"Hair ...... It's launched, there are no soldiers and no bravery, how dare they? Despite his mental preparations in advance, at this moment, Xue Chongjian's face changed suddenly.

Cui Geng closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "If he doesn't dare, it won't be Li Longji." ”

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Sure enough, the effort was not great, and along with the wind, there was a faint chorus of shouts.

"Empress Wei and Princess An Le, in order to be the empress and the empress, brazenly poisoned the first emperor with poison cakes!"

"Wan Qi Guoyi, Ge Fushun, Chen Xuanli, and Li Xianyi, are willing to punish thieves from the king."

"It is clear that after Wei rebellious, anyone who looks taller than a horsewhip will be killed."

"Those at both ends of the first rat are all accomplices against the party, and the three clans will be punished!"

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The shouts became louder and louder, almost like a tsunami from a mountain, and then several fires broke out in the east and west of the city.

Princess Taiping's face was full of excitement at this time.

Although she and Cui Geng have a close relationship, the positions of the two sides are not the same.

For Cui Geng, keeping Li Bao'er and Empress Wei is the first priority. Therefore, no one other than Li Xian's son must be allowed to ascend the throne.

For the current Princess Taiping, it doesn't matter who the person on the throne is, the important thing is that that person must be surnamed Li!

Wu Zetian became the emperor as her mother, and she had to participate in the Shenlong coup, not to mention Empress Wei.

In addition to this battle of beliefs, it is also a matter of life.

Wu Zetian is the empress, and Princess Taiping not only has no worries about her life, but also can enjoy wealth and prosperity.

However, if Empress Wei is in the court, whether it is Li Dan or Princess Taiping, they are worried about their lives. Therefore, when Zong Chuke was ordered by Empress Wei to force Cui Geng, she would rather burn the jade and stones, but also sternly refuse Anyway, sticking out her head is also a knife, and shrinking her head is also a knife.

Now that Li Longji has made an incident, it can be said that he has fallen into the hands of Princess Taiping.

She said excitedly: "Li Sanlang is really a thousand miles of my family, and this thing was really done by him!" ”

Xue Chongjian hesitated a little and said, "Mother is talking about this now, isn't it a little early?" Among the current prime ministers, except for Cui, they are all the people of the demon queen. The left and right Yulin Army, and even the Ten Thousand Cavalry were all controlled by the Wei clan. King Linzi wants to turn the sky upside down, it's not that easy, right? ”

"Originally, I thought it wouldn't be that easy, but, look, what does this fire mean in the east and west of the city?"

"What?"

"Chang'an is poor in the west and east is poor, if Guangcheng is on fire in the west, it can still be said that Li Longji is killing the Wei party. However, the eastern part of the city is full of poor people, so what is there to burn? ”

"What do you mean...... Someone is taking advantage of the fire to rob? ”

Princess Taiping shook her head slowly and said, "It's not just about taking advantage of the fire. There are one-third of the people in the city, who are the Tang Dynasty soldiers. If there were three or five thieves, how could they make the east of the city so chaotic? I'm afraid the real situation is...... The Yulin Army and the Ten Thousand Cavalry are taking advantage of the fire to rob! ”

"Huh? The army took advantage of the fire to rob, wouldn't the court lose people's hearts? That being the case...... Why do you say that Li Saburo did it? ”

Cui Geng sighed and said, "That's not what you say. Li Longji has no soldiers and no bravery, so he can only rely on the fame of the king to bluff people, and it is strange that he can control the army. If he forcibly extorts the army at this time, he will be foolish. On the contrary, let them plunder, these people are his strongest supporters, and it is up to him to recognize the looting behavior of these people. ”

Princess Taiping answered: "As for the people's hearts? People outside Chang'an City, how do they know what is happening here? As long as Li Longji wins, what he does today will represent the will of the people. ”

Xue Chongjian's face was both angry and puzzled, and he said in a trembling voice: "That...... Isn't that equivalent to Li Longji taking the lives and property of the people of Chang'an to make a deal with the army? And the goal of this deal is the throne! ”

Cui Geng said categorically: "That's right. ”

In fact, from the perspective of "being a shame for His Holiness", the harm suffered by the people in this coup d'état is not mentioned in the historical records.

However, an ordinary record uncovers the bloody corner of this coup: ten thousand horsemen begged for the merits of Zhu Wei, how tyrannical and bitter in Chang'an; The edict and the foreign officials. and stopped at the household slave for ten thousand horsemen; Change the flying horse, subordinate to the left and right feather forest.

