According to the history books of Yan Qinyou, on the fourth day of June in the ninth year of Wude, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Chigong, Xiao Zheng and others laid an ambush in Xuanwu Gate, and Xiao Zheng lured the prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, into Xuanwu Gate and killed them. Later, everyone entered the palace of the king of Qin with the crown of the saint, and Li Shimin forced him to be called the emperor....

Because it was his own experience, Yan Qinyou added in the afterword after writing: Shame on the rebellious ministers and thieves.

When Li Yuan learned that the crown prince Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's descendants were all executed, he was furious and shouted in the palace: "Li Shimin, my son is killing each other, and your son will also bleed in the future!" After speaking, he spat out blood and fell on his back to the sky.

On the seventh day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Wude, Li Shimin was made the crown prince because of his "meritorious service in saving the society", and at the same time the crown prince Li Shimin's mansion was revoked to prepare for his accession to the throne.

On the sixth day of the seventh month, three days before Li Shimin's accession to the throne, Xiao Zheng was invited by Ji Chun to the study behind the Xiande Palace. Seeing Li Shimin and the two gossiping in the study, Li Shimin suddenly bowed down to Xiao Zheng, which startled Xiao Zheng, and quickly pulled him up and asked, "What does the saint mean by this?" ”

I saw Li Shimin say with a little excitement: "The virtuous brother saved me from the near death at the beginning, made a plan to train the soldiers, and risked his life in the Xuanwu Gate to introduce the two Jiancheng into the execution, and then asked the historian to rather bear the name of inhumanity than to avoid the eternal scolding for me, these great favors to me Li Shimin are not grateful people, and the virtuous brother deserves to be worshiped by me today."

Xiao Zheng listened to Li Shimin and said: "Since the moment you put on the dragon robe, we have already recognized that you are a saint, and the auxiliary machine and Fang Qiao, including Jingde, are not because they want to be glorious and rich and support you as a saint, but for the sake of thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty, Xiao Zheng also asks the saint to take the common people in the world as his own responsibility."

When Li Shimin heard Xiao Zheng say this, he smiled and said: "Please rest assured, I, Li Shimin, will definitely build this Tang Dynasty into a glorious future, and I will never live up to the princes in this life."

After finishing speaking, Li smiled and took out a document and map and said: "I am going to divide the feudal titles after the succession, the auxiliary machine will be crowned Zhao Guogong, Qiao Xuan will be crowned Xingguogong, Wei Chi Jingde will be crowned the Duke of Eguo......, and the younger brother will live in Yushan County, so he will be awarded the title of Yuguo Gong, and the actual seal will be 1,500 households, and the young master of the crown prince will continue to teach Chengqian and Qingque, and my former Qin Wangfu will reward my younger brother as a mansion, and this household is all in Zhuangzi near Chang'an City." Oh, and when I was in Shenhe Bay, I knew that the virtuous brother had the talent of Tao Zhu Yidun, and the two villages became extremely rich within a year or two, and I am ready to let the virtuous brother serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Du Ruhui will be your deputy."

Li Shimin is so big! If I am not mistaken, the eldest grandson Wuji will also close the household, and it will be the same as himself. It seems that he is really willing to give this guy his life, and he is really willing to win over the ministers. Looking at the fief that Li Shimin was about to seal to himself, Xiao Zheng said: "Thank you to the sage, but do you want to exchange the reward for the minister?" ”

"Why, the reward of the virtuous brother is not enough, then add another five hundred households" Li Shimin waved his hand magnanimously and said.

"No, no, no, the sage misunderstood, I mean I don't want these closed households, you just need to give me more wasteland around Chang'an City, such as the river beach on both sides of the Qujiang River or the wasteland on the side of the mountains outside Chang'an City. In addition, when we were in Shenhe Bay before, we agreed that the ministers did not like to sink into the government, and this time we also asked you to go to the post of being in charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so that Du Ruhui was still the secretary, and you only need to manage the prison and Taifu Temple as a minister."

After listening to Xiao Zheng's words, Li Shimin was a little stunned when he saw him, he never thought that Xiao Zheng would ask such a question, and waited for a while before saying, "Brother Xian, are you not sick?" There is no grain in these places, and there are no taxes, what do you want him to do? ”

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he jokingly said to Xiao Zheng: "There is also Taifu Temple, do you know how poor my Datang is now?" You just want to be greedy for money, so you have to have money in Taifu Temple."

