Ganlu Temple.

Li Shimin leaned against a rattan chair, and he no longer roared. He was as calm as water, just sitting and watching the clouds rolling in and out in the sky, allowing the guards to come in and out, reporting to Fang Xuanling the progress of the mutiny.

Fang Xuanling was in charge of Ganlu Hall and issued orders from time to time.

Wu Meiniang has now become the "emperor", and she has never stopped holding the red pen. She wrote various imperial edicts, and then Fang Xuanling stamped the seal of the state seal and the Secret of the Secretariat.

Afternoon.

Changsun Wuji, Du Yan and Li Jing entered the palace again. This time, other prime ministers Yu Wenshi and Gao Shilian, Yang Gongren, Qu Tutong, Zhang Gongjin, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, and Dai Zhou.

Except for the prime ministers who are not in Beijing, the twelve people in Beijing are now in the palace.

In fact, Qu Tutong didn't want to come, but Li Jing said that he must want to see the emperor, but Qu Tutong still came. As for Yu Wenshi and others, they didn't know that such a shocking mutiny had occurred. Only after entering the palace did they know that the sky had changed.

Fang Xuanling presided over the imperial meeting.

The emperor was still sitting in front of the hall gate and looking at the clouds in the sky outside the hall.

Qu Tutong looked at the emperor and was also stunned.

Wei Zheng stayed in prison for half a year, and was very haggard in this situation, and he was still open and didn't know what to say.

Who would have thought that Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji would launch a coup?

But that's the truth.

"Everyone, the turmoil should be over." Fang Xuanling said.

"Now the situation in the capital of the capital has been controlled. In the next step, we should immediately send an envoy to Jiankang to welcome His Royal Highness to the capital. In addition, we should immediately send an envoy to all parties to read His Majesty's edict and ask all places to cease fighting and withdraw troops."

Wei Zheng always felt absurd when he looked at the emperor at the door, but it would be very good if the matter could be completed in this way. At least, there was no need to commit suicide or kill him anymore.

"I agree!" Wei Zhengfuxu was the first to express his opinion.

Kong Yingda also agreed. He, a Hanlin bachelor, also stayed in prison for a while. He also saw through Emperor Li Shimin and let him abdicate with a decent abdication, which was not bad.

Qu Tutong said dissatisfiedly, "Are you still ministers when discussing these in front of Your Majesty?"

"You have the truth, follow your heart, be loyal to you. If you have no truth, be attacked!" Wei Zheng said very rudely.

"The people are the most important, the country is the next, and the king is the next."

After saying this, Qu Tutong had nothing to say.

Yu Wen Shi, Yang Gongren, and Gao Shilian are all old. At this moment, they also know that the situation has been a foregone conclusion. What's the use of opposing it at this time?

"Prime Minister Wei, you will go to Jiankang to announce the imperial edict in person. How about welcoming the crown prince?" Changsun Wuji asked.

Wei Zheng did not refuse, "I am honored!"

Next, the prime ministers reached an agreement to welcome the prince into the capital, let the emperor abdicate and pass the throne to the crown prince. Then they decided to announce martial law from now on.

The guards in the palace were replaced, and the north and south yamen in the capital were also replaced and the garrison was adjusted.

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Jiangnan, Jiankang.

Zhang Chao was waiting with an uneasy look.

Yesterday he received a letter from Hanjing, and Ke Qing said that the second Xuanwu Gate Incident began soon.

Calculate the time, it was launched this morning. If it succeeds, you will definitely have to control the palace and the capital in one day. If you cannot get control, especially the emperor, you will fail.

The night was already deep, and Zhang Chao had not received the letter and could not sleep at all.

"Husband, why don't you sleep so late?"

Zheng Wanyan got up in her clothes and saw Zhang Chao sitting by the window with a jar of wine on the table. In her impression, her husband was not a drunken person, let alone sitting by the window drinking alone in the middle of the night.

"You go to bed first, I'll sit down."

At this moment, how could he sleep? If Hanjing succeeds, it will be a huge change. There is no need to fight this civil war, but the struggle will definitely not end there.

