Chapter 1653 The killing intent of Li Yuan and his son
Chai Shao was shocked in his heart, but he said without showing any signs of it on his face: "Since the second brother led the army to Sichuan and Sichuan, there has been no correspondence with my son-in-law."
Li Yuan raised his eyelids and glanced at Chai Shao, then nodded slowly: "You must learn more about Shimin's ability to lead troops to fight."
"My son-in-law thinks so too..." Chai Shao smiled a little ashamedly: "At the celebration banquet tonight, my son-in-law will find time to ask Shimin for more advice..."
Li Yuan's eyes flashed and he said calmly: "Don't attend the celebration banquet tonight. When the banquet starts in the evening, you will bring in your troops to change defenses with the city defense army!"
Chai Shao looked solemn and said: "Sichang obeys the order."
Li Yuan did not let Chai Shao leave, but the latter still waited respectfully by his side.
But Li Yuan closed his eyes slightly at this time and went through what he wanted to do tonight in his mind. He found no mistakes or omissions, so he felt a little relieved.
He wiped the green pear he picked casually with both hands, took a bite, and resisted the sour taste of the unripe pear, and said quietly: "Sichang, do you know that the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty hated them the most?
Who is it?"
Chai Shao was stunned for a moment, wondering why his father-in-law suddenly brought up this topic - this was too much of a jump.
However, although Chai Shao recently suffered a defeat against the Far Eastern Army on the battlefield, his mentality is not low, otherwise he would not have been listed among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in the original history.
In addition, he came from a noble family and knew some of the top-level affairs of the Sui Dynasty. In addition, he judged the current situation. After thinking about it for a while, he replied: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law thinks that
The people the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty hated most were undoubtedly the powerful families..."
"That's right." Li Yuan nodded slightly, let out a long sigh, and then said calmly: "Back then, the Yang family relied on the support of aristocratic families to establish the country. In fact, my Li family also relied on the support of these aristocratic families to control Guanzhong and Luoyang.
We can fight for the world, but recently some powerful families have secretly colluded with Wang Junlin..."
Chai Shao lowered his head and did not speak. He just stood aside, secretly thinking about what Li Yuan meant by these words.
Suddenly, something moved in his mind, and he remembered that Li Yuan had asked him to mobilize troops and change defenses tonight. He wondered whether his father-in-law, who had always liked to be forbearing, finally took action against some powerful families. But with his character, he was probably just trying to scare the monkeys. It was difficult.
To achieve a large-scale killing, so this kind of thing has to rely on people who have always been decisive in killing...
"If I, the Li family, cannot get rid of the constraints and restrictions of the powerful family, even if I conquer the world and sit in that position, the final outcome will not be much better than that of the Sui Dynasty." Li Yuan sighed deeply, paused, and continued.
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"My father-in-law is wise." Chai Shao knew that his father-in-law said these words to him, which reflected his absolute trust in himself, even more than his trust in his son Li Shimin, but even so...
"Before, there were some things that I couldn't handle, and I had no excuse to kill people." Li Yuan said calmly to himself: "But my Li family is different from the Li family in Longxi. Our ancestors were originally generals. If anyone dares to collude with the enemy secretly, I will kill him."
Tell someone to see blood!"
The murderous intention expressed in these words shocked Chai Shao, thinking that he had always underestimated his father-in-law? His courage was no worse than that of Li Shimin.
Chai Shao knew very well that since the defeat of the Far Eastern Army, the loss of their old base in Hedong, and the failure of Sichuan and Shu to gain any advantage and the loss of troops, some aristocratic families had other thoughts.
Especially when the Pei family of Hedong Wenxi and the Wang family of Taiyuan were re-employed by Wang Junlin, the thoughts of some aristocratic families turned into some actions. Although these actions are not obvious at the moment, they will affect the Li family at the critical moment.
It is fatal to say the least, because the power and energy of every powerful family cannot be underestimated.
And my father-in-law is not ignorant of this kind of thing, and his patience has obviously reached its limit!
But in Chai Shao's opinion, if Li Shimin
Standing in Li Yuan's position, he would have carried out a bloody suppression and purge with thunderous means at the first opportunity!
However, because Li Yuan has been losing battles recently, Li's prestige has dropped a lot, the morale of the army is also a bit sluggish, and the morale of the army is a bit unstable. In addition, the power of the powerful family is not trivial, so Li Yuan has been hesitant and patient.
It's on, it's not started yet.
And this time Li Shimin finally won the battle outside, especially in special places like Luoyang...
So, Li Yuan is finally ready to see blood!
With Li Yuan's character, he obviously wanted to summon his son-in-law to lead the troops to kill people when his son came back with a great victory. It was clearly his dissatisfaction with those wealthy families who fished in troubled waters and wanted to have two boats, and...
…It also gave rise to great suspicion and distrust!
Li Yuan obviously knew very well that various aristocratic families had no secret connections with the city guards and other armies outside the city, not to mention that there were children from aristocratic families among them, not to mention that the soldiers were not immortals who could not eat the fireworks of the world.
Dealing with people and interacting with people.
Being in the big dye vat of Chang'an City, the city guards will inevitably be gradually infiltrated by various wealthy families. What's more, Li Yuan, who is also from a wealthy family, knows very well that what wealthy families are best at is inserting their own people into the army and civil and military officials.
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Li Yuan's move made it clear that he no longer trusts the Royal City Guards! Especially since his son was assassinated when he returned today, and it was outside Chang'an City. It is said that ordnance and weapons were used. This shows too much information!
But Chai Shao knew that tonight's banquet was just the beginning of a great turmoil!
He has 30,000 troops under his command, but they have already sharpened their swords!
