Chapter 965

Li Shimin wanted to give Qin Huai Dao the crown prince, but he was worried that the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty would not be able to win over Li Chengqian, so he was very hesitant and didn't know how to do this, and Li Chengqian heard it, and immediately smiled and said, there is no such thing as wooing, he will definitely support himself if he goes up.

"Have you ever considered what if one day, he wants to rebel?" After thinking about it again, Li Shimin asked Li Chengqian.

"Rebellion?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin in shock.

"Of course, the father is just talking, people will change, it is impossible for the father not to consider this, a prince, plus his ability, the power in his hands must be very large, are you afraid?" Li Shimin stared at Li Chengqian and asked,

At this moment, Li Chengqian sat there thinking about it, and then Li Chengqian looked up at Li Shimin firmly and said: "Erchen doesn't believe that Peping will rebel, first, he is Erchen's brother-in-law, second, now that he is a very popular minister, there is no need at all, third, if he really wants to rebel, it means that Erchen is unqualified, or in other words, Erchen's descendants are unqualified, even if Peping does not rebel, Erchen believes that others will rebel,

Fourth, Father, you are very clear about Pepin, he doesn't have that ambition at all, he just wants to live a stable life, and many of the things he is doing now are actually forced by us, or the general trend, forcing him to do so, plus Pepin's character We are very clear that he is not an ambitious person, so you say that he will rebel, Erchen does not believe it, on the contrary, Erchen is worried that once Peping is crowned king, he may resign from all positions, this is the most troublesome, he is very worried that there is no reward, When the time comes, the emperor will be unfavorable to him! ”

"Well, this is also what my father is worried about, so now my father is very hesitant, what should he reward him for, the matter of smallpox, he will definitely be able to solve it, but, Gao Ming, with him, as long as he really assists me in Datang, I believe that my Datang will be stable within fifty or sixty years, I think, no one can shake Datang, he has a great influence on you, and his influence on Ju'er is also very great, my father found that recently Ju'er has become very sensible, and will consider the people's suffering, which is very good." Li Shimin sat there and said very happily.

"Yes, Erchen also thinks so, even if he doesn't hold any positions in the future, I believe he will still have an impact on the court, after all, he is credited, and his reputation is also placed here, in fact, Pepin is the wisest to resign from those positions now, he knows very well that his reputation is very high now, if he continues to hold too many positions, it will be bad, Erchen means,

If Pepin wants to resign, you can, but you need to retain two positions, one is the position of Dali Temple, and the other is the position of the university, he himself is very fond of reading, this time our medical school can be quickly recognized by the people, in fact, it is also the credit of Peping, and the benefits of the Polytechnic University have not yet fully appeared.

Of course, we know, but the people don't know yet, so the meaning of the son is to retain the university position, and the position of Dali Temple also needs to be retained, after all, Dali Temple is very important, investigate the hundred officials, if it is not an upright person to sit in charge, I am afraid that it will be used. Li Chengqian continued to express his opinions.

"He won't keep the position of Dali Temple, you know very well!" Li Shimin thought about it for a while, looked at Li Chengqian and said, and after Li Chengqian heard it, he also smiled bitterly.

"You go and persuade him to keep the position of Dali Temple, on the army side, he will definitely not be the division commander, but it is still okay to go to the military department to serve as a staff officer, his military position cannot be lost, whether my Datang can stabilize the border in the future, it may depend on him,

Therefore, the military position must be retained, just these three positions, the other positions, forget it, and Anton is the protector of the palace, the father may need to send other people to go, Peping will definitely not go, if he is not crowned king, his father has no way to persuade him to go, not to mention, now he is crowned king! Li Shimin sighed and said.

"Yes, father, he probably won't go to the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, and the son of the minister recommends that the eldest son of Fang Xiang, Fang Zhizhi serve directly!" Li Chengqian sat there and proposed.

"Fang Zhizhi? Can he hold such a high position? Li Shimin heard it, turned his head to look at Li Chengqian and asked.

"Although it doesn't work, but the father, the sons and sons have now found a problem, that is, the officials above the fourth grade in the court now, more than fifty occupy ninety percent, and more than fifty-five still occupy eighty percent, that is to say, now those officials, may not be able to work for a few years, they have to retire, and the following four and five officials, ninety percent of the people are more than forty-five, of which more than fifty occupy seventy percent, that is, after ten years, if those young people below can not come up, When the time comes, our court will fall into a situation where no one is available! Li Chengqian sat there and said to Li Shimin.

