Chapter 715 Forced to leave
"See the Emperor..."
In the Tai Chi Hall, all officials paid homage to the Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty at this time. Li You is also in the Tai Chi Hall now. Li You stands in the front position on the Tai Chi Hall, side by side with Changsun Wuji. Li Ji is not in Chang'an at this time, so Li You is standing in Li Ji's position.
At this time, Li Zhi looked at Li You with some concern because Li Zhi and Li You had already known in advance that today's storm was coming.
Li Zhi said flat.
After this sentence of flattening, the censor immediately stood up and bowed and shouted: "Your Majesty has a ten thousand words..."
A ten thousand words are the above table signed by ten thousand people, which is a very serious one. This ten thousand words already represents a public opinion. Basically, the emperor cannot refuse the above demands.
How could a good emperor refuse to lose public opinion?
Not only that, Changsun Wuji also bowed and took out a letter: "Your Majesty, this is the letter of the officials in the court... Please take a look at it..."
Li Zhi's eyes gradually became colder, and his initial concern turned into anger: "Why...why...why...?"
Li Zhi shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty... don't be impulsive..." Just when Li Zhi got angry, Li You stood up and told Li Zhi not to be impulsive. Then he looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "Changsun Sikong, are the officials' above-mentioned confessions and the ten thousand words impeached me?"
Changsun Wuji had no scruples at all and looked at Li You directly and said, "That's right, even if you impeach King Qi, Your Highness should not struggle anymore. With a prince like you who poisoned his father in the court, then the court would not have peace for one day, and the predecessor would not have peace for one day.
This time we have ten thousand words and impeached all officials. If you don’t leave Chang’an this time, King Qi, you will all be dismissed from court...!"
After saying that all officials stopped the court, almost all the officials in the court knelt down and shouted: "Please give up your order and drive Li You, the King of Qi, out of Chang'an..."
"Dare you threaten me..." Li Zhi stood up from the dragon throne excitedly and cursed: "I will never drive my fifth brother out of Chang'an. At worst, I will not be this emperor, so you can't threaten me..."
"Your Majesty..." Li Zhi's words moved Li You slightly, and he immediately shouted: "I am indeed suspected of poisoning my father. I am now asking to leave Beijing..."
"Fifth Brother...!" Li Zhi's eyes turned red.
Li You shook his hand slightly and then faced Changsun Wuji directly: "I won't stay in Chang'an, I will return to my fiefdom Dengzhou, but Changsun Sikong should not forget that I, Li You, hold heavy troops. If Changsun Sikong dares to be a little disrespectful to Your Majesty, don't blame You'er for turning against you."
As he said that, Li You turned around and looked at Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, the people of the Tang Dynasty are the most important. You are the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The people of the Tang Dynasty are your people. You must learn to put them first in everything.
Brother Wu is in Dengzhou. As long as someone dares to provoke you, Brother Wu will send troops immediately, don’t worry...!"
After saying that, Li You turned around and walked out of Tai Chi Hall.
"Fifth Brother...!" Li Zhi shouted bitterly behind him.
Some people will definitely say, what is this? Li You is obviously holding heavy troops and is afraid of Changsun Wuji. If all officials are dismissed from court, they will be fired. No one is left, and another group of people will be replaced.
In fact, this is not possible. Changsun Wuji is the regent minister left by Li Shimin.
Secondly, Changsun Wuji is also the leader of the Guanlong Group. Many people have heard of the Guanlong Group, that is, the Eight Pillar Kingdom, but you just heard of it, but you don’t know the strength of the Guanlong Group.
At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, the founder of the Sui Dynasty, was a member of the Guanlong Group, and his founding of the Sui Dynasty was inseparable from the strong support of the Guanlong Group. Zheng Yi, Liu Fang, Gao Bing and others all came from the Guanlong Group. They worked hard to assist Yang Jian and gave him advice, which eventually promoted the Sui Dynasty to prosperity.
The Li family, who founded the Tang Dynasty, claimed to be from the Li family in Longxi and was also a member of the Guanlong Group. It is precisely because it comes from the Guanlong Group that many of the rising stars are willing to serve it.
With the help of these noble rookies, Tang Dynasty gradually emerged from the haze of war and began to transition to the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
After establishing the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu of Tang Li Yuan identified a total of 43 heroes of the founding of the country, 18 of which were from the Guanlong Group. Later, in the Lingyuan Pavilion built by Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin, 9 of the 24 famous heroes were recorded from the Guanlong Group.
The changes of the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty, the Guanlong Group has always stood firm.
This is strength. Why is Changsun Wuji responding to all the officials? All the officials are Changsun Wuji's front pawns and are willing to dismiss the court. The main reason is that almost every one of these people has more or less related to the Guanlong Group.
This Guanlong group has many talents, including the royal families of the Sui and Tang dynasties, Yang Jian, Yang Guang, Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Changsun Wuji, Yu Wenshi, Du Ruhui, and Li Jing. Even Wu Zetian, who was behind, was also from the Guanlong nobles.
It is no exaggeration to say that throughout China's history, there is no longer a multi-ethnic political and military group like the Guanlong Group.
Li Zhi has just ascended the throne, and it can be said that everything is in trouble. If Li Zhi and Guanlong Group fall apart at this time, it is true that Li Zhi has the support of Li You and has the confidence to fight against Guanlong Group for a while, but the price will be huge.
The most significantly affected must be the people. The people will definitely be affected by the fight between the two forces. This is not what Li You is willing or want to see, so Li You can only avoid it.
Don’t underestimate the ancients, because there are too many things involved in this, and you can’t crush them by relying on your strength. If Li Zhi and Guanlong Group fall apart, then all officials will be dismissed from the court, and who will stabilize the court?
You should know that not only officials from Chang'an, but most officials from other places in the Tang Dynasty were also from Guanlong Group. What should the local people do? If it causes chaos and someone rises up, there are really too many things here.
This is also the reason why Li You chose to leave. There is no way. Now Li You is not the enemy of Guanlong Group at all. You can think of this. Even Emperor Yang of Sui did not win the Guanlong Group in the end. Even if Li You had strong troops in his hands, there was no way.
The autumn wind was cold, and Li Zhi sent Li You to the gate of Chang'an City. The two brothers also bid farewell. What's different this time was that Li Mingda chose to follow Li You to Dengzhou. Although Li Zhi was reluctant to leave, Li Zhi did not stop his sister, because Li Zhi knew that it would be best for his sister to follow Li You.
This was a very bitter departure, but there was no way. In October of the 23rd year of Zhenguan, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li You, King Qi, was impeached by Changsun Wuji, and left Chang'an and returned to Dengzhou. During this period, Li Mingda, the princess of Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty, followed him and left.
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Chapter completed!