Li Jiancheng drank the wine in his glass and sneered: "This is not the main reason. Money and food are not a problem. The key is the power and position of the emperor. My father, don't I understand him?"

"Maybe it! However, the Zhou Dynasty also participated in the complete liquidation of the Guanlong nobles. In other words, this is what Zhang Xuan promoted behind the scenes. Not only are we worried that the Guanlong nobles will not lose their tails, but the Zhou Dynasty is also worried. It's just that Zhang Xuan used us to clean up the Guanlong nobles. This is the fundamental reason why Zhang Xuan proposed a one-year truce. He did not threaten Guanzhong with war, so that we could concentrate on completely liquidating the Guanlong nobles."

Li Jiancheng nodded silently, and he recognized Chen Shuda's conclusion.

At this time, Chen Shuda lowered his voice and said to Li Jiancheng: "I invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come today. I have another thing to tell His Royal Highness!"

"What's the matter? Please tell me bluntly."

"I am definitely not sow discord, but I remind the Crown Prince to pay attention to His Highness the King of Chu."

"Yuan Ji, what's wrong with him?" Li Jiancheng asked in surprise.

"Your Highness, the King of Chu is not a person who is willing to be ordinary. I have long discovered that he has the ambition to fight for the throne. It was not until then that I purged the Guanlong nobles that I truly confirmed his ambition."

Li Jiancheng frowned. He didn't believe that his fourth brother had the ambition to fight for the throne, and his father would not pass the throne to him. If he didn't give it to him, it would be more likely to give it to his second brother. However, Li Jiancheng also knew that Chen Shuda was a very steady person and would never be aimless, nor would he arbitrarily criticize such a major event as fighting for the throne.

"What did the prime minister discover specifically?" Li Jiancheng asked.

"This time, the emperor, my Highness and His Highness of Chu, were jointly responsible for cleaning up the nobles of Guanlong. Although I was in charge of Chang'an and the King of Chu was in charge of Chang'an, there were still several officials from the court followed His Highness of Chu to various manors. Several officials reported to me that the King of Chu was extremely licentious and cruel, and he did not let go of women with a little beauty. He also embezzled a large amount of precious jewelry. However, he did not violate the grain, soldiers and slaves from various manors, and all handed over to the court, with clear accounts."

Li Jiancheng was puzzled, "But this doesn't just mean that he has no ambition to fight for the throne!"

Chen Shuda sneered, "I thought so at first, but when I knew something, my thoughts completely changed. Your Highness didn't know that in order to expand the Xuanwu Jingwei, he racked his brains and finally persuaded the emperor to give him 10,000 surrendered troops. But in order to get the elite of the surrendered army, he tried every means to help Li Shenfu get rid of the crime, and he did everything he could to forge a testimony that more than a dozen generals wanted to kill Li Shenfu and asked for surrender. Li Shenfu had to escape. He really convinced the emperor to suspend the punishment of Li Shenfu. In the end, this matter would be gone. Li Shentong gave him a 10,000 elite army. His Highness the King of Chu was as if he had obtained a treasure and immediately appointed his confidant to control the army. He cared so much about expanding his army, so how could he turn a blind eye to food, soldiers and young slaves?"

"What the Prime Minister means is that he did this on purpose?" Li Jiancheng understood a little.

Chen Shuda nodded, "He deliberately acted as if he was not concerned about the expansion of power, which just shows that he cared more than anyone else in his heart. His debauchery and greed were also deliberately pretending to show the emperor, so that the emperor would think that he was a lustful and greedy son who could not become a great man."

Speaking of this, Chen Shuda sighed again, "Your Highness, the old minister has been in the officialdom for almost forty years. He has experienced too many things and has seen through the cold situation. Only then did the old minister dare to say this. Your Highness, the King of Chu, is a wild wolf disguised as a dog, cunning and vicious. His target is also the position of the Nine Five Lord. Your Highness, you must keep an eye on him, otherwise something big will happen."

Li Jiancheng was speechless. He felt an indescribable fatigue. The Tang Dynasty had been ruined like this, and was still fighting for power and profit within the country, fighting against each other. It was really a sin that God could do, but human sins could not survive!

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In the imperial study, a guard was reporting his latest discovery to Emperor Li Yuan.

