I'm a marquis in Datang

In history, this Li Gang can be called the killer of the prince. He once served in the Later Zhou Dynasty. After Yang Jian usurped the throne and the Sui Dynasty was established at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Li Gang served as the prince of the East Palace of Prince Yang Yong. Unfortunately, Yang Yong was abolished.

When Li Jiancheng was the prince, Li Gang actually served as the prince of the Eastern Palace Zhan Shi first, and was responsible for assisting the prince.

However, Li Gang has an upright temperament, and he repeatedly persuaded Li Jiancheng in the early years, which eventually caused Li Jiancheng to alienate Li Gang.

Li Gang had an upright temper, so he simply asked to resign, but Li Yuan refused.

However, Li Gang has been in the East Palace since then, like an invisible person, who rarely appears, and Li Jiancheng doesn't care about Li Gang.After Li Shimin ascended the throne, Li Gang became Li Chengqian's teacher again, serving as the prince's junior teacher.

This time Li Chengqian treated Li Gang with respect and courtesy.

However, Li Gang was over eighty years old, and died within a few years.Throughout Li Gang's life, he taught three princes in two dynasties. As a result, two of the three princes were abolished and one was killed.

Du Qi had heard about Li Gang, but the two sides did not meet each other.But Li Chengqian had a problem, and Li Gang, the prince and junior teacher who took full responsibility, couldn't shirk his responsibility.

After all, Kong Yingda and Lu Deming both assisted Li Gang.

Li Yuan glanced at Du Qi, he knew Du Qi's methods, especially Du Qi was very assertive, so when it came to Li Chengqian's current matter, he had to give Du Qi an explanation.

Otherwise, it will affect Du Qi.

Without waiting for Du Qi to speak, Li Yuan ordered, "Xiao Li."

"exist!"

Xiao Li is also getting older now.

He replied with a slightly hunched back.

Li Yuan ordered: "You go to Liangyi Hall to inform the emperor yourself, and ask him to come."

"Yes!"

Xiao Li turned around and left.

Chapter 574 Debate

debate

This scene fell into the eyes of Li Chengqian, who was ten years old after all.Especially the children of the royal family are precocious.So when he heard Li Yuan's arrangement, Li Chengqian frowned and said, "Is there something wrong with the emperor's grandfather notifying his father to come to the palace?"

Li Yuan said: "Talk about Du Qi's affairs. Aren't you dissatisfied with Du Qi and think that Du Qi only cares about his own interests and disregards the overall situation of the court? So I called the emperor here to deal with the matter."

"Yeah!"

When Li Chengqian heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

He thought Li Yuan was on his side.

Du Qi saw Li Chengqian's expression, but shook his head in his heart, Li Chengqian is really naive!It is absolutely impossible for Li Yuan to let the emperor deal with Du Qi just because of Lu Deming's words.

The only possibility is to give Du Qi an explanation, which is Li Yuan's reason.

Time passed little by little.

Not long after, Li Shimin came to the palace.At this time, Li Shimin already knew the ins and outs of the matter.After all, when Xiao Li left to report earlier, he made things clear.

After Li Shimin entered, his expression was quite calm, and he didn't show anything.When he saluted Li Yuan, Du Qi also got up and saluted, and then sat down.

Li Yuan said: "Prince, tell me what you think of Du Qi. Let's talk about this matter today."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Let's listen."

When Li Chengqian saw his grandfather and father, he asked him to talk about it, and Li Shimin didn't say much, so Li Chengqian said without hesitation: "Master Lu said that the world belongs to the Tang Dynasty, and it belongs to my Li family." .”

"Nowadays, the court is in a difficult situation. Du Qi has money, so he can't be alone. He must try his best to help the court."

"If he has money, he should pay for it."

"Du Qi, on the other hand, never takes anything out of his hair. Such a person is selfish. Especially now that Du Qi is actually named Pingxi King, this is even more inappropriate."

Li Chengqian said: "How can Du Qi be so virtuous, how can he be named Pingxi King. You must know that Li Jing, who has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, is only the Duke of Dai, and the clan Li Xiaogong is only the king of Hejian County."

"None of them have reached the title of prince."

"However, Du Qi suddenly became King Pingxi, the only prince with a different surname in the court. This arrangement, I think, is obviously inappropriate."

Li Chengqian put forward his views.

Li Shimin's hands resting on his knees clenched slightly into fists, and the expression on his face gradually became serious.

The same goes for Li Yuan.

The two father and son looked at each other, but Li Yuan didn't speak.

After all, Li Shimin is now the emperor.

Speaking of it, both Li Yuan and Li Shimin felt indebted to Du Qi.Because during Li Yuan's period, Du Qi made great military exploits just by planning to defeat a hundred thousand Turks.

This is an unprecedented victory, and it is enough to be named a marquis and prime minister.During Li Yuan's period, Du Qi also spent money to build roads, so that Chang'an to Lantian County is now a cement road, which is convenient for traffic.

Furthermore, Du Qi considered the imperial court everywhere, arranged many retired and disabled soldiers, and accommodated countless ordinary people to work, which solved the livelihood problems of tens of thousands of people.

This is Du Qili's feat.

Not to mention Li Shimin ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the money Du Qi paid, and Du Qi's meritorious deeds can be counted.But now, Li Chengqian said that Du Qi was not worthy of being crowned king, and was even more selfish.

Both Li Yuan and Li Shimin were dissatisfied with these words.

Li Shimin looked at Du Qi, cast an apologetic look, but said: "Erlang, what do you want to do?"

Du Qi understood Li Shimin's expression and understood the meaning of Li Shimin's words.

This is for him to deal with.

Du Qi didn't directly want to take down Lu Deming, he said: "Your Majesty, if you don't understand the reason, why don't you call Lu Deming, he is the instigator, I have a debate with Lu Deming."

After Li Chengqian heard it, he didn't realize Li Shimin's intentions. He became even more angry when he heard Du Qi's words, and said, "Du Qi, you still have the nerve to debate with Master Lu. Huh, when you meet Master Lu, you must be scolded by Master Lu." Feel ashamed."

Du Qi smiled and said, "I hope so."

When Li Shimin heard Du Qi's words, he waved his hand, and the accompanying eunuchs went to deliver the order.

Immediately, Li Shimin looked at Du Qi and said, "Erlang, what's the matter with you coming to the palace today?"

Du Qi said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I came to the palace to see the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty. I thought it was still early, and His Majesty must be busy with government affairs and couldn't get away, so I came to see the Supreme Emperor first and told the Supreme Emperor about the wedding. Time, please go to the Supreme Emperor. Originally, the next thing is to go to see His Majesty, and I also invite His Majesty to come to Du's house on July [-] to attend the grand wedding of the ministers."

Li Shimin laughed immediately when he heard this.