The man who appeared in the wine shop was none other than the crown prince Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng had been back for a while, he left Chang'an at a critical time in the political situation, and when he came back, he was already a person, and Chang'an had completely changed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Hexi fell, Bashu was occupied, and the state was lost, a series of blows made Li Jiancheng difficult to accept, but the crisis of the Tang Dynasty was not only so, the more serious Guanlong aristocratic incident shook the Tang Dynasty's national foundation, although his father told him that the Guanlong aristocratic rebellion has turned from a crisis to an opportunity, but he does not think so, without the foundation of the Guanlong aristocracy, the Tang army has become a fallen leaf flying in the air, and a duckweed without roots in the water.

Li Jiancheng believes that the Guanlong nobles should be appeased and stabilized, rather than eradicated as they are now.

But his opinion has no effect, his father has been determined to eradicate the Guanlong nobles, today Li Jiancheng went out to drink in the wine shop, but he heard the news that Hou Mo Chen Duo died of illness and the family property was raided, which really made him feel gloomy.

The carriage slowly drove towards the palace, Li Jiancheng sat in the carriage and looked at the pedestrians on the street silently, but his heart was heavy, the internal and external troubles of the Tang Dynasty made him very low-willed.

The carriage entered the Suzaku Gate and was about to turn to the East Palace, but it stopped unexpectedly, only to see several guards blocking the carriage on the way, and the head of the guards stepped forward and saluted: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty orders you to return to the palace immediately, and there is an urgent matter to discuss with Your Highness." ”

"I know, let's go!"

Li Jiancheng didn't know what was going on, but he really didn't have any interest in his father's summons, but thinking of his status as the crown prince, he couldn't go, so he had to ride a horse and follow the guards to the Wude Palace.

As soon as Li Jiancheng walked to the door of the imperial study, the eunuch Zhao Dezhong greeted him and said with a smile: "Your Highness, please hurry!" There is no need to report it, the Holy Lord asked His Highness to go in directly. ”

"Father-in-law Zhao, what happened?"

"I heard that it is related to the Chinese capital, and the specific old slave is not clear, and he shouldn't know."

"What's going on in Zhongdu?"

Li Jiancheng was puzzled, and quickly walked into the imperial study, in the imperial study, Li Yuanzheng, the son of heaven, was discussing something with several important ministers, except for Dou Jin and Dou Lukuan, who had resigned, the rest of Pei Lian, Liu Wenjing, Chen Shuda, Tang Jian and Li Shentong and others were there, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was not in Chang'an because he went to Yan'an County.

"The son of the emperor to meet his father!" Li Jiancheng stepped forward to kneel down and salute his father.

Li Yuan looked very excited, and said with a smile: "It was built just in time, I just received a pigeon letter from Feng Shilang, you can take a look at it first, and then we will continue to discuss!" ”

Chen Shuda handed the re-copied pigeon letter to Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng read it carefully, and was secretly surprised in his heart, Zhang Xuan actually proposed a one-year truce, Li Jiancheng also felt incredible, his first reaction was that Zhang Xuan would never abide by the agreement.

Li Yuan became extremely energetic, he looked at Li Jiancheng and said: "Emperor, I and all kinds of important ministers think this is an opportunity, now we have obtained a lot of money, food and troops from the Guanlong nobles, we can completely regain our strength, the only thing missing is time, but Zhang Xuan actually sent a year to me, Huang'er, do you think this is the will of heaven?" ”

"Father!"

Li Jiancheng said in his heart: "Erchen doesn't believe in Zhang Xuan's sincerity at all, this is just his delaying tactics, he must have an ulterior purpose, although Erchen can't think of what his purpose is, but it must be extremely unfavorable to our Datang, please think twice!" ”

Li Yuan's face sank slightly, and his eldest son's words really disappointed him, like a fire that had just been lit and was splashed with a basin of cold water.

At this time, Chen Shuda next to him saw the dissatisfaction of the Son of Heaven with the prince, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very reasonable, but for us, it is not important whether Zhang Xuan abides by the agreement, what matters is time, since Zhang Xuan does not abide by the agreement, we have no loss, but if we can get a few months or even half a year because of this, it will also be extremely beneficial for us to reorganize the army." ”

Li Yuan nodded and sighed: "It's still Xiangguo who can see it thoroughly!" ”

Chen Shuda gave Li Jiancheng another look, Li Jiancheng was helpless, and said: "But Zhang Xuan's condition is that he is not allowed to attack Yan'an County, and Erchen is worried that the second brother will ........"

