The book continues from the above, the last book said that Li Yue, the princess of Danyang, a heart has always been tied to the emperor's brother Chu Mofeng, but the falling flowers are intentionally ruthless, at this time Chu Mofeng is dedicated to the establishment of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the love of children can only be temporarily left behind, but the beauty is unbearable, and the Buddha has to know how to move with reason, and politely rejected Li Yue's hospitality with words.

It coincided with the ninth year of Wude Jiyou Day (24th), after the end of the early dynasty, Li Shimin ordered the ministers to have a simple meal in the palace, and then agreed on the title of the founding father of the founding father, Sun Wuji and others, in the afternoon dynasty.

For a while, everyone speculated that His Majesty was ready to reward him again, in view of His Majesty's succession, most of the military generals who contributed the most were military generals, and only Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were among the ministers.

At noon, Li Shimin ordered Chen Shuda to announce his name under the palace, "I rank your merits and rewards, and if there is anything inappropriate, you can declare them separately." ”

So the generals fought for merit and talked endlessly, and Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, said: "I raised troops in Guanxi, and first responded to the banner of righteousness, but Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others just grabbed knives and pens, but the credit was above me, and I felt unconvinced." ”

After listening to Li Shentong's words, Li Shimin couldn't help but smile and said: "Although my uncle first responded to the righteous banner and raised troops, this is also his own plan to get rid of the disaster. When Dou Jiande invaded Shandong, his uncle's entire army was annihilated; Liu Heimin gathered the rest of his troops again, and his uncle abandoned his troops and armor, and fled. Fang Xuanling and others strategized and won a decisive victory, so that the Tang Dynasty could be stabilized, and the credit for meritorious deeds was naturally above that of his uncle. Uncle, you are a close relative of the royal family, and I do not spare you, but I should not reward meritorious officials in the same way as selfish feelings. ”

The generals then discussed with each other: "Your Majesty is so fair, even to the emperor's uncle, King Huai'an, how dare we people be uneasy about our duties." "Everybody was convinced.

At this time, Fang Xuanling came out and said: "The old subordinates of the Qin Prince's Mansion who have not been promoted are full of complaints: 'We have been following and serving Your Majesty for many years, and now we are worshipping officials, but they are all behind the former prince's East Palace and the subordinates of the Qi Palace. ’”

When Li Shimin heard this, he said with a displeased face: "The monarch is selfless, so he can convince the people of the world." I and you take food and clothing from the people. Therefore, the appointment of officials and their duties is for the sake of the people, and it is natural to select and appoint talented people, so how can we use the new and the old people as the order in selecting and promoting talents? If the new people are meritocracy, so the old ones are not talented, how can we give up the new people and only take the old ones? Now, regardless of whether they are meritocracy or not, but you are only constantly complaining, is this the way to govern?"

Everyone couldn't help but talk about it when they heard it, in the face of such a scene, Li Shimin was also a little helpless, those who followed him at the beginning, but those who were capable, Li Shimin was all arranged in important positions after succeeding to the throne, and those with poor ability, for the sake of face, Li Shimin also tried to give idle jobs, who knew that this time Fang Xuanling said this, Li Shimin knew that his old department was really dissatisfied with himself on the issue of resettlement, thinking of this Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved, this list was drawn up after discussing with Chu Mofeng for several days, and this pot can't be carried by himself。

Immediately, Li Shimin glanced at Chu Mofeng, who was at the forefront of the next head, with a little deep meaning, Chu Mofeng immediately understood, and then coughed lightly and flashed out, "Your Majesty, my brother has something to say." ”

As soon as they saw that this master stood up and spoke, everyone present was silent, and looked at Chu Mofeng in unison, wanting to see what he would say, only to see Chu Mofeng arch his hand at Li Shimin, and then turned to look at everyone present and said, "Everyone, can you listen to this king?"

