The death of a heavyweight political tycoon is by no means affected by himself.

Li Tai, the king of Wei, who was already desperate for the position of the crown prince, once again ignited hope, and the pillar stone carrying the position of the prince fell, can the position of the prince still be stable?

He can really be smart, among all the sons of Li Shimin that Luo Su has seen, Li Ke is heroic and decisive, Li Taiwen is outstanding, it can be described as a literature and a martial arts, among the rest, Li Chengqian is benevolent, Li Zhi is also smart and clever, but he is still too young, the so-called is young, big may not be good, and the rest are average.

Luo Xuanye's funeral was very grand, Li Shimin posthumously presented him with "Sikong", "Situ", "Governor of Bingzhou", named "Wucheng", buried in Zhaoling, and buried with Princess Pingyang.

Luo Xuanye died, some people rejoiced, and some people mourned, but their faces were sad.

Li Chengqian cried darkly at Luo Xuanye's funeral, but he didn't see that anyone had already targeted him.

The first person to make a move, I don't know which side it came from, but the means are extremely obscure.

"The death of the king of Zhoujun is really a loss of the dynasty, His Majesty has lost a good Zuo, the prince has lost a good teacher, I heard that the prince did not listen to the advice of others before, only listened to the king of Zhoujun, and now that the king of Zhoujun is gone, who will persuade the prince?"

A sentence that is completely fine, and I only feel worried about the country and the people.

Because this sentence is inherently true!

But only a very few people can sense that something is wrong, and that is the person who knows the prince very well, and these words implicitly express that the prince needs to be taught.

The most important thing is that Li Shimin feels that Li Chengqian has lost one of the most important assistants, and now Li Chengqian must mature himself, in other words, the set of ways that sharpened the prince before has to be picked up again, and he has to pick it up and use it.

Because no one can bear the result of letting the prince develop freely, there has been no prince to grow freely since ancient times, and the complete prince's mansion was born for the prince's education.

But Li Chengqian doesn't eat this set, he is physically disabled, his psychological quality is poor, what he needs is encouragement, not sharpening, but only in Luo's can this kind of education method, Luo's belief is to produce filial piety under the stick, it is a hardship education, and it is a natural success after thousands of blows.

It was under this circumstance that Li Jing and Wei Zheng were called to the Taiji Hall by Li Shimin.

The two sat upright with some trepidation, Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, and slowly asked: "The two Aiqing have been teaching the prince for about two years, I don't know what the prince is now, can he correct the absurd habits of the past, can he bear the burden of the country?" ”

Why is this a conspiracy?

Especially for Wei Zheng, it was too difficult to answer.

Because in this case, he can't say that the prince has no problem at all, if he says so, Li Shimin will find out in the future that the prince is still wearing Hu clothes and singing Hu songs, and there are other little habits, he can't argue.

As for whether or not he can bear the burden of the state, this thing is also a very subjective thing, and the key is not whether the prince can do it, but whether Li Shimin thinks the prince can do it.

This is the so-called "say you can do it, you can do it, you can do it if you don't do it; If you say you can't do it, you can't do it, and you can't do it."

But Wei Zheng can't say that the prince still has a lot of small problems, so how did he become a teacher?

When King Zhou Jun was alive, it could be said that the prince had these small problems and hobbies, which did not affect being the emperor, and he could still take out the things of the emperor to ridicule, but Wei Zheng knew that he didn't have such a big face, and in the face of a father who was quite anxious about his son's situation, how could he pack the ticket and say that it was no problem.

Why did Kong Yingda and Zhang Xuansu fight to admonish Li Chengqian, because the strict discipline of the prince, at least if there is a problem, you can throw the blame and say, I taught, but he didn't listen.

If you indulge the prince, the prince's playful pot will be thrown on the teacher's head.

The problem between teachers and parents has existed since ancient times, and it is not easy to be a teacher of the prince.

Wei Zheng has always been just a scolding Li Shimin, and he is very cautious about other things.

Wei Zheng hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, the prince has made great progress, but no one is perfect, and there are still some deficiencies, the minister must teach strictly, standardize the words and deeds of His Royal Highness the Prince, and make His Royal Highness the Prince a pillar of talent, if you can't do it, Your Majesty will remove the prince from the post of young master." ”

Day.

Li Jing looked at Wei Zheng in disbelief, you old boy, are you trying to take the opportunity to run away?

Li Shimin frowned, paced around a few more times, and said in a deep voice: "You are so good to teach the prince, I will give you another promotion, King Wucheng has died, the prince's three divisions are vacant, and it is time for your third junior title to be mentioned." ”

Wei Zheng and Li Jing left the Taiji Hall after kowtowing, and when they walked in the palace, the pace of the two of them slowed down, and they sighed slightly almost at the same time, the rank of the third division is naturally extremely high, but this thing is hot.

