Ji Tang

"Mr. Xi, I wonder what Ai Qing thinks of this matter?" Li Chengqian said, resisting the urge to beat this guy up.

"Your Majesty, this is your Majesty's family matter. I really don't know what to do. Your Majesty makes the decision!" Ji Song thought to himself: This is a bad thing done by your father and son, and I will not participate in it!

He was also helpless. Who would have thought that this guy Li Xiang would not give up and do something like this? If no one came to help him later, he would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

But he is not sure who this person is, he just has some guesses!

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Li Chengqian staring at him, and he knew that he could not avoid this matter, so he could only say: "This matter concerns the prince, and I must obey his will!"

Li Chengqian's teeth were broken. This bastard, he won't even take part in this matter even to death?

"The Emperor has arrived!"

Just when he was disappointed, he saw his father walking in from outside, and he was relieved. This is because you, the old man, didn't handle things properly. It's up to you to clean up the mess!

"Meet my father!"

"Greetings to the Supreme Emperor!"

"Well, everyone, get up!"

Li Shimin took the throne as his duty, while Li Chengqian sat aside!

At this time, all the courtiers were a little surprised. They did not expect that the Supreme Emperor, who had long ignored the government affairs, came. Looking at Prince Li Xiang who was still kneeling on the ground, everyone sighed inwardly. It was useless to worry about who was coming now.

Li Shimin looked at Li Xiang, his face filled with disappointment. If he could admit defeat and exit the East Palace with dignity, his glory and wealth would be indispensable to whoever takes the throne in the future.

But if we make such a fuss today, I'm afraid it will be difficult in the future!

He glared at Ji Song who said nothing. This kid is not a good guy. Seeing Cheng Qian in such a difficult situation, he still behaves like a normal person. He is simply not a son of a man!

Of course Ji Song felt Li Shimin's gaze, but he still didn't intend to participate and continued to bow his head and remain silent!

He turned his gaze to Li Xiang and said in a deep voice: "Prince, raise your head! How can you be so humble as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty? This is not my royal man."

Li Xiang trembled and said in a trembling voice: "I don't dare!"

bang~

Li Shimin slapped the table angrily, shocking everyone. He stood up, walked to Li Xiang, and kicked him without saying a word!

"Your Majesty!"

"Shut up, everyone!" Li Shimin looked around. Everyone who met his eyes shut down and suppressed their words of advice!

Although this person has abdicated, as long as this person speaks, who dares not to listen? Didn't you see that the veterans were already glaring at them?

Looking at the embarrassed Li Xiang, Li Shimin angrily shouted: "I will give you another chance to say what you just said again!"

Li Xiang's heart was filled with fear at this time, his body was shaking like chaff, he was trembling for a long time, and he couldn't say a complete sentence!

"Ah~"

Now not only Li Shimin and Li Chengqian were disappointed, but even the court officials were full of disappointment. The ministers who had just begged for mercy also slowly retreated. The great Tang Dynasty actually had such a prince!

"You have disappointed me and your father so much. You are just a mere woman, but you have made me so decadent. The Tang Dynasty is so powerful that you are so irresponsible. As the crown prince, you are so irresponsible. That being the case."

He glanced at Li Xiang indifferently and said slowly: "Then I will help you!"

"Emperor, I'm going to take over for you today. Do you have any objections?"

Li Chengqian said quickly: "No matter what your father said, no matter what decision your father makes, I will definitely support it!"

"That's good!"

He looked at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and said: "You have also seen that Li Xiang, as the crown prince, has no responsibility. How can he carry the glorious Tang Dynasty under such a rule?"

"today!"

"I, Gan Gang, have made my own decision. I have removed my eldest grandson Li Xiang from the position of Crown Prince and demoted him to the King of Hengshan. I will set off to fief the land today. Without an edict, I will not be allowed to return to the capital!"

Li Chengqian struggled for a moment, then saluted and said: "My son, I will obey my father's will!"

The courtiers looked helpless. The matter had reached this point, and even the arrival of the Emperor would not help. Even the Supreme Emperor, who was living in the palace to take care of his old age, spoke. His Majesty was the first to agree. What else could they say? What else do you dare to say?

"My ministers, please obey the Emperor's will!"

"No, Father, Grandpa, I am wrong, really wrong, if not."

"King Hengshan be careful!"

Changsun Wuji interrupted Li Xiang's words, stared at him and said: "King Hengshan, the imperial edict has been issued, please respect yourself! Don't lose the royal face!"

Li Xiang looked at Changsun Wuji as if he was full of disbelief, but under Changsun Wuji's gaze, he opened his mouth, and finally nodded slowly and said: "Unworthy descendant, obey the decree!"

