Furong Garden, also called Qujiang Pond, is a famous royal garden in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and now Li Shimin has given this garden to his current favorite son, Li Tai, the king of Wei, to live.

Li Shimin went to Lishan Tangquan Palace, originally let Li Tai also drive, but Li Tai did not go on the grounds that he wanted to stay in the Furong Garden to enjoy the snow.

It's just that since Li Shimin went to Lishan, the weather in Chang'an City has been sunny, not to mention snow, and even the wind hasn't blown much.

At this time, Li Tai was reading a book in a small building facing Qujiang.

It's just that in the face of a quiet Chang'an City, how can he sink his heart to read a book?

Li Tai sat on the big arhat bed, wearing a thick mink fur, his head shrunk in the collar, and the whole person looked like a big colorful meat ball from a distance. He felt a little hot, annoyedly put the book in his hand on the small table, got up and walked to the door, looked at the unruly Qujiang Pond, and sat back on the Luohan bed with a somewhat annoyed "snort".

Li Tai knew why Chang'an City was so quiet, it was because a few days ago, in order to stabilize the court, Li Shimin ordered Wei Zheng to be the crown prince and the prince to assist the prince full-time.

Some of the wall grasses didn't dare to mention the matter of abolishing the prince anymore.

Although there were ministers in the court who supported him to enter the East Palace, no one dared to carry Wei Zheng hard.

Li Tai was in the Furong Garden, waiting for Wei Zheng's death or Li Chengqian's new mistake.

Li Tai didn't understand that Li Shimin is not abolishing Li Chengqian now, first, because although Li Chengqian has made small mistakes, he really hasn't reached the point of being abolished.

The second is that Li Shimin has always wanted to fight Goguryeo and needs the stability of the imperial court.

But Li Shimin is indeed determined to abolish Li Chengqian, because the prince and master Wei Zheng he found for Li Chengqian will not live long.

It's just that Li Tai's desire for the crown prince has reached the point of no return, and he just wants to find Li Chengqian to make a mistake as soon as possible and drive Li Chengqian out of the East Palace in one fell swoop.

Li Tai didn't have to be upset for long before he heard the news he wanted to hear.

Li Chengqian not only messed up the canon in Chongxian Hall, but also scolded Kong Yingda away.

Li Tai really wanted to laugh three times when he heard it, and secretly thought: Li Chengqian, you idiot, you are not good to pay tribute to your satisfaction, what are you doing in Chongxian Pavilion?

Also interpreting the classics, you are also worthy?

If you just scolded Kong Yingda, it would be fine, but it would be an admission of mistake. But to dissolve the classics, this is digging the ancestral graves of thousands of readers.

This king is too clever to do, how can you be a fool to die?

Ha ha......

Li Tai smiled and arranged for someone to invite Du Chuke, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, to come to Furong Garden to drink Yan.

Du Chuke is Du Ruhui's younger brother, the original governor of the Wei Prince's Mansion, and later promoted to the Ministry of Works.

Du Chuke had already guessed that he knew that Li Shimin had the intention of abolishing Li Chengqian. Therefore, he lobbied for Li Tai everywhere and asked the ministers of the DPRK and China to agree to appoint Li Tai as the crown prince.

Although Li Tai was deeply favored by Li Shimin, he stayed in the capital.

But Li Tai is the vassal king in the end, and now is the critical period for seizing the heir, he does not dare to come forward to contact the ministers of the court in person, and everything can only be handled by Du Chuke.

At the time of the dinner, Du Chuke really came to the Hibiscus Garden.

In a main hall in the Hibiscus Garden, dozens of huge butter candles are lit in the hall, illuminating the hall as if it were day.

Du Chuke saluted Li Tai with a happy face.

Li Tai hurriedly held him up, and said very sincerely: "The little nephew is all thanks to Uncle Du's support, how can you feel Uncle Du's courtesy?"

When Du Chuke saw Li Tai doing this, he knew that he was going to use himself again today.

Moved and said: "The humble body of the minister, can be appreciated by His Royal Highness, how dare he take credit for the work of dogs and horses?" "Because Li Tai wants to be the crown prince, he hates people calling him the King of Wei the most, and people close to him generally only call him His Royal Highness.

When Li Tai saw that Du Chuke was more humble and respectful than before, he was secretly happy in his heart: It seems that he is not far from abolishing Li Chengqian, and even Du Chuke is becoming more and more respectful to himself.

Thinking of this, the big ass face smiled like a flower.

Haha smiled and said, "Uncle Du, don't be formal, let's sit down and talk slowly." ”

Li Tai's seat was at the top, and Du Chuke was accompanied by the side seat below.

After the two sat down, Li Tai looked at it and frowned: "Why do you think this seat is so far away?" He turned his head to the little eunuch who was standing and said, "Move Uncle Du's mat forward." ”

Du Chuke hurriedly stood up and said in fear: "Your Highness, how can you do this?"

Li Tai said with a straight face: "Uncle Du is the minister of his father's emperor, and he is dedicated to assisting this king, if this king is disrespectful, not to mention that his father knows about it and does not follow, even the ministers of the court and the central government in the future will criticize this king." ”

Du Chuke didn't speak anymore, but respectfully bowed to Li Tai to the end.

