Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Li Chengqian, who was originally in a good mood, froze after hearing Du He's words.

Recalling the tone and expression his father used when talking to him, Li Chengqian suddenly felt a chill on his back and his expression became solemn.

I thought his position as the crown prince was extremely stable and that his father would have full trust in him, but I didn't expect that his father would actually test him!

Confusion soon appeared in Li Chengqian's eyes.

He is the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the only candidate to succeed his father. Why does his father do this?

Suspicious of a legitimate prince?

If the emperor was not confident in him, there would be no need to make him the crown prince, let alone let him handle so many important state affairs.

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out, and Li Chengqian's heart was in a mess.

Li Chengqian asked in a somewhat depressed tone: "Du He, I am the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty, why did father do this?"

Du He analyzed in a low voice: "Your Highness, the Emperor is now in his prime, and it is impossible for you, the Crown Prince, to become too powerful."

"And your majesty can still reign for a long time. If you can't wait and want to ascend the throne early, won't your majesty be the next emperor?"

"Therefore, His Majesty will train you to handle state affairs, but your power cannot threaten His Majesty!"

Li Shimin himself ascended the throne by killing his brother and imprisoning his father. He valued the throne so much, so how could he not be on guard against the crown prince Li Chengqian?

In addition, Li Chengqian made frequent small movements, so there was no reason for Li Shimin not to notice it.

After all, not everyone is Buyeo Uija, the king of Baekje, who could wait obediently for decades and wait for his father to die before ascending the throne.

If Li Chengqian followed the same path that Li Shimin took to ascend the throne, and succeeded, Li Shimin would probably vomit blood and die.

Li Chengqian remained silent.

His brows were tightly furrowed, and he was thinking about what Du He said in his mind.

After a long time.

"Hey!"

Li Chengqian sighed heavily.

He continued to walk forward with his cane, and said in a hoarse voice: "Du He, you must remind me more often in the future. Don't let me do anything wrong at this critical moment."

"Recently, Father has been particularly fond of summoning Ninth Brother to Ganlu Palace to study. Don't let your words come true."

He had never taken his ninth brother Li Zhi seriously before, but ever since Du He reminded him of this, he has paid special attention to his ninth brother's actions.

He now discovered that his ninth brother was very similar to Li Tai, both of whom were very capable of pleasing their father.

Du He said helplessly: "Okay."

Even though Li Chengqian appears to be humble and willing to accept advice now, he will definitely forget it in a few days, and you never know when his brain will go crazy.

Although he could remind Li Chengqian of some precautions, they were still too naive in front of a shrewd emperor like Li Shimin.

Li Chengqian nodded, and then asked in a low voice: "Du He, now that my ninth brother has reached the age to be enfeoffed, do you think I should suggest to the emperor that my ninth brother be enfeoffed?"

"Without my ninth brother by my father's side, I believe that other ministers with ulterior motives will not be able to have any evil intentions."

Hearing that Li Chengqian was going to make another stupid move, Du He quickly stopped him and said something.

"Your Highness, you must not tell His Majesty about this in person!"

"If this matter must be spoken, it cannot be spoken through you and the East Palace staff, but through the mouths of neutral ministers."

"If His Majesty were to think that he couldn't tolerate you as his brother, it would be a big problem!"

According to Li Shimin's criteria for selecting an heir, the first one is the magnanimous character that can tolerate brothers, and the second is the ability.

He didn't want the new emperor to massacre his brothers after he ascended the throne.

The tragedy of the Xuanwu Gate Incident was devastating enough after it happened once, and he did not want his descendants to do the same.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Okay."

"I just mentioned it casually. In my heart, Lao Jiu is not even a rival."

Du He, who was following Li Chengqian half a step behind, rolled his eyes speechlessly after hearing what Li Chengqian said.

What about the liar?

What you are always thinking about, don't you consider Li Zhi as your opponent?

Du He just prayed in his heart that this unlucky kid Li Chengqian would not lose his mind and let this matter slip one day.

Just when Du He remained silent, Li Chengqian suddenly asked.

"Du He, how is the preparation of the spies going? Have you encountered any difficulties?"

Du He directly introduced the plan to expand the spy team to Li Chengqian in detail.

After a cup of tea.

Li Chengqian said generously: "Du He, just tell me how much money you need, it's just a small matter!"

"Now that our copper mine has been mined almost completely, we can use the minting furnace to mint coins at any time."

When improving the movable type printing technique, Li Shimin rewarded Li Chengqian with a coin casting furnace and a small copper mine.

Du He didn't bother to be polite with him. He just stretched out his hand and said, "Your Highness, please approve 2 strings of cash first. If it's not enough, I'll come back to you for more money."

"In addition to the money required to expand the spy team, we will also have to spend thousands of coins to garrison the monument."

What?

2 strings of cash?

Li Chengqian's mouth opened wide.

He slapped Du He's hand away and said, "Du He, you really are asking for too much!"

"Even if my coin-making furnace runs all year long, it can't produce 2 strings of cash."

"In the future, you should bring the list to the East Palace for change. Be frugal with me. Money doesn't come from the wind."

These days, copper coins are forged purely by hand by craftsmen, and the efficiency is very low.

Moreover, 2 guan is equivalent to 200 million wen. It is not an easy task to forge 200 million copper coins purely by hand.

Du He curled his lips and said, "Okay."

...

Liangyi Palace.

After several hours of discussion with a group of prime ministers, Li Shimin finally decided on this important matter.

"My dear ministers, it is settled then. Xue Wanche is promoted to the rank of Right Guard General!"

"Let Xue Wanche marry Princess Danyang and become her husband!"

Princess Danyang is the fifteenth daughter of Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan, and she is now remarried.

Zhangsun Wuji, Hou Junji, Fang Xuanling, Li Ji and Li Daozon all stood up and spoke loudly.

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

After several hours of debate, they split into four factions over the candidate for the important position of Right Guard General.

Changsun Wuji wanted to promote people from the Guanlong Group, Li Ji and Fang Xuanling wanted to promote people from the Hedong clan, Li Daozon wanted to promote royal relatives, and Hou Junji wanted to promote generals from the Eastern Palace.

In order to balance the opinions of these ministers, and because Li Shimin himself was optimistic about Xue Wanche, he simply married his sister, Princess Danyang, to Xue Wanche.

In this way, Xue Wanche, who was born in the Hedong Pei family, could be considered a royal relative after marrying the princess.

As for the generals of the Guanlong Group and the Eastern Palace, either there are no outstanding generals or they have relatively little experience and are not suitable for this important task.