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Chapter 979: Changes in the Court (Part )

Li Zhi was worried that now that he had surfaced, if he could not settle the matter today, the ministers would react in the future. They would secretly collude, temporarily give up the fight, join hands, and first clear him out as the one who took advantage.

He even tried hard to find faults to attack me and to stir up trouble for me, then I would never have the chance to become the crown prince.

Li Shimin's health was poor, like the dead leaves swaying in the wind on the branches of an autumn tree, which could be blown away by the cold wind at any time.

Given his physical condition, it would probably be difficult for him to gather so many people for a court meeting again.

Zhang Sun Wuji was a thousand-year-old fox who had always been cautious in his actions and had jumped out this time. However, he was cautious in his actions and had only shouted for Li Shimin, but had not made a clear statement in support of Li Zhi.

Looking at the situation, it was only Hou Junji who jumped out. With Fang Xuanling's mediation, maybe he could suppress it if he said something. He also helped Li Zhi at a critical moment. This was a merit of supporting him!

Thinking that Li Zhi had a great chance of winning, he could not resist Li Zhi's anxious urging.

So he gritted his teeth and stood up, walked to Hou Junji and whispered: "Junji, why are you doing this? The emperor's intentions have been expressed very clearly. There is no benefit in going against the emperor like this."

"I know you are not afraid of death, but you should also consider Haitang and Li Xiang. Disregarding your status to fight with the emperor and destroy the path of King Jin to become the emperor, this is a fight to the death. When King Jin ascends the throne, even though the world is big, where will your daughter and grandson stay?"

"If you can take a step back, I will then persuade the King of Jin to grant Li Xiang a good place in the Western Regions and make him a vassal king. He will also be a local emperor, enjoying endless wealth and glory for the rest of his life. What's wrong with that?"

At the end, Changsun Wuji's face was slightly grim, and he said in a voice that only Hou Junji could hear: "Li Xiang has just grown up. He can bear such a heavy burden and the pressure from the nobles, but can he protect you and your daughter?"

Zhang Sun Wuji used threats, inducements, soft tactics, and hard tactics, constantly warning Hou Junji with his eyes and words. If it were someone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to withstand such pressure.

But Hou Junji didn't care. He had his own beliefs in mind, and he didn't rely on the little grandson in the East Palace who hadn't even grown all his hair yet.

Instead, the young man bravely took on the heavy responsibility and went deep into the grassland; the young man risked his life and experienced hundreds of battles; he overthrew the Turkic hero Jie Li, wiped out the heroes of the grassland, destroyed countless small countries in the western regions of Liaodong, and suppressed the Tang Dynasty so much that it could not raise its head.

He was an iron-blooded king who almost unified all the grassland tribes and conquered a territory even more vast than that of the Tang Dynasty.

His tactics are stronger than that of the Tang Emperor, his scheming can convince Fangmou Duduan, his backbone can support the entire country, and the power in his hands can control the situation in the world. His brilliance must far surpass that of Tian Khan and shine through the ages.

With such a strong man supporting him from behind, Hou Junji is not afraid of anyone.

Once, Hou Junji thought that the emperor Li Shimin, whom he had followed all his life, was a mountain that he could never cross in his lifetime. But now, when he really stood on the opposite side of him, he suddenly realized that the Khan was not as unattainable and invincible as he had imagined.

In Hou Junji's current eyes, the trembling Li Shimin is just an old man who is about to die, and Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Zhangsun Wuji, Xiao Yu, Gao Shilian and other talented people who were once high and mighty are just corrupt scholars who are about to be swept into the garbage dump.

Now, Hou Junji is the one who can turn the tide; in the future, he will be an even more loyal minister who supports the holy emperor. In the future court, Hou Junji will be the real pillar of the country, and will be a general or a prime minister. No one in the entire court can match his achievements.

At this moment, facing Changsun Wuji's soft and hard tactics, Hou Junji did not waver at all, nor did he bother to argue with his colleagues. He just looked at Li Shimin steadily, raised his tablet and said: "The emperor's words are golden, I hope the emperor will keep his promise."

'boom'

I didn't expect Hou Junji to be so stubborn. It is conceivable how furious Li Shimin would be when he threatened the emperor in this way.

Sure enough, there was a loud bang, and his chest was filled with uncontrollable anger. This momentum actually gave Li Shimin strong support and confidence, making him temporarily forget the aging of his body.

Like a wounded lion, Li Shimin looked at Hou Junji with murderous intent and roared, "Someone come here?"

The mediation failed, Li Shimin wanted to use the most powerful thundering means, kill Hou Jinghou, quickly remove all obstacles, deter the floating people's hearts, and then announce the Prince of Jin as the crown prince in the shortest possible time. Force the ministers to kowtow, pull most of the ministers to the Prince of Jin, and settle the situation.

Yang Ji, who was standing at the door, heard the endless anger hidden in Li Shimin's voice, and sighed inwardly, thinking that it had finally come to this.

With a backhand move, more than a dozen burly, fat and strong guards followed Yang Ji into the hall.

Hou Junji also sighed secretly, but he was not in a hurry. He turned around and glanced at the court officials around him one by one, with an unshakable firmness in his eyes. Then he slowly turned around, knelt on the ground, raised his tablet and said: "I hope the emperor will think twice."

