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Chapter 470 Dou Jiande's Will

Inside the East Palace, after Li Jiancheng heard Pei Ji's report, his face was full of hatred.

Removing Li Shentong was Li Jiancheng's deliberate plan to come up with a trick, but now that Liu Wenjing has destroyed him, how can he be so reconciled.

Seeing that Li Jiancheng was angry, Pei Ji couldn't help but smiled slightly, and said: "I heard the news in Zhongshu Province yesterday that Li Shentong is currently retreating steadily in Hebei, so Li Mi sent a memorial to His Majesty, saying that he will go back to Shandong and recruit the old department again. Datang works."

Li Jiancheng sneered and said, "Is Li Mi an idiot when I think my Li family members are? It's easy to let go of a tiger, but difficult to capture it. How could the emperor allow Li Mi to do this? Isn't this letting the tiger go back to the mountain?"

Pei Ji said with a smile: "On the contrary, His Majesty has already decreed to agree."

Li Jiancheng was shocked when he heard the words, walked back and forth, and asked, "Could it be that you are playing hard to get?"

Pei Ji clapped his palms and said with a big laugh: "It's really worthy of being the prince. Although His Majesty didn't say it, but in my opinion, it's very close."

Li Jiancheng smiled disdainfully. As a prince, how could he not figure out Li Yuan's intentions.

Li Jiancheng said in a deep voice: "Father is still like this, shouldn't Gu say that this is an act of hiding a knife in a smile?"

Pei Ji hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, how can you hide a knife in a joke? It's just that your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and he needs to be decent. After all, it was Li Mi who led tens of thousands of Wagang soldiers to vote for Datang, and now he is leaving , there is no reason to refuse because of emotion and reason."

Li Jiancheng smiled and said: "This is just for outsiders to hear. I remember that after the old lord of the Sui Emperor abdicated, he was made Duke of the State of Feng. He died in the palace half a year ago for unknown reasons. It was said to be a violent death to the outside world. But no old officials are allowed to visit the corpse, anyone with a discerning eye can see it, but now my father and I are keeping this matter in the dark, isn't this what my father always does."

Pei Ji pretended not to hear, but he had already expressed his support for Li Jiancheng, so Li Jiancheng didn't care too much about what he said in front of him.

Pei Jiyan said: "Prince, the emperor has the consideration of the emperor. Everything your majesty does is not for the sake of the Tang Dynasty. As far as I know, Li Mi and Liu Wenjing have always been close, so if something happens to Li Mi, Liu Wenjing will be implicated. Liu Wenjing is equivalent to breaking the arm of King Qin."

Li Jiancheng nodded. He knew that Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing were not on good terms.And myself and Liu Wenjing are also very wrong.

Before the army was raised in Taiyuan, Liu Wenjing commented on Li Shimin saying that he is very human, open-minded like Henkel, with the same martial arts as Wei Zu, although he is young, he is also a talented man.Later, Liu Wenjing was Li Mi's in-law, and was imprisoned for Li Mi's rebellion. It was Li Shimin who rescued him.

And you must know that Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing, the hero of Yuanmou, is also Li Yuan's most trusted right-hand man. With Liu Wenjing around, it is very difficult for Li Jiancheng to make some moves in the court when Li Shimin is not in Chang'an.

At the moment, Li Jiancheng and Pei Ji decided to use Li Mi's matter together to formulate a plan to deal with Liu Wenjing.

Yuyi Town.

In the mansion of Marquis Le Shou in the city, Dou Jiande, the former King of Xia, was sitting and drinking alone.

The security outside the mansion was heavy, Dou Jiande glanced at the soldiers patrolling back and forth in the courtyard, sneered, and did not speak.

At this time, the door opened, and a soldier entered, saying: "Hou Le Shouhou, Zhang Shilang is here?"

"Which Zhang Shilang?" Dou Jiande asked coldly after drinking a glass of wine.

"Reporting to Lord Hou, it's Xuan Su!"

In the hall, Dou Jiande's face changed slightly, but Zhang Xuansu stepped into the hall and paid respects to Dou Jiande from a distance.

Dou Jiande pointed to Zhang Xuansu, and said: "Okay, okay, it's not been a year, you've been promoted to be a servant, you really have lived up to your talent and knowledge."

Zhang Xuansu raised his head and saw that Dou Jiande, who hadn't seen him for half a year, was already showing his old age, and he was sitting in the hall with his hair disheveled.

Zhang Xuansu saw that Dou Jiande was downhearted and no longer as powerful as before, so he couldn't help crying and said: "Master Hou has suffered for half a year."

Dou Jiande waved his hand and said: "What is suffering? I don't know how good my life is. I have beautiful clothes and fine wine every day, and I don't have to worry about anything. No one in this world can live a more comfortable life than me."

"I also know that I, Dou, survived today because of your pleading in front of Li Chongjiu. It's better to live than to die. Right now, I don't have to worry about food and clothing. I don't know how good it is. See you here. Me, reminiscing about the past, or asking for something?"

Speaking of this, Dou Jiande's eyes flashed a cold light.

Zhang Xuansu lowered his head and said: "Under the order of King Zhao, I hope Lord Hou will come forward and recruit Liu Heita and others to submit."

Dou Jiande laughed when he heard the words, and asked back: "How dare you expect that I will agree? What if I don't agree?"

Zhang Xuansu said: "I dare not be strong, Zhao Wang has a word, if Hou Ye refuses to come forward, then he will send someone to write to Dou Jiande and Hou Ye's old department in the name of Hou Ye."

