Man Tanghong

Chapter 488 Li Jiancheng at Full Firepower
"The reason why you have a bitter face is that you are worried that my elder brother will also do something to our people?"

After feeling a lot of emotion in his heart, Li Yuanji stared at Ling Jing and asked questions.

Since Li Jiancheng started to do this kind of thing, there is no reason to let him go.

After all, as long as he is still breathing, he is a threat to Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng has no reason to only deal with Li Shimin and not him.

Ling Jing smiled wryly: "It doesn't mean that we will also do something to our people, but it has already done something to our people."

"Ok?"

Li Yuanji's eyes widened in surprise.

Already started?
Fast enough!
It seems that Pei Ju has seen that Li Jiancheng is at an absolute disadvantage. If he and Li Shimin's wings are not cut off, they will undoubtedly lose.

That's why Li Jiancheng came up with such a plan in an attempt to let Li Jiancheng kill both soldiers.

It's just that it's too late for Li Jiancheng to do so now.

Li Shimin has firmly grasped the military power in his hand, and he has also firmly grasped the weapon in his hand.

Unless Li Jiancheng transferred Li Shimin and all the generals in his hands away in one go, it would be impossible to take away the military power in their hands.

So Li Jiancheng did this first, except for occupying a small amount of military power and scaring the enemy, it would not have any other benefits at all.

And a small amount of military power is no different to Li Shimin and him.

"Yesterday, Zhao Chengyong, who was recuperating in Xinglu in Chang'an, found Xue Wanshu and said that he wanted Xue Wanshu to surrender to His Royal Highness, and promised Xue Wanshu countless benefits, but Xue Wanshu refused on the spot.

When I came to Jiudao Palace this morning, I happened to meet Xue Wanshu to explain the situation to His Highness.

The minister took the initiative to ask for Ying, and took over the matter. "

Ling Jing didn't understand what was in Li Yuanji's heart, so he talked to himself.

Li Yuanji said in a daze: "You mean my elder brother asked Zhao Chengyong to find Xue Wanshu?"

Ling Jing nodded his head and said: "It should be because Zhao Chengyong and Xue Wanshu came out of Youzhou together and they can talk, so let Zhao Chengyong be the lobbyist."

Li Yuanji said dumbfoundedly: "My elder brother really found a good lobbyist, and also found a good person to bribe."

These words are satirizing Li Jiancheng.

Ironically, Li Jiancheng had no choice but to find someone like Zhao Chengyong, a martial idiot, as a lobbyist.

Although Zhao Chengyong is good at martial arts and has a brave heart, if he doesn't die in the future, he is destined to do something.

But that doesn't mean he's fit to be a lobbyist.

In Li Yuanji's view, even if Li Jiancheng sent Zheng Shanguo, who had climbed up through nepotism, as a lobbyist, it was better than sending Zhao Chengyong as a lobbyist.

He could even think of what Zhao Chengyong did and said when he approached Xue Wanshu.

It must have been straightforward and reckless, and then was straightforwardly rejected, and finally ended hastily, just like going through the motions.

Li Jiancheng didn't buy the right person when he bought people. It's not good to buy someone, but he bought Xue Wanshu's younger brother.

With Xue Wanshu's temperament, he would never agree to things that his younger brothers did not agree to.

Therefore, it is impossible for Li Jiancheng to bribe him without giving enough benefits to his younger brothers.

As far as he and his younger brothers are currently in the Qi Palace, as well as the benefits they have received, Li Jiancheng can't show it at all.

It's not that Li Jiancheng can't spend more money, or that Li Jiancheng can't help the Xue brothers find bigger officials.

But before the two brothers Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche fully showed their talents, it was impossible for Li Jiancheng to spend a huge price to buy them off.

After all, among the Xue brothers, two are now Dukes of the county and two are Dukes of the state. If Li Jiancheng wants to buy them off, at least one of the Dukes of the state and two Dukes of the county must be given the title.

And that's just titles.

Including his official position, Li Jiancheng would have to spend more.

With so many costs, it is enough for Li Jiancheng to recruit celebrities who have already shown their talents, and there is no need to waste time on the Xue brothers.

Therefore, the Xue brothers were destined to have no fate with him, and he also made a bad move.

This kind of behavior of Li Jiancheng made Li Yuanji involuntarily think of the plot in history where he bought Yu Chigong.

It is said that among the generals and schools in Tiance Mansion, Li Jiancheng admired the loyal Yuchi Gong the most.

So when it was decided to cut off Li Shimin's wings, he was the first to choose to buy Yu Chigong.

Then Yuchi Gong slapped him severely.

Li Yuanji didn't know whether Li Jiancheng liked to do his own thing, or he was blindly arrogant, thinking that he was a prince, as long as he extended an olive branch to others, others would accept him and worship him.

Otherwise, why did you go to buy Yu Chigong when you knew that Yu Chigong was a loyal person?

You all know that Yu Chigong is a loyal guy, and you went to bribe Yu Chigong, are you a briber?

You are provoking people's insistence!
Who will agree to your provocative bribe?

"Who said it wasn't."

Ling Jing also felt that Li Jiancheng had chosen the wrong person for this matter, so he cheerfully agreed.

