Chapter 0300 The deterrent power of His Highness King Qi
In the evening, Li Yuanji appeared on horseback outside Chang'an City reluctantly.
Liu Jun was like a dog's leg, shouting at the eunuchs accompanying him, "Hurry up! Hurry up! Haven't you eaten yet?"
Each of the eunuchs carried the daily utensils needed by Li Yuanji on their backs, and kept speeding up with their heads sweating.
Xiang Shanzhi, who was guarding the Mingde Gate, was overjoyed when he saw Li Yuanji's figure.
"Quick! Quick! Open the city gate!"
The generals guarding both sides of him looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't move.
Xiang Shanzhi waited for a long time, but didn't hear any movement. His face turned dark instantly. He turned back and glared at the generals, and shouted coldly: "What? My words don't work?"
One of the generals said solemnly: "General Xiang, it's not that low-ranking people like us are unwilling to obey orders, but that Her Royal Highness the Princess has an order. Without her order, the Mingde Gate is not allowed to be opened."
Xiang Shanzhi's face turned even darker and he ordered without hesitation, "Get it for me!"
The troops of Xiangfu who were guarding the four sides swarmed forward and detained the general on the ground.
The other generals were panicked.
A lieutenant swallowed his saliva and shouted: "General Xiang, I am just following orders and have no intention of making things difficult for the general. Please don't make things difficult for me."
Xiang Shanzhi glanced coldly at the captain who was speaking, and pulled out half of the horizontal knife at his waist.
He was too lazy to talk nonsense about these soldiers of Zuowu Houwei.
Among the twelve guards and four palaces, these soldiers have the lowest combat effectiveness, but they talk a lot of nonsense and do things in a submissive manner.
"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"
They didn't learn much about the skills in the military, but they were proficient in all the slickness and pushback in official circles.
When all the generals saw Xiang Shanzhi drawing his sword, they immediately closed their mouths.
They don't know much about philanthropic aspirations.
All I know is that he is a confidant under Li Xiuning. He is like a piece of dough on weekdays, allowing them to make things difficult for them.
But after seeing Xiang Shanzhi's decisiveness today, they realized that Li Xiuning's confidant was not as easy to bully as they thought.
"You! You! You! Take people to open the city gate!"
Xiang Shanzhi drew out his horizontal sword, and used the tip of the sword to point three of his own men to open the city gate. Then he looked at Zuo Wuhou's guards with a stern face, and said coldly: "I usually ask you to do things, but how can you resist them?"
, I don’t care if you violate the law. But today, if anyone dares to resist me, if you violate the law even once, don’t blame me for engaging in military law.”
Having said this, Xiang Shanzhi waved his horizontal sword, pointed at Chang'an City behind the city wall, and said: "You have been in Chang'an City for a long time, and you should be able to see how serious the situation in Chang'an City is now.
It took a lot of effort to find someone who could make the decision and be able to control things.
If you are blocked outside the city, who of you can afford it?"
All the generals looked at me and I looked at you, not knowing how to respond.
They deliberately delayed opening the city gate because they were afraid of taking responsibility.
After all, Li Xiuning strictly ordered the Mingde Gate to be sealed, and opened the city gate privately without seeing Li Xiuning's warrant. If Li Xiuning was held accountable, they would not be able to escape punishment.
As for Xiang Shanzhi being Li Xiuning's man, his words can represent Li Xiuning to a certain extent. If they followed Xiang Shanzhi's order and opened the city gate, Li Xiuning would not necessarily be held accountable. They had not considered it at all.
They have stayed in Chang'an City for a long time and have learned what it means to do more and make more mistakes, to do less and make fewer mistakes, and to do less is better.
As for adaptations or anything like that, it's not within their scope of consideration at all.
"Alang, I have been ordered to go down. Do you want to go down to greet me?"
After conveying Xiang Shanzhi's order, Xiang Mansion's troops returned to the city to reply to Xiang Shanzhi.
Xiang Shanzhi glanced coldly at the generals of Zuowu Houwei, and led the troops down the city.
When he arrived at the gate of the city, he saw Li Yuanji riding through the gate with a speechless expression on his horse.
"Hurry up and send a message that His Royal Highness King Qi has entered the city!"
After receiving the news from Li Shentong, a group of officials from various government offices were waiting at the entrance of the city gate, waiting for Li Yuanji to enter the city. When they saw Li Yuanji for the first time, they immediately gave instructions to the people around them.
Li Yuanji greeted Xiang Shanzhi with a bright smile and walked to Kaimingfang on horseback. News about his entry into the city had already spread throughout Chang'an City.
All the monsters, ghosts, monsters, and all kinds of rumors and rumors in Chang'an City disappeared in an instant.
Some people who secretly spread the word that they wanted to oust the emperor were immediately captured and brought back to prison by the government officials from Chang'an and Wannian counties.
This is the intimidating power of a male descendant of the royal family.
In the absence of the three people who could make the decision, Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin, Li Yuanji's appearance was enough to shock everything.
As long as among the direct male members of the royal family, there are still adult men who can make decisions.
The country of the Tang Dynasty would not be in chaos.
"Your Highness..."
"Your Highness..."
"Your Highness..."
When Li Yuanji crossed the horse and walked to Guangfu Square, Su Dingfang, Xie Shufang, and Kan Leng rode their horses and appeared from the road on both sides of the square, following behind Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji nodded and didn't say much. He just quietly observed the streets and lanes of Chang'an City.
