Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 31
This Chang'an city was first built in the Sui Dynasty, and Yu Wenkai presided over the planning. First, the palace city was built, and then [-] squares were built.

Naturally, the Taiji Palace is the head of the imperial city, and the East Palace is located on the side of the Taiji Palace. The Sui princes Yang Yong, Yang Guang, and the present prince Li Jiancheng all lived here.

The first main hall of the East Palace is the Mingde Hall, where the prince summoned all the ministers to discuss matters.

In the side hall, although Prince Li Jiancheng was sitting at the top, he modestly shifted his seat slightly, because Prince Zhongyun Wanggui was sitting at the bottom.

Many years ago, Li Yuan invaded Chang'an with an army, supported the acting king Yang You as the emperor, and became the king of Tang Dynasty. He is deeply respected by the prince, and his status in the East Palace is also the same for a while.

"Government orders come from many sources, so that the situation in the court is in chaos." Wang Gui sighed, "His Royal Highness is making side attacks in person."

Among the unified dynasties, the early years of the Tang Dynasty were probably the most chaotic, because the founding emperor was often capable of overpowering his officials, with unparalleled prestige and even military exploits, and Li Yuan...even if he attacked Chang'an, he didn't directly lead the army into battle.

As a result, during the reign of Wude, the prince's decree, the decree of the king of Qin, the decree of the king of Qi and the imperial edict were parallel, and in many cases, the time when the official document arrived prevailed.

Li Jiancheng nodded and said yes. To him, the two younger brothers were messing around, and Ling Ke could only come from one school, and he, the prince, was barely qualified to mix in.

"This time the sage called King Qin back to the capital, His Highness can test it out." Wang Gui said in a low voice, "Ignore King Qi first, and send King Qin out first."

Li Jiancheng's eyes are flickering. He is in his 30s, with fair skin, a slightly elongated face, narrow and long eyes, and his brows seem to be often frowned, appearing worried.

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng nodded slightly. He could understand this sentence. Now he lives in the East Palace, while King Qin, King Qi and Li Yuan all live in the back hall of Taiji Palace. Compared with him, he really has no advantage.

If there is a way to expel King Qin from the palace and choose another place, the father-son friendship between Li Yuan and Li Shimin will slowly dissipate. To put it bluntly, there will be room for him to use his means... After all, a few days ago, Li Jiancheng was only a few days ago. In a word, Li Yuan immediately ordered Li Shimin to return to Beijing immediately.

"Your Highness, please see the prince washing his horse."

Li Jiancheng immediately waved his hand, and a tall official in his 40s and [-]s with graying temples strode inside.

"Your Highness, Duke Le'an has just passed the residence."

"Thinking?" Wang Gui asked in surprise, "Since you have arrived at the East Palace, why don't you visit the crown prince?"

Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "The Sanhu is far away in Hebei, Li Sixing is the confidant of the Sanhu, it must be embarrassing for him to pass the house and not worship."

Sanhu is the small character of Li Yuanji.

"Your Highness said..."

"Xuan Cheng sit down first." Wang Gui interjected.

Li Jiancheng immediately got up and cupped his hands, "I'm so rude, sir, please drink tea."

Wang Gui nodded in satisfaction. In the eyes of these veteran officials, this is a gentle and refined crown prince who respects all his officials.

There was no expression of gratitude on the official's face, he just handed over his hand to thank, and Li Jiancheng and Wang Gui didn't take it seriously... Wei Zheng has been in the East Palace for five years, and everyone knows what kind of temper he has.

Wei Zheng never talked much, "Li Ganyou, the head of the Qi Palace, wants the Chang'an order."

Li Jiancheng held his head and felt a little headache. Although he didn't expressly express it, he had hinted to Prince Zuowei and Pei Longqian that Pei Shiju's son-in-law Li Dewu would take over the Chang'an order.

Pei Longqian is also a Conglong hero, Pei Ji's nephew.

Now that it's all over, I just decided to form an alliance with my third brother, so should I refuse this matter?

Wang Gui thought for a moment, then asked, "Longxi Li? Zhaojun Li?"

If it was Li from Zhaojun, it might be Li Sixing's personal choice, and if it was Li from Longxi, it might be the choice of Prince Qi.

"Longxi Li Danyang's room."

