In history, there were four Xuanwu Gate Incidents in the Tang Dynasty, both successful and failed, and Li Shimin made a very bad start.

But the one with the greatest influence and widest reputation was the first Xuanwu Gate Incident initiated by Li Shimin.

But now it seems that the Xuanwu Gate changes are no longer needed.

Yang Wengan actually rebelled, which further confirmed the rebellion between the prince and Yang Wengan.

However, what puzzled Li Chao was that Yu Wenying went to pass an edict, but why did Yang Wengan raise an army instead?

On the mansion of Duke Yiguo Qin Qiong, incense smoke curled up in the incense burner, and Li Chao and his adoptive father Qin Qiong sat opposite each other.

"Your Majesty still has not issued an edict to abolish the crown prince!"

Without issuing an edict to abolish the old crown prince, it is naturally impossible to establish a new crown prince. Li Jiancheng was placed under house arrest in Wude Hall, and Yang Wengan has rebelled now. At this time, the emperor should have fulfilled his edict and told the world that Jiancheng should be formally deposed and Yang Min was made the crown prince.

But the emperor did not fulfill it.

Yang Wengan rebelled, Liang Shidu went south, and the Turks also expressed their intention to participate in the family affairs of their in-laws.

"Your Highness has not requested to quell the rebellion?" Li Chao asked.

Qin Qiong shook his head. Just after the New Year, he was the Grand Governor of Hebei and the Minister of War. Qin Qiong, the Shangzhu Kingdom, was appointed as the General of the Right Guard, and had a total of 500 households in Tongqian.

The two of them now have the same official positions and titles, both are the Grand Governor, both the Shangzhu Kingdom, both the Grand General, and the same fief. However, Qin Qiong is still the son-in-law, or the Duke of the State, Li Chao is only the Grand Governor of the Procuratorate, and only the Duke of the County.

The last time the Jianghuai rebelled, Li Shimin voluntarily requested troops to quell the rebellion.

The last time the Turkics went south, Li Shimin also took the initiative to ask for troops to challenge the north.

But this time, Yang Wengan rebelled, Liang Shidu went south, and the Turks also claimed to interfere in the house affairs of the Tang Dynasty, but Li Shimin did not say a word and did not mention any military matters at all.

Li Shimin is waiting for Li Yuan to fulfill his promise.

When Li Yuan deposed Li Jiancheng and made him the crown prince, he would not have asked for troops.

The question is, what is Li Yuan waiting for? Why didn’t he make a decision, neither abolish Jiancheng nor let Li Shimin or Li Yuanji send troops?

In the past, Li Chao heard that women's hearts are the most difficult to surpass, but in fact, the emperor's hearts are the most difficult to understand.

Tai Chi Palace.

Li Yuan said to Li Shimin, "Erlang and Yang Wengan are in trouble and lead Liang Shidu to the south. The court needs to take back Qingzhou immediately. You personally lead your troops to Qingzhou. On the day of triumphant success, I will give you the crown prince!"

Li Shimin did not accept the order immediately.

"Your Majesty, Wen Gan Shuzi, if you dare to rebel, the Qingzhou Prefecture officials will definitely capture him. Even if there is not, you only need to send a general to conquer him."

Li Shimin said no to Li Yuan.

He did not want to leave the capital to quell the rebellion at this time, or rather, he used this to show Li Yuan his attitude and asked Li Yuan to fulfill his previous promise.

The emperor said that when Yang Wengan was recalled, he would pronounce the world to abolish the crown prince, but now that Yang Wengan has rebelled, what are you waiting for?

After being deceived by the emperor for four or five times over the years, Li Shimin is no longer the same person he used to. In the past, Li Yuan made you the crown prince later, and Li Shimin would rush forward like chicken blood. But now, Li Shimin feels that he should fulfill it first.

Facing Li Shimin's direct statement, Li Yuan is also aware of it.

He pondered for a moment and said in front of the prime ministers, "Otherwise, Yang Wengan's rebellion is related to Jiancheng, and it is probably a response from the old subordinates of the Eastern Palace. You still need to go there personally. In addition, since I promised to make you the crown prince, I will not break my promise. But I will tell you first, I am not Emperor Wen of Sui and I will not kill my son. Jiancheng made a mistake, but I believe he has not yet reached the point of really daring to kill his father."

He sighed, "When you are triumphant, I will give you the title of crown prince, and then the feudal system will be changed to Shu King. Shu soldiers are fragile. If he can serve you again, then you must protect him. If he still has two different intentions, it will be easier for you to take it at that time."

Under Li Shimin's persecution, Li Yuan finally expressed his attitude at this time.

After being angry, Jing thought for a few days. He Yuan thought that Li Jiancheng sent armor to Yang Wengan's place and asked him to send troops to the East Palace. Even the Changlin soldier that Li Yuan had always known was not enough to show that the prince was going to rebel against the regency. Li Yuan believed that Jiancheng did not have the courage, so he calmed down and thought about it. He felt that Jiancheng's actions were not so much to rebel against the regency, but rather to protect himself and guard against the Qin King Shimin.

Last night, Li Yuan quietly went to Wude Hall and secretly met Jiancheng.

Jiancheng cried to Li Yuan, saying that he had no intention of rebellion. It was just that Shimin was aggressive and he was afraid, so he wanted to protect himself and did the wrong thing.

Li Jiancheng even produced a lot of evidence to prove that Li Shimin has been recruiting soldiers and making friends with Chinese civil and military officials in the court, etc. These evidences are all practical.

After hearing this, Li Yuan's attitude changed a lot.

