Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

When compared with Li Tai's low-pitched face like a dog at the moment, Li Shimin felt that his previous remarks praising Li Tai and publicly expressing his love for Li Tai many times turned into a face-slapping irony!

So now Li Shimin only felt dizzy, and the roar just now seemed to temporarily use up all his strength.

In the past, there was a prime minister who persuaded and pressured him, and then Li Tai revealed his true form. Under the combination of various factors, Li Shimin finally made a formal decision.

"I will pass on my will again... The third prince, Li Tai, has seriously damaged the prestige of the royal family in public. He is now expelled from Chang'an and relegated to Yongzhou to serve!"

In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Li Tai was appointed as the pastor of Yongzhou, but he never went to serve as the pastor of Yongzhou, and now Li Shimin just used this excuse to throw him out.

The current situation is similar to Li You's previous plan to go to Youzhou by Li Tai and Li Yuan, but everyone knows very well that the outcome of the two will never be the same.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu was talented and resourceful, but Li Tai's intelligence and cleverness seemed to be nothing more than worth mentioning.

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Therefore, it is impossible for the second development miracle of Youzhou to appear again in the world, nor is there a second national war confrontation that requires someone to return to Chang'an to turn the tide!

Besides, taking [-] steps back... At the beginning of the battle with the Tubo envoys, Li Taina returned with a disastrous defeat. Compared with His Royal Highness the King of Chu who has won consecutive battles, it is a world of difference!

So even if there is such a situation, all the problems can be solved only by His Royal Highness the King of Chu. How can you, Li Tai, dare to say that he can follow His Royal Highness to turn the tide?

- Are you worthy?

After listening to Li Shimin's words, Li Tai stopped crying and slumped on the ground.

Now his throne is gone, and there is only the position of the pastor of Yongzhou; his subordinates have also become poor and white, and they have been completely emptied together with his supporters; he himself has been demoted to Yongzhou, and staying away from Chang'an is like a distribution. !

It can be said that anyone who looks at it will know that the Yuewang faction has completely disappeared, because from this moment on, the possibility of Li Tai competing for the throne is infinitely close to zero!

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Li Shimin was speechless, looking at Li Tai like this, he couldn't bear to turn his head away.

In the end, Li Shimin still couldn't let go of his past love, otherwise he wouldn't be considered a lover, but Li Shimin understood that he had to do it now, otherwise Li You would never give up!

Unless Li Shimin can find out that Li You has indeed instigated the important ministers to promote this matter, but since Li You has been planning for a long time, how could such a flaw occur?

He was absolutely sure that Li Shimin couldn't find it at all!

Chapter 678 The Strongest Victory

The reason why Li You is so reckless and not afraid of Li Shimin's investigation is because he has never done anything to incite important officials!

Since they didn't do it, no matter how you checked it, naturally there was no sign of it.

The reason why Li You did nothing but still dared to set up a situation was because Li You was very sure - even without his help, things would definitely develop to this point!

So Li You doesn't need to do anything at all. This kind of unpredictable prophet is one of his biggest advantages as a traveler.

In history, Li Tai was very unpopular. Except for the ministers and officials sent by the King of Yue, the other important civil servants and military generals had impeached him.

In the end, the reason was that Li Tai received too much favor from Li's "[-]" Shimin, so he was repeatedly criticized and impeached by the ministers.

First of all, when Li Tai was born, Li Shimin had not yet ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. As the second son of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, his future title was originally only the county king of the first grade, but Li Tai was named the king of Wei of the first grade. , not from the First Rank's Siwei King!

Later, when Li Tai served as the governor of Yangzhou, he also took the post of Zuo Wuhou as a general, and was also named the governor of Kunzhou and the five governors of Xia, Sheng, Beifu, Beining, and Beikai, and was chartered by Li Shimin. No official!"

This is only what happened in Zhenguan nine years ago. Li You knows that next year, Li Tai will not only lead the governor of Xiangzhou, the governor, Wei, Li, Wei, Ming, Xing, and Bei in the military, but also be subordinated by Li Shimin. Zhao wanted him to move into the Hall of Wude.

You must know that the Wude Palace is a palace very close to the East Palace. Wei Zheng once said that "this Wude Palace is near the storage Houyan" and "to the west of the East Palace", which shows the importance of its geographical location.

What's more, Li Yuanji lived in the Wude Hall to communicate with Li Jiancheng. Later, Li Shimin also served in the Wude Hall at the beginning of his ascension. This shows how important and sensitive the Wude Hall is!

Under such circumstances, the civil and military officials headed by Wei Zheng, of course, are increasingly targeting Li Tai, and the contradiction between the two parties has gradually deepened. 's advice.

This led to some people making small reports to Li Shimin in the future, saying that those ministers above the third rank in the court, such as Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling, did not respect Li Tai enough. How much of the same hatred Li Tai is.

Especially after Li Shimin heard this statement, he immediately became furious. When he heard that his beloved son was wronged, Lei Ting said nothing in his anger, and immediately called those ministers into the palace to question them harshly. Important ministers' disgust with Li Tai!

Li Shimin's previous love for Li Tai had reached the point of overstepping the etiquette system, which of course led to Li Tai being impeached by many people.

Many of the civil and military officials who have been with him since the Sui Dynasty have a good understanding of people's hearts, so they understand Li Tai's hypocrisy, and Li Tai is deeply favored by Li Shimin. unbearable.

Because Li Tai's hypocritical nature was completely seen through, when he later claimed that he would kill his son in a hundred years and pass the throne to his younger brother Li Zhi, Chu Suiliang mercilessly exposed this lie in public!

All in all, the contradiction between Li Tai and the officials and officials did not appear suddenly, but was the result of accumulation over time.

Because of this, Li You can be very sure that those important ministers in the court will not miss this great opportunity to stand with him on a united front and completely plunge Li Tai into the abyss!

This time it can be said that the two sides have the same interests. In fact, everything is as Li You expected. He doesn't even need to do any stirring or sow discord, and things will automatically develop towards the situation Li You wants.

It's just that there are various reasons for this, although Li You can think very thoroughly, but Li Shimin was blinded by his love for Li Tai, and he couldn't think of this aspect for a while.

Otherwise, Li Shimin would have known why Li You was so sure.

And taking ten thousand steps back, Li Shimin can't really investigate this matter, because all of his confidant prime ministers are involved in this matter. Once Li Shimin shows doubts about their motives for investigation, it will be a matter of monarch and ministers. A major blow to the trust relationship!

In other words, this is his beginning to shake the loyalty of his confidants. The sequelae caused by this crisis of trust are too great.

As long as he figured this out, Li Shimin would understand - Li Tai has completely lost, and there is almost no possibility of turning over!

"Let Li Tai get out, don't continue to disturb the ceremony of keeping the old age here."

Li Shimin could only narrow his eyes tiredly, and waved his hands to let the guards drag Li Tai, who was completely weak, down.

Originally on the night of New Year's Eve, according to the custom, the whole family, young and old, would get together to eat, drink and have fun without sleeping. This is a custom of "watching the new year" that has been passed down to this day, but at this time, Li Shimin asked Li Tai to be thrown out, even the New Year's Eve ceremony Can't participate!

Just seeing this scene, a trace of enlightenment appeared in the hearts of the officials and officials.