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Chapter 316 Assassinate Yuchi Jingde?

Li Hongyun continued to watch countless light spots moving in Chang'an City from the perspective of God.

Obviously, according to this trend, soon the people around the prince will also be turned into Qin Wang's party by instigating rebellion.

There is an obvious key point in the struggle between the two, and that is the fundamental problem of both sides.

The King of Qin has a very solid foundation, that is, a military group composed of many famous officials and generals with the King Qin Mansion as the core.

The military group's trust and support for King Qin are unreserved.

While King Qin made great military achievements, his great prestige to the grassroots of the army and the people at the bottom cannot be ignored.

It is not surprising that many people only know that there is King Qin, but not the Emperor.

At the beginning, Liang Gaozu raised troops from Jinyang to conquer Chang'an, and left King Qi to guard in Jinyang, the base camp.As a result, King Qi ran amok in Jinyang, taking pleasure in shooting and hunting people in the streets.

So when Liu Wuzhou called, Liang Chao had already lost the hearts of the people in Jinyang. Not only did he not help Liang Jun, but he hid one after another.

And when the king of Qin came to pacify Liu Wuzhou, the people heard that it was the king of Qin who came, and they all came out to support Liang Jun.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is a very reasonable thing.To them, Liang Gaozu, who is far away from the emperor, is just an invisible and intangible symbol, so what does it have to do with them?
The king of Qin led his army to calm the troubled times, and he strictly ordered his subordinates to do nothing to the people. Comparing the two, it is self-evident who the people will have a better impression of.

On the other hand, the prince does not have much basic disk.

If he had to say there was, it would be a group of courtiers he won for him as the crown prince.

These ministers hope to make contributions in helping the prince succeed to the throne, but how many of them stand firmly by the prince's side?

How many of them are helping him because of his status as the prince, and how many of them really recognize this person?

It's hard to say, I'm afraid.

Therefore, in the first stage when the two sides dug each other's feet, it was obvious that King Qin had the upper hand in all aspects.

If this continues, the prince's position will be in jeopardy.

Although judging from the post-mortem review, the stronger the king of Qin's power, the more obvious Liang Gaozu's willingness to sideline, and it is almost impossible for the king of Qin to abolish the prince's position by normal means if the stalemate continues, but at that time, the body It is impossible for the prince in the game to know this.

It is impossible for him to completely trust his father Liang Gaozu.

Therefore, in order to protect himself, the prince naturally launched a counterattack.

But how to fight back?
The soft approach has failed. If you want to poach the wall, the Qin Palace is basically a monolithic one, and money and personal charm can't do it at all.

Then we can only use the hard way.

Two spots of light came out of the prince's mansion and came into the deep palace. It was the prince and King Qi who were going to meet Liang Gaozu.

At the same time, a light spot came to Yuchi Jingde's mansion and hovered outside the door.

Li Hongyun continued to watch the play. He found that the light spot on Yuchi Jingde's side had not moved for a long time. It seemed that he hadn't started to act yet, so he watched the performance of the prince and King Qi in the palace first.

"Father, my son, please punish King Qin!"

The crown prince and King Qi fell to their knees together.

Liang Gaozu frowned, but he didn't seem too surprised, he just waved his hands helplessly: "You two, stop making trouble!

"Hasn't this matter been said many times? King Qin has the power to calm the world, and there is no serious crime. If you want to kill him, what reason do you use to silence the people in the world?"

But King Qi still refused to let go: "Father! Although there is no crime, if you don't kill King Qin, disaster will happen in the future!
"After Qin Wang Ping Luoyang, he has been waiting and watching, and he has been reluctant to return to Chang'an. Not only that, he also privately distributed money and property, and constantly established his prestige along the way.

"Father had already issued an edict at that time, and asked the two noble concubines to go to the treasury to select treasures, but the king of Qin actually disobeyed the orders, what is this if it's not a rebellion?
"If the emperor is really determined to kill him, why is there no reason!"

For the emperor, if he really wanted to kill someone, he naturally had no trouble finding a reason.

King Qi's words have gone too far. You must know that he is not an ordinary hero. He is Liang Gaozu's second son, his second elder brother.

It stands to reason that when brothers slandered each other in front of their father, Liang Gaozu, the father, should be furious and even punish King Qi.

However, he fell silent.