Looking at this second person in the Tang Dynasty who is twenty and six years old, even if there is a disagreement in politics, he must be given a face, after all, most of the entire Tang Dynasty is beaten down by the one in front of him and the one on the dragon chair. ”

"I don't dare to give teaching, in addition to the erudite Confucian, you are a general who is familiar with military books, and you can just give teaching, but this Wang Shicai listened to your arguments, and some words had to be spit out. Seeing this, Chu Mofeng waved his hand, and then said with a smile: "This king has not read much since he was a child, but he vaguely remembers that there is a cloud in "Shangshu Xianyoude": only the official is virtuous, and the left and right are the only people. It can be seen that no matter which dynasty or generation this official is elected and used, it should be lived by a virtuous person, you don't deny this, right?"

Among the ministers, the scholars were all people who read poetry and books, and when they heard Chu Mofeng mention "Shangshu Xianyide", they couldn't help but nod in agreement, and the generals also nodded their heads with rough literary and ink.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng smiled and said: "This king will tell you a story: Jin Pinggong asked Yu Qi Huangyang and said: 'Nanyang has no order, who can do it?' Qi Huangyang said: 'Xie Hu Ke. Ping Gong said: "Solve the enmity of the fox and the son?" and said: "The king asks, but he does not ask the enmity of the minister." Ping Gong said: "Good." Then use it, and the people of the country call it good.

In the middle of the house, Pinggong asked Qi Huangyang again: "The country has no captain, who can do it?" Ping Gong said: 'Wu Feizi's son is evil?', and said: 'The king asks yes, but not the son of the minister.' Ping Gong said: "Good." And he used it, and the people of the country called it good. When Confucius heard this, he said: 'Good, Qi Huangyang's argument is also! 'You should be able to understand what the king means, right?'

The people who passed it also said that the military generals present were like falling clouds, and the ministers scolded in their hearts after understanding it, this is called reading less since childhood, Fang Cai's words came from "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period: Go to Private", which is about knowing people and making good use of them, appointing people on the basis of merit, this virtuous king has a good memory, such a complicated text is repeated word for word, and he immediately admires Chu Mofeng and more.

Those who didn't understand hurriedly asked the meaning of this passage that they understood, and after others explained it, they immediately realized it, only to see Chu Mofeng said with a smile: "Our Tang Dynasty has only been nine years since the first year of Wude, and before that, this king, as the minister of the Qin Mission, acted on behalf of the heavenly patrol hunt, and dealt with the case of the assassination of Shi Hao Sijie and the garrison Gou Datong bullying the people in Yizhou, and it has only been nine years, and there are officials in the local state capital who are corrupt to such an extent, can you imagine that those state capitals that have not been explored, will there be these dark things?"

Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon chair, listened to Chu Mofeng's words, and felt relieved in his heart, thinking that I had just sat down, and one or two of you began to question my arrangement. Ladies and gentlemen, His Royal Highness King Xian is reasonable, I have also heard about the beginning and end of the matter in Yizhou, and the Emperor Taishang also attaches great importance to this matter, I am determined to appoint several ministers to inspect the prefectures and counties respectively after some time, to observe the people's feelings and relieve the people's worries, if it is found that there are any people who oppress the people as tigers, I will punish their nine clans to set an example. ”

After a seemingly light and light words, everyone present gasped, but at this time, Chu Mofeng said softly: "Everyone, once Your Majesty and this king had a wish, that is, in his lifetime, he will definitely break through the Turkic court and avenge the suffering people, so you have also seen that since Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, he has worked diligently every day to manage every opportunity, in order to be able to create a happy land for the people of the world to live and work in peace and contentment, so I hope that you can work together. The people's aspirations, the defeat of the Turks is just around the corner, I don't know what you think?"

Those who were dissatisfied with their placement immediately turned red, and then everyone spoke in unison: "His Royal Highness Xianwang taught me that it was the lower officials and others Meng Lang, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins." ”

Seeing this, Li Shimin hurriedly hit the snake with the stick, and immediately laughed loudly, "You Aiqing don't have to blame yourself, you can point out my shortcomings with righteousness, I am deeply grateful, I hope that you Aiqing will work hard from today, and when the Turks are exterminated, everyone will be a hero, and I will definitely be rewarded." ”

After listening to Li Shimin's words, everyone hurriedly saluted and said: "I respectfully follow Your Majesty's will, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live." ”

A controversy in the afternoon dynasty came to an abrupt end in Chu Mofeng's successive elimination, after the dispersal of the dynasty, Li Shimin was about to keep Chu Mofeng, everyone left the Taiji Hall and walked towards the outside of the palace, the counselor Wei Zheng walked slowly towards the bottom of the steps, suddenly heard someone behind him calling for himself, hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see Jiang Guogong Chen Shuda panting forward, Wei Zheng saw this and knew that this person was also the king of Qin, and immediately gave a salute and said: "Why is Jiang Guogong so anxious, is there something wrong?"

