Yuchi Gong obviously didn't want to be dismissed with such a sentence. Now that Li Ji was the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Expedition, he must obey Li Ji's military orders, but this did not mean that he was willing to follow Li Ji's path and assume responsibilities that did not belong to him. .
He asked: "What exactly are you advocating... Can the commander tell you?"
Li Ji withdrew his gaze, his expression calm and unperturbed, and said slowly: "This matter involves secrets, and there is no comment. You only need to obey the military orders. If you disobey, don't blame the ruthless military law."
Faced with such a tough attitude, Yuchi Gong remained silent, but he was unwilling to do so.
He couldn't understand that if Li Ji's original behavior could be understood as wanting to sit back and watch the destruction of the East Palace, and then lead the army back to Beijing to quell the rebellion and establish a new crown prince, once he achieved the goal of controlling the court and monopolizing power, then now the East Palace has been resurrected and completely After the mutiny was foiled, Li Ji's intentions were completely shattered. It was time to quickly return to Chang'an to express his loyalty to the prince, in order to try to make up for his previous mistakes and eliminate the prince's resentment. But why did Li Ji still turn a blind eye to the East Palace and not take it to heart? ?
Li Ji had been preaching that His Majesty was seriously injured and critically ill, and that he was under the care of personal guards and chamberlains, and no one was allowed to visit him. However, everyone knew that His Majesty must have passed away, and the coffin prepared in the courtyard was said to be in case of emergency. , in fact, it must have come in handy.
When the coffin returns to Chang'an, the bad news must be announced to the world. After the state funeral, the prince can legitimately ascend the throne and succeed to the throne. This cannot be blocked by anyone. The Youtun Guards and the Sixth Commander of the East Palace will support the prince to the throne to the death. If Li If you dare to lead your troops to Beijing to stop him, you are committing rebellion!
When the prince ascends the throne, everything Li Ji does now is very likely to expose the prince's face. The prince cannot bear it even if he wants to, otherwise where is the power of the king?
Does Li Ji dare to rebel?
Yu Chigong doesn't think so.
Even if he dared, how many people in the army would follow him to commit such treasonous acts and bear the risk of annihilating three tribes?
Can not Understand it……
*****
The drizzle is continuous, and the mountains are as green as black.
Fang Jun stood in front of the imperial mausoleum with his helmet on his head and his armor on his head. He was surrounded by soldiers and a group of six leaders from the East Palace. He looked at the numerous officials from the Ministry of Rites, Taichang Temple, and Zongzheng Temple in front of him who were holding grand funerals. He looked at Wei beside him. Wang Litai said with emotion: "I have met Concubine Xu several times in the past. I only thought that this girl is beautiful, beautiful and intelligent. She seems to have the charm of the south of the Yangtze River integrated into one body. With just a few words, she makes people feel friendly. But she did not expect that her temperament is so soft on the outside and strong on the inside. , as the saying goes, 'deep love will not last long, and extreme wisdom will be damaged', she is indeed a strange woman."
What I thought in my heart was that this woman was as affectionate as ever in history and was willing to commit suicide to follow His Majesty Li Er under the Nine Springs. It was indeed deeply admirable.
But it’s a bit reckless, and I don’t know how sad and sentimental someone will be when the news of Concubine Xu’s death spreads...
Li Tai, wearing a prince's robe and sitting on the horse, said dissatisfiedly: "How can a lowly person like you comment on my father's woman at will? Be careful that the censors will listen to you, and the impeachment will not end with you!"
However, when I thought that my father had most likely passed away at this moment, my heart suddenly filled with sadness. I had no intention of joking with Fang Jun. I sighed and looked steadily at the winding and dormant Jiuwei Mountain in front of me, recalling my childhood with my father and the emperor. The queen mother couldn't help but feel increasingly sad and have tears in her eyes during the beautiful moments of joy at her mother's knees.
Fang Jun glanced at him and asked curiously: "When Changsun Wuji came to see you, he wanted to make you the crown prince. At that time, the news of your majesty's accident must have spread in Chang'an City. Once you become the crown prince, it is logical that you will be the new prince... Why did you refuse?"
Li Tai sniffed and held back the tears in his eyes. He didn't want to show his sadness in front of others. He scolded angrily: "In front of this king, you must address yourself as 'Your Highness'! You and I, do you have any rules?" ? This is what the Fang Xiang taught you since you were a child? You are not the son of a man!"
Fang Jun disagreed: "This is not the point. Don't talk about him. Tell me how you were feeling at that time."
Although Li Tai has shown great enthusiasm for the education of the Tang Dynasty in recent years, he has devoted his whole body and soul to the construction of township schools, county schools and other projects, and is determined to spread the educational seeds of the Tang Dynasty to every village and every inch of land in the empire. , but he had coveted the position of crown prince for many years, and was even very close to that position at one time. Fang Jun didn't really believe that he would give up completely once.
Most of all, it was because he saw that the road was difficult, and he really didn't want to kill brothers and turn against each other. Then he ascended to the throne with the infamy of "brother-killing and treason", but his conscience was uneasy.
But at that time, Guanlong's army besieged the East Palace in Taiji Palace, and victory was close at hand. Regardless of whether Li Tai agreed or not, the fate of the Prince of East Palace seemed irreversible. Under such circumstances, Guanlong was bound to establish a new crown prince. , whether you are the King of Wei, the King of Jin, or another prince, there will always be someone who will sit in that position. Moral condemnation no longer exists. Everyone can sit, so why can't I sit?
