Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Ever since Li Shimin finalized the list of combatants in front of all the civil and military officials, the entire court has been in turmoil.

It is said that many generals who were not selected had complaints about the prince.

Inside the Chongwen Pavilion of the Eastern Palace.

Du He and Li Chengqian are watching the progress of the movable type carving.

The lecturer Liao Jun reported: "Your Highness, Prince Consort Du, the craftsmen are now very skilled in carving wooden movable type. On average, each person can carve 40 wooden movable type a day."

"We have already carved more than a thousand commonly used words. At this rate, we will be able to start printing in a few days!"

The Chinese dictionary only needs more than one thousand commonly used characters to cover more than 90% of written materials.

Therefore, they do not need to carve out all the words in the dictionary, but only need to carve more commonly used words for backup.

Li Chengqian was delighted: "Very good! Master Liao, you did a great job!"

"When it is officially printed, I will invite my father to watch it."

"When the time comes, each of you will receive a considerable amount of money as rewards based on your merits."

According to this progress, printing can start in late July, which is much earlier than their original plan.

Although movable type printing had been invented, its importance could not be reflected without actual printing demonstrations.

So Du He suggested to Li Chengqian that they should report the matter to Li Shimin after the official printing.

When Liao Jun heard the word "silver", his old face broke into a smile.

He quickly bowed to the two of them and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, and thank you, Prince Consort Du."

Getting rewards for working, these days are really something to look forward to!

He was already imagining the reactions of his wife, children, and three daughters-in-law when he returned home with the reward money.

"Your Highness, this is bad!"

Suddenly, a gatekeeper on duty ran over with his guards, and shouted in panic.

"Duke E blocked the gate to the East Palace. He cursed and yelled that he wanted to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

When Li Chengqian heard about the old killer Yuchi Gong, Duke of E, he was stunned.

Isn’t Yuchi Gong the governor of Xiazhou?

Why did you return to Chang'an without saying a word?

Li Chengqian turned his head and looked at Du He, with a puzzled look on his face, "Duke E is looking for me? What could it be?"

He had invited Yuchi Gong to the East Palace for tea before, but the old killer ignored him.

If he comes to my house for no reason now, it will definitely not be good.

Du He guessed the purpose of Yuchi Gong's visit and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the purpose of Duke E's visit is probably to ask for a quota of generals to go to Goguryeo. You must not give in."

"Why? Duke E is so capable, and he volunteered. Wouldn't it be better to bring him along?"

Li Chengqian was very confused.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to establish a relationship with Yuchi Gong.

Du He shook his head and said, "Your Highness, you must not act too hastily. If you blatantly try to win over powerful generals, whether Duke E is willing to support you is secondary. This move is likely to arouse suspicion from His Majesty."

The Xuanwu Gate Incident is still vivid in my mind!

Li Chengqian was unwilling to give up. He frowned and said, "Du He, are we going to waste this good opportunity?"

If I refuse Yuchi Gong's small request, it will be difficult to get in touch with him again in the future.

Isn't this a good opportunity that has been missed in vain?

Du He smiled and explained, "Your Highness, haven't we already given Yuchi Huan a position as the chief march officer?"

"Promote Yuchi Huan and bring him to the Eastern Palace. As for Duke E, it's enough as long as he has good intentions towards us."

"In a few years, when Your Majesty is older and thinking about the succession, he won't be so suspicious."

"Your Majesty is still young and strong. It would be a bad thing if you were too close to the generals."

Unless you want to repeat the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

Du He said this in his heart but did not speak it out loud.

Li Chengqian was silent for a moment, also thinking and weighing Du He's words carefully.

After a while.

Li Chengqian raised his head and said, "Okay, Du He will listen to you."

"You should go out with me. Duke E is very difficult to deal with. I am afraid I can't handle him alone."

Yuchi Gong was a notorious tough guy who loved to make trouble like a bandit.

Li Chengqian faced him alone and had no confidence at all, so he could only call Du He out to support him.

It's easy to imagine that since Yuchi Gong is blocking the door, nothing good can come of it.

Du He smiled and said, "Okay, Your Highness, let's go meet Duke E."

Yuchi Gong was arrogant and conceited, and even Li Daozon, the King of Rencheng and a relative of the Li clan, was beaten by him.

Important officials such as Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were also often ridiculed by him in person.

The key point is that he is so arrogant, yet he is still alive and well and has a large army under his command.

This shows how much favor Li Shimin showed to him.

When Du He and Li Chengqian walked out of the East Palace gate, they saw Yuchi Gong, fully armored, standing at the gate with his hands on his hips, cursing.

What the hell!

Is this old killer crazy?

He actually put on the armor he had worn when he fought with Li Shimin!

But Yuchi Gong has gained weight now, and this armor doesn’t fit him well and looks a bit funny.

Du He and Li Chengqian looked at each other, feeling something was wrong.

When Yuchi Gong saw Li Chengqian and Du He coming out, he hurried over to greet them and said in a voice as loud as a bell: "Your Highness, why didn't you choose me to fight against Goguryeo?"

"Don't tell me, do you think my ability is inferior to that of Li Ji, Hou Junji, and Zhang Liang?"

Seeing Yuchi Gong coming towards him aggressively, Xi Junmai took half a step forward with a serious expression, protecting Li Chengqian and Du He behind him.

Li Chengqian whispered, "Don't be nervous, Duke E is the most loyal to my father and will not cause any harm to me."

Xi Junmai nodded and took a step back.

But his eyes were always on Yuchi Gong.

Yuchi Gong saw the huge Xi Junmai and looked at him with a look of surprise: "What a burly young man, are you interested in fighting him?"

Xi Junmai had no interest at all.

Competing with an old man who is nearly 60 years old, even if you win, it would be an unfair victory.

Moreover, Yuchi Gong is of noble status and holds a high position of power. If I accidentally injure him and His Majesty blames me, wouldn't that be a loss?

"Spineless."

Seeing that Xi Junmai had no reaction, Yuchi Gong shook his head in boredom.

Then, he glared at me with his big copper bell eyes and said, "Your Highness, you haven't answered my question yet. Why don't you choose me to fight with you?"

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Duke E, there are so many people coming and going outside, why don't we go into the hall and talk in detail?"

There are so many officials coming and going outside, and it is close to the Taiji Hall, so the noise and disturbance could easily lead to a joke.

Yuchi Gong saw several people looking over here in the distance, so he walked into the East Palace with Li Chengqian and Du He with a gloomy face.

"Someone, prepare tea."

"Serve the fruit cakes!"

Li Chengqian instructed the maid.

Yuchi Gong, this old killer, refused to come to the Eastern Palace when he was invited before.

No matter what, we must treat him well this time.