"Why is that?"

Li Shimin looked at Dao Jian suspiciously.

"Back to Your Majesty, how difficult is the way of immortality, the reason why Xiaodao and others dare to refine the elixir for Your Majesty and are not afraid of being sent by heaven is because Your Majesty is the son of heaven in today's prosperous world, and he enjoys the luck of the prosperous world and is blessed by the way of heaven.

Only in this way can the ministers go against the heavens and act against His Majesty to refine the elixir.

If ......"

Dao Jiao's words are very clear, only when Li Shimin is the emperor can he get the elixir of life.

Li Shimin raised his hand to stop Daojian when he heard this, but he didn't let Daojian finish his words.

After a while, Li Shimin sighed and said helplessly: "The three Heavenly Masters will go first, and Rong Zhen will think about it again." ”

Sandao returned to Jinbiao Gate and immediately sent someone to send news to the eldest grandson Wuji.

……

After a few days like this, although the officials and students of Chang'an City left Chengtianmen, there were hundreds of letters of "Please severely punish the demon Dao of Jin Biaomen" sent into Taiji Palace every day, and the bad things done by these Taoist priests earlier were also exposed one by one.

In the last few days, Luoyang's officials and students also followed the joint name, and the matter became bigger and bigger, and it has swept the world.

Li Shimin looked at the music sent every day, his face was very gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and scolded:

"A group of rebellious ministers and thieves, disloyal and unfilial!"

"Are you so looking forward to my early death?"

"Mowgli, what do you want to do with this?"

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Shimin's gaffe, and his heart was very painful, but when he heard Li Shimin ask this, he gritted his teeth and said, "The minister doesn't dare to say it." ”

"Uh-huh——?"

"Why don't you dare to say it? I am the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, and these people don't want me to live forever, and they want me to die early......"

"In this matter, the minister is an outsider and really doesn't dare to say much."

Oh, my God! His eldest grandson Wuji is Li Shimin's brother-in-law, and some of the princes who are concubines do not have a good relationship with Li Shimin, he is considered an outsider, and the pig can guess who the other person is.

What's more, although Li Shimin is out of shape, he is far stronger than a pig!

Sure enough, Li Shimin's face was cloudy when he heard this, and he said, "Do you think it's him?"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin denied his previous words again, and said to himself: "But he has also been filial over the years." ”

Li Shimin looked pained when he said it, but judging from his first sentence, it was obvious that he had already decided that he was the person behind this matter.

The eldest grandson Wuji lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "The fall of Goguryeo is imminent, the prince will definitely return to the dynasty this year or next year, and he has the great merit of destroying the country, what else can not be done?"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I treat him well, I didn't expect him to be such a beast." ”

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, the big stone in his heart was considered to have landed, and with Li Shimin's attitude, Li Chengqian, hummed......

……

On the eighth day of Li Xiang's removal of the title, Li Shimin issued an order to release Li Xiang from the Zongren Mansion and restore the title of King Yan.

The ministers who had won the initial victory pursued the victory and continued to go up, trying to force Li Shimin to resign from the cancer of "Jinbiaomen Taoist Temple".

But on the second day, they received a new decree, granting Sun Wuji, the chief of Zhao State, the left servant of Shangshu.

The eldest grandson, Wuji, became the first prime minister in several years.

As soon as this decree came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the Chang'an court, and also poured cold water on the real princelings.

Since Li Chengqian set up the Pingzhang Yuan in the East Palace, Li Shimin saw that the Pingzhang Yuan model could limit the power of the prime minister well, so he did not arrange for anyone to be the left and right servants of Shangshu Province.

It's just that a few people in Zhongshu Province were used as bachelors of the East Palace Pingzhang Academy.

This kind of situation in Shangshu Province is similar to the situation in which Zhang Jiuling merged the Zhongshu Province and the lower provinces after the Tang Dynasty.

However, because Li Shimin did not set up an official position with more power than Shangshu Province, such as Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin or Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, the role of Ma Zhou and Yu Suiliang in Zhongshu Province was closer to the role of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet.

Since the death of Princess Changle, although the eldest grandson Wuji often entered the palace, Li Shimin only restored his title of Duke of Zhao, plus the treatment of Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, and did not give him any real position for several years.

The ministers of the DPRK and China all knew that Li Chengqian and the eldest grandson Wuji were not on good terms, and Li Shimin's refusal to give the eldest grandson Wuji a real post was to take care of Li Chengqian's thoughts.

Now the sudden addition of the eldest grandson Wuji as Shangshu's left servant is obviously to balance Li Chengqian's forces.

Seeing this, Ma Zhou, Yu Suiliang and others knew that they could no longer persecute Li Shimin, and quietly persuaded the ministers who asked for the removal of the Jinbiaomen Taoist Temple to suspend the dismissal.

It's just that no one thought that on the first day of the eldest grandson Wuji's appointment as Shangshu's left servant, he asked to build a Chongtian Temple on Zhongnan Mountain, and ordered Daojian and other three Taoist priests and disciples to go to Zhongnan Mountain to refine life-prolonging medicine for Li Shimin.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the relatives and nobles of Chang'an City all regarded the three Taoist priests and their disciples as thorns in the flesh, and they were naturally happy to send them to Zhongnan Mountain, so a group of ministers seconded the proposal.

makes the eldest grandson Wuji look like a general response.

