Three whips break the father-son relationship, please call me prince

Chapter 154: Bad things, the prince made fun of me again

Li Shimin was really confused.

He had absolutely no idea what the prince was trying to do.

"Your Majesty, were you the one who asked the Crown Prince to transfer the Eastern Palace Guards out of the palace?"

When Wei Zheng came over angrily, he asked directly.

Li Shimin doubted his life on the spot. What do you mean I asked the prince to do it?

It was obviously his own doing, what does it have to do with me?

Wei Zheng, you can't tell right from wrong, why are you blaming me?

You want to turn Tiangang against you, right?

"Your Majesty wants the Crown Prince to understand military affairs and command troops, and the Eastern Palace Guards have this function."

"You cut down the guards of the commander-in-chief, leaving only three to five thousand standing guards, and promised the prince to use the troops wisely."

Wei Zheng knew that His Majesty was giving the military power to the Crown Prince.

The ministers almost understood that this was Li Shimin's act of combining kindness and power.

First reduce the military forces controlled by the Eastern Palace, and then leave some people for the prince to play with.

This is a kind of political exchange, hitting you with a stick and then giving you a sweet date.

No one was speechless.

The number of people given to you is reduced, but the power is also delegated to you.

But since you let it go, why do you still want to interfere?

"Now, the Eastern Palace has only a few hundred guards, and those Jinyiwei are just small-time people appointed by the crown prince to fill the numbers."

"How do you shoulder the responsibility of protecting the prince?"

"If the prince is frightened, or if there is an accident."

Wei Zheng said sharply: "Your Majesty, how can you be at peace?"

"How will Your Majesty explain this to the world?"

Li Shimin was completely numb.

Add hemp on top of hemp.

He stared at Wei Zheng coldly and gritted his teeth, "It wasn't my order!"

"If it wasn't His Majesty's order, could it be that the Crown Prince acted on his own initiative and transferred the Eastern Palace Guards away, leaving himself without any guards?"

Wei Zheng asked bluntly: "What's the point of your doing this, Prince?"

"Does Your Majesty know?"

I know shit. I know shit.

Li Shimin was really angry. It was clearly not him who did it, but the blame was put on him.

"I know that Taiji Palace and the East Palace are separated by only a wall. Your Majesty is worried that the East Palace will become too powerful and the incident at Xuanwu Gate will happen again."

Wei Zheng said bluntly, "But Your Majesty, don't you see that the Crown Prince always obeys Your Majesty, always puts the country first, and always considers the country and the people of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't have such doubts."

"You have already caused chaos, and we can't mess it up any further."

"If the inheritance changes again, how can the Tang Dynasty ensure the stability of the world in the future?"

"Haven't you heard that the first person to make clay figures for burials had no descendants?"

"Your Majesty, do you want to see that all future successions to the throne will be like this?"

Li Shimin jumped up and pointed at Wei Zheng, shouting angrily, "Shut up!"

"Wei Zheng, shut up!"

"I'll tell you again, it wasn't my idea."

"I have no doubts about the prince."

"What should I do for you to believe me?"

He is really going to explode.

Wei Zheng is a country bumpkin who speaks without restraint and does not keep his mouth shut at all.

Dare to say anything.

He really hoped that at this time, a minister would come to save him.

Auxiliary machine!

Xuanling!

Where are you? Come quickly.

Wei Zheng, this country bumpkin, is talking nonsense and disobeying his superiors again.

I can hardly hold back the urge to hack him to death.

Wei Zheng looked at the furious Li Shimin suspiciously. It didn't seem like he was faking it. He hesitated and said, "Is it really not true?"

"Wei Zheng!"

Li Shimin suppressed his anger and squeezed out the words word by word, "Am I so unbearable in your eyes? An emperor who does such mean things?"

Wei Zheng curled his lips secretly and thought, if I didn’t know you, I would have believed it.

"Since it wasn't your Majesty, then it was an order from the Crown Prince."

"Why did the prince do this?"

Wei Zheng asked with a frown.

"You asked me, and I also want to ask you, the prince you teach, as a teacher, don't you know what your student thinks?"

"Your Majesty, this doesn't make sense. You are the prince's father. Don't you know what your son is thinking?"

"I……."

Li Shimin was so angry that he swayed from side to side, looking everywhere for his sword.

Kill this country bumpkin!
Fortunately at this time.

The firefighters arrived.

Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Gao Shilian and others came.

"Your Majesty, what are you going to do?"

Seeing Li Shimin looking furious and looking for something everywhere, Changsun Wuji shouted anxiously.

"I want to chop Wei Zheng, that country bumpkin, to death."

Li Shimin shouted angrily: "How dare he slander me."

"The Crown Prince has transferred the Eastern Palace Guards away."

"He came and questioned me, saying that I had given the order."

"He is trying to deceive God!"

Pointing at Wei Zheng, Li Shimin's fingers trembled every time.

Forehead!
Everyone was stunned and couldn't help but look at Wei Zheng.

The latter had a resolute expression and an arrogant attitude as if he was doing nothing wrong.

"It's really not your Majesty's order?"

Fang Xuanling said this weakly, and Li Shimin almost fainted.

Even they are so suspicious, let alone others.

Prince!

This bastard, this piece of shit.

Is he doing what a son should do?
Li Shimin gnashed his teeth and said, "I'll say it again!"

"Not me!"

Hearing this, everyone looked strange.

They had never seen His Majesty so eager to prove his innocence.

It seems that it is not Your Majesty.

Then, it can only be Donggong’s own intention.

