Before dawn, the street drums in Hanjing began to ring.

As soon as the drum sounded, the regular officials in the capital began to go out and rushed to court. According to the system, the civil servants in the Tang Dynasty were above the fifth rank, as well as the ministers of the Central Committee, the ministers of the two provinces, the supervisors, the censors, the Yuanwailang, and the doctors of Taichang. They met the emperor every day and were called the regular officials, also known as the court officials.

The Zhenguan Dynasty, the Zhongmen, the Jungle, the Shangshu, the Privy Council, the Hanlin Court, and the Censorate were sixth ranks or above, and they had to visit the emperor every day.

Only some officials in Beijing need to get up early to attend the court, but the emperor has to get up early every day.

According to convention, the emperor got a night clothes.

Before dawn, the palace maids who were responsible for preparing the emperor's morning clothes at night had already ironed the clothes and brought them to the emperor.

Under their service, Li Yuan washed and changed his clothes.

Wearing a dragon robe, it was not dawn outside.

The street drums in Hanjing City are still ringing. There is an 18-story bell and drum tower in the center of Hanjing City, which is towering into the clouds. It is one of the landmarks of Hanjing. There is a huge drum here. In the early morning, the drum is the first to ring.

Then the street drums in each city and street in Hanjing will be heard immediately, and they will be beaten until the sky is dawn and the people can see the Qing Dynasty.

Li Yuan has not had a morning court for three years.

I stayed in the palace every day and became addicted to wine and sex, and my body was long since hollowed out.

These days, every day, he feels that his body can't bear it.

In fact, the morning court is a ceremony. Li Yuan hates these rituals now, but it cannot be cancelled. This is a manifestation of the emperor's authority. At this time, if he did not preach early, he might be circulated like this.

When people are in panic.

Damn Cheng Qian, just a ten-year-old child, had such a scheming. His choice was beyond Li Yuan's expectations. He didn't hide, but he was just alone.

He sent people to the Eastern Palace to persuade the surrender, but the prime ministers such as Ma Zhou expressed their attitude and followed the crown prince's edict and refused to open the palace gate.

Li Yuan asked Chengqian to take him to the East Palace and wanted to force the East Palace to open the door, but the East Palace still refused to obey the order.

In Ma Zhou's words, when Chengqian walked out of the Eastern Palace, he was no longer the prince of the imperial court. Now, the people in the Eastern Palace only obeyed the emperor's will.

Even if Cheng Qian gives the order, it will be useless.

It was dawn.

The Zetian Gate opened and the officials entered the palace and went to the hall.

The boring ceremony ended in a hurry after walking a ceremony.

The real discussion was in Li Yuan’s imperial study.

Li Yuan rarely reads books now, and this imperial study is actually a large side hall.

Here he summoned his confidant officials and discussed military and national affairs with them.

"The thieves in the East Palace are just the stones in the pit, one by one, they are smelly and hard. Even Cheng Qian's words are useless. Now, there is only one who can attack and take the lead. Li Yi, do you have the ability to take the East Palace?" Li Yuan sighed. His back hurts today. When he woke up early in the morning, he felt uncomfortable. The pain was so severe that his back was not straight.

Luo Yi lowered his head and did not dare to speak. The Eastern Palace was too difficult to chew. He had tried various methods, but none of them could do it.

The prince Jiancheng, who sat under the jade steps, stood up and said, "Father, my son minister is willing to attack the Eastern Palace instead of the King of Yan."

Li Yuan looked at his son in surprise. The eldest son had been fooled for several years. He seemed to have been foolish. Every day, he sat there like a clay Buddha without saying a word.

Unexpectedly, he actually volunteered to attack the Eastern Palace.

Li Yuan smiled and Jiancheng was finally alive again.

"Prince, what are your good plans?"

"There is no other way. You can only attack and fight hard, and you are not afraid of casualties. No matter how much the price is, you must attack and win. The Eastern Palace only has tens of thousands of defenders. If you fight hard, they will not be able to fight against us."

After thinking about it, this was a method. Although they fought hard, their casualties might be several times that of the defenders, but Li Yuan had no patience to wait any longer.

"Okay, the East Palace is yours, so you can take it back yourself."

Li Yuan glanced at these trusted officials in the hall. These people were different from those in the meeting outside. These were his true confidants. Others might be swaying, but they had long since no way back.

"Your Highness, Shimin must have received the news here, and is probably on his way back. As soon as one month or two months later, he will be back from the Western Regions. We cannot let him return to Beijing, we must block him outside the pass. Guanzhong is the top priority for interception, but although Uncle Qin is my son-in-law, he is devoted to Shimin."

"Are you willing to seize Guanzhong and intercept Shimin?"

The important officials winked.

Qin Qiong in Guanzhong is not easy to deal with. He is known as the Wumen, and is also called the gate god among the people. Because Li Chao wrote books and biography for him, he beautified and praised him from many sources, which made Qin Qiong's reputation resound throughout the world. Even the peddlers and pawns in the people may not know who the prime minister was at that time, but when he talks about Qin Qiong, he must give him a thumbs up and praise him for his mighty and loyalty.

Qin Qiong is as famous as Guan Erye among the people.

However, this man has the ability to lead troops, and it is also dangerous and solid in Guanzhong, so it is not easy to fight Guanzhong. Qin Qiong is not fighting alone. There are Li Ji in Hedong, Su Dingfang in Shuofang, and Guo Xiaoke in Hexi. These people can support Qin Qiong, especially Li Shimin's Western Expedition Army can arrive at any time.

Chai Shao stepped forward, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead troops to capture Guanzhong and intercept the deposed emperor."

Li Shimin has been designated as the deposed emperor by Li Yuan. He also abolished the Zhenguan reign title. This year it is the ninth year of Wude, and continues to use the Wude reign title.

Li Yuan was very pleased to see Chai Shao requesting orders. However, he was still hesitating. He wanted to send Li Xiaogong to Guanzhong, but he was a little worried about Li Xiaogong.

He was relieved to Chai Shao's ability and trusted his loyalty, but the capital also needed Chai Shao, the Privy Councilor.

"Your Majesty, my son asks to lead troops to attack Qin Qiong in Guanzhong." One person left the list.

But it was King Yuanji of Qi.

"Sichang and Yuanji are both loyal and commendable. Sichang, you are the Privy Councilor, and I cannot live without you for a moment. Yuanji, you are the commander of the Western Expedition. I also let Xiaogong be your deputy commander, and then use the brothers Xue Wanche as the vanguard in front of your tent." Li Yuan finally decided.

"I, I will give you 30,000 troops. After you leave the capital, you can recruit troops from Henan and other places on the spot."

Footsteps were heard in a hurry.

An eunuch came in with a scramble.

"Your Majesty, I'm urgently reporting."

"The warrior rebelled and opened Yangzhou City to surrender to Li Chao. Li Chao had already taken Yangzhou City without bloodshed. He is currently heading against the Yangtze River!"

Li Yuan stood up in shock.

"The warrior surrendered to Li Chao? This is impossible!"

The ministers were silent and Yangzhou fell, so there would be no obstacles from the estuary of the Yangtze River to the estuary of the Han River.

"Who can stop Li Chao?" the emperor asked in surprise.

Everyone looked at each other.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Prince Li Jing of Wu has led 30,000 troops to Jiangxia, and Li Jing will definitely defeat Li Chao." said a minister.
Chapter completed!