Man Tanghong

Chapter 512 It's time for Li Jiancheng to do something...

"Father is gone?"

As soon as Li Yuan left, Yang Miaoyan appeared in the room.

Li Yuanji let out a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Let's go..."

Yang Miaoyan walked to the bed, and while tidying up the feathers and silk threads hanging on Li Yuanji's head, asked in a low voice: "Did he find out that you are pretending to be sick?"

Li Yuanji stretched his muscles and bones, heard the rattling sound of bones colliding, and said with a long sigh: "He had doubts before he came, and the reason why he made this thing is to test me."

As he spoke, he pointed to the feathers and silk threads that Yang Miaoyan was tidying up.

After tidying up the feathers and silk thread, Yang Miaoyan covered her mouth with a smirk and said, "I said a long time ago that if you do this, your father will expose you sooner or later."

Li Yuanji gave Yang Miaoyan a blank look, and said angrily: "It's only a while if you can hide it for a while."

His purpose of doing this kind of thing was not really to hide Li Yuan, but to escape Li Yuan's recruitment.

Now that Li Yuan has exposed him, and he can't hide it anymore, then let's not hide it.

He had nothing to lose anyway.

Yang Miaoyan sat down next to Li Yuanji, and asked with a smile, "Then what do you do next?"

Li Yuanji pinched Yang Miaoyan's ruddy face, and said viciously: "What can we do, of course it is to wait and see."

Anyway, he has a few catties on the surface, and he has already made it clear to Li Yuan.

If Li Yuan still cared about Li Tang's status, it would be absolutely impossible for him to send him to fight the Turks.

Although his pretending to be sick was exposed, his goal had already been achieved, and he didn't need to do anything after that, just wait and see what happened.

He didn't believe that he wouldn't come out. When Li Yuan's begging came to Li Shimin's head, Li Jiancheng could still endure it.

"You hurt me!"

Yang Miaoyan patted Li Yuanji's hand away and said angrily.

Li Yuanji said fiercely: "Let you see my joke..."

The first time he woke up, he heard Yang Miaoyan urging Li Yuan to go to rest, which meant that Yang Miaoyan had already discovered that he was awake, and was helping him out in this way.

It's just that Yang Miaoyan persuaded her a few times and then stopped.

This shows that Yang Miaoyan guessed that he would be exposed and wanted to see him laugh.

After all, with Yang Miaoyan's identity, even if Li Yuan made an order, she could still say a few more words.

Because she is Li Yuan's daughter-in-law, she shouldered the responsibility of being filial to Li Yuan from the moment she entered the Li family's gate.

So whether she persuaded Li Yuan to rest or performed filial piety to Li Yuan, it was all filial piety.

It's not good for Li Yuan to yell at her because of this, let alone reprimand her because what she said is against his will.

Because she acts in a filial piety, even if it goes against the holy will, others will support her if she speaks out.

This is the era of honoring filial piety, and the privilege that honoring filial piety can enjoy.

"I didn't see your joke..."

Yang Miaoyan defended herself with a pitiful look.

Li Yuanji glanced at Yang Miaoyan, and said angrily: "Yes, yes, you didn't read my joke, you just made me a joke."

Yang Miaoyan bit her red lips lightly with her white teeth, and said hesitantly, "Then shall I... make it up to you?"

Li Yuanji regained his energy immediately, sat up straight suddenly and said, "How to make up for it?"

Yang Miaoyan stood up quickly, and after taking a few steps back, she said with a charming smile, "I'll let you sleep alone tonight..."

After speaking, Yang Miaoyan giggled coquettishly and fled the study like a gust of wind.

Li Yuanji was left alone, looking at the empty study and sighing.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning.

Li Yuanji was catching up on sleep, Ling Jing hurried to Jiudao Palace.

While Li Yuanji was in a daze, he told Li Yuanji a piece of news, "Your Highness, during the morning court today, the sage ordered that your confinement be extended to the end of the year."

Li Yuanji rubbed his sleepy eyes, yawned and said, "I thought what was going on, that's all, don't worry about it."

Anyway, he traveled so far, either being grounded, or on the way to being grounded.

So nothing to worry about.

Even if the lockdown period is extended to next year, or longer, it will not affect him from doing anything.

As long as Li Yuan does not depose his title, other punishments are no different to him.

"The sage has also been promoted to the title of His Royal Highness King Zhongshan!"

Ling Jing spoke in a hurried voice.

Li Yuanji regained consciousness all of a sudden, staring at Ling Jing and said: "Zai Jin will be the prince..."

The prince is the title of Li Chengqian's uncles, and even some of his uncles have not yet become a prince.

Li Yuan suddenly raised Li Chengqian to the level of his uncles, which meant that Li Yuan wanted to use Li Chengqian's old man Li Shimin.

What to do with Li Shimin is self-evident.

Li Shimin has now reached the point where he can't be sealed, and Li Yuan still wants to use Li Shimin, so he can only start with Li Shimin's sons.

Ling Jing nodded his head and said, "That's right, it's the prince. During the morning court today, the sage promoted His Royal Highness the King of Zhongshan County to King Yong in front of all civil and military officials, and the number of closed households increased to six thousand."

The fiefdom of [-] households has reached the peak of the fiefdoms that a prince can have.

Excluding the two special cases of Li Yuanji and Li Shimin, Li Chengqian has jumped to the top of all the princes.

