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Chapter 281 Hope of the World
After Liu Wenjing returned from Li Yuan, after thinking about it for a while, she went directly to Li Shimin's residence.

After Li Yuan raised his troops in Jinyang, Li Shimin was granted the title of Don Huang Gong and the governor of the right leader, commanding the right army. In fact, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had not returned to Taiyuan at that time. In fact, it was Li Shimin who presided over the military training in Taiyuan City.

After Jinyang raised troops, Gao Deru, the governor of Xihe County near Taiyuan County, was unwilling to surrender Li Yuan.Li Shimin immediately led the army to attack Xihe with lightning speed, and attacked the city for five days. After Gao Deru was captured, Li Shimin beheaded him for his crimes.

Li Shimin was already quite extraordinary when he was just a fledgling.

So when Liu Wenjing returned to Li Shimin's residence, he saw that Li Shimin was talking with a young scholar.Liu Wenjing has always been good at observing people, and thinks that Li Yuan and Li Shimin are both dragons and phoenixes, and they are figures of the sky, and Li Shimin is better than his father, otherwise he would not secretly take refuge in Li Yuan and his son to help him fight against the Sui Dynasty.

Li Shimin sat on the chair casually, with extraordinary majesty and kind words. The next scholar was dressed in a white shirt. Although he was also an extremely outstanding hero, he paled in comparison to Li Shimin.

Seeing Liu Wenjing smiled, Li Shimin said, "Brother Xue, let me introduce you. This Liu Sima is the great military advisor of our Li family, and also a close friend of my father and me."

The other party stood up, cupped his hands to Liu Wenjing and said, "Hedong Xueshou, I have met Liu Sima, and I have admired his name for a long time."

Liu Wenjing couldn't help being surprised when she saw it, and said: "Could it be the son of Doctor Xue, who is known as the eldest of the three phoenixes in Hedong?"

Xue Shou hurriedly said: "I don't want Liu Sima to remember my father, Sanfeng's words are nothing more than the love of the villagers."

Liu Wenjing was not very emotional when she heard this, and said: "I respect my father's talent, why should Nephew Xue Xian be modest, it's a pity..."

Xue Shou heard the words, his words were very calm, and he said: "The faint king killed my father. I have intended to rebel against the Sui Dynasty for a long time. Now Tang Gong is in Jinyang, which can be said to be a disappointment to the world. I have come to join Mr. Li Erlang. , willing to run for it.”

Liu Wenjing smiled and said to Li Shimin: "With nephew Xue Xian coming to help, you can be said to be like a tiger with wings added."

At that moment, Li Shimin saw that Liu Wenjing had something to say, so he directly asked Xue Shou to tell Li Yuan that he wanted to recruit Li Chongjiu as his son-in-law, so as to show his frankness to Xue Shou, a new staff member.

Li Shimin frowned and said nothing, Liu Wenjing said: "Li Chongjiu is just a momentary mood, no matter how powerful he is, he will not be unaware of the disadvantage of his humble background."

At this moment, Xue Shou cupped his hands and said: "If Liu Sima can trust Xue, you can leave this matter to me."

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Brother Xue, I can trust it, but I don't know why you took the initiative to take this matter, Brother Xue?"

Xue Shou said with a smile: "It's all because of the situation. The general trend of the world is on Tang Gong's side. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Xue has friendship with Wen Yanbo and Fan Yang Lu's, so they can talk about it."

It turned out that Xue Shou's father, Xue Daoheng, had a good relationship with the Wen family in Taiyuan. Zeng Yu's three brothers from the Wen family were all talented ministers.

In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, if a scholar wanted to enter the officialdom, he had to become a celebrity first.It is said that you are a talented person, but you do not necessarily become a talented person, the most important thing is who said it.Xue Daoheng came from the Xue family in Hedong, and he was a doctor of Sili. He was the fourth rank in the dynasty, and he was a celebrity in the world. He can say so himself, which undoubtedly opened up a ladder for the three brothers of the Wen family to enter the official career. This is the power of public opinion .

