Chapter 1241: The Turmoil in the Longmen Grottoes (Part II)
Li Shimin loved his son and wanted to tell the world that Li Tai had built a grotto for the eldest grandson queen to accumulate merit, but he was strongly opposed by Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji and others, especially Wei Zheng was even more fierce, after all, these people saw that Li Tai's main purpose in doing this kind of thing was to compete with Li Chengqian for favor, if Li Shimin really told the world, it would only make Li Tai more proud, and he would be more unscrupulous in the future.
"The Monk Daolu Division only restricts Buddhism and Taoism, not prohibits the preaching of these two religions, and Qingque does these things just to pray for the queen, it doesn't matter what means are used, is it as serious as you say?" In the face of the opposition of Li Xiu and others, Li Shimin was a little displeased, because he felt that this matter was his family matter, and his son was also filial, especially since this matter was related to his deceased wife who he missed the most, so he didn't want others to interfere.
"The royal family is an example for the people of the world, if Your Majesty can't even do it himself, why ask the people of the world?" Wei Zheng also retorted mercilessly at this time, as long as there was a legitimate reason, he would not back down in the slightest, even if he angered Li Shimin.
With Wei Zheng taking the lead, the other ministers also expressed their opposition again at this time, after all, what Li Tai did was too much, and as ministers, they didn't want the court to become turbulent because of the prince's struggle for the throne, which was not good for them, not to mention that there were many people who originally supported Li Chengqian, so the opposition was very fierce.
Faced with this situation, although Li Shimin was annoyed, he had no choice, and finally he could only reluctantly withdraw the edict, and at this time, Li Tai next to him was also angry and his face was pale, and his eyes were also full of anger when he looked at Wei Zheng and others, especially Li Xiu and Changsun Wuji, who received special attention from him, because it was the two of them who took the lead in standing up against it that made his wishful thinking come to naught, but Li Xiu and Changsun Wuji didn't care about Li Tai's anger, and didn't even look at him more.
happened to such a disappointing thing, Li Shimin naturally did not have the interest to visit the Longmen Grottoes again, and immediately ordered to return to Luoyang, Li Xiu and others were naturally not interested in staying any longer, so they returned to Luoyang with Li Shimin, but Li Shimin still did not give up on this matter, and after returning to Luoyang, he actually made a will, that is, to merge the two squares of Shangshan and Jingshan and reward Li Tai for the purpose of the mansion.
Shangshan, Jingshan these two squares and Luoshui prison next to each other, there is a mud pond of nearly 300 acres, in the original history, Li Tai got these two squares of land, the mud pond dug into a pool, and between the pool and Luoshui built a river embankment, which is the famous Wei Wang Pond and Wei Wang Embankment in later generations.
As the emperor, Li Shimin often rewards his sons with mansions, but this time the mansion is a bit big, even if Wei Zheng and others know the purpose of Li Shimin's reward Li Tai's mansion, they can't oppose it clearly.
Li Tai was rewarded by his father, although he regretted that he could not tell the world about his filial piety, but with such a reward, he could also let people spread it around, so as to earn the reputation he needed most, and the most important thing was that he also got more favor from Li Shimin through this matter.
For example, Li Shimin may have deliberately been unable to get along with Wei Zheng, after rewarding Li Tai's mansion, he rewarded Li Tai with a large amount of property many times, and the standard even exceeded that of the prince, this time it was a hornet's nest, Wei Zheng also once again admonished him face to face, refused to fight, and insisted that Li Shimin take back those property that exceeded the specifications, and in the end, Li Shimin would rather cancel the prince's expenditure restrictions than give up the reward to Li Tai, and even the reward for Li Tai became more unrestrained in the future.
"Your Majesty, your majesty, he ...... He...... Sigh~" Li Xiu's residence in Luoyang City, the eldest grandson Wuji found Li Xiu drinking stuffy wine, and he didn't know what to say when he mentioned Li Shimin, and finally turned into a long sigh.
Li Xiu doesn't drink, but he also knows that the eldest grandson Wuji is in a bad mood, so he keeps pouring wine for the other party, and he tastes tea and says: "Your Majesty's mind is difficult to figure out now, but I think he is already a little paranoid about his favor for King Wei, the more Wei Zheng and those people oppose it, the more Your Majesty loves King Wei, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid something big will really happen!" ”
"Alas, we can see the problems of King Wei, but why can't Your Majesty see it, not only does his favor to Li Tai not do any good, but it is harming him, and Li Tai, this kid, has no self-knowledge, he just thinks that the more he is favored, the more hope he has to pull his eldest brother down from the position of prince, and then the position of prince belongs to him, but he doesn't look in the mirror to see himself, is he really that piece of material?" The eldest grandson Wuji was already a little drunk at this time, and there were a lot less scruples in his words, and he even called Li Tai by his name, and even his tone was a little complaining about Li Shimin.
The eldest grandson Wuji's amount of alcohol is actually very good, but today he is in a bad mood, and he is naturally easy to get drunk after drinking all the time, plus in the matter of several princes, he and Li Shimin's opinions have also had some differences, this is the first time since the two of them met, and the depression in his heart is even heavier, so he came to complain to Li Xiu today.
"Feelings are the easiest thing to cover people's eyes, even if a wise and martial person will have a weakness in his feelings, Your Majesty is the same, and King Wei is his emotional weakness, of course, this is not surprising, after all, as a father, it is inevitable that there will be some emotional things in the affairs of his children." Li Xiu also sighed at this time and said, although Li Tai is not the emperor's material at all, and even Li Shimin must know this, but he is afraid that he will be emotional at that time, if he really makes Li Tai the prince on impulse, then the chaos in the future will be big.
"I really envy you now, if I knew that this was the case, I might as well resign as soon as you did, so that I don't have to be trapped in this nest of right and wrong like now!" The eldest grandson Wuji poured himself a glass of wine again at this time, of course, what he said at this time was drunk, and when he sobered up, if he really asked him to resign, I am afraid that he would not agree to die, after all, he is not a person who will give up the power in his hands so easily.
The eldest grandson Wuji got more and more drunk, and Li Xiu also knew that the other party was rarely indulgent, so he didn't persuade him, but at this time, in addition to thinking about Li Tai's affairs, he was also thinking about another thing in his mind, that is, if Li Chengqian, who was in Chang'an, knew what happened in Luoyang, he didn't know what kind of reaction he would have?