Although the information provided by Yao Yuanchong does not truly reflect the ratio of troops of the two forbidden armies, it is not without reference significance.

Xia Guanlang of the Ministry of War is in charge of the military attaché's merits and life, that is, the information of the vast majority of the generals of the forbidden army can be understood. The influence and control of these generals is directly related to the success or failure of major events.

Li Tong also lacks any advantages in this regard, and his foundation is even weaker than in the political situation.

In the general system of the forbidden army, Guan Longxungui occupies an absolute advantage. High-ranking military attachés such as the Southern Ya Zhuwei Generals, and low-ranking military attachés such as Huan Yanfan are full of the northern and southern yas, which is an advantage that no political force in the current situation does not have.

When the government soldiers were at their most prosperous, there were more than 600 military offices in the world, and more than 280 were in Guanzhong alone. Although there are many losses of government soldiers and military households at the bottom, these generals at the top are still retained in the military system of the two ya.

As for the Yulin Army of Beiya, its predecessor was the Yuan Cong Forbidden Army during the Gaozu Wude period, and the father and son were guarded on behalf of each other, and they were called the father and son army. These entrepreneurial leaders themselves have a large number of Guan Longxun. Although with several expansions, the original Yuan Cong Forbidden Army can no longer occupy the mainstream in the Beiya system, there are still many influences.

Of course, Kwan is not a physical political alliance, but just a concept that is narrated and understood. But the intricate marriage and relationship between them can still ensure that they echo in major events to a certain extent.

Wu Zetian's divide and conquer of the Guanlong family or co-opted or suppressed it was almost all done through his sons. Like Li Tong, the abolition of his deceased father Li Xian can be said to be the result of Li Zhi's two sons and his third uncle Li Xian.

Among them, the key is Wei Siqian, Wei Chengqing, who was born in Jingzhao Wei's family, and the father and son were successively King Pei and the official of the East Palace, with the fall of Li Xian, the future should have been bleak, but no.

Wei Siqian still served as the prime minister after the fall of Li Xian, and lived until the Yongchang period, as for Wei Chengqing and his brother Wei Sili, they were more capable, not only in the Wu Zhou Dynasty, but also in the Zhongzong Dynasty because they were the same sect as Wei Hou and continued to hold power.

As for the struggle between the third and fourth factions, the operation is more delicate. In short, there is such an old mother, and the two brothers can be regarded as having fallen into blood mold for eight lifetimes.

For Guan Longxungui, although Wu Zetian has a suppressive attitude on the whole, he has also been absorbing it, until the late Wu Zhou Dynasty formed a political alliance of Li Wuwei and Yang born from Guan Longxungui.

The five kings of the Shenlong are not awesome, and they will not be able to die well after retiring, and the deeper reason is that they are rejected by this small group, not just Li Xian's worries about the high merit and the master, or Wu Sansi's autumn reckoning.

No matter what kind of situation Li Tong wants to achieve at the moment, he can't get around Long Xungui, which is also one of the reasons why he must pull Doulu Qinwang into the water. Doulu Qinwang is wasted, but he is one of the few representatives of Guan Longxungui on the table today.

Yao Yuanchong carefully combed through and sorted out this list of generals and officials, not to mention those who have a private connection with Doulu Qinwang, only have a definite connection with the Doulu family, and there are more than 20 people at the level of Zhuwei Shan Lang and above!

These people have their own powers and are scattered between the north and the south, and once they are integrated, they will be a force that should not be underestimated.

This figure is definitely not an exaggeration.

For example, Li Shouli and his father-in-law Dugu clan, who served in the children of the two forbidden armies and died, there are more than a dozen people above Lang General, of course, this number also overlaps with other families, after all, the relationship between Guan Longxun and the nobles is intricate, and it is difficult to sort it out.

Compared with the Dugu family, the Doulu family is undoubtedly much more than in terms of background, potential position and contact surface. Therefore, Li Tong also knew that the list compiled by Yao Yuanchong would only be conservative compared to the actual situation, but it was not exaggerated.

