Chapter 613: The Past
After bringing that group of ministers together, it was not without the ministers that they were puzzled, why did Li Yan have such ability and the emperor to let Li Ting sit on the throne of the crown prince?
Li Yan recalled, when asked this question, how did he answer at the time, he remembered that he smiled bitterly, after all, for the position of the crown prince, it does not mean that a capable son will definitely be able to sit on it, for the former emperor, what is more important than having the ability is to be obedient, or to please him, but he is very lacking in this aspect at a young age.
His temperament is very straightforward and stubborn, so the emperor understands his ability and appreciates him, but he has not persuaded him, if he wants to be the emperor and the prince, this character must be changed, and he was still very young at the time, and the words of the emperor were naturally left and right ears out, but he didn't expect Li Ting, who was younger than him, to really listen to the words of the emperor in his heart.
Li Ting clearly knows his disadvantages, and he is definitely not able to compare with Li Yan, but his advantage is that he is not so bad in all aspects, not to mention that the biggest advantage is that he has to guess the emperor's intentions, when he and Li Yan are by the emperor's side, he can always accurately guess the emperor's thoughts, so he said in a roundabout direction that the emperor is happy, the emperor is naturally happy, and his preference for this son has become more and more.
It's just that the matter of choosing the crown prince to succeed to the throne is not child's play, so the first emperor is not without hesitation, he does prefer the younger son more, but he knows that Li Yan's son is the one who really has the level to lead the country in a better and better direction.
It was that one thing that really decided the direction of this matter - Li Yan angered the emperor.
Until now, Li Yan remembered that the incident was still extremely certain, if it were to happen again, he would still say it like back then, and his point of view would still be the same, but it might be much more tactful, and he could also see at a glance that Li Ting's "wishful thinking" was played.
It's also an extremely simple thing to say, but I was flustered at the time, I was old, and my views on many things were much older, but I was extremely stubborn, which Li Yan was incomparably similar to the emperor, so when he had a disagreement with Li Yan's thoughts, he insisted on asking him, "Which one do you think is right", Li Yan did not hesitate to choose another point of view opposite to the emperor, and the emperor was furious!
And what is Li Ting doing at this time? He didn't say his opinion, but instead tried to "reconcile" between Li Yan and the emperor.
The so-called reconciliation made the emperor feel more and more that Li Yan's "unteachable", and the scale in his heart deviated more and more in the direction of Li Ting.
The first emperor is like many emperors in the previous dynasties, he has to think of the story of the past, he didn't know how to respect him, so when he is old, when he really becomes the emperor, will he still respect and care for him like that? He wasn't sure of this answer, but on the contrary, Li Ting's well-behaved would definitely be better for him, his father.
When a person is older, many of the things he thinks about are completely different from his younger self, and this is the case for the first emperor.
So when it was announced that Li Ting would become the next crown prince, Li Yan had no surprise at all, he knew that his character was not pleasant, and the emperor did not favor him.
What's more, he later figured out that the disagreement was caused by Li Ting, if Li Ting didn't bring up this matter, then it wouldn't have caused that kind of thing at all, Li Yan didn't want to see brothers kill each other, if he didn't fight, then such a thing shouldn't have happened.
At that time, Li Yan was only afraid of his own temperament, so he was suitable to be an unrestrained prince, so he didn't fight about this matter anymore, not to mention that they were all between brothers, what was there to fight about?
It's just that Li Yan completely forgot that this matter was directed and acted by Li Ting alone, and he didn't fight for anything at all! And Li Ting already regarded him as his enemy, this fact will never change, unless one day he finds out that he is not the emperor's son, it is possible to no longer regard him as his enemy, and the family affection between the royal families is pitiful.
But Li Yan didn't understand this truth when he was young, so after Li Ting succeeded to the throne, he sent Li Yan to the frontier to garrison the bitter cold place, and Li Yan didn't hesitate to go, at that time he still thought about doing something for this country, the frontier is also very good, and staying away from the imperial court will stay away from these rights and wrongs.
However, if Li Ting had stopped here, it was estimated that there would have been no such subsequent series of things, but Li Ting didn't know how to write the four words "moderation", he attacked Li Ting again and again, even when he led the troops to fight, he didn't let him go easily!
At first, Li Yan figured out that if he didn't fight for some things, he might not be the only one who was injured, because at the most bitter time, at that time, all the small countries in the frontier were gathered together and fought together, but at such a serious time, many of the grain and grass transported from the capital were moldy!
For marching and fighting, food and grass are the most important things, but Li Ting actually let people take advantage of the loopholes in the court!
At that time, the general who was in charge of grain and grass ran to his account, and when he told him about this matter, he didn't dare to do it, if such a big thing was known to those soldiers, how would it shake the morale of the army!
Li Yan was even more angry, he himself could endure the food and use less than anything, it didn't matter, after all, in the process of marching and fighting, how much better standard of living did you demand? But for his soldiers, food must not be missing!
It is absolutely impossible for Li Yan to let go of this shoddy person who earns interest rate differentials from it! At that time, God also favored them, so they just survived like that, and not long after the battle at that time, Li Yan took a bag of rotten grain and grass and rode back to the capital alone, and he made this matter clear to Li Ting face to face.
Maybe privately asking Li Ting to go to the Imperial Study or the Heart Nourishing Palace, and telling Li Ting would not make Li Ting have such a big reaction, but Li Yan chose the most drastic way to break directly into the court hall that was going to the early dynasty, and in front of the ministers, he threw the rotten ears of the cloth bag on the ground.
As soon as Li Ting saw the rotten grain in that place, he knew what was going on, this kind of thing was not unheard of in the army in the past, but he had been trying his best to improve it over the years, and he was not allowed to be corrupt for many years, but it was really difficult to arrest every corrupt courtier!
Li Ting just knew the difficulty of this matter, so he felt that it was normal for some people to make a little profit from it, so he couldn't understand why Li Yan was so angry.
What's more, in front of so many courtiers.