in the room and sighed, "It's a pity that my brother is the best in the world."
It is a pity that a hero has now fallen into disgrace and has to condescend to this humble home, unable to stretch his ambitions and unable to show off his talents.
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Li Anyan sat upright and didn't even raise his eyelids: "If you have something to say, just say it, if you want to fart, do you want me to chase people away with such a strange attitude?" The two brothers have completely different personalities. Li Anyan is old-fashioned, simple, and meticulous, while Li Sixian has an out-of-the-box nature.
, cheerful and optimistic, so after the great changes that year, Li Anyan is just a mere "Donggong Qianniu Bei" today.
"Li Sijian is already a minister beside His Majesty. Together with Li Jingxuan and others, he has won the trust of Li Chengqian, and his future is very good..." Li Sijin said helplessly: "Brother, you are very boring. Otherwise, with your talent, your military strategy will be very good."
, why are you trapped in this East Palace? You should have led troops to conquer the four directions, made great achievements, and revitalized your family. Why should you let it go?
Are the second-rate rats running rampant and arrogant?"
These words hit Li Anyan in the chest like a hammer, making him feel a little dazed.
Leading troops in battle and conquering all directions was once his supreme ambition... Rubbing his temples, Li Anyan shook his head and said: "Don't talk nonsense. Fang Jun has made great achievements in both civil and military affairs. Do you think he is just a lucky person? You
Now that your majesty is around you, you should be careful in your words and deeds. The reason why you and I are today
Thank you Emperor Taizong for your forgiveness, don't be reckless." Li Sijong said in a low voice: "Emperor Taizong is certainly as broad-minded as the sea, but can the magnanimity of His Majesty today compare to Emperor Taizong? Even if His Majesty is lenient now, what about the Crown Prince? What about the future emperors?
?Brother, don’t forget that you committed
The big mistake you made will come sooner or later, and there may not be a time of reckoning. By that time, where will you, my brothers, my wife and children go?"
Li Anyan stared at his brother and said every word: "What on earth are you going to say?"
Li Sixian said: "Only by completely washing away the mistakes of the past can the family be at peace and the children and grandchildren not have to worry about having an heir."
Li Anyan was silent, and his thoughts seemed to go back to that night in the ninth year of Wude... Blood and fire filled the entire Tai Chi Palace. There were corpses everywhere under the city gate, and blood flowed into rivers. When he was isolated from the Xuanwu Gate, he struggled to kill him but failed.
Hearing the news that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were defeated and killed in battle, they were heartbroken but did not give up.
Instead of surrendering with weapons, he led his troops in bloody battles and strived to die for results.
He was not only Li Jiancheng's subordinate, but also Li Jiancheng's brother-in-law. His wives were both from the Zheng family in Xingyang. He had long been regarded as a confidant by Li Jiancheng, and he was treated with great kindness.
Feng Li could surrender, Xie Shufang could surrender, but he, Li Anyan, could not. However, in the end he fought hard and was captured. For the sake of his family, he had to surrender. This made him feel ashamed and helpless, and he was not even as good as Xue Wanche, a vulgar man who had always looked down on him.
, the latter can also gather the remaining troops to counterattack the Qin Palace for Li Jian
Cheng took revenge and fled to Zhongnan Mountain after the defeat...
He was once the enemy of Emperor Taizong. Can Emperor Taizong's heirs really tolerate him?
The reason why he was placed in the position of "Thousand Bulls of the East Palace" was because there was no suspicion of him, or was it just a pretense?
After a long silence, he slowly shook his head: "Emperor Taizong repays evil with kindness and is magnanimous. How can I bear the name of 'rebellion' and make the world laugh at me?"
Although he didn't say it explicitly, he understood what Li Sixian was going to say, and he also knew that Li Sixian was very close to those people...
But is "regicide" something easy to do?
When it suffers backlash, it will be a disaster.
Seeing that Li Anyan was making some moves, Li Sixian quickly struck while the iron was hot: "Everything has been planned properly. As long as my brother takes action to control the situation in time, someone will naturally bear the blame and it has nothing to do with us."
Li Anyan didn’t believe it: “Who would be the first to take the blame for such a thing?”
Once the "regicide" is carried out, everyone will benefit, but the "regicide" will definitely be pushed out to suffer the backlash, because no matter which party or faction, they must maintain a just and legitimate law, and "regicide" will never be allowed.
