When the time is right, it is not early, the vast majority of the people in Chang'an City have fallen asleep at this time, but the generation of the emperor Li Shimin has not yet rested, Wu Zi in the study of the Ganlu Palace, and the prime minister on duty tonight, Sun Wuji, is discussing things - the morning after tomorrow is the time of the dynasty, but the excerpt of Zhang Liang, the squire of the military department, has never been decided, although Li Shimin has communicated with the four prime ministers many times on this matter, but has never been able to reach an agreement, As for Li Shimin himself, he is still hesitating.

That's right, Li Zhen has made a lot of miraculous achievements, and his own heart can be regarded as loyal, but since ancient times, there are no two days, no two masters, and the two strong cannot coexist, this is the principle of heaven, as an emperor, how can he allow someone to snore like thunder? Of course, Li Shimin does not intend to abolish Li Zhen such a qualified prince, but he is unwilling to see Li Zhen's power too large, especially the most taboo military power is the top priority, in public and private, Li Shimin has to take action to weaken Li Zhen's ability to control the Tang army in the Western Regions, however, whether to do it at this time, how to do it is the key to Li Shimin's difficult decision.

Zhang Liang's political position Li Shimin knows it in his heart, and how can he not know that Zhang Liang has made such a fold, and his intentions are only afraid of the most improper elements, but if he really handles it according to this fold, he can indeed cut off Li Zhen's arm, the problem is that in the face of this situation, Li Shimin does not dare to guarantee how Li Zhen's sex will react - the prince is the country's capital, and two princes have been changed since Zhenguan, the first two are disdainful goods, and it is rare to have such a successor as Li Zhen who can come out in both military and political affairs. Li Shimin really didn't want to change the prince again, and it was precisely because of this ambivalence that Li Shimin was never able to make up his final decision. The reason why I asked the eldest grandson Wuji to come to discuss privately tonight was to make a decision, but I didn't expect that the eldest grandson Wuji, who had nothing to say in private in the past, was just blindly submissive, or took care of the left and right to talk about other things, and refused to talk about things at all, which made Li Shimin extremely annoyed, but helpless, just thinking about waving off the eldest grandson Wuji, but saw the inner chamberlain Liu Donghe hurriedly walked in, Li Shimin's face was pulled down, although he didn't open his mouth to ask, but a sense of slaughter suddenly rose.

Liu Donghe, the inner attendant, was a awakened person, and he saw that Li Shimin was in a bad mood at this time, how dare he slack off, so he took a few steps, rushed forward, and respectfully reported: "Your Majesty, please see the sign at the palace gate, saying that it is about Zhang Liang's conspiracy to face the saint, please make it clear." ”

"What?" As soon as he heard Liu Donghe's words, Li Shimin's heart suddenly "chuckled", and suddenly he rose, his eyes flashed, and he looked at Liu Donghe with blazing eyes.

"Your Majesty, this is what the servants said, and the slaves and maids don't know the details." Liu Donghe, as an internal supervisor, is very well-informed, although he doesn't know what is going on with Zhang Liang's rebellion case, he can vaguely guess that he is afraid that he is only afraid that it will be inseparable from Zhang Liang's performance book, but it is a big matter, how dare Liu Donghe talk nonsense, so he has to blame the matter on the head of Zhu Suiliang who came to see him.

"Hurry up!" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, waved his hand irritably, and commanded impatiently.

"Yes, slave and maid." Liu Donghe hurriedly answered the promise, hurriedly exited the study, and trotted all the way towards Chengtianmen.

"Wechen see Your Majesty." Zhu Suiliang came quickly, and as soon as he saw Li Shimin sitting on the top, he hurriedly rushed forward and respectfully greeted Li Shimin.

