Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin was silent for a while, he didn't know whether he was thinking about Cui Yongquan's proposal, or he was controlling his smile, so as not to laugh out loud as soon as he opened his mouth, which would affect the majesty of the emperor. Come to think of it, the probability of the latter is still slightly higher.

After a while, Li Shimin said: "The King of Chu was raised by me, so how could he harm my thoughts? Xu Jingchen's visit to King Chu's mansion was also at my behest. Cui Qing's family was too worried."

Cui Yongquan heard Li Shimin's intention to protect Li Xin, and immediately became anxious, saying: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be handled in such a perfunctory manner! It is a taboo for the royal doctor in the palace to have contacts with foreign ministers. What's more, Xu Jingchen even paid homage to Li Xin. Li Xin is a teacher! To put it disrespectfully, what kind of skills does the King of Chu have to teach others?"

Indeed, this is quite disrespectful. If Li Xin heard it, he would have to smack this guy—you know I'm not good at teaching people? How do you know everything? You're awesome too, aren't you?

Cui Yongquan said again: "The king of Chu is only seventeen years old, and Xu Jingchen is twenty-eight years old this year. Where in the world is there any reason why the elders learn from the younger ones? How strange is this? There must be an ulterior conspiracy behind it , His Majesty must thoroughly investigate, so as not to cause disaster!"

He already understood what he meant, so he almost pointed at Li Shimin's nose and said, "If you don't investigate this matter, you're an idiot."

Among the officials of Yushitai, many people stepped forward and saluted: "My minister seconded the proposal! Go to His Majesty to thoroughly investigate this matter!"

Li Shimin looked at the civil servants standing neatly below him, and couldn't help sneering in his heart.

It is indeed a bit of a taboo for the royal doctor in the palace to have close contacts with foreign ministers. If it goes wrong, it is a serious crime of treason. However, Li Shimin never believed that so many Yushitai officials present did not understand such a simple truth - if Li Xin really wanted to rebel, and wanted to secretly make friends with the imperial physician in order to try to misbehave, he would never be stupid To the extent that the whole world knows about it?

So many people present knew that Xu Jingchen was now the disciple of Chu Wang Li Xin, which in itself showed that this matter was not so shady. Li Xin and Xu Jingchen did not intend to hide from others at all.

What's more, making friends with imperial physicians or servants in the palace, with the intention of harming the emperor, and then rebelling, this kind of difficult thing is not something that just anyone can do. At least Li Xin obviously does not have this condition - he is just an empty shell of the king of Chu, with a title but no real power.

Not to mention whether there is a chance to poison the emperor just by making friends with Xu Jingchen—according to the strict drug testing system in the palace, this is simply a fantasy—even if Li Xin is really so lucky, Xu Jingchen alone will never be able to kill the emperor. After killing Li Shimin, what then? Who will help him to the top? Who will support him? Could it be that just because he is the king of Chu, he can raise his arms and make countless ministers kneel at his feet obediently?

Politics is not such a superficial thing.

You know, Li Shimin had long appointed his eldest son, Li Chengqian, as the prince. Even if he dies accidentally, old ministers like Chen Yin will help Li Chengqian ascend to the throne, who will care about him as a little king of Chu?

Therefore, Li Xin has neither the ability nor the motivation to conspire against Li Shimin. This is a very obvious fact. But this fact was apparently ignored by these officials.

Li Shimin glanced at the official who stood up. Just as he expected before, most of them are from Boling Cui family and Taiyuan Wang family, even if they are not, they are closely related to these two families. Obviously, this is an organized and premeditated large-scale impeachment. It is the joint efforts of the two families to wrestle with Li Shimin and compete with each other. The fact that Li Xin and Xu Jingchen are close friends is just an excuse to attack.

The Five Surnames and Seven Wangs are the most powerful clans in the world, even enough to threaten the imperial power. Li Shimin is always thinking about eradicating these factors of social instability, and they are always thinking about turning imperial power into a plaything in their hands. The confrontation between the two parties will be performed in this court hall from time to time. As of today, countless cannon fodders have died on this battlefield without gunpowder smoke.

Li Xin's status is very special. Everyone knows his special significance to Li Shimin. He is the person Li Shimin must protect. If Li Shimin relents today and orders a thorough investigation of the relationship between Li Xin and Xu Jingchen, then this will send a signal to the ministers above the court—the emperor cannot withstand the pressure of five surnames and seven expectations, and cannot keep the people he wants to protect. This was a very fatal blow to the majesty of the imperial power.

Of course, Li Shimin could choose to ignore these censors who stood up and forcibly protect Li Xin. This is of course very effective, but at the same time it will leave these people who play with pens with very nasty words, such as self-serving, petting villains, and the like.

Five Surnames and Seven Wangs are very prestigious among scholars. At that time, they only need to make use of the topic and write a few random articles to confuse people's hearts, and Li Shimin's image of a wise monarch will be completely gone. I am afraid that if he does not fall into the same relationship with tyrants like Xia Jie and Shang Zhou, even if the five surnames and seven Wangs are merciful .

As an emperor, Li Shimin certainly couldn't hope that his opponents would be merciful. He has already got the magic weapon of victory in his hands.

Cui family, Wang family? Today I want you all to lose face!

Li Shimin said: "Why are you all here? Perhaps there is a reason for Xu Jingchen to worship Li Xin as his teacher?"

Cui Yongquan replied without hesitation: "I have already said that the king of Chu has nothing to teach others. Can your majesty provide evidence? If your majesty can prove that the king of Chu is indeed qualified to be Xu Jingchen's teacher , then I am willing to apologize to the King of Chu."

"I am willing to apologize to the King of Chu!" The other officials from Yushitai who stood up also said.

Cheng Yaojin didn't know when he no longer leaned on that pillar. He stood expressionlessly, his eyes swept over these Yushitai officials from time to time, feeling very irritable. He had already realized that today's censors did not come out to fart casually, maybe Li Xin would really be implicated. When he was hesitating whether to come out and say something, he subconsciously glanced at Chen Yin in the front row.

Chen Yin happened to be watching Cheng Yaojin too. He calmly gave Cheng Yaojin a look, signaling Cheng Yaojin to watch the play with peace of mind.

Although Cheng Yaojin looked down on sour literati, he still trusted an old fox like Chen Yin. After receiving Chen Yin's look, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, decisively returned to the dozing state, and only smiled and said something that seemed to be a dream: "These idiots are going to suffer."

Sure enough, Li Shimin sighed for a long time, waved his hand to the servant beside him, and said, "Then I can only listen to the defense written by the King of Chu for you."

The servant took out a piece of silk paper, and read clearly and resoundingly in a long tone: "Master said."