Chapter 852: Li Ke's Intentions

Three days later, another 30,000 cavalry galloped all the way to Suzhou in the northwest under the leadership of Gongsun Wude and Cheng Chumo, which was almost the largest number of cavalry that Chang'an could transfer in a short period of time, and as for the other more than 70,000 soldiers, Gongsun Wude held the emperor's decree that they would be recruited and deployed in the vicinity of Ganzhou, Liangzhou and Lanzhou near Suzhou, so as to ensure that the army could rush to Suzhou as quickly as possible for reinforcements.

At the same time, not long after the establishment of the palace, Li Zhi, the king of Jin, who was only twelve years old, with the support of Empress Changsun and Changsun Wuji and others, won the position of accompanying overseers very strongly between his brother Li Ke, King of Wu, and Li Zhen, King of Yue, and together with Gongsun Wude and Cheng Chumo, they rushed to the northwest.

Regarding Li Shimin's decision and partiality attitude, Li Ke seemed a little disheartened, and he stayed at home every day and drank heavily. He couldn't figure out why, why he was the best candidate to accompany the army to the west, but his father had excluded himself again and again?

Li Chengqian's rebellious trip with the army was okay if he didn't return from disaster relief, but why did his father rather let Lao Jiu, a child, go over, than let his third son, who was strong and have some experience in marching, accompany him? Li Ke couldn't figure out what his father was guarding against, did his father think that he, Li Ke, would be like the previous fourth and princes, and would rebel and rebel?

"Your Highness, Lord Cen is out asking to see you"

"Don't see you, don't see it" threw the wine jug in his hand and threw it on the body of the passer, Li Ke shouted violently: "No one is seen in this king today, let them get out of me, and no one will bother me"

"Li Jie, you can step back first, just have me here." When Li Jie bent down to pick up the broken pieces of the wine jug, a gentle and calm voice sounded beside him, Cen Wenwen was uninvited, patted Li Jie's shoulder, signaled him to withdraw from the room, and then approached Li Ke, who was still losing his temper there, bowed and saluted: "His Royal Highness King Wu, why now, it is Weichen, and His Royal Highness doesn't want to see him again?" ”

"It turned out that Lord Cen had arrived," glanced up at Cen Wenwen, Li Ke didn't have the slightest intention of getting up to salute, grabbed another wine jug and poured it up, and then said to Cen Wenwen with a mouthful of wine: "Cheng méng Lord Cen took care of it, so that this king will get a merit after the New Year, this king should really thank Lord Cen"

"Your Highness, this is blaming Weichen." Cen Wenwen sat down uninvited, looked at Li Ke with an unchanged face, and said calmly: "Blame Weichen for not doing his best, and took His Royal Highness away during the first western expedition, so that the prince could borrow the east wind smoothly. Blame Weichen didn't do his best, and when he went out on the second expedition, he didn't fight for His Royal Highness, and let King Jin take a step ahead. ”

"Hmph" Li Ke snorted coldly, turned around, sat with his back to Cen Wenwen, and poured alone.

"If there are many words, Weichen doesn't want to explain, there is only one sentence, Weichen wants to ask His Highness." Seeing that Li Ke didn't want to see him like this, Cen Wenwen threw his hand at Li Ke's back disappreciatively and said: "Compared with the crown prince, His Royal Highness the King of Jin, who is only twelve years old, will it become an obstacle for His Highness and cause His Highness to be afraid?" ”

"As far as the child slave is concerned, he is also qualified for that qualification?" After being stabbed, Li Ke turned around abruptly, his eyes fixed on Cen Wenwen: "This king and the crown prince competed for power, and when he fought against the Turks, he was still hiding in the arms of the eldest grandson queen and was coquettish, will this king be afraid of him?" Joke"

"That's the case," Seeing Li Ke turn around, Cen Wenwen looked a little relaxed and asked Li Ke softly, "Then why is His Highness so out of shape today?" ”

"That's because," Li Ke suddenly became a little short of breath, but he still said something in a loud voice: "That's because the king is not convinced, and the father is unfair"

"The emperor is unfair?" Cen Wenwen shook his head lightly, and said to Li Ke in a low voice: "According to His Highness's opinion, when will all the affairs in this world be truly fair?" ”

"The so-called fairness and justice have always been relative," Cen Wenwen said: "When the strength is reached, who dares to be unfair to you?" If you don't have the strength to do it, how can you expect everything to be as you want? ”

"To put it mildly, why did His Highness lose in the court this time, is His Highness really inferior to His Royal Highness the King of Jin?" didn't give Li Ke a chance to speak, Cen Wenwen continued: "No, it's because His Royal Highness the King of Jin has a queen mother who commands the harem, and because His Royal Highness the King of Jin has an uncle who is powerful in the government and the opposition." ”

"Last time, why did Wechen let His Highness receive a disaster relief errand and escape? Why not let His Highness compete with the crown prince for the position of overseer of the Western Expedition? Cen Wenwen said: "It's not because His Royal Highness's ability is insufficient, it's not because Weichen is unwilling to do his best, but it's because the crown prince is the same as His Royal Highness the King of Jin today, he has a strong backer behind him. ”

