Facing Li Yuanji's threat, Li Shimin's face turned red and he yelled angrily, "Li Yuanji, can you be more shameless?!"
Li Jiancheng didn't have much reaction because he was busy wiping the blood flowing from his mouth.
Li Yuanji nodded and said seriously: "Okay, you have been demoted to a commoner and no longer have any official title or power. In order to prevent you from affecting the future future of my nephews, I can make the decision on your behalf and kill them all."
Adopt out."
Speaking of this, Li Yuanji pretended to think: "I remember that Kuan'er died shortly after he was adopted by his fifth brother. Now the fifth brother doesn't have any heirs. I think Cheng Qian is quite smart, so why not adopt Cheng Qian?"
How about taking it under the name of fifth brother?"
The Kuan'er in Li Yuanji's mouth refers to Li Kuan, Li Shimin's eldest son.
Although Li Kuan was born earlier than Li Chengqian, because he was a concubine, he could not inherit everything from Li Shimin, nor could he bear the identity of Li Xuanba's direct line, so he was adopted to Li Yuan's eldest son, Li Zhiyun, Li Yuanji's fifth brother.
It's a pity that Li Kuan was frail and sick since he was a child, so he died young within two years of being adopted into Li Zhiyun's name. Historically, in the second year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin would adopt Li Linggui, the son of Jinan County Duke Li Shidu, and become Li Zhiyun's heir.
So Li Zhiyun now has no son in his name.
Ask Li Chengqian to be Li Zhiyun's heir, and Li Zhiyun will say yes a hundred times.
But Li Shimin would not agree to anything.
After all, he is not dead yet. Li Chengqian is his eldest son and the eldest grandson of the Tang royal family. What kind of joke are you giving Li Zhiyun a concubine son?
Li Shimin wished he could eat Li Yuanji alive. He didn't expect that Li Yuanji, who always looked like a quail, would be so vicious after revealing his true face.
But the situation is stronger than the person. He has talent under his roof and has to bow his head.
So he gritted his teeth and said, "You're so cruel!!"
Seeing that Li Shimin had softened, Li Yuanji smiled brightly, looked at Li Jiancheng and said, "Where is eldest brother?"
Li Jiancheng glared at Li Yuanji angrily and said nothing.
His son had already been killed by Li Shimin, so he was not afraid of this threat at all.
Seeing this, Li Yuanji had to remind him: "Brother, have you forgotten that my sister-in-law has another baby in her belly? Maybe it's a son."
Zheng Guanyin was conceived together with her eldest grandson, and Wang Ruan was also conceived at the same time.
During that time, Li Yuanji was tortured a lot by Yang Miaoyan, so he clearly remembered this incident.
On the day Yang Miaoyan returned to the palace, Li Yuanji secretly asked Yang Miaoyan to visit Zheng Guanyin.
It was because Yang Miaoyan visited Zheng Guanyin and told Li Yuanji about Zheng Guanyin's current situation in bed that Li Yuanji knew that Zheng Guanyin was crying all day long, not thinking about food or food, and couldn't sleep all night.
This is definitely not a good thing for a pregnant woman.
So when Li Yuanji thought of being unhappy with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, he came to Anlimen without hesitation.
Otherwise, he wouldn't bother coming here to argue with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.
As for asking Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to help him handle government affairs, it was purely to give them an excuse to deliver news to his wife.
Otherwise, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin would not believe it if they were suddenly given benefits for nothing.
Who would have expected that as soon as they arrived at Anli Gate, they would see Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin playing chess in a carefree manner, and anger would well up in their stomachs for no reason.
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Then he vented his anger without hesitation, making Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin unhappy.
He felt happy.
Li Jiancheng didn't know that Li Yuanji was receiving welfare. After hearing Li Yuanji's words, he was obviously stunned for a moment. The expression on his face changed rapidly for a while, and finally he growled through gritted teeth, "You will be safe and sound."
Are you sure to let her give birth to the child?"
Li Yuanji laughed angrily at Li Jiancheng, "If I didn't want her to give birth to the child, would I have mentioned this to you?"
Li Jiancheng shouted with a sullen face: "Who knows what you are thinking!"
Li Yuanji slowly stood up and said angrily and funny: "Li Jiancheng! Don't think that everyone thinks the same as you! I only care about your comeback and the threat that those nephews pose to me, and I will not keep you and me together."
them."
Speaking of this, Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin and said: "I'm different from you. I still think about ethics, morality, brotherhood, uncle-nephew friendship, so I won't be as cruel as you when doing things."
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But don't expect to make a comeback by taking advantage of my weakness.
I can tell you clearly that since I dare to keep you, I am not afraid of you making a comeback.
But if you are defeated by me again, then I will not be polite to you.
I will kill you first, then let my sisters-in-law remarry, and then send my nephews to the homes of ordinary farmers, and let them live in anonymity for the rest of their lives."
"At this point, we are indeed not as good as you. I don't know what brother is thinking, but I can listen to you and help you. I just ask you not to hurt Chengqian and the others."
Li Shimin was well aware of current affairs, or he had learned the true story of King Goujian of Yue and knew how to be patient.
So when the situation was stronger than others, he chose to bow his head and endure without hesitation.
