"I know you have sacrificed a lot for Datang, but I haven't treated you badly either..."
Under Li Shimin's questioning, Li Yuan spoke without confidence.
"Father really didn't treat me badly?"
Li Shimin stared at Li Yuan and asked.
Li Yuan did not dare to look directly into Li Shimin's eyes and remained silent.
"Shimin, you are so presumptuous. How did you talk to your father?"
Li Jiancheng knew what Li Shimin was talking about. He could not let Li Shimin talk any more, nor could he let Li Shimin force Li Yuan any more. What if Li Yuan was forced by Li Shimin and had no choice but to deprive him of the title of crown prince?
If it was given to Li Shimin, then who should he go to to reason with?
Li Shimin stared at Li Jiancheng with bloodshot eyes, and asked: "My father has teased me again and again, why can't I still be allowed to ask?"
Li Jiancheng said unceremoniously: "Have my father ever played tricks on you? Every time you come back from a victory, your father will give you generous gifts. What your father has given you has far exceeded all the princes in the past dynasties. Isn't it enough?"
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Li Shimin said: "When Liu Heita was causing trouble in Hebei Province, my father said something else in order to let me go on an expedition."
Li Jiancheng said coldly: "So what?"
Just as Li Shimin was about to speak, Li Jiancheng said again: "Don't say that father didn't play tricks on us, even if father played tricks on us, so what?
Do we, sons, have to disobey our father?"
The word "filial piety" was firmly held in Li Jiancheng's hand.
Filial piety is a great road, a road far beyond life and death. As a father, Li Yuan, let alone playing with his son, even if he beats and scolds his son, the son cannot complain. Any complaint is unfilial.
"Of course I will not disobey my father. I just want to ask my father if he will fulfill his promise?"
Li Shimin knew that no matter how hard he verbally forced Li Yuan, Li Yuan would not give him the crown prince position.
He just wanted to use this to force a truth out of Li Yuan's mouth and see if Li Yuan had any intention of handing over the crown prince's position to him.
"Why……"
Li Yuanji sighed again in his heart.
Li Shimin needed Li Yuan to give him a word, a word that would make him give up completely.
When Li Yuan made the promise to Li Shimin, no one else should have been present, so even if Li Yuan broke the promise, Li Shimin had nothing to do with Li Yuan.
But now, the whole family is here.
No matter what Li Yuan said, he would be nailed to the iron plate and there would be no way to change it.
If Li Yuan goes back on his word in the future, there will be someone who can testify for Li Shimin, but it will be difficult for others to speak for him.
"What's the difference between forcing your father to do this and being disobedient?"
Li Jiancheng stared at Li Shimin and asked sternly.
Before Li Shimin could speak, he added: "Do you think you alone conquered the country of Datang? Don't the rest of us have any credit?"
Li Jiancheng also stood up and showed some wounds on his body.
"This one was left when Taiyuan raised troops; this one was left when he was guarding Puzhou; this one was left when he conquered Jihu Chief Liu Qiancheng.
I have also fought on the battlefield for the Tang Dynasty, and I have made military exploits for the Tang Dynasty.
Did I take them out and talk about them?
Did I use this to force my father?"
Li Jiancheng screamed with fear, as if he wanted to use these words to put Li Shimin into shame.
Li Yuanji wondered if he could stand up and show the wounds on his body, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that there were no wounds on his body that could be mentioned.
Before he traveled through time, his predecessor was well protected. Although he fought many battles, large and small, he never suffered any injuries.
The only two wounds were not very dignified, so there was no way to talk about them.
So he could only continue to watch the show silently.
"Have I ever forced my father? I just want a word from my father!"
Li Shimin was not ashamed at all by Li Jiancheng's words, and he did not even take what Li Jiancheng said seriously.
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Li Jiancheng's injuries and achievements are simply incomparable to him.
Is the reason why Li Jiancheng didn't show off those wounds and brag about it really because Li Jiancheng was modest?
No, it's because Li Jian's achievements are really not on the table.
If any prince of the Tang Dynasty were selected, his merits would probably be higher than that of Li Jiancheng.
He was different. No matter who was picked out in the Tang Dynasty, his merits could not be compared to his.
Even if Li Xiaogong defeated Li Xiaogong from the south of the river, there was no way he could compare with him.
It's not because Li Xiaogong's contribution is not great enough, but because Li Xiaogong's contribution is substantial.
Li Xiaogong Zhengping's enemies were not as strong as his enemies, and Li Xiaogong did not defeat his enemies with his own intelligence. Li Xiaogong's real "brain" was Li Jing.
Although Li Xiaogong's intelligence is not weak, Li Jing is stronger.
After reading Li Jing's ten strategies to defeat Xiao Mian, Li Yuan decided to make Li Xiaogong the commander and Li Jing the marching general to lead the army to conquer Xiao Mian.
Li Xiaogong also implemented these ten strategies when he conquered Xiao Mian.
When he later conquered other ministers, Li Jing's shadow was everywhere.
Therefore, there is really no one in the Tang Dynasty who has made greater contributions than him.
Li Jiancheng also knew that no one in the Tang Dynasty had made greater contributions than Li Shimin, so when he talked about the wounds on his body, he did not compare his achievements with Li Shimin, but emphasized that Li Shimin did not conquer the Tang Dynasty alone.
You should be proud of your merits, let alone rely on your great achievements to force Li Yuan.
