Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3379
Ever since His Majesty's royal conquest, the city of Chang'an has been undercurrents. A crisis is brewing in the depths. No one knows whether it will erupt suddenly at a certain moment, causing the Guanzhong to be overthrown, the world to be shaken, and the society to be precarious.

As for these bigwigs of the East Palace, they all felt the huge pressure of Mount Tai, and they were usually tense, not daring to slack off, lest the situation would collapse.

Right now, the crown prince has the responsibility of supervising the country. Once there is a change in Chang'an, which leads to turmoil in the country, he is naturally duty-bound. At that time, if someone goes forward to speak a few words of slander under Li Er Majesty, the position of the crown prince will suddenly change again. seen.

Everyone put down their wine glasses, and a maid on the side stepped forward to refill the wine.

Xiao Yu picked up a small cucumber with his hand, dipped it into the sauce and chewed it crisply in his mouth, and sighed: "It's just that the Changsun's family has taken advantage of the current Eastern Expedition. The Changsun Chong committed the crime. The great crime of treason, in all dynasties, must be a capital crime of the 'Yi tribe', and His Majesty is not only willing to forgive, but even allow him to perform meritorious deeds, His Majesty is truly benevolent, the ancient sages are nothing more than this."

Between the words, he made no secret of his envy.

At the beginning of the Eastern Expedition, no one thought that Goguryeo could withstand the Tang army's rapid advance, and that the country's collapse was just around the corner. Everyone regarded this Eastern Expedition as the last large-scale war of the Tang Dynasty in a short period of time. They want to take the opportunity to reap military exploits and consolidate and strengthen their respective interests.

In order for everyone to share in the battle achievements, they even joined hands to exclude the extremely powerful navy with the brand of Fang Jun, and severely offended Fang Jun.

However, the war was full of twists and turns, and now when the final victory is about to be won, it is suddenly discovered that the greatest military achievements are about to be snatched by the eldest grandson's family...

Opening the Seven Star Gate and welcoming the Tang army into the city, even if they are hostile to the Changsun family, they have to think that this is the first achievement of the Eastern Expedition!
It is inevitable that I will feel unhappy, envious and jealous...

Li Daozong picked up his wine glass and said with emotion: "Your Majesty is really benevolent to the eldest grandson's family."

Everyone was silent.

Naturally, everyone understands the meaning of these words. The eldest grandson's family is able to receive such preferential treatment from His Majesty, not only because of the meritorious service that His Majesty used to usurp the throne and ascend the throne. Clean, there are not many meritorious deeds left now, but because the Guanlongmen Clan is deeply rooted and deeply rooted, His Majesty and Changsun Wuji are deeply afraid and drift away.

And the greatest reliance of the eldest grandson clan is the shadow of Empress Wende.

His Majesty Li Er and Empress Wende were a young couple with very deep feelings. Everyone still remembered how heartbroken and distraught His Majesty was when Empress Wende died.And the virtuousness of Empress Wende has already been spread all over the world, and she deserves the title of "virtuous queen" and is deeply admired by the world.

This is the greatest heritage of the eldest grandson family.

Otherwise, when Chang Sun Chong committed the crime of treason, how could His Majesty just issue a document of arrest at sea and settle the matter hastily?

Li Chengqian took a sip of wine, feeling a little depressed: "The queen mother is indeed very kind to the eldest grandson family, and has always been very caring. Otherwise, why would she be willing to betroth Changle to the eldest grandson Chong? The father and mother have many sons and daughters, but in the heart of the mother, the most beloved Changle is always preferred, no matter whether it is lonely or blue sparrow, or even pheasant slaves and sizi, they are not as favored as Changle."

Generally speaking, the father likes the younger son, and the mother prefers the older daughter, and the same is true for the Tian family...

It's just that Sizi has been sick since he was a child, which makes His Majesty Li Er love him more, but when it comes to the favored status in his heart, no one can compare with Changle and Pheasant Nu.

The reason why Changsun Chong fell out of favor at the beginning and aroused His Majesty Li Er's resentment and disgust was precisely because he failed to give Princess Changle a happy marriage.

Xiao Yu glanced at Li Chengqian and said with a smile: "Your Highness, there is no need to underestimate yourself. Whether it is the Tian family or the family, rich or poor in the world, most of them have high hopes for their eldest sons, and hope that they can inherit the family business, and even go far and wide. Going one step further, it is natural to use the most stringent requirements to spur, so as not to indulge in pleasure and fail to become a talent. Your Highness is the eldest son of His Majesty, the natural heir to the throne, and His Highness's benevolence is well known in the government and the public, even among the common people. It is admiration and support. Throughout the ages, there are not many people who are princes, but there are very few people who are as popular as His Highness."