It just changed from fighting between the north and the south to fighting in the court.

He could almost understand the reason why Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji and others started a mutiny, in order to protect the Tang Dynasty. They were worried that after he led the Southern Army to defeat the emperor, the prestige of the Tang Dynasty would be greatly reduced, and Li Chao's power would greatly increase. If Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji were not allowed in the court, they would be Li Chao's people. At that time, the crown prince was still young. If Li Chao wanted to usurp the Tang Dynasty, who could stop him and who would protect the Tang Dynasty?

Now the Hanjing mutiny is in chaos.

After success, the Hanjing court is still there, and the court still has hundreds of thousands of troops. It is completely different when the prince enters the capital.

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Alas, I never thought of taking over the Tang Dynasty. There was nothing in the past, and there was nothing now.

But no one believed him.

Li Shimin thought he was going to rebel, but now Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji don’t believe him either.

It will be dawn.

A sound of footsteps came.

"Tai Shi, Han Jing is urgently convinced."

Zhang Chao woke up suddenly and quickly got up. As a result, he sat for too long, his legs were numb and he almost fell down.

He rubbed his legs and came outside and took the letter.

Just as the lantern light of the news housekeeper reported, Zhang Chao opened the letter.

This is a clear and quick letter without using secret codes.

Just scan it and you will understand.

"The overall situation is decided!" Zhang Chao couldn't help but shouted in surprise.

"Very good!"

Zhang Chao was too sleepy to change his clothes, so he walked out with his slippers.

"Where are you going?"

"Go to the prince."

The prince was surprised to hear that the Grand Master came to see him.

He stood up in his clothes and came to the living room to see Zhang Chao wearing pajamas and slippers. He was extremely surprised.

"Teacher, what happened? Did Li Ji have already entered Guangzhou?"

"Your Highness, do you still remember the plot of Han Jing that I told you? It's done. Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji, Li Jing and others launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident yesterday morning, and have controlled Your Majesty and the entire capital. Now they are sending Wei Zheng to Jiankang to welcome Your Highness back to Beijing to ascend the throne."

"The overall situation is decided!"

Cheng Qian was stunned and dazed.

"Is this true?"

After a long time, his face flushed with excitement.

"What should we do now?"

"Your Highness, pack up and prepare to enter the capital." Zhang Chao said to Chengqian with a smile.

"If you don't go to Ezhou, don't go to Dongting Lake?"

"No need!"

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Lingnan.

Li Ji looked at Zhang Zhongjian's troops who were still standing in the city and showed a victory smile.

It is great to be able to stick to this day under the Li Ji battle flag. Unfortunately, he can only stay until now.

Several Guangxi militias who came to reinforce Cangwu were intercepted by him halfway.

With the eight thousand defeated soldiers in the city alone, Zhang Zhongjian was able to defend until now, which is indeed good. After all, Li Ji is several times his troops, and the cannons were pulled from the rear.

Cangwu is far inferior to important towns like Guangzhou, Guizhou and Hezhou.

The artillery bombarded and the Tucheng was bombarded again and again, and the defenders finally could no longer hold on.

"Break through!" Zhang Zhongjian looked at the remaining soldiers with only 5,000 left, and had no choice but to order. Li Ji left him with one side without a siege, and forced him to retreat.

He has always insisted on retreating, because he knows that once he retreats, he will be deceived by Li Ji.

But now, if you don’t retreat, your entire army will be wiped out.

"Let the brothers have a full meal and then break back to Guangzhou!"

Outside the city.

A scout came to report.

"Master, we heard the sound of slaughtering livestock in Cangwu City. The rebels are probably going to escape."

Li Ji laughed, "Escape, let them escape, they will escape, we will chase them to Guangzhou City."

If you really want to surround yourself, Zhang Zhongjian will fight to trap beasts, and those thousands of people will still cause a lot of trouble. Moreover, Cangwu will not be able to stop, and the reinforcements from Guangxi are still rushing towards this side. In addition, Zhang Chao has already transferred several troops back to the aid to encircle, and Li Ji cannot spend too much time under this city.

He needs to call Guangzhou immediately.
To be continued...