In the Daming Palace in Chang'an, after learning that Li Yuan had passed away, Li Shimin cried for a long time that day, experienced Li Chengqian's rebellion, Li You's rebellion, and expelled Li Tai from Chang'an, Li Shimin was more and more able to understand Li Yuan's mood when he faced him and Li Jiancheng, and felt more and more guilty about Li Yuan.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's convoy has entered the city." A eunuch said to Li Shimin, who was wearing a plain white mourning dress.

"Yes, I see." Li Shimin's voice was low.

When the eunuch heard this, he turned around and wanted to leave, and at this time, Li Shimin's words came again, "Let's hold a national funeral!" ”

"Yes." Soon after the eunuch left, the Daming Palace immediately sounded the death knell, and bursts of mourning resounded throughout the Daming Palace.

The first thing Li Yu did when he arrived in Chang'an was to hand over Li Yuan's body to the officials in charge of the funeral in the Ministry of Rites, and then he and many princes and princesses also wore plain white clothes sent by the Ministry of Rites.

The group changed their clothes, and then went to the Daming Palace, compared with the previous Taiji Palace, the Daming Palace obviously surpassed the Taiji Palace in terms of luxury, and the equipment in it could basically reach the Cheng Dù of the Yizhou Prince's Mansion, but at this time, the Daming Palace was full of plain white color, and even the palace maids and eunuchs changed into mourning clothes.

"Father, the prince and the princess are all here." Li Su saw Li Shimin in the main hall of the funeral in Daming Palace, and at the same time Li Yuan's other heirs, they were sobbing softly at Li Yuanzheng who was lying in the coffin.

Hearing Li Su's voice, Li Shimin wiped his eyes, under the instructions of the presiding official, Li Shimin took the members of the royal family to carry out the funeral step by step according to the orders of the ceremonial officials, and all kinds of complicated etiquette made the funeral last for a whole month, during this time, the entire Chang'an was shrouded in this dull atmosphere, and no music was allowed. It is not allowed to marry until Li Yuan's funeral is over.

Li Su has been staying in Chang'an for more than a month, after all, he is the prince and can't break the rules, speaking of which, Li Su is also a little sad, but this sadness comes from the friendship with Li Yuan over the years, and there is no real pain of Li Shimin's father, after all, Li Yuan is not his real relative, so in the whole process, he is just like sending away an old friend, unlike Li Shimin, who has lost weight. And Li Yuan's other descendants did not have a deep impression of Li Yuan, after all, they were all very young when Li Yuan was imprisoned by Li Shimin.

"Father, you still have to take care of your health." Li Su came to Daming Palace on this day to prepare to bid farewell to Li Shimin, and when he saw Li Shimin's emaciated appearance, Li Su said.

Li Shimin was a little distraught, and did not answer Li Su's question, but said irrelevant words, "Liulang, is there really no immortality technique in this world?" ”

Hear the words. Li Su was stunned, Li Shimin used to be obsessed with taking pills, but after being exposed by Li Su seven years ago, the fake Taoist priest had never looked for the art of immortality, and now he mentioned it. Li Shimin must have been affected by Li Yuan's death and had a fear of death, and when a person has endless wealth and rights to enjoy the world, he must be afraid of death. "Why did my father suddenly ask about this time again?"

"Nothing." Li Shimin seemed to come back to his senses, and said: "Since Yizhou is busy with government affairs, you can go back." ”

Li Su still wanted to ask. But seeing that Li Shimin looked like he was in a state of disengagement, he opened his mouth and finally said nothing, turned around and left the hall.

Then he went to say goodbye to the eldest grandson queen, Concubine Yang, in Concubine Yang, Li Su told Concubine Yang about Li Shimin's strange situation, relatively speaking, Concubine Yang must know something inside, and just as Li Su guessed, Concubine Yang sighed when she heard the words and said: "Your father and emperor are looking for Taoist masters everywhere these days, I think it must be your father who is interested in the art of immortality again, after all, the death of your imperial grandfather made him understand that the emperor and ordinary people cannot transcend death." ”

"This elixir is not good for the body, mother, you and the queen mother still have to persuade the father and the emperor." Concubine Yang's words made Li Su finally confirm his guess.

