About half an hour later, Li Shimin appeared in Li Yuan's imperial study, he knelt down on his knees and kowtowed respectfully to his father, "My son and my son see my father, please give my father instructions!" ”

Li Shimin always knelt every time he came to see his father, although there was no need for this, Li Shimin always insisted, and finally moved Li Yuan.

Li Yuan has always been obsessed with Li Shimin for the death of his fifth son Li Zhiyun, but it was Li Shimin's filial piety shown by his words and deeds that finally made Li Yuan believe in Pei Lian's explanation of killing his relatives, and Li Shimin shot Li Zhiyun to death in order to save his reputation.

After untying this knot, Li Yuan began to trust Li Shimin more and more, and even the matter of Li Shimin's seizure of power in Tongguan and his refusal to rescue Li Yuanji was over, and more importantly, Li Jiancheng did not perform well in some subsections, which made Li Yuan dislike.

For example, Li Jiancheng often makes private visits to solve practical problems for farmers, and the farmers will shout long live the prince under gratitude, Li Yuan of course does not care about this kind of foolish words, but he is dissatisfied with the prince's failure to stop it in time.

For another example, Li Jiancheng was a little unscrupulous in his private life, often mingled with some literati, and recruited prostitutes for entertainment, did not drink alcohol at the banquet, was debauched, and was impeached by the imperial history for being unseemly, which made Li Yuan very dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything, nor did he reprimand the prince.

Although Li Yuan himself is extremely lustful, he hopes that his sons can be steady and restrained, in this point Zi Shimin did a good job last time, he never mixed with those literati and writers who pointed out the country indiscriminately, and he was not lustful, and the princess of Qin was deeply affectionate, the husband and wife were affectionate, and the queen was always praised, which made Li Yuan very satisfied.

History is so similar, this kind of thing also happened in the Sui Dynasty, Li Jiancheng is equivalent to Yang Yong, Li Shimin is equivalent to Yang Guang, although there are lessons from the past, but Li Yuan did not learn the lessons of Yang Jian, perhaps this is the weakness of human nature. Yes is a historical necessity.

Because Li Shimin controlled Tang Feng, Li Yuan often called Li Shimin to discuss some major military affairs.

"The emperor is exempt from courtesy!"

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Sit down!" ”

A eunuch hurriedly brought a seat, "Thank you for the throne!" Li Shimin bowed respectfully and sat down.

Li Yuan groaned and waved his hand, "You all stand down!" ”

The eunuchs all retreated, and only their father and son were left in the imperial study. Li Yuan said slowly: "Arrange Tang Feng." Pay more attention to Yang Gongren's movements. ”

"Yes! Erchen remembered. ”

This point is also the difference between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, if it was Li Jiancheng, he would definitely ask in surprise. Why did he spy on Yang Gongren, after knowing the truth, he would definitely persuade his father to believe Yang Gongren.

But Li Shimin did not. He won't ask the reason, whatever his father explains, he will do, which naturally makes Li Yuan have a sense of trust in him.

After casually explaining Yang Gongren's matter, Li Yuan said again: "This time Yang Yuanqing sent Yang Shidao to Chang'an to explain to us the issue of silver coins, and he promised to issue a small amount of silver coins, and he would strictly prohibit silver coins from flowing into the Tang Dynasty. What do you think about this? ”

Li Shimin secretly thought: "It turns out that Yang Shidao is here, no wonder he wants to spy on Yang Gongren." ’

"Father, the matter of silver money has been decided in the court, and the father should not be confused by the rhetoric of the Sui Dynasty."

"What does the emperor mean is that the Sui Dynasty is just deceiving me?"

Li Shimin sighed, "Father, first of all, a small amount of silver coins cannot be trusted. If he issues a small amount of money, what is the point of issuing it? He obtained so many silver ingots, how could he get a small amount, besides, he promised to strictly control the flow of silver into the Tang Dynasty. This sentence is even more flawed, he can say that the merchants in Guanzhong are counterfeiting. Even if he didn't use silver money, but used silver cakes to flow into the Tang Dynasty, what should he do? Father, I think Yang Yuanqing actually has no sincerity, if he is really sincere, he should close the mine, this is the root cause. ”

Li Yuan walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and he suddenly turned around and asked, "How did you do with that batch of fake money?" ”

"Back to my father, we have made more than 10,000 pieces."

Li Yuan squinted his eyes and said: "Put these 10,000 silver coins into Taiyuan, I want to see Yang Yuanqing's reaction, whether he really attaches importance to silver coins, just try it!" ”……

Li Shimin hurriedly returned to the Qin Palace, and as soon as he entered the gate, he instructed his subordinates: "Quickly call the eldest grandson Changshi to me." ”

He returned to the outer study, and the voice of the eldest grandson Wuji immediately sounded outside the door, "Your Highness, the eldest grandson asks to see!" ”

"Come in!"

The door opened, and the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly walked in, although Fang Xuanling was Li Shimin's first mastermind, but in fact, the eldest grandson Wuji was also very powerful, but he was not good at words, and the limelight was robbed by Fang Xuanling.

However, the eldest grandson Wuji is longer than government affairs, he served as the governor of the Qin Prince's Mansion, although he has a lot of opportunities, but he organizes government affairs in an orderly manner, and can also find time to take charge of Tang Feng, and his ability is far beyond ordinary people, and it is precisely in this way that he has become Li Shimin's first confidant, and even Fang Xuanling is not as good as his status in Li Shimin's heart.

"See Your Highness!" The eldest grandson Wuji gave a deep salute when he entered the door.