At the beginning, Taizong Li Shimin selected 100 elite cavalry from the left and right Yulin armies to form a "hundred cavalry" as the emperor's personal guard. In the Wu Zetian Dynasty, the hundred horses were expanded to "thousand horses".

Li Xian ascended the throne and expanded his personal guard to "ten thousand horses".

It is easy to expand by hundreds, but it is difficult to expand by thousands. With such a rapid expansion, it is not enough to just draw from the Yulin Army. First, this will damage the combat effectiveness of the Yulin Army. Second, this is meaningless, they are all people of the Yulin Army, so it is better to directly change the name of the Yulin Army to "Wanqi", why take off your pants and fart, and spend an extra procedure?

Therefore, Li Xian selected the strong from the official slaves and the Fan households to join the ten thousand horses.

Needless to say, the Khitan, Xi, Tubo and even Silla Fusang people took the initiative to submit to the Tang Dynasty and were called "Fan households, who could not pay taxes for ten years."

What about the official slaves? Except for a small number of Tang people who were traitors and were demoted to official slaves, most of them were prisoners of war.

All in all, it's some low-level aliens.

The emperor's logic is very simple, these people live in poverty, and I have promoted them to be guards and pro-soldiers, how can they not be grateful to me and loyal?

Besides, these aliens are simple-minded and will repay their kindness, and they will definitely not be co-opted and infiltrated by others and embarrassed by me.

However, Li Longji's coup d'état has made people understand that this kind of thinking is pure nonsense. The main force of Li Longji's rebellion is Wan Qi!

The soldiers of the Yulin Army have families and mouths, and they are willing to obey the orders of the imperial court, and they are not very willing to rebel. Even if it is a robbery, it is quite measured.

However, the wild nature of Wanqi is difficult to train, but it is completely different.

They were violently beaten by Zhu Wei, and then provoked by Li Longji's henchmen, they first launched a rebellion. Immediately afterwards, the sergeants of the North and South Ya responded in droves.

What exactly Wan Qi did in the Tanglong coup is not recorded. However, after Li Longji used Wanqi to rebel, he was also a little dumbfounded.

In the end, he took three steps:

First, all the officers of the 10,000 cavalry were promoted and went out. This is equivalent to a certain degree of "a glass of wine to release military power".

Second, from now on, ten thousand horsemen will no longer be selected from among the official slaves.

Third, select elites from the Yulin Army to form "flying horses" to check and balance 10,000 horsemen.

Li Longji, as the beneficiary of the rebellion of ten thousand horses, could not stand it, and the suffering of the people of Chang'an in this rebellion can be seen.

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Of course, Cui Geng is not a saint, and he has no time to care about how much the people have suffered, but is worried about the safety of his family.

The shouts and killings outside became louder and louder, and the army besieging Princess Taiping's mansion did not move, Cui Geng couldn't help but feel anxious.

Finally, he couldn't help it, hugged his fists, and said, "Princess, can you do someone a favor?" ”

"What? Jiro wants to go out? ”

"Exactly. Looking at the current situation, Empress Wei will definitely not be lucky, and the official will not be able to change the overall situation when he goes out. also asked the princess for permission to borrow Cui Moujing to ride 100 people and escort Cui home. ”

There is another sentence he didn't say, there is Anle Princess Li Bao'er in his family, and she must be the primary target of the rebel siege!

"Erlang really has a heart......

Princess Taiping thought for a while, then agreed, and said, "One hundred fine horses, this palace can lend you it." It's just that...... Whether the defenders outside the door are willing to give way or not, it's up to Erlang yours. ”

"It's okay!"

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In a moment, the main gate of Princess Taiping's Mansion rumbled open, and a hundred elite horsemen slowly came out.

Cui Geng was at the forefront of the entire team, and said in a loud voice: "Who is in charge of the opposite army?" Please come out and answer! ”

Call~~

It seemed that there had been preparations for a long time, and suddenly countless lanterns and torches were lit.

Under the escort of dozens of horsemen, a man in a green coat and a small hat urged the horse to come to Cui Geng, clasped his fists and arched his hands, and said, "Big brother, don't come to harm?" My brother has been waiting here for a long time. ”

When Cui Geng saw this person, he suddenly felt like a cold winter moon, and muttered, "What...... It's you? ”