Li Yuan returned to his mansion from the palace. He first went to burn a stick of incense in front of his son's coffin, and then returned to the study to sit uneasily. During these few days of staying behind closed doors, he had been attending to court matters. When he silently sorted out the establishment of the Northern Navy and the assassination of his son, he was unexpectedly involved in a huge political storm without knowing it.
If he was not afraid at all, he would most likely end up with the destruction of his family. However, what was annoying was that the storm was like a thick night, preventing him from seeing any light or clues.
It wasn't until he met Yang Guang just now, and Yang Guang readily agreed to his request not to investigate again, that Li Yuan suddenly realized: It turns out that the storm that made him very uneasy was the dispute between the Guanlong nobles and the southern gentry, and it turned out that the storm was the three Guanlong nobles. There was a big factional war, and he was just a small introduction to it.
He took the initiative to request that Yongzhou Prefecture and Jingzhao Prefecture not to investigate further, which was actually in line with the emperor's desire to split the three major factions of the Guanlong nobles; once the assassination was ended with loud thunder and light rain, among the three major factions The various powerful people will be affected by public opinion and their own initiative to propose a settlement, and firmly believe that the mastermind behind the scenes is the Yuan family. Then they will become alienated and wary of the Yuan family, and no longer trust the Yuan family.
After all, the Yuan family is the respected leader of the Wuchuan Alliance, but the Yuan family uses such shameless means to deal with the allies. Its shameless and cruel style is really chilling. If you can deal with Li Yuan like this today, maybe another day. Just yourself. In this case, everyone is in danger, how can they not avoid the Yuan family?
What makes Li Yuan confused and troubled now is that Yang Guang's style of doing things is different from before. He is now the same as Yang Ji in using troops, which is traceable and unpredictable. When you think he is attacking in the east, he is attacking in the east. , anyway, the same is true. So Li Yuan couldn't guess whether Yang Guang was taking advantage of emergencies or had planned it for a long time. At the same time, I can't guess whether Yang Guang's real purpose is to mess with the Yuan family or the entire Guanlong noble family?
And as a young eunuch in the palace, as one of the emperor's close ministers, he could not even understand the emperor's direction and intentions. How would he position himself in the future? How to deal with the political storm that has begun?
At this moment, someone pushed open the door from the outside with a creaking sound. Li Yuan followed the sound and looked around, but it was Mr. Dou in white who walked in.
Li Yuan looked at his wife intently. He didn't know whether it was his illusion or the truth. He just felt that Dou's face, which had been soft and charming for many years, had returned to its original cool and majestic style, and the coldness and evil spirit between his eyebrows became even more... Even in the past, the energy displayed while walking gave him the feeling of a walking magic sword.
To be honest, Li Yuan was really worried about the Dou family in his heart: First, Li Yuan's father Li Bing died young, and when the Sui Dynasty was established, he himself was just an ignorant young man, which caused the Li family to be in trouble. Yang Jian was unable to seize the opportunity when he deposed Zhou Jian and the Sui Dynasty. The Li family declined rapidly because they did not receive the dividends from the change of dynasty. After he got married, the Li family received strong support and help from the Dou family, which made Li Yuan face the Dou family. Being inferior to others and unable to deal with them forcefully. ….
Second, Mrs. Dou is very shrewd and has a strong temperament. Whether it is court affairs or ordinary government affairs, she is more knowledgeable than Li Yuan. When dealing with government affairs, she thinks more long-term, broader and more thoughtfully than Li Yuan; and In normal times, she kept Li Yuan under strict control, whether it was family affairs or personal life, so that Li Yuan was suppressed by her in all aspects, unable to move or thrive.
She had finally become like a woman. If she returned to her previous temperament because of Li Shimin's assassination, Li Yuan would feel scared just thinking about those inhuman days.
In the blink of an eye, Li Yuan stood up to greet him: "Madam, are you coming?"
Mrs. Dou's cold eyes under the thick eyebrows on her temples met Li Yuan's slightly nervous eyes, and seeing him frightened, she couldn't help but feel a burst of lament and regret deep in her heart. She knew that her husband was not weak in every aspect. The reason why others became so panicked and independent was actually caused by herself; and it was also because she was too strong that she could not get the love of her husband.
Although she was thinking this in her heart, Dou's face did not move at all. She relaxed naturally, making herself less intimidating than before. She watched with full eyes.
Li Yuan said softly: "I heard that Alang just came from the palace. Have you had dinner yet?"
