Chapter 105: Sun Xiangfu's Righteousness
Sun Xiangfu has never liked to do risky things, but if he is allowed to sit idly by, he will always think of the scene that appeared when he first faced the world squarely, it was Lawyer Pei who saved himself under Daniel Zhang's knife, and in disguise, helped himself get food and saved his younger brothers and sisters.
"Say it! Tell me everything you know, and maybe I can find a way to help you. ”
Since he can't hide from it, and he can't ignore his inner feelings, Sun Xiangfu can only face it calmly and participate calmly.
"Wang Junkuo came to Chang'an, and it seems that he came alone, but in fact, his dead soldiers lurked into the city before him." Lawyer Pei still said in a low voice.
"So, do they want to assassinate His Majesty, or rob the Emperor?" Sun Xiangfu stared at Lawyer Pei's eyes and said.
"Perhaps, if you can't assassinate Your Majesty, then the Emperor will go to Youzhou and call on local officials to lead troops to fight Your Majesty." Lawyer Pei speculated.
"Well, in this way, Your Majesty will lose his righteousness, and there may be many people who support the Emperor, Pei Xiang thinks that the Emperor's victory will be great, right?" Sun Xiangfu followed Lawyer Pei's words.
Lawyer Pei nodded silently, but Changsun Chong retorted, "Pei Xiang underestimated Your Majesty too much, when has Your Majesty ever relaxed on a minister like Pei Xiang, so this plan is doomed to failure." ”
"Not necessarily, if there are people from the family who support Emperor Taishang and Pei Xiang!" Sun Xiangfu looked into Lawyer Pei's eyes again and said.
"Saga gate valve? Will they provoke war in the country again? Changsun Chong was a little unconvinced, but after seeing Lawyer Pei's expression, he was stunned.
No one knows how much power the family gate valve headed by the seven sects and five surnames is, Li Yuan was relatively loose when he was in power, and the family could easily accumulate wealth and enjoy a transcendent position with a relatively stable attitude.
Li Shimin's reign is different, his ambition is huge, he is unwilling to divide power for the family, Sun Xiangfu's series of actions, and a series of policies of the imperial court to support the poor have Li Shimin's support, the reason why they are not moved at present is because the time is not yet.
Therefore, there is no shortage of smart people in the family gate valve should see this, and it is very likely to accept Pei Lian's lobby and come out to support Li Yuan, after all, Hedong Pei's family is also one of the family gate valves, and the interests are the same as them.
"So, Pei Xiang must have arranged more than Wang Junkuo, right? Even, Wang Junkuo's people are simply an abandoned son who tempted His Majesty. Sun Xiangfu's mind turned relatively quickly, and he said the key point at once.
Wang Junkuo in history, after discovering that the rebellion was exposed, he immediately wanted to run away, but he was slaughtered by Li Shimin's secret guards who had already arranged for him, and the historical records record that he died at the hands of 'savages', how stupid people are to believe that Li Shimin, who started with a rebellion, will unreservedly believe in a general who leads troops outside.
And Pei Lin would not be stupid not to see this, so the reason why he dared to launch this coup d'état was because he persuaded Li Shimin that he might not be able to defeat the family gate valve, with righteousness in hand, coupled with the support of the family gate valve, he felt that he had a great chance of victory, so he would take the risk to plan all this.
He counted all this, but he didn't understand another truth, 'big fists are the last word'.
Li Shimin can fight, and the existing fierce generals in the Tang Dynasty are all under him, so what Li Shimin said is the truth.
The reason why Sun Xiangfu is not optimistic about Pei Lian's success is also because he sees this, Li Shimin has the highest prestige in the army, and the generals are more pro-him, even if Li Yuan is righteous? If you can't beat it, you can't beat it, and under the fist, righteousness is bullshit. Even if Li Yuan successfully escaped, Li Shimin could still make up a reason for the rebellious ministers and thieves to hold the emperor hostage, and send troops to sweep away all disobedience.
In fact, what Li Shimin plans in the palace every day is how many troops he can move, how much combat power he can have, and there is no way to deal with the outside, and internally, he never lets his military strength be weak.
"Brother Zhengming's mind is really smart, when I first met in Happy Village, I said that it was your blessing to be remembered by me, and now it seems that meeting you in Happy Village is my blessing." Lawyer Pei smiled bitterly.
"Don't talk about these useless things, let's talk about how to save your Pei family!" Sun Xiangfu waved his hand.
"Save the Pei family? It seems that Brother Zhengming has thought of some other things that I didn't expect, but is the Pei family still saved? Lawyer Pei laughed miserably.
"Your Majesty doesn't want to declare war with the family at this time, so your Pei family still has a glimmer of life, now, tell me all of Pei Xiang's plans, if you can kill your relatives in righteousness, come forward to report, and help Your Majesty destroy all of Pei Xiang's plans, then, at least, things will not affect your life."
"Righteous annihilation?"
Lawyer Pei said with a hint of pain on his face when he heard this.
"Sometimes, people have to take responsibility for what they have done, and you can't ask Your Majesty to forgive a person who wants to overthrow him in every possible way, and it is impossible for you to do it." Sun Xiangfu persuaded.
"Yes! Brother Pei, if you can help Your Majesty to uproot all the rebel forces hidden in Chang'an City, then maybe Your Majesty will be extrajudicial and let Pei Xiang return to his hometown. Eldest Sun Chong knew Sun Xiangfu's intentions, and also joined in the persuasion.
