Chapter 435: The Candidate for the Crown Prince
Scared stupefied?
Li Yuan was helpless in his heart, and shook his head with a wry smile: "You are my son, how can I not believe your words?" When I first found out about this, I was also very scared! ”
Although Li Yuan said that he believed it, even if it was a person who didn't understand anything standing here, he could see that Li Yuan actually didn't believe it.
It's just that because of the identity and the current ending, it is useless to pursue these anymore.
He is just a Taishanghuang, a nominal old emperor, but in fact he has no power.
If, if he still had some ambitions and dared to take risks, would Li Yuanji really let himself regain the throne?
Li Yuan didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't want to think about it.
At least, my current self is much more comfortable than a few years ago, and I can be regarded as experiencing the joy of humanity, but unfortunately I lack a lot.
Seeing Li Yuan's expression, Li Yuanji didn't say anything, he knew that this explanation was a little unbelievable, in fact, it was difficult for him to believe this result.
According to the current situation, Li Yuanji has already announced to the public why he learned the news in advance.
Formed a secret guard in advance and hid it from anyone, what is Li Yuanji's purpose?
Not to mention, just the matter of forming a secret guard, who would think that Li Yuanji would be stupid by this kind of thing?
The formation of the secret guard means that Li Yuanji had long expected this kind of thing to happen, and even had already laid out in advance and was ready to do something.
It is not so much that he was frightened silly, but that he was preparing for the fisherman's profit.
It's just a pity that I can't tell them, I just crossed over at that time, and I was very timid, knowing that I only had less than a day to live, so I was scared stupid, right?
Who's going to believe it?
As a traverser, Li Yuanji is also desperate, the time to cross is neither early nor late, just at this juncture, he doesn't even have time to react, thank God for being able to save this life in a daze, how dare you ask for so much?
Although the outside world doesn't see it that way, Li Yuanji himself has no way.
Sometimes, this pot is not something you can not carry if you don't want to.
"How are you thinking about the matter of Lichu?" The atmosphere in the carriage was a little silent, and Li Yuan had to pull away from the topic.
Lichu, this content that anyone except the emperor should avoid, but Li Yuan doesn't need it, he is the emperor, although he has no right to decide on this matter, but it's okay to interject and say a few words, and Li Yuanji can't turn his face with Li Yuan because of this matter.
"Guang'er is still young, Erchen wants to wait and see." On the issue of the establishment of the reserve, some people mentioned it, but it was shelved by Li Yuanji.
The sons before the crossing are gone, Li Chengguang, as Li Yuanji's biological eldest son, is only six years old now, although the whole person is already a little sensible, and he is also very smart and studious, but Li Yuanji still wants to wait, after all, it is not a trivial matter to establish a reserve.
Once the candidate for the crown prince is determined, a series of preparations and changes will be carried out.
"The country cannot be without a king for a day, nor can it be without a prince for a day, the establishment of a prince is not only to choose a successor, but also to stabilize people's hearts, as for whether it is suitable or not, I think you should be more courageous than me." Li Yuan said unhurriedly.
Lichu, there are only two suitable candidates, the eldest son Li Chengguang, the third son Li Chengming, and the second son Li Chengju, although he is only younger than Li Chengguang, but after all, he is a concubine, and when he was born, his mother was not even a beauty.
Such a birth defect has already determined his fate, even if he is older, he can only be a prince in the end.
Unless Li Chengguang and Li Chengming are dead, or are regarded as overwhelmed by Li Yuanji, and Li Chengju can overpower other princes, and the queen no longer has children, etc.
Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, the candidate for the crown prince is actually one of the two, and the probability of Li Chengguang is about nine out of nine, and it is not at all that Li Chengming, who is only three years old, can threaten him.
"Once the crown prince is confirmed, the rest of the princes will no longer accept the existing education and training, and the sons are worried that Chengguang will not be able to adapt in the future, and there is no other suitable candidate at this time, so as to delay the Jiangshan Sheji, so I want to wait, at least until Chengguang is ten years old before thinking about this matter." Li Yuanji expressed his considerations.
"It makes sense, at least I won't follow the old path of your brothers, you can do it yourself, I won't ask anymore!" Li Yuan nodded, although he had already guessed it, he still wanted to be sure.
What is Li Yuan most afraid of?
The answer is that I am afraid that similar problems will arise in the future Tang royal family on the issue of heirs.
However, the result of the fact is that if Li Yuanji had not intervened so sideways, Li Yuan's worries in history would not have been superfluous.
