Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3850 Cold-blooded cruelty
There was a moment of silence in the house, and the wind and rain outside the window was like a storm, and the big raindrops were crackling on the window, making a lot of noise, the wind leaked in through the window cracks, and the candles were flickering.

After a long time, Changsun Wuji sighed and said slowly: "Although I don't know the truth, this guess is not far away. We can be His Majesty's 'knife', but we cannot be used by His Majesty. It will be destroyed soon, so this time we must go all out to conquer the Taiji Palace. As long as the East Palace is destroyed, the crown prince dies, and all the powerful and private armies are destroyed, Li Ji may not be willing to drive Guan Long to extinction, and this is Guan Long's only chance."

Everyone nods their heads, which means they agree with this speculation.

Although Li Ji holds His Majesty's will, he must have the task of targeting Guan Long, but as long as the powerful and private army is overthrown, Guan Long is not enough to make waves, and there is no obstacle to Li Ji's control of the government and power.What's more, once Guan Long is completely cleaned out of the imperial court, Shandong aristocratic families and Jiangnan gentry are bound to swarm in to fill the gap left by Guan Long and seize the benefits that Guan Long spits out. The aristocratic family and the Jiangnan gentry face each other, and there will be another battle between the court and the court, and the court will never be peaceful.

Now that the war has lasted for nearly half a year, half of Chang'an City was destroyed by the flames of war, and Guanzhong is a wasteland with refugees everywhere. Resuming production and rebuilding the city after the war is an extremely difficult and long process.Since Li Ji monopolizes the power, he is bound to make a difference in it. How can he let the last bit of vitality of the empire be consumed by the internal struggle between the parties, and the road to reconstruction is far away?

Therefore, it is very likely that Li Ji will stop here and open up the Guanlongmen faction, which has wiped out all the private troops, using it as a tool to ease the confrontation between the Shandong aristocratic families and the Jiangnan gentry.

This is the only chance for the Guanlongmen faction to survive.

However, Yuwen Shiji suddenly frowned, and found a flaw: "This guess is generally reasonable, but there is a loophole in it. With His Majesty's wisdom, how can you not know Fang Jun's loyalty to the prince? As long as You Tunwei is there , even if we enter the Taiji Palace, the prince can withdraw from Xuanwu Gate, and Fang Jun will lead the right guards to retreat to the Hexi counties to regroup and wait for a comeback. On that day, the empire will be divided, because no matter what Either we or Li Ji must establish another prince, to declare to the world, to declare orthodoxy... At that time, Guanzhong Hexi, one inside and one outside, will have two princes, or even two emperors. In this way, a long-lasting civil war will not be known. How many years will it last... Zhenguan Shengshi is His Majesty's lifelong painstaking effort, how could he be willing to bury it with his own hands?"

If there is really a legacy, the purpose of His Majesty Li Er's ordering Li Ji to do this is to overthrow the East Palace by Guanlong, and then let Li Ji clean up the mess, so that the matter of Yi Chu can be justified and there will be no future troubles.But once the prince was escorted out of Guanzhong by Fang Jun, the pattern of civil war was doomed, and it was impossible for anyone to undo it.

How could His Majesty make such an arrangement?
Changsun Wuji looked at Yuwen Shiji, and said in a low tone, "You forgot one thing, the prince is not in the right guard."

Yuwen Shi was puzzled: "But there is Xuanwu Gate outside the Neizhong Gate. As long as you go out of Xuanwu Gate, you will immediately join Youtunwei. Even if we conquer Taiji Palace, it is impossible to prevent the prince from withdrawing from Xuanwu Gate... You mean Xuanwu Gate Door?!"

Speaking of this, he realized what Changsun Wuji meant, and he couldn't hide his exclamation.

A thunderstorm rang outside the window, shaking the beams of the roof and extinguishing the candles, and Yuwen Shiji's words shocked the other two people to get up suddenly.

Linghu Defen exclaimed in surprise: "Another Xuanwu Gate change?"

In the ninth year of Wude, His Majesty Li Er, who was oppressed and had nowhere to go, had no choice but to set up an ambush at the Xuanwu Gate first, and killed the prince Li Jiancheng and Qi Wang Li Yuanji who had entered the palace. .

Now, after his death, he wants to leave a will to assassinate his eldest son under the Xuanwu sect, so as to realize his goal of destroying the family's private army and Yi Chu establishing a new king?

