Chapter 1193: The Xuanwumen Incident (Part 1)
Chapter 1193 Changes in Xuanwu Gate (Part 1)
Chapter 1191: Changes in Xuanwu Gate (Part 1)
As Dong Zhuo’s most trusted person, Li Ru has been investigating the cause of his father-in-law’s death since Dong Zhuo’s death.
Yang Jian revealed to the outside world that Dong Zhuo was punched by Jia Fu and injured his five internal organs, and eventually died of serious injuries. Li Ru didn't believe it at all.
Li Ru has worked with Jia Xu for many years. He knows Jia Xu’s character and abilities very well, and he also knows the relationship between the Jia family father and son and Dong Zhuo.
Although Jia Xu betrayed Dong Zhuo, who had great trust in him, for the sake of his nephew who was more closely related by blood, Jia Xu's betrayal was very measured. He only took away the Han Emperor who was considered useless to the Liang army.
The Han Emperor was of great significance to Qin Hao, but for the Liang Army, whose reputation was already notorious, it basically had no great effect. No princes would obey the edict issued by the Liang Army.
From this it can be seen that Jia Xu was also thinking about his friendship with Dong Zhuo, so he did not punish Liang Jun to death, otherwise Liang Jun would have to shed his skin even if he did not die.
With Jia Xu as the father in front of him, how could Jia Fu as the son kill Dong Zhuo?
Li Ru was perhaps the only sober person, and he saw through the essence of the matter at a glance, and finally turned his suspicion to Yang Jian.
Although Li Ru also found some clues, Yang Jian acted extremely cautiously and left no solid evidence at all, which made Li Ru's hard work in vain.
Li Ru knew very well how dangerous what he was doing was, and it was absolutely impossible for Yang Jian to let him go. So when Yang Jian returned to Guanzhong, he hid as soon as possible.
Seeing that Yang Jian was gradually becoming a leader, Li Ru was extremely anxious, but he had nothing to do. After all, he only had influence, but no military power.
Li Ru was originally prepared to live in seclusion for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect that Li Shimin came back at the last moment and found Li Ru's hiding place through Liang Wei's special channels.
Li Shimin personally asked Li Ru to help him, which made Li Ru revive the idea of overthrowing Yang Jian. In order to protect Li Shimin's identity from being exposed, Li Ru was pushed out to become the leader who openly opposed Yang Jian.
Chang'e's high profile to Yang Jian exposed Li Ru and Wang Yun, but she also used Manchu civil and military forces to attract Yang Jian's attention, thus covering Li Shimin's actions secretly.
The next day, Gao Ying came to report to Yang Jian: "My lord, Li Ru is indeed hiding in Situ's house. Do you want to arrest him immediately?"
Yang Jian pondered for a long time. Shaking his head, he said: "Don't alert them first. Find out their movements and take action. This time I will catch them all."
Yang Jian is now the dominant one in Kansai, and the forces under him are not just for free. He quickly followed the clues and found out a lot of things.
“My lord, all the officials in the court suddenly supported my lord in claiming the title of king. There must be a conspiracy by Li Ru,” Gao Ying said.
Yang Jian has always wanted to get rid of Dong Zhuo's influence, so although he wanted to be king, he was not called King of Liang, but King of Sui. As a result, he was opposed by the ministers in the court and many generals in the army.
Seeing that the resistance was so great, Yang Jian prepared to take control of the Liang army before proclaiming himself king. However, he did not expect that he could not fully control the military power now.
“I’m afraid Li Ru just wants to take action when I am crowned king.”
Yang Jian was actually not completely sure. After all, he wanted to get the exact information inside the Situ Mansion without alerting the enemy, and whatever Yang Jian lacked, Chang'e would send him whatever it was.
“Your Majesty, Li Ru and Yifu are preparing to take advantage of the opportunity when you become king to unite with several Liang generals who control the military power to launch a rebellion in Chang’an City.”
When Yang Jian heard this, a stern look suddenly flashed in his eyes. Although most of the Liang generals fell in favor of him, his desire to call himself King of Sui was basically opposed by all the Liang generals. This made Yang Jian feel dissatisfied with the Liang generals. Grudge, now coupled with Chang'e's information, Yang Jian has completely distrusted all Liang generals.
"Chang'e, didn't I tell you, stop doing such dangerous things." Yang Jian said with a reproachful look. "For you, Chang'e is willing to take this last risk." Chang'e said softly.
Yang Jianqiang endured the emotion in his heart and asked: "Chang'e, can you hear who it is?"
“Li Ru didn’t mention this to his adoptive father.”
Hearing what Chang'e said, Yang Jian couldn't help but secretly thought that it was a pity. Without a specific list, it would not have much influence. Anyway, they must be among those who opposed him calling him King of Sui.
Yang Jian held Chang'e's hand and said softly: "Don't take risks for me from now on."
"Um."
Chang'e nodded shyly, as if she was in love for the first time. Yang Jian's index finger moved wildly when he saw her, but in order to maintain the image in Chang'e's heart, he decided to continue to endure it.
After getting information from Chang'e again, Yang Jian was basically certain that Li Ru had united with the generals of the Liang faction and the ministers of the DPRK to prepare for a major mutiny. Of course, the scattered Tang faction also had to guard against it.
Ten days later, the king-proclaiming ceremony was held as scheduled, and Yang Jian was also ready to deal with Li Ru.
After confirming that all the monsters and monsters had emerged, Yang Guoguan decided to close the net.
“Send an order to imprison Yu Juluo, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ji, Xin Wenli, Shang Shi and his disciples, etc. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy.”
Since he didn't know who Li Ru had united with, Yang Jian could only deprive all the generals who opposed him from becoming king, deprive them of their military power and imprison them. After uprooting Li Ru's rebel forces, he would naturally identify the loyalists and traitors among them and punish them. freed.
"Wu Yunzhao and Shi Wansui led an army of 20,000 people and went to Lantian Camp to take over the military power. Once there was any change in Lantian Camp or Li Keyong refused to hand over military power, they would be suppressed immediately."
Lantian Camp is where the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses gather. Now at such a critical juncture, Yang Jian will naturally not forget the existence of the Tang Dynasty.
Under the pressure of Yang Jian, the generals of the Tang Dynasty have now surrendered and died. It can be said that their power is extremely weak. However, Du Ruhui and Li Keyong followed Li Shimin and held on to the last nearly 10,000 trusted soldiers.
Yang Jian also did not forget Li Xiaogong in Hanzhong, and had already ordered Zuo Tiancheng to lead 10,000 troops to station in Chencang to prevent Li Xiaogong from Hanzhong from entering Guanzhong, and completely blocked Li Xiaogong's northward journey.
“Report...to my lord, Li Ru and other rebels have gathered in the palace. Hua Xiong is leading troops to suppress and arrest Li Ru, and has captured Li Ru alive.”
Yang Jian smiled immediately upon hearing this, and said to his left and right with a smile: "It's time to enter the palace, the king-conferring ceremony continues."
Yang Jian was still afraid of Li Ru's three points before, but now Li Ru has no chance of comeback, so he naturally doesn't need to worry about anything anymore.
Under the protection of many pro-army troops, Yang Jian's carriage headed toward Weiyang Palace in a mighty manner.
However, what Yang Jian didn't expect was that as soon as the carriage passed the Xuanwu Gate, the palace gate behind him immediately closed tightly.
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