Chapter 70: The Secrets of the Court (Part II)
Liu Jin knelt down and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Third Prince has arrived and is waiting outside the palace. Pen%Fun%Pavilion www.biquge.info""
"Oh?" Li Shimin, who was at the top, raised his head and said lightly: "Xuan him in." ”
"Yes," Liu Jin replied respectfully, and walked out the door.
Liu Jin walked out of the room and whispered to the three princes who were waiting there: "Your Highness, Your Majesty will let you in." ”
The third prince nodded and stepped into the imperial study.
"Meet my father, meet my two brothers." He bowed and saluted.
The dynasty does not prosper to kneel, except for the house slave to the master, generally only on extremely serious and righteous occasions will there be kneeling.
"Hmm" Li Shimin nodded slightly, and then asked the three princes: "I haven't taken classes in the study anymore, so are you slacking off in your daily study?" The teachings of the sages should not be understood. ”
The upper study was a formal school used by the royal family to train the children of the royal family, and the prince usually attended classes here until he reached the age of fourteen, and occasionally the children of noble families were allowed to study here.
The eldest prince bowed down and said: "My father's teachings, my sons dare not forget them for a day, and they have studied hard every day." ”
The second prince also said respectfully: "The study of the sages, the sons and daughters have studied it every day. ”
The third prince looked a little cramped in the face of the emperor's question, and he muttered: "Erchen... Erchen used to review his homework every day. ”
Seeing the appearance of the three princes, Li Shimin couldn't help frowning, and then said "um" lightly, which can be regarded as a commendation for these princes.
He looked at his three sons, his eyes flashed with an inexplicable light, and said, "The eldest and the second will go out first and wait outside, the third will stay, Liu Jin will also go out, and in addition, cover the door." ”
Looking at it like this, Li Shimin planned to talk to his sons separately, and although the second prince and the third prince were unsure of this arrangement, they naturally did not dare to disobey the order of Emperor Lao Tzu, and retreated at the same time.
Seeing His Majesty's arrangement, Liu Jin was more sure of his guess in his heart, he walked out of the room with the two princes, took a deep breath, and gently closed the door.
Naturally, it was impossible to see the scene inside the room from outside the door, but Liu Jin still looked in this direction, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and no one could understand the flashing look in his eyes.
In the room, Li Shimin looked at the eldest son, and for the first time showed a smile on his face, which showed that he liked the eldest prince very much, and said: "Father, I summoned you and others this time, but there is a difficult question in my heart that has never been answered, the so-called stones of other mountains can attack jade, although your knowledge is still shallow, I am afraid it is difficult to put forward any good suggestions, but I have the mentality of giving it a try, and I still want to ask you and others." ”
The eldest prince only felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat, and at this time, there were only three words in his mind: "Establish the prince." ”
The emperor is very old, and in recent years, some ministers have proposed that he should be the crown prince, but he did not agree with those recitals, but he did not refute them, and they all stayed in the middle of the book. There are speculations inside and outside the court, and His Majesty may really have the heart of a prince.
All along, the eldest prince has been waiting for that moment to come.
In terms of life experience and power in the court, he is not better than his second brother, and the only advantage is that compared with his second brother, his father likes him more.
At this moment, this kind of opportunity, the eldest prince deeply understands that his father said that there is a difficult problem that cannot be solved and wants to ask them the opinions of these princes, but in fact, this is definitely a test of them.
The eldest prince calmed down his agitated mind a little, and said slowly: "Please ask my father to take the school." ”
Li Shimin nodded slightly, he didn't look at his son, but looked up at the sky, and said slowly: "The family is a gatekeeper, encroaching on the foundation of the country, and it is really the silverfish of the country. ”
Hearing this, a cold sweat broke out on the eldest prince's face, not for anything else, because his mother was also from a family, and after hearing this, he understood what his father had been worried about, and he was really worried that his father would reduce his trust in him because of this.
He cautiously raised his head to look at the face of his father, and found that his father was looking at him with a smile on his face, with encouragement in his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, and said loudly: "Enlighten my father, my sons think that the disaster of the family has become a stubborn disease of my Dachu, and the treatment of serious diseases should be treated with fierce medicine." ”
"Oh?" Li Shimin seemed to be a little interested, and said gently: "You come one by one." ”
The eldest prince knew that now might be the moment to decide his fate, and since he had made clear his father's views on those family lords, he decided to sell his mother clan without hesitation, and said impassionedly, "Father Qi, the sons think that we can make the Shenwu Legion and the Shence Legion uproot those gate lord families, except for the Yang Wen family, no one can stop the might of our army, and we will clean the court by force." Then, you can vigorously promote the poor scholars, so that the disaster of the family can be eliminated, and the world will not be in chaos. ””
Hearing his son's words, the corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched fiercely, and then seeing the smug smile on the corner of his mouth, he wanted to pick up the inkstone on the table and smash it on this idiot's face.
If the gate valve family can be cleaned so easily, why did Taizu and his old man go? Could the emperors of the Li family be more stupid than you kid, and they won't be able to think of the methods you can think of?
Using elite soldiers to exterminate the family gate valve is simply whimsical! Although the families of the great Chu lords all have a foothold in the capital, and the heads of the families generally serve in the court, their roots are actually distributed all over Kyushu.
With the strength of the Shenwu Legion and the Shence Legion, they may be able to wipe out all the family lords in the nearby states of Zhili, but there are thirteen states in Dachu, and where will the families in the rest of the states and counties give the Li family a chance after they react? Under their joint resistance, the Li family will definitely be removed from the throne by them, and at that time, won't he Li Shimin become the king of the country?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin's eyes towards the eldest prince became very unkind.
Moreover, what Li Shimin did not tell the eldest prince was that the relationship between the royal family and the gate valve family was far more complicated than he imagined, and the royal family was jealous and even disgusted with the endless greed of those gate valve families, but had to rely on them to govern the country and the army.
The children of the poor family are poor, and there are very few people who really become a climate, and the number is far from meeting the needs of the dynasty.
Otherwise, with Yunlong Taizu covering the world back then, even Yang Guo, the ancestor of the Yang family, had to avoid his lofty prestige when his old man was alive, where would he support the Yang family to become bigger, and leave behind such a big hidden danger as the six great families?
It's just that, although he knew that this kid couldn't possibly come up with any really useful ideas, he was still a little stunned by the stupidity of his own son.
"Get out!" Li Shimin burst into applause.
The eldest prince was still complacent, but at this time he was confused by this loud shout.