Yue Xingwen also knew about the history of the Tang Dynasty, and knew many famous people, such as the military generals Qin Qiong, Li Jing, Yuchi Gong, strategist Changsun Wuji, but he really didn’t know the ‘General of the Qin’s residence’ replaced by Jiang Pingce.
Jiang Pingce’s interest was in mathematics, and he probably hadn’t heard much about the General of the Qin’s residence. Thinking of this, Yue Xingwen asked, “What’s the name of this character you play?”
Jiang Pingce said, “Surname Zhang, everyone calls me General Zhang. The Yulin Army, which I’m currently in charge of, is a close army secretly cultivated by Li Shimin, with only 800 people, but each of them is highly skilled in martial arts.”
Yue Xingwen smiled and said helplessly, “I don’t know that there is another General Zhang under Li Shimin’s command, perhaps, only Qin Miao knows who this person is.”
Although he was not clear about the specific identity and background of this person, he could currently determine that ‘General Zhang’ must have played a key role in the ‘Xuanwu Gate Incident’.
Yue Xingwen asked, “Is your coordinate system skill banned?”
Jiang Pingce nodded. “The triangular ruler and coordinate system can’t be used, but the Series Number can be used. I used the Series Number skill to count the Yulin Army, and quickly counted out the number of 800 people.” He paused and continued, “There is still Math Blind Box available, but I haven’t had a chance to draw them yet.”
Sure enough, Pingce’s coordinate system couldn’t be used in this exam, otherwise he would definitely be able to sneak out of the courtyard to the inn to meet everyone.
Yue Xingwen continued to ask, “Have you seen Li Shimin?”
“I’ve met once. When I opened my eyes, I was in the Qin’s residence, and the library explained my identity, and then I met Li Shimin, who told me to hurry up and count the Yulin Army, be vigilant, and not let any suspicious characters enter the residence.”
“That’s why you’re personally patrolling in the middle of the night?”
“En.” Jiang Pingce paused and asked suspiciously, “Has something happened recently that Li Shimin is very wary and seems very cautious?”
“Because Li Yuanji, under the pretext of leading an expedition against the Tujue, approached the Emperor for soldiers, His Majesty approved Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong, who had originally followed Li Shimin, to follow Li Yuanji on the expedition. Li Shimin must have sensed that Li Yuanji was taking the opportunity to weaken his power, and maybe would make some moves, so he took precautions.” Yue Xingwen lowered his voice and said, “Can you find a way to take me to meet him?”
“He’s staying in the study tonight, and told me before he went in that he wouldn’t allow anyone to come close. However, my current status as his people should be able to enter.” Jiang Pingce said in a low voice.
Zhuo Feng stood by and listened to the conversation as if no one was around them, revealing a blank look of ‘who am I, where am I, and what should I do’.
Yue Xingwen finally noticed Zhuo Feng, coughed lightly and said, “Senior brother, why don’t you go back first. Although your identity is an imperial guard, it doesn’t make sense to be with us.”
Zhuo Feng happily patted Yue Xingwen’s shoulder and said, “Okay, I can’t help much anyway. Be careful and stay safe.”
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He couldn’t even interject when Jiang Pingce and Yue Xingwen were chatting today. The two of them had that kind of tacit understanding, and when they spoke with their eyes only gazing at each other, Zhuo Feng always felt that he was being redundant. Since Pingce could take Xingwen to see Li Shimin, it was not a good idea for him to follow, so he didn’t go and cause trouble.
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Yue Xingwen smiled and said, “I thought you weren’t in this time and space.”
Jiang Pingce raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, “Is there anyone else who is not here?”
Yue Xingwen nodded and said, “Ke Shaobin, Xin Yan, senior brother Xu, senior brother Liu, Zhang Xiaonian, and senior sister Lan have not appeared at present. Qin Miao suspected that they were in another time and space, and they needed to push another historical event forward. This time, the <Dreaming Back to the Great Tang Dynasty> course is likely to have several mini tasks.”
Jiang Pingce said, “If this is the case, then our character is to assist Li Shimin?”
Yue Xingwen said, “That’s right. It’s necessary to launch the ‘Xuanwu Gate Incident’ on time on the fourth day of June of the ninth year of Wude, and today is the first day of June, and we have not much time left.”
Jiang Pingce said decisively, “Okay, I will take you over right away.”
The two glanced at each other and in order to make a scene, Jiang Pingce twisted Yue Xingwen’s hands behind his back in the way of escorting the prisoner, tied them tightly with a rope, and then took Xingwen to the outside of the study.
The study was pitch black, there was no movement, and Li Shimin was obviously asleep.
The situation was urgent, Jiang Pingce didn’t have time to think about it, so he stepped forward and knocked on the door, and said in a low voice, “Your Highness Prince of Qin, your subordinates have something important to report.”
The candlelight lit in the room, and a moment later, a voice rang out from inside the room, “Come in.”
Jiang Pingce escorted Yue Xingwen into the room, and saw a young man in his twenties sitting at the table with a cloak, his expression did not show the slightest tiredness, but was very energetic.
Li Shimin picked up the tea on the table and asked lightly, “It’s so late, what is General Zhang’s important business?”
Jiang Pingce said, “When this subordinate was patrolling the residence, I found that this person was sneaking outside the door, so I escorted him for interrogation. He said that it was His Highness’s old acquaintance, and he had something extremely important to report, and this subordinate did not know whether it was true or false, so I brought him to His Highness to confirm. If what he says is false, this subordinate will immediately drag him off to be executed.”
