Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

September 23, 9 A.D. of the Tang Dynasty was Li Ke's birthday, and it was also the day when Li Ke held his coronation ceremony.

Originally, according to Li Ke, because Li Yuanjia had just died, the coronation ceremony could be held internally, and there was no need to make a big splash, because speaking of it, Li Chengqian's coronation ceremony had just been held in the first half of this year.

Li Chengqian's ceremony and the crowning ceremony were very low-key at that time, no ministers even came, only the eldest grandson Wuji came, but he came as an uncle, other than that, he was an insider of the royal family.

But Li Shimin disagreed.

The conversation at the time went like this.

Li Ke: "Father, I don't agree. As the prince and the crown, I can't be too grand. My elder brother is so low-key. What's more, my eleventh uncle has just died. It's not good to be too grand."

"You know what, I don't even bother to tell you. You pretend to be smart every day. Don't you understand this? Even if your crown is not too grand, you must not be low-key." Li Shimin glared at Li Ke directly and said.

"Why?" Li Ke was a little confused.

"Your elder brother is low-key because your elder brother is the prince. The burden and position of the prince do not need to be high-profile. Regarding his identity and status, nothing can compare to the status of the prince, so he can handle it in a low-key manner. Do you admit it?" Li Shimin looked at him and asked.

Li Ke thought about it, and seemed to feel that there was something wrong, but when he thought about it carefully, there seemed to be nothing wrong. As a prince, he really shouldn't be too high-profile, and few high-profile princes in history ended well.

"The point is, there is another reason why your eldest brother is not high-profile, and that is to avoid giving wrong information to the outside world." Li Shimin said again.

"What wrong message?" Li Ke was stunned for a moment.

"What do you think? Of course it's your influence. You can't say that you don't have any influence now, right? Our own family members know what's going on until you don't want to be on the throne, but how many people outside know? If this At that time, your elder brother was too high-profile, and it might give some people a wrong judgment, thinking that your elder brother wants to prove his influence."

"Once such people come out at that time, someone will inevitably start looking for trouble. It has nothing to do with whether your elder brother is willing or not, because some of these people have ways to make trouble, and now is the critical period of Datang's reform. At this time, some people will make trouble. Isn't this just dragging your feet, and such a person has not violated the rules, and you can't kill him directly."

"What do you say? Should your elder brother keep a low profile?" Li Shimin looked at him and asked.

"Uh, that's right." Li Ke nodded. Old Li is still quite sophisticated in this regard, and what Old Li said reminded Li Ke of many typical examples on the Internet in later generations. , but after it was exposed, it turned out that there were a lot of rhythmic people on the Internet, and the matter started from the netizens first, and it turned into a big trouble.

It's similar to this case. It's fine for your own parties to know the actual situation, but you can't control what others think.The best way to deal with it is to keep others from knowing, or in other words, not to let others misunderstand.

In this way, Li Chengqian's low-key and crown ceremony at that time is justified.

"Your coronation ceremony is so high-profile this time, so I don't need to explain it again?" Li Shimin looked at him and asked.

Li Ke thought for a while, and then asked helplessly: "You mean, if I keep a low profile, the outside world will think that you and my elder brother are suppressing me?"

"What do you think? You have made so many achievements for Datang, and the crown ceremony is so low-key, and you haven't even publicized it to the outside world. Do you think people who are interested will think too much?" Li Shimin glanced at him.

Then Li Shimin sneered again and said: "You must not underestimate the ability of some people to make things happen. Remember what I told you? Your influence, you have a huge influence among the people and the common people. "

"This kind of influence is a good thing or a bad thing. It depends on how you handle it. If you don't handle it well, it will be a big trouble. It's just the two of us. Let me ask you, if you are far away from Datang, and this place you Has a huge influence among the people."

"At this time, someone in the local area said in your name that you worked hard for Datang, but your elder brother and I could not tolerate you, thinking that you affected your elder brother's throne, and then wanted to imprison you or even kill you, what do you think? What will happen?"

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, then he was taken aback, thinking about it... Damn... If someone really did this, let's not talk about Li Ke in other places, just take Qinghai as an example, there is absolutely no one who knows Herdsmen dared to raise a knife to rebel.

And once more unaware people gather, then in the eyes of other people, this matter will become real, and these people may also join in, when the time comes...

Thinking of this, Li Ke broke into a cold sweat.

"Why are you afraid? So let me tell you that your huge influence is a good thing and a bad thing. You must beware of someone using your name to do things. The entire territory of the Tang Dynasty is so large. If something happens far away from Chang'an , the news could not be sent back to Chang'an at the first time."

"Even if it's [-] li urgently, it will take at least ten days to go back and forth from many places? In ten days, do you know how much impact such rumors can cause?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke's expression and knew that he was arrested. I was frightened.

"So I said, it's a good move that you put Qin Qiong in charge of the Ministry of Public Security. They can prevent many things, but the problem is that they can't solve the problem of information transmission by themselves. In ten days, anything may happen. "

"So, the same sentence, if you want to keep people from the outside world from causing trouble, you must not let them think that you will have any problems. As long as you will not cause any problems, then no one dares to move." Li Shimin said seriously road.

Li Ke nodded with a wry smile: "I see, thank you for your teaching, I was indeed a little careless."

"You kid said this, you are all my sons, can I still watch you suffer? I will take the helm for you, let me tell you, some things, you just do what I say, in the future similar When it comes to matters related to the crown, when you should be high-profile, you must be high-profile."

"Because your high-profile has become a common perception among people. No one knows what kind of character your Highness Qin Wang is. If you don't make a high-profile one day, there will be problems."

"Understood." Li Shimin acted as if I was looking after you.

"Understood." Li Ke really admired it, because Li Ke really didn't expect many of these things, and he is not omnipotent after all.