The news of Li Shimin's death soon spread to Chang'an City, and Tang Zhou hurriedly entered the palace before he had time to prepare. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When entering the palace, the palace seemed a little chaotic, everyone was decorating the palace, some festive things to be taken off, and some white things to be hung up.

Time is a bit tight, so naturally it's a bit messy.

In the harem, you can faintly hear bursts of crying, and there are already a lot of ministers here in the hall, and everyone looks very serious, and occasionally makes a few howls and cries.

The crown prince Li Zhi was not there, not only Li Zhi was not there, but even the ministers such as the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang were not there.

Now that Li Shimin has died, many things need to be done, no matter how sad the crown prince Li Zhi is, he has no time to cry in front of these people, he has more important things to do.

After Tang Zhou arrived, a eunuch led him to the imperial study.

Tang Zhou came to the imperial study, Li Zhi was discussing things with others, and Tang Zhou stood aside after a slight gesture.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my father has passed away, and now he is in mourning, and there will be a lot of things to do in the court next, so I will bother you."

The eldest grandson Wuji and the others nodded, after the mourners came, in addition to informing Li Shimin of his death, they also said that the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang were appointed as ministers of Tuogu, so Li Zhi naturally had to ask the two of them for advice if he had anything.

After nodding, the eldest grandson Wuji said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Holy Lord has died, and everything is complicated, but the Ministry of Etiquette is in charge, you don't have to worry too much, there must be a lot of things in the court and China now, you still have to focus on the overall situation." ”

The meaning of the eldest grandson Wuji's words is very simple, Li Shimin's entry into the soil for peace is the responsibility of the people in the court, Li Zhi does not have to guard the spirit like those filial sons of the people, he must focus on national affairs.

And this situation often happens when the imperial power is alternated, after all, not anyone's imperial power can be carried out smoothly, Li Shimin's burial will take a few days, and in these few days, anything may happen to the Tang Dynasty, so the crown prince Li Zhi must take this seriously.

The crown prince Li Zhi naturally understood this truth, but he couldn't agree immediately, so he had to shirk it, saying that he was not filial, etc., after a few persuasions from the ministers, Li Zhi was able to reluctantly accept it.

After Li Zhi accepted, the next thing was to mourn the vassal kings of other places, Li Shimin died, these vassal kings in various places were not allowed to enter Beijing casually before they got the order, only after getting the order, they could enter Beijing, and even if they entered Beijing, each of them could not bring more than a certain number of soldiers and horses.

But among these princes, there must be a few who have different intentions, so when mourning them, Li Zhi and them must think about it, whether to send it immediately, or wait.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, now inside and outside Chang'an City, there are only about 20,000 available troops, if these forces are dispersed to be in charge of different places, the number of troops will be less, so the minister's meaning, the mourning of the princes can be postponed for a few days, and after the troops from other parts of my Tang Dynasty gather in Chang'an, the mourning will be carried out."

The eldest grandson Wuji knows these princes of the Tang Dynasty the most, there are many ambitious people among them, if they are allowed to enter Beijing early, there may be some trouble, and now his ministers who are entrusted to the orphans, how can they ensure that the crown prince Li Zhi ascends the throne smoothly, right?

It's just that after the eldest grandson Wuji finished speaking, another official said: "The strength of Chang'an City is weaker, but the funeral will be held in a few days, but if the other princes can't come, won't they be laughed at?" ”

The other princes are okay to say, but if those princes can't come, it's a bit too much, they all say that Li Shimin's son, so there is a reason why Lao Tzu died and his son didn't come?

This is inconsistent with etiquette, and it is easy to think that this is deliberately done by Prince Li Zhi, so that Prince Li Zhi's reputation will be ruined.

The ministers said something about these two points of view, and when the crown prince Li Zhi saw this situation, he wanted those princes and princes to come, after all, those princes were his own brothers, and their father was buried, so what did it matter if the other princes didn't come?

Even if there is danger, he must not lose his courtesy, that will make people laugh.

It's just that the current eldest grandson Wuji is a minister of life, if he refutes the views of the eldest grandson Wuji before he ascends the throne, it will inevitably make the eldest grandson Wuji have some other thoughts, and when his foundation is not stable, he doesn't want to have a fight with the eldest grandson Wuji.

So this decision was not good for Prince Li Zhi, he swept around, and saw Tang Zhou standing in the crowd without saying a word, so he suddenly asked: "Tang Houye, what do you think about this matter?" ”

As a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, it is reasonable for Tang Zhou to enter the palace, but it is a bit inappropriate to participate in this, after all, he has no official position, and the eunuch brought him here because the prince Li Zhi asked him to come in, but Tang Zhou knew it very well, so when others were discussing, he did not interject.

Now the crown prince Li Zhi suddenly asked, everyone turned their attention to Tang Zhou, seeing Tang Zhou, everyone didn't feel surprised, in their hearts, it seemed to be natural for Tang Zhou to be here, after all, Tang Zhou's fame is too great, even if he doesn't have an official position, everyone won't be aware of it for a while.

Everyone looked at Tang Zhou, wanting to hear his opinion.

Tang Zhou pondered for a moment and said: "What the two adults said makes sense, among the princes, no one knows what they think, it is normal to be wary of them, but it is not possible to let them miss the funeral of the saint, so it is better to divide the funeral into groups, those who are far away, send people first, and those who are close will stop for a few days, so that they can only come quickly, and they cannot enter Beijing with a large entourage." ”

After Tang Zhou finished speaking, everyone thought about it, but they all felt good, if the funeral was divided into batches, the time left for these princes would be relatively tight, at that time they could only travel lightly and quickly, and it would not be easy to bring their own soldiers to Chang'an City.

Of course, they also knew that they didn't need to mourn the news of Li Shimin's death, and someone in the capital naturally informed them, so it was not impossible for them to send the government soldiers some time in advance.

But no matter what, Tang Zhou's method is the best.

After discussing it like this, the eldest grandson Wuji didn't have any opinions, so it was decided.

After talking about mourning other princes, the next thing is the enthronement of the crown prince Li Zhi.

According to the regulations, the crown prince's ascension to the throne needs to be after Li Shimin's funeral, so now everyone still calls him the crown prince and Li Shimin a saint.

The matter of ascending the throne is very important, and the ministers rarely have to discuss it together, but there are precedents for this, and there is not much controversy, but when everyone was discussing it almost one night, suddenly a eunuch hurriedly ran over: "It's not good, it's not good, Li Yun, the king of Jiang, rebelled and led his troops to kill ......."