Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1042
Li Shan couldn't help but sighed, "Lingzhou Army did defeat Liang Army in Helan, but Mr. Pei..."

Li Shan was really surprised. He was the former commander of the Lingzhou Army, and his old lineages were all over the army. Although he didn't deliberately inquire, logically speaking, he should be the first to know about the military newspaper.

Today, I met a messenger who came to report the victory outside the city gate, and then came directly to Pei's mansion, and Pei Shiju didn't go to the Yamen to watch the matter today. If he knew the Lingzhou victory, it must not be through the messenger, which means that he knew it before himself. battle report.

Just one sentence made the young man on the opposite side think so much. Although he was an opponent, Pei Shiju was a little amused, and explained: "I don't know where Helan is. I only heard the crown prince mentioned yesterday evening that Xue Wanche broke the formation in Huaiyuan."

Oh, it turned out that it was the previous battle, Li Shan was a little embarrassed, Pei Shiju suddenly felt a little bored, he had confronted this young man so many times, but failed every time, what's the point of asking for cheap now? ?

"Mr. Zhao Guo is indeed a famous general, and he may be able to complete his achievements in this battle." Pei Shiju said casually: "But I'm afraid that he will be transferred back to Chang'an after the battle."

"Maybe." Li Shan casually perfunctory.

"You need to know that His Highness the Crown Prince recommended Su Dingfang to succeed Lingzhou Road Marching Chief." Pei Shiju sneered and said, "In the past few months, His Majesty has tried several times for nothing more than this."

Li Shan smiled wryly. The king of Qin recommended Dou Gui that day, which actually forced the crown prince to recommend Su Dingfang, so that the generals of King Qin's lineage could actually control the military power in Guanneidao, but he didn't expect that there was a loophole here. , Li Yuan began to suspect that he had a secret relationship with the East Palace... Li Yuan decided to transfer Su Dingfang back to Beijing after the war also had this consideration.

After thinking about it, Li Shan stroked the short beard on his chin, "Xue Wanche and Feng Li probably won't return to Beijing, right?"

There are not many generals that the prince can rely on as his confidants. Li Gaoqian's ability is a problem. Although Luo Yi is attached to the East Palace, he is separated by a layer after all. The ability is also good enough.

Li Shan pondered in his heart, judging from the information he had inquired, it seemed that his uncle was also very trusted by the crown prince.

"Let's wait for the old man to try." Pei Shiju replied in this way. In fact, the two people have similar predictions about the future development of the situation. There is no need to hide many things in face-to-face private occasions. , but it will not be easy to reserve immediately, after this battle is over, if Huaiyang King, Li Keshi, Duan Zhixuan and other generals will all return to Beijing, His Majesty should not refuse Xue Wanche and Feng Li to return to Beijing."

It does make sense, since Li Yuan is not going to abolish the crown prince immediately, he will not irritate the East Palace too much.

"Both of them are good generals. If they are lost in the process of seizing the throne, it's really..."

Pei Shiju sighed: "If King Qin wins, wouldn't the crown prince's direct line be wiped out?"

"That's not the case." Li Shan sneered, "The prince will not and dare not take Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, and Duan Zhixuan as generals, but the King of Qin dares to take Wang Gui and Wei Zheng as his prime ministers."

"It's not that the king of Qin is magnanimous." Pei Shiju snorted. One side's base is in the army, and the other's base is in the civil servants. How can you compare it.

Li Shan didn't say a word, tilting his head to recall that in history, Li Er really didn't kill a lot. The prince and Qi Wang's heirs were all killed, and his wives, concubines and daughters didn't seem to be killed. After that, Xue Wanche finally surrendered, and became Zhenguan famous general.

However, those staff and civil servants in the East Palace seemed to end badly. Wei Zheng was a famous minister but was convicted after his death. His son’s marriage to Princess Hengshan was cancelled, and even Wei Zheng’s tombstone was smashed. Ting and Pei Ji are not very impressive, but they should be very average. It seems that Pei Ji was killed... After all, he was the culprit who killed Liu Wenjing.

By the way, Li Er also invited back the first teacher of Prince Li Jiancheng, "Prince Killer" Li Gang, to be the teacher of Li Chengqian, who had just been made the prince.

Pei Shiju looked at Li Shan, and suddenly asked with great interest: "When did you join King Qin?"

"On the eve of becoming the acting county magistrate." Li Shan said frankly, "Pei Gong's recommendation of the younger generation to be the acting county magistrate is tantamount to sending sheep to the tiger's mouth. You can't let the younger generation remain indifferent, right?"

Pei Shiju frowned and felt something was wrong, did Li Shan vote for King Qin so late?
Li Shan observed Pei Shiju with great interest, and said with a smile, "Actually, Mr. Pei should ask... when to choose King Qin."

Seeing Pei Shiju's face change slightly, Li Shan continued: "Early before going to Shandong, in fact, the King of Qin already knew the inside story at that time, but how dare the King of Qin accept the two prime ministers of Wenxi Pei in Hedong?"

Pei Shiju added: "At that time, you didn't dare to agree with each other rashly, until you were commensurate with Princess Pingyang's sister and brother, and you were granted the title of County Duke, and won the trust of Your Majesty..."

Having said this, Pei Shiju suddenly stopped talking, lowered his head slightly to stare at the table, and then said in a low voice after a while: "He clings to the East Palace... Did you do something wrong?"

"That's right, at that time you were with Li Qianyou under the command of King Qi, and he was with the army as a Chang'an county lieutenant..."

After a while, Pei Shiju looked up at Li Shan, "You..."

"His Majesty the King of Qin has a great talent, not because he can't take over the world, not because he can't decide the country, the younger generation has already chosen it." Li Shan sighed: "Pei Xiang has been attached to the East Palace for a long time, and when Pei Gong first entered Guanzhong and returned to Tang, he was awarded Prince Zhan Shi, but A powerful family has its own considerations."

"The Zheng family in Xingyang belongs to the family of the prince's wife, but Zheng Rentai became the confidant of King Qin at the age of 16. He conquered the world and fought north and south."

"Brothers Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun entered the Tang Dynasty, one served in the East Palace and the other in Tiance Mansion."

"Could it be that Mrs. Wenxi Pei will bet all her chips on the East Palace?"

"It could be anyone, but it must not be him."

Pei Shiju's face paled slightly, and he suddenly realized at this moment that the beginning of everything did not lie in Li Dewu's viciously sending his son to Hebei to die, but in his own attempt to put Li Dewu under the command of the King of Qin.

Li Shan had already chosen King Qin so early on, that's why he used means to send Li Dewu to the East Palace... Pei Shiju thought a little further, Li Shan had already arranged a secret in Pei's mansion so early, otherwise he wouldn't know about it The news should be Li Dewu's old servant.

In other words, even without Li Dewu's attack on Li Shan, there must be a duel between himself and this young man.

After a brief silence, Pei Shiju raised his white eyebrows. He has experienced too many changes and setbacks in his life, and he will not be crushed by these.

"Then it's up to each other."

"It should be so." Li Shan stood up, "Either you die, or I live!"

Watching Li Shan's figure disappear indifferently, Pei Shiju finally realized, I die, you live... Are you so confident? !

(End of this chapter)