When Li Shimin made a plan for himself, the East Palace where Li Jiancheng was located was also brightly lit.

Although his father transferred the talents under the command of his second brother Li Shimin one by one, Li Jiancheng knew that his second brother was not only ruthless, but also had a very strong will to succeed.

Although Li Shimin was in an extremely weak period at this time, if he was reused by his father again, then he would still reattach his subordinate martial arts, so his father's move to transfer Liu Hongji, Qiu Xinggong, Duan Zhixuan, Yin Kaishan, and Gao Shilian away seemed to be a punishment for Li Shimin, but it was actually to help Li Shimin cultivate talents.

Moreover, after Li Shimin returned, his father continued to let him serve as the Shangshu Commander of Shangshu Province, and the vital military department was still under his control, and the troops transferred from various counties were still under the command of Li Shimin. That is, although Li Shimin is in an unfavorable situation, he is actually still controlling about seventy percent of the military forces, and he also has Dugu Quan, Pei Lian, Zhao Cijing, Zhao Cijing, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and Wu Shitong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Look at yourself! The forces in the army are weak, mainly the three factions of Li Shentong, Chai Shao, and Li Xiaogong. In addition, the 20,000 recruits that Qi Wang Yuanji was training also belonged to his henchmen, barely accounting for 30% of the military forces.

His Li Jiancheng's forces are mainly concentrated in the imperial court, and nearly eighty percent of the officials in the imperial court and local governments are his supporters, and he has a very strong civil official force, and it is the strength of the civil official system that makes him firmly hold the position of the crown prince, and it is difficult for Li Shimin to shake his position.

But Li Jiancheng was still worried about the strong power of his second brother Li Shimin in the army and the expansion of the court, especially after his return, he was ready to accept Xiao Yu's concubine as a side concubine, and Xiao Yu also agreed, which made Li Jiancheng dissatisfied.

In a sense, the southern faction that has always supported him Li Jiancheng has cracked because of Li Tang's southward migration, and Xiao Yu has fallen from conservative neutrality to Li Shimin's decision, so that the southern scholar clan is divided into the Chen faction headed by Chen Shuda and the Xiao faction headed by Xiao Yu, and in the future, they will fight for the leadership of the southern scholar clan.

In the room, Li Jiancheng was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back a little sullenly, while the eldest grandson Wuji sat on the side and was silent.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but hate: "I don't know what my father thinks, just give him military power!" is still arranging him to marry the Xiao family, which is obviously dislike that he is not powerful enough. Didn't my father know the consequences? My father obviously asked him to compete with me for the crown prince? I really don't understand what my father thinks. If you are not satisfied with me, you can remove me as the crown prince, and I Li Jiancheng will not say a word. ”

Li Jiancheng was in a bad mood, he was defeated like this, his father still wanted to be like this, and he still had to support and encourage their brothers to fight among themselves, did his father want to make him Yang Yong?

After he lost his temper, he sat at the table in a daze, he only felt upset and cold, he didn't want to speculate about his father like this, but the facts were obviously in front of him, he couldn't deceive his heart, it can be said that his father's method hurt his heart. Huo Di said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "Wuji, you say, is my father really so confused?" I thought I had a long memory. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji is Li Jiancheng's confidant and adviser, and he also understands Li Jiancheng's mood at this time, he sighed and said, "Your Highness doesn't have to be too sad, in fact, this is normal." Although the saint is the father of His Royal Highness, he is also an emperor, and as long as he is an emperor, he will use the emperor's mental technique, for the minister of civil and military affairs, and for his son. Ruthlessness is the most emperor's saying, which is how it came about. ”

"I think I have made the distinction between 'monarch and father' very clear, why does my father still use the imperial mental technique, and what imperial mental technique does he use on me?" Li Jiancheng looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and was very puzzled.

The eldest grandson Wuji said euphemistically: "Your Highness should see the contradiction between Liu Wenjing Xiangguo and Pei Lian, right?" The two of them sometimes even almost made a move in front of the saint, that kind of sabre-rattling, undying hostile attitude. It is really incomprehensible that the saint did not mediate, but many emperors will deliberately create contradictions between important ministers and let them fight with each other, so that important ministers ignore the throne, ignore the ambition of rebellion, and only want to kill their political enemies. At this time, the emperor is in the middle of the balance, which is the most common means of the emperor. ”

Although the eldest grandson Wuji didn't say it directly, Li Jiancheng still understood what he meant, his father was deliberately trying to contradict each other, and then balance the relationship between himself and his second brother, but what was the point of this? What's the point? Li Jiancheng felt that he had to figure out the reason, otherwise, he would have trouble sleeping.

Li Jiancheng knew that the eldest grandson Wuji still had nothing to say, so he got up and closed the doors and windows, and ordered the guards to stand guard in the distance, so he lowered his voice and said: "Wuji is the most trusted person in Jiancheng, and now my attitude towards my father is very confused, as if I can't see the way forward in the dark, I implore Wuji to tell me frankly, I, Li Jiancheng, swear to God today, Wuji's words are only in your heart, and no third person knows." ”

"His Royal Highness has the grace of saving his life for his young sister Wuji, and he has the grace of knowing his humble position. My eldest grandson, Wuji, would rather be punished by heaven than hide it from His Highness! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji sighed, "Your Highness, the emperor is still in his prime and the crown prince is already old, it is customary to support a prince to balance and restrain the crown prince. Not to mention this far away, let's compare it with the Sui Dynasty, after Emperor Wen, who is the one who won the throne? ”

Li Jiancheng was speechless for a long time, and the eldest grandson Wuji said a word to the root of the problem, frowning and said: "Does my father really want to abolish me?" ”