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Therefore, the "regicide" will inevitably be abandoned by interest groups...
Li Sixian came close to Li Anyan's ear and whispered a few words.
Li Anyan's eyes widened and he lost his voice in shock: "Such a thing actually exists?!" Li Sixian said: "No one knows whether it exists, but as long as we stir up this trend, it means that someone will take the lead for us.'
The crime of regicide fell on her. What we do is to turn the tide and bring order to the chaos.
." Li Anyan's chest was filled with waves. The trauma left by that night twenty years ago often made him wake up in his sleep. How many people charged bravely but fell on the road. Blood flowed under the Xuanwu Sect, and corpses lay like mountains. He saw it with his own eyes.
With the King of Qin holding the prince's head in his hand, he galloped on horseback. His splendid life and bright future came to an abrupt end at that moment. Although he managed to survive afterwards, what remained was only shame and regret.
Hatred has long been engraved in the bone marrow and cannot be erased.
What's particularly important is that even though Emperor Taizong was as broad-minded and magnanimous as he did not pursue the crimes of a "rebel", would his Majesty one day bring up the past and cause him, Li An, and his family to fall into an abyss of eternal destruction?
"Rebel", this is a sharp sword hanging above the head.
If you want to take off this sick sword and wash away this crime, there is only one way to turn the "rebel" into a "minister of the dragon"...
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In the imperial study room, there were only Li Chengqian and Li Junxian.
The latter was carefully reporting the news that Li Sixian had gone to the East Palace Arsenal... Li Chengqian was silent for a long time, and finally let out a long breath and sighed: "Emperor Taizong's Xuanwu Sect was forced to counterattack and kill Prince Yin. After that, all the generals in Tiance Mansion
He persuaded him to eradicate the roots, but Emperor Taizong refused. He believed that those people were the cadres of the country, and even if they died, they should die on the battlefield to expel the Turks, not in a coup. Indeed, many people were impressed by Emperor Taizong's majesty.
, but among them it is inevitable that there will be those who are disdainful and repay kindness with evil.
Being ungrateful will eventually leave hidden dangers."
After the Xuanwu Gate, there was a fierce debate on how to deal with the subordinates of Prince Yin Li Jiancheng.
Most people felt that the roots of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji should be uprooted without leaving any future troubles. However, Emperor Taizong, Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu and others believed that a thin line should be left and no mass killings should be allowed. Facts have proved the decision made at that time.
That's right. The empire was not so weakened by this civil strife that foreigners took advantage of it. When Jieli Khan came to Weibei, it was precisely when he saw that the entire Tang Dynasty was united that he plundered and then attacked.
After returning to the north, many direct descendants of the Yin Prince made great contributions in the process of annihilating the Turks and conquering the Western Regions.
And this is also an important reason why Emperor Taizong is recognized by both the government and the public as the "emperor for thousands of years"...
But people's hearts are always hard to fathom. Some people feel that they should be grateful for Emperor Taizong's forgiveness, while others feel that it is humiliation and humiliation... It is difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treachery, good and evil.
To this day, there are many hidden dangers.
Li Junxian whispered: "Do you need the general to arrest him for interrogation?" Li Chengqian glanced at him, shook his head and said: "Can you catch him? We have arrested Li Sixian, Li Anyan, Xue Wanche, Wei Ting, Xie Shufang, and Feng Li
Do you want to arrest the others? If there is real evidence of rebellion, that's all. Arrest first and then
If you want to impose a crime on the trial, not to mention the old members of the Yin Prince, do you think the British Duke, Zhongshu Ling, and Shizhong would agree?"
The most important thing is that Emperor Taizong treated those people with kindness and kindness, and those people were also loyal and dedicated to serving him. When he came to Li Chengqian, those people plotted rebellion and deserved to die?
Is it those people’s problem or your Li Chengqian’s problem?
If you are narrow-minded and intolerant of others, you will counterattack and destabilize the country, are you a wise king or a cowardly king?
Li Junxian understood: "In the end, they will be targeting their brothers to death, and they will attack immediately at the slightest sign of trouble."
You can't arrest people without evidence, but once you have evidence, no one can say anything, right?
Li Chengqian nodded. When Li Junxian left, he took a sip of tea and looked deeply. "Li Anyan..."