Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4044: Determined
When Li Zhi left, Fang Jun looked at the sky, changed his clothes and went out with his own soldiers to ride straight to the East Palace. He came to the bedroom behind the Lizheng Hall to meet the Prince. all in...

After the ceremony, Li Chengqian greeted Fang Jun to be seated, and Yu Zhining said with a smile: "Duke Zhao has already gone to the funeral yesterday, and the emperor will not pursue the matter of the previous mutiny, so this is the end. Duke Ying came here today to represent the Guanlongmen Clan I apologize to Your Highness. Your Highness means that since the incident has passed and Duke Zhao died because of it, let the past be ignored, after all, we have to move more frequently in the future."

This is explaining to Fang Jun why Yuwen Shi appeared in the East Palace, but Fang Jun squinted his eyes.

Nowadays, everyone knows that His Majesty's heart of easy storage is as hard as iron, and it is inevitable that His Highness the Crown Prince will lose his position, but it is clear that an official of the Eastern Palace like Zhi Ning has not given up... Power is touching, and who would be willing to give up what is about to be obtained? interests?

Fang Jun looked at Yuwen Shiji and said with a half-smile, "I haven't seen Duke Ying for a long time. It's really gratifying to see you with a radiant face and a healthy spirit today."

The relationship between the two was originally very good, but ever since Fang Jun served as the secretary of the academy and excluded Guan Long's children from the number of students, he gradually became hostile to Guan Long, and became estranged from Yuwen Shiji. With the collapse of the Eastern Palace, the two sides are like fire and water, fighting to the death.

Sitting opposite each other now, the enmity is gradually disappearing, it's quite embarrassing...

Yuwen Shiji picked up the teapot on the coffee table and poured tea for Fang Jun, with a gentle smile: "The old man heard in Chang'an that Erlang first defeated the Tuyuhun cavalry to ensure that the Hexi counties were not lost, and then planned to severely injure the Turks and ambush the army, and then fought for thousands of miles. Going to the Western Regions, annihilating the 20 Dashi army in one fell swoop... I really admire and feel inexplicable. I think that Erlang is actually the most capable commander of the Tang Dynasty after the Duke of Wei and the Duke of England. The future is limitless. But today the court is advancing with retreat , The strategy of pushing the boat along the water, and let the old man see Erlang's political talent, it is really young and promising."

When embarrassing, flattering each other is indeed a small trick to ease the atmosphere...

Fang Jun picked up the Yuwen scholar and the teacup he handed over with both hands, thanked him with a smile, and said modestly: "It's just a few lucky wins, how dare you call yourself a commander? Compared with you Zhenguan officials, mere achievements are not worth mentioning .”

Yuwen Shiji's smile froze for a moment, brat, do you know how to chat?Just led the army to defeat our Guanlong army, you are "a mere achievement, not worth mentioning", then we are not a mob, all the meritorious deeds are not worthy of the name?

Seeing that Fang Jun's words were thorny, Li Chengqian hurriedly smoothed things over: "Erlang is here, is there something wrong?"

He no longer has the heart to be lucky about the reserve position, and intends to lie flat and accept any result, so he has no heart to worry about gains and losses, and let go of all the past enmities.In any case, the Li Tang royal family and the Guanlong Clan have been entangled for hundreds of years, and once they let go of their feud, they are still very close. But there are not a lot of them, and they are a bit suitable for teachers and students, so I don't want to see Fang Jun and Guan Long messing around again.

At the same time, those who are frustrated in officialdom, why should swords face each other and embarrass each other...

Fang Jun looked at Yu Zhining, Yuwen Shiji, and felt that the whole city would know about this matter in two days, so there was no need to hide it, so he bluntly stated the request of King Jin to visit the door just now.

Yu Zhining was overjoyed immediately, stroked his palms and said: "Chong'er was born outside, and Shen Sheng died inside. His Royal Highness Jin Wang was able to make such a choice. He not only understands current affairs, but also has great courage! If you want to go to the feudal side of the Japanese country, do it for yourself." The national barrier is equivalent to letting go of everything and starting again. This kind of ambition really amazes the old man."

The East Palace has long regarded King Jin as a great enemy in the battle for the crown prince. Now the king of Jin suddenly has a heart to let go and does not want to fight for the crown prince. How could Yu Zhining not be overjoyed?
In the final analysis, every time the crown prince's position is strengthened by one point, his interests as the emperor's teacher will increase by ten points.

The Yu family in Luoyang has always had a lot of contacts with the Guanlong Clan, and they are married and have entangled interests. This time Guanlong's defeat is unavoidable, fearing that it will be affected. Hearing the good news, the ups and downs of my heart were a little hard to suppress.

Yuwen Shiji also stroked his beard, smiled and nodded: "This is all Erlang's work."

Fang Jun hurriedly waved his hand: "This matter has nothing to do with me. His Royal Highness King Jin personally came to ask for it. It just so happened that the navy did have a plan to destroy the Japanese kingdom recently. The coincidence of the two coincides, and I dare not take credit for the beauty of an adult."

This old thing is too shady, His Majesty is determined to change his position, and he is likely to choose King Jin to succeed him. Now that King Jin suddenly gave up his position and wanted to feudalize the islands of the Wa Kingdom, if His Majesty Li Er believes that he was instigated by him , then you have to chop yourself alive?
Li Chengqian also understood this, and said: "This matter is just Ji Nu's own idea, and has nothing to do with Erlang, so don't mention it again. Besides, Gu also understands that this world is the world of the father, and he can give it to whomever he wants." Who, do not fight or grab alone, just let fate."

