Although Jinyang is not the youngest princess of Emperor Taizong, she has been sickly since childhood and is beautiful and beautiful, but she has received the most favor. Whether it is Emperor Taizong back then, or today's Li Chengqian, or even all his brothers and sisters, they have always been favored.
Treat her as the apple of your eye and treat her with utmost honor and favor.
Now I heard that the congenital disease has not been cured, and may even die at any time. Princess Chengyang burst into tears and hugged her sister without letting go. Why did she care whether she married or not?
Forget about "marrying", even "stealing" is up to her. As long as she is happy, everything else is no big deal...
"You silly kid, why didn't you say anything? We all thought you were cured."
Chengyang hugged his sister with tears streaming down his face, filled with infinite pity.
Instead, Princess Jinyang patted her hand, smiled and consoled her: "Isn't it okay? Master Sun only said it was possible, not certain. As long as you take good care of yourself, the probability of survival is still very high."
Chengyang wiped away his tears, nodded and said: "I will go back and persuade Your Majesty to allow you to become a monk and practice Taoism. You can do whatever you want."
Although becoming a monk and cultivating Taoism is a bit more difficult, it is definitely a good thing from the perspective of self-cultivation. You can stay away from the turmoil of the world and live in peace and quiet, and you will not be disturbed by messy things. Jin Yang nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, sister, eat the shrimps quickly."
, it’s getting cold, so it’s best to grab some crabs when you leave. Although the crabs in this season are not very fat, they are better than fresh. You can take them back to try them, and serve them with rice wine.
It tastes very good.”
The two sisters had breakfast, and Chengyang comforted Jinyang with gentle words for a while before leaving.
However, she did not leave the palace and return home, but went to Wude Hall. Li Chengqian drank tea and listened to Princess Chengyang's chatter. He wiped his eyes and talked about Jinyang's body again, and could only sigh.
: "Back then, when Daozhang Sun diagnosed and treated Sizi, he said that the girl had a weak heart. But in my opinion, it was caused by too much selfishness. Do you believe anything she said? After the initial diagnosis and treatment, Daozhang Sun gave Sizi medicine all year round, but in the last one or two days,
Nian Daozhang Sun only checked her pulse occasionally and never took any medicine except the doctor's orders.
Do you still think that she has not recovered from her illness for a long time and her life is not long?"
Chengyang blinked, a little confused.
Li Chengqian said helplessly: "It is certain that she is weak, but if she is not going to die soon, how can Daoist Sun not take medicine? It won't be to the point where medicine and stone are ineffective, right?"
Princess Chengyang hesitated: "Am I... being deceived by her?" "It's not like she was deceived. Her body is naturally weak. Even though there is no fear of her life, she cannot withstand the annoyance and confusion that increase the load on her heart.
But her unwillingness to marry is definitely not as simple as physical factors. This girl looks like
She seems to be delicate but is actually strong, with a delicate status and a beautiful face. It is true that it is difficult for ordinary men to fall in her eyes. Doesn’t she want to practice Taoism? I don’t care about her anymore, let her go. My father and the emperor had nothing to do with her back then, so what can I do?
Woolen cloth?"
Li Chengqian shook his head and sighed. He had no choice but to deal with such a girl. Even the Supreme Being was helpless. He couldn't just find a man to marry and then tie her up and send her to the bridal chamber, right?
Princess Chengyang looked gloomy and carried a cage of crabs out of the palace to return to her mansion...
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As soon as Princess Chengyang left, the queen walked into the imperial study with a cup of tea.
"Your Majesty really ignores Si Zi and allows her to do whatever she wants?"
Putting the tea cup on the imperial case, he came behind Li Chengqian and put a pair of delicate hands on his shoulders to massage him to relieve fatigue. "Alas..." Li Chengqian sighed first, put down his brush and took a sip of tea, and pointed at the imperial case.
There was a mountain of official documents piled up on the table and on the side of the imperial case against the wall. He raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, frowning and saying: "Look at this.
I review Shan's official documents until midnight every day, and I have to get up before dawn, so how can I still have the energy to pay attention to my little daughter's willful behavior?"
Looking at the mountains of official documents, he felt extremely conflicted.
On the one hand, the emperor is the master of the world, and the imperial power must be centralized, and all major issues in the world can be decided with one word. These official documents represent power and must not be handed over to others, otherwise there is a risk that the imperial power will be emptied. On the other hand, today's great power
The Tang Dynasty developed rapidly and changed with each passing day. Not only did the number of official documents that needed to be processed every day increase day by day, it was already ten or twenty times that of the Wude years, but also there were too many new things, many
Official documents involve more professional knowledge, but once reviewed by the emperor, they cannot be changed. Therefore, if you don't want to be perfunctory and make mistakes, you have to carefully consider every word and think over and over again. The huge workload cannot be completed by one person.
If we want to alleviate this situation, we must give the political hall and the ministers more power to deal with state affairs, otherwise the emperor will die from exhaustion.
But once the power is given out, how can we talk about centralizing imperial power? If things go on like this, won’t the emperor become just a decoration?
Another example is military power. Everyone knows that the emperor must firmly control the military power, otherwise it will easily lead to overthrow, but so what if he knows?
I am not a horse-riding emperor like my father. The future emperors are stronger than the hands of women in the palace. If they don’t know the sufferings of the world and the dangers of war, they don’t know the tactics of war. Even if they have military power, how can they fight? An ignorant and ignorant emperor controls dozens of people.
A million-strong army is simply more terrifying than the consequences of a loss of military power. A loss of military power may lead to a change in the throne, but the result of the emperor's chaos will inevitably be the destruction of the empire and the gods.
The state is in decline...