With the change in Dou's demeanor and caring words, Li Yuan's tense heartstrings relaxed. A gloomy look appeared on his haggard face, and he sighed and said, "I don't have any appetite today. I don't want to eat."
Mrs. Dou sat down happily. After hearing her husband's words, her heart was filled with a haze, and she asked worriedly: "Does the saint not agree?"
"The saint agreed, but we fell into a big storm because of Erlang's incident." Speaking of Li Shimin, Li Yuan showed a trace of sentimentality on his face, but he is the head of the Li family after all, and the thought of it is enough to make the Li family let people go. Facing the storm of death, he quickly calmed down his emotions and told Mr. Dou exactly how he entered the palace and his worries.
Finally, he said with emotion: "In the final analysis, the Guanlong nobles misjudged the situation, thinking that the saint was using the Guanlong nobles to balance the forces, and used the Guanlong nobles to deal with Shandong, Hedong and other gentry forces. However, he did not expect that the Guanlong nobles would use the Guanlong nobles to deal with the gentry forces such as Shandong and Hedong. The fear is so great that the three factions of Guan and Long cannot be united at all. Although the original intention of the Wuchuan League founded by the three factions of Guan and Long was to protect their own interests and avoid being overthrown by the nobles one by one, this move violated the taboo of a saint. .”
"All the great clans of the Guanlong nobles put themselves first. Apart from stabbing the so-called own people in the back, how could they ever be united? Fortunately, Alang never became the leader of the alliance. Otherwise, my Li family would have been uprooted by the saints long ago. I got up." Thinking of her son's innocent and tragic death at such a young age, Mrs. Dou's heart was filled with hatred. She said coldly: "At the beginning, everyone underestimated the saint's taboo against the Wuchuan Alliance and the alliance leader; now think about it carefully. , Didn’t the late emperor have a real but nameless leader of the Wuchuan League before? Aren’t the people who helped him change dynasties, the various powerful people, the allies? Since the Yang family has transitioned from the leader to the lord of the world, how can the saint allow the appearance of the Guanlong nobles? Two alliance leaders?"
Speaking of this, she said with gloating: "The Yuan family got what they wanted and became the leader of the alliance, but they had to pay a tragic price again and again because of this leader. Yuan Shou half a month ago promised to send a large amount of food to the south. Transported to the north, in order to appease some of the saint's anger and achieve the purpose of preserving the Yuan clan. However, he thought too much. Once the Wuchuan Alliance fell apart and the Yuan clan rebelled, the saint would definitely use other things to attack, and he would use violent storms and thunderous heat. , uprooting the Yuan clan, which can not only get rid of the Yuan clan who has committed a big taboo, but also have the effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, so that other factions will not dare to imitate it.”….
Hearing this, Li Yuan's eyes lit up. He had realized that his wife had found a way to officialdom for him, which was to let him follow the Yin'do. In the future, he would specifically follow the path of the Yin Guan Long nobles, Yin Yuan The way of the clan.
Whatever the emperor is happy with, whatever the emperor thinks is good, then he will do whatever he likes.
"I understand what Madam means!" Li Yuan suddenly thought of something. He glanced at Mrs. Dou and said slowly: "But Madam, this matter is a bit difficult to handle. I just said that, Yu Wenshu and Yang Ji passed by one after another, and I If we imitate them, wouldn’t we be imitating others? Will it work?”
"That's different, let's talk about Yu Wenshu first!" Dou said to Li Yuan: "During the Kaihuang period, the former prince Yang Yong was the leader supported by the Guanlong nobles. Supporting Yang Yong by the Guanlong nobles is equivalent to supporting Yang Yong. Once he successfully ascends the throne, he will receive a lot of rewards. At that stage, Yuwenshu, in addition to being the son and daughter of a saint, was also a small person with no say. In addition, Yang Yong's position was It was occupied by Gao Jun, He Ruobi, Yu Wenbi, Wang Shiji and others. Otherwise, he would be liquidated by those big shots in the future, so he could only follow the saints. So between the two sides, it was basically just a dispute of interests, and there was no right or wrong."
"Yang Yong can't tolerate him, doesn't trust him, and has no place for him, but the saint's side has a mutually beneficial and mutually beneficial relationship with him. If he doesn't resist or support the saint, he will die together, so the late emperor With the idea of Yi Chu, he was naturally overjoyed and tried his best to cheer for the saint."