Although Yue Xingwen’s hands were tied, Jiang Pingce’s strength on him was so light that he didn’t feel any pain, this was all done to avoid Li Shimin suspecting that the two of them knew each other.
Pingce’s play, of course, was also ‘guided’ by Yue Xingwen in private. Jiang Pingce pretended to detain a suspicious person to confirm with His Highness, where Yue Xingwen pretended to struggle, and the two of them cooperated so well that Li Shimin didn’t see any personal relationship between the two of them.
“Lift his head.” Li Shimin said in a low voice.
“Your Highness, it’s, it’s me, Wang Die.” Yue Xingwen raised his head and looked at the other party.
Seeing this well-known Emperor in history, Yue Xingwen’s mood couldn’t help but be a little excited—— He was as young as the history books portrayed him, but he was very extraordinary.
Li Shimin, who was less than 30 years old, led the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to fight on the battlefield, won countless battles, and his prestige in the army far exceeded that of the Crown Prince Li Jiancheng. Although his expression was very kind, the aura of unruffled authority still made Yue Xingwen not dare to mess around.
He also didn’t know how Wang Die and Li Shimin exchanged words before, Yue XIngwen had no choice but to make a respectful appearance, lowered his head and stopped talking.
Li Shimin put down the teacup and said, “General Zhang, you should step back first.”
Jiang Pingce glanced at Yue Xingwen suspiciously, and silently withdrew from the door.
Only then did Li Shimin stand up, walked behind him and personally helped ‘Wang Die’ untie the rope, and said gently, “Why are you in such a sorry state, tied up in front of me? What about the informants who agreed to make a secret contact?”
Yue Xingwen pretended to be nervous and said, “Your Highness Prince of Qin, the matter is really urgent, and this subordinate is not at ease to tell any third party about this matter, so I sneaked out of the East Palace and came to report to you directly!”
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows slightly. “What’s the matter?”
Yue Xingwen coughed and cleared his throat, lowered his voice and said, “The Crown Prince and Prince of Qi conspired in the East Palace today, and the two agreed to send someone to assassinate Your Highness at the Kunming Lake’s banquet a few days from now and then falsely claim that Your Highness died of a violent illness. They also wanted to do something to General Yuchi, General Qin and others, and plan to eradicate your subordinates on the expedition…”
When Li Shimin heard this, anger suddenly appeared on his always gentle face, and the veins on the back of his hand burst out, and he crushed the teacup on the table!
Hearing the sound of ceramic breaking from his ears, Yue Xingwen immediately lowered his head and stopped talking.
He knew that his mission had been accomplished.
Li Shimin obviously believed his report. The struggle between the Crown Prince’s party and the forces of the Prince of Qin had long since reached a heated stage, with both sides biding their time. Li Shimin was unwilling to take out the butcher’s knife first and kill his biological brother, but since the other party planned to do it to him first, he would not sit idly by.
This was the perfect time.
After a long time, Li Shimin took a deep breath. “I know, I will remember your achievements today, retire first.” After saying that, he shouted toward the door, “General Zhang, take him down to settle down.”
Jiang Pingce opened the door and took Yue Xingwen out. Immediately after, he heard Li Shimin whisper toward him, “Send someone to call Zhangsun Wuji and Yuchi Gong to the Qin’s residence. There are important matters to discuss.”
Jiang Pingce settled Xingwen in his own quarters and followed closely back to Li Shimin’s study.
He met many people, including Li Shimin’s most trusted person, Zhangsun Wuji.
Everyone discussed it overnight, and all of Li Shimin’s subordinates were furious when they heard the news that Li Shimin relayed about ‘the Crown Prince and Prince of Qi planned to assassinate themselves in Kunming Lake’ and persuaded him to raise troops.
No one knew what Li Shimin thought in his heart, but on the surface, he still excused himself, “Close kindred slaughter one another is a great sin throughout the ages, and I’m unwilling to become such a sinner for ages.”
His subordinates came up with reasons such as ‘His Imperial Highness should focus on the society of the country’ and ‘Neither Prince of Qi nor the Crown Prince is a talented person who is in charge of the world’, and so on, and they persuaded him earnestly.
Jiang Pingce stood by and listened to their discussion and he had a headache listening to it.
Throughout history, many Emperors who raised troops had a group of strategists behind them who persuaded them to raise troops. These strategists were very eloquent, talking about the past and the present, quoting scriptures and classics and speaking convincingly.
After listening to their analysis, even Jiang Pingce felt that if Li Shimin did not kill Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, he would be sorry for the people and the Tang Dynasty.
After deciding to raise troops, Li Shimin immediately became decisive.
His eyes slowly swept through everyone and said calmly, “Tomorrow, I will enter the palace to meet my Father Emperor, and I will be clear to my Father Emperor that the Crown Prince and Prince of Qi are having an affair with the concubines in the harem. Father Emperor will definitely be furious and call them into the palace for questioning. General Zhang led the 800 Yulin army, ambushed in advance at Xuanwu Gate, before the two entered the palace…”
He stretched out his hand and simply made a motion to wipe his neck.
At this time, Li Shimin’s eyes were calm and sharp. This battle would be a fight to the death for the Prince of Qin’s forces if he did not succeed.
Jiang Pingce didn’t expect that the identity assigned to him by the library was so important?
He immediately stood upright and simply said, “Yes, Your Highness!”
On the fourth day of June, the Yulin Army led by him must not make a mistake.
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God are we about to see Pingce go to war