The opening inventory of the top ten young emperors

Li Zhi's expression froze, and he quickly said, "I just feel that if we kill her like this, it will cause people to waver, and give those with ulterior motives the opportunity to cause trouble."
"Taking the opportunity to cause trouble?" Li Shimin frowned, "What do you mean?"

"Father knows that this girl is the one mentioned in the Heavenly Scroll, but the world may not think so. Besides, the Wu family has more than one daughter. What if..."

In case someone uses the name of Wu's daughter to confuse people, it will make people speechless. It is better to keep her and keep her firmly in the hands of the royal family. It will be more valuable than killing her.

Li Zhi's words made Li Shimin ponder for a moment, then he looked at his son: "Do you really think so?"
Li Zhi said quickly, "Yes, I think if the Heavenly Scroll hadn't revealed this, it would have been fine if this woman had been quietly dealt with, but now that it has been widely publicized, it is not possible to deal with her lightly, as this may give people an excuse to criticize her."

What Li Zhi said does make some sense. Sometimes court affairs require conspiracies, but more often they require open conspiracies.
but……
Li Shimin was still a little worried.
If he doesn't get rid of this woman, she will always be a thorn in his heart.

At this moment, someone reported: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Wei are here to see you."

"Qingque is here, with the prince?" Li Shimin was stunned.

Li Zhi was also stunned.
The eldest brother and the fourth brother came together? Aren’t they the worst friends? Why did they come together?

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei met at the gate of the main hall," the eunuch reported.
Li Zhi: That’s what he said!
Looking down at Wu Cairen, Li Shimin frowned, knowing that they must have come here after reading the Heavenly Scroll. So he asked someone to take Wu Cairen away first, and then let the Crown Prince and King Wei in.

The Crown Prince and the King of Wei came in one after the other. As soon as they entered the hall, Crown Prince Li Chengqian quickly walked to Li Shimin, knelt on one knee, and said with a grim expression: "Father, I am willing to kill Wu with my own hands."

Looking at the prince, Li Shimin remained silent. At this time, King Wei Li Tai dragged his huge body to the side of the prince.
He bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Father, your words are wrong. How to deal with Wu is naturally decided by you, father, and no one else should interfere. You have overstepped the line, my brother."

Li Tai's words were indeed reasonable. After all, Wu Cairen was Li Shimin's concubine at that time, and was considered Li Chengqian's concubine mother. As a son, he wanted to kill his mother, even if she was his concubine mother, which was a great act of filial piety and would be criticized.

The prince's face changed. He was also anxious for the moment. He hurried over after hearing Tianjuan's words. He was ridiculed by Li Tai at the door, so he was eager to express his position and loyalty to his father.

As for Wu, she had not been favored for many years. Before that, she was just one of the many concubines. She had never been promoted to a higher position since entering the palace, so she didn't have to worry that her father would be reluctant to let her go.
That's why he thought of killing Wu with his own hands as a way to prove his innocence.

In addition, when he just arrived at the gate of the palace to meet the emperor, Li Tai actually came from outside the palace, which made him feel more threatened and failed to consider this point. There is no doubt that Li Tai came to the palace at this time for what Tianjuan said.
However, he made mistakes in a hurry. He was always thinking about showing his loyalty, but forgot about human ethics, which was a big taboo in front of his father.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Tai's words, Li Shimin's face darkened: "Cheng Qian, Tai'er is right, you have crossed the line."

If someone else had reminded him of this, Li Shimin might not have taken it too seriously, and he could probably understand the prince's feelings at the moment. But since it was said by his favorite Li Tai, he felt it made sense.

Li Chengqian saw that things were going badly, so he immediately knelt down on both knees and kowtowed heavily to Li Shimin:
"Father, I am just worried. I don't know the Wu family, and it is impossible for me to do such an immoral thing as the Heavenly Scroll said, or even let the Wu family usurp the country. I am doing this for the Tang Dynasty, without any selfish motives, and I hope that Father will forgive me."

Li Shimin's expression eased slightly, but Li Tai chuckled when he heard it: "My royal brother, you are wrong. Since you don't know Wu, why are you in such a hurry to kill her? This matter is too strange, there must be a demon behind it.
I think we should interrogate Mrs. Wu to see if she has any accomplices or if there is a bigger conspiracy. Finding the root cause and uncovering the mastermind is what we should do now, rather than killing her to silence her prematurely!"

Murder?
Li Chengqian's face changed when he heard this, and he looked at Li Tai angrily, probably understanding what he was going to do. He was trying to throw dirty water on him.

But Li Tai's words are indeed more reasonable and rational than the prince's ideas. Often, things like rebellion and usurpation of the country cannot be accomplished by one person just by thinking about it.
Rather than letting Li Shimin believe that Wu's ascension to the throne was the final result of a series of coincidences, it would be better to let him believe that someone had conspired from the very beginning to push Wu to the throne.

At this moment, Li Shimin thought of what Li Zhi had just said. If Wu was just a puppet, even if she died, there would be countless Zhangs, Wangs, and Lis behind her who would appear at any time. It would be better to take this opportunity to find out.

If there really is someone behind this, it would be a good opportunity to catch all these rebels in one fell swoop.
If there was no one behind Wu, and this kind of thing really only happened by chance, he could keep Wu for a while, wait for the incident to pass, and then secretly execute this woman.

No matter how you look at it, both methods are safer than killing Wu immediately.

Thinking of this, he also made a decision. He looked at Li Tai, nodded and said, "Qingque is right. We really can't kill Wu so easily."

Li Tai was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately bowed to Li Shimin: "Father, you are wise! Please let me handle this matter. I will definitely find out who is behind the Wu family. I will never let these traitors disturb our Tang Dynasty."

This idea was proposed by Li Tai, and Li Tai should have been the one to do it, but when Li Chengqian heard it, he felt alarmed.

Let Li Tai investigate this matter. Even if it has nothing to do with him, Li Tai will definitely link this matter to him. The father likes his second brother very much. Once he finds the so-called "evidence", he will definitely make him fall into an irretrievable situation.
Moreover, it goes without saying that his second brother will definitely find "evidence". Everyone knows Li Tai's ambition. Only his father still dotes on him.

Therefore, this matter must not be handed over to Li Tai.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said, "Father, I know I was wrong. My second brother is right. I didn't think this matter through. Let me interrogate Wu!"

"You come to interrogate him?" Li Tai sneered, "I'm afraid that before the first trial is over, you will kill him and there will be no evidence against him."
Li Tai refused to give Li Chengqian any chance to fight back. After learning about this matter from the heavenly scroll, he immediately went to the palace, just to take on the task of investigating this matter himself.

Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian also realized something was wrong and came to see his father. He had only provoked him a few words at the door, but he came in and wanted to kill Wu. It was really stupid.
With his intelligence, how could his father pass the throne to him if he hadn't taken advantage of being the eldest son?
Therefore, he must not miss this opportunity and must bring down the crown prince.

Seeing his two sons arguing in front of him, Li Shimin frowned slightly.

He knew a little about the secret conflict between Cheng Qian and Tai'er.
But I didn't expect it to have reached such a tit-for-tat point.

As a father, although he loves Qingque very much, Chengqian is also his prince, the future heir of the Tang Dynasty. Even if there are some minor flaws, they are not bad, after all, nothing big has happened.

Moreover, deposing the eldest son and enthroning the youngest son without any reason could easily cause unrest in the court, which was what happened to him. He really didn't want to repeat his father's mistakes.
At this moment, he could more or less understand his father's painstaking efforts.

At this moment, he suddenly saw Li Zhi, who had not spoken a word since Cheng Qian and Qingque came in.
"Zhi'er, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Just now, when Li Zhi tried to stop him from killing Wu, what he said and thought was similar to Qingque's.

Hearing his father's question, Li Zhi replied, "I think what my second brother said is absolutely right. This matter does need to be investigated thoroughly and no decision can be made abruptly. But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also thinking about the Tang Dynasty, so he wants to kill Wu and eliminate the trouble forever."
In short, both brothers are good people, and they treat each other fairly and don't offend anyone.

