Chapter 841: The Sacred Heart is Unfathomable
In real history, why Li Zhi was so confused by the Wu clan is a difficult mystery to solve. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć š„ To be sure, the personalities of the two account for the main reason.
Li Zhi's character has always been very contradictory, especially after ascending the throne, he is very bold in deciding on national affairs, his image is not as cowardly and incompetent as the history books smearing him, on the contrary, he is more decisive and thorough than Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty's policy of "inner saint and outer king", more thorough, in terms of domestic people's livelihood policy, Li Zhi has made greater concessions to the poor people, and in terms of foreign use of troops, Li Zhi's killing of enemy countries is also more ruthless and cruel, it is undeniable that Li Shimin laid a good foundation for him during his reign, However, Li Zhi's military methods of governing the country are also very powerful, which led to the real prosperity of the Tang Dynasty later.
At the same time, Li Zhi does seem very cowardly when it comes to his private life, especially when it comes to women, perhaps Wu Shi tunes. The means of teaching men are clever, maybe Li Zhi really respects her and is afraid of her, he always tries his best to meet the requirements of the Wu family, Wu's ambition is actually used to it, so that it is getting more and more inflated, from the initial emperor to criticize the sparse, to the abolition of Li Zhi, and finally simply kicked the entire Li family, and put on a dragon robe to become the emperor, every step of her life is actually traceable.
No matter where the course of history goes, there are antecedents and consequences, of course, it is also mixed with some of the destiny and luck components, imagine the real history If the Wu clan first began to expand, Li Zhi found that the situation was not right, and beat her hard, will there be a future Great Zhou Dynasty? Just give sweet jujube without waving a stick, and he deserves to be usurped.
But Li Su lived in this life, but he couldn't understand it.
What happened to the deviation, why did Li Zhi have no interest in the Wu family, not only was he not interested, but he had a very bad impression of her and had a deep wariness of her.
This is very unreasonable, Li Su scratched his head and didn't understand it, and there was even a faint panic in his heart.
The trajectory of history has changed, his only advantage seems to be gone, the original life of driving the cheat is quite good, whether it happened or did not happen, it is in his grasp, one day the game manager suddenly told him, your cheat has been confiscated, teach him how not to panic? What should I do if I have a pin number?
"Brother Zizheng, are you going to talk to me about this woman today?" Li Zhi obviously didn't want to talk about the Wu family.
Li Su smiled: "I don't talk about women, of course, I don't want to talk to you about men, but I'm still very strange, what plan did that martial girl offer you?" ā
Li Zhi recalled for a moment and said: "She said that she wanted to help me get out of trouble, the key was to move the Taiyuan Wang clan to stand up and support me, and then drive the entire Shandong Shi clan to intercede with my father and ask for his life, and she also said that she was willing to help me lobby the Taiyuan Wang family......"
Li Su's expression suddenly became very strange, and his lips twitched a few times.
Li Zhi noticed the change in his expression and couldn't help but wonder: "Why does Brother Zizheng have such an expression?" That martial girl said something wrong? ā
Li Su suddenly laughed, shook his head, and sighed: "She's right, everything is reasonable, but ...... She was a step late. ā
"Why did Brother Zizheng say this?"
Li Su rubbed his nose and said slowly: "Because...... I have already said that the Taiyuan Wang clan has moved, and in two days, there will be a difference in the court. ā
Li Zhi was stunned, and then ecstatic: "Really? ā
"I'm here today to tell you about it, well, this case has taken a turn for the better, if nothing else...... Hehe, I'm afraid you won't be able to stay in this Zongzheng Temple for a few days. ā
Li Zhi's face turned red with joy, and his eyes suddenly had a look: "Brother Zizheng thought of using the power of the Taiyuan royal family to help me get out of trouble?" ā
Li Su sighed: "As early as when I persuaded you to fight for the prince, I counted the Taiyuan Wang clan in our camp, but I didn't expect to borrow their strength not to fight for the prince, but to protect yourself...... It was a tough process, but luckily it turned out well. ā
Li Zhi said gratefully: "Brother Lao Zizheng has been running for me these days, and Zhi really doesn't know how to thank you......"
Li Su glanced at him: "Are you really confused or fake when you say this?" How can you not know how to thank me? Money! Giving me a huge sum of money is the best way to thank me, I will remember your ...... for the rest of my life"
Li Zhi smiled bitterly: "Brother Zizheng, you are greedy for money......"
