Chapter 1373 Uncle Emperor, Nephew Emperor

This requirement has been mentioned more than 1,000 years later, and a very famous historical event has taken place.

It was in the Ming Dynasty, when it was also a battle for the throne, Zhu Di, the king of Yan under the banner of Fengtian Jingnan, raised troops with 800 cavalry to fight against his nephew Emperor Jianwen, who built the capital of Nanjing, and defeated more than 1 million southern troops in three years, Zhu Di conquered Yingtian, and Emperor Jianwen burned himself to death in the palace.

In order to express his legitimacy, Zhu Di ordered Jianwen's former minister Fang Xiaoru to prepare an edict for himself, who knew that Fang Xiaoru cried in court after going to the palace, Ming Chengzu personally stepped forward to persuade him, and said that he was just following the example of Zhou Gong to assist King Cheng, and the next conversation was almost the same as the general one who had just been on the official ceremony and Pei Yan and the two forced to ask Li Jie, the king of Fujian.

After Fang Xiaoru insisted on establishing the son of Emperor Jianwen or the younger brother of Emperor Jianwen, he refused to draft an edict for Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and even said that he could not help the ten clans, so the furious Zhu Di killed the ten clans of Fang Xiaoru in one go, and even Fang Xiaoru's protΓ©gΓ© friends were listed as one clan, and a total of 873 people were slaughtered in front of the Jubao Gate in Nanjing.

It is said that Fang Xiaoru still scolded before he died, and the unforgivable Ming Chengzu ordered someone to cut off Fang Xiaoru's mouth and ears, and cut off his tongue. History from ancient times to the present, only Fang Xiaoru is the ten tribes who have been punished, in order to be loyal to the faith in his heart, Fang Xiaoru has also broken the record.

It can be seen how cruel and ruthless the power struggle is, but he fell into the trap of Gaozong's old ministers! Wang Dezhen, Wei Yuanzhong and others were already speechless in fear, and some officials behind them who couldn't hold their breath simply scolded Shangguan Yi and Pei Yan.

But in such a chaos, Li Jie suddenly laughed, the giggles heard in the ears of many officials like a night owl crying over the grave as terrifying and palpitating, the emperor's authority was fully revealed at this time, a smile of anger can make people awe-inspiring, Li Jie laughed, a chaotic enjoyment hall became dead and silent in an instant.

Looking at Li Jie's bright smile, all the officials felt the catastrophe, just waiting for Li Jie to say a killing word, at this time, even Shangguan Yi and Pei Yan were not in the air, and the atmosphere was as dead and silent as a pool of thousand-year-old muddy water, which made people suffocate and wanted to die.

However, in the center of the entire aura, after laughing, Li Jie did not show the slightest sign of anger, but kindly beckoned to Li Zhong, who followed the queen to participate in the sacrifice and was full of curiosity, hiding on the side and watching the minister suddenly kowtow in the wrong direction.

"Zhong'er, come here!"

"Yes, Father!"

Compared with Li Rang, Li Jin, Li Zhong is not so precocious, he is more like a teenager, he has no scheming at all, he doesn't understand politics, this is also related to Li Zhi's lack of attention to him, the prince opened the palace at the age of seven and went out of the East Palace, but Li Zhong is more than ten years old, but he still follows the queen and does not receive the due education of the prince at all.

In short, under the gaze of the ministers as if they were watching sheep into the mouth of a tiger, Li Zhong ran to Li Jie quickly without any scheming, and patted the head of the little boy with a confused look with emotion, and Li Jie suddenly looked at the ministers of Chang'an with a serious face.

"Do you really want the widow to make this son the emperor of the Tang Dynasty?"

Wang De really wanted to jump up and say no, but Queen Wang suddenly glanced at him, and in a stunned manner, she countered that Shangguan Yi and Pei Yan, who were holding down Wei Yuanzhong, and more than a dozen colluding ministers had already started shouting together.

"The father dies and the son succeeds, and the destiny of heaven should be like this!"

"Hey~"

Shaking his head helplessly, Li Jie personally dressed Li Zhong again, and under the frightened gaze of the ministers as if Li Zhong was going to be strangled to death in the next second, Li Jie moved the confused Li Zhong's shoulders over and asked him to face the ministers in person.

In the child's somewhat frightened expression, Li Jie solemnly pointed at Li Zhong and said loudly: "Zhong'er is young, and the widow originally wanted to help him become an adult and inherit the unification!" But you are anxious! Well, the widow will be fulfilled today! ”

Turning around and pointing at the statue of Li Shimin, Li Jie roared loudly: "Today, in front of the throne of my father Emperor Taizong, the widow Emperor Li Jie of the Western Tang Dynasty, I will set up the crown prince Li Zhong as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" Rule the rivers and mountains of China! As an uncle, the widow should also try his best to help him become a generation of Ming Jun! Why don't you hurry up and pay homage to your co-master? ”

Promised?

More than a hundred important ministers of Chang'an, even Shangguan Yi and Pei Yan, who made the request, were full of disbelief, and there was no reaction for a while, Li Jie, who saw this scene, frowned again, and glanced back at Queen Wang, Li Jie suddenly pulled out the saber with his right hand, and immediately stretched out the little finger of his left hand.

Click!

