Man Tanghong

Chapter 436 The Unpredictable Li Zhongwen

"Your Highness, a letter from Wei Zeguan!"

Ling Jing hurried into the main hall of Jiudao Palace, bowed and handed over a letter.

With Li Chengqian and Li Chengye's expressions of reluctance and reluctance, Li Yuanji ordered someone to take them down first, and then took the letter.

While removing the wax from the letter, he asked Ling Jing to sit down, and asked casually, "How is the situation at Weize Pass?"

Ling Jing was about to pour tea for himself, when he heard this, he hurriedly put down the wooden spoon for adding water, and said respectfully: "I heard from the person who came to deliver the letter that the scene has been controlled by Princess Pingyang, and Li Zhongwen has been captured. An Zi sent by both Li and Liang Shi has also been executed.

Now Li Zhongwen is being escorted by Tang Jian and He Fanren to Chang'an City. "

Li Yuanji nodded, and asked casually, "Where are the Turkic people and Liang Shidu? Have you retreated?"

Ling Jing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Well, the person who came to deliver the letter didn't say anything."

Li Yuanji nodded, didn't ask any more questions, but read the letter seriously.

After reading the letter and understanding the specific process and results, Li Yuanji also knew the answer. He looked at Ling Jing and said, "Both the Turks and Master Liang have retreated."

Ling Jing asked incredulously, "How did Her Royal Highness do it?"

Logically speaking, the crisis at Weize Pass is not so easy to solve, whether it is Li Zhongwen who holds the military power of Weize Pass and a part of the military and political power of Bingzhou, or is quietly lurking outside Weize Pass, eyeing Datang Both Jieli and Liang Shidu can easily start a big battle at Weize Pass.

Whether Li Xiuning wants to win Li Zhongwen, or destroy Jieli and Liang Shidu's conspiracy, as long as they are pushed to the point where they are in a hurry, they will start a big battle at Weizeguan, and use the most extreme and ultimate way to fight Li Xiuning A showdown will be fought for the ownership of Weizeguan.

But now the crisis at Weizeguan was resolved easily without any major war.

This made Ling Jing very unbelievable.

Not only Ling Jing, but Li Yuanji who knew the inside story also found it incredible.

Who would have thought that in Weizeguan, Taiyuan Mansion, and Bingzhou, there would be a lot of noise about rebellion, and Li Zhongwen, who was just short of raising the rebellion flag and directly claiming the king, would be cowardly at a critical moment?

And also very cowardly.

Not to mention Ling Jing, an aboriginal, even he who is familiar with history would not have thought of it.

Li Yuanji was full of emotions in his heart, and handed the letter to Ling Jing with a melancholy expression, and motioned Ling Jing to read it for himself.

Ling Jing first cupped his hands to show respect, then took the letter with both hands, and read it seriously.

After reading it, the disbelief on his face became stronger, and he subconsciously asked, "What is Li Zhongwen thinking?"

Li Yuanji leaned his body on the back of the cushion circle, and said dumbfoundedly: "I also really want to know what Li Zhongwen thinks."

Ling Jing tightened his hand holding the letter, his eyes widened and he said: "Since he has already overstepped, he might as well go all the way to the dark, why turn back halfway?

Can this kind of thing be turned back halfway?

He thought that if he turned his head halfway and reined in the precipice, the saint would be able to let him go? "

Li Yuanji glared at Ling Jing angrily and amusedly, and said, "Pay attention to your position."

Only then did Ling Jing realize that he and Datang were on the same side. On the matter of Li Zhongwen, he should be facing Datang, not Li Zhongwen.

He should also be thankful that things are developing in favor of Datang, instead of complaining about Li Zhongwen's brain problems.

Immediately, Ling Jing said with an embarrassed smile: "The minister also expressed his feelings for a while, and he didn't really hope that Li Zhongwen would not look back."

Li Yuanji also felt the same feeling in his heart, so he nodded to express his understanding.

Seeing this, the embarrassment on Ling Jing's face gradually dissipated, replaced by a look of melancholy, he hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but said again: "Your Highness, you said that Li Zhongwen controls half of the soldiers in Weize Pass, He also restrained all the soldiers in Bingzhou, and there were Turkic people and people from Liang Shidu outside Weize Pass to support him.

If he wanted to do something in Weize Pass, it would be easy for him.

Why did he take so long to take action, and even captured her without a fight not long after Her Royal Highness arrived at Weize Pass? "

Li Yuanji couldn't understand this either.

Judging from the content of Wei Zeguan's letter, after Li Zhongwen established the Longyou Mansion and married the Tao family's daughter, other things he did were strange and incomprehensible.

After that, Li Zhongwen hardly did a single act of transgression, nor did he take any act of transgression.

Except that Ma Sanbao was imprisoned when Ma Sanbao rushed to Weize Pass, trying to take away the military power from him and seek a piece of pure land for Li Xiuning, and He Fanren, who had the same idea as Ma Sanbao, did not have any more other moves.

