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Chapter VIII Li Shimin's Confession

After the Xinfeng County Magistrate was cut off, Li Haochen made the county magistrate who had been suppressed by Du Zhong to act as the county magistrate, and hurriedly led the troops to Tongguan. On the evening of the next day, he arrived in Weinan County. The county magistrate of Weinan also came to pay homage to Li Haochen, with a very ambiguous attitude. Li Haochen knew that when he was defecated, he must have sought self-protection from such a small county magistrate. If Li Shimin's army really passed Tongguan, the county magistrate would probably surrender. However, Li Haochen did not move the county magistrate, and even the ants were alive. This was the normal human nature. Li Haochen exchanged a brief greeting with the county magistrate of Weinan for a while, and sent the county magistrate back. He did not enter Weinan, but set up camp near Weinan City.

In the early morning of the third day of the expedition, Li Haochen had just gotten up, and a scout came to report it. The scout came to report two things. The first thing was that Li Shimin's proclamation had arrived in Weinan. Now the people in Weinan are panicked, and the second thing was interesting, that is, Li Shimin suddenly withdrew ten miles and began to confront Tongguan, and did not attack for days like before.

After receiving the scout's report, Li Haochen hurriedly found Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling in the central army tent to discuss these two matters. The two came to Li Haochen's central army tent, and Li Haochen explained the purpose of letting them come. After Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling heard the purpose of calling them over, they both looked heavy. After the three of them sat down in the tent, Li Haochen took out a piece of yellow cloth with white silk inlaid on it. The silk was covered with words, and it was a list of banners. Li Haochen handed the lists to Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling and said, "Brother Wei, Mr. Fang, take a look!"

After the two took over the list, they saw that the list read: "The King of Qin of Tang, General Tiance of the Emperor of Tang: Gu started a war in Taiyuan, investigated the riots, and fought in the north and the wars. Emperor Wude thought of Gu's merits and said: "Eight or nine out of ten of the Tang dynasties are obtained by my son. After a hundred years, I should inherit the throne and rule the people!" Gu said to Emperor Wude: "The elders and the young are orderly, and the people dare not act rashly. The eldest brother Jiancheng, as the eldest son, should inherit the throne.

! The people are willing to assist him!’ Emperor Wude said: ‘Good!’ So he established the crown prince. Gu originally thought that he was humble and would be able to be friendly with his brothers in the future. The eldest brother would definitely be more friendly to Gu. Unexpectedly, he became more ill-hearted. After Jiancheng ascended the crown prince, he had repeatedly advised Emperor Wude that he was very good at me, and he would react in a long time and should be eliminated soon! Fortunately, Emperor Wude refused to adopt the relationship between father and son, and was able to survive until today.

Gu thought and Jiancheng were his brother and were the crown prince of the country, and he was humble to him everywhere. He thought that even if he could not be friendly with his brothers and respectful, he would be able to be safe and sound, but Jiancheng threatened Emperor Wude with his own life and asked Emperor Wude to demote the orphan. Emperor Wude was helpless, so he announced to the world in June of the ninth year of Wude. The words of slandering Gu in the edict were all out of Jiancheng's extremely gangster. Gu was said to be an ungrateful and unforgivable person, demoted to Yunzhou, and eliminated the title of king.

Before leaving, Emperor Wude sighed and said to Gu: "My son, I know you are wronged, but your brother is the crown prince of the country. The future Tang Dynasty will depend on him to support him. I have already made him make a vow that he will not harm your life. You can cultivate your character in Yunzhou and live your life!" Although Gu felt wronged, he looked at his father's old age and devoted himself to the country of Tang Dynasty. Although he was sad, he also accepted such treatment and took his family to Yunzhou.

Gu originally thought that he would never return to Chang'an in this life and would be safe in Yunzhou for retirement, but this year he suddenly heard that his father was located in Jiancheng. Gu knew that his father would not do such a thing. Now that his father abdicated, he would inevitably be under house arrest by this villain without seeing the light of day. He was alone as a son of man, and was deeply worried and angry. However, Gu was already guilty and could not leave Yunzhou. Although he was determined to save his father from water and fire, he did not dare to disrupt the power of the law.

The father understood the nature of the orphans, and would definitely not make rebellious acts without an edict. So he sent a secret envoy to Yunzhou, summoned the orphans to lead troops to Chang'an, clear the ruthless people, eliminated the riots, and turned the tide. After the ostentatious people were alone and weak, he recruited righteous men in Yunzhou to serve the king and protect the emperor. Now he received 150,000 help from the righteous men and went to Chang'an to shake the Gangang. I followed the secret edict to go to Chang'an to fight against rebellion. The prefectures along the way would be without any offense. If there was a prefecture who dared to stop our army from serving the king, he would be considered as a crime of treason. The manifesto ended when it arrived. It was signed in the first year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty. Judging from the year and month of the signature, it was obvious that Li Shimin did not recognize Li Jiancheng's identity as emperor. The manifesto was covered with the seal of Li Shimin and the seal of General Tiance below the seal of General Tiance. Needless to say, a few people knew that this was privately carved by Li Shimin himself, because his seal of King Qin and General Tiance were taken back by the court when he was demoted to Yunzhou.

Seeing that both of them were silent, Li Haochen asked, "Brother Wei, Mr. Fang, what do you two think about this matter?"

Listening to Li Haochen's question, Wei Zheng first said, "This matter may not be easy to deal with. If the Supreme Emperor is healthy now, he can be fully allowed to be in charge of the emperor. If this manifesto is self-defeating, Li Shimin's army will inevitably collapse, so that he can win without fighting. However, the Supreme Emperor is seriously ill now, and this manifesto cannot verify the authenticity of the content. Even if we issue another manifesto of refutation, I am afraid that people in the world may not believe us and not Li Shimin!"

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, Fang Xuanling said, "Mr. Wei, what he said is very true. Li Shimin took advantage of the opportunity of the Emperor's serious illness to issue such a manifesto. Those who rebel in ancient times must first correct their reputation. The manifesto that demoted Li Shimin had made him the target of public criticism and had no chance to mobilize the 150,000 troops to follow him. Therefore, the main purpose of this manifesto was not to attack Your Majesty, but to prove his reputation for Li Shimin himself. If there is no good solution, I think it is unnecessary to pay attention to it!"

"Don't pay attention?" Li Haochen's eyebrows frowned, and he looked at Fang Xuanling in confusion, not understanding why he said such words. Wei Zheng also looked puzzled.

He looked at himself, thinking that he was Li Shimin's subordinate. Is it really easy to make people doubt that he said such words at this moment? Therefore, Fang Xuanling did not keep it in hiding, but said directly: "Marson, do you know the principle that the winner is the king?"

Li Haochen immediately understood and hurriedly bowed to Fang Xuanling, "What sir said is very good, Haochen has fallen into a misunderstanding!" The reason why Li Haochen performed this way was because he understood what Fang Xuanling meant. Whoever is always the biggest fist in the world is the truth. He doesn't need to argue with Li Shimin on this public opinion now. As long as he leads troops to defeat Li Shimin, the public opinion will inevitably lead to his side. Why should he be serious with Li Shimin here? Li Haochen, who has figured it out, no longer gets entangled in this matter, but says, "Let's talk about another thing!"
Chapter completed!
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