Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4154 Two-pronged approach
Li Zhi rubbed his face, and said to Xiao Yu: "Hurry up and send a message to Jiangnan, let them be careful of possible surprise attacks by the navy, especially those who may tip off the navy to be screened out, strictly guard against Secret leaked."

Xiao Yu nodded and said yes, but he didn't feel that it was useful, and it was probably just a remedy after a dead sheep.

The Jiangnan clan is flourishing, good and bad, and every household is inextricably linked to the navy. How difficult is it to identify who is likely to tip off the news?Because almost every family and everyone is suspected.

What's more, the huge army formed by the Jiangnan clan is composed of soldiers, tenants, peasant husbands, and slaves. There are not even a few serious officers. How can it be possible to strictly prevent the leakage of secrets?
As long as the navy can really mobilize a fleet to cruise on the Yangtze River, these private troops in the south of the Yangtze River will most likely be beaten. As for how they will be beaten and how much they will lose, it depends on how many ships the navy will mobilize. how many people……

Fate is already in the hands of others, which makes it difficult for him to maintain a stable state of mind, and he is quite frightened.

In normal times, even if he is the one who is closest to the reserve position and poses the greatest threat to the prince, the prince's generous and benevolent character will probably not kill them all, and Fang Jun, who has a great influence on the prince, is not a cruel person. There is a high probability that he will be imprisoned, and the lives of his family, wife and children will be safe.

However, if I embark on this path, once I am defeated, life and death cannot be decided by the crown prince. No one in the Eastern Palace or even the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty will allow me to live on...

Cui Xin looked at Li Zhi's words and expressions, and when he saw Li Zhi's stagnant expression, he knew what was on his mind, so he comforted him: "Those who achieve great things, apart from the ability to be amazingly brilliant, must also have the perseverance to face difficulties." Be persevering and never give up. It is important to know that half a century is a journey of hundreds of miles. Everything is the most difficult when the distance from success is closest. If you carry it through, you will naturally achieve great success.”

What a joke, the Shandong family has almost bet everything, what if King Jin backs down halfway?
The prince has a kind heart and a soft face, maybe he can still spare King Jin's life, but how can any of them survive?
Personal life is still a trivial matter. Since the end of the Han Dynasty, there have been many clans and powerful clans all over Shandong. Although dynasties have changed and emperors have taken turns to sit, Shandong has always been under the rule of clans. It is difficult for the imperial power to go down below the county government. Knowing that there is a clan, but not that there is an emperor, His Majesty Li Er's heart and mind is to eliminate the clan and bring the prefectures and counties of Shandong into the central structure, and the crown prince claims to inherit the national policy of His Majesty Li Er, how can he not covet the Shandong family?
If the war is defeated, the clans in Shandong will be uprooted, and the centuries-old foundations of each family will be destroyed. Tongwu... how can this work?

Xiao Yu went out, went to a nearby barracks to write a letter, and then ordered his most trusted servant to rush to Jinling, and then returned, sat down and suggested: "The threat of the navy has to be guarded against, so we can't put all our hopes on it." They are all placed on the private armies in Jiangnan and Shandong, and we need to step up contact with the various armies in Guanzhong. If we can get enough support, we can counterattack Chang'an without the private armies of the two places."

As representatives of the aristocratic families, Xiao Yu, Cui Xin, Yu Wenshi and others could not accept the failure of King Jin to seize the heir, and they had to help Li Zhi achieve the imperial hegemony at any cost, otherwise they would all become sinners of the family, resulting in The family fell into the mundane world, lost in the world, and then wanted to get back up again. I don't know how many lifetimes of arduous efforts and how much blood and sweat I have to pay.

If it really fails, a hundred deaths will not forgive its crime.

Yuwen Shiji, who had been following him all this time, chimed in and said: "You can try to get in touch with the Prince of Jiangxia. Xuanwumen is located in a difficult position and is the gate of Taiji Palace. If you can get his help, half of the success will be achieved."

The situation is critical, and the heart is full of worries. In just one night, a lot of white hair has fallen off the head, and the expression is getting more and more haggard. The wrinkles on the face are deeper than before. The grace is no longer, replaced by Deeply tired.

If it is said that for the families in Shandong and Jiangnan, the end of failure in seizing the heirloom is that the lintel is absent and the status of the family is in decline, but for the families in Guanlong, it will be a disaster.

One defeat after another, where is there room for half a point of concession?

This time, if you don't succeed, you will be benevolent.

Li Zhi nodded, and said: "This matter will be handled by you, Duke Ying. After all, the Li family in Longxi and the Guanlongmen family are from the same line. They are close to each other, have entangled interests, and are usually close. This is an opportunity to persuade them." Quite a few."

When Yu Wenshi and his subordinates responded, Li Zhi looked at Cui Xin again and asked, "Before, Mr. Cui persuaded Lu Guogong to let go of the Chunming Gate and retreated to one side to stay out of the matter. The king was very grateful. But the current situation of the mole is very dangerous, and the sir is very clear. , I wonder if I could invite you to enter the city again, trying to persuade Duke Lu to change course and cooperate with General Yuchi in attacking the Taiji Palace? If we can get the assistance of Duke Lu, and cooperate with General Yuchi inside and outside, and inside and outside, then the major event will be settled in no time!"

