The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 236 Three deceptions from Li Shimin

Li An doesn't want to be an emperor. He just wants to take care of his own land. If he still has the ability, he will get something that can help the Tang Dynasty. If he doesn't have the ability, Li An will stay silently.

Li An has no ambitions. He just comes here to accompany his daughter, that's all.

So days are still going on, time is like an hourglass, it will only move forward. The summer harvest has ended when Li An is still in the palace. Fortunately, with the help of Liao Zi, the wheat around Chang'an has been harvested. up.

And just three days later, the heavy rain in Chang'an came as promised. The people were very lucky about this heavy rain. The temperature dropped and it did not affect the wheat harvest.

It rained heavily for three days, followed by drizzle and gloomy weather. But after another week, the sky in Chang'an finally cleared up again, and as time came in September, the annual Hundred Wine Banquet was about to begin.

The weather is brisk in September and there is no feeling of sultry heat at all.

Cheng Yaojin, Cui Xian, Yuchi Gong, Mrs. Yuchi, Niu Jinda, Mrs. Niu, Qin Qiong and his wife. There are also Cheng Chumo, Cheng Chuliang, Princess Qinghe, Cheng Chubi, Yuchi Baolin, Yuchi Baoqing, Niu Sheng, Li An, Qin Yu waited for a group of people on horseback and carriages to arrive at Qujiang Furong Garden.

Furong Garden is still very beautiful. In addition to Qujiang, there are Ziyun Tower, Caixia Pavilion, Liangtang and Penglai Mountain on the riverside. In particular, Li Shimin also dug a large-scale water conservancy project, the Yellow Canal, to expand the water surfaces of Furong Pool and Qujiang Pool. , and then open this part to everyone in Datang for free.

Soon it became a place where the royal family, monks and common people gathered for a grand tour.Qujiang Liuyin, Xingyuan Guan Banquet, and Yanta Inscription are all famous.

Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, the people of Chang'an already had a beautiful public garden.

After entering here, Li An couldn't help but have a poem in his heart, "The palace at Jiangtou has thousands of doors locked, and the thin willows and new cattails are green." Although this is the second time he has entered here, Li An still feels that this place is really beautiful. , a breeze blew by, a piece of willow rustled, the grass was green, the kind of vibrant green, the river was clear, reflecting the sparkling waves.

"Dad, look, there is a little bird." Li Duoduo restlessly stretched out his little head in the carriage.

Li An smiled and said: "I know, I know, can't you stick your little head out? It's very dangerous. Look at how many people are outside. It would be bad if you touch them."

"Oh, I know, um, dad, will the bearded grandpa and the beautiful grandma come today?" Li Duoduo looked at Li An and asked.

Li An shook his head slightly: "I don't know about this. Okay. Stop making trouble and come back quickly."

Li Duoduo nodded, followed back to Li An, and sat on Li An's lap.

Soon, the destination was arrived, and everyone got off the car together. After everyone got off the car, the servant took the carriage and horses aside, and followed Li An and others directly into the venue of the Baijiu Banquet. First, they entered a large place in the middle of the venue. The polo field here used to be a place for playing polo, but it has been requisitioned today. On both sides of the polo field are small sheds that have been built one after another. The sheds are large and small. This is the distinction between levels. Among the large and small sheds There are seats and tables.Drinks, snacks, and some fresh fruits, plums, and peaches have been placed on the dining table early. There will be a sign in front of each small shed with the mark of each Duke's residence: Qin Family, Yuchi Family, and Cheng Family. , the Niu family's sheds are all together, and they are considered to be in the front section.

Surrounding them are Li Jing, Li Ji, Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, etc. The shed on the right is for military generals, and the shed on the left is for civil servants, and they are all distinguished according to status and official position.

The prince's shed is on both sides of Li Shimin's shed. It is said that all the princes will be there today, and Li Shimin will come in person. The Hundred Wine Banquet is a small banquet before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and because this Hundred Wine Banquet was organized by Li Yuan, Li Shimin will definitely come. come over.

