Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3399 Darkness Chen Cang
【Happy New Year】*
Traveling through time, if you spend a whole day traveling in mountains and rivers, leaning against the red and nestling in the green, it will be monotonous and boring.The history is long, and there are as many outstanding people as the sands of the Ganges River. However, only those who can influence the general trend of the world at the juncture of the changing times can be called the mainstay and their names will go down in history.

Fang Jun always has a sense of mission. He was able to miraculously travel up the river from thousands of years later to this prosperous and beautiful Tang Dynasty. Perhaps there is a deeper meaning in the dark.

Fame, wealth, power, riches and beauties, now he has everything at his fingertips and enjoys it to his heart's content. However, apart from this, how can he not have the slightest ambition to break the track of history?

A person lives for a lifetime, and the grass and trees fall in autumn. Since there is an opportunity for such ability, everyone thinks that he can better reflect the value and meaning of life, rather than just enjoy it. , leaving no trace...

How should a person spend his life?

At least at the moment of death in the future, when looking back on the past, you should not regret for wasting your time, nor feel ashamed for doing nothing...

As the saying goes, geese leave their voices, and people leave their names.

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There was heavy snow outside the house, and it fell in the courtyard in a rustling manner. Inside the house, there was a candle, and the fragrance of tea was dense.

The two sat on the ground, with a cup of hot tea in their hands, talking softly, discussing future strategies.For Fang Jun, whether he can stabilize the East Palace and inherit the great treasure steadily in the future is related to whether his grand ideals in his life can be successfully implemented.Of course Li Xiaogong didn't care much about his own future, after all, he already had enough reputation as the "first county king of the clan", more power might be counterproductive.But the current situation has reached the point where he has to stand in the wrong line. If he takes the wrong line, not only himself, but the entire Hejian County Prince's Mansion will be in disaster.

Just look at him cooperating with Fang Jun in the Western Regions to uproot the Guanlong forces. Once the Guanlong Clan gains power, how can they let it go?

Knowing his own family affairs, Li Xiaogong can bow his head to His Majesty Li Er, in order to avoid the suspicion of the county king, he is willing to hand over his military power, and lives in seclusion in the mansion to amass wealth and corrupt himself.However, if the King of Jin ascends to the throne in the future and Guan Long gains power, and wants to oppress him, Li Xiaogong bows his head and proclaims himself a minister, or even bows his knees, it is absolutely impossible.

In order to avoid having a strong temper when facing Jin Wang and Guan Longmen, the best choice is naturally to firmly support Prince Li Chengqian.

And this is also Fang Jun's position. The two people's interests are deeply entangled now. If they can maintain the same position, their mutual interests will naturally become more secure.

In the final analysis, although most of the court battles since ancient times have been under the guise of being bright and righteous, in fact, there are only a handful of battles due to disagreement of ideas and ambitions. In most cases, it is just a battle of respective interests.

Those high-ranking bosses in the temple are full of benevolence and morality, and they are not much different from the traffickers and pawns who argue...

Li Xiaogong took a sip of tea and said: "At present, there is no one who can influence the situation in Chang'an than Chai Zhewei. The Chai family is shameless and unreliable. This son holds tens of thousands of soldiers from the Zuo Tunwei Xuanwu Gate, no matter what Whichever side you lean towards will have a huge impact on the situation. If you want the East Palace to be stable, you have to find a way to guard against Chai Zhewei. Unfortunately, the king has given up his military power for a long time, and the impact on the Guanzhong garrison is too low. Even if he can persuade some garrisons There are only a few thousand soldiers guarding the East Palace, and they cannot resist the Zuo Tunwei."

His words were a little tactful. In fact, he believed that under the current situation, Zuo Tunwei almost played a decisive role.

Tens of thousands of elite soldiers are stationed outside Xuanwu Gate, they can sweep the whole city to protect the country outwardly, and they can break through Xuanwu Gate and occupy the Taiji Palace inwardly. No matter which side gets the support of Chai Zhewei, it can almost be said that it has already occupied an absolute advantage. It is only one step away from success.

But the crux of the problem is that with Fang Jun assisting Dong Gong, even if Chai Zhewei took refuge in the past and had the power to protect the heavens, he could not surpass Fang Jun and become "a man under one man and above ten thousand people".In this way, with Chai Zhewei's arrogance, it may be impossible to assist Donggong.

Fang Jun held the pot and poured tea for Li Xiaogong, he said calmly: "Chai Zhe has great ambition and talent, he is so ambitious, Zuo Tunwei is nothing to be afraid of."

