Chapter 625: What is the Son of Heaven?

The night was surprisingly quiet, and the two of them still kept a distance of about two meters and walked unhurriedly, and there seemed to be no topic after the short conversation before. Maybe Li Yuan originally had a lot to say, so the attendants followed from a long distance. But Li Xian's somewhat cold and hard answer before made him lose interest in talking, and his face became more and more gloomy.

Li Xian couldn't see his face, but he could guess that the old man with white hair walking in front of him must have a better face and couldn't see anywhere. Looking at the slow pace of the back in front of him, the corners of Li Xian's mouth rose slightly. He looked at the Taiji Palace in the night lights with great interest, and suddenly found that the palace city at night seemed extremely lonely. After thinking for a while, he understood what was going on, because it was empty, there was no trace of fireworks in this palace city, and it was even more deserted at night.

The patrolling guards saluted the emperor as they passed by, and then they all stole a look at the young man who was following the emperor with some curiosity. They know that this is King Yan, and they also know how important King Yan is to Datang. Yan Yunjun was subsumed into the Tang Empire, and it added forty counties to the empire. Even the King of Qin, who has made great achievements in war, seems to be a little worse than him.

Staying in Miyagi, this glory seems to have been enjoyed only by this King Yan since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. The King of Qin, the King of Qi, including the children of the emperor's concubines, none of them have stayed in the palace since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. It seemed that this huge palace castle would always belong to the emperor alone, but today it made an exception.

Li Yuan walked in front, and Li Xian followed unhurriedly in the back. He was not an idiot, so he naturally knew who Li Yuan was going to take him to. For that woman, Li Xian was also a little curious. I heard that I have often lost my mind since the beginning of the year, and I can't recognize who the people around me are in a daze. I don't know what obsession this woman still has in her heart that she can't let go, but she has survived for so long.

Thinking of meeting that woman, Li Xian's good mood to look at the scenery was gone. He sighed softly, his gaze drawn from the magnificent buildings.

When he was about to reach Chengtianmen, Li Yuan stopped again and waited for Li Xian.

"You were sighing just now?"

He asked.

Li Xian nodded and replied with one word: "Yes"

"Why sigh?"

"This Miyagi is a bit too big, so it looks a little desolate."

"Desolation?"

Li Yuan frowned slightly, it was the first time he had heard someone describe the palace city of the Tang Dynasty as desolate. This palace can be said to be the largest building in the world today, there are more than 600 guards on duty in this palace every day, more than 1,200 palace maids and eunuchs, if you count the number of forbidden troops in this palace every day, it will be more than 4,000 people, he even said that this palace is too desolate!

"The night is quiet, and the first time you enter the palace, you will inevitably feel a little colder."

He corrected that it was deserted, not desolate.

Li Xian shook his head and said without words, but he said in his heart that he had watched a lot of court dramas in his previous life, and there was something mysterious about this palace for me. It's nothing more than a bigger house and a bigger yard. The desolation in this palace is naturally not felt by you, the emperor.

"Tell me that you escorted Princess Pingyang back to Chang'an, why don't you follow her into the palace to see me."

Li Yuan asked, standing on the stone bridge.

Li Xian thought for a while and replied seriously: "It's not the time. ”

"Oh?"

Although this answer was still very simple, Li Yuan's face softened a lot. He seemed to be extremely satisfied with these four words, so he nodded, and then shook his head again: "If I hadn't noticed it earlier, the people of the world would have been able to break through the Xuanwu Gate that day." If that's the case, where is I still standing here today and talking to you calmly? Didn't you think that the only people who could save me at that time might be the people in your hands? ”

"Thought"

"Why don't you come?"

"Because it doesn't need to."

Li Xian said in a flat tone: "How can there be so many ifs in this world, if they all exist in the emotion after the incident has passed." Maybe it's regret, maybe it's rejoicing, maybe it's reminiscence, if there is more after the incident, it's not interesting, the reason why there is if, is because the people who say what are unwilling to be dissatisfied. ”

This is the passage with the largest number of words spoken by Li Xian today, which undoubtedly aroused Li Yuan's interest.

"Something interesting."

The corners of Li Yuan's mouth twitched, he looked back at Li Xian and asked, "Why are you so confident in me?" ”

Li Xian said indifferently: "Because you are the emperor." ”

That's the reason, that's the whole reason?

Li Yuan was slightly surprised, and then understood the meaning, so the mood that had just eased down became cold again, no matter what, because you are the emperor, there is no meaning of kindness and praise in these six words. Because he is the emperor, he does not allow others to rob him of the rights that belong to him. No one is allowed, and whoever robs him will be killed. Even if he knew Li Shimin's plan in advance, he still didn't break it in advance, but used this incident to erase all the unstable factors in the DPRK and China.

In any case, if you don't have a cold and hard heart, it is impossible for you to have the heart to take the opportunity to eradicate some hidden dangers when your son is rebellious.

"Are you sarcastic?"

Li Yuan asked in a cold voice.

"Not sarcasm."

Li Xian looked at the beasts on the eaves of the palace city building and was a little distracted, and was silent for a while and said, "It's fear." ”

But he smiled in his heart, and said in his heart, you must love to hear this, right?

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No matter how cold and strong he is, he is still weak in front of my father. Hearing the word fear, Li Yuan had such a thought in his heart. He understood the meaning of the word fear, and he knew why he was afraid.

"That's why you've been refusing to come back to me?"

He asked.

"I am a person who is afraid of death, I have always been afraid of death since I was a child, and when I grew up, I found that it was not easy to live for all these years, so I was even more afraid of death."

Li Xian's answer seemed to be a little off-topic.

