Chapter 40 Please Your Majesty appoint the King of Wei as the crown prince
Li Chengqian waited in the side hall for a quarter of an hour, and was led to the door of the Taiji Hall to prepare to enter the hall.
In front of the Taiji Palace, hundreds of civil and military officials have stood solemnly according to the ranks, and Li Chengqian ranks first on the right with the respect of the crown prince.
Li Chengqian thought that he was about to meet Li Shimin, the first emperor of the ages, and felt a little awkward in his heart, after all, he was going to recognize his father.
No matter how great Li Shimin is, it can't change the fact that Li Shimin now wants to abolish Li Chengqian's position as the crown prince.
He has now crossed over to Li Chengqian, which is also something he can't change, so he must face the enemy of Li Shimin.
Finding an emperor through the ages as an enemy sounds very cool and exciting.
But thinking about the fate of Li Shimin's enemies, Li Chengqian felt chills all over.
The wide Taiji Hall is decorated with resplendent gold, civil and military officials stand on two sides, Li Shimin walks on the throne, and everyone salutes him like a pilgrimage.
Although it was just a simple set of etiquette, the atmosphere in the hall seemed to be solemn and sacred after everyone had done it meticulously.
The highest authority in China is called the 'imperial court', which is actually a place of worship for saints.
Li Chengqian followed this set of actions, and there were a lot fewer distractions in his heart.
He looked up at Li Shimin above, and Li Shimin was also looking at him through the crown in front of him.
Li Chengqian's movements in Chang'an City these days are not small, and Li Shimin knows it clearly.
Li Shimin still can't understand what Li Chengqian's purpose is for doing these things, saying that he wants a good reputation, but he has offended so many ministers, saying that he wants to shovel dissidents, and Li Tai is still alive and well.
But as soon as the two made eye contact at this time, Li Shimin felt that his son had something in common with before, and he dared to look at himself boldly.
Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin very curiously, such a vision has rarely fallen on Li Shimin over the years.
Li Shimin felt a little uncomfortable, his eyes sharpened, and Li Chengqian was taken aback by him, and immediately lowered his head and withdrew his gaze.
Li Shimin snorted coldly in his heart, he is still so timid and cowardly, how will he inherit the great unification in the future?
The eye contact between Li Chengqian and Li Shimin was only a matter of moments, and soon the chamberlain beside Li Shimin stood up and announced the beginning of the dynasty, and the ministers had something to do.
In this way, the imperial court announced some important decisions, and some foreign ministers and envoys of vassal states met with the emperor, and state affairs were played during the regular dynasty.
But today is obviously different, the imperial court did not announce any new decrees and major decisions, and directly let the ministers below do the work.
Obviously, this was deliberately arranged by Li Shimin, who wanted to teach Li Chengqian and the person Li Shimin thought had given Li Chengqian advice.
Li Chengqian also guessed that someone would definitely attack him today, otherwise he wouldn't have to make so many preparations.
Yesterday, I specifically asked about the process of the dynasty, and now I see that Li Shimin directly asked the minister to do things, and his purpose is self-evident. Li Chengqian sneered in his heart, since you Li Lao Er want to stir up trouble, then come!
But to the surprise of Li Chengqian and Li Shimin, the first one to jump out was Zhang Xuansu, the son of the left concubine, who was unexpected.
Li Chengqian looked at a thin and withered old man in a big red robe, walked to the middle of the main hall in four directions, saluted Li Shi one by one, and then began to talk nonsense in a serious manner.
"Zhang Xuansu, the minister's left concubine, has been playing recently, the prince of the East Palace has behaved perversely, not close to the upright, close to villains such as Xue Rengui, Pei Xingjian, etc. In order to gain power, these villains actually instigated His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to change the responsibility of the East Palace Guards in turn at will, and even took advantage of His Majesty's absence in Beijing to abuse the prince, meddle in the government, mistakenly provide disaster relief, and force the prime minister to death and other unreasonable things.
The unethical ministers of the East Palace were always worried, so they visited the market and learned that His Royal Highness the Prince was possessed by demons, so there were all kinds of absurd and rebellious behaviors.
