Chapter 489: The Prince Loses His Virtues
Li Chengqian did get into trouble, and this trouble was not small.
As we all know, the prince's left and right concubines are the emperor's subordinate officials sent to the East Palace, specializing in advising the prince of the East Palace to learn, to be kind, to observe the people's suffering, to assist in supervising the country and other things, it can be said that the left and right concubines of the East Palace are the most important assistants around the prince, these two official positions are very important, they assume the role of teaching and advising the prince, the emperor in the appointment of this official position, often have to think again, not the world's famous people and morality and Confucianism and can not be appointed.
After all, whether the emperor and his son become a Buddha or a demon are just a thought of the concubines.
Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu are famous celebrities in the Zhenguan period, Li Shimin was selected from thousands of courtiers, the two are not only dignified, familiar with the scriptures and history, but also have a wonderful pen article, and both have the qualifications of the grassroots hardship, appointing these two to always supervise and educate the prince, it is really the best choice.
However, Li Shimin's fancy person, Li Chengqian may not be fanciful, because these two are too upright and too wordy, just imagine that every day when the prince opens his eyes, he sees two faces full of love and tenderness, looking at him expectantly, "Get up?" What books are you reading today? Is "Lu's Spring and Autumn" good? Not to your liking? So...... Book of Jin? "Three Rites and Righteous Sects"? "Shangshu"? Oh, Your Highness's taste is heavier today, it doesn't matter, how about "Shuo Yuan", "Shen Jian"? It's all heavy flavors, there's always one for you...... What the? Your Highness doesn't want to study today? Heheda, believe it or not, the minister will crash headlong in front of you, let you see what color the minister's brain is......"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has lived for so many years without being driven crazy, which shows that his psychological endurance is still very strong.
However, today's matter of staggering the concubine is not the vent of His Royal Highness the Prince's backlog for many years, and this matter has nothing to do with Li Su.
Li Shimin was a successful emperor, he was eloquent and ambitious. In the 14 years since he ascended the throne, he has relied on tough diplomacy and military force to beat his neighbors to the ground. Supporting Nongsang, turning clouds and rain in the court, balancing left and right, throughout the ages, it is rare for an emperor to have such a capable and political achievement.
However, Li Shimin is an extremely failed father.
His biggest failure lies in his strength, he thinks that what his son should be like is what it must be, and the Xuanwumen Mutiny launched fourteen years ago is the biggest stain on his life. In order not to let his sons do the same, he also played with the imperial way of balancing left and right with his children, and in recent years, he has inexplicably brought out another son, Li Tai, the king of Wei, to fight against the crown prince Li Chengqian and balance the power of the East Palace.
The crown prince Li Chengqian has had a bad time in the past few years, with psychological pressure, the provocation of King Wei, and the strength of his father. There are also subordinate officials such as the left and right concubines and Shao Zhan Shi who chirp crookedly in his ears every day in the East Palace, which can be described as a domestic and external dilemma. Finally, the prince couldn't stand such a heavy pressure and began to give up on himself.
Self-abandonment is first of all to frolic and have fun, not thinking about learning, and then to set up a daily wine banquet, often drunk and drunk. self-paralysis, and finally collected the world's treasures and beauties, had a lot of fun, and all kinds of acts were absurd and tyrannical.
Later, the prince was tired of even playing with rare beauties. There seems to be nothing in the world that can arouse his interest, so the taste is gradually heavier, the gameplay is innovative, and the creativity is infinite, and the charming and enchanting beautiful man is one of the heavy taste games.
Satisfied with this person, Li Su never thought that he would be so competitive when he laid this chess piece, and he helped him to bewitch the prince and bring disaster to the country and the people, when Li Su had a bad idea a few days ago and ordered the king to send the news directly into the East Palace, he once again lived up to his expectations and successfully bewitched the prince to do a disaster.
Xiangxin first deliberately showed some Turkic-style objects in front of the prince, wine jugs, wine cups, antelope horns, etc., pretending to be very fond of it, and now he is the prince's pillow person, and the pillow person's preferences quickly attracted the prince's attention, so he intentionally or unintentionally said something about the Turkic customs and human feelings with the prince, those things that are completely contrary to the habits and etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, the prince is bored and self-defeating, so he quickly became interested in the customs of foreign races, and followed the heart.
At this time, the heart was very clever to hide his body and name, let the prince play freely, the prince was unaware, and gradually became more and more interested in some of the Turks, so he summoned some Turkic people into the East Palace, more deeply understand the Turkic customs, diet and daily life, etc., and then out of control, first put on the Turkic robes, all day long in the East Palace, the daily etiquette language is also Turkic-based, play to the high, simply set up a Turkic tent in the garden of the East Palace, and ordered the eunuchs and warriors of the East Palace to wear Turkic costumes and practice Turkic etiquette, his words and deeds are absurd, and he is quite similar to an emperor with the name Zhengde a thousand years later.
Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Chengqian finally played too much.
