First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 435 Going to Daxingtai, Eastern Shaanxi Province?

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In the apse, Li Yuan's face was cloudy and uncertain, and his heart was extremely irritable.

He really didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the former Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, and only wanted the two brothers to get back together, but all this seemed impossible.

Just now Wang De reported the outside affairs to him, which made Li Yuan angry and helpless.

After much deliberation, it was difficult to come up with a perfect solution, so Li Yuan ordered Pei Ji to be called into the palace.

Li Yuan changed into normal clothes, and lay down on the bed with his old friend Pei Ji to have a banquet without any scruples. One of them hugged two beauties, teased and drank unscrupulously, at this moment Li Yuan felt a little more relaxed.

When he was [-]% drunk, Li Yuan sighed quietly: "Xuanzhen, this seat is difficult to sit in".

Pei Ji drank his wine glass, pushed away the beauty on his body, and said directly: "The Son of Heaven belongs to the destiny. In a word, this is the true son of heaven, don't worry about your majesty, come, win a drink."

Li Yuan shook his head and smiled, drank it in one gulp, dropped the wine glass, and sighed: "As the saying goes, it's hard for an upright official to break up housework, and it's hard for me to break up family affairs today."

Pei Ji didn't answer, as if he didn't understand.

Li Yuan pointed at Pei Ji and scolded with a smile: "You old bastard, you are still so cunning, I know that you and Erlang are on good terms, but now their brothers are incompatible, if you don't come up with a good idea, be careful I will demote you."

Pei Ji suddenly showed a bitter expression, scratching his ears and cheeks in embarrassment, so he could only ask back: "Then what do you think?"

Li Yuan was stunned, and then said directly: "It has been built steadily, and has not lost its virtue over the years, so it must not be abolished at will, it will cause disaster.

Shimin has made outstanding achievements, and I can't be sorry for him. I will give him everything I can, so it's best to maintain the status quo, and wait for me to succeed after a hundred years. Shimin...preferably Duke Zhou."

Pei Ji was stunned when he heard that, this, thinking is too idealistic.

King Qin has made great achievements, so how could he be willing to be the Duke of Zhou? It's just that Pei Ji is scheming, and he won't show it on the surface.

After thinking for a long time, Pei Ji frowned and said: "King Qin once resigned from the crown prince and treated him with the same respect as before, at least he will not be disrespectful to the crown prince.

Now that there is some misunderstanding between the brothers, why not separate them temporarily, as time goes on, the conflict will naturally fade away, and looking back on the brotherhood in the past, maybe it will be good to rebuild the old one."

Li Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, "This is a good way. Shimin, the Daxingtai of Eastern Shaanxi Province, has never been appointed. I will let him go to the Eastern Capital. The Eastern Capital is prosperous, so it won't hurt him."

This distressing problem was finally solved, Li Yuan acted vigorously and called Li Shimin over that night.

"Erlang, your achievements are incomparable, and you will certainly not let you down as a father, but your elder brother has also been the prince for so many years, working hard, and I don't have the heart to abandon him.

Since the conflict between your brothers is difficult to resolve in a short period of time, if you continue to stay together in this city of Chang'an, if you don't see each other when you look up, sooner or later there will be disputes.

You, the Daxingtai of Eastern Shaanxi Province, have never been appointed, and you are not in compliance with the law. After the hunting is over tomorrow, you can go back to Luoyang, the eastern capital.

All the east of Shanzhou is under your jurisdiction. For your father, you are allowed to live in Ziwei Palace, and set up the banner of the Son of Heaven. Wherever you go, you will feel like the emperor is in person, just like King Liang Xiao of the Western Han Dynasty. What do you think? "

After listening, Li Shimin panicked.

Heading to Luoyang?This is definitely not possible, Li Jiancheng has made so many troubles after only going to the Palace of Renzhi for a few days to escape the summer heat, and if he completely leaves the center of the imperial court, wouldn't Li Jiancheng have completely secured his position as the crown prince?

Filial piety, yes, remembering the filial piety that Gao Youzhi exhorted thousands of times, General Tiance suddenly became a filial son.

After Li Shimin came to his senses, he prostrated himself on the ground, knelt down and walked forward, holding Li Yuan's forehead and trouser legs with snot and tears.

"Aye, I don't want to go to Luoyang. If I go to Luoyang, I won't be able to fulfill my filial piety before my knees. I have been in the army for many years and have not been able to fulfill my filial piety. Now I just want to stay by your side and do my filial piety."

Li Yuan was greatly moved, stroking Li Shimin's head and said: "Fool, Dongdu and Xidu are so close, if you miss being your father, you can come back to visit at any time.

There will be hunting tomorrow, father, I want to see if your archery has surpassed mine, go back and rest earlier."

Li Shimin was dumbfounded and left in a daze.

Li Yuan only regarded him as sincerely filial.

Back in Chengqian Hall, Li Shimin reacted and said hastily: "Quickly, call them into the palace."

The confidant guards naturally knew who this "they" were, and were about to leave, Li Shimin warned: "Remember to cover your body, don't be discovered by others."

Half an hour later, Gao Chong, Cheng Zhijie, Yuchi Jingde, Changsun Fangdu and others all quietly came to Chengqian Palace through the back door and side door.

"Everyone, something is wrong, just now the sage ordered me to go to Luoyang to take up the post in the future," Li Shimin said directly.

When this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

"Your Majesty, you can't go." Cheng Zhijie immediately shouted, "If you go to Luoyang, Chang'an will become the prince's world."

"Exactly", Yu Chigong nodded straightly and said: "If the king goes to Luoyang, we will be persecuted and exiled by the prince one by one."

Du Ruhui frowned, "Can't I refuse?"

"I made excuses to be filial, but the sage insisted that I leave Beijing," Li Shimin sighed.

Changsun Wuji's small eyes were full of great curiosity, and he looked straight at Gao Chong.

"Why is my nephew staring at me?" Gao Chong laughed.

"I don't think my uncle is surprised at all, but you have a countermeasure?" Changsun Wuji asked directly.

"That's a good uncle call," Gao Chong nodded with a smile, "I'm very satisfied."

Li Shimin looked at Gao Chong expectantly like a drowning man grasping at straws, "Youzhi, do you really have a countermeasure?"

"The sage made this decision because he was afraid that your brothers would fight against the wall." Gao Chong analyzed: "Since this is the case, the king must behave as he wishes. First, obey the will, and second, brothers and friends respectful."

Everyone was stunned.

"Brother Youzhi, what are you thinking?" Cheng Zhijie remembered scratching his head, "Here he went to Luoyang, far away from the imperial court, but he has nothing to do with the crown prince."

"Whoever promises to go will surely succeed. I believe the crown prince doesn't want the king to go to Luoyang," Gao Chong laughed.

"Why?" Fang Xuanling is not only good at planning, but also good at flattering people.

"Your Majesty has gone to Luoyang, occupying the entire eastern part of Shaanxi, and owning half of the world. Do you think the Crown Prince can rest assured that Your Majesty will go to Luoyang?"

Everyone took it for granted, even Li Shimin was a little moved when he heard this, sitting on half of the world, he should be invincible...

"Your Majesty, don't be tempted. What we want is to inherit the throne legally and reasonably. You have worked so hard to calm down this world. You must not let it fall into the flames of war again." Gao Chong was startled when he saw Li Shimin's appearance, and hurriedly tried to persuade him .

Li Shimin came back to his senses and nodded in agreement: "It is absolutely impossible to separate the regime and stand on our own. I want to be an upright leader."

(End of this chapter)