Man Tanghong

"Your Highness, please accept them and let them contribute to Datang."

Seeing that Li Yuanji no longer underestimated his soldiers, Zhao Chengyong said solemnly.

Li Yuanji stared at Zhao Chengyong for a long time, and then slowly said: "You want them to help Li Yi atone for his crime, and let me save Li Yi's life?"

There is no unreasonable love or unreasonable hatred in this world. Li Yuanji doesn't think that a fierce general trained by a vassal king will have any loyalty to Datang.

So Zhao Chengyong definitely did not do this because of his loyalty to Datang.

All Li Yuanji could think of was that Zhao Chengyong had guessed what Li Yi would do in the coming chaos, so he wanted to help Li Yi atone for his sins and find a way out for Li Yi.

Although Zhao Chengyong had been given to Li Jiancheng by Li Yi, Li Jiancheng did not subdue him, and Zhao Chengyong couldn't forget Li Yi all at once like the Xue brothers.

So it is reasonable to help Li Yi seek a way out at this time.

"minister……"

Zhao Chengyong's mind was suddenly exposed, he was a little ashamed, and he opened his mouth with embarrassment.

Li Yuanji raised his hand and interrupted him, "Okay, I can guess what you're thinking, and I can understand it. I can give you this opportunity, but whether they can make meritorious deeds, whether they can help Li Yi atone for his sins, is not up to me. Forget it.

In addition, if Li Yi does not rebel, I can let him live, but if Li Yi rebels, even if you and your people have made great contributions, I will take his head. "

This kind of thing is not negotiable.

If a rebel can escape from birth and live happily, then what is the majesty of Datang.

If Datang can accommodate one rebel, there will be countless rebels emerging.

Therefore, the traitor must die without any negotiation.

When Zhao Chengyong heard this, he said excitedly: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will immediately write a letter to King Yan, asking His Highness to come here to see His Highness, and to show his loyalty to His Highness."

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

Unexpectedly, Zhao Chengyong was still a romantic, and would think that Li Yi would still be loyal to Datang now.

At the moment when Li Jian's success failed, at the moment when Li Jiancheng became a prisoner, Li Yi completely broke with Datang. Li Yi's younger brother Li Shou ran away with his people, and the proton was gone. How could Li Yi continue? Allegiance to Datang.

Li Yuanji really wanted to tell Zhao Chengyong that Li Yi would rebel.

This is something that is trending.

It was also a dead end that Li Yi created for himself.

Now that things have happened, Li Yi has no other choice but to rebel.

Because the Tang Dynasty couldn't tolerate a king with a surname who held a heavy army, let alone a king with a surname who participated in the seizure of the heir and failed.

Not only the Tang Dynasty, but any dynasty could not tolerate this kind of person.

So Li Yi had to rebel, and he could only rebel.

Only rebellion will win him a chance.

However, seeing Zhao Chengyong's pitiful appearance, and seeing Zhao Chengyong's naive appearance of thinking that he could persuade Li Yi, Li Yuanji's heart softened all of a sudden.

This person may not be the commander-in-chief's material, but he is definitely a fierce general.

There are enough commanders in Datang, and there are enough generals in Datang.

There are currently three commanders who are willing to use him, so he has no shortage of commanders, but there are not many generals who are willing to use him, so this person is worth protecting and recruiting.

But under the solicitation, it is necessary to mention the mark that Li Yi branded on him.

"Cheng Yong, that is, you, if you dare to say such things in front of me, I will give you a three-pointer, but you have to remember that you are my courtier of Tang Dynasty, not Li Yi's.

You were born in Yanyun under Li Yi's command, Li Yi has the kindness to know you, so you have to repay it.

Now that you have won a little life for Li Yi, it is enough to repay his kindness.

From now on, don't mention Li Yi in front of me again, let alone miss Li Yi so much. "

Li Yuanji said with emotion.

The expression on Zhao Chengyong's face froze, and only then did he realize what he had done wrong.

However, he has no regrets.

Just like what Li Yuanji said, Li Yi has the kindness of understanding and mentoring towards him, and he has to repay him.

Li Yi gave him to Li Jiancheng, asking him to obey Li Jiancheng, and he repaid half of Li Yi's kindness.

Now that he has repaid the other half, he will not owe Li Yi any more in the future.

Can be a man of integrity.

Can be a man with a clear conscience.

"Your Highness's lesson, I remember..."

Zhao Chengyong solemnly clasped his fists.

Li Yuanji nodded, without saying anything more, and immediately asked Liu Jun to send the people brought by Zhao Chengyong to Li Jing.

……

At the end of August.

Li Jing was ready for everything, without making any noise or swearing oath, he quietly left Chang'an City with Li Shimin's [-] Profound Armors and [-] elite cavalry selected from the twelve guard camps.

An Xinggui also left Chang'an City with Cao Dan shortly after Li Jing left.

He is responsible for leading the way for Li Jing and supporting Li Jing, and he will not follow Li Jing to attack the Turkic royal court, so there is no need to go with Li Jing.

The reason why he brought Cao Dan was also chosen by himself.

In his own words, there are strong soldiers in Liangzhou, but no good generals. He needs a good general to assist him.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was afraid that the court would not trust him, so he found a supervisor for himself.

