Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3328 Bargaining
Li Xiaogong didn't answer, but asked instead: "Erlang thinks that there is really no future trouble in purging the children of Guanlong with such a big fanfare?"

Fang Jun frowned: "What does the king of the county mean by this? This time it was Guan Long who made a mistake first, and it is only natural for me to fight back. They can't let me fight back if they want to put me to death first, right? This time it is their fault to say that they are breaking the sky, besides, His Royal Highness has already let them go in Chang'an, and I am only arresting some minions here, which will not hurt the foundation of the Guanlong Clan, so they still dare to rebel?"

It is understandable that the officialdom fights endlessly for interests, and it is acceptable to form cliques because of interests. "There are no factions in the party." Well, from ancient times to the present, this is the foundation of human nature, and no one can do it. put an end to.

However, all struggles must have a bottom line, and everyone must strictly abide by it and cannot go beyond it. If this bottom line is broken and the scope of the struggle is no longer restricted, the consequences will inevitably lead to chaos in the world and a precarious society.

At the beginning of the Eastern Expedition, led by Guan Long, he was excluded from the main combat force with the navy and Youtunwei. Shandong and Jiangnan responded one after another. The guards guarding the capital, all cast idle.

For the sake of the overall situation, Fang Jun endured such humiliation.

But Guan Long secretly colluded with the Turks and Da Shi, and led the enemy cavalry to sneak hundreds of miles deep into the heart of the Western Regions, just to ambush and kill Fang Jun, this is absolutely unbearable!
Since you guys, Guan Long, are in the first grade of junior high school, don't blame me for being in the fifteenth grade.

Li Xiaogong shook his head and smiled wryly, and sighed: "You... still haven't really understood Guan Long's nature."

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip of tea, looking at Fang Jun, who was still upset, he said slowly: "Since the rise of Guanlong, the interests of the family have been put first, whether it was the Six Towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty at that time, or the later divisions. The Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, and even the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and even the Great Sui Dynasty when Daizhou proclaimed the emperor... The Guanlongmen Clan never put the national interest in their eyes, and everything they think and do is for their own benefit. Once their own benefit Contrary to the interests of the country, it is inevitable to abandon the country and take the family. Otherwise, why do dynasties rise and fall one after another? This kind of thinking that family interests are paramount has long been carried out in the hearts of every child of the Guanlongmen Clan. They were never loyal to the Northern Wei Dynasty, never Loyal to the Great Sui, do you think they can be loyal to the Great Tang today?"

Fang Jun said: "So what? Don't they dare to risk the world's disgrace and rebel?"

Since they are profit-seeking, the first priority is to ensure that their family can always stand at the center of power. If they really make the emperor anxious, can they still have their good fruit?
The Tang Dynasty is not the Great Sui Dynasty, nor the Northern Zhou Dynasty, nor the Northern Wei Dynasty!
But Li Xiaogong said: "If it is normal, they will definitely swallow this tone. As you said, they dare not rebel because they know that he cannot succeed, and it is even more impossible to follow the example of the past to rejuvenate a country and destroy it. One country! But now, the whole country is marching eastward! And there are Arabs raising troops to invade the Western Regions, and Tubo is eyeing them on the plateau! Under such circumstances, if they implement a military remonstrance, imprison or even depose the prince, your majesty will return What kind of reaction?"

Fang Jun remained silent.

He is not a newcomer to the officialdom, he has been a man for two lifetimes and he is very clear about the virtue of putting interests first in the officialdom.If what Li Xiaogong said really happened, even if His Majesty Li Er was so angry that he gritted his teeth and wished he could swallow the Guanlongmen faction one by one alive, under such a situation, he could only adopt a strategy of appeasement to appease him.

Perhaps, I did underestimate the degree of rebellion of the Guanlongmen Clan...

Li Xiaogong naturally knew Fang Junzhi's character, and persuaded him earnestly: "The crown prince tightened and loosened, and the Guanlongmen Clan has been appeased, and they have also accepted a certain degree of loss. But if you arrest them here unscrupulously, you will All the forces they planted on the Silk Road have been wiped out... This has touched their bottom line. Once those clan elders who are usually invisible and seem to be dying of old age stand up, their madness will definitely exceed your cognition! In this world, there is nothing they dare not do! Erlang, no matter the situation in the Western Regions or the situation in Chang'an, it is extremely beneficial to us and the prince, and we must not take it as a momentary impulse to turn the situation towards Pushing in the opposite direction is too much!"

"Isn't it too late..."

