As for the moment, the crown prince married the Tubo princess, and the Tang Dynasty's national policy on Tubo was still based on harmony, so Li Ke's acquisition of Qinling as a disciple was not inappropriate as the current national policy.

Just after Li Ke informed Li Shimin of this, Li Shimin realized that he was satisfied. After all, his energy is now on limiting the Longyou family. Getting closer to Tubo is also conducive to stability in the northwest, and only by stabilizing the country can he resist foreign countries.

In order to show his approval of this matter, Li Shimin even personally issued an oral order, appointing Qinling as the Secretary of the Youchunfang of the East Palace, and was appointed as the sixth rank of official position. Although he was not shown by his official position, he was also considered a close servant around the prince.

Li Ke was preparing to worship his ancestors on behalf of the heavens in the west. At the same time, there was a group of people in Chang'an City who also smelled the scent of opportunity. This group of people was the Wei Wang Party whose power was gradually declining.

After the deposed crown prince Li Chengqian lost his morality, Li Ke's power reached its peak before Li Ke made contributions to the Northern Expedition, even surpassing Li Chengqian and Li Ke, and was in power.

However, with Li Chengqian being deposed and Li Ke being made the crown prince after the Northern Expedition, Li Tai's situation in the court gradually became passive. In addition, Li Tai used people without regard for character, and all the ministers who were devoted to the disciples were all taken. Therefore, most of the people in the Wei royal party were of different quality. As Li Tai gradually lost power, most of the ministers who were originally friends with Li Tai were gone in just over two years, leaving only a few people.

Chang'an City, Wei's Mansion, inner courtyard.

"I am the Minister of War Qin Kun to pay homage to Your Highness." In the side hall of the inner courtyard of the King of Wei's Mansion, Qin Kun, who was newly promoted to the Minister of War, stood in the hall and leaned over to worship Li Tai, who was sitting in the upper hand.

Li Tai raised his hand, signaled Qin Kun to get up, and asked, "I ordered you to investigate the matter, how did you do the investigation?"

Just a few days ago, news that Dugu Ming was stabbed to death in the Liangzhou Prison came to Chang'an. The voices of criticism from Su Dingfang and Li Ke were everywhere. Li Tai realized that this was a rare opportunity for him, so he ordered Qin Kun, the Minister of War, to investigate the matter, and the result was only today.

Qin Kun replied: "The news from Hexi has also been sent back to the Ministry of War. Dugu Ming's death this time is very strange. After Dugu Ming's death, not only the military administrations of Liangzhou, Hezhou, Lanzhou, Suzhou and other six states in the northwest all complained about this matter. Even the Northwest Zhechong Commander directly submitted to the Ministry of War to impeach Su Dingfang for his misconduct in the northwest, and asked the Ministry of War to seriously blame Su Dingfang."

If there was no one behind him, why would there be so many Northwest Military Offices in the Northwest? To put it bluntly, Su Dingfang touched the interests of the Northwest Military Offices in the Northwest, which aroused public anger. The one with such power in the Northwest was naturally the vested person of this interest, and the Guanlong family who started their business with the army.

Li Tai smiled and said, "Li Ke sent Su Dingfang to the northwest to divide the benefits of the Guanlong family and to control the power of the aristocratic families. However, in the northwest, Guanlong is a group of ferocious wolves. It is not easy to move their meat. But I didn't expect that in just half a year, there was such a big stir."

Qin Kun said: "As Your Highness said, the Guanlong clan is a wolf, so it is not easy for the prince to take food from the wolf this time. If the trouble is not good, I am afraid that the prince himself will be eaten by the wolf this time."

Li Tai said: "I, the emperor, has been so smooth over the years that he is so bold that he actually touched the Guanlong clan, and is asking him to suffer."