A small finger fell to the ground, and in the severe pain, Li Jie's face also became extremely hideous, and he roared fiercely with a fierce momentum: "The ugly words of the widow are ahead, and today is at the invitation of you and others!" The widow just agreed, if anyone dares to be capricious in the future, deceive the king, usurp the country, the widow will send a large army, and kill the nine clans of Er! Severed fingers as an oath! ”

Such ruthless tricks have been played, this time Li Jie is definitely serious! No longer daring to slack off, Wang Dezhen and other prime ministers and important ministers hurriedly kowtowed to the ground, and shouted in their mouths: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

The voice spread outside, and the nobles of Chang'an, who were anxiously waiting for worship, also knelt on the ground one after another, as if waiting for an outlet, and bowed loudly and loudly: "Long live your majesty the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

The loud cry, it seems that Jiuzhi Mountain trembles with it, and responds, the momentum is mighty, and the emperor's power is fully revealed!

However, as soon as he finished bowing, Wang Dezhen was the leader of the weak heart in this five-body bow, bowed three times and kowtowed, and shouted at the same time: "Long live your majesty the Emperor of the Western Tang Dynasty, long live, long live!" ”

Seeing Li Jie, who was holding a sharp blade in one hand and a broken finger on his left hand dripping with blood, as if he was like a god with angry eyes, the group was suddenly surprised, and he hurriedly kowtowed to the ground, and shouted the same: "Long live the Emperor of the Western Tang Dynasty, long live, long live!! ”

The cry was even a little louder than just now, and when it spread outside, the Chang'an magnates who had just performed three bows and nine bows were shocked, and they had to bow down for the second time, and the same sound that shook the world sounded again.

"Long live the Emperor of the Western Tang Dynasty, long live, long live, long live!!"

All the political goals were achieved, and finally threw the knife, covering the severed finger, Li Jie showed a happy smile, but Li Zhong, the fourth emperor of the Tang Dynasty who had just ascended the throne under the support of his ministers, was frightened by this chaotic scene, holding Li Jie's robe and crying.

patted Li Zhong's head, and Li Jie smiled bitterly again.

On the eighth day of the fifth month of the fourth year of Mingfeng, the sky of the Tang Dynasty finally changed, and there were no two days in the capital, but this time Chang'an had two emperors, opening the era of the two Tang Dynasty in the east and the west, and the two emperors ruled in parallel.

On the tenth day of the first month, Li Zhong, who returned to Chang'an, was officially crowned, and on the Ziji Hall that had just been cleaned up, tens of thousands of Chang'an scholars, Fanbang envoys, and the king of the border bowed to the ground with great submission, praising the majesty of the **** kingdom.

"Knock on the sky Khan, long live the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, long live, long live!"

However, the dragon chair became two, and Emperor Li Zhong shrank his head back with stage fright, but Li Jie with incomparable majesty and the kind of responsibility of being an uncle, he waved out his sleeves mercifully.

"Zhu Qing is flat!"

After the official succession, a series of major actions in Chang'an were immediately unfolded.

In order to suppress Li Zhi, he was the first to hand over the right to supervise the army to the eunuchs, but this time it was different, Li Jie had established the advantages of the Min and Tang Dynasties, and the emperor he set up was close to himself, and now to ensure the long-term stability of Chang'an's regime, it has become the common interest of the two empires of the Fujian and Tang dynasties!

In order to prevent the recurrence of the eunuch dictatorship, the imperial court revised the "Tang Law" to officially write the law that eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics and that eunuchs were levied from foreign clans.

In this power game, the unlucky Wang Dezhen was out again, and the prime minister who had just been a few months was taken down, just as the eldest grandson Wuji did not give the right to open the palace with three divisions, but in this round of power game, the Taiyuan Wang family has been regarded as one of the big winners, and the eldest son of Queen Wang inherited the throne, and the Taiyuan Wang family became the largest relative of the empire.

Wang Dezhen, the head of his relatives, not only did not dare to complain, but he was quite uneasy, after all, Li Jie is now the boss, in case Li Jie turns his face one day, he is afraid that this branch will be cut down and eradicated, and he prayed for the resignation of the official and begging for the return of the bones several times, and finally made the queen Wang unable to go out of the palace to find him in person.

No one knew what Queen Wang said to her uncle, anyway, Wang Dezhen didn't mention the resignation the next day, and the smiling court came to participate in the construction of the new dynasty with all his heart.

In terms of the political situation, Shangguan Yi, who participated in the support, was not reused, although this person was talented, but he was too good at seeing the wind and making the rudder, his voice this time was actually to figure out the mystery of Li Jie's delay in ascending the throne, this kind of person is too sleek, and it is not worth relying on, but secretly Pei Yan of Li Zhi has become the winner, and he has been promoted to the right servant of Shangshu, the second in command of the prime minister.

Shangshu left servant shot, the prime minister's leader, Li Jie was given to the original Chang'an to stay behind Wei Yuanzhong, this person is a staunch pro-Fujian faction, and it is rare not to have too much ambition, Lao Cheng is serious, Li Jindong came when he opened the city gate, and when Li Jin tossed Chang'an into a miasma, it was Wei Yuanzhong who did his best to maintain a stable situation, and he and Pei Yan jointly led the old Cheng faction and the new faction in the DPRK, but it was properly applied.

For a time, the political situation in Chang'an was like pushing through the old and bringing forth the new, and the incomparable effectiveness of each yamen was really a new dynasty.

Internal affairs are handled properly, foreign affairs are also on the agenda, the main force of the Tang army, which has been entrenched in Guanzhong for half a year, finally stretched its lazy waist, Li Chongyi, the eldest son of Li Xiaogong, a famous general of the clan, served as the main line of the southeast road as a clan, supervised the army of 300,000, out of Tongguan, and took Xue Rengui, the general of the Fujian and Tang Dynasties, as the general of the Pingnan Road, and Gao Kan, the former governor of Yunzhong, as the chief of the Heluo Road march, and the two pioneers were parallel.

For a while, the eyes of the world focused on Heluo, and Lianghuai ............