Zhongnan Mountain, Li Xuan's retreat. Liu Wanda walked into Li Xuan's house. The interior of the house is shabby, but there are some new things that make people feel comfortable and surprised at the same time. In the room, Li Xuan was sitting upright on a strange-shaped chair, leaning on the bookcase and reading. This chair is different from the square high-backed chair commonly used in Datang, but has a wide body, and the backrest and armrests are practiced together, forming a three-leaf arched screen. The chair is solemn and rigorous, the materials are heavy, wide and comfortable, and carefully crafted. Li Xuan sat on it, majestic and generous, adding to the calmness and heaviness. This bookcase is also different from the bookcase of a large case commonly used in Datang, with four brackets, but the large case is connected to the bracket at a straight angle, and drawers and cabinets are placed between the brackets, which is both practical and beautiful.

When he was in Wudang Mountain, Liu Wanda met Li Xuan, followed Li Xuan, and knew Li Xuan's easy-going personality very well. He walked into the room, moved a chair at random, sat opposite Li Xuan, and said to Li Xuan: "I have found a great talent, and I have come to recommend it to you." ”

Li Xuan put down the book in his hand, looked at Liu Wanda, and said in surprise: "Dacai? ”

Liu Wanda said: "You also know that I was an official in the Great Liang State and was a confidant of the emperor of the Great Liang State, Xiao Miao. The talent I recommend is an official who is very admired by the emperor Xiao Mill of the Great Liang State, this person is highly resourceful and strategic, and Xiao Mill himself is also full of praise and reuse. This person was only twenty years old, and Xiao Mo made him the Zhongshu squire of Liang Guozheng Sanpin. ”

"Twenty-year-old Zhongshu Shilang?" Li Xuan was surprised. Xiao Milling, the puppet emperor of the Reverse Liang State, is a well-known person of good knowledge, he actually let a young man who is no more than twenty years old serve as a high-ranking official of the Zhongshu Shilang of the three products of the Reverse Liang State, isn't it? Could it be that this young man really has any extraordinary talent?

Li Xuan couldn't help asking, "Who is this person?" Is it worthy of Xiao Mill's favor and reuse? ”

Liu Wanda said three words: "Cen text." ”

As soon as Cen Wenwen's three words came out, Li Xuan stood up in surprise. Cen Wenwen, Zhenguan Famous Minister, Tang Zaifu, Talented, Resourceful, in the talented Zhenguan Dynasty, his talent, resourcefulness, if called the second, no one dares to call the first, whether it is known for his resourcefulness Fang Xuanling, known for his good judgment Du Ruhui or known for his ruthlessness, the eldest grandson Wuji, who is known as "the power of everyone", is not his opponent. Cen Wenwen is famous all over the world, and he is deeply trusted by Li Shimin, and he is in charge of confidential affairs for Li Shimin, and he has been in power for nearly 20 years, throughout almost the entire Zhenguan period, and can be said to be a confidant in Li Shimin's heart.

After a while, Li Xuan sat down again and said to Liu Wanda: "This person is indeed a great talent, your mind, I understand, I will strongly recommend this person to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

Li Xuan's statement surprised Liu Wanda. He didn't expect that Li Xuan hadn't even seen Cen Wenwen, so he declared that he would strongly recommend this person, which surprised him too much.

Soon, Liu Wanda got up and left Li Xuan's retreat. And Li Xuan also put down the book in his hand and went to Taiji Palace.

In Taiji Palace, the crown prince Li Shimin saw Li Xuan's arrival, and hurriedly greeted Li Xuan enthusiastically: "The lonely ovary is here." Come on, come on, quick, sit sit down. Lone is waiting for you to plan how to activate the old ministry of the crown prince and the king of Qi to stabilize the situation of my Tang Dynasty? ”

Li Xuan walked up to Li Shimin and said, "In the humble opinion of the ministers, in addition to using the old ministry of the crown prince and the king of Qi, His Royal Highness should also reuse the middle faction that does not support His Royal Highness, nor the prince and the king of Qi. ”

Li Shimin asked: "The middle faction? ”

Li Xuan replied, "Yes, the middle faction. such as Li Jing, the general of the town army and the general manager of Lingzhou; General Zuo Weiwei, Tongguan General Li Ji, etc. ”

