Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

After leaving Chongwenguan, I just returned to the main hall where government affairs are handled.

A middle-aged man with a big belly, dressed as a butler, ran over to report.

"Your Highness, the Prince Consort, the two beauties from the Western Regions have been sent out."

"When Fang Yiai and Chai Lingwu saw the beauty from the Western Regions, their eyes widened and their mouths watered."

Li Chengqian nodded seriously and said, "You have done a good job. Take my handwritten order to the storehouse to receive your reward of 500 coins."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" the middle-aged man saluted excitedly.

500 wen was almost two months' salary for him. How could he not be excited?

Moreover, he could get rewards like this eight or ten times a year, and the amount of money he earned every year was very considerable.

After the middle-aged man left, Li Chengqian turned to look at Du He and asked with a little pride.

"Du He, how is my ability to handle affairs?"

Du He's mouth twitched, and he congratulated her, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is a man of swift and decisive actions, a role model for our generation. I admire you."

All you, Li Chengqian, did was to speak and give an order.

The specific work is done by the people below, so there is nothing to be proud of.

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In the next few days, Li Chengqian and Du He seemed to have become invisible people, and devoted themselves to Chongwenguan.

After three days of arduous pinyin teaching, Du He finally taught the "stupid" Chongwenguan scholars.

Once these scholars have learned it, the compilation of the Chinese Dictionary will be easy.

They just need to work their way down step by step based on the 23 birth vowels and 24 finals.

The operation is not difficult, but it is very cumbersome.

While the Eastern Palace was busy compiling the dictionary, the Literary Institute of the Prince of Wei's Palace was also constantly recruiting talents.

Countless students who admired Kong Yingda's name joined the Wei Wangfu Literary Institute.

The power of Prince of Wei Li Tai was growing, but there was no movement from the Crown Prince's side. The Crown Prince's Left Assistant Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu saw it and became anxious.

So the two of them went to the Eastern Palace together, but unexpectedly they were stopped outside the gate by the Eastern Palace's gate guards.

"Who gave you the courage to stop us from going in to find the prince?"

"Get out of here, or I'll make you pay!"

Zhang Xuansu angrily scolded the Eastern Palace guards and tried to force his way in.

"Qiang!"

Several guards from the Eastern Palace who were guarding the gate drew out the swords from their waists.

"My two lords, please don't embarrass me."

"The Crown Prince has issued a death order. No one can enter or leave the East Palace without his permission!"

The leading East Palace guard persuaded with a serious face.

Their duty was to guard the Eastern Palace and only obey the orders of the Crown Prince.

"Okay, okay, you don't want to let us in, right?"

"Brother Yu, let's go to the palace to see the emperor. Don't let the prince follow Du He and do something wrong!"

After Zhang Xuansu finished speaking angrily, Yu Zhining, who also had an ugly expression on his face, went directly to the palace to complain.

Although the prince had been a bad guy in the past, he still listened to their teachings.

Now that the prince has grown so powerful, he won’t even see them. How can this go on?

Do you still want to be the prince?

Ganlu Temple.

When Li Shimin heard the report from the two princes' teachers, he angrily slammed the memorial in his hand heavily on the table.

"Nonsense!"

"It's getting more and more lawless!"

Li Shimin was so angry that his face turned blue and he started cursing.

This rebellious son has been behaving a little better recently, but it turns out it was all a disguise.

This gap made Li Shimin increasingly disgusted with the prince.

The little trust left in my heart is gradually disappearing.

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and gave the order.

"Yu Zhining, Zhang Xuansu, take my order and go to the East Palace to find out the situation."

"If the prince is doing something stupid, tie him up and bring him to Ganlu Palace, and I will deal with him myself!"

He was really angry.

Li Tai is now acting more and more like a wise ruler, but the crown prince is still a hopeless case.

He had no choice but to risk the wrath of the world and announce in the court that the crown prince would be replaced.

"Follow the order!"

Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu returned to the Eastern Palace again with Li Shimin's order.

With Li Shimin's order, the guards at the East Palace gate did not dare to stop him and could only let him in.

At the same time, they sent someone to inform the prince as soon as possible.

"Knock knock knock."

The guards knocked on the door of Chongwenguan.

"Your Highness, Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu have come in with His Majesty's order. They want to see you."

"Bad luck. Okay, I got it. I'll be there later."

In the room, Li Chengqian, who was working hard, said impatiently.

"Du He, I will go meet these two old men first, and then I will come."

"Prince, wait."

Du He stopped Li Chengqian who looked unhappy.

"Your Highness, the two teachers are concerned about you. Remember to speak nicely."

"At least we need to let them know that we are doing something big and not just fooling around."

Li Chengqian listened easily to Du He's reminder and said with a relaxed expression.

"I know."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian and his personal soldiers walked quickly towards the main hall.

When Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu met Li Chengqian for the first time, they criticized him harshly without any investigation.

Li Chengqian remembered Du He's reminder very well. He just endured it silently without saying anything in rebuttal.

After criticizing for a while, Yu Zhining spoke to Li Chengqian earnestly.

"Your Highness, you should be close to virtuous people and stay away from villains. You must stay away from people like Du He who are ignorant and shameless."

"Du He offended a wise minister today, and offended another remonstrant minister tomorrow. If this continues for a long time, who will support you, the Crown Prince?"

As soon as Zhining finished speaking, Zhang Xuansu also spoke.

"Du He is just a minister. He will just muddle along and his life will pass by."

"You are different, Crown Prince. You are responsible for the people of the entire Tang Dynasty. If you become incompetent, the people of the Tang Dynasty will also live a miserable life."

"And His Majesty heard that you have been staying at home and not seeing anyone recently. He was furious and extremely dissatisfied with you!"

Zhang Xuansu also brought up Li Shimin, trying to scare Li Chengqian and make him repent.

In the next half hour, the two teachers took turns bombarding, and the guards guarding the door were trembling with fear.

Too bad!

It’s not easy for the prince!

After the two teachers were tired of scolding, Li Chengqian finally spoke.

"I am not fooling around. I, Du He and 55 other scholars from Chongwenguan are compiling a book that will benefit the country and the people."

"You don't need to ask too much about the specific content of the compilation. When the time comes, your jaws will definitely drop."

It would have been fine if Li Chengqian didn't explain, but once he did, Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu got furious.

"Your Highness, you are just kidding me, aren't you?"

"Who is Du He? He is uneducated and unskilled. It's a blessing that he doesn't come to cause trouble."

"This is really too much! It's fine if you guys just mess around, but you even mobilized so many troops. If His Majesty knew about this, how could he forgive you so easily?"

A rebellious prince, a good-for-nothing second-generation kid, and someone who compiled books that benefited the country and the people.

Who would believe it!

Li Chengqian knew they didn't believe him, but he didn't explain further: "You two teachers can go back and report the truth to the emperor."

"In a month or two, you will understand how important what I and Du He did is."

Li Chengqian directly ordered them to leave.

Zhang Xuansu said with a look of disappointment: "Okay, then let's wait and see what great things you two can do!"

"If there is no result by then, your position as the crown prince will be in jeopardy!"

"That's all I have to say. Prince, take care of yourself."

After saying this, Zhang Xuansu and Yu Zhining left the East Palace with gloomy faces.