Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

All the ministers were shocked and discussed one after another.

All the ministers: "The king of Wei is wearing the prince's uniform and walking with your majesty. It seems that the position of the prince will be handed over to the king of Wei."

Changsun Wuji: "Your Majesty has never discussed this matter with us. It seems that His Majesty is aware of it."

Zhu Suiliang: "Everyone knows what King Wei said yesterday. Who would have thought that King Wei could see the general situation of the world so clearly."

Changsun Wuji: "So what? Since ancient times, emperors and scholar-bureaucrats have ruled the world together."

Zhu Suiliang: "We and other gentry clans are all over the court and the public."

Changsun Wuji glanced at Zhu Suiliang with a complicated expression.

Zhu Suiliang is also from the gentry clan, but he is very special.

Zhu Suiliang was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and the appointment and dismissal of officials, big and small, had to be done by hand.

He is also a historian, in charge of the speeches of future generations, whether the emperor's benevolence or not is all in his mind.

In history, he was the one who recorded the change of Xuanwu Gate. Later, Li Shimin read it on a whim, and changed the details.

So far, history only knows the result of the Xuanwu Gate Change, but not the details.

"dismount!"

Li Shimin led Li Tai up to Chaotian Gate, and asked Li Tai, "My lord, how is the scenery here?"

At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and the purple official uniforms looked gray. Looking around, I saw officials in black gauze hats waiting in front of Chaotian Gate.

When the time is up, the door will be opened, and all the officials will enter the Tai Chi Hall in order.

"There are groups of green shirts, black yarns facing each other, and many civil and military officials, which shows that the Tang Dynasty is prosperous and prosperous."

Li Shimin smiled and said to Li Tai.

"Well, this is the country that I conquered, and they are my ministers.

I am old and so are they.

I can no longer control them, nor can they control the clan behind them.

Five surnames and seven hopes, three parts of the world.

I belong to the Li family, and belong to the generals' faction, and all of my direct descendants are in the army.

The other faction is the civil servants, and most of the hundreds of civil servants in the imperial court belong to them.

Another faction is the Wu clan. Although they have no soldiers and no power, they have a lot of money in their hands, and many imperial examination officials have taken refuge in them, and they are growing stronger day by day.

A group of military generals can fight against the enemy and resist the barbarians with ease.

The civil servants govern the country, and the country is prosperous and the people are safe, which is like a fish in water.

The three factions are vying for each other to rule the world. What you have to do is to balance the three factions and know how to choose.

Prince, what do you think? "

For the time being, this is indeed the case.

The Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times and returned in failure. The entire dynasty was dragged down and became a mess.

And when the faction of generals with the highest military power received the support of the richest martial arts family, it seemed like a fish in water, and it was a matter of course to get the whole world.

Those civil servants should be chopped and killed, after cleaning.

Li Shimin discovered that civil servants were indispensable to govern the country, so he continued the imperial examination, but those who could afford to read were still powerful.

Therefore, the Wu clan, with more civil servants joining, grew stronger day by day.

"Father, have you ever thought about being above all clans!?"

Li Tai said with a meaningful expression.

"Of course I've thought about it, but it's simply impossible. Not all problems can be solved with soldiers. It's different than leading a country to fight a war."

Li Shimin is also very helpless, and many times he is also very helpless in this situation.

"Forget it, the emperor will still follow me, and after a few more days of study, he will be able to figure out the temperament of this group of people.

However, Huang'er, you have to remember that you can't wrong your family at any time.

Only your own family is the most reliable. "

"My son understands."

Li Tai was speechless. This was the limitation of his thinking. To be fair, the Tang Dynasty was still a product of compromise.

But unlike other dynasties, the Tang Dynasty was born in the flames of war, never built the Great Wall, and destroyed more than 30 countries successively, making it the number one in the world.

The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty left a deep impression on them as early as thousands of years ago. In the subsequent thousands of years of exchanges, Japan, the United States, Britain...many countries can find Chinatowns.

Datang's name has long spread throughout the world.

"Go, it's morning time."

As soon as the door opened, the important ministers who had been waiting for a long time entered in order.

The eunuch on duty shouted: "Go up to court."

In the Taiji Palace, 24 vermilion stone pillars benefit the main hall.

At the end of the main hall are nine steps, intended to be ninety-five supreme.

Standing on top of it is a dragon chair facing north and south.

Standing at the front are the crown prince and princes.

Followed by important officials of the court, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others.

The latter is Shangshu, and the rest are arranged in order of rank.

The one on the left is a general, and the one on the right is a civil servant, all wearing robes.

After everyone stood up, the eunuch stood up and announced with that unique rooster voice.

