Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

"Mother."

Li Shan blinked. In fact, he also knew what his mother wanted to ask, pointed at Xiaoman and scolded with a smile: "I don't know how to pour a cup of tea."

"Forget it." Zhu's voice was a little cold, "The tea you made is really hard to drink."

Li Shanqian laughed a few times. He was a country bumpkin in his previous life. He was not used to drinking coffee, but he was used to drinking tea... Anyway, tea is produced in his hometown, and the price of ordinary green tea is not expensive.

In this era, Li Shan tried to make green tea a few years ago after tasting the tea soup with mixed flavors for many times, and what he finally made... It doesn’t look like green tea, and it doesn’t even count as tea cakes. Broken, the branches and leaves are not stretched after being soaked in boiling water, and it tastes a bit bitter and astringent.

"You all go down." Li Shan waved Xiaoman and Zhou to retreat, and they have been talking in bed these days.

Mrs. Zhu took a deep breath, watched her son close the door and turn to sit down, and then asked: "That day in Pingkang Fang, did you go to see Ma Zhou?"

"En." Li Shan replied, wondering whether his mother had just guessed it or guessed it before. The letter was addressed to Mother Ma.

As early as a few years ago, Mrs. Zhu knew about the existence of Ma Zhou's mother, and asked Li Shan about it, but the latter was vague.

After a brief silence, Zhu said softly: "I can't control you anymore..."

Li Shan smiled lightly: "Didn't mother ask Sanjie?"

"Princess Pingyang can control you, but she can't control some things." Zhu cheered up, "For example, your uncle."

Li Shan raised his brows. He found out very early on. As early as the beginning of last year when he returned to Beijing from Daizhou and was canonized as the King of Handan County, he found out that there was a Lang general Er Zhu Huan in the East Palace who was trusted by the crown prince.

"Your uncle has already made arrangements. After the Battle of Han Ling, Er Zhu Zhongyuan, the cousin of the king of Taiyuan, defected to Nanliang and was exiled in the south of the Yangtze River. His descendants were scattered by Hou Jing's chaos. His children either died in the war or died of illness. So far, only..."

"Is the mother the last one?" Li Shan asked in a low voice after thinking for a while, "Is the mother intending to restore the surname Erzhu?"

Mrs. Zhu shook her head, "It's just for the sake of being caught by someone... After all, your uncle and two cousins ​​are not too old, so don't you want to see each other again in this lifetime?"

Li Shan's eyes flickered, and after a moment of silence, he stretched out his index finger, "First, His Majesty is still in power, and Pei Shiju is still here, so the decision must not be leaked."

"That's natural." Zhu nodded and said, "After all, there are very few people in the world who have Er Zhu as their surname, and there are only your uncle and Er Zhu Yichen in the court. Once it is leaked, Pei Shiju will definitely notice them."

After a pause, Zhu added: "What's more, both of them are under the crown prince of the East Palace, but you chose King Qin."

Li Shan smiled and didn't deny it. In fact, it's been so long, no matter how stupid my mother is, she can see it. It's just a layer of window paper, and it will be punctured.

Zhu Shi was a little curious, and asked in a low voice: "When?"

Li Shan didn't intend to lie, but there was no way to tell the truth... I can't say that after I traveled through time and found out that it was the Luoyang Hulao War in the fourth year of Wude, I knew that there was no way to conquer the world and become emperor, so I immediately chose King Qin, right?
After thinking about it, Li Shancai said: "During the Shandong war, on the one hand, the crown prince delayed dispatching troops, and the child hated and despised him, and on the other hand, De Mou told him that the man had already joined the East Palace."

"So early?" Mrs. Zhu was a little surprised, "Then why did you still use the imperial examination to become an official?"

Li Shan didn't want to explain so much, he just smiled and said: "The Pei family of Hedong has a dual-phase family, and the King of Qin may not keep it."

Zhu Shi was a little suspicious in her heart, she was always a little dubious about her son's words now, "Then what happened later?"

