Chapter Fifty-ninth Brothers Separation of Powers
Seeing that Li Jiancheng looked abnormal, Chen Shuda hurriedly asked! "Does Your Highness know anything?"
Li Jiancheng's face became extremely solemn, and he said slowly: "About the end of last year, the palace pharmacist Zhang Bingzhi died mysteriously. Later, the imperial doctor checked the elixir he prepared and found that the medicine was toxic. The elixir he prepared, the father and emperor
I have been taking it all the time, and I suspect that the father's blood urination this time was related to this person."
This conclusion made Chen Shuda frown, "But this person has long been dead and all the clues have been cut off. How do you check this?"
Li Jiancheng shook his head, "Actually, the clues have not been broken. Zhang Bingzhi's wife is missing. I sent someone to my hometown to find her, but there is no news. This woman should be an informed person. Chapter 59: Brothers' decentralization, but even if she can't be found.
, I also know who the master behind the scenes is?"
Speaking of this, Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth, "He even dared to shoot his brother to death, what else can he dare not do?"[
Chen Shuda was startled and waved his hand quickly, "Your Highness, there is no evidence to make a conclusion about this matter. Besides, it may be the cause of the Sui Dynasty."
"snort!"
Li Jiancheng sneered, "Does Chen Xiangguo think it will be the Sui Dynasty?"
"Your Highness, what I mean is that if the conflict is intensified now, it will be unfavorable to Your Highness."
Li Jiancheng could still accept this view, and he nodded, "You are right. He holds military power. If the conflict is intensified now, it will be detrimental to me."
At this time, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Highness, the Lord is awake.
Li Jiancheng and Chen Shuda were overjoyed and stood up together and headed towards the next ward.
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Li Yuan had slowly woken up and fainted for nearly three hours. His mind was a little blurred and he couldn't remember many things for a while.
Concubine Yin De was carefully feeding him porridge, and her heart was filled with sadness. At this time, she suddenly felt that the emperor was aging. The emperor seemed to be in his twilight years, and she was only in her early twenties. What should we do in the future?
At this time, a eunuch came in to report, "Report to the Emperor Chapter 59: Brothers are divided, and His Highness the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Chen want to find His Majesty."
Li Yuan waved his hand to Concubine Yin De with difficulty. Concubine Yin De understood and quickly put down the porridge bowl and left the back door. But after the screen, she hesitated for a moment and quietly hid behind the screen.
Prince Li Jiancheng and Chen Shuda walked in. The two knelt down in front of Li Yuan's couch. Li Jiancheng held his father's hand and tears suddenly burst out, "Father!"
Li Yuan touched his head and smiled hard, "Why do you have to do this?"
He said to Chen Shuda again: "Go and invite several prime ministers, I have something to say."
Chen Shuda got up and wanted to go out, but Li Yuan remembered something again and instructed: "There is also the King of Qin, call us together."
Li Yuan felt a little tired and slowly closed his eyes. After a moment, five prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall hurried in. Everyone felt relieved when they heard that Li Yuan woke up. As long as Li Yuan was sick, the sky in the Tang Dynasty would not collapse.
"Dear friends... please sit down!" Li Yuan's mind began to recover a little bit.
The eunuch moved a few fingers to sit on the couch, and everyone sat down next to Li Yuan. Li Yuan signaled the two eunuchs, and the eunuch quickly helped him sit up.
Li Yuan fainted for a short time and his body was not affected much. When his mind gradually recovered, it was no different from usual.
However, Li Yuan himself knew that his dizziness was getting worse and worse, and he had already fainted, which made him feel disheartened and some things had to be explained.
He sighed and said to everyone: "I need to take a good rest for a while. I am afraid I won't care about the government affairs of the court. From now on, the crown prince will take charge of all the government affairs in the court for the time being, so there is no need to report to me."
In fact, the government affairs of the court have always been taken over by the Crown Prince Li Jiancheng. However, in the past, he shared the government affairs for Li Yuan, and the ministers in the court still reported to Li Yuan. Now Li Yuan has officially handed over the government affairs to Li Jiancheng. In the future, the ministers will go to the East Palace to look at Prince.
Reporting, the nature of the two is completely different.
The ministers looked at each other, and everyone could hear that Li Yuan's words had a profound meaning, as if they were to give way. At this time, Chen Shuda carefully suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't you directly grant His Highness the Crown Prince the Prince to correct your status?"
Li Yuan just asked Li Jiancheng to take charge of government affairs, but did not mention military affairs. Chen Shuda proposed to enthrone the state, so that military affairs were included in it and became military affairs.
Li Jiancheng's face changed. Just as he was about to object, Li Yuan sighed, "People's energy is always limited, and all matters are handed over to the prince. I am afraid he can't afford it for the time being. The prince is temporarily in charge of government affairs, and the King of Qin is responsible for military affairs."
As soon as these words were spoken, the five prime ministers present, including Li Jiancheng, couldn't help but sigh secretly, and Li Yuan finally chose to compromise.
Xiao Li bowed and said, "Your Majesty makes wise and decisive decisions, and I firmly support Your Highness."
Xiao Li's statement surprised everyone. It would be understandable if Pei Ji made such a statement. After all, Pei Ji is a member of the King of Qin, and Xiao Li is a well-known neutral faction and has always been fair and private. He also supports this kind of society.
Leave hidden dangers to compromise.
