Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

Gao Luxing, the eldest son of Gao Shilian, entered the officialdom through family connections, married Princess Dongyang, and was appointed as the Duke of Xiangyu's consort.

He was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Grand Master of Silver and Green Imperial Households, but was later dismissed from his official position.

Because Gao Shilian died, Li Shimin re-appointed him as the Minister of the Imperial Guards and the Grand Master of the Imperial Palace, and inherited the title of Duke of Shenguo.

His father, Gao Shilian, was indeed a man of great literary talent and political awareness, but Gao Shilian was probably inexperienced.

Therefore, he did not see many things as clearly as his father Gao Shilian.

He is even worse than his cousin Changsun Wuji, who is of similar age.

But he has one advantage, he is a royal relative and the cousin of the Queen Mother.

Thanks to the care of Zhangsun Wuji and the influence of his father, he was able to continue serving as an official in the court.

It's just that Gao Luxing doesn't have the political acumen like Zhangsun Wuji.

A person who almost starved himself to death during the period of mourning must have some flaws in his character.

This was the case at this moment. After listening to Changsun Wuji's words, he fell into deep thought.

Chang Sun Wuji sighed inwardly when he saw his expression and continued to explain:

“It’s actually very simple. On that day, His Majesty asked Prince Ji to guard the gate, and he also said that he wanted to have fun with this old minister.

His Majesty did not notify them because he was afraid that the ministers who were not on the list would feel resentful, so he arranged it for Prince Ji.

This offending thing is exactly what Your Majesty wants to see, killing two birds with one stone.

Originally, the Crown Prince did not receive the imperial decree, so he did not need to go. If His Majesty wants the Crown Prince to attend, he will naturally notify him."

“But why would the prince go? As you said, the prince should know about this matter.

If Your Majesty wants the Crown Prince to participate, he will certainly issue an edict to inform him.

The prince should not be unaware of this."

Gao Luxin asked curiously.

“Haha, because I casually told the prince about this.

The prince originally thought it was an ordinary gathering, but he didn't expect that when he arrived at the door of the nursing home, he found that not everyone could enter.

If he goes back now, there will be talk outside that the Crown Prince has been humiliated by Prince Ji and that the Crown Prince cannot enter the gate of His Majesty's banquet."

When Changsun Wuji said this, Gao Luxing already understood and continued:

"So the Crown Prince and Prince Ji staged a farce, making the outside world spread the rumor that Prince Ji did not respect the Crown Prince and was beaten up by the Crown Prince. In the end, it was because Prince Ji used His Majesty to oppress the Crown Prince that the Crown Prince left in anger."

"Yes, as for the rumors that they are not getting along, it must be that Prince Ji is trying to guard against the jealousy of the ministers in the court."

Changsun Wuji nodded.

"Alas, His Royal Highness is so resourceful that he easily got out of trouble.

It seems that the prince is growing up very fast." Gao Luxing was quite emotional.

"You are wrong. If my guess is correct, such a brilliant plan must have come from Prince Ji."

Changsun Wuji denied Gao Luxing's words. Who else could have come up with such a dirty trick except Prince Ji?

What's the idea behind asking the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty to fight?

“What about Chu Suiliang just now…” After understanding what happened to the prince, Gao Luxing continued to ask.

“He’s a little man, but a little man who can be driven.

I'm doing this for his own good.

Fulfillment, you don’t know that in the past two years, many of my students in the court have been transferred out of Kyoto and assigned to other places.

This is all the work of His Majesty. His Majesty has begun to pay attention to us old ministers.

Your Majesty is afraid that the Crown Prince will not be able to control the government after he ascends the throne, so he begins to pave the way for the Crown Prince, removing all those who are not on the same page with the Crown Prince.

There is a high possibility that they will be eliminated by His Majesty, especially us old ministers.

We can only try our best to get closer to the prince now, otherwise we might die."

When Changsun Wuji finished speaking, his expression became very solemn. Most of his followers and students who had entered the court had now been transferred away.

This gave him a strong sense of crisis.

"It's so serious. No wonder you said it was for Chu Sui's sake. It seems we should pay attention to it in the future."

Gao Xiansheng knew the seriousness of the matter.

Chang Sun Wuji laughed:

"Haha, you and I don't have to. We are cousins, so it's normal for us to interact with each other."

"Haha, I was overthinking what you said."

The two talked about some trivial matters again.

The suspicion that the prince did not attend court soon disappeared because Li Chengqian came to Liangyi Hall to work after noon.

He also convened officials from three provinces and six ministries to discuss the matter.

Moreover, Li Chengqian also admitted that he had a hangover last night and expressed his willingness to correct his hangover.

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Yuanzheng, which is the Spring Festival, has been the most important festival in my country since ancient times.

It is said in ancient times that the New Year is the beginning of all festivals, so Yuanzheng is also called the beginning of the year.

Yuanzheng is the beginning of a new year, when all things are new.

Another important day is the night before the New Year's Day, which is called Suichu and later called New Year's Eve.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a custom of staying up all night to see the New Year coming.

Li Shen is a person who likes the Chinese New Year very much, because here he can feel the flavor of the Chinese New Year.

Li Shen got up very early on New Year's Eve as he still had a lot of tasks to complete.

For example, posting Spring Festival couplets and hanging New Year pictures.

In the Tang Dynasty, it was not popular to post Spring Festival couplets. People would hang peach charms instead.

The Taofu is a piece of peach wood with two gods "Shentu" and "Yulei" painted on it, used to ward off evil spirits and exorcise ghosts.

But Li Shen felt that it was not festive enough, so after moving out, he would put up Spring Festival couplets every year and write auspicious couplets on red paper.

It has been most widely circulated among merchants in recent years, because anything posted by the God of Wealth must be something that attracts wealth.

It was imitated by countless merchants and spread throughout the Tang Dynasty.

It’s just that Prince Ji’s Mansion was too big and had too many gates, so Li Shen could only symbolically come to the archway gate of Qinrenfang.

Under Wu Wei's surprised gaze, he pasted the Spring Festival couplets himself with paste.

Li Shen spent a hundred strings of coins to have little Sizi imitate his father's flying white style to write this couplet, so it's so realistic that it's hard to tell the difference between the two.

After pasting it, Li Shen looked from a distance to see if it was pasted crookedly.

"Watch out for me. If you don't have any, I'll show you how I'll deal with you."

Li Shen shouted to the guards beside him, then walked in with a swagger.

This made Wu Wei's face full of question marks. This is the gate of the Fang, not the main gate of your Prince Ji's mansion. Isn't the post you made too conspicuous?

It’s a pity that Wu Wei dared not speak out despite his anger, because the other party was King Ji.

"Tell the other teams to keep an eye out and don't let anyone pull them down." The sergeant had no choice but to give orders to his men.

Li Shen walked to the front door and prepared to put up Spring Festival couplets on it.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the painting is finished, the painting is finished."

Shitou came running over with a few people.

"Quick, bring it to me." Li Shen immediately became excited after hearing this.

Shitou and Wang Xiaoxin immediately unfolded a painting, which depicted a military general with a weapon in hand and a frown on his face.

"It's colorful, not bad." Li Shen praised happily.

Then he opened another one, which was also a picture of a military general, looking majestic and lifelike.

(Gao Luxing almost starved himself to death after his mother's death.

When the Queen found out, she went to visit him with Li Shimin. Her advice was useless, so Li Shimin could only issue an edict, ordering Gao Lu to eat.

Emperor Taizong of Tang sent an envoy to tell him: "The way of a filial son is to destroy but not to destroy one's nature. You should force yourself to eat, but not to be too polite."

Does this person have a character flaw?