With a low sigh, Concubine Yang shook her head, "Who can persuade your father to come back from what he decided, this time your father even plans to build a Taoist temple in the back mountain to practice Taoist techniques." ”

"This is simply ridiculous, does my father want to learn from Emperor Jiajing?" Li Su blurted out.

"What Emperor Jiajing?" Concubine Yang looked at Li Su suspiciously and said.

Li Su suddenly realized that he had missed his mouth, this Emperor Jiajing was a prince of the Ming Dynasty who loved Taoism, and he had not been in court for twenty years, but he just asked the immortals to ask, he didn't want Li Shimin to become like this, "It's nothing, Erchen said the wrong thing." ”

Concubine Yang retracted her suspicious gaze and said: "Actually, there is another reason why your father is like this, the letter left by your imperial grandfather to your father said that Jian yì let you intervene in the government as soon as possible, and now you only care about your Yizhou, is the land of the Tang Dynasty just a piece of Yizhou?" I think what your imperial grandfather said makes sense, you are now the crown prince, you can no longer be so biased, and because of this, your father is ready to hand over state affairs to you to manage, so that he has time to continue his quest for immortals. ”

Li Su was a little incredulous, "But my father didn't tell me about it." ”

"You'll find out soon, after all, he still has to deal with the ministers." Concubine Yang seemed to say another thing as a matter of course.

Coming out of Concubine Yang's palace, Li Su was still a little unable to digest this sudden change, Li Shimin planned to retreat behind the scenes and let him be in charge of state affairs, although Li Shimin had already had this intention, but it came too suddenly, Li Su thought that it might be Li Yuan's death that really stimulated Li Shimin.

But in this way, Li Shimin can be his free emperor, eat, drink and have fun, ask the immortals to ask for a catch, but in this way, Li Su, the prince, will be punished, and the whole affairs of the Tang Dynasty are bet on him.

I returned to Yizhou with a nervous mood, and within ten days, as Concubine Yang said, Li Shimin arrived in Yizhou with a holy decree, and let Li Su, the crown prince, supervise the country and prime minister state affairs.

"Congratulations to Your Highness!" As soon as this holy decree arrived, the happiest people were the big and small officials in Yizhou, and they flocked to the prince's mansion one by one as if they had passed the festival, Li Shimin's holy decree was tantamount to pushing Li Su to the pinnacle of power, and the status of their old subordinates was naturally going to rise.

"Your Highness, it's time for you to pack up and go to Chang'an." Shangguan Yi smiled like an old fox, they still had some kind of complex for Chang'an in their hearts.

Hearing this, Li Su rubbed his head painfully, no matter how prosperous Yizhou is, but after all, it is not the national capital, since he, the prince, is in charge of the country, it is not a matter to nest in this place, after the arrival of the holy decree, Li Shimin also talked to Li Su, and he planned to hand over the former Taiji Palace to Li Su as the prince's East Palace.

"Well, Shangguanyi, you should also draw up a list, whoever stays, who goes to Chang'an, this time we will start a comprehensive reform of Datang." Li Su said with a deep groan, now that Somali oil has begun to be sold, and the high-welfare policy can be implemented soon, it will be too late to carry out the government reform of the entire Tang Dynasty at this time.

"Yes." Shangguan Yi said happily that he had waited for so many years, and he could finally go back with his eyebrows raised.

After the officials left, Cui Yingying and Su Mo'er walked into the political hall, Su Mo'er said: "Your Highness, don't you need us to go over?" ”

"You should stay in Yizhou for the time being, and when you go to Chang'an, I will let Luo Anguo's engineering team build Chang'an, and you can come back after all the facilities there are perfected." Li Su thought about it and said, as Concubine Yang said, he can't just make Yizhou rich, at this time it is time to let other places enjoy the treatment of Yizhou, and after he goes to Chang'an, he is ready to build Chang'an, and at the same time let private capital enter Chang'an, for Li Su, this Chang'an will sooner or later be a big construction, after all, he will become the monarch of the Tang Dynasty sooner or later, and it is not appropriate to set Yizhou as the national capital, because Yizhou is too remote, and at this time the population of the Tang Dynasty is still mainly concentrated in the north. (To be continued......)