Li Jiancheng drank all the wine in the cup and sneered: "This is not the main reason, money and food are not a problem, the key is the power of the Son of Heaven, my father, don't I know him yet?" ”

"Perhaps! However, the complete liquidation of the Guanlong nobles, the Zhou Dynasty also participated, or rather, this is what Zhang Xuan is pushing behind the scenes, not only we are worried about the tail of the Guanlong nobles, but the Zhou Dynasty is also worried, but Zhang Xuan used us to purge the Guanlong nobles, which is the fundamental reason why Zhang Xuan proposed a one-year truce, so that we can concentrate on completely liquidating the Guanlong nobles without threatening Guanzhong. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Li Jiancheng nodded silently, he agreed with Chen Shuda's conclusion.

At this time, Chen Shuda lowered his voice and said to Li Jiancheng: "I invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come over today, I have another thing to tell His Highness!" ”

"What's the matter? Chen Xiangguo, please speak up. ”

"I am by no means sowing discord, but I remind His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to pay attention to His Royal Highness the King of Chu."

"Yuanji, what's wrong with him?" Li Jiancheng was taken aback and asked.

"Your Royal Highness, the King of Chu is not a person who is willing to be plain, I have long found out that he has the ambition to win the heir, and it was not until this purge of the Guanlong nobles that I really determined his ambition."

Li Jiancheng's brows furrowed, he didn't believe that his fourth brother had the ambition to win the heir, and his father would not pass the throne to him, if he didn't give it to himself, it was more likely to give it to his second brother, but Li Jiancheng also knew that Chen Shuda was a very stable person, and he would never be untargeted, let alone accuse him of such a big thing as taking the heir at will.

"What exactly did Sangkook find?" Li Jiancheng asked.

"This time, the Son of Heaven and I and His Royal Highness the King of Chu are jointly responsible for cleaning up the Guanlong nobles, although I am in charge of Chang'an, and the King of Chu is in charge of Chang'an, but there are still several court officials who followed His Royal Highness the King of Chu to the major estates, and several officials have reported to me that the King of Chu is extremely absurd and cruel, and the women with a little grace are not spared, and he has privately swallowed a large number of precious jewels, but he has not committed any crimes in the autumn of the grain armor and the slaves of the various estates, and all of them have been handed over to the imperial court, and the accounts are clear."

Li Jiancheng was puzzled, "But doesn't this just mean that he has no ambition to win the heir!" ”

Chen Shuda sneered, "At first, I thought so, but when I knew one thing, my mind completely changed, His Highness didn't know, he racked his brains in order to expand the Xuanwu Jingwei, and finally persuaded the Son of Heaven to give him 10,000 troops, but in order to get the elite of the army, he did everything possible to help Li Shenfu get rid of the crime, and did not hesitate to forge a military infighting, more than a dozen generals wanted to kill Li Shenfu and ask for surrender, and Li Shenfu had to flee testimony, and he really persuaded the Son of Heaven to suspend the punishment of Li Shenfu, and finally this matter will not be over, Li Shentong gave him 10,000 elite troops, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu immediately appointed his henchmen to control this army if he received the treasure, he was so concerned about expanding his army, so how could he turn a blind eye to food, armor and young slaves? ”

"What do you mean by that he did it on purpose?" Li Jiancheng kind of understood.

Chen Shuda nodded, "He deliberately put on a posture of not caring about expanding his power, which just shows that he cares more than anyone else in his heart, and his absurdity and greed are also deliberately pretending to be shown to the Son of Heaven, so that the Son of Heaven thinks that he is a lustful and greedy son who can't become a great thing." ”

Speaking of this, Chen Shuda sighed again, "Your Highness, the old minister has been in the office for almost forty years, he has experienced too many things, and he has seen through the hot and cold situation, so the old minister dares to say this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is a wild wolf disguised as a dog, cunning and vicious, his goal is also the position of the Ninety-Five Emperor, Your Highness, you must keep an eye on him, otherwise something big will happen." ”

Li Jiancheng was silent, he had an indescribable tiredness, the Tang Dynasty had fallen into such a dilapidated state, and the internal struggle for power and profit was still fighting for power and profit, and they were fighting each other.

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In the imperial study, a guard was reporting his latest discovery to Li Yuan, the Son of Heaven.

"According to His Majesty's will, the humble official has been secretly monitoring His Royal Highness the Prince, and just now the humble official found out that he did not return to the East Palace, and left the palace without permission."

