Chang'an Prince's Mansion.

Since Li Shimin's almost stunning move last time, Li Jiancheng has been waiting for his second brother's second wave of offensive.

But Li Shimin had no movement at all. The news seemed to have nothing to do with him. He never mentioned it or cared about it. He still handled his own affairs as before, looking for a sense of existence in front of Li Yuan from time to time, giving him the prince's eldest brother a gaze, and putting a few confidants in some key positions.

Although Li Shimin is not the crown prince, his power is more important than the crown prince in detail.

Li Jiancheng had only one crown prince, while Li Shimin was General Tiance, Taiwei, General of the twelve guards at left and right, Shangshu Ling, Yongzhou Governor, Shangshu Ling of the Daxingtai Shangshu Ling, Yizhou Road, General Manager of Liangzhou, and King Qin.

The prince's main power lies in government affairs, especially after the world's great stability, Li Yuan's fun and fun nature made Li Jiancheng handle most of the government affairs without the name of a state of supervision, but he had the reality of a state of supervision. However, Li Shimin could easily get involved in Li Jiancheng's field and plunder Li Jiancheng's political capital.

Because the Tang Dynasty adopted the system of three provinces and six ministries.

The Three Provinces and Six Ministry system is a political system that was developed for a long time from the Western Han Dynasty, and was officially established by the Sui Dynasty and further improved by the Tang Dynasty. Among them, the Shangshu Province had the highest status and was the head of the six ministries. The Ministry of Personnel, which was in charge of assessment and appointment and removal of officials below the fourth rank; the Ministry of Revenue, which was in charge of finance and the treasury; the Ministry of Rites which was in charge of tribute, sacrifice and ceremonies; the Ministry of War which was in charge of military affairs; the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Works, which was in charge of judicial, auditing affairs, and engineering construction, were all under the jurisdiction of the Shangshu Province, and the leader of the Shangshu Province was the Shangshu Ling Li Shimin.

Shangshu Ling was the top position in the administrative series of central bureaucrats. Of course, Li Shimin had no time to perform his obligations in this position in the early stage. The Shangshu Ling was actually in charge of affairs, Pei Ji, the brother of Li Yuan, who was the most trusted brother of Li Yuan.

The War of Unification gradually ended, especially after the Battle of Hulao, Li Shimin's military reputation had reached its peak, and there was no reward or title. Li Yuan was even more unwilling to worry about this problem. He would never use Li Shimin's military ace until the critical moment. He left Li Shimin in Chang'an.

Since Li Shimin, who is in Chang'an, has the title of Shangshu Ling, all six ministries are under his control, and it is only a matter of one sentence that he wants to interfere in government affairs. Therefore, Li Shimin has the power to interfere in government affairs in the Tang Dynasty more effectively than Prince Li Jiancheng.

However, Li Jiancheng had no excuse to interfere in Li Shimin's military affairs. Therefore, Li Shimin, who was not the crown prince in real power, was better than Li Jiancheng.

It seems that Li Shimin is better than Li Jiancheng, but it is not.

Li Yuan is Li Jiancheng's strongest backing. As long as Li Yuan is there, Li Shimin has more and more powerful weights in his hands, it is useless.

Li Jiancheng naturally understood this point. After the selfish military and horse accident, he became a filial son one step closer and became more dedicated and serious in handling state affairs.

Li Yuan was sincerely happy to see this, and his attitude towards Li Jiancheng was as good as ever, and he let go of his prejudice. At the same time, he also had frequent contact with Li Yuanji, and his relationship became closer. He officially reached a political alliance against Li Shimin and launched a new round of planning.

"Second brother is so inappropriate!" Li Yuanji angrily found a seat to sit down. He complained to his elder brother, and anger flashed in his eyes. He was not only disliked Li Shimin, the second brother who was cold-hearted, but was full of jealousy. This has been the case since childhood.

Li Yuanji knew since childhood that his parents did not like him, so he left him at home and ignored him. Instead, he brought his second son Li Shimin by his side. As a child who lacked fatherly love and motherly love, how could he balance his second brother when he saw his second brother so favored? When he grew up, Li Yuanji was thrown to Li Shimin by Li Yuan to play his bravery. Li Shimin used troops like a god and was able to use generals with ease. Even if Li Yuanji had no talent for military use, Li Shimin still took care of his fourth brother and gave him the opportunity to perform and gained considerable military achievements.

Li Yuanji completely ignored this. He thought that he had extraordinary abilities and was a natural achievement in military achievements. He did not know that Li Shimin knew people and was good at responsibilities. He had never lacked strong soldiers and generals under his command. If he had not been particularly cared for, he would have been his turn to command troops and fight based on Li Yuanji's wisdom and strategy.

Not only did Li Yuanji not have any gratitude here, but because Li Shimin was rigorous in governing the army and was merciless at all, he hated him several times because he made mistakes.

This hatred is even more aggravated. In Li Yuanji's eyes, Li Shimin is like an enemy and is not the brother of a mother.

"He appointed Gao Shilian as the Yongzhou Zhizhong. Who doesn't know that Gao Shilian is his man, and he clearly doesn't take his elder brother seriously."

Zhizhong is the full name Zhizhong engaged in history, also known as Zhizhong engaged in history, and is one of the senior assistants who is the governor of the state. The assistants of this prefecture and county were not originally attracted to Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's eyes because of Li Jiancheng, but in fact it depends on what kind of prefecture and county. Yongzhou seems to be a small official, but it is not.

