Ambition is sometimes like a seed, usually buried deep in the heart and no one can see it.
However, once it has the right amount of sunlight and moisture.
The ambition hidden deep in the ground will immediately burst out of the ground and grow into a towering tree in an instant.
Li Shimin didn't know when he had this idea.
From the first time you tasted the sweetness of power?
Or maybe Xiao Han once said intentionally or unintentionally, "Can he replace it?"
Or maybe I am not a person willing to settle for the status quo!
After returning from Wang Yuan's place, Li Shimin was silent for a whole night.
But starting from the next day, orders for personnel changes were issued one after another from his hands.
Along with these commands.
Cheng Yaojin, Qin Shubao, and Xue Tsao went to Shandong.
Luo Shixin, Du Ruhui, and Fang Xuanling went to Hebei.
Chai Shao went to Yangquan.
Others, such as Liu Hongji and Duan Zhixuan, also left Luoyang within a few days and traveled to all directions.
For a time, only Li Shimin, Xiao Han, and Yuchi Gong were the only ones left in the huge city of Luoyang.
Xiao Han also wants to go to Shandong, after all, that's where he lived in his last life.
Revisiting an old place, especially a place that has been separated for thousands of years, has great appeal to everyone.
But unfortunately, when I went to tell Li Shimin about this, I was rejected by him.
And Xiao Lizi clearly told Xiao Han that he didn't want to go anywhere these days, so he just stayed here obediently, preparing to go back to the muddy pond in Chang'an with him.
"Otherwise, I will stay in Luoyang, and you can go back to Chang'an by yourself. I don't want those rewards, I will give them all to you!"
Looking at Li Shimin with pitiful eyes, Xiao Han really didn't want to go back to Chang'an now, not at all!
Li Shimin sat in his seat, reading the letter from Chang'an without raising his eyelids, as if Xiao Han, who had been chatting all morning, was nothing more than a ball of air.
"Hey, are you deaf? Do you hear me talking to you?"
When Xiao Han saw Li Shimin pretending not to hear, he immediately raised his voice!
Now, not only Li Shimin heard it, but even the guards outside the door heard it clearly.
The two tall and thick men at the door looked at each other and were hesitating whether to go in or not. When they were about to chop this madman who dared to speak rudely to the King of Qin into dumplings, Li Shimin inside gave a wry smile:
"Keep your voice down! I wasn't deaf just now, but I'm almost deaf now."
Xiao Han glared at Li Shimin, sat down opposite him and said, "Then I won't go back, okay?!"
"No!" Li Shimin answered neatly.
Xiao Han looked at him in surprise and asked, "Why? Why can Cheng Yaojin and the others not go back, but I can't?"
Li Shimin put down the letter, glanced at Xiao Han opposite, and asked: "Then why don't you want to go back to Chang'an? Don't you want to go home and see Xue Pan after being out for so long?"
Hearing Li Shimin mention Xue Pan, Xiao Han couldn't help sniffing, and said a little discouraged: "Of course I want to go home! But now, those bastards have all run away, and I am the only one left to go back with you! By then, those who followed If you don't deal with it and are jealous, why don't you skin me and eat my flesh?"
Li Shimin chuckled, reached out and knocked on the table and said, "Didn't we agree in advance? You will beat up anyone who messes with you!"
"But, what if your elder brother provokes me?" Xiao Han stood up and asked angrily!
Li Shimin bared his teeth and smiled: "I'll beat you up!"
"Okay! That's what you said!" Xiao Han gritted his teeth and glanced at Li Shimin, finally stopped talking nonsense, turned around and walked out of the room.
Outside, the sun was shining brightly.
But Xiao Han's heart became desolate little by little for some unknown reason.
Looking back at the door that was closed again by the guard, Xiao Han finally let out a long sigh:
"Have those letters finally wiped away the last bit of family affection in Xiao Lizi's heart? Li Jiancheng, you are too anxious..."
There have been more and more letters coming from Chang'an recently.
Especially after knowing that Li Shimin had separated all his subordinates.
Menxia Sheng, Zhongshu Sheng, and Shangshu Sheng, who were in charge of the central government, went crazy. They urged Li Shimin to go back to receive his merits with several excuses a day.
These excerpts are all beautifully written, and they want to use the most beautiful language in the world to praise Li Shimin and praise his unparalleled achievements this time.
Moreover, at the end of each letter, they will write how they are waiting eagerly in Chang'an and how they are preparing to express their most sincere gratitude to Li Shimin.
However, everyone here knows.
It is a lie that they want Li Shimin to go back and receive the merit, but it is true that they move him away from Luoyang!
Because as long as Li Shimin was in Luoyang, officials from the three provinces and six ministries would not dare to cross Luoyang!
Only Li Shimin left.
Luoyang, as well as the large territory east and north of Luoyang, can fall into their hands and be controlled by them.
In a country, the prince's energy is too great!
Especially for a scheming prince like Li Jiancheng, as long as he wants to, countless officials will immediately fall in favor of him.
Within a few months of Li Shimin's expedition, more than half of the officials in the other three provinces and six ministries had surrendered to the prince, except for Changsun Wuji and a few other diehards.
Since then, Li Shimin has been completely at a disadvantage among the civil servants.
Spring is glorious and autumn is killing.
This is a principle that has remained unchanged in nature for thousands of years.
However, this year is somewhat different from before.
During this period after autumn, those high-ranking figures in the past fell down one after another.
Shan Xiongxin fought his last and died in Mangshan.
At the end of his life, his fame was reduced to a small tomb, sitting alone on Mang Mountain, overlooking Luoyang, which he had guarded for a long time.
Dou Jiande was sent to Chang'an by Li Shimin. Less than three days after arriving in Chang'an, he was hanged on Zhuque Street. His body was abandoned in the wilderness and his whereabouts disappeared.
As for Wang Shichong, because he received Li Shimin's promise, he was immediately appointed to Shuzhong by Li Yuan after going to Chang'an.
However, it was just as Shan Xiongxin had predicted in tears.
He was already on his way before he came!
Lonely Xiude, who had a grudge against Wang Shichong for killing his father, after inquiring about Wang Shichong's information, used Li Yuan's name to trick Wang Shichong into going out and hacked him to death without saying a word.
His head was carried through the city by Lonely Xiude and was only dropped in front of his father's grave.
After hearing this, Li Yuan Longyan was furious and wanted to kill Lonely Xiude to set the record straight!
But later, he was stopped by Li Jiancheng on the grounds of "avenging his father and being a model of benevolence and filial piety", so he just dismissed him from office without even removing his title.
In this way, not only Lonely Xiude was grateful to Li Jiancheng, but even some pedantic "virtuous people" were full of praise for His Royal Highness, thinking that he was the wisest prince.
As for Li Shimin, who defeated two countries a few days ago?
It is enough to be an invincible general who can expand the territory with peace of mind!
