Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 96

Solitary House.

"Li Yuanji is gone?"

"gone."

"Hmph, not being a barbarian but being similar to a barbarian is not insulting to the Xianbei blood in him." Dugu Zhen was sitting on the grass fishing with a fishing rod, with a disdainful sneer at the corner of his mouth.

Dugu Sheng said: "It's really surprising. When I heard the news, I couldn't believe it was done by King Qi."

"Hey." Dugu Zhen smiled sarcastically, and said, "The last King Qi also did the same thing, this title is really poisonous."

For the last one, Dugu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then thought of the former Sui and Qi king Yang Wei.

Dugu Sheng couldn't help laughing, "Patriarch, back then when Yang Hao had an affair with Yuan's wife, when the incident was exposed, he actually told Yang Guang that Yuan's wife was exactly like his late wife Webster, and he only had the affair because of his beloved wife. What reason did the king use to argue?"

Yang Wei's wife, Wei Shi, died early. He had an affair with Wei Shi's sister, the Wei Shi's daughter who married Yuan Shi, and gave birth to a daughter.

Thinking about it carefully, Dugu Sheng felt that what the Patriarch said was right, the title King Qi was indeed a bit poisonous.For two generations of Qi kings, the woman who had an affair with his wife was actually from the same clan as his wife.

Chen Zhengde was born in the south of the Yangtze River, his wife was born in the Xiao family of Jiangzuo, and the concubine of Li Yuanji, king of Qi, was also a daughter of the Xiao family in Jiangzuo.

History has come full circle and back again.

"It doesn't matter what the reason is. Li Yuanji was demoted to guard Taiyuan, maybe it's because Li Yuan is trying to calm things down." Dugu shook his fishing rod, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Li Yuan really protects his heirs." Dugu Sheng thought about it, the last time Li Yuanji was defeated, Li Yuan also chose to protect Li Yuanji.

Dugu Zhen said: "In fact, he is not protecting his heirs, he is more guarding against us. In the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang rejected the clan, which resulted in the military power falling into the hands of foreign surnames, such as Wang Shichong, Yu Wenhuaji, Yang Xuangan, and even Li Yuan. Now it is the turn Now that he is the emperor, he must learn his lesson. No matter how incompetent Li Yuanji is, he is still a son of the royal family, and Li Yuan will feel more at ease in his hands than in ours."

"But can Li Yuanji stop Liu Wuzhou?" Dugu Sheng said: "I got the news that Liu Wuzhou accepted the canonization of the Turks, and now he is Ding Yang Khan."

"Aren't there still Li Shimin and Li Zhiyun?" Dugu Zhen said, "No matter how badly Li Yuanji beats him, there must be someone behind him who will cover him up. It is because of this that Li Yuan has no scruples."

Dugu Sheng was puzzled and said: "Patriarch, King Qin's talents needn't be said much, the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty are well aware, but King Chu doesn't seem to be that outstanding?"

"Hehe." Dugu Zhen said indifferently: "Li Zhiyun is not that simple. Capturing Qu and breaking through Qinzhou is enough to prove that he is not mediocre."

Dugu Sheng didn't quite agree with these two points.

"Patriarch, the king of Chu was able to capture Qu Tutong alive only because Chang'an was surrounded by the Tang army at that time, Qu Tutong was in a dead end, and the only way to go was to surrender. As for the capture of Qinzhou, wasn't that what King Changping did?"

Duguzhen suddenly felt a little tired. He found that the younger generations of the family really need to keep their eyes open to take a good look at the government and observe people.

"A guy like Li Shuliang, what ability does he have to break through Qinzhou?" Dugu Zhen said playfully, "It was mentioned in the Western Qin battle report that King Chu intercepted Xue Ju's coffin in Huating, which is very interesting. , Doesn’t Li Zhiyun know the credit for breaking Qinzhou? Why did he stay at Huating and hand over the credit to Li Shuliang, Chai Shao and others? Have you ever thought about this trivial matter?”

