Chapter 348 Li Tai: Brother, why don’t you abdicate?

The next day, Li Shimin summoned Li Yin again in the Lizheng Hall.

This time, he called up all the family members, especially Li Su, the nemesis of Li Yin.

Before the family meeting, Li Shimin gave Li Shu some special advice.

"If Lao Liu does something stupid again, you'll punish him severely!"

"My daughter doesn't need to worry." Li Shu nodded seriously.

So, during the meeting, Li Shu sat next to Li Yin, holding a rolling pin in his hand, looking very imposing.

You can tell at first glance that he is from the Li family.

When Li Yin saw that his sister, who had blood suppression, was fully armed, he got scared.

Even though he was a great killer in Maya, Li Yin would definitely not dare to show off when facing this princess who had fought with him since childhood.

What is blood suppression?

"Boss." Li Shimin looked at Li Yin sitting there with his hands and feet tied, and was very satisfied, so he called Li Chengqian.

"Aye." Li Chengqian answered respectfully.

In fact, if Li Chengqian didn't get angry and didn't quarrel with Li Shimin, he would be a truly filial son.

The prerequisite is that Old Li does not do anything to favor his other children and neglect his eldest son, otherwise there will definitely be a "Please Your Majesty call me the Crown Prince" incident.

Oh, no, now it should be "Please let the emperor be crowned emperor."

"Go ahead, you are the patriarch of our Li family now." Li Shimin said.

Li Chengqian immediately expressed his humility: "How dare I? As long as my father is alive, he will be the patriarch of our Li family. How dare I take the initiative?"

"Hey, you are the emperor." Li Shimin nodded and said, "Go ahead, I have been feeling a little irritated these past two days and my throat hurts."

Old Li was not making up stories. He ate too much chocolate yesterday, which not only made his throat choke but also made him feel a little irritated.

Of course, he did not keep it all for himself. Some was given to the concubines in the harem, some to his new children, and a lot was also distributed to his ministers. However, the only people who were specifically rewarded by the emperor were Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin.

Among the four old officials, only two civil officials, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, are still active in politics.

Since they were all in-laws, it was Mr. Li who was responsible for giving the rewards.

As for Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin, they had both retreated to the second line and did not hold military power, so Lao Li did not avoid them and directly sent people to escort them.

Li Chengqian was responsible for rewarding the others. Sometimes, Li Chengqian secretly thought that Aye might not only want him to do a good job and leave this favor to him, but also want to save some chocolate.

Facts have proved that he was right, as the saying goes, no one knows the father better than his son.

"That kid is good at being loyal for once." Li Chengqian cleared his throat, and then said to Li Yin: "Sixth brother, A Ke sent a reply letter a few days ago..."

Li Yin couldn't sit still any longer after he had said half of this.

His legs went limp and he fell to his knees with a thud.

The whole family is gathered together, and there is also a letter from my brother...

OMG!

Everyone was curious, what happened to this Old Six?

Before anyone could ask, Li Yin opened his mouth and started howling.

"Is my brother dead? Brother! Brother! My unfortunate brother——"

Li Shimin frowned and gave Li Shu a look.

Li Shu stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Yin's ear, and said angrily: "You idiot, can't you wait for my elder brother to finish speaking? What are you crying about?"

Li Yin seemed to have a switch turned on and he stopped wailing instantly.

But two strands of snot flowed out of his nose and hung at the corners of his mouth.

"I've touched your two nipples!" Li Shu raised his eyebrows and pointed at Li Yin angrily.

Li Yin picked up his sleeve and was about to wipe his nose when Li Shu grabbed the table rag and threw it on his face.

In desperation, Li Yin had to blow his nose with a rag.

"Look, he's in a hurry again." Li Chengqian said helplessly, "Ake's letter is right here, you can take a look. He basically said that the war over there is tense, and Han is joining forces with Persia to resist the Arabs. He apologizes for not being able to return to Beijing to pay tribute this year."

"Really?" Li Yin took the letter, read it carefully, and found that it was true.

He burst into laughter and stopped crying.

"So I discussed it with Aye. Although in principle, princes or vassal kings are not allowed to leave their fiefdoms without permission and wander around, but considering your deep brotherly love, I will make an exception and allow you to visit Ake in Han." Li Chengqian explained to Li Yin: "If you want to go, go ahead; if you don't want to, you can stay in Chang'an."

"The Western Regions are too far, I won't go." Li Yin shook his head repeatedly, "Besides, it's not like we won't see each other again in the future, we can find a suitable opportunity to meet again."

"Okay." Li Chengqian nodded. Since the host didn't want to go, he naturally didn't want to force him, otherwise it would seem like he had ulterior motives.

