Although Li Tai looked stern and angry, Yang Fan was not afraid at all. Instead, he looked at him like an idiot and said leisurely: "The position of crown prince is an important weapon of the country. Does your highness think that you can abolish it at will?"

If you think so, then you are too naive! Even if His Majesty is wise and powerful, the position of Crown Prince cannot be determined with just one word, what do you think?"

Li Tai was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to refute.

Although the emperor is the co-owner of the world, theoretically everything in the Tang Dynasty belongs to the emperor, and he can give it to whomever he wants.

But the position of the crown prince is different. It involves a game between various forces. It is really not something that the emperor can just open his mouth and make everyone dare not disobey.

What's more, His Majesty Li Er has the best reputation and face, let alone making any remarks!

Although the court seemed peaceful at this time, in fact the forces in the mainland were entangled and the interests were intertwined.

Especially those aristocratic families, if their interests are touched, even the emperor would dare to touch them.

Although Li Chengqian has been unpopular with His Majesty Li Er in recent years, there are many aristocratic families who support Prince Li Chengqian.

Because the weaker Li Chengqian is, the more incompetent he is. Once he ascends to the throne of God, the gains for these aristocratic families will be huge.

If there is no evidence to prove that Li Chengqian participated in the rebellion, once His Majesty Li Er is deposed, he will definitely receive backlash from these people, unless His Majesty Li Er provides corresponding compensation.

After all, how could such a big thing as waste storage and easy storage not involve the interests of those aristocratic families?

But will His Majesty Li Er give in?

the answer is negative!

Li Tai is not a fool, but is very smart and very sensitive to politics, so he naturally understands what Yang Fan means.

However, he admired his father to the extreme, so he sneered and retorted: "Those aristocratic families are difficult to deal with, but do you think my father is a vegetarian?"

Of course Li Tai had thought about similar problems before, but he firmly believed that as long as it was something Li Er wanted to do, no one could stop him.

As long as Li Er wanted to make him the crown prince, even if all the noble families jumped out to stop him, it would be of no use.

As an emperor who broke out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, if he dared not do something because of the opposition of others, then Li Er would not be able to become the Khan of Heaven that all nations would surrender to!

In Li Tai's view, as long as His Majesty Li Er really has his heart set on Yi Chu, who would dare to stand in front of him?

If someone stands in the way of a person, he will kill someone; if someone stands in the way of a Buddha, he will kill the Buddha!

Back then, his uncle and third uncle did not stop his father's footsteps!

Yang Fan smiled and said nothing, poured himself another cup of tea, and drank it slowly.

The reason why Yang Fan discussed this issue with Li Tai today was not because he was afraid that Li Tai could really do something to him.

But he doesn’t want to see the human tragedy of fratricide happen around him.

Regarding His Majesty Li Er, Yang Fan's mood is actually very complicated.

Judging from the original historical records, Li Er's first half of his life can be said to be an emperor who has a long history and a bright future. There is no doubt about this!

Although he killed his brother and his brother to force his father to abdicate, no matter what his character was, no one could deny his achievements.

It is precisely because he single-handedly created the powerful Tang Empire, which allowed the country to conquer all kinds of wilderness, and allowed the nation to straighten its backbone, and the Tang style remains the same thousands of years later.

From this aspect, His Majesty Li Er is an emperor who can be said to be one emperor throughout the ages.

But for such an emperor, who was rare in history, he undoubtedly failed in cultivating his successor.

Of course, this does not mean that His Majesty Li Er's successors are not outstanding, but that these people are too outstanding, and His Majesty Li Er does not stop their competition.

Even Li Chengqian, the most cowardly person in the eyes of the world, gave up on himself in the face of pressure after his leg became disabled.

Even so, according to the original history, he dared to rebel against Li Er, which shows that Li Chengqian was not as idiot as he appeared.

In Yang Fan's view, Li Chengqian's rebellion was not just to overthrow Li Er and become emperor himself.

As a prince, there is no need to do such a thing.

He can take over the throne as long as he keeps his peace, so why bother to rebel?

What's more, no prince would be stupid enough to rebel under the eyes of His Majesty Li Er.

After all, His Majesty Li Er is not only a wise and wise emperor, but also an invincible commander-in-chief!

But Li Chengqian rebelled unexpectedly. Is he too stupid?

Absolutely not!

This is just a way for Li Chengqian to attract Li Er's attention. He is just expressing an attitude to His Majesty Li Er.

As a prince, even if he dies, he must die vigorously, and he will not be manipulated like a puppet on strings by others, not even the emperor.

Whether you call Li Chengqian stupid or headstrong, in short, in Yang Fan's view, Li Chengqian is also a character!

