[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Chapter 7 Game 7

Two days later, His Majesty Li Er finally recovered from his illness and returned to court.

All the ministers saw that his face was ruddy, he was refreshed, and he looked like he was full of food and drink, so they couldn't help but wonder secretly.

Could it be that the sage is actually pretending to be sick this time, and it is a plan to delay the attack?

It's no wonder everyone thinks this way. Who told His Majesty Li Er to always like to do things like opening the skylights!

The abolition of Chengqian is not just a word and a dismissal edict. There is still a lot of work to clean up the aftermath!

It has been 17 years since Chengqian was registered as the prince, and he has supervised the country many times without any mistakes. If it weren't for the big crime this time, many veteran officials would not want to see him be deposed.

Now that Chengqian has stepped down, it is natural for the old Donggong to deal with it.

What's more, those sons and grandsons of Beijing officials above the third rank were all thrown into the East Palace by His Majesty Li Er to cultivate their relationship with Chengqian, and now they are still labeled as the East Palace!

His Majesty Li Er also needs to make his own decisions on how to deal with these people.

This finishing work can't be completed overnight...

Therefore, Li Shimin fell ill suddenly, which not only made the "old subordinates" of Donggong feel uneasy, but also the confidants and veterans like Changsun Wuji were also terrified.

I am afraid that His Majesty Li Er will have a convulsion and delay the establishment of the crown prince indefinitely...

This makes those civil and military ministers who have already prepared their plans and are ready to roll up their sleeves to elect their ideal prince and try to show their faces in front of the crown prince how embarrassing!

Therefore, the East Palace issue must be resolved quickly!

To everyone's surprise, His Majesty Li Er did not evade dealing with Chengqian's old vassals. Defen and Xiao Jun from Zhongshushe were all dismissed and demoted in various names.

Not only that, some hidden forces in the Chengqian Dynasty were also cleaned up.

Even some ministers close to the East Palace, such as Du Zhenglun, were also implicated, and many were demoted, demoted, and released...

Unfortunately, luckily no one lost their life in this purge!

The censors who have always liked to criticize people did not express any objection to this result.

It seems that His Majesty the Emperor was not idle even when he was ill, and he had already arranged everything, not only paving the way for the crown prince, but also seeking a guarantee of survival for the abolished crown prince Chengqian—for a brother who no longer threatened the throne, The emperor should not be too harsh because of face, but for the sake of reputation, he should treat Chengqian kindly.

His Majesty Li Er's move is considered well-intentioned...

But what about the prince?

His Majesty Li Er has done the finishing work and there will be no more...

The powerful generals of the Royal Party of Wei hinted several times that His Majesty Li Er just didn't take over.

Until Yu Zhining, the former prince and Taifu, wrote a letter.

Although Chengqian was deposed as the crown prince, Yu Zhining, the old teacher of the East Palace, was not too implicated, and still received his salary under the name of the East Palace.

But if he continued to stay in the east palace where the crown prince was gone, Mr. Yu would inevitably feel a little awkward.

So, the old man wrote to Li Shimin, asking to find another student for him...

This request is very reasonable.

His Majesty Li Er didn't say much after receiving the memorial, and directly convened a meeting to demand the public election of the crown prince, and asked all officials to submit the election memorial within five days.

His Majesty Li Er's son is not much compared to his father Li Yuan, and the quality is also slightly worse.Moreover, several of the fourteen sons of His Majesty Li Er had died prematurely. By the 17th year of Zhenguan, only a few of them had grown up, including Li You who was disobedient and was knocked off. Not to mention...

The three legitimate sons of Empress Changsun are actually qualified to aspire to the crown prince.

Since Chengqian, the eldest son, was abolished, there were basically only two sons left for the crown prince—the fourth prince Wei Wang Li Tai and the ninth prince Jin Wang Li Zhi.

Of course, apart from these two legitimate sons, Li Shimin also has a concubine eldest son—the third prince Wu Wang Li Ke. The reason why he is mentioned is because he is the older prince besides Chengqian, and he has a good character and appearance. He loves hunting and is very brave. He was once praised by Li Shimin as "a hero like me". Second His Majesty obviously did not give up.If Concubine Yang can finally ascend to the next position, then Li Ke will be regarded as the son of the mother, and he can be regarded as the first son. Naturally, he will have the power to compete with Li Tai and Li Zhi!

However, it seems that it is impossible for Concubine Yang to be sealed in the short term, so Li Ke has little hope of qualifying.

In this era where the difference between concubine and concubine is like clouds and mud, as long as Li Tai and Li Zhi are either of the two concubine sons, Li Ke, the concubine, has basically lost the opportunity to become the crown prince.

Therefore, the reserve position is actually just a choice between Wei Wang Li Tai and Jin Wang Li Zhi.

As for which of the two princes His Majesty prefers, everyone feels that this is really not a problem, and there is no need to discuss it at all!

Before Chengqian was abolished, His Majesty Li Er treated Wei Wang Li Tai favorably, which was obvious to all people across the country.

What did the former prince step down for? Don’t we need to popularize it?

But the fuse was the assassination of King Wei...

In the eyes of the people, Chengqian resigned because of Wei Wangteng's position.