Lawyer Pei is just a young man, and he is not a resourceful type, under the persuasion of Sun Xiangfu and Changsun Chong, he finally told some of the news he knew, so Sun Xiangfu and Changsun Chong quickly entered the palace and told Li Shimin about the matter.
In the Lizheng Palace, Li Shimin listened to Sun Xiangfu and Changsun Chong's narration calmly, and did not make any arrangements for the information they provided, but stared at Sun Xiangfu with a pair of godly eyes, "In your Sun Zhengming's eyes, is the righteousness of the monarch and the minister important, or the righteousness of the friend?" ”
"Your Majesty, this question, Weichen can't answer it." Sun Xiangfu almost sweated when he heard this, thought about it, but replied according to his own heart.
"Why? Is it hard to answer? Li Shimin continued to look at Sun Xiangfudao.
"Well, Weichen really doesn't know, I'm not afraid to confess to Your Majesty, Wechen met Yigong that was lucky, and then his life was threatened, and he asked for help to Yigong's mansion in order to live safely, and then later, he encountered a greater threat, so Tuo Yigong begged His Majesty here, and the reason why he did his best for His Majesty is because His Majesty can protect Wechen's safety, in Wechen's view, His Majesty protects Wechen's safety, and Wechen does his best to serve His Majesty, which is the righteousness of the monarch and minister between His Majesty and Wechen. As for the fact that Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, do you believe it yourself, Your Majesty? Anyway, Weichen doesn't believe it.
And lawyer Pei is a friend of Wechen, when Wechen was in the most difficult time, he helped Wechen, which is considered to be kind to Wechen, and now he is in trouble, Wechen finds a way to help him, this is the meaning of a friend between me and him.
If Wechen can ignore the righteousness of a friend with Lawyer Pei today, then he will also be able to ignore the righteousness of a monarch and a minister between him and His Majesty today, because in Wechen's heart, the two righteousness are equally important, and it is really difficult to make a choice. Sun Xiangfu went out and bent down and bowed.
After Sun Xiangfu's words were finished, Li Shimin did not react for a long time, and the eldest Sun Chong on the side secretly scolded Sun Xiangfu for being confused, how can the righteousness of a mere friend be compared with the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and he can't even speak according to the emperor's wishes, maybe he will have a big basket in the future, no, he has already barreled a big basket now.
"Hehe, you are the first person who dares to say in front of me that you don't believe in the Son of Heaven, but I know that you are not lying, this is what you think in your heart, let you go today, you should step back first!"
Although Li Shimin said this sentence with a smile, Sun Xiangfu did not see the joy in his expression, but a kind of regret and disappointment more, and was about to retreat according to his words, after thinking about it, he still bowed his hand again, "Your Majesty, the Wangjianglou industry is not easy to come by, and the decoration is also very expensive, if it is not necessary, it is better not to kill the blood here!" ”
"Idiot, get out, do you really think that Pei Lin will let the Emperor Taishang go to your Wangjiang Tower to watch a play before escaping?"
Li Shimin finally couldn't help it, and in the midst of the angry scolding, Sun Xiangfu rolled out of the hall in a gloomy manner.
In this matter, Li Shimin obviously believed that Sun Chong had more blessings than Sun Chong, so he would only leave Changsun Chong to discuss secretly, but before he walked out of the palace gate, he received an edict from Li Shimin sent a eunuch, and the white snake of Wangjianglou was passed on to start in three days, no matter what method was used, everyone in Chang'an City would know the news today.
So, Sun Xiangfu, who didn't know how Li Shimin would deal with this matter in the end, had to send a boat back to Xingfu Village to pick up Yu Xiu'er, and asked Wangjianglou to arrange someone to put out the posters and propaganda.
"Zhengming, did Your Majesty mention how to deal with my Pei family?" In the office of the restaurant, Lawyer Pei pestered Sun Xiangfu and asked.
"Let's think Your Majesty is too simple, he should deal with it secretly, and continue to let your father pull his henchmen in the court." Sun Xiangfu shook his head and said.
"Continue to let it go?" Lawyer Pei looked at Sun Xiangfu puzzled.
"That's right, it should be laissez-faire, just like letting your father plan all this before, Your Majesty should let your father escape, continue to use him, and involve all the people who dare to oppose him in Datang, and finally, ······ again"
"Settle the ledger?"
"Maybe, maybe not, hey, who can guess His Majesty's thoughts! In short, if I don't expect it badly, your father will not die for a while, provided that you don't tell your father what I said to you. ”
The reason why Sun Xiangfu said this was because he knew from Li Shimin's calm gaze that most of the contents of the two informants he and his eldest grandson Chong had already known, and he was confident that he could control the situation.
At the same time, he also guessed that Li Shimin didn't want to put the conflict on the bright side with the family gatekeeper, because there are still many internal and external troubles in the Tang Dynasty that have not been resolved, there are natural disasters in the north, there are secessions in the south, Tubo, Tuyuhun, Xue Yantuo, Gaoli, are all eyeing the Tang Dynasty, even on the Turkic side, there are many variables, and the problems of the family are definitely not as urgent as the previous problems, and it is likely to hurt the muscles and bones when dealing with them.
But no matter what, Lawyer Pei confessed what Pei Lin did to Sun Xiangfu and Eldest Sun Chong, and asked them to report Li Shimin on their behalf.