Chapter 1 Opposition to the Capital Relocation
September 624 AD, July of the seventh year in the Wude reign of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty had only enjoyed peace for two years, and this peace was only overall. Local wars still existed. The Turks in the north were eyeing the Tang Dynasty covetously and often invaded it. Chang'an was exposed to the Turkish army.

This was at the beginning of this month. Qin Wang Li Shimin and Qi Wang Li Yuanji stationed their troops in Binzhou. However, now that they have returned to Chang'an, there are signs that the Turks are invading again.

The Tang Emperor Li Yuan had previously discussed the idea of ​​burning down Chang'an and moving the capital to Fancheng. The Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, the Prince of Qi Li Yuanji, and the Shangshu You Pushe, also known as the Prime Minister Pei Ji, agreed to this idea one after another. However, the people led by the Prince of Qin Li Shimin strongly opposed it, so the idea was shelved.

In the Taiji Palace, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Yuanji and others were all present. Everyone was concentrating, except Li Yuanji, who seemed a little distracted at this moment.

It was not for any other reason, but because Li Yuanji's soul at this moment came from more than a thousand years later, and now it suddenly came here, and it was difficult for Li Yuanji to adapt for a while.

Li Yuanji's heart was filled with shock. He was truly shocked because, inexplicably, he suddenly became Li Yuanji. As for why he knew this, it was because he had inherited Li Yuanji's memory.

This is also the reason why he still looked calm. If he didn't have this memory, he would probably have thought that these people were filming a movie and he had inexplicably become an extra.

However, after accepting the memory, he feels even more uncomfortable. Who made him become Li Yuanji today?
In Li Yuanji's heart, he would be happy if he became Li Shimin or even Li Jiancheng. No matter which one of them, he was confident that he could experience the feeling of being an emperor in this time and space.

Because the strength and power of these two people are not bad, he had the confidence that he could seize the initiative at that time. However, after becoming Li Yuanji, this hope was extinguished in him.

He knew from his memory that his elder brother Li Jiancheng had been making promises to him all day long, and had promised to make him the crown prince, and that when Li Jiancheng sat on the throne in the future, he would share half of the empire.

Li Yuanji thought it was funny. If Li Jiancheng became the emperor, would he give him half of the throne? He would probably be the first person to be killed.

Then there was his second brother, whose hostility towards him was extremely strong. Li Yuanji felt terrified just thinking about it. Who made his original brother go and mess with Li Shimin every day when he had nothing to do? He even wanted to kill Li Shimin several times.

Finally, it was the original self himself. He was no pushover either. In his previous life, he thought Li Yuanji was a fool and was willing to act as Li Jiancheng's pawn and torture Li Shimin to death.

In his opinion, as long as one is not stupid and knows that he cannot afford to offend either Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, he should not offend anyone, follow Li Jiancheng to gain political capital, follow Li Shimin to gain military merit, and resolutely not take sides.

In his eyes in his previous life, Li Yuanji was such a fool, and he deserved to die in the end. Coupled with his own shortcomings, it was really not unfair for him at all.

When thinking of Li Jiancheng, at least some people would sigh. If Li Jiancheng had not died, the Tang Dynasty would not have been bad. After all, Li Jiancheng's own ability was not bad. As for Li Yuanji? He died, so there would be no regrets at all.

However, now that he has inherited Li Yuanji's memory, he has discovered that he was wrong. It turns out that this youngest and least powerful one is also ambitious. He wants to let Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin fight each other so that he can kill them both directly. Then Li Yuan will have no choice but to let him take the throne.

Because of his relationship with Li Jiancheng, these people in the Eastern Palace will eventually submit to him, so that he can directly sit on the supreme throne.

Li Yuanji was speechless when he thought about the original body's thoughts. He really didn't know who gave the original body the courage and confidence to have such thoughts.

However, now is not the time for Li Yuanji to lament about this, because now that he is here, all the causes and effects are now directly on him. There are only two years left before the Xuanwu Gate incident. What should he do?
Li Yuanji is really in a headache. He should continue to work for Li Jiancheng. After Li Jiancheng kills Li Shimin, he will probably be the next one. As for helping Li Shimin?

Li Yuanji just thought about it and let it go. Now that he was close to Li Shimin, Li Shimin would only think that he was insincere and was just trying to get rid of him.

Li Yuanji suddenly realized that he was trapped in a dead end. It was really fucking true that no matter whether it was Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, whoever sat in that position would not let him live.

Li Yuanji felt helpless. In this situation, he couldn't even overturn the table because he didn't have the strength to do so. He could only be a supporting role.

While Li Yuanji was thinking about this and that, Li Yuan's words suddenly came to his mind.

"Sanhu, what do you think about moving the capital?"

