Chapter 446: Seeing Xuanwu Gate Again

Du Ruhui seemed to be very interested, and turned to ask Sun Simiao:

"Doctor Sun, if he died of poison, would it still be known even after a thousand years?"

Sun Simiao pinched his beard and seemed a little embarrassed. He was happy and worried at the same time.

The happy thing is that from the current point of view, medicine in later generations has flourished, and the classification and division of disciplines are extremely detailed. Even the toxicity of drugs can be a separate theory.

The natural worry is that the study of medicine is also vast. I wonder how much of the medical sea can be measured by the time I die?

As for Du Ruhui's question, it was simple:

"That's natural. After all, poison can penetrate muscles and bones and take people's lives."

"Just like people who died of burning, drowning, or strangulation can all be judged from the bones, and death from poison is the same."

The method of examining corpses by coroners was not unfamiliar to Sun Simiao, and he simply introduced the most straightforward characteristics of people who died of poison to Du Ruhui.

"As for the death of Li Xian..."

Sun Simiao pondered for a moment and said:

"From the Spring and Autumn Period to the present, poisons that can cause sudden death will cause bone-eroding pain after consumption. If the emperor consumes it, he will know it in a moment."

After Sun Simiao's additional explanation, Du Ruhui also understood that if Li Xian was really poisoned, he would feel severe pain in his body as soon as he took the poison. He only needed to summon the imperial physician to know that he was poisoned, and then the subsequent events would never be easily covered up.

But it is still too troublesome to talk about it. Du Ruhui agrees with the evaluation of Li Xian in later generations from the bottom of his heart:

Like a fool...

After all, even Sima Zhong said, "This is the blood of Ji Shizhong, don't get rid of it."

Li Xian barely explained his alliance with the Wu family to consolidate the emperor's prestige, but he was already insane in the face of Wu Sansi's indulgence and his wife and daughter. In this case, Empress Wei and Princess Anle, who both wanted to be the second Wu Zetian, did not need to poison Li Xian.

Li Shimin was not interested in these, and went straight to the core of the problem:

"Whether he was poisoned or not, it would not affect Li Xian's death."

How he died is not important; what happened after his death is very important.

Changsun Wuji immediately jumped out to agree:

"'Wei Shi should overthrow the Tang Dynasty?' The scoundrels dared to show off their power, without thinking about how Wu Sansi would be killed."

"In my opinion, this is their act of destroying themselves and seeking death. Our Tang still has a prosperous destiny, and we will definitely let such disasters know. Why do you know how to advance but not how to retreat!"

Du Ruhui curled his lips in his heart, do you need to say this? After all, Li Longji looked like he was sure of victory.

However, it was not that Changsun Wuji could not say such cheesy words, but based on the actual situation, he analyzed:

"If we want to pursue the past of Empress Wu, the most suitable person should be Princess Taiping. What does it have to do with Empress Wei and Princess Anle?"

At this point, everyone in Ganlu Palace has also seen that once Wu Zetian falls, she will be faced with a cowardly emperor like Li Xian, and the remaining princesses and queens will all miss the past of Empress Tian.

Now that Li Xian has passed away, Empress Wei and Princess Anle have lost their biggest backers. Since the opportunity to recreate the past of Empress Tian is just around the corner, who says that Wu Zhou cannot restore the country?

At this moment, Du Ruhui watched Li Longji contact the imperial guards in an orderly manner, but suddenly remembered the time when His Majesty was still the King of Qin and pacified the world.

It has been less than a hundred years since the Li Tang Dynasty was pacified, and these mediocre and ugly people who are fighting for power have forgotten that the Tang Dynasty was conquered inch by inch by the bow and sword in the hands of His Majesty the King of Qin.

If you don't have soldiers and horses who fight to the death, how can you be called the emperor?

【During Li Xian's time, although Princess Taiping was not prominent, no one dared to ignore this big Buddha.

After all, in terms of status, she was the daughter of Emperor Gaozong and the Empress. In terms of power, she was given the title of "Princess Taiping, the Guardian of the Country" after Li Xian ascended the throne, and was actually granted 5,000 households and enjoyed the right to open a government office.

Being a princess, she was actually a local prince.

Moreover, during the Wu Zhou period, whether she was willing or not, Princess Taiping was taught by her mother and was also good at power tactics. The history books recorded the relationship between several major women in the Zhongzong era as follows:

"Empress Wei and Shangguan Zhaorong were both not as smart as the princess, and they were very afraid of her."

So Li Longji entered the game quite soberly. He realized that he did not have the ability to eliminate all these empress dowagers and princesses, so he simply joined the game to borrow their strength. After all, the two sides cooperated well in the Shenlong coup, didn't they?

