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Chapter 988 Li Shimin’s Misunderstanding (I)

When Li Shimin fainted in the court, he thought of this situation. So after returning to the harem, he did not dare to let himself stay in a coma for a long time. After waking up, he was anxious and summoned Fang Xuanling as soon as possible.

I just wanted to see if it would be Hou Junji who would come in aggressively.

He appeared to be very respectful, but in fact he told me that the emperor needed to rest and should not meet with his subjects.

If that were the case, Li Shimin would know that he was finished and he would know what was happening outside without even having to think about it.

It must be that the eldest grandson, under the coercion of the generals, rushed to the palaces of the King of Wu, the King of Wei, and especially the King of Jin, and killed the princes who might threaten the new crown prince, and sent away the heirs of these princes as well.

Then he would gather ministers from all over and win over their hearts, making those who obey him prosper and those who defy him king. Finally, he would send a few old ministers whom he trusted, to persuade him to abdicate the throne to the crown prince for the sake of his country, the people and his kingdom.

If the local governors and important officials on the frontier were unwilling to obey, it would take several years of suppressing rebellions in all directions.

Among them, the northern Turks are likely to take the opportunity to move south and reap the benefits.

The Western Regions countries such as Tuyuhun, Tubo, and Gaochang may also take advantage of the situation to rise again. If they are not controlled well, the world will be in chaos, with many heroes rising up, and the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty will reappear.

I have done this kind of thing myself in the past, so I am familiar with the following tasks and can do it with my eyes closed.

After Wang De went out, he saw Fang Xuanling a moment later. Li Shimin's heart was relieved. He saw that Fang Xuanling was just worried about his illness, and did not cry and say depressing words like "I am useless, I have lost your Majesty's world".

Li Shimin was even more relieved, but he was also a little confused. Based on today's situation, if Hou Junji didn't force the emperor to abdicate, what was he waiting for? Even if he didn't know what was going to happen next, Zhang Xuansu, Sun Yingda, Yu Zhining and other old ministers should know, right?

Fang Xuanling explained excitedly, "Your Majesty, the situation is much better than we thought. After the court was dismissed, all the officials and officers left, and the generals who commanded the troops also returned to their respective positions."

"The Sixteen Guards, Beiyuan, and the various Imperial Army camps are all peaceful. No one has started a rebellion. The city of Chang'an is as peaceful as ever."

"Your Majesty, it seems that Hou Junji and those civil and military officials of the Eastern Palace have no intention of causing trouble."

"Humph"

Hearing that everything was normal, Li Shimin felt relieved and regained his dignity as the emperor of the Heavenly Khan. He angrily rebuked: "Someone must have secretly colluded with the court to mediate today so that we can advance and retreat together and speak with one voice."

"This was premeditated and definitely not something that happened on impulse."

"Order Quan Wanji and Wang Xuance to mobilize all the forces of the Hundred Cavalry Division and the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Investigate for me who is behind this. Find the mastermind and I will tear him into pieces."

"And Hou Junji, put him in jail immediately to prevent him from doing something desperate."

"No." "Absolutely not." Two voices were heard at the same time. One was from Fang Xuanling, who had an anxious look on his face, and the other was a slightly majestic female voice coming from the study outside.

The two turned around and saw Zhangsun Wugou walking in alone. She walked silently to the front of Li Shimin's bed and bowed: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, your servant is here to pay his respects to you." When Changsun Wugou saluted Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling also quickly stood up and saluted the emperor.

Changsun Wugou had just returned from a scene where she had intimidated all the ministers, and she still retained the dignity of a queen in her heart. As soon as she came in, she heard that Li Shimin was going to hold everyone accountable for this incident and wanted to arrest Hou Junji. She was a little anxious for the moment, so her words seemed a little tough.

As soon as he said this, he felt something was wrong and bowed quickly.

However, Zhangsun Wugou was confident that she and Li Shimin had been married for many years and had a deep relationship, so this little impoliteness was nothing. The most important thing was to prevent Li Shimin from making rash moves in this unstable situation and making things worse.

Hou Junji was definitely the person directly responsible for the situation. But the fundamental reason was that Li Shimin was too confident in his control and wanted to kill first and report later, using the situation to coerce the ministers and make the matter a done deal.

Li Shimin wanted to do too many things. In just one routine court meeting, he wanted to take down Li Tai, kill Zhang Liang, the Minister of Justice, and defeat the Wei Wang Party in one fell swoop. In this case, he also had to suppress the Donggong faction and the Wu Wang faction, not to mention using Cen Wenben in the process.

Pushing the Prince of Jin, who had a shallow foundation, to the throne in a muddle-headed manner, could Li Zhi, a young boy who was still wet behind the ears, swallow such a big peach?

