Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 301 Asia's Excellent Matchmaking Mechanism

Pingyang is the only one in the world who understands Li Shimin best. During the three days he was in prison, apart from normal rest, he just sat there meditating.

One thing he was thinking about now was what his father said to him before this trip - "Father knows that you miss your sister and want to take care of her, but do you know that this city cannot be without a general for a day?"

In fact, now that he thinks about it carefully, this was just a trick his father played on him to lure the tiger away from the mountain. He knew very well that his weakness was his sister, but he deliberately told him the news first. If he refused to give up the military power and leave, it would be the best outcome, but that was not his, Li Shimin's style.

But now that he had left Chang'an, it was unknown how long he would be gone. Naturally, he would no longer have a position in the city. Perhaps he would still have a false title, but based on his understanding of his father, as soon as he left, he would definitely transfer his confidants from the camp and replace them with Li Jiancheng's confidants, and then transfer Li Jiancheng back from Longcheng. In this way, it would be almost a lossless replacement.

It doesn’t matter who guards Longcheng. What is real now is that I may have to guard Longcheng after I return, which will directly lead to my loss of core power again.

Of course, Li Shimin knew why his father did this. After all, his eldest brother was the eldest son, and the system of primogeniture inheritance had a long history. Although his younger brothers were somewhat unwilling, that age was the only thing in the world that was indisputable. Besides, Li Jiancheng was not a foolish and incompetent person.

Therefore, his father's concerns were very clear. His obstruction of his pursuit of power in many ways was also a subtle way of telling him not to do these things. Being the second son of a wealthy family might be better than being a hero.

"Hey."

Suddenly a voice reached Li Shimin's ears. He turned around and saw Xia Lin, so he laughed: "Master Xia, you are finally here."

"What are you thinking about?" Xia Lin asked with a smile as he unlocked the door. "Are you thinking that if you run out this time, you might be transferred to Longcheng when you come back?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud: "No, I was just thinking about what to eat after going out tonight. I heard that Lord Xia has more food here than in the Imperial City, so I want to enjoy it carefully."

"Come on, people from your Li family are not the type to enjoy life." Xia Lin unlocked the chain on the door. "You must be holding a grudge against your father, but after thinking about it, I feel that I am not so angry now that I can see that my sister is safe. If she dies this time, you must kill Li Jiancheng within three years after you return."

All the prisoners around had been released long ago, leaving only Li Shimin sitting there. His expression became very serious at this moment, and he looked at Xia Lin with his face tilted and his eyes squinting: "I have seen what Master Xia says. It is true that words are like a knife that cuts bones."

Xia Lin opened the cage with a smile: "Let's go, your sister asked me to take you to have a good meal."

Li Shimin stood up and dusted himself off: "Master Xia, please don't tell me stories like this next time, making me look disloyal and unfilial."

"This is not a question of loyalty or filial piety." Xia Lin threw Li Shimin's sword back into his hand. "This is a question of self-preservation. If His Highness really dies of a sudden illness, you will probably have a hard time in the Li family. Li Jiancheng may not want to kill you because you are from the same mother. You know best what kind of person Li Yuanji is."

Xia Lin never hides his true feelings when he speaks directly: "If you don't mess with them, they will mess with you. You should really thank your sister for not messing with you until now."

"No wonder people all over the world say that you, Xia Daosheng, are eloquent and can bring peace to the world with one word and chaos with another. If I had believed what you said, my Li family would have been in chaos."

He said this with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes. Seeing this, Xia Lin did not continue talking, but he knew in his heart that his words really irritated him.

Thanks to the excellent matching mechanism in Greater China, I was able to match myself with such an equally matched opponent. To be honest, if I had gone to Europe or America in the seventh century AD, I don’t know how much easier it would have been. Although it was wild there, it was not bad for the brains. But I was matched with such a world where heroes compete for supremacy...

After walking out of the cell, Li Shimin washed his face by the well, then put his hands on his hips, looked at the sky and sighed.

At this moment, Xia Lin, with his sleeves rolled up, smiled and said, "Prince Li must be lamenting that if he was born in an ordinary family, there would definitely be no such intrigues and deceptions."

"Alright, alright." Li Shimin waved his hands repeatedly: "Your devilish voice is really giving me a headache, please don't talk to me anymore."

