Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2261 Returning to the Fief

When the weather in Chang'an City was getting colder, Li Ke, the king of Shu, returned to the court with his troops and horses.

Although the victory in this battle was not perfect, it was not bad.

At least, they occupied Jinsha City, and they forced Tuyuhun to surrender.

Therefore, when Li Ke returned to Beijing, he still felt very honored. No matter what, he had made a great contribution, and his soldiers were also very excited when he made a contribution.

After returning to Beijing this time, I am afraid that some rewards will be indispensable, right?

Li Ke entered the main hall and told about the situation of the conquest of Tuyuhun. After he said this, many people in the court were very satisfied.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu is indeed very brave."

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu was able to defeat Tuyuhun under unfavorable circumstances, which is really amazing."

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu..."

There were endless praises, Li Shimin also nodded at this time, and said: "Ke'er was able to repel Tuyuhun, it is indeed a great achievement, father is very pleased."

Hearing that his father praised him, Li Ke's heart suddenly became alive. With this achievement, it should be much easier to fight for the imperial power in the future. His father, I am afraid, will rely on him even more.

But when he was secretly happy in his heart, Li Shimin suddenly said: "Okay, my sons have grown up slowly, and they can take care of themselves. I am very happy. Now the world is peaceful, and the affairs of Chang'an City are also in order." There are not many, but few people take care of your fiefs, I mean, it is time for you princes to go to your own fiefs now, what should be repaired, roads should be built, what should be built."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

Then Li Ke was even more dumbfounded. How could it be like this? He finally made great contributions and came back. Why did his father suddenly ask them to return to the fiefdom? Now that they have gone to the fiefdom, how can they still fight for the imperial power?

"Father, my son...my son can't bear to part with my father."

Relying on his merits, Li Ke was the first to stand up and say such a sentence. He was really not reconciled. Why did he let them go to fief the land at this time?

And after he spoke like this, some other princes also stood up one after another.

"Father, the son is reluctant to part with the father, and the son wants to stay by the father's side forever."

"My son is also reluctant to part with my father..."

All the princes looked at Li Shimin, Li Tai, Li Ke and others cursed inwardly, why did they return to the fiefdom at this time, did they really have no chance to compete for the crown prince in this life?
They don't understand why their father did this?
Li Shimin looked at the people below, and said with a smile: "You are reluctant to part with my father, my father is very relieved, but you have grown up, you have to live your own life, how can you stay in Chang'an City all the time, so, Father must learn to let go and let you go to your own fiefdoms. I only hope that in the future, you brothers can love each other and build our Great Tang together. No matter what, we must pass on the legacy of Great Tang forever. "

As he spoke, Li Shimin waved his hand, obviously determined.

Seeing this, all the princes were a little speechless, not knowing what to do.

The early court ended like this. After everyone retreated, many people felt a little hazy in their hearts.

Especially those officials who are attached to the kings of Shu and Wei, they feel that disaster is imminent. Today's situation basically shows that the people they support will not be able to obtain the position of prince.

Their people can't get the position of prince, so when the prince ascends the throne, do they still want the life they have now?
Once the emperor and the courtiers, Prince Li Chengqian will definitely not let them stay in the hall properly.

As for the rest of their princes, there is only one way to rebel.

Just treason?

If they fail, they will become sinners and will be punished by the nine clans. They can help these princes to legally obtain the position of prince in the court, but many of them don't want to obtain it through rebellion.

Even if their current emperor was obtained through rebellion, how many people in this world can succeed in rebellion like Li Shimin?

Disturbed, disturbed, they are disturbed.

The cold wind was howling, and they were shivering from the cold, but they didn't seem to know it at all.
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Royal study.

After returning to the imperial study, Li Shimin began to review the memorial.

He naturally knew what kind of storms would be caused by the things he raised today, but he felt that he had to do it this way.

Some things must be done at a certain time, and Li Shimin is no exception.

Yuan Lou stood by the side, and after a long time, he finally spoke, "My lord, is it a bit wrong to let the prince return to the fiefdom? After they leave, the prince's highness and his family will dominate Chang'an City?"

In Yuan Lou's perception, Li Shimin was very afraid that the prince's family would dominate, because he was worried that the prince would force him to abdicate like him, so that he would become the overlord like his father.

But the so-called Taishanghuang is so comfortable there, there is no freedom.

Li Shimin glanced at Yuan Lou, and then sighed: "I used to be physically strong and had a lot of time, so I took precautions against it. I hope they can restrain each other, but now my body is getting worse. I... feel I may fall down at any time, I don't want to see what happened back then, so the best way is to help the prince remove all dangers and make his enthronement more stable, so as to avoid the conflict between their brothers. killing each other."

Li Shimin felt that his time was numbered, if the other princes were in the capital, they would definitely cause troubles in Chang'an City because of the competition for the crown prince.

But getting those princes back to the fief is tantamount to cutting off their thoughts, which is very helpful to the prince.

When Yuan Lou heard this, he wanted to say something, but Li Shimin paused for a moment, and then continued: "Besides, you have seen the relationship between the crown prince and Qin Tian. Those who win the world, with Qin Tian around, who would dare to do anything to the crown prince?"

When the crown prince went to see Qin Tian off, he just wanted Li Shimin to see this. Li Chengqian had Qin Tian's support behind him, so even if Li Shimin wanted Yi Chu, he had to weigh Qin Tian's strength.

Of course, from the very beginning, Li Shimin never thought about Yi Chu.

Maybe he was on guard against his own crown prince, but he still felt that Li Chengqian was very suitable to be the crown prince. As long as Li Chengqian could wait until his death, then the throne must belong to Li Chengqian.

After saying this, Li Shimin didn't give Yuan Lou a chance to speak, but just waved his hand and said, "Okay, go down, and keep an eye on those princes."

(End of this chapter)