Li Shimin's injury took a month and a half to fully recover, and after he recovered from his injury, time entered the winter.

During this period, the crown prince more than once promised heavy profits in an attempt to win over Li Shimin's henchmen, but these people were indifferent.

Li Jiancheng was ashamed and annoyed, and secretly hated in his heart, after he got rid of King Qin, he would not let go of any of the guys in King Qin's Mansion with eyes on the top of his head.

After King Qin was injured in the court, the ministers thought that he was hit hard, and when he returned to the court, he would definitely fight with the crown prince, but to everyone's surprise, King Qin did not move anything.

The crown prince and the king of Qi didn't know if they didn't find out the bottom of King Qin, and they didn't move again, so they didn't move for the time being.

The last two months of Wude's eight years slipped in this eerie calm.

However, this calm did not last long, and Gaozu probably felt the alienation and indifference of the second son to himself, and he was a little uneasy in his heart, and began to vigorously promote the crown prince and Yuan Ji, promote the people he trusted, and suppress the people of the Qin Dynasty.

On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the ninth year of Wude, he first named Pei Lin as Sikong, and then in early February, he named Yuanji, the king of Qi, as Situ, and many officials of the Qin Dynasty were denounced.

At the end of March, the Turkic invaders, a minister proposed to let the King of Qin lead the troops to the expedition, but was vetoed by Gaozu, Gaozu said: The scale of the Turkic invasion of the border is not large, and there is no need for the King of Qin, the general of Tiance, to go out, and it is enough for the King of Qi to bring 50,000 troops to Liangzhou to support.

At the same time, he said to the King of Qin, although the scale of the Turkic invasion this time is not large, and you don't need to go out, but the Turks are cunning, and no one knows what their next move will be.

When King Qi heard this, he was stunned at first, and then the corners of his lips unconsciously smiled, Li Shimin stood up under Gao Zu's scorching gaze, and said with a calm face: "The sons don't dare, the people in the Tiance Mansion are the people of the father, and the father will not have an opinion on what the emperor wants to deploy the sons." ”

"Very good, it's rare for you to be so generous, after I discuss the details with the ministers of the ministries, I will make an order." Gao Zu nodded with satisfaction, Li Shimin was full of anger, but at this moment, he couldn't show what he was doing.

"Big brother, you said that my father is determined to beat the second brother to the end?" After coming out of the palace, Li Yuanji immediately ran to the prince's mansion and said very curiously.

"I don't know what my father is thinking, but this matter is undoubtedly a great thing for us, the generals under the command of the second brother are all good at fighting and brave, if we can take the opportunity to pull them into our camp, it will be beneficial to us and harmless." Li Jiancheng said.

"This is natural, but what if they refuse to accept their father's orders or disobey after they are in our army?" Li Yuanji nodded, but then changed the conversation again.

"It is impossible to refuse to accept the order of the emperor, unless they want to rebel, as for these people in your army, if they do not listen to the order, and the yang is disobeyed, then it is easy to do, with the ability of the fourth brother, you are the commander-in-chief, and you have tens of thousands of troops, can't you still deal with a few generals who form a party and run a private business and ignore the king's orders?" Li Jiancheng said lightly.

"Haha, what the eldest brother said is very reasonable." Li Yuanji couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

It's a pity that although the idea of the king of Qi and the crown prince was good, it had not yet had time to be implemented, and this small-scale attack was quelled by Li Youliang, the governor of Liangzhou and the king of Changle County.

The war has subsided, and Li Yuanji naturally does not need to go out again, but although the war is gone, the prince and the king of Qi want to disintegrate the military power of the king of Qin.

Although the prisoners were beaten back, they did not cause any substantial damage to the Turks, and with their military mechanism and strength, they could attack the Central Plains again at any time, and at the same time, those ethnic minorities in the south were also ready to move.

In late May of that year, one morning, the crown prince admonished Gaozu: "Father, in the past year or so, the Turks have frequently invaded the border, and those foreign races in the south are also quite ready to move. ”

"Well, the prince's words are not unreasonable, last August the Turks suddenly crossed the stone ridge, and if it weren't for Li Jing, I don't know what the battle would have been."

"The north and south should indeed send more capable generals, but I don't know if you have any suitable candidates to recommend?" Gao Zu groaned slightly, nodded thoughtfully, and asked the question of the prince again.

"Father, on recommending generals and talents, when you ask King Qin, King Qin is my general of Tiance, and most of the major battles of our dynasty since the founding of the country have been fought by him, and he knows the skills of generals everywhere."

"General Wei Chi, General Changsun, General Cheng, General Qin, etc., all of whom are rare fierce generals in the world, and it is truly foolproof for him to recommend talents in this area." The prince replied sincerely.

"King Qin, what do you think about this?" Gao Zu turned his gaze to Li Shimin.

"Back to my father, my sons don't have any opinions, the generals of the Qin Palace's mansion have any skills, my father knows what they do, if my father thinks that they are worthy of a big responsibility, they can be deployed at any time, if they are recommended by my sons, it is easy to be handled."

"As for the generals who are not under the jurisdiction of the Qin Palace, the military department Shangshu should know them above the sons, and the father can ask them." Li Shimin stood up from the queue and said with a calm face.

"It's okay, this matter will be decided after I discuss it with the military department and the official department." Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin quietly, and didn't dwell on this topic anymore.

Li Shimin looked very calm in the court, and when he went home, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and when he returned home, he happened to meet Concubine Yin and his four-year-old son Li You playing in the garden.

When the Yin family saw Li Shimin, he hurriedly brought his son over to invite him, but Li Shimin ignored them and didn't say a word, so he strode towards Jinsheng Garden with a gloomy face.

Seeing this, Li You said with a blank face: "Auntie, doesn't Father like You'er?" ”

"How can it be, You'er is so cute, it is estimated that your father is not in a good mood today." Yin was very embarrassed and embarrassed, but it was inconvenient to show it in front of his young son, so he could only endure the discomfort and said with a smile.

"Erlang, your face is so ugly, but what are you angry with in the court?" The eldest grandson, the princess, was taken aback when she saw her husband who walked in angrily with a black face.

"Guanyin, it seems that the eldest brother and the father can't help but attack me, today in the court, the prince proposed to increase the border guards to the north and south, and the spearhead is directly aimed at our Qin Wangfu."

"In March this year, the Turks invaded, and my father refused to let me lead the troops to conscript, so I was ready to issue an order to transfer the old generals of the Qin Wangfu to the Yuanji account, but the result was not yet on the expedition, and the border troubles have been calmed, but their idea of disintegrating our military power has not been extinguished......" Li Shimin said.