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Chapter 753 Brothers Rivalry (Part [-])
As night fell in Chang'an, after the street drum sounded in five waves and [-] times, there were no pedestrians on the most prosperous Zhuque Street in Chang'an, only Wuhou, who patrolled the city, was still patrolling the street.Right now, the Tang Dynasty has just experienced war, and the string that collapsed on the court has not yet been loosened, and they are all in a state of battle.

At this time, if someone violated the curfew, he would be beaten to death by Marquis Wu as a spy in the street. If he did not die, he would not escape torture.

Therefore, the streets were completely silent, the gates of the workshops were also tightly closed, and only the inside of the workshops in Chang'an City was mostly dark.The only places where the lights are on are those near the imperial city, such as Chongrenfang and Pingkangfang. .

Speaking of Chongrenfang and Pingkangfang, they are both famous places in Chang’an. Chongrenfang is mostly the residences of officials from various states in the capital. The residences are used to work after the residences. In layman's terms, it is today's Beijing Office.In addition to the residence, there are countless hostels in Chongrenfang. If foreigners come to Chang'an and have nowhere to go, they usually choose the hostels in Chongrenfang to stay.

As for Pingkangfang, although there are quite a few inns, the most famous one is the local brothel Chuguan.At night, the prostitutes and celebrities from Chang'an and the young men from Kyoto gather here.

Among them, Qinlou in Pingkangfang is also very famous. The so-called Qinlou used the allusion that Qin Mugong's daughter Nongyu played the flute upstairs.The girls in Qin Lou are all good at playing musical instruments, which is worthy of their name.

Now in a private room in the Qin Tower, Prince Li Jiancheng and King Qi Li Yuanji are sitting opposite each other. Outside the curtain is a nobleman playing a pipa. His melodious and melodious singing is very intoxicating.

But Li Jiancheng was not in the mood to listen to the singing at the moment, he stopped drinking, as if thinking about something, his face was uncertain.

Li Yuanji knew that Li Jiancheng was in a bad mood at the moment, so he comforted him and said: "Prince, now that you are in Pingkangfang, you are looking for romance, so let's let go of the court affairs."

Li Jiancheng raised his head to look at Li Yuanji and said, "How can Gu feel relieved? What is the purpose of King Qin's continuous visits to several prime ministers today?"

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Prince, there are many rumors that Chang'an is not good for King Qin at the moment. What do you think King Qin can do now? I heard that when he visited Pei Ji, he almost cried bitterly. Second brother, today you are in such an embarrassing situation."

Li Jiancheng leaned forward to look at Li Yuanji and asked, "Fourth brother, this rumor spread all over Chang'an overnight, I think someone must have done it!"

Seeing Li Jiancheng's question, Li Yuanji said with an unnatural expression: "His Royal Highness, you still have to guess. Of course Li Chongjiu messed up, but I think this rumor is definitely not groundless. You see, the second brother is begging for help everywhere now, isn't it?" Pretend to be pitiful, prince, you can't be soft-hearted and let go of this opportunity to beat the dog in the water."

Li Jiancheng sneered and said, "It's not the king of Qin who is asking alone, but you. Are you really not cheating in secret, and then pushing the matter to Zhao Guoxizuo?"

Seeing Li Jiancheng asking this question, Li Yuanji wondered when his elder brother heard something.Li Yuanji said immediately: "Prince, what are you talking about? I didn't do this to help you consolidate the reserve position of the Eastern Palace. It's good for me."
Hearing what Li Yuanji said, Li Jiancheng sat up straight and said, "Okay, you don't deny it, it's true. It seems that this is definitely not because Zhao Guoxi made trouble in it. Fourth brother, You are too conspicuous in what you do, and I have heard of it, do you think the father will not know? Let it go for a while, let's stop for a while."

"Yes," Li Yuanji reluctantly agreed and then continued, "His Royal Highness, this time Heyang was defeated. Although the father let Qu Tutong take the blame, he was actually very disappointed with us. Although he was saved, I have not seen him for several days. If you don't take advantage of this time to suppress King Qin, let him make a comeback, and regain favor in front of Emperor Father, it will be a big threat to you."