Li Shimin said with displeasure on his face: "Li Jing, Li Ji?" A few days ago, Lone launched the Xuanwumen Revolution and borrowed troops from the two of them, Li Ji had no news, Li Jing directly refused, and now he wants to reuse and reward them? ”

Li Xuan comforted: "Your Highness is now the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, the master of the entire Tang Dynasty and the whole world, like Li Jing and Li Ji in the court, there are many people who have not helped His Highness, nor have they helped the crown prince and King Qi, if people like Li Jing and Li Ji have angered His Highness, His Highness can be reused, how can these middle factions not be willing to serve His Highness and serve the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Li Shimin suddenly woke up and issued an edict: "Add Li Jing, the general of the second-rank town army, as the general of the second-rank auxiliary country, and Li Ji, the general of the third-rank Zuo Weiwei, as the general of the second-rank champion." ”

Immediately, there was a draft decree by the official who drafted the decree, the seal official sealed, and the crown prince's decree was made in an instant and distributed throughout the country.

Li Xuan also admonished Li Shimin: "As for the prince Jiancheng and the old Shandong Hao clan of Qi King Yuanji, it is necessary to give priority to the promotion of the leaders of the Shandong Hao clan - Wen Xiang Cui Gan and Wu Minister Lu Chengqing. As for the crown prince and prince Wang Qi and the crown prince Xian Ma Wei Zheng, they asked His Royal Highness to visit and enable them in person. In this way, it can show His Royal Highness's thirst for talent and embrace the ambition of the world. ”

After listening to Li Xuan's suggestion, the crown prince Li Shimin was immediately overjoyed and ordered: "Add Cui Gan from the fourth grade household department Langzhong as the third grade of the Ministry of Rites, and add Lu Chengqing from the fourth grade of the military department as the secretary of the third grade of the military department." ”

After that, the crown prince Li Shimin, accompanied by Li Xuan, visited the crown prince and the prince Wang Qi.

In the hall, the crown prince Li Shimin bowed to Wang Jue and said: "The people of the world have just ascended to the throne, and everything is not in agreement, I hope that Lord Wang will teach me to stabilize the society and calm the people." ”

The crown prince looked at Li Shimin coldly and said: "I, Wang Qi, are famous for my loyalty and righteousness, don't think that if you stop Zhang Liang, the butcher, and pardon me and my family, you can expect me to do things for you." Can an official hat make a loyal minister apostatize? You'd better prepare the prison cart and take me to the execution ground. Whether it's beheading or Ling Chi, it's all up to you. ”

Li Shimin sighed and said: "I admire your loyalty. You know that you are loyal to the old master, but you don't know that you are loyal to the world, this is loyalty but not great loyalty; Knowing how to keep a person's aspirations, but not knowing how to do something beneficial for the hundreds of millions of people in the world who have been poisoned, this is a sage but not a great sage! You have read the book of the sages, but you still don't understand that it is easy to be a loyal minister, but it is difficult to be a great loyal minister; It's easy to be a sage, but it's even more difficult to be a big sage, I'm sorry for you! ”

With that, Li Shimin turned around and prepared to leave.

Wang Qi fell into deep thought. After a painful struggle, he made up his mind. He stopped Li Shimin and said, "If I am willing to use it for you, can you promise me a condition?" Otherwise, I'd rather die now than help you. ”

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "You say? ”

Wang Jue said word by word: "The thick burial of the prince is completed, and the king of Qi Yuanji." ”

Everyone in the hall looked at Crown Prince Li Shimin.

Li Shimin bowed his head and pondered. After a while, he suddenly decreed: "Posthumously crown prince Jiancheng as the king of Xi, posthumously crown King Yuanji as the king of Hailing, and bury him according to the ritual system!" ”

Hearing the crown prince Li Shimin say this, Wang Jue suddenly burst into tears, knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, Crown Prince Longen!" ”

Li Shimin helped Wang Qi up and said, "It's lonely to say thank you." Only the funeral of King Xi and King Yuanji of Hailing can calm the hearts of the people in the world and the righteousness of all lonely people. Your advice is better than 100,000 soldiers. The prince and prince you built for the prince in the past, now you are a lonely prince and princess and participate in national politics. I hope you will assist and persuade Yu Lonely. ”

Wang Jue was grateful and surrendered to Li Shimin's generosity.

Li Shimin said with emotion: "With Wang Qi's help, the world can be safe!" ”