But Li Shimin was determined to ask Li Yuan for a word, but Li Jiancheng said nothing would help him.
Li Yuanji felt that Li Yuan's words would be very crucial. If he said it right, everything would be fine, but if he said it wrong, he would be dead.
Li Shimin now wants to know whether he has a chance to naturally obtain the position of prince.
Although he had already guessed, he still needed Li Yuan to give him a word of certainty to make him give up completely so that he could make up his mind to use other methods to seize the crown prince's position.
From this point, it is not difficult to see that Li Shimin has not yet developed the cruelty to be cruel to his brothers.
Perhaps Li Shimin wanted to be an emperor who was close to perfection in both civil and military skills and morals.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Or perhaps Li Shimin clearly knew the disadvantages of being ruthless to his brothers to seize the throne, and did not want the next generation of the Li family to inherit this style, so he did not give birth to ruthless people.
Heart.
Anyway, it definitely can't be because of brotherhood.
Because he and his brothers don't get along well, and they fight endlessly for that position, I'm afraid the brotherhood has long been gone.
Li Yuanji stared at Li Yuan quietly, waiting for Li Yuan to speak.
Li Yuan's face was so ugly that he could bleed, and then he looked at him.
'Fuck...'
Li Yuanji yelled in his heart, don't look at me, don't look at me, I don't want to participate in this kind of thing.
"Yuanji, your eldest brother and second brother no longer regard me as a father, what about you?"
Li Yuan had a sullen face, stared at Li Yuanji and asked in a low voice.
It seemed like he was questioning Li Yuanji, but he was actually expressing his dissatisfaction to Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng.
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes inwardly.
Li Yuan's words are equivalent to 'Your eldest brother and second brother don't care about me anymore, do you have me in your eyes? If you want me, then I can give you my position.'
The final decision on who will succeed the throne rests with Li Yuan.
It is also possible that Li Yuan passed the throne to the obedient fourth son when his eldest son and second son were disobedient.
Therefore, although Li Yuan did not mean to pass the throne to Li Yuanji in his words, Li Yuanji understood the meaning.
Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin also understood this meaning, so they both looked at Li Yuanji.
Li Jiancheng seemed to be helping Li Yuan out of the siege, but in fact he was still quarreling with Li Shimin.
If Li Jiancheng really wanted to help Li Yuan out of trouble and resolve the embarrassment between Li Yuan and Li Shimin, he should keep saying good things at this time.
Then Li Yuan sang the white face, and he sang the red face, coaxing Li Shimin with each other.
As long as Li Shimin is coaxed, he can not only help Li Yuan out of the siege, but also act as a good person in front of Li Shimin.
But he didn't.
So when Li Yuan talked about Li Shimin, he also brought Li Jiancheng with him.
Li Yuan was confused when it came to dealing with his son's issues and made frequent mistakes, but this does not mean that Li Yuan was a fool.
Who can sit on the throne in troubled times, who is a fool?
Is Li Jiancheng helping him? Can he tell?
"I think that the eldest brother and the second brother must have a father in their eyes, and my son also has a father in his eyes."
Li Yuanji hesitated for a moment, then spoke slowly, saying something that would not offend anyone.
Li Yuan seemed to be waiting for Li Yuanji's words. When Li Yuanji finished speaking, he immediately angrily said: "If they have me in their eyes, why do they force me?"
You did it yourself.
Li Yuanji grumbled in his heart, but did not reply.
Because Li Yuan didn't ask him this question.
"I didn't force my father, I just wanted to hear the truth from my father."
"How can a son-in-law force his father?"
Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng spoke one after another.
Li Yuan suddenly stood up, stared at Li Shimin and yelled angrily, "You want to hear the truth from me, do you think I am just a liar?"
Li Yuan no longer cares about easing the relationship with Li Shimin, and uses filial piety to tease Li Shimin whenever he opens his mouth.
Li Shimin must not admit that Li Yuan is a person who tells lies, because this will insult Li Yuan's reputation and violate filial piety.
Li Yuan didn't wait for Li Shimin to speak, and shouted angrily at Li Jiancheng, "Shimin has some complaints in his heart, so what if you let him vent it? As an elder brother, don't you know how to let him do it?"
"And you, watching the sibling quarrel, you don't know how to persuade them, but you are hiding aside to watch the show?!"
Li Yuan finally stared at Li Yuanji and Paoxiao.
Li Yuanji raised his head and looked at the dome of Wenchi.
What happened to me watching the show?
I go to the theater for your own good.
If I stop watching the show and give each of you a break, the conflict between you can be resolved, but can you bear it?
"You will be banned for ten days, and you will not be allowed to leave the palace without orders!"
Li Yuan issued the grounding order very grandly and left Wentangchi angrily without wearing any clothes.
"Why……"
Li Yuanji sighed quietly when Li Yuan's back disappeared at the door of Wentangchi.
Although Li Yuan said nothing, Li Yuan had already given Li Shimin an answer.
Because Li Yuan's attitude is the answer.
Li Yuan thought that he was making peace with Xi Ni and that he had temporarily dealt with the matter. However, he did not know that he had thrust the knife in front of Li Shimin into Li Shimin's hand.
Although Li Jiancheng did not have a knife in front of him, he would consider whether to prepare one.
Because as much as Li Yuan dealt with Li Shimin, he was not firm with him.