"I...., who said that I want to be greedy for the money of Taifu Temple? Now I have only been a few years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it is precisely because of the emptiness of the treasury that I want to use some sections to increase the national use, my Tang people have been very taxed, the world is all bitter, but the people are the most bitter, the minister wants to try to use other ways to see if he can increase some national use, less scraping oil and water from my Tang people, so that the people can live a better life."

"Brother Xian wants to use the country without endowment?" Li Shimin looked at Xiao Zheng with eager eyes and asked a little excitedly.

"Sort of, but at the moment we are just an idea, and it is also a beginning," Xiao Zheng said.

"Brother Xian, just try, as long as you have the heart to do things for this purpose, you can think of a way to try, if something happens, I will take care of it for you" As soon as he heard that things that are beneficial to the people can be done, Li Shimin patted his chest and said.

Li Shimin thought about it, asked the chamberlain to take a map of Chang'an from the study, looked at it, and wrote on it, "The wasteland on both sides of the eight rivers of Chang'an can be taken by yourself, don't repeat it", wrote his name and handed it to Xiao Zheng.

"Thank you, saint! Seventy percent of the money earned will return to the treasury" Xiao Zheng was very happy when he got the picture, and said with a salute to Li Shimin.

"No need, if you don't loot people's property and bend the law, fifty percent of the money you earn will go into your pocket," Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Then the minister will thank the saint for giving the minister a fortune," Xiao Zheng said to Li Shimin.

"Then you have to make money first, are you so confident?"

Seeing that Li Shimin was a little confused, Xiao Zheng didn't bother to explain, and continued: "Prince Jiancheng and Yuan Ji are guilty of their own punishment, and this matter should not be punished again." The ministers should focus on appeasing the remnants of the prince's clique, and indiscriminately killing innocents will only cause chaos in the world, and if possible, they should be buried thickly. There are also princes and saints who can also be used, such as Wei Zheng, Wang Qi, Xue Wanche, Feng Li, etc."

"But I heard that the Qing family stripped Wei Zheng's clothes a few days ago..."Li Shimin said with a smile.

"That's my personal vendetta with him, but you can't deny their statecraft, sage."

"I will remember the words of the virtuous brother," Li Shimin said.

"Again, the saint must be humble and filial to the emperor."

"Why? If it weren't for me, Aya, to treat me like this, how could it cause me to be in a difficult situation before" It seems that Li Shimin has a lot of resentment towards his father.

"The sage should try to listen to the words of the minister, if the Tang Dynasty wants to govern the country with benevolence and filial piety, for the sake of the country and the world, even if he pretends to do it," Xiao Zheng looked at Li Shimin very seriously and said.

After listening to this, Li Shimin pondered for a while and said, "Okay, I'll listen to the words of the virtuous brother."

"The saint is enlightened, and the minister retires".

"Hey, wait a minute, your Xue Rengui is really good at kung fu, and that Gong Ruoyi is also a good general, I am going to enable Xue Rengui first, what is your opinion?" Li Shimin stopped Xiao Zheng and asked.

"This person is a general, but the edge is too revealing and still needs to be polished."

"What is the right position to be given to him?"

"Go and show the door to your house, for example, guarding a Xuanwu Gate or something."

After hearing this, Li Shimin laughed and said, "That's what I mean."

Watching Xiao Zheng walk out of the hall, the eldest grandson came out from behind and said to Li Shimin: "Erlang, what Mr. Xiao just said and Mr. Fang also told you something, and the concubine suggested that you listen to the words of the three of them."

Li Shimin patted the eldest grandson's hand and said: "Guanyin, don't worry, I have to think carefully about what any of the three of them say, not to mention that the three of them all say the same advice, I must listen, but I really don't understand what Mr. Xiao wants these wastelands to do, can he really turn stones into gold?" ”。

"I can't guess what the connection between these wastelands and the country is enough without endowment, you also know Mr. Xiao's talent for governing the world, his ideas are often beyond his reach, as long as it is beneficial to my Datang, we will help" The eldest grandson replied.

When he waited for a look in the hall, he entered the backyard and saw Jin'er sitting in the house a little sullenly, so Xiao Zheng asked, "What's the matter, who made you unhappy?" ”。

Jin'er glanced at Xiao Zheng and said, "Husband, don't be angry when I say it, this matter has something to do with you."