The news of Li Longji's illness reached Guzang as soon as possible, and Pei Min was also a little worried. But thinking that Li Longji in history lived until he was seventy-eight years old, even if he was later controlled by Li Heng under house arrest, his freedom was restricted, and his life was miserable, he still lived for five or six years, and he was relieved.

It is natural for this person to be born in the world and get sick occasionally.

Even if you are physically strong, there will be times when you are unwell, let alone a pampered emperor?

Pei Min didn't ask about the situation at the first time, and when it was time for him to know, he wrote a letter of condolence.

In this regard, Pei Min has never been careless.

In this back and forth, Li Longji's body has almost recovered.

Pei Min also got the news of Li Longji's abolition of the crown prince in due time.

Although he had already felt it, Pei Min couldn't help frowning when he first got the news.

Li Siqian is not qualified to be an emperor, Pei Min knew it from the beginning.

Pei Min didn't have any unusual emotions about him being abolished, but Li Longji's attitude towards the prince was obviously wrong.

Being an emperor is both simple and difficult.

It's easy to be a faint gentleman, even if you are a fool. It's like Sima Zhen......

But quite a good emperor is by no means an easy thing.

In the thousand-year-old history of China, how many people can really be called good emperors?

In thousands of years, how many famous monarchs have there been through the ages?

Governing the country is an extremely difficult thing that no one is born with.

Even kings like Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Taizong of the Tang Dynasty have achieved future results through their own study and practice, coupled with the assistance of a group of famous ministers and good ministers.

These emperors are some of the best emperors in Chinese history, and they are all very talented.

If you have ordinary talents, what can you do to be a good emperor without learning and practicing?

Li Longji did not cultivate his son's administrative ability at all, not to mention, and kept them in semi-captivity like livestock.

Even if there is a genius, it will be cultivated into a waste material.

What's more, you're an idiot!

Therefore, none of Li Longji's sons in history can be seen.

The only one who has the ability is the third Li Heng, but he doesn't want this ability.

Pei Min thought of the many struggles for power in history, not because the emperor's sons all had specialties.

Not to mention how outstanding, but at least it is worth following.

But Li Longji's son has no such situation at all, except for the crown prince who still has a bit of status because of his own identity, the other princes have a very low sense of existence, and few of them can get on the stage.

The only one who is famous is Li Mao, not because of how good Li Mao is, but because he sadly married Yang Yuhuan, so that Li Longji grabbed it and left a heavy mark in history. Let everyone in the world know that there is a prince named Li Mao, who let his Lao Tzu bring a green hat.

Pei Min racked his brains, thought about it, and looked at the history now, and the only one who was slightly better in the Li family was Li Jiao of the third generation, that is, Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty in history.

Li Yuyu is profound, wide and able to break, and does not have the ability to return to the sky, but he has the talent to keep it.

Historically, he pacified the Anshi Rebellion, but appeased the remnants and left Tian Chenghei, Li Baochen, Li Huaixian and other envoys, resulting in the situation of independence of the feudal town, but he reformed the Cao Yun, salt administration, grain prices and put forward the financial policy of "raising the people first", which accelerated the economic recovery of the Tang Dynasty, which is also quite meritorious.

Pei Min remembered that after discussing the actions of Daizong in his life in the "Old Tang Book", he came to the conclusion that "the ancient sages and monarchs failed to do so".

But Pei Min felt that the evaluation of "Old Tang Book" was too exaggerated, but the evaluation in Ouyang Xiu's "New Tang Book" was more pertinent.

"At the time of the dynasty, the remnants were still there, the chaos was maintained, and the cover was also the master of the middle material!"

The Lord of Sinoma is indeed appropriate.

Pei Min found that he thought about it, and actually chose such a date, which is still Li Heng's son.

It's really chilling.

Pei Min always felt that as long as Li Longji remained unchanged, the Tang Dynasty would continue to prosper and become a real empire, not a flash in the pan in history.

Now that Li Siqian has been abolished, Pei Min has found a situation where the successor is powerless.

Li Longji has nearly 30 sons, and none of them have performed well in history.

Not to mention that he is an excellent king, he doesn't even have Sinoma.

"Perhaps, there are fish that slip through the net!"

Pei Min shook his head with a somewhat wry smile, and after thinking about it, he felt that he was too worried.

Li Longji is in the prime of life, and he is also in the prime of life, and he will struggle for another thirty or forty years, and there will be no problem.

At that time, not to mention the third generation of the Li family, the fourth generation came out.

Can't believe you can't find a great heir?

Pei Min didn't think much about it anymore.

