Concubine Wan stayed in the Qin Palace's mansion for half an hour and returned to the palace.

After Concubine Wan left, Wang Yu asked, "Does sister-in-law want to pass Erlang to the King of Chu?" ”

The Erlang in her words refers to Li Shimin's second son Li Kuan, Li Kuan's mother had a difficult birth during childbirth, and she passed away after giving birth to Li Kuan. Since then, Li Kuan has been raised under the knees of the eldest grandson.

And Li Shimin's third son, Li Ke, his mother is Yang Guang's daughter Yang.

Li Ke is very much loved by Li Shimin, and Li Shimin will definitely not pass Li Ke out.

Then, the only suitable candidate is Li Kuan.

The eldest grandson nodded: "Well, if the king agrees, he should also choose Erlang." ”

So, the eldest grandson wrote to Li Shimin, in addition to reporting the good news, to tell him about it.

After thinking deeply, Li Shimin agreed, and specified in the letter that Li Kuan would be succeeded to the king of Chu, and he also wrote a letter to Li Yuan.

After Li Yuan received the letter, he was very happy that Li Shimin could take the initiative to think of passing incense for his dead brother.

It just so happened that Concubine Wan and the eldest grandson came to the Taiji Hall together and told him about it, and he immediately agreed.

On the second day, Li Yuan decreed that Li Kuan, the second son of the King of Qin, would be succeeded to Li Zhiyun, the king of Chu, as his heir, and that Li Kuan be crowned as the governor of Liangzhou and Situ, and handed over to Wan Guifei to raise.

Seeing that Li Yuan was in a good mood, Pei Lin said with a smile: "The King of Chu has incense, which is really gratifying." ”

Hearing this, the smile on Li Yuan's face deepened.

"The handcuffs I told Your Majesty last time, the Armory Supervisor should have a surplus, right?" Pei Lin took the opportunity to ask.

In the case of Liu Wenjing's rebellion, on the surface, he found new evidence to prove Liu Wenjing's innocence, which can be regarded as meritorious.

Afterwards, he asked Li Yuan for handcuffs, and Li Yuan said that the handcuffs were all equipped for soldiers, and there was nothing superfluous, so let him wait for a while.

After all this time, there should be extra handcuffs to reward him now......

However, after Li Yuan heard this, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he turned around and walked towards the throne: "Chang'an is the capital, no matter how safe it is, there is no need to defend yourself with handcuffs."

"Now that there are many wars, the treasury is tight, and firearms are hard to come by, so they should be used at critical moments."

The implication is that it is too wasteful to give the handcuffs to Pei Lian.

Pei Lian's face turned pale, and he could still understand if he gave King Qin a handcuff, because King Qin wanted to fight in all directions.

But when he gave the handcuff to Wang Yu, he was very dissatisfied in his heart, the handcuff was not easy to come by, it was a waste to give it to him, and it would not be wasted if he gave it to a little girl?

Although he had a grudge in his heart, Pei Lin didn't dare to show it, he lowered his head: "It's a minister's erroneous act, please forgive your majesty." ”

......

After Li Jiancheng knew about Li Kuan's succession, his face was a little unsightly.

Zhao Hongzhi said to Li Jiancheng: "King Qin's move is intended to win over Wan Guifei, and it is also to curry favor with Your Majesty. King Qin's military achievements are great, his prestige is getting stronger and stronger, and there is still a helping hand in the harem, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be vigilant.

"Now that the King of Qi is following the King of Qin to conquer the Zheng State, if during this period, the King of Qin wins over the King of Qi, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, your position will be in jeopardy."

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng's face became even more ugly.

Li Shimin's ambition, he has long seen it.

Wang Jue said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't need to worry too much, you are the eldest son, you have a son under your knees, and you also have military achievements, as long as you have no major mistakes, Your Majesty will never replace the prince."

"Besides, in the harem, there are also Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieyu, they are young and beautiful, they have children under their knees, although their status is not as high as Wan Guifei, but they are more favored than Wan Guifei.

"With them by Your Majesty's side, it is much more convenient for us to act than King Qin, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really doesn't need to worry."

