Man Tanghong

Chapter 311 A Not-So-Smart Person
When Li Yuanji walked out of Guangyun Gate, it was already dark.

On both sides of the Golden Bridge in front of Guangyun Gate, there were many figures shaking. They were all hiding in the dark, and they couldn't see their faces clearly. Only a faint shadow loomed in the darkness.

Li Yuanji knew their identities, but he ignored them. He just took Su Dingfang, Xie Shufang, and Kan Ling across the golden bridge, got on his horse, and left in front of Guangyun Gate in a hurry.

After Li Yuanji left, the figures on both sides of the golden bridge swayed more intensely, and low cries came out from time to time.

"His Royal Highness King Qi has left the palace!"

"Quickly go back and report to Ah Lang!"

"..."

"Is everything all right?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

"..."

"Is this kind of thing that us servants can talk about at will?"

A figure shouted in a slightly higher voice, and all the figures fell silent, and finally blended into the night without a sound.

Li Yuanji also blended into the night, but he didn't like the night in Chang'an City.

I always feel that it is dark and lifeless, as if I am in a ghost.

If it weren't for the people around Wuhouwei who passed by him from time to time, he would really think that he was in a ghost.

"Chang'an City shouldn't be like this."

Li Yuanji sighed in his heart.

In his reverie, Chang'an City should be a bustling, noisy city that never sleeps.

People can indulge, enjoy, and enjoy the prosperity and strength of the Tang Dynasty in this city.

Only in this way can it be worthy of the title of 'Prosperous Tang'.

It's a pity that the real Chang'an City of Tang Dynasty is far from what he imagined.

Just a rule of curfew is enough to kill all his reverie.

"Your Highness... Your Highness..."

Kan Leng chased after Li Yuanji, hesitating for a long time before hesitating to make a sound.

Li Yuanji didn't look at him, but just gave a 'hmm'.

Kan Leng received Li Yuanji's response, and hurriedly said, "Are we going back like this?"

For a person who is not very smart, today's group in the Taiji Palace seems very inexplicable.

Today, he suddenly saw that he was on duty at the prison gate in Taiji Palace, and then suddenly saw that he was just being imprisoned, which seemed even more inexplicable.

Kan Leng thought about it all the way, but he couldn't think of a reason.

Although he, Su Dingfang and Xie Shufang are colleagues, their status is several grades lower.

Su Dingfang and Xie Shufang are two smart people, and they don't like to be close to less smart people like him and Yu Wenbao.

So it was hard for him to ask Su Dingfang and Xie Shufang for advice, so he could only bite the bullet and ask Li Yuanji for advice.

Li Yuanji glanced sideways at Kan Leng, and said with emotion: "Why don't you go back? Everything is over."

Kan Leng said in a daze, "But we didn't do anything?"

In Kan Leng's view, doing nothing is equivalent to doing nothing.

You can't expect a pioneer to consider issues from the perspective of a commander-in-chief or a strategist.

If he can consider issues from the perspective of a commander or a counselor, he cannot be reduced to a pioneer.

If he could have a commander, or the wisdom of a counselor, he would not ask such questions.

Li Yuanji used to like smart people the most, because it was easier to talk to smart people, and it was easier to let smart people do things, but after spending a lot of time in Datang, his preferences changed.

He began to like people who are not very smart, because people who are not very smart may not be so easy to talk and do things, but they are very obedient and easy to use.

More importantly, without too many personal thoughts and opinions, it is easier to control.

Take the matter of raising private soldiers as an example. If Li Jiancheng had sent one second-hander to preside over the overall situation, and then sent two second-handers to send soldiers, even if he was exposed, he would not be betrayed, let alone backstabbed. .

The worst result is that the two poles rebelled in their own names and took all the blame, so that Li Jiancheng would not be implicated.

But the people Li Jiancheng sent were not only disloyal, but also too smart and thoughtful.

So much so that Li Jiancheng didn't do anything, and his success was already on the verge of failure.

With the lessons learned from Li Jiancheng and the example of Yu Wenbao in his family, Li Yuanji naturally knew that he should like people who are not very smart.

So when faced with Kan Leng's not-so-smart question, Li Yuanji not only didn't get angry, but instead smiled calmly and said to Kan Leng, "It's not that we didn't do anything, but that I've done what should be done, so you don't have to do anything." gone."

Kan Leng was still at a loss.

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "This matter is related to my father, and it is also related to my elder brother and second elder brother, so I can't tell you clearly, you have to understand it yourself.

If you realize it, then you will understand everything.

If you can’t realize it, then act as if nothing happened.

Anyway, no matter how far this matter develops in the end, it has nothing to do with you, and it cannot be implicated in you. "

Kan Leng nodded half-understanding.

After Li Yuanji said so much, he summed it up in one sentence.

That is 'this matter is kept secret, don't inquire or talk nonsense, just pretend nothing happened'.