However, Pei Min is not the only one who cares about current affairs, Zhang Jiuling is also one of them.

Zhang Jiuling has been in Beijing for many years, and he also has many friends, and when he learned that the crown prince Li Siqian was abolished, he specially found Pei Min.

"Pei Shuai, do you know about the abolition of Prince Chang'an?"

Looking at his henchman, Pei Min also nodded and said, "Naturally, I know, the reason is that there is no talent and no virtue." ”

Of course, the abolition of the crown prince needs a reason, and Li Longji's reason is that Li Siqian's poor performance during the prison period, and after he reprimanded him, instead of humbly being taught and reformed, he was full of complaints, not knowing his mistakes, that is, the origin of not cultivating virtue.

Zhang Jiuling said: "The subordinates feel that this matter needs to be discussed, although the former prince is not up to the task, the real reason is ...... However, his subordinates thought that the prince had not received good training, and if His Majesty had given the prince more opportunities to get in touch with government affairs earlier, it might not have been the case. Just like Emperor Taizong in the past, when Hengshan Wang Chengqian was thirteen years old, he was not of good character, but he was also quite knowledgeable during his imprisonment and did a particularly good job. This is especially true of Gaozong Li Zhi, Emperor Taizong ordered Gaozong to study on the side, let Gaozong watch himself decide various government affairs, and even let him participate in deliberations and ask his opinions. Originally, Gaozong had a weak temperament, but after training, he became a rare hero. ”

"Your Majesty doesn't give the prince a chance to learn at all, how can the prince have the ability to take the helm of the world?"

Zhang Jiuling was worried.

Pei Min couldn't imagine that Zhang Jiuling had already seen through the reason, but how did Li Longji compare with Li Shimin?

Li Longji is very similar to Li Shimin, he is decisive and courageous, good at appointing talents, and Li Shimin is the same, but when you study it carefully, the two are very different.

Li Shimin and Li Longji both grew up in struggle, and both of them were suspicious, but Li Shimin was self-confident and suspicious, while Li Longji was groundless and suspicious.

Li Shimin can control everything, even if Li Chengqian really rebels and wants to take the throne, Li Shimin still does everything possible to save his life.

And Li Longji faced his son who was framed and betrayed, without investigation or interrogation, he was directly deposed as a commoner, and killed his three sons at once.

Killing his own flesh and blood shows how weak Li Longji's feelings are in this regard.

Pei Min asked in a deep voice, "What does Jiuling think?" Your Majesty is wise and profound, do you really think he doesn't know why? ”

Zhang Jiuling's face was shocked when he heard this, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.

Pei Min looked at his most powerful assistant and said solemnly: "You know this, I know, how can Your Majesty not know?" You and I just need to know this, trouble comes from the mouth, trouble comes from the mouth, and it is more difficult for us as foreign ministers to interfere in His Majesty's family affairs. ”

Zhang Jiuling hesitated for a while, and sighed: "What Pei Shuai said is very true, and his subordinates understand. ”

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Justinian, who came to Chang'an again, looked at everything familiar and unfamiliar around him, and felt like a world away.

Constantinople was their proud fortress of Byzantium, a huge city of economy, culture and history.

Justinian always thought that there would be no city in the world that could compare with Constantinople, but the first time he saw the majestic city of Chang'an, he was under great pressure.

Although he didn't admit it, he knew in his heart that Constantinople was inferior to Chang'an, which was not as good as the Tang Dynasty.

Now when I come here again, I find that compared with many years ago, today's Chang'an has changed a lot.

The flow of people is greater and more abundant.

There are also more people of all nationalities coming and going.

Compared with them, who are complacent, the Tang Dynasty is undoubtedly making great strides.

Looking around with a bit of amazement, Justinian went directly to the Siyi Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites to report, and through the officials of the Siyi Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites, conveyed the meaning of their emperor's alliance.

Li Longji was recuperating in Xingqing Palace, and handed over state affairs to Zhang Shuo and Li Yuanhong, and sure enough, there were no more unnecessary mistakes.

Zhang Shuo and Li Yuanhong are both talents, so naturally they are not comparable to Li Siqian.

Li Longji also recuperated with peace of mind, except for taking the time to issue an edict to abolish the prince, he didn't ask much about the court situation for a period of time recently, and he was recuperating comfortably.

It's just that Li Longji is very affectionate, and from time to time he thinks of Wu Jieyu, who died of illness, and often shows a look of grief.

Thinking of the beauty of the good, the beauty of the beauty, the affectionate paragraph.