Da Zhijin said: "Although the King of Qi is young, he is His Royal Highness's brother, and His Majesty also attaches great importance to it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince might as well bring the King of Qi over and not give the King of Qin a chance." ”

Although the king of Qi lost the annexation of the state, His Majesty did not punish him heavily, but asked him to follow the king of Qin to conquer Wang Shichong this time, making it clear that the king of Qi was going to make military achievements and save his image among the courtiers and the people.

That is, he is a brother, and with the status of the prince, the king of Qi should be more inclined to the prince.

Li Jiancheng was thoughtful.

At this moment, Wei Ting came to report: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty has summoned you to discuss the matter immediately. ”

......

Li Jiancheng came to the Taiji Hall, and Li Yuan handed him the fold in his hand: "Take a look." ”

He reached out and took it, and looked at it.

It turned out that someone reported that Li Zhongwen, the governor of Bingzhou, conspired with Chuluo Khan to lead Hu Cai south to attack Chang'an when the Tang army and the Zheng army were fighting.

In the compromise, he said that in the previous month, Chu Luo Khan led his army to Bingzhou and stayed for five days, during which many beautiful women and property were plundered by Chu Luo Khan, and Li Zhongwen did not stop it......

"What do you have to do?" Li Yuan looked at the ministers.

Xiao Yu said: "For today's plan, someone should be sent to investigate this matter, and in case of emergency, it is necessary to strengthen the defense of the Beijing Division." ”

Chen Shuda and others echoed one after another.

"What Xiao Shangshu said is extremely true, it has taken some time to come back from the transmission of the letter from Bingzhou, and we must act immediately." Li Jiancheng said.

So, after some discussion, Li Yuan issued an order: "Order Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, to be the ambassador of the pacification of the state and go to the state to investigate the matter."

"Abolish the Governor's Office of the Prefecture and send an order to Li Zhongwen to enter the court immediately."

"The prince listened to the order and immediately went to Puzhou to strengthen his precautions......"

A series of orders were issued from the Taiji Palace, and everyone immediately took action.

Although Chang'an seemed calm and everything was normal on the surface, Wang Yu noticed that the army outside the city had suddenly increased.

......

Hearing that Li Shimin led an army to attack Zheng Guo, Wang Shichong was very calm and did not panic.

He said to Liu Shili, the general of the personal guard: "As early as after Liu Wuzhou was destroyed, I expected that the Tang army would definitely come to attack me, so I prepared early. ”

Wang Shichong looked like a god, and he was very proud.

"Your Majesty is wise." Liu Shili complimented.

Hearing these words, Wang Shichong became even more proud: "Although the Tang Dynasty has the widest territory and the largest number of troops at present, my Zheng State is not weak, not to mention that this is fighting in my own country, we have a better understanding of the terrain, and the battle is more advantageous."

"Li Yuan, that old boy, thought that his son would be terrible if he won two battles, and he actually wanted to attack me?

"Luoyang is the capital of the Central Plains, and with it, I, Zheng Guo, will definitely unify the world."

Although he said this, Wang Shichong did not take an offensive, but took a defensive position, and ordered all parts of the territory to resist the Tang army.

Wang Shichong was full of confidence, thinking that he could defeat the Tang army, but he did not expect that as soon as the war began, all parts of Zheng State surrendered to the Tang army.

In August, the governor of Dengzhou surrendered to the Tang army with the officials and people of the city.

In September, Tian Zan descended to the Tang Dynasty with more than 20 prefectures under the department, and Shi Derui descended to the Tang Dynasty with eight prefectures under the institute.

In October, the general Zhang Zhenzhou surrendered to Li Shimin, Guo Qing surrendered to Tang with Guanzhou, Wei Lu surrendered to Tang with Xingyang City, and Wang Yaohan surrendered to Tang with Bianzhou......

In less than three months, most of the prefectures and counties in Zheng fell into the hands of Li Shimin.

While Wang Shichong was angry, he couldn't help but be frightened in his heart, and the only comfort was that several fierce generals under Li Shimin's command surrendered to him.

These generals originally worked for Liu Wuzhou, and later surrendered to Li Shimin, and the person at the head was Xunxiang.

Wang Shichong trumpeted the betrayal of the Tang army by Xun Xiang and others, and declared his charm to the people of Luoyang in order to win back the lost hearts of the people.

Because of the betrayal of Xunxiang and others, Wei Chi Jingde fell into a life-and-death dilemma......