Daming Palace has a population of tens of thousands, and now when the factions are chaotic, there are many natural people, and the fact that Xue Chongxun and Queen Gao went to Chengxiang Hall before and after was quickly known by the princess of Penglai Palace. Wang Guifei is the biological mother of the prospective prince Li Chenghong, and she was named a concubine a year after Li Shouli ascended the throne.

She is in her forties, a few years younger than Li Shouli, and she is the woman he married in the early days. Li Shouli was very unhappy in his early years, and the quality of those people he married before was naturally not good, Wang Guifei was a palace maid in addition to her humble background, and she was also very spicy and vulgar, and it had nothing to do with her at all. However, her strength is that she gave birth to the first surviving son for Li Shouli. Now Li Chenghong is his eldest son, and his mother is more precious than his son, and his status is naturally different from what he used to be.

This woman has no restraints, as soon as she heard that Queen Gao went to Chengxiang Hall to see Xue Chongxun, she immediately said that it was a "private meeting", and scolded a few words in front of her son Li Chenghong, naturally she didn't have good words, what "shameless slut, stealing men" Yunyun, she still cares if what she said is unpleasant or not? Fortunately, there were no outsiders around, but she cursed.

Li Chenghong couldn't listen to it anymore, and persuaded his mother: "In broad daylight, when others go to see Princess Taiping together, my mother says that she is raising a man. ”

Wang Guifei said angrily: "I still wronged her, what's wrong with Daylight?" The little vixen is not a female ghost, so she can't do bad things during the day? Behind closed doors, they were all their own people, and only her own stomach knew what dirty things they had done. ”

Li Chenghong sighed: "What's the use of mother's just scolding the queen?" ”

"Did I scold the wrong person?" Wang Guifei looked at her son puzzled.

Li Chenghong said: "Now that I'm going to be crowned the crown prince, my mother always can't get along with the queen, can people sit still if they don't find help?" He said a word, glanced left and right, and said in a low voice, "If I want to scold, I will scold my father!" ”

"The wings are stiff, don't you dare to scold your parents?" Wang Guifei said angrily.

Li Chenghong sighed and said: "Erchen is really very obedient to his father, and a good card in his hand is played like this...... Alas, God wants to give my family a chance to regain its strength, but it's a pity that he doesn't want it in front of him! Now Princess Taiping is unconscious, the dragons inside and outside the Daming Palace have no leader, and his father is a righteous emperor, if he has the heart to take power, who can stop him? ”

Wang Guifei frowned and pondered, shook her head and said, "You are still young and ignorant, and you don't know your father's difficulties. ”

"Difficulty?" Li Chenghong was stunned, he knew that his father was either playing with women or horses and insects all day long, what was so difficult about this.

"Although Princess Taiping is useless, there is no one in their family? Xue Dalang first took Shibao City last year, and then got rid of Li Sanlang, but those ministers were very afraid of him; The second lang of the martial family is also on an errand in the Beiya Forbidden Army, as well as these eunuchs and slaves in the palace, I don't know how many people have anything to do with their family. How can it be as easy as you say? ”

Li Chenghong snorted disdainfully, "I'll just ask you, without Princess Taiping, those people that my mother said dare to rebel, or dare to abolish the establishment without permission?" ”

Wang Guifei was stunned, not knowing how to answer, the things about the overall situation of power were really out of her cognition.

Li Chenghong hugged his fists and bowed: "I'll go first, my mother will do it herself, don't always make trouble with others for some trivial things, it's useless." ”

"Where to go?"

Li Chenghong said: "Go to the Xuanzheng Hall to see Pan Haoli and them, what my father doesn't want to do, only I will do it!" ”

Wang Guifei was obedient and asked, "You are going to be the prince, be a good man, don't get into trouble." ”

Li Chenghong smiled, turned around and left. He went out of Penglai Palace, and went straight to the south, there are some official offices outside the Xuanzheng Palace, and now Pan Haoli and Yuan Jiazuo, two former officials of Youzhou, are officials in the Hongwen Pavilion. Li Shouli has been in Youzhou for a long time, and Pan is bearded, and they naturally know Li Shouli's sons, and they are very familiar with their eldest son Li Chenghong.

Now that Li Chenghong is talking to Pan Haoli, he is naturally looking for the right person, and now only their former officials in Youzhou are the most reliable.

With a collection of more than 200,000 volumes, Hongwen Museum is the most important department of the national collection of classics, and it is also a place for the royal family to recruit talents. It should be an important office, but it is obviously not a critical department in times of chaos. The key place in extraordinary times is nothing more than military politics, and this kind of library is naturally unpopular. Pan Dabeard and others were arranged here, which was also the reason why Li Shouli was not in power, which made his subordinates lonely.

However, after Li Chenghong saw Pan and the bearded men, he found that the two of them looked calm and had no complaints, and complained to the prince without meeting.

Pan Haoli is still a bearded man, and he is a reckless man, but he is a civil official who is like a fake, with a lot of ink in his stomach, but he doesn't know anything about knives, guns and sticks.

When the two met, they congratulated Li Chenghong and congratulated him on his imminent official canonization as crown prince. On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor convened a meeting of ministers in the Zichen Palace, and there were many people present, so this kind of thing is naturally not a secret in the court.