"A gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a good way, you see, I ran for you, saved your life, and when I looked back to ask you for payment, I neither hung you nor took a knife to your neck, this is the 'Tao', I ask for money in a dignified manner, if I don't think about whether to put a knife on your neck, there are not many gentlemen like me in the world......"
Li Zhi's eyes straightened: "Gentleman...... How did you do it? But why do I always think you're talking about bandits? ā
Li Su sighed, he accidentally killed Tianchat, the little kid is no longer as easy to fool as before, if he blackmails him again in the future, I am afraid it will take a lot of effort......
One failed in blackmail, the other was not fooled, and the two reached an impasse, so they skipped the topic very tacitly.
"I'm waiting for good news in Zongzheng Temple, and there is Brother Lao Zizheng planning for me outside, and that Wu ......" Li Zhi said, and suddenly smiled: "The girl surnamed Wu is really smart, but unfortunately it is still quite inferior to Brother Zizheng, I was not wrong just now, his talent is weak Brother Zi Zheng three points, but his ambition is ten points better than Brother Zizheng, leaving her by his side as a guest, to be honest, like chicken ribs, I think I will simply arrange a place for her to go away." ā
Li Su's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "You don't have to be like this, you still have to keep her by your side and use it well, she has great talents, and she also has the ambition to climb to the sky, which is better than the world's Angzang Xu Mei, some places may be inferior to her, slowly you will find her advantages, when she succumbed to my house, I also promised her to find a good place for her, and now she has taken the initiative to seek refuge in you, and she has the best of both worlds......"
Li Zhi smiled disapplausively: "Even you admire her so much, just a woman, really have great ability?" ā
Li Su looked at him seriously: "She is indeed capable, you don't underestimate her, in the future, whenever you encounter big or small things, you may wish to discuss with her, but you have to remember that for the hero, you are good at admonishing, but you also have to do something and not do something, her idea for you, the choice is all in your own judgment, you don't have to listen to the plan, when you can't make up your mind, you might as well ask me, and ......"
Seeing him pause, Li Zhi couldn't help but say curiously, "What else?" ā
Li Su pondered for a moment and said, "Also, if you find that she is getting more and more inflated, relying on your trust to be good at going alone, well, don't care so much, smoke her first!" ā
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Late at night, Tai Chi Palace.
Li Shimin sat in the main hall, reading the recital with a blank expression.
The white candle on the table emitted a faint pale yellow light, after the breeze blew, the candlelight became more and more dim, Li Shimin rubbed his dim eyes, picked up the small iron scissors on the table, and cut off a section of the burned blackened candle core, and the light around the table brightened a little.
When he turned around and continued to review the song, Li Shimin suddenly felt upset, and he couldn't even read a word.
Putting down the pen, Li Shimin let out a long sigh and closed his eyes for a long time.
There was silence in the hall, so quiet that even the sound of his own heartbeat could be heard, Li Shimin's brows became tighter and tighter, he didn't know what he remembered, even his breath was a little messy, and his face became pale.
Opening his eyes, Li Shimin took a small gold box from the corner of the table, opened the box, and there was a milky white pill the size of a pigeon's egg lying quietly inside.
The pill seemed to have some effect, and after taking less than half a stick of incense, Li Shimin's face gradually became ruddy, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, but the ruddy patch on his face looked a little weird, revealing a trace of unhealthy blue-gray.
After taking the medicine, Li Shimin's spirit was much better, and even his long-term chaotic thinking suddenly became clear.
Twisting his eyebrows and groaning for a moment, Li Shimin suddenly raised his voice and said, "Where is Chang Tu?" ā
Chang Tu, who wore a purple eunuch uniform, appeared outside the temple gate like a ghost.
He is a silent shadow, waiting for Li Shimin's call anytime and anywhere.
Li Shimin raised his eyes and swept over him, and said lightly: "Come into the hall." ā
Chang Tu walked into the hall in silence and stood ten steps away from Li Shimin.
Li Shimin looked at him, a smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he said softly: "You are the only person in this world who depends on me for life and death, you can be closer to me, and you don't have to avoid suspicion." ā
Chang Tu was silent and took another five steps forward, and then refused to approach again.
Rules are always rules, five steps are the rules of the monarch and ministers, and no matter how close it is, it is beyond the rules.