Li Yuan waved his hand, "I have already ordered Shimin to stop attacking Yan'an County and withdraw his troops back to Shangjun, this is not a problem, the question now is who is the main negotiator?" ”

Li Jiancheng immediately understood what his father meant, this is the reason why his father summoned him, let him negotiate with the Sui Dynasty as the main envoy, although he no longer has any power, but his title of prince can still give the other party a little face.

Thinking of the word 'title', Li Jiancheng's heart suddenly ignited a trace of anger, after he was recalled to Beijing by his father, he thought that he could regain the power of government affairs, but in fact, he no longer has any decision-making power, he just deals with a lot of chores every day, a little involved in decision-making, must be decided by his father, and even sometimes his father is unwell, and would rather let Yuanji return to Beijing to handle important government affairs, rather than give himself a little power, which really makes Li Jiancheng resentful, and his prince has become an ornament.

At this time, Li Yuan's sharp gaze made Li Jiancheng have to temporarily let go of his thoughts, he sighed silently in his heart, and said calmly: "If my father can't find a suitable candidate, my son is willing to share my father's worries!" ”

What Li Yuan wants is his son, and it is Pei Lian's suggestion to let the prince be the chief envoy of the negotiations, which shows enough respect for the envoys of the Zhou Dynasty, and they can exchange their low profile for tangible benefits, although they are a little wronged by the eldest son, but Li Yuan, who is eager to get the time to turn the tables, can no longer take care of it.

Seeing that his eldest son had already expressed his agreement, he immediately said, "Okay! It is decided now, with the crown prince as the main envoy and Pei Xiangguo as the deputy envoy, we welcome the envoys from the Chinese capital to come to Chang'an for peace talks. ”

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Li Jiancheng left the imperial study with Chen Shuda, the world is hot and cold, and after Li Jiancheng lost power, few ministers were willing to continue to be close to him, and everyone saw that he, the prince, was likely not to ascend to the throne.

However, Chen Shuda is open-minded, he doesn't care about the prince's loss of power, and he is quite concerned about Li Jiancheng.

"Your Highness doesn't seem to be in a good mood?"

Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly and said, "I haven't been in a good mood since I came back." ”

"After the next court, I usually go to the Qingjiang wine shop for a drink, if Your Highness can leave the palace, why don't we go and have a drink together, how about it?"

Li Jiancheng hesitated slightly, he was afraid that his father would be dissatisfied with him, but after thinking about it, he was like this now, what else could his father do to himself, he simply gambled in his heart, so he nodded and smiled: "Okay!" I'll go with Sangkook for a drink. ”

Qingjiang liquor shop is not far from the palace, just next to the wine shop where the house was burned down, this time the imperial court raided the mansion of Guan Longguifu and got a lot of wealth, the imperial court will pay off all the money owed to the hundred officials, Li Yuan also added money to the hundred officials, so the business of the Qingjiang liquor shop is particularly good, but Li Jiancheng as a prince can not enter and exit this kind of public place at will, he did not go to the main entrance, but went directly to a private room on the third floor from the side door, and was not discovered by the officials in the wine shop.

There are only two people in the elegant room, Li Jiancheng and Chen Shuda, and there are several personal guards of Li Jiancheng standing outside, and Fang Xuanling's entourage standing outside the door.

"I heard that Hou Mo Chen Duo passed away today, what's going on?" Li Jiancheng asked in a low voice.

Chen Shuda sighed and said: "The Son of Heaven once promised Hou Mo Chen Duo to be the secretary of the military department, so when the Guanlong coalition army was exterminated, the Hou Mo Chen family army was quite cooperative, so that the Tang army was able to subdue tens of thousands of soldiers very smoothly, but the Son of Heaven later denied giving Hou Mo Chen Duo any promise, Hou Mo Chen Duo was full of remorse, and fell ill in a fit of anger, the key is that Dou Wei and Dugu Sui committed suicide successively stimulated him too much, and he also had the will to die, and today he died of illness, and he copied his mansion warehouse is just a coincidence of time, in fact, he died for half an hour, The soldiers who were searching arrived at his house. ”

"This time my father has gone too far, the Guanlong nobles are the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, this is shaking the country!"

Chen Shuda shook his head, "I can't completely say that, Zuozang and Taicang have all run out of money and grain, even the officials' money has been owed for three months, the fallen soldiers have no money to pay for pensions, and even the military food is almost out of supply, but at this critical moment, the two major sources of money and food in Bingzhou and Bashu have been captured, so the Son of Heaven has to make up his mind to deal with the problem of the Guanlong nobles, although it is to kill the chicken to take the eggs, but if you don't kill the chicken, people will starve to death." ”