Everyone was a little speechless when they looked at Du Ruhui, which clearly tempted them nakedly, but at the same time, the temptation was also a deterrent. These people care about their names, this thing, Li Shimin can let them enter Lingyan Pavilion, so naturally he can also smear them in the history books.

The name of this thing was very important in the eyes of these ancients.

It is worse for you to discredit them than to kill them, especially for those who care about honor.

Now Du Ruhui and Li Shimin's method is undoubtedly to give them a choice, whether you choose to be remembered for eternity or for thousands of years, it is up to you.

Whoever this thing is given to will choose the former, do you still need to choose? Especially now that they only need to stand up and support Li Shimin to get such a thing, is there any other problem?

However, there are still people who have doubts among these people, but these people will not say it, for example, Changsun Wuji actually has a lot of thoughts in his heart, although Du Ruhui said that they are all things to consider, but there are other things that they ministers have to consider.

For these top ministers, they naturally think not only of the present, but also of the future.

For example...... The heir of the Tang Dynasty.

At present, the crown prince has been established, it is Li Chengqian, and the eldest grandson Wuji naturally supports Li Chengqian, because Li Chengqian was born to the eldest grandson queen, and he is Li Chengqian's own uncle, who does he not support?

But some of these people may support other princes, although there are not many princes of Li Shimin now, but how old is Li Shimin? There will definitely be other princes in the future.

"Ladies and gentlemen, not only the Lingyan Pavilion, Your Majesty will also set up a Wanmin Pavilion." Du Ruhui smiled and said.

"Then I don't know Du Gong, what is this Wanmin Pavilion?"

"It's the same as Lingyan Pavilion, but this Wanmin Pavilion is aimed at some families and ordinary people who have made significant contributions to Datang, for example, when Datang encounters a major disaster, families who help the people will have the opportunity to be included." Du Ruhui didn't explain much, but said a general thing.

Although Du Ruhui didn't explain too much, these officials couldn't help but take a deep breath again, because the routine of this thing was the same as that of Ling Yange, but it was aimed at these officials before, but this time it was aimed at these families.

These officials personally, to put it bluntly, maybe some people don't care about the name behind them, and there are many such people, but for a family, especially for the family door valve, fame is the foundation of the family door valve!

If their reputation is ruined, it means that this family is not far from decay, in such a situation, or to be precise, under the "threat" of this Wanmin Pavilion, these family lords will not be able to stand even if they are not on Li Shimin's side!

That's right, this Wanmin Pavilion is really not a benefit, of course, you have to say that there are benefits, but the premise of the benefits is that you really stand on Li Shimin's side and make your own contribution to the development of Datang, otherwise, it is a threat.

Indeed, Wanmin Pavilion is a family that will include families who have made significant contributions to the country, so for example, there are seven families with five surnames and seven hopes, and six of them have gone up, and your family has not entered. Do you believe that rumors spread and kill people? Your only family will instantly become the hero of all kinds of folklore.

If the official guide it again, then this family will not be far from defeat.

This is also the reason why they feel that Du Ruhui is more ruthless, this is simply not giving others a way to live, but to a certain extent, they have no way to refute it, the reason is very simple, if it is the previous Tang Dynasty, the emperor can't get any effective benefits, although these two things will restrict some of the family valves, but they are not the key.

But now, after Li Shimin has taken out a lot of benefits, these families will inevitably have support and opposition, whether it is the five surnames and seven hopes, or the world's families have been dispersed into different sects.

At this time, after Li Shimin took down these main ministers, it meant that the world was safe, and the emperor's mind would not let anyone dominate.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know what you are thinking, but this is the trend of the future, and no family can escape this, and this time Your Majesty has other decisions, and these decisions can also be said to be Your Majesty's instructions for me to say hello to you first, there are some things, Your Majesty is afraid that I will personally talk to you openly and honestly."

"Of course, before talking, I need to tell you these things, in this case, you also have a preparation in your heart, and you should know what to do when the court meeting is held tomorrow." Du Ruhui said directly.

"Since that's the case, then Duke Du, please speak." The officials looked at each other, and then they all spoke in unison.

Since it was Li Shimin who told them, then they also wanted to hear what Du Ruhui had to say.

