Man Tanghong

Chapter 345 Li Xiaogong's Attitude
Li Xiaogong looked at Xue Wanshu's joyful expression, with a rare look of astonishment on his face.

It's not that Li Yuanji's compensation on Xue Wanshu's behalf is too difficult, but too simple, so simple that Li Xiaogong couldn't believe his ears.

No matter how you say it, he is also a county king, a county king who once held great power.

He dare not say that a high-ranking official is a noble, but he can still plan a thing or two for a middle-level official position.

As a result, Xue Wanshu was satisfied with a small civil position in Zuojianmen's mansion.

"Looking at your happy face, it can be seen that Yuan Ji has touched your heart, but are you sure you want me to help your younger brother find a civil job in Zuo Jianmen's mansion?"

Li Xiaogong looked at Xue Wanshu in disbelief, and couldn't help asking.

The joy on Xue Wanshu's face faded, and he hesitated, "Is there any difficulty, Your Highness?"

The expression on Li Xiaogong's face became strange.

What difficulty can there be?
The Zuojianmen Mansion is a military yamen, and there are not many civil servants in it. Except for a few high-level civil servants who need to be handpicked by Li Yuan, the rest are all low-rank civil servants.

He is not qualified to move for high-level civil positions that need to be hand-picked by Li Yuan.

Li Yuan didn't need to hand-pick, he could appoint at will.

What trouble can he have?He will not have any difficulties, and he will not even expend too much energy.

"There is no difficulty, but I don't understand why you sent your brother to the Zuojianmen Mansion to serve as a low-ranking official."

Li Xiaogong said suspiciously.

In his opinion, the Xue family guarded such a big Buddha as Li Yuanji, and if Xue Wanshu's younger brother wanted to become an official, at least he would be able to find a sixth-rank official at the very beginning, or even higher.

Even if Xue Wanshu is unwilling to put all his eggs in one basket, if he helps plan his younger brother's career, there is no reason to want a low-level official.

Although his current power is not as good as before, it is still easy to find Li Yuan, or Li Jiancheng, or the official department to ask for a favor for Xue Wanshu's younger brother, a sixth-rank official.

Xue Wanshu didn't want it with a bright future, but only wanted a low-level official. He really didn't understand what Xue Wanshu thought.

Xue Wanshu saw that Li Xiaogong's expression was not because of embarrassment, a smile appeared on his face again, he cupped his hands and said to Li Xiaogong: "My younger brother is stupid, he can't be a high-ranking official, it's better to be a low-ranking official, only in this way can he save his life. "

Li Xiaogong looked at Xue Wanshu thoughtfully.

He didn't believe a word of Xue Wanshu's words, but he roughly understood Xue Wanshu's intention of arranging his younger brother as a low-level official.

One is to guard the house.

The second is to leave a legacy for the Xue family.

To prevent the four of them from having any good or bad, the Xue family will lose its protection completely and become an unpopular family.

This kind of thing was done by many nobles in the Tang Dynasty, so it is not new, and it is not difficult to guess.

Li Xiaogong subconsciously glanced at Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji should have seen Xue Wanshu's intentions a long time ago, so he used this to help Xue Wanshu speak out for Xue Wanshu's younger brother to seek an official.

Li Yuanji was not sure if this was a means of imperial court or to reassure Xue Wanshu.

However, this did not prevent him from agreeing to the matter.

"In that case, I will help your younger brother find a civil position in Zuojianmen Mansion. The grievances between you and me will be over from now on. What do you think?"

Xue Wanshu got up happily and thanked Li Xiaogong, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Xiaogong waved his hand, and said calmly: "I made a mistake in this matter first, this is my compensation to you, you don't need to thank you."

Although Li Xiaogong said so, Xue Wanshu still saluted Li Xiaogong respectfully.

Li Xiaogong was able to compensate him, not because he was afraid of him, nor because of his face, but because of Li Yuanji's face.

He couldn't take Li Yuanji's face as his own.

So when it's time to apologize, you have to apologize.

Li Xiaogong acted as if he hadn't seen Xue Wanshu salute, after Xue Wanshu saluted and slowly sat down, he couldn't wait to stare at Li Yuanji and asked, "You didn't ask me to come here just to make Xue Wanshu a compensation, did you?

What else, just say it out. "

Li Xiaogong roughly understood Li Yuanji's thoughts through what Li Yuanji did just now, but he didn't say it out, but wanted Li Yuanji to speak out on his own initiative.

Li Yuanji didn't hide it either, he smiled generously and said, "I hope you don't stand up and stop me when I'm taking care of Zhaozhou's Li family."

Li Xiaogong stared, "Are you really going to clean up Zhaozhou's Li family?"

Li Yuanji said as a matter of course: "They have all ridden on my head, and if I don't deal with them, then am I still me?"

Li Xiaogong opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Li Yuanji was famous for being arrogant and domineering. If someone slapped him in the face, if he didn't beat him back, it really didn't fit Li Yuanji's style.

Li Xiaogong pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "The Li family of Zhaozhou is not a small family, not only has in-laws with our family, but also has in-laws with other famous families.

It's not just me in the court, there are many dignitaries who have a close relationship with them.

If you want to move them, you may not be able to retreat unscathed.

