Chapter 47: It is necessary to be above ten thousand people
The topic turned to Dou Jiande, and the happiest person was Li Jiancheng. He was really worried that his father would continue to beat him. If possible, he hoped that his father would never mention the reason for King Qin's death again.
As for Li Yuanji, he is still thinking about those two slaps.
The one who was unhappy was naturally Chen Shuda. He hoped that someone would mention the prince's lack of support. But after waiting and waiting, not only did no one else mention it, Dou Kang didn't even mention it.
Now Xiao Yu was about to change the topic, but Chen Shuda was naturally unwilling. He immediately said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say, and I won't be happy if I don't tell you."
Hearing this, Li Jiancheng's heart tensed up instantly. Chen Shuda was the second child, could he want to bring up the past?
In fact, Li Jiancheng had thought about directly rebelling to seize power, but Li Shuliang and Li Daoxuan arrived too early, leaving him unprepared. More importantly, the King of Chu was not his, and he could not control the King of Chu's army. He did not expect that his initial hesitation would evolve.
The current situation is simply torture.
While he hopes that no one will mention the death of King Qin, he also hopes that his father can just let go of the matter and let it go. It is really contradictory.
Everyone looked at Chen Shuda.
Li Yuan asked: "What's the matter with Mr. Chen?"
Chen Shuda said: "At the beginning, the prince was responsible for supporting His Highness the King of Qin and had already set off in June. However, after half a month's march, he could not reach Taiyuan, causing His Highness the King of Qin to die in battle. His Highness the King of Qi went out with the army, did not listen to orders, and failed to defend Shan Yang.
Both of them were the main reasons for King Qin's defeat. Didn't your Majesty just ignore it and ignore it?"
Whatever you are afraid of will come true. Chen Shuda's words are undoubtedly a challenge to Li Jiancheng's psychological defense.
In Li Zhiyun's view, Chen Shuda had risked his life to seek justice for the King of Qin, because after today, the Crown Prince and the King of Qi would definitely try their best to eliminate Chen Shuda.
But then again, with all the bullshit that King Qi did, it was impossible for Chen Shuda to switch to the camp of the prince and King Qi.
There was only one way for him to go to darkness.
In comparison, Li Zhiyun was more concerned about Dou Kang's reaction. Will this former loyal confidant of King Qin second the proposal this time?
Not long after, Dou Kang responded.
"Mr. Chen, the King of Qin has passed away. What's the point of pursuing these matters now? Do you want the saint to continue to grieve?"
Good guy, Dou Kang’s words directly shocked a lot of people’s eyes.
Are you not from King Qin?
Are you and Chen Shuda not in the same group?
Dou Kang, you went out today without thinking?
Do you still have a bottom line?
Where is the moral integrity?
Although everyone had doubts, there were many smart people who quickly figured out Dou Kang's attitude. Among them, except for King Qi, everyone else basically figured it out quickly.
The King of Qin is dead, and there is no longer any threat to the Crown Prince's accession to the throne. The Dou family is casting stones to ask for directions, and is preparing to surrender to the Crown Prince!
Li Jiancheng was also surprised at first as to why Dou Kang didn't trouble him, but after he figured it out, he couldn't help but smile.
It was so right to kill King Qin!
If the King of Qin were here, the Dou family would never surrender to him!
In this way, Li Jiancheng's depression due to Li Yuan's previous attempt to kill Liu Wenjing and Chen Shuda's accusations suddenly dissipated.
The words Liu Wenjing said when she left Chang'an echoed in Li Jiancheng's ears again. Only by getting rid of King Qin can all harm be eliminated!
Now it seems that it is indeed the case.
The son is happy, but I am not. Although Li Yuan had no hope for the integrity of the family, he did not expect that the Dou family was so unruly. Not long after King Qin Fang died, they turned around and fell into the arms of the prince.
Simply unforgivable!
"Everyone heard what Mr. Chen said, what do you think?" Li Yuan's tone was calm, and no fluctuation could be heard.
Li Yuanji said gloomily: "Father, my second brother originally asked Fang Xuanling to guard Shanyang. After Erchen's defeat in the La Valley, the second brother never gave me any military power. How can I blame Erchen for this matter?
