The ninth day of the fourth month, early morning.

A huge black cloud was like a giant palm, pressing tightly over Chang'an City.

The black clouds covered the top, and even though it was already early in the morning, Chang'an City was still dark and there was no light.

All the officials in the Tai Chi Palace had expressionless faces, waiting silently for the court.

Dong--

Dong--

...

The dull bell sound came from the Tai Chi Palace, and an eunuch came out to lead all officials into the palace. The officials were in line and slowly walked into the Tai Chi Palace with heavy steps.

After the officials stood up, Li Shimin's soft bridge was carried into the hall by four eunuchs. It was not until under the throne that Li Shimin stood up with the support of the eunuchs.

Then he snorted and threw away the eunuch, took a deep breath, and walked calmly towards the throne and sat down.

"See Your Majesty!"

In this depressing atmosphere, all civil and military officials called Lishan Mountain.

"Everyone is calm!"

Li Shimin's voice was hoarse and authentic.

When all the civil and military officials stood up, Li Shimin looked at all the officials with expressionless face and waved his hand to signal the eunuch to come forward to announce the eunuch:

I have inherited the will of heaven and followed my predecessors.... The prince Chengqian was loved by young people, so he was trained and tempted. He was a teacher and hoped to be renewed. However, he was stubborn and offended his parents' orders and killed his ministers.... The prince Chengqian was summoned back to Chang'an, but he could conceal the Eastern Palace and regret his mistakes.

"Ah!" After an order was announced, there were screams in the hall. This was an edict equivalent to the deposed prince!

The crimes and severity of the words that were found for Li Chengqian in the past can be said in the end: the abolition of the crown prince and the relegation of the title of king...

"Your Majesty, this order cannot be followed by me!" Zhang Chengxing, the Minister of the Ministry of Education, was the first to stand up to object.

During the Zhenguan period, the imperial edicts of the imperial court were drafted by the Secretariat, and the ministry reviewed them, and then sent them to the Secretariat for execution. It was his job to stand up and oppose them.

"I'm going to discuss it!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

...

...

As Zhang Chengxing spoke, dozens of ministers openly stood up to oppose it.

These ministers include the Right Chief of the Shangshu, the Minister of Revenue Cheng Mingzhen, the Minister of Personnel Du Zhenglun, the Minister of Works Xue Dading, the Minister of Rites Xu Suiliang, the Minister of the Central Secretariat Liu Shi, the Minister of the Central Secretariat Liu Xiangdao, the Minister of Personnel Liu Xiangdao, and so on.

Some of these ministers were loyal to Li Chengqian, but most of them saw that Li Shimin was physically weak and worried that the crown prince would be affected at this time and that Li Shimin would die and the world would be in chaos.

But Li Shimin, who was sitting on the throne, saw a black minister coming out to resist the order, his eyes shrank suddenly and thought to himself: This rebellious son has actually won so many people's hearts?

Think about Longshouyuan, Lingzhou, Luoyang, Yandu Daxingtai, even the entire army of tens of thousands of Goguryeo, some schools in Chang'an, and library buildings built in various places...

These are Li Chengqian's spheres of influence.

Even though Li Shimin had experienced many battles, he was frightened when he thought of this.

He said intimately: If I eat it, I will live forever... No wonder this rebellious son has no room for anything.

The more Li Shimin saw the minister who stood up, the ugly his face became. He secretly regretted that he did not use Changsun Wuji's strategy and pulled out Li Chengqian's wings first.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin slowly turned to look at Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji, who was happy in his heart, raised his hand and gently stroked his beard when he saw this, then walked out slowly and saluted Li Shimin, "I think that the matter is involved in the crown prince, and I should act cautiously. What the crown prince does should be punished after the court's discussion."

"Cough cough... I'll call Your Majesty. After the Crown Prince killed Wang Wendu, he sent someone to send a memorial to apologize. The memorial details Wang Wendu's rude and nonsense in the camp... Cough cough... I'm disrespectful to Your Majesty, I violated military orders and never presented an imperial edict.

His Highness the Crown Prince ordered his beheading in order to rectify the rituals and rules of the monarchy and the military laws of the great camp."

Ma Zhou was engaging in love with him when he saw the opportunity, but he was getting sicker and couldn't cough.

Li Shimin said indifferently: "How credible are these all his one-sided words? I won't talk about anything else, I just ask which Manchu civil and military man dares to be rampant in front of him?"

Ma Zhou stopped asking.

Yes! Who dares to be presumptuous in front of Li Chengqian except for those who are desperate?

Isn't that asking for death?

Wang Wendu…

Zhu Suiliang took a step and said with a grim expression: "I am sending Wang Wendu as the chief supervisor of the Liao Dynasty to conquer Liao to cause trouble. Wang Wendu has no achievements and no special ability. How can he bear the heavy responsibility of conquer Liao?"

Li Shimin was speechless when he asked this question.

Although Wang Wendu had a good background, it was indeed inappropriate to send him to serve as the chief supervisor of Liaoning University.

When Zhu Suiliang saw Li Shimin without saying anything, he stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "The former Sui Dynasty was destroyed by conquering Liao, and the Crown Prince was stationed in the bitter and cold areas for several years to destroy Goguryeo, so that he could have the current situation.

Now that the task is completed, a rampant and incompetent person was sent to serve as the chief executive of the Liao Dynasty. How could His Royal Highness return to the court with confidence?

