The Ganlu Hall was the place where the emperor stored his books. It occupies a very large area and has left and right side halls, as well as a separate study room. It was also where Li Yuan studied daily.
At this moment, there was deathly silence in the main hall of the huge Ganlu Hall.
There was a long silence, and no one spoke. It was the first time that the emperor and the prince of the early Tang Dynasty treated each other as father and son.
The relationship between father and son, and the relationship between monarch and minister are inextricably entangled here.
Li Yuan's face was expressionless, and his eyes moved back and forth between his two sons' faces. After a brief thought, he understood what Dalang meant.
There are only two intentions.
First, if the Prince of Qin's Palace is allowed to handle all matters in Shandong, plus Li Daoxuan, Qi Shanxing, Tian Liu'an, Shuang Shiluo, who just received the battle report, and perhaps Cheng Mingzhen who killed Liu Heita, if there is no Hebei Daoxingtai, it will already be possible.
It doesn't make much sense anymore.
Li Daoxuan took control of the military, Cheng Mingzhen pacified Shandong, and the major state capitals were all under the command of the King of Qin.
It is foreseeable that Hebei Province will be as monolithic as Shaanxi Province and will completely become the sphere of influence of the Qin Palace.
Li Jiancheng's position as crown prince will be unstable like a weak grass in the wind.
This was difficult for Li Jiancheng to accept, and also unacceptable for Li Yuan... He had never thought of deposing the crown prince and establishing the king of Qin.
Secondly, if Li Shimin completely controls Hebei Road, plus Shaanxi Road and Yizhou Road, and most of the world is in his hands, will Li Yuan, the emperor, still be able to sit firmly?
If Li Yuan hadn't thought of it before a stick of incense, after all, it was two sons who took over the throne, and he himself was only in his fifties this year. He could ride a horse, pull a bow, eat meat, not to mention being a man eight times a night...
…It’s still no problem after two or three times.
In other words, although Li Yuan was afraid of Li Shimin, he always considered it from the perspective of Li Jiancheng, the prince.
But now...this is the purpose of Li Jiancheng's words just now.
Although Shaanxi Province was Li Shimin's sphere of influence, the appointment and dismissal of officials and military power were all appointed by Li Shimin on his own without the need to report to Li Yuan... but the deployment of military forces was not among them.
Li Shimin actually sent troops to Shandong... This was a taboo.
If troops can be mobilized from Shaanxi Province to Hebei, will they be mobilized to other places?
Or will troops be mobilized from other places?
Or even...will troops be mobilized into Chang'an?
The founding kings of the past dynasties may not have encountered a situation like Li Yuan... Generally speaking, the founding kings are often the leaders who directly control the military power, but now Li Shimin's prestige in the military is higher than that of Li Yuan.
And after Liu Bang conquered the world and reduced his power to Han Xin, after Qin Shihuang destroyed the six kingdoms, he could let Wang Jian take care of him in his old age... After all, he was an outsider and a minister.
But Li Yuan couldn't. He rashly reduced the power of a prince with outstanding military achievements, or even killed him... It would probably cause a chain reaction. After all, when Li Tang founded the country, he always relied on his clan members to conquer the world.
Li Yuan does not belittle himself, but he also does not think that he is more powerful than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty... Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could defeat the prince who was plotting rebellion without his intervention, but Li Yuan may not be at such a level.
Li Jiancheng breathed out gently. He clearly saw the suspicion in his father's eyes... No matter how much there was, as long as there was one, that was enough.
And Li Shimin secretly cursed his eldest brother in his heart for being too vicious... To put it nicely, it was the father and son, and to put it worse, he was accusing himself of having evil intentions.
Whether you have any evil intentions or not...that's not important.
Li Jiancheng pointed out the most critical point. Li Shimin has the strength to do evil things. As long as he wants to, he can do it!
After a long silence, Li Yuan looked at the eldest son with a calm expression, and then at the second son with a bitter look on his face, rubbed his temples, shook his head and said, "Erlang, what is it for?"
I really have a headache, so I made up my mind in the afternoon to sleep with Concubine Yin De at night. Unexpectedly, I have to think about this now.
Although Li Jiancheng tried his best to dissuade him, the weak side of Li Yuan's character still prevailed. He did not believe...or rather he did not want to believe that Li Shimin might commit a mutiny.
Because Li Yuan knew his second son very well, he was a person who strived for perfection... no matter in every aspect.