The governments of other places, prefectures and counties are not in the eyes of the princes like Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, but the governments of Yongzhou are different.

Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was in Yongzhou. The prefecture and county of Yongzhou have naturally risen, with extremely high status and great power.

Therefore, since the Tang Dynasty, the governor of Yongzhou was appointed by the closest prince, and the prince never handled affairs of the prefectures and counties. The big and small matters of the prefectures and counties were handled by the different authorities and the governing center.

The Bie Jia of Yongzhou was Xiao Yu, who was the prime minister, and the newly promoted Gao Shilian in the Yongzhou Zhengzhong... The uncle of the Qin Princess Changsun.

Li Shimin directly used Li Yuan to make his uncle the position of Yongzhou as the governor of Yongzhou. His intention was very obvious and he deepened his control over Yongzhou. This controlled Yongzhou and was equivalent to controlling the capital Chang'an.

Li Jiancheng said: "Don't be angry. As the governor of Yongzhou, he arranged for his own people to be the governor of the country. What can we do?" He said casually, but his heart was filled with fear.

With such a strong and powerful younger brother, as the prince, even though he is as talented as he is, he still feels cold and fearful. However, his cunning is a thousand times better than Li Yuanji, so naturally he has not been revealed.

"Brother, I'm considering you!" Li Yuanji said anxiously: "It's too much of a loss to be passive when you continue like this. We should take the initiative first. If it really doesn't work, let me take action and kill the second brother and ensure that the eldest brother and prince are safe."

"Don't be reckless!" Li Jiancheng's face darkened. Wei Zheng said this matter, which was thoughtful and said that it was a reckless and nonsense.

Seeing Li Jiancheng getting angry, Li Yuanji sat aside in depression and stopped talking.

Li Jiancheng sighed with a headache: "Your heart to your elder brother, I understand. It's not that your elder brother doesn't want to fight back, but your second brother is not an idiot. If you are not sure of taking action rashly, you will only reveal your flaws first and let the other party catch the handle, which will make the matter misleading. Although the second brother presses step by step, just like you and my private equity guards, they are all within the bottom limit of the father's emperor. At most, they will scold you and cannot hurt you at all. He is

If you are forcing me to take action, your elder brother is not a fool, how could he get his plan? Don’t look at me being controlled everywhere, it is actually a sign that your second brother can’t sit still. I am the prince, and the more I drag it down, the more beneficial it will be for me, so he will approach everywhere. He can’t waste it with me, nor can he waste it. He will eventually take action first, reveal his flaws first, let the world know his ambition first, and make his father dissatisfied with him. If he takes action first, he will lose!"

Li Jiancheng has already seen through the current overall situation, and of course he has nothing to say: If he can block Li Shimin's offensive.

Li Yuanji said: "Since my elder brother has his own plans, I can only support me. But I think my second brother's power in Chang'an Yongzhou is too great. I am afraid that my second brother will suddenly become crazy, which will be detrimental to my elder brother."

"What you said is not unreasonable!" Li Jiancheng pondered: "But there is no need to worry too much. The guards of the Prince's Mansion of the East Palace, the guards of your King of Qi, and the two thousand Changlin soldiers. The entire palace, the strength of the two of us is only comparable to the Yuan Cong Imperial Guard in the hands of the father. Although the Xuanjia Army of the second brother is brave, they are not our opponents. Of course, if we can avoid Yongzhou, then we will follow."

He looked at Li Yuanji thoughtfully.

Li Yuanji laughed and said, "My thoughts are the same as those of the elder brother. This is called the hero's opinion. The part of Yongzhou was defeated by the second sister, and the part of the second brother was defeated by the second brother. Here we have a congenital deficiencies. I still mean that moving the capital, moving the capital out of Chang'an, and choosing a place that the second brother cannot control is very beneficial to the elder brother."

Li Jiancheng asked, "Are you talking about the generation of Xiang Deng in Nanyang?"

Li Yuanji said softly: "That's true. In terms of terrain, Chang'an, Luoyang can indeed be the capital of the country, but the second brother's power in Chang'an is terrifying, and Luoyang is his stronghold. Apart from these two options, the Xiang Deng generation of Nanyang and Xiang and Deng lived in a dangerous terrain, convenient transportation, rich water resources and wide area, the best place to attack and retreat, and it is completely outside the power of the second brother, and it is within my jurisdiction. With me, Li Yuanji, I, can't keep my second brother from touching a big brother."

Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment. Before that, Li Yuanji also proposed to move the capital, but he had to reject it. The prosperity of Nanyang Xiang Deng generation is true, but it is absolutely not as good as that of Chang'an and Luoyang. As a thousand-year-old capital, Chang'an and Luoyang still have the truth and value of existence.

How could Li Jiancheng not have such foresight? He refused at that time for the benefit of the Tang Dynasty.

But this time, he hesitated and said for a while: "This is how you and your father Titi, if your father is intent, your elder brother is working with you to move the capital to Xiang Deng Nanyang."

In order to consolidate his position, this time he made a decision to harm the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuanji was overjoyed and smiled and said, "It's settled, brother don't worry. Although Nanyang is separated from Luoyang, the gateway of Fangcheng is guarded by my close friends. As long as the reason for consolidating the capital and regaining the defense line of Fangcheng, why not worry about the second brother?"
Chapter completed!