For Wen Yanbo, Xue Daoheng was kind enough to support him, as for the Lu family, it was even easier to say, back then Xue Daoheng and Lu Sidao were both important ministers of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and they had a close personal relationship, so the Lu family had to sell Xue to save some face.

After hearing this, Li Shimin murmured, "Although I don't think this can be done. But Li Chongjiu is my good friend, and I don't want to be my enemy. It's best to persuade him to turn around, so as not to say that our Li family won't give it to him in the future." feelings."

Li Shimin's voice was resounding.

In the Zhuojun prefect's mansion, on the second day after Li Chongjiu resigned from the governor of Youzhou, the three major gentry families in Zhuojun came to visit Li Chongjiu's mansion together.

This battle was really not small, Li Chongjiu sat in the main seat, and Lu Ziqian of Fan Yang's Lu family was of course the head of the guests.

Next, sitting under him was a man in his 50s who seemed to be a bit of a rich man. The always smiling man was Gao Xudao, the Patriarch of the Yuyang Gao Clan.

Although the Gao clan of Yuyang may not be famous at first glance, his clan branch is the Gao clan of Bohai, which is known to everyone in the world.

The Gao family in Bohai was the founder of the Northern Qi. Gao Yang and Gao Huan belonged to this branch. Later, after the Northern Qi was destroyed, the Gao family in Bohai was suppressed, but the descendants of the Gao family in Hebei were already flourishing.The first hero of the Sui Dynasty, Gao Jiong, also came from the Bohai Gao family, so the imperial court had no choice but to treat the Gao family with grace.

The third person is a man in his 40s who looks quite thin. This man is Zhao Heran, the patriarch of the Zhao family in Zhuo County.

The Zhao family in Zhuojun came from Zhao Guanghan, a famous minister of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. They have always been powerful and powerful in Zhuojun. Of course, the Zhao family in Zhuojun is the most famous. After 200 years, they beat four hundred military states with a stick. Zhao Kuangyin, whose surname is Zhao, came from the Zhao family in Zhuojun County.

Although Zhao Kuangyin was born in the Han Dynasty, his ancestors were not humble. His grandfather was the governor of Ying, Ji and Zhuo during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

It is not a good thing for the three of them to visit together, Li Chongjiu has Wen Yanbo and Su Su as companions.

Gao Xudao said with a smile: "Li Shijun has mastered several counties at a young age, he really dare not show his face."

Li Chongjiu clasped his hands and said: "I dare not do it, the boy is just young and ignorant, I should ask the elders for advice."

Seeing Li Chongjiu's polite speech, Zhao and Gao couldn't help nodding their heads, thinking that this person is not a rough soldier like Luo Yi, but it seems that he is indeed someone who can be discussed.

Lu Ziqian sneered, and said, "Don't dare to do it. Li Shijun is young, but he is quite cunning, and he has captured a county in Zhuojun. Lu must look at him with admiration."

As soon as Li Chongjiu heard it, he knew that Lu Ziqian knew about it, and he secretly told Luo Yi about the fact that the Lu family was leaning on his side, and then ordered Xu Wu to feign surrender to Luo Yi, killed Li Jing, and let Luo Yi take advantage of the momentum to enter Ji County, and finally Lu Ziqian's imprisonment was also implicated by Li Chongjiu.

Sure enough, Jiang is still old and hot. Although Li Chongjiu's scheme can be fooled for a while, but after Lu Ziqian went back and thought about it, he suddenly understood.

Li Chongjiu is also a veteran negotiator. Lu Ziqian brought this matter up here, not as a dumb loss, obviously to make him accept some conditions.

Zhao Heran didn't speak, and sat there with a sense of calmness like a mountain, and then he asked: "Gao is not talented, dare to ask Li Shijun's ambition?"

