Chastity Layman

When Li Shimin walked out of Tai Chi Palace, he found that he was drenched in sweat.

Riding his horse back to the East Palace, Li Shimin's face was pale and his mind was restless all the way. What his father said to him just now made him very dissatisfied. He still believed that he was just a general who was good at fighting, but not a talent for governing the country. But these are actually nothing, what really makes Li Shimin feel uneasy now is his father's last words.

It was like a curse attached to him.

His father said that he had made a very bad start, saying that even if the Great Tang Dynasty died, the royal descendants of the Great Tang Dynasty would follow Li Shimin's example in the future, and even said that his sons would fight each other like him.

Li Shimin never thought of this, but now, his mind is full of this lingering shadow.

In front of the East Palace.

Qin Lang was wearing a bright armor and was sitting on a backrest, and there was a tea set on a small table next to him.

The prince Lu Ben, who was dressed in dazzling bright armor, guarded the gate of the palace with full armor, showing no seriousness.

Li Shimin came to the palace with a dark face, Qin Lang hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Meet Your Highness!"

Seeing Qin Lang, Li Shimin snorted coldly with still a bad expression on his face. He walked in sullenly, rode into the palace gate, but stopped his horse, Teller Piao, "Sanlang, follow me."

Qin Lang quickly untied his horizontal knife, bow and arrow, and double mace, took off his helmet and went over.

Li Shimin rode on and continued walking, muffled. Qin Lang followed the horse and did not dare to make a sound. He could see that Li Shimin seemed to be in a bad mood. He guessed the reason in his heart. Li Shimin had just returned from seeing the emperor in the Taiji Palace, so he should It has something to do with Li Yuan. Could it be that Li Yuan changed his mind and refused to abdicate?

Li Shimin rode his horse all the way to the Chongjiao Hall, and even rode into the hall altogether.

Teller Piao climbed up the stairs to the front of the hall, where he was still eating horse shit.

Li Shimin turned his head and glanced at Qin Lang, Qin Lang didn't understand why, then Li Shimin turned his head and waved to a eunuch in front of the palace, the eunuch immediately trotted over, then bent down and knelt down, Li Shimin stepped on the eunuch's back and dismounted.

Qin Lang was stunned by this scene. It turned out that Li Shimin just looked at him because he wanted him to step up for him.

"You come in with me."

into the temple.

Li Shimin glanced at the historian who was following behind.

"go out!"

"His Royal Highness, the left history records the words and the right history records the deeds. Your Highness's words and deeds must be recorded in the daily notes, and will be read by future generations..." As a result, Li Shimin was angered by these words, and he shouted with a dark face, "Get out of here!" , get out of here, and bring your history pens with you!"

The historian didn't know why he offended the prince, and he didn't dare to stand up, so he walked out in a desperate manner.

Only Li Shimin and Qin Lang were left in the hall.

Li Shimin directly tore open the front of his shirt, revealing the thick black mass of chest hair inside.

He gasped heavily, as if it was difficult to breathe.

Qin Lang hurried forward, "Your Highness, do you want to announce the Imperial Physician?"

"I can't die alone!" Li Shimin stared at Qin Lang.

Qin Lang felt that something was wrong with Li Shimin today, as if he wanted to find fault with him, and he didn't know how he had offended him.

"Qin Lang, tell Gu the truth, did Gu really do something wrong on the fourth day of June?"

His eyes were red, staring at Qin Lang.

Qin Lang thought to himself, what stimulated him again?

"Your Highness, why do you ask such a question?"

"Say it straight!"

"What's wrong with your Highness?"

"But I killed my brother and my brother, and imprisoned my father. These things will not escape the pens of those historians in the future, and they will eventually be left in the history. I want to be unfilial people from generation to generation. I will also become a bad example for future generations. !"

Qin Lang's heart moved, it turned out that Li Shimin was worried about this matter, it seems that Li Yuan blocked Li Shimin with these words.

"Your Highness also considered these before June 4th, why did you take action in the end?" Qin Lang asked back.

Li Shimin remained silent, and finally stared at Qin Lang, "I don't want to, I never want to, it's because you are Xuanling, Ruhui, and Wuji are all the soldiers from the Qin Palace, and you are the ones who insisted on forcing Gu to launch the Xuanwu Sect. changing."

Qin Lang thought to himself, you stinky and shameless person, you really don't want to activate it, who has the ability to force you to fail? You really don't want to activate it yourself, you have done so much preparation before.

You have gained the benefits, now you don’t want to recite the infamy, and want to throw the blame away?

Qin Lang couldn't accept this pot, nor could he afford it.

"Your Highness, that's right. It was the officers and men of Prince Qin's Mansion who forced His Highness to launch the Xuanwu Sect Rebellion that day, but everyone didn't do it for their own meritorious service or greed for wealth. Just like my grandfather, he also won The great general whom His Majesty trusts and admires is the Duke of the current dynasty, so my grandpa is greedy for the merits of the dragon? My grandpa was originally the hero of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and he has long been the Duke and the Great General."

"But why did he and everyone take the risk of ransacking the family and exterminating the family to force His Highness?"

"That's because everyone knows very well that this is not just His Highness's housework, it is a major event in the world. There was chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the world was in chaos for many years. How many people died? The statistics of the world's household registration in the five years of the Sui Dynasty Daye, the statistics at that time were 8.9 million households, with a population of more than 40 million. In the first year of Wude, how many people are left? The statistics of the imperial court are more than 180,000 households. In just over ten years, seven million households have been lost. A population of 10,000, even if some were not counted due to the impact of the war, the casualties in the more than ten years of Sui chaos have already exceeded 10 million!"

