Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

The rest of the people didn't know what to say. The first two still started with "What happened to who has been in the past year?" Li Xiaogong simply started with "His Royal Highness the King of Chu in the past year." How's the year going?" Begin!

Is this because he knew that all the things he reported were related to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, so he gave up the treatment very neatly or what did he mean?

"...553 Good, I got it."

Li Shimin twitched the corners of his mouth and looked at Li Ji, the newly appointed Minister of War.

Li Ji's old face was covered in cold sweat all of a sudden. He could feel His Majesty's great expectations for him, and he could also feel the great pressure after taking office—did he take office at the wrong time?If you take office after the Great Ceremony, you don't have to bear this pressure!

The joy of serving as Minister of the Ministry of War was replaced by nervousness. Li Ji understood that His Majesty wanted him to say something different, so in the past year, has the Ministry of War made any major achievements with the King of Chu? Your Highness, what's the matter?

Li Ji thought hard for a while, and finally came to a conclusion.

--No!

"Reporting to Your Majesty..." Li Ji could only say with difficulty, "In the past year, His Royal Highness the King of Chu established a division of military strategy, and wrote the "Thirty-six Strategies" shocking military book, and also invented thousands of miles. The artifact of the mirror, and successively defeated Dang Xiang Qiang and Gao Changguo, bringing victory to the Tang Dynasty..."

"..." (abci)

After listening, Li Shimin fell into silence.

In the past year, there have been too many changes in the Tang Dynasty, and these changes are always related to one person. In the debriefing of the ministers below, he will always hear the same name.

- King of Chu, Li You!

Just by listening to the debriefing once, everyone can fully understand the extent to which His Royal Highness the King of Chu has an enormous influence on the Tang Dynasty.

All of a sudden, everyone's eyes fell on Li You involuntarily!

Facing everyone's gaze, Li You smiled embarrassedly like a shy boy.

"Aiya... all of you adults are really over the top, this king just did a little bit of work. Those kinds of things, this king only understands a little..."

Li Shimin didn't know whether to feel proud or ashamed when he looked at his son, who was speechless.

It's just that there is still the biggest problem at present, that is, no matter how you look at it, the person who has made the greatest contribution in the past year is Li You, and there is no one!

So how should the reward be awarded?

Li Shimin fell into deep contemplation, and the courtiers of the Chu king's faction were also eager to move.

Why don't you just take the opportunity to propose that His Majesty make His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu!

The desire in their hearts is getting deeper and deeper, and many people have looked at each other and planned to speak together.

At this moment, Li You took a step forward calmly.

"Father, it's getting late. I think it's time for a big banquet at the State Guest House. After all, everyone is very tired."

Li You's words made everyone suffocate, especially those officials sent by the King of Chu, who all felt that His Highness the King of Chu personally blocked the conversation.

But why...?

They looked at Li You puzzled, only to find that the eyes of His Royal Highness the King of Chu were full of deep expressions.

Obviously he didn't just block them, but deliberately said so, obviously His Royal Highness King Chu has his own plan!

"Now...it's not the best time yet."

Of course Li You knows what those who are thinking of him are thinking, but now it seems that the achievements are completely enough, but Li You still thinks that the conditions are not ripe.

It is precisely because he is familiar with history that he knows Li Shimin better than anyone present, so he made such a decision.

In order for Li Shimin to really make up his mind to make him a prince, three conditions are needed. The first is that the credit is enough to make Li Shimin change his mind, and the second is that no one can compete with Li You. Li You can almost be considered satisfied with these two points.

Even in the second point, there is Li Zhi, but for Li You, apart from his identity as a direct son, the rest are not worth mentioning, but in order to ensure everything is safe, Li You still needs to wait for the third and most important condition.

——That is the current situation, which has forced Li Shimin to make Li You the crown prince!

After all these three conditions are met, Li You is the only one who can become the crown prince. It is not good to say it in advance.

As for this third condition, Li You has already considered it. After the new year, according to the situation of Datang, there will be a best opportunity for Li You to seize and use!

And Li Shimin also took a deep look at Li You. Li You's turning point was equivalent to skipping the part of rewarding him directly.

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin of course knew very well what Li You meant by doing this - he wanted to let this achievement be temporarily pressed, and then use it when needed in the future!

After all, these many credits are too great, and no one can forget and ignore them. Li Shimin must be rewarded according to his merits sooner or later.

However, under what circumstances does Li You want to use this feat?

In fact, Li Shimin already had a vague answer in his heart, but he did not curb the momentum, because he couldn't help thinking of the conversation with Li You that night on New Year's Eve.

Maybe...that's not bad? .

Chapter 687

Li Shimin was well-versed in the art of emperors, and naturally knew all the officials and officials like the back of his hand. He just realized that there were already many civil servants and generals who seemed to want to help Li You take the opportunity to rise to power.

To be honest, Li Shimin himself had this idea for a moment, but under the circumstances of Li Zhi, Li Shimin always had a hurdle in his heart that was difficult to cross.

Now that Li Zhi is the last son of him and Empress Changsun in Chang'an, Li Shimin always felt that even for the deceased Empress Changsun, he would have to give Empress Changsun an explanation and take care of his own son, Li Zhi.

However, this is only a perceptual idea. Li Shimin is also a rational emperor. Reason tells him that Li You as the prince is not sure how many times better than Li Zhi!

After all, regardless of his prestige or ability, Li You left Li Zhi so invisible~!

A very simple reason, if Li You was crowned the crown prince, it would definitely be the least resistance in the court, because most people were very convinced of Li You-.