Seeing this result, Yao Yuanchong was not without worry and said: "Now I'm just worried that Xianggong Doulu is still pursuing self-preservation, and he doesn't dare to have a posture of courage." ”

"It's not up to him!"

Li Tong sneered when he heard this, the intricate relationship between the Doulu family is both a guarantee and a burden for Doulu Qinwang.

Lai Junchen is very good at weaving and slandering, once he is full of malice against Doulu Qinwang, then the misfortune and safety are by no means limited to Doulu Qinwang, even if Doulu Qinwang still wants to be silent and self-controlled, other people related to him may not be able to hold it down, and they will definitely be restless to varying degrees.

Li Tong and Yao Yuanchong carefully discussed some details, and before they knew it, they were in the second half of the night, when it was close to dawn, and they went back to rest.

However, he didn't sleep too long, and soon after dawn, Lego hurriedly went into the house to wake up the king and tell Princess Taiping to visit.

Li Tong was not surprised by this, his malice was so obvious last night, Doulu Qinwang must be looking for someone to make peace with him, and choosing Princess Taiping is also a proper one.

He got up and washed up a little, and when he came to the middle hall, he saw his aunt, Princess Taiping, sitting in the middle of the table with a depressed face.

"What were you going to do last night? Doulu Xianggong is also the benevolent chief in the door of relatives, and has always pursued kindness to others, even if he offends you, can't he say it to his face, and you have attracted Junchen, a villain, to disturb him, don't you think it's too much? ”

Seeing Li Tong enter the hall, Princess Taiping opened her mouth and said, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her expression.

Li Tong was not annoyed after hearing this, and after sitting down, he motioned to Lego to give Princess Taiping a copy of the tea on his case, and after taking a sip of it, he looked up at Princess Taiping and said: "Although Qin Wang is old, his feet are agile." I walked on the front foot, and he disturbed my aunt with the back foot. It's really old, what kind of benevolence and righteousness can be boasted of? Even if he didn't know why he angered me, he should have understood why he would let him talk to his aunt if I was relenting. ”

"So, Shenzhi, do you really want to embarrass Xianggong Lu?"

When Princess Taiping heard this, her face sank at first, and after a while, she seemed to feel that her tone was a little stiff, and then she slowed down her tone and sighed: "I know that you have your own opinions, and I don't want to use personal power to force you." When the current situation is already difficult, Dou Lu Xiang has deep prestige and has the ability to set the situation in the DPRK, it is really a little ...... for you to embarrass him at this time."

"My aunt has seen the world difficult, why can't she see my hardship? I was only a short time away, and my neighbor was killed by murderers, and everything I did was frequently troubled. After returning to the capital, there was no need for personnel, and I had to endure the self-expulsion in Lingnan and be separated from my family for two days!

The admiration of the disciple is in a high position, but there is no word to help me in this, but he has one or two fixed abilities, could it be that in his opinion, I am the murderer who harms the world? ”

Li Tong put down the teacup in his hand, although his expression was still flat, his tone had gradually become cold.

When Princess Taiping heard this, her face flashed a trace of unnaturalness, and she was not lacking in annoyance: "I advised you a long time ago, that thief monk in Huaiyi should not indulge for a long time, but you just cared about the old feelings and refused to make a move, and now you are really victimized by it." At that time, I went to the palace to rescue after hearing the news, but the lady in your family ...... Alas, it made me a wicked person who made trouble.

As for the exile to Lingnan, I still don't understand what kind of precarious situation can force you to make such a plan. Even if there are people in the foreign court, if you insist on not going, who in the world can force you to travel far away? It is also a little unreasonable to blame Dou Lu Xianggong for this. ”

Seeing Princess Taiping's attitude, Li Tong knew that it seemed that his aunt and the Doulu family had a deeper tacit understanding, which could be regarded as confirming part of his conjecture. It is undoubtedly beneficial to be able to use Doulu Qinwang to pull his aunt into this matter.

