Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

Regarding Li Chengqian's appointment as the crown prince, because Li Ke knew the result a long time ago, he realized it calmly and calmly.However, Li Tai's performance was completely opposite to him.

At this time, Li Tai was in his study, flipping through a copy of "Annotations to the Analects" absent-mindedly.In fact, Li Tai's heart was already in a mess, he couldn't read books at all.Although I was holding "The Analects of Confucius" in my hand, my mind had already returned to yesterday's dinner.Li Tai knew that the most fundamental reason for Li Chengqian's canonization as the crown prince was his uncle's eldest grandson Wuji's strong support.However, Changsun Wuji's personal strength may not be enough. The Guanlong Group standing behind Changsun Wuji is the decisive factor for Li Chengqian's entry into the East Palace.Li Tai didn't understand why Changsun Wuji favored Li Chengqian so much. "Uncle, why don't you support yourself, but support your elder brother who is not as talented and intelligent as me? Could it be that you are so partial?" Li Taiyu said to himself with resentment.

The day has passed Youshi, the moonlight is like water, the night is as dark as ink, and there is silence between heaven and earth.Li Tai put the scroll in his hand on the desk, stared at the candle in front of him, sighed slightly, and remained silent.It can be seen from the people in the East Palace who followed Li Chengqian at the dinner last night that he has already moved into the East Palace.And he has been granted the title of King of Wei, and will soon move to the Palace of King Wei.In this way, he will be farther away from his father, and it will be more difficult for his father, who is concerned about state affairs, to notice his words and deeds.

So, how many chances do I have to snatch the crown prince's position?Thinking of this, he felt like something was clogged in his heart, and he felt very heavy.Suddenly, an image of Li Chengqian meeting Li Shimin and talking to him, Li Shimin's eyes glowing like a close-up image appeared in front of his eyes.Li Tai angrily picked up the book on the case and looked towards the image, and the image disappeared wherever the book arrived.

Looking at the broken picture in front of him, Li Tai smiled instead of anger, he finally understood what he should do. "Since you bully me so much, then don't blame me for disregarding brotherhood." Li Tai said gloomyly, a trace of murderous intent flashed on his young face.Although he also heard that Li Shimin had the idea of ​​making Li Chengqian the crown prince, he has been unwilling to believe it or accept this fact.

Now, with the facts in front of his eyes, he realized that the deal was done and could not be changed.Perhaps, this is a heavy blow to him who is more conceited than Li Chengqian.If he can't bear such a blow, then he will definitely be decadent because of it.

However, the picture that emerged in his mind just now stimulated him and gave him some insight.Li Tai finally understands that he can't give up on himself because of this, and he still has a chance to get back what should belong to him. "I won't just admit defeat like this, brother, I have time." Li Tai revealed a firmness in his words.He has already decided that although Li Chengqian has successfully entered the East Palace, he will not stop there. If the crown prince can be established, he can be abolished. Prince's seat.

After thinking through this knot, although Li Tai was very unconvinced, he didn't care about gains and losses.He knew that he was much better than Li Chengqian since he was a child. Even Li Ke, who was praised by his father for his outstanding martial arts, he felt that he was not as good as himself. Knowing how to dance guns and sticks, it is difficult to match his knowledge.Therefore, as long as he continues to play to his strengths and continue to let Li Shimin pay attention to him, it is not that he has no chance.

Historically, among Li Shimin's several princes, Li Tai can be said to be a child prodigy. He is extremely intelligent, and he is superior to children of his age in terms of knowledge and intelligence. He also works very hard. Literature, calligraphy and painting, in the literati circle, although he is young, he has a great reputation.This not only attracted Li Shimin's attention to him, but also won Li Shimin's favor.It is recorded in the history books that according to the usual practice, the prince should go to the fiefdom when he becomes an adult, and he cannot stay in Gyeonggi for a long time.But because Li Shimin loves Li Tai too much, he is allowed to stay by his side for many years.

Everyone said that it was Li Shimin's favor that aroused Li Tai's ambition to become a prince.In fact, it cannot be said to be ambition. The difference between a prince and a prince is a difference in fate.Becoming a crown prince means succeeding the throne in the future and becoming an emperor with one person under one man and over ten thousand people above him.As for the prince, no matter how great the king is, he is still a courtier in front of the emperor.The emperor's temptation to men is the temptation of supreme power, not only Li Tai, but men all over the world, who doesn't want to be an emperor?What's more, Li Tai and Li Chengqian are both princes, and both were born to the eldest grandson empress. The only difference is that Li Chengqian was born a year earlier than him, and became the direct son of the Li family in terms of age.That's why Li Tai reacted so strongly to Li Chengqian being crowned prince.