Yu Suiliang is now a Zhongshu squire and Ma Zhou are working together in Zhongshu Province, and when he heard about this introduction, he had some doubts in his heart, so he walked to Ma Zhou's mansion, bowed to Ma Zhou, who was reviewing the official documents, and asked, "Ma Zhongshu, do you know what the left servant did?"

Ma Zhou looked up and saw that he was busy getting up and bowing back, and stretched out his hand to invite Yu Suiliang to sit down before he smiled and said: "Zuo Servant is already the prime minister of the imperial court, so he should naturally think about the imperial court." ”

Yu Suiliang frowned when he heard this, feeling that this was not the case at all, but he didn't know how to say it for a while.

Seeing this, Ma Zhou sighed and said, "It's just to relieve the siege for Your Majesty." ”

Yu Suiliang thought about it, the three Taoist priests went to Zhongnan Mountain to refine the elixir, or to refine the elixir, and they didn't change anything, of course, the three Daoists went to Zhongnan Mountain to infringe on the interests of the Chang'an magnates.

Yu Suiliang couldn't help but sigh and said, "What a good means!" ”

Ma Zhou also nodded and said, "Not only did I relieve His Majesty, but I also won the hearts of the people." ”

After hearing this, Yu Suiliang frowned and asked, "What does Ma Zhongshu think of the elixir?"

Ma Zhou shook his head directly and said, "It's hard to say!" ”

Seeing Ma Zhou's reaction, he knew that he had asked a useless question, and Ma Zhou couldn't say anything if he had an opinion.

Facing an old fox like the eldest grandson Wuji, Ma Zhou and Yu Suiliang both felt some pressure.

"Goguryeo will be destroyed this year, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will inevitably return to the court, and the current situation is ......" Yu Suiliang stopped talking about this.

Ma Zhou was still silent, his official was already at the top, and it was not appropriate to be too active now.

……

Just when the undercurrent in the court was turbulent, there was no peace in the East Palace.

Two brothers, Li Xiang and Li Ju, one is recuperating from illness and the other is recuperating from injury.

At first, Li Ju followed Li Shimin to live in the Ganlu Hall and study in the Hongwen Hall in the south of the Taiji Palace.

Later, Li Ju was officially established as the emperor's grandson and became the heir to the legal provisions of the Tang Dynasty, requiring special education. The status is also higher than that of the princes, and he can no longer study with other princes and grandchildren in the Hongbunkan.

Li Shimin ordered Li Ju to move back to the Wenhua Hall of the East Palace, which is the Chongwen Palace, and is next to the Chongxian Hall to the west of the Lizheng Palace.

After Li Chengqian crossed, in order to leave his mark in the East Palace, he changed the names of many palaces in the East Palace, and the Chongwen Hall was changed to the Wenhua Palace.

Li Xiang came out of the sect and lived in the East Palace, the two brothers had not seen each other for a few years and were in difficulty, and when they saw it, they were naturally more affectionate, and Li Xiang lived directly in the west chamber of the Wenhua Palace.

Li Xiang's thirty big boards are just for example, and they will be raised in the Zongren Mansion for a few days.

It's just that Li Ju told him to pretend to be a few days and save some face for Li Shimin, so he patiently lay in bed for a few days.

On this day, Li Xiang saw that there were no outsiders in the East Palace and could no longer lie down, so he got up to see Li Ju.

"Big brother, what's wrong?"

Seeing Li Xiang walk in, Li Ju, who was lying on the bed, said with a panicked expression.

Li Xiang didn't care, swaggered to Li Ju's bed, held down Li Ju, who wanted to get up, and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of?" It's a big deal to lock me up in the Zongren Mansion again!

But why is your illness not improving at all, my father asked me to take you to Yandu while the spring is lukewarm, how can you start when you are always sick?"

Li Xiang said with a worried face.

Li Ju didn't care about his condition when he heard this, but persuaded Li Xiangdao: "My father is leading the army outside as a prince, and he is already in a place of suspicion, so you should be in Chang'an." ”

Li Xiang immediately showed a displeased expression when he heard this, and his eyes glared: "Still talking? Are you big brother, am I big brother? I can't care about you, can I?"

Seeing that Li Ju didn't speak, he continued: "I have already sent someone out to visit the famous doctor, and when your health is a little better, we will set off for Luoyang."

And then I'll live in Luoyang and heal you—"

Before Li Xiang finished speaking, he saw a waiter hurriedly walk in and said, "His Royal Highness King Jin has come down." ”

Li Ju had a frightened look on his face when he heard this, and he hurriedly struggled to get up.

Li Xiang went up and pressed him and said, "Don't get up." I want to see what Uncle Nine can do to us?"

Li Ju's face turned red when he saw this, and Li Xiang couldn't stop him if he had to get up, so he turned his head and said to the waiter: "Taisun is not feeling well, please go back to Uncle Nine." ”

Then he turned his head to Li Ju and said, "Uncle Nine is leaving, you don't have to get up." ”

Before the chamberlain went out, he heard Li Zhi's voice coming in from outside.

"The grandson is not feeling well, so this king should go in and have a look."

Li Xiang couldn't help frowning when he heard this.