Chapter 196 King Tang
Feng Deyi held the manifesto and began to recite it, listing the emperor's crimes, including killing his brother and father, raping his sister, bullying his stepmother and widowed sister-in-law...

After listening to five or six of them, the emperor interrupted and said, "Deyi, you are a scholar who has read the books of sages. How can you have the nerve to do such a thing?"

Feng Deyi retreated in shame and no one in the court spoke for a while. The emperor sighed and adjusted his court robes and crown again. He looked relieved, as if he had finally received the long-awaited news.

"Okay, it's time to get going, but the emperor has his own way of dying, why use a sharp blade! Bring me the poisoned wine!"

The emperor had already prepared poisoned wine for himself and had a special maid in charge of keeping it, but after a night of chaos, who knew where the maid was.

Linghu Xingda pushed Emperor Yang of Sui down on the couch and was about to use force. The emperor took off his training scarf and handed it to the other party without saying a word, but his meaning was obvious.

Then several strong and brave soldiers came forward and quickly ended everything. As they let go, the emperor fell to the ground in an ugly shape, and even filth flowed out from under his body.

The first emperor of the Sui Dynasty gained the world by deception, and the emperor suppressed his ministers with suspicion. What he ultimately got was the betrayal of his nobles and the alienation of his officers and soldiers.

In the end, Empress Xiao and the palace maids removed the paint from the bed boards to make a small coffin, and buried him in Liuzhu Hall in the west courtyard.

Afterwards, Yu Wenzhi proclaimed himself the Prime Minister and the chief of all the ministers, and established Qin Wang Hao as the emperor by order of Empress Xiao. However, he was just a puppet who issued edicts and wrote imperial decrees, and was guarded by soldiers at all times.

In front of Li Shimin and Shen Guang, a man named Wang Gui appeared with a thick stack of letters in his bag.

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Li Jiancheng accompanied his wife for a walk in the mansion. Xiao Chanyan asked, "Husband, should we go back to Chang'an?"

Li Jiancheng nodded and smiled, "It's time to go back, but let's wait until it's warmer so you don't catch a cold."

"Then when I return to Chang'an, will I be the queen?"

Li Jiancheng said calmly: "Maybe we need to wait, but everything that the queen deserves, my wife will have."

Xiao Chanyan smiled and squinted her eyes. When the warm sun set, Li Jiancheng sent her back to the bedroom to lie down.

Then he went to the main hall, where Du Ruhui and Wang Long were discussing matters. Li Jiancheng sat down and ordered, "Send the troops to Luoyang as soon as possible."

"promise."

Except for these two advisers, the rest of Li Jiancheng's advisers, such as Fang Xuanling and Liu Wenjing, had already rushed to Chang'an. With the Turks retreating, there were no important matters in the northern border for the time being.

Although he agreed, Du Ruhui still said: "My lord, Luoyang is not important at the moment. It is enough to have Zhai Rang here. I think we should first pacify Xue Ju in Longxi and stabilize Guanzhong."

Wang Lu is from the south. Since he reappeared and revealed his identity, some of his relatives and old friends have contacted him, so he has some understanding of the situation in Jiangdu.

"Something happened in Jiangdu?"

Li Jiancheng said: "The news has not come yet, but His Majesty should pass away within the next few days."

Both of them were men of outstanding wisdom, but they had too little information. Even though they knew the emperor had passed away, they could not guess the purpose of sending troops to Luoyang.

But they did not ask any more questions. At least until now, the arrangements made by the lord had not gone wrong, and they should choose to obey respectfully. In May, the news of the emperor's death came, and Li Jiancheng also went to Chang'an in a mighty manner under the protection of 100,000 troops.

On the way, a famous monk stopped him and said, "Now the jade bed is shaking, the emperor's throne is overturned, and the year has come in the underworld. There must be a real person who has risen to his position. Who else can it be but you?"

"Lord Li has recruited the barbarians in the north and the heroes in the south to conquer the world. This is what Tang and Wu did. The Mandate of Heaven is about to be bestowed upon us. We should go to Chang'an and accept it!"

