First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 436

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Seeing that Li Shimin quickly abandoned that dangerous idea, Gao Chong nodded silently. He was a real hero who could withstand the temptation and went to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to separate himself. It is the next step.

Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world has been in chaos, and the people have suffered enough, but other places such as Guanzhong and Lingnan are not bad, and no large-scale war broke out.

But Hebei and Shandong are very miserable. After Dou Jiande and Xu Yuanlang separatist and self-reliant, and Liu Heitai's two uprisings, the land of Qilu, Yanzhao is already empty. If Li Shimin goes to the eastern capital again, the world will fall again War chaos.

What's more, it is far from that point now, and Li Shimin still has a slight advantage compared to the original trajectory, so there is no need to take that last step as a last resort.

"So even if we don't do anything, the crown prince will not let the king go to the Eastern Capital at ease," Gao Chong said firmly, he clearly remembered this period of history, Li Shimin did not go after all.

But in order to prevent accidents, Gao Chong continued: "If the crown prince has not thought of this, the king will try to make him think of this, I believe the king has his own way."

It is no secret that there are people from Li Shimin in the East Palace and people from the prince in Tiance Mansion. The two sides send undercover agents to each other.

Li Shimin nodded straightly: "What Youzhi said is, but in this way, will the sage really suspect that I have two hearts?"

"There is no one-size-fits-all solution," Gao Chong said helplessly, "This is the end of the matter, so it's no wonder that doubts are not so important anymore."

Cheng Zhijie agreed very much and said: "This statement is reasonable. We have even done the matter of respectfully inviting the crown prince to supervise the country, and we still want to do more. Everyone knows that King Qin wants to take the throne."

Li Shimin coughed and glared at Cheng Zhijie, "How did Yizhen talk?"

Cheng Zhijie chuckled, scratched his head and said, "My own people, all my own people, don't get in the way."

"Two evils, whichever is lesser," Fang Xuanling nodded and echoed, "This is the only thing right now."

Li Shimin acted quickly, and immediately wrote a handwritten letter, ordering his personal guards to send it out overnight.

Although Gao Chong was very curious about who the letter was for, he also knew that it was better not to be too curious about such things as being an undercover spy. After all, curiosity killed the cat.

The news spread far faster than expected. Li Jiancheng was overjoyed when he received the news that night, and immediately called a few people to share the joy.

"Everyone, great joy, the sage has made a decree that the king of Qin will leave Beijing immediately and go to the Eastern Capital to take up his post. The big event has been settled." Li Jiancheng said excitedly: "I know that the sage still trusts me."

Apart from Li Jiancheng, there are only three people present, Li Yuanji, Wei Qingsi and Yin Wenli.

Hearing this news, Wei Qingsi and Yin Wenli were overjoyed.

"In this way, His Highness's position is as stable as Mount Tai," Wei Qingsi said excitedly.

Yin Wenli also nodded in agreement, "After all, the orthodoxy of the eldest son occupies the righteousness. Now that King Qin has left the capital, it can be seen that the saint must follow the old system of establishing the elder after all."

These two well-educated Confucian scholars were very excited, but Li Yuanji frowned and remained silent.

"Yuanji, do you think there's something wrong?" Li Jiancheng asked in surprise. It's rare to see Li Yuanji thinking.

"Let him go to Luoyang, will he let the tiger go back to the mountain?" Li Yuanji said worriedly: "He has soldiers and generals in the Qin Palace, what if he goes to the Eastern Capital and proclaims himself emperor?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, but after thinking about it carefully, they felt that it made a lot of sense.

Li Yuanji continued: "Besides, our tomorrow...".

Li Jiancheng suddenly raised his head and stared, Li Yuanji rubbed his nose and swallowed the words back.
At this moment, the personal guard came to report: the prince led Geng Cheng Wang Jun to ask for an urgent matter.

Prince rate Gengcheng is the assistant officer of Prince rate Gengling, who assists rate Gengling in charge of rituals, music, order, and criminal law in the Eastern Palace. Relatively expensive.

Moreover, Wang Yan was born in the Wang family in Taiyuan. Although Li Jiancheng was not a confidant of him, he respected him quite a lot.

"Your Highness, I'm on duty tonight. I heard that King Qin is about to leave the capital on orders. I wonder if there is such a thing?" After meeting and saluting, Wang Yan asked eagerly.

Li Jiancheng looked around and said noncommittally, "So what?"

"No!" Wang Yan patted his thigh and shouted: "Once the King of Qin leaves the capital, it will be tantamount to raising a tiger, and there will be endless troubles. As a subordinate of the East Palace, I am very anxious after hearing the news. Once the King of Qin succeeds, when the time comes Unavoidable."

Li Jiancheng straightened his face, "Wang Gengcheng said carefully."

"If the King of Qin goes to the Eastern Capital and owns the vast land and large population of the Kanto, it will be enough to accomplish great things, and then it will be difficult for us to control him.

Once King Qin occupies half of the country, even if His Royal Highness succeeds, how can King Qin obey the imperial edict? It is better to trap him in Chang'an. In that case, he is just a widow and a widow. At that time, His Highness can catch him with a little trick. It is worse than that Let the tiger go back to the mountain."

Wang Yan said anxiously.

Li Yuanji was overjoyed when he heard the words, "It is for this reason that he must not be allowed to have a chance to stand on his own."

Li Jiancheng suddenly realized, looked at Wang Jun, and asked in surprise: "Why is Wang Sucheng suddenly concerned about such a big matter today?"

Wang Yan's face was not red, and he said without a beat: "As an official of the East Palace, I stand here. Naturally, I don't want the King of Qin to gain power. Once the King of Qin raises troops, with his military strategy, no one in the world can be the leader. When the time comes, I will Wouldn't it be impossible to escape death?"

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng nodded slightly.

Li Yuanji snorted unhappily and said: "This king is not bad at using troops." It's a pity that no one answered his words.

"Then what should we do now?" Li Jiancheng continued to ask: "The saint's decree has been made, and it may be difficult to take it back."

Wang Yan smiled treacherously when he heard the words, "What's the problem? Isn't His Highness going to accompany the saint to hunt tomorrow? At that time, find someone to mention it intentionally or unintentionally, saying that after King Qin returned to the mansion, he celebrated all night, and everyone in the mansion of King Qin jumped for joy." , Judging from this meaning, I am afraid that the king of Qin should go and never return."

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, Li Yuanji clicked his tongue and praised, "It's ruthless enough, I didn't expect Wang Sucheng to be so quiet in the past, but this shot is so ruthless."

"Self-protection, I am not afraid of others, but I am afraid of losing my head," Wang Yan said with a sneer.

When Li Jiancheng came back to his senses, he was overjoyed, "Okay, Wang Sucheng's plan is very good, so I will act according to it."

Overjoyed, he immediately rewarded Wang Jun heavily.

After everyone left, Li Jiancheng looked in the direction of the door, dazed.

"Brother, why did you leave me here?" Li Yuanji asked lazily, holding the flagon.

"I always feel that there is something wrong. This Wang Jun is usually quiet, why is he suddenly resourceful today?" Li Jiancheng asked doubtfully, rubbing his chin.

Li Yuanji said indifferently: "Brother is worrying too much, he is just afraid of death."

Li Jiancheng nodded slightly, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long time, he said: "Since we want to keep him in Chang'an, let's cancel tomorrow's plan."

(End of this chapter)