Even if he was the emperor, Li Shimin was too greedy. He wanted to suppress all the factions by himself, which was simply a fantasy. He launched such a surprise attack, ignored all the court officials, and played everyone under his palm. This aroused the common hatred of the officials. It can be said that the final situation of all the officials united to resist and force the emperor to abdicate was mostly caused by himself.

It was Li Shimin who piled up the dry firewood in the house, and Hou Junji was just the occasional spark that splashed in, eventually igniting a huge fire that burned himself to ashes. Now it is time to hold Hou Junji accountable and investigate him.

Didn't he pour a few buckets of oil into the already crackling fire? Wasn't it simply because he thought the situation wasn't chaotic enough?

This would push the ministers who were already standing opposite the emperor further away.

Ninety percent of the ministers participated in forcing the emperor to abdicate. Li Shimin forced all the civil and military officials in the court to unite and fight the emperor to the end.

The number of officials involved in this matter and the number of people involved are unprecedented in history. From the moment this happened, it was doomed to fail and could only be blurred.

One hundred people offended one person together.

The one who should be panicking is that person. He should not think about who is right or wrong, or how right he is. Instead, he should think about how to resolve the matter and gain the recognition of those one hundred people, instead of blaming those one hundred people.

Otherwise, the one who would be abandoned would definitely be that one person, not a hundred people.

If a hundred people abandon one person, it is that person who is abandoned; if one person abandons a hundred people, that person is also abandoned. The power field is a gladiatorial arena for winning over the majority of friends, striking down the minority of enemies, and fighting for power and profit.

It's not about studying. If you have reason, you can go anywhere in the world. If you don't have reason, you can't take a single step.

Li Shimin was sure to suffer this loss.
Seeing that both of them rejected it, Li Shimin froze and waved his hand with an unpleasant expression: "Queen, there is no need to be so polite."

After saying this, Li Shimin's face darkened and he said nothing. It was obvious that Li Shimin blamed the Queen for Hou Junji's forcing her to abdicate.

In his opinion, Li Xiang was brought up by Zhangsun Wugui, and was closer to him than Li Zhi. Zhangsun Wugui must have supported Li Xiang as the crown prince. Hou Junji was a military man. Although he had a high position, he was not very smart. He was not the kind of person who could plan and strategize and plan such a big thing.

Although the Eastern Palace faction is powerful, it is very scattered.

Hou Junji's prestige was not enough to unite these forces that he had broken up and make them advance and retreat together in the court.

If there were anyone in the court who had such power, there were only two people besides himself. One was Fang Xuanling, who had long known his intentions. If he had objected, he would have raised it in private, and would not have publicly exposed himself in public.
The other one is Changsun Wuji. Although Changsun Wuji appears to be connected to the Eastern Palace on the left and the King of Wei on the right, he actually places all his hopes on the King of Jin. In private, he has repeatedly advised himself to establish the King of Jin, and all his plans have come true.

Just when the plan was about to succeed, he was too late to be happy and there was no need to do anything secretive. From the reaction in the court, it can be seen that Changsun Wuji was caught off guard by this sudden change.

Hou Junji was the most staunch supporter of Changsun, the standard-bearer of the Eastern Palace faction, and the most important target for Li Shimin to guard against. Over the past decade, Li Shimin knew everything about Hou Junji's every move, who was around him, and who was giving him advice.

He could conclude that Hou Junji definitely did not have that ability, otherwise he would have solved the problem long ago and would not have dragged it on until today.

The reason why no further action was taken was because both himself, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji had concluded that Hou Junji did not have the prestige to unify all forces, nor the wisdom to plan such a game of chess.

So who is it?
There must be someone behind the scenes who is leading all of this. This person has enough prestige to convince everyone. At the same time, he is thoughtful enough to control the entire situation and understand his own every move, so that he can strike with thunder at the most critical moment.

When Li Shimin thought of such a person with extremely great power stirring up trouble in secret, he felt a chill down his spine and became restless.

At this moment, Zhangsun Wugou arrived. When her beautiful face with a graceful and slightly majestic look appeared before his eyes, there was a "boom" and Li Shimin's heart was like a flash of lightning. His mind raced and a voice in his head roared wildly!
'The Queen, the Queen, must it be the Queen?'

'Besides her, who else in the entire city of Chang'an would care so much about whether the eldest grandson takes the throne?'

'Besides her, who else has such high prestige and influence that can convince all the generals of the Eastern Palace to support Hou Junji in his attack in the court?'

'Besides her, who else in the East Palace can have the talent of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Young, such a brilliant mind, extraordinary intelligence, and transcendent pattern, who can do this step so accurately and compete with me?'

'Except for her, the person beside him, who else would not launch a mutiny after launching such a large-scale death remonstrance in the court and offending the emperor, and then complete the subsequent replacement of the old with the new in one go?'

(End of this chapter)