Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3034
Chai Zhewei shook his head, holding the wine glass in his hand, and said: "If Tuyuhun rebels, once Tubo joins it, the two combined forces will immediately cross the Qilian Mountains and enter the Hexi Corridor, which will definitely shake the foundation of the empire. Absolutely do not add to the troubles of the elbows and armpits, and give the barbarians an opportunity, otherwise, we will become eternal sinners."

In his view, the bottom line of fighting for power and profit is not to shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. Whether it is a noble like him or a clan like Li Yuanjing, they all exist attached to the empire.As long as the empire lasts forever, they will naturally be rich and honored from generation to generation and live with the country. How can they expect the empire to fall?
How stupid it is to kill a chicken and take its eggs!

Li Yuanjing poured himself a cup, sighed, and said, "Why doesn't this king understand the truth of what you said? I also made up my mind to wait and endure for a while. If God favors me, I will give you a chance in the future. Fight everything to earn it with fate! If there is no chance, I will live in such a humble way in this life... It's a pity, even if this king can let it go, do you think His Majesty can let it go?"

Chai Zhewei remained silent.

How can he not understand some words that need not be said too clearly?King Jing Li Yuanjing wooed the royal family wantonly, and his power became stronger and stronger. As a result, the royal relatives who were very dissatisfied with His Majesty Li Er because of the massacre of a large number of clans in the "Xuanwu Gate Incident" became more and more alienated from His Majesty Li Er.

Li Yuanjing's prestige continued to rise, and it has become a serious problem for His Majesty Li Er.

In addition, Li Yuanjing kept making small moves secretly, which had already aroused the vigilance of His Majesty Li Er. The reason why he did not take action for a long time, but let Li Yuanjing go again and again, was precisely because he did not want to raise the butcher knife against the clan and relatives again. Infamy.

However, His Majesty Li Er can bear it when he is alive, but what about when he is about to die?

I am afraid that Li Yuanjing must be eradicated first, so as to leave a refreshing royal family for the prince, and smoothly control the empire...

There are some things that cannot be changed after they have been done. They can only move forward, not backward.

Li Yuanjing drank another glass, and seemed to be a little drunk, coaxing his eyes and said: "Do you think this king covets that position? No! This king is also forced to help. Now that His Majesty is removed from the royal family, this king is respected." Those clan children were all terrified by the massacre in the ninth year of Wude, and they were extremely alienated from His Majesty, so they gathered around the King. But His Majesty only saw the prestige of the King, and didn't notice it at all. Could this be caused by him alone? If he hadn't killed the clan so ruthlessly back then, how could he have caused the clan to be dissatisfied? This king is also helpless!"

Seeing Li Yuanjing's seven emotions and affectation, Chai Zhewei frowned slightly.

Is this a lie?
In the change of Xuanwumen in the ninth year of Wude, His Majesty did massacre the children of the clan, but that was because even if His Majesty won the victory of Xuanwumen, he had already seized the supreme imperial power in his hands. The children were still unwilling to accept the reality and conspired to launch a military remonstrance.

Under such circumstances, why don't these people be killed and kept?

As for Li Yuanjing's claim that he was only forced to have no choice but to accept the clan's children to move closer to him... It's even more nonsense, if you don't have the heart to seek a big position, those people will move closer to you if they feel uncomfortable?

To put it bluntly, anyone who stands on any position is only for his own benefit.This interest may be power, wealth, ideals, hatred or friendship, but there must always be an appeal.

You don't want any benefits, but you are willing to risk a huge risk to lead the horse and fall into the stirrup for you, just because of the high prestige of His Royal Highness King Jing?
It's just bullshit...

Li Yuanjing vented a bit, as if he also felt that his "acting skills" were not good, wiped his face, and said sincerely: "In any case, it is your and my common request to overthrow the prince. Only when the prince falls, our interests will come. Guaranteed. You have no objection to that, do you?"

Chai Zhewei said: "Let's not talk about anything else, once Tuyuhun rebels, the minister and his subordinate Zuo Tunwei will swear to the death to defend Chang'an."

When Chang'an is here, the Great Tang Dynasty is here; when the Great Tang Dynasty is here, these nobles can live with the country and be rich for generations.

As for fighting for additional benefits, it must be under the premise of ensuring the stability of the empire, so that he will not be as stupid as Li Yuanjing, risking the empire's instability and wanting to fight.

This is simply crazy, he won't do it...