Li Shimin immediately ordered: "Do one thing first, immediately send a capable general to monitor Yang Gongren, it is best to arrange people to enter his mansion, or bribe the people in his mansion, and do it immediately." ”

"Obedience!"

The eldest grandson Wuji turned around and left, and Li Shimin stopped him again, "After the matter is arranged, come over again, I still have something to do." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded, turned around and left, Li Shimin lowered his head and thought about Yang Shidao, why did Yang Yuanqing suddenly make a gesture of weakness and control the issuance of silver coins, which is completely different from his always strong style, and generally only after his interests are threatened, he is forced to do so.

Thinking of the word 'threat', a thought immediately flashed through Li Shimin's mind, "Turkic! ”

That's right! It must be the Turks, the Turks threatened the Sui Dynasty in the north, in order to avoid being attacked on the back, so Yang Yuanqing would pretend to make a gesture to appease the Tang Dynasty, and after thinking about this, a series of behaviors of the Sui Dynasty suddenly became clear.

On the one hand, the Sui Dynasty said that it would issue a small amount of silver coins, and on the other hand, it sent 20,000 heavy troops to Huining County, obviously using rhetoric to confuse the Tang Dynasty, they regarded silver as more important than anything else, and it was impossible to issue only a small amount, they would inevitably use silver as a sharp weapon to plunder the wealth of the Tang Dynasty, and win without a fight, which was more tragic than the battle of the Central Plains, and killed people invisibly.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly became anxious, how should he persuade his father?

"Your Highness! It's already arranged. The eldest grandson Wuji appeared at the door again.

"Sit down!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and let the eldest grandson Wuji sit down,

A maid served two cups of tea, and the eldest grandson Wuji picked up the teacup and asked, "I heard that Master Yang is here, is it for this matter that His Highness was summoned by the Holy Lord?" ”

Li Shimin nodded, and asked again, "How is the fake silver money going?" ”

"Twelve thousand have been minted!"

The eldest grandson Wuji took out two silver coins from his arms, put them on Li Shimin's table, and said with a smile: "These two silver coins are one real and one fake, the fake silver coins are made of white copper, Your Highness might as well distinguish them." ”

Li Shimin suddenly sat up straight, and looked carefully at the two silver coins in front of him, both in appearance and color, they were exactly the same, it was difficult to distinguish which was real and which was fake, but when he took the two silver coins in his hand, he immediately felt that one silver coin was a little heavier.

"This is a heavier coin...... It's false. Li Shimin said hesitantly.

Eldest Sun Wuji smiled and nodded, "Your Highness is right, the white copper is a little heavier, but we will only distinguish it if we know in advance that there is a fake, and ordinary people will not think of so much, so there should be no problem." ”

Li Shimin was overjoyed and immediately said: "The Holy God ordered us to immediately put the fake silver coins that have been minted into Taiyuan, and this matter must be grasped and cannot be delayed." ”

"I understand that the money will be transported to Taiyuan tonight, and the effect will be seen soon."

After a pause, Li Shimin sighed again and said: "This time Yang Shidao came to Chang'an, just to explain the Sui Dynasty's issuance of silver coins, Yang Yuanqing also wrote a personal letter, promising to issue a small amount of silver coins, and strictly prohibit the flow into the Sui Dynasty. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned and blurted out, "How is this possible!" ”

"I also think it's impossible, it's impossible for the Sui Dynasty to tie its hands and feet."

The eldest grandson Wuji pondered for a while and said: "Yang Yuanqing is likely to play with text tricks, in fact, there are many loopholes in this, what is the small amount of silver coins, one is a small amount relative to ten, and one million is also a small amount relative to ten million, he can say afterwards that he originally planned to mint 50 million silver coins, just because he promised a small amount to the Tang Dynasty, all of them only minted 10 million coins, and then these silver coins flowed through the Sogdians, or from Li Mi's side, he can also say that he strictly forbade it, Chang'an's silver coins have nothing to do with him, How do you say that? ”

Li Shimin nodded silently, "You are right, it is the same as what I thought, Yang Yuanqing obviously wanted to appease the Tang Dynasty, if I didn't infer wrong, it should be that the Turks posed a threat to him, and he thought of this method of appeasement only because he was afraid of being attacked by the enemy." ”

"Then His Highness can persuade the Holy Lord, let the Holy Lord give up his illusions about the Sui Dynasty, do not have any mercy, and decisively launch an attack on Huining County to recapture the mine, and the humble position also thinks that this is an opportunity, and if it is missed, it will be difficult to seize it again."

Speaking of attacking Huining County, Li Shimin's heart suddenly ignited a wave of anger, last time he proposed to attack Huining County, recapture the silver mines, and completely eliminate the silver threat of the Sui Dynasty, but was strongly opposed by the appeasement faction led by the crown prince.

They even launched hundreds of court officials to jointly oppose it, saying that the people could not bear the war in the year of natural disasters, and that the national strength of the Tang Dynasty could not support two major wars a year, and that this move would definitely bring great disasters to the Tang Dynasty, and finally moved the father and emperor.

These people are afraid of war, and it was their opposition last time that made the Tang army miss the annihilation of Xiao Miao, and this time they began to oppose again, which made Li Shimin angry, but he was helpless, "But the Holy Lord let the prince take care of this matter, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince my father." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji shook his head, "I don't think His Highness has realized the deep meaning of the Holy Lord, and the Holy Lord asked His Highness for his opinion today, I'm afraid he doesn't fully support the Crown Prince, doesn't His Highness realize it?" ”

A sentence woke up the insiders, Li Shimin pondered for a moment and asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled slightly: "Your Highness, don't worry, maybe our Tang Feng can make a difference and help His Highness." ”