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Chapter 1259 Return to the Palace
"Let's take a step back and say that even if the two countries fight in the future."

Dou Xian's eyes sparkled, and he said excitedly: "That will turn state affairs into family affairs, and the intensity of the war will be infinitely reduced. With this restraint, the Turks will not slaughter people wantonly when they go south again."

"Because as long as someone from the lineage of the Right Wise King is in power, they will likely be accepted by the people and successfully rule the Central Plains. Then they won't go to extremes and will do anything to win over the people's hearts."

"Otherwise, the Right Wise King's lineage will be criticized by the whole world. This is better than the previous life-and-death struggle, Dao Zong, don't you think?"

Well.
Li Daozong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he gave Dou Yan a thumbs up: "Mr. Dou is far-sighted. I haven't thought of this before. After Li Yan recognized his ancestry, the world will be one family. From now on, the dispute between our two enemy clans will be replaced by the dispute between the two branches of the Li family. This is naturally a blessing."

"It is a blessing for our Great Tang and the people of the world. If this is accomplished, it will surely wash away the guilt of Xuanwu Gate. Xuanling, please persuade him from this perspective. Erlang is also a man who treats the people like his own children and values ​​the world above all else. I believe he should be able to put the overall situation first."

Fang Xuanling was suddenly enlightened when he heard this. In the interest of national stability and the future of the nation, Li Shimin's personal honor and disgrace were not important. As an emperor, when it is time to sacrifice for the country, he should do so without hesitation.

After understanding all this, Fang Xuanling nodded resolutely, and finally bowed to Dou Yan: "In the future, countless people will benefit from Dou Gong's words. On behalf of tens of millions of people in the world, I thank Dou Gong."

"It doesn't have to be this way."

Dou Yan was very happy to be given such a brilliant hat, but he still knew his own limitations: "I didn't do anything. The one who contributed the most was Li Yan, followed by Erlang. Even you, Xuanling, contributed more than me."

"Haha, don't be so modest. You all have made contributions, and even I have benefited from it." Li Daozon's joke made the two of them blush.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the carriage changed from its previous gloomy and depressing state to become relaxed. As for Tian Khan, who was about to suffer great humiliation, the three of them forgot about him.

That's right, you killed so happily at Xuanwu Gate, you were so majestic when you sat on the dragon throne, and you were so happy when you were worshipped as the Heavenly Khan. Now that the trouble has come to you, you naturally have to clean up your own mess.

It’s not unfair at all. Why should you let others worry about you?
As the three were talking, the carriage followed Chengtian Avenue and entered the Taiji Palace.

The court had already been dispersed at this time. The three of them came to the Hongwen Hall. Dou Shan took out a blank memorial and wrote down the identity of the Right Xian Prince as Li Jiancheng's son. In particular, he gave a long description of the Right Xian Prince's undeniable appearance that was very similar to his cousin Li Chengqian.

This is to illustrate that it’s not that I don’t want to be vague, I just can’t lie with my eyes open.

Anyone who has seen the appearance of the Right Wise King with five crowns will think of Li Chengqian first. How can anyone help you cover up this?
Not to mention the golden lock, even if you have nothing, just based on your looks, others will conclude that you have the same ancestor.

Dou Yan said so much, but in fact, it can be summed up in one sentence: denying the relationship is not advisable, so we should think of other ways, such as accepting the conditions.
Li Daozong also wrote a lot of nonsense about what he had seen and heard along the way, the layout of the Turkic camps, the strength of their military, their power, etc. He did not mention the specific content of the negotiations at all, as if he knew nothing.

The core of the content is just one sentence: the Turks are too damn strong, we can't beat them, we can't beat them at all, so we should try to negotiate, such as accepting conditions or something.
When the two handed over the memorial with innocent faces, indicating that their mission had been completed, Fang Xuanling accepted the memorial with a wry smile. After finding out that Li Shimin had returned to the Zichen Hall of the Daming Palace, he turned around and left.

Daming Palace was originally built by Li Yuan because he disliked the dilapidated Taiji Palace, which was also built by Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. It was uncomfortable and unlucky to live in. Therefore, he designated an area in the northeast corner of Chang'an City for his own enjoyment, and the scale was not so large.

Even so, the planning started when Li Yuan entered Chang'an, and it was not until the fourth year of Wude, when Li Shimin, the Prince of Qin, defeated Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande at Hulao Pass and recovered Luoyang and Shandong, that the construction began after the Li family had taken control of the country.

The planned construction period was only five years. In the ninth year of Wude, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident and drove Li Yuan off the stage.

Before abdicating, Li Yuan had only one request, which was to complete the construction of the Daming Palace so that he could move there to enjoy his old age.

Li Shimin originally agreed, after all his old father had given up the throne, so he didn't care about a mere palace at all.

But after moving into the Taiji Palace, he found that the palace's foundation had sunk, it was cold and damp, and the walls were seriously damaged. In addition, it had fallen into disrepair and was drafty everywhere, making it really uncomfortable to live in, so he decided to rebuild the palace.

