After a long journey, Li Jiancheng finally returned to Chang'an after a long journey, passing through Dezhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Taiyuan, and Hedong, and finally returned to Chang'an, at the gate of the East Palace of Prince Li Jiancheng, the crown princess Zheng Wanzhen and the crown prince's side concubine Yang Yan took their children Li Chengdao, King of Anlu, Li Chengxun, King of Hedong, and Li Yuzhen, Princess of Lanling, waiting for Li Jiancheng's arrival:

"Mother, why hasn't my father's frame come yet?" Li Yuzhen, the princess of Lanling, asked her mother Yang Yan:

"Zhen'er, my father's frame is about to arrive. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"I heard that my father has another aunt, my mother, am I going to have a little brother and a little sister?" Princess Lanling is the youngest, and she is spoiled by her mother and two elder brothers all day long, but as the days go by, Princess Lanling feels bored, and she wants to be a sister, arguing and asking Zheng Wanzhen and Yang Yan to give birth to a little brother or little sister for herself, and now she heard that her father has accepted a new side concubine, Princess Lanling's heart is alive, and she wants Li Jiancheng to give birth to a little brother or little sister for herself. Zheng Wanzhen and Yang Yan have different tastes in their hearts. At this time, Li Jiancheng's frame came to the gate of the East Palace, and Li Jiancheng helped Cao Yuyan to walk down from the frame:

"Come on! Yu Yan, we're home, come down! ”

"Oh! Your Highness, this is the East Palace of Chang'an! ”

"yes!" Zheng Wanzhen and Yang Yan stepped forward to salute Li Jiancheng and said:

"Concubines, see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Ahh Excuse me! ”

"Little sister Cao Yuyan see the crown princess Niangniang, see the side concubine Niangniang!" Cao Yuyan sensibly saluted Zheng Wanzhen and Yang Yan, and Zheng Wanzhen and Yang Yan immediately helped Cao Yuyan up:

"Ahh Sister, please hurry up. Zheng Wanzhen and Yang Yan both know very well in their hearts that even in the people, it is common for men to have three wives and four concubines, not to mention that Li Jiancheng is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Li Tang, and there will definitely be many side concubines in the future, if Li Jiancheng ascends the throne, it is difficult to guarantee that more women will enter Li Jiancheng's harem, anyway, His Royal Highness the Prince will have a lot of women, you might as well be generous. Li Jiancheng didn't have time to coexist with his wife and concubine, because the father-in-law of Wanyue had been urging Li Jiancheng to enter the palace to face the saint. Li Jiancheng didn't dare to stay, and immediately entered the palace with the waning moon. After arriving in the palace, Li Jiancheng saw that Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Liu Wenjing, Feng Deyi and others had already come. After Li Jiancheng and everyone present had seen the etiquette, Wanyue first attacked to hand over the decree to Li Yuan, and then came out to announce the decree:

"The emperor has decreed that the Xuan Shangshu order Lord Pei Lian, the left servant of Shangshu to shoot Lord Xiao Yu, the right servant of Shangshu to shoot Lord Chen Shuda, the internal history of Lord Liu Wenjing, the central squire Lord Feng Deyi and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to meet him." Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Liu Wenjing, Feng Deyi, Li Jiancheng and others followed the order. After Li Yuan saw Li Jiancheng, a smile immediately appeared on his face. Liu Wenjing saw Li Yuan's face, and thought to himself - this is difficult to do, looking at Li Yuan's face, the person who is the commander of Jianghuai must be the crown prince Li Jiancheng, no. Thinking of this, Liu Wenjing immediately stepped forward to report to Li Yuanyu:

"Your Majesty, Weichen has something I want to enlighten Your Majesty!"

"Oh! Lord Liu, just say something! ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen wants to impeach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." As soon as Liu Wenjing's words fell, Li Yuan's face changed greatly, even Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, and Feng Deyi also had strange faces. Li Jiancheng's tone was a little different.

"Lord Liu, you say!"

