At midnight on April 19, the first year of Shenlong in the Tang Dynasty (not the first year of Shenlong in history), less than a month before returning to Chang'an, Princess Taiping gathered her close friends and went to the princess's palace to discuss matters and decided to send troops to the palace.
He joined forces with Prince Li Chongjun to depose Li Xian and seize power.
At this time, Empress Wu also quietly left the "Wanxiang Palace" that had not yet been fully completed. The disparaged confidants under her command were also secretly recalled to form a force. After the "recommendation" of Princess Taiping, they quietly joined the prince.
Li Chongjun's side.
Princess Taiping also mobilized the power of the generals under her command and the Six Commands of the East Palace in the hands of Prime Minister Li Danshen, forming a countercurrent, which combined with Li Chongjun's power inside and outside, and quietly launched an attack on the palace.
In fact, since Li Xian ascended the throne, due to various reasons, Li Dan has been in control of the Sixth Army of the East Palace. Although Li Chongjun is the prince, he has no right to mobilize the troops directly under him. This is why Princess Taiping stimulated Li Chongjun to rebel.
A reason, but now, Li Chongjun no longer thinks about these things. He is young and frivolous. He only thinks that with the help of his aunt Princess Taiping who loves him, he will be able to control the power and become the most famous person in the history of the Tang Dynasty.
As a young emperor, when that time comes, he will definitely make his mother the empress dowager, so that his mother who died unjustly can gain the greatest glory.
But Li Chongjun didn't know at all that even if he really succeeded this time, he was actually just seeking skin from a tiger. With Princess Taiping's strength, he was lucky enough to be a puppet emperor.
At this time, Li Chongjun was very high-spirited and led a group of young generals and thousands of soldiers to the outside of Xuanwu Gate, trying to deceive the guards of Xuanwu Gate on the pretext that he had entered the palace on an order.
The guard of Xuanwu Gate is Li Duozuo, the general of the Zuojian Gate. This person can be regarded as a direct descendant of Li Xian. When Li Xian launched the coup that was later called the "Sisheng Coup", Li Duozuo was among them.
He made great achievements, defeated the power of Gar Gongren, and won the battle to seize the gate.
Now Li Xian has entrusted Li Duozuo with the important task of garrisoning the Xuanwu Gate, which is also the northernmost gate of the Daming Palace. After passing through this gate, you will reach the location of the harem. It can be said that Li Xian has entrusted all his safety to Li
Much Zuo.
Li Duozuo did not disappoint Li Xian. Although the prince called the door, he did not open it because he knew deeply that as the lord of the East Palace, the prince should not lead thousands of people at this time.
Entering the palace through Xuanwu Gate, there is only one possibility, and that is that the prince wants to rebel!
Although he was deeply shocked by this idea, Li Duozuo could only adopt the most conservative method, persuading the prince with good words, perfunctory and refusing to open the Xuanwu Gate no matter what.
Seeing that Li Duozuo refused to open the door, Li Chongjun hesitated in his heart and didn't know what to do. At this moment, he saw the general Li Qianli beside him saying: "Your Highness, now that the matter has come to an end, there is no room for hesitation, because then
Li Duozuo must have also seen that we raised troops and conspired to rebel. If we escape like this now, His Majesty will be held accountable in the future, and Your Highness will also bear the responsibility. By then, we will be meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered."
This Li Qianli is the eldest son of the former King of Wu Ke. He is older than Li Xian and is Li Xian's cousin. Although he is a member of the Tang Dynasty clan, the royal family is not very loyal. This is mainly because his father Li Qianli
Ke was framed for treason and then killed, so he always hoped that Empress Wu could overthrow Gaozong, which could be regarded as indirectly avenging his father. Therefore, when Empress Wu massacred the Li Tang clan, he was respectful enough to Empress Wu.
He survived, and later Li Xian's coup was successful, because he thought that he was a member of the Li Tang clan, and did not care too much about him. Unexpectedly, he persisted in his obsession, and was once again bewitched by Empress Wu, just because Empress Wu promised to make him the prince when the matter was completed.
He immediately agreed to become the captain and inherit the title of King Wu.
After Li Qianli finished speaking, Sha Zha Zhongyi, Dugu Yizhi and others beside Li Chongjun also agreed. Because Li Chongjun was young, he had no idea. Now that everyone said this, he immediately made a decision and ordered the attack.
Xuanwu Gate.
Li Duozuo only had a few hundred people around him. When he saw that the prince actually ordered an attack, he hurriedly ordered a defense, and then immediately ordered people to go to the palace to report to Li Xian.
Li Xian was reviewing memorials in the palace at this time. Because he had just taken over the power not long ago, he had to act diligent and hands-on in everything. Therefore, he was not like the emperor he had imagined before, who could turn over the moon every night.
Paizi favored his concubines and lived such a miserable and lonely life. So while reviewing the memorial, Li Xian sighed with emotion: "It is really not easy to be a wise king."
However, at this moment, bursts of noise from outside the palace interrupted Li Xian's thoughts. Li Xian couldn't help but frown. Just when he was about to ask what happened, he saw Gao Cheng, the chamberlain, walking in and reporting that the prince had rebelled.
Gather a crowd to attack Xuanwu Gate.
"What?" Li Xian couldn't help being shocked when he heard this, because he knew that the prince was only eleven or twelve years old now, and he dared to rebel. If no one was confusing him, he would never believe it.
Li Xian can also guess who is bewitching.
Although the Infernal Affairs organization has been disbanded as Dou Xiantong's identity has been revealed, Li Xian still has his own channels for some news. He is still aware of some of the little actions of Princess Taiping and Empress Wu, but he did not expect that,
This mother and daughter actually seduced their own son, and the prince of the current dynasty conspired together to rebel. How old is this little guy? How can he distinguish right from wrong? The reason why he is participating in the rebellion now is definitely because he was bewitched with ulterior motives.
However, Li Xian was not slow to react, and immediately ordered the most elite Qianqi around him to go with him to quell the rebellion. However, Li Xian did not go directly to Xuanwu Gate, but went to Zhongshu Province, and just ordered from the palace
The one hundred monk soldiers were dispatched to Xuanwu Gate for reinforcements.
After the coup, the one hundred monk soldiers did not return to the Shaolin Temple. Instead, they had been silently protecting Li Xian and assigned some of them to help Li Xian train the newly selected "Thousand Cavalry" soldiers. Originally, they
They decided to return immediately after Li Xian moved back to Chang'an and the situation stabilized. However, because Li Xian was very nostalgic for them and never agreed to let them leave, this led to him not leaving until now. However, this made Li Xian better.
It shows that today’s counterinsurgency has left behind a powerful force. (To be continued.)