Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 68 Li Yuan's Balance

While Li Shimin and others were discussing, Yuchi Gong hurried in.

"Your Majesty, news has come from Youzhou that Wang Junkuo led his army to fight against the Turks and defeated them severely, beheading more than 2,000 people and seizing more than 5,000 horses. The Turks have retreated."

When Li Shimin heard this, his expression suddenly brightened.

"Haha, good, good! When he first followed me to fight, I knew he was extraordinary. Now that the Turks have retreated, the prince has no reason to let me leave.

You don't have to worry about this for the next period of time. Fuji, Keming, Xuanling, you should speed up your preparations. Although the Turks in Youzhou have retreated, the situation in Qingzhou cannot be underestimated. We don't have that much time."

Hearing this, several people responded with a smile. After a while, another person came in.

"Your Majesty, someone has come from the palace. The Saint has asked Your Majesty to rush to the palace. Someone from the East Palace is also going there."

In the palace, Li Yuan sat quietly, not knowing what he was thinking about. Only after Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin came in did Li Yuan slowly open his eyes.

"See Father."

Li Yuan looked at the two of them and then spoke.

"Get up. I called you here because of the situation in Lingnan. Lingnan's Tan Dian, Feng Xuan, Ning Changzhen and other thieves have rebelled. Now the Three Hu have arrived in Lingnan. What do you think we should do?"

Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were both stunned when they heard this. Lingnan rebelled? Li Yuanji entered Lingnan?
The two were thinking about the purpose of Li Yuan calling them here. They both knew that Li Yuanji had an army of more than 30,000 people with extremely complete equipment. With such a large army at hand, they really couldn't think of any accidents that could happen to Li Yuanji in Lingnan.

Both of them had a general understanding of the situation in Lingnan. Although they were called the military, they were actually not much different from civilians. They had incomplete armor and weapons, had basically no training, and did not know how to form military formations. Li Yuanji completely crushed them.

Then Li Shimin spoke first.

"Father, can Feng Ang be involved?"

Feng Ang, the most powerful person in Lingnan, is the key to their concern. If Feng Ang gets involved, Li Yuanji really cannot defeat him, because Feng Ang has a real army, and the number is not small.

Li Yuan's voice came immediately.

"Feng Ang has not made any move. Now that the Three Hu have just arrived in Lingnan, a rebellion has broken out in Lingnan. Don't you think this is too coincidental?"

When Li Yuan said this, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng felt depressed. This meant that Li Yuan was suspecting that they were doing something secretly.

"Your Majesty, please understand. Lingnan is in rebellion now. You can order Feng Ang to help the King of Qi to suppress the rebellion. Lingnan has instigated rebellion more than once or twice. Rebellions happen all the time. But the army brought by the King of Qi is enough to suppress the rebellion."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Jiancheng also spoke.

"Your Majesty, we are wise. The people of Chaos are causing chaos, but their fighting power is low. Only Feng Ang needs to be taken seriously. Now Lingnan is the fief of the King of Qi. The army brought by the King of Qi is enough. With the addition of Feng Ang's army, we will definitely be able to suppress the people of Chaos."

Li Yuan listened to what the two were saying and suddenly became angry.

"Prince, King Qin, you are really very kind, especially you, Prince!

You are the elder brothers of the Three Hu people. Now that the Three Hu people took the initiative to go to Lingnan, but encountered a rebellion, is this how you would behave?
After all, the King of Qin knew to send Feng Ang to help quell the rebellion. Are you, Prince, so cruel as to leave this matter entirely to the King of Qi?
Prince, you disappoint me so much.

Erlang, on my behalf, draft a plan to have Feng Ang lead his army to help the Three Hus suppress the rebellion, and from now on, he will serve under the command of the King of Qi and obey his orders. "

Li Yuan was angry with Li Jiancheng mainly because Li Yuanji was close to Li Jiancheng before, but now that Li Yuanji was in trouble in Lingnan, Li Jiancheng reacted like this. Didn't Li Yuan know that Li Yuanji's army could quell the rebellion?