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince toured Qilu, Hebei, colluded with the local clans, and privately married the daughter of the Cao clan of Qilu as his concubine, and there was discord in the etiquette law, please make it clear to Your Majesty!" According to the etiquette system in the palace, if the prince and the kings want to take concubines and concubines, they must first report to the emperor to know, and then back up by the Zongren Mansion before they can marry the palace, of course, there are not many people in the Li Tang royal family who abide by this rule, most of them get on the bus first, and then make up the ticket, Li Jiancheng heard it, and immediately knelt down to Li Yuan:

"The son was confused for a while, and he didn't have time to ask his father to punish him!" Li Jiancheng took the initiative to give Li Yuan the steps, of course Li Yuan would not be embarrassed for Li Jiancheng, Li Yuan said with a smile:

"Oops! Who didn't have a little romance when he was young, it's good to know his mistakes! In this way, Li Jiancheng's fault was gently carried over by Li Yuan, but Liu Wenjing had an ominous premonition in his heart. Li Yuan didn't care about the eyes of the other people present, and said:

"Everyone, Aiqing! I called all Aiqing here today to determine the question of the main general who will conquer Jianghuai. It's done! You are the crown prince, let's talk about it first! After hearing Li Yuan's words, Liu Wenjing had a bad premonition - could it be that the emperor still hopes that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be in charge.

"Father, please forgive your father, my son is only visiting the places of interest in Qilu, Hebei during this time, and I don't care about the military affairs of the imperial court, please forgive my father!" Li Jiancheng's meaning is very clear - this time the Jianghuai conquest matters, the ministers are not willing to participate, so please Your Majesty, you can choose another royal family! The secret words and thoughts of the father and son were very clear to both parties, and Li Yuan did not delve into them.

"Hmmm! Ladies and gentlemen, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is unwilling, please bring forward any other suitable candidates! Liu Wenjing replied first:

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that His Royal Highness the King of Qin has been in the military for a long time, and Weichen thinks that His Royal Highness the King of Qin is the right person." As soon as Liu Wenjing's words were finished, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda immediately objected:

"Your Majesty, the army under His Royal Highness King Qin has just experienced the Qilu Rebellion, and it is still in the stage of rest. I'm afraid it's not good! ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, it has been reasonable since ancient times, an army will be tired after a long battle, His Royal Highness the King of Qin has been fighting outside for too long, even if the King of Qin can go on the expedition, his generals may not have recovered yet, please think twice! Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda understand that most of Li Shimin's generals are reckless people in the rivers and lakes, and they are scraped everywhere in the Qilu area of Hebei, although many ministers in Chang'an have received gifts from Li Shimin, but the world's clans are in the same spirit, which is so easy to appease, Jianghuai is now rich in the world, who can guarantee that after Li Shimin runs to Jiangnan, will he be like in Qilu, Hebei, killing and robbing indiscriminately!

"His Royal Highness King Qin is my Tang Dynasty military god in my Tang Dynasty, and besides, the army under the command of His Royal Highness King Qin has been resting for nearly a month, and Weichen believes that after they go to Jianghuai, they will definitely be unstoppable!"

"Humph! Unstoppable! I'm afraid it's like a wolf! Your Majesty, Jianghuai is not better than the black back Qilu area, now, in the land controlled by our dynasty, although Guanzhong is calm, but since the Three Kingdoms period, the population has begun to migrate to the Central Plains and Hebei, so the population is sparse, and mountainous, the Bashu barbarians often rebel, the mountains are high and the road is dangerous, for our dynasty to pay not much taxes, Hedong, Hebei, Qilu have experienced wars many times, but also the beginning of the war, the 'wound' has not yet healed, Jingchu area, the land is barren, and the development is not enough. And since the time of the former Sui Dynasty, Liaodong has been lost, only this Jianghuai is still calm, besides, when Yang Guang of the former Sui Dynasty reigned, the development of this Jianghuai land was great, that is, when the Liao was conquered and the canal was excavated, it was also repeatedly edicted, not to levy Jiangnan scholars, not to pay taxes in Jiangnan at home, in the future, after the unification of my Tang Dynasty, it is definitely a good medicine to heal the wounds of the war in our dynasty, Your Majesty, you must not despise Jianghuai! Your Majesty! On the one hand, Chen Shuda was afraid that Li Yuan would be moved by Liu Wenjing's words, and on the other hand, Chen Shuda was a Jiangnan person after all, and his feelings for the Jianghuai area were deeper than Xiao Yu's, so he completely tore his face. Liu Wenjing was about to refute, but Li Yuan stopped Liu Wenjing:

