Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

“There really wasn’t any troop movement.

Last night, my father broke into the Manna Hall alone and restrained me, but I had no ability to resist. He seemed to be really successful in cultivating immortals and had mastered the magic of immortality. That spell can make me unable to move, speak, and control myself, and it can also make me unable to live or die.

After experiencing it once, you never want to experience it a second time. Many tortures are probably incomparable.

So for the time being, I'll just do this and listen to my father.

We will discuss other matters later..."

It was obviously impossible for Li Shimin to say that he first poisoned Bai Sheng and then Bai Sheng counterattacked, so he could only ignore the previous situation in a perfunctory manner and directly talk about the process and results.

Although the officials are still a little confused, the smart ones know that there should be some words that are not suitable to be said in front of everyone. In other words, there may be spies and ears of the Supreme Emperor nearby, and they dare not say them directly. They probably have to wait. Find a safe place and gather trusted people to discuss it privately, without others getting involved.

How can there be any fool who can go to court?

Therefore, naturally no one continued to question Li Shimin, and everyone returned to their respective places. Just like going to court normally, the court was dismissed and everyone returned to their homes after a while.

The main thing that needs to be discussed at this court meeting is how to deal with Li Chengqian and other people involved in the case. Now the Supreme Emperor has decided on the result. Although some ministers are still dissatisfied with the result, and even think that if this is done, more clans may rebel. , After all, you can’t die if you rebel, so why can’t you give it a try?

But for now, the restoration of the Supreme Emperor and the resignation of Emperor Zhenguan, but the fact that he is still the King of Qin and concurrently serves as the Prime Minister is undoubtedly bigger and more outrageous.

The impact may be no less than that of the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

And what they should do next, whether to protect themselves wisely, take a stand, or do other things, all need to be considered. These choices may affect their future, even life and death. In such a comparison, Li Chengqian and his friends' affairs are... It doesn't matter anymore.

After all, it is a family matter of the royal family. Even if there are more troubles in the future, it will still be an internal matter of the royal family.

Of course, one's own interests and future are more important.

So although the court meeting ended soon, the officials were even busier than at the court meeting. Some were asking around for information, some were looking for friends to discuss, and some were directly asking the leader of their own faction what to do.

Li Shimin also left Tai Chi Palace directly, took Changsun Wuji and others, took a detour to a small farm that the Supreme Emperor probably didn't know about, and started urgent discussions.

He actually doesn't know how much ability Bai Sheng has and how many manpower he has. Even though he is very cautious, he is not completely sure in his heart, so when he gets there, he tells most of the situation truthfully and truthfully. Everyone present told everyone except the matter of him sending someone to poison him.

Then, there was silence.

It took a long time before anyone spoke.

"Assuming that what the Holy One said is true, then we seem to have no other choice but to attack directly and kill the Supreme Emperor with human lives in front of the public.

But once you do this, the impact will be too bad.

Even though everyone is rumoring that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang, poisoned Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, this is just a rumor.

There is no evidence that this is true.

The Sima family's regicide on the street was well known to everyone, and if we did the same thing, the impact would only be worse than the Sima family's regicide on the street. After all, the Sima family were ministers, but the emperor was the son of the emperor. "

Changsun Wuji did not deny Li Shimin's words, but made some assumptions based on what Li Shimin said.

In this situation, the solution with the lowest impact is to kill the Emperor quietly. But if what Li Shimin said is true, there is no way they can kill the Emperor quietly, or even bring two to three hundred elite soldiers to force the enemy to death. A siege is not necessarily an opponent.

Not to mention that the Supreme Emperor might have the ability to decapitate people from among the thousands of troops. After all, not all immortals and gods in the legend have this ability. If this is the case, even if they send a large army to storm the Manna Palace, there is no chance of winning.

A dead end, a proper dead end, an unsolvable situation.

"But if the Supreme Emperor had such ability long ago, why didn't he take action until now?"

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but ask.

He felt that the Holy One might be hiding something?

However, although Li Shimin was a little guilty, he was able to control his emotions and quickly came up with a reasonable reason:

"Is it possible that it's to support Qian?

