When Li Shimin heard this, his face suddenly changed.

"My Tang Dynasty is different from the Tyrannical Sui, and the Son of Heaven is also different from Emperor Wen of the Sui, so I can't generalize about it." Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

"His Royal Highness fought in the south and the north, and his merit was the head of the Tang Dynasty, and he had to be named the general of Tiance, open the mansion by himself, and place his subordinate officials, how does His Royal Highness think the prince will treat His Royal Highness and the ministers under His Royal Highness after he ascends the throne?" Wang Xuanjing continued.

Li Shimin didn't speak, but he knew very well that if the crown prince ascended the throne, his best fate would be to be an idle prince in Chang'an, and all the generals and officials under him would be dismissed or even killed.

If the prince is more narrow-minded, even he himself is likely to die.

He knows his brother too well, in the past, the brotherly relationship was good, and it was not bad to treat their younger brothers, but in recent years, the two of them have reached the same level.

If the crown prince ascends the throne, his fate is self-evident. He only has two ways now, one is that Li Yuan ordered to abolish the crown prince, and the other is that he killed the prince himself.

But as soon as he thought of the consequences of killing his brother and seizing the crown prince, Li Shimin hesitated in his heart.

Wang Xuanjing did not urge, he knew very well that this was a difficult choice, and for generations, the reputation of those who killed their brothers and succeeded or killed the Son of Heaven to seize the throne was not very good.

Wang Xuanjing and everyone in the Wang family knew very well that the consequences of doing this, judging from Zhu Xia's moral concept, killing his brother would cause a lot of moral pressure.

In history, there have been many brothers or kings who have been killed, and most of the ends have been bad.

But Wang felt that Li Shimin was too young, although his military ability was extremely high, but Wang was afraid of the emergence of the kind of emperor who worked hard in the first few years and began to enjoy himself wantonly later.

And after the incident of killing his brother and ascending the throne, if Li Shimin wants to gain a good reputation, he must be a generation of Ming Jun, or even the level of Ming Jun through the ages.

With this pressure, Li Shimin will definitely not dare to relax, and there will be no such situation of greedy enjoyment.

The Wang family naturally wanted Li Shimin to choose this, of course, the Wang family would not force it, but gave the choice to himself.

Li Shimin is very smart, just tonight, he had been expecting before, his father's idea of ordering him to become the crown prince was shattered, and he had only one way to go, but in the face of this road, he was still not prepared in his heart.

Wang Xuanjing didn't say anything more, he had already said what he should say and what he shouldn't say, and there was not much time left for Li Shimin.

Hebei.

At the strong request of Wei Zheng, the crown prince Li Jiancheng finally reluctantly led the army to Hebei. After arriving in Hebei, Wei Zheng immediately began to contact the Hebei scholars and informed them of Li Tang's pardon edict.

Wei Zheng was originally a scholar of Jizhou, and he had many connections with the scholars of Hebei, and he came forward, coupled with the fact that the prince Li Jiancheng came in person, which immediately made these Hebei scholars believe in the sincerity of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jiancheng's military ability is not good, but his political ability is very good, and he immediately assured these people that as long as they are attached, they will be able to get the opportunity to become a leader. The imperial court will give them official positions.

Originally, these Hebei scholars were about to be unable to hold on, but now with Li Jiancheng's promise and Wei Zheng's assurance, these scholars finally chose to believe.

With the consent of these scholars, the remaining gate valve families in Hebei will be better managed. Soon after Li Jiancheng publicized Li Tang's appeasement, in less than half a month, ninety percent of the scholars in Hebei chose to be attached.

Without the expenditure of the family gate, Liu Heimin's troops began to be greatly reduced, and at the same time, officials from all over the country began to surrender to Li Tang. In just half a month, the army of Liu Heimin, who defeated Li Tang and had a great reputation, fell apart directly.

Liu Heimin's army is short of food and grass, and people's hearts are fluctuating, and its ability to rise in the second time is to rely on the support of the Shi clan gate lords, but now without their support, how can he be Li Tang's opponent? Li Jiancheng directly ordered Li Tang's army to attack.

Liu Heimin had long lost the will to fight at this time, and the army was about to collapse at the first touch.

Liu Heimin could only flee with his own soldiers, but as a result, the entire Hebei had already been annexed, where could he run? He was soon ensnared by the local gate valve family, and then sent to the crown prince Li Jiancheng.

When he saw Liu Heimin, who had repeatedly defeated the Tang army, being escorted over, Li Jiancheng was very proud in his heart, and immediately ordered him to be beheaded and then sent to Chang'an.

Knowing that the crown prince Li Jiancheng pacified Hebei and captured Liu Heimin, Li Yuan was overjoyed and rewarded him at the court meeting.

On the top of the main hall, seeing Li Yuan who was so excited, Li Shimin's heart was very uneasy.

His father forced him to return to Chang'an several times, and he had to give the credit for pacifying Hebei and Shandong to his eldest brother to be satisfied, and his father did not intend to let him inherit the throne at all.

By now, he was completely dead.

Now he wants to ascend to the throne and there is only one way to go.

Li Shimin was reluctant to take this road in his heart, but the reality forced him to this road little by little.

Soon, the triumphant army returned.

It's just that this time it was Li Shimin who led his ministers out of the city for ten miles to meet the army.

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who won a big victory, were very happy, and Li Jiancheng saw Li Shimin who came to greet him, even though he was very proud in his heart, on the surface, he was still calm and light.

It's just that Li Yuanji doesn't have this city government, and said proudly: "The eldest brother has this feat, far better than the King of Qin!" ”

Hearing this, Qin King Li Shimin did not react, but behind him, Qin Qiong, Wang Xuanlie, Yu Chi Jingde, Cheng Yanjin, Shan Xiongxin and others glared angrily.

"It's cheap and good, I don't know who was so frightened by that Liu Heimin that he couldn't move forward" Cheng Yanjin next to him muttered quietly, although the voice was small, it was just enough for Li Yuanji to hear.

Li Yuanji was furious, brandished a horsewhip and whipped directly at Cheng Yanjin, but was caught by Cheng Yanjin.

Cheng Yanjin stared at Li Yuanji coldly, but Li Yuanji couldn't pull back the whip with the force in his hand.

The crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qin spoke one after another.

"King Qi, no!"

"Zhijie, let go!"

Cheng Yanjin glanced at Li Yuanji and threw away the horsewhip casually.

Li Yuanji stretched out his hand and was about to continue to move, but was stopped by the prince.

After this episode, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng did not continue to be polite, and soon completed the triumphal ceremony, and then took Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji into the city to meet the emperor.

Then take the car to the temple to worship.

After Li Jiancheng pacified Hebei this time, he gained a lot of benefits, not only won the support of the Hebei scholars in Shandong, but also had an army in his own hands.

This time he defeated Liu Heimin, and Li Jiancheng collected many elites of the Liu army, and these elites were included in Li Jiancheng's guards.

(End of chapter)