"The major nobles of Guanlong now denounce him as a traitor, mainly because the person they supported failed, so they are jealous of Yuwenshu who won the bet. But look at this matter from Yuwenshu's own perspective and his own interests. At that time, he was actually forced by the situation and kicked to the opposite side by the Guanlong nobles, rather than taking the initiative to renounce himself from the Guanlong nobles. The saint successfully ascended the throne.
After he became gay, he just got the dividends he deserved. "
"As the successful party, Yu Wenshu, even if he does not want to retaliate against the Guanlong nobles who tried their best to punish him in the past, must still follow the saint's will and retaliate; otherwise, he will be a traitor in the saint's mind. Therefore, he must be upright and aboveboard. We must not be careless in making enemies of those who were once enemies.”
Li Yuan nodded. Yuwenshu was a relative, so he had to have a clear-cut stand and openly and openly be an enemy of the Guanlong nobles. But he was not a relative, and he didn't have Yuwenshu's worries. He could secretly plot against Guanlong from time to time. The nobles all at once; in this way, they could not only comply with the emperor's wishes, but also avoid becoming enemies of the entire Guanlong nobles.
Kill two birds with one stone.
"As for Yang Ji, it's much more complicated." Mr. Dou pondered for a while and said, "He knows that the prince's identity is a one- or two-edged sword, and he also knows that after he has made great achievements, he will be in a worse situation than the foreign ministers who have made great achievements. It is countless times more serious. Therefore, Yang Ji never thought about making friends with the aristocratic families that the saints feared from the beginning, and took the initiative to renounce himself from the aristocratic families in the world. What he is doing now seems to have not received any benefits and is in vain. He offended the world's aristocratic families, but in fact, every move he made catered to the needs of the emperor. However, the aristocratic families were deeply rooted and luxuriant. Without hundreds of years of hard work, it would have been impossible for them to fall. Even if the old aristocratic families fell, , new aristocratic families have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. As long as he does not betray midway, he will always be the sharp knife the emperor needs. The more tense the relationship between the emperor and the aristocratic families, the safer he will be. "...
After a pause, Mr. Dou said with mixed admiration: "But Yang Ji is different from the sage. The sage only hopes to attract the power of poor people to balance the family. As long as the country is stable, he will be relieved, but Yang Ji is different."
"His ambitions are greater and more terrifying than those of a saint. Judging from his actions, he not only wants to defeat all the aristocratic families in the world, but also wants to break all current orders and all unreasonable systems and re-establish a system based on his ideas. The Tianyang system headed by him. And in a sense, he has succeeded; just because under his leadership, Liangzhou has shown the "Great Harmony of the World," and "The Great Harmony of the World" that the sages admired and yearned for. Already."
"Whether he succeeds or not in the future, his courage and foresight to be the first in the world and to go against the odds, and his current achievements alone are enough to deserve the honorific titles of 'saint', 'sage', etc."
At the end of the sentence, Dou's words inevitably had an indescribable meaning, and she seemed to become radiant, as if there was a layer of gorgeous smoke between her eyebrows.
After all, women still worship the strong. Which woman in the world doesn't want a strong man to protect her all her life?
It is true that Yang Ji has nothing to do with her and nothing can happen between them; but she is an expert at playing politics and knows that the road Yang Ji takes is a road full of thorns and leading to purgatory.
She couldn't take this road, and she didn't dare to let Li Yuan take it. However, Yang Ji not only walked, but also walked smoothly, so she sincerely admired Yang Ji.
When Li Yuan saw that his wife not only spoke so highly of Yang Ji, but also made her face reddened and her cheeks dizzy, she looked like a young girl pregnant with spring. Li Yuan said sourly: "Yang Ji is trying to survive in death." This way is definitely not suitable for me. I neither have a backer as strong as Yang Ji, nor Yu Wenshu's current situation and destiny. If I imitate them and openly and openly make enemies of the Guanlong nobles and the world's aristocratic families, I will definitely end up dead. The fate of the burial ground!"
Mrs. Dou glanced at Li Yuan and said in a sonorous tone: "So I think Alang is the most suitable for Yin'do."
"I think so too!" Li Yuan nodded. He became the head of the Li family at the age of seven. It has been a bumpy road until now. Although there were noble people helping him, after all, as a person who has experienced it, he has seen and experienced everything. , used countless conspiracies and tricks. So when it comes to playing dirty tricks, Li Yuan is confident that he is not inferior to others.
The two couples found their own way, and then talked about how to go and how to be evil. However, what they didn't know was that Yang Ji, whom Dou admired, was afraid to go home at this time.
But no matter what, I have to go back!
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