After the diagnosis and treatment of Liu Shenwei and the imperial doctor, it was unanimously believed that the cause of Li Longji's illness was heart disease on the one hand, and on the other hand, he suffered from wind and cold, and the wind evil entered the body.

The combination of heart disease and external diseases caused this serious illness.

The wind evil is easy to go, but the heart disease is difficult to treat.

In order to make Li Longji happy, Gao Lishi invited the people from Liyuan to the palace and let Li Longji have fun.

Really!

As soon as Li Longji saw the singing and dancing in the pear orchard, his whole spirit immediately recovered, and he watched it with relish, not looking sick at all.

Looking at the young lead dancer in front of the hall, Li Longji said with great interest: "This girl is a little familiar, what is her name?" ”

He looked at Colliers questioningly, and he believed that Colliers would definitely answer his doubts.

Gao Lishi said respectfully: "It's Xie Aman, Pei Guogong said that this woman will be the future leader of the Liyuan Dance Club." ”

"Yes, yes, yes! It's her, Xie Aman, it's really extraordinary. Jingyuan's eyesight, sometimes, I am a little ashamed. Li Longji also thought about it, clapped his hands and said, "Reward, there are many rewards." ”

Gao Lishi suddenly bent over and said softly: "As far as the old slave knows, this girl is still a virgin, and she looks like a flower. ”

Li Longji frowned slightly and looked at Xie Aman's baby face, glanced at Gao Lishi strangely, and said in a low voice: "What kind of eyes, I appreciate her dance, don't think about it......" He glanced at Xie Aman again, and said in his heart: "Except for the chest, there is nothing else to see." ”

While they were having fun, news came from the Ministry of Rites.

Li Longji waved his hand and asked Gao Lishi to deal with it.

Soon Kolis went and returned, and reported to Li Longji that the Byzantine envoy had asked to see him.

Pei Min's original intention was already angry with Li Longji.

Li Longji also knew that Pei Min's layout in the West was intended to draw Byzantium into a real ally.

Although Byzantium has had unfriendly actions before, it is currently the only country that does not have the slightest conflict of interest with the Tang Dynasty and has a common enemy.

If the two sides form an alliance with each other, it will greatly benefit the development of both sides, and it will be easier to deal with the future alliance between Arabia and Tibet.

Fighting against a powerful enemy like Arabia and making use of everything that can be used is the way to win.

Therefore, Li Longji agreed with Pei Min's layout, and also attached great importance to this matter, and specially instructed the Ministry of Rites that if there is a visit from a Byzantine envoy, it should be treated with caution.

Li Longji perked up and said with a smile: "It's finally here!" He thought for a while and said, "Jingyuan is the most familiar with Western affairs. This kind of lip service is also his forte. General Gao, you have passed on the Holy Decree, and all matters relating to Byzantium will be handled by Jingyuan. In the name of another me, I wrote a letter to Guzang and told Jingyuan about the West, putting him first, and how I needed to cooperate, just report it. I believe that the lion king is just a defeated soldier of his men, and there is nothing to fear. ”

In the exquisite annex of the Siyi Pavilion, Justinian had already contacted the Byzantine envoys stationed in Chang'an to learn about the current situation of the Tang Dynasty.

The envoy reported in 1510: "Governor, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is sick and recuperating, and most of the major affairs in the country are in charge of the prime minister Zhang Shuo, and another prime minister, Li Yuanhong, assists. Zhang said that he was at odds with Li Yuanhong, but the emperor of the Tang Dynasty trusted Zhang Shuo a little more, and now the affairs of the court are mainly Zhang Shuo's words. ”

Justinian's eyes lit up, and this Zhang said, a nobody, who had never heard of it, and asked, "How is this Zhang talking about as a person?" ”

The messenger said, "He is a very famous man, a man with a short temper, a little greedy for money, and no other weaknesses, and he is very wise, and he must not be careless." ”

Justinian was even happier when he heard this, compared to Pei Min's despicable Judas, Zhang Shuo, who had obvious flaws, was obviously easier to deal with.

"In this way, you go and prepare a rich gift, give it to the person named Zhang Shuo in private, and send a prayer note again, saying that you have something important to discuss with you."

When the messenger heard this, he withdrew without hesitation.

However, just as he was preparing all the words and sorting out all the materials, news came from the Ministry of Rites.

"I am not feeling well, and the situation of the West will be handled by Pei Min, the Duke of Liangguo. If the envoy comes for the alliance, he can go to Liangzhou to discuss with Pei Guogong. ”

In an instant, Justinian froze.

After a long while, Justinian cried out with a little sorrow: "Quick, let the viscount come back, no more gifts, no more." ”