After Li Tang established the dynasty, due to the existence of Li Shimin, the imperial decrees did not come from one branch. The emperor, the East Palace, and the Tiance Mansion all had the power to issue orders. During the Shandong War last year, Prime Minister Chen Shuda strongly advised the saints to take over power.
After Li Jiancheng secretly discussed with many of his staff, he took the initiative to hand over power... To put it lightly, this was to please Li Yuan, but to put it more seriously, it was to drive a wedge between Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son.
If Li Shimin does not hand over power, he will be treated coldly by Li Yuan. Even the Prince of the East Palace is willing to do so, but you are unwilling? !
If power is handed over, the power of the Cefu lineage in the DPRK will naturally be gradually weakened... Li Shimin's foundation lies in the DPRK on the one hand, and on the local level on the other.
If power is handed over, should the power allocated by officials of Shaanxi Province and Yizhou Province be handed over to the Ministry of Civil Affairs?
What’s more, will Shaanxi Province be split up and the service stations cancelled?
Li Jiancheng was just the opposite. His foundation was not in the Prince of the East Palace himself, but in the support of Li Yuan... As long as Li Yuan did not have the desire to be a prince, the political stance of the father and son would be unified.
The old man sitting second on the left smiled and said: "Xuan Cheng's advice is good, and His Highness is benevolent and virtuous. It is the image of a monarch and his ministers helping each other."
"The Duke has given me a reward."
This is Zheng Shanguo of the Zheng family in Xingyang. He was given the title of Duke of Wude in the previous dynasty. He was famous for his integrity. During the Daye period, he ranked first in the world and had a very high reputation. In the fourth year of Wude, he joined the Tang Dynasty with Huai'an King Li Shentong and was given the title of Duke of Xingyang. Zuo Shuzi, the crown prince of the East Palace, is an important figure in the East Palace.
Many members of the Cui family of Qinghe served in the East Palace, and it was Zheng Shanguo who introduced them. His mother was from the Cui family of Qinghe. Wei Zheng and Cui Bo visited Shandong last year, and there were many disagreements. In April this year, Li Yuan ordered officials to be appointed to Shandong, and Li Jiancheng He recommended Zheng Shanguo to serve as Shandong's pacifying ambassador to recruit talented people for the East Palace.
Until a few days ago, Zheng Shanguo was recalled to the court and served as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was still serving as the crown prince Zuo Shuzi... This person was very senior. His direct cousin married Dugu Xin and gave birth to a daughter who was the wife of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Empress Wende. , the latter has a half-sister who gave birth to Li Yuan.
Zheng Shanguo stroked his beard and said, "His Royal Highness will inherit the imperial business and ask Xuancheng to compile history."
Li Jiancheng laughed and said: "We must take the Julu Wei family as the leader, and the Qinghe Fang family as the assistant."
Wei Zheng rarely showed a smile, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness is very magnanimous."
The "Book of Wei" of the Twenty-Four Histories was edited by Wei Shou of the Julu Wei family, who was Wei Zheng's uncle. Among the people who assisted Wei Shou, the most famous was Fang Yanyou of the Qinghe Fang family, Li Shimin's confidant. The great uncle of the staff member Fang Xuanling.
What Li Jiancheng said was unclear, but the people present were all well-educated people, so they naturally understood it immediately.
What happened in the past was an example, and it will be imitated in the future, but the premise is that Li Jiancheng can inherit the treasure and ascend the throne as emperor.
Well, although Li Jiancheng died tragically in history, "Book of Sui" was indeed edited by Wei Zheng, and Fang Xuanling was indeed among his assistants.
However, Luo Yi, who was sitting fourth on the right, was a little confused, but even though he was confused, he still said: "Although King Fangling made mistakes, his downfall was also due to Emperor Yang's conspiracy, and Yang Suzhi assisted Jie. "
After a moment of silence in the hall, everyone understood this sentence. Emperor Sui Yang was referring to the current Li Shimin.
Zheng Shanguo chuckled and asked, "Who is the Duke of Chu?"
The Duke of Chu is Yang Su. When Yang Guang seized the crown prince of the East Palace, Yang Su made great efforts.
