Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Li Chengqian restrained his anger and contempt, bowed his hands to Li Gang with a sudden and dignified expression, and asked sincerely:

"What happened in the early morning today? I hope that the boss will explain something to the students..."

At this moment, in front of Li Gang, he does not regard himself as a prince, but only as a student.

Chapter 314

Li Gang listened to Li Chengqian's sincere words, humble attitude, and demeanor worthy of a virtuous corporal, quite virtuous.

I couldn't help but feel smug, tsk tsk, His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, is so virtuous, it is worth the painstaking efforts of the old man to cultivate, the child can be taught, the child can be taught!

For a moment, Li Gang took the initiative to ignore Li Chengqian's two unlucky "senior brothers", former Sui prince Yang Yong and former prince Li Jiancheng.He completely forgot that these two unlucky princes also came from his old Li Tou's school, and they were also his proud students.

After secretly complacent, Li Gang sighed with a serious face: "Hey, the old minister has been ups and downs in his career for decades, and he has never seen such a big storm. However, the scene of the morning court today, the old minister still has lingering fears. Tsk tsk, what a storm in the court. , we know that a companion is like a companion..."

Suddenly, Old Li found out that the prince Chitose was sitting in front of him, and immediately stopped the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and smiled awkwardly.

You can only talk about it in private. If you say in front of someone's son that your father is a big tiger with a changeable temper, isn't Li Chengqian a tiger cub?

It is not a good thing to say that a companion is like a tiger on this occasion.

Li Chengqian was curious about what happened in the court today, so he automatically ignored Li Gang's somewhat disrespectful words.

Urgently asked: "My lord, hurry up and talk to the crown prince, what happened in the early court?"

Li Gang nodded gratefully to Li Chengqian, and praised in his heart, after all, he is a good student who respects his teacher, and it is worthwhile for the old man to devote all his efforts to teach you your studies.

Then he said: "You should have heard about Jieli Khan being captured alive in Lingzhou and taken to Chang'an, right?"

Li Chengqian responded with a hum, and said: "As soon as this matter entered Chang'an, there was a lot of commotion. Of course I heard about it. And it is said that the arrest of the bandit chieftain this time was all due to the well-planned planning of Zhang Baoxiang, the governor of Lingzhou, and Guo Ye of Longxi, ha ha, Even Dong Shun, the eunuch, was rewarded for his contribution."

Suddenly, he realized why Li Gang said just now that today's court charm is on Guo Ye, and it turned out that it was because of Jieli Khan's capture.

The more this happened, Li Chengqian's desire to take Guo Ye for his own use became more and more eager in Li Chengqian's heart. It's really a rare talent.

Since the capture of Jieli Khan was involved, and Li Gang mentioned that the early dynasty's revolving nest was on Guo Ye, who was not well-known, Li Chengqian naturally thought of four words-how to award a reward.

Then he asked: "Could it be that in the early court, the ministers and workers disagreed greatly about how to reward Zhang Baoxiang, Guo Ye, and even Shun Gonggong, which aroused the fury of the father, Longyan, and changed the situation in the court?"

"The prince is wise!"

Li Gang smiled and praised, and said: "After all, it's still a matter of who gets the first credit. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see it, and the news that came to Chang'an from Lingzhou also proves that the capture of Jieli Khan alive this time It was Guo Ye who did it all by himself. This son came up with many schemes, went deep into the tiger's den, and captured Jieli Khan with his bare hands. Naturally, the Holy Majesty knew it very well. It's a pity—"

Li Gang took a break, picked up a bowl of tea soup that had already cooled down, took a few sips, moistened his throat, and said, "It's a pity that this son's qualifications are too young, he is only a sixth-rank martial artist, and he doesn't belong to the class." Within the three departments of the imperial court. How could the officials and workers of the imperial court let him take the lead? How could they allow a person who is not from this department to quietly rise?"

Li Chengqian asked in astonishment: "The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and the officials and workers of the three lines, all oppose Guo Ye's monopoly?"

After receiving Li Gang's affirmative nod, he couldn't help lamenting that Guo Ye's popularity was bad enough, that he was so disrespectful to the civil and military officials of the three courts of the dynasty, and they all opposed him with their guns pointed outward.

Li Gang continued: "Guo Ye, Zhang Bao and others are three people. Zhang Baoxiang belongs to the Tiance family. Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others naturally do their best to support Zhang Baoxiang to receive the first merit. But Shang Shupu shoots Xiao Yu and other old ministers of martial arts. Well, hehe, they have always been on the opposite stage with the Tiance Mansion, and whatever Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and the others support, they all strongly oppose it, and even made an unprecedented proposal to let Dong Shun, an eunuch, take the lead."

