Zhang Chao then used corruption as an excuse to clean up some corrupt officials. And Zhang Chao is also ruthless to the corrupt officials of the scholar clan or the corrupt officials from poor families. However, those scholars hated Zhang Chao at first, but they did not immediately retaliate against Zhang Chao. Because then another incident happened in the imperial court, which completely attracted the attention of the scholars, and they could only temporarily put aside the matter of revenge against Zhang Chao. And this incident, that is, about Li Yuanji's lawsuit against Li Shimin's subordinate cavalry general Zhang Liang, caused a great sensation.

"Father, the son sued Zhang Liang, the general of the Qin Palace, for plotting against him and attempting to rebel, please ask my father to investigate." Li Yuanji said.

When the ministers of the court heard this, they immediately knew that it was Li Yuanji who was suing Li Shimin, and they tore their faces in order to compete for the throne. And this time Li Yuanji openly sued Zhang Liang, that is, the general of the chariot under Li Shimin, which means that he is actually accusing Sang and scolding Huai and suing Li Shimin. However, everyone knows that the battle for the heir is still going on, and it has not stopped flying in the slightest, but has intensified. And now Li Yuanji is suing Li Shimin, and that is just the beginning. Those Shi clan officials were also attracted by this battle, so they didn't have the idea of retaliating against Zhang Chao, they just wanted to be able to come here to pay attention to the succession. The plan to seize the heir is related to the development of the major families in the next few decades, and it is definitely much more important than revenge on Zhang Chao.

"You are spewing blood, how can Zhang Liang rebel? What evidence do you have? Cheng Yanjin said immediately.

Li Yuanji continued: "Father, Zhang Liang is visiting Shandong officials everywhere and is preparing to take more than 1,000 people to Luoyang without authorization, doesn't he hope to occupy the side of Luoyang? ”

And Li Shimin's face turned dark, because Zhang Liang was sent by him, but now he was caught by Li Yuanji and hurt his feet, which is really troublesome. Li Shimin's idea is very simple, in fact, he hopes to send Zhang Liang to the east to control Luoyang, and then he can further expand half of East China, so that if he fails to win the throne one day, he can also obtain the capital to continue to fight for the throne. The reason why Li Shimin sent Zhang Liang over was actually to rely on Zhang Liang to collude with those Shandong scholars, and then prepare step by step for himself to seize half of East China, but his plan was known by Li Yuanji, and this time it was really troublesome. Therefore, Li Shimin now has a headache.

"Your Majesty, Minister Zhang Chao thinks that since the King of Qi sued Zhang Liang, then he might as well let Dali Temple interrogate him!" Zhang Chao said hurriedly.

"Alright! Let Dali Temple interrogate it! Li Yuan said.

And Li Yuanji suddenly glanced at Zhang Chao fiercely, this is really a bad thing for Zhang Chao. Don't look at the so-called Dali Temple for interrogation, but there are ghosts if Dali Temple can interrogate problems. This time is actually a sentinel battle to seize the heir, and Li Yuanji hopes to implicate Li Shimin through this Zhang Liang's rebellion. And this kind of struggle for succession is actually something that only the emperor can handle, and ordinary judicial officials are not qualified to deal with it. But if the relevant people are sent to Dali Temple, what will those Dali Temple officials do? Before the outcome of other people's affairs is decided, where do the officials of Dali Temple dare to mess around? Therefore, they chose to just make peace with the mud, and the officials of Dali Temple couldn't interrogate anything anyway.

And Li Yuan also knew that he would downplay this matter, so that Dali Temple would go to the mud, and then nothing would be interrogated. As for how to deal with it next, it must be solved well, so Li Yuan looked at the ministers of the imperial court, and then finally spoke.

"Prince, King Qin, King Qi, you come in. Also, Zhang Chao, come in too! Li Yuan said.

Soon, several people also went in, but everyone didn't know what Li Yuan wanted to say. And Li Yuan came here, and Li Yuan also said to Li Shimin helplessly.

"First of all, you put forward the strategy of opposing the Sui, destroying the enemy, and pacifying the sea, all of which are your credits. I had intended to make you the crown prince, but you resolutely refused. Moreover, Li Jiancheng is the oldest, and it has been a long time since he was made the crown prince, and I can't bear to take away his crown prince. I see that your brothers seem incompatible, and that if you live together in the capital, there will definitely be strife, and I should send you back to Xingtai and stay in Luoyang, and the vast area east of Shaanzhou will be under your control. I also want you to set up the banner of the Son of Heaven, such as the story of King Liang Xiao of the Han Dynasty. Li Yuan said.