But this does not mean that he gave up his ambition and his great cause. He just began to tolerate it and waited for the opportunity after discovering that Li Yuanji would not kill him.
Li Jiancheng was not that aware of current affairs. He raised his head and said sarcastically: "It's just a pretense!"
It’s not that he doesn’t want to be aware of current affairs, and it’s not that he doesn’t want to be patient.
It's just that compared to Li Shimin, his accumulated foundation is too thin. In the previous palace coup, the swords and guns in his hands have been completely destroyed, and he can no longer make a comeback through swords and guns.
He had no hope at all for the civil servants under his command.
It's not that he looks down on those civil servants, but that he understands the nature of those civil servants.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although he has been imprisoned at Anlimen, he is sure that 40 to 50% of the civil servants under him have been taken over by Li Yuanji
, the remaining 50% to 60% will be included sooner or later.
So he chose to lie down and break the jar.
Li Yuanji stared at Li Jiancheng intently, really not knowing what to say.
Why did some very famous princes become like this after becoming prisoners?
Are the historical records false, or is Li Jiancheng's character too fragile and unable to withstand the abuse, and would collapse as soon as he is exposed to it?
"Brother, those who know the current affairs are heroes. If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about my unborn nephew, right? Do you really have the heart to see him sent to an ordinary farmer's home to live with cattle and horses for the rest of his life?"
Li Shimin didn't know what he was thinking, but he actually persuaded Li Jiancheng.
Li Jiancheng stared at Li Shimin with burning eyes and roared: "You have the nerve to mention your nephew? What qualifications do you have to mention your nephew?"
Li Shimin's face darkened and he said no more. Instead, he walked to the only desk in the city gate building, picked up some documents, walked to the short desk on the side and began to review them.
Seeing this, Li Jiancheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, walked to the table in three steps, picked up the remaining documents, and prepared to go back to the table to review.
But before leaving, he turned to Li Yuanji with wide eyes and said, "I'm not bowing to you. I just want to live a good life and watch you become a tiger and watch how you and Li Shimin die!"
Li Yuanji frowned and said, "Up to now, don't you care about the life and death of my unborn nephew? Don't you care about the well-being of my sister-in-law?"
Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "So what if I care? Will you let me go out to reunite with them?"
Li Yuanji's brows suddenly wrinkled.
Li Jiancheng said again: "Even if I don't care about them, can you just watch them die?"
Li Yuanji suddenly became angry again and wanted to give Li Jiancheng a big blow.
But Li Jiancheng continued: "You can't! Because my father doesn't allow it! Unless you dare to destroy your father and take that position yourself! But will you?!"
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, really stunned.
Damn it! Li Jiancheng’s IQ has increased!!!
Let's not talk about whether he dared to depose Li Yuan. Even if he did dare, he would not be able to sit firmly in Li Tang's position by usurping the throne.
After all, the unified emperor before Li Yuan, well, that is Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, came to the throne in this way.
Then he was greeted by seventy-two roads of smoke and dust.
If he takes the high position in the same way again, the world will still be in chaos, and there may be 72 smoke and dust.
This does not mean that after he came to power, he behaved like Yang Guang and forced all the ambitious people in the world to rebel.
Rather, the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty had cultivated many careerists, but these careerists had not completely recognized the Tang Dynasty, nor had they completely perished.
Therefore, if he takes the high position in the same way, all the careerists will jump out without hesitation, thinking that Li Tang is revolting, thinking that Li Yuan is an excuse to be loyal, and attack him together.
So if he really wanted Li Tang's position, he couldn't seize it by usurping it.
Historically, after Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Revolution, the reason why he retained Li Yuan and made him the Supreme Emperor was not only to preserve his own reputation and filial piety, but also for this reason.
In this way, when the Turks moved south, he was unable to calm down the various grievances within the Tang Dynasty, and he was unable to immediately gather a huge force to deal with the Turks, causing the Turks to fight all the way to the Weishui River, forcing them to
Signed the very humiliating Weishui Alliance.
History has written extensively about Li Shimin's intelligent retreat of the Turks, but only a few words were used to record that when the Turks left, they took away massive wealth, sufficient food and grass, and a large number of people.
This is also the reason why Li Shimin did not immediately organize troops to fight back after the Turks retreated, but instead quietly developed for several years before starting to fight back against the Turks.
Because all the money in the Tang treasury and the private treasury of the royal family was compensated to the Turks, most of the food and population in Guanzhong were robbed by the Turks.
If Li Shimin did not develop quietly, he would not have enough money and food to support the campaign against the Turks.
Historically, in the early days of Li Shimin's rule, he streamlined officials and streamlined administration, let the maids out of the palace, and lived frugally with his eldest grandson. For that reason, wasn't it just to save money?!
Otherwise, could the natural disasters in the early days of Zhenguan really consume all the money Li Shimin seized from Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and other anti-kings?
That was the huge wealth accumulated by all the rebel kings who plundered the world and inherited the legacy of the former Sui Dynasty.
Therefore, seizing the throne from Li Yuan by usurping the throne would be very harmful to the Tang Dynasty.
More importantly, Li Yuanji didn't want that position either.
Li Yuanji did not expect that Li Jiancheng, who was almost regarded as a fool by him, could actually see that he would not seize the throne of the Tang Dynasty by usurping the throne.
