The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 721 The people forced the palace, Li Yuan broke up

Since ancient times, no matter which dynasty suffered a major natural disaster, or suffered a major military failure, or the dynasty was unstable...they would conduct self-reflection and pursue accountability. If no one was responsible, the emperor could only issue the "Guilty Edict", Take all responsibility on yourself and apologize to the people of the world, but no emperor is willing to take this step until it is a last resort, because once the "Guilty Edict" is issued, it will seriously affect the image of the emperor, and the majesty of the emperor Trampled on the ground, the light ones will become indelible forever, and the heavy ones will lead to instability of the throne.

The Li Tang dynasty is no exception now. Since Li Yuan ascended the throne, they suffered major defeats in succession. First they failed to merge the states, and then they were forced to withdraw from Guanzhong. Last year, the Tang army in the Eastern Expedition first won a big victory and then suffered a disastrous defeat. All the land they gained was lost. Said that even Xiyang and Nanyang were lost. If the Sui army hadn't stopped, I'm afraid even Xiangyang would have fallen too. Now even the 10,000 lone rebels who went deep have wiped out their [-]+ soldiers.

One after another fiasco made the Tang Dynasty full of pessimism. Although Li Yuan expanded the number of the Beizhen army, in order to appease the people, he first reduced the number of the Beizhen army to [-], but now it is said to be [-]. Everyone If you are not a fool, how can you believe in such a self-contradictory statement?What's more, the Beizhen Army is galloping freely in Xiangyang County, and there are not many people who know the exact number, so they can't deceive people by cheating.

The officials in the court hall were also full of pessimism. Some officials saw that the upright dynasty could not even beat the rebels outside the imperial capital, and they cheated repeatedly. They hanged their seals and left in disappointment.The tremendous pressure made Li Yuan fall ill, and the illness lasted for three full days.

Just when he was planning to call a group of ministers to discuss, a vigorous demonstration took place that night.

One after another under the night sky, like fireflies, gathered towards the south gate of Taiji Palace. Every corner of the square in front of the gate was filled with people, and some people came slowly like locusts. The people are all the family members of the Tang army soldiers who died in Gucheng. They demanded that the court severely punish the incompetent Li Shimin, and give justice and an explanation to the fallen soldiers.This cry in front of the palace was not organized or encouraged by anyone behind it. It was purely voluntary by the families of the soldiers who died in battle.

They wailed and sang mourning songs. Every sound contained the pain and sorrow of the dead relatives, which made people feel horrified. The shrill and mournful cry made the soldiers of the Tang army on the palace wall full of panic and anxiety. They claimed to be the most elite fighters of the Tang Dynasty, but tonight, they felt fear for the first time...

At this moment, even though the family members of these unarmed soldiers, old and young, were skinny, even the fiercest and most brutal Wu Chuanwei was too frightened to make a move, but those pairs of lifeless eyes made them unable to stop There was an unspeakable chill.

The sound of the crying spirit moved the sky, and could be clearly heard deep in the inner palace.The bursts of crying and the sound of mourning made up of the death knell made the Venus in front of Li Yuan's eyes rush straight to his forehead.

It's nothing more than mourning. The key point is that during the day, the Anyang County Garrison received news that there were groups and brigades fleeing in the barracks.

But this sudden storm was very violent, so violent that Li Yuan did not dare to use the army to suppress it. If he really wanted to suppress more than [-] martyrs' families with bloody means, the soldiers in the palace might be the first to rise up against Li Yuan. The soldiers of the wall let their family members drive them to the bottom of the city. It can be seen that they have a heart of sorrow for the death of a rabbit and a fox. They sympathize with these people. They are afraid that one day they will be led to death by the incompetent generals, and they are also afraid that after they die in battle, they will not get any explanation. , a little pension, so that the elderly parents, widowed wives and young children starve to death and freeze to death.

Li Yuan also knew that the people outside Miyagi were not only the family members of the soldiers who died in Gucheng, but also many of the family members of the soldiers who died in the Eastern Expedition. The reason was that Li Yuan did not issue pensions when the treasury was empty and did not properly arrange the soldiers. Family members, and when he had money and food in hand, and because Jingbei was about to become the land of the Sui Dynasty, he didn't want to distribute it even more, but the families of soldiers and soldiers could not survive, so when someone took the lead, he suppressed a lot of countless dissatisfaction, and on this day at the same time If the outbreak is not handled properly and the reasonable demands of the soldiers' families cannot be satisfied, the "Tai Chi Palace Change" may be staged immediately tonight.