But no one spoke about it.

The imperial court has no reason to refuse this kind of urgent request to the court to mix sand around him, and there is no reason to say that he is not.

In order to commend An Xinggui's loyalty and bravery, An Xinggui's son An Yuanshou became the commander of the guards in front of Zhaode Hall, and together with Yu Wenbao became the door god of Zhaode Hall.

When the time entered September, Li Xiaogong also started to leave, leading tens of thousands of troops to hold a grand swearing-in meeting outside Chang'an City.

Li Yuan, who hadn't appeared in front of the officials for a long time, went up to the altar to pay homage to Li Xiaogong, and promised countless benefits to Li Xiaogong.

After Li Yuanji returned to the palace, he kept rolling his eyes at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan sat on the throne of the Taiji Hall without any image, poured wine into his mouth with one hand, patted the dragon table with the other and shouted: "How dare you roll your eyes at me, you rebellious son?"

Li Yuanji was not polite to Li Yuan, and said without hesitation, "If you don't roll your eyes at you and whoever rolls your eyes, you can't change your bad habits?"

Li Yuan patted the dragon case, blew his beard and stared and shouted: "I need you to criticize my faults? What are you?"

Li Yuanji said angrily: "Yes, I don't need to criticize your faults, but you can promise benefits to anyone you catch, and the promises are all big benefits. Don't you know that this will encourage people's ambitions?"

Li Yuan laughed and said, "Since you want to employ others, how can you not feed them? As for the fact that you are worried that others will overwhelm you and threaten you, that's what you asked for.

If you don't use others, you won't have such troubles. "

"My second brother was ruined by you like this!"

Li Yuanji couldn't help but remind him.

If this happened in the past, Li Yuan would definitely have exploded and spit stars flying around, but now, Li Yuan is very calm, so calm that Li Yuanji feels his ass hurts.

"So what if it's destroyed, isn't there still you?"

Li Yuan said something indifferently, and after finishing speaking, he reminded viciously: "I'll tell you again, don't mention that beast in front of me in the future, or I will make you look good."

Li Yuanji followed Li Yuan's example and let out a hehe.

He didn't care about Li Yuan's threat at all, and he didn't bother to talk to Li Yuan anymore.

The deal is done, we can only find a way to restrain Li Xiaogong's authority after the war is over.

The ghost knows what's wrong with Li Yuan, but when he ascended the altar to pay homage to the general, he made a promise to Li Xiaogong that as long as Li Xiaogong returns with a big victory this time, he will give Li Xiaogong the title of king.

The cracking of the earth here refers to the complete cutting of part of the territory to Li Xiaogong, and the title of the king here refers to the designation of Li Xiaogong as a prince.

Isn't this creating a split? Isn't this creating an opponent for him and a disaster for Datang's future.

Although he also has ideas in this regard, he will definitely not use the territory of the Central Plains to become a king, let alone go beyond the way of concubine to make a prince for a branch.

The territory of the Tang Dynasty is so big, it is not enough for the descendants of the Tang clan like a herd of donkeys. The Dao of the Tang clan is also the foundation of the Tang clan's descendants. As a beneficiary, how can they destroy it?

If this makes all the people in the branch grow stronger, then even if they survived the Xuanwumen Incident safely, they will still be unable to avoid fighting in the same room after the Tang Dynasty.

And this kind of fighting in the same room will be more tragic than the fighting in the same room caused by the Xuanwu Gate Change.

"Old and confused..."

Li Yuanji left the Tai Chi Hall cursing.

Li Yuan pretended not to hear, and greeted someone to carry him to the East Palace.

The reason why Li Yuan's temper became better and more generous was related to his mood.

He is in a good mood recently, because Mrs. Li has had another baby. Mrs. Li's eldest daughter-in-law, Zheng Guanyin, gave birth to a son for Mrs. Li in mid-August. At the end of August, Mrs. Li's second daughter-in-law and grandson gave birth to a daughter , At the same time, several nobles in the Liangyi Hall also diagnosed the happy pulse.

However, whether it was the eldest grandson who gave birth to a daughter, or several dignitaries in the Liangyi Hall who diagnosed the happy pulse, it was not the main reason why Li Yuan's mood improved.

The main reason why Li Yuan's mood improved was that his eldest son had another son, and he was also a legitimate son. Someone had inherited the incense, and someone had dressed Li Jiancheng in mourning.

His mind also became active.

The reason why he risked breaking the rules and nourishing Li Xiaogong's ambitions to promise Li Xiaogong to crack the soil and become the king is purely to pave the way for his eldest son's grandson.

He no longer expects his fourth son, who holds great power, to return the power to him, and then he will pass it on to the eldest son's grandson.

Because the fourth son has quelled the chaos that occurred after the turmoil in the palace, and has completely controlled the power.

With the heart of the fourth son, if you don't make trouble for him, he won't respond to you no matter what you do, but if you make trouble for him, he will definitely kill you.

In order to prevent the grandson of the eldest son from fighting for power with the fourth son, he was killed by the fourth son.

He resolutely gave up the idea of ​​letting the grandson of the eldest son inherit everything in the Tang Dynasty, and instead sought benefits for the grandson of the eldest son while he was still alive.