In July of the third year of Zhenguan, it was extremely hot.
Especially in Hanjing, the new capital of the Tang Dynasty, there has not been a single rain for half a month, and the scorching sun is like a big fireball in the sky every day, scorching the earth.
In the North Palace of Hanjing, Emperor Li Yuan soaked in the pool, and the wine hollowed out his body, and the heat became more and more unbearable.
Soaking in the water made him feel better.
Li Yuan, who is already 60 years old this year, in the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Taoguang raised obscurity, took advantage of the time to move, took advantage of the opportunity of the great battle of the Central Plains, raised troops in Taiyuan, Hedong, waved his army into the empty Guanzhong, seized Guanzhong as the foundation, and eventually became the emperor's business.
Although it is often said that among the heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he stole the throne, but he believes that it is not stealing, but judging the situation, grasping the timing and planning well.
But after only six years of reign, he was robbed of the throne by his own son.
It's been more than three years in the blink of an eye.
In the past three years, he has been depressed and unhappy, and he only anesthetizes himself with wine every day.
Now that I'm 60 years old, my body is getting worse day by day.
But when he was about to die, he didn't think about living the rest of his days like this, and a fire was burning in his heart.
And now, he felt the time had come.
The son can usurp the throne of Lao Tzu, and the father can naturally be restored.
Now the opportunity is in front of you.
Emperor Er went to the Western Regions to conquer the Western Regions, leaving a ten-year-old prince to be the regent of the dynasty, but he was still strong enough to implement a new law that the vast majority of officials opposed. even dismissed all the officials of the Hanlin Academy in one go.
This matter has already made the officials of Hanjing in a trance.
Why were the officials of the Hanlin Yuan dismissed, because they jointly wrote against Li Chao's new law, and now the officials of the Hanlin Yuan who took the lead have all been dismissed, who knows if they will also be dismissed in the next step.
In addition, Li Chao's new law of apportioning the land into the mu and the gentry to pay grain in one piece, they are extremely opposed.
The emperor was not in Beijing, the crown prince was young, and the officials were dissatisfied.
What a great opportunity this is, thinking about it, Li Yuan's heart is hot again.
"Your Majesty, Chai Shumi has arrived."
The chamberlain came in to report and interrupted Li Yuan's thoughts.
Li Yuan looked up and saw his son-in-law Chai Shao standing not far away.
Well, it should be an ex-son-in-law.
At the beginning, the marriage of his eldest daughter Pingyang was Chai Shao in his first sight.
Chai Shao has a good background, and like the Li family, he is from a Guanlong aristocratic family and a family of generals.
Chai Shao was among the children of Chang'an's Xun Qi at the beginning, and he also had a good family background and excellent appearance and ability.
Later, he raised troops, and Chai Shao and the Chai family also made a lot of efforts.
It's just that no one expected that Pingyang would be with Li Chao later, and even gave Chai Shao a break.
In the Wude Dynasty, he still used Chai Shao very much, but in the Zhenguan Dynasty, Chai Shao was obviously not as good as before.
Even if he is now serving as a privy deputy envoy, Li Yuan believes that he obviously has no real power.
There is only one Privy Counsellor, but there are three Privy Counsellors.
To be a privy deputy is better than to be one of the five governors.
Besides, Zhenguan Dynasty's various new policies, various reforms, the status of this military general is not as good as before, the separation of civil and military system, so that the military generals have only become simple military generals, when there is no war, they can only eat in Beijing. can't meddle in any political affairs at all, the privy deputy envoy, it sounds good, but in fact, he just drinks tea in the yamen every day.
Li Yuan came up from the pool with a ladder, took the towel handed by the waiter, wiped the water stains on his body, and walked towards Chai Shao with a smile.
"Your Majesty."
Chai Shao saluted.
Li Yuan smiled and took Chai Shao's hand, walked to the rattan chair under the shade of the big tree and sat down.
"Don't call me Your Majesty, just call me father as before."
Chai Shao sighed helplessly.
"Sichang, you haven't come to see me for a long time."
Li Yuan said with a smile.
Chai Shao didn't know how to answer, in fact, since he knew about his wife's affair with Li Chao, his heart was gloomy.
And when Binh Duong insisted on reconciling with him, his heart was broken.
After the two separated, Pingyang openly became Li Chao's lover, which made him completely depressed.
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"Your Majesty, the Privy Council is busy."
"What are you busy with" Li Yuan snorted, "The Privy Council, there is no difference from the Twelve Guards Yamen in the past, to put it bluntly, it is not to give the generals real power, and then arrange a place for them to drink tea."
Sichang, the people of the world are a little mean to you, when he was in Chang'an, he often ran behind you. ” "It's good now, he'd rather reuse an outsider than really trust you.
Look at it, that Li Chao, a fourteenth prince, the child he gave birth to with Pingyang, was directly named the county duke.
But what about Zhewei's Lingwu, he hasn't even been titled yet, which is too unusual. ” As soon as these words came out, Chai Shao's face changed a few times.
Pingyang is an eternal pain in his heart, and that damn adulterous son has appeared in his dreams countless times, and he has strangled the child to death in his dreams countless times.
"Your Majesty, the eldest princess has reconciled with me, and the past is over."
Li Yuan shook his head, and he pushed the iced sour plum soup in front of him.
"Some things never pass.
It is said that the greatest hatred in the world is the hatred of killing one's father and the hatred of taking one's wife.
For you, the person you hate the most in this life must be Li Chao, who took away your wife. ” Chai Shao pursed his lips and didn't speak, but his face became more and more ugly.
Li Yuan saw all this in his eyes and continued, "And for me, the most hated thing in this life is to be usurped by my own son. ” Chai Shao raised his head, a little hesitant in his eyes.
"Your Majesty."
"You don't have to worry, there are no outsiders here, those few are all people who can be trusted, and there are still a few of my henchmen.
Sichang, although I am Lao Tzu, I am not reconciled. ” "Are you willing?"
Chai Shao suddenly understood what his father-in-law was going to say.
He was inexplicably frightened, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
Reason told him that this conversation was too dangerous for him to continue, but in his heart, a thought came to him, and then he couldn't stop.
"What does Your Majesty need me to do," Chai Shao asked.
Li Yuan smiled.
He was waiting for this sentence, and he had expected that Chai Shao would definitely get on the boat.
"Sichang, after the matter is completed, what do you want" Li Yuan didn't say the plan first, but asked Chai Shao what he wanted first.
Chai Shao's eyes erupted with fire, he gritted his teeth, and said in a low voice, "I want Li Chao to die." ” "And what else?"
"I hope that bastard dies too."
Li Yuan thought about it for a while, and then said, "I promise you that when the matter is completed, you will be the new Zhao Guogong." ” "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Chai Shao said with gratitude.
"Alright, now let's talk about the plan." t1706231537: