Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3756 Li Ji plots
British Duke Li Ji sent someone here?
Everyone in the hall first looked at each other in blank dismay, and then became tense by coincidence, and their hearts tensed instantly.

Could it be that Li Ji is finally about to make his stand clear?

After a short moment of silence, Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice, "Please come in."

"Here."

The clerk retreated, and after a while, a handsome young military general strode in, and first greeted the eldest Sun Wuji: "The last general, Li Yuandao, has met Zhao Guogong."

Then he saluted all the Guanlong bosses present: "I have met all the elders."

Everyone nodded in unison.

Changsun Wuji waved his hand and said softly: "There is no need to be polite, I wonder why the British government sent you here?"

Li Yuandao stood in the hall, with his feet slightly apart, surrounded by all the big bosses, without changing his expression, and said calmly: "The commander-in-chief has ordered that it is time for spring plowing, but Guanzhong is in depression and wars are raging, so Tongguan will be opened. , to lure refugees from outside the pass to enter the pass, and the government will guide and resettle them, and assist the people in the pass to carry out spring plowing. Food is the most important thing for the people. If spring plowing is delayed, the fields will be abandoned and starvation will be everywhere, and the world will complain."

Everyone in the hall cheered up.

Spring plowing?
Don't care about Li Ji!
Although that fellow is the head of Zaifu, since the day he took office, he has ignored the government affairs at all and distributed all the powers. Many government affairs are actually handled by the three provinces and six ministries.If you need to ask for instructions, report it to Li Ji, and Li Ji will pass it on to His Majesty Li Er for decision, and then issue the ceremonies to the six ministries of the three provinces, and everything will be done according to the emperor's will.

It can be said that in the past and present, he has been the most relaxed head of the minister, saying that he does not seize power, but in fact he does not want to wade into the muddy waters of His Majesty Li Er to weaken and suppress the family...

Now commanding hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in Tongguan, close to Chang'an but unwilling to return to Beijing, instead worrying about people's livelihood?

Therefore, these words must have a deeper meaning.

Changsun Wuji groaned for a moment, did not answer, and asked instead: "The British prince is stationed in Tongguan, can he seal off the pass, only allowed to enter, not allowed to exit?"

Why are Dong Gong and Guan Long confused about Li Ji's position?
It is because after Li Jiyin's army returned to Guanzhong, he immediately stationed at Tongguan to isolate the inside and outside.But they also allowed the powerful armies from other places outside the pass to enter the pass, seemingly secretly supporting Guan Long, but they didn't allow one person from the pass to leave the pass...

Li Yuandao said indifferently: "There was a mutiny in Guanzhong, and countless soldiers were defeated. The reason why the general blocked the pass and did not allow a single soldier to leave the pass was to prevent the rebellious soldiers from looting the place and endangering the people after they left the pass. Since the battle was fought in the pass, Then all the routs will stay in Guanzhong."

The eldest grandson Wuji asked again: "When does British Duke plan to return to Beijing?"

Li Yuandao shook his head: "The commander-in-chief is strategizing, how do we know?"

After a pause, he continued: "Maybe tomorrow, maybe now, everything depends on the commander-in-chief's decision."

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After Li Yuandao left, Changsun Wuji ordered someone to brew new tea, took a sip, looked around the crowd and said, "What do you guys think?"

Yuwen Shi and Po swayed their teacups, frowned and said: "Allowing the refugees from outside the pass to enter the pass...does it really imply that we can borrow troops from various clans again, and he won't stop it?"

He Lanyan said: "That is to support us?"

"How could it be that simple?" Dugu Lan shook his head and said, "Li Ji seems to be a man who doesn't fight for power or profit, but in fact he has deep-rooted and far-reaching strategies. You also have to be more careful, and beware of his tricks, let alone such vague words?"

This is a big matter, which is related to Guan Long's life and death, and no one dares to take it lightly.

However, Li Ji just sent someone to send such inexplicable words, which is really confusing...

Linghu Defen, who hadn't spoken much all this time, said, "In my opinion, Li Ji still speaks softly to us."

Everyone looked at him together, and He Lanyan asked, "Why did Brother Ji Xin say that?"

Linghu Defen said: "Whether you are in a temple or far away in the rivers and lakes, in life, there is always the word 'profit'. As the saying goes, 'man dies for wealth, bird dies for food', it is the same in ancient and modern times. If Li Ji tends to What benefits can he get from the Prince of the Eastern Palace? Today, Li Ji is already the head of the Chancellor, an extremely personable minister, and his official position and title have reached the peak. No matter how much credit he makes in the Eastern Palace, it is impossible for him to be promoted again. And after the crown prince ascended the throne, he still pursued His Majesty's national policy of weakening the powerful and supporting the poor, which is why we took the risk to carry out military remonstrance. This is the case in Guanlong, and the same is true of the Shandong family behind Li Ji."

Speaking of this, he paused and sipped his tea. Perhaps the past two years of living in a secluded mansion and concentrating on writing books really opened his eyes and improved his spiritual realm. Generous: "Conversely, even though the Shandong family has been excluded from the court by us, our interests are consistent with those of the Shandong family. Today we Guanlong is in power, and tomorrow the Shandong family may be in power, but once the crown prince ascends the throne , all the powerful families are finished. Li Ji himself may have no desires, but how can the Shandong family behind him watch the crown prince successfully ascend the throne after His Majesty dies?"

Since the Han Dynasty, aristocratic families have gradually formed, with great power, often influencing the court situation.As far as Guanlong rose from Daibei, it started as an army town, connected with each other, helped each other, seized all the power of the government, prospered and destroyed a country, and dominated the general trend of the world.

Today, the power of the aristocratic family has developed and penetrated into all aspects of the government and the opposition. No one can really escape from the family and occupy a high position.

No matter how amazingly talented an outstanding person is, it is impossible for him to rise without a foundation under the situation where a powerful family monopolizes political resources. Even Fang Jun, who is known as "a powerful family is a chronic disease of the empire", without the acquiescence of Shandong aristocratic families and Jiangnan gentry, How can there be today?
So is Li Ji.

Yu Wenshi and nodded his head in agreement: "The most important point is that we started an incident in Chang'an and stormed the East Palace. The slogan of 'Depose the prince and set things right' resounded all over the world. Failed to lead the army back to the capital to hold the crown prince... How could the crown prince have no grudges in his heart? Today, due to the current situation, he may swallow his anger. Once the crown prince successfully ascends the throne, how can he not liquidate Li Ji? Therefore, it is better for Li Ji to support the East Palace than to support the East Palace Just like us, set up another prince."

Linghu Defen clapped his hands and said: "That's right! The reason why Li Ji didn't come back so late, and he led hundreds of thousands of troops to Tongguan to sit and watch the war in Chang'an, is that he wanted to wait for us to destroy the East Palace and set up a new crown prince before he led the army back to Beijing." , One action will determine the overall situation! Although the new crown prince is supported by us, he may not have the resistance of being a puppet in his heart. Once Li Ji returns to Beijing and expresses his support, how can the new crown prince not go to the past with joy? Not only Li Ji He has a large number of soldiers, a large number of generals, strong strength, and Li Ji is notorious for not seizing power, which emperor would not want such a prime minister?"

The more he talked, the more excited he became, and he seemed to have grasped Li Ji's mind clearly: "The most important thing is that by that time, the East Palace has been destroyed, and the sharp sword hanging over the heads of the aristocratic family is gone. The interests of the aristocratic family are guaranteed, but the infamy of the collapse of the Eastern Palace is borne by our Guanlongmen Clan, and has nothing to do with him!"

After his analysis, everyone nodded repeatedly, feeling that it was very reasonable, and at the same time seeing through Li Ji's plan, they all took a breath of cold air.

He Lanyan's eyes widened, and he scolded: "Mother! Isn't this Xu Maogong too insidious? It's obvious that he wants to be a cousin and also set up a memorial archway!"

All the blame for the collapse of the East Palace and the murder of the crown prince was assigned to the Guanlongmen Clan, so that the Guanlongmen Clan could bear the stigma of the people all over the world and the descendants of future generations, but the benefits were left to Li Ji alone.

If Linghu Defen's analysis is true, then Li Jizhi's insidiousness has exceeded everyone's expectations. When the crown prince changes positions and the new king ascends the throne, it will be the first time that the Guanlong clan fades out of the court and the Shandong family enters the court. Time!
It's no wonder that He Lanyan was filled with indignation. Guan Long's hard work and loss of huge gains were taken away by Li Jibing without bloodshed in a blink of an eye. No one wants to let it go!

However, it is useless to be angry. Now that Li Ji has hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Tongguan, if Guan Long dares to show the slightest attitude of not cooperating with him, Li Ji will fall to the East Palace, or even return to Chang'an altogether, and establish another prince and support him as the new crown prince. Huang...

After all, the army in Li Ji's hands is enough to support any of his ambitions, as long as he wants to do it, no one can stop him.

Yuwen Shiji noticed that Changsun Wuji's face was gloomy, and he hadn't said a word for a long time, so he asked curiously: "Does the auxiliary machine agree with this kind of speculation?"

(End of this chapter)