Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Li Shimin knew that making this decision would definitely cause confusion and suspicion among his ministers.

However, judging from the current situation, Li Baiyao, Zhang Xuansu and Yu Zhining are of little use in teaching the prince.

On the contrary, their discussions on literature with the King of Wei were quite fruitful.

Moreover, Ma Zhou, Liu Li and Cen Wenben have taught the prince very well, and he is very satisfied with his current performance.

As an emperor and a father, Li Shimin believed that making this decision would benefit several ministers and his two sons.

However, a number of civil and military officials did not think so about the decision made by Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty sent so many important officials to the Prince of Wei's Palace. Is this a different signal?"

"The King of Wei now lacks only a title and a proper configuration. Is that no different from the Crown Prince?"

"Your Majesty, do you want the King of Wei to compete with the Crown Prince?"

The hearts of the ministers were surging like a tidal wave.

"The Emperor's mind is hard to predict!"

This is what the majority of the ministers thought in their hearts.

What was even more subtle this time was that no one in the court, whether civil or military, stood up to object, but only had expressions of surprise and confusion on their faces.

Especially Chu Suiliang, who liked to give advice, his thoughts were wandering at the moment, and there was a hint of nervousness on his face.

What he cares about most now is his own career, so there is no need to contradict His Majesty and make him unhappy.

"quiet!"

Li Shimin frowned and spoke loudly.

After everyone quieted down, Li Shimin straightened up slightly and swept his sharp eyes over all the officials.

Among them, his gaze stayed on Du He, Chu Suiliang and Cui Renshi the longest.

However, he did not announce the appointment immediately, but directly announced his retirement.

After the court meeting, Li Shimin called Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Liu Li, Gao Shilian, Hou Junji and others to the Liangyi Hall.

"Ah, I'm afraid there have been changes."

There was a look of dejection on Chu Suiliang's face.

He and Zhangsun Wuji had been eyeing this important position of Imperial Secretary for a long time, and were also working hard to gain favor in front of the emperor.

Things were originally going smoothly, but unexpectedly Du He jumped out and interfered.

When Chu Suiliang left the Taiji Hall, he looked at Master Cui Renshi, who had a smile on his face. Then he turned around and left with a sneer on his face.

Cui Renshi thought that with the support of the Wei Wangfu staff, he could take up this important position of Huangmen Shilang.

How ridiculous.

Look at him, he's just daydreaming!

Chu Suiliang never regarded Cui Renshi as a competitor.

After ministers above the third rank left Taiji Hall.

A group of officials of the fourth and fifth ranks gathered together again.

They whispered to each other and made all kinds of comments about the appointed people.

Fang Yiai saw that Du He's elder brother was promoted to the powerful position of Shangshu Zuocheng and became the deputy of his father Fang Xuanling.

This time he didn't say anything to Du He and just took his things and left.

Du He was not in a hurry. He took his things and went straight to the East Palace.

Now that the expedition was getting closer, he had to seize the time to practice his horse riding skills.

East Palace.

Mingde Hall.

Li Chengqian saw Du He coming in, and quickly stood up and asked, "Du He, what's going on?"

Du He shook his head and said, "There is no result yet, but His Majesty has summoned all the ministers to the Liangyi Palace to discuss the matter. This should be the last discussion."

This time, Du He also witnessed how powerful Changsun Wuji was. Even with so many ministers speaking for Du He, they were almost no match for Changsun Wuji alone.

Li Chengqian consoled him, "Du He, don't take it too seriously. He's just a small official."

"It would be best if you can be the commander, but it doesn't matter if you can't. The most important thing is that you lead the battle against Goguryeo well."

"Your future depends on me!"

Unlike neutral ministers, Du He is completely tied to him, and will benefit the most only if he ascends the throne.

What does it matter if he is appointed as the Minister of the Menxia Province now? Once Li Tai succeeds to the throne, he will be demoted in two days.