"Did he go to Weifu for a private visit again?" Li Yuan was really a little dissatisfied, he went out of the palace twice a day without permission, where is there still the image of the prince.

"Back to Your Majesty, he and Chen Xiangguo left the palace together and went to the Qingjiang Wine Shop in Zhengdaofang."

Li Yuan frowned, his heart suddenly became a little sensitive, and he asked again, "Is it just the two of them?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's just the two of them."

Li Yuan's heart was suddenly as uncomfortable as eating a fly, what were the prince and Chen Shuda doing alone together? Are you wondering how to regain his power as crown prince?

Li Yuan waved his hand distraughtly, and the guards saluted and retreated.

In the imperial study, Li Yuan paced back and forth, although he was slightly weaker in the strategic decision to fight for the world, but he was an out-and-out master in the power struggle, he was able to establish the Tang Dynasty and ascend the throne, to some extent, it was also the result of the power struggle.

He also treated his eldest son by means of transfer, salary draw, and expulsion from the capital, gradually depriving the eldest son of local control, military power, and political power, and finally transferred the eldest son, who had nothing, back to the capital to be closely monitored.

But this morning, the eldest son went to the wine shop to drink, it is said that he listened to the public opinion, which has made Li Yuan very unhappy, but the eldest son has not violated his bottom line, although he is unhappy, but he did not pursue anything, but the eldest son actually went out to drink with Chen Shuda and discussed something together, which undoubtedly violated Li Yuan's bottom line, and he must not tolerate this kind of thing.

But more importantly, he suspected that the eldest son wanted to do something, and he had a deep purpose to go to Chen Shuda for a private discussion, which made Li Yuan feel an inexplicable danger, and the eldest son threatened his throne.

Li Yuan pondered for a long time, he finally made up his mind, he immediately took up the pen and wrote a secret decree, and after sealing it, he found a confidant guard, handed him the secret decree and said: "Quickly go to Yongxian County and hand this letter to His Royal Highness the King of Chu." ”

"Obey!"

The guards bowed and hurried away, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said to himself coldly: "Since you are not willing to be lonely, then don't blame me for not thinking about the relationship between father and son!" ”

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Two days later, a group of cavalry galloped towards the Chunming Gate of Chang'an, and the soldiers defending the city recognized that the person who was the leader was Li Yuanji, the king of Chu, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly dodged a way, and did not dare to block it, Li Yuanji led a hundred cavalry to rush into Chang'an City like a gust of wind, and went straight to his Chu Palace.

Li Yuanji's palace is not far from Chunming Gate, Li Yuanji returned to the palace in a moment, and the executive eunuch of the palace hurriedly ran to the door to welcome the prince back.

Li Yuanji turned over and dismounted, and asked urgently, "Is Mr. Cui here?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, it's in the palace."

"Let him come to my study at once."

Li Yuanji went straight into the house and returned to his study, a moment, Cui Wenxiang hurried over when he heard the letter, Cui Wenxiang did not follow Li Yuanji to the manors to check the Guanlong nobles, but stayed in the mansion to deal with the supervision report of the hundred officials, not all the Xuanwu Jingwei followed Li Yuanji to the countryside, and some of the Xuanwu Jingwei who were responsible for supervising the hundred officials still stayed in Chang'an, and Cui Wenxiang was responsible for the management.

"I heard that His Highness has gained a lot, and even the hundred officials have begun to talk about His Highness." Cui Wenxiang smiled when he entered the door.

"It's a good harvest, I didn't expect these families to be so rich, the wealth is rivaled by the country, the wealth has been appropriated by them, and the Sui Dynasty is not dead, but I went to check the Guanlong family, what does it have to do with the hundred officials of the imperial court?"

"How can it not matter? The imperial court treasury is full, and the materials of the hundred officials have also been settled, how can they not say that His Royal Highness is good? ”

Li Yuanji was disdainful of the attitude of these snobbish officials, he took out a secret decree, handed it to Cui Wenxiang and said: "This is the secret decree sent to me by my father the day before yesterday, I think it is very strange, so I rushed back to discuss it with my husband." ”

Cui Wenxiang took the secret decree and read it, he immediately understood the meaning of this secret decree, and he couldn't hide the surprise in his heart, and said with a smile: "It seems that I want to congratulate Your Highness." ”