When Zhang Chao heard Li Yuan's words, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, Li Yuan is now a real "heart-digging" speaker. Zhang Chao can see that Li Yuan is tired now, not physically tired, but "mentally tired". Li Yuan is now heartbroken for his son's affairs. Now he hopes that his sons can coexist and accommodate each other in the future, so that Li Yuan, a father, can accept it. Otherwise, if his two sons fight each other, and then fight to the death, then Li Yuan may feel defeated in his life.

So Li Yuan made a decision, that is, to divide the world into two, and then leave his eldest son Li Jiancheng in Chang'an, and then his second son Li Shimin to go to Luoyang, and then the two sides draw a knife here on the dividing line between the east and west of the country, so that the country of Datang will be divided into two. However, in the end, the throne still belonged to the crown prince Li Jiancheng, but Li Shimin could get a banner of the Son of Heaven, so that there was no difference from the Son of Heaven in appearance. In this way, it is actually divided into two, dividing the country. However, the nominal emperor is still Li Jiancheng, but Li Shimin can get the "emperor treatment", which seems to be a very good method.

"Damn, Li Yuan, you're really in the water in your brain, right?" Zhang Chao scolded in his heart.

And Zhang Chao obviously saw that Li Shimin's face was mixed, because Li Yuan said so, that is, he hoped that he would go to Luoyang to rule East China. And he can get the ownership of half of the country, so it can be said that he has a territory and an army. Although Li Shimin is now also a prince with real power, he can have his own private army. However, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng's private army was only a few thousand. In this Datang, no one can absolutely mobilize military power, because the vast majority of military power belongs to the state. Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin all reached a compromise, and if they wanted to transfer troops, they had to agree together. And before, everyone was trying to fight the world, so everyone was happy to cooperate, and everyone wanted to have one heart. Therefore, everyone did not have a thorough grasp of the military power, and naturally they could not be mobilized. And now that it has become a system, everyone can't move troops.

Therefore, it is precisely because the military power has been "hollowed out" that Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin cannot absolutely mobilize the country's army, but can only mobilize their own private army. However, Li Yuan still has an advantage, because Li Yuan was able to mobilize 20,000 troops from Beimentun, which was several times that of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, which was the reason why Li Yuan was able to sit on the throne and not be bombarded by his son. And everyone doesn't have much military power, so naturally they can't split the country.

But now Li Yuan actually got into the water in his brain, and he actually came up with this method, wanting to divide the country into two, so that his two sons could coexist peacefully. Li Shimin was mixed about this, because he had two choices, one was to choose real power, give up the name of the emperor, and then go to Luoyang to rule East China. But this will inevitably lose the emperor's righteousness, which means that he will always be subordinated to Li Jiancheng's command. But in this way, he can be exchanged for real power, so Li Shimin also began to be tempted.

However, Zhang Chao knows very well that Li Shimin will not stop there, and Li Shimin is definitely not the kind of person who is willing to live under others. Even if he gains the right to rule half of the country, he will inevitably choose to go to war with Emperor Li Jiancheng after a long time, so that the two sides will definitely fight a civil war, and it will still be an endless civil war.

You must know that the word "emperor" was not a false title in ancient times, but it represented supreme power. Since ancient times, how many people have worked hard to be this emperor, even if it is only a nominal emperor, it is enough to attract countless people. As long as you become an emperor, even if you are just an emperor by yourself, then you are all destined to be famous in the history books of this world. And these two words mean supreme power, even if some powerful ministers can monopolize power, but as long as he does not get the throne for a day, then he will not be balanced in his heart. Because the emperor represents righteousness and orthodoxy, no one with power will choose to give it up.

Especially in this world, the idea of great unification of the world is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the land of China has also shown that there are no two heavens and no two peoples since the time of Qin Shi Huang, so even any divided separatist forces still hope to be able to unify the world. This has been deeply rooted in the spirit of the nation, if you want to be a person who is partial to peace, then the last history has proved that people who are partial to peace are bound to perish in the end. Li Shimin will not fail to understand that if even if he has half of the real power of the country, as long as the title of emperor is still with Li Jiancheng, and Li Jiancheng still has half of the country, it means that he will not be at peace for a day. For the sake of his own tannins, Li Shimin will not be willing to just occupy half of the country, nor will he be willing to choose to give up the title of emperor. Therefore, Li Yuan's method is definitely a very stupid method, not only can not solve the problem, but will aggravate the seriousness of the problem.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are desperately opposed. Your Majesty, since Qin Shi Huang ruled the world, the world has focused on unification. And those who divide the seal will not be able to obtain true peace. In this way, the division of the country can only be called by outsiders in the end. In this way, I am afraid that not only will it not be able to solve the problem, but it will cause a serious civil war, and the Tang Dynasty will really be ruined by then. And Goguryeo is eyeing the side, won't they be happy when the time comes? The Turks in the north will definitely be happy, can the emperor really do this kind of thing that relatives and enemies are happy? ”

