Perhaps because of the approaching New Year, the struggle at the top of the Tang court gradually subsided, and during this time, Li Yuan did not mention the deprivation of Li Shimin's military power.

This made Li Shimin's tense strings relax slightly, and in the morning, he went to the Taimiao Temple, participated in the ancestor worship of the Li clan, and returned to his mansion at noon.

In the warm and bright study, Li Shimin sat on a soft couch, slowly sipping hot tea with a teacup, while pondering his plans for the new year.

Li Shimin is also speculating in his heart that the reason why his father did not mention the deprivation of his military power is that he learned from the pain and realized the serious impact of the power struggle between the two princes on the Tang Dynasty, and consciously froze the power struggle.

But after thinking about it, Li Shimin still felt that he thought of his father too well, and his father's suspicion of himself had not been eliminated, perhaps it was his opportunity to catch his own handle.

Once his own handle is seized by his father, then he will not hesitate to take away the military power, there is no doubt about it.

Perhaps in the eyes of his father, taking away his military power and consolidating the status of the crown prince is the measure to stabilize the Tang Dynasty, but is he Li Shimin really a fish on the chopping block and let others slaughter him?

Li Shimin couldn't help sneering in his heart, and at this time, a report from the guards came from outside the door, "Your Highness, a letter has arrived from Xiangyang." ”

Li Shimin's mind turned, this was Li Xiaogong's letter to himself, and he immediately ordered: "Bring the letter!" ”

The door opened, and a guard walked in and presented a letter to Li Shimin, and sure enough, it was Li Xiaogong's letter. Li Shimin opened the letter and glanced at it, his eyes froze suddenly, Li Xiaogong actually told him in the letter that his father intended to crown Li Xiaogong as the king of Jing. ，

Although the sealing has not yet become a reality, this news still made Li Shimin break out in a cold sweat, and his father surrounded Li Xiaogong. It's obvious that he's going to do something to himself.

Just now, I thought that my father's refusal to mention the seizure of power was to calm the struggle between the prince and the son, but now Li Shimin understands that the situation has not subsided at all. The father only stabilized Chang'an, but secretly went to woo Li Xiaogong.

Li Shimin began to realize that the situation was serious, and immediately ordered: "Let Mr. Fang and the eldest grandson Changshi come to see me." ”

Not much. Fang Xuanling and eldest grandson Wuji came to Li Shimin's study one after another, "Please sit down, two of you!" Li Shimin invited the two of them to sit down, and ordered someone to serve them tea.

"Your Highness, what happened?" The eldest grandson Wuji felt that Li Shimin's expression was a little wrong.

Li Shimin sighed slightly, "I just received a letter from Xiaogong, and my father is ready to crown him King Jing." ”

Fang Xuanling and Eldest Sun Wuji glanced at each other, and both of them showed a look of surprise in their eyes, which was an obvious signal, which meant that the Holy Lord was about to make a move against King Qin and deprive him of his military power. even put him under house arrest, and then crowned Li Xiaogong King Jing to appease his emotions.

"Tell me, what should I do now?" Li Shimin asked worriedly, his eyes on Fang Xuanling. He hoped that Fang Xuanling could give him a good advice.

Fang Xuanling understood the expectation in Li Shimin's eyes, he lowered his head and muttered for a moment: "There are two suggestions for the humble position, the first is that His Royal Highness leaves Chang'an, he might as well go to Feng Yijun under the pretext of training troops, and directly control the army in his hands, so that the saint will not dare to act rashly." ”

Li Shimin nodded. He also has this idea, since Fang Xuanling also said so, then he can give it a try, "You can consider it, what is the second suggestion?" ”

"Your Highness, the second suggestion is to speed up the action, and I hope that Your Highness will implement the plan proposed last time."

Fang Xuanling's last proposal was a mutiny, placing the emperor Li Yuan under house arrest and getting rid of the crown prince, Li Shimin accepted this plan, he groaned for a while, and asked the eldest grandson Wuji: "How is the progress of the Yang brothers?" ”

Yang Junguan served as the crown prince to wash the horse, and was deeply trusted by Li Jiancheng, and Yang Rong was one of the three generals of the East Palace, and he controlled the power of the guards of the East Palace, and he was also a very important figure.

The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly bowed down and said: "Although these two people are brothers, they don't seem to have any contact in big things, they are going their own ways, Yang Jun is scheming, it is more difficult to win over, and he has been unwilling to express his position, but he has not betrayed us, and Yang Rong is easy to woo, this person owes a huge amount of gambling debts and piáo debts, we gave him a thousand taels of gold, he repaid the piáo debts first, but I heard that gambling debts forced him to be very anxious, and forced him to hide every day, at this time, we easily let him submit." ”

Li Shimin asked with an excuse: "Is it the gambling house opened by Dugu's family?" ”

"Exactly!"

Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "In this case, win him over today, if he agrees to work for me, then I can repay the gambling debts of the Dugu family for him." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly said: "Your Highness, he owes a huge gambling debt, I heard that the capital is 10,000 yuan, and the lizi money is as much as 40,000 yuan. ”

"So much!" Li Shimin was taken aback, although he could get 50,000 yuan, but in order to win over a Yang Rong to take out so much money, of course he would be a little hesitant.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said, "That's it! Let him serve me, and I can settle his gambling debts for him. ”

Li Shimin can help Yang Rong make a guarantee, and when he is finished, he will kill Yang Rong with a knife, or after he Li Shimin ascends the throne, this debt will naturally not be there anymore, no matter how it is used, he will not take out 50,000 yuan to repay the debt for Yang Rong now.

