Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin shook his head with a smile, and said, "It's good that you don't reject this marriage."

Li Xin also smiled, and said: "It's true that I don't reject it anymore. But before His Majesty grants me a marriage next time, it's better to let me know first."

Li Shimin glared at Li Xin, and said: "You have a good idea, do you really think that the imperial decree bestows marriage on a whim?"

The emperor is called the son of heaven, and the emperor's will can be regarded as the will of heaven to some extent. Therefore, the imperial decree bestows marriage in the eyes of the ancients is very sacred. Although there is no explicit regulation, the imperial decree bestows marriages only to unmarried young men, and the young woman who is given marriage must also be the main wife of the young man after she is married.

Although Li Xin is the king of Chu, in terms of etiquette, he can only have one official wife at most. Therefore, naturally there will be no such thing as the next imperial decree granting marriage.

Li Xin knew about this, and just expressed a little bit of dissatisfaction with witty words. In any case, as a later generation, the concept of freedom of marriage and love is deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and it will definitely be uncomfortable to be arranged by someone suddenly. At most, it will only be slightly weakened because the marriage partner happens to be more suitable.

However, Li Xin also knew that he was living in an evil feudal society after all, and he couldn't ask too much for some things.

What kind of person Li Shimin is, of course he can hear the implication in Li Xin's words. He glanced at Li Xin and asked, "Do you know why I suddenly gave you a marriage?"

Li Xin hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said, "I guessed a bit."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Then tell me, and I'll hear if your guess is right."

Li Xin only answered two words: "Shandong."

Li Shimin was not surprised, nodded, and said with emotion and nostalgia: "As expected of the seed of Xuan Dao."

In fact, a few days ago, Li Xin had no idea why Li Shimin suddenly gave him the marriage. But after Li Shimin dealt a heavy blow to the power of the Shandong gentry through the corruption incident that morning, he suddenly understood everything.

Obviously, after killing so many Shandong officials, Li Shimin must have planned to take the opportunity to lay his own chess pieces in Shandong. According to Li Xin's estimate, most of these new chess pieces will come from the side of the Guanlong nobles.

Speaking of it, this is indeed a very paradoxical thing.

Li Shimin wants to fight against the old clans, but these old clans have made indelible contributions to the establishment of Datang, so he can't blatantly use imperial power to deal with them, otherwise he will be suspected of killing donkeys, and it will be easy for those who have contributed to Datang people chilling. Moreover, to be honest, even if he used the imperial power, he might not be able to withstand the pressure of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs joining forces. The too young Tang Dynasty could not withstand such turmoil.

Therefore, Li Shimin's approach is to support the new clan to fight against the old clan and suppress the development of the old clan. And the Guanlong Noble Group is the pawn launched by Li Shimin to fight against the old clan. To some extent, the power of the clan has not declined because of this, it has just changed from the old clan to the new clan——

However, the background of the new clan is not as profound as that of the old clan for hundreds of years. If the emperor can support it, he can naturally destroy it, so first replace the old clan with the new clan, and finally break up the new clan. It is also a very sensible approach.

Zhongshu Ling Chen Yin, as an important minister who followed Li Shimin in the early years, can be said to be a banner of the Guanlong nobles. Li Shimin wants to sign his name on this banner, marriage is the simplest and most effective way. It can be said that Li Xin is the name signed by Li Shimin on the Guanlong noble banner.

As Li Xuandao's only son, Li Xin's relationship with Li Shimin needless to say, and Li Shimin's attitude towards him is obvious to all, making him marry the Chen family is enough to express Li Shimin's special attitude towards the Guanlong nobles.

The so-called politics is such a thing. Once it is thoroughly discussed, it is all about the exchange of gains and losses, and there is almost no human affection at all.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Xin and asked, "A little disappointed in me?"

Li Xin replied honestly: "A little bit, but I can understand it."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "It's good if you can understand. There are some things that I have to do. And in my opinion, the gift of marriage will not do you any harm, so I did it. Now I see that you don't hate the Chen family. That little girl, I'm relieved."

Li Xin was stunned.

real or fake? How could His Majesty Li Shimin and Li Er, the emperor of the ages, explain his motives to a stinky fish and rotten shrimp like himself in a pleasant manner?

Li Xin thought that Li Shimin was the type to kill decisively, and he didn't bother to explain a word at all!

But then again, Li Shimin is indeed such a person. He is just special to Li Xin.

After all, Li Xin is the only blood left by Li Xuandao in this world, and Li Shimin has a very deep relationship with Li Xuandao. To some extent, Li Shimin cherishes Li Xin even more than his own son. Therefore, he didn't want to create a estrangement with Li Xin, so he repeatedly let go of the majesty of the emperor to explain some things to Li Xin.

If someone else is replaced, do you think he still explains? What's more, who dares to ask Li Shimin for an explanation?

Li Xin is not an ignorant person. He knew very well that the man in front of him who looked as friendly as an ordinary uncle next door was the most powerful person in the entire Tang Dynasty. Such a person is so close and gentle to him, he can't feel how great he is, or be dragged up because of this.

Therefore, Li Xin immediately smiled and said: "Yes. My son really likes this marriage now, and I also want to thank Your Majesty for finding a spouse for me."

Li Shimin smiled reassuringly, and immediately said: "It's getting too far away. Tell me, what do you want this time, I will consider it according to the circumstances."

Li Xin heaved a sigh of relief seeing that the topic had returned to his own reason for coming. He was racking his brains just now to figure out how to bring the topic back, but now it's better and saves effort.

He took half a step back and said, "I beg your majesty to spare the family members of those offenders."

Yes, the main purpose of his coming to the palace this time is to intercede with those women and children innocently involved in political struggles.

Li Shimin frowned slightly, his tone became slightly colder, and said, "Did the Wang family and the Cui family ask you to come?" He had always regarded Li Xin as someone on his side, but now Li Xin was pleading for the Wang family and the Cui family, This made him feel puzzled, and also had a faint feeling of being betrayed.

Li Xin shook his head frankly, and said with a wry smile: "I am the one who wanted to intercede. Besides, Your Majesty has a Baiqisi in hand, so His Majesty must know whether I have had any contact with the Wang family or the Cui family. "

Li Shimin's expression softened slightly, and he said, "Why?"