Li Chenghong shook his head and sighed with a worried face, Pan Haoli hurriedly asked why, and he took the opportunity to say: "I heard that Prime Minister Zuo intends to let me be in charge of the country, but there are many internal and external factions, and in the end I failed to do so. ”

Pan Haoli hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness Shao'an is not in a hurry, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run." ”

Li Chenghong hurriedly asked: "Will the plan be released?" ”

Pan Haoli and Yuan Jiazuo glanced at each other and said, "Brother Yuan and I are also talking about His Highness in the past few days, Brother Yuan." ”

In fact, Pan Haoli's temperament was originally more anxious, and Yuan Jiazuo was more calm and indifferent, he listened to Pan Haoli's words, so he hugged his fists and said: "It just so happens that we have something to say to His Highness, so let me speak." It's actually very simple, just two words: compromise. ”

"Compromise?" Li Chenghong repeated thoughtfully.

Yuan Jiazuo nodded and said: "Yes, compromise with each other, peace will be mutually beneficial, and scattering will be a loss." In today's current situation, it seems that the disturbances are like a broken net, and the relationship is complicated, but to put it bluntly, it is a matter between two people: Your Highness, you and Xue Dalang, the King of Jin. The other stakes are derived from this......

The mustard between the queen and the princess, the communication between the queen and Xue Dalang, the position of the ministers in the political hall, etc., are all based on the interests between His Royal Highness and Xue Dalang as the central axis, and the core relationship derives external relations, and the external influences the core, complementing each other. ”

At this time, Pan Haoli observed Li Chenghong's frowning expression, and reminded: "Brother Yuan picked up the important thing and said, you are so complicated that you are going around and around that we are all dizzy." ”

Yuan Jiazuo clasped his fists a little apologetically and continued: "Most of the ministers in the court are from the Taiping princess's subordinates, so they have a lot of relationship with the king of Jin, and the king of Jin himself has placed party henchmen all over Jingshi, Longyou, Dongdu, and Hedong, which has caused a situation where the end of the court is not broken. Therefore, after His Royal Highness became the crown prince, it is the same thing whether he supervises the country or not, and with your little foundation, he really can't shake the big tail that is intertwined. What can you do? If you want to take power, you have to get rid of the old Taiping Party completely, but can Your Highness do it? Even Li Longji, who was even more powerful before, failed to do it, His Royal Highness had to think twice...... The words are a little heavy, and the words are contrary to the ear, and I hope that His Highness will think about it. ”

Li Chenghong shook his head and said, "Li Sanlang was defeated in the hands of Princess Taiping. ”

Yuan Jiazuo hurriedly drew a big circle in the air, and tried to express his meaning clearly: "Princess Taiping is not a person, it is such a big circle, there are many people, understand?" ”

"Yuan Gong means to make me ......," Li Chenghong muttered.

Yuan Jiazuo nodded and said, "By the way, what I want Your Highness to understand is that you have the need to compromise." Secondly, let's think about Xue Dalang's attitude, the matter is clear, their gang of people are definitely unwilling to give up power for fear of being liquidated, and His Royal Highness is destined to be their enemy if he wants to be the prince; But then again, they can get rid of His Highness, and there are still many sons in the world, can they get rid of them all one by one, if that is the case, isn't his wolf ambition obvious to the world? Therefore, if His Royal Highness is willing to coexist and make concessions to each other, Xue Dalang will definitely be willing to seize the opportunity to stabilize the situation. ”

Pan Haoli finally waited for Yuan Jiazuo to finish speaking, and then took over and said: "Our advice to His Highness is just like what Brother Yuan said, there is no natural enemy in the world, compromise and coexistence with the Taiping Old Party, and long-term planning is the way to stability." ”

Li Chenghong was speechless for a long time, and after thinking for a long time, he said coldly: "We want to compromise and seek perfection, but others may not be willing." To be on the crown prince is to roast on the fire, not to be prevented from death, life and death, the hands of others? ”

Pan Haoli said angrily: "Then you gave up the crown prince, didn't you let Li Dalang (Li Chengqi) as the eldest son?" ”

Li Chenghong said: "What's the difference? As soon as Li Sanlang is finished, won't Li Dalang also follow his head in a different place? If you back down at the beginning, you will definitely let the other party press you step by step, and finally become a marionette! ”

Pan Haoli was about to speak bluntly, Yuan Jiazuo gently tugged at his sleeve and said to Li Chenghong: "Your Royal Highness is young and has a lot to do, you don't need to be in a hurry, you need to do what you can." ”

Li Chenghong took a breath, calmed down his feelings, his face quickly returned to normal, and he clasped his fists and saluted: "Thank you two gentlemen for your advice, I will definitely consider it thoroughly." ”

"Your Highness is serious, don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Yuan Jiazuo hurriedly returned the gift. And Pan Haoli saw that Li Chenghong didn't seem to listen, so he was unhappy, and said bluntly angrily: "Hello, do it yourself!" We came to Beijing from Youzhou, so there is no need to trick you into harming you. ”

Li Chenghong originally looked like a well-eyed and long-eyed man, but after his excitement calmed down, he really looked like a polite and polite son, with an open-minded attitude, and he didn't care about Pan Haoli's bad words.

After talking for a while, when he was about to leave, Yuan Jiazuo reminded again: "Your Highness wants to persuade the concubine, and Hugh wants to stiffen the relationship with the queen, which is harmful and useless." ”G