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Chapter 1259 Li You's farce

King Li You of Qi, this may be the son Li Shimin hated the most, but no one expected that he would suddenly rebel in Qizhou and even killed his own Changshi Quan Wanji. For a moment, the entire Qizhou was also in chaos.

Speaking of Li You, his background is even more embarrassing than Li Ke. His mother, Yin Fei, is one of the four noble concubines, and her status in the palace is only below the queen. However, Yin Fei also has another identity, that is, the daughter of Yin Shishi Master.

Speaking of Yin Shishishi, he was not particularly famous at the end of the Sui Dynasty, but he did one big thing, that is, when Li Yuan raised his army, Yin Shishishi and another former Sui minister Gu Yi chased Li Yuan's family and relatives together. At that time, Li Shimin had a younger brother named Li Zhiyun, but was caught by the Sui army. In the end, he was executed by Yin Shishishishi himself. He was only fourteen years old when he died.

In addition, many people in the Li family died at the hands of Yinshi Master, especially Yinshi Master did a very vicious thing, which was to find Li Yuan's ancestral tomb, and then dug up the Li family's ancestral tomb, and pull the bones to the sun to expose the sun. This simply offended the Li family to death. When Li Yuan received this news, he was almost vomiting blood, so Yinshi Master and the Li family also formed a national hatred.

It was precisely because of the Yinshi Master that Li Yuan quickly sent troops to attack Daxing City, which was guarded by Yinshi Master. As a result, after the city was broken, Li Yuan killed all the Yinshi Master and Gu Yi tribes, which relieved the hatred in his heart.

However, at that time, Yin Shishi Master had a daughter who was extremely beautiful, so he was rewarded as a concubine of Li Shimin, who later became Yin Concubine. In addition, Yin Concubine had a younger brother named Yin Hongzhi. Because she was too young, she could not die. Later, during the Xuanwu Gate coup, Yin Hongzhi made considerable contributions and was promoted to the Minister of Personnel, which was also very glorious for a while.

It is also in the complex family background above that Yin Fei gave birth to Li You, a son, Li You, for Li Shimin. It can be said that Li You has been born with the blood of the feud between Yin and Li, flowing from his birth. Of course, if he could be as smart as Li Ke, he could live a good life as a prince, but Li You is not a smart person and has a very violent personality. Li Shimin also dislikes this son very much, so he asked him to go to the fiefdom early.

Originally, even if a prince like Li You had a limit to making trouble, Li You also had an uncle, that is the Yin Hongzhi mentioned above. Although Yin Hongzhi made contributions and was also an important official of the court, he was actually a short-sighted person because he felt that Li Shimin had many sons and Li You would probably be implicated when fighting for the throne in the future, so he secretly instigated Li You to recruit heroes to defend himself.

Originally, Yin Hongzhi's idea was not wrong, and the princes of the Tang Dynasty could have a certain amount of military power, so it was not a big deal to recruit some private soldiers in private. For example, Li Chengqian and Li Tai and others all had their own private soldiers. Yin Hongzhi was stupid and actually recommended his wife and brother Yan Hongxin to Li You. As a result, it was Yan Hongxin who destroyed Li You and caused Li You to kill him.

Because Yan Hongxin was a villain, under his temptation, Li You, who was not a good person, became even more useless. Even Li Shimin heard about his son's bastard. As a result, he thought that Li You's then chief secretary Xue Dading was incompetent in discipline, so he transferred Quan Wanji to Li You as the chief secretary.

Quan Wanji once served as the chief secretary of Li Ke. When Li Ke was young, he also did some wrong things, such as destroying the crops of the people because he liked hunting. As a result, Quan Wanji was directly advised by Li Ke in person, forcing Li Ke to admit his mistake and compensate him. Therefore, Li Shimin felt that only people like Quan Wanji could teach Li You well.

But Li Shimin was wrong. Quan Wanji is a tough person, while Li You's personality is very violent. Putting the two of them together is like locking a tiger and a lion together. It would be strange if he didn't fight?

In fact, after Quan Wanji became the chief minister of Li You, there were constant conflicts between the two. For example, Quan Wanji exiled the villain around Li You, which caused Li You's resentment and even planned to assassinate Quan Wanji with the people around him, but Quan Wanji discovered it in advance, so he captured the person who assassinated him and reported it to Li Shimin.

When Li Shimin heard that Li You had even dared to assassinate the Chief Secretary he sent, he was furious at the moment. He first sent someone to investigate. After finding out that the situation was true, he immediately issued an order to let Li You and Quan Wanji return to Chang'an. He wanted to interrogate him in person. In fact, this matter had been found out, and Li Shimin just couldn't swallow this. When Li You returned to Chang'an, he might be punished with great origin.

After receiving the imperial edict from Li Shimin, Quan Wanji immediately prepared to return to Chang'an without hesitation. Anyway, he had a clear conscience, and Li Shimin knew about Li You making friends with villains. Even Li Shimin even wrote a letter to persuade Li You to stay away from the evil villains around him. When Quan Wanji was the chief minister, Li Shimin gave him the task to let him eliminate the villains around Li You, so he was not worried at all. He might even be commended by Li Shimin when he returned to Chang'an.

However, Li You did not dare to return to Chang'an. After all, as a prince, he actually sent someone to assassinate his chief secretary. However, this chief secretary was sent by Li Shimin himself. If such a crime is confirmed, even if he is a prince, he will be severely punished.

In fact, although Li You assassinated Quan Wanji was a serious crime, as he was, even if he returned to Chang'an, Li Shimin would not really kill his son. Especially before Li You, there was a lesson in the past, that is, Li Chengqian had sent someone to assassinate Yu Zhining around him. Later, Li Shimin did not do anything to Li Chengqian. Although Li You was not as good as Li Chengqian, at most he would be given a title, but he would generally be restored after a few years.

But this also corresponds to the saying "I'm not afraid of no good things, but I'm afraid of no good people." There are many evil villains around Li You. Even though Quan Wanji drove away a group of them, there are still many left, such as Yin Hongzhi's wife and brother Yan Hongxin. This guy is not only a villain, but also very stupid. When he saw that Li You did not dare to return to Chang'an because he was afraid of being punished, he advised Li You to just stop and kill Quan Wanji first.

Li You was also a brainless guy. Of course, he might have lost his temper at that time and actually accepted Yan Hongxin's suggestion. So he and Yan Hongxin personally led dozens of recruited heroes to attack Quan Wanji who were preparing to return to Chang'an. Not only did he commit suicide by himself, but Li You, who felt that he was ignorant of his hatred, also divided Quan Wanji's body. Poor Quan Wanji did not even leave a whole body after his death.

However, after killing Quan Wanji, Li You suddenly realized that he had caused a big disaster. At this time, Yan Hongxin and others persuaded him to rebel. As a result, Li You was so angry that he actually recruited a man over fifteen years old in the city to raise an army, and a farce of rebellion finally began.
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