Dou Jiande moved his body when he heard the words, and said angrily: "Li Chongjiu, even if his old department doesn't agree to this move, as long as he spreads the news, it will also attract Liu Heita's suspicion. This is really killing two birds with one stone."

Zhang Xuansu sighed, and said: "Don't blame Zhao Wang, people who fight for the world will do everything without compromise, let alone Zhao Wang's move is not too much."

Dou Jiande glanced at Zhang Xuansu and said, "Fight for the world? After Li Chongjiu became king, he really showed his ambition."

Zhang Xuansu said: "Master Hou, hegemony is already a thing of the past. Now that you and I are sitting here, we should let go of the victories and losses in the past. In all fairness, I was also very unwilling to lose Yishui that day, but I thought about it later." After all, after the whole story, we will know that the defeat is not wronged at all."

Dou Jiande said: "You should have seen a lot under Li Chongjiu's tent in the past few years."

Zhang Xuansu nodded and said, "At the beginning, Lord Hou went to the east to conquer the west and defeated the princes in a row. Although he won consecutive battles, his opponents were not strong. The victory over Xue Shixiong was based on his carelessness. Our Xia army still couldn't get rid of the airs of the rebel army. If you encounter a strong enemy, it will still be insufficient. This time when I went to the outside of the Great Wall, I saw that the Fanjun Rangers were brave and brave, and the Youzhou Army was well-trained and well-equipped. Li Tang's soldiers, apart from Turkic wolf cavalry, can be said to have no opponents, it is not a fluke that Zhao Wang can start a family in Huaihuang Town."

"It's all right to have a strong army under his command. In fact, King Zhao has won the hearts of the people in Hu and Han. You said that although Emperor Qin and Han Wu defeated Bei Di and their martial arts were superb for a while, are the Hu people in awe? No, the Hu people are still in awe after decades. You kill me and kill you with the Han people, but today you see in Yuyi Town, the Hu and Han people live in harmony, there is no difference between Han and Han, this is something that has not been seen for thousands of years!"

Dou Jiande said indignantly: "The Hu people are now attached to Huaihuang and the second town of Yuyi, but they are lured by profits. After a few years, when the profits are exhausted, they will disperse."

Zhang Xuansu said: "Master Hou, you underestimate Zhao Wang too much. He is a person with a big gully in his chest. He doesn't focus on it. I don't know what will happen in 20 or 50 years, but within ten years, Huaihuang There will be no major incidents in Zhenyuyi Town."

Dou Jiande remained silent for a long time, and said: "What's the use of talking about it now, let alone 20 or 50 years, I'm afraid I won't even be able to see it in ten years."

Zhang Xuansu said sadly: "Maybe not necessarily."

Dou Jiande said: "Who will win the world in ten years? Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Li Chongjiu, or the Turks."

Zhang Xuansu heard that Dou Jiande did not mention Liu Heizai, and said immediately: "Judging from the current general situation, Wang Shichong is absolutely impossible. As for the Turkic people, it is hard to say. Only Li Yuan and King Zhao are concerned. If there are no major mistakes, it is reasonable to say that the world can be won, and King Zhao is not without a chance, and he will not be able to see the outcome until the last moment of the competition."

Dou Jiande stood up, looked at the front of the hall with his hands behind his back, and said: "I remember I told you before that when I raised the army, it was because the clansmen were killed by dog ​​officials and had to rise up. Do you remember the actions of the younger generation, to stand up and compete with the younger generation of the family for the world, and to imitate Han Gaozu?"

Henry Zhang said: "I always remember that I only blame this troubled world."

Dou Jiande grinned, stared at Zhang Xuansu and said: "Just remember, go back and tell King Zhao, and say that I promised him."

Zhang Xuansu was surprised when he heard this and said, "Master Hou, you?"

Dou Jiande waved his hand and said: "Even if I don't write it, Li Chongjiu will send someone to write to my general in my name. Instead of that, I might as well cooperate and live a few more years."

Seeing Zhang Xuansu's expression, Dou Jiande laughed, and said: "Outsiders may think that Dou Jiande is greedy for life and afraid of death, but Zhang Qing, you know, I am just a little curious, and want to see with my own eyes the road I have taken after a few years. Whether others can make it through."

As Dou Jiande spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.

Zhang Xuansu's eyes turned red when he heard it, and he kowtowed to Dou Jiande and said, "Yes, Lord Hou." Immediately, he couldn't help but two lines of cloudy eyes dripped.

In Linshuo Palace.

Li Chongjiu held Zhang Xuansu's letter quite unexpectedly, and said to Ji Chuan and Xue Wanshu, "I didn't expect that Dou Jiande was willing to help me. It's Zhang Qing."

Hearing Li Chongjiu's exaggeration of Xuansu in person, Ji Chuan felt a little unhappy, and said, "It could be that Dou Jiande is greedy for life and afraid of death, or Zhang Shilang used something to blackmail the old master."

Li Chongjiu looked at Ji Chuan upon hearing the words, smiled, and did not speak.

Xue Wanshu said immediately: "If Dou Jiande is willing to come forward, then things will be easier to handle. In the name of Dou Jiande, we will write a letter to his old ministry, urging him to surrender. Didn't Liu Heita regard Dou Jiande as the King of Xia? Now the King of Xia has If he doesn’t follow his orders, he’s committing a crime, and in terms of his reputation and righteousness, he’s lost a bit.”

Ji Chuan said: "Perhaps this is also what Liu Heitai wished from the bottom of his heart. As soon as Dou Jiande writes a letter, he can say that Dou Jiande is forced by the Lord and has to follow. Take the opportunity to establish yourself as king."

Li Chongjiu looked at Ji Chuan and said, "What you said makes sense."

(End of this chapter)