Who knew that Chen Shuda wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "Doctor Wei smiled, I just saw that Doctor Wei often went down to the court alone, so I simply wanted to go with you." ”

Wei Zheng smiled bitterly when he heard this, since Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, although His Majesty favored him, but since King Xian, there is always a trace of vigilance in his eyes, and over time, many of the old departments of the East Palace who have returned to the court have gradually alienated themselves, thinking of this, Wei Zheng bowed to Chen Shuda and said: "Jiang Guogong, you also know the original identity of the lower officials, you are traveling with the lower officials, are you not afraid that His Royal Highness the Xian King will also alienate you after he knows?"

"That kid, Doctor Wei, you are a little bit of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Chen Shuda shook his head with a smile when he heard this, "Our Royal Highness the Virtuous King, maybe you didn't know him before, this son is an outlier, since the day of Emperor Taishang Longxing, this son has always followed the left and right, looking at what he has done over the years, he has not sought personal gain at all, maybe he is alienated from you at this time because of the relationship between you and Jiancheng before." ”

After listening to Chen Shuda's words, Wei Zheng couldn't help but be a little surprised, and was about to continue to ask, but Chen Shuda suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to a lonely figure in the distance and whispered, "Doctor Wei, do you see that one?"

Wei Zheng looked up in the direction that Chen Shuda was pointing, and instantly understood what Chen Shuda meant, and immediately whispered: "This person is still ...... His Majesty and King Xian."

"Exactly, compared to you, our Royal Highness Xianwang is only a little tired of you, and he is extremely hateful to him, if it weren't for the affection, this person would have been eliminated by His Royal Highness Xianwang a long time ago. Chen Shuda Yun said lightly, Wei Zheng on the side was already surprised in his heart, this person was none other than the left servant who was regarded as Mr. by Li Jiancheng at the beginning, thinking of this, Wei Zheng nodded, and gave a salute to Chen Shuda, "The lower official has a reluctant request, please recommend His Royal Highness King Xian for the lower official when he is free?"

The two of them went down the steps and came to their respective carriages, and when Chen Shuda boarded the carriage, they turned to Wei Zheng and said, "In a while, the little girl will celebrate her birthday, and then I will invite Dr. Wei to come to the cold house." ”

Wei Zheng nodded immediately when he heard this, and then watched Chen Shuda's carriage slowly leave, but he didn't know that in addition to Chen Shuda, there was also a young girl in the carriage, only to see Chen Shuda look at her softly and said, "Silly girl, have you thought about marrying a young talent in Chang'an?"

Unexpectedly, the other party did not answer, but raised his head and asked, "Father, do you think that His Royal Highness the Virtuous King will really be invited to our mansion?"

"Our Royal Highness, the Virtuous King, is really getting more and more tacit with Your Majesty now. Looking at his beloved daughter, how could Chen Shuda not know the meaning behind his beloved daughter's question, and then smiled and said slowly: "Girl, you must know that in the entire Chang'an City, there are not a few people who want to marry their daughters, and you have a big problem for your father." ”

As everyone knows, he has been remembered by the Chen family's father and daughter, Chu Mofeng is in the imperial study at the moment, in addition to Li Shimin, the current ruler of the Tang Dynasty, there is also a young man who is looking at Chu Mofeng curiously.

Seeing this, Li Shimin immediately coughed lightly and said, "Cheng Qian, have you forgotten all the etiquette that your mother taught you?"