"His Highness also said that he thinks he has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty and wants to fight for the throne, but His Majesty refuses to change the throne. You also plan to manage Luoyang. When you compete with the crown prince in the future, how will you fight? Don't you want to fight in the end? ? At that time, the prince will occupy Guanzhong, and you will occupy Kanto. If there is a war, the world that has just been unified may be turned into a confrontation. How many people will die at that time?"

"The officers and men of Prince Qin's Mansion forced His Highness to launch the Xuanwu Gate Change. That was because there was no way to retreat at that time. If you retreat again, there will be a cliff behind you, and your body will be smashed to pieces."

"The officers and soldiers of Prince Qin's Mansion forced His Highness to launch the Xuanwu Gate Change. What did they get in return? This world is stable and stable, and there is no danger of overturning. It means that the people of the world no longer have to worry about suffering from wars. It's the end."

"Not only did everyone force His Highness to activate the Xuanwu Gate, but now they will continue to force His Highness, force His Highness to destroy the Turks, force His Highness to destroy the Liangshidu, force His Highness to unify the world, force His Highness to suppress martial arts, cultivate civilization, and create eternal peace. Let your highness make countless great achievements, force your highness to create a prosperous Tang Dynasty, far surpass Qin Shixiong and Han Wu, force your highness to bring prosperity and well-being to all people in the world!"

"Your Highness can't come out, so why not?"

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Qin Lang sprayed all the saliva on Li Shimin's face, splashing him all over the face.

Li Shimin finally got out of that endless loop.

"Your Highness, the history books will record that you killed your brothers and seized the throne, but the history books will also record your filial piety to His Majesty, and will keep in mind how you ended this chaotic world and brought peace to the world. One of the greatest kings in the history of China, he unified China, conquered the Xiongnu in the north and flattened Baiyue in the south, unified the writing and weights and measures, and the carriages and books were the same. However, it will still be recorded that the historical emperor imprisoned his mother Zhao Ji, and fell to death. Lai Ai's illegitimate two sons."

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu and expanded the territory, basically establishing the frontiers of China, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also forced by the scourge of witchcraft to kill the prince by mistake."

"Even though Qin Huang and Han Wu have existed before, he is still the greatest king in China."

Li Shimin grabbed a handful of ice cubes on the table, threw them into his mouth and chewed vigorously, making a crunching sound.

"Will my children and grandchildren follow my example in the future?" Li Shimin asked.

Qin Lang thought to himself, this is for sure, Li Shimin really made a very bad start, he launched the Xuanwumen Change to seize the throne and power, and later on in the Tang Dynasty, this kind of palace change happened frequently, from Gaozu Li Yuan to Xuanzong Li Longji, In less than a hundred years, there have been four Xuanwumen changes.

The second change in Xuanwu Gate was when Wu Zetian was in his later years. Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi and others launched the Shenlong Revolution, contacted the Yulin Army to capture Xuanwu Gate, and welcomed Prince Li Xian into the palace to force Wu Zetian to abdicate.

The third time was Zhongzong's prince Li Chongjun and the Habayashi Army killing Wu Sansi and others to encircle the palace, intending to kill Wei and force the emperor to abdicate.

The fourth time was when Li Longji and Princess Taiping seized the Xuanwu Gate, killed Empress Wei, and enthroned his father Xiangwang as emperor.

But in the Tang Dynasty in history, there were more than these four Xuanwumen coups. Li Longji's Anshi Rebellion broke out in his later years, and he fled to Shu for refuge. As a result, his prince went to Lingwu alone halfway, and became emperor with the support of the generals. Respecting Li Longji as the Supreme Emperor is actually a coup d'état.

And in the late Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs were in charge of the military, and there were countless coups in the palace. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty was abolished by the eunuchs...

All of this can be said to be Li Shimin's bad start now.

Of course, Qin Lang couldn't tell Li Shimin these words.

"I know that His Royal Highness was only thinking about the people in the world, so he had no choice but to launch the Jing Chao, but he never thought of killing Jian Jian Yuanji. It was just that the situation was extremely critical that day, and this was the last result. This was not His Highness' original intention."

Qin Lang could only comfort Li Shimin like this.

Li Shimin chewed the ice cubes crunchingly. Hearing Qin Lang's words of everyone persecuting him, he felt a little more cheerful. Yes, that wasn't Gu's original intention, it was everyone's persecution.

"Your Highness, in front of the enemy, you should concentrate on it, and don't let your mind be confused by a few words from His Majesty." Qin Lang persuaded.

Li Shimin looked at Qin Lang, "Do you think the orphaned sons will follow the old path of orphans in the future?"

"Of course not, absolutely not. Your Highness, look at how innocent and lovely Chengqian is. This eight-year-old child is still like a blank sheet of paper. As long as His Highness and Empress guide you well, and find some famous Confucian ministers to assist, in the future it will be natural. will be virtuous."

"Then after Gu ascends the throne, can Chengqian be conferred the crown prince?"

Qin Lang looked at Li Shimin, isn't this nonsense? If there is a son and a son, of course it is not his turn to talk about it.

"Your Highness, regarding the establishment of a crown prince, His Highness has to discuss with the prime ministers."

"How about letting you continue to lead Chengqian's Luben army then?"

Qin Lang quickly refused, "His Royal Highness, the minister is the governor of the town, and now he is only in command of Lu Ben temporarily. After the crown prince is registered, he will naturally be elected as a highly respected general to lead the prince Lu Ben."

Seeing Qin Lang's attitude, Li Shimin smiled in satisfaction.

He grabbed a handful of ice cubes and handed them to Qin Lang, "Seeing that you are so hot and sweating profusely, eat two ice cubes to cool off!"

Qin Lang quickly took it, threw a few ice cubes into his mouth and started chewing them, not to mention, it was really chilling.