His Highness the Crown Prince resisted the order and killed Wang Wendu, which was indeed a deed of saving the Tang Dynasty, and he was not guilty of making contributions!"

"presumptuous!"

Li Shimin drank the storm of Suiliang with his eyes, and then looked at the officials coldly and said coldly: "Even if Wang Wendu is not good at all, he will take my imperial edict. Besides, I am not an unreasonable person. If he just detained Wang Wendu and reported it to me, would I be punished so seriously?"

Originally, Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied with Changsun Wuji sending Wang Wendu to Liaodong, but when he heard the sir, Li Chengqian killed Wang Wendu, it was his fault for sending people.

How could Li Shimin tolerate it?

Moreover, in Li Shimin's opinion, if Li Chengqian did not kill Wang Wendu, even if he had disagreed with him on the conquest of Liao, he would not have been so serious about Li Chengqian.

After hearing this, the officials felt that Li Chengqian had done too much, and the hall fell silent for a moment.

Seeing that the ministers stopped talking, Li Shimin spoke toughly: "Jiangxia King Li Daozong was appointed as the Minister of War and the general general of the Liao army. He immediately went north to transfer 8,000 troops from the Yingzhou Governor's Office to rush to Liaodong at night, and assisted Zong Zhengqing to summon the crown prince Chengqian back to Chang'an."

Li Daozong walked out embarrassedly, bowed to Li Shimin, and said for a long time: "Your Majesty, I have been feeling unwell this spring, and I am afraid I will find it difficult to reach Liaodong alive."

Li Daozong said and covered his mouth and coughed a few times to show that he was in poor health.

Li Shimin's eyes suddenly became sharp when he looked at Li Daozong.

Changsun Wuji looked at Li Daozong with a teasing look, and said sarcastically: "What King Jiangxia said is not true, right?

I remember that the day before the death of the crown prince, King Jiangxia held a banquet in the mansion. From morning to night, King Jiangxia personally entertained guests.

Drinking and having fun at the banquet, chatting and laughing, are not like a patient."

"Chengfan, don't you even listen to me?" Li Shimin looked at Li Daozong and questioned.

Li Daozong and Changsun Wuji have always been at odds with each other. Seeing that Changsun Wuji broke through him in public, he was so angry that he said in public: "Your Majesty miss the Crown Prince and wants to summon him back to Chang'an. Why should you send a Wang Wendu, who is not enough to do anything but defeat?

Because Wang Wendu was not careful, he angered His Highness the Crown Prince for being killed and sent his ministers to lead an army. Isn’t this going to force his rebellion against His Highness the Crown Prince?

Isn’t I going to become an accomplice to force the prince to rebel?”

Some ministers felt it was reasonable when they heard it. They looked at the arrogant Li Shimin and felt that Li Shimin wanted to force Li Chengqian to rebel, and they thought in their hearts how to stand in front of him...

"you!"

Li Shimin was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Seeing this, Changsun Wuji hurriedly said loudly: "The bold Li Daozong dared to slander the emperor and provoke the relationship between Your Majesty and His Highness with the Crown Prince. I would like to punish Li Daozong for his great disrespect!"

"I would like to punish Li Daozong for his great disrespect."

A group of Changsun Wuji's gang members stood up and agreed.

Seeing that Changsun Wuji was openly tainted by him, Li Daozong immediately refuted loudly: "Changsun Wuji, you, a treacherous villain, still dares to swear blood. You first wanted to invite the Taoist priest who made the refining of the Yannian medicine to His Majesty, and then sent Wang Wendu to force His Highness to kill people, and now you encourage His Majesty to force His Highness to rebel against His Highness.

You see, Your Majesty is getting worse and worse, and he wants to kill the prince and then plan to usurp the throne!"

Seeing someone starting, Ju Suiliang hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please think about it. All of this is Changsun Wuji's conspiracy. You are as wise as you can't bear the charge for him!

If the prince of Yingrui Shenwu is killed, how will you write about you in history!"

Yu Suiliang always had the idea of ​​helping the king Yao and Shun, and Li Shimin and Li Chengqian valued it, so he was very grateful to both Li Shimin and Li Chengqian in his heart.

Based on this kind of gratitude, he sincerely hopes that the most noble father and son today can be kind and filial to the father, govern the Tang Dynasty well, and leave a good reputation in history.

"Bang!"

Li Shimin, who had recovered, was furious and stood up suddenly, kicking Li Chengqian's throne next to him.

Li Chengqian has always been given a throne next to Li Shimin's throne. Although Li Chengqian has not been in Chang'an for many years, he has always prepared that throne for him.

He roared loudly, "He is the crown prince of Shenwu Yingrui. Am I incompetent?"

Li Shimin roared and walked back and forth in the hall.

"He disobeyed my will and massacred ministers at will. I just wanted to call him back to Chang'an and discipline him. You all jumped out and scolded me, as if I was going to kill him."

Li Shimin said with tears in his eyes when he said, "My grandson has just passed away, and he is the crown prince. Even if I have a heart of heart, I cannot kill my son at this time!"

Li Shimin said this and actually burst into tears in the palace.

Changsun Wuji hurriedly supported Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, don't be sad!"

As he said that, he raised his hand and wiped his tears with his sleeves.
To be continued...