The concentration of imperial power is not a good thing. The system of the political affairs hall is the best. A group of prime ministers and assistants who have come from all the states and counties gather together to discuss national affairs. The probability of making mistakes is obviously lower than the decision made by the emperor alone.
The same is true in the military. When the reform of the military system is completed in the future, any military order will be issued after consultation by several "military ministers" who are proficient in the art of war and have outstanding strategies. It will definitely be more appropriate than the emperor's word. As time goes by,
With the development of the world, Li Chengqian is almost certain that the decline of imperial power is inevitable. If he continues to hold on to the idea of "the supreme being in the Ninth Five-Year Plan and speaks of the constitution of heaven" and refuses to give up the imperial power, then the empire will inevitably be in chaos
Overgrown, decadent, and destined to perish sooner or later. As for national affairs, the queen never participated in it since she was taught a lesson by Fang Jun. While massaging Li Chengqian's shoulders, she listened to Li Chengqian complain about the complicated government affairs and lack of energy, and waited until Li Chengqian chatted.
Chatted for a while
, then asked: "The heat is unbearable this summer. I wonder if Your Majesty would like to go to the palace to escape the heat?"
Li Chengqian was silent and hesitated for a moment.
In fact, although the Queen asked this, the matter had been decided long ago, but now Li Chengqian felt not so safe about "leading the snake out of the hole"... The Queen saw Li Chengqian's hesitation and did not ask further. The matter was decided by the Emperor, and no one else
Not to affect his decision, she mentioned another thing: "King Jiang was almost twenty years old. Previously, the Yuan family proposed a marriage, but the Yuan family died alive.
Everything has been cleared up, and the marriage will not be settled. I heard that King Jiang favored and loved the little girl of the Fang family and pursued him a lot. I wonder what your majesty thinks?" This matter is easy to handle. Li Chengqian drank tea and said: "The Fang family
The daughter's upbringing is well-known, and Princess Han is the most virtuous and generous. Everyone in the clan praises her, and the younger sister of the Fang family must also be the same. Mrs. Fang is fierce and charming.
Zhuang, the daughters you have trained are certainly not bad, and they are all good candidates to be the head of the family. You only need to ask Erlang about this matter. Now that Fang Xiangyuan has gone to Jiangnan Xianyun Yehe, Erlang can make the final decision in the family affairs."
The Queen frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, you don't agree to this marriage?"
As Princess Han, if the young daughter becomes Princess Jiang again, the Fang family will inevitably become the most powerful family in the world.
If the leader of the clan is as beautiful as a tree in the forest, the wind will destroy it, and I am afraid it will attract a lot of criticism.
If the royal family directly proposes the marriage, that's all. Let Fang Jun make his own decision. How can he not avoid suspicion?
Li Chengqian sighed and said: "It doesn't matter whether I agree or not. If I propose marriage, it is equivalent to putting the Fang family on the fire. What if Erlang misunderstands?"
The Queen was silent. Your Majesty seems to be doing well everywhere, but this lack of responsibility is inevitably criticized. Since you know that this will be criticized by the public, then why can't you, the emperor, make the decision and shoulder the responsibility regardless of whether you agree or not?
? As an emperor, you can’t just ask your ministers to pay. You must have the courage to bear the responsibilities that should be borne. By providing a caring and caring environment to your ministers, you will naturally gain unreserved loyalty, and let others see that you are loyal to the emperor.
will be protected.
The ministers shed blood and tried their best to protect you, but in the end, the ministers were asked to bear everything. Who would be willing to do so?
Li Chengqian also seemed to feel that what he was doing was not appropriate, and immediately changed his mind: "We still need to see what Erlang wants in this matter. I will discuss it with him when I have time to see how to deal with it more appropriately."
But he never thought about it. If the matter was discussed face to face, how could the ministers refuse the royal marriage? Since they could not refuse, how could they pass the risk of criticism to the emperor?
After all, it is better to cherish your feathers and let others stand in the way... Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside the imperial study room. Wang De, the chamberlain's chief chamberlain, walked in quickly before he even had time to report. He looked at Li Chengqian's slightly annoyed gaze.
He knelt down on the ground and said mournfully: "Your Majesty, the State of Ju has just
The Duke's mansion sent someone to the palace to announce the funeral, saying that His Highness Yuzhang passed away..."
"What?!" Li Chengqian suddenly stood up, his eyes widened and he couldn't hide the look of surprise: "Why did he die after he was fine? Why didn't he go to the palace and ask the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment beforehand?"
Wang De shook his head and said: "It's just that the illness occurred suddenly, and I haven't had time to go to the palace to ask for the imperial doctor." Li Chengqian's face was livid, and he was furious: "Although Yuzhang is in poor health, he has never heard of any terminal illness, how can he be so quick?
The Tang family must have abused the princess, which made her critically ill but she did not dare to go to the palace to seek treatment from the imperial doctor.
What a bastard!"
Wang Dezhan was so frightened that he did not dare to say a word. The queen quickly dissuaded Li Chengqian: "The Duke of Ju is a meritorious figure of the empire and a veteran of the three dynasties. Your Majesty must not be so arbitrary. You should send someone to attend the funeral first, and arrange for the imperial doctor to examine Princess Yuzhang's condition."
The cause of death will be discussed later.
." Princess Yu Zhang and her consort Tang Yi had a long-lasting love, and there was no word of disharmony between husband and wife. Although her sudden death is strange, it may not have anything to do with the Tang family. Moreover, the Duke of Ju, Tang Jian, was a veteran of the three dynasties and had made great contributions to the country.
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How could he be harshly criticized without knowing it? Li Chengqian rubbed his temples and ordered: "Change my clothes, and I will personally bring the imperial doctor there. If Yuzhang is really ill and dies, just let it go, otherwise I will definitely not spare the Tang family!"