Chapter 4916 Between Brothers
Zhaoling is located in the sun of Jiuwei Mountain. The wind coming from the north is blocked by the strong mountains and dispersed. The mausoleum is shrouded in heavy snow. The mountains are abrupt and majestic. Even though the emperor is sleeping underground, he still looks down at China with his unparalleled achievements.
It snowed heavily and fell silently.
King Li Tai of Wei knelt on the futon, and Li Chengqian walked into the palace. He looked up at the statues of Emperor Taizong and Queen Wende enshrined above. His thoughts suddenly drifted away, like snowflakes dancing outside the palace. He recalled that Emperor Taizong launched a mutiny at Xuanwu Gate. Entering the Taiji Palace to "reverse and usurp", the queen mother took him and his brothers to the Prince of Qin's Mansion without knowing it until the whole city of Chang'an was slaughtered with blood. ……
From then on, King Qin's line ascended to the throne, supreme power was passed down from generation to generation, and wealth was extremely high.
But at the same time, the struggle for imperial power ignited like a flame from the moment he was canonized as crown prince, and the momentum was in full swing.
Fortunately, he was not defeated by the disdain of his father and the criticism from his siblings, and succeeded to the throne as he wished.
Successful people should be more generous. All the grievances in the past can be blown away by the wind and snow like passing clouds. As a king, you must show your mind and show your kindness.
Even if the pheasant slaves could be forgiven for starting a rebellion and almost overthrowing him from the throne, what does Qingque's actions mean?
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"Get up and sit in the side hall. It's rare for us brothers to have time to talk together."
Li Chengqian walked into the side hall with his hands behind his back.
The Xian Hall is the center of the entire above-ground building of the imperial mausoleum. It is used for the chief sacrifice during sacrifices. It has five doors and dozens of rooms. It is usually looked after and maintained by elderly servants, and naturally there is also a place to live.
Li Tai got up from the ground, rubbed his sore knees, and followed Li Chengqian.
In the side hall, the chamberlain simply tidied up, spread a carpet near the window, lit a fire, boiled water, made a pot of hot tea and placed it on a coffee table, then left the door, leaving the two brothers sitting opposite each other.
Li Tai holds the pot and pours tea.
Li Chengqian took a sip from the tea cup and exhaled: "Why do you think you need it?"
Li Tai held the tea cup, his hands that were about to freeze slowly warmed up, and he smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Many times, the development of things does not depend on what I think, but on whether I am of use value, and I have no choice but to do so. ”
Li Chengqian was silent, looked at Li Tai, and asked: "What do you think about the throne?"
Li Tai hesitated for a moment and felt that he should show his sincerity: "To be rebellious, if I say that I don't even have the slightest intention of coveting it, even I don't believe it. After all, it is the supreme position in the world, who can be indifferent? But this position if When my father gave it to me, I accepted it calmly and happily. Now, if you ask me to snatch it from His Majesty's hands, and then kill my brothers and sisters ruthlessly to avoid causing trouble in the future, I won't do it, and I can't do it. ”
This was indeed what he said from the bottom of his heart, and it was also an important reason why Fang Jun was able to persuade him to give up the fight for the throne.
The crown prince is Li Chengqian. If Li Tai takes the throne, Li Chengqian will definitely die. He will even kill all his heirs just like his father did to the hidden prince Li Jiancheng to avoid future troubles.
If a legitimate second son ascends to the throne and does not inherit in line of succession, can the pheasant slave follow suit?
Therefore, the pheasant slave must also be killed.
Although Li Ke is far away in Silla, he has the blood of two dynasties and is the most noble. If he leads his army back to the Tang Dynasty and raises the banner of revenge for Li Chengqian, there will definitely be a large number of responders and followers. In fact, he is a serious problem and must be killed. .
Li Min, the king of Shu, and Li Ke, whose mother is a compatriot, must be killed regardless of whether they have the intention to avenge their brothers...
He grimaced and sighed: "If you do not inherit in line of succession, then you have a dishonest name and unjust words. If you want to secure the throne and avoid future troubles, you must continue to kill...but I did not kill my father." I am decisive in attacking, and I can’t do it, and I am afraid that I will be criticized verbally and written down by history books and will be infamy for thousands of years.”
It is said that His Majesty Li Er was ruthless. He not only killed his brothers and brothers, but also slaughtered all the descendants of Li Chengqian. In fact, this has nothing to do with whether His Majesty Li Er was ruthless or ruthless. In many cases, when things develop to that point, the situation will move forward. You go do those things.
Even if you don't do it, someone will do it for you.
The throne belongs to His Majesty Li Er alone, but the interests do not. All those who follow His Majesty Li Er in the Xuanwu Clan's rebellion are coerced by huge interests. No one allows His Majesty Li Er to endanger everyone's interests because of his temporary soft-heartedness.
Not even if you become emperor.
So Li Tai understood that even if he succeeded in usurping the throne, he would have to kill his brothers one by one...
Of course, the most critical reason is that he does not think he can successfully usurp the throne.
Li Chengqian nodded, acknowledging Li Tai's words.
