Chapter 449: Kind Father and Filial Son

"The mirror that can see through the power of heaven..."

Du Ruhui muttered to himself, with endless yearning in his eyes. ̢̜̳̱͈̹͓͛͜ḩ̷̻̩͍̱̗͔̺̏̓͊̀͂̀ͅṵ̵̙̻͉̦͙̗̥̉̓̓͊̑̂̑x̸͍̘̳͂͊̂̊̀͊̕͘.̷̹̦̆̆c̶͙͈͚̽̄̈̎̒͜ó̶̝̔̈́̃͝͝ ̧̧̳̠͇͕̺̲̹m̷̗͓̽̂̌̋̃̌

Who wouldn't envy the ability to fly into the sky and the sea in the future? But the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, which is understood by several of them, including His Majesty.

And if you want to seek the secrets of the universe and the stars, you must at least be able to see them first.

But before, they couldn't find the right way. Now, with the help of the drawings of later generations, at least they have seen this possibility.

However, after hearing Fang Xuanling say this, Du Ruhui suddenly remembered:

"Then this thousand-step mirror..."

As the name suggests, this telescope should only be able to see the scenery of a thousand steps, which is far from observing the appearance of the sun and the moon, but how can Du Ruhui not understand its convenient role on the battlefield.

Fang Xuanling smiled and whispered:

"The Hundred Cavalry Division was sent by His Majesty to send all the thousand-step mirrors they made to Liangzhou to control Tuyuhun. ”

【Li Dan’s sudden abdication caught everyone off guard.

But even if Princess Taiping and Li Longji tried to dissuade him, they couldn’t stop Li Dan from going his own way.

In the end, before the comet completely disappeared, Li Dan promoted himself to the position of the emperor.

However, Li Dan left a tail here. On the grounds that “military and national affairs should be managed together”, he only delegated some power to Li Longji, who had ascended the throne. The appointment and removal of officials above the third rank still needed to be decided by Li Dan himself.

When most people mention Li Dan, their first impression is his nickname Liuwei Dihuang Wan, and they also sigh at his good luck.

But in fact, if you think about it, you will know that Princess Taiping had the last laugh because of her superior political strategy. Comrade Liuwei Dihuang Wan, who had a more stringent political living environment, could have the last laugh, and it was not just luck that was relied on.

In fact, Li Dan After ascending the throne, he made a few moves, basically standing on the position of an arbitrator, restricting his sister and cutting off his son's wings.

Resigning the emperor and giving up the throne to the emperor was more like making up for his son's shortcomings in the court, so as to maintain the balance of the two forces.

But Li Longji's power was still too weak after all, which can be seen from the advice of Li Longji's confidants during the Xiantian coup:

"Please first settle the Northern Army, and then take in the rebels."

The Northern Army is the Xuanwu Gate Forbidden Army. Several coups in the Tang Dynasty proved that whoever controls the Xuanwu Gate controls the world. As a result, Emperor Li Longji couldn't even command the Northern Gate Forbidden Army, which shows the constraints of his father.

But as the saying goes, when faced with an indecisive Xuanwu Gate, after a year of being frustrated on the throne, Li Longji once again gathered his team and planned to do something big.

But compared to the last time, not Whether it is the number of people or the foreign aid, it is quite shabby, and you can see it by clicking on the list.

Qi Wang Fan and Xue Wang Ye are Li Longji's brothers, the fourth and fifth brothers respectively.

Wang Maozhong, Li Shoude, and Gao Lishi, the common identity of these three people is that they were Li Longji's family slaves before he became the crown prince.

Li Lingwen and Wang Shouyi, these two are also Li Longji's old friends when he was still the Prince of Linzi.

Take Li Longji, a total of eight people, lead "more than 300 family members", and "take idle stables", this is the entire team for this coup.

Still continuing the successful experience of the Tanglong coup, Li Longji and others rushed to the north gate and killed Princess Taiping's imperial guards' confidants Chang Yuankai and Li Ci as soon as possible, thus Xuanwu Gate was settled.