Isn't it a matter of iron and steel that the position of the crown prince will belong to now?

What are you talking about?What is the public award?

It's just that His Majesty the Emperor wants to follow a procedure!

At that time, the prince will not be the king of Wei!

But is it really that simple?

How can it be? !

Old foxes such as Changsun Wuji and Li Shiji secretly rolled their eyes.

If Li Shimin really wanted to establish the king of Wei, why bother to make everyone recommend it?

It is true that His Majesty Li Er has a good face and likes formalism, but he is absolutely unambiguous in making decisions on major issues!

Just like dealing with the issue of Chengqian, His Majesty Li Er said at the beginning that he would let the courtiers make a referendum, but he did not just go his own way and forgive Chengqian's life.

The same is true for the re-establishment of storage this time.

Without Chengqian, Li Tai is actually the eldest son of Li Shimin. Regardless of the etiquette or personal feelings, His Majesty Li Er can directly canonize him as the prince with just one sentence, and no one can say no.

However, Li Shimin wanted to order everyone to vote openly with great fanfare...

There must be a conspiracy here!

In fact, Changsun Wuji and others overestimated His Majesty Li Er. There are two reasons why he did this. Turning to the first prince; the second is probably to test the attitude of the ministers towards his Qingque...

There is no doubt that Li Shimin still loves Li Tai very much, and believes that his family Shiro is qualified to be the prince, but because of Chengqian, the relationship between him and Shiro is not as close as before, so he didn't tell him what he thought immediately.

And many old officials had a lot of opinions on Li Tai because the king of Wei had usurped the prince. This is why Li Shimin didn't directly say that he wanted to establish Li Tai-he didn't want Shiro to become a poor prince who couldn't get the support of the courtiers!

So, let's push it...

His old man has sent a lot of people to Shiro, so there is no reason why such a small matter can't be done.

As a result, the referral process was not as smooth as Li Shimin imagined.

His Majesty Li Er, who has been in the imperial court for many years, suddenly discovered that his civil and military ministers in the court are no longer monolithic...

His Majesty the Emperor announced his decree, and there was a lot of discussion in the ruling and opposition parties.

As previously expected, the candidates for the crown prince were the king of Wei and the king of Jin, and the courtiers were roughly divided into three factions.

Except for the ministers who explicitly supported King Wei or King Jin, most of them were neutrals. They had similar feelings towards the two princes, and basically they were still on the sidelines.

Wei Wang Wensi is agile, talented, long-sleeved and good at dancing, and has always been favored by Li Shimin.But it was precisely because His Majesty Li Er loved Li Tai too much that some senior officials were quite dissatisfied with him, and Li Tai didn't respect those veterans very much.Therefore, although His Royal Highness the King of Wei has many waving flags and shouting for his subordinates, the reputation of some of the orthodox veterans is not very good.

Jin Wang Li Zhi is still young, and he has only come to court for the past one or two years to listen to politics. For the time being, he has no outstanding talents. Everyone only knows that Jin Wang is intelligent, benevolent and filial. He is the only prince who was raised by Li Shimin himself, and he is also loved by His Majesty ...

Compared with the neutral faction who hesitated to wait and see, some ministers had to make a decision immediately!

Courtiers such as Cen Wenwen and Ma Zhou, who obviously bear the seal of the Wei Wang party, spread out their performance forms bitterly, and wrote the words "Wei Wang" on the recommendation form.

They were tricked by the saints!

Especially Cen Wenwen, when Li Shimin sent him to assist Wei Wang in compiling the book, he meant to assist Li Tai, but now...

How could he fail to see that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to establish King Wei, but seniors such as Changsun Wuji would never agree...

even……

Even he could tell that His Royal Highness King Wei had gotten a little carried away, maybe something bad would happen soon, and it would inevitably be another storm!

It's a pity that even though he has seen through the current situation, he has to write King Wei on the nomination form...

It's too hard, is there anything!

The bitter thing is, if the crown prince's stamina can't catch up with His Majesty Li Er in the future, it is impossible for him to become the second Wei Zheng...

On the contrary, Ma Zhoulue was lucky, because he was liked by Li Shimin more, and he was regarded as a pure minister. He first served in the East Palace for a period of time, and then went to the Weiwang Family Literature Museum for a while, and was introduced to him by His Majesty Li Er on an informal occasion. He appointed the king of Jin as his teacher.

At least you don't have to worry about being retaliated by the prince in the future.

Of course, even though the three direct princes had already registered in front of him, Ma Zhou was still as hard-pressed as Cen Wenwen, and could only elect Wei Wang.

However, like Cen Wenwen, it was much more straightforward to be thrown to Li Tai and Liu Ji by His Majesty Li Er. He was a bold and upright person, and since he followed Li Tai, there was nothing to tangle with, and he elected King Wei without hesitation.

As for the clan and royal family making a fuss about the election, there is no need to mention it.

The former dynasty was in chaos in order to elect the crown prince, but Jin Wang Li Zhi, who was one of the candidates, was extremely frightened and angry at the moment.

He was actually threatened!

If the tiger doesn't show off its power, treat it as a sick cat!

The author has something to say: Jiulang is very angry, and the consequences are serious =. =

Somebody you are miserable...