Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 199 We Are Brothers
As much as I hate to admit it, it's the truth.

He valued his fifth younger brother Zhiyun and admired Zhiyun, but Zhiyun turned a blind eye to the wooing between him and the prince.

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Highness, with the wisdom of the King of Chu, he must have already guessed the gap between you and the crown prince. He can't be alone all the time. What this subordinate means is that the King of Chu must win over. Your Highness I understand in my heart that the clan warrior, the King of Chu is the one who is most in line with His Highness's wishes, and with the help of the King of Chu, not only will he be able to gain a lot of strength in foreign wars, but also His Highness' right to speak in the court will be more important."

Not only Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others understand this point, but Li Shimin himself does not understand it.

Looking at the foreign wars in the past few years, only when the King of Chu went out to fight, he felt safe in his heart.Changing to Li Shuliang, Li Shentong, Li Shenfu, or even Qi Wang Li Yuanji, he felt unsafe.

And the king of Chu is his brother, so his status is naturally higher.

"I know what you mean, but the king of Chu is still unwilling to get involved, and this king has nothing to do."

This kind of thing, he can only hint, not explicitly.And the King of Chu has been pretending to be stupid, so he can't tear his face directly, otherwise it would be a disaster to push the King of Chu to the prince.Yuan Ji and the prince approached, he felt nothing, but if the king of Chu also approached the prince, that would be the most troublesome thing.

Changsun Wuji pondered for a while, and said, "His Royal Highness, actually, I don't think you need to worry too much. Although the King of Chu doesn't want to get involved, his heart for Tang Sheji is true. As long as Your Highness agrees with Chu on certain matters If the king is consistent, even if the king of Chu is not His Highness's person, the crown prince will think that the Chu king is His Highness's person. At that time, the Chu king will have no choice."

"This statement is reasonable." Yu Zhining said: "Your Highness, the King of Chu's affairs cannot be careless. The Crown Prince has no generals in his hands. If the King of Chu leans on the Crown Prince, His Highness will definitely be restrained by the Crown Prince in the army."

Li Shimin thought about it, nodded and said, "I understand."

On the other side, Li Zhiyun drank too much and did not return to his tent to rest, but was dragged to his tent by Li Yuanji.

"Fourth brother, I really can't drink anymore." Li Zhiyun waved his hand and poured himself a cup of tea.

Li Yuanji pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "How can a man do it if he doesn't drink?"

How the hell do you think I'm you, barrel!

"Fourth brother, you shouldn't say that kind of thing today, we are brothers." Li Zhiyun changed the subject.

Speaking of this, Li Yuanji really didn't bother Li Zhiyun to drink anymore. He smashed the wine cup heavily on the desk and snorted coldly: "Zhiyun, there are some things you don't know, so you think he is a good person. At that time he entered Taiyuan , but he was still unwilling to rescue Jinyang, and asked me to deliver food to him? What a joke! How much food and grass can Jinyang hold on for several months! Grain, tell me if he has evil intentions!"

At that time, Song Jingang cut off the connection between Taiyuan and Hedong, and the imperial court's grain and grass could not be transported to Taiyuan. If they transported grain through Hebei, it would undoubtedly be a huge circle.In desperation, Li Shimin could only choose to ask for food from Jinyang, or collect food on the spot.

Li Zhiyun had heard about this matter.

So, he comforted him and said: "Fourth brother, you also know that Song Jingang went deep into Hedong at that time, and the troubled Hedong was not peaceful, and the food and grass of the imperial court could not be transported to Taiyuan for a while. Second brother's [-] troops, people eat horses, it is inevitable It’s not comprehensive enough to do things, you have to understand him.”

"Hmph!" Li Yuanji took a sip of his wine, and said, "One hundred thousand troops, he has one hundred thousand troops in his hands in a blink of an eye, and we brothers really can't catch up with him."