So I hope you don't get carried away. "

Li Yuanji could tell that Li Xiaogong was not trying to say good things to the Zhaozhou Li family, nor was he helping the Zhaozhou Li family to calm down his anger, but he really cared about himself, fearing that after he fought with the Zhaozhou Li family, he would lost heavily.

To put it simply, I just don't want him to use his emotions to fight against the Li family of Zhaozhou and kill one thousand enemies, while harming himself by eight hundred.

In that case, once the court changes, he will not have enough strength to deal with it.

"I know this matter well. I have already thought of how to deal with Zhaozhou's Li family. I won't pay too much, and maybe I will gain something."

Li Yuanji spoke slowly.

Li Xiaogong didn't quite believe it, and couldn't help reminding: "You must not chase after the end!"

This is Li Xiaogong reminding, reminding Li Yuanji not to forget that now the key is to fight for the dragon, and everything else is irrelevant.

But Li Yuanji has his own ideas, and has already formed several fairly clear plans in his mind.

Li Yuanji was confident that he would not cause too much trouble to himself after cleaning up the Li family in Zhaozhou.

"I know the severity."

Li Yuanji spoke again.

Li Xiaogong always felt that Li Yuanji didn't take his words to heart, so he sighed and said, "I hope so."

Seeing this, Li Yuanji couldn't help but say a few more words, "My cousin only saw my disadvantages to Shangzhaozhou Li's family, but didn't see my benefits to Shangzhaozhou Li's family."

Li Xiaogong was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Li Yuanji in astonishment.

Li Yuanji continued: "You said that when my eldest brother and my second brother are fighting to the death, would they prefer to see me quietly watching from the sidelines, or would they prefer to see me fighting with a behemoth?" ?”

Li Xiaogong was completely stunned.

He didn't think about it.

Ling Jing and Xue Wanshu were also taken aback.

Thinking about it carefully, when Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were fighting to the death, they really didn't like a powerful younger brother to be around. Get entangled.

In this way, they can teach each other with confidence.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are obviously more at ease by doing this than hiding clumsiness and pretending to be quail.

"If you think about it this way, you are really good for the Li family of Zhaozhou."

Li Xiaogong didn't deny the benefits against his will, but he still reminded seriously: "But you can't be serious, you can't hurt the root.

It is best to fight back and forth with the Li family of Zhaozhou until the crown prince and King Qin are about to decide the result. "

Ling Jing nodded approvingly.

The Li family of Zhaozhou is indeed a good opponent enough to paralyze Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

After all, in the eyes of the vast majority of the Tang Dynasty, the Li family of Zhaozhou is a giant.

It is reasonable to spend a little effort, effort, and time to move to such a behemoth.

Faced with such a behemoth, there must be no time to take care of other things.

Xue Wanshu just listened in a vague way, and didn't understand why Li Yuanji fought with the Li family of Zhaozhou until the crown prince and the king of Qin were about to decide the outcome, instead of fighting until the crown prince and the king of Qin decided the outcome.

After all, to Li Yuanji, whether or not the Prince and the King of Qin are separated, are two different concepts.

If there is no result, Li Yuanji will always be a third party who can enter the arena at any time.

After the result was drawn, Li Yuanji was promoted to the title of emperor's younger brother in one jump.

When the crown prince and the king of Qin were fighting, Li Yuanji did not intervene. No matter who the crown prince or king of Qin was in power, he would not embarrass Li Yuanji in a short time.

Li Yuanji will be safe.

As for the future safety, it depends on how Li Yuanji treats the new monarch, whether to completely level off or resist.

But whether it is climbing or resisting, it will be a long, long time in the future, so there is no need to think about it now.

After all, Li Yuan is now in his prime, and there are still many years to live. If the new king wants to ascend the throne, he will have to wait until Li Yuan dies.

So now it is too early to consider whether Li Yuanji will level up or resist.

Xue Wanshu had all sorts of thoughts in his mind, but he didn't say it out, but quietly listened to the discussion of Li Yuanji, Li Xiaogong, and Ling Jing.

Li Yuanji let him hear these secrets today, obviously intending to make him his confidant.

This is something to be happy about for him.

"My cousin will help me worry about how I fight with the Li family of Zhaozhou in the future. I just want to know if my cousin will come out to stop me when I clean up the Li family of Zhaozhou."

Li Yuanji stared at Li Xiaogong and asked with a smile.

this point is very important.

Li Yuanji didn't want to fight against his allies.

He also didn't want to give up an ally like Li Xiaogong for the sake of a Zhaozhou Li family.

At present, judging from the performance of many of his allies.

Li Xiaogong was the only one who could follow him all the way to the dark, and also the only one who might follow him to rebel.

So he must cherish Li Xiaogong as an ally.

Li Xiaogong shook his head almost without hesitation and said: "No, absolutely not, the Li family of Zhaozhou didn't take you seriously, and probably didn't take me seriously either, at most they regarded me as someone who could be used. people.

How can I help them fight you desperately.

This kind of famous family that even you and I don't pay attention to, certainly doesn't pay attention to our entire Li family.

Datang is our Li family's Datang, and our Li family must say the same.

Those who dare not to take my Li family seriously must be eradicated, otherwise they will become my Li family's disaster sooner or later. "

(End of this chapter)