Li Shimin took a deep breath. He was not surprised at Li Yin's laziness.

Forget it, if you don’t want to go, then don’t go.

You can't force a cow to drink water if it doesn't want to.

"There is something else to discuss." Li Chengqian said again: "In addition to the matter of the sixth brother, let's hold another meeting to discuss which prince still has the ambition to leave the Tang Dynasty and make him a prince."

Among Li Shimin's sons, in addition to Li Chengqian, Prince of Wei Li Tai, and Prince of Jin Li Zhi, all born to Empress Changsun; Li Ke, Prince of Han, and Li Yin, Prince of Yin/Shu, all born to Concubine Yang; and Li You, a commoner of Qi born to Concubine Yin who was given the death penalty, there were also the eighth son, Prince of Yue Li Zhen, born to Concubine Yan De, the seventh son, Prince of Jiang Li Yun, born to the palace maid Wang, the tenth son, Prince of Ji Li Shen, born to Concubine Wei, the thirteenth son, Prince of Zhao Li Fu, born to Concubine Yang, and the fourteenth son, Prince of Cao Li Ming, born to Concubine Chao La.

This year, Prince Jiang Li Yun is 28 years old, Prince Yue Li Zhen is 27 years old, Prince Ji Li Shen is 26 years old, Prince Zhao Li Fu and Prince Cao Li Ming are slightly younger, but they are all over 18 years old.

In other words, they have reached the age where they can stand on their own.

Due to the butterfly effect of Li Xiaoxiang, Sun Zhenren came to Chang'an very early, and Li Shimin's health has always been good.

In the 19th year of Zhenguan, Concubine Xu Hui gave birth to another son, Prince of Chu, Li De, to the Li family.

However, Li De was too young, even younger than Li Jue, so he was not brought along for the family meeting. Li Fu and Li Ming looked at each other, neither of them wanted to go to the vassal state.

"Let me say something." Li Shimin said again: "I planned to change the system a few years ago, but I have forgotten about it. Starting from the New Year's Day of the fourth year of Yonghui, the princes will no longer be enfeoffed, but will live in Chang'an City."

Even though Li Shimin said this, Li Ming and Li Fu remained indifferent.

You're kidding. Fourth brother Li Tai and ninth brother Li Zhi would rather die than go to their fiefdoms and stay in Chang'an City every day. They have nothing better to do than to go out?

The master in Chang'an is the master. He does nothing but eat and drink all day long. Who are you going out to fight for?
It was Yue Wang Li Zhen who took the lead and said, "Father, I am willing to go out and become a vassal king to expand the territory for our Tang Dynasty."

Seeing Li Zhen stand up, Li Xiang was not too surprised.

After all, this eighth uncle Li Zhen was also a man of blood. Li Zhen joined forces with King of Han Li Yuanjia, King of Huo Li Yuangui, King of Lu Li Lingkui, as well as Li Yuanjia's son Li Zhuan, Duke of Huang, Li Yuangui's son Li Xu, King of Jiangdu, Li Lingkui's son Li Ai, King of Fanyang, Li Feng's son Li Rong, Duke of Dongguan, and Li Zhen's son Li Chong, King of Langya, and they planned together to resist Wu Zetian.

Although Li Zhen was a brave man, he was still a bit weak and was soon defeated and killed.

Li Zhen also became the mysterious person involved in all major cases in Detective Di Renjie's story. The Blue Shirt Case and the Wuping Blood Case could not escape his attention.

However, the records in the TV series are wrong. Li Ai is not Duke Huang, but King of Fan Yang; and Duke Huang is Li Yuanjia's son Li Zhuan.

Speaking of it, when it comes down to it, the culprit behind the cases in the Detective Di Renjie series is Wu Zetian.

Prince Jiang Li Yun was a bit like that. In the first year of Shangyuan reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, Zhang Junche, a military officer, falsely accused Li Yun of treason. Li Zhi then sent an envoy to investigate. As a result, Li Yun was so panicked that he committed suicide by slitting his throat.

After Li Zhi learned the truth, he executed Zhang Junche without mercy, and hypocritically posthumously awarded Li Yun the title of Sikong and Grand Commander of Jingzhou, and buried him in Zhaoling Mausoleum.

Li Shen was more unlucky. In July of the third year of Chuigong, Li Zhen forged the emperor's seal, raised an army to overthrow Wu Zetian, and informed the other three kings and Li Shen.

Li Shen thought the time was not right and did not agree to participate.

However, after Li Zhen's failure, Li Shen was still implicated and imprisoned. He was pardoned before his execution and his surname was changed to "虺" by Empress Wu.

In July of the first year of Yongchang, Li Shen was exiled to Lingbiao in a prison car and died in Puzhou on the way.

