Chang'an City after the Son of Heaven personally conquered Chang'an, there was no change, and the Tang Dynasty Emperor did not stay in Chang'an, which was not a miracle as early as the Wude period.

In the corridor of the palace, a handsome young man dressed in fine clothes, about ten years old, was running fast with a scroll of documents in his hand.

The palace maids, eunuchs or palace guards who saw this scene along the way all avoided it and saluted, "Little grandfather." ”

Luo Junzhuo hurriedly walked into the side hall of the Taiji Hall, waved his Chinese book vigorously at Li Zhi, who was sitting in the hall, and said in a loud voice full of joy: "King Jin, Zhugong, Liaodong Dajie, Your Majesty led the army, has returned to the Central Plains, and the chariot has passed Luoyang and is coming to Guanzhong." ”

Rumble!

As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly boiled, Luo Junzhuo's news came faster than the official, and at a glance, he knew that this was the news that the Son of Heaven had specially transmitted back in advance.

Li Zhiluo stood up and said to the prime ministers and ministers who stayed behind, "Princes, according to the etiquette system, my father and brother have returned victoriously, and this king has been ordered to stay in Chang'an, should I go out of the thirty-mile street pavilion outside the city and kneel to welcome my father." ”

Luo Junzhuo bowed his head a little meaningfully and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, His Royal Highness the King of Wei did not return with His Majesty, he was canonized as the King of Qi, stayed in Liaodong, and established the country, so we just need to greet Your Majesty." ”

"Huh?"

Li Zhi was stunned, "How can the fourth brother ......?"

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has led the Chinese martial arts officials of Chang'an City to kneel to greet you."

Li Zhi has an extremely excellent characteristic, that is, he can endure, quite patient, he has been good at rolling everything in his heart since he was a child, and he does not say it to the outside.

Who doesn't know what His Majesty means?

Wei Zheng, who assisted Li Zhi to stay in Chang'an, nodded meaningfully slightly, as if all this was expected by him.

"I can't be complacent, Brother Wei just thought that he was winning, but an accident happened."

As a member of the former princelings, the young master of the prince, when he was reused by Li Shimin after the prince became a vassal, he had a little premonition, and now it seems that this is really the case.

Luo Xuanling knew that the Son of Heaven was not really asking himself, so he did not answer seriously, but as if praying, he was full of pride, "Datang will always win until the end of fate." ”

Li Zhi's voice was a little higher than before, and his expression was raised for a moment, and then lowered in an instant, extremely benevolent.

This feeling of being understood is naturally very happy, Li Shimin laughed, and remembered with emotion, "This is my last war, this is my last battle before I live."

He really couldn't help but slowly stretch out his hands, his immature body, those hands were still a little immature, and his shoulders were not thick enough, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that a heavy burden was about to be pressed.

Luo Xuanling stroked his chest, "Your Majesty's will is the will of the Tang Dynasty." ”

He looked at the young wanton, arrogant and proud faces in front of him, as if he saw the brightest future of Datang, which was the world that he personally took the lead to fight, "Qingyu, how many brilliant victories will you usher in the future Datang and Chang'an in the future?" ”

"Princes, pass on the king's order, Chang'an's civil and military officials, follow the king to welcome his father's victory."

I want to build a huge stone altar outside Chang'an, erect a tall stone gate on the altar, and name it 'Banzai', and the army that will march in triumph will pass through this gate and receive the reward of the Son of Heaven. ”

……

Everyone behind him looked at the monarch and the minister and laughed loudly, and the army was approaching Chang'an thirty miles.

Everyone is looking at Li Zhi, the only concubine of His Majesty who has not become a vassal, isn't it?

There were a few exclamations in the hall, and Fang Xuanling's face was a little unbearable for an instant, there was panic in his eyes, and his forehead was full of sweat.

Li Zhi is naturally not a stupid person, the unbelievable expression on his face is still maintained, and there are turbulent waves in his heart.

The people here can be said to be the smartest people in the world.

That......

When the flowers in the sky fluttered lightly on Li Shimin's bright armor with the wind, his hand holding the reins froze for a moment, and the light after the flowers and prosperity shone out his shadow, still majestic and tall, Chang'an is still like this, Datang is still like this, he is still like this, he is still like this, he went out, fought hard, and then triumphed.

"Let's see if my son has grown."

The generals of Qianniu Wei surrounded Li Shimin forward, and Li Zhi finally saw his formidable father again, even though he had given birth to Huafa, but he was still majestic, just like the highest mountain in the world, and the momentum was higher than the most precipitous peak of Huashan.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Li Zhi was dressed in prince's clothes, and bowed at the front, followed by the ministers and the people.

