amaotonovel Chapter 29 The 7th year of Zhenguan was a Year of the Rabbit!
Chapter 29 The 7th year of Zhenguan was a Year of the Rabbit!
Li Zhi continued to ask the fortune teller, Little Sizi, "Then why did Hou Junji help the Crown Prince rebel?"
Xiao Si said very seriously, "First of all, it's not because his daughter is the Crown Princess, that's all made up in TV dramas!!"
Oh?
The truth is, Hou Junji won the battle against Gaochang, but he allowed his men to loot, and because of his greed for spoils, he was reported by his political enemies.
Li Zhi said, "Your hunch was right. Even though he eliminated a key enemy, he still didn't get promoted and almost got punished... He never understood the rules from the beginning. When attacking Gaochang, he didn't even ask for permission before arbitrarily disposing of innocent people and even embezzling treasures."
Xiao Si asked, "Are his own soldiers convinced?"
Li Zhi said, "That's a good question! When the soldiers saw him like that, they started stealing too. Hou Junji was afraid of being exposed, so he didn't dare to interfere. Later, when he returned to the capital, he was investigated and even imprisoned."
Xiao Si asked: "Doesn't he feel aggrieved?"
Li Zhi added, "He must have felt incredibly resentful. He felt he had made great contributions in the Western Regions, but was imprisoned because of his greed. He was especially jealous when he saw Zhang Liang, who came from a similar background, being given important positions."
Xiao Si: "And then what happened?"
Li Zhi: "Although he was later released, he was still unhappy. He had conquered a country on a long expedition, but he was not promoted and was left idle all day. He was so resentful that he was extremely dissatisfied with his father."
Xiao Si: "Yeah, he even told Zhang Liang to his face that he wanted to rebel! This guy is really scheming."
In my dream, I saw the Crown Prince secretly sneaking up to Hou Junji's side, and the two of them whispering and plotting how to launch a coup.
The Crown Prince was really just trying to save his own life. Unfortunately, they didn't have the luck and skill of the Xuanwu Gate.
This event should have occurred in the seventeenth year of the Zhenguan era, which is 643 AD, the year of Guimao in the lunar calendar, a year of the rabbit! This was the seventeenth year that Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, had been on the throne.
For the sake of the throne and self-preservation, Aye was ruthless and personally killed his two brothers.
After he sat on the dragon throne, he often felt guilty, as heavy as a mountain.
But Aye was, after all, a man of great ambition. He selected many talented and extraordinary people to help him govern the country, and managed to steer the dilapidated ship of the late Sui Dynasty out of danger.
Our father left a resounding reputation in both civil administration and military achievements, freeing the people of the Central Plains from the chaos that had lasted for hundreds of years since the end of the Han Dynasty, and allowing them to live a peaceful life.
In the early Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong led a large army in a fierce attack, and the fierce and ruthless northern tribes were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy.
The Silk Road has become bustling again, and cultural exchanges between the Central Plains and distant lands have reignited.
But every time Li Shimin thought of that day at Xuanwu Gate, the wide-open eyes of his elder brother before his death, and the heart-wrenching cries of his ten nephews, his heart ached as if it were being cut by a knife. He could never forget it.
Little Sizi, holding a handkerchief, quickly ran to Li Shimin and said, "Father, why are you wiping away tears again?"
At the very beginning of the seventeenth year of the Zhenguan era, Wei Zheng, this capable uncle, left. Li Shimin felt a great emptiness in his heart, as if he had lost a mirror.
Sizi wanted to comfort her father: "Daddy, don't be sad. I know that Uncle Wei Zheng was a good teacher to the Crown Prince. Now that he's gone, I feel like the Crown Prince won't have a good year."
Aye cried even harder...
Zhi Nu quickly pulled Xiao Si Zi aside and whispered, "Si Zi, come here, don't upset A Ye anymore."
Si Zi thought to himself, "In this seventeenth year of Zhenguan, after a series of events, Father has changed completely. His heart has grown old, and his body has become weak."
Xiao Si said to Zhi Nu: I'm so sad! Father is different from other emperors. Lately, he wears his heart on his sleeve, and he cries at the drop of a hat. You know how brave he is on the battlefield, but when he cries, he's a completely different person.
Zhinu: Yes, he cried at his brothers' funerals too, even though he was the one who killed his eldest brother... Sigh, never mind.
Sizi began summarizing the phenomena again, hoping to help Aye.
When my mother passed away, my father cried so hard it was like he was watching a TV show and then lost his internet connection; he cried so much he couldn't see anything.
Now that the minister is gone, Father cried like a child who has lost his ice cream;
What's outrageous is that when he went to the countryside to visit the villagers, after chatting with them for a few minutes, his father would instantly burst into tears...
As Xiao Sizi scolded her father, her mood also became depressed.
The thought of turning 12 next year is incredibly upsetting!
Just imagining my father holding her calligraphy copybook, looking at it over and over again, I know his tears would be more torrents than a flood!
Little Sizi burst into tears, her tears forming a string of broken beads, splashing and gushing. Who would pick them up for her?!