Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 492 The Crown Prince's Choice

Liu Mu said again: "Li Jing is very powerful, and I believe that he will be a very reliable commander in chief in the future. Take this opportunity to let him advance to a level and prepare for future expeditions."

Li Yuan smiled: "It seems that you have already won. Jieli is a clay figurine standing there for you to pinch?"

"I don't have the skills to kill Xieli, but after thinking about it again and again, as long as the second brother lends me one, I can surely cut off his arm and split the grassland with a single knife. From then on, he will have nothing to do with the eight hundred miles of grassland."

Li Shimin said at this moment: "Why?"

"A few handfuls of grass leaves are enough." Liu Mu took out a cloth bag from his bosom, which really contained a few leaves.

Li Shimin didn't know this thing, but Li Yuan did.Li Yuan laughed heartily: "Second brother, don't say one person, even if you lend him ten, I think it can be done."

"Father, my son doesn't understand."

Li Yuan had been in Lingnan for half a year, and he had seen all the workshops of Liu Mu and all the samples of spices from Feng An.

Among the most impressive ones, the leaves on Willow's hands are one of them.

"Erlang, the name of this thing is Fragrant Leaf. A tree was found in Lingnan. The processed bark is called cinnamon bark. The tender branches are cut into slices and called Guizhi. The leaves are called fragrant leaves. I guarantee that I have drunk fragrant leaves and grass fruits. After the boiled mutton soup, drink the flavorless, grassy and fruity soup, so you won’t be able to drink it.”

"Father, what you mean is that this thing is as important as salt and tea."

"En." Li Yuan nodded confidently.Then he said: "What do you think Xiaomu went to Lingnan to do, just to see if there was a rebellion in Lingnan. No! Xiaomu went to Lingnan to find a big killer that could solve the grassland. That is. Salt, tea, spices. Everyone in the grassland is indispensable thing."

Li Shimin understood, because he knew that spices are also indispensable in Chang'an.

If on that day, there is no spice in Chang'an City, it will be as terrible as no salt.It's just that the spices in Chang'an are divided into two types: food and use.

"Let Gao Jian and Fang Xuanling go with Xiaomu, I believe that what Xiaomu wants is someone for negotiation." Li Shimin believed that his analysis was correct.

But Liu Mu said: "Neither, since the second elder brother promised to give it to two people, then I will borrow Su Shi as the first official, and Xue Shou and his nephew Xue Yuanjing as the second official. Then arrange for Gao Xing to be the commander in chief."

After hearing what Liu Mu said, Li Shimin immediately understood the intention.

All three of them are Shichang Su, who is upright, selfless, knowledgeable and very self-disciplined.Then Liu Mu chose this to mean, Shuofang Sheriff.

Then Xue's uncles and nephews are all cadres, and Gao Xing is proficient in the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

"Are you so sure?" Li Shimin didn't quite believe that Shuofang County could be taken by Liu Mu.

"He can!" Li Yuan answered for Liu Mu. For the first time in Lingnan, Li Yuan saw a weapon more terrifying than a steel knife. Not many people realized this. Fortunately, Feng An saw the power of this weapon clearly.

Now that Li Yuan has said so, even if Liu Mu went north without success and returned to Li Shimin, he would not refuse.

He just told Qin Qiong: "Shubao, arrange for someone to collect the corresponding information, and report any changes to Chang'an in time."

"Yes!"

Li Yuan said again: "Xiaomu, Erlang doesn't want to establish a crown prince."

"Then don't stand up. The prince is a very pitiful job. All the princes are staring at him, and the psychological pressure is great. If he makes a mistake, many people will stand up and bite him, and no one may praise him for his merits."

What Liu Mu said was too easy, Li Yuan asked again: "How do you deal with the court?"

"Write an imperial edict, and put it behind the plaque in the middle of the Taiji Hall. It declares that the virtuous cannot be established, and the moral cannot be established. This is posted, and it may be changed again, that is to say, everyone may be a prince. , or maybe not the prince. Everyone is under the same pressure, and everyone is facing the same temptation."

When Liu Mu said this, Qin Qiong, who had been silent all this time, shut his mouth even tighter.

As a foreign minister, he would never speak easily about such a big matter as the royal family.

Li Yuan and Li Shimin looked at each other, this method is evil, but it is not bad.

Li Shimin knew best in his heart that he was not the eldest son, and now his sons, especially Li Chengqian, Li Ke, and Li Tai were almost the same age.Li Chengqian is half a year older than Li Ke and one year older than Li Tai.

Among the three, it can be said that Li Chengqian is as powerful as Li Tai, and Li Ke is the weakest because his mother's family is the former Sui Yang Emperor.

Further down, behind Li You is the Yin clan, and the Yin clan is also a big clan.

Li Yun's mother is the Wang family, a side branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan, which is also the Wang family.

Not counting the others, only Li Chengqian and Li Tai made Li Shimin frown. These two little guys have already started fighting openly and secretly.

"Father, Xiaomu's proposal is acceptable." How Li Shimin came to the throne, he knows better than anyone else.And some secrets are known by people close to Qin Wangfu.And these close people also turned to Li Chengqian and Li Tai respectively.This made Li Shimin feel very scared.

Li Yuan is also thinking about the gains and losses, he has already lost two sons because of this.

No!There should be three, and Li Zhiyun.

There is evidence to prove that Li Zhiyun was Li Jiancheng's plan to replace Li Tao, and died for Li Jiancheng to escape.

Think about it, after these sons, Li Yuanjing is only one year older than his grandson Li Chengqian, if this Li Wujing is the same age as Li Shimin, I believe that Li Yuan will give Li Yuanjing the opportunity to lead the army, then maybe he will die too.

It can be said that for the throne of the Tang Dynasty, his adult son also lived Li Shimin alone.

Li Shimin was the winner, Li Yuan didn't believe that Li Shimin had never used any shady methods, but it was useless to say these things now, and Li Jiancheng's five sons were also given to death, which was enough to prove that the throne would bleed.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan also approved Liu Mu's proposal: "Then do it this way, but this edict can only be held by one person."

Li Yuan glanced at Qin Qiong.

Qin Qiong sat upright, didn't even dare to turn his eyes, let alone look into Li Yuan's eyes.

Qin Qiong dare not accept this edict, he is afraid.

Li Shimin looked at Liu Mu: "Xiaomu, your biological mother used to be a female official in Concubine Yang's palace."

"Well, what's the matter?" Liu Mu's reaction was not feigned, he never thought about the relationship between this matter and the current matter.

Li Shimin asked again: "Do you think you can guarantee this justice?"

Liu Mu reacted, and Li Shimin was worried that he would secretly help Li Ke.

Li Shimin knew very well that whoever Liu Mu helped was the strongest.So Li Shimin immediately said: "You are in charge of the edict. The second brother is most at ease, and the second brother believes in your justice. Wuji will not maintain justice, he will choose one between Chengqian and Tai to support."

(End of this chapter)