Li Jing squinted slightly and asked, "Zhongshu Ling said those words in the hall just now, aren't you worried about Your Majesty's anger?" ”

Wei Zheng didn't care and said: "Your Majesty won't care, but will think deeply, but the left servant shoots, now that the king of Wucheng has passed away, you are the first person in the military worthy of the name, you and I have a great responsibility in the East Palace, and the left servant shoots should think deeply." ”

Li Jing's face changed slightly when he heard this, in terms of politics, he was really far worse than Wei Zhenglai, after all, this was the person who could almost help Prince Yin turn over His Majesty today, and he could also be reused in the Zhenguan Dynasty, he immediately bowed slightly and said: "Please also ask Zhongshu Ling to solve your doubts." ”

Wei Zheng looked at the blue sky from afar and said slowly: "There is only one sun in the world, and you can enjoy all the worship alone, since ancient times, the relationship between the prince and the king is very complicated.

I hope that the crown prince will inherit the throne, and I hope that the prince will not be so strong, so as not to threaten the throne.

So it's hard for the prince to do.

Before, King Wucheng wanted me to be the young master of the crown prince, and I readily agreed, because I saw through the relationship between the prince, King Wucheng and His Majesty.

In the eyes of everyone, King Wucheng is the biggest pillar of the crown prince, which is indeed true, but in fact, not only that, King Wucheng is also a fixed sea god needle for His Majesty to suppress the prince.

As long as King Wucheng is there, the power of the crown prince is equivalent to always being under the control of His Majesty, because King Wucheng is His Majesty's person after all, and when His Majesty and the prince do not have conflicts, King Wucheng will maintain the status of the crown prince, including asking His Majesty that the prince's position is stable and cannot be changed at will.

But as long as there is a conflict between the crown prince and His Majesty, and something not so good happens, King Wucheng will immediately let everyone know why His Majesty trusts him so much.

King Wucheng, as the pillar of the crown prince, not only makes the prince strong, but also makes the prince weak, this is the complex relationship between the prince, King Wucheng and His Majesty.

Now that King Wucheng is gone, who will fill this vacancy?

You and I are both from the East Palace now, I'm actually fine, after all, I'm just a civil official, and you, Your Majesty must be thinking, will you want to do something? ”

Wei Zheng's analysis penetrated into it, and Li Jingzhen was stunned, he had wondered before, transferring himself, Wei Zheng and King Wucheng into the Prince's East Palace, Your Majesty can really rest assured?

Now Wei Zhengyi analyzed, it turned out that the key was King Wucheng, with King Wucheng pressing, no matter how many important ministers in the Prince's East Palace were doubled, it would not be possible.

Li Jing grimaced, and said with a wry smile for a long time: "I'm already so old, and I'm a very human minister, why should I follow the prince to make trouble?" What's in it for you? ”

Wei Zheng didn't say anything when he heard this, but just looked at Li Jing thoughtfully, and that look made Li Jing say something stupid himself, he wasn't really stupid, and he reacted quickly.

What is old age?

Besides, Li Jing doesn't have a real supreme minister, at least he is not as good as Luo Xuanye now, and the most important thing is that almost everyone knows that he wants to fight, he wants to lead troops to fight, and Li Shimin will not let him lead the troops alone.

Not only that, Li Shimin has always been tolerant, Wei Zheng, who once wanted to kill him, was cited by him as a confidant, he rarely suspected people, but Li Jing was one of them, many people didn't know that Luo Xuanye and many people's evaluation of Li Jing was not credible, but the Son of Heaven didn't trust Li Jing very much, which is well known.

This is like a dark forest, no one knows if Li Jing will have resentment in his heart, and whether he will suddenly give Li Shimin a ruthless blow, so Luo Xuanye's death made Li Jing very uncomfortable, in the court, there is an evenly matched opponent, sometimes it is a good thing.

Li Jing pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but he walked to the gate of the palace for a long time before he whispered: "Thank you Zhongshu Ling for your guidance today, Li Jing is grateful, but as the saying goes, send the Buddha to the west, do you have anything else to say to Li Jing?" ”

Wei Zheng was silent for a while, keeping Li Jing is to keep himself, at least Li Jing can't have anything to do before he leaves the East Palace, "Don't think about leaving the East Palace, assist the prince well, close the door on weekdays, don't get too close to the prince, you can only be a lonely minister, and other things are not what you should do." ”

Wei Zheng's words made Li Jing suddenly remember what the national teacher Luo Su had said to him at the beginning, it was exactly the same, it turned out that in the eyes of outsiders, is this my destination?

Li Jing suddenly asked, "Zhongshu Ling, what if Your Majesty still supports the crown prince like before?" ”

Wei Zheng had already boarded the carriage, turned around and smiled slightly: "Of course that's a good thing, but the old man is old, I'm afraid he won't live to the time when the prince ascends the throne, and the age of the left servant is not too young." ”

With that, he lowered the curtain and the carriage rumbled away.

Li Jing sat in the carriage, only to feel a little depressed, he felt that Wei Zheng's words just now had a deep meaning, "My age is not young. ”

Li Jing only felt a chill, could it be that His Majesty would really take me away before he died and let me go to the Zhaoling Tomb to be buried?

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Ancient books are contained, a whale falls and all things are born, a tree withers and ten thousand flowers bloom, the grass and trees are still this, Wucheng Wang, the state thorn history moved twelve, twelve guards for five generals, and moved one also. - Notes on the Book of Tang

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