"Not really!" The eldest grandson Wuji shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I think the Holy Lord's support for King Jin is mainly for balance, once King Jin is big, the Holy Lord will inevitably suppress it again, so as to turn around and support His Highness, as long as you have internal strife." The Holy Emperor's throne will be worry-free, so His Highness doesn't have to worry. ”

Li Jiancheng sighed, "If I have unified Datang, it would be good to say, I can understand, but the problem is that my Datang not only did not have unification, but was also defeated by Yang Tong again and again." Isn't it too early for my father to play some kind of imperial trick on our brother now? He's playing with fire, and sooner or later something will go wrong. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji thought of the task that Liu Wenjing handed over to him and made him firm Li Jiancheng's ruthlessness, and after a little silence, he said ruthlessly: "The Holy Lord ascended the throne too late, he didn't taste the sweetness of the emperor's power until he was in his fifties, and the Holy Lord thought that he should be fine in the reign of ten or twenty years, but His Royal Highness will be forty-one years old ten years later." Although His Royal Highness has no intention, the Holy Lord is under great pressure, and he is even more worried that His Royal Highness will force the palace, so he is anxious to support King Jin. ”

The words of the eldest grandson Wuji pierced Li Jiancheng's heart like a steel needle, causing him to fall into long-term pain.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng sighed, he knew that what the eldest grandson Wuji said was right, but he never dared to face this problem, and he had been deceiving himself. But after debunking, there is nothing he can do.

Li Jiancheng slowly calmed down, he knew that there was no point in dwelling on this issue, his thoughts returned to reality, and asked, "Wuji, do you think the second brother is willing to be in Xiangyang?" ”

"No way." The eldest grandson Wuji shook his head, he knew Li Shimin, a young man and his ex-brother-in-law, too well, "King Jin is a person who never gives up, in his thinking, he has never been willing to give up and keep to himself, even if there is no chance, he will create opportunities." Your Highness, don't expect him to accept reality. ”

Li Jiancheng nodded silently.

Before the Taiyuan uprising, Li Yuan did not dare to rashly raise troops, and in order to force Li Yuan to rebel, Li Shimin planned a "beauty plan" with Liu Wenjing and Pei Lian. One night, Pei Lian, the eunuch of Jinyang Palace, came out to invite Li Yuan to drink. After Li Yuan was drunk, he sent several palace maids of Jinyang Palace to Li Yuan's bed. The next day, after Li Yuan woke up, he found several strange beauties on the bed, and he was stunned......

Then Pei Lin came over and threatened him, if he didn't agree to raise troops, he would report to the court that Li Yuan forced the maids of Jinyang Palace to sleep. Li Yuan has nothing to do, anyway, it's anti horizontally and vertically, it's better to be late than sooner, and it's the other way around. This drama is nominally Pei Lian's debut, but in fact, everyone knows that Li Shimin is a ghost.

There is also the fact that in order to get the support of the Dugu family, Li Shimin actually made a divorce and remarriage, and gave up the matter of sending the eldest grandson Wuji, in order to achieve the goal, even his father calculated, this kind of person's heart is indeed terrifying.

"What does Mowgli think he will do? Or who will he target? Li Jiancheng asked.

"Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhao County!"

"On what basis?"

The eldest grandson Wuji said calmly: "For a long time, King Jin has been the first person in the military, but he has been defeated again and again, and this time he has defeated hundreds of thousands of troops. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the Tang Dynasty had great opinions about him, and he was eager to use a big victory to redeem his image and establish his prestige. And after the saint learned the lesson of a full-scale war and lost the annexation of the state, his thinking has turned to fighting all the way and stabilizing the way, that is to say, before Xiao Mo is completely defeated, my Datang will not open up a second front, which also shows that there is no chance for him to make meritorious contributions to the king. What's more important is that Xiao Mo is weak and incompetent, and he is extremely easy to fight, if he wants to use Xiao Mo to make meritorious contributions, he can only seek to seize the power of the commander of King Zhao Jun. ”

"I heard that the king of Zhaojun has both talent and virtue, every time he goes to the city, he will personally appease the people, a military general is not good at fighting, what can he do to appease the people? If you don't intend to rebel and set yourself up as king, why win over the hearts of the people? ”

In the end, the eldest grandson Wuji himself couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, if someone said this to Li Yuan, with his understanding of Li Yuan, Li Yuan would definitely believe it, and even if Li Xiaogong didn't die at that time, I am afraid that he would lose the opportunity to take charge of the army. At that time, Li Shimin will not only have the opportunity to lead the troops and make meritorious contributions, but also cut off Li Jiancheng's strong reinforcement in the army. And once Li Xiaogong is lost, Li Jiancheng, who does not have an advantage in the army, is even more passive.

"I see!" Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "Why is it so difficult to be a good person." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled bitterly when he heard this, and silently defended in his heart: It's not that it's hard to be a good person, but that the children of the clan can't be a good person. Spending all day drinking, doing evil is the life that the children of the clan should have.

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Three days later, Pei Lin's carriage was stopped by a group of people on the way to the 'palace'.

Dozens of people kowtowed and shouted: "Ask Pei Xiangguo to be the master of the grass people." ”

Pei Lin poked his head out of the car window, frowned and shouted, "Who are you?" Why do you shout in vain? ”

A well-dressed old man said tremblingly: "Pei Xiangguo, the grass people are from Jingling, we want to sue Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhao County, to forcibly occupy the people's land and seize the wealth of the county scholars." ”

Pei Lin was stunned when he heard this, silently threw a thick piece of music on the carriage, and sighed: "It's a step too late." ”

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