This son is Li Shimin's first son Li Chengqian, after listening to his father's words, Li Chengqian immediately made a formal bow to Chu Mofeng, "Uncle Huang is above, please accept Chengqian's worship." ”

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng returned a salute, and then looked at Li Shimin with some surprise, Li Shimin said with a smile when he saw this: "I am going to choose Chengqian as the crown prince, and at that time I will select a few people from the eighteen bachelors to teach him, and I will leave you today to let you see for me, after a hundred years, whether this son can take on a big responsibility." ”

Li Shimin's words made Chu Mofeng a little overwhelmed, he was not the emperor, he was not the crown prince, if he said that Li Chengqian could not be up to the task, then Li Shimin would not change Li Tai, Li Ge or Li Zhi, right? But after thinking about it, in view of the fact that Li Lao Er himself also abolished his eldest brother to the throne, as long as Li Chengqian is not a waste, he should be able to succeed to the throne smoothly. Immediately, Chu Mofeng looked at Li Chengqian, at first glance, he belonged to Fengzi Qizhi, his eyes were smart, and he immediately nodded and said: "This son needs to find some good teachers and good students to teach him." ”

Seeing Chu Mofeng's expression, Li Shimin immediately handed him a list, which was full of the names of the eighteen scholars of the Yuan Qin Palace, "Select a few people for me, and enter the palace after a while to teach Chengqian." ”

Chu Mofeng quickly glanced at the list, and then said: "Lu Deming, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining, and Du Zhenglun can carefully assist and teach. ”

Seeing that Chu Mofeng made a hasty decision, Li Shimin couldn't help but be a little surprised, thinking that this is to choose a teacher for my son, not to go to the hall to choose a sister, you kid is also a little too hasty, right?

"Lu Deming, a native of Wuxian County, Suzhou, a great Confucian, a scholar, and a exegete in this dynasty, was trained by Zhou Hongzheng of the Southern Chen, and this person was the prince of Southern Chen; Kong Yingda, a native of Hengshui, Jizhou, a scholar in the early years of this dynasty, studied under Liu Zhuo, a great Confucian and astronomer of the previous dynasty; Yu Zhining's original surname was Wan Yu Shi, the word Zhongmi, a native of Gaoling, Yongzhou, a Xianbei tribe, the great-grandson of Yu Jin, the Taishi of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the second son of Yu Xuandao, a native of Zhongshushe, and the second son of Yu Xuandao; Du Zhenglun, a native of Huanshui in Xiangzhou, a Xiucai of the former dynasty, was awarded the rank of Yu Cavalry, and served as the secretary of the Qizhou Governor's Office after entering the Tang Dynasty to join the army. With these five people, you can assist Chengqian, as for the rest of the people, it's not that they are not capable, but I suggest that you put them in the necessary positions, which can be regarded as making the best use of them. Chu Mofeng heard Li Shimin's question, of course he knew what he was thinking, after all, the two of them are now in a relationship between monarchs and ministers, and at this moment, they are choosing a mentor for the prince, so Li Shimin can't be more cautious.

After listening to Chu Mofeng's eloquent words, Li Shimin knew that the guy in front of him had chosen these people because of reason, and he had misunderstood him, so he immediately smiled and said: "I misunderstood you, don't take it to heart." ”

Who knew that Chu Mofeng glanced at him angrily and said, "If I take it to heart, I will directly recommend me to you to teach Chengqian." ”

As soon as he thought of Chu Mofeng's style of acting in the rivers and lakes, a scene gradually emerged in Li Shimin's mind: Li Chengqian, the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty, wore a dragon robe and stepped on the dragon chair, and the crown symbolizing imperial power was thrown on the dragon case at will, holding the wine jar in his hand and shouting to His Royal Highness's ministers: "Brothers, and follow me to dry this jar of wine, we will not get drunk tonight." Suddenly, Li Shimin gave a cold war, and said with a disgusted face: "I don't dare to let you teach Qian'er, lest Qian'er will not live in the temple and prefer the rivers and lakes at that time." ”

Li Chengqian, who was on the side, listened to the boundless conversation between his father and his uncle, and gradually became interested in the rivers and lakes in his father's mouth, and immediately saluted the two and said: "Father, can you bother the emperor to tell the children the story of the rivers and lakes another day?"