Li Yuanji heard what Li Yuan said. He heard everything Li Yuan said just now. It was nothing more than a reiteration of the old matter. Li Yuan still wanted to move the capital. Now Li Jiancheng agreed, but Li Shimin opposed. Li Yuan saw that he didn't say anything, so he asked directly. But Li Yuanji didn't react for a while. After a while, he realized that "Sanhu" was Li Yuanji's nickname, and Li Yuan called him that.

At this time, Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin all looked over. When Li Yuanji saw this, he suppressed the throbbing in his heart.

Even though he also wanted to see more of the future Khan, the Crown Prince, and Emperor Gaozu of Tang, although he had them in his memory, how could it be as exciting as seeing them with his own eyes?

But at this moment he did not have this idea, and without hesitation, in the gaze of everyone, Li Yuanji's loud voice came out.

"Your Majesty, Chang'an is the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty. We cannot easily move the capital. As for the Turkic invasion, my second brother's ability will surely solve the problem.

Our Tang Dynasty was founded on military power. We have what we have today through conquests, not by simply avoiding them. Our Tang Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses, many famous generals, and a commander like my second brother, so why should we fear the Turks?

On the contrary, I think the ones we should be afraid of are the Turks. Our Tang Dynasty is busy pacifying the world, and the army is too busy to take care of them for the time being. We only need to mobilize the army and my second brother will lead the troops to the battle. How dare the Turks be so rampant? "

Li Yuanji breathed a sigh of relief when he said this. However, everyone in the room stared at him with wide eyes. They only had one question in their minds: Is this really Li Yuanji? Or is he the Li Yuanji they are familiar with?

Especially Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, they were more shocked than others. They knew what kind of person Li Yuanji was better than anyone else. However, how could Li Yuanji say these words?

Li Yuanji looked at the shocked crowd, feeling proud in his heart but not showing it on his face. Anyway, he had made up his mind, he would not cling to anyone else, and after this matter was over, he would go down and find a place to live his own life with his army.

Two years is enough time for him to develop. No matter who becomes the emperor, as long as he stays far away, and with his large army, as long as he cuts off his ties with the court, these two people, for the sake of world stability, will not do anything to him.

Li Yuanji really understood that staying in Chang'an would mean a dead end, unless he killed Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. However, this was simply impossible, just think about it, so he could only find a remote place and become a useless prince.

Li Yuanji disagreed with Li Yuan's idea of ​​moving the capital from the bottom of his heart. Although the Turks were now extremely arrogant, it was because the Tang Dynasty had no energy to care about them and was busy pacifying the world. In addition, the contradiction between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin was growing, and the fighting was becoming more and more intense, which allowed the Turks to be so rampant.

Want to move the capital? Chang'an is such a good place, why move the capital? If the Tang Dynasty moved the capital, it was forced by the Turks, which would be a shame.

Li Yuanji then continued, "Father, burning a city is easy, but building a city is so difficult. If we move the capital, build a new imperial city, and build an imperial palace, how much manpower and material resources will it take?
Now that the Tang Dynasty has just been established, there is a lot of work to be done. How can we move the capital because of the threat from the Turks? If we move the capital now, how will we have the face to become a great country in the future? We will only be laughed at by others.

In summary, I am against moving the capital!"

After saying this, Li Yuanji just felt so happy in his heart. He was very satisfied with the shocked looks on the faces of so many people. As for Li Yuan's attitude towards him, he didn't want to think about it at this time. Anyway, he had already decided to leave Chang'an and find a remote place. What was he afraid of?
As long as it's not a capital crime, he doesn't care. He just wants to have fun first.

These people thought he was a fool who could be manipulated by everyone and did not take him seriously at all. Today, he would let these people know that they were looking down on him. He was no longer the same person he was before. Although he was still Li Yuanji, he was no longer Li Yuanji.

So what if he was the Heavenly Khan? So what if he was Emperor Gaozu of Tang? So what if he was the Crown Prince Yin?
He just wanted to let these people know that he, Li Yuanji, was different from before, and now he had been reborn from the ashes.

Li Yuanji felt proud in his heart. He just looked at the shocked expressions of these people and felt so comfortable.

And it was indeed as Li Yuanji said. Everyone present was now a little dazed. It was really Li Yuanji's change, especially these words, which were not something that could come out of Li Yuanji's mouth.

Others were fine, they were just shocked, but Li Jiancheng was different. He felt like he was stabbed in the back. He and Li Yuanji had agreed to agree to this matter and to suppress Li Shimin together.

But now, listening to Li Yuanji's righteous words, Li Jiancheng was in a daze for a moment. This guy, has he been hanging out with Li Shimin?
Li Jiancheng really could not accept this fact. He also couldn't understand why Li Yuanji had suddenly changed so much and had a disagreement with him, or what Li Shimin had promised Li Yuanji that made Li Yuanji help Li Shimin instead of him.

(End of this chapter)