"Excuse me." Li Shimin was in an irritable mood at this time, how could he be impatient with those false courtesies, and before he finished the good courtesies, he waved his hand and asked in a slightly hurried tone: "What happened, say!" ”

This is a big troubled water, if possible, Zhu Suiliang didn't want to come in at all, but unfortunately it was not very much for a while, because of eating Cheng Biting Jin a wine, the poor old comrades became people in the circle, after all, this is the envoy given by His Royal Highness the Prince, if you don't come, you can't do it, although the heart is crooked enough, but since the old man asked, Zhu Suiliang had to reply with his scalp: "Your Majesty, here's the thing, today Cheng Zhijie and General Cheng feasted all the officials, and Weichen was also invited, and he ...... in the middle of the wine." Zhu Sui Liang babbled about what he had seen and heard in detail, which was basically true, but he concealed his play of pretending to be confused in his words, and only said that as soon as the matter happened, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked him to come to the palace to report the details.

"Bastard!" Li Shimin has spent his whole life in dumping and conspiracy, as soon as he heard Zhu Suiliang say the beginning, he knew what happened later, and he knew that there must be Li Zhen's figure behind this big scene, and his heart was furious, and he couldn't help slamming the table and cursing.

"Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry." Zhu Suiliang didn't hear who Li Shimin was scolding at all, but seeing Long Yan angry, he was a little unbearable, and hurriedly spoke out to persuade him.

"Humph!" Li Shimin snorted heavily, swept the panicked Zhu Suiliang with cold eyes, gritted his teeth and asked, "Where is Zhang Liang now?" ”

"When Weichen left, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just ordered the rebellion, but I really don't know what the battle situation is, and the ministers are panicking." In the face of Li Shimin's anger, Zhu Sui's conscience was bitter, but he didn't dare not answer, so he had to admit that he didn't know the truth, and while talking, he kept giving the eldest grandson Wuji, who was standing aside with low eyebrows, a look, begging the eldest grandson Wuji to come forward and turn around.

"Order to counterinsurgency, hmph, what an order to counterinsurgency! Come! Li Shimin was angry, and slammed the table and roared.

"The slave is here." Liu Donghe, who was standing in the corner of the study, heard the old man's words, rushed out in a hurry, and replied cautiously.

"Go, Prince Xuan will come to see you immediately, don't go quickly!" Li Shimin gritted his teeth and roared, so frightened that Liu Donghe was about to run out of the ground with a roll.

"Your Majesty, slow down." The eldest grandson Wuji, who had never said a word, saw that the matter was about to get into trouble, and he couldn't care about being silent any longer, so he hurriedly flashed out and shouted loudly.

"Huh?" Li Shimin saw that the eldest grandson Wuji stood up, his face softened slightly, he snorted lightly, and his eyes focused on the eldest grandson Wuji.

"Your Majesty is angry, the minister thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely take the initiative to explain everything, and it seems that there is no need to send someone to announce it." The eldest grandson Wuji was not moved by Li Shimin's unsightly face, but just said calmly.

The eldest grandson Wuji's words sounded rough and unsurprising, but in fact, he was reminding Li Shimin that this was not the time to openly contradict the prince, if he really sent someone to announce it, it would be tantamount to slapping Li Zhen in the face in public, and the conflict between father and son would inevitably intensify.

Li Shimin was stunned, only then did he react to the subtext of what the eldest grandson Wuji said, although the anger in his heart was still strong, but he was sober up a lot, a sense of powerlessness suddenly surged into his heart, he sighed, sat down wordlessly, and stopped speaking with a straight face, Liu Donghe, who had walked to the door, saw this, and immediately withdrew from the study with a clear mind, but he did not really carry out Li Shimin's previous will, and the monarchs and ministers stayed together silently, and the strange atmosphere quietly spread in silence......

At four o'clock, the night was already deep, but the palace gate was brightly lit, a large group of executives and dignitaries all gathered at the gate of the palace waiting for the summons of the saint, Li Zhen just stepped out of the carriage, and saw from afar that Liu Donghe, the inner attendant, led several small eunuchs with huge lanterns were already waiting at the palace gate, through the light of the torch, you can clearly see that Liu Donghe's face is calm, but his eyes are flashing with restless light, Li Zhen couldn't help but sudden, but he didn't stop moving forward, just moved forward steadily, walked straight in front of Liu Donghe.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." As soon as he saw that Li Zhen had arrived, Liu Donghe's face quickly flashed a look of relief, and he hurriedly stepped forward to greet Li Zhen.

