Man Tanghong

Chapter 495 Not idle
Li Yuanji sarcastically said: "So, my father doesn't care about this marriage, and my elder brother just shaves his head and picks his head?"

Ling Jing thought about it and said: "That's not true... It's not that the saint doesn't care, but he doesn't care that much, so His Royal Highness is not considered a hothead for shaving his head."

Li Yuanji curled his lips and said: "My father doesn't care that much, that is, he doesn't care. My elder brother is still hot with shaving his head."

Li Yuanji knew Li Yuan's temperament very well.

Li Yuan will never allow others to destroy the things that Li Yuan cares about.

So if Li Yuan cared about this marriage, after he learned that the marriage was ruined by him, he would definitely not let him go so easily, and would definitely send Liu Jun to deliver oral instructions, scold him severely, and then give him some punishment , or call him to the palace, scold him and give him some punishment.

It will definitely not be like this now, just say 'nonsense' lightly, and there will be no more.

Therefore, even if Li Yuan didn't care that much about this marriage, he didn't care about this marriage.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng is still hot on shaving his head.

Li Yuanji originally thought that Li Jiancheng got Li Yuan's support for what he did, but he did not expect that Li Jiancheng was wishful thinking.

In this case, he is not alone in this matter.

On the contrary, Li Jiancheng fought alone.

This is interesting.

"Even if His Royal Highness shaves his head, you have offended His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness should take revenge soon."

Ling Jing said worriedly.

Li Jiancheng has been quite cruel these days. He has almost made no secret of eliminating dissidents and transferring officials outside.

If there is a retaliation, the officials of Prince Qi's Mansion will be in bad luck.

Ling Jing was one of the few people who knew part of Li Yuanji's plan. He didn't want a large number of officials from the Qi Palace to be transferred out at this time. If that was the case, it would be detrimental to Li Yuanji's plan.

Li Yuanji saw Ling Jing's worry, and said very calmly: "What are you afraid of? Isn't it revenge? I'll just go ahead."

Ling Jing couldn't help but said: "What if I can't catch it?"

Li Yuanji thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Then send Zhaozhou's Li family to him. I believe that after he gets Zhaozhou's Li family to join him, he won't have time to bother me."

Ling Jing stared in astonishment and said, "Isn't this boosting the prestige of His Highness the Prince?"

Although the Li family of Zhaozhou had already been taken care of by Su Dingfang, Ma Zhou and others and began to linger, they were still a giant.

If Li Jiancheng got the support of the Li family of Zhaozhou, his strength would definitely be improved to a higher level.

At that time, let alone Li Yuanji, even Li Shimin will have to work hard to deal with Li Jiancheng.

So Ling Jing didn't understand why Li Yuanji used this method to get out of Li Jiancheng's "hukou".

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "This kind of boosting prestige is only temporary. When everything is settled, you will understand that this way of boosting prestige is harmful to both of them."

Ling Jing still didn't understand, and couldn't help but said: "But the Li family of Zhaozhou not only represents the Li family of Zhaozhou in this matter, but also represents several other big families in Hebei Province.

If they unite to support His Highness the Crown Prince, even if you join forces with His Highness King Qin, you may not be able to deal with them. "

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "I admit that if several big families in Hebei Province support my eldest brother, even if I join hands with my second brother, it will be difficult to deal with it, but all this is based on the fact that my second brother and I don't move around. based on.

If my second brother and I get rough, no matter how strong they are, they will have to crawl under my and my second brother's feet. "

It's not that Datang doesn't have the strength to wipe out the big families in Hebei Province in one fell swoop, but it's just that he doesn't have a reasonable and suitable excuse to use violence against the big families in Hebei Province.

If you put aside face, reputation, the influence of several big families in Hebei Province, and the views of scholars all over the world on the Tang royal family and don't look at it, then the few big families in Dangping Hebei Province are one. Drum thing.

This kind of thing doesn't even need Li Shimin's intervention. Li Yuanji only needs to give Su Dingfang and Li Jing an order to let them lead the army of Hebei Road to run over it directly.

Therefore, Datang has never lacked the hard power to crush several big families in Hebei Province. It is just unwilling to face all kinds of negative effects after crushing several big families in Hebei Province, so it tolerates them sitting in Hebei Province. big.

But there is a limit to this tolerance.

That is, they cannot clearly participate in the struggle within the royal family. Once they participate, neither Li Yuan nor Li Shimin will be polite.

Because Li Yuan and Li Shimin would think that they wanted to control the imperial power.

As for everyone who wants to influence the imperial power, Li Yuan and Li Shimin don't mind sending them underground.

Therefore, Li Yuanji was not afraid at all that the Li family in Zhaozhou, or even several other big families in Hebei Province would vote for Li Jiancheng, but he was afraid that they would not dare to vote for Li Jiancheng.