Speaking of this, Li Gang couldn't help laughing out loud, and said happily: "Let an eunuch come to receive such a great achievement, isn't this telling the whole world that all the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty are better than a eggless person?" Don’t you want to go? Haha, what a joke!”

"Pfft~~"

Li Chengqian just took a sip of tea into his mouth, and immediately spewed out after hearing what Li Gang said. Even he felt that it was a big joke for Dong Shun to receive such first-class skills.

Can't help sighing softly: "Xiao Yu is a veteran of the two dynasties, after going through ups and downs, how could he be so confused and come up with such a stupid trick?"

Li Gang said with a smile: "Hehe, in the face of the interests of the faction, what is personal fame and honor and disgrace? But this time, the old man is shooting himself in the foot. His Majesty originally hated him for relying on the old, but this time...hey..."

Li Chengqian also went to court with Li Shimin, so he naturally knew that there was a heated dispute in the court.

On weekdays, these ministers pretended to be celebrities and hermits, as if they were in the Ming Dynasty through the ages.But when it comes to self-interest and faction interests, quarrels are more violent than shrews swearing at the street and vendors in the vegetable market making noise.

He had already guessed that Wu De's former ministers and Tiance Mansion's departments must be pinching each other again, and the pinching will be to the death, until the end.

However, he was very curious as to who the Jiancheng Yu Party, represented by Wei Zheng, supported.

It stands to reason that these people are all old ministers who have been built up, and they are the roles that grandma does not love and uncle does not love in the court, so they are the least afraid of death and the most open-minded.

Even Xiao Yu, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others were strangled to death, so how could people like Wei Zheng remain calm?

So he hurriedly asked: "Then what about the rest of these people? What did Wei Zheng and others say?"

As soon as Li Chengqian mentioned Wei Zheng, Li Gang laughed even more happily, and said happily, "Wei Zheng is really a fool. At such a critical point, he actually proposed that the three of them not award rewards, and deal with this matter coldly to calm things down." Court dispute."

"what????"

Li Chengqian let out an extremely exaggerated groan, and with an expression of disbelief, he said: "He played as he wished, not only preventing Guo Ye from taking the lead, but also preventing the other two departments from taking advantage. Didn't he know , Where will this put the father? Let the people in the world despise the father who does not reward him for his meritorious deeds, and is incompetent? This, this Wei Zheng, really deserves to be punished!!!"

As he spoke, and after he finished the last sentence, Li Chengqian couldn't hold back his temper, and burst out in anger.

In his opinion, Wei Zheng, that bastard must have evil intentions. Everyone knows that he is an old minister of the dead prince Li Jiancheng, and he will definitely do everything possible to drag his father back.

Seeing Li Chengqian's loss of composure, Li Gang calmed down a little: "Your Highness, don't be angry, Wei Zheng is notoriously a straight minister, and this time he is not harboring evil intentions, but was blinded by the faction's interests, ah, what a mistake! !"

Now Li Chengqian doesn't care about what Wei Zheng thinks, and doesn't care about Wei Zheng's life or death.

What he cared more about was, what's next?

Then he asked: "My lord, is it because the three departments are disregarding the overall situation for their own interests, that the emperor's father will be furious?"

Li Gang praised: "His Royal Highness is wise, the emperor's anger is naturally unpredictable, even your uncle, the No.1 of Tiance Mansion Department, the eldest grandson Wuji, was implicated and was scolded by the Holy One."

"what?"

Hearing that his biggest supporter, uncle and grandson Wuji was also implicated, Li Chengqian couldn't help feeling worried.

Then he hurriedly asked: "Then the emperor only scolded my uncle and other ministers of Tiance Mansion? Didn't that allow the other two departments to succeed?"

Li Gang smiled mysteriously, and said: "Prince, think about it, the Holy Majesty Longyan was so angry that even the officials of Tiance Mansion who were leaning on the pillars scolded him severely, how could the other two departments be lenient?"

"That's good, we shouldn't let these thieves who are always fanning the flames go away."

Li Chengqian cursed the servants of the other two lines bitterly, and then asked: "How did the father criticize them, my lord?"

Li Gang shook his head and said: "Your Majesty didn't say anything to scold Xiao Yu, Wei Zheng and others, but he awarded this merit to Xichuan's Little Protector-Guo Ye."

Li Chengqian was taken aback at first, but soon figured it out.

He understood Li Shimin's real intention, which is obviously that you pushed Guo Ye out, and I will reward this person to let you know that I am the one who decides the world, and you made the most trouble, saying After all, it's still scum.

Li Chengqian thought about it, and couldn't help but praise in his heart, father, domineering.

Rejecting all opinions and awarding Guo Ye with the first merit, it is tantamount to giving the three departments a severe slap in the face, forcibly elevating Guo Ye to the top.

Li Chengqian had already foreseen that his father's move really helped Guo Ye, making his name resound throughout the court.