"According to His Majesty's will, Bei Yi has been secretly monitoring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Just now, Bei Yi discovered that he had not returned to the Eastern Palace and left the palace secretly."

"Has he visited the private tour again?" Li Yuan was really dissatisfied. He left the palace twice a day, and there was no image of the prince.

"Report to Your Majesty, he and Chan-guo left the palace together and went to the Qingjiang Restaurant in Zhengdaofang."

Li Yuan frowned, and suddenly felt a little sensitive in his heart. He asked again: "Are they the only one?"

"Report to your Majesty, there are only two of them."

Li Yuan felt extremely uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly. What did the prince and Chen Shuda do together alone? Are he thinking about how to regain his prince's power?

Li Yuan waved his hand upset, and the guard bowed and retreated.

In the imperial study, Li Yuan walked back and forth with his hands behind his back. Although he was a little weak in the strategic decision to fight for the world, he was an absolute master in power struggle. His ability to establish the Tang Dynasty and ascend the throne was also the result of power struggle to some extent.

He also used transfers, withdrawals, and expelling capital, etc. to deprive the eldest son of local control, military power and government authority step by step, and finally transferred the eldest son who had nothing to the capital to monitor closely.

But this morning, the eldest son went to a restaurant to drink, which was said to be listening to public opinion, which made Li Yuan very unhappy. However, the eldest son had not violated his bottom line yet. Although he was unhappy, he did not pursue anything. However, the eldest son actually went out to drink with Chen Shuda and discussed something alone. This undoubtedly violated Li Yuan's bottom line. He would never tolerate such a thing happening.

But more importantly, he suspected that the eldest son wanted to do something and had a deep purpose to go to Chen Shuda for a private talk, which made Li Yuan feel inexplicably dangerous, and the eldest son threatened his throne again.

Li Yuan pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind. He immediately picked up a pen and wrote a secret decree. After sealing it, he found a confidant guard and handed him the secret decree and said, "Go to Yong County and handed this letter to His Highness the King of Chu."

"Abide by the order!"

The guard bowed and hurried away. Li Yuan breathed a little relieved and said to himself coldly: "Since you are not willing to be lonely, don't blame me for not thinking about the father and son's relationship!"

Two days later, a team of cavalry rushed towards the Chunming Gate of Chang'an like lightning. The soldiers guarding the city recognized that the person in charge was Li Yuanji, the King of Chu, who was so scared that they quickly dodged a way and did not dare to stop him. Li Yuanji led a hundred cavalry into Chang'an City like a gust of wind and headed straight for his King of Chu's mansion.

Li Yuanji's palace was not far from Chunming Gate. Li Yuanji returned to the palace in a moment. The eunuch of the palace executing the palace hurried to the door to welcome the prince back.

Li Yuanji turned over and got off the horse and asked anxiously: "Mr. Cui?"

"Report to Your Highness, you are in the royal palace."

"Let him see me in the study immediately."

Li Yuanji went straight into the mansion and returned to his study. After a moment, Cui Wenxiang rushed over when he heard the news. Cui Wenxiang did not follow Li Yuanji to various manors to investigate the nobles of Guanlong, but stayed in the mansion to handle the supervision reports of hundreds of officials. Not all the Xuanwu Jingwei followed Li Yuanji to the countryside. Some of the Xuanwu Jingwei, who was responsible for supervising all officials, remained in Chang'an, and was managed by Cui Wenxiang.

"I heard that Your Highness has gained a lot, and even the officials have started talking about Your Highness's goodness." Cui Wenxiang smiled when she entered the door.

"I have gained a lot. I didn't expect that these aristocratic families are so rich. Every family is as rich as a country. All wealth is occupied by them. It would be strange if the Sui Dynasty did not destroy the country. But what does it have to do with the Guanlong aristocratic families?"

"How could it be okay? The court treasury is full and the salaries of all officials have been settled. How could they not say that His Highness is good?"

Li Yuanji looked down on the attitude of these snobbish officials. He took out a secret decree and handed it to Cui Wenxiang and said, "This is the secret decree sent to me the day before yesterday. I think it's very strange, so I rushed back to discuss it with the teacher."

Cui Wenxiang took the secret decree and read it. He immediately understood the meaning of the secret decree. He couldn't hide his inner surprise and smiled and said, "It seems that I want to congratulate Your Highness."
Chapter completed!