Chapter 1357: Li Tang aids Liu Yu to fight Liu Ji

Li Shimin attaches great importance to his reputation, and he is well aware of the importance of reputation in the struggle for hegemony, so he has always kept himself clean and never done anything that would damage his reputation.

Li Shimin took Qin Wen as an example and tried to make it impossible for people to find faults, but he never thought that the quality of his reputation did not depend on himself, but on others.

No matter how well he builds his reputation, he can't stand others from splashing dirty water, as long as a basin goes down, no matter how much he washes it, it can't be washed in vain.

When he heard the news that 'Li Shimin pretended to release a hundred officials, but secretly sent troops to disguise himself as the Qin army to intercept and kill a hundred officials, intending to blame the Qin army', Li Shimin suddenly felt dizzy.

Intercepting and killing hundreds of officials, this crime is too big, no weaker than Dong Zhuo's crime of poisoning the young emperor and queen mother.

You must know that most of the officials are from major families, and they are inextricably linked with the world's families.

Once the charge of intercepting and killing hundreds of officials is confirmed, Li Shimin will be equivalent to offending all the families in the world at one time, and his reputation will be completely stinking on the street.

Of course, Li Shimin was unwilling to be framed like this, he wanted to find out the truth and clear himself, but after collecting all the information before and after the incident, he was desperate to find that the other party's arrangement was seamless.

All the clues, both open and covert, all pointed to him.

Even if the Qin army wants to intercept and kill hundreds of officials, it is impossible not to hide it at all, directly wear their own armor, and go to intercept and kill hundreds of officials openly, right?

In addition, as soon as the hundred officials left Tongguan, they were immediately intercepted and killed, which is too coincidental, right?

Under this kind of suspicion, Li Shimin sent Yang Jian to protect the return of hundreds of officials, but he seemed to want to cover up and play tricks, and clearly put on this look of clearing suspicion.

Although Li Shimin cares about the discussion of the outside world, he has no choice but to let them talk about it, but now even his subordinates think that he did it.

Especially Yang Jian, who directly broke into Li Shimin's mansion and questioned, Li Shimin swore to the sky, which dispelled Yang Jian's suspicions and kept this top general.

And after collecting all the information and collecting evidence on the spot, Li Shimin's heart was full of despair.

This time, Qin Hao must have been premeditated, the layout is seamless, and the other clues have been broken, there is no way to verify it, and he really jumped into the Yellow River and can't wash it.

"Qin Hao, you are ruthless enough." Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, his eyes full of anger and hatred.

Li Shimin doesn't have to think about it to know that he is here, this time it must be Qin Hao who is yin against him, after all, there is only one protagonist in this incident, he and Qin Hao, so the real black hand must be between him and Qin Hao, he is naturally innocent, then there is only Qin Hao.

I have to say that Qin Hao's plan this time was a fatal blow to Li Shimin, and directly ruined his reputation and reputation for his painstaking management, who will come to him in the future to take refuge in him, a notorious person?

"Lord, this incident is very much like Jia Xu's handwriting, it is definitely an old poison who is secretly plotting." Li Ru said with an affirmative face.

Li Ru and Jia Xu have worked together for many years, and both parties know each other very well, and this incident is full of Jia Xu's style.

Li Shimin raised his head, looked at Li Ru, and asked, "Strategist, how should we break the situation?" ”

After glancing at Du Ruhui, Li Ru said in a deep voice: "Jia Xu is a ruthless person, but he is unguardable, once he plots, he will never leave any flaws, so it may be difficult for the lord to find evidence to clear the suspicion, but we can also muddy the water."

The lord can send someone to spread rumors, saying that this interception and killing of hundreds of officials was the handiwork of Yuan Shao, Liu Xiu and other princes, and they secretly photographed the person, and disguised themselves as Qin Jun, in order to clear the suspicion and put the blame on us.

In short, no matter what the outside world says, even if everyone thinks so, you must not admit it, as long as you don't admit it, you will never be able to conclude this matter. ”

"Hoo ......"

Li Shimin let out a long breath of turbidity and said with a wry smile: "That's all it takes." ”

Li Ru's method is not clever, and it cannot end Li Shimin's clearing, but for the current Li Shimin, it is the only way.

The reason why Li Shimin released the hundred officials was because he wanted to rely on the hundred officials to make Qin Hao stumble, but he didn't want to calculate that Qin Hao would not succeed, but was plotted by Jia Xu, and inexplicably he was saddled with a cauldron, and his reputation was ruined.