"Grandpa Liu has worked hard." Li Zhen raised his hand modestly, signaled Liu Donghe to be exempt, and then asked with a relaxed attitude: "Father, can he rest his old man?" ”

"The saint is still in the study." Liu Donghe bowed and answered.

"Father and his old man are so diligent, they are really the masters of the ages, and they are not as good as one." Li Zhen sighed half-truthfully, and then took out a jade noodle card from his sleeve, handed it to Liu Donghe, and said softly: "Waiting for the lonely to come here, I really don't dare to disturb my father's rest, just because Zhang Liang, the squire of the military department, has to go against the grain, and I have to ask Gonggong Liu to work hard, and make a general statement on his behalf, saying that the lonely and others want to see the reason for the drive." ”

"Yes, the slave and maid obey the order, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to wait here, and the slave and maid will do it." Liu Donghe bowed down and took the jade plate handed over by Li Zhen with both hands, paused slightly, and suddenly added: "Your Majesty also had a decree before, please ask His Highness to meet him, and His Royal Highness Ke Keli has arrived." As soon as the words fell, he didn't say anything more, turned around, and led a group of little eunuchs to hurry to the Ganlu Palace.

It's dangerous! The sentence left by Liu Donghe before he left made Li Zhen's heart froze, and he secretly shouted that he was lucky - if the old man really sent someone to interfere with the arrest of Zhang Liang, it would mean that the contradiction between father and son was superficial, and it would be difficult for each other to turn around.

In the study of the Ganlu Palace, the suffocating silence continued, Li Shimin sat motionless behind the desk with a black face, like a statue of a bottle, but the momentum that erupted was chilling, and the two prime ministers who were standing on both sides of the eldest grandson Wuji and Zhu Suiliang were a little unbearable, but they couldn't go and couldn't speak, so they could only stand there strongly, their faces were a little pale, but fortunately, Liu Donghe finally appeared at this time, which gave the two prime ministers a chance to breathe.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the kings, and all the ministers are already waiting outside the palace gate." As soon as Liu Donghe walked into the study, he was shocked by the oppressive atmosphere in the room, but he didn't dare to delay more, so he rushed forward and reported respectfully.

Li Shimin glanced at Liu Donghe expressionlessly, and his extremely cold eyes immediately frightened Liu Donghe to shrink his neck in a panic, his legs and feet trembled, and he lowered his head in a hurry, not daring to say anything more.

"Let's talk about it, I want to hear your opinion." Li Shimin ignored Liu Donghe's embarrassment, nor did he immediately order the ministers to be summoned, but said with a calm face.

This opinion is not easy to say, the risk is really not small, one is not careful, either lost the holy family or offended the prince, the eldest grandson Wuji and Zhu Suiliang are human spirits, how can they not know the stakes, since they are all silent, no one is willing to talk more in the case of the holy will is not clear, so the study immediately quieted down again.

"Huh, what? Are you dumb, huh? Li Shimin waited for a long time, and when he saw that the two prime ministers did not speak, he lowered his face and said directly: "Zhu Aiqing, you are the party concerned, just say it first." ”

As soon as he heard Li Shimin say this, Zhu Suiliang knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to get out, and he was really depressed in his heart - it was obviously a secret war between the princes, what was the matter with him Zhu Suiliang, how did he make trouble in the end, he Zhu Suiliang actually became a party, this is simply impossible to say, the problem is that the old man has already determined his sex, and how can he allow Zhu Suiliang to defend himself in this matter, in desperation, he had to turn his eyes to the eldest grandson Wuji for help, but he didn't expect the eldest grandson Wuji to really stand there like a mud bodhisattva, Not to mention any suggestive small movements, he didn't even roll his eyes, which made Zhu Sui Liangsheng have an urge to vomit blood, so he had no choice but to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Zhang's Mansion is now guarded by the soldiers of the East Palace and Jiwangfu, which seems to be inconsistent with the system, and Weichen implores His Majesty to transfer the Yulin Army to take over, so as to investigate the truth, and it is good to return the world to a clear day." ”

"Hmph." Li Shimin was obviously dissatisfied with Zhu Suiliang's evasive and trivial talk, secretly scolded Zhu Suiliang for slipping his head, and after snorting coldly, he did not attack Zhu Suiliang, but waved his hand a little impatiently and said: "Spread my will, Li He Sect sent 2,000 soldiers and horses to garrison, and no one is allowed to see Zhang Liang privately without my will." ”

"The slave obeys." Liu Donghe, who was standing uncomfortably on the side, heard that the old man had opened the golden mouth, and hurriedly answered, and fled out of the study, and rushed to the north of Xuanwu Gate to pass the decree without mentioning it.

