My father, Li Shimin, please call me Crown Prince

Chapter 54: Goryeo changes dramatically, the prince wants to send troops
Prince Wei's Palace, left wing.

Hegannuo was treated quite well because the King of Wei valued him and he was given a separate room.

He Gannuo sat in the room, staring blankly at the bright moon outside the window.

The conversation between the visitor from the East Palace the day before yesterday spread through my mind.

"Do you think it was the prince who killed your father?"

"Is not it."

"Since the prince killed your father, why did he keep you here and not take back the reward he once gave you?"

"I don't know, but he killed my father."

"To be precise, your father committed suicide."

"I do not believe!"

"Your father was the crown prince's most trusted confidant. Why was he suddenly sentenced to death? Have you ever thought about why?"

"why."

"The assassination attempt on the King of Wei is exposed. Once it spreads, the Crown Prince will not be able to be saved. Your Majesty will be furious and will execute the entire family. Your father requests death to protect you."

The hatred in Hegannuo's heart was shaken.

He could accept this statement. After all, his father had been the prince's confidant for many years.

The prince has always been very kind to his father.

If there was no necessary reason to kill, he would definitely not kill his father.

The only possibility was that the assassination attempt on King Wei was exposed, and my father had to die.

As for dying because of helping the prince, Hegannuo did not have too much resentment about this. After all, he and his son had enjoyed the wealth and glory bestowed by the prince for so many years.

Under the persuasion of the people from the East Palace, Hegannuo decided to work for the prince again, and hid in the Prince of Wei's palace on the pretext that his father was sentenced to death by the prince.
-
East Palace.

Li Chengqian thought of Wu Zetian's little action before and just found it ridiculous.

Wu Zhao was very famous, but Li Chengqian was not very interested in her.

This is a woman who is extremely good at political struggles. Provoking her will mean a lot of trouble.

The fact that he dared to seduce me, the prince, already shows his ambition.

Li Chengqian even suspected that in history, the King of Jin's liking for Wu Zetian was probably not love at first sight, but that Wu Zetian deliberately approached him.

The Wu family can be considered as heroes of the Tang Dynasty. When Li Yuan was serving in Hedong and Taiyuan in his early years, he stayed at the Wu family many times and thus got to know them.

After Li Yuan started his rebellion against the Sui Dynasty in Taiyuan, the Wu family provided him with money, food and clothing.

Wu Zhao's father, Wu Shihuo, was successively promoted to Minister of Works, Governor of Jingzhou, and was granted the title of Duke of Yingguo. Unfortunately, he died in the ninth year of Zhenguan.

Li Shimin took her into the palace not because of her beauty, but more to provide support for the Wu family.

The main reason why Li Chengqian was not very interested was that he did not want to be cuckolded.

After all, Empress Wu’s reputation is not very good.

"How is the arrangement regarding the rumor going?"

In the side hall, Li Chengqian asked.

The eunuch Wen Zhong replied, "Zuo Qiu Ming has arranged a lot of people to be deployed in various districts of Chang'an. It should be within the next two days that the rumors will be spread."

Li Chengqian frowned and said, "Why does it take another two days? I have already given him so much time."

Rumors need time to ferment. It has only been a few days since it started, but Li Chengqian is already a little annoyed. He feels that Zuo Qiuming is too unreliable.

Wen Zhong replied, "He has now been dismissed as the Bad Leader by the Chang'an County Lieutenant. This is an order from the King of Wei. A new Bad Leader has been appointed to replace Ji Zhao in Wannian County."

"These bad guys are fence-sitters. Many of them have already joined the newcomers. Zuo Qiuming dare not use the name of His Highness, so he is quite cautious in his actions."

The so-called bad people are actually similar to the gangsters in later generations.

He would follow whoever had the biggest reputation. Because he had no official position, he was not even a clerk, and his dismissal could be dealt with by a single word from the county lieutenant.

