Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

He asked in a cold voice: "Wei Suan, do you know what means the prince used to recruit people?"

Wei Suan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Your Highness, the Prince of Wei, in addition to promising benefits like us, he also promised those scholars that as long as they are recruited into the Chongwen Academy, their poems will be given priority to be selected into the poetry collection."

"These scholars all ran to the East Palace for fame and fortune."

After Wei Suan finished speaking, Fang Yiai explained, "Your Majesty asked the Secretariat to compile the poems written at the Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival into a collection of poems. This task will be completed by the Secretariat."

"And Du He is the junior secretary supervisor, so he has a lot of room for maneuver."

The Wude Hall fell into silence in an instant.

I don’t know how long the silence lasted, Li Tai, with a red face, cursed angrily.

"What a Du He, he actually abused his power for personal gain!"

"No, I'm going to go and complain to my father!"

As he said this, Li Tai was about to go into Ganlu Palace to file a complaint.

Wei Ting, who had been standing aside without saying a word, suddenly became expressionless and quickly tried to persuade him.

"Your Highness, you must not do this!"

"Du He is the secretary-general, and compiling poetry collections is his responsibility."

"And the prince only promised that the scholars would be given priority, but he did not say that their poems would definitely be included in the collection."

"In the end, we will be the ones who suffer. Your Highness, please think twice!"

The arrangements made by the King of Wei for this poetry meeting had already contained serious flaws.

If I go to His Majesty to tell trolls again, and the person I tell trolls is Du He who performed well at the poetry meeting.

No matter how much Your Majesty favors the King of Wei, he will still be unhappy.

Hearing the reminder from his top aide, Li Tai paused.

His expression changed several times, and then he cursed.

"Damn Du He, you ruined my good deeds!"

Then, still not satisfied, he turned around and scolded his staff, "You bunch of good-for-nothings, you can't recruit anyone on the spot, can't you improvise?"

"If you can't even recruit a bunch of little scholars, what use do I have to you!"

Wei Ting, Du Chuke, Fang Yiai and others all lowered their heads and accepted the scolding.

The King of Wei has been getting more and more irritable recently. They have been scolded more times in the past month than in the previous six months.

After cursing for a while, Li Tai calmed down slowly and made arrangements with a frown.

"Wei Ting, have someone screen these scholars again tomorrow and select the talented ones to join the Literature Museum."

Although the ones selected were the remaining people of the crown prince, there are still thousands of people, and there must be some talented people.

But I always feel a little uncomfortable picking up the leftovers that the prince has eaten.

Before Wei Ting could answer, the spy prince Wei Suan said with a stiff upper lip: "Your Highness, I'm afraid these scholars will not come to the Prince of Wei's Mansion..."

Li Tai raised his brows: "Why?"

Wei Suan said truthfully: "These scholars drank the sweet soup given by the prince in the East Palace. When they were having fun in the wine shop and brothel, they all praised the prince's wisdom."

"And there are also many scholars who are talking about Your Highness behind his back..."

The courtesy these scholars received in the Eastern Palace was a great honor in their lives, and they boasted about it everywhere.

In addition, the King of Wei is now being criticized and condemned. The comparison between the two will invisibly magnify the wisdom of the prince.

"Humph!"

Li Tai snorted heavily, his teeth grinding.

He regretted extremely at this moment why he provided free meals to those unruly people!

The negative impact it has brought to him now is so great.

I regret it!

This time he remained silent even longer. Fang Yiai, Du Chuke and others were so frightened that they dared not breathe, for fear of touching Li Tai's brow.

After a long time, Li Tai swung his sleeves and said with anger on his face.

"Since these unruly people are so ungrateful, there is no need for me to give them great wealth."

"Wei Suan, you secretly send someone to register these scholars. The Prince of Wei's Palace will never employ these people again!"

Wei Suan quickly bowed and said, "Yes!"

Li Tai put his hands behind his back, walked back and forth in front of everyone with a gloomy face, and the blue veins on his forehead popped out.

He is a legitimate prince of the Tang Dynasty, and is also the most favored by his father. There is a great possibility that he will ascend to the throne of the Tang Dynasty emperor in the future.

How can the lame prince compare to him?

These frogs in the well actually don't think highly of him. They really have no vision at all.

The more Li Tai thought about it, the angrier he became.

After suffering two major setbacks in a row, Li Tai, who had always performed well, became somewhat psychologically unbalanced.

Wei Ting, Du Chuguo, Fang Yiai and Cui Renshi exchanged glances, and they all stood up and bowed to Li Tai to accept the punishment.

"Your Highness, Prince Wei, we were indeed incompetent in handling the Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival. We are ashamed of your trust."

"Your Highness, please punish us!"

Li Tai looked at his capable supporters who sincerely admitted their mistakes and gave him a way out, and his expression eased a lot.

These people were an important part of his fight with the crown prince for the throne, so he couldn't blame them too much.

So Li Tai said in a deep voice: "Forget it this time. In the future, if you encounter such a small matter, don't take it lightly and take it seriously."

"I will not pursue the past. You all should go back and think carefully about what it will take for the Crown Prince to lose the war against Goguryeo!"

“This is a crucial war.”

At this point, Li Tai's eyes narrowed and his voice became extremely cold.

"If the prince wins, our chances will be even slimmer!"

"If the prince is defeated, or even dies, you will all be rewarded with first-class merit when I ascend the throne!"

"The authority that I promised you will be fully fulfilled!"

Hearing Li Tai's cold words, all the staff present showed a hint of cruelty in their eyes.

If Li Chengqian died in Goguryeo, the King of Wei could be directly made the crown prince.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

When they left the Wude Hall, they all remained silent and didn't say much.

Half a quarter of an hour later, a spy arrived at the Wude Hall.

He was not summoned in, but reported the news to the spy leader Wei Suan outside the hall.

Hearing the important news brought by the spy, Wei Suan frowned and asked, "Your identity is top secret. How did they find you?"

"Replying to Lord Wei, I have a brother under my command who used to be in contact with them."

Wei Suan nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go down first! I'll let you know when there's further news."

"promise!"

The spy saluted respectfully and left quickly.

Wei Suan walked into the Wude Hall with a solemn expression and reported to Li Tai in a low voice: "Your Highness, the Prince of Wei, the remnants of the Yin family want to see you."

Li Tai raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice, "What do these traitors want to do with me?"

In the case of Prince Qi's rebellion, the Yin family was the main supporter.

Moreover, after the rebellion failed, most of the Yin family members were killed by the emperor.

At this critical juncture, if the emperor knew that they had private contact, he would probably have opinions about him.

Wei Suan shook his head and whispered, "Your Highness, the people of the Yin family said that these things can only be discussed with you in person."

"If Your Highness does not want to have contact with them, I will go and tell them."

Li Tai didn't say anything. He tapped his hand lightly on the table and frowned in thought.

The relationship between the Yin family and their Li family is extremely complicated.