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"I originally intended to make him a prime minister..."

Li Yuan was a little hesitant, Feng Lun died, and the position of Prime Minister was vacant. There were not many candidates in the court who were qualified to be Prime Minister, or even very few. It was understandable to let Li Shan name himself, otherwise he would be the most qualified. The only ones are Wen Yanbo, the minister of Zhongshu, and Tang Jian, the minister of Huangmen. They are either concurrently serving as subordinate officials of the Tiance Mansion, or they are also close to the King of Qin.

Today's adjustment is enough to favor Erlang. Li Yuan does not want the next deposed prince to cause too much turmoil.

"Cough cough cough cough!" Li Shimin coughed several times, "Father, it's over, it's over."

Li Shimin couldn't help it, and jokingly asked Li Huairen to serve as Prime Minister at this time. Not to mention whether he could bear such a heavy responsibility at such a young age, even if it was just in name... What will happen after I ascend the throne?
Li Yuan's hesitation is hesitation in this place. There is no way to promote the title. If he really wants to be rewarded, he can only be promoted. Considering that the rescue of Renshou Palace last year and the defeat of the Turkic Liang army in Jingzhou Yuanzhou were not substantial. The reward and the position of prime minister are worthy of it... But this will make it difficult for Erlang in the future.

Originally, Huairen had no bias in seizing the heir, and was not a direct descendant of Erlang. If Erlang ascended the throne, Huairen would be worried... Well, this is Li Yuan's point of view.

This is also the reason why Li Yuan asked Li Shan to get closer to the King of Qin a few days ago... From the bottom of his heart, Li Shan now has enough weight in Li Yuan's heart whether in public or private.

Li Shimin thought for a moment and said, "Huairen said that he would take over the post of Ling Gong one day."

"Ling Jing?" Li Yuan thought for a while, "Now?"

"The official is a foreign minister."

"Nonsense!" Li Yuan scolded with a smile: "Now that he is a minister of agriculture, he will at least be a minister when he joins the Sixth Ministry, and a minister is far from enough to reward his merits."

"Father, don't worry, Huairen is not a person with great ambitions." Li Shimin advised: "Why don't you leave the prime minister to your uncle?"

This uncle refers to Dou Gui, the former military commander of Yanzhou Road who is about to return to Beijing. This is a suitable candidate. On the one hand, he is not involved in seizing the legitimate son, on the other hand, he is a relative, and because he is among the first batch of Lingyan Pavilion heroes. , and it is no longer suitable to continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Yanzhou Road March.

The first batch of Lingyan Pavilion meritorious officials list, only three people have been confirmed so far, Li Huairen, the heir of Wei, Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, and Dou Gui, the Duke of Feng.

"Well, let Xiao Yu transfer to the Secretariat, and the scholar will return to the capital and serve as the Minister's right servant." Li Yuan nodded, thought for a while and added: "Remember Huairen likes Hu Nu..."

"Father, father!" Li Shimin said dumbfounded: "If my father had given me a beautiful woman, would I believe that the Duke of Qinghe County would go to Huairen's house with a knife, and the Wei Si Princess Cui would still be pregnant?"

"Ahem, cough, cough." Li Yuan was also speechless. After Li Shan's wedding more than half a year ago, the Duke of Qinghe County openly said that if anyone dares to drag King Wei Si to Pingkangfang again, don't blame me for being rude!

After a pause, Li Shimin straightened his body, raised his head and said: "My father's concern is simply that Huairen has great achievements and is quite prestigious in the army. He is surrounded by famous generals such as Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian. At the same time, he was crowned only last year and is still young." Small."

Li Yuan suddenly realized, patted the table gently and said with a smile: "Erlang is right. In terms of prestige in the military, as well as military achievements and connections, who can surpass Erlang!"

Moreover, Li Shimin is only a few years older than Li Shan. When Li Shimin gets old, Li Shan will almost become an official.

All in all, Li Shimin had the confidence and strength to suppress the Wei Siwang.

At this moment, Li Shimin recalled in his mind what Li Shan said last year before going on an expedition. The generals of this dynasty can gallop on the battlefield without worrying about being tabooed by the king.