Li Shimin turned over and dismounted, strutted his head, strode to the side of Li Zhi, the king of Jin, and then directly lifted him up with one hand, Li Zhi didn't react a little, he was already standing in front of Li Shimin, Li Zhi, who came to his senses, hurriedly lowered his head.

Li Shimin patted Li Zhi on the shoulder, "Childish slave, you have lost a little weight, is it because you don't eat well, and you are still busy with affairs when you are in prison." ”

Li Shimin's attitude made Li Zhi a little stunned, and he was stunned for a while.

Li Shimin didn't care too much, his impression of Li Zhi has always been that benevolent and filial piety, and then a little weak.

Li Shimin comforted himself, not in a hurry, now that the Quartet is calm, there are no foreign enemies, and there is still a lot of time, he can slowly teach him how to become an excellent monarch.

And he still has time to leave him a group of ministers with humerus, and with a group of ministers who can be trusted, it is not difficult to keep the foundation.

……

Datang's defeat of Liaodong is a thing worthy of national celebration, which means that on the chessboard of the world, Datang's opponent is once again missing a heavyweight player.

But almost no one in Chang'an cared about the victory in Liaodong, and countless turbulent undercurrents were pointing to only one thing, that is, the crown prince.

Now there is only one candidate left in front of the crown prince, and that is Li Zhi, the king of Jin!

But not everyone wants Li Zhi to become the crown prince.

There is no other reason than because of interests.

At the beginning, the crown princess of the first crown prince Li Chengqian was a Jiangnan scholar, Li Tai's wife was born in the northern nobles, and Li Zhi's wife was born in the Shandong scholarly family.

The first two don't say, the Shandong Shi clan and Guan Long have always been not dealing with each other, and they don't look down on each other, the real dignitaries of the Shandong Shi clan began, that is, from the clan chronicles began to become popular, when the Southern Dynasty flourished the clan chronicles, the Northern Dynasties also followed the study, and set a noble name.

And because the Northern Dynasty is better than the Southern Dynasty, the big surnames of the Southern Dynasty are inferior, of course, the Gusu Luo clan and the Lanling Xiao clan are not among them, these two are too long.

Among the famous families of the Northern Dynasties, there is naturally no Luo family, among which the Lu family is also relatively special, there is no Lu family in the clan chronicles, but in Qizhou, the status of the Lu family is very high, and the lintel of the Lu family is also recognized by the high gate.

Li Zhi's crown princess was born in a famous family in Shandong, but this does not mean that it is a famous family in Shandong that supports him, in fact, it is the Guanlong nobles who support Li Zhi now.

The Guanlong aristocracy does not look down on the famous families in Shandong, and only those scholars who were born in Shandong will pursue marriage with the famous families in Shandong because of the traditions of the past few years, such as Wei Zheng, a famous minister from a poor background, and Cheng Zhijie and others in Li Shimin's Qin Palace, all have this kind of pursuit.

But the real old Guan Long looks down on them from the bottom of his heart.

These old Guan Long, playing military exploits, pursuing the dragon, entering the official position of the Praetorian Guard and the soldiers in various places, who do not have a few titles and military officials.

What they pursued was to marry with the royal family, as well as the mutual in-laws between Guanlong, and finally manipulate the power of the central court.

In their opinion, they are the real chess players on the chessboard of the world, and other scholars such as Shandong and Jiangnan are just messengers for them.

Although the history is long, it kills you when you say kill.

In the fifty or sixty years of the Sui and Tang dynasties, there were no less than ten of the famous and surnamed descendants of the Fang Branch, and the other Fang Zhi did not need to mention, this number even exceeded the troubled times.

It was not until the Zhenguan period that the Shandong Shi clan and the Jiangnan Shi clan entered the golden age, although they were suppressed by Li Shimin, but at least Li Shimin did not kill people indiscriminately.

Li Zhi is young, has a weak personality, and in the eyes of many people, it is easy to manipulate, so the Guanlong nobles hope that Li Zhi can ascend to the throne, so that they can better continue their wealth.

So when Li Shimin was in the Taiji Palace, he asked in front of a group of important ministers, "There is no prince in the country, and the society is uneasy, who do you think should be the prince?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji, who was born in Guanlong and likes power, immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, establish a long-term succession, now the King of Qin and the King of Qi are out of the town, only the King of Jin is noble, and he is benevolent and filial, and can be established as the prince to revitalize the country." ”

Generally speaking, when the emperor asked who could become the crown prince, the courtiers did not speak, and when they did, it was easy for the king to think that it was almost certain to die when participating in the throne.