However, looking at Li Yuanji's battle record and past performance, even if it was just a provocative fight, Li Yuan was very worried. And these two people must be clear about Li Yuanji's past. Li Yuan was already very satisfied with what Li Shimin said.

After all, he knew very well what the relationship between Li Yuanji and Li Shimin was before. Now that Li Shimin could truly consider Li Yuanji, he felt that it was okay.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were both stunned when they heard Li Yuan's words. Li Shimin did not expect that Li Yuan actually agreed with what he said, and looked at him with satisfaction.
Li Jiancheng didn't expect why the same words made Li Yuan so angry, while Li Shimin was not hurt at all.

What puzzled the two men the most was why they had not realized before that Li Yuan cared so much about Li Yuanji?
At this time, Li Yuan's voice came again.

"Wang Junkuo defeated the Turks in Youzhou. I have invited him to the capital. King Qin, please receive him on my behalf."

Li Shimin was even more surprised when he heard this, and Li Jiancheng felt even more heavy-hearted.

After the two men left, Li Yuan felt very headache. He wanted to scold Li Yuanji again. The original balance was broken. Since the last talk with the two men, Li Shimin seemed to have been devastated. Li Jiancheng had the upper hand in the court.

At first, he also wanted Li Shimin to go to the north, like Li Yuanji, but later Li Shimin repeatedly came to the palace to talk to him about this matter, and gradually he could no longer bear to do so.

Now that Li Jiancheng is powerful, he must give Li Shimin some power and prestige, otherwise Li Jiancheng will really become the only powerful person.

This time he also wanted to see what Li Shimin would do. If he still chose to do nothing, then he would have no choice but to let Li Shimin go to the north. If he could take this opportunity to compete with Li Jiancheng, he would consider it again.

After all, the matter of Li Yuanji was more like an excuse and a cover for him to threaten Li Jiancheng, but Li Yuan himself did not admit it.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin retreated outside the hall. Li Jiancheng looked at Li Shimin with a gloomy face and forced a smile.

"Congratulations, second brother. This time I was criticized for nothing. It seems that the emperor still cares about you, second brother."

Li Shimin suppressed his excitement and said bitterly, "Brother, you handle state affairs. Father is considerate and has entrusted this matter to me. Everyone can see how much Father values ​​you. Brother, please don't worry about it."

After chatting for a few words, the two men parted ways, and Li Jiancheng's face suddenly became even gloomier.

Li Shimin returned to the Prince of Qin's Mansion and immediately summoned everyone. After telling them what had happened, everyone smiled.

"Now that things have changed, our plan must also be changed. Assistant, in addition to the affairs of the harem, all evidence of the crimes of the officials of the Eastern Palace must be presented to the Saint during the court meeting!
This time, we must defeat the Eastern Palace and get our people to cooperate fully. After defeating them, we will try our best to arrange for our people to be promoted. If that doesn’t work, we can’t let the prince’s people occupy it!"

Changsun Wuji came to his senses and agreed immediately.

While everyone in the Prince of Qin's Mansion was happy, the East Palace was filled with solemnity.

"Now that the Saint's tone has changed again, we can't wait any longer. If we can't drive the King of Qin out of Chang'an, we can't stay here any longer!

"What happened today was nothing more than a cover for the King of Qi. The Saint is trying to boost the King of Qin's power. This is not good!"

Li Jiancheng was in a very bad mood. At this moment, he not only had complaints against Li Yuan, but also against Li Yuanji. At the same time, he had complaints against those rebels in Lingnan, but his biggest complaint was against Li Yuan.

Li Jiancheng was really angry. Li Yuanji had already gone to Lingnan, but he could still help Li Shimin. He couldn't understand it even more. Before, he had expressed his unconditional support for Li Shimin and wanted him to go to the north, but now suddenly, he changed his mind and didn't even call him up.

(End of this chapter)