Empress Changsun is not very beautiful, but she is dignified, gentle and has an extraordinary temperament. She can no longer be described as beautiful.
She is the queen of Tang Dynasty.
It is the pride and dream of countless women in the Tang Dynasty.
She and Li Tianmin have been together for decades, and her position as queen has always been as stable as Mount Tai.
Ye Qingyun naturally maintains full respect for such a queen.
“I’ve heard about Mr. Ye’s name for a long time, but when I saw him today, he is indeed well-deserved!”
Queen Changsun smiled.
Ye Qingyun smiled: "They are all just false reputations. The queen does not need to take them to heart."
Li Tianmin said: "Master Ye, several of my princes are already in the main hall, let's go over now."
Ye Qingyun nodded.
"good!"
At that moment, the group of people headed towards the main hall.
When we arrived at the main hall, we saw all the princes.
Except for Li Yuancheng, who has been deposed, Li Tianmin's other sons are already here.
One of five sons.
One of them was only three years old, and he looked a little at a loss when standing next to his brothers.
"You guys, please pay your respects to Mr. Ye immediately!"
Li Tianmin ordered.
Several princes quickly bowed to Ye Qingyun.
"Meet Mr. Ye!"
Even the three-year-old child learned well.
Ye Qingyun smiled: "I have met several of your highnesses."
Li Tianmin introduced them one by one.
"This is my second son Li Yuanhao."
"This is my third son Li Yuanfeng."
"This is my fourth son, Li Yuanxiu."
"This is my fifth son, Li Yuanke."
"This is my youngest son Li Yuanman."
Ye Qingyun looked at these five princes, and they all looked pretty good.
It can be seen that the bloodline of Lao Li's family is still very good.
Of course, choosing a prince is not just based on looks.
Appearance is secondary.
Mainly character and ability.
Li Yuancheng was cruelly destroyed by Li Tianmin because his character and ability were insufficient.
Otherwise, if he could see some hope, Li Tianmin would not make such a decision.
Now we have to choose a new prince.
Li Tianmin naturally had to be cautious.
Directly invite Ye Qingyun to help choose.
"Mr. Ye, which one of them do you think is more suitable to be the prince?"
Li Tianmin asked.
As soon as these words came out, except for the youngest prince who didn't understand anything, the expressions of the other four princes changed and they all looked at Ye Qingyun.
My father actually asked this person for his opinion?
Could it be said that this person's opinion can decide who becomes the prince?
For a time, the four princes all had their own thoughts.
Who doesn’t want to be a prince?
There was no hope before.
Now that Li Yuancheng has been deposed, wouldn't their opportunity come?
If I had known earlier that my father would ask this person to make the decision.
Then you should seize the opportunity to curry favor with this person before you wait for him.
pity.
It happened too suddenly.
They were completely unprepared.
"Your Majesty, these princes are very good."
Ye Qingyun said this.
How can he tell which of these princes is suitable?
Can this kind of thing be seen just by looking?
Anyway, Ye Qingyun didn't dare to decide easily.
This is not something that can be decided casually.
It is related to the future of such a large dynasty.
"Master Ye can give them a test."
Li Tianmin suggested.
Queen Changsun on the side also nodded.
Ye Qingyun thought for a while.
Then take the test.
Of course, Ye Qingyun couldn't test these princes in the usual way.
It is even more impossible to give them an arithmetic problem.
After thinking for a while, Ye Qingyun had an idea in his mind.
"Princes, if the Tang Dynasty is invaded by a powerful foreign enemy and the whole country needs to fight, and at this time there is a rebellion within the Tang Dynasty, what would you do, princes?"
When this question came up, even Li Tianmin didn't think of it.
This is too tricky.
And it is indeed a question worth thinking about.
There are powerful enemies outside.
There is rebellion within.
This is almost the biggest problem a dynasty can face.
If this time comes, it depends on what choice the emperor should make so that the dynasty can tide over the difficulties.
Once you make a careless decision, your country will be destroyed and your people will be destroyed.
Empress Changsun frowned.
She originally thought that Ye Qingyun would test some other aspects, such as poetry and poetry.
I didn't expect it to be such a test.
She was a little worried that these princes might show their cowardice.
"Let's answer them in order of age."
After Ye Qingyun finished speaking, he looked at the second prince Li Yuanhao.
Li Yuanhao's expression remained unchanged and he spoke calmly: "If there is really an invasion of foreign enemies in the Tang Dynasty and there is a rebellion within the Tang Dynasty, then I will first put down the rebellion, and then use all my strength to repel the foreign enemies and preserve the Tang Dynasty!"
Ye Qingyun nodded, said nothing, and looked at the third prince Li Yuanfeng.
Li Yuanfeng was a little embarrassed.
"Mr. Ye, my idea is the same as that of the second emperor brother, first put down the rebellion and then attack the foreign enemies."
Ye Qingyun said hello.
Then he looked at the Fourth Prince Li Yuanxiu.
Li Yuanxiu frowned slightly: "According to Young Master Ye, when foreign enemies invade, the whole country is at war. At this time, the dangers of foreign enemies should outweigh the dangers of civil strife."
"So, I think we should first defend against external enemies and then resolve the internal affairs of the dynasty."
As soon as these words came out, Ye Qingyun's eyes took on a different light.
The previous two princes looked at Li Yuanxiu with dissatisfied eyes.
"Fourth brother, why do you think so? If internal troubles are not eliminated, how can we resist foreign enemies?"
"Yes, fourth brother, if you don't get rid of the internal troubles, even if you want to resist the foreign enemies, it is unrealistic. When the internal troubles and foreign troubles come, the dynasty will fall faster!"
Both of them spoke out to refute Li Yuanxiu's views.
Li Yuanxiu did not waver in his thoughts.
"In the face of foreign enemies, we should unite all forces that can be united. Internal troubles can also be our help!"
As soon as these words came out, the entire hall fell silent.
"absurd!"
"Nonsense!"
The second prince and the third prince both reprimanded him verbally.
"shut up!"
Li Tianmin couldn't stand it anymore and shouted with his eyes wide open.
The two of them immediately shut up in anger.
Ye Qingyun didn't pay attention to the two princes, but looked at Li Yuanxiu.
"Why do you think so?"
Li Yuanxiu bowed and bowed: "I just feel that people who are not of my race must have different hearts, and the rebellion within the dynasty is still from me, the Tang Dynasty."
"When foreign enemies invade and the whole country is at war, no matter how fierce the turmoil within the dynasty is, we should temporarily put aside our grudges and join forces to defend against foreign enemies. This is the true royal choice!"
Ye Qingyun nodded.
There was a hint of appreciation on his face.
"Where is the fifth prince?"
Ye Qingyun looked at the fifth prince Li Yuanke.
Li Yuanke scratched his head: "Well, I think we should make peace with the foreign enemies first, even if we have to pay some price. We can take advantage of this to eliminate the internal troubles first, and then compete with the foreign enemies."