Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin, and instead of answering hastily asked, "How is the second brother going to respond?"
Li Shimin pondered for a moment and then said with a smile: "Of course I want to protect my eldest brother. Father Hu Tu is dead. We can't follow Hu Tu. Our eldest brother is our brother. How can we just watch our father hurt our eldest brother."
Li Yuanji suppressed a smile in his heart, and said with a kind smile on his face: "Good!"
Li Shimin is really high-sounding. When talking about brothers, will brothers frame each other? Will brothers kill each other?
To say we tried to protect Li Jiancheng was not to say we tried to protect Li Jiancheng's life.
As for Li Jiancheng's position as prince, it is obviously no longer within the scope of protection.
"How did you learn to speak like Buddhists? Have you become a believer in Buddhism?"
Li Shimin looked at Li Yuanji in astonishment and asked.
Li Shimin did not believe in Buddha, especially after Li Jiancheng welcomed the Buddhist leaders in Chang'an City into the Guangtian Hall to give lectures.
Deep down, his views on Buddhism were the same as those of Neishi Ling Fu Yi.
He believed that what Buddhism did was not only useless to the country, but also useless to the people. It also had a history of betraying the king, so it must be strictly controlled and strictly required.
When necessary, you can also kill.
Of course, if Buddhists give up getting close to Li Jiancheng and choose to get close to him, then he can relax some of his control and strict requirements on Buddhism.
If people in Buddhism are willing to be driven by him and run for him, then he won't mind giving special treatment to some eminent monks.
But the premise is that these virtuous monks will not harm him after receiving special treatment. Otherwise, he would not mind letting Fu Yi supervise Buddhism.
With Fu Yi's "love" for Buddhism, after supervising Buddhism, he will definitely work hard to make Buddhism develop and grow.
Of course, he was just thinking about this in his heart. After all, Buddhism has no intention of getting close to him so far, and no one has jumped out to drive him or run for him.
So when he heard Li Yuanji speak in the tone of a Buddhist, he subconsciously wanted to correct Li Yuanji's political mistakes.
In the Tang Dynasty, it was a political mistake for members of the royal family to believe in Buddhism.
Because the state religion of the Tang Dynasty was Taoism, the royal family of the Tang Dynasty recognized Li Er, one of the founders of Taoism, as their ancestor.
As a descendant of Li Er, it is natural for him to believe in the sect founded by Li Er.
To believe in other sects is to betray one's ancestry and forget one's family.
It also has the meaning of exposing one's shortcomings.
After all, there is no conclusive evidence that the Tang royal family recognized Li Er as their ancestor, and they were often criticized for it. If they did not believe in Taoism, it would be completely untenable.
Therefore, believing in Taoism is the obligation of every member of the royal family.
This is a political necessity, and it is also the price that Li must pay for recognizing Li Er as his ancestor.
"Believe in Buddhism? How is that possible?"
Li Yuanji clearly knew what political correctness was believed in in the Tang Dynasty, so he shouted without hesitation.
Li Shimin asked in confusion: "Then how did you learn how Buddhists talk?"
Li Yuanji asked in return: "Don't you think Buddhists are very sincere when they say the word 'good'?"
Li Shimin's face suddenly turned dark. He finally understood why Li Yuanji would speak like a Buddhist.
Li Yuanji was secretly mocking his hypocrisy.
He immediately glared at Li Yuanji fiercely.
Li Yuanji pretended not to see his eyes, and ordered the servants to bring more tea.
During the next several cups of tea, Li Shimin didn't come together to say a word. Obviously, he didn't want to bring trouble to himself, nor did he want to come together to scold him.
Li Yuanji was also happy to be quiet, and he ate snacks and drank tea by himself. When he was happy, he praised the servants who were serving him. When he was unhappy, he scolded the servants who were serving him.
Regardless of whether they were being praised or scolded, the palace servants always waited on their side respectfully.
After about seven or eight cups of tea, Li Gang arrived. He was carried into the hall unsteadily, got off the sedan chair, bowed to Li Shimin and Li Yuanji, and then walked to his seat and sat down.
Down.
Neither Li Shimin nor Li Yuanji dared to show off, so they stood up and returned the salute to Li Gang.
This tribute was due to Li Gang's age, knowledge and virtue.
Logically speaking, Li Gang had already been impersonated by Li Yuan and had his official uniform removed, so he was not qualified to appear here, but he still came. Considering his age and reputation, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji were not qualified.
To drive people out.
Of course, if Li Yuanji clears up his temper, he can catch up, but it's not necessary.
The matters to be decided in the court today have little to do with him. There is no need for him to offend an old official like Li Gang who is destined to stay in the court forever.
After Li Yuanji returned the gift to Li Gang, he had just sat down when Pei Ju arrived. He also sat in a soft sedan chair and sat directly in the palace. However, the sedan chair was not as luxurious as Li Gang's.
But Pei Ju would definitely not care about this. After all, Li Gang's soft sedan was given to him by Li Yuan, so it should be more luxurious than ordinary sedans.
If it were not as luxurious as an ordinary sedan chair, then there would be a problem.
