Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 33: Fear of Insufficient Troops

The streets are crowded with people.

The idle people in Chang'an City gathered in the direction of the Dali Temple out of curiosity. Among them, the most numerous were merchants from all over the country doing business in the West Market, especially the Hu merchants.

Su Chen, holding a folding fan, followed Sun Qiang and the other two, and followed the crowd towards the Dali Temple.

The area outside the Dali Temple was completely blocked.

There are three floors inside and three floors outside.

There were also many well-dressed Hu merchants who were struggling to push through the crowd and squeeze in.

"Please make way for me, the Wei family still owes me three hundred taels of silver!"

Whenever such a sound was heard, the spectators would smile and make way for the other person to enter.

"Fuck off!"

Two bailiffs from the Dali Temple carried a middle-aged man who was dressed in ordinary clothes but had a bruised face and nose, and threw him out of the Dali Temple gate under the puzzled gazes of the crowd.

For an instant.

Everyone stepped back, giving this man a chance to kiss the ground.

"Ouch..."

"Everyone listen!"

The yamen runner shouted, his eyes swept across the place, his hands clasped together and raised above his right shoulder, "Our Lord Sun has already found out that Wei Daijia was corrupt, accepted bribes, and robbed people by trickery. Any merchant who was deceived by the Wei family and demanded money without reason can go in and complain and get their money back."

"but!"

"If anyone doesn't know what's good for him and tries to use this as an excuse to deceive others, this will be the fate of that person!"

Hey!
The curious onlookers all looked at the middle-aged man who got up from the ground.

No wonder this man was beaten up and thrown out of the Dali Temple.

It turns out that this guy is a person who takes advantage of troubled waters.

"Should!"

"hetui!"

"Lord Sun is wise!"

"I recognize him. This man is shameless and claimed to be a relative of Master Cen!"

Faced with the criticism from the onlookers, the man covered his face with his sleeves and ran away in shame.

Su Chen found it very interesting.

There is always someone trying to take advantage of troubled waters.

It’s a pity that this person picked the wrong person.

Sun Fujia is a ruthless person.

During the late Sui Dynasty, he had already been involved in officialdom as a minor official, and was also the first top scholar after Emperor Gaozu founded the country.

How could he be so easily fooled?
Jin Yong hesitated and said, "Sir, I always feel a chill. How about we go first?"

I've been doing it for free so much that I'm always worried about getting caught.

Su Chen didn't care. "You and I didn't leave our names. Who would know that we did it?"

Jin Yong: “…”

Sun Qiang smacked his lips, "It's always right to listen to you, sir. Sir, you have nothing to do today, why don't you listen to some music in the brothel?"

Su Chen shook his head speechlessly and smashed the folding fan in his hand on Sun Qiang's shoulder, "Is your injury healed?"

Sun Qiang nodded repeatedly, "It's okay."

"Okay then, go keep an eye on that person and try to establish a relationship with him."

"...?"

Not going to Nishang Building?

Sun Qiang responded with his head hung like a defeated rooster, then followed the man away.

Just as Jin Yong was about to ask, he saw Su Wang running over in a hurry.

"Master Su, your highness has come to the Crown Prince's residence to discuss something with you."

"it is good."

Return to Prince Residence.

Li Chengqian was sitting on a chair with a smile on his face, holding a piece of paper in his hand and looking left and right.

"Brother Su."

"I came to you as soon as I came out of the palace."

Su Chen glanced at the guards brought by Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian nodded slightly, and they smiled knowingly to each other.

"Where did Brother Su go just now?"

"I heard that the Wei family was impeached today and dismissed from office by His Majesty, so I went to the Dali Temple to take a look."

So that's it. Li Chengqian stated his purpose in a very official manner, "I came to you this time to tell you a good news."

"Appreciate further details."

"My father intends to establish Chongwen Academy for me, with the purpose of educating people and cultivating talents for our Tang Dynasty."

Seeing Su Chen's thoughtful look, Li Chengqian smiled and handed a list to Su Chen, "These university scholars are the candidates chosen by the emperor. What do you think, Brother Su?"

Su Chen took the list with a smile and saw that they were all famous university scholars.

Among them, Kong Yingda is the most eye-catching, ranking first on the list.

Su Chen looked at the list with a strange expression, then looked at Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian smiled and said, "My father said that these university scholars were his ideas. If I like them, I can select them myself."

Don’t like it?

A high degree of freedom!
Su Chen nodded in understanding and pointed at the first place.

Li Chengqian: "Brother Su, do you think Kong Jijiu is not suitable?"

Su Chen: "Confucianism is just a way to fool people. Your Highness doesn't need to care about it."

This crazy guy is really crazy.

Hegan Chengji, who was standing on the side, glanced at Su Chen out of the corner of his eye.

As a descendant of Confucius, Kong Jijiu was well-read since childhood and was knowledgeable and well-informed. He had many disciples, many of whom served as officials in the court.

But in Su Chen's mouth, Kong Jijiu's talent and knowledge turned out to be a trick to fool people?
Li Chengqian sighed, "Brother Su, you don't know that my father had arranged for Confucius to teach me in my early years, but Confucius and I had different ideas. Now that my father has mentioned it again, it is difficult for me to do it."

Ranking first shows how much importance Li Shimin attached to it.

He rejected Kong Yingda so directly and decisively that Li Shimin was embarrassed.

Su Chen: "If you don't like it, then don't do it. You are the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, so you should be brave and diligent."

"Shi Xiu surrendered to the Duke of Yansheng, and Confucius of Qufu will be a double-minded minister for all eternity!"

"With such a person always by your side, how can you possibly possess the courage and strength of your Majesty?"

Li Chengqian looked at Su Chen in surprise. Even he couldn't stand listening to such polite words.

then.

Li Chengqian coughed and asked, "Does your house have any Western wine?"

"No."

"Hegan Chengji, go buy some wine and water."

"Yes."

After sending Hegan Chengji away, Su Chen and Li Chengqian looked at each other and felt a lot more relaxed.

Li Chengqian: "There has been very little news about you these days, so you have to show your face to your father after all."

Su Chen sighed, "This Infernal Affairs is really tiring, it would be better to just sink him into the well."

Li Chengqian: "...No, he is my father's man!"

Su Chen suggested again, "Du He has prepared a lot of weapons materials. If we start making them now, it will only take ten days or half a month to make a batch of homemade bombs, enter the Taiji Palace, and force the emperor to abdicate?"

Li Chengqian: "..."

"Brother Su, calm down!"

"I only have a few soldiers in the Eastern Palace? You want me to follow my father's example?"

"Let's get down to business."

Su Chen nodded, and while Hegan Chengji was away, he quickly discussed the issue of candidate selection.

These selected people are naturally inclined towards the Eastern Palace and are ministers who can be won over!
Hegan Chengji soon came back with the wine, but Li Chengqian only took a sip and hurriedly got up to say goodbye.

"Brother Su, are you really unwilling to come to the East Palace to help me?"

"Your Highness, I am just a businessman."

"Farewell."

Watching Li Chengqian and others leave, Su Chen touched his chin. The prince was still too restrained.

Perhaps it was because he had been under the shadow of Li Shimin for a long time that he had to be careful in what he said and did.

But in Su Chen's opinion, it all comes down to one sentence.

Li Chengqian suffered from a fear of insufficient troops.

The Eastern Palace does have a shortage of people, but as long as Li Shimin is controlled, won’t he be able to ascend to the throne smoothly as the crown prince?

wrong.

Most of the civil and military officials in the court came from the former Qin Palace.

Fear of insufficient troops?

That would be easy.

(End of this chapter)