Changsun Wuji nodded slowly, put the already warm teacup on the table, and said: "Guo Guogong Zhang Shigui is the person His Majesty truly trusts as his confidant. Otherwise, how could the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty entrust the important task of guarding the palace?" For him? You know, the "Bei Ya Forbidden Army" controlled by Zhang Shigui was originally a part of His Majesty's personal soldiers "Xuanjia Cavalry". Zhang Shigui to execute?"

A chill rose in the hearts of Yuwenshi and the three of them.

It is almost conceivable that when the Guanlong army defeated the Six Rates of the Eastern Palace and invaded and occupied the entire Taiji Palace, the prince saw that the situation was over, so he had to withdraw from the Xuanwu Gate to the outside of the palace, joined his most trusted Fang Jun, and tried to retreat all the way west to Hexi The counties stabilized their positions and regrouped...Unexpectedly, the Xuanwu Gate had been sealed by Zhang Shigui, and the prince faced the deadly situation of driving tigers from the front door and wolves from the back door. Planned by that beloved father.

Linghu Defen shook his head, a little unbelievable: "It is indeed reasonable to infer such an inference, and His Majesty is indeed the kind of hero who does not achieve his goal by any means... But everyone, don't forget, how unbearable the crown prince is, he is still His Majesty's eldest son. In the past, the heart of Yi Chu has arisen repeatedly in the past, and every time he has given up worrying about the prince's rare death after Yi Chu. Now that His Majesty has passed away, how can he leave such a poisonous plan on his deathbed to completely cut off the hope of the prince's survival?"

His Majesty is really cruel to his brothers and father, and what he pursues is "cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, and never causing future troubles". Back then, the Eastern Palace and Qi Wangfu killed a lot of people, even children who were waiting to be fed... But these years, Your Majesty has treated you all The prince's love is exemplary.

How could such a loving father treat his eldest son so viciously?
But Changsun Wuji asked back: "Do you think that in His Majesty's heart, a son is more important, or Li Tang dynasty is more important forever?"

Linghu Defen was speechless.

Not only His Majesty Li Er?Regardless of anyone, once they ascend to the throne, their temperament will change drastically. This is determined by the supreme power and their position, and few people can escape.

How can a mere eldest son be compared with the continuation of the Li Tang Dynasty?
Even not only the eldest son, as long as there is only one son left in the end, even if there is only one son left, the rest can be abandoned under the threat of the inheritance of the empire.

If the crown prince is not dead, how can he tell the world to crusade against the powerful private army?

Another point, if the crown prince does not die, it will inevitably lead to a situation of two princes, one inside and one outside, or even two emperors. At that time, all forces in the world will stand in line, and a huge and protracted civil war is inevitable. That is His Majesty Li Er The last thing you want to see.

Therefore, as long as the crown prince dies, everything will return to His Majesty Li Er's plan...

Everyone was silent again, despite the sound of wind and rain outside the window, they refused to speak for a long time.

18 years ago, they experienced a brother-in-law fight and brother-in-law fight together, and now, they will experience a father-son rivalry and a bloodshed...

The most ruthless imperial family.

Changsun Wuji glanced at the faces of the three of them one by one, and asked in a deep voice: "Now, do you still question my decision to attack Taiji Palace with all my strength?"

Everyone was silent and said nothing.

There is no doubt that this is the most correct and only way to survive at present.

If a peace agreement is reached with the East Palace and the mutiny is eliminated, I am afraid that tomorrow Li Ji will lead the army from Tongguan to attack Chang'an. He will be the first to attack the Longmen clan of Guan. It would be the most merciful punishment for all the adult males in the clan to be tyrants, and the young ones to be sent for three thousand miles, and the female relatives to be sent to the Jiaofang Division...

At that time, Zhang Shigui would even drive his "Beiya Forbidden Army" to enter the inner gate, kill the prince, and then blame the Guanlongmen Clan.

Guan Long's crime is added to the first class.

The crown prince died, Guanlong was destroyed, all the private armies outside the pass were destroyed in Guanzhong, and the power of the clans in various places plummeted, and they could no longer deter the localities and run rampant in the villages as before.After the new king succeeded to the throne and the imperial examinations were implemented for 30 to [-] years, a large number of poor students filled the court, further disintegrating the political foundation of the powerful families, and finally achieving the joint rule of the world by the powerful and the poor, which not only complement each other, but also check and balance each other...

Yuwen Shihe let out a long sigh, both shocked and admiring, and sighed: "As expected of your Majesty, there is nothing left to do... I am afraid that when we raised our troops, His Majesty had already calculated all kinds of possibilities, so the deathbed At the time, I left a will and counted all the heroes in the world."

Changsun Wuji raised his head and looked out the window with deep eyes.

(End of this chapter)