Li Xiaogong was stunned, he regarded Chai Zhewei and his Zuo Tunwei as a tyrannical force capable of controlling the situation, yet in Fang Jun's eyes he dismissed them so much?
But he didn't think Fang Jun was a frivolous person. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Is it because of the half of the Youtun Guard you left behind?"

Fang Jun nodded: "Exactly."

The expression is casual, it seems that this is a matter of course... But you only left half of the Right Tunwei!

Li Xiaogong's face is solemn: "The situation in Chang'an is precarious. If you want to stabilize the situation and defeat those ambitious people, you must carefully evaluate any party's forces. You would rather pay too much attention to it than underestimate it. Only in this way can you better deploy your generals and strategize .”

Holding the teacup, Fang Jun changed from kneeling to sitting cross-legged, and said with a smile, "Are you really such a frivolous person? The Zuo Tun guards are slack in training, and their soldiers are slack, and Chai Zhewei is an idiot, even though there is only half of the Right Tun guards." Stationed at Xuanwu Gate, I also believe that the Zuo Tunwei will never be able to overstep the thunder! Without this confidence, how dare I lead half of the Right Tunwei to march west, leaving only Gao Kan to lead less than ten thousand people to stay in the barracks?"

From the beginning to the end, he never took Zuo Tunwei seriously.

Li Xiaogong trusts Fang Jun's ability and vision very much. Seeing that Fang Jun is so determined that the left guards are nothing to worry about, his heart relaxes immediately, and he said with a smile: "In this way, this king can call a part of the Guanzhong garrison. Once the situation changes , Immediately go to the city of Chang'an to help the East Palace kill traitors and protect the country!"

Fang Jun's eyes flickered, and he was a little surprised: "The king of the county plans to rush back to Chang'an?"

Li Xiaogong nodded: "Exactly."

After a pause, he sighed and said: "In the past, although this king lived in seclusion in the mansion, his ambition was never lost. He always regarded himself as the 'first honorable minister of the clan', thinking that he had been the one who ruled thousands of troops and followed him for a long time. Your Majesty is the King of Hejian County who sweeps away the world. However, when he came out of the Western Regions this time, he deeply felt that things were different, and he was powerless in the face of the predicament... This king is too far behind, unable to keep up with the changes of the times, even if he stays in the Western Regions , It is also in vain. It is better to return to Chang'an and rely on the last few prestige and connections to escort His Royal Highness and stabilize the country."

Back then, Li Xiaogong followed his words, and Li Jing, who was famous all over the world, could only submit to his subordinates and let him be urged. Even the officials of the country such as Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, etc. had to be cautious in front of him. Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Qin Qiong and his ilk are even more scolded like lackeys.

However, after living in seclusion for many years, when he came to the Western Regions this time, he found that his reputation had already plummeted. The Guanlong disciples all over the Western Regions even dismissed him.

Times have changed, he is no longer the invincible and invincible commander of the past, but just a dignified and graceful clan king, in the Western Regions, even though he is the Protector of Anxi, the nominal Supreme Commander of the Western Regions, he often feels powerless. Some days later, he was forced by the Guanlong Clan to leave Jiaohe City with the plan of "striking the grass to startle the snake"...

This is nothing less than a great humiliation to Li Xiaogong, a hero who once had a great reputation and has been proud to his bones for a long time. He has no face and continues to stay in Jiaohe City.

Fang Jun understands the truth of this, and knows that this matter cannot be persuaded, and he cannot be persuaded.

He frowned and said: "It was ordered by the imperial decree that the king of the county went out of town in the Western Regions. There is no imperial decree issued now. If he resigns his official position and returns to Guanzhong privately, it is a serious crime. Taiwan's impeachment."

Li Xiaogong said with a smile: "Who said that the king is going to relinquish his official position?"

Fang Jun: "..."

If you don't relinquish your official position, it will be even worse for leaving your post without authorization, and the crime will be aggravated.

Li Xiaogong said: "This king will not give those censors a chance to impeach. This time I went to the Western Regions, there were many accidents. This king is already old and frail. I am sick and want to go back to Chang'an for treatment. , and return to the Western Regions after recovering from the illness. During this period, Erlang will exercise the power to protect Anxi Dadu...Of course, this memorial will be handed over to His Royal Highness in secret, presumably by His Royal Highness himself The Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites sealed and recorded the file, so that the news will not be leaked."

Only then did Fang Jun understand what Li Xiaogong was up to.

Consciously losing face in the Western Regions, with the pride of Li Xiaogong, I can't stay here brazenly and rely on Fang Jun's methods to try to maintain the situation. It's better to secretly cross Chencang along the plank road and return to Chang'an secretly...

(End of this chapter)