"You go to Dali Temple tomorrow to study with Di Renjie, so you can accumulate some experience." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Li Ju responded.

"The first emperor once commented on the ministers like this, first talking about the punishment and prison, and it is very important to be in the state."

"Di Renjie is a rare talent, a capable person who helps the world and the country, you can always learn useful things when you learn from him." Li Chengqian said.

"Erchen understands!" Li Ju responded, but in his heart he was wondering about Li Chengqian's intention to do this, was he planning to make him the crown prince in the future, and find him a capable minister to assist him?

"That's it! You go back first, you are already fourteen, and it is not suitable to stay in the palace anymore, I will ask someone to build you a house outside the palace to be your Ning Wangfu. Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Father! Son's resignation!" Li Ju said that, and withdrew.

"Let the Ministry of Industry choose a good place for King Ning to build a palace, and by the way, let people go to Dali Temple to say hello to Di Renjie." After Li Ju left, Li Chengqian said to Wang Quan.

"Slave and maid, send someone to do it!" Wang Quan said.

"By the way, go to the Hengshan Palace, and call Li Xiang, the king of Hengshan, to see me." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Wang Quan received the order and immediately sent someone to inform the Ministry of Industry and Di Renjie, and called Li Xiang to the palace to see Li Chengqian.

During this time, Li Chengqian received an excerpt from the ministers of the DPRK and China, and the ministers knew that Li Chengqian did not want to mention the matter of establishing the crown prince.

Except for some brainless people who still asked for Li Ju to be appointed as the crown prince, everyone else was changing the topic and asking Li Chengqian to issue an edict and let Li Xiang go to his fiefdom to stay.

This is a disguised coercion of Li Chengqian to make Li Ju the crown prince, and Li Chengqian naturally will not agree.

Li Chengqian then replied that both Li Xiang and Li Ju were vassal kings, and they should go to their fiefs according to the custom.

There is no reason to let Li Xiang go back to the fief alone, if you want to go to the fief, two people will go to the fief together, and if you want to stay, two people will stay in Chang'an together.

The ministers naturally did not dare to show weakness, and all kinds of moves emerged one after another, but they were all blocked by Li Chengqian's moves.

"Everyone! His Royal Highness the King of Hengshan has arrived! The eunuch came to Li Chengqian and saluted.

Li Chengqian put down the fold in his hand and said, "It's here!" What about people? ”

"Waiting outside the hall." The eunuch said.

"Don't let King Hengshan come in yet." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" The eunuch hurriedly retreated and invited Li Xiang, the king of Hengshan, to come in and see him.

"Son-in-law Li Xiang see his father!" Li Xiang walked in and saluted Li Chengqian.

Li Xiang is four years older than Li Ju, and he is just eighteen years old this year, if it weren't for Li Er's death, he would have been married and had children! Now he's a grandfather!

The three-year funeral period is about to pass, looking at the eighteen-year-old young man in front of him, Li Chengqian plans to pick a good day and an auspicious day to give him this marriage!

"Excuse yourself and give you a seat!" Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Father!" Li Xiang got up and had his own eunuch bring him a stool for him to sit on.

"I have summoned you today to ask you what do you think about the establishment of the crown prince?" Li Chengqian asked.

"The sons have no opinion, everything is up to the father." Li Xiang said.

What can he think about the position of the crown prince, even if he has the conditions, he is not allowed to have any ideas.

His biological mother was just a slave, he was born of a slave, and his background was not noble, so it would not be his turn to be the prince anyway.

"Haven't you ever thought about becoming a prince? Don't really have any ideas? Li Chengqian asked.

"Don't hide it from your father! Erchen did have some thoughts about the position of the crown prince, and Erchen knew that this was not something that Erchen should be delusional. ”

"This is not something that the sons should consider when they are the princes, the father has already made a decision in his heart, and the sons dare not speculate."

"Don't you have any resentment in your heart?" Li Chengqian asked.

"If my father wants my son to be the prince, my son will gladly accept it, if my father doesn't let me be the prince, my son will not have any complaints, and my son doesn't want to embarrass my father." Li Xiang said.

He knew in his heart that his background was not noble enough, and he had no power in the court, if he didn't know whether to fight for the crown prince alive or dead, he would only die miserably.

"I see! From tomorrow onwards, you will go to the household department to take up a post, so as to accumulate some political experience, I will send someone to inform the household department Shangshu, you should retire first! Li Chengqian said.

"Son's resignation!" Li Xiang got up and said goodbye and left.

"Wang Quan, who do you think I should appoint as the crown prince?"

"It stands to reason that the heir is based on the long rather than the virtuous, and the son is noble rather than the long, and I should choose Li Ju as my crown prince."

"You say, can Li Ju become a qualified prince?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Everyone! Slaves and maids don't dare to speak falsely! Wang Quan fell to his knees in fright, trembling, he was just a eunuch, the emperor's domestic slave, and he was not qualified to discuss the topic of the prince.

This is not what he should do as a eunuch, what should be done and what should not be done, he weighed it clearly in his heart.

The matter of establishing a reserve is not something he should be involved in.

If he dares to disagree with the prince, he believes that tomorrow he will be dead in the streets.

"That's it! I'm just talking casually, you don't have to be afraid of being like this, step down! I want to be alone. Li Chengqian said.

"No!" When Wang Quan heard this, he hurriedly got up and left.

Regarding Li Chengqian's letting Li Ju and Li Xiang go to Dali Temple and Hubu respectively, the ministers discussed this matter a lot.

They all felt that Li Chengqian was planning to choose one of the two princes to become the future prince, and they all speculated who would become the prince.

As a result, the minds of the ministers began to come alive, and they chose the candidates who could become the crown prince in their minds, and in secret observation, it was time for them to start choosing sides.

If they stand in the wrong line, their family will be able to continue to be prosperous and prosperous in the future, and if they stand on the wrong team, they will lose everything, so they must think carefully.

With a sentence that the first emperor once commented on the ministers, he first talked about the punishment and prison, and he won the importance of the state. After it was circulated.

The ministers changed their previous attitudes, and they all felt that Li Chengqian actually wanted to make Li Ju the crown prince, and Li Xiang was nothing more than a kind of pressure that Li Chengqian gave Li Ju.

Li Chengqian had been observing the performance of Li Ju and Li Xiang, and during this time he had summoned them over to test what they had learned recently.

On 22 July, Li Chengqian summoned Li Ju and Li Xiang respectively in the Liangyi Hall and asked them about their recent situation.

Li Chengqian also summoned the son of the late Shen Guogong Gao Shilian, and the head of the household department Shangshu Gao performed a question about the population.

"How many households did Datang increase in population last year?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Your Majesty! Last year, the number of households increased to 150,000. Gao replied.

"Oh! How many households are there in the Sui Dynasty, and how many households are there in my Tang Dynasty this year? Li Chengqian asked.

"During the opening of the Sui Dynasty, there were 8.7 million households, and in the Sui Dynasty, the number increased to 9.07 million households, and the number of households in this dynasty is 3.8 million." High fulfillment of the road.