Li Tong asked himself to be exiled to Lingnan, but there were still few people who knew about it at this time. This is because Wu Zetian wants to secretly prepare personnel adjustments to fill the gap left by Li Tong's withdrawal, especially in the case that Chongyu of the Northern Yalu is also riddled with evil deeds, the checks and balances of the kings of the Wu clan must inevitably be considered more seriously.

Even the kings of the Wu family have to hide this matter, and Princess Taiping is one of the few people who know, so it can be seen that Wu Zetian really trusts this girl, and there should be the idea of letting Princess Taiping gradually enter the current situation and replace Li Tong to a certain extent.

In fact, Li Tong's current position in the current situation should have been assumed by Princess Taiping. When he had just returned to Shendu from Xijing, his grandmother should have planned to let him be his aunt's assistant.

But the current Princess Taiping, although she also has a heart that is not willing to be lonely, is still not ingenious enough, and what is shown is that her subjective initiative is not high.

Of course, this is also related to her vague positioning, and she can't tell whether she is a daughter of the Li family or a woman of the martial family, plus as a woman, the enthusiasm for moving closer to her in the court is not high.

In the final analysis, Princess Taiping still has not ushered in the environment in which her identity is suitable for play.

On the other hand, Li Tong licked his grandmother on the one hand, but in his attitude towards the kings of the Wu family, he always stood on a hostile position, never expected to be able to meet the source left and right, and naturally gathered a group of supporters around him, so that in just half a year, he dominated the throne and became the main force to balance the kings of the Wu family in the court.

If you analyze it more deeply, Princess Taiping should need to find a sense of existence in other aspects after the lack of feelings, in short, it hurts to be idle, so she has nothing to do.

This is not a dejoratory evaluation, after all, Li Tong is also such a person. But unlike his aunt, he has a goal of his own, and everything he does revolves around it. But his aunt didn't, she just didn't want to be lonely and wanted to maintain her sense of existence.

He raised his eyes to look at this aunt and sighed suddenly: "As my aunt said, if I insist on staying in the capital, as long as the holy family is fixed, no one in the world can chase me out." But what is the point of such a forced stay, it is nothing more than to make the dispute in the current situation more noisy, which is not beneficial to people and even less beneficial to the country. ”

Li Tong sighed this way, Princess Taiping couldn't understand it, she even felt that this nephew retreated without a fight, and some disappointed her expectations.

After a moment of silence, she spoke again: "It's the same with going to Xijing in the old year, you have made up your own mind, regardless of what others think, just leave." But since it's your own decision, why bother to be angry with others? It must be known that the safety of Xianggong Doulu is not the only one, if he is persecuted and harmed by Lai, the imperial heir may be even more dangerous. ”

"This is something that my aunt can see, and I can see it, but I can't see it! That's what I hate about him. The situation in Ki is turbulent, for example, if you sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Even I had to think about going to Lingnan. But Dou Lu Qin wants to steal a high position and do nothing, can such a person expect him to protect the emperor's heir? ”

Li Tong said: "Discussing things with my aunt, I don't have to be arrogant, I go and stay, there are a lot of involved." However, after a few months away from the gods, the king of Wei and others have already celebrated each other, and their respective forces have been camped, if they know that I will go to Lingnan for a long time, who in the world can give them checks and balances? ”

"What do you mean?"

When Princess Taiping heard this, the dissatisfaction on her face suddenly subsided, and her eyes flickered.

"Doulu Xianggong was born in a famous family, and he has more than enough enterprising armor, and now he is already in a high position among the people. Such a character already has a plan in his mind, and even if others give good advice and persuade goodness, he is afraid that it will be difficult to change. The reason why I want to force Lai Junchen to make things difficult is to let him know that he is frightened, even if it is for self-preservation, I must rise up at the time and take the responsibility he should bear. ”

Li Tong had a serious expression and was completely for Dou Lu Qin's good wishes, and then pointed at Princess Taiping and sighed: "But I still look down on him, he is coerced by this, and the so-called self-help is only to instruct my aunt to hold me accountable." If I really mean to harm him, why should I be so malicious? In front of me today, aunt, you can save him, just a word, I will immediately pass on the book. But what about in the future? Is such a big and inappropriate person a help or a drag? ”

"Be cautious, I, I really misunderstood you, forgive your aunt for being narrow-minded, it turns out that you still have such considerations behind you."