Since we can't put all our hopes on the private army formed by the elites in Shandong and Jiangnan, we can only draw from the bottom of the pot. If Cheng Yaojin promises to launch a sudden attack in Chang'an City, and cooperate with Yu Chigong to attack outside the city, it will be easy to completely capture Taiji Palace.

As long as Cheng Yaojin is persuaded, whether it is the prince or Jianguo, is there any condition that cannot be agreed?
Cui Xin looked puzzled, hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Although Lu Guogong is an old man and son-in-law, and he was born in Shandong, he is very assertive. How can he be easily shaken after making up his mind? It is already the limit to persuade him to stay out of the matter and stand by. If you want to make him completely stand on His Highness's side and raise troops to wreak havoc on Chang'an City, I'm afraid it will be as difficult as climbing the sky."

This matter is indeed extremely difficult, but even if it is not difficult, he cannot easily agree to it. He has to fight for more benefits for himself and Cheng Yaojin.

Li Zhi said with emotion: "Duke Lu Guo is loyal to his father, loyal to the country, and behaves first-class in the world. He can't bear the people in Chang'an being displaced by the war. But the father left a photo and passed on the throne to this king. I hope that this king can lead the Tang Dynasty." Going one step further, looking down on the world, how can Duke Lu not respect the will of his father? Even though the war will inevitably lead to the injury of the people and the decline of all industries, but the righteousness of the name is where the righteousness of the empire is, and the righteousness is at the expense of small profits. , otherwise the universe will be reversed, and the order will always be out of order, how can we meet Emperor Father under the Nine Springs?"

Cui Xin said nothing, this is the reason for Cheng Yaojin to raise troops...

But what do you keep saying about the posthumous photo, but you didn’t show it when His Majesty just passed away, and you didn’t show it when the clan and court officials asked, and you had to wait until you escaped from Chang’an through the secret road?

Who knows if it's true or not...

However, such doubts naturally cannot be mentioned, and he immediately nodded and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, tomorrow morning, the old man will secretly sneak into Chang'an and try to persuade Lu Guogong."

Li Zhi said solemnly: "So, thanks to Cui Lao, he will succeed in every day, and this king will not hesitate to reward him."

Cui Daodao: "How dare you ask for rewards for things that are part of your duties? I will do my best to live up to your Highness's trust."

With the same interests, it is natural to unite as one, and he will do his best without Li Zhi telling him to do so, but he lacks the confidence to make this matter happen in his heart. Cheng Yaojin is not a good matchmaker. The daughter of the Cui family in Qinghe, she ate it all up and refused to admit it when she turned around. Whenever she came to ask for any difficult things these years, she just shook her head and pushed it away.

It can be said that Cheng Yaojin has taken advantage of Qinghe Cui's for so many years, but what Qinghe Cui got from Cheng Yaojin is far less than what he gave.

The Demon King of Confusion is a Pixiu, he only eats but does not eat...

There is really no way out, so I have to promise another daughter in the family to one of Cheng Yaojin's sons. After all, being able to marry a "five-surname girl" is the greatest honor in today's world. The honor and rarity are even better than that of Princess Shang one chip.

It's just that this kind of behavior, which is equivalent to "selling a girl for glory", really makes him feel ashamed that he is a self-proclaimed scholar and a Confucian heir...

Let's take one step at a time, and if it doesn't work, we can only do it ourselves. After all, compared to face, the inheritance of the family is more important.

Li Zhi heaved a sigh of relief. With such a two-pronged approach, as long as one end is done well, the situation will be very different. If you are lucky enough to succeed at both ends, it will be just around the corner to counterattack Chang'an and enter the Taiji Palace.

The wind and rain were blowing outside the window, and the majestic Tongguan city tower was shadowy and swaying in the wind and rain. Looking up from the bottom, there was a feeling that it might collapse at any time.

Heart palpitating.

*****
Chongrenfang, Liang Guogong's mansion.

Nuo Da's mansion was bathed in rainwater, and the flowers and trees on the terrace were completely new, but the owner of the mansion either went to Huating Town, or traveled across the ocean to the country of Wa, and Princess Gao Yang also entered the palace to attend the national funeral, so there were only a few servants in the courtyard, and there were few people.

In the back house, Fang Jun took a bath and changed into a clean and refreshing set. He sat cross-legged on the floor mat by the window, and a pot of boiling water was burning on the charcoal stove in front of him. As the boiling water poured into the teapot, the tea leaves turned over. Ups and downs, a faint fragrance of tea came out.

Fang Jun picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea. The hot tea passed through his mouth and entered his throat, leaving a fragrance on his teeth and cheeks.

Outside the glass window, a few plantain plants stretched out their tender and broad leaves and trembled slightly under the rain. A puff of bamboo was lush in the corner of the wall, and several peonies competed in the bluestone flowerbed. The rain beat the petals, and then rolled away. Down, into the soil.

Comfortable and comfortable.

Wu Meiniang was wearing a loose crimson dress, her hair was loosely tied up like a cloud and fixed with a jasper hairpin, her neck was fair and slender, her ears were like jade, her bare feet under her skirt were white and slender, she stepped on the clean floor to the mat On the table, put a wooden tray on the low table, put some exquisite pastries on a white porcelain plate, and kneel down beside her husband.

The beauty is like jade, and the fragrance is floating.

(End of this chapter)