Chapter Sixty-Eight: King Youyining
Since ancient times, kings have been lucky, and they are the most ruthless emperors.
This sentence has been fulfilled by almost all the kings and descendants of China for 5,000 years.
But being able to use almost, it means that there are some surprises.
Li Xian, King of Ning, was this accident.
Li Xian's name was Li Chengqi in his early years, and he was the eldest son of Li Dan of Tang Ruizong.
Gaozong Li Zhichu named Li Xian as the king of Yongping County, and in the first year of civilization, Li Xian was the crown prince, when he was only six years old. But at that time, Wu Zetian had already begun to meddle in the government and demoted Emperor Li Dan to the emperor's heir, Wu Zetian ascended the throne, and Li Chengqi became the emperor's grandson.
In the following ten years, Li Dan was placed under house arrest in the palace, and the six brothers Li Xian, Li Yu, Li Longji, Li Fan, Li Ye, and Li Longyi were also placed under house arrest.
At that time, it was not easy for Li Xian and his brothers to see their father, as the eldest son in the family, Li Xian tried his best to replace his father's duties and take care of his younger brothers.
It was also in this ten years of crisis that their brothers helped each other, and their love was solid.
Especially because the days of solitary confinement were too hard, the youngest sixth Li Longyi did not persist and died at the age of ten.
This incident gave Li Xian a great shock, guilt and self-blame, and even regretted being born in this ruthless imperial family.
Until the Shenlong coup, the five kings were restored to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Xian succeeded to the throne.
The remaining five brothers can be regarded as bitter and happy, and they really enjoy the glory and wealth.
However, Li Xian, who ascended the throne, was an incompetent waste, making a mess of the world, which was not as good as the post-martial period.
Later, Li Longji planned the Tang Long coup d'Γ©tat and put his father Li Dan on the throne.
Li Dan faced a dilemma, just like Li Yuan at the beginning, his eldest son Li Jiancheng was the eldest son and the legal heir.
But the second son Li Shimin has conquered the world, and Li Tang has commanded two of the three major battles to stabilize the world, and the world is showing a three-point trend. Li Shimin swept Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, breaking the three-point game.
If Li Jiancheng is an incompetent person, I believe that there will not be so many things later.
However, Li Jiancheng is not only not incompetent, but particularly outstanding, and his military exploits may not be as amazing and brilliant as Li Shimin, but his auxiliary political contributions in the rear are not small.
In the end, it also caused the tragedy of Xuanwumen!
Li Dan is also the same.
The third Li Longji is a hero, but the eldest Li Xian is the legal heir, and he is a qualified heir, and his intelligence is no less than Li Longji.
From the analysis of the general trend, Li Xian also has the advantage!
First of all, the conservatives, the minister who supports the eldest son of the departing son is Li Xian's stable backstage, and Princess Taiping is also on Li Xian's side.
The only people who supported Li Longji were the heroes who planned the Tang Long coup together, and their strength could be said to be disproportionate.
But Li Xian made a decision at this time that made everyone lose their glasses, he resigned the crown prince in the case of absolute superiority, and gave the crown prince, the future monarch of the Tang Dynasty, to his younger brother Li Longji, and also achieved Li Longji.
Li Xian is also the only person in the past who has given up the imperial throne to his younger brother.
Not only that, but later when Princess Taiping and Li Longji were on the same page, Princess Taiping asked Li Xian to go out of the mountain many times, but Li Xian refused.
Congenital coup, Li Longji fought back, and Li Xian, as the boss, threw himself into the front line against Princess Taiping for his younger brother without hesitation.
In the coup, his task was the most important, responsible for stabilizing their father, Li Dan.
As a result, because of Pei Min's appearance, a small accident occurred, and when the coup occurred, Princess Taiping was with Li Dan.
It was Li Xian again, who threatened with his life to force Li Dan to control Taiping, which made the congenital coup a great success.
For Li Longji, he was brought up by his eldest brother, and the position of the crown prince was also given to him by the eldest brother, and even sat on the throne to subtract Princess Taiping, and the eldest brother Li Xian was also the first hero.
For his father, Li Longji has a small complaint in his heart, thinking that he favors Princess Taiping, but for Li Xian's brother, Li Longji can't find any other emotional description except respect.
If you don't believe in such a big brother, there are still credible people in the world?
Therefore, Li Longji didn't want to listen to Cui Cheng and Cui Hong's half-sentence defense at all, and directly put him on death row.
Regarding the current chaos, Li Longji is also at a loss, not knowing how to deal with the aftermath, let alone how to face Pei Min.
Pei Min happily discussed with his eldest brother the eternal flute song "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms", and how did he conspire with the prince, the queen and even the inexplicable witch master?
The troubles are not only these, today, the Pei Guogong Mansion surrounded by his own labor and people, if the inside story is spread out, where will he put this face?
Especially Qinglong, if this matter is made public.
What do later generations of young people say about him?
As an emperor, he cares most about his future evaluation.
Thinking of these all kinds of things, Li Longji also had a big head for a while, and he hated Cui Cheng and Cui Hong even more in his heart, and he also complained that he obviously didn't believe it in his heart, why did he care about that little possibility, and now he can't get off the stage.
Li Xian knew his younger brother very well, and when he saw his embarrassed face, he also understood his worries.
After a little hesitation, Li Xian came to Pei Min's side, pulled him aside, and told Pei Min the truth about what he had learned.
Of course, Pei Min himself knew all kinds of situations, but he still developed his profound acting skills, showing different expressions according to Li Xian's statement.
The anger when he heard Cui Cheng and Cui Hong's false accusations, and the little bit of horror when he heard Li Longji leading his troops to surround Pei's mansion, were all revealed.
It's not flashy, but it's meaningful.
As an elder brother, Li Xian vividly embodied the noble character of the ancient friendship, and said in detail: "It's not that San Lang doesn't believe in Guogong, it's really a big deal. As the emperor, San Lang did not dare to take the slightest risk, and hoped that the Duke of the Kingdom would understand San Lang's difficulties. β
Pei Min said sincerely: "Min doesn't dare to blame Your Majesty, not to mention that he is not afraid of shadows, he is doing right at the end of the downward movement, and he doesn't care about all kinds of censorship." It's just that this matter is quite a big fuss, but it is not easy to deal with the aftermath. If this detailed story is passed out, it may damage His Majesty's reputation. β
Li Xian said generously: "Even at this moment, Guogong can still consider San Lang, which is really not easy. This matter is indeed Saburo's negligence, and as a king, it is inconvenient for him to apologize. Li Xian, as his elder brother, made amends to Guogong for San Lang. β
He said cautiously bowing to Pei Min.
Pei Min returned the salute with trepidation, and the respect in his heart was deeper.
After coming to ancient times for more than ten years, he met many characters, from all sides.
Some made him admire, and some made him despise.
Now there is one more person he sincerely admires!
Li Xian, the king of Ning, is indeed the best figure in the world.
After a little hesitation, Pei Min smiled at Li Xian and said, "There is!" β
He strode in front of Li Longji, bowed down and said: "The minister has thanked His Majesty for the heavy reward, Pei's Mansion has been in disrepair for a long time, and His Majesty has sent soldiers to rebuild the mansion for the ministers, and the minister is deeply honored." β