Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 694 Wu Zetian Is a Mirror
Li Ke stretched out his right hand, and Li You also stretched out his right hand with a smile, and then the two held hands together. In the end, Li Ke still chose to believe in Li You. It's not that I believe it, but it's a pity that he is not the one who decides. Since Li Ke has already believed it, then Li Yin just doesn't want to believe it.

Then the two sides made a plan, and this time the plan was named dog eat dog, ha ha, the name is a bit ridiculous, but this is also a kind of self-deprecating, because in Li Shimin's eyes, their level is just like this, as long as Li Shimin returns to Chang'an After that, the two parties will bite each other, but this bite also has a degree.

It was to find a reason for Li Shimin to drive the two out of Chang'an, because Li Ke and Li You did not dare to let Changsun Wuji find evidence of their crimes. No one knew what kind of evidence Changsun Wuji would find for them, let alone How would Changsun Wuji bite himself? Li Ke and Li You are both smart people. Instead of putting the uncertain factors in the hands of others, it is better to release the uncertain factors themselves.

After discussing for an afternoon, Li Ke and Li Min left. Li You stood upstairs and looked at the carriage of Prince Wu's Mansion leaving slowly. He also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Li Ke is a person who knows the general , if this is like Li Yin, then it's really over.

At this time, the sun was setting and the sky in Chang'an was dyed like blood. Li You sighed, this is the bloody sky in Chang'an. You must know that you are in the royal family and you cannot help yourself.

And at this time, the Tang Dynasty was in a peaceful and prosperous age, Li You could only choose to forbear. In troubled times, you can accumulate strength and rise up, but this peaceful and prosperous age is really too difficult. If you don’t believe me, you can look at Wu Zetian in the later period.

In May of the fourth year of Chuigong (688), Wu Zetian was honored as the Holy Mother of God.

In July of the fourth year of Chuigong (688), Wu Zetian announced that the "Treasure Map" was renamed "Tianzhi Shengtu", and the place where the Tianshu Shengtu appeared was named Shengtu Spring, and Yongchang County was set up to guard it. Luoshui was renamed Yongchang Luoshui , the god of Luoshui was named Xianshenghou, fishing and fishing in Luoshui was prohibited, and offering sacrifices to Luoshui was like offering sacrifices to Sidu (Jiang, He, Huai, and Ji, with the same status as princes).

After this combination of punches, everyone was shocked, and Li Tang's family was even more panicked.

It has to be said that Wu Zetian is a record-setting strange woman, whose brains are wide open and her rich imagination is deeply admirable.Leaving aside the ambition to become the emperor, the beautiful words such as the Holy Mother of God and God-given Holy Picture have really added a lot of magic to ancient Chinese culture.

Before offering sacrifices to Luoshui, rumors began to fly all over the sky. Some said that Wu Zetian wanted to dethrone the emperor Li Dan and proclaim himself emperor;

At that time, the princes were very dissatisfied with Wu Zetian's rooster Sichen's behavior, and had long been in private contact, intending to force Wu Zetian to retreat behind the scenes in the form of military remonstrance.

This is still reasonable, after all, Wu Zetian is not from the Li family.

Among these princes, the Yue King Li Zhen (the eighth son of Li Shimin), the son of the Yue King Li Zhen, and the Langya King Li Chong Dongguan Gong Li Rong (the grandson of Li Yuan) are the most radical.

These princes have several common characteristics: first, they are the uncles and brothers of Li Zhi, and the elders of the Li Tang Dynasty; They are all pretty good; fourth, if Wu Zetian's rule is overthrown, they are all qualified to be emperors!
Each of these conditions is better than the current Li You. Li You raises troops to face Li Shimin directly. First of all, you can’t stand up for a righteousness. If your son beats me, what do you make the people of the world think? How can they help you?
Later, Huang Guogong and Li Zhuan were the first to move.In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of all uncles and brothers, Li Zhuan forged the emperor's seal letter of Tang Ruizong Li Dan, and wrote a secret letter to Langya King Li Chong: "I have been imprisoned by the Queen of Heaven, and the kings can send their own troops to rescue me!"

Li Chong felt that this trick was very clever, so he also carved a radish badge, declaring: "The Queen of Heaven is going to depose Emperor Li Dan, and hand over the artifact of Li Tang to the Wu family!"

For a while, Li Tang's clan was gearing up and filled with righteous indignation. Everyone had the intention to raise troops, and now they got the emperor's "edict". Isn't that justified?
Then here comes the problem, these princes are separated from each other, and it is very difficult to convey information. If the plan for raising troops is not formulated, or someone watches the fire from the other side, there is only one end: court death.

History has proved that the impulsive ones are always the young and the juniors.

For example, Langya King Li Chong, while the other princes were still planning at home, Li Chong had already dispatched Governor of Bo Shi Xiao Decong and others to recruit soldiers in the local area, preparing for a big fight.At this time, the princes from all over the world hadn't made an alliance with blood, nor had they prepared the money, food and grass needed to raise troops, but they suddenly received a notice from the junior Li Chong, asking the big guys to gather their troops and march to Luoyang together.

You princes are very depressed. Langya King Li Chong is only the son of Yue King Li Zhen, and he is the lowest seniority among all princes. Even if you are the King of Warlords, it is not your turn to give orders.Why do you, Li Chong, say a word, and others will accompany you to do this brain-dead thing?
Wu Zetian's spies had already secretly monitored the princes from all over the country. Langya King Li Chong's actions were too obvious, and Wu Zetian knew about the rebellion plan in advance.The situation was so critical that Wu Zetian had no time to think about it, and immediately appointed General Zuo Jinwu Qiu Shenji as the general manager of the Qingpingdao march, and went to crusade against Li Chong.

Li Chong is still too naive. He thinks this is a war between justice and evil. He only needs to raise his arms, and his uncles and brothers entrenched in various places will rise up to resist and save Li Tang's world together. Even the people everywhere will fight for him. They waved their flags and shouted together to expel Wu Zetian, the public enemy.

Regrettably, the governor of Bozhou, Shi Xiaodecong, who went to recruit soldiers, brought back bad news: the common people seem to have no interest in defeating Wu Zetian, only 5000 people expressed their willingness to follow us, some of them were originally cronies, and some of them were for money .

Why is no one willing? Who wants to fight in a peaceful and prosperous age? Even if Li You stepped forward and someone followed, there would never be more than 10 people. Xiang Yuan roasted 10 people to fight against Li Shimin's entire Tang Dynasty. Not advisable.

The situation here is not only grim, but also debilitating.Li Chong is a kind person, since he has already let go, he can't take it back, so he has to bite the bullet and do it!

Li Chong's plan was as follows: first settle down the counties in Bozhou, and then lead the army across the Yellow River to take Jeju (now Jining City, Shandong Province), go all the way west to Luoyang, and take Wu Zetian's head.It can only be said that the direction of struggle is correct, but the difficulty of the struggle process is underestimated.

(End of this chapter)