Just when Chai Shao was thinking wildly, Li Yuan suddenly asked again: "Has Shimin already entered the city by this time?"
Chai Shao quickly calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Father-in-law, count the time, Shimin should have gone into the palace to change clothes by now, and will soon enter the palace to pay respects to his father-in-law."
At this moment, a eunuch reported outside the palace: "Your Majesty, the second young master wants to see you."
There was a smile on Li Yuan's face. Although this rebellious son had his third son Yuanji shot and killed, which made him extremely angry for a time, and he is still very dissatisfied and annoyed with him to this day. But as for the second son who came to visit him as soon as he entered the palace,
He was quite satisfied and said calmly: "Let the traitor come in."
The eunuch agreed and went to convey the king's decree. Li Yuan told Chai Shao: "Go and prepare now! The banquet will begin in the evening and after the guests arrive, you will take your 30,000 troops to change the defense. I have already asked someone to prepare it for you.
With the military order documents and tokens in hand, no one will dare to disobey the military order and my will."
Chai Shao agreed, took the troop deployment documents and the royal decree sent by the eunuch next to him and bowed out.
When leaving the palace, Chai Shao and Li Shimin met face to face. They only greeted each other politely and said goodbye to each other without saying a few words.
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Half an hour later, Li Shimin came out of the palace and returned to his home. He knew that there were too many people watching him secretly, so he didn't see anyone.
After freshening up under the service of his wife's eldest son Guanyin, he had a meal and changed into casual and comfortable clothes. Then he slowly walked to the window, glanced at the sudden heavy rain outside the window, and laughed, with a hint of laughter.
A trace of murderous intent.
"This rain is very good."
"...What do you mean, husband?" the Guanyin maid next to her asked doubtfully.
Li Shimin's eyes flashed, his voice lowered, and he said quietly: "In this weather, no matter how much blood is shed, it will be covered up by the rain."
Guanyin's expression changed, she took a deep breath and whispered: "So... your husband has made up his mind?"
"Well, I've made up my mind." Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and seemed to smile. His smile seemed relaxed and plain, but it contained overwhelming murderous intent and a hint of hidden grievance.
"The history books of later generations should be written today
One stroke at a time!" Li Shimin said word for word, "But how to judge, only the winner has the final say."
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The original palace of the Sui Dynasty has naturally become Li Yuan's palace.
As the afternoon approached evening, Zhuque Street in front of the Imperial Palace was under martial law. Soldiers had blocked both ends of the street and civilians were not allowed to enter.
In fact, it was raining heavily at this time and there were no people on the street.
Therefore, at this moment, the huge Zhuque Street was deserted, except for the occasional noble and luxurious carriages, surrounded by escorts, driving into the street and heading towards the palace.
Li Jing was sitting on the shorter right side of a large carriage, thinking about what might or should happen on his way to Chang'an City tonight. He looked at the road outside the carriage and listened to the sound of falling rain hitting the carriage, his face expressionless.
Sitting on the left side of the shorter table was Li Jiancheng. He frowned slightly and couldn't help but sigh: "Mr. Wu, I've been a little worried about what happened tonight!"
Yes, Li Jing has become Li Jiancheng's confidant, but his appearance and voice have changed greatly from before. Even if someone who is very familiar with him meets him, it will be difficult to recognize him.
Looking at the outline of the palace getting closer and closer, Li Jing said softly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the final result tonight will definitely be the result that Your Majesty wants to see."
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Naturally, the carriage had to get off before it reached the palace.
However, as the crown prince of Li Jiancheng, he could still enjoy the privilege of riding a carriage and horseback in the imperial city, not to mention it was raining heavily.
However, as soon as he entered the palace, Li Jing suddenly felt the murderous aura everywhere!
Although the ribbons are flying in the pavilions and pavilions, the servants coming and going are no different from usual. Even the groups of Li Yuan's most trusted personal guards are all fully armed, with swords unsheathed and bows strung, patrolling. This is also normal.
It's normal. After all, the Far East Army is famous for its love of beheadings.
Therefore, this scene was not suspected by other noble families and civil and military officials who entered the palace to attend the celebration banquet.
However, Li Jing felt an inexplicable murderous aura from some of Li Yuan's personal guards walking around.
Moreover, Li Jing vaguely felt that the entire palace seemed to be no different from usual, but he could feel the atmosphere of the entire palace, like a clockwork that was wound to the extreme, ready to go off!
Especially now that the city of Chang'an is experiencing wind and rain, it seems to have added a chilling air to the palace.
Li Jing couldn't help but thought to himself: "The information received by the Military Intelligence Bureau is correct. Even if Li Shimin doesn't take action tonight, Li Yuan will take action tonight, but I don't know to what extent."
"Only this idiot Li Jiancheng seems to know everything, let alone what to do."
Just after entering the imperial city gate, after a square, there is the Tai Chi Hall, the largest building in the palace.
This main hall was built after Yang Guang ascended the throne as emperor. It is majestic, magnificent and magnificent.
Yang Guang liked to hold grand celebrations at that time, and all grand celebrations at that time were held here.
Therefore, Li Yuan's celebration banquet tonight is also planned to be held here.
Under the guidance of the palace waiter, Li Jiancheng and others arrived in front of the main hall.
Naturally, other guards and retinues were not qualified to enter the banquet hall of the main hall. They could only be led to the side hall next to them and waited with the guards and retinues of other wealthy families.
Only Li Jing was taken by Li Jiancheng and was able to follow Li Jiancheng into the main hall. However, the two of them did not actually enter the main hall banquet hall directly, but went to the resting place specially arranged for the prince.
At this time, there were not many people in the banquet hall. Some distinguished civil and military officials and heads of wealthy families would always arrive later.