King Qi's words obviously moved him.

If it was said that King Qin deliberately rebelled, Liang Gaozu didn't quite believe it at this time.

But this does not mean that Liang Gaozu has no grudges against King Qin's behavior.

At the beginning, the two noble concubines took his edict and went to the Luoyang treasury to select treasures, but they were pushed back by King Qin. Liang Gaozu was already very unhappy, and summoned King Qin to scold him, asking: "Isn't my edict not as good as yours?" teach?"

This has always been a thorn in Liang Gaozu's heart.

What's more, although what King Qi said is embellished, it is also true.

In the process of pacifying Luoyang, King Qin rewarded all the treasures of the treasury to the soldiers, and at the same time vigorously recruited talents.

These behaviors depend on how they are interpreted.

It can be interpreted that he is rewarding meritorious ministers and winning people's hearts for the Liang Dynasty, or it can be interpreted that he is completely cultivating his own power by doing so.

What did King Qin do to cultivate his power?
Even if there is no rebellion at this time, as time goes by, what will happen afterwards?
At this time, the prince said in a timely manner: "Father, even if you don't kill King Qin at this time, you should be accused. Otherwise, if your father continues to connive, King Qin will become more arrogant and reckless, and will no longer look down on your father." inside.

"According to my son, the emperor should issue an edict to reprimand King Qin and dismantle Tiance Mansion, in order to show the intention of shaking the mountain and shaking the tiger, so that King Qin can restrain his behavior."

Obviously, the two brothers are also well versed in negotiating skills.

If you say that you want to open a window at the beginning, then it is probably not acceptable; but if you first say that you want to tear down the roof, and then take a step back and say that you just want to open a window, then the possibility of this plan being approved will be greatly increased. .

Sure enough, Liang Gaozu was silent again.

What the prince said is a good way.

Liang Gaozu also didn't want to see King Qin's power expand infinitely, but after all, he was not an ordinary hero, but his second son who was related by blood.

Although Liang Gaozu often had quarrels between his three sons, he still had a father-son affection for King Qin.

After a long silence, Liang Gaozu nodded: "Okay, since that's the case, I'll let someone write an imperial edict."

The crown prince and King Qi were overjoyed, and they left.

After the two left, Liang Gaozu immediately found the prime minister at the time and wanted him to draft such an edict.

However, Prime Minister Chen Shuda turned pale with shock: "Your Majesty, this must not be the case!

"King Qin has made great contributions to the world, how can he be deposed easily? What's more, King Qin is a man of temperament and has a very strong personality. If he is suppressed with such an unconvincing reason, I am afraid that he will be worried and angry, and there will be unexpected diseases!

"At that time, it will be too late for His Majesty to regret!"

Liang Gaozu was silent again.

After much consideration, he decided not to issue this edict.

As for what made Liang Gaozu give up, it's hard to say.

There are four key words in Chen Shuda's original words: "unexpected disease".

The word "disease" has many meanings in ancient Chinese, such as damage, jealousy, hatred, swiftness, violence and so on.But the word "disease" here can only have two interpretations.

The first explanation is its original meaning, that is, "disease", and the second explanation is its extended meaning, that is, "shortcoming, defect, disaster" and so on.

What Chen Shuda said was quite level.

He didn't say "accidental disaster", but used the word "illness", showing two meanings at the same time.

The first meaning is that the king of Qin is a man of temperament. If he is forcibly suppressed, he may get sick and die of anger due to anger.

This is to arouse Liang Gaozu's sympathy as a father.

The second meaning is that if it is forcibly suppressed, some unpredictable disasters may happen.

And this is hinting at the danger of Liang Gaozu doing so.

As for which meaning Liang Gaozu himself focused on, only Liang Gaozu himself knows.

Li Hongyun tends to the second.

Obviously, although Liang Gaozu temporarily gave up the idea of ​​punishing King Qin at this time, after this incident, his suspicion of King Qin will become more serious.

Because in the process of deciding to issue and cancel the edict, Liang Gaozu realized a problem, that is, even if he was the emperor, it was not so easy to manipulate the King of Qin arbitrarily.

And this kind of thing is unacceptable to the emperor.

Even if the other party is his own son.

In history, it is not uncommon for the emperor to kill the prince himself, let alone the king of Qin is not the prince.