"Now, even if the minister risks being thought by the emperor to interfere in the affairs of the palace, he must persuade the emperor, and he must not make such a choice. When the time comes, it will be those foreigners who are happy, and then they can take advantage of the opportunity to get left and right, and then get benefits in the middle. Even, if there are foreigners who take advantage of the civil strife in our China, and then come to Wuhu again, it will really be ruined and the species will be wiped out. When the time comes, Shenzhou Lu Shen, that is the sorrow of our descendants of Yan and Huang! So the emperor, you must not be like this, even if the emperor thinks that I am interfering with the palace and wants to cut off the ministers, I must admonish them! ”

Zhang Chao immediately said unceremoniously and directly, leaving no face at all, and began to spray directly. In the past, Zhang Chao spoke more implicitly, but now he directly began to explain the competition between the crown prince and Li Shimin for the throne, so it is impossible to leave Li Yuan with no face at all.

And Zhang Chao, as a later generation, and lived in that time when the national thinking was very strong, his resistance to the country's civil war was very huge. In later generations of Chinese, I am afraid that no one is willing to support the civil war, and they are very opposed to the civil war. If anyone supports the civil war, they will definitely become the enemy of the whole people. Because China has caused too much foreign aggression because of internal strife. Twelve gold medals recovered Yue Fei that year, and the Northern Expedition was wasted. Later, because of infighting, he was defeated against the Mongols, and finally Shenzhou sank. Then during the Ming Dynasty, internal party strife allowed the Manchus to take advantage of it. Finally, at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the Japanese seized the opportunity because of civil strife and warlord secession. Therefore, the Chinese have suffered too much loss in this aspect of the civil war, and Zhang Chao will naturally not allow this crisis of civil war to come again. Now China is not so peaceful, the Turks are eyeing the north, and the Goguryeo people are also waiting to pick up the bargain, so naturally it is impossible to take it lightly.

"Father, you can't do this. Zhang Yushi is right, if this is the case, I am afraid that it will be taken advantage of by foreign clans! Li Jiancheng said immediately.

Of course, Li Jiancheng will not allow this kind of thing to happen, once Li Shimin goes to Luoyang, it is that he has territory and soldiers, so naturally he can't let him go. And Li Jiancheng is also a person who aims for the throne, and he is not a person who can tolerate separatist forces. There are no two heavens and no two people, this is also Li Jiancheng's idea, so he naturally will not want Li Shimin to go out in half. After all, now that the idea of great unification has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Li Jiancheng naturally will not agree to Li Shimin's carving up.

"Father, son-in-law resolutely opposes!" Li Yuanji also said.

Li Yuan saw that everyone was also opposed, and then immediately said: "Since this is the case, then this matter can be discussed later!" ”

And Li Shimin was also a little disappointed, obviously disappointed that he was not able to obtain territory and military power.

And Li Shimin returned to Tiance Mansion, and then said helplessly: "This time it failed, my idea of going to Luoyang first seems to be unsuccessful." ”

But Fang Xuanling immediately said: "This Zhang Chao actually breathed out from the same nostril as the prince!" Actually prevented His Highness from going to Luoyang? ”

But Du Ruhui actually took the initiative to help Zhang Chao and said: "Zhang Chao is not angry with the prince, but really for our Datang!" Therefore, Zhang Chaozhi's loyalty to our Datang may not be a betrayal. ”

And at this moment, Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling couldn't think of going together, because their identity problems caused them to think differently. Fang Xuanling is a representative of the Shandong Shi clan, so he naturally supports Li Shimin to go to Luoyang. Once Li Shimin goes to Luoyang, he will inevitably give up the support of the Guanlong group, and instead rely on the Shandong Shi clan. This will inevitably improve Fang Xuanling's power a lot, and in the future, Li Shimin will become the person supported by the Shandong Shi clan, and he will completely break away from the Guanlong Group.

In fact, in history, Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling could not be as close as a family, and even the relationship would not be very good. Because the two of them are basically people representing different interest groups, Fang Xuanling is the representative of the Shandong Shi clan under Li Shimin, and Du Ruhui is the Guanlong group. The Guanlong Group began to form from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang dynasties were all in the same vein as the Guanlong Group, in fact, they were all internal struggles for the throne and leadership of such a group.

And Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin, although they also have internal fights, they fight within the scope of the Li family. And the Tang Dynasty of the Li family and the Great Sui of the Yang family actually represent the struggle for leadership of the Guanlong Group. As for Fang Xuanling, although it is undeniable that he has a strong personal relationship with Li Shimin, more often than not, he represents the interests of the Shandong Shi clan. And if the Shandong scholars hope most is to be able to gain their own support for an emperor, so that they can obtain real "freedom".

