As the day dawned, the coup ended.
Including Li Shimin's queen Gao, there were seven other concubines, three sons and eleven daughters, all of whom were killed, and they all fell in a pool of red blood.
The royal family, once high above, has been transformed into lambs to the slaughter on this dark and windy night, fish on the chopping board.
After a bloody battle, the Imperial Forest Army guarding the palace died, and the forbidden army also killed more than 2,000 people.
"Pile up all the dead, let's say that the rebels were exterminated by us, and pull Sun Shangwu's body over" Li Longji crossed his horse and carried his sword and personally went into battle to command.
Soon, the corpse of Sun Shangwu, the general of Wuwei, was pulled from Sun's mansion to the gate of the Tang Palace, and placed together with the corpse of the dead in battle, which became a prop used by Li Longji to deceive the world and steal his name, "Quickly summoned the civil and military forces in the capital to come to the palace to discuss, and said that the traitor Sun Shangwu had been ambushed, and Qiu Shentong had been captured" At the same time, Li Longji ordered Jin Lei to extort confessions from Qiu Shentong, Lin Xiangru, Li Hongzhang and others, forcing them to admit that they had conspired with Sun Shangwu to rebel and bloody the palace.
Forced by Li Longji's powerful forces, the civil and military forces who were not implicated for the time being came to the palace to participate in the court meeting.
I saw that the once splendid palace with carved beams and paintings was stained with blood everywhere, and the dense corpses were piled up, and I couldn't help but be frightened and cry.
Li Longji ordered the corpses of Empress Gao and the crown prince Li Tai, Han King Li You, and Yan King Li Zhen to be carried to the main hall, and then carried Sun Shangwu's corpse, and wept in front of the full hall of civil and military personnel: "Ladies and gentlemen, I didn't expect my Tang Dynasty to suffer such a catastrophe, Your Majesty died in Qingzhou, the corpse was not cold, Li, Qiu, Lin, and Sun conspired to rebel, collaborated with the enemy and treason, led the troops to attack the palace, killed Queen Gao and the three princes, and tried to surrender the whole country to Han."
The whole hall of civil and military people choked up, and they all cried out one after another: "Your Majesty, your spirit in the sky opens your eyes and looks, and see what our Datang is messing up now."
Li Longji also cried silently: "Fortunately, this king, Shen Tu, and Jin Lei were not afraid of danger, led their troops to counterattack, and after bloody battles, they finally killed more than 4,000 rebels, let the traitor Sun Shangwu ambush him, and arrested Qiu Shentong, Li Hongzhang, Lin Xiangru and some of his henchmen, and put them in prison."
"Li Longji, you, a traitorous villain with wolf ambitions, killed the mother of the country and killed the prince, and you actually wanted to deceive the world and deceive the world," Cui Ze, the official of the court who worshiped the second grade, stood up and scolded.
Yilang Huang Yi also stood up and scolded: "Li Longji, you vicious villain, you took advantage of His Majesty's death to block the news, trying to usurp the country and seize the throne, and even pointed to the deer as a horse, and spewed blood, do you think everyone in the world is blind and deaf?"
Li Longji was furious, drew his sword in his hand, cut off Cui Ze's head on the spot, held it in his hand and said: "This thief is also a traitor, and he almost became a fish that slipped through the net, since he jumped out, he will be killed."
Huang Yi's face was fearless, and he rushed up to fight hard with Li Longji, and at the same time hoarsely encouraged other civil and military forces: "Colleagues, everyone has fought with this dog thief, how can you succumb to his obscenity and be usurped by him?"
Facing the corpses of Empress Gao and the three princes, and facing the bloody heads in Li Longji's hands, no one dared to jump out to oppose the civil and military forces in the hall, and the building was about to fall, and it was beyond the power of manpower to return to the sky.
Besides, Cui Ze and Huang Yi's words are also one-sided, and they are false, in case what Li Longji said is true Therefore, at this time, we must be a turtle with a shrunken head, it is wise to save our lives first, history is written by the victors, and after a few years, it is true or false, and who can say clearly the sound of axes and candles Li Longji shouted at the surrounding henchmen: "Come on, take down the traitor Huang Yi, and beat him to death with a stick."
Several wolf-like forbidden soldiers swarmed up, pressed Huang Yi, who was scolding, to the ground, cut off his tongue first, and then died with a cane on top of the Jinluan Hall in full view of everyone, so as to play the role of killing chickens and monkeys.
Under Li Longji's obscenity, the whole house of civil and military forces gave in, and Qin Hui stood up and proposed: "These four thieves collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and committed the following crimes, it is really more than innocent The country cannot be without a king for a day, the prince, the king of Han, and the king of Yan were all killed, and His Royal Highness the king of Jeolla led his troops to turn the tide and eradicate the traitors, so they should obey the will of heaven, inherit the unification, ascend the throne and become the emperor, and reassure the people." ” Li Longji was in a good mood when he heard this, and said in a cozy manner: "Hey, Lord Qin, what are you talking about, it is my duty to eradicate the traitorous party."
Besides, Your Majesty and I are just cousins, although the crown prince and several princes were all killed, aren't there His Royal Highness King Zhao and His Royal Highness King Qin and His Royal Highness King Qi, we will choose one of them and support him as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, notify the generals from all walks of life, calm the morale of the army, and revitalize the dynasty."