Emperor Taizong of Tang nodded and immediately came up with an idea: "Then I'll leave this matter to you!"
Li Zhi was startled and immediately looked at his father. Li Tai and Li Chengqian were also startled and both looked at Li Zhi, the younger brother who often hid behind them.

This time, Li Chengqian reacted before Li Tai and said immediately, "Father is wise. Jiulang has grown up, and it's time for him to come out and help with some things. It's most appropriate to leave this matter to Jiulang."

Li Tai rolled his eyes at Li Chengqian. Although he was reluctant to give up this good opportunity, he thought that if this matter was handed over to Jiulang, it might not be a bad thing.
Jiulang is timid, and Li Chengqian has always been arrogant and not very close to his younger brothers. When the time comes, he only needs to "persuade Jiulang with emotion and reason", and Jiulang may not be afraid to help him pull Li Chengqian down.
What’s more important is that you don’t have to get involved.

So Li Tai also said: "I also think that it is time for Jiulang to gain some experience. It is most appropriate to hand this matter over to him."

Li Zhi never thought that he would encounter the opening of the Heavenly Scroll when he just came to the palace to pay his respects, and be forced to do such a job. No matter how he did this job, he would definitely offend either the Crown Prince or the King of Wei.
But if he refused now, he would offend his father, whom he could not afford to offend.

If he had known this would happen, he would never have entered the palace today. Next time he enters the palace, he must check the almanac carefully.
At the moment, he could only say: "I obey your orders."

Li Shimin was about to nod when he heard Li Zhi say, "However, this is my first time on a mission, and it's such a big thing, so I'm afraid I'll be late. I hope your Majesty can lend me someone to help."
"Oh, who do you want to borrow?" Li Shimin asked. "I want to borrow Wei Xiang for a favor. I hope that father can let Wei Xiang and I handle this matter together..."

"No!" Before Li Zhi could finish his words, Li Tai suddenly spoke up to stop him.
Li Zhi was stunned and looked at Li Tai in confusion, while Li Shimin looked at him and frowned.

Li Tai knew he was getting anxious. But this Wei Xiang, he had tried every way to make friends with him, but he was always cold to him. Although he was similar to Li Chengqian, this man was too upright, and if he was in charge, he was afraid that some actions would be difficult to make.

"Is there anything wrong?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Tai's eyes flickered slightly: "Father, I think that Wu is a lady of the royal family. It's fine to let Jiulang judge the case, but if we let outsiders get involved, I'm afraid it will damage the reputation of the royal family."

Although Wei Zheng was not particularly close to Li Chengqian, as the crown prince, he had natural advantages in the court. For example, on some tasks, Li Chengqian cooperated quite well with Wei Zheng.
Now that Li Tai is so opposed to Wei Zheng's participation, Li Chengqian must go against him.

Li Chengqian immediately said, "Father, I'm afraid that the court officials already know what the heavenly scroll says, and Prime Minister Wei may not be unaware of it. Moreover, what Wu is planning is not limited to the inner palace, but is a major event related to the whole country. Why can't Prime Minister Wei assist?"

After saying this, he looked at Li Tai again: "Second brother, you are so opposed to Prime Minister Wei's involvement in this matter. Do you really think that this is just a matter of the inner palace? If so, second brother is too short-sighted."

Li Tai's forehead was bulging with veins: "I am thinking about the royal family's reputation. What if Wu is outspoken and reveals something about the palace..."
"Second brother, you have overstepped your bounds!" Li Chengqian finally recovered a little. "My father is an upright person. What is shameful about the affairs of the harem? Moreover, this matter concerns the fate of our Great Tang. How can it be resolved only within the palace?"

Seeing his two sons quarreling again in the blink of an eye, Li Shimin was overwhelmed. He thought that Wei Zheng was indeed upright and honest, and this matter was of great importance and could not be handed over to Li Zhi, who had just established his government, to handle alone.