In a sense, this is true. Li Shimin is not prepared to use Li Shan in future wars with the Turks, but in the future there will be Western Turks and Goguryeo...

When Li Yuan came to stay in Taiyuan, his family were all settled in Hedong County, with only Li Shimin by his side. Naturally, the love between father and son was deep. It was only after the fourth year of Wude that the curtain of the heir apparent began to fade away.

However, since the battle at Tiantai Mountain last year, they have put aside their past grudges and reappeared as a loving father and a filial son. After Yang Wenqian's rebellion this time, the father and son have talked about everything... There is no way, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji are such good foils .Well, Li Shan is a little dumbfounded by the emergence of this situation... Just the two of you, how dare you say that a father is kind and a son is filial? !

This word was said by Fang Xuanling during a casual chat.

However, Li Shan also hopes to see such a situation. To be honest, Li Yuan is really good to him, and I don't want to send him to the lake to have fun.

But Li Shan had a dirty mind... He felt that after the Renzhi Palace Incident, Li Yuan and Li Shimin had a close relationship with their father and son, and they might have sympathy for each other. After all, they were both cuckolds.

The father and son were talking in the back hall of Cuiwei Hall. In front of them, Li Shan was bidding farewell to more than a dozen people... Farewell to Wei Zheng and Du Yan who were exiled to Lingnan. As for Qiao Gongshan and Du Fengju, no one cared about them.

Du Yan was from the Du family in Jingzhao, and had numerous in-laws and relatives. His nephew Du Ruhui was also the right-hand man of the King of Qin, but not many people came to see him off, and they all did it for the sake of Du family in Jingzhao, not Du Yan's. Not because of Du Ruhui... Everyone knew that the uncle and nephew had fallen out with each other a long time ago.

Most of the people came to see Wei Zheng off, including Prince Zhongyun Wang Gui, as well as Wei Ting, Zhao Hongzhi, Xu Shimo, and Li Zhian from the East Palace. But what was surprising was that Fang Xuanling and Ling Jing from Tiance Mansion also came. coming.

Wei Zheng, who had taken off his official hat and changed into his regular clothes, did not look depressed. His face was still resolute, but his back was slightly curved... Obviously, the incident at Renzhi Palace had dealt a big blow to him.

Both Wang Gui and Wei Ting were quite moved and felt regretful that it was Wei Zheng who had invited himself to Renzhi Palace to defend the prince. Just now he was the first to stand up and say that the prince was not guilty, but in the end it was Wei Zheng who was exiled to Lingnan.

Fang Xuanling and Ling Jing were both old acquaintances of Wei Zheng. Although they lived in two separate places, they still had friendships. Even Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng's previous generation had friendships.

After a while, the discussion gradually subsided, and everyone unconsciously parted ways, and Li Huairen, the heir to the throne of Wei, strode over.

"Meet His Highness King Wei Si."

"Is this what you and I should call each other?" Li Shan took the arm of Wei Zheng, who was bowing down, and pulled him towards the side without caring about anyone else.

"It was my younger brother who begged His Majesty, and then His Highness the King of Qin."

Li Shan's first words surprised Wei Zheng. His deep depression mainly came from being exiled. Would he still have the chance to realize his ambitions if he was exiled?

But I didn't expect it to be Li Huairen's handiwork.

"I regard Wei Xuan as my brother." Li Shan handed a package to Wei Zheng, "I will leave the capital for a few years. When the dust settles in Chang'an, no matter who wins, I will call Brother Xuancheng back to the capital."

Wei Zheng stared blankly at the young man in front of him. Of course he understood what the other party meant. After leaving for a few years, after the battle for the right to the throne was over, if the prince succeeded, he would naturally be recalled. If the King of Qin won... Li Shan had already told him to go I begged the King of Qin.

Li Shan waved his hand and called the two personal guards, "You follow brother Xuancheng south, and you must protect him."

"Yes."

Among the people seeing him off at the rear, someone sighed quietly: "Li Huairen can be said to be affectionate and righteous."

After arriving several miles outside Phoenix Valley, everyone stopped. Wei Zheng looked at Li Shan with complicated eyes, took a few steps forward, and whispered: "Be careful with Pei Hongda."