Chapter 166: Li Chengqian's Threat
Zhu Suiliang questioned, the scene was quiet, a breeze blew, except for the occasional war horse snorting, there was no other sound.
Li Shimin's reason for abolishing Li Chengqian is not far-fetched, but it cannot be said in public.
For example, Li Chengqian competed with him for power, for example, he preferred Li Zhi, for example, his concept of governing the country was different from Li Chengqian......
As for the reasons that Eldest Sun Wuji found for him, of course, it was only on the surface, it seemed that he was used by Eldest Sun Wuji, but in fact, it can only be said that Eldest Sun Wuji knows him best.
This is consistent with history, after Li Chengqian was forced to rebel in history, Li Shimin originally planned to make Li Tai the crown prince, but it was the eldest grandson Wuji who changed his mind for the first time and made him establish Li Zhi. When Li Shimin felt that Li Zhi was too benevolent and weak and wanted to establish Li Ke as the crown prince, the eldest grandson Wuji changed his mind for the second time, not only keeping Li Zhi, but also letting Li Ke go out to become a vassal.
But now when facing Li Chengqian, Li Shimin is unwilling to tell his selfish intentions, so he can only remain silent.
After seeing the silence at the scene for a while, Cheng Mingzhen walked out from behind with a war horse, jumped off the war horse and said to Zhu Suiliang: "Scholars, don't blame Your Majesty, all of this was provoked by Uncle Changsun." ”
Cheng Mingzhen is a military master, and he has fought more battles with less all his life, and his analysis of form has always been accurate.
He knew that although Li Chengqian had the upper hand at this time, he couldn't force Li Shimin to be in a hurry, and this pot could only be carried by the eldest grandson Wuji.
It's just that Zhu Suiliang has always been upright, and he still said when he heard the words: "Although Uncle Changsun Guo has ill intentions, His Majesty is also a distant villain and a virtuous minister, how can he listen to Uncle Changsun's words?"
Li Shimin was almost angry when he heard this, but in the end, he was the one who was trained by Wei Zhengmo, and he still had a gloomy face and didn't speak when he heard the words.
At this moment, Li Shimin was surprisingly calm, he knew that it was not good to say it at this time, if he sold the eldest grandson Wuji, it would be more troublesome to abolish Li Chengqian in the future, and if he didn't sell the eldest grandson Wuji, he would not be able to abolish Li Chengqian at this time.
So he just waited for the eldest grandson Wuji to come out and speak, and when the time came, he would be able to adjust in the middle whether he won or lost.
Of course, with the wisdom of the eldest grandson Wuji, he also saw the current situation clearly, and walked out with a war horse with a blank face without looking at Zhu Suiliang, and said directly to Li Chengqian: "Prince, in order to buy people's hearts, you treat the gentry in Guanzhong harshly, even if you can scare these soldiers with evil magic, can you also use evil magic to scare the people of the world?"
The minister is for the sake of the Tang Dynasty and the people of the world, and it is said that Your Majesty will abolish your crown prince-"
"Who said that the prince does not have the heart of the gentry, and there are dozens of gentry in Xianyang who are willing to reduce the local tenant rent in Xianyang to 30%." Zhu Cheng walked out from behind Xu Jingzong as he spoke, holding a note in his hand.
Everyone looked at Zhu Cheng when they heard this, especially Li Shimin, who was very troubled by the matter of reducing the tenant rent in the past two days, and finally after the eldest grandson Wuji promised him to abolish Li Chengqian, the eldest grandson Wuji would personally persuade the hundred officials and the gentry of Chang'an to agree to reduce the tenant rent to forty to five.
Now there are actually Xianyang gentry who are willing to drop to thirty percent, and it is obvious that the East Palace has done something below.
Seeing Li Shimin's heartbeat, Li Daozong hurriedly stepped forward and immediately took the recital in Zhu Cheng's hand and presented it to Li Shimin, Li Shimin took it and couldn't help but nod in admiration.
The eldest grandson Wuji's heart was half cold when he watched from the sidelines, and he hurriedly said loudly: "Your Majesty, don't believe them, this must be what they used to coerce the Xianyang gentry to agree, such a practice is unpopular, and the officials and gentry of Chang'an City will never agree." Don't forget that because of the recklessness of the crown prince, there are still hundreds of officials standing in front of the Liangyi Gate, refusing to go back to handle official business, and even if Your Majesty forcibly decrees, no one will carry it out......"