"He is in charge of the Daizhou General Manager's Mansion. He can be ranked among the top three officials in the world, and he can also defeat the Turks three times. Naturally, His Royal Highness King Qin will not give up." Li Shan was talking nonsense all the way. It was also at that time that I made up my mind to assist the prince after seeing through.

Really don't want to explain these anymore, Li Shan raised his middle finger, "Secondly, is Lingnan complete?"

"There are absolutely no mistakes." Zhu explained: "In fact, the eldest brother was going to make up for it before, but it was the fourth year of Wude, and Lingnan had not yet been attached...it was not made up until the end of last year."

Li Shan didn't know Er Zhuhuan's methods and abilities very well, but he could only believe it. He raised his ring finger, "Thirdly, why did mother mention uncle today?"

Zhu Shi was dumbfounded for a moment, wanted to say something but seemed to have some scruples.

Li Shan smiled, "Mother's concern is nothing more than the fact that the child and uncle have different positions. Whether it is the crown prince or the king of Qin who ascends the throne in the future, one person will always be implicated, right?"

Mrs. Zhu nodded silently, one was his son and the other was his elder brother, both of them were unique relatives.

"My son, let me analyze the situation of the dynasty for my mother." Li Shanzai carefully analyzed the situation of last year and this year one by one, "Now the prince has fallen out of favor, and the king of Qin has gained power, but the prince is abolished, and he is still the founding prince, and he has been in the East Palace for many years. Prince of power, even His Majesty should be cautious about this kind of thing, if one is not good, the country will be shaken, and Han Gaozu didn't dare to do it arbitrarily."

"In fact, most of the courtiers in the lineage of the crown prince were chosen by His Majesty to invest in the East Palace. If the crown prince is to be abolished, will these courtiers be reused by the King of Qin?"

Mrs. Zhu said categorically, "It's absolutely impossible."

"That's right." The corner of Li Shan's mouth twitched, and after the names of Wei Zheng, Wei Ting, Wang Gui, and Xue Wanche flashed in his mind, he continued: "So they can only follow the prince to the dark."

Mrs. Zhu finally understood, "What Dalang means...the crown prince may..."

"Rising troops is the only way to survive." Li Shan squinted his eyes and said slowly: "It's stupid to raise troops, and it's even more stupid not to fight."

Mrs. Zhu is very aware of Er Zhuhuan's position in the Eastern Palace, and is highly trusted by the Crown Prince, and he is one of the few generals in the Eastern Palace. Once he raises troops, he will definitely go to battle.

"Will you really raise troops?" Zhu muttered.

"It will." Li Shan said quietly: "Because Pei Shiju is here, don't forget, at least in his opinion, his only son died at the hands of the boy, how could he not take revenge?"

Zhu's heart was in a mess for a while, he didn't know what to say, or even what to think.

Li Shan finally said the most important passage, "With Pei Shiju here, if the crown prince succeeds, kills King Qin and forces His Majesty to abdicate, even if there are uncles, second cousins, and Princess Pingyang to protect him, will the child be able to save his life?" , is also between the two.”

"That's why I brought Liu Heier back and tried to stick to Zhuangzi. If something happens and the situation is unfavorable, I can only flee to the northwest to take refuge with Brother Dingfang, or go south to flee to the south of the Yangtze River."

After pausing for a moment to let Mrs. Zhu think clearly, Li Shancai continued: "If the King of Qin wins and enters the East Palace, although the child has never been under the King of Qin's command, he has made a lot of military exploits in the past few years, and he has a lot of friendship with Zhang Shigui, Duan Zhixuan and other favorite generals of the King of Qin. , and even have old relationships with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other Qin King's confidantes."

"When the King of Qin ascends the throne, the child will no longer hold military power in this life, and will not look forward to the position of prime minister..."

"I will be able to protect my uncle."

If the crown prince wins, his son is likely to be killed, and if King Qin wins, his elder brother has a high chance of being saved... Zhu immediately made a reasonable judgment that King Qin must win.