It can be seen from this that Li Yuan has spent a lot of money this time.

"My elder brother didn't stop it?"

Li Yuanji asked in disbelief.

If Li Jiancheng can agree to this kind of thing, what kind of inheritance is there?

The combined closed households of the two younger brothers have reached 20 to [-], and the combined closed households of other uncles, brothers, sisters, nephews, and dignitaries have also reached nearly [-].

Datang now only has a population of over 150 million, and nearly one-fifth of it was sealed off at once, so what's the point of him seizing the heir.

Take it down and give it to your brothers and sisters, uncles and nephews, and the dignitaries as big stewards? !

Ling Jing said dumbfoundedly: "I stopped it, how could I not stop it. It's just that the saint insists on going his own way, and nothing His Highness the Crown Prince says will work."

Li Yuanji said in disbelief: "Then this matter is settled like this?"

Ling Jing shook his head with a wry smile and said: "That's not true. When the decree was passed to the Chengqing Hall, His Royal Highness Qin Wang and Princess Qin went to the Taiji Hall to plead guilty to the saint, saying that His Royal Highness King Zhongshan was young and ignorant, and that he did not make a promise for my Tang Dynasty." No amount of credit deserves such a generous reward."

Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully and said, "Then, did my father take back his order?"

"how is this possible?"

Ling Jing smiled wryly and said: "The saint's move is to let His Royal Highness King Qin lead the army to go out. If His Highness King Qin doesn't take the initiative to invite Ying, how can the saint take back his order?"

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Speaking of which, this matter is also beneficial to my elder brother. My elder brother should not stop it."

Ling Jing glanced at Li Yuanji, dumbfounded.

He felt that Li Yuanji Cun simply stood up and talked without pain in his back.

Li Yuan pulled Li Chengqian to the level of his uncle in one breath, which made Li Jiancheng how to seal him after he ascended the throne.

Make a prince, it's no different from not being sealed.

Let's close the account again, it will hurt again.

Moreover, Li Yuan made such a start. After Li Jiancheng ascended the throne, he not only had to confer princes on his brothers, but also conferred on his nephews, and his uncles would inevitably have to be promoted.

There are many people in the Li family.

With Li Jiancheng's confiscation in the past, he has confiscated all the places that Datang can confiscate. Who will he rule by then?

Moreover, the more closed households in the hands of brothers, nephews, and uncles, the greater the power, which is not conducive to his rule at all.

Therefore, even if Li Yuan's promotion of Li Chengqian to the prince is beneficial to him, he would not agree to it.

As Li Yuan was the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty, many of the rules he set and the things he did would be regarded as the law of the ancestors.

If Li Jiancheng approves of Li Yuan's practices that are harmful to Datang, he will find trouble for himself.

Li Jiancheng is not stupid, how could he find trouble for himself.

"You tell our people to keep an eye on my elder brother. If my prediction is correct, my elder brother should move."

Li Yuanji finished teasing Li Jiancheng with a smile, and gave orders to Ling Jing.

In order to allow Li Shimin to lead the army, Li Yuan began to make an exception for Li Chengqian to be crowned king. If Li Jiancheng hadn't acted yet.

Then Li Yuan can promise more.

If Li Jiancheng doesn't want to be abolished, or become a puppet emperor, then he must take action.

"I understand, but the matter of the Li family in Zhaozhou..."

Ling Jing agreed and said hesitantly.

After the last banquet in Quchi, Li Yuanji never asked about Zhaozhou's Li family.

It seems that it has been ignored.

Under the protection of Li Jiancheng, the Li family of Zhaozhou has gained a little respite, and is now negotiating with the bandit army in Zhaozhou, and it seems that they are about to stand up.

So Ling Jing had to ask.

Li Yuanji put away his smiling face, and said calmly: "Let them dance around for a while, and we will deal with them when we have free hands."

Ling Jing pondered and said: "If Your Highness doesn't want to let them go so easily, you can ask Gao Yaxian to deal with them."

Gao Yaxian is now in charge, and he will not be needed for the things to be done later, and letting him deal with Zhaozhou's Li family is considered waste utilization.

Although Gao Yaxian is so-so in fighting, she is still capable in power tactics.

Otherwise, he would not be reused by Dou Jiande and honored by Liu Heitai as a guest of honor.

Li Yuanji said thoughtfully: "Do you think Gao Yaxian is suitable?"

Ling Jing nodded without hesitation, "It's absolutely suitable."

Li Yuanji shook his head slightly and said, "Forget it..."

Ling Jing looked at Li Yuanji puzzled.

Li Yuanji said calmly: "If my second brother suffers setbacks in Chang'an City, he will definitely use the means he arranged outside Chang'an City. At that time, there will be a battle between the troops of Hebei Province and the troops of Duji Province and Shandong Province.

At that time, we will choose Zhaozhou as the battlefield. "

Ling Jing's heart trembled, and his eyes widened in shock.

If this is the case, then there is really no need to send Gao Yaxian to deal with Zhaozhou's Li family.

Because once the soldiers and horses of Hebei Province and the soldiers and horses of Duji Province and Shaanxi Province go to war, let alone a Li family of Zhaozhou, even if you add a big family that does not lose to the Li family of Zhaozhou, they will also be crushed. broken.

(End of this chapter)