After he went out, he didn't even ask Xia Lin to treat him to a meal. He hurried back to the resting place, changed his clothes and took a shower, then went out to look for his sister.

When he saw Her Royal Highness the Princess again, he repeated everything Xia Lin had said to him in the morning. Princess Pingyang laughed after hearing it: "You are right. His voice is really evil and you cannot bear to hear it. If you take it to heart, I am afraid that in the end you will..."

As she was speaking, she suddenly noticed that Li Shimin's eyes were not right. Princess Pingyang frowned and said, "You didn't really listen to it, did you?"

"Sister, I think he's right. Father has pushed us to this point, and I don't hate him, but I'm afraid my brothers won't let us go. Now you've been driven to the south, and if I go back, I'm afraid the only way left is to go to Longcheng to guard the border. I really don't understand why they want to push us to this point. I have no intention of competing with my eldest brother for the world."

Princess Pingyang patted his hands but said nothing. She sat there with her lips pursed and her eyes became empty.

The two siblings have depended on each other since they were young. Their mother died early, their father was busy, and their elder brother was much older than them. There was not much difference in age between the two, so their feelings were naturally deep. But now, even though they are family members, they did such a thing because they were jealous of the feelings between them.

This is really laughable and ridiculous.

But it doesn't matter. There are always some absurdities in life. Princess Pingyang couldn't teach Li Shimin to kill his brother and father.

But she could turn a blind eye, but she couldn't be blind. Now her father's fear and checks on Erfeng and herself were already written on the surface, and his attitude was clearly to continue to unwaveringly support his eldest brother.

It is certainly right to support the eldest brother, but if he does so, he will almost leave no way out for her siblings. The eldest brother Li Jiancheng is relatively generous, but his biggest problem is that he is easily influenced. Everyone knows what kind of people are around him.

First, he tried to prevent Er Feng from taking over Luoyang City, and then he tried every means to strip the Xuanjia Army from his hands. And now, he doesn't even bother to act, and directly uses such despicable means to seize all his power.

Now that their father is still alive, they can hold on for a while, but he is old after all. Once he is gone in the future and Li Jiancheng inherits his position, it is unknown how he will deal with the two siblings.

So Erfeng said that Xia Lin was not wrong. In fact, it was true. She didn't care. At worst, she could just find a place to live out the rest of her life with a quiet and peaceful mind. But what was wrong with Erfeng?
"Don't think about these things for now, just take it one step at a time."

Hearing his sister's words, Li Shimin sighed softly, and after a while his eyes rolled: "Sister, I want to use Xia Daosheng."

"How do you plan to use it?" Li Shimin raised his head slowly: "Please ask Fuliang to cast armor for Chang'an and the Tang prince, and cast Tang armor! 70,000 light armors and 3,000 heavy armors. Three of them are the standard, and more than half will be added with gold."

"Are you crazy!?"

"Am I crazy?" Li Shimin raised a finger and said, "Sister, this is our only chance. Report the armor casting to my elder brother and tell him that Fuliang only needs 80% of Chang'an's armor casting, regardless of where it comes from. We can make up the remaining 20% ​​for him ourselves."

"You!" Princess Pingyang took a deep breath: "Have you ever considered the consequences of this?"

"I want Li Yuanji to be a hostage." Er Feng narrowed her eyes slightly: "Li Yuanji is greedy by nature. If he knew the price here, he would definitely come to place an order."

"A 20% surplus is nearly 400,000 taels. He can't afford this amount."

"But if this happens, father's plan of more than ten years will be ruined."

"What's wrong with being an idle prince?" Li Shimin chuckled. "Besides, Chang'an has soldiers, so what's so strange about forging armor? It makes sense, but the meaning of this armor coming out of Chang'an and coming out of Fuliang is different. I believe that Xia Daosheng has his own plans, and he dare not openly turn against me in the court. The only people in the world who can compete with the Li family are Guo Minghuai and Li Yaoshi in Jiangnan. Now that Li Yaoshi is dead, Guo Minghuai rides on Lingnan and crosses Baiyue. Who dares to touch the Li family?"

"Show him a flaw and use Xia Daosheng to get this done. It will be a great achievement for him, and it will also be a clear way for you and me to return to Chang'an."