In fact, Xiao Li knew very well that the Holy Table Tennis made such a decision. At present, there are still 130,000 troops in Guanzhong, of which 80,000 elite troops are distributed in Fufeng County, and are firmly in the hands of the King of Qin. If the prince is allowed to control the military and political power, the King of Qin will first be
Opposition will inevitably inspire the internal struggle between their brothers again.
Now that Jingxiang is defeated, Bashu is in danger, and the Tang Dynasty is in danger, stability is the top priority at this time. Only by acknowledging the respective interests of their brothers can they unite and go to the outside world. Therefore, Li Yuan made the decision to separate military and political affairs.
Although it was very helpless, it was a wise move that Xiao Li would clearly express his support.
Li Yuan nodded, but Xiao Li knew his heart. At this time, the eunuch at the door reported: "Your Majesty, the King of Qin has arrived, waiting to see him outside the hall."
"Xuan him into the palace!"
Soon, Li Shimin hurried into the ward, and he knelt down in front of his father and cried, "The father is ill in the dragon body, and his son wishes he could replace him with his body.
After all, it was his own son. Although Li Yuan once wanted to abolish Li Shimin's military power and imprison him in the deep palace, when he was in a state of weakness and illness, he couldn't help but feel licking his child. He gently stroked his son's head and thought of it again.
His eyes were a little wet when he was a child.
"Son of the Emperor, please help the Emperor brother!"
This sentence made Li Shimin's heart suddenly jump. What does this mean? Has the father passed the throne to the emperor's brother?
Li Yuan waved to Li Jiancheng again, "Crown Prince, come here too."
Li Jiancheng and his brother Shimin kneeled down in front of Li Yuan. Li Yuan looked at the two brothers, thinking that they had been intimate since childhood, and thinking that Jiancheng took Shimin to play around. That was the greatest relief of being a father.
But since they drank the poisonous wine of power, the brothers gradually turned against each other and became a life-and-death struggle, and they were not as good as brothers from a farm family. Li Yuan couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion in his heart.
"For my father, I am in poor health and weak in physique, and I need to rest for a while. I have decided to hand over the military and political power to you brothers, build it into power, and Shimin is in charge of the army. I hope you brothers will work together to protect the Tang Dynasty and overcome difficulties together.
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Only then did Li Shimin understand the profound meaning of his father and actually handed over the military power to him. He was overjoyed, but he did not dare to show it. His face was still full of sadness, and he kowtowed heavily, "Abide by the order of his father!"
Prince Jiancheng also sighed in his heart. Since his father had made it clear that the law had been saved, he had to kowtow and thank him.
Li Yuan ordered the eunuch to bring the military fu and the national seal, and he handed over the national seal to Jiancheng, "Although I have not appointed you as the governor of the country, you can do the matter of governing the country. This national seal is still under the control of Fu Xilang, but you
The ear can be called at any time.”
"Thank you for your trust."
Li Jiancheng kowtowed again and thanked him, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the nine tiger talismans in the jade box. That was the power of the world. 'Those who win the army' won the world', how could he not understand?' It was just that the father actually gave it to him.
The second brother made Li Jiancheng feel sad.
Of course, he could also understand his father's good intentions. At critical moments, stability is the priority. However, when the second brother is involved in these military power, will he really consider maintaining stability first?
Li Jiancheng was filled with thoughts and could not be worried.
Li Yuan gave Li Shimin another jade box of military talismans, but hesitated for a moment and took four tiger guard talismans from the box, which were military talismans of 40,000 troops stationed in the capital.
This subtle action surprised everyone present. The emperor's actions directly exposed his thoughts. The emperor still did not believe in the King of Qin in his bones, and a glimmer of hope arose in Li Jiancheng's heart.
Li Shimin solemnly took over the military talisman, and he smiled bitterly in his heart. Now the 210,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty and 50,000 troops of Bashu were in the hands of King Ji of Qi, and the military talisman could not be mobilized. Thirty thousand troops were besieged by the Sui army, which was also meaningless.
Now that the 40,000 troops stationed in Beijing were taken away by his father, he actually only controlled 90,000 people. Of these 90,000 troops, 80,000 troops stationed in Caiping County were already in his hands. After all, he only
He received 10,000 more Hanzhong Army, which was under the control of Luo Yi, but Luo Yi was also the prince.
In fact, giving him military talismans is just a form. If one day the father wants to take back his military power, will he dare not obey?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin kowtowed again and said, "My son thanked his father for his trust. In addition, there is another thing that he wants to ask his father for instructions alone."
Li Yuan nodded and said to everyone: "You all go down!"
Several prime ministers stood up and retreated, and Li Shimin couldn't help but look at Li Jiancheng again. Seeing that Li Jiancheng did not move, he reminded him again: "Can the emperor retreat temporarily?"
Li Jiancheng could no longer help but said angrily: "Second brother, can you let Brother Wei know about anything?"
He has already taken charge of the national seal and held the power of government affairs. Even if he doesn't care about the army, wouldn't he even have the power to listen to it?
Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said, "Brother, it's my family matter, I'm sorry!"
Li Jianchengnai had to get up and leave angrily. When Li Jiancheng left, Li Yuan smiled faintly and asked, "What's the matter?"
Of course he knew that it would not be a family matter. Li Shimin kowtowed heavily, "Father, please be sure to transfer your fourth brother back to Chang'an. You must not let him take charge of the military power of Bashu again, otherwise Shu will definitely be defeated in his hands.
The defeat in Taiyuan is his responsibility.”
Chapter completed!