Li Jiancheng said: "What are you talking about? In all fairness, before the Battle of Heyang, Gu thought King Qin was the greatest enemy of Gu, but now after the Battle of Heyang, Li Chongjiu is Gu, and also the greatest enemy of my Tang Dynasty. Gu wants to persuade you Put away the previous set as soon as possible, now we have to take care of the overall situation, stop intrigue, let the second brother regain the military power, let him."

Li Yuanji seemed to be taught, but he thought that if the crown prince stopped targeting the King of Qin, and with Li Jiancheng's temperament of looking forward when employing people and not looking backward when not using others, then his status in Li Jiancheng's eyes would inevitably decline.Li Yuanji knew that he was not liked by Li Yuan from birth, and that his power and status today was all obtained by clinging to Li Jiancheng, how could he be willing to go back to the past.

Li Yuanji thought for a while and said: "The prince is right, but I don't think it is necessary to use King Qin to fight?"

"How do you say that?"

Li Yuanji said: "You can see that King Qin is brave and good at fighting because the Tiance Mansion has gathered a group of talents, among them Wu Youchang Sun Wuji, Hou Junji, Cheng Zhijie, Zhang Liang, Duan Zhixuan, Wen Youfang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xue Shou , Yu Zhining and others, if we use these talents for our own use, not only will King Qin lose his minions, but we will also have a large number of talents, and when we appoint a capable general, are we afraid that we will not be able to defeat the Zhao people?"

Li Jiancheng was moved when he heard the words, but said: "The people in Tiance Mansion are loyal to King Qin, if they suddenly poach the corner of King Qin's wall, I'm afraid they will anger him. What if he jumps over the wall in a hurry and refuses to break up with me? ?”

Li Yuanji said anxiously: "His Royal Highness, if you continue to make concessions like this, the King of Qin will continue to make progress. You have forgotten that last month you sent Yang Wengan to take charge of the administration of Yongzhou, but Li Shimin elected his uncle Gao Shilian. As Yongzhou Zhizhong, we sent people to discuss it. The officials of the Ministry of Officials said that the King of Qin was the minister, and of course he had to listen to his orders. Gao Shilian must be let out of the town of Yongzhou. Keep it in your eyes."
Thinking of this hatred, Li Jiancheng got up in a hurry and scattered the wine and vegetables on the table all over the floor. The nobles outside the curtain were shocked when they heard the movement inside the curtain. Down.

Li Jiancheng waved his hand, signaling the Qing officials to continue playing, and he said to Li Yuanji through gritted teeth: "The officials of the Ministry of Officials, it's not a day or two, and there is still a governor in Qingzhou, so I decided to recommend Yang Wengan to celebrate." He is serving as an old minister in the state, and he must not be treated lightly."

"The folk customs in Qingzhou are tough, I'm afraid it's not as easy as Yongzhou."

Li Jiancheng said: "It is the strong folk customs in Qingzhou, so I have the heart to let Yang Wenqian go to Qingzhou to recruit brave people who dare to die, and enrich the guards of the East Palace! If Yang Wengan can't hold on to the situation alone, I will send Zhu Huan and Qiao Gongshan again The two of them will go to Gyeongju to help him."

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "His Royal Highness is very careful, Yang Wenqian went to Qingzhou, and Duan Dechao also took care of him."

When Duan Dechao was mentioned, a smile appeared on Li Jiancheng's face. Duan Decao, the general manager of Yanzhou, was one of Li Jiancheng's few trusted generals in the army.Duan Decao was also very competitive, and won many battles with Liang Shidu.

Turks are now in civil strife, and Turks are on the verge of rebellion and independence in the east.Li Yuan also didn't need to act in the face of the Turks like the gang in the past. Now that Li Yuan has transferred the Sima of Liu Lanxia Prefecture's Governor's Mansion, he has great plans to attack Liang Shidu first, eradicate the border troubles, and fight Zhao Guoteng again.

"As for the talents of the Tiance Mansion you mentioned, they work for us. I just feel that they can be used. Those who can be recruited will be recruited. Those who cannot be recruited will find an excuse to transfer them out of Chang'an."

