Chastity Layman

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"Your Highness, you are the King of Qin, the Ling of Shangshu and Ling of Zhongshu, the Mu of Yongzhou, the general of Tiance, the general of the Twelve Guards, the Taiwei, and Situ!"

Li Shimin smiled wryly, "So what, now I am completely emptied out. There is Pei Ji in the Shangshu Province, Yang Gongren in the Zhongshu Province, and Yuanji in the subordinate province. They are all the people of His Majesty and the Crown Prince. It's just empty words, the generals of the Twelve Guards are in charge of the army, and they don't have any real power."

"No, it is useful. Now, these titles and positions are indeed useless, but if, I mean, if, the crown prince suddenly died suddenly, and His Majesty can't be a director, in this case, are these titles useful?"

"Can Shang Shu Ling order Shang Shu's left and right servants to shoot, can Zhong Shu Ling order the inspection of Zhong Shu Ling? Can General Tiance mobilize troops and horses, can the generals of the Twelve Guards command the troops?"

"Can Yongzhou Mu take over the capital?"

Qin Lang asked questions one after another.

Li Shimin was in a daze when asked.

"How could the prince die suddenly, and how could His Majesty not be able to govern?"

"Your Highness, the prince plans to launch the Kunming Pond Change in three days. After killing you, he will be killed suddenly. We can also carry out a mutiny to kill the prince and King Qi. If we can control the palace ban again, can your majesty ignore the matter?" It is His Highness who has the final say, as long as His Highness controls the center with your titles, this Chang'an City will be controlled, and the world will be controlled!" Qin Lang threw out a tempting proposal to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was silent.

This proposal was actually not new. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui had proposed to kill the Crown Prince and the King of Qi, and Hou Junji and his confidants even more radically proposed to go directly to the East Palace.

But now what Qin Lang said was not only to kill the prince and King Qi, but also to attack the emperor.

Killing brother and killing father are two completely different things!

"Your Highness, as long as you are fast, accurate, and ruthless, then even if only eight hundred people can succeed. Besides, Your Highness is definitely not just eight hundred people. As long as there is an incident, all the old Qin Palaces in Chang'an can immediately raise their flags to respond."

This is a dangerous move for soldiers, and it is the most dangerous move.

Kill the prince and control the emperor.

In contrast, Li Shimin had always hoped to change the emperor's mind, and the emperor would abolish the prince and replace him as the reserve. After this road failed, he planned to operate the Luoyang base camp, hoping to wait until the emperor's big trip in the future. Bing and Jiancheng compete for the throne.

Gong Bian, this is the most dangerous move, and it is also the move he is most uncertain about, and it is also a move he has never wanted to use.

It's too risky, and even if it succeeds, the infamy of killing brothers and fathers will affect his life, and may even make it difficult for him to control the world and win the hearts of the people.

But what Qin Lang said now has some truth, time is running out, and he, Li Shimin, can't leave Chang'an City at all.

Should he bear the infamy and sit in the world, or sit and wait for death?

But with only a mere 800 people, can things really be done?

Li Shimin frowned tightly, caught in a dilemma.

"Your Highness, my father is now the deputy commander of the Northern Expedition to the Turks. The tens of thousands of troops assembled in the Weishui camp in Chang'an are controlled by Qi Wang Yuanji, my father and Li Yi, but Li Yi is now in Bin (bin) state. Therefore, as long as Yuanji dies, my father will be the supreme commander of this army, and this is a powerful army, although it is stationed by the Wei River, it can arrive at any moment!" In order to persuade Li Shimin to launch the Xuanwu Gate as scheduled, Qin Lang had no choice but to give Li Shimin some leverage and confidence.

"Sanlang, do you know how long the prince has been running Chang'an? And how long has your Majesty been running Guanzhong?" Li Shimin said bitterly. When he was fighting for the Tang Dynasty, the prince stayed in Chang'an to assist the government, and the emperor even After entering Guanzhong, he never left Chang'an again.

"Your Highness is still thinking about things at this time. Don't you want to kill yourself?" Qin Lang said bluntly, "There are only those who can be thieves for a thousand days, and there are no ones who can guard against thieves for a thousand days. As it is now, your Highness How long can we last? While there are still 800 loyal and brave men in our hands, and my father and others have not cooled down their loyal and passionate blood, let's do it when it's time to do it!"

"Don't wait until Shi Kong sighs and regrets. Your Highness wants to retreat to Luoyang. The crown prince will never give you this opportunity, and His Majesty will not agree."

He leaned closer to Li Shimin, and directly said something more serious, "Hasn't Your Highness ever thought that the Crown Prince dared to plan the change of Kunming Lake, and there was no His Majesty's acquiescence behind it?"

Li Shimin's eyes showed shock.

In the past few years, the dispute between the crown prince and the King of Qin has become more and more fierce, and the emperor has gradually changed his attitude of mediating and not favoring each other to supporting the crown prince more. Even the fact that he was ostracized recently was entirely at the emperor's will, and only the emperor has this power.

"Impossible, I was born and died for the Great Tang, conquered all over the world... I have made great contributions to the Great Tang, and I am still His Majesty's son..."

"Your Highness, there are only three days left before the Kunming Lake plan. This is our last chance. If we miss it, we don't know what kind of shady move they will make next time. If Your Highness hesitates again, if they are plotted against, then Everything is gone, think about Cheng Qian and the others, think about Princess Changsun and the others, think about the countless old brothers who have fought and fought with His Highness!"

Li Shimin was a little moved by Qin Lang's words. Having seen countless big scenes, he really couldn't imagine such a tragic situation.

"The prince also murdered me before, poisoned my wine, and accused me of treason, but they have all come here. Even if His Majesty refuses to be my prince, will he harm me? After all, we are father and son."