Therefore, the minister usually only says over and over again that the emperor should be made a prince, but he never says who should be made a prince.

But in fact, it is not so old-fashioned, and there are some special circumstances.

For example, the current Li Zhi and the eldest grandson Wuji.

The eldest grandson Wuji is Li Zhi's own uncle, and the only child of the deceased eldest grandson queen who is still in Chang'an, according to the principle of his mother's uncle, no matter how many good things the eldest grandson Wuji says to Li Zhi, no matter how much support he supports, no one will think that there is anything wrong with the eldest grandson Wuji, even Li Shimin will only feel that the eldest grandson Wuji is a love for Li Zhi.

Moreover, Li Zhi's identity can also make the eldest grandson Wuji say these words without scruples, Li Zhi's identity is the only son-in-law now, and if there is a son-in-law, there is no son-in-law, that is not a joke, this is the power given by tradition to the eldest grandson Wuji to speak.

He is not recommending Li Zhi to Li Shimin, but promoting tradition to Li Shimin, as for whether the emperor accepts it or not, it is the emperor's business.

Li Shimin didn't speak, but looked at the others, and finally fell on Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling, "Shangshu Zuo Servant Shot, Zhongshu Ling, what do you mean?" ”

Fang Xuanling sighed in his heart, he was really uncomfortable with the matter of establishing the prince, because after Li Chengqian was named the king of Qin, he favored Li Tai, the king of Wei, under the prodding of his son, and there were too many people who fell to Li Tai, the king of Wei, at that time, after all, the attitude of the Son of Heaven was too obvious, and Li Zhi was too inconspicuous.

No one would have thought that the Son of Heaven would choose King Jin, who was completely different from him, and replaced the crown prince with King Jin, didn't the Son of Heaven feel uncomfortable?

King Jin is indeed noble, the first big country in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Kingdom of Jin is the Kingdom of Tang, the land of Longxing, and the titles of King Jin and Princess Jinyang can be described as extremely noble.

But this can't stand the previous Jin Wang Taila.

Yang Guang, the king of Jin, died II.

Fang Xuanling hesitated for a long time, and even Wei Zheng couldn't stand it, so he said first: "The minister thinks that what the right servant said just now is very correct, the king of Qin and the king of Qi are the vassals, and the king of Jin is the eldest son, so the king of Jin should be appointed as the crown prince." ”

Li Shimin glanced at Wei Zheng with appreciation, since Li Chengqian was named King of Qin, Wei Zheng seemed to have changed a little.

Fang Xuanling was no longer entangled when he heard this, and also bowed down and said, "King Jin is benevolent and filial, and he is the eldest of the land, so he should be the prince, and the minister seconded the proposal." ”

Left servant shot, right servant shot, middle book order.

The three giants of the political hall confirmed at the same time, and the rest of the people said in unison: "The ministers seconded the proposal, and the king of Jin should be the crown prince." ”

"King Jin!"

Li Shimin's voice was extremely high, echoing in the hall, floating above the pillars, there seemed to be an echo coming from Youyou, but there was a feeling of emptiness in this hall full of people.

for there is no one to speak.

In front of the door of the Taiji Palace, there was a slightly thin figure, it was Li Zhi, the sun was behind him, and the shadow was in front of him.

He stood on the lintel, looking up, looking into the hall, where his father, the Emperor, sat high on the throne, a little far away, and the light was a little dim, and he couldn't see the face clearly.

Everyone in the hall looked back at him, and he saw that everyone had no expression on their faces, but he only felt that his hot eyes were shining on him.

Everyone was staring at him.

Li Zhi stepped in, he felt that he was walking fast, but in fact he was walking very slowly, like his lame brother.

Every time he took a step forward, it was as if he was pressed down by a heavy mountain of pressure, so that he could not walk.

"Father!"

At last he went to the temple, and by the candlelight he saw everyone's face, and his father's face.

He knelt on the ground and bowed deeply.

"The ministers all said that 'the king of Jin should be the crown prince', do you think you can take on the big responsibility?"

Li Shimin's voice was ethereal, floating from above.

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Shang said: "Xi Zuochen recommended me, and the first emperor asked, 'Why do you serve as a social leader?' ’

I said to him: 'Profit the country, life and death are just that! ’

I was able to flatter the temple with a blinker, all here, you should know! - "Book of Tang: Gaozong Benji"

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