Chapter 409: The Dust Settles

Since Li Chengqian's family came to Dengzhou, Li Su naturally wanted to keep them for a few more days, after all, Li Chengqian was not in good health some time ago because of depression in his heart, coupled with symptoms such as seasickness, and Li Xiang and several other children also liked it very much, so Li Su let them live in Dengzhou for a while, and by the way, let Li Chengqian recuperate.

But these days they did not stay in the palace boring, Li Su and Wen Xin respectively took Li Chengqian's family to visit Dengzhou, but as Li Chengqian's identity, he was not very interested in natural beauty and the like, but he was very concerned about the market and the development of various industries in Dengzhou, and even visited the steam engine manufacturing plant with great interest, and witnessed how this machine that can run by eating charcoal is made.

In the past, Li Chengqian had only heard about the prosperity of Dengzhou, but he grew up in Chang'an and didn't care much about the prosperity of Dengzhou, after all, in his opinion, no matter how prosperous it was, it could not be compared with big cities like Chang'an and Luoyang. However, when he witnessed all walks of life in Dengzhou and the endless flow of people on the streets, he suddenly discovered that the prosperity of Dengzhou was no worse than Chang'an and Luoyang, and even in some aspects, it was much stronger than Chang'an and Luoyang.

Although Dengzhou was a famous port in the past, there were many ports like Dengzhou on the coastline of the Tang Dynasty at that time, but now it can be compared with Dengzhou, and it is estimated that only Guangzhou in the south can be compared with Dengzhou. Thinking of this, Li Chengqian was really convinced by Li Su's younger brother, no wonder his father favored the sixth brother so much. This ability alone is not comparable to other brothers.

Li Chengqian's family was playing in Dengzhou. The officials in charge of escorting them naturally did not dare to urge, and they could not be afraid of Li Chengqian. But he didn't dare to offend Li Zhuo, after all, everyone knew that this His Royal Highness King Qi was not only deeply favored by His Majesty, but also had a deep relationship with the Chinese military officials of the dynasty, if he offended him, then there would be absolutely no good fruit to eat, besides, it was normal for people to get together and stay for a few more days, who didn't have an eye for this situation?

It is with this acquiescence. Li Chengqian's family lived in Dengzhou for nearly half a month, until the weather became colder and colder, and then left Dengzhou by boat, but this time the boats were all big ships of the Qi Palace, among which Li Chengqian's family was on Li Su's Qi Wang, and a number of goods were also transported in the fleet, which were the various parts of the assembled train, which would be sent to Shanghai for assembly, and then build a primitive train transportation network in Shanghai. Although it is not enough to cover the whole city, it is still possible to cover a few major roads.

For the transportation of this batch of goods, Li Su also played a trick, he deliberately exaggerated the importance of these train parts. And solemnly hoped that Li Chengqian could help take care of it. Although Li Chengqian untied the knot in his heart from the blow of being abolished, he urgently needed the affirmation of others, so he made a 'request' for Li Su. Naturally, he agreed without hesitation.

When Li Chengqian's family left Dengzhou, Li Su, Wen Xin, Chouchou and other families went to the dock to see them off. But these days, Chouchou has had a lot of fun with a few cousins, but now he has to separate. Although at their age, they may not understand what it means to be separated, but children's feelings are always the keenest, they may have felt something, and as a result, Chouchou and Li Xiang and other children cried loudly, which made Li Su and others just busy coaxing the children, but diluted the sad atmosphere when parting.

When Li Chengqian, who was at the stern of the boat, looked at Li Su who kept waving his hand on the dock, tears flowed out again, but this was not a sad tear, but a tear of gratitude to Li Su. Although he only stayed in Dengzhou for half a month, and Li Su didn't seem to do anything for him, Li Chengqian knew that in the past few days in Dengzhou, Li Su gave him the most important thing, that is, the courage to live, and the family affection that supports this courage, and this is what he needs most now.

"Sixth brother, eldest brother will definitely live well, I want to see where you can go?" When he could no longer see the figure on the dock, Li Chengqian wiped his tears, then took a long breath and whispered.

When Li Chengqian's fleet went south from Dengzhou to Shanghai, Chang'an City was already full of turmoil for the matter of establishing a prince, and Li Tai's last sentence to Li Shimin's 'killing his son and passing on his brother' had begun to spread in some small circles, but for Li Tai's stupid words, it made countless people who opposed Li Tai's ascension to the throne laugh through their bellies, and after deep thought, they were already sure that Li Tai had buried his crown prince in vain because of his stupidity.

This discovery made most of the court feel very excited, and the few people who supported Li Tai all shook their heads and sighed, and the clever ones had begun to draw a clear line with the King of Wei, even if there was no way to draw it, they began to remain silent about the matter of the prince, and no longer actively fought for Li Tai, so that at least after the new prince took the throne, they would not be embarrassed.