He doesn't think Li Tai can now follow the example of the Xuanwu Sect and "reversely usurp" it. Only then could he succeed because his father had great achievements, the "Tiance Mansion" was full of talents, and he had more than 100,000 soldiers under his command, but now Li Tai There is nothing, what use is the title of "Taizong's legitimate son" alone?
If his father had deposed him and made Li Tai the crown prince, then Li Tai could successfully inherit the throne after his father passed away, because there were too many civil servants and generals who were loyal to his father to support the legitimate Li Tai, but since his father did not Li Tai naturally has no hope of deposing himself as the prince.
Taking a sip of tea, Li Chengqian said: "The ministers in the main hall just discussed to demote you. After all, you made such a big fuss this time, I had to obey your advice. But you have retained all your duties and will live here." Let’s set off for Luoyang in the next few days. Don’t participate in worshiping heaven, ancestors, etc., so as not to make noises from those civil servants.”
Li Tai nodded.
Li Chengqian said again: "You don't have to worry. After this storm is over, I will definitely find a way to re-confer you with the title of king. How can the son of Emperor Taizong and Queen Wende just be the title of a county king?"
Li Tai was moved and said: "My brother, thank you so much, Your Majesty."
The side hall was a little cold, but the atmosphere was warm. Li Chengqian smiled and said: "I am very pleased that you can show that you have no intention of coveting the throne at the expense of slandering your reputation and violating etiquette. Compared with Pheasant Slave, you He has indeed done more and done better. Therefore, it is only right that the pheasant slave should kneel before his father and mother.”
He is afraid of comparison in everything. Although he knows that Li Tai's original intention of doing this is to get rid of the vortex of the throne, it is an indisputable fact that he, Li Chengqian, has benefited from this.
On the other hand, what did the pheasant slave do?
He actually united with the nobles of Guandong to enter Guanzhong and seek to usurp the throne, which is equivalent to indirectly killing all the brothers...
Li Tai quickly advised: "Pheasant slave is young and can easily be bewitched by people around him and do wrong things. However, he still respects and loves our brothers in his heart. Fortunately, he did not make a big mistake, and his brother opened his eyes to him. On the one hand, it will definitely influence him. Throughout the ages, tragic incidents of brotherly feuding and fratricide have occurred frequently, which are all tests of human nature. Our father has taught us since childhood that we should be respectful and respectful to each other, and we will definitely not let him down."
After His Majesty Li Er came to the throne, he may not have much regret for the "killing of brothers" and "slaughter of the whole family", but whether it is the perception of the world, public opinion or even the evaluation of history, or his own inner conscience, he must have Tortured.
Therefore, he paid great attention to the education of his sons, teaching them to be "brothers and brothers," to be "sincere and friendly," and to know how to be "humility"... Although the effect is not good and the methods may not be right, the original intention is indeed true.
"Pheasant slave..." Li Chengqian sighed: "He has been married for a long time. Now he has nothing to do in the house. He is busy hugging and cuddling all day long. However, including the Wang family and dozens of concubines, he actually Nothing comes out, and I don’t know what’s going on.”
Li Tai was shocked, "having no heirs" was a big deal: "Should we send an imperial doctor to diagnose?"
Li Chengqian glared at him and said dissatisfied: "You don't doubt what methods I used, right? I can't do such desperate things! The imperial doctors in the palace went to several times, but they all said that Pheasant Nu's body was There is no problem, I just said that there is a probability of pregnancy, just wait... ...I thought about going to see Taoist Master Sun for a look, but the academy said that Taoist Master Sun had taken a few students to Tianshan Mountain and wanted to pick a few Tianshan Snow Lotuses for experiments to verify whether the miraculous effects mentioned in the medical skills were true. It will take a while. My son can’t come back.”
"Your Majesty, we must treat the pheasant slave no matter what!"
Li Tai was very nervous. In his opinion, even if Li Zhi lost his life due to the crime of treason, it would not be more serious that he could not give birth to a child and die...
"I will take this to heart."
Li Chengqian put down his tea cup, looked up at the sky outside, and said warmly: "You stay here for a few days, and then set off for Luoyang. Do your job well, and as long as you don't make any mistakes, I will find an opportunity to return the prince to you."
"Here."
Li Tai responded, but stopped talking.
Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows: "Why are we brothers so taboo? If you have anything to say, it doesn't matter."
Li Tai then said: "Li Shenfu is perverse and scheming, and has already shown his disobedience. I dare not criticize your majesty's thoughts, but I still want to remind you that your majesty is connected to the country of Li Tang. With the blessings of hundreds of millions of people in the world, we must not be careless.”
At present, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous and dominates the world. Its national power dominates the world and dominates the world. It is the critical moment to consolidate the foundation for eternity. He almost dare not think about the internal and external troubles that will occur once the throne is replaced and the political power is overlapping.
"Don't worry, am I the one who is in danger? Once the situation is out of control, I will take immediate and decisive action. But everything is under control at the moment. I just take this opportunity to attract those rebellious people and get rid of them once and for all."< br>
"Your Majesty is wise, but I am worrying too much."
Li Tai said no more.
The elder brother is the elder brother, and the emperor is the emperor. When the elder brother becomes the emperor, he is no longer just an elder brother. Some things can only be said to the point, but if you keep nagging, it will be counterproductive. (End of chapter)