If you ascend the throne and become emperor, you will definitely become a wise king. How can you be willing to be stained?
It has to be said that Li Yuan's understanding of Li Shimin is quite accurate.
This is indeed the case. In the last years of Wude in history, Li Shimin actually had the upper hand, but he was forced into a corner by the prince and the king of Qi. It was not until it was repeatedly confirmed that it was impossible to replace Li Jiancheng that he launched the Xuanwumen mutiny.
Even so, Li Yuan lived for more than ten years. Don't think that Li Shimin was absolutely confident... Think of King Zhao Wuling who starved to death in the sand dunes.
Li Shimin took a step forward and knelt on one knee, "Father, I did send a partial force to cross the river."
"More than ten days ago, Tian Liu'an, the general manager of Weizhou, sent a messenger to the capital. After thinking for a long time, I sent a letter to Shaanxi Province, ordering Duke Jiang to deploy 500 cavalry and 500 infantry, a total of 1,000 partial divisions, led by Wang Junkuo, the minister of the Daxingtai Military Department of Shaanxi Province.
Soldier."
"The boy was really helpless. Liu Heitai led an army of 40,000 to storm Guantao, and another 30,000 Turkic cavalry besieged the city."
"Xiangzhou and Weizhou are also in danger, and Sanhu led tens of thousands of troops to stand still. Will Liu Heitai be allowed to sweep Hebei?"
Li Yuan relaxed his brows slightly and nodded slightly. Although he was unhappy, he also recognized Li Shimin's reason.
This is a reason that Li Jiancheng cannot refute.
It's not that I want to violate taboos and move troops across the border, it's because Li Yuanji, the third oldest, refuses to go north with an army of tens of thousands, and just sits back and watches Liu Heita storm Weizhou.
As for Weizhou, Tian Liuan, and Qi Shanxing of Xiangzhou, all of whom came from the Qin Palace, Li Shimin was naturally anxious and secretly sent troops to help.
And why did Li Yuanji hesitate to move forward?
Naturally, he was ordered by Li Jiancheng, the crown prince of the East Palace.
Li Jiancheng was dumbfounded for a moment...he couldn't find any reason to refute.
"But I really didn't expect that..." Li Shimin said with a wry smile: "The Turkic army returned to the north, and Liu Heitai still had tens of thousands of troops under his command. The strength of the troops was so disparate that the King of Huaiyang actually joined forces with Shanxing, and Wang Junkuo defeated Liu Heitai."
"Erlang, get up." Li Yuan raised his hand gently, "We are from the same roots..."
After sighing for a long time, Li Yuan emphasized, "Don't abolish public service for personal reasons!"
Li Jiancheng, who was holding back his anger, and Li Shimin, who breathed a sigh of relief, both bowed in response.
Li Yuan thought about it in his mind, "Daoxuan is already the marching marshal of Hebei Province. He is ordered to return to Beijing immediately after recovering the states in Hebei Province."
"To appease all matters in Shandong... Is Cheng Mingzhen, the general manager of Luozhou, worthy of the important task?"
Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin looked at each other, but neither of them said a word.
The former was because it was speculated that Cheng Mingzhen had already committed himself to Prince Qin's palace, and the latter was because the lethality of Li Jiancheng's previous words had not faded away.
There was another sigh. Li Yuan couldn't remember how many times he sighed this evening, "Dalang, is there a suitable person in the East Palace to go on a patrol to appease Shandong?"
Luozhou is the capital of Hebei Province, and Cheng Mingzhen has just been appointed as the general manager. It was recommended by you, the prince, and now he has withdrawn... That is simply child's play, and the only thing left is for the East Palace to recruit more people.
"Prince Xima Wei Xuancheng is a famous scholar in Shandong. He has a long-standing reputation and can tour Hebei." Li Jiancheng paused and added: "Prince's guest Cui Hao is a descendant of the Cui family in Qinghe, and he is also famous."
Li Yuan nodded, "These two men were ordered to patrol Shandong and appease the people."
This time, Li Yuan did not ask Li Shimin... You have already taken too many advantages, you can't take them all!
Li Shimin himself was indifferent to this, and he guessed in his heart... Although Wei Zheng and Cui Hao were both famous figures in Shandong, when it came to appeasing Hebei, Ling Jing, the counselor who was once trusted by Dou Jiande, might be better at it.