Li Shimin sighed and said, "How is the pheasant slave doing in Zongzheng Temple these two days?" ā
Chang Tu Gong said: "Spend a leisurely life, honor and disgrace are not shocked." ā
Li Shimin showed a unbearable look: "This child has never suffered since he was a child, and he doesn't know how to eat and live in Zongzheng Temple, but he has been wronged......"
Chang Tu lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the old slave's people are always staring at Zongzheng Temple, everything is fine with His Royal Highness King Jin these days, during which Li Su, the prince of Jingyang County, has visited him twice." ā
Li Shimin was stunned: "Li Su went to visit the pheasant slave? ā
"Yes."
Li Shimin was silent for a moment, and then said, "Is it just a visit?" ā
Chang Tu said softly: "When the two of them spoke, they retreated left and right, and the old slave didn't know what they said." ā
Li Shimin frowned and said, "From before Feng Du was assassinated to the present, has Li Su's small force in Chang'an City moved?" ā
Chang Tu said: "Not a single soldier has been moved, the matter involves the king of Jin, the king of Jin and Li Su are friends, and the source of Feng Du's assassination is to urge the adult prince to leave Beijing, the old slave also suspected whether Feng Du's assassination was related to Li Su, so he specially sent someone to keep an eye on Li Su and his fellow countryman Wang Zhi, and ordered that the inner should closely monitor every move of that force, but these days have passed, Li Su has no abnormal behavior, and the force under Wang Zhi has not made any movement, the old slave thinks that this matter may have nothing to do with Li Su. ā
Li Shimin snorted, his face a little complicated.
Li Su's guess was correct, as early as when Li Su designed to destroy the marriage between Princess Dongyang and the Gao family, Li Shimin suspected that someone was playing a ghost, and after sending Changtu to secretly investigate, the forces that Li Su and Wang Zhi set up in Chang'an City Well fell into Li Shimin's sight.
The reason why he did not choose to punish Li Su, Li Shimin's thoughts were the same as Li Su's judgment, at the beginning, this force was not strong, dozens of hundreds of people, most of them were scoundrels and ruffians in the market, plus a few rangers who could not be on the stage, in the eyes of an emperor like Li Shimin, he naturally sneered, to put it simply, at that time, Li Shimin was not even bothered to clean up the forces under Li Su, and he didn't even bother to clean him up, so he didn't bother to clean him up at all.
Later, Wang Zhi continued to expand his power, and the internal hierarchy and rules gradually became stricter, and he made great achievements in creating public opinion in Chang'an City, as well as exploring various news, this change naturally could not escape Chang Tu's eyes, as it grew stronger, Chang Tu finally began to face up to this force, and regarded it as an important matter to Li Shimin, until this time, Li Shimin paid attention to this force, and it was also at this time that a dozen or so people personally selected by Chang Tu should be mixed into this force.
As an emperor, it is absolutely forbidden to have such a force under his own control, it stands to reason that Li Shimin should eradicate this force as soon as possible, and then punish Li Su heavily, but after Li Shimin calmed down, he found that this force did not actually cause much damage to Chang'an City and the court. Except for Bao Li Su, it has not done anything to damage the society and threaten the palace.
This fact finally made Li Shimin's raised butcher knife gently put down.
Bao Li Su is not a reason, so many ministers in the court want to have means of self-preservation, and I have not seen anyone who is mad and riskes killing their heads and exterminating the clan to secretly cultivate a force to protect themselves, but Li Su is an exception.
First, Li Shimin knew that Li Su had no ambitions, and his original intention in cultivating this force was not to murder anyone, but to prevent others from murdering him. Second, as the internal response sent out by Chang Tu gradually occupied a high position within this force, its every move was actually under Li Shimin's control, and eradicating it was just a matter of one sentence, and Li Shimin was not in a hurry.
The most important reason is that Li Shimin gradually became interested in this force.
Over the years, its wings have gradually plumped, the internal organizational structure, the upper and lower levels, various methods of probing information and using public opinion, as well as the management method of vertical single-line contact up and down, etc., have made Li Shimin breathtaking, and in many ways even Chang Tu's subordinates can't do it, Li Shimin secretly praised Li Suwei is really a talent, even this kind of shady thing he can make some new tricks that ordinary people dare not think of, if this force changes its appearance, it becomes a part of the allegiance to the court and the royal family, Li Shimin's control of the court must be even more handy.