"Uncle Eldest Sun, you don't have to worry about things that are unavailable, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally presided over the examination in the Jiade Hall today, and this is the examination paper of the three hundred outstanding scholars selected by the official here." Zhu Suiliang said and held up the candidate's test paper in his hand again.
"If these people are not enough, there are still hundreds of scholars in the East Palace who have passed the examination in the past few years, and they have not obtained official positions before, and now they can all take office immediately." Li Chengqian said lightly.
Li Shimin's face became gloomy when he heard this, as far as his heart was concerned, he was very dissatisfied with the few young hundred officials standing in front of the Liangyi Gate this time, but asked him to replace these people with Li Chengqian's people......
Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin had not spoken, and said with some disdain in his heart: "Father, you are the emperor, you always have to talk about these things, you can't think that these things will be solved if you don't speak, right?"
Li Shimin was once again sarcastically ridiculed by Li Chengqian, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he pointed at the wooden pagoda in the distance with a horsewhip and scolded loudly: "You tell me, what are you getting there?"
Isn't it a demonic way?"
Li Chengqian said calmly when he heard this: "No, it is gunpowder prepared with several extremely ordinary raw materials, this kind of recipe was mistakenly combined by Taoist alchemy, Erchen just changed the proportion, and anyone can prepare and use it with the formula." ”
Li Chengqian's voice was not loud, and the people who could hear him at the scene all held their breath and listened to him attentively, and when they heard that anyone could prepare and use a formula as long as they had a formula, everyone's breathing couldn't help but become heavy.
Hearing this, Eldest Sun Wuji couldn't help but ask, "What's the recipe?"
Li Chengqian glanced up at the eldest grandson Wuji, and asked rhetorically, "Why do you also want to know the recipe and want to prepare gunpowder?"
When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he immediately realized his gaffe, because Li Shimin's eyes were not good at looking at him.
Li Shimin glanced at the wooden tower in the distance and the people under the wooden tower and asked, "Who knows the formula?"
Li Chengqian saw it and asked: "Except for Erchen, in the East Palace, that is, Pei Xingjian knows, as for the craftsmen who make it, they are supervised by Xue Rengui. ”
Li Shimin didn't speak when he heard this, but stared at Li Chengqian with very sharp eyes, Li Chengqian knew that Li Shimin wanted him to give him the formula for gunpowder, but how could it be possible at this time?
Therefore, Li Chengqian was only unaware of Li Shimin's increasingly calm gaze, and Li Shimin saw that it was useless for a long time, so he snorted heavily: "Those Daxiong Treasure Halls were also blown up by you?"
"No, the monk was sent by heaven, and the retainers just obeyed the mandate of heaven and let them work as coolies over there." Li Chengqian said stiffly.
Li Shimin snorted coldly when he heard this, and stopped looking at Li Chengqian.
"Your Majesty, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not at fault, please also severely punish the eldest grandson Wuji who harbors evil intentions." Zhu Suiliang spoke again.
Li Shimin's face changed when he heard this, and he didn't say anything, and all the henchmen of the East Palace also bowed down and said, "Please Your Majesty severely punish the eldest grandson Wuji who harbors evil intentions." ”
Seeing this, Li Shimin still had a gloomy face and didn't speak, he really didn't want to personally order the punishment of Chang Wuji.
Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin was still unmoved, so he also bowed down and said loudly: "For the sake of the stability of the imperial court, the stability of Guanzhong, and the stability of the Tang Dynasty, please give the eldest grandson Wuji death." ”
Li Shimin snorted coldly when he heard this: "Datang is very stable!" ”
"My father's words are wrong, the eldest grandson Wuji harbors evil intentions and forms a party for personal gain to stir up party disputes in the court, even if his sons let him go, will he and his henchmen give up?
Erchen can't wait for them to harm Erchen again, and this also involves the reduction of tenant rent in Guanzhong, and the gentry in Guanzhong are headed by him, and these people will inevitably continue to be embarrassed by Erchen.
Although the sons are incompetent, they are also quite loved by the people, if the people know that they have framed the sons like this, and rush into their homes in a fit of rage, I am afraid that Chang'an City will be a river of blood. ”
"You!"
How could Li Shimin stand this naked threat, but as soon as he wanted to get angry, he was stopped by Gao Shilian and others who were watching the play just now, because according to Li Chengqian's past actions, it is really possible for him to realize what he said, and I am afraid that Li Chengqian will rebel if he does not rebel at that time, and no matter whether he succeeds or fails, it will be recorded in the history books that Li Shimin forced Li Chengqian to rebel.
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