Early in the morning, the princes and princesses entered the Taiji Palace to greet Li Shimin, Li Chengqian went like a person, and then Li Shimin was busy with government affairs, and the word was not seen, so that the prince re-entered the palace at night to enjoy the moon and drink the banquet, Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace to be very bored, so he set up a wine banquet to sing and dance and buy drunk, and when he was drunk, the prince had a whim, put on Turkic clothes, pretended to be dead, and ordered the subordinates of the East Palace to cry and mourn according to Turkic customs, and be buried, so he lay on the high platform built with firewood, surrounded by flowers, and the East Palace belonged to put on Turkic clothes, Riding a horse around Li Chengqian, crying and circling in circles, the scene was very sad.
This move finally completely angered the prince's left and right concubines, Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu, to be honest, the two of them have endured the prince for a long time.
When the prince is fascinated by Turkic culture and customs, the two often have advice, thinking that it is a loss of the Tang Dynasty prince's system, and the advice is earnest, but unfortunately the prince does not accept, still does his own thing, and even intensifies, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the prince even pretended to be a dead man, and ordered the subordinate officials to hold a funeral for him, so much too much did it, Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu were angry, this move has greatly exceeded the psychological bottom line of the two, the prince is immoral, and his words and deeds are absurd, and the situation is beyond the control of the two.
Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu immediately became furious, overturned the high platform, scolded the close ministers of the East Palace, and the funeral carefully prepared by the prince was completely destroyed by the two, not only that, Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu also severely reprimanded the prince, saying that he was absurd and stupid, unvirtuous, and did not have the atmosphere of a prince, and finally angered the prince with a big scolding.
The left and right concubines have endured the prince for a long time, and on the other hand, why hasn't the prince endured them for a long time? Everyone has become more and more disagreeable with each other over the years, seeing that the two of them messed up their funerals, the prince felt that he could not enter the earth for peace, so he was furious, and ordered the guards of the East Palace to take down the two, and while the eight points of alcohol were not dispersed, he ordered the guard staff to punish the two.
The East Palace was in a state of turmoil, and Du Zhenglun, the young Zhan Shi, saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly ordered the eunuch to go straight to Qujiang Garden and play to Li Shimin.
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The matter was very simple, the eunuch stammered and said that the hour of incense was almost clear, and then he knelt in the pavilion with his head down and held his breath, not even daring to raise his head.
Li Shimin's face was already full of iron, and his eyes were full of anger and terrifying.
"The prince has already scolded the concubine?"
The eunuch trembled, and hurriedly said: "When the slave maid left the East Palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already given an order, but I don't know if there was a torture at this time......
Li Shimin snorted angrily: "It's getting more and more excessive!" Passed the decree to the East Palace, ordering the prince to enter Qujiang Garden to see me immediately, and not to move a single hair of the left and right concubines! ”
The eunuch hurriedly responded, and just got up to deliver the decree, Li Shimin suddenly said: "Slow, you lead a team of Yulin guards to the East Palace, take down those Turks in the East Palace, and kill them all in front of the prince's face!" Remember, kill in front of the prince's cane! ”
The eunuch was frightened, and his trembling voice should be.
After the eunuch left, the murderous intent on Li Shimin's face gradually subsided, and then his face showed an expression of exhaustion and disappointment.
In recent years, what the prince said and did, Li Shimin often heard, did not take it to heart at the beginning, after all, the prince is not very old, and the occasional loss of morality in the young man is harmless, and he will naturally be sensible when he gets older.
But later, the prince did more and more, Li Shimin finally felt wrong, so in addition to appointing the prince to leave and right the concubine, the current Hongru such as Kong Yingda, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Li Baiyao, etc., were all invited by Li Shimin into the East Palace, teaching the prince knowledge and the way of life, there is no other way, but to use the Hongru celebrity to surround the tactics, Li Shimin's original intention is good, just imagine so many moral Confucianism surrounded the prince, every day with him is a well-educated person, moral pioneer, the so-called close to Zhu is red, do not ask the prince will become red, At least it shouldn't have turned black in so many days surrounded by vermilion, right?
As a result, Li Shimin didn't expect that the prince had a persistent, tenacious and blackened heart, and under the siege of so many Confucians, it really turned black, and once it was black, he would never look back, and he would go further and further down the wrong road.
There was silence in the pavilion, Li Shimin held the wine glass in one hand, drank a sip of wine, the liquor entered his throat, and slowly flowed into his abdomen along the esophagus, only to feel that his heart was getting colder and colder with the slipping of the liquor.
Disappointment, complete disappointment, how did the smart, studious, and innocent prince become like this now? What went wrong?
Li Shimin's belief in him became more and more shaken, and a question that had been haunting his heart for a long time once again came to his mind irrepressibly.
Can this prince really inherit the Jiangshan Sheji that he and many famous ministers and veterans have worked hard for? is so degrading and immoral, in the future, this great country will be handed over to him, what will he be governed?
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PS: There is one more ...... (To be continued.) )