"Chengtian, the fate said: The British Duke Li Tao, the housekeeper has no way, he will take away his British official title, change the title of the eldest son to the county prince, and be fined for three years to set an example, and in addition, Li Tao will enter Beijing immediately, without delay, this order, pardon!"

Taiyuan Mansion, Hebei Province marching camp.

Li Tao took the holy decree with a puzzled expression, looked at the waiter and said, "Please also ask the angel to solve the doubt!" ”

The waiter reluctantly told what happened in Chang'an, and listening to the waiter's story, Li Tao's face became more and more ugly.

In addition to the arrogance of the Wang family that made him angry, he was even more shocked by Li Kong's attitude, he didn't understand a little, why would Li Kong do such a thing?

Although he has not had much contact with this eldest son, he still knows Li Kong quite well, this son has always been his pride, especially in recent years, it has made him a lot easier, and even he thought to himself, maybe in a few years, Li Kong will earn the title of a duke by virtue of his merits, and then he can also pass on his British dukedom to Li Siwen, so that maybe the family can be more balanced, and there will be no chaos.

But this time, Li Kong obviously directly calculated him, Lao Tzu, or rather, Li Kong didn't think about him Li Tao or his Li Kong's pro-Lao Tzu when he was doing those things.

Suddenly, Li Tao woke up suddenly, and hurriedly said: "There is an angel, the old man will return to Beijing!" ”

Li Tao's speed is very fast, after all, he is from a military background, after saying goodbye to the angel, he took two personal guards straight to Chang'an, as for the affairs of Hebei Province, I believe that Li Shimin will definitely have arrangements later.

At the same time, the British Principality.

In the courtyard, Li Kong was cooking hot pot, drinking wine with a wine glass, beside him, Cuizhu was waiting carefully, opposite, Li Yue'e stood there with an angry face, because of anger, her face was slightly pale.

"Tell me, do you take my words to heart? Now it's okay, your father's title has been directly masturbated by two levels, are you happy? Satisfied? ”

Li Kong also expected this, and put the wine glass aside with a smile, and said: "Mother, you still don't understand, but you don't need to understand, you just need to know that everything your son did was to let her mother and Li ...... My dad had a better life. ”

"I don't understand this, but I'm very angry this time, Kong'er, I know you've grown up, but my mother is just a little woman, I just want a peaceful and stable life, how do you let my mother face your father this time?" Li Yue'e cried.

Looking at Li Yue'e with tears like rain, Li Kong's heart trembled, and he quickly stood up, walked to Li Yue'e's side, and said: "I'm sorry, I owe it to me this time, but I don't regret it, because if I don't do this, my mother and my father will not be stable at all, some things can be thought of more simply, but my son must be fully prepared for the future, and ...... And the son is also to make His Majesty more relaxed. ”

Speaking of this, Li Kong smiled and said: "Don't worry, with my father's ability, the title of just two levels will be restored soon, as for those three years of Yulu, does my mother think that our family still needs to rely on those Yulu to live?" ”

Li Kong comforted Li Yue'e here, in the Taiji Palace on the other side.

Li Shimin didn't have the heart to fall in love with Empress Changsun, he was now full of things about the family.

Before ascending the throne, Li Shimin knew the dangers of the family, including that he Taiyuan Li was also one of the gate lord clans, a powerful gate lord, and could even have the ability to subvert the world.

Li Shimin believes that when he was alive, those families couldn't jump, but what if he died?

What's more, the world has long been decided, there is no thousand-year-old dynasty, only a thousand-year-old family, which shows the terrible nature of the family, so from the beginning of his accession to the throne, he began to deal with the affairs of the family, not only vigorously promoting the talents of the family, but also constantly weakening the influence of the family valve in the court.

Especially after Li Kong provided a large amount of money for the treasury, it made him, the emperor, like a fish in water, but even so, Li Shimin did not take the family lightly, but was ready to try it slowly.

This time he went to Li Tao's mansion, his original purpose was just to calm things down, but what he didn't expect was that a mere daughter of the Wang family who went out of the cabinet would have the courage to disobey his will.

Li Shimin is an arrogant person, and has always aimed at Emperor Qin and Han Wu, to be the first emperor of the ages, Wang's actions are equivalent to a slap in the face directly, it doesn't hurt, but it is embarrassing.

So Li Shimin is angry, but what to do next?

He believed that the family gate lords would never make any excessive moves because of this matter, but they would definitely do it to resist the imperial court to save their face.

At that time, the problem will be thrown to Li Shimin, should he continue to be tough, or will he compromise?

If it is tough, it is likely to cause all the scholars to resist, and even the court may have chaos, but if it is compromised, will the court's orders be carried out in the future? How will people in the world view the court of the Tang Dynasty? In particular, how will the people of the world view him as an emperor?

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Shimin never thought in the direction of compromise, even without Li Kong, it was impossible for him to compromise with the scholars, this was the most basic pride of an emperor, not to mention that he now had enough tough capital.

"Your Majesty, it's time to rest!" I don't know how long it took, Empress Eldest Sun walked behind Li Shimin and said softly.

Li Shimin snorted, turned to look at the eldest grandson empress who was becoming more and more energetic, a soft smile appeared on his face, and said, "Guanyin, do you say that what I did this time is right or wrong?" ”

"Right and wrong? Why did Your Majesty think so much? The scholar clan has controlled the world for hundreds of years, and sooner or later it will threaten the Tang Dynasty, and there will inevitably be a conflict in the future, Your Majesty has just advanced this conflict for many years, not to mention, hasn't Your Majesty always wanted to leave no trouble for the monarch of future generations? ”

"Yes, I will never leave a disaster for my children and grandchildren, and the Scholar Clan Gate Valve is the biggest disaster in the world!" Li Shimin's eyes narrowed, and he said lightly and heavily.

Empress Eldest Sun smiled, gently leaned into Li Shimin's arms, and said in a low voice: "However, the power of the Shi clan gate valve should not be underestimated, if you want to do it, you should have everything!" ”

"I understand, since this matter was provoked by Yunfeng's rabbit cub, let him deal with it!" Li Shimin said noncommittally, and he didn't feel at ease with who this matter was handed over, only Li Kong was the most suitable person.

On the one hand, Li Kong's talent is there, whether it is mental or resourceful or commanding the army, there is no doubt about it, the most important thing is that Li Kong's temperament is very similar to him, he is decisive in killing, and once he decides, there will be no drag.

The affairs of the scholar clan must be clean and neat, but in this way, Li Kong will inevitably become a thorn in the eyes of all the scholars in the world, but will Li Shimin care? Will Li Kong care?