Chastity Layman

  Chapter 116 Resigned in danger

  Because Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong's confidant generals were not in Chang'an, and the leader of the army was away, Li Shimin also specially asked the other two confidants Zhang Liang and Liu Shili to temporarily inspect the two guards and leave them in the hands of his confidants.

   After the discussion reached the end, Li Shimin summoned Hou Junji and Qin Lang to leave to explain something else.

  Hou Junji led the Baiqi to guard the safety of the emperor in the Taiji Palace, while Qin Lang led the Luben Army to be responsible for the safety of the Crown Princess and Zhongshan Wang Chengqian.

Qin Lang glanced at Hou Junji, this guy was ordered to bring the dead into the Palace of Longevity during the Xuanwu Gate last time, and put Li Yuan under house arrest. Now Li Shimin still asks him to take a hundred riders to 'guard the emperor'. It seems I was worried about what the emperor thought at this critical moment.

   As for him being assigned to protect the eldest grandson and Chengqian, it is estimated that he rescued the Qin Palace in Hongyi Palace during the last Xuanwu Gate change, and secondly, he is now the son-in-law of the East Palace, and the relationship is closer.

  Hou Junji also glanced at Qin Lang, and then said to Li Shimin directly in front of him, "Your Highness, I think that at this moment, there is one thing that is more urgent, and we can't wait any longer."

"What's up?"

   "Let His Majesty abdicate as the Supreme Emperor, and let His Highness ascend the throne." Hou Junji said bluntly.

  Li Shimin was taken aback.

"Your Highness, now that the Turkic soldiers are approaching the city of Chang'an, I'm afraid some people will think of something wrong. Instead of being on guard day and night, it's better to ask His Majesty to pass the throne to His Highness. In this way, Your Highness will ascend to the position of Great Treasure. , it will completely block those people's delusions, and it will also allow the government and the people to unite and resist the Turks more wholeheartedly. Otherwise, if Jieli Khan's troops approach the city of Chang'an at that time and play some bad banners, we will Dilemma, Your Highness, please think twice!"

  Since the success of Xuanwu Gate on the fourth day of June, almost two months have passed in the blink of an eye. Li Shimin has been busy these days, and there was also a rebellion incident between Li Yuan and Wang Junkuo.

  But the situation has finally been stabilized. If there is no Xieli invasion, the original plan of Li Shimin and his confidants is to take the throne on the first day of the first month of next year.

   Now that Hou Junji brought up this matter at this time, Li Shimin was surprised, but he was also very satisfied. Hou Junji was indeed his confidant, and he was able to worry about these issues for him.

  Li Shimin raised his eyelids and looked at Qin Lang.

  It turned out that this son-in-law actually looked at his nose, nose, nose, and heart like an old monk in meditation.

  This kid, when he tried to persuade himself to strike first, he jumped up and down, why is he so calm now?

   "Huailiang?"

   "Your Highness?"

   "What do you think of Jun Ji's words?"

   "What did General Hou say? Just now, I was distracted and didn't hear clearly."

   Li Shimin glared at him.

Hou Junji directly said the words again, Qin Lang pretended to be deep in thought, and said after a while, "Your Highness, I think that if the matter of passing on the throne can be brought up by His Majesty the Emperor, then His Highness the Crown Prince will discuss it again." After a few excuses, and finally having no choice but to accept orders in the face of danger, this is the most appropriate."

   Li Shimin was startled for a moment.

  Hou Junji was also taken aback for a moment.

The two of them thought about it for a while, only to realize that what Qin Lang said was very reasonable. If the emperor offered to pass on the crown prince, and the crown prince refused again and again, then in this way, it would be able to show the people all over the world that the crown prince is not that greedy. A person who seizes power.

   It can even reflect the kindness of the father and the filial piety of the son.

  The end is a stroke of God, a brilliant strategy.

  Li Shimin clapped his hands involuntarily and praised, "Okay, since you, Saburo, proposed this matter, then it's better for you to find a way to let His Majesty take the initiative to propose the succession."

  Qin Lang immediately wished he could slap himself a dozen big mouths, it's okay to be so blind, and take such a task for himself.

  Persuade Li Yuan to abdicate voluntarily, is this task so easy to complete?

   "Your Highness, General Hou is about to protect His Majesty, why not let General Hou take care of this matter."

   But Li Shimin said, "This matter is not suitable for Junji. You are also His Majesty's grandson-in-law now, and you haven't visited His Majesty yet. Just take Chang Le to meet His Majesty, and then handle this matter."

  Qin Lang had a bitter face, "Your Highness, I am a small talker, so I think some prime ministers should be invited to deal with such a big matter?"

  But Li Shimin said, "It's better not to make this matter too exciting and mobilize the crowd, and don't push things around, just hurry up."

   Seeing this, Qin Lang could only nod helplessly in response.

   "The minister will try."

   "The situation is urgent. If this can be done before the war, it will help the situation, understand?"

   "Huailiang, Gu admires Ma Zhou in your Zhenfu Division. He is a talent. I plan to transfer him away. Do you have any objection?" Li Shimin suddenly changed the subject.

Qin Lang didn't expect this, but it wasn't surprising. After all, although Ma Zhou never met him in history, he met Chang He, the general of Zhonglang, who was a guest at Chang He's mansion. In other words, Chang He's boss didn't understand these things, so Ma Zhou wrote an article for him and put in dozens of suggestions. , Called Chang He to inquire, Chang He was also a bachelor, and bluntly said that it was written by his disciples on his behalf.

