Chapter 9: Planning
Li Tai asked his advisor Wei Ting, the imperial historian, and the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and the head of the Wei Palace, Shi Du Chuke, to come to the Wei Palace.
In addition to Du Chuke and Wei Ting, there were also henchmen such as Chai Lingwu, the commander of the horse, and the widow of the widow of the horse, who gathered in the Wei Palace.
Li Tai is Li Er's favorite son, and Li Er's preference for Li Tai is outrageous.
Li Er did not hesitate to violate the rules, but also to love this son, Wei Zheng and others also played for this matter, asking Li Er to stop such behavior.
Li Er didn't care, and still loved Li Tai! He even wanted to issue an edict for Li Tai to move to the Wude Hall to live.
Fortunately, under Wei Zheng's arguments, Li Er dispelled the idea of letting Li Tai live in the Wude Palace.
Later, after Li Tai presided over the completion of the "Kuodi Chronicles", Li Er was very happy, not only included the "Kuodi Chronicles" into the royal library, but also continued to reward Li Tai with wealth.
The amount of rewards even exceeded the specifications of the prince, and in the end, Chu Suiliang was persuaded to do so, but Li Er still ignored it, and the reward should be rewarded.
Even in order to be able to give Li Tai more, instead of cutting Li Tai's expenses, he canceled the prince's spending restrictions, and in this way maintained Li Tai's expenses in disguise.
In this way, Li Tai has more ideas about the throne, and Li Er's approach is like planting the seed of seeking a successor in Li Tai's heart, and it continues to take root in Li Tai's heart.
It also made the brothers Li Tai and Li Chengqian embark on the road of turning against each other.
"Today, Li Chengqian left Chang'an and went to Huayin County, what do you tell Li Chengqian to do?" Li Tai said.
"King! Someone saw Yangzhou Assassin Zhao Jie, who went to Huayin County a few days ago, and returned to Chang'an early this morning, and then didn't know what to say to the prince, and the prince went out of Chang'an to Huayin. "It was a young official who spoke.
"Who am I talking about! It turned out to be the Provincial Ritual Sun Yi Mansion. Chai Lingwu said disdainfully.
Chai Lingwu is the grandson of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, and the son-in-law of Li Er.
Naturally, he doesn't look down on Li Yifu, who was born in a poor family, is good at drilling camps, and is under the official position.
The provincial ceremonies under the door are only from the ninth grade, and they are responsible for the minor officials who are in charge of praising and singing and the rank in the palace.
Generally speaking, the job of Li Yifu is that of a petty official who was responsible for naming and arranging the order of the ministers' seats during the previous dynasty.
Wei Ting turned around and asked, "Li Dianyi, does you know what Zhao Jie went to Huayin for?" ”
"This, this official doesn't know!" Li Yifu is embarrassed.
When Zhao Jie first came out of Chang'an, he happened to meet Li Yifu, and then it was linked to Li Chengqian's departure from Chang'an today, and it was speculated that the two might be related.
In fact, how did he know what Li Chengqian was doing in Huayin?
"King! No matter what Li Chengqian is doing in Huayin, now is a great time! The king must not miss this opportunity. Wei Ting said.
"A good opportunity? What is the opportunity? Li Tai didn't understand what Du Chuke meant.
"Li Chengqian's departure from Chang'an City is a good time for us to do it, the king only needs to send assassins to Huayin and give Li Chengqian ......" Wei Ting gestured to Li Tai with his hand to wipe his neck.
Wei Ting's intention couldn't be more obvious, that is, he wanted Li Tai to kill Li Chengqian in Huayin.
Li Tai is a little excited! If Li Chengqian can be eliminated in Huayin, then he will not be the prince, and he will be the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty in the future.
"No way!" Du Chuke Li Tai was overjoyed and shocked! Hurriedly opened his mouth to stop it.
"Wei Ting, why not!" Wei Ting was very dissatisfied with Du Chuke's rejection of his suggestion, and turned to Li Tai and said, "King! Don't miss the opportunity! If you don't get rid of Li Chengqian now, there will be no such good opportunity if you want to start again, and the king must not miss such a good opportunity. ”
"Your Highness! Sending assassins to assassinate is an extremely dangerous matter, and if His Majesty knew about it, His Highness would have no hope of becoming the crown prince again. ”
"If Li Chengqian can't be solved, Li Chengqian will inevitably be alert! I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack Li Chengqian next time! Du Chuke said.
Du Chuke did not approve of Li Tai taking this risk, after all, the current Li Tai was in favor of Zhenglong, and becoming the prince was just around the corner!
Can't because of this, the boat capsized in the gutter! Otherwise, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain? He put a heavy treasure on Li Tai.
If Li Tai failed to become the prince, he would not regret dying.
Anyway, given Li Chengqian's situation, it was only a matter of time before he was deposed, and there was no need to use such indiscriminate means as assassination.
Therefore, he must stop Li Tai from doing anything stupid, so that everything he has done will not be in vain.
"Humph! Nonsense! Wei Ting trembled angrily, Du Chuke is good at everything, but he is not bold enough, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get rid of Li Chengqian, if he lets it slip away, it will be really regrettable.
"Your Highness! As long as Li Chengqian dies, His Royal Highness will be the prince, and this Tang Dynasty will be Your Highness! Wei Ting persuaded him.
He is bound to persuade Li Tai to kill Li Chengqian today.
Li Tai is really a little moved, he has long coveted the position of the crown prince, since there is a chance to eradicate Li Chengqian, Li Tai really does not want to give up like this.
"Good! Just ......"
Li Tai wanted to do what Wei Ting wanted, and as soon as the words came out, Du Chuke hurriedly bowed down in front of Li Tai.
"Doctor Du, what are you doing here?"
Du Chuke raised his head and said, "Your Highness! If the assassination of Li Chengqian fails, His Royal Highness will really miss the position of the crown prince. Please think twice, Your Highness! ”
"Du Chuke, don't be alarmist! I am here to deceive Your Highness. Wei Ting angrily reprimanded Du Chuke, turned back to Li Tai and said: "Your Highness, don't listen to Du Chuke's slander, if you keep interrupting, you will definitely cause disaster!" Your Highness! ”
Wei Ting said it and fell to his knees!
"Your Highness! The crown prince is the capital of the country, once assassinated! Your Majesty will definitely investigate to the end, and if Your Majesty finds out the clues, His Royal Highness will really have no chance to be the crown prince in this life. ”
"His Royal Highness is not the only one who can become the crown prince, has His Royal Highness forgotten that there is also King Jin?" Du Chuke made a loud noise.
Du Chuke's last sentence made Li Tai suddenly break out in a cold sweat, Li Chengqian fell, and the people who could become the crown prince were not only him Li Tai, but also his younger brother Li Zhi, the king of Jin.
His uncle, the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang, and a group of old ministers were not very willing to support him Li Tai, if Li Chengqian himself died.
It's good to say that he Li Tai became the prince, Li Chengqian was deposed, and it is a legitimate thing for him Li Tai to become the prince, and the eldest grandson Wuji is not easy to oppose.
However, if it is really as Du Chuke said, the eldest grandson Wuji will definitely let his father make Li Zhi the crown prince.
Won't all his efforts be in vain?
"What Dr. Du said makes a lot of sense! Just listen to Dr. Du. Li Tai stepped forward to help Du Chuke and said with a smile.
Wei Ting was a little disappointed in Li Tai in his heart, he felt that Li Tai was not a person who could do great things.