Li Yuan told the ministers that he had his own opinions about the matter of brotherly disputes, but in fact, he had no new methods. It's better to continue to suppress the people of the world and prevent him from taking the heir. In the first month of the ninth year of Wude, Li Yuan appointed Pei Lin as Sikong; In February, Motoyoshi was appointed as Situ. In this way, the people in the prince's camp are promoted, and the people he wants to contain are known to all the officials in the court.

Because the people in the Qin Palace's mansion already had Zixuan's plan for the word "forbearance", everyone couldn't bear it and ignored Li Yuan's actions. On the side of the East Palace, since Ziyi had already explained that Li Yuan's suppression could not break Zixuan's hexagram, this kind of suppression would not help them, so they should think of what way to do it, and they would not give up looking for an opportunity to get rid of Li Shimin because Li Yuan suppressed Li Shimin. Therefore, Li Yuan's balancing work basically did not yield any results.

On this day, Mr. and Mrs. Jiancheng and Mr. and Mrs. Yuanji planned together again. Jiancheng said: "I think we have always had difficulties in dealing with the people, mainly because he has a group of literati and military generals under him, who are born and die with him, and give advice to him. On the other hand, our East Palace plus the Qi Palace, although there are some talents, they are not as good as the Qin Palace. ”

Ziyi said: "Big brother is right, Li Shimin is like an eagle, we should cut off his wings first, so that he can't fly, so that he can only be slaughtered by us." ”

"But how do you cut off his wings?" Zheng Guanyin asked.

"This is easy," Yuan Ji grinned, "Take advantage of the father, isn't his old man trying to suppress the second brother?" ”

"Yes!" built a big joy of stroking the palm, "and let the father and emperor take action, it must be Pei Lin ......"

this day. Li Yuan sighed for a long time in the Taiji Palace, and Pei said quietly: "Why are you worried? ”

"It's not my three sons yet!" Li Yuan sighed, "Before the army started, they were brothers, friends and brothers; This Datang was established, but it was the same as fire and water. Pei Lonely, I used to watch Yang Guang and Yang Yong compete for the position of prince, and I thought that this Emperor Wen of Sui is also a generation of masters, so why can't he handle the matter between his sons. Now that it was my turn, I felt that this was really a problem, more difficult than fighting the world. I'm worried that the Tang Dynasty will repeat the mistakes of the Sui Dynasty! ”

Pei Lin said: "Your Majesty is too worried. My Tang Dynasty will definitely be passed on for thousands of generations, how can it be like the Sui Dynasty because of the prince's seizure of the heir and two lifetimes? In fact, the reason why His Majesty has this worry is because the King of Qin is arrogant. When Chen met King Qin, he was still a teenager. At that time, King Qin was not as proud as he is today. Majesty Xià also said. The king of Qin was taught badly by those scholars. The minds of those Wenchen were simple. They have no military merits, and if they can help the King of Qin seize the throne, it will be a meritorious achievement. So. Your Majesty, think about it, even if King Qin doesn't have the intention of taking the heir, he is pampered by these people every day, and his lack of mind has become a thought. ”

Li Yuan nodded and said, "You are very right, if Shimin is not instigated by these people, the situation will probably be much better." Pei Lian, do you know those literati around Shimin, who often gives ideas for Shimin? I'm going to drive them out to make an example. ”

Seeing that the time was ripe, Pei Lin said: "If you want to give the most ideas to King Qin, there are none other than Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui. ”

Li Yuan said: "Okay, just take the two of them and cut them out, and I will issue an order to expel the two of them from the Qin Palace, and they will not be allowed to see the people of the world privately." ”

The emperor's edict came down to the Qin Palace, and Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui had to roll up and leave. Shimin sent them a large amount of gold and silver, and sent them out of the house with Zixuan.

Zixuan said: "The two gentlemen don't need to be in a hurry, just take a vacation, and the two of you will return to the Qin Wangfu one day." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "We naturally believe in Concubine Yang." ”

drove away Fang and Du, and the East Palace was naturally celebrated. Yuan Ji laughed and said, "Drove away Fang and Du, let's see who will give the second brother an idea!" ”

Ziyi said: "Don't be too happy, he still has a general." When the time comes, we will attack, and these people will protect him to the death. ”

"Then let's see if we can pull them over and use them for us." Zheng Guanyin said, "Since ancient times, who doesn't love money, and if it is built, we might as well buy his generals with heavy money." ”

"Okay." Jiancheng said, "Then let's start with Wei Chi Jingde, this person is the most courageous member of the Qin Palace, if we can pull him over, then our chances of winning will be great." ”

The next day, Jingde was at home, and the family came to report that the prince's confidant Wang Zhongdui had come to visit him. Jingde wondered, what kind of fame was this prince doing, so he invited Wang Zhonghui to come in. Wang Zhongdui met Jingde and said, "General Weichi, the prince ordered me to send a letter to the general. ”

Jingde opened it and saw that it was indeed written by Jiancheng himself, and the letter was sincere, saying that he had heard of the general's name for a long time, and now he was giving some meager gifts, and he was willing to make friends with the general.

Wang Zhongdui said in a timely manner: "General, the prince sent a cart of gold and silver, which is stopping outside the general's mansion at this time. Wang Zhongdui thought to himself, when the prince of the dynasty treats you like this, what a face this gives you!

Unexpectedly, Wei Chi Jingde is the kind of person who gives shame to face, he laughed and said to Wang Zhongdui: "You go back to tell Prince Sù, just say that Jingde is a grass people, who was left in chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty and became a grass coward, thanks to the Second Highness's refusal to give up, you can still trust Jingde, and let Jingde follow His Royal Highness to make meritorious contributions." The second highness is like the grace of regeneration to Jingde, and Jingde can only be repaid with death. And I don't have the size of His Royal Highness the Prince, so I really don't dare to accept such a heavy reward. If Jingde is a profit-seeker who forgets righteousness, what is the use of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asking for such a person? ”

Wang Zhongdui touched his nose with ashes, so he had to pull the cart of gold and silver back.

Later, Jingde reported this matter to the people of the Qin Palace, and he said: "The prince actually wants to buy me with a cart of gold and silver, and he underestimates my Wei Chi Jingde!" Besides, my niece is in the Qin Palace, can I vote for the East Palace? He dreamed of it! ”

Shimin exclaimed: "This king naturally believes that no matter what means the East Palace takes, General Wei Chi will not be moved. However, since the crown prince gave such a big gift, the general should accept it, so that he could know about their plot, isn't it a good way? ”

Zixuan smiled when he heard this: "Second Highness, uncle is very good at fighting, but being an undercover agent is not his strong point. He turned to Jingde and said, "Uncle, you don't give face to the prince like this, but be careful, they can't win them over, and they will send killers." ”

Jingde didn't care, "Let him come, I'll kill one if you come, and I'll kill one when you come to two." ”

Sure enough, Yuan Ji learned that Jingde was unmoved, jumped three feet high, and since he toasted and didn't eat, he would be punished for drinking, so he sent a killer to pay tribute to De to death. Sensing that an Assassin was coming, he ordered his family to open all the doors and windows, while he lay on his bed and waited for the Assassin to come in.

The assassin was dumbfounded when he saw this, he had never seen such an assassination target after walking the rivers and lakes for so many years, and he didn't dare to enter after several circles around him. (To be continued......)