When night fell in Chang'an, after the street drums sounded 800 times in five waves, there were no pedestrians on the most prosperous Suzaku Street in Chang'an, and only the Wuhou who patrolled the city was still patrolling the streets. At present, the Tang Dynasty has just experienced a war, and the string that collapsed on the imperial court has not yet been loosened, and they are all in a state of imminent war.

At this time, if someone violates the curfew, he will be directly beaten to death by Wu Hou as a fine work on the street, and if he does not die, he will not escape torture.

Therefore, the street was silent, and the door of the square was also closed tightly, and only the square in Chang'an City was mostly dark. The only place where the lights are lit is to rely on the imperial city to make trouble, such as Chongren Fang, Pingkang Fang, etc., the dignitaries and nobles are still singing and dancing in the fang, and there are many people who drink with orchids in the wine shops in the fang.

Speaking of Chongrenfang, Pingkangfang, are Chang'an famous places, Chongrenfang is mostly the residence of the state officials in the capital, the place where the office is stayed, the so-called residence is the predecessor of the Jinju Academy in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and it is easy to understand that it is today's Beijing Office. In addition to staying in Chongrenfang, there are countless hostels, which are not places for outsiders to come to Chang'an, so they generally choose to stay in Chongrenfang's hostels.

As for Pingkangfang, although there are many Liudi hostels, the most famous is the local Qinglou Chu Pavilion. At night, the prostitutes and celebrities of Chang'an, the young men of Kyoto, gather here.

Among them, Pingkangfang Qin Lou is also very famous, the so-called Qin Lou uses the allusion of Qin Mugong's daughter getting jade to blow the flute upstairs, which means that Xiao Shi makes jade, implying that men and women are cheating on each other. The girls in Qin Lou are good at playing musical instruments, but they are also worthy of their name.

Now in a heavily separated private room in the Qin Tower, the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji sit opposite each other. Outside the curtain is the Qing people playing the pipa, and their melodious and tactful singing. It's very intoxicating to listen to.

However, Li Jiancheng was not in much mood to listen to the singing at the moment, he stopped drinking. Seems to be thinking about something, and his face is cloudy.

Li Yuanji knew that Li Jiancheng was in a bad mood at the moment, and said with relief at the moment: "Prince, now that you are in Pingkangfang, you are looking for a romance, so let go of the affairs in the court." ”

Li Jiancheng raised his head and looked at Li Yuanji and said, "How can Lone be relieved, you said that today the King of Qin visited several Zaifu in the court in a row, what is the purpose?" ”

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "Prince, at the moment, Chang'an is a rumor that is not conducive to King Qin, what do you say King Qin can do now?" When I heard that he visited Pei Lian, he almost cried bitterly. Haha, I didn't expect the second brother, who was majestic in the past, to get into such a wolf situation today. ”

Li Jiancheng leaned forward and looked at Li Yuanji and asked, "Fourth brother, this rumor spread all over Chang'an overnight, I think someone must have done it!" ”

Seeing Li Jiancheng ask like this, Li Yuanji said with an unnatural expression: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you still have to guess, of course Li Chongjiu did it, but I don't think this rumor is groundless." You see, the second brother is begging people everywhere now. It's not that you're pretending to be pitiful, prince, you can't be soft-hearted and let go of this opportunity to beat the water dogs. ”

Li Jiancheng sneered: "It's not King Qin who is asking, it's you." Are you really not doing anything in secret, and then pushing the matter onto Zhao Guoxizuo? ”

Li Yuanji saw Li Jiancheng ask this, and said in his heart when did his brother hear something. Li Yuanji immediately said: "Prince." Where are you talking, I'm doing it. It's not to help you consolidate the storage position of the East Palace, what's in it for me. ”

Listen to what Li Yuanji said. Li Jiancheng sat up straight and said, "Okay, you don't deny it, it's true." It seems that this is definitely not the reason why Zhao Guoxi is stirring up trouble in it. Fourth brother, what you did was too conspicuous, Gu Du heard about it, do you think your father won't know? Let it go for a moment and stop for a moment. ”

"Yes," Li Yuanji reluctantly agreed, and then added, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, this time the Heyang army was defeated, although the father made Qu Tutong take the blame, but in fact he has been very disappointed in us, although your position as the prince has been retained, but I and he have not been seen for several days." If you don't take advantage of this time to suppress King Qin, let him make a comeback, and regain favor in front of his father, it will be a big threat to you. ”