What's more, this is the least promising of His Majesty Li Er's most likely successors to the throne.

And for example, Li Ke, Li Tai, etc., which one is not an outstanding person?

But the tragedy is that none of these outstanding people ended well.

His Majesty Li Er can indeed give birth to sons, and each one he gives birth to is better than the last. It is a pity that he does not know how to teach, and he has given up all his sons to the throne.

Although Li Zhi is not bad either, because of his young age and weak health, not many people support him.

After becoming emperor, he was controlled by powerful ministers. When Li Zhi took back the power, his body could no longer survive, which also led to the chaos in the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, it was inconsistent with the relationship between Yang Fan and Li Tai to discuss the position of crown prince.

Since ancient times, when it comes to the succession of the throne, it has actually been very sensitive.

As long as they are smart, they will stay far away and will not rush into this muddy water.

But Yang Fan is different. Because of the influence of past life thoughts, he will always inadvertently have a sense of compassion for others.

Of course, more importantly, his own woman was also involved, which forced him to do something.

So Yang Fan sighed softly and explained: "Your Highness, the second reason why I think your Highness cannot get this reserve is because of Your Majesty."

"As a prince, His Highness should be very aware of His Majesty's character. As His Highness said, if His Majesty really wants to depose him, he will never give up because of other people's opinions. Don't deny it, right?"

Li Tai nodded silently.

Yang Fan continued to ask: "If His Majesty has really decided to make you the Crown Prince, then with just a few words I can change His Majesty's mind. Doesn't His Highness think it's ridiculous?"

Li Tai was completely silent!

Yes, although Yang Fan is very favored by his father, he can never change his father's mind.

The reason why Li Tai admires His Majesty Li Er is because of Li Er's decisiveness and firm will.

This time Yang Fan went to plead for mercy, but Li Er immediately agreed with him, which was indeed a bit surprising.

Seeing that Li Tai was deep in thought, Yang Fan paused and said in a deep voice: "Of course, the reason why the minister said that he was trying to protect the crown prince was for His Highness the King of Wei. In fact, there is a more important reason, that is, the failure of all dynasties.

The prince will not end well, and I do not want His Highness to bear the reputation of fratricide."

At this time, Li Taiwan caught Yang Fan's loophole, laughed, and said with disdain: "You are really unfounded. Who said that the deposed prince will not have a good ending. As long as I become the emperor, I will ensure that the prince is safe and sound."

"Furthermore, as long as the prince gives up his position as crown prince, I can..."

Before Li Tai could finish speaking, Yang Fan interrupted with a wave of his hand: "Your Highness, do you want to say that the Crown Prince is weak? Once His Majesty gives up the position of Crown Prince to Your Highness, Your Highness is willing to kill his own son and wait until the Crown Prince's son grows up.

You will pass the position to the prince's son, right?"

Hearing Yang Fan's words, Li Tai was shocked.

He really didn't know whether Yang Fan was a human or a ghost, but he could actually know his inner thoughts.

Of course, if Li Tai knew the original history and he missed the throne because of what he said, I wonder if he would regret it and bleed.

In the end, Li Tai could only say: "You...how do you know what I am thinking in my heart?"

Yang Fan took a deep look at the panicked Li Tai and said, "It's not important how I guessed it. What's important is that as long as Your Highness says this, you will never be able to be crown prince."

"Besides, your highness, you know, if the prince inherits the throne, what do you think will happen to you, your highness? What will happen to your other brothers?"

Li Tai looked disdainful and said disapprovingly: "Even if the prince becomes the emperor, with his indecisive character, of course he would not dare to do anything to me and my brothers!"

This is true. Even if Li Chengqian becomes emperor in the future, even if he is afraid of his brother Li Tai, King of Wei, he will not kill him.

The biggest possibility is to let Li Tai and other brothers be idle kings without power.

"Then that's right. That's why His Majesty doesn't want to depose him."

Saying that, Yang Fan continued:

"I would like to ask again, if His Highness and the Crown Prince continue to fight, causing both sides to lose, who will get the advantage in the end?"

Li Tai frowned and looked at Yang Fan in confusion.

Even the closest relatives and loved ones dare not talk about this kind of topic.

Now Yang Fan actually brought it up nakedly. This guy is not afraid of having his head chopped off. Such words are taboo in the royal family.

However, Yang Fan is a fast-talking person and his acting style is different from ordinary people, so it is not surprising that he would ask such a question.

Having said this, of course Li Tai would not stop there. He thought for a while and said:

"If both the king and the prince suffer losses, the most likely person to inherit the throne is King Wu."

Yang Fan shook his head and asked, "Why isn't he His Highness King Jin?"
To be continued...