When Princess Taiping heard this, she was already ashamed.

Li Tong shook his head after hearing this: "No misunderstanding, since I am determined to travel far away, I must make arrangements before leaving." This time, he made things difficult for Dou Lu Xianggong, which was not only a spur, but also a spur, and there was no lack of ideas to remove him.

In the world, those who can meet the King of Wei and the King of Liang are the only ones who are Li Xianggong of the Political Affairs Hall, and now that they are not in the court, the court situation will be even more demonic. If Xianggong Doulu can't even cope with my difficulties, if he doesn't make a decision, he will be decided, and there is no point in revealing the ugly world again! ”

"This, this, there is still a compromise. Since you have already confided in your heart, I might as well tell you what I think in my heart. Originally, this time Dou Luxiang complained to me, and I didn't intend to respond to him, and it was useless to compromise my aunt and nephew's feelings for him. But thinking that Shenzhi is about to travel far away, King Wei and the others are really worried about getting out of control, so they decided to come to see you...... But I don't want to be cautious that you already have such a deep plan. ”

Li Tong sighed again after hearing this: "This kind of thing should not have been said in front of my aunt, but after I left the capital, the only person who can look up to the Tang family's bloodline and old feelings is my aunt." This may be a bit embarrassing for my aunt, but if my aunt can't lead the situation, the emperor's heir will be even more dangerous, and I'm afraid that I will have to stay in Lingnan for a long time, and it will be difficult to return home! ”

Dou Lu Qinwang this old fox, just as Yao Yuanchong was worried about, even if he faced the threat of Lai Junchen, he might not dare to do things sideways. So there is another layer of pressure to be put on him, that is, Princess Taiping.

"But I, I really don't have a plan now, and I really don't know if I can do a good job when I suddenly take on this big responsibility...... If you have any plans, you may wish to talk about them and refer to them together. ”

Hearing Li Tong say this, Princess Taiping was both excited and apprehensive.

At this point, Li Tong no longer hid it, and began to carefully analyze with Princess Taiping how to intervene in the current situation through Doulu Qinwang. Dou Lu Qin hopes that this old fox has potential, but he is stingy to use it, and always wants to solve the problem at the lowest cost, such as asking Princess Taiping to come to see Li Tong this time.

Li Tong's strategy is also very simple, aside from the details, there is only one main purpose, that is, the aunt and nephew one sings red face and the other sings white face, and gradually squeezes out the potential of the old fox through Lai Junchen, and transitions this part of the personnel force to Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping still had a cold face when she came, and when she left, she was full of excitement. If it weren't for Li Tong's repeated hints that he would have important things to do later, Princess Taiping would only be afraid to pull him to discuss more details. As for the previous purpose, it was not to mention it.

Li Tong sent Princess Taiping out of the door, recalling his aunt's confident look when she patted her chest and promised to squeeze dried beans Lu Qinwang, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. One of the major delusions in life is called 'I can do it too', and his aunt is undoubtedly very poisoned, and she is soaring all the way on the road to death.

What he said before was just to implicate his aunt in this matter, as for the political potential of squeezing and embezzling Doulu Qinwang through Princess Taiping, if his grandmother was brought for a while, he might be able to do it.

But if it is only Princess Taiping, it is actually very difficult, and Li Tong does not have that time to wait. Letting his aunt join in at the moment is just to muddy the situation and hide Li Tong's true intentions.

After all, maybe his aunt is not very experienced, and the kings of the martial arts family can't see it clearly, but his grandmother is not stupid.

Some of his operations contradicted the statement that he was going to Lingnan, and at this time he needed his aunt as a shield, and he made some personnel arrangements in order to pave the way for his aunt.

In short, with his aunt's urging, some of the Doulu family's personnel relations will definitely be paid in a very short time, making the turmoil of the current situation even more unpredictable.

After discussing with Princess Taiping, before I knew it, Li Tong had a little lunch in the palace, and then at the invitation of his second brother Li Shouli, he went to Luonan Daode Fang to watch the polo game.