Seeing that Li Jiancheng had finally made up his mind, Li Yuanji was overjoyed and immediately bowed down and said, "Your Highness the Prince is wise!"

Li Jiancheng nodded, but there was no joy on his face.

The two drank a few more glasses, and Li Jiancheng left immediately. As a prince, it would be bad if he didn't return to the East Palace at night.So Li Jiancheng left overnight, while Li Yuanji didn't care so much, and continued to stay in Qinlou to enjoy singing and drinking.

The guard Yu Wenbao came upstairs and said to Li Yuanji: "Your Highness, what's the matter in the future?"

Li Yuanji said: "Are you familiar with Yang Wenqian?"

Yu Wenbao said: "We have contacts on weekdays, but the friendship is not deep. But the elder brother of the last general is very close to him."

After hearing this, Li Yuanji asked, "Is your elder brother the Secretary of Agriculture Yu Wenying?"

"Exactly."

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "The crown prince just sent Yang Wenqian to Qingzhou, I don't know the intention of the crown prince's move, but in case there are changes in Chang'an in the future, Yang Wenqian in Qingzhou and Duan Decao in Yanzhou are the crown prince's back roads, and they are also mine. On the back road, I will send you to contact Yang Wenqian, you must make good friends with him through your brother's relationship, and there is also Guo Zihe, the governor of Yunzhou, I have an old kindness to this person, and he knows what to do."

Yu Wenbao immediately said: "No."

Li Yuanji picked up the wine glass on the table and handed it to Yu Wenbao, saying: "After drinking this glass of wine, leave for Yunzhou overnight!"

After Yu Wenbao left, Li Yuanji narrowed his eyes slightly, and made plans in his heart for a while, then got up from the mat and walked out of the curtain, the Qing servants saw Li Yuanji walking out and bowed down: "Congratulations to the officer."

Li Yuanji smiled slightly and said, "There's no need to send it off, just follow me back home!"

The nobleman raised his head and said hastily: "Your Highness, the slave's family is not selling themselves."

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "The only thing you want is to sell your art but not your body!"

Looking at the sun and the Wuji Palace, hundreds of officials gathered in the palace.In the early morning, a series of more than a dozen memorials were written, all of which were about the soaring food prices in Chang'an and the suffering of the people.

Li Yuan sat in the hall, frowning, the discussions of the officials below really bored him.

At that moment Li Yuan couldn't bear it anymore and said: "After all, it's nothing more than cracking down on grain hoarders, opening warehouses to release grain, and losing grain from various places. These are just repeating old tunes. If you have no other ideas, you can Stop talking about it."

Seeing Li Yuan speak so harshly, all the ministers dare not speak at the moment.Since Luoyang was occupied by Zhao, the price of food in Chang'an has been getting higher day by day, and now it has become a pain in Li Tangshang's heart.With Li Tang's national strength, even if he failed to attack Heyang this time, it did not touch his bones.But Chang'an's growing weakness is the root cause of the damage to Datang.

The next official said: "Your Majesty, the population and wealth of Tang Dynasty are concentrated in Guanzhong, and most of the population and wealth of Guanzhong are concentrated in Chang'an. Troubled, the only thing is to move the capital."

As soon as this courtier said this, there was a lot of discussion in the hall.

Li Yuan still frowned and said: "The idea of ​​moving the capital is not new. If you want to move the capital, where will it be moved? Although my Tang Dynasty is vast, where can it surpass Chang'an?"

The courtier said: "Your Majesty, it's better to consider the land in the north of Jingbei and the west of Henan. It's good to see Fanzhou and Dengzhou in my humble opinion."

After hearing this, Li Yuan didn't say anything, but asked several ministers for their opinions, some of them said yes, and some were against it.Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin and asked, "What do you think, King Qin?"

Seeing Li Yuan asking himself, Li Shimin thought that he was in a place of suspicion and it was inconvenient to make any comments, so he immediately said: "I don't have any opinions."
Li Jiancheng said, "His Royal Highness Qin Wang, the matter of moving the capital is a serious matter. As the Qin Wang, you are also the three princes of the dynasty, and you are a dignified minister. How can you say that you have no opinion?"

Facing Li Jiancheng's blatant provocation, Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Jiancheng with a cold light in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)