On the fifth day of the first month of the eighth year of Wude, the dynasty had not yet opened at this time, and the year that several princes should worship was almost over, Li Yuanji went to the prince's mansion to find Li Jiancheng to drink, he was friendly with the prince, and he would run here when he was free, and no one was surprised by this.

"Yuanji is here, why didn't you bring your princess and the child with you?" When the crown princess Zheng saw him, she greeted him with a smile.

"Sister-in-law, Yang has returned to her parents' house with her son, and I will take her to see her sister-in-law when she comes back." Li Yuanji said with a smile.

Zheng subconsciously wanted to speak: Your princess went back to her parents' house, and you have nothing to do during the New Year, why don't you go back to Yue's house with your wife, but come here to find the prince to drink?

It's just that the words came to her mouth and she swallowed them back, with Yuanji's temperament, if she heard such words, she would probably be unhappy.

That's it, although the sister-in-law hopes that their husband and wife will be harmonious, but it is not appropriate to say things that will obviously make the little uncle dislike.

"Okay, you have someone to help us prepare the table and eat the food, it's okay today, I'll accompany the fourth brother for a drink." Li Jiancheng, who knew Yuanji's character well, was afraid that his wife would say something that he didn't like, so he intercepted the conversation first.

Their brothers have always disliked drinking with other people around, and the crown princess retreated with a very good look, and after a while, someone helped them prepare a table of wine and food.

The brothers pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and soon drank it, when the wine had passed three rounds and the food had passed five flavors, Yuan Ji raised his drunken eyes that were a little hazy and looked at Li Jiancheng: "Big brother, are you going to watch the second brother sit down day by day?" ”

"What if you don't look at it? Because of the incident in Renzhi Palace last year, my father's anger towards me has not yet disappeared, and he is bent on promoting his second brother, what can I do. Speaking of King Qin, Li Jiancheng was also quite depressed.

"Big brother, no poison, no husband, otherwise, let's just ......" Yuan Ji's eyes flashed with a fierce light, he stared at Li Jiancheng, and stretched out his hand to make a neck cut.

"That's not right, second brother, he is the same brother as us no matter what, let me directly send someone to assassinate him, I can't do this."

"And now my father has been staring at me, if I do it at this time, it will definitely provoke my father and emperor Longyan to be angry." Li Jiancheng was startled, most of the wine was sober, and he hurriedly waved his hand.

"This is just one of my suggestions, since you don't agree, big brother, forget it, with the influence of the second brother in the government and the opposition, I am worried that if it continues like this, there will be no place for you to stand above the court."

"Don't you see that the Turks are fierce, right? But last year in Youzhou, the second Turkic Khan Tuli fought a battle with his second brother, and after the battle, they met and talked once, and then withdrew without saying a word. Li Yuanji lowered his gaze, picked up the wine jug on the table, poured a glass of wine into the glass, picked it up and raised his head and drank it all.

"Let me think again." Li Jiancheng was quite hesitant and couldn't make a decision for a while.

Li Yuanji was also smart not to talk about this anymore, and after drinking, he quickly said goodbye and left, and after Yuanji left, Li Jiancheng sent everyone to invite Wei Zheng over.

As soon as Wei Zheng came, he smelled the smell of wine in the house, and glanced at the prince with some dissatisfaction: "Your Highness, is this drinking with King Qi again?" ”

"Hmm." Li Jiancheng nodded.

"Your Highness, you have been drinking too much recently, and you get drunk at every turn, it is very inappropriate to go on like this, why did King Qi come to His Highness?" Wei Zheng frowned.

"He suggested that we assassinate the King of Qin." Li Jiancheng said.

"What?" Wei Zheng was taken aback, last year, the prince secretly plotted with King Qi and tried to collude with Yang Wen to force the palace to rebel, and he did it without him and the prince's master Zhang Xuansu.

"Lord Wei also thinks it's inappropriate, right? But if you don't do it secretly, with the influence of the second brother in the government and the opposition, I'm afraid that my position as the prince will soon be unstable. Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly and spoke.

"No, I agree with King Qi's words this time." Wei Zheng was silent for a while, and suddenly spoke.

"Lord Wei, you?" This time, Li Jiancheng was taken aback, in his impression, although Wei Zheng was not as old-fashioned as the crown prince Zhang Xuansu, he was also a gentleman, and he had always been ashamed of this kind of conspiracy.

Not to mention that he has always warned himself that King Qin is Li Tang's indispensable prince who leads the troops.

"At this time, at that time, His Royal Highness was unhappy when His Majesty named the King of Qin as the general of Tiance four years ago, and it was I who persuaded His Highness at that time, and I persuaded His Highness at that time, let you not touch him, and don't block Your Majesty's movements, it is for the good of Your Highness."

"Because at that time, the Li Tang regime was not completely stable, and the Central Plains was not completely pacified, Li Tang at that time could not lack the King of Qin, but now it is different, the current Tang Dynasty has swept away all the opposition forces, and only the Turks are left as a strong enemy."

"And the Turks want to fully invade our Tang Dynasty at this time, but they can't do it, and the power of King Qin is growing day by day, and now he has formed enough threats to His Highness."

"As long as Your Highness wants to successfully ascend to that position, this battle between you and him is inevitable, since it is unavoidable, you should naturally strike first." Wei Zheng opened his mouth word by word.

Wei Zheng was later hailed as one of the most upright ministers in China's feudal history, which was a coincidence, to be precise, it was Li Shimin who achieved his reputation.

In essence, this person should be a Zonghengjia, he is resourceful, and he knows what kind of person to appear in what kind of person.

The crown prince Li Jiancheng is more than generous, but he is not resolute and decisive, what he needs is a minister, and Wei Zheng has always played such a role by his side.

A strategist naturally thinks from the position of the monarch in everything, and he will not hesitate to eradicate any person or thing that will threaten the prince, and he will naturally not be limited to means.

"I see, I'll think about it." After Li Jiancheng listened, he was silent for about half a cup of tea before he spoke.

"By the way, my fourth brother, since the year before last and the second brother completely fell out, I seem to want to get rid of it at all times, in my memory, the second brother really has nothing to live with him, where does his deep hatred come from?" After Li Jiancheng finished speaking, he changed the conversation and asked again.

"Probably because of jealousy, although King Qin and King Qi are both princes who lead the war, but the difference in the prestige of the two in Yewei is too big, His Royal Highness King Qi has been favored since childhood, how can he tolerate being completely covered by the light of King Qin." Wei Zhengdao.

"Then, if I get rid of the second child, will the fourth child have such thoughts about me?" Li Jiancheng was shocked when he heard this.