"Come here, send King Hengshan down to rest. He will rush to the fiefdom in three days. His status will be the same as that of a prince!"

"promise!"

Soon Li Xiang was taken down, and needles could be heard in the court hall. I thought it was a normal court meeting, but who would have thought that such a shocking thing happened, that the crown prince of a country was just gone?

Just when everyone thought it was over, Li Shimin's next words surprised everyone!

"Jisong!"

"Chen is here!"

He looked at Ji Song with disappointment and said: "As the Crown Prince and Tutor, you failed to teach the Crown Prince properly. This is dereliction of duty. The Crown Prince made a mistake and failed to advise him in time. You have let me down so much!"

All civil and military officials in the court were stunned. Who is Ji Song? In the past, everyone saw the favor shown to Ji Song by the Supreme Emperor. Was he derelict in his duty? What kind of dereliction of duty is this? Who doesn't know that the reason why Ji Song was made the Crown Prince and Tutor was for His Majesty's sake?

In other words, this prince was appointed as the prince when he was still the prince, not Li Xiang.

When Ji Song heard this, he didn't make any excuses and saluted, "I know I'm guilty!"

"Well, in that case, let's exempt the prince and tutor!" Li Shimin said directly.

"Your Majesty, please accept the order and thank me!"

Just when the civil and military officials in the court were confused, Li Shimin said to the emperor: "I'll leave this place to you, I'm leaving!"

"No delivery!"

But everyone still saluted and said: "Best farewell to the Emperor!"

In the court, many people looked at Ji Song very strangely, as if they wanted to laugh but didn't dare. I didn’t expect that you, Ji Song, would be here today too? Were it not for the wrong occasion, they would have laughed.

"Okay, Ji Song stays, everyone else please leave!" Just when many people were gloating about the misfortune, Cheng Qian's words suddenly stunned them. They just thought about going back and having a good drink, and then this?

But no matter what, they looked at the expressionless Ji Song with disappointment and exited the hall, shouting in their hearts: "Your Majesty is unfair!"

Li Chengqian didn't care what they thought. When he and Ji Song were left alone, he said directly: "Let's go, come with us!"

When the two of them came to the back garden, Li Chengqian asked the others to step back and said, "You can do it. I even signaled you like that, but you still don't move? You have such a good heart, good skills, and so much patience!"

Ji Song sneered: "Hey, isn't this solved? I won't bother you!"

"You" Li Chengqian was furious, pointing at Ji Song and trembling with anger!

"Hmph, did you know this would happen?"

Ji Song was stunned and said loudly: "It's unfair. How did the minister know about this?" "

Li Chengqian said suspiciously: "Really?"

"Really, more real than real gold?" Ji Song nodded repeatedly, fearing that it would be too late!

"Oh, I didn't expect that things would reach this point. Today, I have completely understood this son, and I still want to give it a last try? Haha!" Li Chengqian smiled helplessly. This was the scene he least wanted to see, but now that it was over, he We can only try our best to save it!

"From now on, without my edict, he will never come back. I don't want anything to happen to him, do you understand?"

Of course Ji Song understood what Li Chengqian was talking about. If nothing like what happened today had happened, no matter what happened to Li Xiang, the emperor would not do anything to him in the future, and would even give him a large reward to show his magnanimity.

But when what happened today, it was clear that he was not reconciled. What did the emperor think later? Maybe a sudden death would be his final outcome!

"I understand, Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as you stick to your duties, no one will do anything to him!"

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what he meant. The premise is that Li Xiang does not rebel!

Otherwise, there is nothing anyone can do, and it is even less possible for the Ji family to gamble with everything in the family!

"Oh, I will keep an eye on him!"

The two were silent for a long time, and finally Li Chengqian broke the silence and asked, "How is Juer?"

"not bad!"

Li Chengqian heard this and said angrily: "Not bad? It's not easy to say "not bad" from your mouth!"

"Your Majesty is serious!" Ji Song did not argue!

"Well, since I and my father have entrusted him to your instruction, we won't interfere any more. As long as it doesn't go too far, you can do whatever you want!"

"Please remember this, sir. Don't feel bad when the time comes, otherwise I will send it back to His Majesty right away!"

Li Chengqian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He pointed at Ji Song and didn't know what to say. He, too, couldn't say this! ——

In the open space in the backyard of the Duke's Mansion, there are three or five tables and chairs arranged neatly. There are five children, three boys and two girls. The eldest is eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest is only seven or eight years old. They are learning to practice calligraphy with their husband.