In any case, "lying flat" right now is Donggong's countermeasure, so as not to implicate more people from being suppressed by the emperor.Except for people like Yu Zhining, no one still has confidence in the reserve position...

He looked at Yuwen Shiji and asked, "Master Yu just said that Duke Ying is here for something. I don't know why?"

Yuwen Shiji put down his teacup, sighed softly, and looked distressed: "No matter who initiated the mutiny, everyone in Guanlong is to blame. Although His Majesty does not pursue the mutiny now, but because Guanlong was sealed up earlier The properties of each family are currently being counted and compiled, and they are planned to be included in the internal treasury... Your Highness must know that although the families in Guanlong have strong family backgrounds, they have not thought about making progress these years, their children are rich, and they are unable to make ends meet. In addition to this mutiny Almost all the warehouses of each family have been emptied. Once these properties are sealed up, I am afraid that each family will be unable to survive... Now that Zhao Guogong has passed away, each family will carry out the old ministers, hoping to ask for a favor from His Highness, and persuade them Your Majesty, leave us a way out."

His Majesty Li Er has always been kind and friendly, and he has a bit of a chivalrous style, which is somewhat similar to those "knight-errants" in the market.Under all kinds of entanglements, he did not kill the Guanlong clan, but the anger in his heart did not diminish at all, so he must find happiness elsewhere.

What better way than confiscating the property of these aristocratic families, making it difficult for them to maintain their daily life of digging and searching, embarrassment and poverty?
Even if it won't affect the court situation, but also has a bad temper, Guan Long Xungui won't starve to death anyway...

But even if you want to intercede, you have to go to His Majesty. You have been close to His Majesty for so many years, and you can still talk without Changsun Wuji. As long as you open your mouth, Your Majesty will definitely give you some face. Why let the mud bodhisattva cross the river and the prince who can't protect himself come forward?

When the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

Because he realized that Yuwen Shi and his visit this time were not simply asking the prince to come forward to intercede with the Guanlong families, but wanted to let the prince win Guanlong's hearts in this way...

As the foundation of the Great Tang Empire, the Guanlongmen faction is deeply rooted and powerful. Even though the defeat caused a great loss in strength, and none of the powers above the court remained, it was still a tyrannical force. , if it can be used by the prince for his own use, he may not have the power to contend with His Majesty.

Guan Long is putting all his eggs in one basket now, and the prince's life is hanging by a thread, it is a match made in heaven...

But the question is what Li Chengqian thinks.

Is it really lying down and not fighting or grabbing, resigning to fate, or joining forces with Guan Long to fight hard?
He looked at Li Chengqian, who frowned and held the teacup tightly in his hands. Obviously, he had considered this in his heart, and then he smiled wryly, put down the teacup, and sighed: "Father is very strict with Gu, if Gu writes a letter Not only is it useless to beg for mercy, but it also arouses the vigilance of the father, and he will pursue the Guanlong family even more, and there is nothing he can do about this matter."

He had already figured it out thoroughly, his father was as majestic as a mountain, and no one in the empire could resist him, so if he was determined and easy to save, there would be no room for change.

The officials of the East Palace accompanied him, the crown prince, through life and death, and worked hard to get to where he is today. He has done his best.If he refuses to give up, and still clings to the reserve position, it will be meaningless except that those civil and military officials will be implicated and not end well.

That being the case, it is better to be firm and never struggle...

Yuwen Shiji obviously didn't expect that Li Chengqian would be indifferent to the Guanlongmen Clan who came to his door. Is this because he is confident in keeping the reserve position, or is he dismissive of the Guanlongmen Clan?
Yu Zhining shouted from the side: "Think twice, Your Highness! Your Majesty's determination to change the crown is certainly firm, but now the king of Jin has given up fighting for the crown, and the king of Wei is also vacillating. As long as your highness works hard, there may not be no chance. How can it be like this?" give up easily?"

Fang Jun glanced at him, but said nothing.

The Yu family in Luoyang is different from others, it is now a wealthy family with a prosperous scholarly family in the Central Plains, but because Yu Zhining was appointed as the emperor of the East Palace by His Majesty Li Er, the interests of the whole family have long been tied to the East Palace, all prosperity and all loss, It is difficult to have an opportunity to change the court.

If Li Chengqian's reserve position is not guaranteed, the Luoyang Yu family will be suppressed by His Majesty Li Er as the emperor's party, and the children of the family will hardly have a bright future in decades, so it is better to fight to support Li Chengqian to keep the reserve position. Even if it fails, the final outcome will not be worse.

At present, no one can purely talk about feelings...

Li Chengqian's expression that was a little bit sad turned firm, he sat up straight, and said in a deep voice: "I have already said that this world is the world of the father, if the father gives it to the father, then the father will follow, and I will be happy in the future." , painstakingly, to inherit the grand plan of the father; if the father does not give it, I will give it back with both hands, neither to fight nor to grab. Gu's heart is like this, as firm as gold and stone, everyone is the heart of the solitary humerus, and I hope there will be no more Mention this matter so as not to hurt each other's feelings."

　We are not living in a peaceful age, but we are lucky to live in a peaceful country.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)