However, the world was not completely stable at that time. There were forces like Liang Shidu left over from the former Sui Dynasty that had not been pacified, there were many rebels who were dissatisfied with Li Shimin, and the Turkic Jie Li invaded the south every year. There was no energy or financial resources to build a camp.

So he set his sights on the Daming Palace.

But he had already promised Li Yuan before, and it was hard to say that he was going to go back on his word. So Zhangsun Wuji gave him a tricky idea, which was to increase the investment in Daming Palace in the name of respecting his father.

On the surface, it was to show filial piety and make the emperor live more comfortably, and Li Yuan was very happy to hear it. However, this expansion was endless. Until the eighth year of Zhenguan, Li Yuan died at the age of seventy, and he was unable to live in the new house he had always dreamed of. It seems that on his deathbed, Li Yuan realized that he had been fooled and must have hated Li Erlang.

As soon as Li Yuan passed away, Li Shimin began to urge the construction of the Daming Palace.

By then, Jie Li had been defeated, and the Tang Dynasty was powerful throughout the country. Li Shimin was eager to build a palace more magnificent than the Taiji Palace to reflect his majesty as the Khan. In addition, the reign of Zhenguan had begun to take shape, and the court had a huge increase in financial resources.

Therefore, the palace used for pleasure was expanded again and built into an imitation of the Taiji Palace, which could represent the main palace of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, this delay almost dragged down the Zhenguan period.

In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, Li Shimin learned from Li Yuan's lesson and stopped expanding. Finally, in the 19th year of Zhenguan, he built the Daming Palace. However, before he could move, he was unable to continue his journey of life due to physical reasons.

Li Shimin was also very ruthless. He wanted to die in the new palace, so after he abdicated, he moved there.

Therefore, the Daming Palace was actually the official imperial palace of the Tang Empire. Like the Taiji Palace, it had three palaces and six courtyards where concubines lived, a main hall for grand court meetings, a council hall for ministers, an imperial study where the emperor held meetings, and office areas for the three provinces and six ministries.

In short, what Taiji Palace does not have, Daming Palace has, and what Taiji Palace has, Daming Palace is more luxurious.

When Li Shimin woke up this time, he was already the emperor. The emperor was honorable, but the emperor was the legal person of the Tang Empire, not the emperor. Strictly speaking, the emperor could not attend court, and even if he did, he could only listen in.

The current situation of having two dragon thrones and pushing the emperor aside is inappropriate.

However, Emperor Li Chengqian did not mind it. Secondly, the country was in an abnormal emergency situation. In order to use Li Shimin's prestige and ability to stabilize the situation, the ministers temporarily ignored this unethical situation.

If Li Shimin held court meetings in the Daming Palace again, that would be a serious matter.

At that time, the emperor would become an outsider, and the emperor emeritus would become an emperor who was not an emperor. The ministers would certainly oppose it, and it would cause conflicts between the father and son, and between the old and new emperors. In addition, if the court system was moved over, would the emperor also have to live in the Daming Palace?

If the emperor passed away, Li Shimin, as the emperor emeritus, would definitely have to give up the main hall and live in the side hall himself.

It was equivalent to giving up the new home he had been looking forward to for twenty years. How could Li Shimin bear to do that?

So Li Shimin decided to go to court in Taiji Palace, and he traveled from Taiming Palace to Taiji Palace every day. After handling government affairs, he traveled back again. In order to keep his new house from being lost, Li Shimin tried his best.

This also made it difficult for ministers like Fang Xuanling, who had to run back and forth to see Li Shimin.

After hurrying for about half an hour, Fang Xuanling arrived at the Zichen Hall in the heart of the Daming Palace. In the imperial study, he met Li Shimin who was reviewing memorials.

Seeing the pile of memorials on the desk of the white-haired Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but twitch his lips and secretly cursed the emperor for being too unreasonable. It was clearly his responsibility, but now he threw it to his old father who should have been enjoying his retirement.

However, when he saw Li Shimin's eyes, which were old but full of spirit, he knew that the emperor had made the right move.

They thought Li Shimin needed to rest, but Li Shimin himself did not think so. As a man who had founded the Tang Dynasty and served as emperor for twenty years, it would be the greatest harm to him to keep him away from the center of power and hide in the harem all day, drinking, having fun and having children all day like Li Yuan did.

Once a man is an emperor, he will be an emperor for life. As long as he can breathe, he will be reluctant to give up power, let alone imperial power.
Although these were all troublesome things in Li Chengqian's view, Li Shimin was very happy to do them and he enjoyed doing them very much.

Fang Xuanling secretly felt that the father and son were very compatible.

Li Shimin was the emperor's emeritus, doing the emperor's work; while Li Chengqian, the legitimate emperor, was enjoying the peace and quiet of a prince. The two had a clear division of labor, enjoyed their own lives, and neither was afraid of the other.

On the other hand, Fang Xuanling was very lucky that the power-hungry Khan had a son who didn't care about power. Otherwise, the open and covert struggles between the father and son would probably make the officials in the court suffer.

(End of this chapter)