"Lord, if you are so engaged by Jia Xu, your lord, you have lost the heart of the world's family, even if you can defeat Qin Hao after going east, I am afraid you will not be able to enter the Central Plains."

Du Ruhui stood up and said in a deep voice: "According to the opinion of his subordinates, it is better to concentrate on taking Guanxi and Yizhou first, which has already shown the trend of pre-Qin, and then sit and watch the disputes of the princes in the world, and when his strength is exhausted, he will be able to dominate the world with hundreds of thousands of troops in the east." ”

"What the military advisor said is very reasonable, but our Tang army only has Yongzhou and Hanzhong, and does not have the absolute strength to capture Liangzhou and Yizhou.

If the three princes of Liangzhou are in a scuffle, it will not be difficult for our Tang army to capture Liangzhou, but Yang Guang, Ma Teng, and Han Sui are extremely restrained and do not start the war lightly, obviously guarding us. Li Shimin said with a distressed face.

"Don't worry, Yang Guang, Ma Teng, and Han Sui, in order to compete for Liangzhou, there will be a big war, it's just a matter of time, and before that, we can try to Yizhou first." Li Ru said with great confidence.

"Yizhou?"

Li Shimin's brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "Yizhou is the land of abundance, the people are rich, and there are two great princes, Liu Ji, the king of Shu, and Liu Yu, the king of Chengdu, their strength is not inferior to our Tang army, and the difficulty of seizing Yizhou is probably even higher than that of Liangzhou." ”

Soon after Liu Ji became the queen, he formed an alliance with Liu Yu to fight against Chi You, and when he repelled Chi You, Liu Yu in order not to be weaker than Liu Ji in terms of momentum, so he brazenly called the king in Chengdu, but because the title of King of Shu has been occupied by Liu Ji, and Liu Yu does not want to be called the king of Ba, so he can only retreat and call the king of Chengdu.

"My lord's words are wrong."

Du Ruhui laughed and said: "Although the three princes of Liangzhou are weak, they are united with the outside world, and although the two princes of Yizhou are strong, they are incompatible, so for the lord, the difficulty of seizing Yizhou is lower than that of Liangzhou."

Liu Ji sits on Bajun but is called the king of Shu, which shows that his ambitions for Yizhou have been revealed.

No, as soon as the Erliu Alliance repelled the Southern Barbarian King Chiyou, Liu Ji immediately waved his troops to attack Liu Yu, and the two families had already fought for Yizhou.

If Yizhou is unified, it can only expand its strength in the north and east, these two directions.

Qin Hao in the east is strong, but he sits on the imperial court and occupies the righteousness, and Yizhou may not be an opponent, so no matter who unifies Yizhou, he will definitely wave his army north to attack Yongzhou.

Therefore, the lord, we must not let any of the two Liu unify Yizhou, the two Liu fight, as long as one side has the advantage, the lord can help the weaker side to fight against the strong side, so as to wave the army into Yizhou, occupy a territory from Yizhou, and gradually swallow Yizhou. ”

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Li Shimin smiled and applauded, and said with a smile: "What the military advisor said is very true, now that the chaos in Liangzhou has not started, it is impossible for us to wait, and give up the opportunity for external expansion, it seems that Yizhou is our best goal next." ”

"That's right......"

"Two military advisors, according to the Yizhou dispute between Liu Ji and Liu Yu, who can be the final victor?"

After Li Ru and Du Ruhui glanced at each other, they said in unison: "Liu Ji." ”

A smile flashed at the corner of Li Shimin's mouth, and he said: "The views of the two military advisors are the same as those of this king, it seems that our Li Tang will support Liu Yu against Liu Ji next." ”

"Report ...... The lord of Qiqi, Liu Yu, the king of Chengdu, sent a letter of request for help......"

A gleam flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and after reading it, he couldn't help but smile and said: "It seems that the situation in Yizhou is even more critical than we expected, Liu Yu will not be able to bear it so soon." ”

"Lord, there is no time to lose, the time will never come." Li Ru said in a deep voice.

"Hmm."

Li Shimin nodded, and then ordered: "Order, order Li Xiaogong to be the main general, Yang Jian to be the deputy general, lead 50,000 troops, enter Shu to help Liu Yu, the king of Chengdu, and fight against Liu Ji, the king of Shu." ”

"No."