Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3964
Outside the Chunming Gate, it was drizzling.

Standing by the window of the large tent, Cheng Yaojin looked at the majestic city tower. He could vaguely see groups of soldiers changing their defenses, and the dragon flag was hanging slightly under the drizzle. The various ministries switched defenses, guarding the city gates, and could face his father at any time, and a strange feeling came to his heart.

Will one day the Cheng family also stage a scene of father and son turning against each other and fratricide?

"Oh! Promising, dare to confront Lao Tzu..." With a sneer, Cheng Yaojin returned to the book case, holding the military battle report in his hand, but he couldn't settle down to review and dispose of it for a while, feeling boundless in his heart.

Once upon a time, he put all the future glory of the family on the eldest son. In order to have a bright future for him, he even asked to marry a princess. I just hope that as he grows older, he will be more stable and mature, and not bring trouble to the family, otherwise he will be determined to drive him out of the family tree, and let him fend for himself...

It wasn't because he was ruthless, it was because the Cheng family's entire family had a bright future, how could it be ruined by a shoddy hand?
But who would have thought that the useless inferior in the past has made many military exploits, and now he has become the prince's confidant, who can command soldiers and horses to confront his father?

Although the status and status are still very different, but how bad is the inferior quality?He happened to be in the last days of the dynasty, and he fought a bloody path amidst the chaos of the world and won countless military exploits. In this peaceful and prosperous age, he didn't think he could do better than that inferior one.

The eldest son inherited the family business, and the youngest son set up a separate family. Who dares to say that I, Cheng Yaojin, have no way to teach my son?
What's more, it's not a bad idea to covet the glory of the Fang family's "one family and two kingdoms"... For a while, Cheng Yaojin felt relieved and excited inexplicably.

I was in a good mood, I just had a big appetite during breakfast, drank an extra bowl of porridge, ate up a few dishes of side dishes, and just put down the bowls and chopsticks, a soldier came to report, saying that it was Zhang Xingcheng who asked to see...

Cheng Yaojin was in a good mood, waved his hand casually and said, "Let him in."

The soldiers withdrew, and after a while, Zhang Xingcheng was still dressed in ordinary clothes, and came in a hurry. He saw Cheng Yaojin drinking tea on a pony in front of the window, and was about to salute, but Cheng Yaojin waved his hand and said: "We meet in private, no need Such a red tape, come on, long this year's new tea."

Zhang Xingcheng knew that Cheng Yaojin was always informal, so he did good things like others, so he skipped the salute and greeting, and found a horse to sit opposite Cheng Yaojin, with a tea table in the middle, and the drizzle outside the open window made him open-minded. Actually feel very artistic conception.

Cheng Yaojin poured a cup of tea, and said in a playful tone, "Here, Deli, what instructions do you have?"

Zhang Xingcheng quickly raised his hands to take the teacup, said with a wry smile: "Duke Lu, do you want to be disrespectful? You are a duke of the state, you have an army in your hand, and your meritorious service is unrivaled, so I dare not be rude."

Cheng Yaojin chuckled, noncommittal.

Zhang Xingcheng took a sip of tea and frowned, he suddenly found a very serious problem, no matter whether it was Li Ji or Cheng Yaojin, they were all members of the Shandong family, and they should have the same interests and move forward together with the Shandong family, but the reality was Firstly, Li Jiyang obeyed and disobeyed, he ignored the orders of the Shandong aristocratic family and went his own way, and now even Cheng Yaojin obviously resisted.

Obviously, it was because of the practice of putting the generals who hold military power at the front and causing them to suffer huge political losses to seek interests for the rest of the family, which made them extremely dissatisfied.

However, since they are all in the same line of Shandong, with the same interests and shared weal and woe, shouldn't they help each other and advance and retreat together?How can you care about the gains and losses of a family and ignore the overall situation?
Without the strong support of the Shandong family, whether it is Li Ji or Cheng Yaojin, the power and status today will definitely be greatly reduced.When supporting you, the entire Shandong family spared no effort, regardless of gains and losses, but now they rely on you to contribute, but they are haggling and perfunctory. How can there be such a reason in the world?

In the final analysis, the biggest reason for this situation is that the cohesion of Shandong aristocratic families is not as good as before, and people are gradually becoming scattered and independent.

For example, Cui Dunli, a dignified descendant of the Cui family in Qinghe, was supported by the power of the Ai clan to become the Minister of the Ministry of War under the monopoly of Guanlong, but now he is standing firmly on the side of the East Palace with Fang Jun as his leader, and gradually getting along with the Shandong family Far……

Just like Cheng Yaojin, seemingly in harmony.

This made Zhang Xingcheng feel a great sense of crisis. Compared with this competition for the interests of the court, whether the Shandong family can maintain the cohesion as before is obviously more important.As long as the Shandong aristocratic family is twisted into one rope and one day they can enter the court with their strong background, what is the point of being silent for ten or twenty years now?

On the contrary, if this alliance representing the Confucian heritage finally falls apart, even if it occupies all the interests of the court at the moment, it will only be the last afterglow, and it may not be long before it will embark on the same fate of the Guanlongmen Clan...

But right now is not the time to think about these things, and he can't decide on such an important matter.

