Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 520 Chengqian's Life Is Lonely and Desolate

"A heinous criminal who conspired against the prince according to the prince's specifications, actually wants to have a funeral according to the prince's specifications!" Li Tai sat on the chair with a contemptuous expression.

Looking at Li Tai, Fang Yiai on the side smiled slightly and said, "It was Li You who made it up."

"Huh!" With a cold snort, Li Tai shook his head: "Li You is not qualified, he is the emperor's pawn, and it is the emperor who wants the prince's standard, Li You is just an obedient puppet."

"Then His Majesty still values ​​the prince very much!"

"So what, people are already dead, no matter how important they are, they won't come back to life, this is the most stupid thing about father!" Li Tai frowned slightly and said: "However, this fifth child is getting more and more serious now. The more restless I am, the king wants to find an opportunity to beat him, of course, now is not the time, let's wait until after the prince's funeral!"

"Crack!" "Crack!" "Crack!". One hundred and eight whips were fired. Prince Li Chengqian's funeral began. The entire East Palace was hung with filial piety streamers. Procedure.

In the second year of Wude, the eldest son of Princess Qin gave birth to Li Shimin's eldest son.

In the third year of Wude, Li Chengqian, who was still in his infancy, was named Hengshan King.

In the seventh year of Wude, Li Chengqian moved to become king of Zhongshan.

In the ninth year of Wude, Li Shimin came to the throne as Emperor Taizong. In October Guihai, Li Chengqian, who was only 8 years old, was canonized as the prince.

In the third year of Zhenguan, Li Gang, the prince's grand teacher, could only enter the palace in a sedan chair because of his foot disease, so Li Chengqian personally led his teacher to the palace and saluted respectfully, and asked him for advice humbly, with an extremely respectful attitude.After Li Gang died of illness, Chengqian erected a monument for his teacher himself.

In May of the fourth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty issued an edict to Chengqian "it is appropriate to order the hearing of the lawsuit", and also said that "from now on, only those who are not subdued by the Shangshu Province will be opened in the East Palace, and Chengqian will be ordered to make a decision."

It can be seen that Tang Taizong was already consciously exercising Chengqian's political ability as a prince, and Li Chengqian was only 12 years old at this time.In the same year, Du Ruhui, the right servant of the Shangshu, was seriously ill, and Emperor Taizong ordered Chengqian to go to express condolences in person.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Tang Taizong drove to Qizhou, and Li Chengqian stayed in Beijing to supervise the country as the prince.In August, when Li Chengqian came to court, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was overjoyed and had a big banquet for the officials of the East Palace, and he also gave silk to each of them.

In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian was seriously ill. Emperor Taizong of Tang ordered Bopo, an eminent monk from India, to pray for his beloved son.

In February of the eighth year of Zhenguan, in Yisi, the crown prince Li Chengqian added Yuanfu, so Emperor Taizong of Tang pardoned his sons below the death penalty, and bestowed the son of the fifth rank and above as the father, and the latter was one rank of nobleman. Difference.

In Jiashen, the first month of the ninth year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian married Su Shi, the eldest daughter of Secretary Cheng Su Quan, as the crown princess. Emperor Taizong of Tang gave a banquet to all the ministers for this, and gave silk to each of them.

In the tenth year of Zhenguan, Empress Changsun gradually became seriously ill. Chengqian, worried, asked for amnesty for the prisoners and saved them into Taoism, hoping to be blessed, but Empress Changsun flatly refused.In June Jimao, Empress Changsun died at the Lizheng Palace at the age of 36.

In March of the 12th year of Zhenguan, Bingzi, Li Chengqian's eldest son, Li Xiang, was born. Because of the joy of the birth of the emperor's grandson, Emperor Taizong of Tang ordered the world to convict all prisoners who were imprisoned. As soon as the honorary officer was transferred, the world feasted for five days, and a feast of five or more grades was held in the East Palace.

In the 13th year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of Tang ordered the East Palace to set up the Chongwen Museum.

It was also in this year that Li Chengqian ushered in a turning point in his life, because as he grew older and suffered from foot disease, he began to rebel.Who knew that Li Shimin did not personally comfort him, but instead "searched for virtuous persons to assist the palace", and successively selected more than ten veteran and famous ministers as the assistant ministers of the Eastern Palace, such as Yu Zhining, Li Baiyao, Du Zhenglun, Kong Yingda, Zhang Xuan Su, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, etc. also ordered Liu Ji, Cen Wenwen and Ma Zhou to go to the East Palace every day to talk with Prince Chengqian.

However, these admonishers ignored a very important point, that is, whether such an education method is suitable for Li Chengqian, and whether blindly admonishing can correct Chengqian's deviated behavior?

Because looking at the persuasion of Yu Zhining, Kong Yingda, Zhang Xuansu and others, we can find something in common—these three people are almost more sparse than each other, and their words are more fierce than the other, and each sentence is sharper than the other, but in the end they don’t accept it at all. Less than expected effect.

In the 14th year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian only built a house, so Yu Zhining criticized him for being too extravagant

In the 15th year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian privately introduced the Turkic group into the palace, which again provoked Yu Zhining's letter.

Li Shimin's attitude towards Li Chengqian began to change. In February of the 16th year of Zhenguan, the manuscript of "Kuo Di Zhi" edited by Wei Wang Li Tai was completed. Emperor Taizong of Tang was very happy. Li Tai was generously rewarded one after another—firstly, "Thousands of Things", and then a large amount of property was rewarded every month, the amount even exceeded the prince's specification.