Because since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Shandong scholars have not been able to support an emperor on their own. From the Northern Zhou Dynasty and even the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was the Guanlong group that controlled the world, and the Shandong scholars were not able to support an emperor of their own. And before that, in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, if there was no Shandong Shi clan stirring up trouble, the ghost would not believe it. However, the Shandong Shi clan is not stupid, and naturally they will not pin their hopes on the people they support, they are all bargaining chips in many ways, no matter which side wins, they can save and continue the family. This method has also been reflected in the Zhuge family back then, this kind of multi-sided betting has a history of many years, even in the revolutionary era, there is this kind of thinking, no wonder the Shandong Shi clan.

The result was also unexpected, in the end, Li Tang won the world, and then the people supported by the Shandong Shi clan did not succeed. But the Shandong Shi clan will not be counted like this, they will definitely have their own purposes. This time, Fang Xuanling supported Li Shimin to go to Luoyang to split the Tang Dynasty, and he also had his own ideas. Once Li Shimin arrived in Luoyang, he would inevitably need to rely on the support of the Shandong Shi clan, and then Li Shimin would naturally get rid of the big framework of the Guanlong Group. At that time, the Shandong Shi clan can further support Li Shimin to seize the Tang Dynasty, and taking a step back can also ensure half of the country. Although everyone may still be under the banner of Datang, in fact, his core has changed. At that time, if Li Shimin chooses to go to Luoyang, even if he finally wins the world, then Datang has quietly changed a ruling group.

Therefore, Fang Xuanling has a lot of bad feelings towards Zhang Chao, because Zhang Chao sabotaged the plan of the Shandong Shi clan. However, Du Ruhui did not think so, Du Ruhui believed that although Zhang Chao had ruined their plan, he had ensured the unity and unity of the Guanlong group. In this way, it will not evolve into his own lord Li Shimin breaking away from the Guanlong group, which will maintain Du Ruhui's power. Once Li Shimin chooses to break away from the Guanlong Group, then Du Ruhui, the representative of the Guanlong Group under Li Shimin, will have an embarrassing position. At that time, Fang Xuanling's power will definitely rise, because Li Shimin has already chosen to accept the support of the Shandong Shi clan and break away from the Guanlong Group. At that time, Du Ruhui, a person from the Guanlong Group, will be able to imagine how much power he will be left.

So Du Ruhui helped Zhang Chao say good things this time, because Zhang Chao safeguarded the interests of Du Ruhui and the Guanlong Group, and made the idea of Shandong Shi clan splitting the Tang Dynasty fail, so Du Ruhui rarely helped Zhang Chao say good things. Of course, Du Ruhui is not because of Zhang Chao's maintenance of the Guanlong Group, there is another reason, that is, although the Guanlong Group is a scholar family, its origin is not the same as that of the Shandong Shi clan. The Guanlong Group originated in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and many of them were mixed with the Hu people, and many of the scholars of the Guanlong Group were actually not very pure. However, the Shandong Shi clan is different, the Shandong Shi clan is a group that swears to defend the Han bloodline, they look down on the Guanlong Group, these Hu-Han mixed people, they look down on the Guanlong Group, and even regard the Guanlong Group as "miscellaneous" in their bones. species", so it is conceivable that their relationship is naturally not good.

In line with the fact that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, Du Ruhui naturally expressed his closeness to Zhang Chao. Zhang Chao actually has a plan in his heart, Zhang Chao can form an alliance with the Guanlong Group, but he definitely has to fight against the Shandong Shizu Group. Guanlong Group's view of bloodline is very light, because Guanlong Group originated from martial arts, and most of the martial artists are from poor families. Although they all later became scholars, they did not attach so much importance to class thinking, and did not consider class to be an insurmountable chasm. However, the Shandong Shi clan is different, but the Shandong Shi clan absolutely believes that bloodline determines everything, and they think that the Guanlong Group is a "miscellaneous. species", and think that the Hanmen is a "beast", they advocate that bloodline determines everything, so naturally it is destined to not go together with the Hanmen represented by Zhang Chao.

Because the two groups have different outlooks on life, worldview, and values, the Guanlong Group is the object that Zhang Chao can gradually unite, but the Shandong Shi clan is an absolute enemy, an enemy who will never die, and no compromise is possible. As long as the Shandong Shi clan does not give up the kind of treating the cold family as a "beast" and judging their fate by their origin, it is impossible for Zhang Chao to reconcile with them. However, will the Shandong Shi clan give up this idea of bloodline supremacy? Apparently impossible! Therefore, Du Ruhui did not attack Zhang Chao's idea, but had a natural impression of Zhang Chao and was willing to cooperate to a certain extent.