The five sons were killed at the same time and their families were exiled to Lingnan. It was not until Li Xian, the Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, restored the country and wanted to revive the Li Tang royal family that he restored Li Shen's original surname and restored his original official title. He ordered the prefectures and counties to visit his burial place and offer sacrifices, and then moved his burial to Zhaoling and reburied it with proper ceremony. At the same time, he named Li Shen's youngest son, Li Cheng, as the heir to Ji Wang, inheriting Li Shen's title.

You say he is tough...he can still conspire with Li Zhen and others; you say he is not tough, he dare not rebel.

In fact, at that time, there was no chance of luck. Even if he did not rebel, Wu Zetian would find some reason to imprison and execute him. It would be better to fight to the death.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on Awu. After all, if the roots are not removed, they will grow again when the spring breeze blows.

This is the method used by male viewers, and female viewers still need to learn it.

"The eighth son is one, what about you?" Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied. With so many sons, was this the only one who stood up?

He looked at Li Tai and Li Zhi, then looked away.

Forget it, I can't count on these two pieces of trash.

One is a literary youth and the other is a wimp. How can we expect them to become princes and expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty?
It would be better to hope that Li Xiaoxiang doesn't slack off on his duties.

"I'm willing to go too." Li Shen stood up and said.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and glanced at Li Chengqian.

"See, Boss?" Old Li said with a smile, "Some of my children are still willing to make contributions to the Tang Dynasty."

"As the saying goes, like father, like son. That's exactly the truth." Li Chengqian praised in a neutral and slightly sarcastic tone.

Li Shimin was choked by these words. If he refuted, he would lose face; if he didn't refute... looking at these wimps headed by Li Tai and Li Zhi, he really wanted to send them to the Dali Temple one by one to let them experience the bitterness of society.

"That's right." Li Yin said with his hands on his hips, "It is only because of the wise and brave father that he could teach a child like my brother."

Now it was Li Chengqian's turn to take a breath. If you admit it... then you would be equated with those wimps; if you don't admit it, then it would be a loss of face for yourself and Aye.

Seeing that the two people who were blocked had been replaced, Li Shimin looked at Li Yin with approval.

Alas, this rascal, I didn't expect that he would still be on his side at the critical moment.

The meeting continued for a long time. Li Shimin mobilized for a long time, but it was of no use. Only Prince of Yue Li Zhen and Prince of Ji Li Shen stood up.

As for Li Yun, Li Fu and Li Ming, they would rather be parasites in Chang'an.

Forget it, Lao Li thought tiredly, if you don’t want to go out, then don’t go out…

After letting the children have a meal in Lizheng Hall, Li Shimin released the others first, leaving only Li Chengqian and his two brothers, and Li Yin, alone.

In fact, Li Tai had wanted to join in and cause trouble for Li Chengqian.

But the current occasion was indeed not suitable for him to speak, so he could only sit there, watching his nose and his heart, and not say anything.

But he never expected that Li Chengqian would target him first.

"Qingque, look at you. Aye loves you the most, but you are unwilling to share that burden with Aye." Li Chengqian said.

Li Tai's size is not in vain, his brain is quick: "I am the elder brother's mirror in the court, and I am doing my duty for you, my elder brother."

"I don't think you have the courage." Li Chengqian sneered.

"Who said I don't have the courage?" Li Tai said, rolling up his sleeves. "I am also proficient in both civil and military tactics. In terms of single combat, I am not afraid of you. In terms of marching and deploying troops, I am even better than you!"

"Okay," Li Chengqian sat on the chair with a majestic look on his face. "When there is a war on the border tomorrow, you bring 100,000 soldiers and I bring 100,000 soldiers too. Let's see who can win and return to the court first!"

"Okay." Li Tai immediately seized on Li Chengqian's words and said, "Then we have to make a deal. You can't lead the army in person. If you are captured alive, our Tang Dynasty will become a laughing stock for the world and even for future generations. Look, the emperor has been captured alive..."

Li Xiang: …

We in the Tang Dynasty also want to send overseas students, right?
Li Chengqian's heart suddenly tightened. He instinctively felt that Li Tai was up to no good.

"How about this," Li Tai said with a smile, "The two of us brothers, take Zhinu with us, and go out to fight together. As the saying goes, brothers are united and can break iron with joint efforts. As for the throne, I think it would be better for you to abdicate to Xiang'er, don't you, Zhinu?"

Li Zhi nodded repeatedly in agreement: "Yes, brother, your abdication is greater than all the contributions you have made while you were here."

Li Chengqian only felt his eyes blurred. Li Zhi's words were really like Xiao Hei's big gun, silencing and hitting his family members.

(End of this chapter)