So even if Li Zhi didn't mention it, he would find trusted ministers to assist him. At this time, he mentioned Wei Zheng. After thinking about it, Wei Xiang was indeed the most suitable person to help.
So he said, "Well, the two of you stop arguing. I have already made a decision on this matter. I will hand it over to the King of Jin and the Prime Minister of Wei for joint trial."

After that, he said to Li Zhi: "Learn from Wei Xiang. He is a rare talent and a pillar of our Tang Dynasty. It will definitely benefit you a lot to have him by your side."
"Yes, I understand. I will definitely learn from Prime Minister Wei." Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and responded immediately.

Seeing that their father had made the decision, Li Chengqian and Li Tai knew that there was no turning back, so they looked at each other fiercely, and then chatted with Li Shimin for a few casual words before leaving with Li Zhi.

After leaving the hall, Li Tai wanted to talk to Li Zhi, but Li Chengqian got there first and put his arm around Li Zhi's shoulders.

Li Chengqian patted Li Zhi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I never thought that in the blink of an eye, Jiulang would be able to do things for my father."
Li Zhi was flattered. He immediately took a step back, clasped his hands together, and saluted Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, thank you for your compliment. I am just worried and don't know how to do my job."
"It's okay. If you have any questions, you can come and ask me." Li Chengqian said with a smile.

Li Zhi was about to say he didn't dare, but he heard Li Tai beside him say in a sarcastic tone: "With Prime Minister Wei here, why bother His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come forward. I'm afraid His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't do this favor."

Li Chengqian was already furious, and when he heard Li Tai say this, he became even more furious: "Second brother is right, with Prime Minister Wei here, we don't have to worry about people with ulterior motives making small moves. I feel very relieved!"

Seeing that his two brothers were about to quarrel again, Li Zhi really didn't want to be the punching bag between them, so he quickly said: "I still have to go to the prime minister's residence, so I will leave first."
After saying this, he bowed to the two of them again and left in a hurry.

No matter where they quarreled, they couldn't quarrel outside Li Shimin's palace, so Li Tai snorted heavily: "Jiulang is right, I still have a lot of things to do, so I won't accompany the prince, I will leave first."
After saying this, he waved to the side, and immediately a small sedan chair came over. He smiled at Li Chengqian provocatively: "Come and talk to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince next time."

After saying this, he walked down the imperial steps steadily, then got on the sedan chair steadily, and was carried away by the palace servants.

Looking at Li Tai sitting on the sedan chair, Li Chengqian gnashed his teeth in hatred.
Except for His Majesty the Emperor, no one else in the palace was allowed to take any means of transportation and could only come on foot. Therefore, even the Crown Prince was not qualified to ride in this sedan chair.

But the emperor allowed Li Tai to enter the palace on a sedan chair because he was too fat and felt sorry for him because it was too hard for him to walk.
How partial my father is!

No, he must be alert. He doesn't want to become the second Li Jiancheng, and he can't let Li Tai become the next father emperor!
Thinking of this, he immediately hurried back to the Prince's Palace to think of a solution.

Compared with the uproar in the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao's case was much simpler.
As he followed the instructions in the heavenly volume, he found the Shen family in Hangzhou in time. He discovered that the Shen family was just as described in the heavenly volume. The old man in the family was an old craftsman who had accompanied Zheng He to the West.

Upon hearing that the Emperor asked him for the ship's log and the design drawings of the treasure ship, the old man was flattered. He immediately opened his own warehouse, took out the well-preserved materials and presented them to the eunuch in charge.

This time, Qian Ning was entrusted by the emperor to do the work in person, because Zhu Houzhao had asked him to not only take the things, but also to check on the situation of the Shen family to see if they needed his help.
After all, his little grandson, who is three or four years old, will be of great use in the future, so he naturally wants to raise such a talent well.

But he also instructed that his thoughts must not be known to the Shen family, in order to prevent the Shen family from becoming arrogant and having an impact on the future.
Therefore, this requires a balance, neither too enthusiastic nor too cold, and it is necessary to understand the environment of the Shen family clearly so that you can report to him when you return. Then he patted Qian Ning.