"The world has been settled for the first time, the foundation of the country is uncertain, and the poetic talent is no more than a minor one. When recruiting heroes, Your Highness should give priority to those who are capable." Although Luo Yi spoke slowly, it was obvious that he had already prepared the draft, "Last year Liu Heitai came back to power. Sweeping through most of Hebei Province, Wei County was finally defeated, captured in Yongji, and beheaded at the Guantao County Yamen."
"Your Highness has received an urgent message. He led his troops south to regain the lost territory and joined the other armies. He saw with his own eyes and heard with his own ears that all the armies, including the King of Huaiyang, Qi Shanxing, the general manager of Xingzhou, and Cheng Mingzhen, the general manager of Luozhou, were all sincerely convinced by him. Be submissive."
Hearing this, Zheng Shanguo laughed twice but did not interrupt. Prince Zhongyun Wang Gui and Prince Renren Xu Shimo both stared at Luo Yi thoughtfully. Lu Chengji, the Prince's Renner who was sitting at the bottom, looked unhappy. He turned his head and glanced at Wei Zheng, whose face was as dark as water.
"Later, Tian Liu'an, the general manager of Weizhou, went north, and I met him in Jizhou... Duke Daoguo said personally that without Li Huairen's plan, he could only hold on to Guantao and let the Liu thieves wreak havoc..."
"The former Duke committed suicide in Guantao County... committed suicide..." Luo Yi sneered: "I heard that the King of Huaiyang happened to be released by the Turks that day."
Li Jiancheng's expression remained unchanged, but he was still under control. He just listened and looked thoughtful.
Everyone could hear that Luo Yi once again pointed the finger at Li Shan, and from a particularly tricky angle.
First of all, if it were not for Li Shan, Tian Liuan would probably have to hold on. The prince would fight in person, calmly rescue the siege, and defeat Liu Heitai on the premise that the Turks would definitely leave, thus gaining military merit.
Secondly, in the Shandong War, those who gained something, except for Luo Yi who led the Youzhou Army and finally came out to clean up the rear, the rest were all generals of the King of Qin's lineage, and even the troops of the King of Qin's Palace, Tian Liu'an and Qi Shanxing were both He was from the Liuhu Military Mansion of the Qin Prince's Mansion.
In other words, Li Shan cooperated very happily with the generals of the King of Qin's lineage. The latter made great achievements, and the former also became famous in the army.
What Li Shan did greatly weakened the reputation of Prince Li Jiancheng, and even slapped Li Jiancheng on the face.
In this case, wouldn't Li Shan join the army of King Qin?
"I heard that His Highness asked the Saint to name Yu Huchun?" Luo Yi thought for a while and added: "In regard to Princess Pingyang... the Saint regards her as his nephew and has never heard of her thanking Your Highness."
Although Luo Yi's words were a bit confusing, the meaning was very clear. Li Shan was a man of extraordinary talents, not just poetry and prose. If he had to make a choice, he would abandon the East Palace and join the King of Qin.
For such a person, Prince, your tenderness has no effect. Are you just going to watch him throw himself into Prince Qin's palace?
Since he can't win over, he can't watch him fall into the enemy's hands!
In the final analysis, Luo Yi's words refer to Qin King Li Shimin as the former Sui Dynasty Yang Guang, and Li Shan as the former Sui Dynasty Duke Yang Su.
From a certain perspective, this metaphor makes sense.
As the king of Jin at that time, Yang Guang's military achievements were far inferior to that of Qin King Li Shimin, but he once nominally led the army to destroy Chen, ending the three hundred years of division of the world since the Later Han Dynasty.
Although Li Shan is young, he is as profound as a saint like Yang Su, and he can also influence the special status of women in the royal family.
Yang Su had a lot of influence on Queen Wende back then. Now, she is Princess Pingyang who holds military power.
Luo Yi was about to add a few words, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw someone standing up suddenly.
"Today, the sages are talking about history. They are advising Your Highness to put benevolence first and recruit all the talented people." Wei Zheng's beard and hair were spread out, his voice was like a bell, "The Prince of Yan County ruined the prince's virtue because of his personal grudges. What does he want to do?!"