Father, please make a clear decision!"
King Qi is a straightforward person, he says whatever he has to say, and what he says is true. More importantly, King Qi may not have expected that Li Yuan still agrees with his words.
The reason is the same. The main reason is that Li Yuan knew that the relationship between the fourth brother and the second brother had always been bad. The fourth brother rashly attacked the Lahe River Valley and was defeated. The second child may indeed take the opportunity to relinquish the military power of the fourth brother.
In this way, the fourth child's reasons are actually quite good.
The reason why he slapped the fourth son so loudly before was because he was knocking Shan Zhenhu, and he was warning and beating the prince and the fourth son.
Beating is not the same as directly dealing with King Qi.
Sometimes Li Yuan regretted sending the prince to support the King of Qin when he recalled afterwards, but if he was given another chance, he would probably let the prince go. Because at that time, Jie Li was so powerful that even the King of Qin could not stop him.
If someone else is in charge of the army, if that person is defeated or surrenders, the Tang Dynasty will be in danger!
It can only be said that the only thing he was not sure about was that the prince would really take the opportunity to kill the King of Qin. Although it was his guess that the prince killed the King of Qin and there was no concrete evidence, he believed this guess in his heart.
After Li Yuanji finished speaking, Li Yuan said nothing, which was equivalent to silently letting him pass the test.
Pei Ji cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, what Prime Minister Chen said is really shocking. I cannot agree with it. This matter is of great importance and it is not appropriate to make rash judgments."
As Lao Li's gay friend, he understands Lao Li best.
It was certain that he suspected that the prince had killed King Qin, but what Pei Ji understood better was that the saint now needed to downplay the matter and stabilize the situation in the court.
If it is really confirmed that the prince murdered King Qin, it would be the biggest scandal since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, what will the saint do to the prince?
Wasted prince?
It is unrealistic. It would have a huge impact on the already turbulent DPRK situation and be detrimental to post-war stability.
More importantly, if the prince is deposed, who will be the heir apparent?
King of Qi?
What a joke, if the saint made King Qi the crown prince, the courtiers would probably explode on the spot.
Establish King of Chu?
This doesn't work either. The king of Chu is neither heir nor elder, and does not conform to the system.
Therefore, the prince cannot move now!
It is precisely because of this that the sage will stop when he clicks and knocks.
Li Yuan also felt uncomfortable, the palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh. If the second child died, should he really prove that it was Dalang who killed the second child?
If so, where will Dalang be placed?
Is it possible that the second brother died and now the older brother is going to die?
Tangled, painful.
But Chen Shuda couldn't understand Li Yuan. While he was angry at Dou Kang's shamelessness, he took off his official hat and kowtowed to the ground.
"I sincerely request the saint to investigate this matter thoroughly!"
He made it clear that he wanted to seek justice for King Qin and wanted to bite the prince.
Li Jiancheng was naturally furious, but he did not dare to speak because this matter was his inner demon and he was very worried about being exposed.
Li Yuan's expression changed again and again. He wanted to say something, but he still couldn't.
He really wanted to tear apart the prince's disguise and ask him why he wanted to kill his flesh and blood brothers. But he couldn't do that because he was forcing the prince. What if he rebelled?
After getting rid of the prince, the situation in the court, which was already in turmoil due to the death of King Qin, will probably stir up trouble again.
More importantly, if the prince dies, who will be the new prince?
In addition, Li Yuan had a deeper thought hidden in his heart. He wanted to keep the prince, maintain the court situation, and continue to be his superior emperor.
He himself had never noticed this.
For the sake of power and stability, he had actually put the death of King Qin behind.
In other words, although the reason for King Qin's death was important and made him angry, he had subconsciously chosen to compromise for the sake of power.
Li Yuan himself didn't want to admit this, but he did do it.
If not, he would have already thoroughly investigated the Crown Prince and King Qi, and would not have waited until Chen Shuda said this.
Chapter 46: It’s uncomfortable, the palms and backs of my hands are full of flesh