Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 381

Morning the next day.

When Qin Tian came to the gate of the imperial palace, the wind was cold, and a group of ministers who had come earlier shrank their necks and chatted with each other.

Among these people, a large part of them are the old party of the Eastern Palace.

They stayed up all night because of yesterday's incident, and they came early this morning.

They are restless, even terrified.

Seeing Qin Tian coming, these people immediately surrounded Qin Tian.

They all heard about Li Shimin treating Qin Tian very generously and courteously yesterday, so if they wanted to survive, they had to curry favor with Qin Tian.

"Master Qin, you are more energetic than before..."

Qin Tian shrunk his neck, and didn't see the spirit at all. After hearing this sentence, Qin Tian couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Master Qin, you are more handsome than before..."

"........."

Qin Tian couldn't bear to listen, so he interrupted them quickly.

"I know exactly what you mean, but please rest assured that the prince's conspiracy is a matter for the prince alone, and has nothing to do with you."

When these people heard this, they couldn't help but smile bitterly in their hearts. It was clearly Li Jiancheng who killed his brother, but now they say that Li Jiancheng conspired against him.

But now that the winner is king, they didn't dare to say anything. They finally breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that they might be fine.

Several people were talking like this, and the palace door opened: "The morning begins, and all the ministers go to the palace."

A group of officials filed in, but compared with the past, the time to enter the hall today was longer, because many people who did not go to the morning court before came today.

For example, some old princes, old princes and so on, and in addition to those who are too old to go to court, there are also some small officials who were not qualified to go to court, and they all came today.

Qin Tian, ​​as the other driver, is also the county magistrate of the founding of the country, so he only stood in the middle of the hall, and the people standing in front were all princes, county kings and the like.

Even the Dukes of the State, such as Qin Shubao, who were able to stand in the front before, are now a little behind.

Li Shimin stood at the front with a calm expression, his hands tucked into his sleeves, just waiting for Li Yuan's arrival.

Originally, he didn't want Li Yuan to meet with these ministers again. After all, if Li Yuan talked too much, it would be bad.

But if the ministers were not allowed to see Li Yuan, it would be easy for these ministers to have some guesses, so many government orders would be troublesome, so Li Shimin decided to take a risk.

After the officials came together, Li Yuan went to the main hall with the support of two eunuchs. These two eunuchs belonged to Li Shimin, and they could do anything for Li Shimin when necessary.

Li Yuan is also aware of this.

At the beginning of the morning, Li Yuan looked at His Royal Highness and the officials, and said: "Today, everyone came together, good, good."

It was a very strange sentence, the officials looked at each other, but no one spoke, and the whole hall was surprisingly quiet.

"You must have heard about what happened yesterday. Prince Li Jiancheng conspired with King Qi to force the palace. Fortunately, the people of the world stopped me, so I survived..."

Li Yuan was sitting on the dragon chair and talking, what he said was disgusting even to himself, and he couldn't stand it, but he still wanted to continue because he had no other choice.

"The prince's rebellion is a matter of the prince alone. As long as the cronies of the Eastern Palace, or those who are close to the Eastern Palace, as long as they don't cause trouble, I will not pursue it. Governance is more prosperous."

Speaking of this, Li Yuan suddenly coughed a few times, looking very weak, and then said a few times: "What happened yesterday hit me hard, I am old, so I decided to canonize Li Shimin as the prince, In the future, I will manage the affairs of the imperial court, and all affairs inside and outside the imperial court will be handed over to the people of the world, and you will also be sent by him."

Li Yuan said so, the officials above the court, many people who were close to the East Palace, finally breathed a sigh of relief, as for making Li Shimin the crown prince.

Although many smart people saw at a glance that this was Li Shimin's trick, and they just wanted to clean themselves up, but now that Li Shimin has mastered the military power, it would be useless for them to stand up and point it out.

Li Shimin had already succeeded in forcing the palace. If he opposed him to become the crown prince, he would be forced to ascend the throne directly. If he ascended the throne directly, I am afraid that there will be a bloody storm in the court, and he may be implicated.

People cherish their lives, and the smarter they are, the more they know what they should do. Therefore, no one in the entire court objected to the appointment of Li Shimin as the crown prince.

After Li Yuan said these words, he coughed violently again. After coughing like this, he said: "Oh, I'm old, I'm old, let's stop here for today's morning court, and listen to the crown prince's arrangements as soon as possible."

The prince naturally refers to the new prince of Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin.

Li Yuan was supported by two eunuchs, and after this, he might only have one chance to go to court again in his life.

After Li Yuan left, the hall was quiet for a while, but after a while, the commotion broke out again. Li Shimin stood in front with a calm expression.

"His Royal Highness..." Pei Ji walked over to Li Shimin. As Li Jiancheng's dark chess, Pei Ji never thought that Li Jiancheng would lose so quickly, and the defeat was a complete mess.

Of course, he never thought that Li Shimin would use such a bloody method to get everything he wanted.

Regardless of what he didn't think of, Li Shimin's power is now a foregone conclusion. As a person who has experienced the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty and changed hands several times, it doesn't matter who he calls the prince, as long as he can preserve the glory of his Pei clan.

After Pei Ji yelled, Li Shimin suddenly looked at Pei Ji and smiled: "Master Pei, as the prime minister of my Tang Dynasty, should do more for my Tang Dynasty. Many cronies in the Eastern Palace are still fleeing, or they are unwilling to submit. I don’t know. Can Mr. Pei be sure to persuade them to surrender?"

Many of the people who go to court today are relatively close to the East Palace. They will not defend the East Palace. But besides them, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji also have some cronies, such as Xue Wanche and Wei Ting.

These Donggong cronies, Xue Wanche and others have already absconded, and it is not ruled out that they will wait for the opportunity, so in addition to sending people to search for them, persuading them to surrender is also a way.

And people like Wei Ting, who are stubborn and refuse to surrender, are now under house arrest in the mansion. These people must ask Pei Ji to go for a walk.

After Pei Ji heard Li Shimin's words, he smiled wryly in his heart, persuading him to surrender, anyone can go, but Li Shimin let him go, obviously because he knew his relationship with Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin also wanted to test him through this matter , if I don't accept it, I'm afraid it will be difficult in the future.

And accepting it is tantamount to betraying Li Jiancheng, and he can only go to the dark in the future.

"His Royal Highness said it in time. As the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, he should share the worries of the court. Please leave this matter to me, and I will definitely take care of it for you."

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(End of this chapter)