"Your Highness, what is the arrangement for the saint to wait for the minister?"

After Li Yuanji finished speaking with Kan Ling, Su Dingfang suddenly spoke.

Li Yuanji was taken aback, and asked with a smile: "Why, can't you be idle?"

Although people from the Qi Palace also go to court, participate in politics, and can speak at the court, they don't have much right to speak.

Especially when Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin each accounted for half of the court, once they started to confront each other, what the people in the Qi Palace said would be completely overwhelmed.

Most of the people in Prince Qi's Mansion don't have any important part-time jobs, and they seem to have nothing to do when they don't have much power to speak.

Only when there is a war, can you go to the front of the people to show off your presence.

Su Dingfang is now in his prime, the time when he is most ambitious and aggressive, so he is a little restless, always looking for something to do, always wanting to make more achievements, so that when he gets old, he will be comfortable Lie on the credit book and be an old hooligan who catches someone and scolds him.

"It's a bit restless. If you keep idle, I'm afraid that your ambition will be wiped out."

Su Dingfang didn't hide it, and expressed his thoughts openly.

Li Yuanji gave Su Dingfang a meaningful look.

If someone else said this, he might believe it.

But when Su Dingfang said this, he didn't believe a word.

Su Dingfang is a fierce man who survived to more than 60 years old and can still take the lead.

It belongs to the kind of people who get older and stronger, and the older they get, the more determined their ambitions are.

How could his ambition be wiped out?
His ambition will only grow stronger as it wears down.

"Then how do you want to show your ambition?"

Li Yuanji stared at Su Dingfang for a long time, until he was a little flustered by Su Dingfang, then asked with a smile.

Su Dingfang said without hesitation: "I hope that Your Highness can recommend it to the saint, and let me go to attack Yang Wengan."

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "You guessed that Yang Wen was rebellious?"

At present, only he, Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin know the details of this matter, and the others do not know the details.

However, it is reasonable for Su Ding to guess this matter.

After all, if a commander-in-chief does not have a keen sense of smell and senses that a war is about to happen, he is unqualified.

Su Dingfang clasped his fists and said: "I saw the saint sent people to the west before, but up to now, no one has come back, so I speculate that there must be something wrong in the west."

Li Yuanji nodded.

Su Dingfang continued: "How big is the change in the west, so it is impossible for the saint to stay quietly in the Taiji Palace. The inside and outside of Chang'an City will not be like this.

Therefore, I concluded that there should be a small accident in the west.

Since it was a small change, the possibility of Turkic invasion and An Xinggui's rebellion was ruled out.

The only thing left is the rebellion of the governors of the states, or the rebellion of the states. "

Li Yuanji nodded and said with a smile: "Combining with the fact that my father dispatched Wei Ting to Yizhou, it is not difficult to guess that the change in the west is related to my elder brother.

Although my elder brother has a lot of manpower in the west, the only person who can cause major changes and directly affect my elder brother is Yang Wenqian from Gyeongju. "

Su Dingfang nodded solemnly.

When Li Yuanfa matched Wei Ting, he didn't hide it.

Gyeongju, chosen by Li Jiancheng, is not a suitable place to raise private soldiers.

So something went wrong, and it couldn't stand careful scrutiny.

As long as you think about it carefully, you can figure out the clues inside.

"But it's a pity."

Li Yuanji smiled and said with emotion: "My father has promised this matter to my second brother. Even if I recommend you to my father, you can't compete with my second brother."

The expression on Su Dingfang's face changed, with a look of regret.

Kan Leng said bluntly: "His Royal Highness King Qin's military exploits have already surpassed the Tang Dynasty, so why do you need so many military exploits?"

Xie Shufang didn't want to speak, but he felt uncomfortable, so he added, "If you want to attack Yang Wengan, you don't need His Royal Highness Qin Wang?"

It's not Xie Shufang Xiaoxun Yang Wengan, but Yang Wengan is really not worthy of Li Shimin's own hands.

Counting Li Shimin's past opponents in detail, they were either the anti-kings who dominated one side, or the lords who proclaimed themselves emperors and ancestors.

Yang Wengan was not good enough in front of these people, even if he became a courtier for some of them, he couldn't get a high position.

Therefore, it is indeed a bit overkill for Li Shimin to attack Yang Wengan.

It's as if Li Yuanji took all the people in the house to bully a group of government servants led by a county magistrate.

"I'm afraid there are other deep meanings in it?"

Su Dingfang glanced at Li Yuanji and spoke slowly.

Li Yuan is not a fool, nor is he a fool, it is impossible for him to do such a thing with a strong crossbow to bombard mosquitoes.

So there must be other intentions here.

political intentions.

What it was, Su Dingfang didn't know, but he hoped to get an answer from Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "There are indeed other deep meanings, but they have nothing to do with us. It's better not to pay too much attention to it."

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