Some people will definitely say, oh, this is because Li Shimin and Li Yuan have such a good relationship, that's why it's like this.

In fact, on the contrary, it was because the relationship between Li Shimin and Li Yuan was not good at all, so Li Shimin came to this hundred-wine banquet to show off. You must know that Li Yuan had deceived Li Shimin three times.

The first time: At the end of the Sui Dynasty, at the beginning, Li Shimin encouraged his father Li Yuan to lead the Li family to rebel. The establishment of the Li family's Taiyuan "base" was also Li Shimin's credit.Afterwards, Li Yuan vowed to make Li Shimin the prince in the future, but when Li Yuan led the Northwest Warlord Group to establish the Li family dynasty, he made Li Jian the prince instead.This was the first time that Li Yuan broke the contract, and it was also the first time that Li Shimin's young heart felt deceitful (that was when Li Shimin was only about 20 years old, and he felt the deep malice from this world).

The second time: Later, Li Shimin continued to make great achievements, and with the many capable ministers and generals under Li Shimin, his prestige in the army gradually increased. What was even more frightening was that Li Shimin had elite combat troops, and his father Li Yuan began to worry that he would rebel (Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Brothers) Fraudulence abounds, not surprisingly).

Machiavellian Li Yuan decided to adopt a strategy of supporting Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji in order to gain Li Shimin's power.The prince Li Jiancheng became even more restless because of the unknown arrival of the prince.

Li Jiancheng had launched many military coups, but Jiang was still too old: the coups were blocked by Li Yuan one by one. Because he wanted to restrain the most capable and prestigious Li Shimin, Li Yuan believed that Li Jiancheng was still valuable, so he had no choice but to constantly order Li Shimin to lead troops outside. Fighting (there was an ulterior motive in this, Li Yuan hoped that Li Shimin would die or be defeated in the battle so that he would have reason to deal with him), so Li Yuan endured and let Li Jiancheng continue to be the prince.

But what Li Yuan never expected was that Li Jiancheng controlled his ambition and launched another coup. At that time, Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji were all on errands abroad and were not involved in the coup vortex.Li Yuan was frightened when he saw the aggressive posture of another careerist Li Jiancheng. He immediately ordered Li Shimin to be found and asked Li Shimin to rush back to Chang'an to be the "prince". He also promised Li Shimin to demote Li Jiancheng to the king of Shu. What is ridiculous is that Li Shimin set off for Chang'an. After leaving, Li Yuan immediately changed his mind.The matter ended up being unresolved.

The third time: After the Renshou Palace Incident, Li Yuan was completely disheartened by Prince Li Jiancheng, but still did not kill him.

Li Yuan once again promised to make Li Shimin the prince in person, but soon changed his mind.When he ordered Li Shimin to go to Chang'an City, he hurriedly notified Li Jiancheng to return to the capital Chang'an as soon as possible, so that he could continue to rule the government as a prince. (What did Li Shimin think when he got the news on the way? He must have lost all hope in his heart!)
You said that Li Shimin, who had been deceived three times, would still have a father-son relationship with Li Yuan. Don't be kidding, Li Shimin was deceived again and again, which made him completely disappointed in his father Li Yuan.As a talented and prestigious person, he must not tolerate being played with in the applause.What's more, his brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji also hope to put him to death and then hurry up!
Someone may ask again, why does Li Shimin still hold the hundred-wine banquet organized by Li Yuan every year?
Hehe, this is a conspiracy. Li Shimin can't let the world see that he no longer has a father-son affection for his father. Instead, Li Shimin will recall Li Yuan every time today and lament Li Yuan's departure, and how reluctant he is to let go.

"Let's go play for a while!" As soon as Li An sat down, Cheng Chumo and others called Li An out. They wanted to go somewhere else to play. To be honest, sitting in the small school with his parents In the shed, it was a real ordeal.

"Dad, let's go quickly!" Li Duoduo stood up excitedly.

(End of this chapter)