Li Yuan was slightly stunned, and his face softened again: "I know that you have experienced too many hardships and tortures when you were a teenager, from Chang'an to Jiangnan, from Jiangnan to Hebei, from Hebei to Liaoxi, from Liaoxi to Saibei...... Can you survive that environment and fight to get to where you are today...... Very good, I ...... Very gratifying. I can't help but wonder if I could have done better than you if I had had this experience like yours. ”

He said in a slower tone, "I don't know, but I can understand the hardship. ”

He looked at Li Xianji and said seriously: "Since I can understand your hard work, how can I do anything to you?" You know, I've wanted you back ever since I found you. But I can't make things too clear, the eldest grandson Wuji went to see you three times before and after, and you should be able to understand my intentions. So you don't have to be afraid of anything, if I treat you like an outsider, why should I wait patiently for you all the time? Although the Tang Dynasty has only just established the country, it is still not something that can sway my thoughts by some reckless rivers and lakes. ”

This is arrogant and conceited, but this Tang Emperor seems to have this confidence.

Li Xian was a little uncomfortable when he heard this, but he didn't refute: "Only I know what I want, and I know what I want from the time I start to walk...... To live, more than anything else, is to live. Therefore, no matter what kind of means, small means, big means, bright means, dark means, or even dirty and shameless means, as long as they can ensure my survival, I will hold them tightly in my own hands. Only when I have so many means in my hands that I no longer worry about whether I can live or not, can I sleep more peacefully. ”

Li Yuan looked at him, thought for a while and said, "Your things are yours, and I won't take them." But you should also know...... I can trust you, and those courtiers in the court who don't know your identity may not be able to trust you. You already have a lot of means in your hands, if you can use these means to make some contributions to the Tang Dynasty, when those courtiers make a lot of nonsense, I will have something to stop their mouths. ”

"For example?"

Li Xian asked two words very disrespectfully.

"Dongdu is a little too special, you can let it go...... I sent Li Daozong over, and it was not difficult to take the eastern capital and destroy Wang Shichong. You should know that if the eastern capital falls into your hands, the courtiers will be a little uneasy. I think you can guess what they will say...... I can protect you, but you have to be cautious yourself. ”

"You mean to let me fight Dou Jiande?"

"I told you weren't stupid."

Li Yuan looked at the sky and said in a somewhat helpless tone: "Before I established the Tang Dynasty, I never thought that the emperor would work so hard. Your affairs are family affairs, but since I have become the emperor, there are no family affairs, no matter how big or small, all are state affairs...... For example, only Dou Jiande is not peaceful today, Luo Yi has too few soldiers in his hands, and Zhuojun is an important place, and his men and horses cannot easily leave. If Dou Jiande can be exterminated, he can become one with Zhuojun and even Liaoxi, and the Tang Dynasty is a veritable Datang. If you exterminate Dou Jiande and remove this last obstacle to the unification of the world for the Tang Dynasty, who would dare to despise this credit? ”

He withdrew his gaze from the sky and looked at Li Xian and said, "With this credit, if you leave what you have in your hands, those courtiers will have nothing to say, and I will have an excuse to help you." ”

Li Xian sighed in his heart, and said in his heart that Li Yuan was really not an ordinary shameless. You want to use me as a knife to hit Dou Jiande, but you have found a bunch of reasons that sound like it's for my sake. Do you really think that I will believe your words and that you will keep everything for me after Dou Jiande is destroyed? If there is no strong enemy outside, the sword will be sheathed. I really want to destroy Dou Jiande, and next time I go to Chang'an City, I'm afraid that I won't be able to think of this city again.

Li Yuan's mood improved a lot, so he talked more: "You should know that I was supervising grain in Liaoxi at the beginning. Yang Guang poured a million-strong army into three expeditions to Goguryeo but failed three times, and the Yang family's world was in chaos, but Goguryeo took the opportunity to fight through Liaoshui. If the Liaoshui line is lost, Yuyang and other counties will be in danger. If the civil strife in the Central Plains cannot be ended as soon as possible, it will not take two or three years for the entire western Liaoning to fall into the hands of the Goguryeos. ”

"Although there are many people around me who can use it now, and there are many people who are better at using soldiers than you, my attitude towards you and towards them is naturally different, and if this matter can be handed over to you, I will not hand it over to others. When you pacify Hebei and destroy Dou Jiande, I will personally conquer Goguryeo, and then I will take you as the vanguard...... You have left a great reputation in Liaodong, do you want to defend those thousands of miles of territory for me? ”

He actually made such a promise, as long as Goguryeo was destroyed, he would let Li Xian lead the army to sit in Liaodong!

Li Xian wanted to laugh in his heart, looking at Li Yuan's solemn and loving expression, he always felt that he was born in the wrong era, if Li Yuan was born in modern times, it would be effortless to win the Oscar.

"I'm really too strict with my children on weekdays, but you're different...... I know I still owe you a lot, so I'll give you more if I can. But I won't give it to you...... You don't even think about it. Your status is still so good for the time being, I hope you can understand. ”

He looked at Li Xian and said word by word: "I have twenty-three sons, but now I still allow you to be the only one in charge." If your identity becomes clear, I will have no choice but to take back your military power. It's not what you want to see, and it's not what I want to see...... You lead the troops well, and don't be afraid of anything if I have my support for you. ”

Li Xian looked at that amiable face, and suddenly found that his understanding of the emperor was still too shallow and simple. When he saw Li Yuan, he understood why the emperor was called the Son of Heaven...... Because he is not human.

"How?"

Li Yuan asked.

"Sounds beautiful"

Li Xian replied contemplatively.

Li Yuan snorted, and then his heart relaxed, but he didn't understand why his answer was not very good, but very beautiful?