Chang'an.
Li Shimin was frightened after receiving the news that his precious son, Li Chengqian, the current crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, had been assassinated.
He couldn't eat well or sleep well every day, and he worried about his son, fearing that something might happen to the one he now considered the best heir to the empire.
Although secretly vigilant soldiers were arranged to protect Li Chengqian, Li Shimin was afraid of discovering a scene he did not want to see.
Li Shimin, who usually handles government affairs very quickly, didn't know what happened today. He picked up a memorial and didn't finish reading it for a long time.
This made Li Shimin sigh involuntarily, put down the memorial in his hand, stood up, walked away from the case, and walked back and forth in the hall, wondering what he was thinking about.
The eunuchs next to him did not dare to show their anger, for fear of making the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in front of him angry and punishing them.
However, after Li Shimin walked around for a few times, he finally breathed a long sigh of relief and calmed down before sitting down next to the table. He picked up the memorial again and began to read hard.
Just when he had finished reading the memorial and was about to write down his suggestions, there were rapid footsteps outside the door.
Listening to the hurried footsteps, Li Shimin couldn't help but frown. He originally wanted to handle some government affairs, but now it's better. The government affairs haven't been handled yet, and someone comes to disturb him again.
Then Li Shimin slapped the brush in his hand viciously on the table, and some ink splashed onto the memorial in front of him, contaminating some places.
However, Li Shimin didn't pay attention to this. Instead, he looked at the door and asked loudly,
"Who is out there? How can you behave in such a panic and without regard for etiquette? Could it be that the sky is falling?"
Just after Li Shimin roared like this, the eunuch next to him hurriedly knelt on the ground, and Li Shimin didn't care whether they were kneeling or not. If he wanted to let them get up, he heard someone reporting outside the door.
"Your Majesty, His Majesty the Crown Prince's motorcade has arrived at Chang'an and will be able to enter Chang'an City in two hours."
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin stood up from his seat.
"What? Are you telling the truth?"
Li Shimin was originally angry here, but when he suddenly heard that the prince was back and would be able to enter the city in two hours, he instantly turned from anger to joy and laughed.
"My prince is finally back, and I'm going to welcome him this time."
There had never been such a precedent for the emperor to welcome the crown prince in triumph, but Li Shimin didn't care about it and made arrangements here instead.
"Hurry up and ask all the officials of rank five or above in the capital to go to the city gate and prepare to greet His Highness the Crown Prince. When my prince comes back, he should be treated as a prince."
As His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin carried out the tasks assigned by everyone very thoroughly. Soon, the officials in Chang'an City, who were of course fifth grade or above, were notified and began to dress up and gather towards the city gate.
But when they were meeting at the city gate, everyone was a little embarrassed. Which city gate should they go to meet at? From which city gate will their Crown Prince enter? You didn’t even say this!
How to do this?
Officials came in small groups, some going to the east gate, some to the west gate, some to the south gate, and some to the north gate, where they were looking for a suitable door to greet their highness, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty.
When Li Shimin was ready, he led his guards to the South City Gate to greet His Royal Highness. When he saw the three or five big cats and kittens gathering next to the South City Gate, he felt a little a little bit... He looked unhappily at the eunuch beside him who had just conveyed his will.
"Have you conveyed the order I gave you?"
Li Shimin's words made the eunuch kneel down with a plop.
"Your Majesty has conveyed it, he has really conveyed it!"
He was also anxious and sweating on his forehead.
"I don't know why His Majesty conveyed his orders so well, but in the end only so many people came."
Although they are all officials of fifth rank or above, the number of them cannot be so small!
Li Shimin looked at the eunuch who was so anxious that he was about to cry and waved his hand, "Hurry up and urge him again. How can he be so hesitant on such a happy day and let others laugh at him."
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, the eunuch Lu Meng was pardoned. He hurriedly sat up from the ground and quickly flew away to convey Li Shimin's order.
Maybe he has never run so fast since he was born, and the strength of feeding may have been used up. Soon, there was no trace in front of Li Shimin's eyes.
Li Shimin and his party were preparing to welcome Li Chengqian in Chang'an City. When Li Chengqian was only a few miles away from Chang'an City, he finally got out of the carriage and put on his prince's clothes.
But this time, Xu Yunyunyan and others were even more frightened.
"His Royal Highness, why did you come out? And you put on your princely clothes?"
Li Chengqian looked at the two of them curiously, "Shouldn't we come out and put on my prince's clothes and return to Beijing together?"
Li Chengqian scratched his head, wondering for a moment what Xu Yunyan meant, but Wei Zheng came to Li Chengqian's side.
"Your Highness, it's not me who wants to talk too much, but the more relaxed you are, the more likely you are to encounter unexpected events.
Now that we are approaching Chang'an City, there are more and more pedestrians. If I can't see clearly due to the crowds, what should I do if Xiaoxiao takes the opportunity to cause trouble? "
"How do you say this? Is it possible to let Cheng Qian stay in the carriage all the time? And when I return to Chang'an City, it will be difficult to move around with more people. I can only stay in the East Palace every day. How is this possible?"
Li Chengqian expressed his objections here.
Xu Yunyan and Wei Zheng had no choice but to apologize again.
"His Royal Highness, I encountered an ambush on the way back this time. I'm afraid something might happen again, so please be careful, Your Highness.
This is not what we are here to say about the brothers of His Royal Highness, but some people will always take risks. "
Xu Yunyan avoided the important point and talked lightly here to let Li Chengqian pay attention, but Li Chengqian pursed his lips and was very unhappy.