And Li Tai didn't know where he was wrong at first, until he was instructed by some loyal people to understand that he was very wrong, but unfortunately it was too late to regret it at this time, although he desperately wanted to remedy it, and even entered the palace to see the eldest grandson queen, hoping to redeem a little bit of his father's opinion of himself, but unfortunately the big mistake has been made, and no one can change the fact that he missed the crown prince's position.

In the Liangyi Palace, Li Shimin sat in the hall, Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Jing and other more than a dozen civil and military ministers were listed on both sides, one of the white-haired old ministers stood in front of the imperial book case, and was talking to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the country cannot be without a king for a day, nor can it be without a prince for a day, now that the prince is deposed, a person with both ability and political integrity should be selected from the prince, inherit the position of the prince, and appease the hearts of the people in the world!" ”

This admonishing old minister is none other than Wen Xin's grandfather Xiao Yu, who is now urging Li Shimin to set up a new prince. However, when the eldest grandson Wuji next to him heard the words 'both ability and political integrity' in Xiao Yu's mouth, a trace of displeasure flashed on his face. Xiao Yu's thoughts are very clear to him, nothing more than to let Li Shimin make an order to summon Li Su back to serve as the crown prince, after all, among the remaining princes, only Li Yu can be called both virtuous and talented, and even Li Ke is worse than his younger brother.

However, after hearing Xiao Yu's words, Li Shimin smiled slightly and said: "Song Guogong is reasonable, I have been thinking about the establishment of the crown prince in the past few days, but several princes are very good, so I can't make up my mind for a while, but today I finally made up my mind and gave the prince a candidate!" ”

As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, the spirits of the dozen or so people below were immediately shocked, and their eyes were all focused on him, but only the eldest grandson Wuji was smiling, as if he had already known the result.

"Ahem~, Your Majesty, I don't know which prince the new crown prince is?" Fang Xuanling finally stood up and asked at this time. Although he was very satisfied with Li Su, Li Su was reluctant to return to Chang'an, so Fang Xuanling had no choice but to choose neutrality, and never expressed his opinion on matters related to Lichu, until now that the big thing has been decided, he came out to ask, and at the same time, the ears of the other ministers were all pricked up.

And Li Shimin smiled and said: "Although the King of Jin is young, he has always been smart and generous, and when he gets along with the princes, he never argues with others, and he is the queen's concubine, so I decided to make the King of Jin the crown prince!" ”

As soon as Li Shimin's words settled, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was standing behind Fang Xuanling, let out a sigh of relief, and a little smile appeared on his face, although he had known this result for a long time, but it was not until Li Shimin announced it in front of the Minister of Culture and Military Affairs that this matter was really settled, and it was impossible to change it, and only at this time could he be truly relieved.

And when Xiao Yu heard that the crown prince turned out to be the king of Jin, the look on his face was also gloomy, and he silently retreated to the list of Wenchen, and among the dozen or so people present, at least half of them sighed secretly in their hearts, they were all optimistic about Li Su, but unfortunately Li Su himself was unwilling to come back, and they had no choice.

Li Shimin had long observed the expressions of the ministers below, and now he saw that half of the people were showing displeasure, and he also sighed in his heart, if it was possible, of course he also wanted Li Su to come back, but Li Suzhi was not here, plus Li Su's development momentum outside, he, as a father, would not be able to drag his son back to be the prince, right?

Xiao Yu and these people needed to be appeased, but what Li Shimin was thinking couldn't be said clearly, but he had prepared in advance. I saw Li Shimin's hands pressed falsely, and after the ministers quieted down, he spoke: "Actually, the reason why I made the King of Jin the crown prince, in addition to the reasons I just said, I also specially asked for the opinion of Liulang, and as a result, he was also very supportive of the King of Jin as the crown prince. ”

Li Shimin said, picking up the letter that had been opened from the bookcase, and the ugly handwriting on the envelope was Li Su's handwritten letter. Seeing the letter, Xiao Yu and the others showed a wry smile on their faces, it turned out that the matter of establishing the King of Jin as the crown prince, Li Su, who was far away in Dengzhou, also participated, and now they really had nothing to say.

The eldest grandson Wuji saw the change in the expressions of Xiao Yu and the others, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more obvious, and Li Yu also supported the matter of establishing the king of Jin as the crown prince, so Xiao Yu and they had nothing to say anymore, right?

However, the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly thought that when he interviewed Li Su, the other party had sounded the alarm bell for him in advance, and the words 'I allow you to be Zhuge Kongming, but don't want to be Sima Yi' were still in his ears, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Li Shimin looked at Li Su's letter again, the content of this letter was not only to support the establishment of Li Zhi as the crown prince, but also put forward several suggestions to him in the letter, to carry out a 'transformation' of Li Zhi, the future successor of the Tang Dynasty, but the content of this transformation was a little cruel. (To be continued.) )