Chang'an, East Palace. Next to the window of the study, a middle-aged man wearing a bright yellow four-clawed dragon robe, with a noble temperament and a thin figure, silently looked at the night sky, standing and contemplating. A dark-skinned, lean middle-aged civil official wearing a Tang Dynasty dark scarlet (fei) color four-grade civil official uniform quietly walked into the study, bowed to the middle-aged man and said, "Chen Wei Zheng has seen His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Wei Qing is here, sit down." The middle-aged man said in an unusually tired voice.

Hearing the prince's tired voice, Wei Zheng felt a burst of heartache. He knew that the crown prince had a hard time these years, his younger brother King Qin had strong ability, many military achievements, and too strong momentum, and he had snatched too much glory from his prince, and he was embarrassed by the prince, but he couldn't say it to others, so he could only press it in his heart.

Wei Zheng did not sit down, but took a step forward and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister knows that you have suffered a lot, but the minister hopes that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can cheer up, and the entire Tang Dynasty needs His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to cheer up." ”

Prince Jiancheng turned around and said, "Cheer up? How to cheer up? Wang Shichong of Luoyang, a generation of heroes, a tiger in Henan, 400,000 elites; Dou Jiande of Hebei, a generation of benevolent masters, Longpan Hebei, 600,000 elite riders, the two of them look at the world, and no one dares to be their enemy. As a result, he King Qin only led 100,000 Tang troops to the east, and the two million-strong army was defeated like a mountain, and the whole army was wiped out in an instant, and both of them were escorted back to Chang'an by his King Qin as prisoners of war, and the parade was displayed, so that his military exploits and prestige of King Qin reached its peak, and Lone could only stand aside and applaud King Qin. Over the years, Lone has been cautious about self-preservation, others look down on Lone, the prince, and Lone endures; The prince's edict issued by Gu did not work as well as his Qin Wang order, and Gu also endured it; Alone, he has the king of Qin, and there is only this crown prince left, what else does he want? Now for a Li Xuan who suddenly appeared, the most supportive of Lone's Gaoling Yu family and Guanzhong Yu's family were slaughtered by their father, Lone has nowhere to reason, Lone's prince has done such a, how can you cheer up Lone? ”

Wei Zheng's eyes were moist and he looked at the prince Jiancheng and said, "The minister knows that the prince is difficult, but the prince still remembers the words that the minister said when he first met His Highness four years ago?" ”

"Boil." Prince Jiancheng recalled.

Wei Zheng said: "Yes, it's this boiling word." His Royal Highness's status is in the name, in the prince; The status of the King of Qin lies in ability and military exploits. Four years ago, there were many wars in the world, and the heroes were divided, and it was the best time for him to show his ability and show his military exploits. However, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande were destroyed, and King Qin's prestige and military exploits reached their peak, but did the prince ever notice that when King Qin held Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande as prisoners in Chang'an, the people were empty, and when King Qin was enjoying the support of all the people, His Majesty was jealous? Can you notice that after the sacrifice of prisoners, the think tank Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others around King Qin have been quietly degraded from Chang'an by His Majesty for various reasons? At present, the Tang Dynasty is unified, there is no war outside, and he King Qin has lost the stage to show himself, and with the heroes one by one, His Majesty will also be martial arts and recuperation, His Royal Highness has assisted His Majesty in handling internal affairs for many years, and he is skilled in government affairs and experienced. And the king of Qin will gradually degenerate into mediocrity because of the loss of military merits and the loss of the stage. ”

After listening to Wei Zheng's analysis, Prince Jiancheng raised his spirit and said: "What Aiqing said is extremely true, which makes Gu suddenly open. Lone must behave well, overwhelm him in political affairs, and completely defeat this unruly younger brother. ”

Wei Zheng wasted no time in proposing to the crown prince: "Li Xuan, the only son of King Yong'an, is about to enter Beijing, and His Majesty will definitely use it." The minister felt that if Li Xuan really had real talent and learning, like his father "ghost talent" Li Xiaoji, he was a man of great resourcefulness, and the minister hoped that His Royal Highness would not embarrass Li Xuan because of Gaoling in his home and Guanzhong in his family, but could be reused. After all, talent is so rare these days. ”

The crown prince agreed happily: "Wei Qing rest assured, as long as he Li Xuan really has real talent and learning, Gu will definitely be thirsty for talent." ”

Chang'an, the palace of the king of Qin. Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was reading in his study. Li Shimin is twenty-six years old this year, and most people still seem to be ignorant of the world at his age, but he has been fighting on horseback for ten years. He has two very different personalities: on horseback, he is extremely brave, like an eagle eager to fight the strong; In the study, he became very quiet again, he liked to read, calligraphy, and think quietly. Li Shimin was wearing the red prince robe of the Tang Dynasty, with a jade belt around his waist, and the most special thing was that the pattern on his prince's robe was also a four-clawed golden dragon, which was exactly the same as that built by the prince.

A middle-aged man with a white face, three locks of beautiful hair, and a purple robe walked into Li Shimin's study and saluted Li Shimin: "Minister Gao Shilian pays a visit to His Royal Highness the King of Qin. ”

Li Shimin hurriedly said to Gao Shilian: "Uncle is here, hurry up and excuse me." ”

Gao Shilian is the maternal uncle of the eldest grandson of Princess Qin, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, naturally also calls Gao Shilian his uncle.

Gao Shilian said respectfully: "I don't know why His Royal Highness King Qin summoned his ministers?" ”

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, said: "Li Xuan, the only son of King Yong'an, is about to enter Beijing, and my uncle is a secretary of the ministry, and he is famous for being good at knowing and employing people, I want to trouble my uncle to try Li Xuan?" Uncle also knows that since Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others were transferred away by their father, I am short of strategists here. If Li Xuan, like his father, Li Xiaoji, the king of Yong'an, is unparalleled in his resourcefulness, I will definitely do everything I can to make him my right-hand man. ”

Gao Shilian responded: "Your Highness, rest assured, Li Xuan enters Chang'an, and the minister will personally go to test it." ”

Li Shimin arched his hand and said: "Then there is Uncle Lao." ”

Li Xuan, the only son of King Yong'an, was about to enter Chang'an, and Emperor Li Yuan ordered: "When Li Xuan enters Beijing, I will personally greet him, and order the crown prince, the king of Qin, the Li royal family, the Guanlong nobles, the heads of the wealthy families of Shandong, the southern clans, and the officials above the fourth rank in Beijing to accompany and greet him." ”

At the same time, the Guanlong nobles were secretly ordered to be in charge, and the left servant Pei Lin was responsible for convening the patriarchs and Confucians of all clans in Guanlong; Zheng Renji, the head of the Shandong Hao clan, General Zuo Wuwei, and the patriarch of the Zheng clan in Xingyang, is responsible for convening the patriarchs of the Hao clan in Shandong and Su Ru; The head of the Southern Clan, the right servant of Feng Deyi, is responsible for convening the patriarchs and Confucians of the Southern Clan.

In order to welcome Li Xuan into Chang'an, Li Yuan gave Li Xuan enough respect and put on an extremely grand pomp.