Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Guo Ye's guess is of course correct, and the fake Li Er will indeed not resist death.But the problem is... When everyone turned around to find the fake Li Er and Guo Xiaolian, they found that they had both vomited blood and died, and Feng Gui was holding Guo Xiaolian's body and crying loudly.

Only now did Guo Ye understand Li Daliang's plan.

Li Daliang has many confidants, someone must have tipped him off just now.

Guo Ye nodded, and said with a sneer, "I understand, what you're trying to do is to prove nothing."

"King Qin, don't judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. In fact, I, Li Daliang, am also deeply saddened by the death of these two people. Now some things will never be clear, such as... Who is this thief?" When did you replace His Majesty? Before the establishment of the crown prince or after the establishment of the crown prince?"

Guo Ye wanted to vomit blood depressedly, and said, "You...you..."

Li Daliang suddenly slapped his head, and said: "Sorry! I was wrong just now! Besides Guo Xiaolian and the fake His Majesty, the only ones who know about this are Princess Gaoyang. Let's just ask her?"

Princess Gao Yang's face has been pale since she started hair, upon hearing this, it's like a dead wood springs up.

She gave a little blessing to the officials, and said: "I know that I have sinned a lot, and now I can't regret it. If you have any questions, just ask, I will know everything, and I will talk about it, so as to atone for the previous crime. "

Li Daliang said: "Then may I ask the princess, when did the false majesty replace the real majesty?"

"Just now. After the father named Prince Wan, the eunuch Niu Yu and others imprisoned him and replaced him with a fake father."

"So that's how it is." Li Daliang said to the officials: "Now everyone has heard clearly, the crown prince of King Qi was established by His Majesty, and should be succeeded."

Guo Ye said: "Princess Gao Yang intends to murder His Majesty, the evidence is conclusive, how can she be accurate? You two are working together, singing and singing together, trying to treat us as fools? Do you think this will turn black and white?"

Li Daliang said: "The only witness now is Princess Gaoyang. If King Qin doesn't believe her, please present evidence. If you just have doubts in your heart but don't have strong evidence, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the world."

Princess Gao Yang said: "I am willing to swear to the sky that everything I just said is true! But if there is a half-truth, the sky will strike like thunder!"

The people present are all human beings, so of course they will not be deceived by such a simple trick of these two.This matter is obvious, His Majesty Li Er's temperament has changed a lot for a long time, and the fake His Majesty replaced the real Emperor, it must have happened a few months ago.

But now the only witness is Princess Gao Yang, and it is really impossible to show everyone the evidence that she lied.

For ordinary witnesses, people can also intimidate and lure her to force her to tell the truth.But Princess Gaoyang is the daughter of His Majesty Li Er anyway, and the sister of the future emperor.

Yes, His Majesty is dead, but it was Qin Qiong who killed him.Strictly speaking, it really doesn't have much to do with her.

As for imprisoning His Majesty... If you say that a felony is indeed a felony, but then again, who knows what the new emperor thinks?What if the family no longer pursues the matter because of their blood relationship?

Therefore, people really can't use common methods.

Neither agreeing with Li Daliang's fallacy, nor being able to refute it, the scene was silent for a while.

After a long time, Kong Yingda coughed lightly, and said: "Mr. Wuyang County, everyone knows what happened. The truth cannot be faked. The truth of the matter cannot be changed by strong words. Don't make the mistake of making wishful thinking. .”

Li Daliang rolled his eyes and said, "Your old man also thinks that Princess Gao Yang's words are false?"

"That's natural."

"Okay, then I will give Kong Shangshu a face. How about everyone taking a half step back?"

"Half step? Why is it half a step?"

Li Daliang said: "I no longer insist that the one who establishes the King of Qi must be the real His Majesty. But please don't insist that it is a false Majesty who established the King of Qi as the crown prince. Let's put this issue aside for now."

Kong Yingda was puzzled, and said: "This question has been shelved, so who will be enthroned as emperor?"

