Chapter 210

During the long chat, Fang Yi frequently asked about the details of the Shandong war. He was older among the children of Prince Qin, and his father, Fang Xuanling, was Li Shimin's most trusted confidant, although his status was not prominent. It is to clean up Li Shan.

But the details of the battle in Hebei, what can be said, what can't be said, what can be exaggerated, and what needs to be brought up... Li Shan had already exchanged lines with Li Kai, and Li Kai's trip to Hebei was carried out in secret, Fang Xuanling knew, but Fang Yizhi definitely didn't know.

After a long while, Fang Yi sighed and said: "For more than a month, there have been many letters from old people in my hometown. My father praised Huai Ren's ability, and also lamented that Huai Ren is too strong."

There is no doubt that this refers to the beheading of Cui Bo in Qinghe County.

The house that had been noisy just now suddenly quieted down. After Li Shan returned to Beijing, he met so many old friends within two days. He was as close as Li Kai and Wang Renbiao, and his status was as high as Yu Wenshi. But this was the first time someone asked about this matter .

After a little thought, Li Shan said solemnly: "What Xuanling Gong said is true, too strong is easy to break."

"But if I repeat the calendar next time, I will still kill Cui Bo."

There was silence in the room, and after a while, Fang Yizhi asked with great interest: "Please tell Huairen more carefully."

"First, it seems that brother Daoxuan has recovered Shandong, and there is no more fighting. Wei Xuancheng inspected Shandong, and promised outside Wei County that he would surrender without questioning the crime, allowing him to return to his hometown and reunite with his family."

"Since then, many deserters have captured the leaders and surrendered, and the situation in Shandong has stabilized."

"Fang Silang's family was ruined, and Cui Bo, as a son of a prominent family, robbed his family property and kidnapped his wife... What's more, Fang Silang sued, and Cui Bo killed his wife to silence him. This trip is outrageous."

Although the Qinghe incident has been reported to Beijing, the details are naturally vague and vague, mainly pointing out Li Shan's evil deed of beheading Qinghe's Cui family's children.

Everyone in the room changed color upon hearing this, and Gao Xing shouted: "Qinghe Cui family, a famous family in the world, is too...too..."

A powerful family always needs face. The implication of Gao Xing's words is that even if he wants to do something dirty, he has to cover it up. It's too shameless to kill people so straightforwardly.

As a group, the powerful family must have face.

But when it comes to each person, it may not be face-saving.

"Qinghe ordered Cui Qian to make peace with Fang Silang..." Li Shan's lips parted slightly, and he continued after a while: "But then Fang Silang was arrested and imprisoned, tortured until... until the civil unrest in several places in Beizhou, Jingcheng Mutiny, Xingzhou and Jizhou also have signs of instability."

Fang Yi frowned tightly, he found that what he learned from those letters was quite different from what Li Shan said.

There was a civil unrest at that time?
"At that time, the King of Huaiyang had already divided his troops to Luozhou, Weizhou, and Xiangzhou..." Li Shan glanced at Fang Yizhi, "Fang Silang was seriously injured and died.

Fang Yizhi couldn't help asking: "The civil unrest and mutiny have been established?"

Li Shan nodded slightly, "Hurry up and send a message, it will be decided the next day."

After a long silence, Li Shan added: "I didn't think about it that much that day, but seeing Fang Silang in such a situation... was burning with anger..."

"Liu Heitai swept Hebei twice, and the Tang army was defeated first and then won. If there is another war..."

Li Shan suddenly poured a glass of wine, drank it all in one gulp, slightly drunk, and said with a wry smile: "Although people are different in high and low, they are raised by father and mother after twenty years..."

"Beheading Cui Bo naturally offended the Cui family of Qinghe... But seeing Fang Silang's flesh and blood, I have no regrets."

Li Shan, who was drunk and carried back to Zhujiagou in a carriage, thought in his heart, wondering if he could get a passing grade for his words?
Of course, Fang Yizhi is not qualified to score. The examiner in Li Shan's imagination is his father, Fang Xuanling, who is called the best prime minister by later generations.

It was already night, Fang Yi walked lightly to the door of the study and bowed to say hello.

The old servant pushed open the door, Fang Yi walked in slowly, closed the door carefully, and whispered briefly and clearly what was said during today's banquet, basically flat and straightforward, without adding his own evaluation.

Fang Xuanling didn't stop in his hand, he was still wielding the pen, and he had two purposes.

"Father, what Li Huairen said is very different from what was mentioned in the Qinghe Township letter, and I don't know what is true and what is false."

Fang Xuanling has always been gentle and refined in front of outsiders, but at home he put on the attitude of a strict father, and said with a sneer: "Wei County was victorious, Liu Heitai was captured and killed, and Shandong was recovered. Many old friends wrote in, praising Li Shan for his ability, praising Li Shan In the name of righteousness."

"After Li Shan killed Cui Bo, he wrote frequently, saying that this person was cruel, so contradictory... Li Huairen, although he has not yet been crowned, is quite a man of the city. Don't he know the consequences of beheading Qinghe's Cui family's children?"

Fang Yizhi asked cautiously: "So, what Li Huairen said today should be true?"

Fang Xuanling put down the brush and sighed. The King of Qin and several confidants under his command were all insiders about this matter.

"The Qinghe Cui family is a famous family in the world, with deep roots and luxuriant branches, but it is inevitable that there will be a few unworthy descendants." Fang Xuanling shook his head, "Da Lang, do you remember what your grandfather said?"

Fang Yizhi was shocked, straightened his body, and said in a clear voice: "Everyone is rich because of their wealth, but my grandfather is only poor because of his official position. The legacy of the descendants lies in their innocence."

"Many people in Beizhou rebelled, and the rebellious soldiers did not dare to attack the city, but looted outside the city." Fang Xuanling said with a light smile: "Outside Wucheng County, hundreds of bandits attacked the village. I heard that Fang's ancestral house went around the village. and go."

Qinghe Fang's ancestral home is in Wucheng County. Although it is a thousand-year-old family, its reputation in Qinghe County is actually much better than Cui's, but it is not as famous as Cui's.

This is mainly due to the fact that Fang Xuanling's father, Fang Yanqian, is upright, an upright official, has a high reputation, and has strict restraint on the clan... This time, the Shandong aristocratic family wanted to annex the fertile land, and the Fang clan did not participate at all.

Fang Xuanling raised his pen again, he had the order of the King of Qin to amend the law secretly, this matter cannot be made public, he can only say casually at home: "Da Lang, in your opinion, what is Li Huairen like?"

"Although he is young, his learning is mixed. He puts benevolence and righteousness first, is friendly to others, and is humble." Fang Yizhi said so without hesitation, and after hesitating for a while, he whispered: "Is Li Huairen really a child of the Li family in Longxi? His father and grandparents . . . it has not yet been stated.”

Fang Xuanling frowned and looked at the eldest son, with criticism in his eyes, "Be friendly to others? Be humble?"

"This child is round on the outside and square on the inside. It looks gentle, but in fact it is arrogant."

"Be more aware of the current situation, look forward to long-term luck, and be good at knowing people's strengths and weaknesses."

Fang Yizhi silently listened to his father's long speech, and had already transferred from Li Shan to teaching his son, but he never responded to the latter sentence.

(End of this chapter)

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