"But I am His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. I am not allowed to go out and go out many times in the future? Do I have to give up these things and become a coward? What kind of behavior is this?"
Wei Zheng also looked at Li Chengqian with a somewhat unnatural expression, but in the end he still looked at Xu Yunyan.
"Champion, the truth is only to catch all the thieves in one fell swoop. How can one guard against thieves for a thousand days? This is a bit unreasonable."
Li Chengqian saw that Wei Zheng was also interested in him, and then turned to look at Xu Yunyan, waiting for Xu Yunyan to give him some good suggestions.
Xu Yunyan was helpless and finally sighed.
"Since His Highness the Crown Prince and Mr. Wei have said so, it would be a bit unreasonable for me to be pretentious here."
Random Xu Yun looked around and found that there were no outsiders around them, Random said there.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should form his own intelligence agency."
"Oh, intelligence agency?"
Li Chengqian couldn't help but his eyes lit up as he looked at Xu Yunyan.
"Then Master Lao will organize it."
"no."
Xu Yunyan shook his head directly, "Your Highness, it is best for your intelligence agency to avoid all of us. No one knows who it is. This is the most appropriate thing."
"Is this so? But I believe in Master."
Li Chengqian still said that he believed in Xu Yunyan's words and asked Xu Yunyan to help him set up an intelligence agency.
But Xu Yunyan shook his head directly.
"His Highness the Prince's intelligence matters are not so casual. This intelligence agency is not only the eyes and ears of His Highness, but also a sharp knife in His Highness's hand. How can it be given to others? Everything should be done by His Highness himself.
Or His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may ask His Majesty to see if His Majesty can provide some help to His Majesty the Crown Prince.
One more thing, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, please note that no matter what, this intelligence agency cannot let anyone around you know, including me and Mr. Wei. What do you think of Mr. Wei's intentions? "
As soon as Xu Yunyan finished speaking, Wei Zheng nodded in agreement.
"That's true."
Li Chengqian lowered his head reluctantly.
"Well, now that you have said so, you have all made up your mind. If you don't help Cheng Qian, then Cheng Qian will be self-reliant and build a great intelligence agency. It's just that you won't help me set it up. Isn't this the name? Can you pick one up for me?"
"Well?"
Wei Zheng stroked his beard, "Since they are the eyes and ears of His Royal Highness, how about calling it the Eyes of the East Palace?"
As soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, Xu Yunyan almost laughed.
"Aren't you too straightforward?"
Xu Yunyan smiled and Li Chengqian immediately looked at Xu Yunyan, "Master, do you have a good name? If you have a good name, you can tell Cheng Qian about it!"
After Li Chengqian spoke and asked, Xu Yunyan looked around directly, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"How about calling me Jin Yiwei?"
"Jinyiwei? What a good name!"
Li Chengqian directly agreed with Xu Yunyan's suggestion, while Wei Zheng held his beard and nodded with a smile.
"Jinyiwei? It's really appropriate to build an intelligence organization based on the military framework. I didn't expect the Champion to be so smart and quick-thinking. He is really a role model for our generation. I should have consulted the Champion a long time ago, but the Champion has been hiding his secrets. Look, now he's exposed, right? "
Wei Zheng was beating Xu Yunyan here, and Xu Yunyan looked at Wei Zheng with the same expression as before.
"Mr. Wei is joking. This is also a sudden thought of mine. In the future, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will go one step further and the Jinyi Guards will become the Jinyi personal bodyguards to carry out investigations and arrests. It will also be a good thing."
But just when Xu Yunyan said that it was a good thing for Jin Yiwei to be controlled by Li Chengqian, he reminded Li Chengqian again.
"His Royal Highness is not just a talkative minister, but His Highness the Crown Prince must pay attention. In the future, when the power of the Jin Yiwei becomes greater, another organization that is completely opposite to the Jin Yiwei must be set up to share the strength of the Jin Yiwei. The Jin Yiwei family cannot be allowed to dominate. This is afraid of taking advantage of it. A recipe for disaster. If His Highness the Crown Prince still cannot believe in these two departments, he can secretly form a third one. In any case, one cannot be allowed to dominate, and they must supervise each other."
After Xu Yunyan made this suggestion, Wei Zheng's expression changed.
"Your Highness, what the Champion Marquis said is true. Power is the most addictive thing. We cannot let his family become the dominant one and hinder His Highness."
But when it came to the addiction to power, Li Chengqian looked at Wei Zheng and Xu Yunyan and spoke slowly.
"Two masters, why do I feel that this power is like a passing cloud in your eyes, and it has not made you addicted at all?"
As soon as Li Chengqian expressed his doubts, Xu Yunyan laughed.
"We won't take it with us when we are alive, and we won't take it with us even after death. Why do we need so many rights? It just adds to our worries. Isn't this the most wonderful thing? We should do our own job well and enjoy our lives without being reckoned with by future generations."
As soon as Xu Yunyan finished speaking, Wei Zheng held his beard, "You are such a scumbag, you actually ignore the saint's words and only care about your own pleasure. I am ashamed to be in your company."
Although what Wei Zheng said was a bit taunting Xu Yunyan, Xu Yunyan didn't pay attention to it. Instead, he laughed happily.
"Master Wei, can't you be obsessed with officialdom? By the way, people like you must be in officialdom.
Only people like you in the officialdom can supervise other people not to make mistakes and better benefit the people of the world. "
