freenovelworld Chapter 719
Chapter 719
Chapter 719
The defense of Xuanwumen was very strict. Even if the eunuch leading the way had Li Shimin's warrant, he was only released after strict inspection.
Walking into the Xuanwu Gate, there is a road nearly two feet wide.
The walls on both sides are more than two feet high, and there are guards with bright swords and armor standing on them.
Lin Xuan looked at the mottled walls on both sides and the cleaned ground, and sighed a little. Several key regime changes in the Tang Dynasty took place here. It can be said that every inch of the ground here is infected by blood. Pass.
From the first Xuanwu Gate coup launched by Li Shimin in 626 AD to kill Prince Li Jiancheng and Qi Wang Li Yuanji, to Zhang Jianzhi's Shenlong coup overthrowing Wu Zetian and Prince Li Chongjun overthrowing Tang Zhongzong Li Xian's Jinglong coup, and finally to Li Longji led thousands of cavalry officers and soldiers to rush into the Xuanwu Gate, killing Empress Wei and Princess Anle in the Tang Long coup. Tang Dynasty broke out 4 military coups around Xuanwu Gate.
Although the Shenlong coup and the Jinglong coup took place in Luoyang, the Luoyang Palace was basically built in the shape of the Chang'an Palace.
The names of most of the buildings in the palace still use the names of the original Chang'an Palace.
So, how important is Xuanwu Gate?Why did the four military coups in the Tang Dynasty all erupt around Xuanwu Gate?
In the Tang Dynasty, the palace city was an important place for the emperor to deal with government affairs, go to court and live in daily life, and it was also the power center of a country.Tai Chi Palace and Daming Palace in Chang'an City.As well as the imperial palace in Luoyang City, its regulations are exactly the same, they are arranged along the central axis from south to north, and are divided into outer court and inner court.
Among them, the outer court is the place where the emperor met ministers, dealt with government affairs, and held banquets with ministers and envoys from various countries.The inner court is where the emperor and his harem concubines live. There is a garden inside the palace with beautiful scenery.The most important thing is that whether it is the Taiji Palace, Daming Palace, or the imperial palace in Luoyang City in the Tang Dynasty, the outer court is in the south of the palace city, and the inner court is in the north of the palace city. Xuanwu Gate.
It can be said that Xuanwu Gate plays an extremely important role in the safety of the imperial palace and even the safety and imperial power of the emperor himself.
If you attack the imperial palace from other palace gates, you need to break through the palace gates of the outer court first, and then you need to break through the palace gates of the inner court. However, you can go directly to the inner court by breaking through the Xuanwu Gate. This is why many coups in the Tang Dynasty took place at Xuanwu Gate.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, when Zhu Wen forced Tang Zhaozong to move the capital, Chang'an was completely burned and destroyed.
Since then, Chang'an has never been designated as the capital of the following dynasties.
Xuanwu Gate, a palace gate that left a strong mark in the history of the Tang Dynasty, also disappeared in the long river of history.
Although Lin Xuan saw the mottled and faded walls, but walking in the Xuanwu Gate, he always felt a little cold.
I don't know if it's because too many people died here, it's full of yin, or it's a psychological effect.
Entering the West Inner Garden, the eunuch who led the way said: "My son-in-law, this is already a harem, and you may meet noble people. Please walk with your head down and don't look around."
When he met someone like Lin Xuan, his heart broke down.
Normal people walk with their heads down when they enter the palace, who dares to look around.
Ever since Lin Xuan entered the Xuanwu Gate, he began to look around.
But in the early Tang Dynasty, eunuchs had very little power. Even though he was an eunuch serving Li Shimin, Lin Xuan was not only a prince but also a son-in-law, so he could not offend him at all.
So seeing Lin Xuan looking around, he didn't dare to say more.
But the inner court is different, there are only eunuchs and maids living here, and the rest are the emperor's women and unmarried princesses. If you still look around, he will be in trouble when the time comes to investigate.
