Li Jiancheng personally sent Yang Shidao out of the gate of the East Palace, although nominally he had full powers to represent the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty to reach a settlement.

But in fact, he had to report this major change in the Sui Dynasty to his father, and if he really agreed or refused anything, then what awaited him would be the thunderous wrath of his father.

It wasn't until recently that Li Jiancheng gradually tasted it, why his father was always dissatisfied with him, not because he did anything wrong, but because he didn't do some things properly, his father handed over a lot of government affairs to him, but it didn't mean that his father also handed over power to him.

He made decisions on many government affairs, but this should not be the last step, he still had the most critical step to do, he did not report to his father what had happened recently, how he dealt with it, how to exercise power.

It was this most critical step that was not done that made his father suspicious of him, did he overstep his authority? Is there any concealment of major events and so on? After a long time, my father naturally turned from suspicion to dissatisfaction.

Although Li Jiancheng's realization came a little late, his thinking was correct, just like the chairman of the board of directors did not interfere in daily operations, but also had to read the report, Li Jiancheng just forgot that he needed to make a ten-month report, a monthly report and the like to present to the emperor Li Yuan.

Li Jiancheng has decided to make a summary table every ten days and submit it to his father, so that his father can understand the big and small things that have happened in the imperial court in the past ten days.

He sent Yang Shidao away, and as soon as he returned to his study, a eunuch came in to report: "Your Highness, Yang Xima has something to report, and he has been waiting for a long time." ”

Yang Xima is Yang Jun who served as the prince to wash the horse, and the prince washing the horse is a position that is closer to the prince, which is generally recommended by the prince himself, and is often his own henchman.

Although Yang Jun is Yang Yuanqing's brother, and he is suspected of betraying his father, his reputation is not very good, but Li Jiancheng doesn't care about it, and still recommends him to serve as the crown prince.

Li Jiancheng nodded, "Let him in!" ”

Not much. Yang Jun walked in quickly. Yang Jun is thirty-four or five years old this year, after he and Yang Rong surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, they were despised for betraying their father, and because of Yang Yuanqing, Li Yuan didn't use them, only gave each of their brothers a low-level title, and gave them a share of the money.

But the crown prince was more tolerant, because the crown princess interceded, so he raised the Yang brothers in the East Palace. Yang Rong served as a guard officer, and Yang Jun served as a staff member.

Yang Jun is more knowledgeable and scheming, and he gave Li Jiancheng a lot of ideas, won Li Jiancheng's trust, and reminded Li Jiancheng that he should send a summary to Emperor Li Yuan, which was Yang Jun's suggestion three days ago.

Yang Jun is not only a staff member, but also a prince washing horses. are as loyal to Li Jiancheng as ever. Therefore, Li Jiancheng regarded him as a confidant and entrusted him with some important secret things.

Yang Jun stepped forward and gave a deep salute, "Your Highness, Weichen has something to report!" ”

Li Jiancheng understood what he wanted to report, so he said to several eunuchs in the study: "You all retreat!" ”

The eunuchs retreated, and there were only two people in the room, Yang Jun and Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng smiled slightly, "Say it!" What's the news? ”

"Gong Yin asked me to tell His Highness. Recently, the saint has been sleeping very badly, often insomnia in the middle of the night, and he is very distressed about this, if His Royal Highness can show his thoughtfulness in time, it will definitely make Long Yan happy, in addition, Concubine Yin De also guessed from the tone of the saint. The queen's physical condition is a little bad, but the news is blocked, I don't know if it's true or not. ”

Yin Gong is Yin Guiping, Yin Defei's father, in order to find foreign aid, Yin Defei let his father and Li Jiancheng get in touch, Li Jiancheng is also willing to Yin Defei to become his palace insider, so he ordered Yang Jun to contact Yin Guiping as his representative.

Li Jiancheng nodded, he also got a little news from the imperial doctor, it seemed that there was a tumor in the queen mother's body, and the queen mother became extremely thin during this time, but the queen mother refused to let outsiders know, so the news has been blocked, which is basically the same as the news of Concubine Yin De.

However, the news of his father's insomnia made Li Jiancheng have a mind, this is indeed a good opportunity to please his father, he thought about it for a while, it seems that half a year ago, Meishan County Taishou Shi Chongyuan gave himself a jade pillow, which has a good sleeping effect and can be dedicated to his father.

"What else?" Li Jiancheng asked again.

"There is also the fact that Yin Gong hopes to get a piece of land in Chengdu, which is about ten hectares, and the other party is more than 100 farmers, so he refuses to give it away, and he hopes that His Royal Highness can put pressure on the Taishou of Shu County."

Li Jiancheng frowned, this is a bit difficult to do, of course Li Jiancheng is not willing to take the land of the peasants, the homesteaders are the cornerstone of the Tang Dynasty, and they must not be easily destroyed.

But since Yin Guiping made this request, it was difficult for him to refuse, and after pondering, this matter could be properly solved by Shu County Taishou Gao Biaoren, and it could be solved by increasing compensation, or replacing land, etc.

"I know about this matter, you tell Yin Gong, let him not worry, I will solve it for him."

"The subordinates will tell him."

At this moment, an urgent voice from a eunuch came from outside the study: "Your Highness, the Holy Lord has summoned His Highness to hurry up and meet him!"

Hearing the word 'hurry', Li Jiancheng didn't dare to delay, and gave a few more orders to Yang Jun, ordered someone to fetch a jade pillow, and hurried into the palace......