Li Yuan sat on the throne, trembling his lips, but he couldn't say a word. If Li Shimin was still in Xiangyang at this time, he would definitely cut off his head in front of everyone, to thank the world .But Li Shimin has already escaped, and he has issued a formal order to punish Li Shimin before. Now even if Li Shimin is deposed as a citizen and killed, these people outside the city will think that he is unwilling and insincere, and it will be solved at all. No problem.

Could it be that he issued the "Zui Ji Zhao" and admitted that he was protecting that traitor?Thinking of this, Li Yuan turned pale for a while.

Dayu issued an imperial edict to sin against himself because he wept sadly when he saw the criminal, and asked about it. Its heart is the heart, and it is pain."

Shang Tang issued an edict to punish himself in order to appease the hearts of the people, "One person is not as guilty as ten thousand husbands, and ten thousand husbands are guilty of one person."

King Cheng of Zhou issued an edict to sin against himself, which is "to punish him, and avoid future troubles."

And what about myself?Was he forced by a group of troublemakers to issue an edict to sin against himself? ?But Li Yuan also knew that if he didn't give a satisfactory explanation to the families of the soldiers who died in battle and the army, then the phenomenon of soldiers fleeing would sweep the entire army, and eventually they would end up deserting their relatives.

He locked himself in the Imperial Study Room, refused to see anyone, and worried and pondered all night. In the early morning of the second day, he barely came up with a general rule of law, and finally fell asleep uncontrollably.

At dusk, Li Yuan finally pushed open the door of the imperial study, and stopped under an old locust tree in front of the door. After the rain, the breeze mixed with the fragrance of grass and trees rushed towards his face. The eunuch at the door hurriedly bowed his hands to the emperor, and Li Yuan looked indifferent. He asked coldly, "Are those people outside the palace still there?"

"It's been a while." The eunuch replied hastily.

"Let's talk, are you still there?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, these people have been crying outside the palace and refused to leave. His Royal Highness had no choice but to provide porridge relief in the name of the court." The eunuch gave Li Yuan a careful look.

"and then?"

The eunuch bowed his head and said: "No one accepts His Highness's kindness, they only ask the imperial court to give them justice and distribute the stipulated pensions in full."

"Call all the ministers to discuss matters." Li Yuan said coldly.

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When the officials heard that the emperor had summoned them, they hurried over from the back door and side door, and gathered in front of the Wude Hall.

Seeing Li Yuan standing in front of the palace gate, closing his eyes and meditating like a master of Taoism, everyone couldn't help muttering in their hearts: "Could it be that the Holy One is disheartened and wants to follow Xiao Yan's example and abdicate as a monk?"

As if hearing the voices of many civil and military officials, Li Yuan finally opened his eyes, glanced at everyone, and said, "I have summoned you here, and I have four things to announce:

[-]. I did not replace the mediocre and incompetent King Yelang who had been defeated repeatedly in time, which led to the disastrous defeat of Gucheng. Therefore, I want to issue the "Edict of Guilt", apologize to the families of all the soldiers who died in battle, and pay pensions one by one according to the rules. In the same place, all the positions and titles of Li Shimin were cut off, and he was demoted to the common people. The crimes he committed will be settled one by one in Yizhou.

[-]. The capital was established in Chengdu. Ten days later, the officials of the imperial court accompanied the capital to move. Fengjie was the general of the right guard, and he was in charge of the forbidden army.

[-]. Set up Yinping Dudufu to govern the military administration of the five counties of Pingwu, Yicheng, Wenshan, Jinshan, and Pu'an. Dou Gui was named Taiwei, Shangzhu Kingdom, and Yinping Daodu. Xi Zhi became Sima of the Governor's Mansion; set up the Badong Governor's Mansion to govern the military affairs of Badong, Fangling, the Western Regions, and Tongchuan. Mansion Sima; set up the Brazilian Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to govern the military affairs of the four counties of Brazil, Dangqu, Qinghua, and Fuling.

Fourth, I want the Zen prince Li Jiancheng... "

'boom'

There was an uproar outside the hall.

Everyone was taken aback by the emperor's words of 'I want the Zen prince Li Jiancheng'.

The founding emperor of the Li Tang Dynasty actually wanted to abdicate the throne to the prince?And it's still at a time when the people are besieging the palace, what kind of deep meaning is there?
Some simple-minded courtiers couldn't understand it, and they didn't want to think about it at all. Their hearts were as refreshing as drinking iced grape wine in the dog days, and they were very happy. I hope this is not fake, and I hope that Li Jiancheng can really inherit the throne.