Li Chongjiu pondered for a while, and said: "Personal aspirations are inseparable from the changes in the world. Now the loss of the master of the Nine Tripods has become inevitable. Renewing the old and creating the new is the cycle of human nature."

Gao Xudao pretended to be surprised, and asked: "Is Li Shijun going to win the championship?"
Su Su said from the side: "Now my nephew has four counties in his hands, and he has defeated Goguryeo, Khitan, Gao Kaidao, Luo Yi, and has strong troops. If we say that we have no ambition to win the championship, we must be lying to you. "

Hearing what Su Su said, everyone laughed, and the atmosphere in the venue eased.

The three of them looked at Su Su and nodded, thinking that Li Chongjiu could succeed from Huaihuang Town, both uncle and nephew are outstanding people.

Li Chongjiu said: "Everyone, for the time being, I really don't have the ambition to win the world, and I want to enter Zhuo County, but I just want to protect the environment and the people, and save the people from fire and water. The like, directly proclaim the king, proclaim the emperor."

Su Su echoed and said: "Whether we fight for the world or not, you are all the leaders of the scholars in Zhuojun, so I hope you can help us. In any case, it is for the sake of the local people that we need to work together. yes."

"How does Li Shijun compare himself to Tang Gong Li Yuan?" Lu Ziqian asked suddenly, and the court immediately fell silent after saying this.Of course, the three gentry present all thought that Li Chongjiu was much inferior to Li Yuan, not because of his ability, but because of his background.

Lu Ziqian didn't wait for Li Chongjiu to answer, and said directly: "Duke Tang is an outstanding person in the world, and he bears the hope of the world. When he raised troops in Jinyang, Guan Long must respond and aspire to the world. Since the emperor has no ambition to become emperor, I It seems that it is better to be in harmony with Duke Tang, and I don’t want you to make a decision now. If Duke Tang can seize the land of Guanzhong, the king’s hegemony and three assistants, how about Li Shijun announcing his support for Duke Tang’s stability? In this way, my Lu family can represent Zhuojun All the gentry support Li Shijun's promotion to the governor of Youzhou, if Tang Gong does not seize Guanzhong, Li Shijun wants to win the world, how about we also support it?"

Well, I have become a lobbyist for Li Yuan nakedly. Of course Li Chongjiu knows that the Hedong order Lu Chisong has turned against Li Yuan and responded to one side.The Lu family had already put all their belongings on Li Yuan, betting that he could take over the world.The mere Hedong is of course too small, and it would be better to add Youzhou. In history, the Lu family relied on selling Luo Yi. In the end, there was the Tang Dynasty, and eight people were in the Zaifu, maintaining their wealth for 200 years.

When Li Chongjiu heard Li Yuan's name, he sneered and said, "This statement is wrong. Li Yuan is an old man with no kindness, how can he believe it."

"Could it be that Li Shijun is still young and victorious?" Lu Ziqian squinted his eyes and asked back.

Li Chongjiu said: "Everyone, look at Pu Shangong!"

"Li Mi!"

The three were surprised at the same time, but amidst the surprise, they were also reflecting on Li Chongjiu's words.Indeed, compared to Li Yuan, Li Mi is now one step ahead.

Li Mi has already invaded the world, the eastern capital Luoyang's eyes and nose are lowered, Zhang Xutuo died in battle, Pei Renji surrendered, and Liu Rengong was defeated.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty originally expected that Xue Shixiong would lead Zhuojun soldiers to the south to lead the Luoyang army to fight Li Mi, but Xue Shixiong was also defeated by Dou Jiande on the way.Now Yang Guang can only lead the Jianghuai army northward with General Wang Shichong, succeeding Xue Shixiong in command of the army, and fought fiercely with Li Mi in Luoyang.

Wang Shichong was also a good general of the Sui army, and he defeated Liu Yuanjin, Zhu Xie, Meng Rang, and Ge Qian in succession, but when he met Li Mi, he was defeated in a row.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Li Mi is indeed the most likely to seize the world.

(End of this chapter)