As soon as Zong Zhengqing Li Xiong left the Taiji Palace, Li Xiaogong's deputy Li Feihu was summoned into the Taiji Palace by Emperor Li Yuan.

Li Yuan ordered Li Feihu: "You have been doing a good job. Li Xiaogong remains as the governor of Jingzhou, you must record his every move and report it to me on time. I want to know what he's doing all the time. ”

"Yes." Li Feihu replied respectfully.

More than ten days later, the news that Li Xiaogong remained as the governor of Jingzhou came back to Danyang City.

Li Xuan bowed to Li Xiao and said, "Congratulations to the Governor for letting go and doing a great thing of great merit for the people." ”

Li Xiaogong said: "Everything is in your plan." ”

Li Xuan said with a smile: "As long as the Metropolitan Governor is dedicated to Tuntian, Your Majesty will allow you to continue to lead the more than 200,000 southern troops, and will allow you to continue to ignore politics." ”

Li Xiaogong laughed and said, "Then let's start organizing the army to land and reward farming." ”

Li Xuan also said with a smile: "The climate in the south is humid, and rice is a crop that can be harvested twice or three times a year. More than 200,000 troops cultivated at the same time, and four years later, the grain output in the south of the Tang Dynasty alone was enough for the people of the entire Tang Dynasty. ”

Soon, the vigorous Tuntian unfolded in the south of Datang.

Li Feihu informed Emperor Li Yuan of the news that Li Xiaogong had organized a large army in Tuntian.

Li Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Self-abandoning martial arts? This was Li Xuan's idea. Regardless of the drills, he engaged in Tuntian, and the southern army was abolished. The army of more than 200,000 people in the south is a fierce tiger that can hurt others as well as oneself. It is better to abolish it, there is no more war in the south, and the army is not under my complete control, which is always a hidden danger. It's gone, and I don't have to worry so much anymore. The national policy of the Tang Dynasty is still strong and weak, as long as the entire Tang Dynasty is stationed near Chang'an and can fully control the Twelve Guards Army, it is good to be able to fight well, and the armies in other places have no combat effectiveness. If there is a rebellion, it is better to put it down. ”

A few days later, the right servant shot Feng Deyi and admonished Emperor Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, you must not leave Li Xiaogong in the south." Li Xiaogong's prestige among the more than 200,000 elites in the south of the Tang Dynasty is too high, once he has two hearts, this is too dangerous. ”

Li Yuan smiled: "Deyi, I'm too worried." For filial piety, I am still relieved. ”

A few days later, when Feng Deyi learned that Li Xiaogong had let more than 200,000 elites in the south of the Tang Dynasty start to vigorously start the Tuntian without training, he was stunned.

Self-abandoning martial arts? Cutting off one's own hands and feet? Where did Li Xiaogong get such courage? No wonder His Majesty trusts him? A tiger without minions, is it still a tiger?

In the Taiji Hall, Li Yuan sat upright on the dragon chair and fell into deep thought.

Zong Zhengqing Li Xiong's words have been echoing in his ears. As an emperor, he now supports the crown prince and suppresses the king of Qin. But he is still a father, the crown prince Jiancheng and Qin Wang Shimin are his own sons,

They used to bring too much family fun to themselves. The palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are full of meat. has always been partial to the construction and suppressed the people, he doesn't feel good in his heart, and now he always feels that he owes the people too much. People are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless?

They are making too much trouble, do they really want to make trouble to the point of brothers killing each other, you are living and dying? Is that if I continue to support the construction and kill the people of the world? Those are all their own sons.

And is it precious? Harmony is precious. I mediated in the middle, hoping that their brother would not continue to make trouble.

A few days later, Emperor Li Yuan summoned the crown prince Jiancheng and the Qin king Li Shimin into the Taiji Palace one after another.

When the crown prince Jiancheng saw that Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was also coming, he habitually twisted his head to the other side, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, saw that the prince was built, and he also turned his head directly, and he didn't look at each other.

Li Yuan looked at the two brothers who were incompatible, smiled weakly and bitterly, and said, "You are brothers after all." I decided to follow the precedent of Han Jing and King Liang of the Han Dynasty. Later, the throne was built in the crown prince, and the most powerful Guanzhong land was handed over to the prince; He crowned Shimin as the king of one word and shoulder, with a status slightly higher than that of the prince, and handed over all the most vast and richest land of Henan to Shimin. The people of the world must no longer compete for the position of emperor, and the crown prince must also make a poisonous oath and write an iron coupon in the Danshu book, promising that he will not kill the people for the rest of his life, and that he must ensure the noble status and rich fiefdom of the people. ”

Hearing that the emperor was going to pass the throne to him, the crown prince Jiancheng was overjoyed, while Li Shimin, the king of Qin, groaned and seemed to be unwilling.

In the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty Liu Qi and King Liu Wu of Liang were brothers, both of whom were the sons of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. The empress of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and the biological mother of Emperor Jing, Dou Yifang Empress Dowager Dou favored the youngest son Liu Wu, so she instigated Emperor Jing to canonize his youngest son Liu Wu as the king of Liang, and the fief was the richest place in Henan at that time. It's a pity that Liu Wu, the king of Liang, did not survive Emperor Jing and died of illness. The two brothers get along well, support each other, and talk about the beauty of the moment. Liu Qigui was the emperor, and Liu Wu was the king of Liang, with a respected status and a wealth of glory.

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, looked at Li Yuan, who was full of white hair, and he understood that this was a father's good intentions. He got up and said, "As long as the eldest brother is willing to do what his father says and keeps his oath, the son is willing to accept what his father says." ”

Seeing Li Shimin's agreement, the crown prince was immediately overjoyed, and Emperor Li Yuan also showed a rare smile.

The crown prince immediately wrote down the Danshu iron coupon to ensure that after he succeeded to the throne, according to the arrangement of the emperor Li Yuan, he canonized the king of Qin Li Shimin as the king of one word side by side, and his status was higher than that of the prince, and he gave all the land of Henan to Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and promised not to kill Li Shimin, the king of Qin, for the rest of his life, to ensure the lofty status and rich fief of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and made a poisonous oath: "If you violate the oath, the sky will be thundered with five thunders, and you will be punished by ten thousand arrows piercing the heart." ”

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, also vowed: "As long as the crown prince can keep his oath, he will never compete for the throne again." ”

The historian recorded this scene according to the order of Emperor Li Yuan.

Li Yuan looked at the two people who had reached an agreement, and said with great joy: "Since then, you two brothers have helped each other and loved each other. I don't have to worry about it. ”

After that, Li Yuan warned the two again: "I hope you will keep your oath, if anyone dares to break it, God will abandon it, and I and the Manchu Dynasty will abandon it together." ”

The crown prince Jiancheng and the king of Qin, Li Shimin, bowed together and saluted: "The sons and daughters must abide by the teachings of their father, and they will not dare to break their oaths for the rest of their lives." ”

Emperor Li Yuan looked at the two people with the same movements and words, and suddenly his eyebrows were overjoyed, he stepped down from the dragon chair, walked to the front of the crown prince Jiancheng and the king of Qin, Li Shimin, put the hands of the two together tightly and said, "This is the brother." ”

Laughing.

King Qin took the crown prince's hand and shouted, "Big brother! ”

The crown prince also took King Qin's hand and shouted, "Second brother! ”

Brotherly love is beyond words. In the Tai Chi Palace, it is happy.