In this way, most of the bad people naturally followed the new bad leader, which led to Zuoqiu Ming being short of manpower and unable to complete the prince's requirements on time.

"It seems that I have wronged him."

Li Chengqian raised his sword-like eyebrows and said, "Go and tell my father-in-law to find a reason to take the county lieutenant of Wannian County in Chang'an directly to the Dali Temple tomorrow."

"Including the two new bad guys, take them over and lock them up for a few days."

"Isn't Su Dingfang already serving in the Jinwu Guard? Let him assist Zuo Qiuming and quickly get the rumor resolved."

"Tell Zuo Qiuming that I will give him two more days. If he fails to spread rumors in Chang'an, I will expel him from Chang'an."

This is the advantage of having someone on your side. There is no need to argue, just cut the Gordian knot.

The process is not important, the result is what matters.

"Yes, Your Highness."
-
The next day, before dawn, Li Chengqian was awakened from his sleep.

The eunuch Zhang Ananda came over.

It is said that His Majesty has ordered that the Crown Prince has recovered from his injuries and should participate in state affairs.

Li Chengqian did not refuse.

The prince himself also had to attend morning court, once every five days, which was not considered tiring.

I claimed to be sick before, so I didn't go.

After washing and changing clothes, Zuo Nei led Chen Yunchao to push the wheelchair to the Taiji Hall.

The morning court in the Tang Dynasty was relatively relaxed, similar to the regular meetings in later generations, except that there were more etiquette and rules.

Normally the emperor did not speak much, and mainly attended to government affairs.

That is, each department reports the situation.

The ministers below took turns telling the story, and the emperor and the prince listened.

This is also the main channel for the emperor to understand the situation in the world.

There were not many government affairs that required the emperor to make decisions personally. Those that could not be decided on the spot would be recorded by eunuchs, and Li Shimin would then convene a small meeting with several important ministers to discuss the matter.

"Your Majesty, Yingzhou Governor Zhang Jian has reported urgently that Yeon Gaesomun in the eastern part of Goryeo has killed Goryeo King Go Gunmu and has become the head of the Molizhi."

"Yeon Gaesomun has established a new king and is controlling the government of Goryeo. He has been doing whatever he wants. He has recently stationed troops on the border of Silla, and there is a suspicion that he is trying to swallow up Silla."

"Yingzhou Governor Zhang Jian reported that Yeon Gaesomun was ambitious and refused to accept the teachings of the Tang Dynasty. Silla was a vassal of the Tang Dynasty. Yeon Gaesomun's actions were actually a provocation to the majesty of the Tang Dynasty."

Molizhi of Goryeo was equivalent to the Minister of Personnel and Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty, in charge of military and political power.

The speaker was Li Ji, whose original name was Xu Shiji and courtesy name was Maogong. Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, gave him the surname Li, but later he changed his name to Li Ji to avoid the taboo of Li Shimin.

After hearing the report from the Minister of War Li Ji, Li Chengqian, who was sitting in a wheelchair, subconsciously turned his head to look at Li Shimin with a puzzled look in his eyes.

The rumors he had arranged have not yet been put into action, but Li Shimin has already started preparing?

Li Shimin felt the prince's gaze and shook his head slightly.

Li Chengqian understood that this was not His Majesty's arrangement, but something had indeed happened in Goryeo.

Li Shimin asked his ministers for their opinions.

The ministers were outraged and denounced Goryeo King Yeon Gaesomun, but no one mentioned sending troops, and most of them just remained at the moral level of condemnation.

Li Shimin was a little disappointed, and then asked, "What do you think, Prince?"

Li Chengqian now understood why the emperor had asked Zhang Ananda to call him to attend the morning court. It was obvious that he was waiting for this moment.

"I think we should first mobilize a large army and station them in Yingzhou to prevent and deter Yeon Gaesomun."

"If Yeon Gaesomun dares to commit an illegal act, disregards the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, and attacks Silla, we will immediately send troops to Goryeo to make it impossible for them to take care of both ends."

(End of this chapter)