  So Li Shimin summoned Ma Zhou, and after a long talk with him, he immediately awarded Ma Zhou an official position. After that, Ma Zhou made steady progress, and finally achieved the post of prime minister. Unfortunately, he died early because of diabetes.

  Thinking of this, Qin Lang made a note in his mind that it seemed that he had to find an opportunity to persuade Ma Zhou to drink less alcohol in the future, otherwise he would die young if he got diabetes, enjoyed drinking and was busy with work.

"There is also Wei Zheng, he accompanied you to Hebei this time, and he performed very well. A talent like Wei Zheng was wronged when he was placed in the governor's office. The secretary supervises and participates in the government."

   Now Qin Lang was really surprised.

  Prince Prince Zhan Shizhu is only a junior official of the seventh rank, but the secretary supervisor is from the third rank, and is the chief of the secretary province. Even if Wei Zheng is allowed to be a high-ranking post at a low rank, there is too much difference. What's more, Li Shimin actually wanted to give Secretary Wei Zheng a title of participating in the government.

   This thing is incredible, it is equivalent to attending the Standing Committee, almost equivalent to half a prime minister.

  The former crown prince Zhongyun Wanggui is now just a fifth-rank advising doctor, why give Wei Zheng, the former prince Xianma, such a rocket-like promotion?

   "His Royal Highness, Wei Zheng's trip to Hebei has improved his merits by two levels, but now he is only at the seventh rank, so it is not appropriate to be a secretary supervisor?" Qin Lang said in a low voice.

   "Didn't I hear that you have a good relationship with Wei Zheng, and you also partnered in brewing wine to run a wine shop, why don't you want him to be promoted now?"

   "That's not true. Wei Zheng is indeed capable and upright, but I'm afraid His Highness will promote him too quickly, which will cause others to criticize and envy him, but it will have a bad influence on him."

   Li Shimin laughed.

   "I'm not afraid of being alone. Wei Zheng has nothing to be afraid of. Even if everyone is jealous of him, it doesn't matter. He just needs to do his job well."

  Qin Lang heard it in his heart, **** it, Li Shimin is really ruthless, so Wei Zheng really can only be a lonely minister in the future.

  He silently said to Wei Zheng, take care of yourself, old Wei.

  Out of the Xiande Hall, Qin Lang was ordered to go to the Lizheng Hall to meet the eldest grandson Crown Princess, Li Lizhi, the Princess of Changle, had been waiting for Qin Lang by his mother for a long time.

   "Brother Sanlang, did you bring a gift for Lizhi?" Chang Le asked with a smile.

  Qin Lang took out a brocade box from his body and handed it over.

   "I found something in Youzhou, and specially designed an ornament for it. I hired a famous master in Luoyang to make it, and it was specially prepared for the princess."

   Li Lizhi was very happy to hear that.

   "It turns out that brother Sanlang really prepared a gift for Lizhi, and he still puts so much effort into it. What is it?"

  She jumped over, happily reached out to take the brocade box, and couldn't wait to open it.

   "Wow, it's a ring."

The eldest grandson Crown Princess also looked curiously, but saw that there was a ring in the opened brocade box, a ring made of gold, and a black pearl was inlaid on it. Rings are different.

  How to be courteous, pointing around a pair of silver.

   Presenting a ring to a beloved girl has long existed in ancient times, and there are even many records in many poems handed down from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

  In the Tang Dynasty, rings were called rings, and they were also tokens of love, so unengaged girls could not wear rings. In the Sui Dynasty, a girl named Ding Liuniang wrote a poem about showing her slender hands, from Lang Suo's ring, which is what she said.

   Although the ring is small, it represents beautiful love in the hearts of those girls.

  This unique black pearl ring was so unique, Li Lizhi liked it very much, and immediately asked Qin Lang to wear it for her.

   "Saburo help me put it on!"

  Qin Lang smiled and took the black pearl ring, and put it on for Li Lizhi himself.

   "Wow, it's just right, brother Sanlang, it's so good."

   "I specifically told the craftsman to order it according to the size of your finger, so it will naturally fit."

   "How does brother Sanlang know the size of my fingers?"

   "I made a note last time we hooked up."

   "Wow, Brother Sanlang is so caring." The little girl smiled like a flower.

Princess Changsun looked at Qin Lang's tenderness towards her daughter, and felt very warm in her heart. She lowered her head to look at her left hand. There was also a gold ring on her ring finger, and there was a ruby ​​inlaid on the ring. This ring was exactly It was a gift from her husband when he first got engaged.

  Over the years, her husband has given her countless gifts and all kinds of jewelry, many of which are more gorgeous than this one, but she still wears this ring all the time.

  I will wear it for the rest of my life, until the last day of my life, and finally take it to the underworld, she thought.

   "Princess, when I saw this black pearl in Youzhou, I felt that it was so similar to you, equally beautiful, and equally unique."

  After coaxing Lizhi to be extremely happy, Qin Lang proposed to the eldest grandson concubine that the crown prince asked him to take Lizhi to Taiji Palace to meet the emperor.

  The eldest grandson thought for a while, "Let me take you there!"

  She was worried that the Supreme Emperor would embarrass Qin Lang.

  (end of this chapter)