Dugu Sheng swallowed and shook his head.Although he did read the battle report of Xiqin back then, he didn't pay attention to such details.Hearing what the Patriarch said now, he felt that Li Zhiyun might not be simple.

Dugu Zhen shifted his eyes and landed on the water, the sparkling water reflected in his eyes.

"This Li Zhiyun is a smart man."

"Want to pay attention to him?"

"No need." Dugu Zhen said: "If he has always been like this, it's useless to pay attention to him, just wait and see."

Dugu Sheng nodded, and immediately said in a low voice: "Patriarch, this time Huai En and King Qin join hands, the prince may be very wary of us."

"It doesn't matter, the prince abandoned us, he is destined to be on guard against us. Now, his opponent is not the Dugu family, so don't worry about it."

"Yes."

After Li Yuanji left Chang'an, everything seemed to have returned to calm, but it seemed that there was no calm.

Since Chen Shuda became Prime Minister, the Zhengshitang has become much more lively. Every time there is a small court meeting in the Zhengshitang, either the prince's face is black or the King of Qin's face is black. Anyway, there is always a black face.

And Li Zhiyun, king of Chu, pretends to be a clay bodhisattva most of the time.

To be honest, the conflict between the Prince and the King of Qin is not very big. Their current conflict is mainly concentrated on political opinions, and has not yet extended to private affairs.

The crown prince's opinion is roughly the same. At present, the Tang Dynasty needs self-cultivation, and can't fight everywhere. It should try to reduce foreign wars, and wait for the national power to become stronger and act at the right time.

The king of Qin thought it was impossible, because the world was in chaos now, if he took a slow step, he would be hindered everywhere, so he advocated making progress abroad.

Li Yuan was very embarrassed.

On the one hand, he felt that what the crown prince said was correct. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the food, fodder and armor were all taken from the Guanlong family, which was equivalent to being under the control of others.If the Tang Dynasty can gradually recover, then it can slowly get rid of the influence of the Guanlong family on grain and fodder, which will help consolidate the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

On the other hand, he felt that King Qin was right.Now that the world is in chaos, we should attack everywhere, expand the territory, and prepare for the unification of the world.

Therefore, Li Yuan wavered in the middle.

"King Chu, what do you think?" Li Yuan looked at Li Zhiyun.

The Political Affairs Hall is a small room, and Li Yuan is sitting in the center, leaning against Yanghe, with a beam of light falling on him from above his head.On the left and right sides of him are the six prime ministers, the crown prince, the king of Qin and the king of Chu.

Therefore, when Li Yuan opened his mouth, everyone heard it clearly, and at the same time turned to look at Li Zhiyun.

The six prime ministers basically knew the fact that the King of Chu was paddling every day in Xiaochao, so they didn't expect the King of Chu to say anything.

Li Zhiyun said in his heart, his chance has finally come.

"Father, what the two brothers said is reasonable."

Hearing this sentence, Pei Ji sneered secretly, lowered his head and fiddled with the memorial. He had no hope for the King of Chu.

Xiao Yu, Liu Wenjing, Chen Shuda, Dou Wei, Dou Kang and others all maintained basic courtesy and looked at Li Zhiyun blankly.

Even Li Yuan showed some dissatisfaction on his face.

He asked Li Zhiyun to be a counselor for the government, hoping that he could give some advice, instead of being a passer-by every time to agree, this is not the result he wanted.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhiyun said: "However, I feel that what the second brother said is more in line with my current situation in Datang."

Alas?
The king of Chu actually gave an accurate word?
Everyone felt incredible, Pei Ji even pricked up his ears to listen.

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Shimin's mouth.

Li Jiancheng frowned slightly.

During this period of time, although the King of Chu didn't say who he was inclined to, it was good to be a wooden man who had nothing to do with the world, at least he didn't contradict himself.

What's going on today?

Li Yuan said with great interest: "Tell me about it in detail."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)