"But they won't give you and His Royal Highness Qin an excuse to be rough..."

Ling Jing said with a wry smile.

Li Yuanji laughed and said: "So we have to guide them to serve my elder brother, so that we have an excuse to be rough."

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

Immediately, Ling Jing hesitated and said: "But they may not be fooled."

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "I don't know about the other companies, but as long as the Li family of Zhaozhou gives a little guidance, they will definitely join my elder brother, because now only my elder brother can save them."

Ling Jing said thoughtfully: "That's true..."

Although the Li family of Zhaozhou is a giant, it has become precarious under the targets of Su Dingfang, Ma Zhou and others.

The Li family was born in a powerful family, and they also started their rebellion with the background of the powerful family, so they are very clear about the harm of the powerful family to a country.

Therefore, Li Yuan, the head of the Li family, only hopes that there will be fewer and fewer powerful families in the world, and he will never hope that there will be more and more powerful families in the world, so when the Li family in Zhaozhou is in danger of being suppressed, he will definitely not Come to the rescue.

Li Shimin's roots are in the army, and his wife is not from a powerful family, so he doesn't have much to do with a powerful family. His views on this kind of thing are the same as Li Yuan, so he will not help him.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng is the only one who can save the Li family of Zhaozhou and the Li family of Zhaozhou.

The Li family in Zhaozhou had no choice in this matter. They either voted for Li Jiancheng, fully supported Li Jiancheng to become the emperor, and then used Li Jiancheng to become a bigger family, or they were targeted by Su Dingfang, Ma Zhou and others. From imperiled to outright dead.

One side is the way to live, the other side is the way to die, how to choose is obvious.

Li Yuanji had discussed this matter with Ling Jing a long time ago, and they also came to the same conclusion, so Ling Jing quickly understood the key points.

Although it is deadly for aristocratic families to participate in the internal struggles of the royal family, it depends on who they support.

If they support the losers, they are sure to die.

If they supported the victors, then not only would they not die, they might even be able to develop the clan even stronger.

For example, Wang Xie in the Jin Dynasty, they supported the winners, and then got a stronger opportunity to develop the clan, and then became a big family that shared the world with the Sima clan.

In this kind of thing, it depends on whether you are making a lot of money or losing nothing.

And Zhaozhou's Li family has lost this kind of vision, because they have no choice.

Li Yuan and Li Shimin's attitude towards them, as well as the situation they are facing now, have determined that they can only choose Li Jiancheng.

"The reason why Your Highness wants Li Shi of Zhaozhou to join His Highness the Crown Prince is because he doesn't want to waste time on Li Shi of Zhaozhou?"

After Ling Jing solved a question in his mind, he had a new question.

According to Li Yuanji's previous plan, he wanted to get rid of the Li family in Zhaozhou with his own hands. For this reason, he also prepared a strategy to deal with Li Jiancheng's sudden attack.

Now, Li Jiancheng has not made a move yet, and Li Yuanji is going to guide the Zhaozhou Li family to take the initiative to come to the door, which shows that Li Yuanji has lost patience with the Zhaozhou Li family.

That's why Ling Jing asked this question.

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "I really don't want to waste any more time on Zhaozhou Li, because we don't have the time to continue fighting with Zhaozhou Li."

Ling Jing's pupils shrank slightly and said, "How do you say that?"

Li Yuanji pondered for a while, took a letter from the low table beside the couch and handed it to Ling Jing.

After Ling Jing read the letter, he said in a daze, "His Royal Highness hopes that His Royal Highness Prince Huai'an will ask His Royal Highness King Changle to take up the position of General Zuo Wuhou Wei... What... does this mean?"

Li Yuanji let out a long breath, and said seriously: "Before this, my eldest brother has asked someone to invite another uncle who is close to him to be the general of Youwuhou Wei."

Ling Jing's pupils shrank a little for a moment, and he lost his voice: "His Royal Highness wants to control the defense of Chang'an City?"

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "If my guess is correct, he will attack the four guarding generals at the four gates of Chang'an City afterward. When he gets all these positions, he should move."

Ling Jing hurriedly said: "Then how should we deal with it?"

Li Yuanji shook his head and said, "We don't need to do anything."

Ling Jing looked at Li Yuanji in disbelief.

Li Yuanji continued: "But those of us outside Chang'an must free up our hands, and we must not be entangled by trivial matters."

Li Jiancheng is about to do it, which means that Li Shimin is about to do it too.

No matter how hard Li Jiancheng was in Chang'an City, he was still at a disadvantage in terms of soldiers and horses, so don't worry about it.

Li Shimin, on the other hand, has already set up a scene outside Chang'an City that is enough to rebuild the Tang Dynasty, so he has to take care of it.

(End of this chapter)