Ji Song was sitting in the pavilion drinking tea with his father-in-law Xie Lian.

"Ziyi, your Majesty, what does this mean? Could it be?"

He looked at Li Jue. This guy had been very restless since he was sitting there, as if there was something under his butt. He had been scolded by his teacher several times!

"Don't think too much about Wuying!"

Xie Lian rolled his eyes, could he not think too much? Prince Li Xiang had just been deposed as Crown Prince and demoted to King Hengshan and moved to the fiefdom. In the blink of an eye, His Majesty sent the only second prince to the Duke of Xi's Mansion to be taught by this son-in-law. Isn't this obvious?

"Two more concubines in His Majesty's harem are pregnant!" Ji Song said.

Xie Lian was stunned and then understood what Ji Song meant!

"Are you saying that the crown prince's position will be vacant?"

"Who knows!" Ji Song did not continue the topic and said, "Why do you always have time to come to my place? You are a busy man in the Tang Dynasty now, Mr. Qilin Pavilion, tsk tsk~"

Hearing that this guy was planning on himself, Xie Lian said angrily: "It can only be Mr. Ge!"

"I finally figured it out. We shouldn't fight without fighting. We will retire in two years. We must give young people a chance!"

Xie Lian said: "Nowadays, state affairs are complicated and I am beyond my ability. I am confused about many things. I don't know what to do when I look at the local memorials. If this continues, something will happen sooner or later. Instead of waiting for His Majesty to dismiss me and lose my face, It’s better to take the initiative to retreat and gain a good reputation!”

Ji Song didn't say anything. His father-in-law seemed to be open-minded, but he was actually stubborn. It was a good thing that he could figure it out now. Originally, he could not join the cabinet due to his ability, but in order to balance the situation of the government, Li Shimin allowed him to join the cabinet to manage politics.

"Now the territory of the Tang Dynasty is so big that I am frightened. Every once in a while, new territories are merged into the Tang Dynasty. The complexity of the affairs makes me frightened!"

Ji Song understood that since the defeat of Dashi, many small countries in the West were fearful of being destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. The original war in the Western Regions left a huge shadow on them. Dozens of countries were just gone?

But there are also many small countries or tribes that have seen the power of the Tang Dynasty, and they surrender every year and become subjects of the Tang Dynasty. The imperial court was also happy to see the outcome of this matter. Not only did they allocate a lot of pasture and land to them, but they also built cities and schools in their residences, which allowed many people to see the benefits.

As a result, more tribes joined Datang.

But the imperial court is not a fool. The example of the Five Husbands messing with China is still there. How can it allow them to develop stably? Therefore, under the intervention of the imperial court, the population of all the tribes that submitted were disrupted, and many people even migrated to the Central Plains.

In order to appease the upper echelons of the tribe, local officials went to great lengths to give you all the splendor and wealth you could not imagine. All the luxuries you couldn't get were given to you. Within a few years, the man who was still mighty could even mount a horse. not going.

Moreover, both Buddhism and Taoism cooperate with each other in terms of missionary work. As for the cows, ghosts and snake gods they believe in, they have long been forgotten under the illumination of civilization.

"Ziyi, you should think of a way. It won't be a problem if things continue like this. Of course, surrendering is a good thing, but our Tang Dynasty does not lack their population now. If they are all placed at the border, something will happen sooner or later. "

Ji Song smiled when he heard this and said, "You don't have to worry about it. I have already given instructions on this matter. You will know when the time comes!"

Xie Lian was stunned, but Ji Song didn't want to say more, thinking it was something secret, so he didn't ask any more questions.

"How is he?"

Xie Lian took a sip of tea and looked at Li Juedao who was restless.

"It's not bad. My temperament still needs to be polished, but it will be fine as soon as I grow up." Ji Song's eyes flashed with satisfaction. Perhaps because his elder brother is a prince and a biological brother, no one paid much attention to this heir apparent since he was a child. I don’t have so many calculations, so I became like this now, but because of this, my personality is much more cheerful.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a skinny monkey, but in his opinion, this is what a child should be like.

Besides, he remembered that this boy would have a lot of achievements in the future. After being the deposed prince, he actually managed to become the third-in-command of Ezhou. You must know that he has an elder brother. To do that under such circumstances can be regarded as a skill.

After his death, he was posthumously named the Governor of Qingzhou, Zong Zhengqing. If he hadn't had some ability, how would Zong Zhengqing have given him the posthumous title? That was the head of the royal family, and he was also his elder brother.

And there are no bad deeds. Now is the time when his plasticity is at its highest. He is confident that he will not be too bad in the future. As for that position, let it be! (End of chapter)