Princess Pingyang looked up and said, "But what if Li Yuanji insists that this is just a daily purchase?"

"He is biting his own horns. We are not trying to convict him but to give him a pretext. The court is already on guard against the Li family. Now if Li Yuanji gives the court such a pretext, once His Majesty becomes suspicious, father will abandon the pawns to save the king. Suspicion is the source of chaos in the world. Dawei wants to keep things peaceful and father wants to be patient. So both sides have to take a step back. If he doesn't abandon Li Yuanji, how can he abandon you and me? You and I have no official positions and are not important enough."

After saying this, Li Shimin stood up and began to walk back and forth in front of Princess Pingyang: "I will arouse some more public opinion and arouse suspicion. I will force your father to offer his son to the emperor for the sake of safety."

"Can Xia Daosheng cooperate with you?"

"Him? Of course, he must know what I mean, no need to say more."

At this moment, Xia Lin was squatting in the corner with a pot of boiling water, watering the ant holes. The fruits in the room were soon covered with ants, which was very annoying. In order to get revenge, he put some powdered sugar on the ground, followed the clues to find the ant holes, and was watering them.

While he was watering the plants to relieve stress, the person on his mind turned out to be Li Shimin. He was particularly curious about the current situation of Li Shimin and Princess Pingyang. However, this was not something that a person like him could bear, so he really wanted to see what strategy he would use to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

Xia Lin's personal guess is that given Erfeng's character, he would definitely kill everyone who stood in his way simply and directly, but the problem is that Princess Pingyang is not dead yet, and if she is not dead, Li Erfeng cannot launch the ultimate move of annihilation.

But not using a big move doesn't mean he will just endure it.

Xia Lin pondered for a long time, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. He put himself in Li Shimin's position, and then reversed his thinking based on Princess Pingyang's character. Finally, he concluded that the two of them should start dealing with Li Yuanji.

Because Li Jiancheng is the eldest brother, and also the eldest brother of their brothers, not only has the status of the eldest brother, but also is the core of the interests. So Li Jiancheng cannot be easily moved, because what they want is a warning and to restore their original status.

Since Li Jiancheng could not be touched, who was the best person to warn Li Yuan? It was undoubtedly Li Yuanji.

"If I were him, how would I handle this?"

Xia Lin scratched his head and pondered. He began to try one method after another, and finally he came to a conclusion, which was to find a way to "leak the news". Once the news came out, the capital would definitely take action, and it couldn't be too harsh, so as not to cause any harm to the brain.

After thinking about it, the boiled water in Xia Lin's hand had gone cold, and the remaining half of the ants in the nest had already formed a circle around the city and were dancing to thank the gods.

"Ah... it's so hard to guess." Xia Lin stood up and strolled into the yard. He saw Narcissus drying quilts there. He walked up to her and asked curiously, "Narcissus, I want to ask you something. Can you give me some advice?"

"Excuse me, sir."

Xia Lin told Narcissus all his guesses. Narcissus shook her head and said, "I don't understand what's going on in the court, but I have seen people buying and selling things. Sometimes you don't really need to have the capital yourself."

"How to say?"

Narcissus pursed her lips and said, "If you want to cheat, I will tell the shop in the east that I am the owner of Sanchuan Commercial Bank. I bought a large amount of goods on credit. I promised to sell it within three days, but I have to give some discounts. For example, I will buy all the goods, and a 30% discount is not too much. I will not move the goods, and sign the contract first."

"Ah."

"Then I went to the Sanchuan Commercial Bank in the west, took out the contract with the east and said, I have a batch of goods from the east shop, you just want it, I will give you a 15% discount. Although it doesn't work every time, but once it works, I can make thousands or even tens of thousands of taels with nothing."

Xia Lin slapped his thigh: "Information gap!"

After he finished speaking, his mind suddenly became clear. If Li Shimin wanted to get Li Yuanji, he had to go through a third party, and the third party would use this information to send Li Yuanji away.

After a line in his brain was connected, Xia Lin slapped his thigh fiercely, then rushed over and gave Narcissus a hard kiss on the cheek: "You are so smart."

If Li Shimin wanted to deal with Li Yuanji, he needed a third party who could kill Li Yuanji. Who was this third party?

Far in the sky, close in front of you.

(End of this chapter)