At the time, within the eastern marketplace, crooks and honest folk mixed together.¹General Qin Qing reported to Taizong. Rising vigorously, Taizong marshaled a hundred household guards and personally led them to the eastern marketplace. At the entrance, he cried out in a loud voice, “Spies have risen in revolt. If you are a citizen of Great Yong, stand still and cease moving!” At the time, Taizong wore golden armor and brocade silk robes. All those who saw him kowtowed. With this, the chaos ceased.…—Yong Dynastic Records, Biography of Taizong