Li Longji's words were deeply supported by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and they agreed in unison: "The king of Jeolla is so high-spirited and respectful, and the ministers admire him, so we will discuss a candidate and support him to inherit the throne of the Tang Emperor." ” Li Longji said in a loud voice: "Gu proposed that King Yuanba of Zhao inherit the unification and ascend the throne as emperor.
Although Brother Wang is mentally incomplete, he is unparalleled in the world in terms of force, and is regarded as the god of war by the soldiers, and he will definitely be able to boost the morale of the three armies and quickly stabilize the morale of the army. ” After a discussion in the hall, they all agreed: "We are willing to follow the will of the king of Jeolla and support King Zhao to ascend the throne as emperor and inherit the unification." ” Li Longji bowed his head and said: "Brother Wang, although he is not very easy to use, but with the assistance of Gu and his colleagues, he will definitely be able to lead the military and people of Datang out of the quagmire and get rid of the predicament."
Moreover, Princess Zhao is already pregnant with Liujia, if she gives birth to a boy in the future, she will be the crown prince, and she will take over the throne of her brother after she has been an adult for twenty years. ” Under the control of Li Longji, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty unanimously decided to support Li Yuanba as the emperor, set up the eldest grandson Wujian as the empress, and posthumously named Li Shimin as the great sage of civil and military affairs Daguangxiao Emperor, and the temple name was Taizong.
After Li Yuanba came back, the whole city was vegetarian and held a state funeral.
"But where is King Zhao now" In the chaotic crowd, someone asked.
Li Longji was also stumped, he didn't know where Li Yuanba went "According to the scout's report, Brother Wang broke through from the battlefield and escaped, and it is estimated that he will be able to return to our Datang in three or five days.
He is mentally incomplete, if there is no one to guide the way, I am afraid that he will not come back so quickly, so I will wait patiently. ” After solving the problem of where Li Yuanba was, Li Longji appointed several important positions on the spot, promoted his confidant generals to replace Sun Shangwu, Qiu Shentong, Li Hongzhang, Lin Xiangru and others, and completely mastered the military and political power of the Tang State.
He also ordered to cut off Qiu, Li, and Lin who were imprisoned in the prison on a certain day, and after Li Yuanba ascended the throne, he would inform Li Ji, Li Mu, Li Sunsin and other corps.
Just as the people in the capital were shouting and neighing, the eldest grandson Wujian was pacing back and forth in the room alone.
Although Li Longji hit it off on the surface, but in fact they had their own thoughts, and after Li Longji decided to rebel, he even ordered his henchmen to monitor the eldest grandson Wujian and no longer let her move around at will, even from the gate of the Jeolla Palace.
"This was given to me by a Taoist chief when I was in Jiangdong, and it seems that it can come in handy now" Eldest Sun Wujian held a red ceramic medicine in his hand and muttered to himself.
Two years ago, the eldest grandson Wujian went to a Taoist temple outside Jinling City to offer incense, met a Taoist priest with fairy wind and Taoist bones, told her that she would be ruined in the future, and was humiliated by men, and gave her a bottle of potion to defend herself.
It is said that soaking this potion in water and bathing can be non-toxic and tasteless, as long as you don't use your mouth to contact it, you can be safe and sound.
If a man wants to commit misdeeds, he only needs to be tempted to touch the skin soaked in the potion with his saliva, and he can be poisoned to death in a short time.
Although the eldest grandson Wujian didn't believe what the Taoist priest said, he felt that Liu Wei had been coveting his beauty, so he accepted the gift of the Taoist priest with the attitude of believing it or not, and kept it to this day, but unfortunately he didn't have the opportunity to use it.
This time, I met Li Longji, a black-hearted and lustful guy, just to test whether this poison was as miraculous as the Taoist priest said It was almost noon, and the riots in the capital gradually quieted down.
The eldest grandson, Wuji, was under house arrest and could not go out, and he didn't know what was happening now, so he couldn't help but feel anxious, and muttered: "I agreed with Daji and their brothers and sisters that if I don't go to see them for two days in a row, they will come to Jeolla Royal Mansion to find me."
I haven't stepped out of the palace for two days in a row, and I don't know if Daji will bring Su Quanzhong and Su Dixin to the palace to find me, with the martial arts and strength of their brothers, I'm afraid that the guards of Li Longji's palace really can't stop me."
Just when the eldest grandson was sitting on pins and needles, a noisy sound sounded outside the door, which sounded like Di Xin's roar.
"We are friends of Princess Zhao, why are you not allowed to enter the door?"
The fifteen-year-old Di Xin roared angrily, stretched out his hands and grabbed the two spears blocking in front of him, and broke them in two without much effort, causing the palace guards to retreat one after another.
Su Quanzhong also snatched several swords with his bare hands, and said angrily: "We are friends of Princess Zhao, she is a guest in your Jeolla Palace, and she is not a prisoner, why don't you let us see people?"
Daji, who was dressed in disguise, also echoed: "There is chaos outside, we are very worried about the safety of the princess, please let us go in to see her, so that our hanging hearts can fall to the ground." ” The eldest grandson came to the door with great strides, and said to Li Shu, the head of the palace who rushed to hear the news: "Manager Li, Uncle Wang won't let me go out for my safety, and I didn't say that I wouldn't let my friends come to see me."
Li Shu smiled and nodded: "What the princess said is that the old slave let them let people in."
Li Shu stood up straight, and ordered the guards outside the door: "Since you are a friend of the princess, you must not be rude, let all the people in." t1706231537: