Chapter 385 General Tiance
How to deal with it? This question stumped Li Er. What to deal with? What to deal with?
The official positions of the King of Qi were all given by you, and now you ask me what to do with them?
"I think that although Silang is in charge of the army and stationed in Luoyang, he has done nothing wrong. And with a powerful enemy at hand, we should not act rashly."

After some consideration, Li Er decided not to immediately cross the river and destroy the bridge.

His appointment as the crown prince was sudden, extremely sudden, and there was almost no sign of it. If there was anything to be said, it was that he was not on the list of Yuanmou heroes that Li Yuan made a few days ago.

This caused many civil officials and advisers in the Prince of Qin's Palace to speculate, and Fang Qiao and others suggested that the emperor might want to make him the crown prince.

But Li Er didn't dare to believe it no matter what. He didn't expect that today the position of crown prince would fall on him.

As a result, he, who prided himself on being calm, was now somewhat agitated.

However, the questions Li Yuan asked him gradually made him sober up. How to deal with Prince of Qi Li Yuanhui?
At least now, he still remembers that the third and fourth brothers support him to be the crown prince.

If it weren't for the previous planning and attitude of these two brothers, it would be hard to say whether Li Yuan would be willing to give him the position of crown prince now. So now that he has just become the crown prince, even though the position of crown prince was given to him by Li Yuan, he will not forget the support of his brothers.

This is called affection.

As for what Li Yuan said, that this position will be yours sooner or later, he was willing to believe it. But if Li Yuan gave him the position of crown prince simply because of popular support and past achievements, he naturally refused to believe it.

Li Yuan didn't say anything about his answer, just smiled and let him leave.

Li Yuan was somewhat satisfied and somewhat dissatisfied with his son's attitude.

As a father, he was satisfied, at least the second son did not destroy the bridge after crossing the river. At least there was still brotherhood between these sons.

But as an emperor, the prince was somewhat dissatisfied that he did not pay enough attention to the King of Qi, who represented the local forces.

But he couldn't say anything now.

After all, this is just the beginning. The prince has been in power for a long time, and he believes that some things will happen naturally without his pushing.

On the other hand, after returning to the palace, Prince Qi Li Yuanhui met with several staff members and confidants in the study. The first sentence he said after sitting down was: "This is probably aimed at us."

Dugu Ying, Li Qinglian, Li Chunfeng, Gao Kan, Chang Yanheng and others all knew what happened at the court meeting. The King of Qin was appointed as the Crown Prince. Such a big event spread very quickly. Even the people who bought pancakes in Chang'an knew about it, let alone them.

But as to why the King of Qi would say such things directed at them, they almost all understood that it was probably because Li Yuan wanted the power of the Crown Prince and the power of the King of Qi's Palace to check and balance each other.

But after the King of Qin becomes the Crown Prince, will he really immediately take action to deal with the Prince of Qi's Palace?

Li Chunfeng immediately consoled him, "Your Majesty, the King of Qin being named the Crown Prince does not conflict with our interests. You should be worrying too much."

Dugu Ying shook his head and said, "Now is now, and the future is the future. When the King of Qin is firmly seated as the Crown Prince, will he tolerate the Prince of Qi holding half of the country and a hundred thousand soldiers? Your Majesty is not at ease, so how can the Crown Prince be at ease?"

After hearing this, everyone was speechless, because what he said made sense, or very much so.

There are too many cases of brothers turning against each other because of interests and power.

However, due to the current situation, there is not much that the Qi Wang Mansion can do. Because in the court, the Qi Wang Mansion has little say.

No matter what strategies the court has, the Prince of Qi's Palace can only respond passively, fighting back against the enemy and covering up the water with earth.

These people looked solemn, but they had no ideas to offer. After all, there were some things that were obviously not appropriate to participate in right now.

However, just as the King of Qi's confidants were facing a formidable enemy, Li Er, who had just been named Crown Prince, suffered a major blow.

Just after he was named the Crown Prince, the original officials of the Qin Palace, including Du Keming, Fang Qiao, Xue Shou, Xue Yuanjing, Su Xu, etc., were all transferred to various departments and temples in the court, and some were sent outside the court.

The six guards of the Qin Palace were also transferred to the imperial guards and border towns to serve, and 3,500 black-armored cavalry entered the Youwuwei.

The officials of the Eastern Palace who should have been assigned to them were not appointed immediately, and Li Er was not assigned the six officers of the Eastern Palace.

That is, the prince was not given all the subordinates and six military powers that he should have. It was too obvious what the purpose was. Li Yuan's move was not very clever, but it made Li Er very uncomfortable.

Once Li Er entered the Eastern Palace from the Prince of Qin's Mansion, he lost his trusted advisers whom he had accumulated over the years, as well as one of the most elite cavalry units in the world.

But Li Er couldn't complain because he was already named the crown prince.

The world will be yours in the future. What's wrong with letting all the talents in your Qin Palace serve in the court? Is this still exile?

You are already the crown prince, the heir to the throne. Are you still planning to lead the cavalry yourself?
Therefore, Li Yuan dispatched a thousand guards from the left and right guard offices to the Eastern Palace, and had them take turns on duty to guard the Eastern Palace.

However, command, mobilization and control were still in the hands of the left and right generals, not in the East Palace.

Basically, Li Er was cut off from direct contact with the army.

Moreover, after becoming the crown prince, all of Li Er's positions, including Shangshu Ling, General of the Cavalry, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Mu of Yongzhou, Mu of Liangzhou, and Jingzhao Yin, all those with power and those without power, disappeared.

This is equivalent to Li Er using all his achievements and power to exchange for the identity of a crown prince.

In this situation, not to mention Li Er, even Li Si was a little dumbfounded.

Li San and Li Si also got some extra things.

Li San got the title of Jingzhao Yin, and Li Si got the title of Shangshu Ling.

In addition, Li Yuan invented two official positions on a whim.

Li Xuanqing, Prince of Jin, was granted the title of General Tianzhu.

Li Yuanhui, King of Qi, was granted the title of General of Tiance.

Both of these official positions are of the first rank, above the Three Dukes, and second only to the Three Masters, who are the heads of the civil officials. They are the heads of the military officials, above the Sixteen Guards, and can set up their own offices and be in charge of military campaigns.

This appointment was made on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the third day after Li Er entered the Eastern Palace.

These two titles, which sound extremely intimidating, actually have no real power, but are very symbolic.

It seemed as if it was to compensate these two sons for not being able to get the position of crown prince.

When Li Yuanhui heard the edict, he was dumbfounded. His hands were even shaking with excitement.

What did you say? Did I hear you right? Why did you give me the title of General of Heavenly Strategy? Are you kidding?

I am the general of Tiance? I am? The general of Tiance?

However, Li Yuanhui suddenly calmed down and forced himself to be calm.

In this time and space, if Li Yuanhui had no achievements, then the position of General Tiance would have no special significance.

Because the special significance and uniqueness of this official position are achieved by that person through his merits.

It was not because of this official position that he achieved his achievements.

Even without this General Tiance, he is still himself, the invincible hero Li Erfeng.

He is the future Emperor Taizong of Tang.

But how valuable the title of General Tiance can be in the future, whether he can become a classic symbol and the exclusive synonym of Li Yuanhui himself, actually depends on what kind of achievements he can accomplish.

(End of this chapter)