Thinking about the joy of other princes when they were crowned king, Li Tai shook his head disdainfully.However, he also noticed a detail, that is, Li Ke was more happy to be named King of Han.He couldn't figure out why his third brother was so abnormal.At the banquet, he also paid special attention to Li Ke, and found that he was very calm, which made Li Tai unable to guess what he was thinking.

In fact, Li Tai also regarded Li Ke as one of his strongest opponents before establishing the crown prince.After all, Li Ke's personality is a bit like his father's, and he is also a very favored prince, and based on his intuition, Li Tai felt that Li Ke was a person who kept secrets, even if he wanted to fight for the prince, he would not let others see his intentions easily .

Therefore, Li Tai was more or less wary of Li Ke.But this wariness disappeared in Li Tai's heart at the moment Li Chengqian became the prince, replaced by a kind of sympathy, understanding and sympathy.The two sons who were both praised by the father and the emperor, in the end, the position of the prince fell to his elder brother Li Chengqian, who was not as talented as him, and his martial arts was not as good as Li Ke.

"The soldiers of the Han Dynasty have already conquered the land, and there are songs from all directions; the king is exhausted, and the concubine has nothing to do with life." The deep and desolate singing voice, accompanied by the whistling sound of silk and bamboo, reached Li Tai's ears through the window lattice, and it sounded in the quiet night. It feels very abrupt.Li Tai knew that the singing came from the emperor's bedroom.The Supreme Emperor and his grandfather Li Yuan are enjoying the song and dance "Farewell My Concubine".And the four poems just now are exactly what Yu Ji sang before she killed herself in Chu Ying.

Li Tai rubbed his temples, as if he wanted to rub away the depression that was bothering him.Li Tai said to himself: "I haven't reached the point where the overlord of Chu said, 'Han soldiers have already conquered the territory, and Chu is singing everywhere. A martial artist who only understands martial arts and has no resourcefulness?" Immediately, he thought of Li Ke again, with a hint of disdain on his lips.The current Li Ke seems to be like Xiang Yu, the overlord back then, with outstanding martial arts but poor resourcefulness, not to mention that there is a mountain that cannot be crossed.

Thinking of this, Li Tai finally smiled, very happy, very happy.He finally understood that on his way forward, Li Ke was no threat to her at all. His real enemy was Li Chengqian, the prince of the East Palace.

Because, at the banquet last night, Li Tai hardly ate anything due to his depressed mood, so he felt hungry at this moment, so he asked the maid to serve breakfast, and Li Tai ate up all the food in a gust of wind.After dinner, Li Tai was still thinking about how to make Li Chengqian's crown prince vulnerable. He knew that Li Chengqian was Li Shimin's first son, and Li Shimin had very high expectations for Li Chengqian. The prince has high hopes.

Therefore, Li Tai felt that he could not bring down Li Chengqian with his own ability.As the saying goes, more people are more powerful, Li Tai suddenly became enlightened, he knew what he should do in the future, that is to win over talents, expand and strengthen his own power.

As for the method of recruiting talents, Li Tai feels that he needs to be cautious. He is a prince, and it is impossible for him to recruit people like those buskers in the Jianghu who just pull a flag on the street and yell to recruit people. Being ridiculed by others, what's even more frightening is that it will attract Li Shimin's suspicion and Li Chengqian's wariness.

Li Tai is not a fool, he wants to recruit people, but he also needs to prevent others from seeing his motives.This requires finding a reason, Li Taisi thought about it, and finally came up with a wonderful idea.He liked poetry, calligraphy and painting since he was a child, and Li Shimin especially liked his articles and calligraphy. Why not start with it?In this way, he can justifiably attract bachelors.Li Tai finally had a smile on his face.

"It's just that these friends now have to keep in touch with each other from time to time." Li Tai said to himself.The few people he mentioned are actually his loyal confidantes who have always supported him to enter the East Palace. They are the first Shangshu Zuocheng Wei Ting, the minister Du Chuke, the servant Yushi Liu Ji and others.