Wang Gui glanced at Li Jiancheng. The most famous person in Li Danyang's house in Longxi is now Li Jing who leads an army to appease Lingnan.

Li Jing was praised by Yang Su and Han Qinhu in his early years. After being idled for many years in the Tang Dynasty, he followed Li Xiaogong to explore the Jiangnan and Shu regions.

Li Jiancheng weighed it in his heart, it is common for the children of the aristocratic family to serve several masters, and there are also members of the Li clan in Longxi in the East Palace, and there are even Danyang house brothers.

He just formed an alliance with the Sanhu, so it might be inappropriate to categorically reject it, but Pei Shiju is nominally the Prince Zhan Shi, so he asked for it in private, and he acquiesced... Li Jiancheng was hesitant.

"Why is your Highness hesitating?" Wei Zheng said suddenly, his voice was loud, "Pei's family is biphasic..."

"But the king of Qi is not yet a weak crown, and his temperament is uncertain." Wang Gui interrupted: "If you categorically refuse, I'm afraid there will be disagreements."

Li Jiancheng nodded with a wry smile. Sanhu has such a temper, he turned his face when he said that he would turn his back on him. He brought Li Shimin back to Chang'an by himself, and let the Sanhu commander-in-chief Hebei army directly stand on the front line against the Qin Palace, but behind him he didn't even have the little face of Chang'an Ling. Give……

"Let's go and talk about it." Wang Gui sighed, "Let Li Dewu go to Hebei."

Wei Zheng snorted, but he didn't keep his eyes on the matter any longer. Instead, he brought up Hebei, hoping that Li Jiancheng would advise the King of Qi to be Huairou Hebei and stabilize the place.

"The King of Qin followed the policy of Huairou, and Liu Heikai swept Hebei three months after he raised his troops, all of whom were Dou Jiande's former troops." Wang Gui shook his head and denied, "If the Qi Wang Huairou followed the way of benevolence and righteousness, I am afraid that there will be another war."

"Liu Heita raised his troops because Dou Jiande was captured alive and taken to Beijing..."

"Sir, be careful." Li Jiancheng interrupted suddenly.

"Xuan Cheng has a straightforward style, and he has the same heart to serve His Highness." Wang Gui smoothed things over and said, "It's just such words...we really need to be cautious."

In fact, everyone knows the reason why Liu Heita raised his troops. Li Shimin captured Dou Jiande alive, and after returning to Beijing, he urged the sage Li Yuan to Huairou Hebei.

In the end, Li Yuan promised well, and turned around and beheaded Dou Jiande... Poor thing, Wang Shichong, who surrendered with him, was just exiled to Shu.

As soon as Dou Jiande died, the old army was terrified, and after half a month, Liu Heitai was supported as the leader of the army... The trouble in Hebei is like that, at least [-]% to [-]% of the blame should be blamed on Li Yuan.

Li Jiancheng said softly: "Mr., I am alone to know, but my father has already made a decision on this matter."

Wei Zheng got up and saluted, and sighed: "Since the 13th year of the great cause of the previous dynasty, I have been traveling in many places. I have seen continuous wars and disasters, people wandering and losing their homes, and the fields are barren."

"I only hope that His Highness has benevolence and righteousness in his heart, and will make plans for the world and all people."

Li Jiancheng stood up and supported Wei Zheng, "I have little knowledge and little history, please teach me more in the future."

Wei Zheng was a little disappointed, he didn't want to hear these, he had heard enough of such polite words around Li Mi.

Wei Zheng knew very well in his heart that the crown prince would do the opposite only because the King of Qin wanted to cherish Hebei, and even the sage had similar thoughts in his heart.

In the final analysis, it was because King Qin's military exploits were so great that his father and brother couldn't lift their heads... Wei Zheng wondered in his heart, could King Qi stabilize Hebei?
If there is more chaos in Hebei, the prince must be persuaded to conscript himself anyway.

The news quickly spread, and at dusk, Li Zhaode, Li Kai, and Wang Renbiao, who were full of food, entered the city and heard the rumors.

Three days later, Qin Wang Li Shimin returned to Beijing and immediately entered the Taiji Palace to have an audience.

One day later, Wang Xu, Minister of Shangshu Province, was promoted to be the director of Yizhou to appease the local people.

At this time, only eight days had passed since Li Dewu lifted the coffin and left Beijing.

(End of this chapter)