Compared with the past, the streets and roads in Chang'an City are now much more depressed.
There were almost no people on the street. We only saw Wuhou patrolling the streets, forming a queue and passing by from time to time.
Although the shops along the street were open and some restaurants were even smoking, there was no one in sight.
The middle gate of each square is almost closed, leaving only a side gate for people to pass through, but there is no traffic.
"It's not okay to go on like this. I don't know what my cheap man has in mind."
Li Yuanji grumbled in his heart and turned to look at Su Dingfang and the others, "Have you obtained all the appointment documents for the three of you?"
Su Dingfang and the three of them nodded together.
Su Dingfang said: "I was assigned to the Youwu Guards and led the Zuokumen on duty."
Xie Shufang said in a deep voice: "I was charged into the Youjianmen Mansion and led the Wudemenjianmen."
Kan Leng said in a loud voice: "I have been assigned to the Youtun Guards and will be temporarily in charge of the Anlimen Gate."
The gatekeepers of various gates in the imperial city were generally appointed by Wu Xun, and were called guards.
The gatekeepers of each gate in the palace can only be trusted confidants appointed by Li Yuan, or they can be the generals who control the gatehouse, and are called gatekeepers.
Su Dingfang and three people were on duty, and the three gates they guarded were almost on a north-south line.
"I really don't want to take advantage of any loopholes..."
Li Yuanji curled his lips in contempt.
Although it was just a transaction, the clan members and officials who asked Li Shentong to come forward really showed no sincerity at all.
The positions they arranged for Su Dingfang and the three of them had no effect at all except allowing him to run faster when running away.
If he hadn't had the intention to go to the palace to find out what was going on, he would have given up and left.
"Stop anyone who comes!"
When Li Yuanji rushed all the way to the Golden Bridge in front of the Imperial City Gate, he was stopped by a general from Zuotun Guard.
Liu Jun hurried forward and waved the badge given to him by Li Yuan, and then the general of Zuotunwei let him go.
Although Li Yuanji's status was high enough and he was Li Yuan's biological son, the people of Zuotunwei didn't give him much respect. They only obeyed Li Yuan's imperial orders.
If Li Yuan went crazy that day and ordered the people of Zuotunwei to kill his son, the people of Zuotunwei would not hesitate.
This is the reason why Li Yuan trusted them, and also the reason why Li Yuan kept a bunch of adult sons in the palace and was not afraid that his sons would worry about his head.
After passing Jinqiao, go through the doorway, go through Guangyun Gate, Xingren Gate, pass through Yanming Gate on the right, and arrive at the location of Taiji Hall.
Li Yuanji was frowning all the way.
Behind Xingren Gate are the Zhongshu Province, the Internal Affairs Ministry, and the Sherenyuan.
In the past, there would be a lot of internal and external officials, plus a lot of petty officials hanging around.
Now there is no one, it's as quiet as a ghost.
Occasionally, a small animal runs past, or something falls, which can startle a person into cardiac arrest.
Although exploring secluded places is one of the top ten favorite things of the ancients, it also depends on the place.
A place like the Imperial City is not suitable for exploring.
Because there are too many innocent souls and the smell of blood is too strong, it can easily scare people to death.
There are people behind the Yanming Gate on the right, but they are no different than no one.
Because they all stood there, motionless, like stones or wood.
"Your Highness, the saint is in Liangyi Hall. I will take you there."
After Liu Jun entered the imperial city, he became much more cautious. The eunuchs following him did not dare to breathe a single breath.
Li Yuanji winked at Su Dingfang and the three of them, asking them to take their respective appointment documents to take office first, and then followed Liu Jun to the Liangyi Palace.
After passing through the huge square in front of the Taiji Hall, crossing the Zhuming Gate, and arriving in front of the Liangyi Gate, you have entered the palace city.
Sandwiched between Zhuming Gate and Liangyi Gate is where the concubines in Li Yuan's harem lived.
Li Yuanji never understood why Li Yuan placed all his concubines in such a crowded place.
Although Zhumingmen and Liangyimen, as the middle gates from the imperial city to the palace city, are generally not opened.
But as soon as it is opened, thousands of people will pass by.
If someone secretly sneaks into the residences of the concubines on both sides, it will be difficult to detect.
However, Li Yuanji did not have time to study this issue in detail now, because the person guarding Liangyi Gate was Li Yuan's confidant. Li Yuan's family background and status among the tribes were not low.
Look at people with a scrutinizing and cold gaze.
Li Yuanji didn't like him because he wanted to search him.
With Liu Jun's constant comfort, Li Yuanji resisted the urge to use force and was groped from beginning to end.
Li Yuanji didn't have the habit of seeking revenge from such a small person, so after being groped, he took advantage of him.
Then, amid Liu Jun's wailing, he entered the giant square where the Liangyi Palace is located.
As soon as he stepped into the square, Li Yuanji frowned because the square was filled with an unbreakable smell of blood, and there were still unclear and clean blood stains everywhere.
Li Yuan should have dealt with a lot of people here.
When Liu Jun first came to the door, he said that Li Yuan was killing people in the palace.
When Li Shentong spoke for Liu Jun, he also said that the smell of blood in the palace was so strong that it could not be dispelled.
Li Yuanji didn't believe it before, but now he does.
So a new problem arises.
Li Yuan was not an incompetent and angry person, so why did he want to involve the palace people in such a big way?