In September Dingsi, Tang Taizong appointed Wei Zheng as the prince and grand teacher.At this time, Li Chengqian favored a very happy man in the palace. Tang Taizong naturally killed him when he knew about it. Zhang Xuansu and others intend to kill the killer.

In the 17th year of Zhenguan, because Li Chengqian was afraid of his younger brother Li Tai, who was also loved by his father and had the heart of seeking a successor, after he failed in an assassination attempt, he and the King of Han Li Yuanchang, Princess Chengyang's son-in-law Captain Du He, Hou Junji, etc. They colluded with each other and planned to attack the palace first to raise troops to force the palace, but the matter was revealed.

Tang Taizong was sad and helpless, so he had to confine him in another room, and ordered Situ Changsun Wuji, Sikong Fang Xuanling, Tejin Xiao Yu, Minister of the Ministry of War Li Ji, Dali Qing Sun Fujia, Zhongshu Shilang Cen Wenwen, and Doctor Yushi Ma Zhou, the admonishing doctor Chu Suiliang and others participated in it, and everything was clearly verified.

In the month of confinement, a generation of crown prince Li Chengqian hanged himself in front of the tomb of Xinxin. Li Shimin was so sad that he was buried with the ceremony of the prince.

"Kneel to seal...!"

The eunuch shouted loudly, and then saw Li Chengqian's coffin being carried into the grave. Li Chengqian's two sons were crying heartbreakingly. Li You looked at all this lightly, feeling very sad in his heart. Destination, whether you are a prince or a general, your final destination is here.

"Boom!!"

There was a thunderstorm and heavy rain poured down, ending the curtain on Crown Prince Li Chengqian.

After Li Chengqian's funeral was over, Li Shimin praised Li You many times in front of the ministers, and Li Shimin also gave Li You a gold medal, which can enter the palace at any time. It can be said that Li Shimin also began to love Li You.

During this time, Li Tai also started to operate actively, trying his best to gain Li Shimin's favor.

In addition to gaining Li Shimin's favor, Li Tai also took the initiative to find Li Zhi, and threatened Li Zhi that Li Yuanchang participated in the prince's rebellion, and Li Zhi and Li Yuanchang are good friends. Don't you worry about being implicated? ?

After Li Zhi heard the news, he had a very depressed and painful expression all day long. Li Shimin didn't know, but Li You could see the change in Li Zhi. Later, under Li You's questioning, Li Zhi said reason.

To be honest, after hearing this, Li You felt a little ashamed of Li Tai. You can fight for the position of prince if you want, but what's the point of scaring a child here.

Then Li You went directly to the palace and declared in front of Li Shimin that Li Zhi had been intimidated by someone who wanted to use his relationship with Li Yuanchang to impeach Li Zhi. Dare to come out.

Li Shimin is a very wise emperor. Although Li You didn't say who the caring person is, Li Shimin has guessed the other party. You must know that Li Shimin is an emperor who loves his son very much. Of course, he hopes that his son will be safe.

What Li You said made Li Shimin start to worry that if Li Zhi didn't have a certain status, he would be easily framed by Li Tai.

When Li Shimin came to the throne in the Xuanwu Gate, he naturally knew that there was truth in it. If he was a little careless, his sons who were fighting for the throne might kill each other.Although Li Tai is talented, he is too ruthless. If he becomes the emperor, how can he let go of his brothers who are a threat to him.

You must know that one of his eldest son and fourth son died because of the fight, and he would never let anything bad happen to his fourth son and his ninth son, so Li Shimin then began to treat his own Nine sons laid out.

And the target of Li Shimin's arrangement was Li You. Li You didn't even think that Li Shimin started the assessment of Li You on a sudden day, and the weather was very hot that day.

Li You and Li Zhi were called by Li Shimin to a side hall next to the Ganlu Hall because of the above-mentioned matter. Li Shimin's imperial decree was to let the two talk about the threats of people who cared about them.

Li You and Li Zhi also did not allow him to have him, and they came to this side hall together. To be honest, after coming to the side hall, Li Zhi was still a little scared. After sitting down, Li Zhi leaned tightly beside Li You and said "Fifth brother, do you think the father will really demote me to leave Chang'an? If I leave Chang'an, I miss you, my son, and Heng'er. What should I do?"

Looking at his younger brother whose eyes were slightly red, Li You smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry, don't let the fourth brother scare you. The matter of Li Yuanchang has nothing to do with you. I will definitely make it clear. You and Li Yuan Chang also had some exchanges on calligraphy and painting.

There is no intersection with other things, Father will not connect you with Li Yuanchang. "

"Really? Fifth Brother, you must help me!" Li Zhi looked at Li You pitifully.

Li You smiled and patted Li Zhi's head and said, "Don't worry, Fifth Brother promises you that nothing will happen. If you come here today, just tell what happened to you, and everything will be fine."

"En!" Li Zhi nodded again and again: "Fifth brother, you are so kind.!"

"I know fifth brother is good, so don't be angry with me next time with Sizi. Look at you two guys, Dunhuafang has not caused enough harm, you still go outside. Especially Sizi, you must watch her closely in the future, girls, every family, If something goes wrong, it will be troublesome."

"Understood Fifth Brother, I will help you take care of Sizi."

Li Zhi chuckled, but just when Li Zhi had just finished laughing, suddenly, there was a scream outside: "It's gone, it's gone!"

(End of this chapter)