When Su Dingfang led the troops to Weizeguan, Li Zhongwen didn't know whether he was afraid or worried about his own safety, so he took the initiative to contact the Turkic people and Liang Shidu people several times.

Although there were several changes in the Turkic soldiers and horses lurking outside Weize Pass and the soldiers and horses of Liang Shidu during this period, no major disturbances occurred.

Li Zhongwen did not take advantage of the fact that the imperial court had not yet sent a large army to attack him, and cooperated with the Turkic people and the people of Liang Shidu to take Weize Pass first, opening a way for Turkic and Liang Shidu to go south, and for Jieli Khan and Master Liang received a certificate of honor.

On the contrary, they kept taking advantage of the Anzi of the Turks and the Anzi of Liang Shidu to benefit both Jieli and Liang Shidu.

What fine wine, beauties, BMWs, rare treasures, gold, silver and jewelry.

But Li Zhongwen almost asked for everything he knew, or could be called by name.

Both Jieli and Liang Shi had "demands" from him, so they naturally did their best to satisfy him.

After Li Zhongwen took the benefits of Jieli and Liang Shidu, he did not do anything for Jieli and Liang Shidu, but enjoyed the fun to his heart's content.

What is delicious and what is expensive.

In the words of Li Xiuning in his heart, it is "just [-] days, to make the most of the wealth and honor in the world".

This shows how far Li Zhongwen enjoys his enjoyment.

According to the statistics sent by Li Xiuning, if all the food and clothing expenses of Li Zhongwen during the enjoyment period were converted into money, it would reach a full 500,000 guan.

500,000 pieces does not sound like much, and it is even less than a quarter of the value of the medicinal materials donated to Sun Simiao by the dignitaries in Chang'an City for free medical treatment.

But it was collectively donated by all the nobles in Chang'an City, including Li Yuan's internal treasury, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji's own treasury, all of which contributed a large number of precious medicinal materials.

Almost all the dignitaries donated most of the precious medicinal materials in their homes, and even some dignitaries who did not have many precious medicinal materials in their homes went to the major pharmacies to buy some medicinal materials and donated them.

It is said that after the fundraising and free clinic, the precious medicinal materials in the major pharmacies in Chang'an City were out of stock for three months.

It can be seen from this that whether it is medicinal materials worth more than 200 million guan, or money worth more than 200 million guan, it is a considerable wealth in Datang.

You must know that the tax collected by Datang every year is converted into money, which is only about one million guan.

The previous free clinic was tantamount to spending more than two years of taxes on Datang.And Li Zhongwen's [-] days, that is, more than half a month, is equivalent to spending nearly half a year's tax of Datang.

This shows how extravagant Li Zhongwen is.

It is estimated that only Shi Chong's resurrection can compare with him who is more extravagant.

And after Li Zhongwen had had enough of extravagance, as soon as Li Xiuning arrived at Weize Pass and showed up, he almost didn't struggle much, and was captured without a fight.

It can be said that what Li Zhongwen did in the early stage was completely prepared to rebel and always prepared.

What he did in the later period did not look like he wanted to rebel at all.

The huge difference between before and after, as well as the huge contradiction, really makes people wonder what Li Zhongwen wants to do after such a toss.

If you say he is going to rebel, he did not do anything other than some transgressive actions, and he did not cause any major harm to Datang.

Instead, they ate and drank from the Turkic people and Liang Shidu, so that Weizeguan and many people in Weizeguan took advantage of it.

It also allowed Weizeguan and many people in Weizeguan to get rid of poverty and become rich.

You can say that he is not rebellious, but he is overstepping, colluding with the enemies of Datang, eating and drinking from the enemies, and he looks like he has been bribed.

If you look at it together, you can't understand what the purpose of Li Zhongwen's doing this is, and why he did it.

When people do something, they must have a purpose, right?

Whether the purpose is good or bad, that is the purpose.

If there is no purpose, what is the point of doing it?
It's impossible to be idle and playful, right?

The problem is that what Li Zhongwen did will lose his head, and it's not just one person, but the whole family, even three clans.

It's impossible for Li Zhongwen to play around with this kind of thing, right? !
"To be honest, I don't understand why Li Zhongwen didn't move for a long time, and why he didn't hesitate to arrest my sister after she arrived."

After thinking carefully for a while, Li Yuanji shook his head with emotion.

Ling Jing said thoughtfully: "Could there be any secrets?"

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "If there is no inside story, he should write a letter to explain the inside story to my father, but he didn't write a letter."

Ling Jing said: "Perhaps there is something unspeakable?"

Li Yuanji glanced at Ling Jing, and said angrily: "Even if there is a huge unspeakable secret, it can't be an excuse for him to overstep, right? He married Tao's daughter Ying Taoli Zhige, and he can barely find one or two reasonable ones." Excuse.

But his establishment of Longyou Mansion is unjustifiable no matter what.

Establishing a government and establishing a system is different from opening a government and building a government. That is my father's exclusive authority.

Even if our brothers are deeply loved by my father, we dare not exceed half a point.

He is an outsider and a courtier, how dare he overstep? "

(End of this chapter)