Man Tanghong

Chapter 904
Hearing this, the smile on Li Yuan's face disappeared, replaced by a deep expression, he muttered a few times, but he didn't say anything.

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't mind forcing Li Yuanji to take the throne. He believed that Li Yuanji could be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't want to pay Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin for it.

But if he didn't force Li Yuanji to take the position, Li Yuanji had no intention of taking the position.

He hinted several times to Li Yuanji that he would hand over the throne to him, but he kept pretending to be stupid and didn't answer his words, which made him helpless.

So he was very complicated and contradictory.

Li Gang didn't know what was going on in his mind, seeing that he stopped talking, he thought he was persuaded, and immediately said while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty, the current situation is the best situation for Datang and you.

You should work hard to maintain it, not try to destroy it. "

Li Yuan couldn't help but said: "I just do it out of kindness..."

Li Gang did not wait for Li Yuan to finish his sentence before he sighed: "I know that you have good intentions, but your kindness will kill many people, including your two sons."

Li Yuan muttered a few times, but in the end he didn't say anything.

He was not the kind of cruel emperor who was reluctant to risk his sons' lives, so he couldn't bear all the consequences after Li Yuanji led his army into Chang'an City.

He was persuaded by Li Gang and gave up the idea of ​​asking Li Jiancheng to help Li Yuanji top the tank.

However, he did not let Li Gang go easily, but put forward a condition to Li Gang, "I think what you said is reasonable, I can give you face and listen to you once, but you must agree to one condition."

Seeing that Li Yuan had listened to his words, Li Gang breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't care what conditions Li Yuan would put forward, so he readily agreed.

In his opinion, as long as Li Yuan doesn't do anything, it's not a problem to raise one or two conditions.

"I want you to help me persuade Yuanji to agree to succeed me as the patriarch of the Li clan."

Li Yuan stared at Li Gang and said seriously.

Li Gang was stunned for a moment.

He thought that Li Yuan would propose some unspeakable conditions, or let him come out to help Li Yuanji again, but he never expected that Li Yuan would propose such a condition.

He didn't know what to say for a while.

It sounds like the condition proposed by Li Yuan is not considered a condition. It would not be a problem if it were placed in other dynasties, or if it was placed a hundred years after Li Yuan.

But in the current Datang, it is a big problem.

Because now the person in power in Datang, Comrade Li Yuanji, doesn't want the position under his father's ass at all, so naturally he is not interested in the position of patriarch under his father's ass.

He had heard a long time ago that Li Yuan intended to pass on the position of the patriarch of the Li family to Li Yuanji, and even gave Li Yuanji the position of Chan, but Li Yuanji refused.

As a father, Li Yuan couldn't force it into Li Yuanji's hands. How could he persuade Li Yuanji as an outsider.

Do you really think that Li Yuanji can be like Li Yuan, listen to his reasoning, be persuaded by him, and finally take over the position of patriarch of the Li clan obediently?

Judging from his short time with Li Yuanji, Li Yuanji looks like a very kind person on the surface, and is willing to reason with others, but in fact, he is as dark-bellied as he is secretly, and as domineering as he is .

It was impossible for him to change Li Yuanji's mind through his words, and maybe Li Yuanji would take the opportunity to blackmail him.

So he was not confident that he could persuade Li Yuanji.

"Your Majesty, you are in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, why are you in such a hurry to pass on the position of Patriarch to His Royal Highness King Yong?"

It's not good for Li Gang to reject Li Yuan directly. After all, Li Yuan just gave him face. If he doesn't give Li Yuan face, then Li Yuan is likely to get angry with him, so he took a roundabout way to reject Li Yuan.

Like him, Li Yuan is also a person who has been in the officialdom for decades. He can also guess other people's thoughts and what they want to say through a simple sentence.

So Li Yuan saw through his thoughts at a glance, immediately put on a straight face, and said directly: "What? You want to reject me?"

I just finished giving you face and praised you so high. If you reject me now and don't give me any face, do you think that I, the emperor, is a piece of paper?
Li Gang heard the unkindness in Li Yuan's tone, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, it's not that I want to reject you. It's that you, as a father, can't persuade His Royal Highness King Yong to take over as the patriarch of the Li clan. How can I be an outsider?" Maybe you can convince him?"

Li Yuan nodded subconsciously. He felt that what Li Gang said was reasonable. He was just about to agree with the two sentences, but when the words came to his lips, he realized that something was wrong. He is now asking Li Gang to do something he can't do, isn't it? Solving problems for Li Gang.

So what does Li Gang have to do with his difficulties?
If he excuses Li Gang, will the things he confessed to Li Gang come back to him again and continue to cause him headaches?

