Chapter 256 Unexpected

"Then why don't you make Qingque the king, but make his sons Li Xin and Li Hui the kings instead? You should have no objection to this, right?" Li Er asked. "

I think it's inappropriate. Qingque was convicted of usurping the throne and was demoted to a commoner. How can his son be made a king? This is not in line with the ancestral etiquette and laws." Li Chengqian objected.

In history, Li Chengqian was demoted to a commoner and exiled to Qianzhou, and his son was not made a king. Why can the son of Li Tai, who was also a criminal, be made a king?

The father and son were at a stalemate, and the atmosphere was tense for a while. Finally, Li Er sighed and didn't say too much about it.

Li Chengqian was relieved because of this. As long as he didn't mention it again, the matter would be over.

"I'm tired! You can leave!" Li Er said angrily. He was very sad that his son had grown up and became not strange anymore.

"I'll take my leave!" Li Chengqian bowed and left politely. He tried to provoke Li Er again.

In the following days, Li Er did not mention anything about making Li Tai and his son kings.

Instead, he dealt with the affairs of the Guligan tribe. In addition to the Guligan tribe's submission to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Er also ordered Wang Boli, the governor of Songzhou, and other workers in the twelve states of Jiangnan to build hundreds of large ships, intending to use these large ships to conquer Goguryeo.

It seems that Li Er's heart to destroy Goguryeo is still alive, and he wants to complete the great task of destroying Goguryeo in one fell swoop during his lifetime.

What a pity! He will not see the destruction of Goguryeo in his lifetime!

Later, Li Er accepted Chuo Fushiyou of the Nuci tribe and his 10,000-strong army to submit to the Tang Dynasty.

Not long after, Chebi Khan of the Turks sent envoys to the court to pay tribute and express his submission. Chebi

Khan was a Turkic noble. When Xueyantuo became powerful, he wanted to submit to Xueyantuo, but some people in Xueyantuo were worried that Chebi Khan would become a disaster.

So they suggested that Yinan get rid of Chebi Khan, but somehow the news leaked out and Chebi Khan escaped. Yinan sent thousands of cavalry to chase him, but was defeated by Chebi Khan. He

established a tent at the northern foot of Jinshan Mountain and called himself Yizhu Chebi Khan. The remaining forces of the Turks came to submit to him. Within a few years, he had 30,000 troops and often fought against Xueyantuo.

After the demise of Xueyantuo, Chebi Khan became even more powerful. In order to avoid being annihilated by the Tang army, he sent envoys to Chang'an to express his submission.

Later, Zhao Mo, the leader of the barbarian tribe of Xizhao, led his entire tribe to submit to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Er changed his residence to Mingzhou.

Even Li Er's illness was cured during this period, and Li Er came to court every three days.

In general, the situation in the Tang Dynasty was very good during this period.

Li Chengqian did not expect that Li Er would finally issue an edict to re-confer Li Tai as king, and Li Tai's son Li Hui as Xin'an County Prince.

"You mean, your majesty has issued an edict to confer Li Tai as Pu Wang and Li Hui as Xin'an Wang? How is this possible?" Li Chengqian was unbelievable. He thought the matter was over, but he did not expect Li Er to still be obsessed with it.

Li Tai was re-appointed as a king, which was beyond Li Chengqian's expectation.

"Yes, my lord, the news from the Ministry of Personnel is definitely correct! Now the imperial edict has been sent out of Chang'an City!" Wang Quan said.

When he got the news, he was the first to run to report to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian frowned. At that time, Li Er had clearly given up the intention of re-appointing Li Tai as a king. How come a few months later, he thought of making Li Tai a king again?

Today, Li Er urgently summoned officials from the three provinces. Li Chengqian didn't care too much at first. Who knew it was to make Li Tai a king.

Li Chengqian couldn't figure it out. It would be great if he could plant a spy around Li Er, but it was impossible to plant a spy around Li Er.

"My lord! I heard that the King of Jin often met with His Majesty during this period!" Wang Quan said.

"Your Majesty has always loved Prince Jin. Why is it so surprising that he often comes to see Your Majesty?" Li Chengqian asked in confusion.

"My dear, this is different from what I thought. Now I think there must be something strange here." Wang Quan said.

"Oh! What's strange?" Li Chengqian suddenly became interested. He wanted to see what was different.

Wang Quan stepped forward and whispered something in Li Chengqian's ear.

"Are you serious?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Absolutely true! I dare not hide anything!" Wang Quan said.

Could it be that this little brat Li Zhi is playing tricks behind my back? It seems that I underestimated him too much! Li Chengqian thought to himself.

How could it be so simple for a man who could bring in Zhangsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang, who were both experienced in politics, and who could suppress a female emperor for the rest of his life?

Li Chengqian actually still underestimated him, but fortunately, he had his own spies around Li Zhi. If he couldn't monitor Li Er, he couldn't monitor Li Zhi.

"Go and find out if Prince Jin has made any unusual moves recently?" Li Chengqian said. He had already asked Wang Quan to plant spies around Li Zhi.

Of course, Li Chengqian also secretly planted Jinyiwei spies around Li Zhi.

This is called double insurance. Even if Wang Quan's spies don't work, the Jinyiwei spies will come in handy.

"Yes! I'll go right away!" Wang Quan took the order and left, while Li Chengqian waited for good news.

An hour later, Wang Quan returned and reported to Li Chengqian: "My lord! I have asked my spies, and the Prince of Jin has not made any unusual moves recently. Everything is normal."

"In addition to meeting with Your Majesty every day, he also discusses poetry and songs with Zhang Changling, the Deputy Minister."

Li Chengqian did not say anything. Whether it was normal or not could only be judged by listening to the news from the Jinyiwei.

Long before Wang Quan came back, Li Chengqian secretly arranged for the Jinyiwei to inquire about the situation, and he believed that there would be results soon.

Not long after, Long Zhi appeared in front of Li Chengqian in person.

"Your Highness!" Long Zhi saluted.

"Bocheng, no need to be polite! How is the situation?" Li Chengqian asked.

"The spy I planted beside Prince Jin reported that Prince Jin often conspired with this man named Zhang Changling."

"It's just that the secrets between Prince Jin and Zhang Changling were kept secret, and the spy didn't dare to get too close, for fear of arousing suspicion, so we don't know what they said specifically." "

Also, the people planted beside Prince Jin by the Neifang Ling have been instigated by Prince Jin's people, and there are even spies planted by Prince Jin in the East Palace." Long Zhi said.

There were only three of them in the hall, and Wang Quan and Long Zhi were both Li Chengqian's confidants, so Long Zhi dared to say it so directly.

Li Chengqian never expected that Li Zhi could actually plant people in the Eastern Palace. It seemed that he should give the Eastern Palace a good beating.

Otherwise, not everyone would dare to jump in front of him.

At this time, Wang Quan was already sweating coldly. The spy he had planted next to Prince Jin was turned against him, which was already a dereliction of duty.

Now he didn't even know that Prince Jin had planted a spy in the Eastern Palace. This was not as simple as dereliction of duty.

He felt that he was in big trouble!