Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is the residence of the Chinese scholar Lang Cen Wenwen.

Soon after the Tang Dynasty pacified the Turks, Cen Wenwen and Changsun Wuji were promoted by the Tang Emperor at the same time because of their respective abilities and merits.

According to the arrangement of Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, everyone in the court understood in their hearts that Cen Wenwen would be the highest official in Zhongshu Province in the future, Zhongshu Ling, and the eldest grandson Wuji would be the best candidate to replace Fang Xuanling, the current left servant of the Tang Dynasty and the head of the hundred officials. Cen Wenwen controls Zhongshu Province, and the eldest grandson Wuji takes over all the affairs of Fang Xuanling's supervisor and controls Shangshu Province.

Speaking of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin's trust in the two, Li Shimin trusts the eldest grandson Wuji even more, after all, the eldest grandson Wuji is closer to him regardless of his qualifications or relationship with Li Shimin, but Li Shimin is also very kind to Cen Wenwen, because although Cen Wenwen is now only the second-in-command of Zhongshu Province - Zhongshu Shilang, Cen Wenwen actually controls the entire Zhongshu Province. In order to support Cen Wenwen's control of Zhongshu Province, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin even removed the number one leader of Zhongshu Province, Zhongshu Ling, and kept the Zhongshu Order vacant for a long time, so as to ensure Cen Wenwen's complete control over Zhongshu Province and establish Cen Wenwen's status as the highest official in Zhongshu Province.

In the study, the Chinese scholar Lang Cen Wenwen and the secretary and supervisor Xiao Yu sat opposite each other.

Xiao Yu said to Cen Wenwen: "Lord Cen, His Royal Highness the King of Shu has been recalled by His Majesty to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. It seems that everything is going according to Lord Cen's plan. The ability of the crown prince to undertake the cadres is too weak, and the Guanlong aristocratic group led by the eldest grandson of the prince Chengqian, Wuji, has been jointly suppressed by the southern scholars and the wealthy families of Shandong, and His Majesty is becoming more and more disappointed in the crown prince Chengqian; And Li Tai, the king of Wei, although with the joint support of my southern Shi clan and Shandong Hao clan, seems to be gaining momentum, and he is pressing step by step. However, under the deliberate misdirection of Lord Cen, Li Tai, the king of Wei, has left a bad impression on His Majesty the Tang Emperor and the courtiers of the court, and with the experience of the former Sui Yang Emperor, His Majesty the Tang Emperor and the courtiers are unwilling to entrust the Tang Dynasty to him and hand it over to Li Tai, the king of Wei, a talented and immoral person. His Royal Highness the King of Shu was recalled by His Majesty to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and it seems that His Majesty's heart also thinks that the crown prince Chengqian and Li Tai, the king of Wei, are not enough to provoke the burden of the Tang Dynasty, and His Royal Highness the King of Shu, who is smart and resolute, inherits the throne. In the future, he will inherit the Jiangshan Sheji of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Cen Wenwen smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu has returned to Beijing, it seems that everything is indeed going according to our plan, down, what we have to do is to instigate Li Tai, the king of Wei, to do everything possible to continue to press the crown prince Chengqian step by step, it is best that the prince Chengqian was pushed down from the throne by Li Tai, the king of Wei, and Li Tai, the king of Wei, has completely lost the trust of His Majesty and the ministers of the court, and completely lost the qualification to succeed to the throne, and both of them are abolished." His Royal Highness the King of Shu has the opportunity to become the prince of the Tang Dynasty as a concubine and succeed him as the unification. At that time, we will be able to live up to the trust and entrustment of Concubine Yang and Lord Feng Deyi. ”

Xiao Yu exclaimed: "Lord Cen's plan. It's exquisite. Who would have thought in the whole world that Lord Cen would use this method to complete the entrustment of Concubine Yang and Feng Deyi Feng. What about pushing His Royal Highness the King of Shu to the throne and becoming the future son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty? ”

Cen Wenwen's face was joyful, but he said to Xiao Yu with a little worry: "We are all instigating Li Tai, the king of Wei, to fight with the crown prince Chengqian. So that in the future, after the crown prince Chengqian and Li Tai, the king of Wei, are abolished, His Royal Highness the King of Shu can inherit the throne and inherit the unification. Lord Xiao, what is the situation of the other princes who are qualified to inherit the throne? Can we do our best to defeat the crown prince Chengqian and Li Tai, the king of Wei, and let the other princes pick up the cheap and pick peaches? ”

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "This, Lord Cen can rest assured." At the beginning, Lord Cen recommended a generation of great Confucian Kong Yingda, Yu Shining and others to serve as bachelors of Hongwen Hall, which was really a wonderful move. Kong Yingda, Yu Shining, etc. are all great Confucians, and they are well-known at home, but they are all old-fashioned personalities and respect Confucian concepts. Those princes are deeply influenced by Kong Yingda, Yu Shining and others, and they are full of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, but they don't know how to be flexible, and they don't know how to follow the trend according to the situation. Such a prince, I am afraid that except for Kong Yingda, Yu Shining, etc., who will go around boasting that their education is good, His Majesty and the courtiers will not approve of it, and they will all feel that these princes cannot become the prince of my Tang Dynasty and succeed to the throne. ”

Cen Wenwen looked smug and asked Xiao Yu: "Lord Xiao, how is Li Zhi, the king of Jin, studying?" After all, he is also His Majesty's son-in-law, if he really has both ability and political integrity, His Majesty will definitely choose him, and will not choose His Royal Highness the King of Shu, who is a concubine. ”

Xiao Yu said confidently: "This Jin King Li Zhi, Lord Cen can rest assured. As far as I know, this Li Zhi has indeed been smart since he was a child, and he is deeply loved by Kong Yingda, Yu Shining and others, but now? is unusually rebellious, and repeatedly speaks arrogant and presumptuous words, which makes Kong Yingda, Yu Shining and others very popular. It is said that Kong Yingda, Yu Shining and others have complained to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty about the situation of Li Zhi, the king of Jin, many times, but His Majesty ignored them and let this King Li Zhi of Jin continue to fall like this. ”

Cen Wenwen nodded and said, "That's it, that's good." We are now using Li Tai, the king of Wei, to force the crown prince to inherit the throne, and we must guard against other princes who are qualified to inherit the throne, so we must be extremely cautious and not make a mistake. As long as we push His Royal Highness the King of Shu to the throne and watch His Royal Highness the King of Shu succeed to the unification of the Tang Dynasty, we can also be worthy of the trust and entrustment of Concubine Yang and Lord Feng Deyi to us. ”

Xiao Yu nodded again and again, and echoed: "Lord Cen, the resourcefulness is superb, Xiao Yu is willing to follow Lord Cen, but Lord Cen is the first to look forward." ”

Cen Wenwen asked Xiao Yu, "How is the situation of His Royal Highness the King of Shu?" The master I asked you to find for him, Zhang Xuansu, have you ever found it? How is His Royal Highness the King of Shu studying? His identity is embarrassing, just His Majesty's concubine, congenitally much worse than the crown prince Chengqian, Wei King Li Tai, he wants to become my Tang prince, all he can rely on is his ability and talent to govern the country, his studies, we must attach great importance to it. (To be continued.) )

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