"His Royal Highness also said that the King of Jin is young and not to be afraid," Cen Wenwen persuaded: "And the northwest is dangerous, and it is not a good thing for His Royal Highness the King of Jin to accompany the army this time, so why should His Highness be obsessed with it and borrow wine here to drown his sorrows?" ”

"Mr. is right, I was out of shape before, I beg Mr. forgiveness" As if suddenly enlightened, Li Ke put down the wine jug in his hand, got up and bowed to Cen Wenwen, and said respectfully: "Please also ask Mr. to teach me, what should I do now?" ”

"The crown prince is treasonous, the king of Jin is far away, the king of Yue and the king of Jiang are not in the climate, there is no need to worry, and now the situation in the entire court is extremely favorable to His Royal Highness." Seeing Li Ke's recovery, Cen Wenwen was quite relieved in his heart, although His Royal Highness the King of Jin was easy to be impulsive and made some partial moves, but he was also better than being able to know his mistakes and change them, and not take a fight, that's all, he has won more than other princes.

"The crown prince rebelled, and many powerful people who were originally attached to the prince are now in a panic, like a group of generalless stragglers, hasn't His Highness always coveted these powers?" Turning his head to look at Li Ke, Cen Wenwen said to him lightly: "It's the best time to make a move now."

"What Mr. said is extremely true" Li Ke heard this, and his heart couldn't help but move, those subordinates of the prince are a piece of féiròu that is not xiǎo, if they can be brought under his command, then the power of his Wu Wangfu will be like the sky, and when he is in Chang'an City, even his father and the emperor will be afraid of three points.

"In Mr.'s opinion, where should I start?" Restraining his mood, Li Ke bowed down again to ask Cen Wenwen for advice.

"Originally, Weichen did not suggest that His Royal Highness gather too many forces, lest the emperor would be suspicious of His Royal Highness," did not rush to answer Li Ke's question, Cen Wenwen said softly: "But now, the crown prince is gone, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin carries the hope of the future of his eldest grandson, whether it is the queen or the eldest grandson Wuji, they will not stop." It wouldn't be a bad thing if His Highness could control more of his strength now, and let them have some scruples. ”

"Yes, sir." Li Ke acquiesced, and then looked at Cen Wenwen with a blank eye and asked him for advice.

"As for where to start," Cen Wenwen stroked his beard lightly and said lightly: "The military department is now a taboo in the eyes of the emperor, and no one can touch it, and His Royal Highness should not seek this bad luck and provoke the emperor's suspicion." According to Wei Chen's opinion, it is better for His Royal Highness to start with those princes who are good with the crown prince. ”

"Fang Yiai and Duhe them?" Li Ke nodded lightly, don't look at these people who don't have much power now, but they have a good background and a good Lao Tzu, this is capital.

Chang'an, Liufu.

When Li Ke and Cen Wenwen were discussing how to properly take over the power of Chang'an left by the crown prince, Liu Yiyi had already prepared his bags and boarded the carriage to prepare for a long journey.

This time, Liu Yiyi didn't bring too many people with him, except for a Liu Cheng who was already a little rich, there was only one handle to follow.

"Alright, let's go back." Sitting in the car, Liu Yi lifted the curtain and looked at his daughter-in-law who had refused to enter the house and said softly: "At least three months, more than half a year, the husband will definitely be able to come back safely, and the lady does not need to worry." ”

"Well," nodded reluctantly, Zhang Chuchu hugged his son and said softly to Liu Yiyi: "Husband is all the way, there is Chu Chu at home shì in-laws, husband doesn't have to worry about things at home, finish things early, come back early." ”

Knowing that he couldn't stop his husband's footsteps, the only thing Zhang Chuchu could do now was to try to be as strong as possible, and have the appearance of a principal mother, so that his husband could travel far away, and he didn't have to worry about family affairs, and he could walk with peace of mind.

"Young lady rest assured, there are xiǎo people here, and there will be no accidents for the young master outside." Seeing that the young lady still had a worried look on her face, Liu Cheng, who was also sitting in the carriage, smiled and reassured. Although he knew in his heart that his trip with the young master was very likely to be more auspicious, but in front of the young lady, Liu Cheng still had a relaxed face.

"In this way, there will be Brother Lao Liu." Slightly chong Liu Cheng saluted, Zhang Chuchu said softly.

"Alright, it's not too early, it's time to go." Liu Yiyi looked at Chu Chu and said softly: "After a while, when the father and mother get up, there will be a wife who will accuse her husband on her behalf, saying that her husband has some business to be busy with, and it will take a while to return, so let them not worry." ”

"Don't worry, husband, I can save all this." Seeing that her husband was about to leave, Zhang Chuchu said in a tight voice: "Husband, take care all the way, the weather over there is dry and cold, don't forget to add more clothes." ”

"Well, lady, let's go back." Nodding lightly, and taking one last look at his daughter-in-law and son, Liu Yiyi stretched out his hand to lower the curtain, and opened a voice to the handlebar in front of him: "Yao San'er, let's go"

Yao San responded, waved the long whip in his hand, and galloped all the way in the carriage, and in a short time, he had already thrown Liu Mansion away. In front of Liufu, Zhang Chuchu was still holding the child, standing there looking at the direction of the carriage in the distance