Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2267
In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year is getting closer and closer.

Another heavy snow fell in Chang'an City.

It was snowing heavily and it was extremely cold.

Li Shimin's health is worse than before.

In the East Palace, Li Chengqian was immersed in the joy of the concubine Fang Qing's pregnancy.

This is the second child that Fang Qing has conceived for Li Chengqian.

At this time, some spies of Li Chengqian sent some news.

"His Royal Highness, after returning to their fiefs, the kings of Jin and Wei have moved frequently, and they have the intention of recruiting troops. Their fiefs are very rich and have a large population. They want to call up some troops, maybe not What is difficult, they are afraid that they will... use force to deal with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The spies told Li Chengqian about the situation, and Li Chengqian's eyes narrowed slightly after listening.

He has never been worried about his younger brothers, but now according to the news sent by the spies, he is right to be worried. They are indeed wolfish and ambitious people. Seeing that they can't get the position of prince through normal means, they want to rebel .

It's just that in this situation, what should he do?
Are you going to tell your father about these things?

Relying on the prestige of his father, maybe he only needs to use some tricks to find out the conspiracy of his younger brothers?
Even, as long as his father is around, he can immediately send troops to arrest those who want to rebel.

Can you just say it yourself?

After speaking, what will be the result, and how will my father react?
He has to take the situation into account.

His father is not in good health, but this is not the key issue. The key issue is that his father does not want the Xuanwumen Incident to happen again, so he does not want brothers to kill each other. His father has already driven his younger brother to the fief ?
If I said these words, would my father believe it?

If it was in the past, his father might have believed it, but now, it is a bit hard to say, his father has made a lot of sacrifices to protect his son, and let his son leave Chang'an City , if he said this by himself, his father might feel that he couldn't tolerate those younger brothers.

And what he has to do now is to be kind, to give people a kind of prince who can make his younger brother live a good life.

If he said that his younger brother was wrong now, then his father would definitely feel that after he ascended the throne, he would not make his younger brother feel better. In this way, his position as the crown prince would be in danger.

He is very clear that as long as his father is still alive, his position as the crown prince is by no means absolutely stable.

After thinking for a long time, Prince Li Chengqian could only sigh secretly, and said: "Send someone to keep watching, but don't act rashly."

"Here!"

The spies withdrew after taking orders, but Li Chengqian always felt a little uneasy here. It's not that he doesn't have much military power now, but most of the military power is still in the hands of his father.

What if something unexpected happened after I ascended the throne, and those vassal kings came to make trouble again, what should I do?
But can he covet those military powers now?

Obviously not, Jin Yiwei is not a vegetarian.

Even though Yuan Lou already had a little intention of surrendering, he is still absolutely loyal to his father.
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In the imperial palace, in the harem.

Although it was snowing heavily and it was very cold, it was very warm here in the harem.

Here in Wu Meiniang's bedroom, spies have already sent him some news about the prince's reaction.

Seeing that Li Chengqian did not report the affairs of those vassal kings to Li Shimin, Wu Meiniang's expression turned ugly.

She once told Jin Wang Li Zhi that after he went to the fiefdom, he would contact other vassals and ask them to join forces to rebel. As long as Li Shimin died, they could raise troops.

Of course, this is only part of it. While she wants Li Zhi to contact other feudal lords, she can pretend to rebel instead of really rebelling.

He knew that Li Chengqian was very well informed, and once Li Chengqian knew about this situation, he felt that Li Chengqian would sue Li Shimin.

And as long as Li Chengqian told Li Shimin about it, there would be two situations.

In the first case, Li Shimin didn't believe what Li Chengqian said, and he would have grudges against Li Chengqian, thinking that Li Chengqian couldn't tolerate his son, so he would naturally worry that Li Chengqian would kill all his sons after he ascended the throne.

In the second case, if Li Shimin believed Li Chengqian's words, then Li Shimin might send troops to suppress them, or investigate and imprison those vassal kings. In this way, it would be difficult for other vassal kings to escape, but Li Zhi was pretending to rebel, and there was no evidence.

In this way, if the other feudal princes were arrested, Jin Wang Li Zhi would definitely have no problems. At that time, among Li Shimin's remaining princes, only Li Chengqian and Li Zhi could compete for the crown prince.

And Li Chengqian harmed his brother, Li Shimin must be worried about him.

At that time, Li Shimin may have the heart to abandon the reserve, so Li Zhi's chances will be greater.

In either case, Li Zhi is the winner.

This is definitely a very perfect way.

But what she didn't expect was that after Li Chengqian found out what the feudal lords wanted to rebel, he resisted not telling Li Shimin. As a result, all his previous assumptions became illusory.

But if Li Chengqian didn't report, then all those vassal kings could do was to wait for Li Shimin's death, and rise up to rebel.

Although there is hope in doing so, it also adds some danger to Li Zhi.

Wu Meiniang bit her lip, and she wondered why Li Chengqian didn't report to Li Shimin when he learned that the other feudal lords were about to rebel. Could it be that he wasn't worried that those feudal lords would bring soldiers and horses to approach Chang'an City? ?
In the cold wind and snow, after thinking for a long time, Wu Meiniang sent another letter to Jin Wang Li Zhi. Since Li Chengqian held back, what Li Zhi needs to do now is to develop his military strength in his fief.

As long as one's own military strength develops, there is still great hope for competing for the world in the future.

As long as the world is in chaos, then whoever has more troops will have more initiative.

In comparison, King Jin's fief is very rich and has a large population. Although it is not as good as that of King Wei, it is not much worse. At least compared with Xiliang, the population is much larger.

Therefore, it should be much easier for Jin Wang Li Zhi to develop his military strength in his own fief, right?

For some things, once a decision is made, there is no turning back. They can only go forward, put all their eggs in one basket, and fight their fate.

(End of this chapter)