Li Shimin looked at Hou Junji indifferently, as if he was looking at a dead man, and said in a cold voice: "Yang Ji, Hou Junji disrupted the court meeting, disobeyed the emperor, and blocked the establishment of the crown prince. He has evil intentions. Give him to me."

Before Li Shimin finished speaking, another minister stood out from the crowd, firmly stood behind Hou Junji, knelt on the ground, held high his tablet, and his face, which was no less pretty than that of a princess from the Central Plains, was serious: "I hope Your Majesty will reconsider." Fang Xuanling's eyes narrowed, his heart skipped a beat, and he secretly said "Oh no".

This person is none other than the Grand Commander of the Mo Nan Grand Commandery, Prince of Beiping, Ashina Yun. He is a more difficult target than Hou Junji.

Ashina Yun was not only the concubine of the late crown prince, but also gave birth to a son for him. Although she took the surname Ashina, she was the most important chess piece in the Tang Dynasty's strategy of governing the grasslands, and was someone the Tang Dynasty could not afford to lose.

If Hou Junji was the most likely person to resist Li Shimin's appointment of a new crown prince, Ashina Yun was second only to Hou Junji in not wanting the Tang Dynasty to change the crown prince. It can be said that the court had been resisting the crown prince for sixteen years when he was lost on the grassland.

The most important reason why no new crown prince was born was because of Ashina Yun’s attitude.

In recent years, the imperial court has increased its infiltration into the southern part of the desert while trying to win over Ashina Yun in order to increase the integration of the southern part of the desert and the Tang Dynasty.

The Grand Marshal's Office of Mo Nan had hundreds of thousands of civilians and more than 200,000 soldiers under its command. It was the most powerful cavalry force of the Tang Dynasty. Mo Nan was a tentacle of the Tang Dynasty extending into the grassland, and it was also the most important force for the Tang Dynasty to resist the Turkic Khanate.

Not to mention this, Ashina Yun is the representative of the grassland forces in the court. These grassland people have always been united, advancing and retreating together, and living together in the court.

Now that Ashina Yun has stepped forward, she won’t be the only one.

Sure enough, as soon as Ashina Yun finished speaking, the situation in the court changed suddenly.

Then, the Grand Commander of the Mobei Grand Commandery, Biheli, the General of the Left Wuhou, Ashina Simo, Ashina Zhong who had been promoted to the General of the Left Tunwei Xunfu, and Jie Li's old subordinate Zhisi Shili and other Turkic generals also stood up, knelt in line, and asked, "I hope the emperor will reconsider."

Then, like dominoes, a group of people fell down.

General Chang Sheng of the Left Guard, General Xue Rengui of the Right Guard's Qinfu, General Liu Renyuan of the Right Guard's Yifu, General Sun Renshi of the Right Guard's Xunfu, General Xi Junmai of the Left Guard's Jianmen, and General Gao Kan of the Right Guard's Lingjunwei.

The left general of the Mo Nan Dadu Prefecture was Xiao Siye, and the right general was Li Jingxuan.

The Eastern Palace Neizu Li Jinxing, the Eastern Palace Prince's Guest and Left Palace Chief Su Dingfang, the Crown Prince's Guest and Right Palace Chief and Yifu Zhonglang Jiang Liang Jianfang, and the brother-in-law of Prince Lu Li Yuanchang, the Left Weiwei General Liu Renzha.

At this moment, the Eastern Palace began to show its enormous power. Behind Hou Junji, a group of people knelt densely. Most of them were young generals who held actual military power. They were the backbone of the Tang Dynasty military.

It was an existence that even Li Shimin dared not ignore.
Seeing that the real strength of the Eastern Palace began to take effect, the Eastern Palace civil officials who had been watching, as well as the officials from the three provinces and six ministries, were greatly encouraged. If Prince Jin came to the throne, they, as the former prince's old subordinates, would be in a good position.

Most of them will be banished to the cold palace, and their years of hard work will be wasted.

If the eldest grandson can ascend to the throne, not only will their interests be guaranteed, but they may even be able to move to a higher level.

Then the Prince's tutor Zhang Xuansu, the right son of the Eastern Palace Sun Yingda, the left son of the Eastern Palace Yu Zhining, the Imperial Secretary Du Zhenglun, the Imperial Censor and the Imperial Counselor Ma Zhou, the Minister of the Left Linghu Defen and others also came out to line up and kneel behind Hou Junji, saying, "Your Majesty, please think twice."

The situation turned around in an instant.

Wei Ting saw that it was not good, and hesitated for a moment. He could not catch up with the first wave. Seeing that the second wave had already started, he did not dare to delay any longer, and had no time to weigh the pros and cons. He knelt down and raised his tablet: "I am Wei Ting, the Imperial Clerk. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Wei Ting's voice was full of energy, and he was afraid that Hou Junji and the generals of the Eastern Palace in front of him were unaware of his good intentions.

However, after saying this, Wei Ting's old face turned red.

Since no one reported their official title or name, he was the only one who reported his own name and title, which seemed very artificial.

Many people turned their attention to him, because this was a coup! He showed the kind of momentum of going forward bravely, and the concise, short and powerful words could continuously push the endless and wave after wave of determination to a climax.

Giving out the difficult-to-pronounce official titles and names would be superfluous and would only lower the momentum.

Of course, there was also a hidden intention, which was not to report the official title and name. In a chaotic situation, the emperor would not specifically remember a certain person. If there were too many people, it would be confusing and in the end, no one would even remember them.

(End of this chapter)