The plot in the palace came to an end for the time being, and Li Hongyun set his sights on Yuchi Jingde's mansion again.

He didn't look carefully at what happened here before, but now he pulled in the perspective to observe carefully, and Li Hongyun almost laughed out loud.

Because that spot of light that lingered outside Yuchi Jingde's mansion for a long time turned out to be an assassin!
Obviously, after the crown prince and King Qi failed to win over Yuchi Jingde, they changed to other methods.

Since you can't win over, then assassinate.

Yuchi Jingde has a very high status in the Prince Qin's mansion, and he is the absolute steadfast and right-hand man of King Qin.

In hindsight, Yuchi Jingde did indeed exert great energy in the Xuanwumen Incident, and he was the first to be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

There is nothing wrong with the decision of the crown prince and King Qi, the only problem is...

Assassinate Yuchi Jingde?

What kind of brain circuit can produce a genius idea?
Yuchi Jingde opened all the doors in his mansion, without arranging any guards, and fell asleep in his room.

And the assassin was very moved after seeing Yuchi Jingde being so frank, so he woke up Yuchi Jingde to explain his intention.

The two became life and death friends because of this.

Afterwards, Yuchi Jingde treated the assassin well, treated him with courtesy and sent him away.

Seeing this scene, Li Hongyun frowned slightly again.

This is obviously a bit too idealistic, and it is obviously the effect after the interpretation of the novel.

Under Li Hongyun's intervention, this scene became more in line with common sense.

Yuchi Jingde knew in advance that the assassin was coming to assassinate him, so he opened all the doors of the house and fell asleep.

But this is not to show his magnanimity to the assassin, trying to convince the assassin with the way of loyalty, but more like an empty city plan.

Opening all the doors completely contrary to common sense is actually implying to the assassin: I already know that you are coming to assassinate me.

But not only did I not guard against you, I also opened the door and let you come in casually.

So, do you dare to assassinate me?

Li Hongyun put himself into the perspective of the assassin, and found that it was unlucky enough to be assigned this job.

Assassinate Yuchi Jingde?What do the crown prince and King Qi think?

Although King Qi was not very good at fighting, his personal force value was not low.In the end, Yuchi Jingde sparred with him and snatched the lance from him like a play, and he even snatched it three times in a row.

Such a murderous person, who can almost be called the ceiling of force in the world, assassinates a fart...

Therefore, the assassin lingered outside Yuchi Jingde's mansion for a long time, but finally gave up.

He didn't think he could succeed in the assassination without Yuchi Jingde's knowledge.

Although it looked like Yuchi Jingde was fast asleep and snoring like thunder, who knew if he was pretending to be asleep?

A general who can survive on the bloody battlefield, how many tough battles he has fought, how many conspiracies and tricks he has seen, will he really be defenseless?

I'm afraid that if you enter the mansion, you will be captured by ambushes immediately.

In this way, the second operation against Yuchi Jingde also ended in failure.

After the soft digging in the first stage, the prince and King Qi had realized their own disadvantages, so they changed their strategies.

Judging by both actions, it appears that they both failed.

Liang Gaozu did not question King Qin, and Yuchi Jingde was not assassinated.

But in fact, the scheme of the prince and King Qi has worked, because they have planted a seed in Liang Gaozu's heart.

Soon, this seed will take root and sprout.

Not long after, the crown prince and King Qi made another move. This time, they were still targeting Yuchi Jingde, but the method was to make false accusations.

Sure enough, Yuchi Jingde was imprisoned by Liang Gaozu, and King Qin went to the palace to beg bitterly, and finally got Yuchi Jingde out.

Although Yuchi Jingde was fished out under the hard work of the King of Qin, this has already sent an extremely bad signal.

Maybe next time, the other heroes in Prince Qin's mansion will not have such good luck.

With countless flashes of light, the military report from the north was sent to the palace, and was learned by the prince, Qin Wang and Qi Wang one after another.

Two crucial pieces of news began to stir up the situation.

The first one is, Taibai Jingtian.

That is to say, Taibai Venus appears in the noon position due south in the sky during broad daylight.

The Taishi Order said, "When Taibai sees Qin's division, the king of Qin should have the world."

The second is that the Turks began to break into the frontier fortress and surround Wucheng.

And these two things also constituted the fuse of the Xuanwumen Change, and the conflict between the two sides became fierce in an instant.