This is not flattery.

Just as what Xiao Yu said in his words, no matter how picky Li Er Majesty is to Li Chengqian, he can't change Li Chengqian's status as the "eldest son".Since ancient times, China has been inherited by Zongzheng, and the eldest son naturally has the right of succession. If anyone wants to overthrow this system, it will inevitably cause criticism from the ruling and opposition parties, and even directly shake the foundation of the empire.

And among the people, the traffickers and pawns also know that His Royal Highness is generous and benevolent, and they all support him. Who would not want a benevolent king in the world?

Therefore, Li Chengqian, as the crown prince and inheriting the great treasure, is in fact justified.

Li Chengqian said modestly: "Song Guogong said this, and I am deeply terrified. I am not as good as a blue bird in my essays; I am not as good as a pheasant slave in terms of intelligence; I am not as good as a king of Wu in terms of decisiveness... The reason why I am a prince is just a comparison. You brothers have spoken out a few days earlier, there are still many shortcomings, so I dare not be proud of it, feel at ease."

The so-called "reputation by all" may not be as powerful as Xiao Yu said, but on the contrary, he is deeply oppressed by his brothers. There are very few princes throughout the ages who can match him.

There's no way, a younger brother is really too good...

Ma Zhou, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "The battle report from the Western Regions earlier said that when the Duke of Yue arrived in Gongyue City, he cooperated with the Anxi Army to raid the Arab camp and achieved a great victory. Now the Arabs have retreated to the Tianshan Mountains. Standing, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. However, the situation is gratifying, but the Anxi Army and the Youtunwei together only have [-] to [-] troops, and the Arabs have suffered heavy losses, leaving more than [-] available soldiers. Your Highness, it is better to recruit soldiers and horses to help the Western Regions. Otherwise, if there is a slight mistake in Gongyue City, the entire Western Regions will fall into the hands of the Arabs. If you want to take it back, it will be as difficult as climbing the sky, and it will also cause serious damage to the situation in Chang'an. The big impact must be guarded against."

Now there is a deep crisis in Chang'an City. It seems that with the two victories of Dadou Bagu and Alagou, and Fang Jun's victory after arriving in Gongyue City, the danger of the entire Western Region has been completely lifted. Frustrated, but the Arabs retreating at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains still have an army of more than [-], which is nearly three times the strength of the Tang army...

He and Fang Jun are inseparable, and he never wants to see Fang Jun in the Western Regions alone and helpless, struggling with the Arabs, and then accidentally loses a soldier, loses his fame for the rest of his life, and completely loses the Western Regions. The Arab soldiers went straight to Yumen Pass.

When necessary, he must remind the prince, but because some people are jealous of Fang Jun's meritorious deeds and deliberately neglect the supply and support of the Anxi Army and Youtunwei, they should not subconsciously think that the Western Regions are really at ease.

Once the Anxi Army is defeated and the Arabs reach Yumen Pass, it will inevitably affect the whole Chang'an, and a turmoil is almost inevitable.

And in this turmoil, Donggong is the first to bear the brunt...

Li Chengqian's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately realized that he had indeed been a little negligent and slack lately. A series of good news from Liaodong and the Western Regions made him a little slack in his tense spirit, and he was a little lost under the extremely optimistic atmosphere of the people around him. .

He glanced at Xiao Yu, and said: "The battle in the Western Regions, there is no room for loss. The Anxi Army and the Right Tunwei need to pay a lot of attention to the supplies and replenishment of the soldiers. The father, the emperor, personally conquered Liaodong, and he is about to return with a big victory. If you are responsible for supervising the country alone, you can’t tell your father that the Western Regions have fallen and the Arabs have reached Yumen Pass after returning to Beijing, right? If that’s the case, you will feel ashamed and shameless.”

There was already some dissatisfaction in his tone.

However, he also understands that except for Fang Jun who has no desires and no desires to plan for him wholeheartedly and is willing to fight side by side with him, the rest of the people who gather in the East Palace are mostly following the trend, seeing that the position of the East Palace is gradually stabilizing, they are willing to attach themselves to Jiwei .

And once the East Palace is in crisis, these people may be the first to abandon it.

It's even not uncommon to turn around and strike back...

At that time, these people will probably say something like "people are in the officialdom, they can't help themselves, they can only seek advantages and avoid disadvantages", so as to cover up their coldness and lack of virtue in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)