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Chapter 114 It’s over
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"I don't understand!" Wu Wen shook his head slightly.

"Let me tell you." Yuan Tiangang looked at Wu Wen and spoke slowly.

"The reason why we want the King of Qin to win this fight is actually very simple, we want Your Majesty to abdicate."

"Huh?" Wu Wen was very surprised when he heard this. "Why?"

Yuan Tiangang explained: "The reason is that your majesty wants to issue the "Shatai Buddhist and Taoist Edict."

"What is the Shatai Buddhist and Taoist edict?" Wu Wen asked.

Yuan Tiangang explained it to him in detail.

The so-called "Shatai Buddhist and Taoist Edict" is an edict targeting Buddhism and Taoism.

The imperial edict stipulated that all prefectures across the country must demolish temples, and each prefecture was only allowed to retain one. After the temples were demolished, only 10% of the monks would remain, and the remaining 90% would return to secular life and engage in production.

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After hearing this, Wu Wen couldn't help but take a breath.

The purpose of Emperor Li Yuan's edict may be good, which is to fill the court population and encourage the people to reclaim farmland, thereby enhancing national strength.

But this approach is too radical.

There were innumerable temples and Taoist temples in the Tang Dynasty, and there were at least hundreds of thousands of monks and Taoists.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. Even if he really wants to do it, he should take it slowly.

How could he avoid backlash if he took such a one-size-fits-all approach?
More importantly, this edict was tantamount to offending both Buddhism and Taoism.

Buddhism is still better, but when it comes to Taoism, it's like going crazy.

Not to mention the Taoists in the martial arts world, there are also a lot of them in the temples.

Wu Wen now understood why Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng stopped him here.

"It is true that those who are righteous have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous have few!" Wu Wen chuckled and shook his head, sighing.

Yuan Tiangang stood up, looked at the increasingly dark night sky outside the window, and said: "After today, the Tang Dynasty will be a new world. The King of Qin also promised the Buddhist and Taoist families that after he comes to power, there will never be an edict like the Shatai Buddhist and Taoist edict."

Wu Wen lowered his head and remained silent for a while.

He didn't care about Emperor Li Yuan, but he couldn't just sit back and watch Crown Prince Li Jiancheng die.

Slowly step back.

"Where are you going?" Li Chunfeng asked.

"Master, there are some things that I still have to do."

After bowing, Wu Wen went downstairs.

Li Chunfeng wanted to stand up and chase after him, but Yuan Tiangang stretched out his hand to stop him, saying, "Let him go. Anyway... the outcome has been decided!"

Hearing this, Li Chunfeng sighed and sat down.

Came to the East Palace.

Wu Wen met Yang Ergou directly.

Ever since he knew that Li Shimin would take action in advance, Wu Wen asked Yang Ergou to stay in the East Palace all day and pass on information to him at any time.

"Where is the prince?"

"The prince went to Taiji Palace in the afternoon."

Got it!

Wu Wen was about to go to Taiji Palace.

However, just when he was about to leave the East Palace.

But from a distance at the door, he saw Li Shimin running out on horseback, whipping his horse, followed by thousands of cavalrymen.

Seeing this, Wu Wen suddenly felt something was wrong.

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"Wu Wen? Why are you here?"

Arriving at the gate of the East Palace, Li Shimin stopped his horse and looked at Wu Wen and asked.

Wu Wen did not answer, but asked:

"Excuse me, Your Highness, Prince Qin, where is the Crown Prince?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin sneered: "From now on, I am the crown prince."

Wu Wen took a deep breath.

It's still too late.

Sure enough, his expression changed and he stared at Li Shimin coldly.

Being looked at in this way, Li Shimin felt a chill on his back, as if he was being stared at by some ferocious beast.

"Excuse me, Your Highness, why did you bring these thousands of cavalrymen to the East Palace?"

"Wu Wen, there are some things you'd better not ask too much." Li Shimin replied in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Wu Wen was certain that the other party was here to kill him. "Your Highness, do you still remember that you owed me a promise?"

"I naturally remember, what do you want?"

"I want Your Highness to let the people in the East Palace go."

"impossible."

"Your Highness, are you going to break your promise?"

"I just want to go back on my word, so what can I do?"

Wu Wen stared at Li Shimin with his eyes fixed.

Li Shimin knew how powerful he was, so he turned the reins slightly and the horse under him slowly backed away. At the same time, behind and to the side of him, two people in long robes and strange clothes and with masks on their faces slowly approached.

Wu Wen suddenly jumped up, drew the sword from his waist, and rushed forward.

The moment he took action.

The two men swung their cloaks at the same time, and then a large ball of silver powder flew towards them.

Wu Wen immediately took a step back.

Then a ball of fire came out of the two people's mouths, and when it came into contact with the large ball of silver powder in the air, it instantly turned it into a ball of fire cloud.

Wu Wen had to step back again.

This ball of fire cloud came and went quickly, and soon disappeared.

"Wu Wen, I admire you very much. If you put down your weapons now, I will reward you with high positions, generous salaries, gold and jewelry."

Seeing Wu Wen being forced to retreat, Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Your Highness, have you ever heard a saying?"

Wu Wen put the sword in his hand back into the scabbard and threw it to the ground aside.

Seeing this, Li Shimin thought he had stopped resisting, so he smiled and asked, "What did you say?"

"Shout, within a short distance, everyone is the enemy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of lightning appeared between the ends of Wu Wen's hair, and then he rushed towards Li Shimin at an extremely fast speed.

Seeing this, the two people who were blocking Li Shimin and setting fire wanted to swing their cloaks again and use the fire cloud to repel Wu Wen.

However, Wu Wen's speed at this moment was too fast.

He ran the twenty-meter distance in just one breath. The two men had just thrown up their cloaks and had no time to set the fire.

Then he was knocked away by Wu Wen's left and right palms.

Then, Wu Wen jumped up and pulled Li Shimin off the horse, then ran back to where he had just stood.

Everything happened so fast.

The cavalrymen behind him were so fast that they had no time to react.

"Wu Wen, what do you want to do?" Li Shimin asked nervously at this moment.

"Your Highness, I just want you to keep your promise."

"Wu Wen, why do you have to be their enemy and fight against me? What did Li Jiancheng give you that requires you to be so loyal to him?"

"Your Highness, I don't want to say anything else, just tell me whether you agree or not!"

Seeing Wu Wen's threatening gesture, Li Shimin immediately said, "Okay, I promise you!"

Hearing this, Wu Wen let him go.

Seeing this, Li Shimin was a little bit unconvinced that Wu Wen would let him go so easily.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll regret it?"

"Your Highness, if you regret it, I will accept it. After all, I can't keep you tied up like this forever."

Wu Wen sighed: "I have done everything I can do."

Hearing this, Li Shimin burst into laughter.

"Okay, I admire you more and more."

"I will keep my promise and release them, but I will imprison them forever, and they will have to live under my nose for the rest of their lives."

Hearing this, Wu Wen shook his head.

Seeing this, Li Shimin asked: "Why, do you think I did something wrong?"

"No."

Wu Wen did not refute. Not killing Li Jiancheng's descendants was already the biggest concession.

Wu Wen stepped forward to pick up his dropped sword and left the East Palace. Li Shimin did not stop him. He ordered people to seal off the East Palace and then went to the next location.

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(End of this chapter)