So Li Shimin started to take this force for his own use, which made Li Su heartless and free until now.
"Are you sure Li Su is not involved?" Li Shimin asked coldly.
Chang Tu replied quietly: "The old slave didn't dare to pack the ticket, but nine times out of ten, he shouldn't have participated." ā
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Since I didn't participate, then the case of Feng Du's assassination should have nothing to do with him, for the time being, withdraw the people who monitored Li Su and Wang Zhi, and let me carefully investigate whether the pheasant slave was wronged, the more I think about this case, the more it is not simple, and I am afraid that there is a deeper inside ......"
Chang Tu said: "The old slave also thinks that this case is not simple, from the Feng Mansion inexplicably appeared a subordinate to be killed, to the King of Jin's side of a guard was implicated, although everything is ironclad evidence, but the old slave always feels wrong, as if someone in the dark deliberately arranged, burying these evidence looming in a shallow place, just waiting for the old slave to be fooled, not so much that these are ironclad evidence, it is better to say that they are all one trap after another, the old slave now has a feeling of falling into a trap......"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and his face immediately became a little ugly: "Even you think so, it seems that it is not my delusion, the pheasant slave is very likely to be wronged, pity my pheasant slave, who was wronged but has a hard time arguing, and is so sensible, he took the initiative to ask for the ban on Zongzheng Temple......
Li Shimin's eyes were slightly red, and then he knocked on the table and said, "Since someone deliberately wronged the pheasant slave and often painted, have you ever thought about who did it?" ā
Chang Tu was silent for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "The old slave thinks ...... This case may be related to Lichu! ā
Li Shimin's expression remained unchanged, obviously not surprised by Chang Tu's speculation, but he closed his eyes tiredly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lichu...... Immediate storage! Are they so impatient? I'm not dead yet! ā
Chang Tu hung his head and stood still, and he didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere.
After a long time, Li Shimin asked with a complicated expression: "According to the etiquette system of erecting a concubine or not establishing a concubine, among the princes of mine at present, there are only two sons-in-law, Qingque and Pheasant Slave, do you mean it...... Is the blue finch framing the pheasant slave? ā
Chang Tu said softly: "The old slave didn't dare to say anything before he found out, maybe it was His Royal Highness the King of Wei, maybe it was His Majesty's princes who used various methods to get rid of the two sons-in-law, they also had the opportunity to win the position of the East Palace, and there is also a possibility, this case may be done by courtiers or even a family of gate lords, the old slave told the truth, before there is no conclusive evidence, even ...... Even His Majesty's Queen. Palace ladies and sisters, they can't rule out suspicion, this matter is too big, the involvement is too wide, anyone has the motive to assassinate Feng Du and blame the King of Jin, once they achieve their goal, they will definitely get a lot of money. ā
Li Shimin took a long breath, his face turned pale.
Ninety-five Supreme, the co-lord of the world, but when he leaned down and looked at it, he was all staring at him, whether it was his son, whether it was a courtier, or a door valve, the world was his enemy!
The emperor has been calculated by the people around him, is he really worthy of the title of "Heavenly Khan"?
Rubbing his eyebrows, Li Shimin had a terrible headache, twisted his eyebrows and closed his eyes, and didn't speak for a long time.
"Ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to bring me another Fushou Pill to ......," Li Shimin ordered tiredly.
Chang Tu snorted his lips a few times, and finally couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, the pill is a thing, and taking more medicine hurts the body, which is very bad, and the old slave thinks it is ......."
"Shut up! Is it your turn to talk about me? ā
Chang Tu sighed, so he had to turn around and ask the eunuch on duty outside the hall to pass the decree.
When he returned to Li Shimin, Li Shimin still looked extremely tired, and said listlessly: "Find a way to send or buy some eyeliner, waiting for the opportunity to blend into the palace of King Wei and the princes, their words and deeds must be detailed to me to find out who is behind this case." ā
Chang Tu awe-inspiring command.
"Also, Chu Suiliang, Fang Xuanling and other important ministers also arranged eyeliner to go in."
"Yes."
Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, then his expression became firm, and he said, "...... The auxiliary machine also arranged for people to go in. ā
Chang Tu was stunned for a moment, looked at him with some shock, and then immediately lowered his head and complied.