Then they gathered their troops and began to clean up the three provinces and six ministries in an orderly manner. Princess Taiping The promoted prime ministers Xiao Zhizhong, Cen Xi and others were either captured or beheaded.

The fate of Princess Taiping, whose military power was taken away and whose confidants were beheaded, can be imagined. In the end, Li Longji ordered her to be executed at home.

It seems that Li Longji's beheading operation was extremely efficient, but from another perspective, the emperor was forced to take risks with his servants, which shows how far he was forced.

Moreover, it was the emperor who took the lead in killing the thieves, but it was eventually called a "coup", which is very interesting.

What is particularly interesting in the coup is Li Dan's attitude.

The reason why Li Longji was able to complete the coup quickly and accurately was mainly because he won the support of Guo Yuanzhen, the prime minister of the Ministry of War who was originally loyal to Li Dan.

After hearing that the war broke out in the palace, Li Dan did not approach his son at the first time, but climbed the Chengtian Gate and ordered the Southern Court Forbidden Army to obey the emperor's command.

In the end, Guo Yuanzhen brought his troops over and said that the emperor was now following the emperor's orders to kill the rebels, and then "pacified" Li Dan.

It is estimated that Li Dan should have seen the shadow of Yuchi Gong in Guo Yuanzhen.

However, this time Li Longji did not need to do it and had a face, so he did not do the "Shimin kneeling and sucking the upper breast" operation of Erfeng. 】

Yuchi Jingde stood up with his eyes wide open, but he did not know what to say, and he was embarrassed.

Li Shimin slapped the table in dissatisfaction:

"Jingde, why is he like this? You are blocking me!"

So Yuchi Jingde sat down again as he was told, but his face was full of three points of dissatisfaction and seven points of complacency.

Qin Qiong next to him thought about it and understood that Yuchi Jingde's actions at Xuanwu Gate might be criticized by future generations, but for Yuchi Jingde, it was more of a sign of loyalty to His Majesty.

After scolding Yuchi Jingde, Li Shimin thought about it a little.

Just looking at the phrase of sucking the upper breast is a bit confusing, but thinking about the comparison between Li Longji and Li Dan, and then applying it to himself, it is probably a record of the matter with the emperor.

"I and the emperor suckled and cried, which shows the love between us. It is a good story to be passed down to future generations."

Li Shimin was calm and relaxed, but his cheeks twitched a little, which made this relaxed expression not very natural.

Fang Xuanling was also calm. Although everyone in Ganlu Hall could hear the tone of suppressed laughter in the future, since your majesty has made a final conclusion, the fact can only be so.

In fact, I was shocked when I first heard this sentence, but then I thought about it and understood that this was a common saying since the Southern and Northern Dynasties. I don’t know why it was dismantled into this statement in later history books.

And as a witness of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, from your majesty’s perspective, seeing that the emperor was dead, Prince Yin and Prince Hailing were both dead, what else could he say except hugging and crying together?

Even with Fang Xuanling’s intelligence, he couldn’t think of what to say at that time. Crying was the only feasible way.

So there were also mixed voices of approval in Ganlu Hall.

Li Shimin was unwilling to talk more, and almost as if he was escaping, he said without avoiding suspicion:

"This Xiantian coup by Li Longji was called the execution of Princess Taiping, but in fact it was a rebellion against the emperor."

"It not only killed the bandits, but also took the emperor's prestige, so that the orders can come from one place."

Political orders and personnel appointments and dismissals come from many places, and the disasters are caused by themselves. This is a truth that has been written about in history books.

But after a brief reflection, Li Shimin also felt that this incident became more and more interesting:

"The emperor started a rebellion to kill the bandits, and later generations also called it a coup. Could it be that they regarded it as the emperor's rebellion?"

...

Lu Su smiled softly to Pang Tong beside him:

"I understand, this should be the father's kindness and filial piety that the younger generation laughs about."