Now there are those scholars kneeling outside the Suzaku Gate, and there are also a large number of onlookers.
Li Shimin worried that letting Lin Xuan go through the rest of the city gates would be discovered by the eyeliner of the family, and it would be troublesome if they were blocked by then.
The Xuanwu Gate belongs to the back door of the imperial palace, and it is not a common palace gate. It is very deserted, so Li Shimin let Lin Xuan enter the palace through the Xuanwu Gate.
"Eunuch, don't worry, I understand, I won't make things difficult for Eunuch." Lin Xuan said.
Although he was walking in the inner court, apart from encountering eunuchs and maids along the way, Lin Xuan really didn't see any concubines or princesses.
After leaving the West Neiyuan, you will find the Taiji Palace, and the Ganlu Hall is one of the side halls of the Taiji Palace.
It didn't take long to arrive outside the Ganlu Hall.
The little eunuch notified, waited for a while, and got permission to lead Lin Xuan into the Ganlu Hall.
As soon as Lin Xuan entered the hall, he saw Fang Xuanling's eldest grandson Wuji and other ministers of the court were there.
Lin Xuan sneered in his heart, these aristocratic families really wanted to die.
Is Li Shimin the kind of person who can be threatened?
Yes, although Li Shimin kept suppressing the aristocratic family during his reign, he did not raise his butcher knife against the aristocratic family.
Compared with Wu Zetian wantonly killing family members, Li Shimin can be regarded as very gentle.
But Wu Zetian is different from Li Shimin.
After being suppressed by two generations of emperors Li Shimin and Li Zhi, in the period of Wu Zetian, the power of the aristocratic family weakened a lot.
More importantly, Wu Zetian wanted to be emperor, and those aristocratic families could not support her, so she had to kill if she wanted to be in power.
Kill those people until they are terrified.
But Li Shimin seeks stability, and wants to use relatively mild means to achieve the goal of weakening the aristocratic family.
But the clay figurine is still angry.
This move played by the family has completely touched Li Shimin's bottom line.
Lin Xuan reckoned that Li Shimin was anxious for these confidants to come over to discuss how to deal with the aristocratic family.
"Sir, see Your Majesty." Lin Xuan bowed and saluted.
"Exemption."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Because those disciples of He Yu directly carried the coffin and knelt outside the Suzaku Gate, many scholars didn't know the truth, so they also knelt and knelt together. They asked me to execute you to comfort He Yu and the sages, What do you think I should do?"
"Your Majesty, I am wronged."
Lin Xuan was not afraid. If Li Shimin really intended to compromise with those people, he would have sent the imperial guards directly to the door. He would not have sent someone to secretly bring him into the palace from the Xuanwu Gate.
As for what He Yu thought he had insulted the sages and was pissed off after returning, Lin Xuan didn't believe it at all.
When he said it yesterday, he didn't see what He Yu said, and he died of anger when he went back. Isn't this nonsense.
Lin Xuan felt that He Yu probably committed suicide, and it was probably planned by the aristocratic family.
It is actually simple to determine whether he died of anger, just open the coffin and do an autopsy.
But He Yu's students would definitely not agree.
The dead are great.
You can't force someone to open the coffin.
It has to be said that the aristocratic family is really willing to spend money in order to deal with him.
As for ordinary people, as long as they are willing to spend money, some people are willing to die.
But for a great Confucian like He Yu, it is impossible for him to agree to sacrifice his life just for money.
Unless the aristocratic family agreed to him some conditions that he could not refuse.
"Where have you been wronged?" Li Shimin asked lightly.
"Your Majesty, I heard that He Daru is a frequent visitor to Pingkang Fang. He is still able to make troubles at such an old age. It can be said that he is old and strong. Will he be pissed off?"
These were actually arranged by Lin Xuan. He Yu has lived in Shandong for a long time and has just arrived in Chang'an for a few days, so he can't be called a regular visitor.
(End of this chapter)