Cen Wenben was silent for a moment, not answering Xiao Yu's concerns, but asked: "Brother Shi Wen believes that the new emperor ascended the throne in the future, how is Fang Junzhi's status?"

He is nearly twenty years younger than Xiao Yu. Now he is not yet sixty years old, but he is covered in white hair and is plagued by long-term illness. Instead, his family and country have to move to Chang'an to become a hostage from the former Sui Dynasty. Xiao Yu was full of red face and was in good spirits. Judging from the current status of the two, it is very likely that he would die a few years earlier than Xiao Yu...

Xiao Yu swayed the teacup in his hand, and said, "Fang Jun is talented, outstanding, and has great achievements. The influence of both military and political circles cannot be underestimated. Especially in the Eastern Palace, when the prince is deposed and all are suppressed, they will inevitably surrender to Fang Jun's wings. Only his leader is to follow and form a force that cannot be ignored. The first priority of the new emperor ascended the throne is to appease the court, and then he can reject dissidents. It is inevitable to win over Fang Jun. Once Fang Jun enters the center, with his ability and foundation, he will achieve the general trend in the blink of an eye... Therefore, Fang Jun may not be able to dominate the world in the future, but his weight is inevitable."

As the saying goes, "It is easy to ask for a god but difficult to send a god." As long as Fang Jun enters the center and is ranked as the prime minister, and then he wants to suppress him, it is as difficult as climbing to heaven.

Even His Majesty Li Er, who is as prestigious as a mountain, could only move Fang Jun to a idle position instead of expelling him from the court.

Fang Jun now has a big wing and a big tail...

Cen Wenben nodded and said, "That's true, but Brother Shi Wen also ignored one thing. Although Fang Jun is unstoppable in the future, there is still a big difference between King Wei and King Jin and King Jin and King of Jin."

Xiao Yu suddenly realized: "This is natural. The King of Wei and Fang Jun have a close personal relationship. The two have been engaged in educational cooperation in the past two years. The King of Wei trusts Fang Jun very much. Once the King of Wei ascended the throne, he will definitely value Fang Jun, and even fully accept Fang Jun's concept and implement the world with it. Compared with this, King of Jin is more afraid of Fang Jun. Even if he has to win over Fang Jun in the future, trust is limited after all."

He knew the meaning of elegance when he heard the string song. He understood the reason why Cen Wenben had this question - since Fang Jun's rise is inevitable, he should try his best to prevent the other party from having the greatest advantage so that he can take more initiative.

In short, support King Jin, attack King Wei, and try their best to assist King Jin to become the crown prince and ascend the throne in the future...

After thinking about it, Xiao Yu said, "This is not difficult. Compared with the King of Jin, the disadvantage of King of Wei is that he is young and has low prestige, and the court and the country may not be convinced. But he also has an advantage, that is, he has lived with His Majesty since childhood, and his father and son have a deeper relationship than his brothers. Empress Wende also missed His Highness King of Jin when she was dying, and privately may not have said such words as urging His Majesty to take good care of him."

King Jin was not His Majesty’s youngest son, but the youngest legitimate son born by Empress Wende, and his status was extraordinary.

To this day, Xiao Yu still remembers that when His Majesty Li Er was always stubborn and even Wei Zheng was persuaded, only Empress Wende could comfort her. Therefore, the prince, King of Wei and King of Jin were not only the legitimate sons of His Majesty, but also because of the birth of Empress Wende, the honor and favor became stronger.

As long as Empress Wende was so biased towards King Jin back then, it would be very likely to guide His Majesty's tendency to become a crown prince...

Cen Wenben nodded to approve it and added: "In addition, the King of Wei was very wise, but his personality was exaggerated, and there was a saying between the court and the country that was 'similar to Emperor Yang'. Once he became an emperor, he might repeat the mistakes of Emperor Yang of Sui's great success back then, and Your Majesty must have concerns."

Xiao Yu nodded repeatedly.

The folk customs can affect the ownership of the throne, especially after the crown prince was deposed, let His Majesty Li Er continue to "depose the eldest and establish the young" to ignore the King of Wei and change the King of Jin to the crown prince. Objectively speaking, the influence is very small and almost negligible.

"Sections and Inheritance" is a rule that has been passed down by the Han Dynasty for thousands of years. Abolishing a crown prince is considered a big fuss in the world. How can you depose two brothers in a row and support the youngest son?

However, when this trend is prevalent in the court, all civil and military officials, the royal family and nobles agree with it, the impact will be great.

As for how the praises such as "The King of Wei is similar to Emperor Yang" are so hustle and bustle in the court and spread among the nobles, it depends on their own methods...

The words of the whole world are melted into gold, and the bones are destroyed. If this continues, it will be enough to shake His Majesty Li Er's thoughts.

The means are very simple, just to hold on, but the simplest means are often the most effective.

Cen Wenben drooped his eyebrows, as if he was a little weak in energy, sighed lightly and said slowly: "I am exhausted and unable to continue. I will rely on you, Brother Shi Wen, to take care of these things."

This seems to be a bit suspicious, but Xiao Yu couldn't ask for it and said with concern: "The body is important. You are only over fifty years old. You have a good life in the future. You should be careful to take care of this. You can rest assured. I will take it with all my strength."

