Chapter 1039 The Secret Meeting of Monarchs and Ministers
Ludaofang.
A large number of armored cavalry dressed in tiger-print clothes, straddling leopard-print saddles, and carrying leopard Tao suddenly appeared outside Qin Lang's bamboo garden.
"Hundred Riders Battalion?"
Although the bamboo garden is small, the guards guarding the gate are old soldiers who have fought against Qin Lang, and they can be recognized at a glance that these sturdy armored cavalry are the most elite hundred cavalry battalion in the Seventh Battalion of the Beiya Imperial Army. After the change of Xuanwumen, Li Shimin no longer trusted his father's son Yuan from the forbidden army, so he selected a hundred horsemen who were good at cavalry and archery from the old elite of the Qin Palace or his confidantes, and divided them into two divisions, named Baiqi.
After that, the left and right camps were resumed at Xuanwumen, named Flying Cavalry.
Afterwards, elites were selected from the flying cavalry to supplement the hundred cavalry, expanding the scale of the hundred cavalry, from the initial number of hundred cavalry to an entire battalion.
After that, the emperor built the Habayashi Army and the Longwu Army, with two battalions on the left and right each, thus forming the current situation of seven battalions at the North Gate.
The left and right Habayashi, the left and right Jinwu, the left and right Qianniu, the left and right Longwu, and the left and right Shenwu, known as the ten armies of the Beiya, have their own responsibilities.
The Baiqi Battalion belongs to Yulin, and is the most elite of the Beiya Forbidden Army. There are not many cavalry. One thousand cavalry, also known as the Qianqi Battalion, is far less than the 3,000 cavalry of the Flying Cavalry Battalion. are the strongest.
The Baiqi Battalion suddenly surrounded the bamboo garden, causing the servant's complexion to change drastically, and hurried in to report to Qin Lang.
"Hundred Riders Battalion? It's okay, it is estimated that the saint is here."
Qin Lang didn't panic when he heard that, in Luoyang City, the eastern capital, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, if the Emperor really wanted to deal with him, there would be no need for Baiqi Battalion, and Qin Lang would not be able to escape from Wuzhi Mountain even with a decree.
Baiqiying surrounded Qin Lang's ten-acre bamboo garden like an iron barrel, but they didn't break through the door. They stayed outside very quietly, and no one even knocked on the door to say hello.
Qin Lang sat on the porch and waited quietly. After waiting for too long, the door was opened and the emperor came.
Li Shimin was dressed in a hunting suit, and it seemed that he had just returned from hunting outside.
"Everyone stand down!"
Li Shimin waved to the generals of the Forbidden Army who followed him.
Qin Lang looked at this old Taishan, and made all his followers and servants retreat.
By the white lotus pond, by the purple bamboo forest.
Li Shimin went straight to the gazebo and sat down.
"Sit, what are you doing standing there? Aren't you always very courageous? The crown prince dares to beat you, and the king of Wei can ignore it?"
Qin Lang sat down silently, without answering.
Sitting there, Li Shimin seemed to be full of anger. In fact, the emperor didn't just come back from hunting, but he was feeling suffocated in the palace, so he changed into a hunting suit and took a hundred riders to go out to hunt, but the more he thought about it, the more he got angry. , so he temporarily changed his mind and came to Qin Lang.
"Want tea?" Qin Lang asked.
Li Shimin glared at Qin Lang, "I regard you as a confidant, so you should be loyal to me, but now you are obedient and bullying the king. Is this your reward for me?"
"I don't understand?" Qin Lang pretended to be stupid. Although the emperor was aggressive, based on his understanding of Li Shimin, he felt that although the emperor was very angry, there was still a lot of room for it. If the emperor really wanted to kill him or something, he wouldn't come to see him at all.
"I'm talking about Chengqian."
Qin Lang looked directly at the emperor, bold but straightforward, "At the beginning, it was Your Majesty who asked the minister to work in the East Palace, and asked the minister to teach the prince. Naturally, the minister has to work hard and work hard. The prince is also a king, and the minister earnestly teaches and maintains the prince. He is also loyal and upright. Now Your Majesty blamed the minister for his loyalty, so could it be that what the minister did was out of selfishness?"
"Your Majesty owes me, even non-subjects owe His Majesty!"
Li Shimin was stunned.
He accused Qin Lang, but instead of pleading guilty honestly, Qin Lang blamed him instead.
"Goddamn!"
"Your Majesty came to the humble house today, and there were no outsiders here, so I dared to ask your Majesty a few words, does your Majesty really want to abolish Prince Yi Wei Wang as the heir apparent?"
Li Shimin was silent, glaring at Qin Lang angrily.
"I am not afraid of the sage's punishment today. I am naturally not qualified to influence the sage's thoughts, but I am both the prime minister and the prince's teacher, so I have to say a few more words today. The prince Chengqian is the eldest son of the sage and Empress Wende. It has been twelve years since I became a reserve at the age of eight."
"In the past twelve years, the prince's performance has been excellent."
Li Shimin couldn't help recalling that in the second year of Wude, Chengqian was born in Chengqian Hall of Taiji Palace. At that time, Emperor Gaozu came to visit his grandson in person. When he was happy, he named his grandson after Chengqian Hall, and told him In a word, inherit the imperial career and lead the universe.
