Li Jiancheng personally sent Yang Shidao out of the East Palace gate, although in name he could fully represent the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty to reach a reconciliation.
But in fact, he had to report to his father this major change in the Sui Dynasty. If he really agreed or refused something without authorization, then what awaited him would be his father's thunderous wrath.
It was not until recently that Li Jiancheng gradually tasted it. Why did his father always feel dissatisfied with him? It was not because he did something wrong, but because he failed to do some things. His father gave a lot of government affairs to him.
He, but it does not mean that the father gave him power.
Many government affairs were decided by him, but this should not be the last step. He still had the most critical step he did not do. He did not report to his father what happened recently, how he handled it, and how he exercised his rights.
It was this most critical step that failed to do so that the father had suspicious of him. Has he exceeded his authority? Has he concealed major events, etc.? Over time, the father naturally changed from suspicion to dissatisfaction.
Although Li Jiancheng's understanding came a little late, his thinking was correct. Just like the chairman does not interfere with the regular business, he also needs to read the report. Li Jiancheng just forgot that he needed to submit a weekly report, monthly report and other reports.
Emperor Li Yuan.
Li Jiancheng has decided to make a summary of memorials every ten days to present to his father, so that his father can understand the big and small things that have happened in the court over the past ten days.
He sent Yang Shidao away, and as soon as he returned to his study, an eunuch came in to report: "Your Highness, Yang Xima has something to report, and he has been waiting for a long time."
Yang Xima is Yang Jun who served as the crown prince Xima. Prince Xima is a position that is closer to the crown prince. It is usually recommended by the crown prince himself, and often chooses his own confidant.
Although Yang Jun is Yang Yuanqing's brother and is suspected of betraying his father and has a bad reputation, Li Jiancheng didn't care and still recommended him to serve as the position of Prince Xima.
Li Jiancheng nodded, "Let him in!"
Not long after, Yang Jun walked in quickly. Yang Jun is already 34 or 35 years old this year. After he and Yang Rong surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, they were despised for betraying their father. Moreover, because of Yang Yuanqing, Li Yuan didn't use them.
They only granted a low-ranking title for each of their brothers, and gave it a salary and gave it away.
But the prince Jiancheng was more tolerant. Because the princess pleaded with mercy, he raised the Yang brothers in the East Palace. Yang Rong was appointed as the guard officer, and Yang Jun served as the staff member.
Yang Jun is quite knowledgeable and very scheming. He gave Li Jiancheng a lot of ideas and was deeply trusted by Li Jiancheng. He reminded Li Jiancheng to send a summary of the memorials to Emperor Li Yuan, which was Yang Jun’s suggestion three days ago.
Whether Yang Jun was an aide or a prince, he was always loyal to Li Jiancheng. Therefore, Li Jiancheng regarded him as his confidant and handed him some important secret matters.
Yang Jun stepped forward and bowed deeply, "Your Highness, I have something to report!"
Li Jiancheng understood what he was going to report, so he said to several eunuchs in the study: "You all retreat!"
The eunuchs retreated, with only Yang Jun and Li Jiancheng in the room. Li Jiancheng smiled slightly, "You said! What's the news?"
"Mr. Yin asked me to tell Your Highness that the emperor had a bad sleep recently and often had insomnia in the middle of the night. He was very distressed about this. If Your Highness could show considerateness in time, it would make Longyan happy. In addition, Yin Defei also guessed from the emperor's tone.
My physical condition is a bit bad, but the news has been blocked. I don’t know if it is true or false.”
Yin Gong is Yin Guiping, the father of Yin Defei. In order to find foreign aid, Yin Defei made her father and Li Jiancheng get in touch with him. Li Jiancheng also wanted Yin Defei to become his insider in the palace, so he ordered Yang Jun to contact Yin Guiping as his representative.
Li Jiancheng nodded. He also got some news from the imperial doctor, as if a tumor had grown in the mother's body. During this period, the mother became extremely thin, but the mother refused to let outsiders know, so the news was blocked, and
The news about Yin Defei is basically the same.
However, the news of his father's insomnia made Li Jiancheng think about it. This was indeed a good opportunity to please his father. He thought about it and it seemed that Shi Chongyuan, the prefect of Meishan County, gave him a jade pillow, which had a good sleeping effect.
Dedicated to the Father.
"What else?" Li Jiancheng asked again.
"There is also that Mr. Yin hopes to obtain a piece of land in Chengdu, about ten hectares, and the other party has more than a hundred farmers, and he refuses to give up. He hopes that His Highness can put pressure on the prefect of Shu County."
Li Jiancheng frowned. This was a bit difficult. Of course, Li Jiancheng was unwilling to seize the land of farmers. Self-cultivation farmers were the cornerstone of the Tang Dynasty and must not be destroyed easily.
But since Yin Guiping made this request, he was not able to refuse. He thought about it. This matter could be properly resolved by Gao Biaoren, the prefect of Shu County, and solved it by increasing compensation or land replacement.
"I understand this. Tell Mr. Yin to tell him not to worry, I will solve it for him."
"The subordinates will tell him."
At this moment, an eunuch came from outside the study and reported urgently: "Your Highness, the Lord summoned Your Highness to go to see you quickly!"
Hearing the word "speed", Li Jiancheng did not dare to delay, so he gave Yang Jun a few more instructions, ordered someone to get the jade pillow, and hurried into the palace.
