Chapter 1191: Changes in Xuanwu Gate (Part 1) (Page 1/1)
Chapter 1191: Changes in Xuanwu Gate (Part 1)
As Dong Zhuo's most trusted person, Li Ru has been investigating the cause of his father-in-law's death since Dong Zhuo's death.
What Yang Jian revealed to the outside world was that Dong Zhuo was punched by Jia Fu and his internal organs were injured, and he eventually died of his injuries. Li Ru didn't believe it at all.
Li Ru has worked with Jia Xu for many years. He knows Jia Xu's character and abilities very well, and he also knows the relationship between the Jia family and his son and Dong Zhuo.
Although Jia Xu betrayed Dong Zhuo, who had great trust in him, for the sake of his nephew who was more closely related by blood, Jia Xu's betrayal was very measured. He only took away the Han Emperor who was considered useless to the Liang army.
The Emperor of Han was of great significance to Qin Hao, but for the Liang Army, whose reputation was already notorious, it basically had no great effect. No princes would listen to the edict issued by the Liang Army.
It can be seen from this that Jia Xu also thought about his friendship with Dong Zhuo, so he did not kill Liang Jun, otherwise Liang Jun would have to shed his skin even if he did not die.
With Jia Xu as his father and Jia Fu as his son, how could he kill Dong Zhuo?
Li Ru was perhaps the only sober person, and he saw through the essence of the matter at a glance, and finally shifted his suspicion to Yang Jian.
Although Li Ru also found some clues, Yang Jian acted extremely cautiously and left no solid evidence at all, which made Li Ru's hard work in vain.
Li Ru knew very well how dangerous what he was doing was, and Yang Jian would never let him go. So when Yang Jian returned to Guanzhong, he hid immediately.
Seeing that Yang Jian was gradually gaining momentum, Li Ru was extremely anxious, but he had nothing to do. After all, he only had influence but no military power.
Li Ru had planned to live in seclusion for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect that Li Shimin would come back at the last moment and find Li Ru's hiding place through Liang Wei's special channels.
Li Shimin personally asked Li Ru to help him, which made Li Ru revive the idea of overthrowing Yang Jian. In order to protect Li Shimin's identity from being exposed, Li Ru was promoted as the leader who openly opposed Yang Jian.
Chang'e's high profile to Yang Jian exposed Li Ru and Wang Yun, but she also used the civil and military power of the Manchu Dynasty to attract Yang Jian's attention, thus covering Li Shimin's actions secretly.
The next day, Gao Ying came to report to Yang Jian: "My lord, Li Ru is indeed hiding in Situ's house. Do you want to arrest him immediately?"
After Yang Jian pondered for a long time, he shook his head and said: "Don't alert the enemy first, find out their movements and take action. This time I will catch them all."
Yang Jian is now the dominant one in Kansai, and the forces under him are not just for free. He quickly followed the clues and found out a lot of things.
"My lord, all the officials in the court suddenly supported my lord as king. There must be Li Ru's conspiracy." Gao Ying said.
Yang Jian had always wanted to get rid of Dong Zhuo's influence, so although he wanted to be king, he was not called King of Liang, but King of Sui. As a result, he was opposed by the ministers in the court and many generals in the army.
Seeing that the resistance was so great, Yang Jian prepared to take control of Liang's army before proclaiming himself king. However, he did not expect that he would not be able to control the military right now.
"I'm afraid Li Ru just wants to take action when I am crowned king."
In fact, Yang Jian was not completely sure. After all, he wanted to get the exact information inside the Situ Mansion without alerting the enemy, and whatever Yang Jian lacked, Chang'e would send him whatever it was.
"The prince, Li Ru and Yifu are planning to take advantage of the opportunity for you to become king and unite with several Liang generals who control the military power to stage a rebellion in Chang'an City."
When Yang Jian heard this, a stern look suddenly flashed in his eyes. Although most of the Liang generals fell in favor of him, his desire to claim the title of King of Sui was basically opposed by all the Liang generals. This made Yang Jian feel dissatisfied with the Liang generals.
Damn it, now that Chang'e's information has been added to it, Yang Jian has completely distrusted all Liang generals.
"Chang'e, didn't I tell you, stop doing such dangerous things?" Yang Jian said with a reproachful look on his face.
"For your sake, Chang'e is willing to take this last risk." Chang'e said softly.
Yang Jianqiang endured the emotion in his heart and asked: "Chang'e, can you hear who it is?"
"Li Ru didn't mention this to his adoptive father."
Hearing what Chang'e said, Yang Jian couldn't help but secretly thought that it was a pity. Without a specific list, it would not have much influence. Anyway, there must be some people who opposed him calling him King of Sui.
Yang Jian held Chang'e's hand and said softly: "Don't take risks for me in the future."
"Um."
Chang'e nodded shyly, as if she was in love for the first time. Yang Jian's index finger moved wildly when he saw her, but in order to maintain the image in Chang'e's heart, he decided to continue to endure it.
After getting information from Chang'e again, Yang Jian was basically certain that Li Ru had united with the generals of the Liang clan and the ministers of the DPRK to prepare for a major mutiny.
, of course the scattered Tang faction also had to be on guard.
Ten days later, the king-proclaiming ceremony was held as scheduled, and Yang Jian made all preparations to deal with Li Ru.
After confirming that all the demons and monsters had emerged, Yang Guoguan decided to close the net.
"Send an order to imprison Yu Juluo, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ji, Xin Wenli, Master Shang and his disciples. If there is any resistance, they will be executed without mercy."
Since he didn't know who Li Ru had united with, Yang Jian could only deprive the generals who opposed him of becoming king of their military power and imprison them. After uprooting Li Ru's rebel forces, he would naturally identify the loyal and traitors among them and release them.
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"Wu Yunzhao and Shi Wansui led an army of 20,000 people and went to Lantian Camp to take over the military power. Once there is any change in Lantian Camp or Li Keyong refuses to hand over military power, they will be suppressed immediately."
Lantian Camp is where the Tang Clan soldiers and horses gather. Now at such a critical juncture, Yang Jian will naturally not forget the existence of the Tang Clan.
Under the pressure of Yang Jian, the generals of the Tang Dynasty were now on the verge of death, and their power could be said to be extremely weak. However, Du Ruhui and Li Keyong, acting as Li Shimin, held on to the last nearly 10,000 trusted soldiers.
Yang Jian also did not forget Li Xiaogong in Hanzhong, and had already ordered Zhang Xutuo to lead 10,000 troops to station in Chencang to prevent Li Xiaogong from Hanzhong from entering Guanzhong, and completely block Li Xiaogong's northward journey.
"Report...to my lord, Li Ru and other rebels have gathered in the palace. Hua Xiong is leading troops to suppress and arrest them, and has captured Li Ru alive."
When Yang Jian heard this, he immediately smiled and said to his left and right with a smile: "It's time to enter the palace, the king-conferring ceremony continues."
Yang Jian was still afraid of Li Ru's three-pointer before, but now Li Ruji has no chance of comeback, so what else does he have to be afraid of.
Under the escort of many pro-army troops, Yang Jian's carriage headed toward Weiyang Palace in a mighty manner.
But what Yang Jian didn't expect was that as soon as the carriage passed the Xuanwu Gate, the palace gate behind him immediately closed tightly.