Chengqian was named King of Hengshan by Gaozu when he was still in his infancy. Li Shimin also loved the eldest son very much, so he appointed his wife's nephew, grandson Jiaqing, the grandson of the eldest grandson, as Chengqian's poets. Let them teach the classics of Confucianism in Chengqian.
"Your Majesty, I remember that at the beginning of His Majesty's succession to the throne, the imperial edict that enshrined Qian as the crown prince also praised the crown prince. He had heard about the wisdom and sages early, and he had watched poetry at a young age. After the crown prince was established as the crown prince at the age of eight, he was once praised by the sage for his intelligence in public. , especially sensitive and intelligent, majestic and majestic, benevolent, filial and pure.”
"Later, the prince was asked to start studying government affairs early, to attend Jingzhao's lawsuit, and even ordered that if any plaintiff disagrees with the judgment of Shangshu Province, it will be issued in the East Palace, and the prince will be judged. At that time, the prince was not yet twelve years old. The case has been repeatedly praised by saints!"
"The crown prince was crowned in Yuanfu at the age of twelve, and began to formally participate in government affairs. He personally took charge of Yongzhou affairs, and his performance was remarkable. Whenever the saint went hunting or went to the palace, it was the prince who stayed in the capital and supervised the country's military affairs. Saints appreciate."
Li Shimin interrupted Qin Lang.
"My own son, don't I know better than you? These things are all in the past. The former Chengqian was indeed intelligent, benevolent and filial, and also diligent and studious. Both the government and the public praise it, but in the past few years, it has become more and more outrageous!"
"He likes extravagance, loves hunting, loves wine and sex, even the princess I chose for him is unwilling to accept him, and he doesn't listen to the teachings of so many famous teachers and scholars in the East Palace. , Zhang Xuansu, Li Baiyao, Kong Yingda, Lu Deming, Liu Ji, Cen Wenwen, Chu Suiliang, Ma Zhou, who are not famous ministers and ministers, they can remonstrate with Yu Qie, and Cheng Qian will not listen..."
Qin Lang listened quietly, Li Shimin was complaining, once Chengqian was so virtuous, and Li Shimin, who was a father, was also very proud and proud.
As the saying goes, the deeper the love, the more severe the responsibility.
The higher the expectation, the heavier the disappointment.
"Your Majesty, the former crown prince was young. Although he was virtuous, the crown prince was still a child at that time. Everything was done according to the will of the saints and teachers. At that time, he did not have his own will, or dare not , and now the crown prince has grown up, although some performances are indeed not good, but that is a true thought."
"There is no gold, and no one is perfect, Your Majesty."
"The minister has advised His Majesty more than once before, saying that people like Zhang Xuansu, Yu Zhining, Du Zhenglun, and Kong Yingda are indeed from famous families and have excellent knowledge, but they are very knowledgeable, not good at teaching students, and do not know how to The method, as masters of the East Palace, they don't know how to give such correct guidance, but they just blindly advise, and the words are almost more sparse than the previous ones, and the words are more intense."
"In the past, when Chengqian was young, he was naturally afraid of them, but as the prince got older, he would naturally resist this method of persuasion. For trivial matters, we have to pick the bones in the egg. I wish the prince is a perfect saint. Who would accept it? Even if he is a saint, Wei Zheng sprays saints every day, and saints are often provoked, let alone the prince? How old is the prince? Does the prince have the life experience and accumulation of a saint?"
"They are too rigid and dogmatic. They only know that it is wrong to not allow this or that. These people have already said that they should be driven out of the East Palace as soon as possible. An official who supervises the government, but he is not qualified to be a prince's tutor."
"Du Zhenglun has even violated the national law system. He often tells the sage what the prince said in private, and then tells the prince privately what the sage told him about the prince. This is very inappropriate. He has even committed the serious crime of privately banning Chinese and should be punished. !"
"Furthermore, in the past few years, the kings have gradually grown older, and His Majesty's attitude towards the kings is obviously a bit inappropriate, especially for the kings of Wei and Wu, which is more likely to make the prince dissatisfied. After all, the prince and the king of Wei are already As an adult, he is already a father, although the sage dotes on his children, how does this make the crown prince think, and how does the court minister think?"
"Your Majesty, the crown prince is the foundation of the country, please think more about the peace of the world and the peace of the court."
"Even if the prince has done some wrong things in the past few years, it is not a big mistake. The prince saves people and restores the temple, etc., he just wants to pray for the former empress. The young man's heart of meritorious deeds, as for the injured leg, but this is only a slight disability, which does not affect anything..."
The emperor was silent for a long time.
It seemed that he was seriously thinking about Qin Lang's long speech, and he sighed for a long time before he said, "I know what you mean, Chengqian is my eldest son, although he has a foot disease now, how can I abandon the eldest son and establish a son?" How about even a bastard?"
"I have no intention of storing easily!"
"If Your Majesty really has no intention of changing the throne, please don't give the wrong signal to the outside world. Doesn't the saint know that there is a royal party of Wei and a royal party of Wu in the court? And the power of the royal party of Wei is getting stronger every day. Does the saint really want to Waiting for a situation like the ninth year of Wude? It is not too late to rein in the precipice, and we must not wait until that day comes."
Li Shimin was silent.
"Chengqian is now a wild horse, how can I bring him back on the right track?"
"Your Majesty, first correct your mistakes!" Qin Lang replied bluntly.
(end of this chapter)