Li Tai would not have thought that the words he used to show friendship and brotherhood and please his father would become the most critical step to kill him in the road to seize the crown prince.

Li Tai left the palace and was still thinking about good things, but he didn't know that in Li Shimin's heart, he had completely lost his position as the crown prince, not only because of his talent, merits, and fame, but more importantly, his attitude towards his brothers and Li Shimin's idea of ​​protecting his sons behind him.

That day, although the voice in the court was suppressed, the matter was far from over. The entire Chang'an City was holding its breath, as if something was brewing, waiting for the prince Li Ke to return to Beijing.

Finally, two days later, Crown Prince Li Ke came back. Just after Li Ke returned to Chang'an, he never even returned to the East Palace. His first thing was to go to the palace to pay homage to Li Shimin.

"Ke'er has been traveling thousands of miles to Liangzhou, thank you for your hard work." In the Lizheng Hall, Li Ke sat down next to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin said to Li Ke.

Li Ke said, "Father is joking. Although my son is going to the northwest to run errands, he doesn't have to face the ministers in the court. It's a lot of worry. The one who really bothers me during these days when my son is not in Chang'an is the father."

"Hahaha..."

Li Ke's words were heard, and Li Shimin couldn't help laughing. Li Shimin smiled at Li Ke and said, "What you said is the truth. I think you know that officials in the court impeach you."

Li Ke went to Liangzhou to open a message to Su Dingfang, and then Guanlong officials impeached Li Ke, which was to make things difficult for Li Ke, but he was also to make things difficult for Li Shimin. Li Shimin did not mean to blame Li Ke too much.

Li Ke said: "As soon as my son entered the Guanzhong area, I heard that this matter was very disturbing. It seemed that the Guanlong clan jumped and was very powerful."

In fact, it is not only the Guanlong family that is doing bad things behind this matter, but Li Tai is the same. It’s just that Li Ke took into account Li Shimin in person and never mentioned this matter.

Li Shimin said: "It's not surprising that this incident is so big. It's a big taboo to open a Wuwei Cang. Although you are the prince, you are too reckless to do this."

Li Ke looked at Li Shimin and said, "The son minister did not open the Wuwei Cang. The so-called opening of the Wuwei Cang is just an illusion made by the son minister. The Wuwei Cang Cang grain has not moved, and they are still in the warehouse. This matter can be proved by the Wuwei Cang Office and the governor of Liangzhou."

Li Ke's words made Li Shimin surprised. Li Shimin asked in confusion: "You have not moved the Wuwei Cang, where did the food you put out come from."

Li Ke replied: "It is the treasury of the Liangzhou Governor's Governor's Governor's summer grain that should have been handed over to Chang'an this year. At that time, the grain was shortage, and this batch of summer grain was detained by my son to relieve the urgent need of Liangzhou. Now the crisis has been resolved. My son has ordered the Liangzhou Governor Xie Shufang to purchase additional grain based on the income from selling grain, and then collect 100,000 stones before sending it to Chang'an, but it may take a few days in the evening."

Li Ke will not lie about these things. The matter has passed. As long as Li Shimin wants to investigate, he will definitely be able to find out. Therefore, what Li Ke said will not be fake. As for Li Ke detaining the summer grain in Liangzhou and causing delayed payment, it is even more impossible. The people's food shortage, let alone delayed payment, even if they are exempted.

"So you did it intentionally?" Li Shimin asked Li Ke.

Li Ke replied: "Yes, this food shortage is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster, and it is the result of Guanlong family manipulating the grain market. The treasury of the prefecture and the summer grain that will be escorted to Beijing is really limited. If the sons do not pretend to open the Wuwei warehouse, they pretend to be abundant in food and sell grain at a high price, the Guanlong family will not release grain from the people."

"Yeah." Li Shimin nodded and responded when he heard this.

Li Ke's approach was really bold, but it was indeed the best way to do it at that gate. It not only preserved the military rations in Wuwei Cang, but also made it possible to make the people have food to eat.

Li Shimin paused and smiled, "In this way, those people from Guanlong clans impeached from beginning to end were just a false charge, but it ended up as a joke."

Since Li Ke only detained summer grain and did not misappropriate Wuwei Cang, even if it was not a crime, it was just a stopgap measure, and the impeachment of Li Ke by officials in the court has become nonsense.

Li Ke said: "Although today's incident is unfortunate, at least I can see the faces of some officials in the court clearly, and I am not completely gaining nothing."

Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his eyes when he heard Li Ke's words. In fact, the ministers impeached the Eastern Palace this time and showed their true faces, not only those officials in charge of the Long Division, but also King Li Tai of Wei, but Li Shimin was unwilling to tell Li Ke about these things.

Li Shimin said: "Then you should have written to explain this matter earlier, so that you can defend your father, so as not to impeach you by the people in the court."

Li Ke said: "It is not convenient for others to know about this matter at that time. After all, it is not yet time for autumn grain to enter the warehouse. If everyone knows it at that time, my son is worried about chaos in Liangzhou."

"Yes, what you said is reasonable. You should not be in a hurry for this matter." Li Shimin responded after hearing this.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin said to Li Ke: "Since Ke'er has never released military rations in Wuwei Cang, then the officials from Guanlong clans who impeached Ke'er today are just making a mistake."

Before Li Ke returned to Beijing, Li Ke never had any news coming to Chang'an, indicating that he had opened a Wuwei Cang. Many officials in the court gathered to impeach Li Ke and privately opened a Wuwei Cang, and used it to seek personal gain. What's more, some impeach Li Ke for the purpose of releasing food and deliberately rebelling.

If Li Ke is indeed true, then their impeachment of Li Ke is naturally reasonable and evidence. Li Shimin cannot protect him even if he wants to. However, Li Ke has never touched half of the military rations. The governor of Liangzhou and the Wuwei Cang Office can testify. Then the ministers who impeached Li Ke before were just talking about the Eastern Palace, which is a serious crime.

Although few officials of the Tang Dynasty were punished for their words, and Li Shimin was also very generous, the ones who were the most fierce and happy to jump to the ground would definitely not escape punishment. Even if they were not dismissed from office, they would be inevitable to seek an opportunity to be exiled to other places.

Li Ke said: "The aristocratic family caused chaos and allowed Liangzhou to shorten grain first, and then colluded with court officials to argue that the Eastern Palace was behind. If the matter was well captured, it could also cause the Liangzhou family to be damaged. The son thought that the father could send important officials from the court to Liangzhou at this time to investigate and deal with this matter thoroughly, which would at least make the Liangzhou family fear the power of the court and restrain themselves more."

Li Shimin thought for a while and asked, "Then do you have any candidates you like?"

Since Li Ke said that, he naturally thought about it. Li Ke replied: "The prince's left slander Yu Zhining is very good. He is a minister of the Eastern Palace, but he is also a disciple of Guanlong. If he goes there, it will not intensify the conflict too much, and at the same time it can also show the importance of the father's attention to this matter."

Now at the moment when Li Shimin suppressed the Guanlong family, he was facing tit-for-tat. If Wei Zheng was sent to him like this at this time and officials from Shandong families came to him, it would probably cause the entire Guanlong family to rebound and cause a big mess. In comparison, Yu Zhining would appear much gentler, but at the same time, because of his identity as an official from the Eastern Palace, it was enough to make others afraid.

Li Shimin immediately responded: "Okay, as you said, I will send Yu Zhining to Liangzhou to investigate the matter thoroughly."
Chapter completed!