If it were in the past, he would have gone to Jiangnan by himself, and would not have asked others to do it. But Zhu Houzhao was too busy at the moment. He had to open science and engineering departments, research bicycles, and try to build a steam locomotive.
In addition, he had to try to extract penicillin, which was related to whether he could live past the age of 30. Naturally, he could not be careless.

The rest was easy to deal with. The prototype of the bicycle had basically been made, but it had not yet been assembled. Although the steam locomotive had not yet been built, he had someone make a prototype according to the drawing given to him by Tianjuan.

This steam locomotive was made entirely of brass, and when the sun shone on it, it shone brightly, as if it were made of gold. It was almost exactly the same as the picture on the scroll, except that it could not be moved.
At this time, because he had obtained the chain structure and assembly diagram, Zhu Houzhao also had new ideas about this immobile steam locomotive. Because he found that he had understood the transmission device that he did not understand before. This was really a pleasant surprise.

The production of penicillin has now encountered a small bottleneck. He followed the advice of the grandmother and used the penicillin to conduct skin tests on patients with lung disease. Unexpectedly, half of the people who took the skin test had so-called allergic reactions.

He also studied the penicillin manufacturing method given in Fantianjuan. Zhu Houzhao felt that the purity of penicillin was not high enough, which caused this situation.
However, he had purified the penicillin he prepared several times and had done a lot of bacterial culture experiments. The visual effect was okay, but it could not be used on humans.

The last thing he needed to do was to lift the ban on sea trade.
After Tianjuan mentioned this matter, he asked some old ministers who had returned to Beijing from coastal counties and districts. Combined with the vague and hesitant information he had obtained from the memorials before, he already had a general understanding of the situation in the coastal areas.

The fact is, Tianjuan was not exaggerating. The coastal areas at that time were just as Tianjuan said, with Japanese pirates and piracy rampant. The fishermen along the coast were all closely related to smuggling.

Therefore, if he acted rashly now, those maritime merchants and smugglers who had long been local tyrants would surely fight back desperately, causing unnecessary losses.
Therefore, the first thing he needs to do now is to fight against the Japanese pirates.

Although he wanted to be the General of Jinghai first, the fact was that the north was also being constantly invaded by the Tatars. Even if he wanted to open the sea to fight against the Japanese, he had to do it step by step.
Just as Tianjuan said, as long as the North can get out of the way, the South's maritime ban can be lifted immediately. He also wanted to taste the feeling of lying on a mountain of gold and silver.

However, the temporary inability to lift the maritime ban does not mean that nothing can be done. This time, in addition to bringing back the maritime chart, Qian Ning was also asked to investigate the local nobles.
Especially those businessmen who have suddenly become rich in recent decades by relying on maritime trade, first find out who are the people behind them.

However, although Xiao Ningzi was quite clever, he was too clever, and he could not guarantee that he was not the second Liu Jin. Therefore, he sent another person to Hangzhou with him, namely Yang Tinghe and Mr. Yang.

Thinking of Mr. Yang, Zhu Houzhao's lips almost turned up to the sky.
He had trusted him the most, but he never expected that he would overturn everything he had done. Wasn't he his teacher? What on earth was he dissatisfied with his student?
Is it because he entered the cabinet and became the leader of those old stubborn people that they look down on him as a student?
Zhu Houzhao couldn't understand it, he really couldn't understand it.

Although he had not yet resolved his problem, he still sent Yang Tinghe to Hangzhou. After all, he was the most suitable candidate at this time.
This is also because, before he was his student, he was an emperor. As an emperor, sometimes he really can't do whatever he wants.

At this time, on Zhu Houzhao's desk was a map of the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense, and on the other was a sea route map to America given to him by Tianjuan.

Recently, when he has nothing to do, he likes to study these two maps to see if there are any similarities that can help him reach America earlier.
At this moment, a rainbow light flashed in the sky, and the Heavenly Scroll opened.

(End of this chapter)