Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Compared with His Royal Highness's status, what is a mere Daoist sect? This is the wish of our Daoist sect, and please don't refuse, Your Highness." The noble status Sun Simiao mentioned is naturally not the status of Prince Li Zhen, but the successor of Zhen Yuanzi. identity.

"This... well, I would like to ask the Taoist priest to thank all the Taoist seniors instead of the king." Li Zhen thought for a while, and accepted this generous gift. At worst, she would treat Taoism better in the future.

"Does Master have anything else to do?"

"The old Taoist really wants to ask His Highness for permission." Sun Simiao said a little embarrassedly: "I heard that the Wuzhuang Temple outside Yuezhou City is about to be completed. I don't know if His Highness has a suitable abbot in mind?"

"That's not true." Li Zhen didn't expect Sun Simiao to ask this, but she still told the truth: "Does the Taoist priest mean that?"

"No, no, no, the old man is used to being free and easy, and he still has to study medicine and run around all day, so he has no intention of settling down." Sun Simiao is now working hard on compiling "Qian Jin Fang", how can he have time to care about these mundane things?

"Brother Yuan Tiangang asked the old Taoist to inquire. If His Highness does not have a suitable candidate, he can recommend someone for His Highness."

"Li Chunfeng?" Li Zhen immediately thought of this person. Although Li Chunfeng is Yuan Tiangang's disciple, his theoretical ability is not inferior to Yuan Tiangang's. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement has been calculated, it is really evil to the extreme.However, the current Li Chunfeng is still in middle age, far from being as monstrous as he was later, but he is about the same. If it were him, he would have no problem being an abbot.

"It's Senior Nephew Li." Sun Simiao stopped turning the corner, and said bluntly, "Mr. Li is a direct disciple of Senior Brother Yuan. I have been the deputy abbot for a long time, and I have assisted Senior Brother Yuan in managing Wuzhuang Temple, and I have rich experience, both the old Taoist and Senior Brother Yuan think that Nephew Li is the most suitable candidate."

"Yes, it is indeed a suitable candidate. As long as Li Chunfeng is willing, let him be the abbot." For Li Chunfeng, Li Zhen has a good impression. Although he is a bit arrogant, he is still very capable. Let him be the abbot It could not be better.

Sun Simiao was overjoyed: "The old Taoist thanked His Highness on behalf of Nephew Li."

"You are welcome, Daoist."

After seeing off Sun Simiao, the sky had already darkened, and Li Zhen had time to come to the study: "I'm sorry, brother, Daoist Sun came to visit, I stayed with him for a long time, you know, the old man talks too much."

However, Li Chengqian, who lost his temper as he expected, did not appear. At this time, Li Chengqian sat in Li Zhen's seat, read a book and said slowly: "For an outsider, let your elder brother hang out in the air." The study has been in the study for more than an hour, Li Zhen, is this how you treat me?"

Well, although he didn't lose his temper, there was no lack of sarcasm in his tone.

Li Zhen frowned: "Brother, what you said is wrong. After all, we are a family. What does it matter if our family is wronged? You can't let outsiders wait for us, right?"

"Do you still know that we are a family?" Li Chengqian was suddenly furious, and slammed the book on the desk, furious: "Li Zhen, you still have the nerve to say that we are a family, since we are a family, you Why are you against me everywhere? Since we are a family, why do you make me look so ugly? Since we are a family, why do you want to take away my crown prince? Since we are a family, why do you want to make me like this ?Why?"

"What does this have to do with me? You provoked everything yourself, and I didn't take the initiative to attack you. If you weren't jealous of me, you would be where you are today?" Facing Li Chengqian's fury, Li Zhen Instead, my heart calmed down, and I said firmly, "Why don't you think about yourself? What kind of shit did you do? How wise were you back then? The emperor always asked you to supervise the country every time he went to war. But in recent years, your behavior has become more and more excessive. Think about yourself carefully, do you still look like a prince of a country?