Li Jiancheng said: "What are you talking about, in all fairness, before the Battle of Heyang, Lone thought that King Qin was Lone's biggest enemy, but now after the Battle of Heyang, Li Chongjiu is Lone, and he is also my biggest enemy in the Tang Dynasty." Lone wants to persuade you to put away the previous set as soon as possible, now you have to take care of the overall situation, no more intrigue, the second brother wants to return to military power, let him. ”

Li Yuanji looked like he was being taught, but he thought that if the crown prince no longer targeted King Qin, and with the temper of Li Jiancheng facing forward when employing people and not facing backwards, then his status in Li Jiancheng's eyes would inevitably decline. Li Yuanji knew that he was not liked by Li Yuan by birth, and his powerful position today was all obtained by clinging to Li Jiancheng, how could he be willing to return to the past.

Li Yuanji thought for a while and said, "The prince is right, but in fact, I don't think you have to use King Qin to fight?" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Li Yuanji said: "You see that King Qin is brave and good at fighting, because Tiance Mansion has gathered a group of talents, including Wu Youchangsun Wuji, Hou Junji, Cheng Zhijie, Zhang Liang, Duan Zhixuan, Wen Youfang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xue Shui, Yu Zhining and others, if we take these talents for our own use, then King Qin not only has no minions, but we also have a large number of talents, and when the time comes, appoint a capable general, are you afraid that you can't beat the Zhao people?" ”

Li Jiancheng was moved when he heard this, but said: "The people of Tiance Mansion are loyal to King Qin, if they suddenly dig into the corner of King Qin, I am afraid it will anger him." What if he jumps over the wall and refuses to break with me? ”

Li Yuanji hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, if you continue to let it go on like this, the King of Qin will continue to gain inches, you have forgotten it, last month you sent Yang Wengan to serve as the governor of Yongzhou, but Li Shimin recommended his uncle Gao Shilian to serve as the governor of Yongzhou, we sent people to discuss, the officials of the Ministry said that the King of Qin is Shang Shuling, of course, we must listen to his dispatch, we must let Gao Shilian out of the town of Yongzhou, this is clearly not His Royal Highness the Prince, do not put the prince of the East Palace in your eyes." ”

Thinking of this hateful thing, Li Jiancheng got up and scattered the wine and food on the table, and the Qingqi people outside the curtain heard the movement inside the curtain, and they were startled at the moment, thinking that they didn't play well. Put down the lute and bow down at the moment.

Li Jiancheng waved his hand and motioned for the Qingqi people to continue playing. He gritted his teeth at Li Yuanji and said: "Those officials in the Ministry of Officials, it's not like this for a day or two. There is still a lack of a governor in Gyeongju, and Lone decided to promote Yang Wengan to Gyeongju to work, he is an old minister who follows Lone, and he must not be treated lightly. ”

"The people of Gyeongju are fierce, I'm afraid it's not as easy as Yongzhou."

Li Jiancheng said: "It is the people of Gyeongju who are fierce, and Lone has the heart to let Yang Wengan go to Gyeongju to recruit brave and fierce people to enrich the guards of the East Palace!" If Yang Wengan can't hold the situation alone, he will send Er Zhuhuan and Qiao Gongshan to Gyeongju to help him. ”

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is well-planned, and Yang Wengan will go to Gyeongju." and Duan Dechao also took care of it. ”

At the mention of Duan Dechao, a smile appeared on Li Jiancheng's face, Duan Decao, the governor of Yanzhou, was one of Li Jiancheng's few cronies in the army. Duan Decao was also very competitive, and won many battles with Liang Shidu.

Now that the Turks are in civil strife, the Turks have rebelled and become independent in the east. Li Yuan didn't need to act like the Turkic group in the past, and now Li Yuan transferred Liu Lanxia Prefecture Governor Sima, and he had the plan to destroy the Liang division first, eradicate the border troubles, and fight again with Zhao Guoteng's troops.

"As for the talents of Tiance Mansion you mentioned. For the things that work for us, I feel that I can use them, and those who can be won over will be wooed, and those who cannot be wooed will be wooed. Just find an excuse to transfer them out of Chang'an,"

Li Yuanji saw that Li Jiancheng had finally made up his mind, and immediately bowed down with great joy and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise!" ”

Li Jiancheng nodded. But there was no joy on his face.

