Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

All the imperial letters and imperial edicts of the Tang Dynasty came from the Secretariat, and could only be handed over to the Ministry of State Affairs for execution after being approved by the Ministry of Palace Affairs.

In other words, the Ministry of War does not have the power to directly mobilize the army!

This is the beauty of the three-province and six-department system, which can prevent the Secretariat from becoming dominant and affecting the imperial rule.

Ma Zhou and Xu Jingzong stood up together and responded.

"Sir, obey the order!"

After half a quarter of an hour, the court meeting ended.

Li Shimin summoned Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Xiao Yu, Sun Fujia, Liu Dewei and others to the Liangyi Hall.

The only ones not called were the core staff of the Eastern Palace and Prince Jin's Mansion.

As for what they were talking about, Du He could roughly guess it.

It was nothing more than making arrangements in advance before going to Cuiwei Palace to escape the summer heat, and the feasibility of the crown prince regulating the country for a long time.

...

After Du He finished handling the affairs of the Ministry of War, it was almost noon, so he went straight to the East Palace.

East Palace.

Mingde Hall.

When Du He stated Wu Meiniang's request, Li Chengqian, who had originally remained calm, suddenly stood up.

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

How could he possibly take his father's concubines into the harem?

Besides, he had no interest in Wu Meiniang at all, and Wu Meiniang was a vicious woman. Would choosing her to join the harem just cause trouble?

Li Chengqian said excitedly, "Du He, after I ascend the throne, I will select concubines from all over the Tang Dynasty. It is impossible for me to select my father's concubines into the harem."

"You ask Wu Meiniang to make another request!"

In the great Tang Dynasty, what innocent and beautiful women are there not?

He does not have his father's quirks. He must choose concubines who are innocent and clean, and it doesn't matter if their family power is small.

Looking at Li Chengqian's excitement, Du He curled up the corners of his mouth into a faint smile.

From this perspective, Li Chengqian is relatively upright.

Du He smiled and said, "Your Highness, please don't get too excited."

"We might as well pretend to agree to Wu Cairen's request. Once Wu Cairen successfully seduces Prince Jin, we can quickly eliminate the power of Prince Jin's Mansion."

"When you ascend the throne and become emperor, whether or not to take Wu Cairen as a concubine will be up to you."

There was a pause.

Du He continued, "Your Highness, the only person who can seduce the Prince of Jin's concubines is Wu Cairen."

"Besides, Wu Cairen is quite greedy for power and won't satisfy her other requests."

He did not fool Li Chengqian, because in Li Zhi's heart, Wu Meiniang was a figure at the level of Bai Yueguang.

In the original history, Wu Meiniang cruelly killed Li Zhi's Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao, but Li Zhi remained indifferent.

You can imagine how deep Li Zhi’s feelings for Wu Meiniang were!

For Wu Meiniang, only by becoming the new emperor's favorite concubine and giving birth to a few more sons can she climb to a higher position of power.

this...

Li Chengqian's expression paused slightly.

A moment of silence.

Li Chengqian said in a deep voice: "Du He, since she is the only one who can seduce Li Zhi, then agree to Wu Cairen's request."

"But let me be clear, I will never take her as my concubine after I ascend the throne. You better remember this."

He was afraid that Du He was ignorant and insisted on giving Wu Meiniang to him.

At that time, it would be neither right for him to accept nor right for him to refuse.

Du He smiled and bowed, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I don't have a good impression of Wu Cairen either."

After finishing their business, the two began to eat their meal peacefully, and then chatted casually.

Return to the Ministry of War.

Cui Dunli, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, walked in and handed the military mobilization order to Du He.

"Minister Du, the military deployment order has been drafted and reviewed. Please review it."

Du He took a look at the content of the transfer order and saw the signatures of many officials from the Secretariat and the Ministry of Personnel.

Without any hesitation, he signed and stamped the seal of the Minister of War on it.

Du He handed the transfer order to Cui Dunli and gave him instructions.

"Minister Cui, have the messenger give orders to the commander of Kunzhou's Zhechou Commandery, instructing him to send soldiers to find a road from the Tang Dynasty to Tianzhu."

"The subsequent army will encircle the main force of Tubo and may use this passage."

Most of the Tang army could not adapt to altitude sickness. If they crossed the snow-capped mountains to India, it would probably cause heavy casualties.

It would be much easier to go through the Southeast Yi.

"As ordered!"

Cui Dunli responded respectfully, then quickly left with the transfer order.

...

After lowering the value.

As soon as Du He returned to the lobby of Princess Chengyang's Mansion, Li Yi smiled and pointed at several large boxes beside him and said.

"My dear, the Emperor's sister Gao Yang is very satisfied with the poem you wrote. She sent the silver directly to you."

"Princess Suian, Princess Baling, and Princess Dongyang were also at Princess Gaoyang's residence at the time, and they all wanted to ask you for a poem."

"How about 1000 kan for one song?"

Good guy!

Are all these princesses so rich?

It was just a poem, but he was willing to spend 1000 strings of cash!

With this huge sum of money, you can buy two large mansions with three entrances and three exits in Wubenfang.

Du He said directly: "Yier, tell me what they want, and I will copy the poem for them right away."

"Ah."

Li Yi nodded excitedly.

If you don't seize the opportunity to make such easy money now, you will lose a lot when the three of them regret it.

After a cup of tea, Du He quickly copied out three poems in front of Li Yi's astonished gaze.

Li Yi held up the poem in his hand and said in surprise.

"Oh my God!"

"My dear husband, you truly are worthy of being called the Great Tang Poet Immortal. You managed to write three excellent poems so effortlessly!"

Yin Yushan and Linglong also came over. They read the poems written by Du He and praised them loudly.

In response to the praise from his wives and concubines, Du He just smiled.

In the dead of night.

Du He said to Li Yi, "Yier, go to the harem tomorrow and find a chance to meet with Consort Wu. Tell her that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has agreed."

"After she succeeds, ask her to send someone to contact me."

"If Wu Cairen asks too many questions, just say you're just passing on a message."

The maids in the harem have the opportunity to enter and leave the palace, and it is not easy for people like them to sneak into the harem.

The best way is to let Li Yi do it.

Moreover, there was no way to set a specific time for seducing Li Zhi, so he could only let Wu Meiniang do it on her own, and he would close the trap at the right time.

Believe in Wu Meiniang's intelligence and talent, she will definitely find a way.

Li Yi didn't ask the reason, she just responded softly.

"it is good!"

"Then I will go to the palace with Sister Lizhi tomorrow to chat with my father for a while, and then go find Wu Cairen."

There was a pause.

Li Yi's tone was filled with sadness: "My husband, my father's health is getting worse and worse. I'm so worried!"

"Do you have a way to heal Father?"

After hearing Li Yi's words, Du He fell into silence.

He is a human being, not a god. Now even Sun Simiao is powerless, so how can he do anything?

A few breaths of silence.

Du He said softly, "Yier, tomorrow you and Princess Changle should persuade His Majesty to worry less about state affairs."

"If Your Majesty can rest in peace, perhaps you can recover your dragon body and health."

"Yeah." Li Yi nodded slightly.

The two of them chatted for a while, and the bedroom gradually fell into silence.