As a Han Chinese, you don’t like Han Chinese culture, but you admire Turkic civilization very much;

As a prince, you did not bring any benefits to the people, but instead led your subordinates to steal the people's cattle and take away their hope of life;

As an older brother, you didn't set an example and set a good example for your brothers, instead you fought to the death with the third brother and the fourth brother;

As a son, you are disobedient and unfilial, and you have repeatedly broken the heart of your father;

As a prince, you are not tolerant and magnanimous, follow the example of your father, follow the example of admonishment, but you are jealous of the virtuous and capable, arrogant and crazy, and even said, "I am the emperor, and I am extremely passionate and indulgent. I will kill those who advise me, but kill hundreds of people." , everyone decides for themselves' such bastard words..."

Speaking of it, Li Chengqian is indeed quite sad. After he was established as the prince, Li Shimin asked many important ministers to serve as his teachers and become his supporters. With the support of his eldest grandson Wuji and the support of his eldest grandson empress, Li Shimin was also satisfied with him. It's unbelievable - it stands to reason that with such a lineup, even if Li Chengqian's qualifications are not good, after Li Shimin's funeral, he will succeed in succession without any problem.

It's a pity that he himself is too deadly, probably because he himself thinks that his throne is a certainty, so he becomes more and more a jerk, and Li Shimin becomes more and more disappointed with him.Later, when Li Tai became an adult, Li Shimin did not let him be an official. Apart from the fact that he really liked Li Tai, he probably wanted to use Li Tai to spur Li Chengqian—you see, your brother has grown up and is more wise than you , if you don't correct it, I will change the prince.

It's a pity that Li Shimin's painstaking efforts were only half realized by Li Chengqian. With Li Tai around, he knew that the position of prince was already very dangerous, but he didn't see that Li Shimin wanted him to correct it, so he directly regarded Li Tai as life and death. The enemy, began to hate Li Tai hard.

Chapter 533 Quarreling and Li Chengqian's Grievance

Chapter 3 Quarrel and Li Chengqian's Grievance

As for Li Tai, because Li Shimin did not appoint him as an official, Li Chengqian became more and more miserable-he really thought that Li Shimin had the intention of changing the prince, and immediately fought with Li Chengqian like chicken blood, and finally both died together , Let Li Zhi pick up a big deal for nothing.

"You still have the nerve to say that I would have become what I am today if you hadn't been so aggressive? You forced me to be where I am today." Li Chengqian was completely mad at Li Zhen's questioning: "You have received the inheritance of the gods. They can produce unexpected treasures and get the great praise from the father, how about me? No matter how good I do, I can only get a good evaluation from the father at most.

Whenever he hears that you have done meritorious deeds outside, the royal father will be happy in the court, always compare me with you, and then reprimand him, he doesn't even think about it, I have never even been out of Chang'an City, how can I make meritorious deeds ?

You open a shop to make money, earn a lot of money, not only no one outside will say you are not, even your father will not say anything.And me?If I want to earn some pocket money, I have to sneak around. If someone bumps into me, not only will my father be angry, but I will also be ridiculed by people outside, and I will lose the face of the royal family.

You were good at launching wars in Nanyang, massacred cities, and killed hundreds of thousands of people. More than half of the officials in the court defended you. I just thought your methods were too cruel, so your father took off the title of prince and locked you in the cold palace. among...

Why?Why are you forgiven for everything you do wrong, but I will be reprimanded if I say something wrong?

Why do you get the inheritance of the gods, why don't the gods come to me?I am the prince..."

At the end, Li Chengqian was already crying, it seemed that he was really wronged in his heart.

"Eh..." Li Zhen couldn't say anything, after all, it was really her own dishonesty.

Yes, I did not take the initiative to fight against Li Chengqian, but I made contributions and destroyed the country outside. Even Li Chengqian can't compare to himself - as the prince of a country, his credit is not as good as that of his brother?It's a personal imbalance.Especially Li Shimin praised himself in front of Li Chengqian every time, and compared him with himself by the way, it was obvious that he became someone else's child...

