Man Tanghong

Chapter 487 Li Jiancheng Finally Got Smart
Li Shimin's expression changed instantly.

In this moment, he thought of a lot.

He first thought about the purpose of those concubines without heirs looking for a backer, and then thought of the person who cooperated with him in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and that person's ability to manipulate the concubines as if they were puppets.

In the past, no matter how he guessed, he couldn't guess how that person manipulated the concubines, but now he probably guessed a little bit.

Although his cooperation with that person has ended, the relationship has not been broken.

So, this matter... how to deal with it?

Since Li Yuanji was able to mention this matter and sent someone to invite him over, it meant that Li Yuanji had not only heard some rumors, but probably also knew some inside information, and even held some evidence.

Li Yuanji invited him here probably to get rid of these people.

So how should he choose?
If these people are removed, the ability of the person in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to control these people will be invalidated, and that person will no longer be qualified to cooperate with him, and he will lose a lot of help.

It doesn't do him any good.

But since Li Yuanji was able to invite him over and intends to join hands with him to deal with this matter, if he does nothing, it will be difficult for Li Yuanji to pass.

With Li Yuanji's domineering temperament and his reckless temperament, if this matter is exposed, the consequences will be disastrous.

At that time, not only the person from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be dug out, but the conspiracy between him and that person may also be exposed.

So should he give up that person by following Li Yuanji, or should he protect that person and stop Li Yuanji?
"Second brother, are you talking? You said they have no children, what are they looking for backing?"

Seeing that Li Shimin was a little distracted, Li Yuanji asked with a slightly heavier tone.

Li Shimin came back to his senses, stared at Li Yuanji and said, "Did you find something?"

Li Yuanji shook his head without hesitation and said: "I didn't find anything, I just didn't understand, I didn't understand, so please come and ask my second brother."

Li Shimin didn't believe Li Yuanji's words, and after pondering for a while, he said, "If that's the case, then shall we each send someone to investigate?"

Li Yuanji nodded slowly.

Li Shimin's heart sank and he said: "If we find out something shameful, how should we deal with it?"

Li Yuanji cupped his hands and said: "In this matter, I am willing to follow the example of my second brother."

This time, Li Shimin was erected.

Li Shimin secretly gritted his teeth and said, "Then after we find out about the shameful things, we should keep quiet for now. After we finish dealing with it, we will decide whether to tell father or not."

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "Yes."

Li Shimin pretended to be calm and said, "Then it's settled."

Li Yuanji nodded again.

Afterwards, Li Shimin happily changed the topic, and chatted about homework again.

Li Yuanji accompanied Li Shimin from the beginning to the end, and even had a meal with Li Shimin before sending Li Shimin away.

After Li Shimin left, Li Yuanji asked Ling Jing to find an opportunity to send the information he found to Li Shimin, first to see what Li Shimin did, and then decide how to act.

Li Yuanji knew that Li Shimin was connected with the 'ghost' from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he didn't think that Li Shimin would tolerate the childless concubines in the palace looking for backers for that 'ghost'.

This is tarnishing the Li family, and it is also humiliating the Li family.

Li Shimin, as an important member of the Li family, how could he tolerate such a thing.

Although the Tang Dynasty was famous for being dirty in history, the dirtiest being the royal family, but that was the reputation that Li Shimin formed after he indulged his children to behave mischievously, and it is not there yet.

Therefore, when it comes to maintaining the reputation of the royal family, Li Shimin will definitely take action.

Specifically, it depends on how far Li Shimin can go.

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Under Li Yuanji's instruction, Ling Jing told Li Shimin the news he had found the next day. That night, Zhu Mingmen's guard on duty died suddenly.

Afterwards, those who were on duty in the palace, and some who were related to the guards at Zhu Mingmen, also died suddenly in one way or another.

Some people say that this is Li Jiancheng purging dissidents after he escaped from the 'prison';

All in all, not a single accurate message.

But Li Yuanji knew that this was Li Shimin's action.

Since Li Shimin chose to protect the reputation of the royal family, and his actions were so ruthless, there was no need for Li Yuanji to be polite. He immediately used the power of the Xue brothers and others to be on duty in the palace, and began to eradicate the guards with Zhu Mingmen, and Concubine Yin De is related to someone.

Suddenly, inside and outside the palace, people died suddenly one after another, and the number increased in an appalling manner.

Whether it's Li Yuan or Li Jiancheng, they don't care about it.

"Is my father out of his mind, or does he have other ideas?"

More than ten people died in the palace one after another, before Li Yuan had any reaction, Li Yuanji called Ling Jing and asked this question in confusion.

Ling Jing sat across from Li Yuanji, holding the green apricot in one hand, and the chess piece in the other, and said with a smile: "The sage is pampering you."

Li Yuanji froze for a moment, and understood what Ling Jing meant.

Apart from Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, the only ones who could kill people in the palace, especially in this way one after another, were their brothers.

Li Yuan knew that it was their brothers who were doing it, so he didn't care.

"My father is using our hands to clean up the harem?"

Li Yuanji asked suspiciously.

The harem without the Lord of the Six Palaces is chaotic, just like a soldier without a backbone, the generals, captains and others inside must have evil intentions and try their best to fight for power and profit, so there will definitely be a lot of darkness.