It was raining lightly, and the robe on my body was already soaked. But on the occasion of Concubine Xu's funeral, I couldn't be rude to wear a raincoat and hold up an umbrella.
Li Tai wiped the rainwater from his face and sneered: "You are purely judging a gentleman with a villain's heart. I did covet that position, but I don't think I am wrong. No one in the world can." Who dares to say that he is not tempted when he has the chance to sit on the throne? But ever since I realized that if I ascend to the throne one day, even if I become the emperor, I will not be able to decide the life and death of the prince or even the entire East Palace, I have completely I gave up that idea. I want to sit in that position, but I definitely don’t want to sit on the corpses of my brother and nephew.”
These words were sincere and did not seem to sound nice, but Fang Jun smiled and shook his head, not quite believing it.
Li Tai looked around and saw that the imperial guards were far away, so he lowered his voice and said: "You are probably trying to say that since my father could step on the bloody corpse of his brother and sit on the emperor's position, why can't I?" Would you be so upright and awe-inspiring?"
Fang Jun would not admit it, but the look on his face confirmed it.
"Hey! You bastard who has no king and no father..."
Li Tai cursed, and the sound of mourning and joy rang out from the imperial mausoleum in front of him. The funeral must have come to an end. He rode his horse closer to Fang Jun, and then said: "I am not just trying to defend my father as a son, but the situation was really bad back then." Same... Before the Xuanwumen Incident, Prince Jiancheng and Qi Wang Yuanji were afraid of their father's great achievements, and the Tiance Mansion under his command was filled with fierce generals and advisors, which greatly threatened their position as heir apparent, so they urgently needed to defeat their father. To get rid of them quickly, the most important thing is that Emperor Gaozu is also on their side. My father had no intention of resisting at that time, but it doesn't matter if he is dead. Where can anyone in the Qin Prince's palace survive? At that time, my father The decision to carry out a mutiny under the Xuanwu Sect seems to be for himself to sit on the throne of emperor, but in fact it is more to earn a way for our heirs to survive and risk death..."
He paused and looked at the imperial mausoleum through the rain, where his mother was buried, which made him feel even more depressed: "But the situation I am facing is different. If I succeed in the fight for the crown prince, the prince and the East Palace will It is rare for everyone to end well. On the contrary, if the prince continues to hold the throne, I will not lose anything... When I saw this clearly, I decisively gave up the extravagant hope in my heart. You said that I am hypocritical and hypocritical. Well, you may say that this king is righteous and awe-inspiring, but in short, this is what I think."
People's hearts are apart, Fang Jun just doesn't know the truth of what Li Tai said, but looking at what he has done in the past two years, and this time Changsun Wuji personally came to lobby but was flatly rejected, Li Tai still has some bottom line. .
Moreover, as Li Tai said, who can be indifferent to the supreme power of the world? If there is even the slightest chance, most people are willing to give everything they have and fight to the death.
Even a clan prince like Li Yuanjing coveted the throne, not to mention Wei Wang Li Tai, who was more qualified than him?
This kind of thing is done regardless of the heart. What you think in your heart is not important. What is more important is how you do it. Li Tai was not blinded by power, and he went along with the flow of the situation and agreed to support Zhang Sun Wuji. This was already very difficult, and his style was amazing. Called noble.
He asked again: "Then why did King Jin reject Changsun Wuji?"
Compared with Li Tai, Li Zhi was obviously more enthusiastic about the throne. When an opportunity to become a prince came before him, it was hard for Fang Jun to believe that Li Zhi would sternly refuse.
Li Tai snorted and said: "Do you think Pheasant Slave is that idiot from Lao Wu? Someone throws a bone and he picks it up humbly! Pheasant Slave has a deep mind. If he can't ensure everything, he will definitely not take it. Throw it out yourself and become a tool for Changsun Wuji to control the court and conquer the world."
Speaking of this, he looked at Fang Jun with a half-smile: "You should be glad that Guanlong was defeated, otherwise Pheasant slave will definitely take the throne in the end... When Pheasant slave ascends the throne, you have to be careful, he kid I have been coveting the martial lady of your family for a long time, I am afraid I will find an opportunity to convict you, and then do everything possible to bring the beauty into the palace, hey!"
Fang Jun spread his hands and expressed his helplessness.
The inertia of history is really terrible. Originally, Li Zhi fell in love with Wu Meiniang, regardless of the fact that she was Li Er's second wife, and tried every means to marry Fangze. Later, he even ignored the objections of the courtiers and established her as the queen. Now Wu Meiniang has entered Fang's family a long time ago and became his concubine, but Li Zhi was shocked at the first sight and never concealed his love...
The two of them were chatting quietly, and the funeral ahead was going on pretty much the same. After all, she was just a concubine, and there were restrictions on the funeral regulations. Moreover, the current situation was difficult, so it was impossible to hold a funeral with great fanfare, so everything was kept simple.
Behind him, a fast horse came galloping against the wind and rain. When he got close, the soldiers dismounted and knelt down on one knee: "Commander Qi, Guanlong has given you a reply. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, please return to the palace immediately. Discuss important matters.”