Since the seizure of power by Li Shimin, none of the princes of the Tang Dynasty had a good end, first the dispute between Li Chengqian and Li Tai, and finally cheapened Li Zhi, and then the Empress Wu seized power, set up the emperor, and even ascended the throne as the emperor, changed the dynasty to Zhou, and then a series of other things, anyway, the first prince who was made the crown prince either chose to rebel, or was made down.
Although Li Yuanji did not know all these things later, he also knew the problems that arose in the inheritance of the Tang Dynasty.
And the bad start in front has already appeared, how to stop the people behind not to follow suit?
Li Yuanji doesn't think that his way is the smartest, but in his opinion, it is the most stable.
The inheritance of a dynasty wants stability, not some people with whimsical ideas.
Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty abolished Liu Rong and replaced Liu Che, achieving a generation of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
But in the decades since he was in power, what has the entire Western Han Dynasty become? Ordinary people only saw the glorious achievements of the Han Wu period, and felt that it was an era that everyone longed for.
But if you read the history books a little, you will feel that it was an era when the people were not living, and anyone who went there, especially in the late period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, would be good if he could survive, as for comfort? It's more reliable to dream.
If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had not been deceived and forced to rebel in the late Han Dynasty, the decline of the Western Han Dynasty might have been avoided, because Liu Ju was a good successor, similar to Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, who could slowly recuperate and return to the peak of the devastated Han Dynasty through a lifetime.
It's a pity that history has no ifs, and on some levels, the history of the successors of the Tang Dynasty has many similarities with the history of the Han Dynasty.
So Li Yuanji came up with this set of rules that are not very smart, but they are extremely suitable.
Once the candidate for the crown prince is determined, all the other princes cannot receive the same education as the prince, and in addition, they are not allowed to touch the military and politics again, and even the officials who have had excessive contact with the military and political officials for two terms.
The court will support them for a lifetime, so that they can enjoy endless glory and wealth, and they will have to give up some of their power as princes and be willing to be the idle king who doesn't have to worry about anything.
And the only problem with this system is that when choosing the crown prince, you must be cautious and cautious, once you choose the wrong one, and then want to replace it, it is impossible to have a satisfactory result in less than ten years.
Therefore, the fault tolerance rate of this system is low, but the probability of problems is also low, and the emperor is nothing more than the high and low of talent.
Li Yuanji's idea is that if this generation of emperors has no talent, at least they must ensure that when he passes on the throne to the next generation of emperors, the situation will not be much worse than when he took over the throne, as long as he does not make mistakes in the selection of people, it is naturally impossible to have too many problems in the future.
This system ensures the interests of the prince to the greatest extent, so that he can have a more stable environment to adapt to this identity, and learn what a prince should do and what an emperor should do.
The disadvantage is that the prince will lose motivation, there is no competition, everything will appear so indifferent, as if everything is what he deserves.
There was even a time when Li Yuanji even wanted to learn the Japanese emperor system, although he looked down on small Japan, but the emperor of the other family has continued, and by the time Li Yuanji crossed over, it had been more than 100 generations, and this is still worth learning.
The atmosphere in the carriage fell silent again, and the father and son were almost staring at each other, a little embarrassed.
Although Li Yuan has some resentment in his heart, this kind of resentment is not easy to come out, and no one can be blamed for this, only himself.
In all fairness, Li Yuanji has done well enough since he ascended the throne, at least a hundred times better than Li Shimin, and Li Yuan should be relieved to see his son so good.
In fact, Li Yuan was also very happy, but every time he thought of his two sons who died unexpectedly, he couldn't be happy.
When people get old, they can't help but think of the things in the past, and even a trivial thing can make them sulk for a long time.
The road is still very long, and it is only halfway there, and Li Yuan doesn't want to finish the next journey like this.
So two people were called from the other cars behind, and just four people got together to play mahjong in the carriage.
Although boring, mahjong can still bring happiness to people, not a lot of effort, the atmosphere in the carriage has changed, laughter and laughter one after another, and there is no longer the haze atmosphere before.
Li Yuan naturally became the biggest winner, Fang Xuanling and Li Tao who were called, neither of them dared to win, even if the cards in their hands had already won, they always had to play out and deliberately lose.
Li Yuanji is to make this cheap father happy, so he also loses more and wins less, although there are not many chips, but it still makes Li Yuanle unable to do it, and it seems that he has once again experienced the majesty of the year.