It is not easy for Li Yuan himself to deal with this kind of chaos directly, because this is the responsibility of the lord of the sixth house. Even if there is no lord of the sixth house, there are four concubines to perform her duties, so it is not good for a man to directly interfere with a woman Inside the house.

When Concubine Yin De had a problem and other imperial concubines were panicking, if they wanted to clean up the harem, they either had to wait until the news had passed and act quietly, or they had to attract external forces to do it.

But now that external forces came forward to help, Li Yuan naturally had no reason to refuse.

It's just that Li Yuanji felt that Li Yuan seemed a little too indulgent to their brothers, so he felt that Li Yuan should have other intentions besides using their hands to clean up the harem.

After hearing this question, Ling Jing pondered for a moment, and said: "It should be more than that, the sage may have the intention of making His Royal Highness King Qin take advantage of this to vent his anger."

Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully.

This is very likely.

In the matter of Li Jiancheng having an affair with a concubine in the harem, although Li Yuan checked twice, he still did not find out the truth. In the end, he let Li Jiancheng go, because he let Li Jiancheng go against his conscience.

On this point, Li Yuan is sorry for Li Shimin, so he is likely to allow Li Shimin to vent his anger.

Although in the case of Li Jiancheng, no matter how Li Yuan made a decision as an emperor, he would not feel sorry for Li Shimin, but when Li Yuan faced Li Shimin, he never regarded himself as an emperor, but as an emperor. A father, a father who protects his shortcomings and dotes on his son.

So after making an unfair decision, he would feel ashamed of Li Shimin.

In this way, if Li Shimin killed a few people who were not important to him to vent his anger, he could also pretend not to see it.

After all, in his eyes, as long as his son doesn't kill him or other sons, he doesn't care whoever he kills.

"So, can we be bolder?"

Li Yuanji stared at Ling Jing and asked questions.

Since Li Yuan intends to clean up the harem with the help of him and Li Shimin, and indulges Li Shimin without restraint, it seems that there is no need for him to restrain his hands, and he can safely and boldly use some faster methods.

Ling Jing smiled wryly and said, "It's better not to..."

Li Yuanji frowned and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Ling Jing said with a bitter face: "I'm afraid you won't have time to pay attention to this matter later."

Li Yuanji looked at Ling Jing puzzled.

Ling Jing said with an even more bitter face: "This morning, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who just came out of the confinement, made Li Gang and Pei Ju the honored guests, and ordered everyone in the East Palace to respect Li Gang and Pei Ju as much as he respects him. Everything is subject to Li Gang and Pei Ju's words. "

Li Yuanji's face changed slightly and he said: "My elder brother is attracting Li Gang and Pei Ju as his confidantes, intending to let them take over the previous responsibilities of Wang Gui and Dou Gui, and become the head of all the officials in the East Palace, and advise him?"

Ling Jing nodded solemnly.

Li Yuanji groaned and did not speak again.

Li Jiancheng was confused many times, and finally got smart once, knowing that he relied on old ministers like Li Gang and Pei Ju to help him find work.

Although it was a bit late, it could more or less restore some of the previous defeats.

"If it's just like this, it seems that there is nothing worthy of our attention?"

Li Yuanji glanced at Ling Jing and asked.

If it was just Li Jiancheng who completely drew Li Gang and Pei Ju into his confidantes and reused them, he would have nothing to do with Qi Palace in a short time, let alone have any relationship.

There is absolutely no need to give up cleaning up the filth in the palace because of this matter.

"If it's just like this, I won't have a bitter face."

Ling Jing smiled wryly and said: "According to the news I just received, Pei Ju offered advice to His Highness the Crown Prince, asking His Highness to send all the generals of Tiance Mansion to various places to act as governors and guards.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already adopted it, and on the grounds that the barbarians in Kangzhou refused to accept Wang Hua and violated the ban repeatedly, he invited Su Guogong Cheng Yaojin to be the governor of Kangzhou and sit in Kangzhou.

It didn't take long for the sage to agree to the matter after His Royal Highness's memorial was handed over.

At this moment, the decree of moving Cheng Yaojin to be the governor of Kangzhou may have already been sent to Su Guogong's mansion. "

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

Li Yuanji had to admit that people like Pei Ju, who were able to sit in high-ranking officials no matter in the former Sui Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, really had two talents.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he gave Li Jiancheng a very sharp and effective suggestion.

The purpose of doing this is to cut off Li Shimin's wings and cut off Li Shimin's influence on the soldiers and horses in Beijing and the soldiers and horses near the capital.

And this is precisely the biggest reliance on Li Shimin's ability to compete with Li Jiancheng.

If Li Jiancheng could reuse Pei Ju earlier, get this suggestion earlier, and start earlier, perhaps, history would have been rewritten by him.

It's a pity that Li Shimin has already killed his soldiers and horses in Beijing, and he has already killed his soldiers and horses near the capital.

Even if Li Jiancheng transferred Cheng Yaojin and others away, it would not affect Li Shimin's control and influence over his soldiers and horses.

What Li Jiancheng is doing now will only force Li Shimin to take the last road step by step.

(End of this chapter)