September 29, the 23rd year of the Tang Dynasty, was Li Ke’s birthday and the day when Li Ke held his crowning ceremony.
Originally, according to Li Ke, because Li Yuanjia had just died, the crowning ceremony could be held internally, and there was no need to make a big fanfare, because speaking of it, Li Chengqian's crowning ceremony had just been held in the first half of this year.
Li Chengqian's ceremony and crown ceremony were very low-key at that time. Not even the ministers came. Only Changsun Wuji came, but he came as his uncle. Other than that, he was an insider of the royal family.
But Li Shimin disagreed.
The conversation went like this.
Li Ke: "Dad, I don't agree. As a prince, I can't be too grand with my crown. My eldest brother is so low-key. What's more, my eleventh uncle has just died. It's not good to be too grand."
"You know nothing, I don't even bother to tell you. You claim to be smart every day, don't you understand this? Even if your crowning is not too grand, you must not be low-key." Li Shimin glared at Li Ke directly and said.
"Why?" Li Ke was a little confused.
"Your eldest brother keeps a low profile because he is a prince. The burden and position that the prince bears does not make it necessary to be high-profile. For his identity and status, nothing can compare to the status of the prince, so he can handle this matter in a low-key manner. Do you admit it?" Li Shimin looked at him and asked.
Li Ke thought for a while and seemed to feel that something was wrong, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was nothing wrong. As a prince, you really shouldn't be too high-profile. Few high-profile princes in history have ended well.
"The point is, another reason why your eldest brother doesn't keep a high profile is to avoid giving the wrong message to the outside world." Li Shimin said again.
"What error message?" Li Ke was stunned for a moment.
"What do you think? Of course it's your influence. You can't say that you have no influence now, can you? Our own family knew what was going on until you had no intention of taking the throne, but how many people in the outside world knew about it? If this Sometimes your eldest brother is too high-profile, which may give some people the wrong judgment, thinking that your eldest brother wants to prove his influence."
"Once such a person appears, someone will inevitably start looking for trouble. It has nothing to do with whether your brother is willing or not, because these people have many ways to cause trouble, and now is the critical period of the reform of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, some people will cause trouble. Isn’t this just holding back, and such a person has not violated the rules, so you can’t just kill him.”
"What do you think we should do? Should your eldest brother keep a low profile?" Li Shimin looked at him and asked.
"Uh, that's right." Li Ke nodded. Old Li was quite sophisticated in this regard, and Old Li's words also reminded Li Ke of many typical examples on the Internet in later generations. Originally, the person involved didn't think anything of it. , but after being exposed, it turned out that there were a lot of rhythmic people on the Internet, and the matter started with the netizens but made it worse.
It's similar to this matter. It's okay for you, the person involved, to know the actual situation, but you can't control what others think. The best way to deal with it is not to let others know, or to prevent others from misunderstanding.
With this said, Li Chengqian's low-key ceremony at the time was justified.
"Your crowning ceremony is so high-profile this time, so you don't need me to explain it again, right?" Li Shimin looked at him and asked.
Li Ke thought for a while, and then asked helplessly: "Are you saying that if I keep a low profile, the outside world will think that you and my elder brother are suppressing me?"
"What do you think? You have made so many achievements for the Tang Dynasty, but the result and the crown ceremony are so low-key and have not even been publicized to the outside world. Do you think interested people will think too much about it?" Li Shimin glanced at him.
Then Li Shimin sneered again and said: "You must never underestimate the ability of some people to make trouble. Remember what I told you? Your influence, you have a huge influence among the people and the people. "
"This kind of influence is a good thing and a bad thing. It depends on how you handle it. If you don't handle it well, it will be a big trouble. There are just two of us. Let me ask you, if you stay far away from the Tang Dynasty, and this place you It has a huge influence among the people.”
"At this time, someone in the local area said in your name that you worked hard for the Tang Dynasty, but your eldest brother and I couldn't tolerate you, thinking that you had affected your eldest brother's throne, and then wanted to imprison you or even kill you. What do you think? What will happen?”
Li Ke was stunned for a moment, and then he was shocked. Think about it carefully... what the hell... if someone really did this, Li Ke would definitely be uninformed in other places, let alone Qinghai as an example. The herdsmen dared to rebel with knives.
And once more uninformed people gather, then in the eyes of other people, this matter will become true, and these people may also join in, and then...
Thinking of this, Li Ke broke into a cold sweat.
"Why are you so scared? So I tell you, your huge influence is both a good thing and a bad thing. You must be careful about anyone using your name to do things. The entire Tang Dynasty is so large. If something happens far away from Chang'an, , the news could not be sent back to Chang'an immediately."
"Even if it's an eight-hundred-mile expedited trip, it will take at least ten days to get back and forth from many places, right? In ten days, do you know how much impact such rumors can have?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke's expression and knew that he was I was frightened.
"So I said, the Ministry of Public Security that you put Qin Qiong in charge of is a good move. They can prevent many things, but there is still the same problem. They cannot solve the problem of information transmission. In more than ten days, anything can happen. "
"So, again, if you want people outside to cause trouble, you can't let them think that something will go wrong with you. As long as you don't have any problems, no one will dare to touch you." Li Shimin said seriously. road.
Li Ke smiled bitterly and nodded: "I know, thank you for your teaching. I was indeed a little careless."
"What you kid said, you are all my sons, how can I still watch you suffer? I am at the helm for you. I am telling you that there are some things you just need to do as I say. From now on it will be similar to When you should be high-profile about the crowning issue, you must be high-profile."
"Because your high-profile has become common knowledge among people. Who doesn't know what kind of character your Highness, Prince Qin is, if you stop being high-profile one day, there will be a problem."
"I understand." Li Shimin looked like he was doing your best.
"Understood." Li Ke was really impressed when he heard this, because Li Ke did not expect many of these things. After all, he was not omnipotent.