After a long time, can Li Chengqian bear it?Naturally, the loathing of myself in my heart became more and more profound, and finally broke out completely in the court, and then was abolished by Li Shimin...

This is sad...

"What's more, I don't know what sorcery you used. The emperor dotes on you, and it's fine for the officials to support you. Even the third and fourth children support you. Am I that unbearable?"

"But in the final analysis, you still can't do it yourself." Although she felt a little guilty, Li Zhen was still unwilling to admit her mistake: "Besides, now that things have happened, it's useless to say anything, even if I don't want to be, The crown prince is no longer your turn, and now I have only one way to compensate you, that is, I don't know if you are willing or not."

Li Chengqian wiped his tears and said: "My life is in danger, what can you do to compensate me?"

He used to be a prince, but now he has been demoted to become a county king, and the princes who are usually demoted usually end badly.Even if Li Zhen didn't intend to kill him, now that there are so many people with ulterior motives in the Tang Dynasty, who knows if some organization will kidnap him halfway and rebel in his name?

"I won't talk about this for now." Li Zhen didn't say much on this topic, but asked Li Chengqian a question: "You said just now that I am not only supported by the officials and favored by my father and emperor, but even the third and fourth brothers love me." Did I use black magic to confuse them for speaking for me? You are so wrong, if I can use such black magic, why not just confuse Father Huang?"

"Then what method did you use?" Li Chengqian stopped crying and asked in surprise.

"It's very simple to say." Li Zhen casually took out a map from the bookshelf and handed it to Li Chengqian: "You will know when you open it."

Li Chengqian opened the map suspiciously, and saw a map that was completely different from what he had imagined appeared in front of him. This map was not big, only two newspapers were put together to make it about the same size, but this picture gave Li Chengqian a bigger feeling than the map. The whole Datang is even bigger.

"what is this?"

"Look here." Li Zhen pointed to a corner with her finger, and there were two large characters on it.

"Da Tang?" Li Chengqian gasped in surprise, and then exclaimed loudly: "Da Tang dares to be here, and is only so small? What do you mean..."

Li Chengqian is not an idiot, on the contrary he is very smart, otherwise he would not have been praised by so many people in the early stage.It's just that he didn't use his cleverness in the right place in the later stage, but now Li Zhen has made it so clear, if Li Chengqian still can't see what it is, then he has been the prince for so long for nothing.

Li Zhen nodded to confirm Li Chengqian's guess: "That's right, this is the map of the world, and you can see the location of the Tang Dynasty. Although the area is not small, compared with the whole world, it is so small."

"Then what do you mean by showing me this?" Li Chengqian was even more surprised. This has nothing to do with his compensation, right?

"Of course it has something to do with it." Li Zhen pointed to a place in Europe and said, "Brother, look here."

"What does it mean to draw a circle?" Li Chengqian looked at the European area, and saw that the northern European part was drawn with a thick black line in an extremely irregular circle, enclosing almost three quarters of the northern European area.

"This piece will belong to Fifth Brother in the future." Li Zhen said calmly.

"What does this have to do with Fifth Brother..." Li Chengqian asked subconsciously, and then his face changed wildly: "What are you talking about, what do you mean?"

"That's what you think." Li Zhen was suddenly full of pride, and hugged the world map, as if holding the whole world in her arms, and said excitedly: "Brother, the world is so big, why should we focus on the small world?" Little Datang. My Datang is the most powerful country in the world, and its national strength is even stronger than all other countries. In other words, as long as we have soldiers, we can sweep the whole world, and the whole world will be ours. "

"You lunatic, war madman, you actually want to conquer the whole world... If you do this, you will drag Datang into the abyss of war? No matter how big a country is, warlike ones will surely perish. Don't you know this truth?" Li Chengqian also He became excited. Although he called Li Zhen a lunatic and a war madman, the excitement in his eyes proved that he already knew what Li Zhen wanted to do. He actually wanted to...