The two drank a few more glasses, and Li Jiancheng left immediately. As the crown prince, if he doesn't return to the East Palace at night, it's not very good. So Li Jiancheng left overnight. Li Yuanji didn't care so much, and continued to stay in Qinlou to enjoy songs and drink.

Protector Yu Wenbao came upstairs and said to Li Yuanji: "Your Highness, what is the matter with the end of the day?" ”

Li Yuanji said: "Are you familiar with Yang Wengan?" ”

Yu Wenbao said: "I have a relationship on weekdays, but I don't have a deep friendship. However, the last general's brother was very close to him. ”

Li Yuanji listened and said, "Isn't your brother Si Nongqing Yu Wenying?" ”

"Exactly."

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "The prince just sent Yang Wengan to Gyeongju, Lone doesn't know the intention of the prince's move, but in case there is a change in Chang'an in the future, Gyeongju Yang Wengan and Yanzhou Duan Decao are the prince's back road, and they are also my back road, Lone will send you to contact Yang Wengan, be sure to get through your brother's relationship with him, and there is also Guo Zihe, the governor of Yunzhou, I have an old favor for this person, and he knows what to do." ”

Yu Wenbao immediately said: "No." ”

Li Yuanji picked up the wine glass on the table and handed it to Yuwenbao and said, "After drinking this glass of wine, let's leave for Yunzhou overnight!" Yu Wenbao thanked him immediately, took the wine glass and drank it dry.

After Yu Wenbao left, Li Yuanji's eyes narrowed slightly, and he planned for a while in his heart, and then got up from the mat and walked out of the curtain. ”

Li Yuanji smiled slightly and said, "No need to send it away, go back to the house with me!" ”

The Qing man raised his head and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, the slave family does not sell his art. ”

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "If you want to be alone, you don't sell your body!" ”

Looking at the sun and the great palace of Wuji, hundreds of officials gathered in the palace. In the early days, there were more than a dozen recitals in the early dynasty, all of which were about the soaring food prices in Chang'an and the hardships of the people's lives.

Li Yuan sat on the hall, frowning, and the discussions of the hundreds of officials below really annoyed him.

At that moment, Li Yuan finally couldn't help but say: "Speaking of which, it is nothing more than a way to crack down on grain hoarders, open warehouses and release grain, and drop grain from all over the country, these are just old tunes, if you don't have other new ideas, don't talk about it anymore." ”

Seeing Li Yuan speaking so violently, the ministers did not dare to speak at the moment. Since Luoyang was taken over by Zhao State, the price of grain in Chang'an has been higher and higher day by day, and now it has become a pain in Li Tangshang's heart. With Li Tang's national strength, even if the attack on Heyang failed this time, it did not touch the bones. However, Chang'an's increasing fatigue is the root of the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, a courtier said: "Your Majesty, at present, the population and wealth of my Tang Dynasty are concentrated in Guanzhong, and most of the population and wealth in Guanzhong are concentrated in Chang'an, which is the reason why the price of grain continues to fall." Weichen believes that the only way to solve this dilemma is to move the capital. ”

As soon as this courtier said this, there was a lot of discussion in the court.

Li Yuan was still frowning and said: "The proposal to move the capital is also not new, if you want to move the capital, where will you move?" Although my Datang is wide, where can I beat Chang'an? ”

The courtier said: "Your Majesty, it's better to consider the land of Jingbei and Western Henan, and it's good to see Fanzhou and Dengzhou with Weichen." ”

Li Yuan didn't say anything after hearing this, but asked a few more ministers for their opinions, some said yes, and some were against it. Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin and asked, "King Qin, what do you think?" ”

Li Shimin saw Li Yuan asking himself, thinking that he was now in a suspicious place and it was inconvenient to make any comments, so he immediately said: "Erchen has no opinion. ”

Li Jiancheng said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, the matter of moving the capital is a big matter, as the King of Qin, and as the third prince of the dynasty, how can you say that you have no opinion?" ”

In the face of Li Jiancheng's blatant provocation, Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Jiancheng, and a cold glint bloomed in his eyes. (To be continued......)