"Hmmm! What Mr. Chen said is also reasonable. Well! Then all the Aiqing, I decided to adjust ......"

"Father! Erchen has something to say! ”

"Oh! What did the prince say? ”

"Father, son-in-law recommended Li Jing as the commander of the conquest of Jianghuai. Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, was the supervisor of the army and led the pacification of Jianghuai. As soon as I heard that Li Jiancheng recommended Li Xiaogong, the faces of the people present were very strange, everyone knew that Li Xiaogong was the backbone of Li Shimin's camp, and the first thing that Liu Wenjing thought of was whether Li Xiaogong had reached some kind of deal with Li Jiancheng, and other people's minds were also different.

"Li Jing and Li Xiaogong, tell me your reasons!"

"Yes! Father, son-in-law recommended Li Jing for the following reasons, first, Li Jing is talented, that is, when he was in the former Sui Dynasty, the former Sui Sikong Yang Su appreciated Li Jing very much, not only accepted Li Jing as a protégé, but also always took Li Jing with him when he was out, and when he was in my dynasty, he recovered Bashu and pacified Xiao Milling, and General Li Jing was very helpful. What's more, this is the Pingjiang Huaice that Li Jing's nursery minister handed over to his father. And Brother Xiaogong has also made many military exploits in our dynasty, but recently, Brother Xiaogong did not go to war because he was unwell, and his sons are afraid that Brother Xiaogong's heart is a little lonely. After Li Yuan heard Li Jiancheng's words, he opened the Pingnance written by Li Jing again. I saw that Ping Nance wrote:

"Your Majesty, Weichen Li Jing bowed to Your Majesty, now our dynasty has three out of four in the world, only a corner of Jianghuai remains, Fu Gong Yi sent his general Xu Shaozong to attack Haizhou (Zhiqu County, now southwest of Lianyungang City, Jiangsu), Chen Zhengtong attacked Shouyang (now Shou County, Anhui). The Ministry of Auxiliary Gong Yi ordered Feng Huiliang and Chen Dangshi to lead 30,000 boats (one says 100,000) to Tunbo Wangshan (in the southwest of present-day Dangtu, Anhui), and the former army was pushed to Zongyang (now Anhui); Chen Zhengtong and Xu Shaozong led 30,000 foot riders (one said 100,000) into Tunqinglin Mountain (now southeast of Dangtu, Anhui), and formed a horn with Feng Huiliang's troops; And in Liangshan (now in the south of Anhui and County) even iron locks to cut off the Yangtze River waterway, build a fortress on the west bank, build a moon city on the east bank, stretch for more than 10 miles, in order to resist our army. However, now our dynasty has been pacified many times, the major corps are very tired, and those who have not fought, only Jingchu and the garrison corps in the Lingnan area, please Your Majesty, enable the Lingnan garrison corps, first, since the time of the former Sui, it will be garrisoned here, the soldiers are well prepared, second, although the Lingnan barbarians Feng An, Tan Dian, Ning Changzhen and others have returned to our dynasty, their hearts are unpredictable, this time the Lingnan garrison troops can also test their hearts, second, these three people never work together, the Lingnan barbarians are huge, the three of them fight each other, can weaken each other's strength, It is beneficial for our dynasty to control Lingnan, and the minister Li Jing bows his head. ”