In the final analysis, everyone was extremely disappointed in Li Yuan.

When the heroes separated, Datang was originally the number one in the world, and its strength was the most powerful in the world. It was Yang Tong who spread his prestige outside the territory. In a short period of time, the Tang Dynasty, which was once in its heyday and unparalleled, continued to suffer disastrous defeats and lost its territory. Why did it decline so much?
The real reason is not that Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and other generals are incompetent, but that Li Yuan intervenes too deeply in military campaigns. The general at the front must implement the established plan meticulously, otherwise he will be severely punished; the general at the front will be like a puppet, knowing that it is wrong, he can only bite the bullet and copy the battle plan to fight; implement.But back and forth, the exchange of information can be transmitted as quickly as two or three days, and as slow as half a month, while the changes on the battlefield are changing rapidly. When Li Yuan approves in the imperial capital, the war may have ended.In fact, Li Yuan is not only interfering too deeply in the military, but also has many other problems, such as giving the clan power over the military, while the general who is good at fighting has not displayed his talents and opportunities for promotion, etc...

Except for Li Yuan who can pinch soft peaches like Liang Shidu, Zhu Can and Xiao Xian, he can't deal with anyone, not to mention Yang Tong, even Xue Ju almost killed Daxing City, again and again. And San's disastrous defeat ruined the good situation.

The aristocrats of Guanlong changed from a hero in the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to a pioneer in the anti-Tang Dynasty. Isn't Li Yuan still disappointing and chilling?

All these problems are actually open secrets. If Li Yuan really gave the throne to Li Jiancheng, it would be the great fortune of the Tang Dynasty and the blessing of the common people.

At this moment, one person came out and cried loudly: "Why is this, my sage! Gou Jian still has the courage to make a comeback; Wang Mang usurped the throne, and Guangwu Liu Xiu stepped forward; in the dispute at the end of the Han Dynasty, there was also Liu Beixing who restored the Han family." Jiangshan. Today, although our Tang Dynasty has suffered a lot of damage, the soldiers are still loyal to the Holy Majesty. There are still millions of subjects in Shu. As long as the monarchs and ministers are united and manage well... It is not known whether Jingzhou, Yongzhou, and Bingzhou will be recovered. It will last for a while. The setback makes you feel cold and discouraged? Although Gucheng is defeated, the Holy Majesty is still the giant pillar of our Tang Dynasty. If the Holy Majesty goes to the throne, our Tang Dynasty may collapse completely. The Holy Majesty thinks twice! The Holy Majesty thinks twice!!"

When it came to the pain, the man took off his crown, prostrated himself on the ground, and shouted loudly: "I beseech you, my lord, to take back my life, so as to save Datang!"

Many courtiers looked intently and found that this person was Pei Ji. This Pei Ji had no other skills, but he was unsurpassed in flattery. Being disturbed by him in this way, many courtiers also reacted belatedly, and they all reacted differently. The imitators took off their hats and prostrated themselves in the stagnant water, shouting earnestly, "I beseech you, Your Majesty, to take back everything so as to save Datang!"

"I beseech you, my lord, to take back everything to save Datang..."

"I beseech you, my lord, to take back everything to save Datang..."

"Think twice, Your Majesty! It's not your Majesty's fault that the Great Tang has fallen to this point, it's because Yang Yu's child is too treacherous."

"Your Majesty's heart for the country and the people is sincere. If it wasn't for Yelang, er, the nobles of Guanlong who obstructed it, causing our army to lose countless battles and lose countless strengths, why would we be here?"

"That's right, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is right, the one who is wrong is the nobleman of Guanlong who communicated with the enemy inside and outside, and the one who is wrong is the insidious and cunning Yang Tong..."

"..."

Speaking of this, many courtiers probably believed even themselves that 'it's not that Li Yuan is incompetent, it's just that Yang Tong is too cunning'.So everyone was crying, and the atmosphere was inexplicably sad, as if it was Long Yu's funeral.

Everyone is like this, and even Li Jiancheng, who knows everything about his father's thoughts, has to follow the crowd and kneel down, trying to squeeze out tears to show his loyalty and filial piety.

But Emperor Li Yuan looked on blankly, as if he was watching a farce that had nothing to do with him.

The crowd wailed for a long time, and found that the emperor hadn't expressed anything at all. One and two began to feel guilty, and the crying gradually became silent.But there are also some people who are too deep into the drama and can't hold back for a while. Although they stopped crying, they still sobbed and cried like rain.

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