When Du Ruhui told them this, at this moment in the Taiji Palace, in the palace of Empress Changsun, all of Li Shimin's concubines were already here, of course, the main ones here were actually a few people, such as Empress Changsun, Concubine Yang, Concubine Yin, Concubine Wang, Concubine Yande, etc. were all here, because these concubines gave birth to sons to Li Shimin.

Among them, the eldest prince Li Chengqian and the fourth prince Li Tai were both born to the eldest grandson empress. The third prince Li Ke and the sixth prince Li Su were all born to Concubine Yang, the fifth prince Li You was born to Concubine Yin, and the second prince Li Kuan was passed on to Li Shimin's uncle, but Li Kuan's mother was born humblely, and Li Kuan also died.

The seventh prince Li Yun was born to Concubine Wang, and the eighth prince Li Zhen was just born, born to Concubine Yan De, just a few months after birth.

For example, Tang Gaozong and Li Zhi have not actually been born so far.

All the concubines had already greeted Li Shimin, and Li Shimin called them all here, and there were some things to talk about directly and honestly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in folk terms, you are all my Li Shimin's wives and concubines, and they are all my women, and the palms and backs of your hands are full of meat, but after the Xuanwumen Change, I have been thinking about one thing, I killed my brother to seize this throne, one day my Li Shimin's son will not kill each other." Li Shimin said with a calm face.

As soon as Li Shimin said this, the faces of all the concubines present changed, and a few timid concubines almost knelt directly on the ground, including the face of the eldest grandson empress, who was shocked, and she didn't expect Li Shimin to say this directly.

"You don't have to be afraid, since I said this, then today, I will talk with me as if you are my own family, and we will talk about it from the bottom of our hearts, which is the conversation of our own family." Li Shimin looked at them and said.

The eldest grandson queen below paused for a moment before she said softly: "Your Majesty, since you said that you are talking to the family, then I have something to say, Erlang, this Tang Dynasty was laid by Erlang, whether it is Lichang or Lixian, can we still support Erlang's decision?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Sister Queen is right, no matter who the last prince is, can we still support Your Majesty?" Concubine Yang next to her also said gently.

"I know you're all rooting for me, but what about your son? It is said that Lao Tzu is a hero, no matter which of you is born to my son Li Shimin, it will not be too bad in comparison, in this case, just like me and my eldest brother, none of us are convinced, who should we listen to when the time comes? Li Shimin asked with a smile.

As soon as Li Shimin said this, no one in the concubines present dared to answer, and the eldest grandson queen couldn't answer it.

"To tell the truth, Concubine Yang and Ke'er are actually the most like me, whether it is Chengqian or Li Tai, he is not as good as me, he is simply the same as me carved out of the same mold, it is conceivable that he is also both civil and military when he grows up." Li Shimin said in a calm tone.

As soon as Li Shimin said this, the expressions of all the concubines were a little stunned, this was what Li Shimin said personally! Even Concubine Yang's face changed slightly, because this was not good news...... The only one who hasn't changed her face is Queen Changsun, because she knows Li Shimin too well.

She knew that if Li Shimin said this, there would be a solution, at least he wouldn't make any special decisions because of this matter, so just wait for Li Shimin to talk about the rest of the matter.

"But Concubine Yang, do you know? Ke'er is the most unlikely to inherit the throne of me, the reason is very simple, you were born in the former Sui, he has the blood of the former Sui, not to mention me, it is impossible for any other minister to let him succeed to the throne. Li Shimin said softly.

When these words came out, even Empress Changsun was stunned for a moment, and after being stunned, Empress Changsun's eyes brightened, Your Majesty...... Even this can be said directly, this is really a heart-to-heart talk with them!

"The concubine understands." A trace of helplessness flashed on Concubine Yang's face, her father was Emperor Yang of Sui, how could her and Li Shimin's son inherit the throne? Just like Li Shimin said, it is impossible for those ministers to allow it!

"But is it fair?" Li Shimin asked rhetorically.

Li Shimin's words made all the concubines a little speechless, Your Majesty, are you suffering from hysteria? Is there any fairness to this throne? If it were fair, you wouldn't be sitting in the position you are right now.

Of course, they didn't dare to say this.

"So, I called you here today to tell you about this." Li Shimin glanced at all the concubines and said seriously.

At this moment, the eyes of all the concubines finally focused, and they all knew that this time Li Shimin probably really had something new to talk to them.

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