However, after agreeing, the smile on his face faded and he said: "I also got news that several generals who made things difficult for Marquis Yuwen in Hangu Pass died suddenly last night, and their heads disappeared this morning."

Li Yuanji also put away the smile on his face, glanced at Ling Jing and said, "Is this going to buy Yuwenbao?"

Ling Jing nodded his head and said: "I have checked carefully, and these people have not offended anyone other than Yu Wenhou. Their heads disappeared again at this time, apparently by His Royal Highness Use it as a stepping stone to buy Yuwenhou."

Li Yuanji snorted, and said with a sneer, "My elder brother spent his life on Yu Wenbao."

Yu Wenbao is inferior to the Xue brothers in terms of identity and status.

For Yu Wenbao, Li Jiancheng killed a general he had trained for a long time, as well as several school lieutenants who held important positions. Obviously, he valued Yu Wenbao more than the Xue brothers.

Li Yuanji could roughly guess the purpose of Li Jiancheng's actions.

It was nothing more than that he felt that Yu Wenbao was his close minister in the past, and now he was deeply trusted by him. As long as he bought Yu Wenbao, he would be able to know many of his secrets and weaknesses through Yu Wenbao, and then use Yu Wenbao to counter him.

It's a pity, Yu Wenbao is a guy who would rather die than betray the Lord.

In the past, for the grain of the Luoyang granary, he was able to confront the people sent by Li Jiancheng. How could he fall to Li Jiancheng because Li Jiancheng killed a few of his own people today? !
Perhaps in Li Jiancheng's view, his method of using human heads as a stepping stone is to smile away all grievances and enmities.

But in Yu Wenbao's eyes, this is a dog eats a dog, a fight in the nest.

Yu Wenbao is the kind of character who is tough to outsiders and quite kind to his own people.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng's behavior will only make him disgusted, and will only disgust him.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng is doomed to fail in the matter of recruiting Yu Wenbao.

However, Ling Jing is a conspirator. After staying in a dark place for a long time, he likes to think in a dark direction and think of the bad in everything.

So after he nodded in agreement with Li Yuanji's words, he hesitated and said, "Should we send someone to remind Yu Wenbao?"

It is said to be a reminder, but it is actually a beating.

Li Yuanji did not answer, but stared at Ling Jing and asked seriously: "Where did you get this news?"

Ling Jing froze for a moment, but didn't speak.

Li Yuanji asked himself and answered, "It must have been learned from the spies we planted in the East Palace."

Ling Jing nodded.

Li Yuanji said again: "That's the case, why do we still need to send someone to remind Yu Wenbao? Isn't this clearly telling us that the spies placed in the East Palace are us who have been secretly manipulating him?"

Ling Jing was stunned.

Li Yuanji continued: "In this way, we will become clear in his eyes. If he has any ideas of his own, or wants to seek more benefits from us, then he will not Listen to us carefully.

In this case, the spy is useless.

But at this time, if we want to arrange spies in my eldest brother's palace, it will be difficult. "

Li Jiancheng was put together by Li Shimin in the palace. Under such circumstances, it would be strange if he didn't strengthen his surveillance of everyone around him and his control over the palace.

So at this time, he would look at any official who was not personally recruited by him with suspicion.

In this way, there is no way to place spies by his side.

Therefore, Li Yuanji hoped that the spies placed next to Li Jiancheng could continue to hide and be used at critical times, not because of Yu Wenbao's affairs.

Ling Jing frowned slightly and said, "Then... Marquis Yuwen..."

Without waiting for Ling Jing to finish speaking, Li Yuanji waved his hands and said, "You don't have to worry about Yu Wenbao, I trust him."

If he couldn't even trust Yu Wenbao, then he wouldn't have anyone under his command who could trust him.

Hearing this, Ling Jing hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I understand..."

Li Yuanji looked at Ling Jing and said, "Compared to Yu Wenbao, you should focus on other people."

Ling Jing was stunned for a moment, then thoughtfully said: "For example...Wang Gui?"

Li Yuanji nodded seriously and said: "He is the person under my command who is most likely to be bribed by my elder brother, and also the person who is most likely to cause serious damage to us at a critical moment."

Compared with him, Wang Gui is obviously more willing to follow Li Jiancheng, who is justified.

Wang Gui was originally an old minister of Li Jiancheng, and he was deeply trusted by Li Jiancheng. He was the one who pried Wang Gui away from Li Jiancheng when Li Jiancheng and Wang Gui were in trouble.

Before everything is settled, if Wang Gui is asked to make another choice, Wang Gui will definitely choose Li Jiancheng.

Therefore, if anyone under his command would betray him, Wang Gui had the greatest chance.

"I will write a letter to Ma Zhou, asking Ma Zhou to watch Wang Gui to death."

Ling Jing recognized Li Yuanji's words very much, so after Li Yuanji finished speaking, he spoke without hesitation.

Li Yuanji shook his head and said: "That's not necessary, Wang Gui can't afford any big waves in Hebei Road. You just need to send someone to watch and see if my elder brother will send someone to Hebei Road in the near future, and who will be sent there?" Hebei Road is enough."

After a pause, Li Yuanji added in a deep voice: "Bingzhou also sent people to watch. My elder brother will most likely send people to the Wang family in Taiyuan to secretly spy on Chencang."

(End of this chapter)