"What?" When Li Shimin heard it, he looked at Li Chengqian in surprise.

"Father, you can go and check, it's true, now the talents on the army side are picked up, and after several battles, many young generals stand out, but on the civilian side, there are not many young officials!" Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin and explained. At this moment, Li Shimin began to be silent, if this is the case, then in a few years, there will be a crisis among the officials of the court.

"Father, the son of the minister means to let Fang Zhizhi serve as the protector of the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, although it is a little promoted quickly, but it can also exercise people, now Fang Zhizhi is almost 40, stay on Anton's side for a few years, it will be almost 45, you can go to Chang'an to serve as a scholar, and then manage the affairs of the court, at the same time, other young people, now also need to be promoted!" Li Chengqian continued to say to Li Shimin, hoping that Li Shimin would agree.

"Well, okay, however, it's better not to publicize this matter, wait for the father to ask Peping what he means, the father still wants Peping to pass, of course, if you don't go, it's okay, it's good to be in Chang'an, and there is the water division, the father doesn't know who to choose, so this matter is also to ask Peping, if Peping is willing to serve as the governor of the water division, that's the best, if you don't want to serve then you need to choose someone, Zhang Jian is also old, and the water division also needs to train young generals!" Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian.

"This is true, and the water division is involved in my Datang future battle outside, I can't pay attention to it, I really need to ask Peping about this matter!" Li Chengqian nodded and said, and in the afternoon, Li Shimin received the recital sent by Qin Huaidao from Yangzhou.

"What?" After Li Shimin finished reading the recital written by Qin Huaidao, he was also shocked, he didn't expect that things would develop like this, the officials of the entire Yangzhou were all dead, and those troops in Yangzhou were almost wiped out.

"Come on, gather the servants of the house to shoot, the high servants to shoot, and the six Shangshu come over!" Li Shimin sat there, his mood was very heavy, there was finally news from Yangzhou, but it was indeed bad news, and soon those officials arrived at Chengtian Palace, and they all saw Li Shimin's serious face, and immediately thought about what happened.

Soon, Li Chengqian also came over, and he was also called over by Li Shimin.

"What's wrong?" Li Chengqian saw that Fang Xuanling and they were all there, while Li Shimin was sitting in the distance, looking at the scenery outside, completely ignoring the ministers behind him, so he asked Fang Xuanling.

"I don't know, Your Majesty summoned us over, and he didn't say anything!" Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, and then they saw Li Shimin take a piece of music, hand it to the eunuch next to him, and say a word to show them, and the eunuch came over with a piece of music, and handed it to Li Chengqian first, and Li Chengqian took the chapter and opened it to look at it.

"What? This? Ay! After Li Chengqian finished reading the concerto, he was also anxious and regretful at the same time.

"What's wrong?" Fang Xuanling stood there and asked.

"Peping's recital, it's the situation in Yangzhou, hey, you look at it first, Lonely, Lonely, you have to sit down!" Li Chengqian gave the recital to Fang Xuanling, and he sat down next to him, while the ministers began to watch the recital together around Fang Xuanling.

"This, all the officials are dead, and the entire Yangzhou, that is, there are more than 10,000 people left, this, what about the other counties, there is no result yet, there are more than 500,000 people in Yangzhou, how many can be left now?"

"All of them are dead, even the guards are dead, hey, miserable, miserable!"

"How can this be, hey, Yu Zhiqing has saved Yangzhou for thousands of years, a monument should be erected, a shrine should be built!" ... After reading it, the officials sighed there.

"Hey!" Fang Xuanling also sighed, for the situation in Yangzhou, he had made a prediction before, and it was estimated that it was about the same, otherwise, it would be impossible for no news to come, and now that Qin Huaidao went in and passed on those news, the situation was also expected by Fang Xuanling. At this time, Li Shimin also stood up, and when he walked this way, Li Chengqian and the others all stood up.

"I've read it all!" Li Shimin sat down on the throne as he spoke, and the ministers all nodded.

"Tell me, Pepin's suggestion, what else do you add?" Li Shimin looked at those ministers and said, when those ministers heard it, they immediately knew what Li Shimin said, and he agreed with Qin Huaidao's suggestions, and now he is asking those ministers, is there anything else that needs to be added?