Then he collected his mind and said in a deep voice: "The decision of the heads of each family is to hope that Lu Guogong will block the Chunming Gate and prevent the prince from leaving the city."

Cheng Yaojin held the teacup in his hand, his face remained unchanged, he asked instead: "If the prince insists on going out of the city, will you let me rush up and kill the prince?"

Zhang Xingcheng was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Duke Lu misunderstood, we are all loyal ministers of the Tang Dynasty, how can we do something against you? It's just a gesture. Between me, the prince is probably just testing all parties Attitude, bottom line, as long as Lu Guogong and Chen Bingchun are under the Ming sect, the crown prince will return in the face of difficulties and give up the idea of ​​leaving the city."

This kind of possibility exists. After all, the prince has always been weak. It takes a lot of courage to make such a strong showdown to Li Ji, and he may not be able to persist to the end. He may retreat when he encounters a slight setback.

However, Cheng Yaojin didn't care whether it was possible, he glared at Zhang Xingcheng, and said in a bad tone, "Is this order the intention of each family head, or is it 'according to your opinion'?"

Zhang Xingcheng was stunned for a moment, his face darkened, and he said in a cold voice: "Duke Lu suspects that he misrepresented the intentions of the heads of the various families and framed you? Huh! Duke Lu can't help but treat the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"

He is very dissatisfied, he is also the "spokesperson" launched by the heads of the various families, representing the will of the heads of the various families, Cheng Yaojin actually doubts his motives and character, what can't be tolerated!

Cheng Yaojin squinted his eyes, looked at Zhang Xingcheng, who looked annoyed as if he had been greatly insulted, with a half-smile, and grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth: "No one has been able to talk to me like this for many years, you are quite courageous, not bad! But sometimes you are too courageous and you will put yourself in a dangerous place without knowing it. For example, there are many armies gathered near Chang'an, and the scouts of each army come and go all over the place. If you are accidentally discovered, your life will be in danger."

Zhang Xingcheng was startled, and suddenly changed color: "Duke Lu is threatening you?"

"Hey!" Cheng Yaojin shook his head and laughed: "Look at what you said, I am obviously concerned about you, okay? Don't be ignorant of flattery! Come, drink tea... Let me tell you, this life is full of joys and sorrows Understand the principle of timely enjoyment, there are no young or old in front of the King of Hades, who may be unlucky at any time, and die, even if you want to enjoy it, you will not be able to enjoy it!"

He poured tea with a smile on his face, but Zhang Xingcheng felt chills in his heart.

If this demon king really doesn't want to carry out the orders of the Shandong family, but he doesn't want to tear himself apart, the best way is to send a team of soldiers to attack and kill him, and then lie that he has not received the order, and throw the blame to Youhou Wei or Youhouwei. Tunwei.Just like what Cheng Yaojin said, the various forces in Chang'an City are intertwined and mixed, and there are three armies with tens of thousands of people. If they really died inexplicably, where can we find the real murderer?

The more he looked at Cheng Yaojin's smile, the more Zhang Xingcheng felt that there was a lot of murderous intent hidden, and he shuddered subconsciously...

Cheng Yaojin pushed the teacup in front of Zhang Xingcheng, and said with a smile: "We were supposed to entertain Deli for a meal, but the conditions are difficult and the material is scarce, so we can only use tea instead of wine to express our feelings. After drinking this cup of tea, Deli, let's get on the road as soon as possible."

Zhang Xingcheng shook his face, what he said...

What wine and rice?Cut off the meal?

hit the road?What way?

He didn't dare to drink tea, swallowed his saliva forcefully, and forced a smile: "Duke Lu misunderstood, how dare I be disrespectful to you? It's just entrusted by the heads of various families to run around to communicate on your behalf. I really can't help myself. There is something to offend, Wan Wang Haihan."

He knew that Cheng Yaojin had always been soft but not hard, so he resolutely obeyed, and never dared to say "measure the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain"...

Only then did Cheng Yaojin restrain his smile, and slowly said: "Remember, I am not willing to obey orders, nor am I unwilling to make sacrifices, but if you treat me like a fool and quit as a stepping stone for some people, you are trying to be blind." Make up your mind. Go back and tell those patriarchs that I will follow the order of Chen Bingchunming, but if the crown prince insists on going his own way and orders You Tunwei and Dong Gong Liu to fight against me, then I will decide whether to fight or not, to surrender or not to surrender. , others should stop talking too much!"

He is willing to contribute, hoping to get the support of various families to replace Li Ji, but it does not mean that he will not hesitate to put his Zuo Wuwei in the joint strangulation of You Tunwei and Donggong Six Rates, not to mention there is still a team behind him. You Houwei staring at him?If he was not careful, he fell into a desperate situation and ruined all the foundations of his team.

What's more, he found that those patriarchs probably lived in Shandong for too long. They couldn't see the situation of the world clearly, so they were arrogant. They didn't know that the changes in the world were no longer what they were in the Sui Dynasty, and they couldn't keep pace with the times. As a result, many decisions were extremely unreasonable. , if you go to the dark with them without reservation, the consequences will be disastrous...

Therefore, cooperation is necessary, but he cannot be led by the nose by the Shandong family, he must take the initiative.

(End of this chapter)