Since the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Guanlong family started with military affairs and monopolized the Northwest Military Mansion with its unique inheritance and connections. It has been nearly a hundred years since the emperor has given them three points. The Yuwen family wants to move the Longyou family and the country has been destroyed, the Yang family wants to move the Longyou family and the country has also been destroyed. Now Li Ke wants to move the Longyou family and thinks that he will not be able to go.

Qin Kun said: "Your Highness, this is our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Li Tai asked, "What do you mean?"

Qin Kun replied: "The prince is now in great power, and the position of the Eastern Palace is becoming more and more stable. It is usually difficult to move him. But now it is different. The prince seeks death and fights with the Guanlong family to the death. He will deal with the Western Tour soon. If this is used to completely provoke the dispute between the Eastern Palace and the entire Guanlong family, the northwest will be uneasy and the prince will be angry. In order to calm the people, His Majesty has always deposed the prince and appointed virtuous people."

Li Tai listened to Qin Kun's words and asked, "Do you want me to help these Guanlong clans with one hand?"

Qin Kun said: "That's why the prince insisted on suppressing the Guanlong family this time, the fundamental reason is that the prince came from a military service and was determined to do martial arts. The prince has always valued martial arts, so there are many people in the court who criticize the prince. If the prince turned on this matter this time, it would be his highness's chance at that time."

Li Ke and Li Tai, both literary and military, have different paths. If Li Ke, who is respecting martial arts, is defeated by the Guanlong clan, Li Tai, who is respecting literary, will naturally become the hottest player of the Guanlong clan and is also the best partner. It is not impossible for Li Tai to replace Li Ke in the Eastern Palace.

Qin Kun's words were heard. At this moment, Li Tai's heart trembled unconsciously. Just after Li Chengqian was deposed and Li Ke ascended the position of crown prince, Li Tai even felt that he had no hope of entering the Eastern Palace again. However, with the current situation in the northwest, Li Ke's position as crown prince was not as stable as he imagined.

If it was really as Qin Kun said, Li Ke completely punished the Guanlong family for the Northwest incident and caused uneasiness in the Northwest, Li Tai might not have lost his chance.

But Li Tai was not a reckless man after all. Although Qin Kun said it was tempting enough, it did not make Li Tai lose his mind. Li Ke was not easy to deal with. The Guanlong clan was no longer a kind person. What's more, it was not Li Ke who wanted to suppress the Guanlong clan forces. The person who first transferred Su Dingfang back from Governor Lushan was his father.

The Guanlong clan was too powerful and monopolized the Northwest Military Prefecture. Li Shimin had always been a concern for Li Shimin to be unhappy. Li Tai knew a little about this. This time Li Ke was the first to attack the Guanlong clan. It was Li Shimin's intention. If Li Tai and the Guanlong clan stood together at this time, they would stand opposite Li Shimin. So what could this happen?

If he wants to establish a crown prince, the thousands of words said by others can no longer resist Li Shimin's thoughts. If Li Tai's actions are contrary to Li Shimin, then he will not be the position of the crown prince. It is a different story to whether he can still stay in Chang'an City.

When Li Tai thought of this, he was inevitably a little disappointed with Qin Kun.

In recent years, there have been fewer and fewer people around Li Tai, especially since Li Tai commander Wang Gui died of illness and his former confidant Liu Shi was also a tutor for King Liang. After he followed King Liang Li Yan to Xiazhou, Li Tai lost his plan and had no one to discuss with Li Tai for many things and help him make decisions. Li Tai had no choice but to put Qin Kun from the doctor of the Ministry of War to the position of Minister of War.

But now it seems that Qin Kun's performance cannot be as Li Tai wants, but this is also Li Tai's helpless choice. As long as Liu Wei is still under his command, Li Tai doesn't have to rely on Qin Kun so much.

Li Tai said: "Don't worry about this beforehand. Li Ke has his father and emperor behind him, so it is not a matter of defeat. Let's sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight first, and then make a decision after the matter is settled. Don't let anyone catch the handle."
Chapter completed!