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Even figures like Wang Junkuo and his cronies can see the threat that Li Yin now poses to Li Jiancheng's position as the crown prince, not to mention other resourceful people.

The East Palace is located to the east of the Imperial Palace, so it is called the East Palace.

As the lord of the East Palace, Li Jiancheng has a lot of power, not only has various officials who imitate the imperial court, but also has a personal guard similar to the emperor's forbidden army, "Prince Zhurate", and even his wife and concubine, like the emperor's concubines, have official titles, such as the crown princess, Liangdi, and widows.

At this time, in the East Palace, Li Jiancheng sat on the top position, and below him was a group of officials of the East Palace Civil and Military Administration.

The civil officials of the East Palace, headed by Li Gang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the crown prince Zhan Shi, also include Xu Shimo, the prince of the house, King Zhongyun, and Zhao Hongzhi, the chief secretary of the crown prince Zhan Shi, and others.

In terms of military generals, there are Yu Hou Da Zhi, Lang General Er Zhu Huan, Captain Qiao Gongshan, Zuo Wei Ting Rate, Zuo Wei Che Rider Feng Shili, Su Wei Yang Wengan and others.

The above characters are all able to speak among the officials of the East Palace, and they are all Li Jiancheng's trusted confidants, like Dou Shi, Li Liyan and others who wanted to provoke the relationship between Li Yin and Li Shimin in the Qunfang Pavilion at the end of last year, and they were completely unqualified to sit here at this time.

Li Gang was the first to speak: "I don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince summoned us to gather in the East Palace, what is the so-called?" ”

Li Jiancheng was silent for a while and did not answer immediately.

Xu Shimo, the prince's housekeeper, coughed, "Recently, there have been rumors that the King of Jin will not be conducive to the East Palace, I think this is the purpose of the prince summoning us!" ”

Li Jiancheng stood up, his face expressionless, "I still have important matters that need to be dealt with now, you guys wait here first." ”

After Li Jiancheng finished speaking, he walked out of the main hall.

Li Gang groaned for a while, knowing that Li Jiancheng had found an excuse to leave, just to let the officials discuss and discuss first.

When Li Gang was in Emperor Wen of Sui, he was the official of the East Palace of the crown prince Yang Yong, and the prince washed the horse in the official residence, and later Yang Yong was deposed and killed, and Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, and Li Gang was also demoted to Lingnan and Jiaozhi as an official.

Fortunately, Li Gang's physical adaptability is strong, and he did not die in Lingnan, Jiaozhi and other places until the world was in turmoil, and now he is powerful again......

Because of his past experience, Li Gang is well aware of the bloody and ruthless royal battle, and he will not be naïve to think that there will be any brotherhood between Li Yin and Li Jiancheng.

In the emperor's family, family affection has always been the rarest and cheapest thing.

After Li Jiancheng left the main hall, everyone in the hall immediately began to discuss, and Li Gang also fell into contemplation, he is the head of the East Palace, and he has to consider the interests of the East Palace, and he also knows that his official fate is completely tied to the East Palace and cannot be separated.

Li Gang didn't want to be exiled to Lingnan and Jiaozhi again.

"In my opinion, otherwise, if you send assassins to attack and kill directly, why is it so troublesome?" Someone muttered loudly, Li Gang frowned, and saw that it was Yang Wengan, the guard, who spoke.

Li Gang shouted loudly: "Among the officials of the East Palace here, which round will get your little guard to speak?" Get out of here for the old man! ”

Yang Wengan was a little stunned by Li Gang's shouting, although his official position is small, but he is the closest to Li Jiancheng among the officials here, holding Li Jiancheng's personal guard battalion, even Li Jiancheng went to bed, he also led people to defend, it can be said that it is the cronies of Li Jiancheng's cronies, I never expected that he only said a word, and Li Gang reacted so much.

Li Gang was in his early sixties at this time, and his mobility was a little inconvenient, and he often carried a cane by his side, and when he saw that Yang Wengan was still sitting there, he immediately walked over angrily, raised his cane and hit Yang Wengan.

Yang Wengan hurriedly dodged, he was a military general with troops, and he was not afraid of Li Gang, but Li Gang was in a high position, and even Li Jiancheng was polite and gave three points, so he didn't dare to stay in the palace, and immediately ran out in disgrace.

The other officials of the East Palace, after seeing Li Gang's sudden threat, were all stunned and silent.

Li Gang looked at the crowd: "King Jin is the son of His Majesty, the pillar of the country, how can we be the beaks of our courtiers?" Let's all disperse, and when the prince returns, I will explain it to him personally. ”

Xu Shimo, Wang, Zhao Hongzhi and the others looked at each other, and finally got up together and walked out slowly.

Li Jiancheng soon returned, the reason why he called the civil and military officials of the East Palace, was to see everyone's opinion of Li Yin's rising power, but he never thought that everyone was driven away by Li Gang, and his heart was greatly depressed.

Li Gang said to Li Jiancheng: "The prince is confused, the ancients said: there are only three people who conspire, otherwise it will be difficult to succeed, if you want to plot against the King of Jin today, how can you discuss with so many people?" ”

Li Jiancheng said indifferently: "They are all people I can trust, there will be no possibility of leaking secrets, so Mr. don't have to worry about it." ”

Li Gang's position in the East Palace is Prince Zhan Shi, not only in charge of the affairs of the East Palace, but also to teach Li Jiancheng, so Li Jiancheng is a disciple of him, so he calls him "Mr".

Li Gang still had to persuade a few more words, but after seeing Li Jiancheng's expression, he could only sigh and no longer dwell on this matter.

Li Jiancheng took the opportunity to humbly ask Li Gang for advice: "Sir, what do you say I should do now?" ”

Li Gang already had a plan in his heart at this time, "The King of Jin has not yet made any moves that are unfavorable to the East Palace, if the prince reacts too much, it is easy to provoke criticism, first cut off his wings in the court, and then slowly figure it out." ”

"Cut its wings, slowly draw the ......" Li Jiancheng paced, and repeated those words in his mouth for a long time before standing still and looking at Li Gang and said: "That gentleman thinks that one wing should be cut off first?" How is Liu Wenjing? ”

Liu Wenjing is now second only to Pei Lin in power among civil officials, since Li Yuan came to Hedong as an official, he has had contacts with Li Yin, and it is undoubtedly Li Yin's strong reinforcement in the DPRK, so the first thing Li Jiancheng thought of cutting off was Liu Wenjing.

Li Gang shook his head, "Liu Wenjing is shrewd and resourceful, and he is deeply favored by the Holy Lord, I am afraid it will not be so easy to deal with him." ”

Without waiting for Li Jiancheng to ask again, Li Gang continued: "In my opinion, the best person to deal with now is Xue Guogong and Zuo Xiaowei's general, Sun Shunde. First, the eldest grandson's family and the King of Jin are already in-laws, and the relationship is the closest; The second eldest grandson, Shunde, holds the strength of a guard and is actually a strong reinforcement of the king of Jin; Third, the eldest grandson Shunde is greedy for money, and it is easy for us to grasp the handle, so it is easier to deal with. So, our first target, we might as well take him under the knife! ”