Whoever presides over this matter will risk "slandering the prince", but the greater the risk, the greater the profit.

The Chinese officials of the unified dynasty attacked the King of Wei. Once successful, Xiao Yu's prestige and power will be improved. In the future, Cen Wenben retired due to illness. Who else can compete with him in the court and the country?

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It is always said that "the trend of history is vast and powerful. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish." However, every fragment and every node of history is created by people. All living beings are ignorant, but there will always be talented people standing in the long river of history, fiddling with the trend, leading the wind, and making history cheaper according to their will, which will ultimately benefit the common people or cause disaster to the people.

Gu Bi/span Right and evil, right and wrong, history has no if.

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In the Wude Hall, His Majesty Li Er put the piles of documents aside, drank tea, and told Wang De to repair the palaces in the Tai Chi Palace as soon as possible.

"The Duke of Liang's Mansion occupies half of the yard, with houses and houses lined up one after another. As a result, it has been repaired in just a few days and can be used to welcome guests. I am the supreme emperor in the world, but this Tai Chi Palace has not been repaired for a long time. What are the officials of the Ministry of Works and the Shaofu? Later, you go to the Ministry of Works and the two government offices in the Shaofu to inform them to speed up the progress. Within ten months, I will move back to the Ganlu Hall."

His Majesty Li Er looked bad, angry, and extremely dissatisfied.

After war, Tai Chi Palace was in ruins and suffered heavy losses in many palaces, which caused him to drive the prince back to the East Palace after returning to the capital and occupy the Wude Hall for temporary settlement.

However, on the one hand, he wanted to depose the crown prince, and on the other hand, he drove the crown prince away, which always made His Majesty Li Er feel guilty of "occupying the nest"...

But what's guilty about?

This world was stolen by him risking his life to launch the "Xuanwu Gate Incident" from Emperor Gaozu and Prince Yin Li Jiancheng. He has been working hard for more than ten years and has been doing his best to manage and prosper. He would give it to anyone he wanted, and who would stipulate that he could only give it to the prince?

So this unreasonable guilt made him feel extremely uncomfortable...

Wang De bowed to his order, but complained in his heart that no matter how grand and luxurious Duke Liang was, it was just a Duke's mansion. No matter how simple the repairs you have, it was still a large palace in the palace. Different regulations and scales, where is there any comparison?

But when His Majesty was dark and angry, he did not dare to make any comments. He thought that he would go to the Ministry of Works later and put pressure on the two government offices of the Shaofu. As for whether the construction can be completed as scheduled, it was not his duty...

His Majesty Li Er vented for a while, his mood was slightly relieved, and he took a sip of tea and thought about it, then said: "I am on the east expedition, and the prince is invincible to defend the country. I believe he is worried and has no thoughts about tea and food. His body is already weak, and this kind of trouble may lead to the root of the disease. You will send some of the top-grade ginseng I brought back from Liaodong to the prince to replenish his body."

Wang De's heart was shocked and he quickly responded.

The prince was indeed weak. Falling off a horse not only hurt his legs and feet, but he also damaged his internal organs, but he has not been seriously injured after years of recuperation. However, His Majesty's words and behavior confirm that the prince's statement that "the body is weak and the roots are damaged" must be for the purpose of Yi Chu to open up public opinion in the future...

There is an inner room outside the door, saying that Li Junxian is asking for a visit.

Wang De took the opportunity to leave and came outside the door to summon Li Junxian to meet him. He rushed to the Ministry of Works and the two yamen in the Shaofu to convey His Majesty's order...

Li Junxian entered the study and saw His Majesty Li Er walking back to the imperial case and sat down. He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed two steps, handed over a list, and then said: "I will be ordered to supervise the Duke of Liang's Mansion. This is the list of guests invited to the banquet."

Seeing His Majesty Li Er take the list and watch it, he said, "During this period, Zhang Xingcheng, the Minister of Personnel, who had not received invitations, came to the door to congratulate him and presented him with congratulations, but he was humiliated by Duke Yue and left in anger..."

"Oh? Tell me carefully."

His Majesty Li Er put down the list and asked Zhang Xingcheng about what happened.

This list was not beyond his expectations. Apart from the princes, only Li Daozong, Ma Zhou and others in the court were considered to be Fang Jun’s best friends, which seemed to be just an ordinary family dinner. But His Majesty Li Er knew that Fang Jun wanted to convey his powerful connections and power to the outside world in this way of "family dinner" - even if it was just my best friend, relative, uncle, that was not something you could provoke.

This is Fang Jun preparing for the possible suppression and attack. Otherwise, once the outside world regards his power as absent and his status plummeted, there will be people who covet his huge wealth. Fang Jun is not afraid, but he is very annoyed...

On the contrary, Zhang Xingcheng came uninvited and had some tricks.

Li Junxian then explained in detail that at that time, many servants of the Fang family and Zhang Xingcheng were present. Afterwards, Li Junxian only investigated it briefly, and even every conversation between the two of them was clearly clear, without any word.

After saying that, Li Junxian stood on one side. His duty was to monitor all officials. As for how the emperor made a decision, he could not interfere, nor did he dare to intervene.
Chapter completed!