The East Palace is also in the Taiji Palace, very close to the Wude Hall where Li Yuan's imperial study is located, and after a while, Li Jiancheng came to the front of the imperial study, and a eunuch went in to report for him, and soon came out and said: "Your Highness, the Holy God has ordered you to see you!" ”

Li Jiancheng tidied up his clothes and walked into the imperial study quickly, in the imperial study, Li Jiancheng unexpectedly found that King Qin was also there, and he immediately felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, could it be that his father summoned him, and it was related to the matter of King Qin?

Li Jiancheng didn't have time to think about it, and stepped forward to give a deep salute, "The son asks his father to say goodbye, and I wish my father and the emperor good health and longevity than Nanshan!" ”

"The emperor is exempt!"

Li Yuan smiled, but the smile was not so loving, and the prince's etiquette was also very thoughtful, but compared with the King of Qin, who would kowtow every time he saw him, the prince was still a little worse.

It was this kind of almost comparison that made Li Yuan not very comfortable, and felt that Jiancheng was a little inferior to Shimin in terms of filial piety to himself.

At this time, Li Yuan saw that the eunuch behind him was holding a jade pillow, which was obviously brought by Jiancheng, so he asked, "Emperor, what's the matter with this jade pillow?" ”

"Back to my father, the last time I saw my father's spirit, I thought about whether my father was not sleeping well, and my son remembered it, and went back to find it, this jade pillow is called Youxian Pillow, it was a few months ago Meishan Shi Taishou tribute, and his father gave it to his son, it is said that it is excellent for promoting sleep, and his son has never used it, so he decided to dedicate it to his father, so that his father can rest well."

Li Yuan really didn't sleep well these days, he would wake up in the middle of the night, and then he couldn't sleep, making him tired every day, very distressed, Li Jiancheng's pillow in time suddenly made him overjoyed, and the unhappiness just now because he didn't kowtow also disappeared.

"The emperor has a heart, I am very pleased, very good! Very good! ”

Li Yuan said two 'very good' in a row, indicating that he was extremely satisfied, Li Jiancheng was overjoyed, Concubine Yin's news was really useful, he wanted to strike while the iron was hot and said that the content of the song would be summarized once in ten days, but King Qin was here, Li Jiancheng held back, he didn't want King Qin to participate in his own government affairs.

Li Jiancheng turned the topic to business, "My father summoned my sons and ministers to meet me, and my sons are willing to serve my father!" ”

Li Yuan had just received the latest news from Li Shimin that the Sui Dynasty had closed the silver mines in Huining County and that the miners had begun to move north, which surprised Li Yuan, and he wanted to know about the negotiations between Li Jiancheng and Yang Shidao.

"I heard from the people of the world that the Sui Dynasty has closed the Huining Silver Mine, what is going on? Does Yang Shidao have anything to say? ”

Li Jiancheng didn't expect the Sui army to act so decisively, as soon as he got the news, the Sui army closed the mine, Li Jiancheng hurriedly said: "Back to my father, about an hour ago, Yang Shidao came to find his son, saying that the Sui Dynasty is willing to show sincerity, agree to our request, officially close the mine, and stop issuing silver coins, it seems that the Sui Dynasty is trustworthy this time." ”

"Trustworthy?"

Next to Li Shimin sneered and said: "If Yang Yuanqing is a trustworthy person, Huining Silver Mine should be ours now, an armistice agreement was signed last year, how is it written in black and white, we abide by the agreement and send troops from Wuguan to attack Luoyang, but they crossed the river directly from Shaanxi County, directly breaking the agreement, I can't see where Yang Yuanqing is trustworthy, his closure of the mine is just a measure of rights and interests, and he was forced to be helpless, it must be because the Turkic army has threatened his border security." ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin bowed to Li Yuanshen, "I want to say what my son said just now, let the imperial brother know, and ask my father for permission." ”

Li Yuan sighed and said, "The emperor said it!" ”

Li Shimin turned to Li Jiancheng and said: "There is news from Jincheng County that the bodies of the Turkic envoy and the Tang army guard have been dug up in a forest, this must be done by the Sui army, it is to prevent us from joining forces with the Turks, now the northern border of the Sui Dynasty is very bad, Jieli Khan has just ascended the throne, he is eager to establish prestige among the Turks and Tiele tribes, so it is his best choice to exterminate the rest of the Utu, but the rest of the Utu is in Mayi County, once the Turkic army goes south, the rest of the Utu will inevitably go south for refuge, A war between the Sui army and the Turkic army was inevitable, which is why Yang Yuanqing was anxious to pacify us, otherwise how could he close the silver mines. ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head slowly, "Although he was forced to be helpless, Yang Yuanqing still showed sincerity, since ancient times, the invasion of the Central Plains by the northern nomads will bring great disasters to the civilians, if the Sui army resists the Turkic invasion, we stab the Sui army from behind, what does this make the world think of us?" It will arouse the anger of the people of the world, and it will confirm the rumors that we colluded with the Turks, father, if you want to maintain the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty, first of all, the righteousness cannot be lost, and the sons resolutely oppose the use of the opportunity of the Sui Dynasty to seek the interests of the Tang Dynasty, we should support the Sui Dynasty to fight against the Turks, this is what a benevolent and righteous state should do, and must not take the opportunity to attack the Sui. ”