My father, Li Shimin, please call me Crown Prince

Chapter 45 The Prince Wants to Shoot My Eyes Blind

"Does Gao Li dare to say that?"

"It is clearly the prince who said this. This is asking the prince to shoot my eyes out."

"I gave him the Juque Heavenly Bow, and this is how he wants to treat me."

Li Shimin was very angry. He felt that this was exactly what the prince wanted.

Zhang Ananda did not agree.

Because according to the power of the Juque Tianbow, it is impossible to blind only one eye, the entire head must be pierced.

"Your Majesty, do you want to send someone to stop it?" Zhang Ananda asked.

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Why should we stop him? The prince wants to attack Goryeo, and I want to do the same."

"If it weren't for the advice of my ministers, I would have already sent troops to Goryeo."

"The threat of Goryeo is like a thorn in the side of our Tang Dynasty. If we cannot destroy Goryeo in my hands, can we still count on our descendants?"

Dynasties in history tend to become weaker as time goes by.

Li Shimin did not want to leave any hidden dangers for his descendants.

Goryeo, which was also an agricultural civilization, had a huge influence on the Tang Dynasty. If left unchecked, once there was unrest in the Tang Dynasty, Goryeo would most likely swallow up a large amount of land.

Emperor Yang of Sui could see the threat posed by Goryeo, and naturally Li Shimin could see it as well.

"The prince's move is quite in line with my wishes. Let him do it."

"When he succeeds, I will lead the army in person."

Li Shimin smiled happily. He seemed to see the prince going through untold hardships and finally influencing the important officials in the court to decide to send troops to Goryeo.

In the end, he ran out to pick peaches and led the army in person.

Then the prince can only stay in Chang'an and govern the country safely.

I'm sure the prince's expression will be very interesting by then.

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Ananda praised respectfully.
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Imperial City.

This is where the offices of important officials of the imperial court are located.

The official offices of the three provinces and six ministries are all in the imperial city.

After the emperor and his ministers discussed the matter, Fang Xuanling walked with Wei Zheng.

"Old man, you have been tricked by His Majesty this time. You wanted to protect yourself but you secretly interfered. Now His Majesty wants you to be the Grand Secretary of the Wei Wang Literature Institute. Let's see how you can get away with it."

Wei Zheng's tone was quite excited.

His relationship with Fang Xuanling was very complicated. When they were young, they were classmates during the Sui Dynasty.

"You call me an old man, but you are just a young man?"

Fang Xuanling retorted casually.

Fang Xuanling was older than Wei Zheng, but not by more than one year. Both of them were just over 60 years old.

"Your Majesty favors the King of Wei, this is a well-known fact. Now that I am appointed as the Grand Secretary, it can only mean that Your Majesty loves the King of Wei even more. What does it have to do with me?"

Listening to Fang Xuanling's sophistry, Wei Zheng laughed and said, "Do you think others will think so if you say so? They will only see that the famous Prime Minister Fang has become a university scholar in the Wei Wang Literature Museum."

"Those generals in the army who are familiar with you, your students and former officials, what will they think and do?"

"Or maybe you can go and explain it to everyone in person? Haha, you have that moment too."

The two are both friends and rivals.

Wei Zheng was very happy to see Fang Xuanling being humiliated.

"I don't want to argue with you."

"Besides, the overall situation is still undecided. Who knows what will happen in the future? The King of Wei will definitely not be able to accomplish anything."

"Although the Crown Prince is excellent, he is not without weaknesses. Your Majesty favors the King of Wei, which leaves many things unpredictable."

Fang Xuanling said calmly that no matter how good one's Qi cultivation skills were, it would be easy to break through in front of Wei Duidui.

Wei Zheng was a man of temperament and never had any skill in cultivating his energy.

Hearing this, his face suddenly darkened. He asked, "You are not really going to support the King of Wei, are you?"

Fang Xuanling said calmly: "Why not? Isn't this what Your Majesty wants to see?"

Wei Zheng said coldly: "The more favored the King of Wei is, the more severe the blows will be to those who follow him in the future."

"I didn't expect that you would become so confused at the age of sixty."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Yes, I am already sixty years old. How many years can I live at such an advanced age? Can I really live to that age?"

"Your Majesty, you are only in your forties this year. Do you think we can live to see the end of the fight between the King of Wei and the Crown Prince?"

Hearing this, Wei Zheng fell silent.

At their age, their bodies are already full of problems.

Even a slight cold is like losing half your life.

At the beginning of this year, Wei Zheng fell seriously ill. At that time, Wei Zheng felt that he was going to die, but fortunately he survived.

This winter was another disaster for Wei Zheng.

What the elderly fear most is winter.

"You always have to plan for future generations."

"Your Majesty is kind and benevolent. Since you have allowed me to join the game, you will not investigate my affairs after my death."
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Prince Wei's Mansion.

This was probably the happiest day for Li Tai in recent days.

All the worries of yesterday were gone, as his father gave him a great surprise.

The biggest problem for Li Tai's Wei Wang Party is that many of his important ministers have no supporters, which is a fatal flaw.

No matter how many middle and lower-level officials there are, they cannot influence the court's voice, and thus can only make their voices more powerful.

Now, His Majesty has appointed Fang Xuanling as the Grand Secretary of his Academy of Literature.

This has a completely different meaning.

He didn't care much when his subordinates reported that the two bad generals in Wannian Chang'an County were working for the Eastern Palace.

"The prince would like these martial artists? Maybe it's because he likes martial arts."

"Since you have chosen to follow the prince, then pass on the order that the magistrate of Chang'an County will be replaced by two bad commanders."

"There are so many bad guys in Chang'an City, are you still afraid that no one will be willing to serve you?"

There was no Jingzhao Prefecture in the early Tang Dynasty, and Li Tai, the governor of Yongzhou, was the highest official in Chang'an City.

This is just a small matter for him.

He never thought of causing trouble for a few small people. He was very careful about his reputation.
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East Palace.

Li Chengqian also soon received the news that His Majesty had appointed Fang Xuanling as the Grand Secretary of the Wei Wang Academy of Literature.

The eunuch Wen Zhong was very worried about this, but Li Chengqian was somewhat happy.

He was previously thinking about how to promote Su Dingfang.

The Sixteen Guards of the Tang Dynasty were all relatives of the emperor, and the transfer of these generals had to be appointed by the emperor himself.

It was useless for him to look for Changsun Wuji because the procedures were not even passed through his sect.

Moreover, since military power is involved, even his uncle Changsun Wuji would not be able to come forward to help.

Then Li Chengqian would have to go and talk in person.

Now I have such an excuse.

"Push my wheelchair here. I need to see His Majesty now."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The eunuch Wen Zhong did not know what the prince was thinking. He wanted to give him some advice, but he did not expect that the conflict between the prince and his majesty would become even deeper.

But as the prince's eunuch, he is not an adviser, but has to follow the prince's wishes.

The East Palace is very close to the Taiji Palace, and Li Shimin soon received the news that the prince was coming to "question" him.

(End of this chapter)