Moreover, the partner is indeed a multiple-choice question. After all, Li Longji could not go to join forces with Empress Wei, because she is dreaming of becoming an emperor. If you go to cooperate with her, you will be digging up the ancestral graves of the Li family.

In short, Princess Taiping is also happy to see this cooperation. The history books describe her attitude as "Princess Joy", and she sent her son Xue Chongjian to assist Li Longji.

After everything was ready, Li Longji's coup team suddenly realized something was wrong: Where is the Prince of Xiang?

In fact, it is easy to think that Li Longji did not have a third eye, nor did he have the aura of a king who would make people bow to him when they met. The Imperial Guards were willing to listen to him largely because of Li Dan's identity as the Prince of Xiang. After all, the matter of brother-to-brother succession was not uncommon before the Song Dynasty.

Li Longji refuted righteously, saying that we gathered here to save the country. If it succeeds, it will benefit the people of the world. If it fails, please kill me to show loyalty and filial piety. How can you involve my father and make him worry?

Li Longji further analyzed: If I invite the Prince of Xiang, I will put my father in danger. If I don't invite him, won't our plan be leaked?

The subtext is obvious: If my father doesn't want to do it, can we kill him? That's something that even Emperor Taizong didn't do.

The well-reasoned words made everyone feel ashamed, so without further delay, everyone took action that night.

Under the careful plan, the whole incident can be said to be unremarkable.

Li Longji led his confidants to control the forbidden garden north of the palace, and then his confidants who were originally from the North Gate Imperial Guards directly entered the Imperial Guards camp and led people to directly kill Wei Hou's confidants, and shouted from a high place that Wei Hou had poisoned the previous emperor, and we must clear the emperor's side tonight and support the prince!

"The Yulin soldiers all obeyed the order happily"

Then Li Longji took over the Xuanwu Gate in person, controlled the armory and the North Gate Imperial Guards, provided support for the confidants entering the palace, and also guaranteed a retreat.

But things went much more smoothly than Li Longji expected. Seeing the Imperial Guards entering the palace to clear the emperor's side, the Imperial Guards in the inner palace also "all responded with armor", and the entire palace began to besiege Wei Hou.

Empress Wei herself fled in panic, and was beheaded by a guard and brought to Li Longji's horse to seek credit. Princess Anle and Wu Yanxiu, the only remaining member of the Wu family, were both killed in the chaos.

Shangguan Wan'er was panicked and took out Li Xian's will - the one that designated Prince Xiang Li Dan as regent, hoping that the two sides could cooperate.

Li Longji didn't think it was very good, so he chose to behead Shangguan Wan'er under his flag.

After dawn, Li Longji went to his father in armor to apologize. When they met, the father and son hugged each other and cried so sincerely.

Li Longji said that he should be punished for not asking his father for permission. Li Dan said that my son stabilized the world and rebuilt the country, and he was a meritorious official in the world!

After the process was completed, the father and son smiled at each other and went to the palace to see the frightened Tang Shaodi Li Chongmao, and then the two of them divided the work and cooperated tacitly.

Li Longji sent out the guards and killed all the members of Empress Wei's party in just one day. Shaodi Li Chongmao went to the palace gate to meet the people and stabilize the people's hearts accompanied by Li Dan.

The coup took place late at night on June 20th.

On the 21st, Empress Wei's party was completely eradicated.

On the 23rd, Li Chongmao, with the help of Princess Taiping, abdicated the throne to Li Dan.

On the 24th, Li Dan officially ascended the throne, and the Li Tang world seemed to be stable again. 】

Liu Bei recalled the various operations of the Han Dynasty's "punishment of traitors", and then looked at the Tang Dynasty's "no future troubles" incident that took only one day, and finally he could only comment:

"It's quite skilled."

"That's right."

Zhang Fei immediately agreed with his brother's words:

"With the demonstration of predecessors, future generations can fill the gap."

Liu Bei choked for a while, not knowing whether the predecessors his third brother was talking about were Li Longji's grandfather Li Shimin, or the Han and Jin dynasties before the Tang Dynasty, including them.

Jian Yong looked at this neat and tidy coup, and said with a sigh:

"Li Longji is only 30 years old, but he can be called a perseverant man. He cleared up the chaos and supported the government, and made contributions to the country."

After all, even if he didn't like such a bloody palace coup, Jian Yong knew better that when Li Xian was alive, the queen and princess dared to sell official positions.

If the queen mother came to power or really became an empress, I'm afraid that the country and the people would be sold out, and it would be too late to regret it.

So his praise was sincere.

As for sighing, everyone present knew it. Think about the Anshi Rebellion. Jian Yong shook his head:

"Compared with such an outstanding ruler, it's no wonder that later generations sighed and said that he should have died early."