Why should he leave Shu Fu to others and carry the pain on himself?

Isn't it better the other way around?

Immediately, with a stern face, he pretended to be displeased and said: "Whether you can persuade him or not is up to you. Anyway, I have given you face. Whether you will give me face or not is up to you."

The expression on Li Gang's face became even more bitter, isn't Li Yuan cheating?
The problem is that Li Yuan has already given him face, and if he doesn't give Li Yuan face, it is obviously unjustifiable.

But what Li Yuan told him was really too difficult.

He really didn't want to be blackmailed by that evil star Li Yuanji again.

He just begged for bones once, and wanted to stay away from the disputes in the court and be a wild crane. Li Yuanji caught him and squeezed him, not only crushed his old bones, but also made him have to go to Jiulongtan He was teaching at the Tanshan Cultural Center at the foot of the mountain, and he almost wiped out all the children in his family, sending them to Jiulongtan Mountain to study with the dudes.

It would be strange if Li Yuanji didn't toss his old bones to pieces if he was still on the disadvantaged side against Li Yuanji.

However, Li Yuanji blackmailed him. In the eyes of outsiders, Li Yuanji was also respecting the elderly and paying attention to the important officials who left office.

This is exactly where Li Yuanji has a black belly. He doesn't lose a bit in the big details, but in the small details, he frantically manipulates and threatens people. Those who are manipulated and threatened can't go out and say that he is not.

Because that would make you look petty, fall into the lower class, and be criticized by others.

After all, as long as someone in a superior position is doing good deeds, he is born with almost [-]% kindness. He praises you highly, which shows his demeanor as a superior. People are lonely after leaving office, so you are asked to teach people, and those who teach are all royal family and nobles.

You ran out and said that someone threatened you. In fact, you don't want to teach those royal family and nobles, can others believe it?
Others will only think that you are small-bellied, don't know how to flatter you, don't want to reimburse the emperor's favor, are picky, and don't deserve this kind of treatment, let alone a good reputation.

Therefore, Li Yuanji did not lose his integrity, but he was able to make decisions about the small details. He was really accurate.

He didn't want to be blackmailed and blackmailed by Li Yuanji again.

So he fell into a dilemma for a while.

On the one hand, he was being blackmailed by Li Yuanji, on the other hand, he was giving Li Yuan face, on the other hand, he cared about both, and it was really difficult for him to choose.

"Why don't you speak? Is it difficult for you? If it is difficult, you don't have to agree, and I can continue to let Jiancheng come out to supervise the country."

Li Yuan looked at Li Gang calmly, as if I would not force you, but the words that come out of his mouth can drive people to death.

Li Gang felt a tightness in his chest, and wanted to point at Li Yuan's nose and scold his mother.

Anyway, it's all about your family, what does it have to do with me, how did it end up being a dilemma for me being caught in the middle? !

Didn't I just eat a little of your family's salary?

As for using people to death?

"You are talking!"

Li Yuan said as if I didn't rush you.

Li Gang took a deep breath and said: "I can't convince His Royal Highness King Yong, so I ask His Majesty to ask someone else to be wise. However, I will never agree to your Majesty asking His Highness the Crown Prince to come out to supervise the country.

Not only ministers, but also civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty would not agree. "

He finally decided not to give Li Yuan this face.

Because he thought about it carefully, if he didn't give Li Yuan this face, he wouldn't die, at most he would be scolded by Li Yuan, but if he agreed to Li Yuan's conditions, he would die with a high probability, because Li Yuanji, that black-bellied thing It really doesn't matter if it's extortion.

His old bones can no longer stand Li Yuanji's toss.

As the old saying goes, choose the lesser of two evils.

He naturally had to take it lightly.

Hearing this, Li Yuan stared like copper bells, and subconsciously stood up, as if he had discovered something unbelievable, "You don't give me this face?"

Li Gang lamented: "It's not that I don't want to give His Majesty this face, but that I really can't meet the conditions proposed by His Majesty."

Li Yuan stared at Li Gang and said: "Then you try your best to do it? You can do it as far as you can."

Li Gang shook his head with a bitter face, as if he couldn't do anything.

Li Yuan was completely annoyed, with a gloomy face, he patted the case in front of him and said: "So, you are not willing to give me this face?"

Li Gang wanted to explain.

Li Yuan was not in the mood to listen to his explanation anymore, pointing to the outside of the hall and said, "You can leave now!"

Li Gang stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty!"

Li Yuan said with a stern expression: "I respect you as the Sangong, so I will give you face and prevent people from beating you out. But you have already left the court, so you shouldn't meddle in the affairs of the court.

Otherwise, I have every reason to suspect that you have ulterior motives! "

(End of this chapter)