Li Jiancheng did not meet him, but only gave him vegetarian food as alms and then continued to go to Guanzhong. The whole world was shocked, not only because of the death of the emperor, but also because all the bandit leaders in the world began to stop fighting.

Fang Xianbo of Jiyin, Wang Junkuo of Shanggu, Li Shicai of Changping, Wei Liuer and Li Deqian of Huaiyang, Zhang Qian of Qiao County, Li Wenxiang of Wei County, Heishe and Baishe of Qiao County, Zhang Qingte of Jibei, Zhou Bitao of Shangluo…

Many bandit leaders and famous people from aristocratic families all expressed that as long as Li Langjun was willing to be the master of the country, they would be willing to raise their troops and submit to him and serve as officials in the court.

Fang Ling, Nanyang, Chunling, Xindu, Beihai, Danyang, Yuhang, Hongnong and Beidi county governors also submitted petitions to Chang'an, expressing their willingness to obey Chang'an's orders. Perhaps some of them had already lost control of their counties.

But after all, they are prefects appointed by the imperial court. Their attitudes will undoubtedly influence many local officials and families. Everyone has already felt the mighty torrent that is about to sweep the world.

When Li Jiancheng stepped into Jingzhao County, hundreds of thousands of people came to welcome him. Li Jiancheng's reputation was undoubtedly the most famous in Chang'an. His kindness and generosity over the past decade had not spread to all the people in the city.

But it was enough to let them all know that the young master of the Li family was a kind and honest man. In this world, it was better to support a young master whom you knew well than to trust outsiders.

Li Jiancheng made an agreement with all the people outside the city of Chang'an and agreed on twelve laws, which only stipulated that those who committed murder, robbery, desertion from the army, and treason would be punished by death, while the rest would be exempted. The goal was to be lenient and simple so as to take measures that were convenient for the time.

Exempt from taxes and corvée labor, recruit soldiers without forcible conscription, do not expand the palace or build temporary palaces, and cultivate the world...

At this time, in the palace of Chang'an, King Yang You of Dai ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changing the era name to Datong. He first conferred the title of King of Han on Li Yuan, made him Grand Tutor, allowed him to enter the palace with a sword and shoes, was praised without being named, was given the Nine Gifts, and made him the Governor of Yongzhou.

Li Jiancheng was again appointed to wear a crown with eleven tassels, and was in charge of patrols and imperial carriages, and was granted the yellow axe, the envoy with special powers, the minister of the Chancellery, the minister of the Internal Chancellery, the grand marshal, the commander-in-chief of all military affairs inside and outside the country, and the recorder of the imperial court. He was then promoted to the title of King of Tang.

The Wude Hall was made the Prime Minister's Residence, the religion was changed to Ling, and affairs were handled at the Qianhua Gate. All court affairs were decided by the Prime Minister's Residence!

Yang You looked at the ministers below who were calling out to the emperor as being wise, and he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. His grandfather had passed away, his grandmother's life or death was unknown, his clan was almost extinct, and even if there were still some left, they would probably be like him.

But he couldn't care too much at this time. Even his own life was in the control of the Li family. It would be fine if he could abdicate at any time, but the key was how to avoid dying of illness after abdication.

Soon the imperial edict reached Li Jiancheng, and he bowed to the city of Chang'an, thus making it legitimate.

Hundreds of thousands of people knelt on the ground in a mess, shouting "Long live the King of Tang", "Long live the Great King". Some even shouted "Long live the Emperor". But gradually the voices began to unify, shaking the heavens and the earth as well as the people's hearts.

The common people, who were originally just watching the fun, could not help but become respectful and began to hope to serve under the rule of the King of Tang. People follow the crowd, and so does the world.

In the carriage protected by the army, Xiao Chanyan, smiling, looked at the phoenix robe and crown placed in front of her. She reached out and touched them gently, feeling truly happy.

But she soon put away her smile. The queen could protect the family, so her aunt should be able to return to Chang'an safely and spend her old age in peace.

(End of this chapter)