On the way to the Daode Fang, I passed through the Taoist workshop of the home of Wu Chenghe, the king of Wei. Li Tong deliberately filled the team with footsteps, and he also got off his horse and walked slowly along the Weiwang Causeway in Luonan.

The newly built Wei Wang's Mansion occupies the entire Taoist workshop, although the details are still under construction, but the overall framework has been erected. Compared with the original Jishanfang Royal Mansion, it is more than several times magnificent. The garden pool connected to Luoshui on the north side of the mansion alone is more than twice as large as Li Tong's original palace of the king of the letter workshop.

Through the scale of this mansion, Li Tong can also imagine how favored Li Tai, the king of Wei during the Zhenguan period, was. At present, the Wei Wang's Mansion only occupies a place in the Taoist Workshop, which is already so magnificent, but it is only half the size of the mansion of the original Wei King Li Tai.

The honor guard of the acting king stayed on the river embankment on the north side of the palace, and the news soon spread to the palace of the king of Wei. Not long after, the royal palace guards had gathered on the opposite side of the garden, faintly visible sword light, as if facing a great enemy.

Seeing this scene, Li Tong couldn't help but be happy again, but he didn't stay any longer, turned over his horse, and went straight to the polo field of Daode Fang.

The polo field in Dodo-Dojo Square is now one of the famous attractions in Kinai, and its popularity is not inferior to that of the Taiping Theater in the upper reaches of the Josai Luoshui. Before Li Tong and his entourage entered, a lively atmosphere had already come to their faces.

The group entered the polo field through the backyard of King Yong's mansion, and when they raised their eyes, they saw Li Shouli and his friends fighting on the court. Seeing the acting king entering, someone rode off the field and wanted to retreat and let the acting king enter as a substitute.

Li Tong was not rigid, changed into autumn clothes, lifted his stick, and rode his horse into the venue. The surrounding spectators caught the figure of the acting king and cheered enthusiastically, so that the drum signal on the court was drowned out.

In one corner of the watchtable, there was a box seat surrounded by a tent, and a person sat deep in the tent, and it was Li Zhaode, who had just returned to the Shendu from being demoted.

Li Zhaode was wearing a gray round-necked robe, and a hood on his head, covering his face on the left and right, and the whole person looked very ordinary, no one would have guessed that this inconspicuous spectator would be a tough prime minister who was famous in the government and the opposition before.

"I have lived in the capital for a long time, but I didn't know that there was still such drama in the market."

Looking at the heroic posture of the young king on the court, his ears were filled with waves of cheers on the seats, and he was infected by this warm atmosphere, Li Zhaode's face couldn't help but show a long-lost smile.

Unconsciously, the first half of the game on the court has ended, and Li Zhaode has a feeling of unfinished. But at this time, Su Sanyou, who was in charge of leading him back to the capital, had already entered the front and whispered: "The noble man knows that the prime minister has returned to the capital, and he will wash the dust for the prime minister at the other disposal table." ”

After Li Zhaode heard this, he nodded, withdrew from the tent, bent down and left the court under the protection of Su Sanyou and others, and boarded a carriage with a plain tent.

He sneaked back to Shendu, and it was not appropriate for him to show up on such a noisy occasion, but the acting king asked people to arrange for him to go on such an experience, probably to show some fearless background.

But in Li Zhaode's view, it is really unnecessary, he is willing to return to the Shendu this time, and he already has the idea of putting life and death out of the way, and if he does not succeed, he will become benevolent, how can there be a reason to hesitate about things.

Thinking of this, Li Zhaode took out the secret letter from his bosom that the king had passed to him, and the other contents of the letter had been torn up and burned by him, leaving only four words: "Punish all martial arts".

At the same time, in the small pavilion located in a garden in Lide Fang, Luobei, Sibin Shaoqing Di Renjie'an sat on the seat, also looking down at a note in his hand, and there were also four words on the note, "Return to the Li family".

The difference is that these four words were written by him to the king, and they were used by the king as a token to invite him to see today.