Fang Jun clicked his tongue, he admitted that he was persuaded by Li Xiaogong.

The reason why he ordered Pei Xingjian to arrest him was because he was sure that no matter how hard he tossed about, the Guanlong clan would have to hold his neck and die down.But in the final analysis, how can my understanding of the Guanlong Clan be comparable to that of Li Xiaogong who is also from Guanlong?

After thinking about it, I felt that I had to take a step back, looked at Li Xiaogong and asked: "So, this favor can only be accepted by you, the county king?"

There is no turning back when the work starts. Since Pei Xingjian has been ordered to arrest wantonly and intends to wipe out the Guanlong forces in the Western Regions with open swords and spears, how can he change the order overnight and give up halfway?They can only let Li Xiaogong play a role in the bridge, begging Fang Jungao in his name to let those Guanlong disciples go, and this favor will naturally fall on Li Xiaogong in the end.

With such a great favor from Guan Long, with Li Xiaogong's character, it must be discounted...

Li Xiaogong waved his hands carelessly, and said: "What's the point of this? This king is thinking about His Royal Highness and our common interests, so he can only do his best to intervene in it, is it for the sake of some kind of favor? Erlang also Look down on me. Come and drink tea."

He actually held the pot and poured Fang Jun a cup of tea...

"Ha ha……"

Fang Jun put on a half-smile: "The king of the county really has a big heart and a big heart...I admire, admire."

"..."

Li Xiaogong looked at Fang Jun's expression, then sighed, and said helplessly: "All right, favors can fall on me... But this is just a matter of convenience, not my own plan... ...All right, all right, tell me, what exactly do you want?"

Seeing that Fang Jun could not be dismissed easily, Li Xiaogong could only reluctantly cut his flesh.

Fortunately, this time I can earn a wave of favor from the Guanlongmen Clan, and give up everything to appease Fang Jun, in exchange for his cooperation, it doesn't matter...

Fang Jun picked up his teacup and thought for a while, then said: "I heard that the son of the family has always had the ambition to serve in the army, but he is depressed. How about transferring the son to the Navy as a deputy general?"

Li Xiaogong was so angry that his face turned black immediately, and he said angrily: "That's my prince's son! My son! There are no eyes in the army, if there is any damage, can you let me send a white-haired man to a black-haired man? Absolutely!" Impossible!"

A white-haired person giving a black-haired person... Naturally, it cannot happen.

The combat power of the navy is the best in the world. There is absolutely no army in this world that can defeat the navy, at least not within 50 years.Moreover, Li Chongyi is the eldest son of Hejian County Prince's Mansion, even if he enlists in the army, who would dare to let him go to the battlefield in person and bear the slightest risk of his life?

Back then when he followed His Majesty Li Er to conquer the world, it was Li Xiaogong who commanded the Tang navy to attack Kuimen first, then went down the river to destroy Xiao Xian, and wiped out Jiangnan in one fell swoop.Right now, all the naval divisions in the Tang Dynasty are, strictly speaking, once under Li Xiaogong's sect.

Transferring Li Chongyi to the navy is tantamount to bringing under the jurisdiction of all those naval forces outside the navy... Whoever dares to refuse is ungrateful.

This is the most taboo in the military.

However, if the navy is allowed to command all the naval forces of the Tang Dynasty under its command, it will suddenly increase the size and combat power of the navy by more than double.

The current navy's combat power has already surpassed the entire army. If it soars again, who can surpass it in the army?

Properly become a warlord.

The most important thing is that from Fang Jun's standpoint, he will confront all the troops controlled by the Guanlongmen faction. Originally, Fang Jun's momentum has already surpassed those veteran generals in Guanlong. He will suddenly become the most powerful boss in the army... Don't think that the navy can only fight in the water with the word "water" in it. The Tang Dynasty has a vast territory and many rivers, where warships can pass Covering almost half of the territory...

It can be said that as long as Li Chongyi enters the Navy, the Prince of Hejian County will be regarded as a "traitor" by Guan Long and the clan, and even His Majesty Li Er will be very dissatisfied - because Fang Jun has already supported the crown prince openly, The navy is equivalent to the direct military power of the prince. Li Xiaogong has greatly assisted the navy to enhance its strength and expand its influence. Do you still see me as the emperor in your eyes?
It's fine to stand on the side of the East Palace, after all, even a minister has to choose to stand in line, but if he tries his best to help the East Palace boost his force, then the nature is completely different.

At that time, the force of the East Palace will soar, who can easily dethrone the crown prince?I'm afraid that even the emperor will have to think twice...

(End of this chapter)