"Jin Wang Li Zhi used to be the prince, but was deposed not long ago. Qi Wang Li You was established as the prince, but everyone does not know whether the person who established him is the real majesty. Then we can think that the two sides are evenly matched in terms of names. Think about it elsewhere."

Guo Ye said: "In other respects? Jin Wang Li Zhi was born to Empress Changsun, His Majesty's son, who should succeed to the throne!"

"That's not the case." Li Daliang shook his head and said, "The mother of King Jin Li You was also conferred the title of empress, so he is also His Majesty's son. Although he may be slightly inferior to King Jin in terms of quality, don't forget, He is older than King Jin, and his seniority is orderly, so he should be King Jin's successor!"

"But it doesn't matter whether Empress Yin is the real majesty or not?"

Li Daliang said: "Then we are evenly tied on this issue, we can consider other aspects."

"What else?"

"Of course it's yourselves." Li Daliang ignored Guo Ye, but walked in front of Kong Yingda, and said, "Kong Shangshu, at the ceremony where King Qi became the crown prince today, did you salute King Qi?"

"Uh... of course it's a salute."

"After saluting, is it considered that the status of the prince is recognized? It is recognized that King Qi is a half-lord?"

"Uh...well...forget it?"

"You are the 32nd generation grandson of Confucius, and you are the most polite. Is there any reason to repent after recognizing the monarch?"

"This……"

Li Daliang's eloquent debate really left Kong Yingda speechless!why?The key is that in a feudal society, this truth is extremely correct!

As the saying goes, loyal ministers do not serve second masters, and martyrs do not serve second husbands.The old lord dies, and if he switches to the new lord, there's nothing he can do about it. Everyone can't be buried with him, right?But if the old lord is still fine and you vote for someone else, that would be very inappropriate.

The so-called prince is also called the prince, or the half-lord.

No matter what the reason was, if the officials kneeled down to Li You at the grand ceremony, the two sides would be divided into monarchs and ministers.

It's not that easy to regret it.

For example, in history, Song Renzong died and Zhao Shu became the new emperor.Before the Shanhu Long Live, the famous official Han Qi first told the ministers behind him that you kneel before I kneel, and don't kneel if I don't kneel.

why?What if the person sitting on the throne is not Zhao Shu himself?If everyone kneels wrong, isn't it all over?

Therefore, he first ordered someone to brush off the hair on the forehead of the person sitting on the throne to reveal his true face.After confirming that it was Zhao Shu himself, he knelt down.

How rude is it to pluck the emperor's hair in public?But that can't be helped, this matter is too important, even if you are rude to the new emperor, you can only do this.

Although "banjun" and "jun" are not exactly the same, but now that His Majesty Li Er is dead, the so-called "banjun" is naturally not much different from "jun".

Seeing that Kong Yingda remained silent for a long time, Li Daliang struck while the iron was hot, and continued: "Also, everyone, think about it, what kindness does King Jin have to you? What's wrong with making King Qi the emperor? Why do you all cling to King Jin?"

Li You saw the advantage, and hurriedly said: "The sky is above and the land is below. This king swears here that if I am the emperor, those who have grudges with the lonely king will not be blamed. Not only that, all the officials will be promoted to a higher level." ! If you violate this oath, you will be punished by heaven and earth!"

If Li Zhi was here, of course he wouldn't be afraid of this, everyone would compete to bid, if you go up one level, I can go up two levels.But the problem is, Li Zhi is still locked up now, if he doesn't speak, if someone else promises on his behalf, the effect will be greatly reduced.

As soon as Li You finished speaking, many people began to look at him eagerly.

Still the same sentence, they are all the sons of His Majesty, in a similar situation, who is not Li?

As for Li You's character being bad?

His Majesty Li Er killed his brother and forced his father to abdicate. In the end, Li Yuan died for no apparent reason. When it comes to personal virtues, how is he better than Li You?

This does not prevent him from being a good emperor!

The left and right are the emperor's family affairs, what are we doing?It's better to be promoted to a higher level, and it's safe!