"My eldest brother doesn't want to do this. He said that he is a prince, so why do he do this? I will get the credit for it myself. He doesn't care how high my reputation is." Li Ke said somewhat depressedly. He had told Li Shimin Therefore, Li Ke naturally told Li Chengqian's reaction directly to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin glanced at Li Ke in surprise, then nodded and said: "Your eldest brother is right, you do your own business. As a prince, your eldest brother only needs to learn how to govern a country and how to employ people. Now. You can handle these things now, so leaving it to you is naturally the best choice."
Li Ke was a little speechless, but seeing Li Shimin talking about this, Li Ke simply expressed his thoughts: "Dad, what do you think? Do you have any ideas for Li Tai to be the prince?"
"Who asked you to ask? Your elder brother?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment. Although Li Ke had mentioned similar things before, he had never asked him so directly.
"No, I asked myself." Li Ke shook his head, "What do you think, please tell me? There are so many examples in our history, you definitely don't want fratricide to happen between our brothers, right? Although there are When you are here, you will definitely be able to stabilize the situation, but even if you are here, no matter who has a hot head and does something irrational, won't you regret it?"
Li Ke's words made Li Shimin ponder for a moment. After thinking about it, he spoke directly. Although Li Ke was a bit reckless, this guy was very tight-lipped and would never talk about these things to others casually. The point was that Li Ke Ke's ideas are also different from others, and some of his views are indeed refreshing.
"I never thought about it." Li Shimin simply shook his head and said, "I don't need to lie to you about this kind of thing. Although your eldest brother may not be good enough in some aspects, in fact your eldest brother's overall ability is stronger than all of you. At least he is better than Li Tai, and he is more suitable to be an emperor than Li Tai."
"Li Tai's character is actually a bit extreme. He is sometimes easily arrogant and complacent, which is very fatal and dangerous for an emperor."
Li Shimin didn't say much more than necessary, but Li Ke could also imagine that it was just that Li Shimin loved Li Tai more. As the prince, Li Chengqian couldn't be too pampered, so it was natural for Li Tai to dote on his son.
Putting aside those daughters, after all, Li Shimin is somewhat servile to his daughters. Not counting daughters, do you think which other sons does Li Shimin have a good relationship with besides the sons of Empress Changsun?
That is, a Li Ke.
It was Li Ke who took the initiative to establish a good relationship with Lao Li. Otherwise, the relationship between the two would not be very close.
Maybe it's because Concubine Yang's relationship is better than others.
"Then the outside world says that you intend to change the prince. I don't believe that you don't know? You haven't clarified it either." Li Ke looked at Li Shimin speechlessly and asked.
"What does this clarify? As the eldest brother and the prince, if he can't distinguish between rumors and what he should do, how can he be a good prince? How can it be so easy to be an emperor? Sitting in this position, he has to serve thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty Tens of thousands of people are responsible, and among the ministers in the court, every one of them counts, and no one is easy to get along with. Distinguishing people is the most basic ability."
"It's true that I didn't clarify it, but he should know it himself. As a prince, you have to be tolerant. Look at me, Wei Zheng impeaches me every day. Am I the same as him? What if I were a different person? , Can Wei Zheng survive until now? He has been dead a long time ago." Li Shimin glared at Li Ke and said.
Li Ke: "..."
He knew that this was the case. Lao Li always liked to play this method of raising a son, letting you think and guess on your own, in order to temper the prince. Strictly speaking, this is not wrong. It's a pity that there is no such discipline as psychology in this era. It is true that the prince needs pressure to temper, but when you put pressure on him, you can't just wind it up and not loosen it.
If the string is stretched too tight, it will break.
As for Wei Zheng... you are the only one who can stand that guy. Historically, Wei Zheng died early. If he dies after you, Li Zhi may have to kill him too.
"Don't look like that. I'm doing this for his own good. Only after sitting in this position do you know how much pressure there is. If he can't bear this kind of pressure, how can I safely hand over the throne to him? Who made him the prince? ?" Li Shimin was a little upset by Li Ke's expression, and couldn't help but add another sentence.
Li Ke was speechless. Indeed, who made him the prince? Just such a sentence... Throughout the five thousand years of China, there are really not a few princes who have been driven crazy by this sentence...
What's wrong with the prince? The prince is a human being too.
"Dad, I don't agree with what you said. Let me analyze it and see if it's right." Li Ke said.
"Well, you tell me." Li Shimin nodded.
Just as Li Ke was about to speak, there happened to be a noise outside. It was Chang Lin who was back.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness the King of Qin." Chang Lin hurriedly saluted the two of them.
"Well, Chambermaid Chang, you came back just in time. You can analyze it by the side." Li Ke nodded.
Chang Lin was a little confused. He didn't know what to analyze, but naturally he couldn't refuse, so he nodded and agreed. Li Shimin naturally didn't care about Li Ke's words.
"Dad, look, you want to train my eldest brother. That's no problem, but the prince is also a human being. What's more, he is still the same age as me this year, but he is just the eldest brother. Under such circumstances, you continue to put pressure on him , he must have random thoughts, not to mention some of the staff ministers around him will definitely give him some advice. Let him beware of Li Tai. "
"You also know that for these people, it is in their best interest for their eldest brother to ascend to the throne, so they will use all their strength to help his eldest brother ascend to the throne. In this case, they will definitely warn him that you may change the crown prince. Something like that.”
"Brother may not think so at first, but if someone says this in his ear every day, as time goes by, he must be suspicious." Li Ke paused here, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
Chang Lin: "..."
You want me to analyze this? If I had known earlier, I would have walked slower.
After taking a sip of tea, Li Ke continued: "Let's talk about Li Tai. You just told me about Li Tai's character. Think about it for yourself. Li Tai's character is prone to arrogance. After a long time, he will Don’t you believe these rumors to be true? You know better than me.”
"Once Li Tai takes it seriously, he will definitely find ways to target the eldest brother from all aspects. At this time, the two eldest brothers will have a grudge."
"I think you will definitely say that this is what a prince should learn, how to deal with the relationship between himself and his brothers, but when Li Tai is unwilling to communicate, it is inevitable that there will be a gap between the two of them. You are now in the prime of life, Think about it, for more than ten years, is it possible that the conflict between the two of them will lead to something irreversible?" Li Ke said.
In fact, these things are not unexpected by Li Shimin, but are confused by the authorities. In addition, Li Shimin himself is the emperor, so it is normal to ignore them sometimes.
After Li Ke said this, Li Shimin thought for a moment. As long as Li Shimin thought about what Li Ke said, things would indeed happen like this. In fact, he thought more. He thought of what happened between him and Li Jiancheng. In fact, was his relationship with Li Jiancheng really that bad at the beginning?
This is how many things develop sometimes.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and asked. He wanted to see what this kid had in mind. Since he said it, he must have a good idea.
"Hehe, actually Erchen thinks it's quite simple. It's good to have a good relationship between us brothers and love each other as a family. And for this kind of premise, Erchen thinks it's safest for my eldest brother to be the prince, and it's not easy to happen. It's a problem." Li Ke knew what Li Shimin wanted, so he naturally followed this direction.