Du He smiled but said nothing, changing the subject and said, "Your Highness, I'm going to practice horse riding now so that I can lead the army into battle in the future. What about you?"

"Go together."

Li Chengqian said tacitly.

In recent months, the two of them have only practiced charging, and they were riding top-notch horses.

During the drill, Xi Junmai, with a dozen Qianniu guards, could not catch up with the two of them.

At first, Xi Junmai was afraid that they would get hurt, so he did not chase them with all his strength.

Later I found out that even if I tried my best, I couldn't catch up with these two gentlemen.

Before lowering the value.

Du He and Li Chengqian sat in the Mingde Hall, drinking tea with tired faces. They talked about the changes in officials in the court.

Suddenly Pei Xingjian rushed in with a happy look on his face. He first bowed respectfully to Li Chengqian and Du He.

He then said excitedly: "Brother Du, Duke Chen asked me to bring you a message."

"It's done!"

Pei Xingjian is now Hou Junji's future son-in-law and works in the Eastern Palace. It would be most appropriate for him to let his future son-in-law do things that are inconvenient for him.

"it is good!"

Upon hearing the good news, Li Chengqian slammed the table.

Du He also felt a little happy.

After all, he became the Imperial Secretary through his own efforts and the support of his uncles, which was not easy to come by.

Li Chengqian turned to look at Du He and said with a sly smile on his face.

"Du He, since you are so happy today, why don't you stay in the East Palace and have a couple of drinks?"

Du He quickly stood up, cupped his hands and said, "I appreciate your kindness, Your Highness."

"Now that we are about to go to war, and Yi'er is pregnant, I have to go back and spend more time with her."

"Farewell."

After saying that, Du He patted Pei Xingjian on the shoulder, and quickly left the East Palace.

Li Chengqian looked at Du He's back with a smile, and scolded him softly with a laugh: "Du He, this guy, is only thinking about his wife now, and has no ambition at all."

"Yier is so lucky to marry a good husband."

Li Chengqian sighed, then said to Pei Xingjian.

"Keep your promise. You don't have any plans for later, do you? Come have a drink with me?"

Pei Xingjian blushed and said, "Your Highness, I have already made an appointment with Miss Hou yesterday to go outside the city to enjoy the snow. This..."

Seeing that Pei Xingjian was the same as Du He, Li Chengqian waved his hands helplessly and said.

"Go ahead, go ahead. When you marry Haitang, I will give you a big gift."

Hou Junji planned to marry his daughter to Pei Xingjian. It was Du He who told him about this.

Pei Xingjian clasped his fists with a look of relief and said, "Thank you, Your Highness. I will take my leave."

It was a long day, and many people spent it in agony.

Inside the Manna Hall.

Tang Jian took a large stack of rice paper with recorded data and presented it to Li Shimin while explaining it.

"Your Majesty, after several months of investigation within the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Revenue found that the majority of offspring conceived by close relatives died young or had physical defects."

"The more sparsely related the blood relationship is, the healthier the offspring will be."

Li Shimin looked through the data on the imperial edict and his brows were tightly furrowed.

He suddenly thought of what Du He said: "Close relatives marrying each other will affect the country's destiny."

This means that Li Zhi and Chang Sun Chong's marriage was also a wrong decision.

"Hey!"

Thinking that he was the one who had ruined his daughter Li Zhi, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh.

But the matter has been settled, how could she bring herself to ask her to divorce Chang Sun Chong?

We still need to take a long-term view!

There was a court meeting the next day.

After discussing daily government affairs, Li Shimin again instructed Wang De to announce the official appointment letters.

coming!

All the civil and military officials turned their eyes to Du He and Chu Suiliang.

As for Cui Renshi, he was like an invisible person and I didn't even bother to look at him.

The drowsy Du He suddenly became alert and straightened his back a little.

"Tsk, you are really a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Do you think you can take a peek at the position of Huangmen Shilang?"

When Fang Yiai saw Du He's actions, he couldn't help but sneer in a low voice.