At this time, Fang Xuanling reminded on the side: "If Your Highness goes to the Dugu family, won't it be equivalent to exposing Your Highness's efforts to woo Yang Rong?" It is inappropriate to be humble! ”

A sentence reminded Li Shimin, and he frowned and said, "Then what do you say?" Let me give him 50,000 yuan, I might as well use it for military expenses. ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, "As far as I know, as long as you are willing to repay the money, the gambling hall is generally allowed to repay it slowly, Your Highness might as well give Yang Rong five thousand yuan first, let him pay back some of it, and then give him a little after a while, so that he will be caught, and I am afraid that he will not obediently listen to His Highness?" ”

"Sure enough!"

Li Shimin readily agreed, and said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "That's it." ”

Eldest Sun Wuji nodded, Li Shimin took a sip of tea, and said to the two: "Now let's talk about the Yulin Army, about the ...... of Zuo Xiaowei's general Changsun Shunde......

Just when Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji discussed to win over the Yang brothers, Yang Jun also hurriedly walked into the East Palace, today on the first day of the first lunar month, Yang Jun was originally to accompany his wife back to her parents' house, but the prince sent someone to find him, saying that there was something important to discuss, Yang Jun had to hurry to the East Palace.

Yang Jun is the current prince of the horse, with a five-grade official rank, neither high nor low, but he is very trusted by the prince, so that he is also a celebrity in the East Palace, and his brother Yang Rong's eating, drinking, and gambling are different, Yang Jun is neither piáo nor gambling, he is very low-key, and he is very scheming, no one knows what he is thinking?

Not long ago, his brother Yang Rong found him and relayed Yang Yuanqing's message, if they want to forgive the two brothers, they must go to their father's tomb to stay filial for three years, Yang Yuanqing's condition made Yang Jun scoff, he has hated Yang Yuanqing since he was a child, and now he wants him to keep filial piety for three years, dream! He's not going to go.

However, Yang Jun has a little thing on his mind in the past few days, that is, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, actually sent someone to win him over, which made Yang Jun a little embarrassed, of course, he didn't want to betray Li Jiancheng for the time being, after all, he also saw that Emperor Li Yuan was suppressing Li Shimin, so it was better to follow the prince.

But Yang Jun didn't want to betray Li Shimin, Li Shimin's wooing, he felt that he could hold it off and strive to maximize his interests, Yang Jun would not be loyal to anyone, he meant to be loyal to himself, and he only had his own interests in his heart.

Yang Jun came all the way to the outside of the prince's study, and happened to meet Luo Cheng, the general on duty today, Yang Jun smiled slightly: "Today is the first day of the first lunar month, and General Luo has to personally guard the East Palace, which is hard." ”

Luo Cheng bowed and saluted, "At this time, the matter within the lowly position, Yang Xima, please!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is waiting. ”

After speaking, Luo Cheng walked quickly to the front of the study and reported, "Your Highness, Yang Xima has arrived." ”

"Let him in!"

Li Jiancheng's voice came from the room, Yang Jun sorted out the official hat and official uniform, and walked quickly into the prince's study, in the study, Li Jiancheng was sitting on the desk to review the folds, since he adopted Yang Jun's suggestion, summarized the daily recitals, and made a catalog to send to his father Li Yuan, his father's attitude towards him changed significantly, praising him for being good at managing government affairs, which made Li Jiancheng very grateful to Yang Jun, and he was more important to him, and many important matters were discussed with him.

Yang Jun walked into the study quickly, bowed and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”

Li Jiancheng put down his pen and smiled slightly: "I'm really sorry to let Yang wash Ma to come to the East Palace on the first day of the new year!" ”

"It is a humble honor to serve His Highness, even if His Highness commands."

Li Jiancheng was very satisfied with his attitude, nodded with a smile and said: "This morning, I sacrificed to the Taimiao, and my father suggested that I can set up an investigation office in the East Palace, mainly to understand the people's situation and people's livelihood, I am thinking about letting you form it, what do you think?" ”

Yang Jun's heart was pounding, this is actually the eyes and ears of the prince, this power is not small! He hurriedly bowed down and agreed, "I am willing to serve His Highness." ”

Li Jiancheng smiled and nodded, "Originally, I wanted Yang Rong to be in charge of this matter, but he was more frizzy, so I couldn't rest assured, think about it, or you are more suitable, start to prepare for the construction from the fifth day of the first month, you think about the specific plan these days, and give me a preparation plan on the fourth day of the first month." ”

"I understand the lowly position, and it will be delivered on time."

After a pause, Yang Jun said cautiously: "Your Highness, I'm afraid that the meaning of the Holy Lord is not just to investigate the people's feelings and people's livelihood!" ”

Li Jiancheng squinted and laughed, this Yang Jun really has a brain, he is meaningful, "Just write the plan according to your ideas, and write how you want it." ”

Yang Jun knew that this was the 'Tang Feng' of the East Palace, and he gave a deep salute, "Then I quit my humble position!" ”

"Go ahead!"

Yang Jun slowly retreated, the smile on Li Jiancheng's face gradually disappeared, he sneered, beckoned, and a henchman eunuch stepped forward, "Please command, Your Highness!" ”

Li Jiancheng commanded in a low voice: "Tell Wang Zhu and order him to check carefully, who gave Yang Rong the money to return the Qinglou?" ”