(Eunuchs existed as early as the pre-Qin period, such as the famous eunuch Zhao Gao, who may have many official names such as eunuchs...)

"Your Majesty is here."

At this time, Li Shimin came up majestically and sat on the dragon chair.

Today is very special, the princes who were not qualified to go to the early court came here one by one.

"Your Majesty is wise!" All the officials bowed and saluted.

"Freedom from courtesy." Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report!!" Kong Yingda stood up directly.

"Ai Qing, please speak."

"The prince's behavior is disorderly, absurd and promiscuous, and even more rebellious. I implore your majesty to punish the prince severely, so as to rectify the court."

Speaking of which, Li Chengqian is also pitiful.

Yu Zhining was always criticizing, Kong Yingda even compared Li Chengqian to Qin II, and Zhang Xuansu was admonishing all the time.

Three people, one is better at spraying than the other, making small reports every day, this is a personal breakdown.

"All my lovers are discussing, so it's inconvenient for me to say more!"

Li Shimin's face was calm, and he looked at Kong Yingda fiercely.

Although he knew that Li Chengqian would have to deal with it sooner or later, but he was his son after all, and he didn't want to deal with it, so he directly threw it to the civil and military officials.

"This..."

"Rebel, according to the law...when..."

"But that's the prince..."

None of the officials stood up, there was no need to discuss this matter, and rebellion should be executed according to the law!

At this moment, Li Tai stood up and said, "Your Majesty, if you are a loving father, you can enjoy the rest of your life. It is better to demote the crown prince as a commoner."

All the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that this was probably the best result.

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister seconded the proposal..."

So, this matter was settled.

"Oh, let's do it!"

Li Shimin let out a long breath, finally saved Li Chengqian's life, and glanced at Li Tai without leaving a trace.

At this moment, Kong Yingda stood up again, "Your Majesty, I have an answer."

"Ai Qing, please speak."

"The minister impeached the King of Wei. He was wearing the prince's uniform, regardless of his superiority and inferiority. He even rode his horse at the Chaotian Gate. He violated the etiquette. Your Majesty please punish him."

"Hmph~" Li Shimin was very displeased, and immediately defended Li Taidao.

"The dress was given by me, and the horse was also given by me. I just want to tell the world that King Wei is the heir apparent."

Of course Kong Yingda knew this, but it was their duty to persuade the emperor.

"Your Majesty can't, it's a breach of etiquette, what's more, just after the prince was abolished, King Wei became the prince.

This is too fast, too unusual. "

There is something in Kong Yingda's words.

After all, everyone knows that the fight between the crown prince and the king of Wei, directly establishing himself as the crown prince, this...

And it doesn't conform to the rules at all, so there must be a grand ceremony.

As soon as he said this, Li Shimin immediately blew his beard and stared.

"Hmph, it was you who urged the crown prince to be established, and now it's you again.

No wonder the prince's temperament changed drastically, it's all due to you. "

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Kong Yingda immediately broke out in sweat.

"Just fill in the red tape. I believe that the crown prince is none other than Li Tai. If there is nothing wrong, then step down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Kong Yingda returned to her seat.

None of the officials objected, after all, Zhu Suiliang, who is a historian, dared not write down what happened yesterday.

Because Li Tai's words almost exposed the thoughts of all civil servants.

They did live a very hard life, with better troops and simpler administration, after Li Shimin dismissed many people.

It is normal for one person to do the work of two people, and the power in his hands is amazing.

However, Li Shimin is still so anti-corruption that even his brother-in-law Sun Shunde was forced to rebel.

Seeing that the meat in his mouth can't be eaten, isn't this hard work?

None of the officials objected, and everyone revealed this matter tacitly.

After all, if you look deeper, Baiguan's face is not good-looking, and Li Shimin's face is even more bad-looking.

"Your Majesty, I have something important to announce." At this time, Fang Xuanling stood up.

"My love, please speak."

Fang Xuanling stood up and reported.

"Your Majesty, the autumn harvest is over now, the national treasury is full, and the granaries everywhere are full.

Food and grass on the frontier should be distributed, and weapons, armor, horses, and crossbows should be replaced with old and new.

Strengthen frontier defenses to prevent thieves from fleeing. "

Generally speaking, after the autumn harvest, local governments have to keep some for themselves and hand over some at the same time.

At the same time, because it was winter and the pastures were dead, cavalry would come from the grasslands to attack and rob.

At this time, the frontier needs more soldiers, food, clothing, weapons...

"Well, it should be so." Li Shimin nodded, and asked again: "How about the wear and tear of the horse?"

The average lifespan of a horse is 20 years, and the service time is seven or eight years.