In fact, in the previous process, many things happened in Li Hongyun's vision, but after all, he has limited energy and can only pay attention to part of it.

At this time, these two major events almost stirred up the situation in the entire Chang'an city, and it was impossible for him to ignore it even if he wanted to.

From the perspective of modern people, the simple astronomical problem of Taibai Jingtian is not at the same level as the influence of the Turkic invasion. After all, one is a normal astronomical operation, illusory, and will not affect reality, while the other It is a real side problem.

But in the eyes of people at the time, the former was obviously much more serious than the latter.

Because the ancients all had the idea of ​​the unity of man and nature, and believed that celestial phenomena often heralded some major events.

When a matter is believed by everyone from the emperor to the people, even if it is illusory, its influence will surpass many things that actually happened in reality.

And Tai Shiling's performance almost directly handed over a knife to the crown prince.

For the king of Qin, the words "when Taibai sees the division of Qin, the king of Qin should have the world" can be said to imply murderous intentions, and big things will happen if he is not careful.

As for why this matter is so serious, because this celestial phenomenon is too coincidental.

Taibai Jingtian, in the eyes of the ancients, this is a harbinger of a major event or a change in power.In ancient times, there was a saying that "the Taibai ruled the sky, the world was revolutionized, and the people changed the king. It was because of the chaos and the people went into exile. When the day sees and the sun fights for the light, the strong country is weak, the small country is strong, and the female leader prospers."

What's worse is that this time Taibai Jingtian, the position of Taibai Jinxing in the sky coincides with the land of Qin.

The ancient astronomical theory matched the 28 constellations with the regions of the entire Chinese land one by one, which became a powerful assistant for the theory of interaction between heaven and man.

For example, verses such as "Walk into the Lijing well and raise your breath" and "The stars divide the wings and the ground connects to the Henglu" all use the stars in the sky to refer to the location of the underground.

And the celestial phenomenon of Taibai Jingtian appeared, and it happened to appear in the corresponding position of Qin, so the conclusion of this celestial phenomenon is quite clear in mysticism: King Qin should rule the world.

Strictly from the perspective of the theory of interaction between heaven and man, Tai Shiling's inference is well-founded, and basically there is no room for refutation.

Taibai Jingtian means the change of dynasties, the strong country is weak, and the small country is strong.As the emperor, Liang Gaozu is of course a strong party, so who will replace him?

It is self-evident that Taibai Jinxing appeared in the corresponding position of Qin land again.

And when Liang Gaozu heard this rhetoric, his fury was completely understandable.

So, he hurriedly summoned King Qin into the palace to ask what happened.

If King Qin can't give a reasonable answer, the consequences will be very serious.

In fact, it is basically impossible for King Qin to give a reasonable answer.What else can I say besides pleading hard that I have no intention of treason?Do you want to popularize modern astronomy knowledge for Liang Gaozu?

At this time, the Turkic invasion gave the prince and King Qi an excellent opportunity to act.

The prince recommended to Liang Gaozu King Qi to replace King Qin, and to supervise all armies and horses to march north to resist the Turkic invasion.

And more importantly, he also asked Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong and other famous generals of Qin Palace to go with him.

He even had to inspect and select the elite soldiers under King Qin's account to strengthen his army.

If the prince used Liang Gaozu to continuously dismantle the famous officials of the Qin Palace and send them to other places in a relatively covert way, then taking advantage of the opportunity of the Turkic invasion, they had a complete showdown and stopped pretending.

King Qi's departure is tantamount to cutting off King Qin's wings and taking away all the generals who are truly loyal to him.

At that time, King Qi doesn't need to seriously fight the Turks, he just needs to use the court's military orders to firmly tie these generals to his hands.

But Yuchi Jingde and the others could only bear with it in this situation, and could not do anything, because if they acted rashly, King Qi could use the excuse of not obeying the military order to kill them.

After King Qin's wings were cut off, it would be much easier for the prince to do it again.

After all, in the city of Chang'an at this time, with Liang Gaozu constantly pulling sideways, the actual armed forces in the hands of the crown prince were more than those of the king of Qin.

The entire Chang'an City instantly became tense.

Almost everyone is clearly aware of one thing: the outcome between the crown prince and King Qin will be revealed soon.

(End of this chapter)