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The Eastern Palace is also in Tai Chi Palace, very close to the Wude Hall where Li Yuan’s study is located. After a moment, Li Jiancheng came to the imperial study. An eunuch went in to report to him and soon came out and said, "Your Highness, the Lord, you are ordered to meet you!"
Li Jiancheng sorted out his clothes and quickly walked into the imperial study room. However, Li Jiancheng unexpectedly found that the King of Qin was also there. He felt a little uncomfortable immediately. Could it be that the summoning of him by his father was related to the King of Qin?
Li Jiancheng didn't think too much, so he stepped forward and gave a deep tribute, "I wish my father good health and a long life!"
"The emperor is exempt from gifts!"
Li Yuan smiled, but he was not so kind. The prince's etiquette was also very well-behaved. However, compared with the Qin King's kowtow and bowing to the big gifts every time he saw him, the prince was still a little worse.
It was this little bit of comparison that made Li Yuan feel uncomfortable and felt that Jiancheng was a bit inferior to Shimin in his filial piety to himself.
At this time, Li Yuan saw the eunuch behind him holding a jade pillow, which was obviously brought by Jiancheng, so he asked, "Emperor, what's going on with this jade pillow?"
"Reporting to my father, I saw that my father was a little tired last time, so I wondered if my father had a bad sleep. My son remembered it and went back to look for it. This jade pillow is called the fairy pillow. What is it?
Month ago, the prefect of Meishan Shi paid tribute, and the father gave it to his son minister. It is said that it is very good for promoting sleep. The son minister has never used it before, so he decided to give it to his father and let his father rest well."
Li Yuan has indeed had a bad sleep these days. He would wake up in the middle of the night and then couldn't sleep, which made him exhausted every day and was very distressed. The pillow that Li Jiancheng presented in time immediately made him overjoyed. The slightest discomfort that he had not kowtowed just now disappeared.
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"I am very pleased with the emperor's heart, very good! Very good!"
Li Yuan said two "very good" in a row, which shows that he was extremely satisfied. Li Jiancheng was overjoyed. The news about Yin Defei was indeed useful. He wanted to strike while the iron was hot and say that the content of the memorial would be summarized every ten days, but the King of Qin was here, and Li Jiancheng held back. He didn't want to
The King of Qin participated in his government affairs.
Li Jiancheng then turned the topic to the main business, "The father summoned his son to meet him, and he was willing to serve his father!"
Li Yuan had just got the latest news from Li Shimin that the Sui Dynasty had closed the silver mine in Huining County and the miners began to migrate north. This news surprised Li Yuan, so he wanted to know the negotiations between Li Jiancheng and Yang Shidao.
"I heard from Shimin that the Sui Dynasty had closed the Huining Silver Mine. What's going on? Does Yang Shidao have any explanation?"
Li Jiancheng did not expect that the Sui army was so decisive. As soon as he received the news, the Sui army closed the mine. Li Jiancheng hurriedly said: "Report to his father, about an hour ago, Yang Shidao came to his son to find his son minister and said that the Sui Dynasty was willing to show sincerity.
We agreed to our request to officially close the mines and stop issuing silver and money. It seems that the Sui Dynasty has kept its promise this time."
"Keep your word?"
Li Shimin next to him sneered: "If Yang Yuanqing is a trustworthy person, Huining Silver Mine should be ours now. Last year, the armistice agreement was signed. How was it written in black and white? We abide by the agreement and sent troops from Wuguan to attack Luoyang, but they
Crossing the river directly from Shan County and directly destroying the agreement. I can't see where Yang Yuanqing keeps his promise. His closing of the mine was just a matter of rights and interests, and he was forced to do so. It must be because the Turkic army had already threatened his border security."
Speaking of this, Li Shimin bowed deeply to Li Yuan, "I want to say what my son said just now, so that the emperor can know, and ask the emperor for permission."
Li Yuan sighed and said, "The emperor said!"
Li Shimin turned to Li Jiancheng and said, "There has been news from Jincheng County that the bodies of Turkic envoys and Tang army guards were dug up in a forest. This must have been done by the Sui army. It was to stop us from joining forces with the Turks. Now in the northern part of the Sui Dynasty
The border was very bad. Jie Li Khan had just ascended the throne. He was eager to establish prestige among the Turks and Tiel tribes, so it was his best choice to destroy the remaining Wutu tribes, but the remaining Wutu tribes were in Mayi County.
But when the Turkic army went south, the remaining troops of Wutu would inevitably go south to take refuge. A war between the Sui army and the Turkic army was inevitable. This is why Yang Yuanqing was eager to appease us, otherwise how could he close the silver mine?"
Li Jiancheng shook his head slowly, "Although he was forced to do so, Yang Yuanqing still showed sincerity. Since ancient times, the invasion of the Central Plains by the northern nomadic peoples will bring serious disasters to the civilians. If the Sui army resisted the invasion of the Turkic army, we
How does the world think of us? It will arouse the anger of the people of the world and confirm the rumors that we collude with the Turks. If the father, if you want to maintain the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty, you must first not lose the righteousness.
I firmly oppose the use of the Sui Dynasty to suddenly start a war to seek the interests of the Tang Dynasty. We should support the Sui Dynasty in fighting against the Turks. This is what a benevolent country should do, and we must never take the opportunity to attack the Sui Dynasty."