Chapter 199: Good Means
"If you are long, you will be broad, and if you are broad, you will be wise." From "The Book of Rites: The Mean". Roughly speaking, if it is broad and profound, it can be matched with the earth, and if it is tall and bright, it can be matched with the heavens.
Long and long, like heaven and earth, never end. Li Yuan's words can be described as a pun. The word Gao Ming is not only to exhort Li Chengqian to be a benevolent and virtuous gentleman in the future.
It also satirized Li Shimin's rebellious act of killing his brother and killing his brother when he launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion. Li Chengqian was smart enough, how could he not hear the meaning of Li Yuan's words.
While being frightened in his heart, he raised his head and secretly looked at Li Shimin's face. After Li Yuan finished speaking, Li Shimin's face suddenly changed again and again, and he smiled forcefully: "Since my father said that he is called Gao Ming, then he will be called Gao Ming." Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, kowtowed to Li Yuan and said, "Grandson, Emperor Xie's grandfather gave the word." Li Yuan nodded and didn't say anything, got up and walked out of the Xiande Palace, and said to the palace people who came with him: "Get up and go back to the palace." Li Shimin looked at Li Yuan's northern shadow, gritted his teeth word by word and said, "Please wait a while, the child has something to say!" ”
"Oh?" Li Yuan paused when he heard this, and turned to look at this second son who was once proud of himself.
This second son used to be his pride, he was very good, so good that he couldn't be more good. Military merit, civil governance, all of which are perfect.
But it was this pride that killed his other son with high hopes and kicked himself off the throne of the Ninety-Five.
Recalling the years of his abdication, this son proved his ability to himself with one victory after another.
In particular, last year's locust plague happened to coincide with the nation's efforts to conquer the grasslands, and the treasury was so empty that it could run away from mice.
But his son survived in the end, and won the final victory in such a desperate situation.
Li Yuan asked himself, if he was standing in his place. It is impossible to do better than this son, thinking of this, Li Yuan's eyes became a little complicated.
His face softened imperceptibly, and he asked, "What's the matter?" Li Shimin stood up, walked to the side of Li Chengqian, who was still kneeling, hooked Li Chengqian's shoulder with his foot and said, "Get up." Li Chengqian raised his head and glanced at Li Shimin, got up respectfully and followed behind Li Shimin.
When the eyes of all the ministers turned to Li Shimin, Li Shimin nodded towards Wang De on the side.
Wang De understood, took out a holy decree from his arms, unfolded it, cleared his throat and read.
"The edict said. Today, there is a prince to inherit the cadres, the beginning of the crown ceremony, prepared for adulthood, the prince is known as a virtuous name, Yunwen Yunwu, I Wei Xuan Yihua. Ling Yi Pi focused on Heng Huang. Elephant costume glory. Classic light in the silk rope. However, the crown princess has been vacant for a long time. The noble Wang family, prudent and unviolated, diligent and well-behaved, gentle and virtuous. The rules of poetry and etiquette, the pot is tucked into the flow emblem, and the job of Kezuo Pingsu. Today, the world is announced, and the daughter of the Wang family is crowned as the crown princess with the golden book. It respectfully undertakes his life, scoops it up to increase the brilliance, and rushes to replace it with humility. Oh yes! As soon as Wang De's words fell, a person from the crowd watching the ceremony came out and knelt respectfully towards Li Shimin.
Stretched out his hand to Wang De to take the holy decree, and then raised it above his head and said, "Minister Wang Bo, thank you for the decree." As soon as Li Yuan saw the visitor, his eyes immediately narrowed, revealing a hint of danger.
The person who came was the person who stayed in Chang'an from the Taiyuan Wang family, named Wang Bo, and was also the younger brother of Wang Yuan, the head of the Jinyang branch of the Taiyuan Wang family.
Obviously, Wang Bo had already been instructed by Wang Yuan, and there was no surprise on his face about Li Shimin's marriage to the Wang family.
However, Li Shimin's holy decree caused an uproar among the courtiers who watched the ceremony. The courtiers were stunned for a moment, and then whispered.
Since Zhang Zheng and Li Chengqian returned to Chang'an from Jinyang, it began to be rumored that the Wang family wanted to marry the royal family and completely fell into the arms of Li Shimin.
It's just that the royal family didn't explain, and there was no news from the Wang family. Everyone thought it was just a rumor.
But as soon as the decree came out, it became a prophecy. Everyone didn't expect Li Shimin to be so enduring, and he just endured it until His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the crown before throwing this bombshell out.
Years ago, Li Er's state was almost single-handedly confronted by the entire landlord class. It stands to reason that if you can win such a powerful ally as the Wang family, you should have been publicized all over the world a long time ago.
After all, that's the Wang family, what a good person. Once Li Shimin announced the marriage between the Wang family and the royal family, then those wavering scholars would choose to defect as soon as possible.
But Li Er chose to keep suppressing the news and didn't release it until today. At this moment, a chill rose in the hearts of everyone present.
It is incredible that this majesty has endured until now. Is this holding back the big move, so this time, whose head will the butcher knife fall on?
The ministers were worried...... Li Yuan's face was ugly, who didn't know that the Taiyuan Wang family was once his Li Yuan's die-hard supporter.
Li Yuan was able to overthrow the former Sui and establish the Tang Dynasty in just one year, and the Taiyuan Wang family contributed a lot. It's just that he didn't expect that just a few years later, the Wang family would actually throw himself into Li Shimin's arms.
What Li Yuan didn't expect was that this second son's temperament was so strong that he would choose to launch a counterattack against himself in public.
"Hehe, what a good means." Li Yuan smiled, but there was a hint of helplessness in his laughter. This son really gave himself a big surprise.
When Li Yuan saw Wang Bo kneeling in front of Li Shimin without hesitation, he knew that the era that belonged to him had completely come to an end.
Li Yuan said again: "Good means! Then he turned and walked out without looking back. Li Yuan left, but Li Shimin hadn't left yet, and neither did the civil and military ministers who came to watch the ceremony.
Zhang Zheng shrank to the side and shivered. This family, with a name, can also play tricks, which scares Zhang Zheng enough.
Seeing Li Yuan's guard of honor disappear in front of him, Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian with complicated eyes. It wasn't until Li Chengqian's eyes showed panic at the right time that Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and boarded the palace to walk towards the palace.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Li Er is gone, if according to the rules of ordinary people, the guests who come to watch the ceremony must stay at the host's house for a meal before leaving.
But this is the East Palace, and it is impossible for Li Chengqian to keep them for dinner. The ministers were also interested, and they bowed their hands to Li Chengqian one by one.
After a while, the East Palace, which was full of people and friends, fell silent again. In the entire East Palace, only two outsiders, Zhang Zheng and Lao Li Gang, remained.
"Congratulations to Your Highness, you are about to return with a beauty!" Zhang Zheng arched his hand towards Li Chengqian, and a smile appeared on his face.