There are also Li Yuanchang and Li You. They are the son and grandson of the father respectively. Logically speaking, they are actually guilty of death. Did the father not want to see them sentenced to death, so he couldn't help but take action directly. "

"It's really possible. The relationship between the Crown Prince and the Supreme Emperor was very good in the past few years, and as the saying goes, the Supreme Emperor has many children, but not many grandchildren, especially fewer grandchildren around him.

Therefore, the emperor did not want to see his children and grandchildren die.

That’s normal…”

Changsun Wuji quite agreed with these words. After all, the Supreme Emperor went to court today. In addition to demoting Emperor Zhenguan to the title of King of Qin and concurrently serving as prime minister, the most important thing was to pardon his children and grandchildren, and to treat his accomplices lightly.

Du He and others all lost their lives.

"I didn't expect that the Emperor's heart would become softer as he got older. He also said that he would not hold us accountable anymore. The old minister is old and frail and may not have a few more years to live. He is planning to retire and return to his hometown directly. I hope His Majesty will allow it."

Yuchi Jingde remained silent.

Suddenly this sentence came.

Although the words were euphemistic, the meaning was quite clear, that is, he was not prepared to get involved in this matter, and was even prepared to resign and return home to escape temporarily. Now he was more willing to believe that the Supreme Emperor could really let him go, rather than listen to Li Shimin's suggestions.

When the Xuanwu Sect Revolution just ended, he did receive many rewards for his greatest contribution, but later he also suffered a lot of fear. Li Shimin even asked him if he wanted to rebel. If he hadn't been quick-witted, it would have been difficult for him to do so. Stay safe till now.

In fact, in February of this year, he requested to retire and return to his hometown, but the court did not allow it and granted him the title of "Yitong Sansi", allowing him to visit the palace on the first and fifteenth day of every month. This time, he was ready to completely retire and return to his hometown. , just go back to your hometown to spend your remaining years, and won’t get involved in this matter.

The scene was silent again. They did not expect that the first person to hold back was Yuchi Jingde, who was the most active in the Xuanwu Gate incident. But after thinking about it, everyone could actually understand that it was nothing more than the word "disappointment".

Six months ago, Li Shimin suspected that Yuchi Jingde wanted to rebel. However, Yuchi Jingde didn't say anything on the surface, but how could he not have any ideas or complaints in his heart.

If we say that retiring from old age and returning home in February is a life-saving move.

Now we are sincere about resigning from old age and returning home.

The father and son, the son usurped the throne and did not dare to kill his father, but the father was reluctant to kill his son after his restoration. In the end, he was so frightened that it was not just them who died, but he was also so old, and many people would not live to this age. What happened to retiring from old age and returning home?

Otherwise, can we try to achieve the feat of following the dragon again?

Immediately afterwards, in order to avoid suspicion, Yuchi Jingde stood up and said goodbye and left, not to participate in their next plan. Others present were also hesitant at this time. If everything remained as usual, they did not seem to be unable to accept it.

Even if the successor is still a descendant of Li Shimin, there will be no need to worry. It wasn't until Li Shimin said that the Supreme Emperor preferred Li Ke to succeed him that Changsun Wuji jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on and expressed his opposition with fierce words.

and began actively persuading others.

However, although others promised to help on the surface, in fact, they were not really willing to help.

Because Li Ke's succession to the throne and the succession of other Li Shimin princes are not much different for other families except the Changsun family. Even the Hongnong Yang family is eager for this. Only the Changsun family will suffer the greatest loss. Not only will they lose the country The position of uncle may be feared by Li Ke after he succeeds to the throne, and he may even try to get rid of him.

After all, the Hongnong Yang family behind them is not weak either.

I have my own uncle’s family who can use it.

Why use someone else’s?

Because of this, this private discussion did not come to an accurate conclusion, or an accurate plan. It only came up with a general plan for the next step, that is, we must try to test the Supreme Emperor to determine how powerful the Supreme Emperor's ability is, and then When considering the next step, I don’t know the emperor’s confidence and strange abilities, which will undoubtedly greatly increase the probability of failure.

At the same time, relevant news has spread in Chang'an City, and orders for princes from all over the country to return to Beijing are being issued quickly. The bold ones are ready to watch the excitement, and the timid ones are either preparing to leave Chang'an for safety, or at least buy more. If something goes wrong, you can still hold on for a while after closing the door.

Some people think that the Supreme Emperor is too old and soft-hearted to kill his son. The restoration will definitely not last long, and he will have to be sent back to Da'an Palace if he turns around.