The virtue of the crown prince is already difficult to occupy the position of deputy East Palace, please make a decision as soon as possible. Ministers die to advance! ”
Before Zhang Xuansu finished speaking, Li Shimin's face darkened, what did he say? Even the crown prince can be possessed by demons? So what has become of me?
The ministers standing in the front rows listened to Zhang Xuansu's words and were also very unimpressed. Confucius said that 'the mouth is silent, the power is chaotic', and the Tang Dynasty is a dynasty with a very strict ban on witchcraft, and ordinary people don't believe in these things, but they were said by a great Confucian in the Taiji Palace.
As soon as Zhang Xuansu stopped speaking, a minister stood up and shouted: "Zhang Xuansu, have you drunk morning wine?" What nonsense, why don't you quickly ask Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for guilt! Everyone looked at it as someone else, it was Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi Yu Zhining.
Yu Zhining was completely well-intentioned, but Zhang Xuansu didn't appreciate his affection, and his beard was high, and he said loudly: "This prince never refuses to listen to you and me, isn't it possessed by demons?"
To be honest, this can't be blamed entirely on Zhang Xuansu, Zhang Xuansu has always thought that he will always be right when he reads the books of a generation of sages. As a result, Li Chengqian never adopted his advice, so he thought in his heart that everything Li Chengqian did was wrong, why was it wrong, he was possessed by demons.
Although Zhang Xuansu's impeachment caused the Manchu Dynasty to look sideways, Li Chengqian almost laughed, because the demon possessed the saying that he had let Xu Jingzong let him go.
Zhang Xuansu once impeached him on the grounds that the prince was possessed by demons, and he personally arranged for Yang Shidao to send it, but I don't know what the reason has been no news.
Today, Zhang Xuansu directly stated his affairs in the court, and he buried several masters of the East Palace in it, and this pit was finally not dug in vain.
I don't know if Li Shimin saw Li Chengqian's joy, and without waiting for other ministers to refute Zhang Xuansu, he asked Li Chengqian directly: "What do you say, prince?"
Li Chengqian limped to the center of the main hall with a cane and saluted Li Shimin first, and then said bitterly: "Father Qi, Master Zhang has always been like this, as long as anyone is slightly disagreeing with his mind, in his eyes, it is a demon and a monster."
Erchen has been busy with disaster relief these days, and if he didn't take care of him, his illness attacked, and he also talked nonsense in the court.
Of course, my father is also at fault in this matter......"
"Bastard, what did you say?" Li Shimin got up and stared at Li Chengqian angrily.
The people in the entire hall were trembling with fright, holding their breath, especially the people in the back, they didn't know what Li Chengqian said, and they thought that the sky was about to fall.
But Li Chengqian's face was as usual: "Father, you listen to your son's words, and it's not too late to get angry." ”
"Speak." Li Shimin sat down angrily and twisted his face to the side not to look at Li Chengqian.
"The father has a way of 'raising or not teaching, the father's fault, the teaching is not strict, and the teacher is lazy', you choose such a teacher to the son's side, can this teach the son-in-law well?
People also say, 'Far from the villain, dear to the king...... Hey"
Before Li Chengqian finished speaking, a black shadow flew in front of him, and he hurriedly lowered his head to dodge when he heard a "bang" behind him, and the inkstone on Li Shishu's case shattered.
Li Chengqian hurriedly knelt down in fright, and heard Li Shimin gasp and say loudly: "You are a son of a crime, and you dare to criticize your father in person, if I don't teach you a good lesson today, you don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick!" Come! ”
"Wait!" Li Chengqian saw that he was about to suffer a big loss, and hurriedly shouted loudly.
"What else do you have to say?" Li Shimin said with eyes the size of a copper bell.
"Erchen just wants to ask, Master Zhang keeps saying that Erchen's virtue is not worthy of the prince of the East Palace, so who is worthy?" This cry was heard by the whole hall.
And Zhang Xuansu, who was standing behind Li Chengqian, also understood a little, it is not yet known how the prince is today, but he will definitely not be well, so he will not dare to speak casually anymore.
Just when everyone was waiting for Li Shimin to speak, they heard a loud voice from behind: "Your Majesty, please appoint His Royal Highness King Wei as the crown prince!" ”