Chapter 446 appoints the crown prince

PS: The chapter name is incorrect.

After all, Li Yu lived up to his father's expectations, and cruelly rejected the position of crown prince in Li Zhi's disappointed eyes.

If there was no famous Empress Wu in history, Li Yu would definitely sit on the crown prince with joy, and then vigorously support overseas development actions with the authority of the prince. Undoubtedly, it is much easier to spend countless money and food to support the overseas expansion than the limited support given by the emperor at present.

But Li Yu witnessed with his own eyes how Empress Wu, who was his mother, controlled the Tang Dynasty politics step by step, and treated her political enemies cruelly and coldly. Her handy political tricks made Li Yu, as a bystander, tremble.

"Don't ask for the hot crown prince, and work hard to expand overseas. As long as I persevere, one day, I will be able to sit in the north and face the south and be respected. ”

Li Yu left the Luoyang Palace with a beautiful vision for the future, and when he returned to the mansion, he met the third brother Li Xian, who came to beg for a drink.

Li Yu was also puzzled, all kinds of good wine aged "Qingshan Lushui" (a commercial house that sells fried tea and liquor) produced in his winery were sold, but the third brother came to the door on time every time he returned to Beijing to ask for good wine.

It's just that today is different from the past, but the third brother, who has always been smiling, carries a wine jar to borrow wine to drown his sorrow and depression.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Yu knew why.

The third brother and his princess Zhao have been married for just over a year, but in early April this year, because the queen mother did not like her father's treatment of Zhao's mother, Princess Changle, she was angry. The claustrophobic Zhao family served the province in the interior, and gave raw food every day. The guards did not see the smoke for several days, and when they opened the door, they saw that the dead bodies were rotting.

Li Yu is quite sympathetic to the third brother's experience, and he was tossed alive by his mother after holding his new wife for more than a year, even if he has no heart and lungs, he will definitely be hurt for a while.

Li Yu summoned the chamberlain, asked them to prepare some decanting soup, and stepped forward to pick up a jar of wine and drink it with the third brother.

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A few days later, in the court meeting, Li Zhi suddenly announced that Li Xian, the king of Liyong, was the crown prince, which really shocked a group of courtiers. What followed was half joy and half sorrow among the courtiers.

Li Xian was even more stunned on the spot, a few days ago, it was rumored from the palace that his father wanted to make the fourth brother the crown prince, why did he suddenly change his hexagram?

Li Yu, who was standing on Li Xian's left, looked very calm, as if the matter of Lichu had nothing to do with him.

According to what Li Yu thought in his heart, it really had nothing to do with him, but in the eyes of the courtiers, it was different.

The queen of heaven after the curtain was undoubtedly relieved, and the husband finally figured out who was more suitable to be the prince between Eryang and Siyang. Although Eryang is talented, intelligent and witty by nature, and quite talented, in the eyes of the queen of heaven, in the way of power and politics, Eryang is still too young after all, and he has no endowment and no power in his hands, and there is no one available in the court.

But then Li Zhi announced a summons on the adjustment of the positions of important ministers in the DPRK and the central government, but the queen frowned, and her mood was very unhappy.

Zhang Chao read the edict in his hand with a sharp voice, namely:

The original prince's left concubine, the third product under the door of the same Zhongshu, Liu Renliang was promoted to the left servant, and the third product under the door of the same Zhongshu and the prince's guest.

Dai Zhide, the former head of the household department and the prince's left concubine, was promoted to the right servant, and the third product of the same book and the prince's guest.

The former Dali Qing and the prince's left concubine, and Zhang Wenjun, the third rank under the Tongzhong Shumen, was promoted to the waiter and the prince's guest.

The original Zhongshu waiter, the third product of the same Zhongshu door, Hao Chujun, was promoted to the Zhongshu Order, and the third product of the same Zhongshu door and the prince's guest.

Li Jingxuan, the former servant of the Ministry and the right concubine of the prince, and the third rank under the door of the same Zhongshu, was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu and the left concubine of the prince, and the three products under the door of the same Zhongshu are the same.

Obviously, the entire prime minister's team and the original team of the late Prince Hong have now all been turned into the new Prince Xian's East Palace officials, and the government and the opposition can see that Li Zhi's determination to cultivate Li Xian is so strong and strong that if nothing else, the new Prince Xian will soon succeed to the throne and ascend the throne as the emperor.

After the next dynasty, the hundred officials said hello to Li Xian and honored His Royal Highness the Prince.

Although Li Xian's face was full of smiles, he did not seem happy in his heart because he was canonized as the crown prince by his father.

He knew very well that the position of the crown prince was not so easy to sit on, as could be seen from his father's careful arrangement of his subordinates in the East Palace. This is an eagerness to train him into a qualified prince so that he can take on the heavy responsibility of the country.

Li Yu stepped forward to congratulate him: "Congratulations to the second brother for entering the East Palace, with the virtue and fame of the second brother, it will be a blessing for thousands of people in my Tang Dynasty in the future." ”

"Fourth brother, don't make fun of being a brother." Li Xian waved his hand and said with a humble smile: "The so-called fame is just a lie in his mouth, since then he has been in the East Palace, so that the people will not affect their livelihood because of my poor governance, I think it is a blessing......"

Li Xian thought that the fourth brother was frustrated and annoyed that he failed to get the position of the crown prince, and even estranged himself from him, the second brother, like those princes who competed for the throne in history, but he didn't think that the fourth brother was talking and laughing with him like a nobody at the moment.

"Let's go, second brother, the fourth brother will invite the third brother and the fifth brother to hold a banquet in the mansion to celebrate the second brother's entry into the East Palace."

In the surprised eyes of the courtiers passing by, Li Yu invited the new crown prince Li Xian to enter the palace to congratulate the other party on becoming the crown prince.

"Shouldn't the princes who are vying for the position of the prince meet to see each other? How did Yanwang change the taste for thousands of years? ”

The courtiers shook their puzzled heads and looked at the backs of the new prince and King Yan, who were talking happily.

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Soon, Li Xian, who had just released the East Palace, was given the important task of supervising the country by Li Zhi, and Li Xian's performance in his first prison did not disappoint Li Zhi and the government and the opposition.

During the period of imprisonment, when Li Xian was in power, he was not only able to be lenient and fair, but also shrewd and prudent, and he could study hard in addition to busy government affairs.

Li Zhi was very pleased with the performance in all aspects, and his previous worries were swept away.

The overjoyed Li Zhi sent down an edict and praised Li Xian, saying that he poured himself into prison, paid attention to political leaders, and the way of caressing words was full of mourning...... Finally, he deliberately emphasized eight words: "The sending of the family and the country, the body is embraced!" ”

Li Yu, at this moment, when the government and the opposition are rejoicing over the new and more sentimental and frail old prince Li Hong, who is in good health, both civil and military, is preparing for his wedding with great fanfare.

Li Yu, who came of age in the second year of the Shangyuan Dynasty, was regarded as a late marriage in the Tang Dynasty, which was mainly due to the fact that he lived in Anton for a long time, and once missed his lifelong event.

Li Yu returned to Beijing this time, and Li Zhi wanted to make him the prince, and by the way, he held a prince's wedding.

Li Yu strongly resigned from the position of crown prince, and Li Zhi could only change the crown princess originally selected for him to Princess Yan.

Li Yu is quite familiar with the fiancée chosen by his father, she is Xiao Jinxuan's cousin Xiao Jinxuan, who has a deep friendship with him, and the second son of Xiao Yu, the founder of the Song Dynasty who founded the Tang Dynasty, is currently the eldest daughter of Xiao Kai in Yubu Langzhong.