I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

"Are you sure you did the right thing?"

Li Shen took a quick look at the results of the investigation and got a general understanding of the situation.

He was so surprised that he couldn't help but look up and ask.

"Your Highness, this is not a secret. The ministers in the court more or less know something about the past of these three princes."

Wang Xuance nodded in affirmation.

“Haha, this is really new. Our royal family is full of talented people. This king has just met the Four Evil Kings not long ago.

Here come the three more fool kings."

Li Shen chuckled. He really wanted to say that the Li family was going to be destroyed because they had no talented people.

Wang Xuance didn't say anything, but just smiled in agreement.

He knew who the four evil kings that King Ji was talking about were; this was the result of his investigation.

Li Feng, Prince of Guo; Li Yuanxiang, Prince of Jiang'an; Li Yun, Prince of Jiang; and Li Yuanying, Prince of Teng.

Among the four people, three are the sons of the previous emperor Li Yuan, and one is the son of the current emperor Li Shimin.

These four men were rampant in the village, corrupt and cruel, committing many evil deeds.

There is a saying in the court: It is better to serve Dan, Ya, Zhen and Bai than to serve Jiang, Teng, Jiang and Guo.

You should know that Danzhou, Yazhou, Zhenzhou, and Baizhou are all extremely dangerous places where criminals are exiled.

The court officials would rather work in such places than work under these four evil kings. This shows that these four people are so greedy and tyrannical that they can be described as "crueler than a tiger."

At that time, King Ji evaluated these four people as the Four Evil Kings of the Tang Dynasty.

"Tell me the details in detail."

Li Shen put down the information in his hand. He did not read it in detail, but just took a general look.

Li Shen found that he was becoming more and more lazy. He would rather lie down than sit, and would rather sit than stand.

Nothing tastes better than dumplings, and nothing is worse than lying down than sitting.

"Yes."

Wang Xuance picked up the information and began to introduce it to Li Shen.

"Your Majesty, the King of Xiangyi is the cousin of the late emperor. The King of Xiangyi once..."

As Wang Xuance told the story, Li Shen also learned about the existence of this grandfather.

Li Shenfu, the King of Xiangyi, was the cousin of Emperor Gaozu of Tang and the uncle of Li Shimin.

He successively served as Chief Architect, Palace Attendant, and Minister of the Imperial Clan.

It’s just that Li Shenfu is too useless. He is a prince who is not good at anything and is never satisfied with what he eats.

Li Shen's father had assigned him no task that he could accomplish. Whatever fell into Li Shenfu's hands, he always messed it up.

This made Li Shimin angry and helpless, but since he was his uncle, he could only reprimand him in a tactful way.

He is good at eating, drinking, and having fun, but he can't get anything done.

Li Shenfu's actions made many people laugh at him.

"Alas, the King of Xiangyi is a king of the older generation. He is my great uncle.

There are so many kings, even the four evil kings, they can't do anything.

Although they are evil, they will still do a good job in the court's affairs.

This King of Xiangyi is truly the dumbest person in the Tang Dynasty."

After listening to Wang Xuance's story, Li Shen couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

There is no such useless prince in the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Xuance did not respond. He turned the page and said:

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the King of Xiangyi is not an incompetent person."

"Oh? Could it be that he has made some achievements or contributions?"

Li Shen asked curiously after hearing this.

“Your Majesty, what I just talked about were all things that happened to Prince Xiangyi during the Zhenguan period.

But during the Wude period, King Xiangyi was not like this.

In the fifth year of Wude, the Eastern Turkic Khan, Jie Li Khan, took advantage of the Tang Dynasty's unpreparedness and invaded the border.

At that time, King Xiangyi was guarding Bingzhou. Upon receiving the news, he immediately led his troops to attack and fought with the large army of Eastern Turks on the east side of Fen River.

Five hundred enemies were killed and two thousand war horses were captured.

Later, they defeated the Eastern Turks at the back of Shahe, captured the Eastern Turk minister Yili Daguan, and seized the war horse and armor ridden by Jie Li Khan.

And presented it to the late emperor, a great victory.

The late emperor conferred upon the Prince of Xiangyi the title of Grand Secretary for his meritorious service."

After Wang Xuance finished his story, Li Shen was stunned. He thought Li Shenfu actually had such ability.

The Eastern Turks were very powerful back then, and even forced his father to sign the Wei River Alliance.

This Li Shenfu was actually able to defeat Jie Li Khan.

"Xuan Ce, do you think that the King of Xiangyi may have falsely reported his achievements? I really don't believe that he has such ability.

If you say it was Uncle Wang Li Xiaogong, or Uncle Wang Li Daozon, I would believe it.

How can this King Xiangyi, who can't do anything, be so powerful?"

Li Shen was a little bit unconvinced.

"Your Majesty, this should be true, as it is recorded by the court historian.

Moreover, the killing of 500 enemies and the capture of enemy generals can prove this.”

Wang Xuance affirmed.

Such great victories are usually recorded in history to demonstrate the power of the dynasty.

"Haha, it seems that this great-uncle of mine is quite interesting and he is no ordinary person."

Li Shen smiled meaningfully.

I thought to myself that Li Shenfu was like a fool during the Zhenguan period and could not do anything, but he was so outstanding during the Wude period.

What on earth turned this extremely brave tiger on the battlefield into a foolish prince who just eats and waits for death?

Li Shen fell into deep thought and Wang Xuance did not dare to disturb him.

After a long time, Li Shen's mouth curled up. It seemed that the fight for the throne was even bloodier than Li Shen knew.

This Li Shenfu must have been frightened by Li Shimin.

Not long after being transferred back to Chang'an, he retired due to illness and then lived a life of drunkenness and debauchery.

"This is a smart man, please pay more attention to him in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Shen picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

"Let's talk about those two stupid princes."

"Yes."

Wang Xuance began to talk about Li Boyi and Li Fengci, who were truly incompetent people.

Unlike Li Shenfu who had made great achievements during the Wude period and served as a governor and a commander-in-chief, these two people did not hold these positions.

Li Boyi and Li Fengci were brothers, the eldest and second sons of King Li Zhan of Shu.

King Li Zhan of Shu died early, and was raised by his uncle Li Yuan. He played with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin since childhood.

He has been idle since childhood, having everything provided for him, living a luxurious life of a dandy.

Even when Li Yuan started his rebellion in Jinyang, these two were still only concerned with eating, drinking and enjoying themselves.

Later, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, these two were also conferred the title of prince.

Whenever they ran out of money, they would ask their uncle, the emperor, for money. Li Yuan had no choice but to give them money because of their fathers.

So they would give them a lot of money every year.

When the Zhenguan period came and Li Shimin ascended the throne, they asked their younger brother, the emperor, for money.

Li Shimin was a man who cared a lot about his reputation. How could he not give money to his cousin if he asked for it? So, like Li Yuan, he would give a lot of money every year.

However, both Li Yuan and Li Shimin looked down on them, and Li Yuan even scolded them.

These two people are shameless. As long as you give them money, they don’t care if they curse at you. They will be happy anyway.

"Your uncle is still your uncle."

Li Shen couldn't help but sigh after hearing this. These two uncles were really ancestors. Go ahead and scold them, but they were thick-skinned.

You punish them first, even though they haven't broken any law, they are just enjoying themselves. There's really nothing you can do.

(The Three Idiots of the Imperial Clan is true and effective, not fictional.)