Li Yuanjing nodded and said: "Naturally! The duty of a soldier is to defend the homeland and the country. When strong enemies come, they should guard their homeland and serve the king!"

Chai Zhewei said: "My lord understands righteousness deeply, and I admire you. It's late, and I'm on military affairs, so I'm leaving for the time being."

Li Yuanjing got up and saw him off: "The road is slippery in the rain at night, Duke Qiao must watch his feet carefully."

Double entendre.

Chai Zhewei paused for a moment, then smiled, and bid farewell.

After Chai Zhewei left, Li Yuanjing sat down again, poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, looked up at the pattering rain outside the hut, and squinted his eyes.

This Chai Zhewei!
I want to grab the power of the dragon and get greater benefits, but I don't want to take risks. I just want to sell it for a price and move with the times.

I really want to set up a torii if I am a bitch!

If he followed Li Yuanjing's own temper, he would absolutely not want to cooperate with someone like Chai Zhewei, who is a two-headed person who does great things and cherishes his life.This kind of person usually looks impassioned, down-to-earth and steady, but in fact he is the most unreliable. He will change his course at the slightest sign of trouble, and he may sell his allies in the blink of an eye!

However, Chai Zhewei is highly valued by His Majesty Li Er, and he did not hesitate to hand over one of the two guards guarding Xuanwu Gate to him to command. Regardless of the current emptiness in the pass, or when His Majesty returns to the capital in the future, Zuo Tunwei is an extremely important force. , must be won over.

Because he knew that Fang Jun's You Tunwei would never follow him...

Draining the wine in the glass in one gulp, the wine glass rested heavily on the table.

So what if you, Chai Zhewei, are as cunning as a ghost?You have my people by your side, and all your actions are not only under my control, but even under my influence. What you do in the future is up to you...

*****
It was raining at night.

Chai Zhewei didn't wear rain gear when he came, and now the rain was getting heavier, and he was drenched after walking for a while.I had to hit the horse and go fast, and hurried back to the barracks.

There was still some distance from Zuo Tunwei's garrison, and I saw a group of cavalry walking slowly on the road ahead, scattered left and right, blocking the entire road tightly.

Neither Chai Zhewei nor the soldiers under his command were wearing rain gear. At the moment, they were all drenched and eager to return to the camp, feeling a little impatient. A soldier in the lead yelled sharply from the horseback: "Who is wandering around late at night? What is the purpose of approaching the barracks?" ?”

"Go away, get out of the way!"

Before the words were finished, the group of cavalry in front, instead of leaning to the side of the road to give way, reined in their horses, turned their heads around, and rushed towards this place together.

This time even Chai Zhewei was taken aback, knowing that the opponent was not an ordinary soldier, the soldiers around him shouted loudly: "Everyone stop! Duke Qiao is here, get off your horse quickly!"

Unexpectedly, the other party turned a deaf ear at all, and dozens of war horses "hula" surrounded Chai Zhewei's side tightly.

Later, I saw a man on horseback approaching slowly behind the cavalry of the other party, and said with a smile: "It's nonsense, Duke Qiao is the General of Zuo Tunwei, how can he only have such a few crooked melons and dates when he goes out in the middle of the night?" Come on, let me take this gang of thieves down, and bring them back for a trial!"

"Here!"

The soldiers around him rushed forward aggressively.

When Chai Zhewei heard this, he was immediately annoyed, he really was the enemy Luzai!
In the middle of the night, I can also meet Fang Jun on the road...

He is the Duke of the current dynasty, the General of Zuo Tunwei, even if he goes out at night, there are more than ten soldiers around him, right?Who can be like Fang Jun, there are enemies all over the place, especially the nobles of Guanlong who want to smash him into thousands of pieces, so when they go out with four or fifty people, they wish they could bring a brigade by their side to be at ease...

Seeing the Youtun guards rushing forward aggressively, Chai Zhewei hurriedly shouted on his horseback: "Stop! Fang Jun, don't bully people too much!"

Fang Jun let out a long laugh on his horseback, and said loudly: "Don't put on airs! These thieves dared to pretend to be Qiao Guogong and approached the barracks at night. They must have a big plan, and they might even want to overthrow Zuo Tunwei! Hurry up! The commander-in-chief took it back and took it back for interrogation!"

Chai Zhewei's eyes were about to burst.

I saw the soldiers around Fang Jun rushing up like wolves and tigers. I was so pitiful that I was at an absolute disadvantage. I didn't even dare to show my knife, so I was torn off the horse and fell heavily to the ground. In the mud...

(End of this chapter)