Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Li Shimin leaned back lazily with his hands on the armrests of the chair. His face was gloomy at the moment, making it difficult to guess what he was thinking.

a long time.

He spoke again slowly.

"I want to ask you, how is Li Chengqian doing as the crown prince?"

Li Shimin did not answer the topic on which the ministers were debating, but instead asked a second question.

His eyes were also fixed on Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and Hou Junji.

The court officials followed Li Shimin's gaze. Some of the smaller fifth-rank officials wanted to make some comments, but they swallowed them back in an instant.

Your Majesty's question is not for everyone, but just for the opinions of a few big guys.

These top officials did not answer immediately, but lowered their heads to think deeply.

Their answers could directly affect Li Shimin's judgment, and they had to be carefully considered before they could be spoken.

Li Shimin did not urge them either. He looked at his right-hand men quietly with a serious face.

After a cup of silence.

Hou Junji, who supported Li Chengqian's appointment, was the first to stand up and say, "Your Majesty, Li Chengqian has been the crown prince for 18 years. He has handled government affairs in an orderly manner and has made no mistakes during this period."

"Although he made some bad moves in the past few years, he has recently regained his virtuous character and is still compiling books that benefit the country and the people. I think he is qualified!"

It was these words that directly ignited the anger in Li Shimin's heart.

"Snapped!"

Li Shimin slammed his hands heavily on the armrests, he stood up suddenly and shouted.

"Qualified? Qualified as hell!"

"All the evidence shows that the prince is not compiling books at all, but indulging in sensual pleasures!"

"He is treating me and the people of the world as fools!"

What hurt him the most was that his sincerity was betrayed and deceived.

If Li Chengqian and Du He had explained the situation to him promptly at the beginning, admitted their mistakes and corrected them, he would not have been so completely disappointed.

In Li Shimin's heart at this time, Prince Li Chengqian was already hopeless.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

Some civil and military officials stood up to persuade him.

Seeing that Li Shimin was so angry with the prince, Wei Ting, Du Chuke, Chai Lingwu, Fang Yiai, Cui Renshi and other Wei Wangfu followers showed ecstasy on their faces.

We are getting closer and closer to achieving our goal!

Still need the last fire.

Call Li Chengqian to the main hall for confrontation!

As long as Li Chengqian fails to compile new books, his position as crown prince will be over.

Fang Xuanling stood up with a serious face and said without praise or criticism: "Your Majesty, the prince is the eldest son, and the foolish things he has done now will not harm the people. You only need to send a strict teacher to teach him carefully and correct his shortcomings and deficiencies."

"Your Majesty is still young and strong, and there is still enough time to correct the prince's mistakes."

Fang Xuanling was loyal to Li Shimin, and his starting point for considering issues was the Tang Dynasty.

"What Fang Sikong said is absolutely right. We agree with him."

Si Tu Zhangsun Wuji, Te Jin Li Jing, Zhong Shu Ling Yang Shidao, Shang Shu You Pushe Gao Shilian and others stood up to express their agreement.

These important officials who held the highest power in the Tang Dynasty were only loyal to Li Shimin and the Tang Dynasty.

They don't know how to take sides, nor do they dare to take sides.

The powerful ministers took sides, and Li Shimin dealt with them one by one.

Wei Ting, the Minister of Taichang Temple, and Du Chuke, the Minister of Works, were also high-ranking officials. The reason why they both openly supported Li Tai without getting into trouble was that one of them worked as an official in the Prince of Wei's palace, and the other as the chief historian.

The two of them were ministers specially sent by Li Shimin to assist Li Tai, so it was reasonable for them to support Li Tai.

Seeing that several of his right-hand men still insisted that Li Chengqian continue to serve as the crown prince, Li Shimin frowned.

He took two steps forward and shouted, "In the past few years, I have sent many strict teachers to teach the prince, but has he changed?"

"Count it up, how many chances have I given the prince? Has it worked?"

In order to correct the rebellious prince, Li Shimin successively selected more than a dozen veteran and famous officials to serve as assistants in the Eastern Palace.

Such as Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Yu Zhining, Du Zhenglun, Kong Yingda and Ma Zhou.

The final result was obvious. Not only was it ineffective, but the prince became even more rebellious.

Li Shimin swept his sharp eyes over the ministers, and they all lowered their heads, not daring to look him in the face.

Except for Du He who was sitting at the back of the hall!

snort!

Seeing that Du He still maintained a calm expression, Li Shimin became even angrier.

Last month, Du He signed a military order with him in Ganlu Palace, swearing that the prince was compiling books. At that time, Li Shimin believed Du He's lies.

But nearly two months have passed and they have not made any move.

Therefore, Li Shimin thought in his heart that Du He and the prince had colluded to hide it from him.

At today's court meeting, he not only wants to change the crown prince, but also wants to deal with Du He.

Having said this, Li Shimin took a deep breath and directly stated his decision.

"The Crown Prince used the excuse of compiling a book to have fun in the East Palace for two consecutive months. He not only deceived me and the court officials, but also deceived the people of the Tang Dynasty."

"What he did has already caused public outrage. If we don't severely punish the prince, it will not be enough to appease the public anger!"

"For the continuation of the Tang Dynasty, I have decided today to depose Crown Prince Li Chengqian and appoint Prince of Wei Li Tai as the new Crown Prince!"

Because he had already made up his mind to depose the crown prince, Li Shimin completely agreed with what Wei Ting said, that the crown prince was committing adultery in broad daylight in the East Palace!

"what!"

The ministers were all shocked and opened their mouths wide as His Majesty replaced the Crown Prince in such an arbitrary and arbitrary manner without verification.

The followers of Prince Wei's palace stood up excitedly and echoed.

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Very good!

Now that the King of Wei has become the crown prince, when he successfully ascends the throne in the future, these confidants of theirs will definitely be given important positions.

The back of the crowd.

Du He, who seemed to be forgotten by everyone, was now resting his hand on his chin, observing the performance of these ministers as if he was watching a play.

Unlike the shocked ministers, he was now as steady as a rock, without the slightest panic.

"Let's make some noise!"

"I'll be slapped in the face soon, and see where you guys can put your dignity."

It’s a pity that there are no melon seeds now.

Otherwise, it would be more interesting to watch the show while eating melon seeds.

After about ten breaths, the ministers who supported Li Chengqian finally reacted.

Chu Suiliang, the Imperial Counselor and Prince's guest, advised: "Your Majesty, the issue of the crown prince has been discussed several times before, and everyone has reached a consensus on the goal."

"The Tang Dynasty's rule of succession is that the eldest son takes the throne. Now the eldest son is not suitable, so the eldest grandson Li Jue should be made the crown prince!"

"Your Majesty, it is against the rules to make the King of Wei the Crown Prince now!"

In order to prevent the Xuanwu Gate Incident from happening again, Li Shimin and a group of ministers established sensible rules for succession.

Make the eldest son the crown prince!

If the crown prince dies young, the eldest grandson will be made the crown prince.

The benefit of such a regulation is that it can eliminate the ambitions of other princes to covet the throne and eradicate the troubles that have plagued generations.

Can ensure the smooth transfer of royal power.

Li Shimin was furious and said, "Li Jue is only 6 years old. How can he be the crown prince? Isn't this a joke?"

"The King of Wei is virtuous, so why wouldn't it be appropriate for him to be the Crown Prince?"

This Chu Sui did not learn the good things but instead learned the bad things. He completely learned Wei Zheng's way of doing things. It's really infuriating.