After taking another sip of wine, Li Yuanji suddenly said: "Zhiyun, I have heard about Li Yuan's matter from the elder brother, don't blame the elder brother, this matter is because of that old bastard Liu Wenjing who bewitched the elder brother, otherwise the elder brother would never I will try to steal your soldiers and horses. When we go back to Chang'an this time, let's go to see Big Brother together, and then I will hold Liu Wenjing's head and ask him to make amends to you."

It turned out that Liu Wenjing was trying to seize his own military power, dog, wait for me!

Li Zhiyun was slightly wary in his heart, and then smiled wryly: "Fourth Brother, I didn't take that matter to heart, but every time I think of those old brothers who were defeated in Nanyang, I can't help but feel uncomfortable. Are they old soldiers who followed me in Jinyang? .”

Hearing this, Li Yuanji actually believed it. He patted the table and said, "Just don't take it to heart. As for Li Yuan's trash, I've already seen that he's useless, so my elder brother still thinks he can be used." Use it, tsk!"

Do you have a position to say this?
"Okay, fourth brother, no matter how you say it, it's the result of our brothers working together to get through this crisis. We must not go against the second brother's wishes. Fourth brother, a younger brother shouldn't say anything about elder brother, but younger brother still I hope our four brothers can live in harmony." Li Zhiyun looked serious.

Seeing the painstaking persuasion of the fifth younger brother, Li Yuanji couldn't hold back any longer, and hated that iron could not become steel: "Zhiyun, you are so smart in war, but you really don't have a good eye. Can't you see that the second brother and the eldest brother are opposing each other because they intend to fight against each other?" Take the crown prince!"

Li Zhiyun's eyes widened immediately, and he performed facial expressions of 'shocked', 'unbelievable' and 'total denial'.

"Fourth brother, you're drunk!"

As he said that, Li Zhiyun walked over and snatched the jug from his hand, and said solemnly: "Fourth brother, don't say such things in the future, we are brothers, and second brother is definitely not that kind of person."

"Innocent!"

Li Yuanji pushed Li Zhiyun away, stared at Li Zhiyun, and said, "Fifth brother, do you know that in the political affairs hall, those sons of bitches named Dou fully support the second child, and in the army, he fights hard Grabbing power for life, important tasks in the army, never reporting to the prince, what he wants to do, everyone knows!"

Li Zhiyun remained silent for a while, it would be really stupid to pretend to be stupid at this time.

and so.

He covered his face, tears streaming down his face, and his low sobs caught Li Yuanji's attention.

"Zhiyun, manly man, why are you crying!"

"I didn't cry."

"I heard it all."

"I didn't cry!"

"All right, all right, you didn't cry." Li Yuanji sat leaning back, looked at the candlelight, his eyes were astigmatized, "Zhiyun, I know you don't believe it, and you don't even want to believe it, but escaping won't solve the problem. Bi Lu, we brothers are in danger."

Li Zhiyun wiped away his tears, his eyes were red, and he said in a low voice: "I saw some signs before, but I still didn't want to believe it. Big brother, second brother, we are brothers, how can we?"

Hearing this, Li Yuanji patted him on the shoulder, raised his jug and drank wildly.

"Zhiyun, you are kind-hearted, so you don't want to admit it, but it's the truth. Chen Shuda's ability to become the prime minister is all because of our second brother's secret tricks. If one day, you block his way, He will die as well. His heart is hard and he will not care about us."

Li Zhiyun wiped his eye sockets again, but found that there were still no tears, so he had no choice but to spittle and draw a tear stain on his face.

"Fourth brother, no matter what, I believe in the character of the eldest brother, and I also believe in the second brother. They are elder brothers, and they will be able to handle it well. I am just a younger brother, and I don't want to meddle in my elder brother's affairs."

"You, there are times when you regret it." Li Yuanji shook his head.

After drinking with Li Yuanji for a while, Li Zhiyun got up to leave.

If he continued to chat with him, Li Zhiyun was afraid that he would not be able to handle Li Yuanji's unrestrained speech.

(End of this chapter)