But why did the prince do this?
Zhang Sun Wuji and Gao Shilian looked at each other, and then looked at His Majesty in tacit understanding. Suddenly.

They seemed to understand.

Isn’t the purpose of doing this what is happening?

Fang Xuanling seemed to realize it as well, and Wei Zheng was also slightly startled.

Li Shimin was still pacing back and forth anxiously. As an emperor, it was extremely uncomfortable to be suspected by his subjects.

Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Li Shimin glanced at them and saw that everyone was silent.

He thought rapidly in his mind about the whole process.

In an instant, a thought came to mind.

Li Shimin's eyes suddenly widened.

I've been trapped by that bastard again.

By the way, he quietly dug a big hole for him.

He wanted to give some military power to the prince for fun, but the prince ended up holding on to it tightly.

If he were placed in the Eastern Palace, he would still be the Eastern Palace Guard Commander.

But being transferred out of the Eastern Palace would not only allow the Crown Prince to have a mobilized guard force, but would also send a signal of avoiding suspicion.

There is no one in the East Palace. Your Majesty, you are not imagining too much, are you?

But to outsiders, this was instructed by you, Li Shimin.

Giving military power makes people afraid.

Isn't it too much to suppress the prince like this?
This is why Wei Zheng came.

Others came with the same purpose.

They suspected that he had done it and wanted to persuade him to withdraw his instructions and recall the Eastern Palace guards.

But in fact it was the prince who was transferred.

Li Shimin neither intervened nor did he not intervene.

Intervention would mean giving up the military power of the guards. If he did not intervene, the prince's purpose of avoiding suspicion would be achieved, and he would not be able to criticize the prince in the future.

The prince has done so much, he can’t have any more thoughts.

What excuse does Li Shimin have to say that the prince is not a good person?
The key point is that the prince also took control of the power of the prince's guard.

Did you make yourself look bad?
Li Shimin really couldn't believe that such a simple action, in the hands of the prince, turned into him taking the blame while the prince took all the blame.

The problem was brought upon himself.

I have no place to vent my anger.

Think of this.

Li Shimin felt a sense of depression in his chest that was difficult to dispel.

Liver pain!

"Wei Zheng!"

Li Shimin sat down, covered his waist, and glared at him fiercely, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

There is no way to save the prince.

I will make it up to you as the Prince's Grand Tutor.

"I am an upright and honest person with a clear conscience. I have nothing to say."

"You slandered the emperor and you dare to speak so brazenly. It seems that I have spoiled you."

Li Shimin said sinisterly.

Zhang Sun Wuji hurriedly advised: "Duke Zheng, you were reckless and careless in this matter."

"Quickly make amends to His Majesty!"

Fang Xuanling also nodded and said, "Duke Zheng, you should make amends. His Majesty is magnanimous and will not pursue your fault."

Gao Shilian also said a few words.

Everyone understood it.

It was not Your Majesty's instruction.

Wei Zheng's questioning was no longer tenable at this point. If you did something wrong, you must admit it.

Gao Shilian was a little lucky that they did not rush to persuade him.

If everyone attacks together, His Majesty will probably be very angry.

Wei Zheng sighed, knelt down and bowed respectfully: "My words were inappropriate and offended Your Majesty. I beg Your Majesty to punish me!"

Li Shimin tilted his head, looked at him and did not respond.

That's it?

I'm so angry.

"I have spoken without thinking, acted impulsively, and failed to discern the consequences. This is against the duty of a minister. I beg Your Majesty to punish me..."

Li Shimin was still unhappy and ignored it.

Wei Zheng had no choice but to apologize for the third time.

He then said calmly: "Wei Zheng, you should be thankful that I am a magnanimous emperor."

"If it were any other emperor, your clan would have been wiped out long ago."

"Be more careful in the future. You are an old official. Don't you know the principles of maturity and stability?"

"I praise you for being an upright and honest minister who dares to speak out."

"You have failed my expectations."

These words made Wei Zheng blush.

Especially at the end, Li Shimin's earnest tone.

This made Wei Zheng extremely uncomfortable.

I have never been so embarrassed and humiliated in front of Li Shimin.

That time I was not on equal terms with Li Shimin.

This time he really made a mistake that caused him eternal regret. Not only did he fail to win the fight, but he was also severely taught a lesson by Li Shimin.

"Prince."

"My dear prince, you set a trap to trap people, how come you have trapped me as well?"

"I am almost buried, and I have suffered a disastrous defeat. My reputation has been ruined."

Wei Zheng felt sad and helpless.

"His Majesty!"

Zhang Sun Wuji said at this time: "The guards in the East Palace are empty. Should we strengthen the guard patrols in the East Palace?"

Gao Shilian asked, "How about asking the Crown Prince to recall the Eastern Palace Guards?"

As soon as he said it, he knew he had spoken out of turn.

Transfer back?

Do you think the prince will agree?
Not to mention the Crown Prince, even His Majesty would not agree.

"Your Majesty, I think you should order the Jinwu Guards to strengthen the patrols outside the East Palace."

Fang Xuanling said.

Behind the Eastern Palace, don't worry about it. The Daming Palace is right there and it is guarded.

As long as the front door is done well, there will be no problem.

Besides, the Jinwu Guards are responsible for the public security of Chang'an, so mobilizing the Jinwu Guards is the most appropriate thing to do.

"That's fine."

"Let's arrange it this way."

Li Shimin sighed.

The military power was given to him, but he was also required to dispatch people to look after the safety of the Eastern Palace.

What's this?

(End of this chapter)