Xiao Han hid in the fiefdom and used this rare free time to plan and design Zhuangzi's future development, paving the way bit by bit.
While he was hiding, the outside world gradually deviated from many people's expectations and became more complicated and confusing.
The cause of all this, to put it bluntly, was what happened in Qingzhou at the beginning of the year, that inexplicable rebellion that started vigorously but ended quietly.
After this period of time, the big bosses in the court have guessed from bits and pieces that this is a game based on the prince and the King of Qin.
As for poor Yang Wenqian, he is probably just a poor abandoned chess piece, with few opportunities to play.
After the incident became clear, everyone had their own thoughts when they looked at Li Yuan's handling of the incident.
Judging from the information they received, it was clear that this was Li Shimin's plan, but in the end, it turned out that each of them had fifty hits?
Does this sudden change mean that the status of King Qin has become the same as that of the prince?
Doesn’t the future master of the Tang Dynasty necessarily fall on Li Jiancheng?
After keenly discovering this, those ministers did not wait to sort out the problem.
Next, Li Shimin's actions seemed to confirm this.
In the subsequent Tang Dynasty court, Li Shimin suddenly changed from his previous reticence and began to use his power of Zhongshu Ling to criticize many large and small court affairs. In each decree, he gradually increased his weight in the court.
Of course, Li Jiancheng is not stupid either.
After seeing Li Shimin's thoughts, he no longer cared about recuperating at home, and dragged his body to go to court every day to fight for power with Li Shimin.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the prime minister system with centralized power was abolished and replaced by the three provinces and six ministries system.
Among these three provinces and six ministries, Li Shimin's Zhongshu Ling can be said to be the head of the hundred officials, and his words carry even more weight!
He could even follow the rules and refute all the emperor's inappropriate edicts, which shows his great power.
As for the prince, let alone that, he is already responsible for supervising the country, and it is even more important for him to assist the emperor in handling major affairs in the court!
So when these two positions face each other, it will be a disaster for everyone else!
Originally, after a matter was handled, no matter whether it was appropriate or not, the people below could just carry it out as usual.
But now, often after Li Shimin has dealt with it, the prince will give his approval again, come up with a completely different conclusion and then issue it again.
As a result, the government of the Tang Dynasty, which was originally running smoothly, immediately fell into chaos.
Those departments that work often look at each other with two documents in hand, not knowing how to implement them.
King Qin? Can't afford to offend! Prince? I can’t afford to offend! As for being a loser and falling on both sides? If you don’t want to be uprooted, you’d better put away this “smart” idea.
The people below complained endlessly, and things dragged on longer and longer. At the end of the day, I don’t know which smart person noticed it and said that whoever comes first will prevail! Whoever's order comes first will be obeyed.
As for those who come late, use the excuse of not obeying the previous orders and disobeying the later orders!
As soon as this method came out, those officials who were worried about losing their hair and beards breathed a sigh of relief. Anyway, as long as they had a way to do it, the above things had nothing to do with them.
The "good method" naturally spread very quickly. In just a few days, the court's efficiency doubled. Both parties worked hard to get their orders to the place as soon as possible.
In this way, the Prince's faction and Li Shimin's faction each have their own gains and losses. Strictly speaking, it is another tie!
From being temporarily at the disadvantage before to being evenly matched now, this result can be regarded as an improvement for Li Shimin! But for Li Jiancheng, it was absolutely unacceptable.
Therefore, after several ineffective protests in the court, he quietly paid attention to the people around Li Yuan. .
Li Jiancheng already seemed very familiar with doing this kind of thing.
The reason why he made Li Yuan change his view of him so quickly during the last Gyeongju incident.
First, because he made a prompt decision, he went to the palace to plead guilty as soon as he got Zhang Jieyu!
The second is relying on the concubines who have good relations with the harem, and the pillow wind that Hino blew in Li Yuan's ears.
Why is Li Jiancheng willing to use such a useful and convenient resource only once? So after he came up with this idea, he kept paying attention to Li Shimin's movements and tried to think of ways to stir up trouble.
The opportunity came soon.
One day in early February, Li Jiancheng was checking the time of the memorial and accidentally discovered that Li Shimin had specially given several hectares of fields near his home to Li Jing because of his contribution to quelling the chaos in the south.
Rewarding fields was a very simple matter in the Tang Dynasty, but when he saw the addresses of those fields, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy in his heart!
Because he suddenly remembered that Zhang Jieyu's hometown in the palace was also near that land.
And it just so happened that Zhang Jieyu had previously expressed her desire to accumulate more land for her family!
Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng sneered, took a brush and dipped it in ink, and actually awarded the piece of land to Zhang Jieyu's father first.
This doesn't seem like a big deal.
It's nothing more than some farm matters, and it only costs a few hundred taels of silver!
If Li Jing was at home at this time, as a middleman who could not offend anyone, he would definitely give up those fields to Li Yuan's beloved concubine without hesitation!
But the bad thing is that in the Li family today, only Li Shentong is at home to take care of the family business!
For Zhang Jieyu's father who came to ask for land, he not only refused to give it to Zhang Jieyu's father because he was young and energetic, but also beat him in anger because his mouth was unclean.
As a result, the matter became a big deal. Zhang Jieyu cried and complained in front of Li Yuan. In addition, when she saw that her father-in-law was wrapped like a mummy, she could only turn her eyes. Li Yuan was immediately furious!
Not only did he bring Li Shimin into the palace and give him a severe scolding, but the land he had given him was also taken back and given to Zhang Jieyu's father again. Quan regarded this as Li Shentong's apology to him. .
The people are gone and the land is gone.
Poor Li Shentong didn't get any benefits except for being addicted to handcrafts. He was so angry that he ran to Xiao Han, pointed in the direction of Chang'an and cursed for two hours. He thought it would have come to Li Yuan and Zhang Jieyu's ears long ago. It's time to feel uncomfortably hot.
(The Xuanwumen Incident was the product of the intensification of many events and contradictions. Li Shimin was not a cold-blooded animal. He never thought about fratricide at first, but when things fermented to a certain level, it was in accordance with the old saying, people In Jianghu, you can't help yourself!
From this point on, the story of the fight between the two parties will basically be written according to what is actually recorded in the history books. After all, fabricated stories are always false. Only what really happened is more breathtaking. )