Li Tai lowered his position again to help Du Chuke, and helped him to sit down in his position before he walked up and sat down upright.

Du Chuke looked at it and admired it in his heart, and saw Li Tai raise the wine glass with both hands, and hurriedly raised the wine glass to drink a glass of wine to the monarch.

Li Tai waved his hand, and the people serving in the hall withdrew silently, and only Li Tai and Du Chuke were left in the hall.

Li Tai put down his wine glass, looked at Du Chuke seriously, and said, "What does Uncle Du think about the matter in the East Palace?"

Du Chuke looked at Li Tai, a fine light was released in his eyes, he turned his head to look forward, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said hatefully: "Heaven is evil, it is still violated, self-inflicted, and you can't live." ”

Li Tai understood that Du Chuke was also from a family and attached great importance to the classics, and Li Chengqian's messy interpretation of the classics also made Du Chuke very angry.

Li Tai got the answer he wanted, slightly bowed his head with a thoughtful look on his face, and said slowly: "Then let's ...... next" Speaking of this, he stopped, turned his head to look at Du Chuke with a look of hope.

Du Chuke turned his head, looked at Li Tai and said seriously: "In Weichen's opinion, we don't have to do anything. ”

Li Tai fell silent, and the only sound in the entire hall was the burning of candles.

"Nope." In the middle of the morning, Li Tai shouted and walked down from his seat, walked around the hall quickly, and said loudly:

Although he misinterpreted the classics, he would inevitably incur the impeachment of the ministers of the ruling and opposition families. But don't forget that Li Zhi, the king of Jin, is now in Tangquan Palace, next to his father! Li Ke, the king of Wu, will also enter Beijing at the end of the year, and they are all favored by their fathers. Moreover, King Wu is older than me, and King Jin has the assistance of his eldest grandson's uncle, who is more likely to enter the East Palace than me. ”

Du Chuke looked at Li Tai with a shocked expression, this prince who always holds the pearl of wisdom on weekdays, finally saw the opportunity to enter the East Palace, and he couldn't sink anymore......

Just thinking about Li Tai, he walked up to him, face to face, staring at him with dead eyes and said: "Uncle Du is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for this king at this time, if we contact the inside and outside at this time to take the lead in impeaching him for this chaotic classic, we will naturally be able to win the hearts of the world." ”

Du Chuke looked at the crazy expression on Li Tai's face, thinking that this matter was very likely to succeed, so he slowly nodded in agreement.

"Haha, this king knows that Uncle Du has a strategy in his chest, and he will definitely be able to see the opportunity." Li Tai easily walked back to the table and filled his wine glass, and raised his hands again to toast Du Chuke.

The two solemnly drank the second glass of wine, put the glass down and fell silent again.

Li Tai was waiting for Du Chuke to speak, and Du Chuke was thinking about how to take advantage of this opportunity.

After a while, Du Chuke picked up a piece of meat and ate it, and then said slowly: "The minister went to contact some scholars in the court to impeach him for disrespecting his master, changing the classics indiscriminately, and it is difficult to inherit the temple society." As for the prince......"

Li Tai saw him groaning, hurriedly leaned forward and arched his hand, "Please teach me uncle." ”

"I heard that Kong Yingda wrote a "Five Classics of Justice", and the prince can pay some money to copy 500 copies for him, showing the world that the prince respects teachers and respects the way, and attaches the most importance to the inheritance of Confucian classics." After Du Chuke finished speaking, he looked at Li Tai quietly.

Li Tai said without thinking: "Miao, Miao, this king will send someone to send some money to Mr. Kong, so that he can find someone to copy the book." ”

Du Chuke looked at Li Tai and shook his head slightly, Li Tai was puzzled.

"The prince personally came to the door, borrowed Mr. Kong's manuscript and arranged for someone to copy it." Du Chuke said softly.

"As it should be, the king of tomorrow will go."

Hearing this, Du Chuke nodded and said, "In this way, not only will that person be hit hard, but the world clan will inevitably have their hearts set on the prince, and others will have no chance." ”

"Thank you uncle for your advice, but if you are so afraid that it will be difficult to bring him down?" Li Tai knew that Du Chuke had a follow-up move.

Sure enough, Du Chuke smiled proudly when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Push him to the cusp first, and then let Lu Shaoqing exert his strength, find someone to sue him in Dali Temple, anyway, the people's hearts are not there with him, we can shoot as much as we want." ”

Lu Shaoqing refers to Li Tai's other confidant, Dali Temple Shaoqing Lub.

Du Chuke's so-called letting Lu Shaoqing exert his strength was naturally to find some cases involving the East Palace as the fuse for bringing down Li Chengqian.

Thinking about it, Li Chengqian has lost Li Shimin's favor, and now he is about to lose the hearts of scholars, so he is short of a case that can really arouse public anger.

Li Taiwei thought about it, then nodded and said, "It's up to uncle." ”

As he spoke, he raised his wine glass with both hands three times and said, "Uncle Du must drink well today." ”