"The crown prince and His Highness are still brothers of the same mother. The Tian family is ruthless." Qin Lang is still persuading, even if Li Shimin still has scruples and does not want to rebel, but for the sake of the Qin family and himself, he must be persuaded to rebel. Otherwise, if Jian Jiancheng became the emperor, then the Qin family, which used to be the confidant of King Qin, would definitely be liquidated in the future.

Besides, history has proved that Li Shimin will be a wise and great emperor, and Datang will go further and better under his leadership.

"Your Highness, look at the sky!"

"Taibai Jingtian, in Qin Fen, King Qin should rule the world. This is a sign of the sky. If the sky accepts it, it will be blamed instead!" Qin Lang had no choice but to move out even the sky.

At this moment, Qin Lang finally understood why in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, the most favorite thing for the soldiers and generals under Jiedushi was to persuade their superiors to rebel.

"Unexpectedly, Shu Bao, who has always been prudent, would persuade me like this. It seems that the time of last resort may have come." Li Shimin sighed.

"Are you Zuo Wei Xunwei now?" Li Shimin asked suddenly.

Qin Lang nodded. The honored guards belonged to the three guards, and they were also the soldiers of the inner palace. They were all selected by the children of meritorious nobles and high-ranking officials. Participate in the Ministry of Officials Examination, and after passing the examination, you can be officially appointed as an official. This is also a privilege given by the emperor to those noble officials, so that their children have a channel to become an official.

Therefore, although Sanwei has the official rank of seven or eight ranks, in fact he is only a preparatory trainee official, not a real official, and he doesn't even have a salary.

"For the convenience of communication, I asked Gao Shilian to transfer you to Yongzhou Mansion. If you have anything to do, you can pass it to me directly through him." Li Shimin thought for a while.

Gao Shilian is the uncle of the eldest grandson of Princess Qin. He is currently in charge of the government of Yongzhou Prefecture. In fact, he is in charge of the Yongzhou Prefecture Yamen. This Yamen is equivalent to the later Jingzhao Mansion.

"I've just been a guard in Zuowei for two years, and I'm still not qualified for Shi Brown to be an official."

"It's okay, this is easy to solve." For Li Shimin, no matter how long he was in the shallows, it was still very easy for him to arrange for Qin Lang to take up a position in Yongzhou Mansion.

In this way, it will indeed be much more convenient. After all, Qin Qiong is still a 'hidden stake in the East Palace', and Qin Lang can't always go to Li Shimin to report the news.

Li Shimin hadn't returned to Prince Qin's mansion yet, but they had quickly made arrangements for Qin Lang.

As soon as Qin Lang returned home, he received a letter of appointment.

"Chang'an county lieutenant?"

I don't know how Li Shimin did it. In a short period of time, a letter of appointment as a Chang'an county lieutenant sealed by the Ministry of Officials was sent to the Duke of Yi.

He was officially appointed as the post of Chang'an county lieutenant under the eighth rank.

"Didn't my original Zuo Xunwei go up from the seventh rank? Why did this Chang'an county lieutenant fall from the eighth rank, but also dropped to the fourth rank?" Qin Lang was a little puzzled.

"Sanlang, you are only a county magistrate in Jing County who can only be lowered from the eighth rank. Generally, the county captains in the middle and lower counties are the lowest from the ninth rank, which is four ranks lower than you. However, although your original Zuo Xunwei It's from the seventh rank, but that's just the third guard officer, and it can't be taken seriously. The third guard officer, Shi Brown, basically started from the middle and lower county magistrates, Guan Cheng, etc. from the ninth rank. You It was only two years since he was appointed as an honorary guard, and he was directly awarded the county captain of Jing County, which is an exception." Qin Yong had already returned home, and when he saw his doubts when he came back, he immediately explained it to him.

Although Zuo Xunwei came from the seventh rank, he was a reserve official without salary, not a real rank official, while Jing County was a county lieutenant from the eighth rank, but he was a real official. Especially as a magistrate of Jing County, he actually has some real power.

Qin Lang smiled, thinking to himself that although the King of Qin claimed to be ostracized, he was actually good at hand and eye, just for the convenience of contact, he was able to get such an important position for him immediately, which greatly boosted his confidence.

"Chang'an County Captain, so I am not the chief of Chang'an County?"

"Sanlang, you think too much. Chang'an County has a county magistrate, a county magistrate, and a magistrate. Chang'an County has a county magistrate, two county magistrates, two magistrates, six county lieutenants, six military officers, and two county officials Recording affairs." As a capital county, the Chang'an county government is equipped with the best configuration, there are six county lieutenants, and one county lieutenant judges one Cao.

"There are six county lieutenants? So who is my county lieutenant in charge of?"

"Just now I asked Sanlang for you. You are in charge of judging Facao, in charge of prison Lifa, and supervising thieves, knowing that the thieves have not entered."

Qin Lang understands this, he is the deputy county magistrate in charge of public security and justice, and Fa Cao is probably equivalent to a police station.

The county magistrate is the secretary, the county magistrate is the county magistrate and executive, and the master book is probably the deputy secretary. There are a lot of officials, but as a capital county, it is understandable.

The west of Zhuque Street in Chang'an City is under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County, but there is also a Yongzhou Mansion in Chang'an City, so Chang'an belongs to the county attached to Guo, and the management of the county government and the state government overlaps. Hou Wei, Jianmenwei, Xingbu, Dali Temple, Yushitai and other central government agencies can also manage the affairs of the capital. Although the officials in Chang'an County are much higher in rank than ordinary counties, it is estimated that life will not be too easy.

After all, there are too many mothers-in-law above.

"Is there any request for when to take office?"

"I request that you immediately take up the post in the Chang'an County Government of Changshoufang, and there must be no mistakes."