Chapter 114: The Prince Has Been Decided
After thinking about it for a long time, Li Shimin wrote the words Li Zhi, the king of Jin, on the paper, and after reading it, he no longer hesitated to write it down.
After writing it, Li Shimin finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally decided on the candidate for the crown prince.
When Li Shimin was about to use the emperor's jade seal to stamp the big seal, he suddenly found that there was an unopened secret letter on the table, and the inscription was the inscription of Su Lie, the general of Zuo Wuwei.
Li Shimin's heart moved, and he secretly guessed that the assassin was captured by Zuo Wuwei Zhonglang and Su Lie, and he sent someone to escort him to Chang'an.
He opened the secret music, and saw that it was written that the trip to escort Li Ke, the king of Wu, Li Zhi, and the princess of Jinyang to Kangding, the journey was very smooth.
But while camping in Yazhou, not far from Kangding, an accident occurred.
There was a black-clothed masked man assassin who attacked the camp of King Li Ke of Wu at night, and Li Zhi of Jinyang was also in the camp of King Li Ke of Wu at that time, drinking and chatting.
The assassin intended to assassinate Li Ke, the king of Wu, from behind, and after being discovered by Li Zhi, the king of Jin, he gave a timely warning .......
The minister made a preliminary interrogation, and at this moment, he had truthfully explained the process of the assassination and the instigator behind the scenes.
However, the incident was so appalling that the Assassins did not agree with the mastermind behind the scenes, so they had to escort the Assassins back to Beijing for His Majesty's personal interrogation.
Attached is the content of the assassin's confession, which has been handed over to the portrait to confirm that what the minister said is true and has no selfish motives.
After reading it, Li Shimin picked up another piece of paper with the assassin's confession written on it and looked at it.
Looking at what the assassin had explained above, I was already extremely angry and heartbroken.
"Auxiliary, auxiliary, I am so trusting and trusting of you, and even regard you as a confidant in life, but you have failed me so much, and for your own selfish interests, you want to make your own nephew the prince, and you do not hesitate to send assassins to assassinate Li Ke, the king of Wu.
Although Li Ke, the king of Wu, is not your nephew, he is also my son, how can I tolerate you to kill him at will. ”
Li Shimin muttered to himself softly, clenched his fists, and slammed it on the dragon case, which shows how angry he is.
Li Shimin originally wanted to immediately arrest the eldest grandson Wuji and ask him for the crime, but the assassin was already dead, and the death was testified, so it is estimated that the eldest grandson Wuji would definitely not admit his guilt.
If it were someone else, as long as Li Shimin found him guilty, it didn't matter much whether there was evidence or not, but the eldest grandson Wuji was different, he was an old courtier of the former Qin Palace, and he was the elder brother of the eldest grandson empress, and he was arrested without real evidence, which would hurt the hearts of the founding heroes of the former Qin Palace, which was definitely not the result that Li Shimin wanted to see.
"Don't you want Li Zhi, the king of Jin, to be the prince? I just won't let you get your wish. Li Shimin sneered and muttered to himself.
On the morning of the next day, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin said in front of hundreds of civil and military officials: "Since the former crown prince Li Chengqian was suspected of rebellion, the East Palace Prince's Mansion has been vacant for three years.
I thought about it again and again, I have been in the Tang Dynasty for more than 20 years, although the country tends to be stable, but there are countless strong enemies around, there are Goguryeo in Liaodong, there are Western Turks in the Western Regions, although the Eastern Turks have perished, but there is a Xue Yantuo department, which has always been uneasy, and the Tubo in the southwest has been destroyed, but the Subi State that replaced it is not weaker than Tubo at all, and even stronger. In addition, there are Xi people, Khitan people, etc., although they have been attached to my Tang Dynasty, but they are also some people with different intentions.
As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he must have a strong physique, he can ride and shoot the enemy on horseback, command soldiers to attack the city and break the formation, and he can pick up a pen when he gets off the horse and love the people.
To sum up, I thought about it again and again, and decided to set up the prince! ”
When saying this, Li Shimin paused, glanced at the civil and military officials below, and looked at Sun Wuji, the prince of Zhao State, in particular, before he spoke: "From now on, Li Ke, the king of Shu, will be renamed the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and this matter will be decided by me, and there is no need to discuss it again." ”
"Your Majesty! By all means, since ancient times, the position of the crown prince has been held by the concubine born to the queen, if Your Majesty abandons the prince and does not stand, and establishes the prince who is not born to the queen, it is not in line with the etiquette law! The Yellow Gate Squire was the first to jump out and object.
"I've said it, there's no need to discuss this matter anymore, do you want to openly resist the decree? Scatter the dynasty! Li Shimin stood up as he said and walked away.
Sun Wuji, the eldest prince of Zhao Guo, returned to the mansion with a blue face, locked himself in the study, smashed everything he could, and slammed out the evil breath in his heart.
His Majesty's actions today really caught him off guard, originally the eldest grandson Wuji thought that he knew Li Shimin well, but today's Li Shimin made him feel very unfamiliar, and he realized how ridiculous his so-called understanding of Emperor Li Shimin was.
Calm down, the more the eldest grandson Wuji thinks about it, the more he feels that something is wrong, he just killed that dead man yesterday, why did His Majesty suddenly want to make Li Ke, the king of Shu, the crown prince, the crown prince today?
Obviously, this decision was made by His Majesty suddenly, and if this decision had been made a long time ago, Li Ke, the king of Wu, would not have been renamed the king of Shu, and he would have been the head of the march of Jiannan Road and the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he was suddenly very worried, did His Majesty already know that the assassin who assassinated Li Ke, the king of Wu, was the one behind the scenes.
If that's the case, you're in danger.
No wonder I always feel that today in the early dynasty, His Majesty always felt a little strange when he looked at him.
Thinking of this, the eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and originally planned to enter the palace again tomorrow to question Your Majesty, why did you have to make Li Ke, the king of Shu, the crown prince, the crown prince, and now he dares to question His Majesty again.
At this time, Kangding City, the chief eunuch Liu Zhong, had just arrived in Kangding City, read out the latest appointment to Li Ke, the king of Wu, and renamed him the king of Shu, the head of the Jiannan Road march, and the Jiannan Road Jiedu.
At the same time, there is also a holy decree for Li Zhonghua to organize the production of artifacts as soon as possible, as well as to marry Princess Wencheng to him, and crown him as the concubine Duwei, and specially allow his wife Yang to be the identity of his wife.
In addition, with the establishment of Kangding Mansion, Li Zhonghua, the envoy of the festival, was dismissed from his post and reappointed as the governor of Kangding Mansion, and the scope of the jurisdiction of Tangding Mansion has not changed, mainly because of the party and the prefecture set up by Bai Lanqiang.
In other words, what was it like before? It's still the same now, but the name of the official position has changed, and he used to be called the Jie Du Envoy, and then he will be called the Metropolitan Governor.
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