They are all their own sons, and they don’t even eat their babies even if they are poisonous.

Therefore, even if the news of Yang Wengan's rebellion came, Li Yuan was not too angry. Yang Wengan's rebellion could not be said that the prince was going to rebel. After all, the prince was under house arrest and was abolished, and many people knew about this. After Yang Wengan found out, it was not uncommon to raise an army in fear.

Li Shimin originally wanted to hold on for a while.

But when I saw Li Yuan's calm gaze, I felt a little panicked.

The emperor said this just now very tough. He did not kill the prince, but was demoted to King Shu, which was already a rare concession.

"My son receives the order!"

Li Shimin retreated, and Li Yuan sighed.

Qin Wang Mansion.

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Gao Shilian and others all looked bad after hearing Li Shimin's retelling the situation in the palace just now.

Changsun Wuji was the most angry, "I see that His Majesty has repeatedly broken his promises, and he has no credit at all. Who knows whether he will fulfill his promise after His Highness returns from seeking rebellion?"

"Since Your Majesty has already said in front of the prime ministers that he would depose the crown prince and demote him to the King of Shu, I think this matter should not change any more." Li Shimin said.

"Prepare for the rebellion first!"

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Li Shimin led his army out of the capital and went to Qingzhou to fight against rebellion. Li Shimin did not bring many troops, 20,000 troops. Qin Qiong, Yuchi, Cheng Yaojin, Shan Xiongxin, these generals did not accompany him. These generals are no longer subordinates of the Qin Palace. They are all governors in the same place. Although they are in Beijing, they are different from the past.

Li Chao did not travel with him either. He is now the Grand Governor of Longyou Road and is also a guest of the prince.

Li Shimin went to quell the rebellion, and the capital returned to peace.

Li Chao was in Beijing and wandered around every day. The Ministry of Personnel received an assessment and was occasionally summoned by Li Yuan to the palace. However, Li Yuan rarely talked about important matters with him, and often asked Li Chao to go to the palace to have tea and chat. He talked about the customs of the border areas and the local customs. Sometimes he also talked about beauties, singing, dancing, poetry, and occasionally he pulled Li Chao on horseback and archery, and even went to ice skating on the ice lake together.

The two of them felt a bit old friend.

If Li Yuan's identity is ignored, Li Yuan is actually a very interesting person. He shoots arrows very well and can play the pipa with excellent skills.

Drinking and having fun, playing the piano and watching beauties singing and dancing, life is indeed quite free and easy.

However, Li Chao was very sober and did not treat Li Yuan as a friend. He just regarded himself as a escort. The emperor was unhappy and found someone to accompany him to happily relieve his boredom. Then let's accompany him.

If the emperor doesn't talk about state affairs, then he won't talk about it. After all, Li Chao is just a chief inspector and cannot reach the position of discussing state affairs with the emperor.

"Sanlang, your Zizhi Tongjian hasn't published the following for a long time."

"I don't have time!" Li Chao replied. When he said this, he was playing a new song with Li Yuan. Li Yuan talked about the pipa, while Li Chao was responsible for playing drums. It was not an ordinary drum, but Li Chao's improved drum set.

The Shangshu Zuo Pushe Pei Ji was responsible for playing the flute and Feng Deyi played the zither. Their band was strong, and sometimes Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Yu Wenshi and Yang Gongren would also come to play guest appearances.

Pei Ji's flute is very good.

However, Li Chao's drum set is quite unique, which adds a lot of color to their band.

"Sanlang, you said that in the future you will write about the Tang Dynasty and the history of the Wude Year, how do you write this paragraph, and how do you comment on this paragraph?" Li Yuan asked.

Zhang Chao sat there and thought for a while, "Your Majesty, my Zizhi Tongjian only wrote the first year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty. And now I am so busy, I don't know which year or month to finish the Han Dynasty, let alone the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties later!"

Li Yuan sighed and stroked his fingers hard on the pipa.

The eunuch reported that military information had arrived.

Yang Wengan joined the Liang Shidu and led his army to capture Ningzhou, only Bingzhou from Chang'an. The light cavalry can reach Chang'an one day and night.

Among the rebels, there were Turkic cavalry.

These two news made Li Yuan feel very bad. He no longer had the mood to play and sing. He directly started to go back to the palace to discuss major events with the prime ministers. Li Chao was not qualified to discuss and left the palace alone.

"Where has Shimin been?" In the hall, Li Yuan looked at the map.

"The King of Qin has arrived in Binzhou."

Liang Shidao and Yang Wengan had a total of 50,000 rebels, and the number was more than 30,000 of Li Shimin from Binzhou. Especially after learning that there were Turkic cavalry in the rebels, Li Yuan and the prime ministers looked very good.

"Summon the King of Qi into the palace."

Li Yuan summoned Li Yuanji into the palace and asked him and Chai Shao to lead troops to station in Qizhou to support Li Shimin at any time.

After the meeting, Li Yuan left his son Yuanji to have a meal together.

"Father, my son has something important to report!" Li Yuanji suddenly said after the prime ministers left.

"What's the point?"

"Father, Yang Wengan and the prince's deeds and plot against each other secretly was just a false accusation by the King of Qin. All of this was planned by the King of Qin. The two military generals in the Eastern Palace who were escorting armor but reported to each other halfway, they had been bribed by the King of Qin. Can you also know why Yu Wenying had just arrived in Qingzhou, Yang Wengan raised an army? Because the King of Qin sent someone to Yu Wenying to Qingzhou first, deliberately informed the news and banned the prince. His Majesty asked him to entrust Yang Wengan to the capital to reveal the truth."
Chapter completed!