Whoever helps him will definitely be in bad luck.

Some people think that the Supreme Emperor is very capable and has been planning for this for an unknown period of time. He will definitely not repeat the same mistakes and be forced to seize the throne again, but they will definitely start fighting again.

I don’t know who will win in the end and who will lose.

Some people also doubt whether Li Shimin is acting with the Supreme Emperor in order to keep the crown prince Li Chengqian. You must know that the best outcome for Li Chengqian previously was to be demoted to a commoner, but now he is only demoted to the crown prince of the Qin King. If the Qin King usurps the throne again, he will be reinstated. Ascended to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

Then he is still the prince of course.

The Supreme Emperor is willing to help perform this scene together, most likely to save the lives of Li Yuanchang and Li You.

This can also explain why Li Shimin was not killed, and he was both the King of Qin and the Prime Minister at the same time. In fact, the power is still in Li Shimin's hands!

However, some people felt that even if Li Shimin didn't want to depose the prince, there were many other ways. There was no need to go through such a big circle and do all these messy things. There must be something they didn't know about.

What has happened as a result of these speculations?

No one dares to support anyone rashly!

If the Supreme Emperor exterminates all the King of Qin's lineage, then there will definitely be people who are willing to support the Supreme Emperor. If the King of Qin is forced to rebel, there will definitely be people who will support the King of Qin.

But now many people suspect that the father and son are playing a double act. How can they be so invincible? The coup of hello and me is not normal no matter how you look at it. Therefore, most of the aristocratic families choose to sit on the sidelines and watch, but they want to see what the father and son are doing. What kind of drama is being played, and what kind of conspiracy is there!

But because of this, the overall situation in Chang'an has tended to be peaceful, and there has been no trouble. Li Shimin also did not dare to act rashly because he had suffered the pain of the life and death talisman. Now he is actively seeking help from monks and Taoist priests, hoping to find Ways to cope.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even dare to test his father.

More than half a month later, Li Yuan and Li Shimin's adult and still living sons all returned to Chang'an.

After seeing them, Bai Sheng said directly in front of them and all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, including Li Shimin:

"I am going to revise the original clan policy.

From now on, all your titles will be abolished. Everyone will be treated equally. You are all just ordinary princes. Then I will arrange an examination for you and determine your titles based on the test results.

The most basic thing is to pass the exam and become a virtual prince.

It means that there is no real power, only the title of a county king, you get some money every year, and then you can do whatever you like, whether it is doing business, singing in an opera, or even going out to beg every day, as long as you don't break the law or commit any crime.

Excellent kings, but they are just virtual titles. They have no fiefdoms and no real power. They get some money every year. If you want to be an official, you can do it. You can start from the seventh rank. If you are capable, you will be promoted. If you are not capable, you are willing to be the seventh rank for more than ten years. It's okay to be an official. If you don't want to, just resign on your own initiative.

Even if he is my biological son, if he cannot get outstanding points, he can still only get the position of county king. If he cannot even pass, he will become a short-term prince.

Give me some money every year, as long as I don't starve to death.

At the same time, the descendants directly became ordinary idle clans.

This means that as long as you fail the exam arranged for you in a few days, you will only have the title of prince, and the rest will be no different from ordinary idle clans.

Of course, if it is particularly outstanding.

In fact, it is not impossible to split the earth and become a king.

All in all, the latest clan policy is to promote the capable and the mediocre, and no one is exempt. The next new prince or grandson will be selected in this way, and whoever has made the greatest contribution will be elected.

Except Li Shimin, but your son can participate.

I won’t ask who supports and who opposes it, because I am informing you, not asking for your opinions.

An exam syllabus will be sent to you later.

Take a closer look for yourselves. "

Bai Sheng's operation was mainly to lay the foundation for the subsequent logical promotion of Li Ke and to increase the performance assessment of hundreds of officials in the future.

Even the princes are superior to those who are capable and inferior to those who are mediocre.

This is certainly true for officials.

At that time, it will depend on who has some fallacies to refute.

After stating his will, Bai Sheng left it to Li Shimin to carry out the specific execution and make the princes and grandsons accept it.

She went back to write a new plan.

The reform of the clan is only the first step. There are still many aspects that need to be changed next. It is impossible not to have a plan!