"Auxiliary, what do you think?" Li Shimin saw that Zhu Suiliang was slippery and refused to speak, and he didn't bother to ask him again, so he looked sideways at the eldest grandson Wuji and asked in a deep voice.

Earlier, when Li Shimin was anxious to completely cut off Li Zhen's military power, the eldest grandson Wuji was not very unintentional in the same house, not because the eldest grandson Wuji was oriented towards Li Zhen, but because the eldest grandson Wuji had already expected that with Li Zhen's strong personality, he would never be caught, rather than acting too violently and causing Li Zhen's fierce resistance, it was better to come slowly. As a matter of course, the military power should be taken back immediately, and the steps are fast, how can it not cause Li Zhen's backlash, plus the princes are not fuel-efficient lamps, so it is strange that things are not big, and the current situation really confirms the previous speculation of the eldest grandson Wuji, the matter has come to this, and the eldest grandson Wuji can only cry out in vain.

In the opinion of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin's situation at this time is quite similar to that of the ancestor Li Yuan, or even worse - now Li Zhen is the crown prince, in terms of status, compared to Li Shimin was only the king of Qin a lot higher, plus Li Zhen's subordinates have both civil and military skills, strong reinforcements inside, strong soldiers outside, and powerful dark forces and those mysterious secret weapons in their hands. Although the eldest grandson Wuji presented Li Shimin with the strategy of exchanging governing power for military power last year, he always advocated slow progress and adhered to the strategy of slowly trying to figure it out, but unfortunately Li Shimin only adopted half of it, and he was too hasty, giving the princes the opportunity to use their strength to fight, which caused the current crisis, as for how to deal with it, the eldest grandson Wuji also had some undecided minds, but there was one thing he was clear, that is, the solution of this matter must not be strong, otherwise everything will be irreparable.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late today, it's not appropriate to meet the ministers, the old minister thinks it's better to discuss it tomorrow." When the eldest grandson Wuji said this, he pondered for a while, and then continued: "Since this matter is presided over by His Royal Highness the Prince, why doesn't Your Majesty invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come and make a statement, as for the rest, it is not too late to discuss it in the early court." ”

Although the words of the eldest grandson Wuji were vague, Li Shimin understood - the eldest grandson Wuji meant that this matter might as well be discussed on a case-by-case basis, and the major event should be turned into a small one, and the decision would be made after looking at the opinions of the ministers in the early dynasty, so that the initiative of the matter would be firmly controlled in the hands of Li Shimin, as for Zhang Liang's life or death, it would be just a matter of looking at it.

Li Shimin did not immediately answer the proposal of the eldest grandson Wuji, but hooked his head and thought that the house book dragon had no enemy for a while, and then he raised his eyebrows and raised his voice and said: "Come here, spread my will: His Royal Highness Prince Xuan will meet immediately, and the rest of the ministers will return to the mansion to prepare this chapter on the matter of Zhangfu, and the court will discuss this matter in the morning after tomorrow." ”

In front of the Chengtian Gate, Li Zhen and the ministers have been standing for a long time, but they have not waited for the holy decree, everyone has their own thoughts, but no one dares to speak out on such occasions, the crowd of black crows and crows stood still in silence, and the depressing atmosphere spread in the square in front of the palace, until a few small eunuchs with lanterns rushed out of the palace gate, the crowd was in a commotion, and the sound of fine and dense private discussions buzzed into one.

Well? Why don't you see Liudong River? Li Zhen's eyes were very good, although in the dark night, he found that although these eunuchs were all people who listened to Li Shimin, he was the only one who did not see the figure of Liu Donghe, the inner attendant, and there was a burst of uneasiness in his heart, but he didn't say much at this time, so he could only stand still silently, and all kinds of thoughts rolled up sharply in his heart......

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