After Pei Ju entered the hall, he also bowed to Li Shimin and Li Yuanji first. However, he did not rush to his seat and sat down. Instead, he walked specifically to Li Shimin and Li Yuanji.
After Li Shimin and Li Yuanji stood up and returned the greeting, they slowly said: "Today's meeting, I would like to ask your two highnesses to be merciful. After all, this matter is related to the life of His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness the Crown Prince is the elder brother of the two Highnesses. I want to come."
Your Highnesses do not want to see His Highness the Crown Prince in danger."
Li Shimin nodded and said without hesitation, "This is natural..."
Li Yuanji wanted to ask Pei Ju if he wanted to use Dayi to kidnap him, but seeing Li Shimin agreeing so happily, he didn't want to bother with anything anymore, and immediately nodded.
When Pei Ju saw this, he cupped his hands with gratitude and said, "On behalf of the Crown Prince, I would like to thank your two highnesses."
Li Shimin smiled and said: "It should be us who should express our gratitude. Mr. Pei is already old and he still works so hard for our brother. We should pay tribute to Mr. Pei."
With that said, he bowed to Pei Ju.
Pei Ju waved his hands and shouted repeatedly, not daring to respond.
Li Yuanji really couldn't stand this hypocritical scene, so he ignored the two of them and returned to his seat to sit down.
For this reason, Li Shimin even complained about his lack of etiquette after returning to his seat.
He simply chose to ignore it.
Not long after Pei Ju arrived, Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and other elders from the three provinces also arrived, all of them wearing either purple robes or red robes. When they were almost all there, the palace was really full of nobles and nobles.
But all of them have one thing in common, that is, they are old.
The oldest is over eighty years old, and the youngest is over fifty.
In comparison, Li Yuanji is undoubtedly a bit younger.
However, this situation was broken when Li Shentong, Li Shenfu, Li Xiaogong and others arrived with other members of the Li Tang royal family.
Some fathers left early, and the princes of the princes' mansions whose underage sons established their families were younger than Li Yuanji.
One by one, they walked up to Li Yuanji, bowed and saluted, calling him brother, as if asking for lucky money.
Li Yuanji nodded lazily regardless of whether he was facing someone he knew or someone he didn't know.
They did not dare to complain that Li Yuanji was rude, let alone domineering.
Because Li Yuanji is not only older than them, but also has a higher status than them.
In this place where status is important, even the older generation Li Shentong, Li Shenfu and others would bow to Li Yuanji when they saw him.
However, Li Yuan has always paid more attention to seniority, especially the seniority within the Li family.
Therefore, even if Li Shentong and Li Shenfu gave gifts to Li Yuanji in violation of the rules, Li Yuan would not care.
Relatively speaking, Li Yuanji would not rush to salute them.
Speaking of which, doesn't Li Shenfu have the important task of guarding some of the passes in Bingzhou? How come he appears in Chang'an City and in the Taiji Hall?
Could it be the reinforcements invited by Li Jiancheng?
Li Yuanji's eyes wandered around Li Shenfu, Pei Ju and others. When he saw that Pei Ju and others also looked surprised after seeing Li Shenfu, he understood.
Li Shenfu should not be the reinforcements invited by Li Jiancheng.
Is that Li Shimin?
Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin subconsciously.
Li Shimin happened to look over as well.
The two people looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts.
It wasn't Li Shimin, and Li Shimin was sure it wasn't him.
"That's father..."
Li Shimin whispered something in a low voice, his expression a bit confusing.
However, Li Yuanji could guess Li Shimin's thoughts even without thinking about it.
At this time, Li Yuan called Li Shenfu back to speak for him, which shows that Li Yuan was determined to depose Li Jiancheng as the crown prince.
This is undoubtedly good news for Li Shimin.
After he was gagged and his hands and feet were tied by Li Gang and Pei Ju, Li Yuan spared no effort to fight to depose Li Jiancheng as the crown prince, which meant that he was already half a step away from becoming the crown prince.
As long as Li Jiancheng falls, he will be able to take the throne smoothly.
Li Yuanji was sure that Li Shimin must have prepared a back-up plan against Li Jiancheng.
Therefore, the subsequent court decision must have been made by Li Shimin secretly to help Li Yuan deal with Li Jiancheng.
As Li Jiancheng is dying, he will definitely use all means and make use of all his connections and connections.
Therefore, this court decision will be unprecedentedly exciting.
After all the nobles in the palace had arrived, the bell on the wall of the Tai Chi Palace was rung to call the officials to come to court, and the officials outside the Tai Chi Palace rushed to the Tai Chi Palace in groups.
After arriving at the Tai Chi Hall, there is no need to enter the hall. You can just find a place to stand outside the hall according to the rankings.
If there is a call in the hall, you can go inside to talk. If there is no call in the hall, you can just stay outside and let the cold wind blow.
The area inside the Tai Chi Hall is quite limited. After accommodating the huge Li clan and the huge crowd of noble people, it can no longer accommodate others.
If others want to enter the temple, they must either wait for the summons or wait for someone inside to make room.