Li Shimin's face turned pale when he heard this, and he was about to open his mouth to reprimand, but was stopped by Chu Mofeng, "It's also good to listen to it, at least the people's sufferings seen on the rivers and lakes, but these people living in temples can't see it." ”

I was thinking that Li Chengqian could also understand the people's suffering, but after listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Shimin nodded undeniably, and then said with a majestic face: "Okay, Qian'er, you are studying well, and then your father will take the exam for you, if you meet your father's requirements, you will be allowed to go out of the palace to your uncle's mansion, and let him tell you about the affairs of the rivers and lakes." ”

Li Chengqian nodded immediately when he heard this, and then bowed to the two, and left the imperial study accompanied by the maid, and after Li Chengqian left, Li Shimin seemed to remember something, and said softly: "When those few begin to teach Qian'er, let Xuanhuang's nephew enter the palace as the prince's companion, and then the two brothers will have a companion, I hope that the two of them can be like you and me, complement each other to govern the country, and then we can smile under Jiuquan." ”

"Everything is in accordance with Your Majesty's will, and the minister does not dare to say anything. Chu Mofeng nodded, and then said with a solemn face: "Is the matter mentioned by His Majesty the Wu Dynasty today about appointing the minister to inspect the Qin Dynasty a temporary intention or has it already been planned?"

"The matter of Yizhou has always been a thorn in my heart, don't forget that my father and the emperor made all those generals official, but these people are uneven, there are always some people who are not useful, I have also thought about this matter for a long time, and today I happened to say it through your words. Li Shimin thought for a moment, raised his head and looked at the falling leaves outside the window, and said worriedly: "At this time, the external troubles have not been eliminated, and there must be no more internal worries." ”

Just when Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng were worried about the country and the people, a carriage from Yizhou was driving towards Chang'an City at a galloping speed, and not far behind the carriage, about fifty knights, holding blades to chase the carriage, the people in the car looked at the pursuers behind them, and couldn't help but say with some horror: "I bother you to speed up a little faster, if you are caught up by them below, everything will be over." ”

When the coachman heard this, he did not answer, but twenty-four raised his whip and whipped it on the horse's back, and the horse pulling the cart was in pain, and immediately accelerated forward with a long neigh.

It was the first day of the 10th month of winter, and there was a solar eclipse in the sky. After the eunuch reported to Li Shimin, Li Shimin issued an edict posthumously crowning the late crown prince's brother Li Jiancheng as the king of Xi, with the nickname of Yin, and the emperor's brother Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, with the nickname of La, and reburied with a royal funeral.

On the day of the burial, Li Shimin cried a lot in Yiqiumen, looking very sad. Wei Zheng and others asked to accompany the hearse to the burial place, and Li Shimin agreed to their request and ordered the former subordinates of the former East Palace and the Qi Palace's palace to go to the funeral.

On the eighth day of the first month, the imperial court set up Li Chengqian, the king of Zhongshan, as the crown prince, who was only eight years old at the time, and planned to choose a teacher for the prince. When the ministers of the court and the central government learned of this, they couldn't help but admire, originally His Majesty and King Xian complemented each other to achieve such a great cause, and now the prince and the prince of King Xian's mansion are studying together, isn't this the next generation of His Majesty and King Xian?

In the same month, the Xianwang Mansion broke the news again, the eldest princess Shi Hanshuang sent the big county lord Chu Ninghan to the Emei faction and began a ten-year career in learning and art; while the side princess Mo Ziyao sent the second county lord Chu Yuetong back to Zhangye and began a ten-year medical career; As soon as this news came out, everyone was amazed.

At this moment, in the Dongshi wine shop, Shi Hanshuang and Li Yuhu sat in a single room on the second floor, looking at the two women in front of them who were shaking their heads and scratching their heads, and they were all over the country and the city, and smiled slightly......

As the saying goes, a misstep becomes a thousand years of hatred, and then look back for a hundred years, and look at the people from Yizhou to report the shocking case, and then look at the Chang'an City faction to kill the gods in the world, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......