Chapter 293: Faith? Still not convinced? That's a problem

When Li Longji was thinking about his tired father in the study of the East Palace, Kong Jue's figure naturally appeared in his mind.

Thinking of this old minister who doesn't eat oil and salt, Li Longji's feelings are really complicated. The reason why he was so keen to overturn the case of Li Chongjun, the deposed prince of the previous dynasty, was to bring back to Beijing these former ministers of the East Palace who were implicated in the previous dynasty and were exiled and degraded. Not to mention anything else, just when Kong Jue returned to Beijing, he put in a lot of effort, greeted the suburbs with the respect of the prince, and then asked for warmth, personally supported the frame, and Corporal Lixian reached the point of full ten. I thought that these courtiers who had lost their foundation in the court would definitely throw themselves into themselves, but who would have thought that this idea would turn out to be just wishful thinking.

This move did win him a lot of praise in Shilin, and it was also a strong victory in the field where Princess Taiping had long been dominant, but it turned out that people like Kong Qi were not at all bought by some simple favors, or more precisely, for such people, any personal favors did not have much effect, and they had their own standards for self-conduct.

Seeing that he had spent a lot of effort to get these people back to Beijing, but he couldn't make them his wings, Li Longji was very bored for a while that day. But then the development of events made him extremely depressed, and many times the happiness in his heart was indescribable.

Because Kong Jue and others set their sights on Taiping.

Qiantian Kundi, Qianyang Kun Yin, Qianmen Kun Women, Male Yang and Female Yin, these Yin and Yang principles are extremely mysterious, and they boil down to one sentence: men have a place, women have a share, men should do men's things, women should do women's things, otherwise it is a reversal of the universe, Yin and Yang are dislocated, and the result of Yin and Yang dislocation is a simple four words: ominous to the sky. In the eyes of these Confucians, the heavens are in sympathy with human affairs, and the ominousness of the heavens will inevitably lead to the loss of peace on the earth, and the direct reaction is the chaos of the government and government, which will hurt the people. As for the example, there is no need to even cite Wu Cao, just a few years ago, Wei Hou's "chaos" is a clear proof.

Imperial power is the treasure of the country, ascend to the extreme and rule ****, this is the world's most rigid and yang thing, Wei Shu people covet this heaven and earth with a yin body, the result is that the world is out of harmony, the government is disordered, in just two years, the Tang Dynasty and the prince have collapsed, but also caused a bloody palace change in the inner palace. This fact has become the deepest pain in the hearts of Kong Jue and other old people in the East Palace.

This time, he returned to the imperial capital from a derogatory place, but saw that although the Wei Shu people were defeated, Princess Taiping of Zhenguo controlled the authority with a yin body, and saw that the Tang Dynasty was about to stage the catastrophe of "hen Si Chen, ominous in the sky" again, and the fighting spirit of Kong Jue and others based on "integrity" and "wind bones" was pushed to the top in a very short time.

Although the power of this force in the court is not very strong, its influence among the world's scholars and the people is far greater than that of the princess's mansion and the East Palace, and this force is still very firm, at least Li Longji knew that the princess's mansion housekeeper had brought gold beads and antiques worth no less than 100,000 yuan to Kong Jue's private house, but he didn't even enter the gate.

At the same time, this is still a very tenacious force, although Kong Jue was transferred from the position of Zhongcheng in the imperial history to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, but his strength against Princess Taiping has not weakened in the slightest, so that Princess Taiping, who used to often go to the court to directly participate in political affairs, has not been "exposed" at the court meeting for a long time.

It is precisely because of the rise of Kong Jue and others that attracted the power of Taiping, Li Longji's life during this period of time was so easy, and he had more time to accumulate his strength, in the process, he only needed to try his best to keep Kong Jue and others from being driven out of the court again, and from the perspective of his father's "sexual" personality of remembering the old love and acting indistinctly, it was not easy for Taiping to drive Kong Jue and others away for a while. Not to mention that even if she can do this, she will definitely lose the heart of Shilin, at least in this area, she will destroy more than ten years of water grinding work. No matter what, there are no wins and losses.

Thinking of this, Li Longji summoned someone to ask for a few words. After this person left, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but "show" a light smile, how would he react when Kong Jue "zigzag" knew that Taiping was plotting to depose the prince today...... It's exciting just thinking about it!

On the other hand, as Gao Lishi just said, since the-for-tat confrontation with the Taiping, almost every current court meeting will eventually evolve into a debate meeting, one side cites the scriptures and forces the women to interfere in politics is not in line with the etiquette, and implores the emperor to reduce the authority of the Taiping and move it to Luoyang, the eastern capital; On the other hand, Taiping's minions fought desperately, making his father uncomfortable even for him as a son. Judging by the current development trend, this torturous pilgrimage seems to show no sign of ending in a short period of time.

Being an emperor is not something you can do whatever you want, in the middle of the great-ancestor Zhenguan Dynasty, Emperor Taizong was often annoyed and ashamed by Wei Zheng's desire in the court and public, and looking at his father's "sex", he was afraid that his boredom and patience with this kind of life was almost over. It's just that I don't know if he will drive Kong Jue and the others out of the court again, or will he ask for "sex" to give up the imperial power after being extremely tired......

This thought made Li Longji's mood "fluctuate" for a long time before he slowly calmed down, from Gao Lishi said that his father was in an irritable mood and thought of Kong Qi and the recent court situation, at this moment when Ren continued to float, he naturally thought of Tang Cheng who was far away in the Raole Grassland.

Thinking of Tang Cheng, Li Longji's mood became more complicated, carefully reviewing the process of the two of them in the past few years, he actually really believed in what Zhang Liang said more than once, "The heavenly general will give the virtuous ministers to support him, and this can be said to be the meeting of the monarch and the minister!" Otherwise, how to explain a series of things since Tang Cheng took the initiative to move closer to him in Yangzhou.

At that time, he was just the third son of the palace of the Prime Minister of Anguo, it can be said that he wanted nothing, if he wanted to take refuge, Tang Cheng had at least ten better candidates than him, but why did he choose himself? If he had seen the emperor's meteorology at that time, even Li Longji himself would not have believed it, but if it wasn't so, what should he think?

This Tang Cheng gave him a huge and stable source of wealth for the first time, not to mention the past, even now, Yangzhou Haihu Shang is still the biggest source of wealth in his East Palace, whether it is the palace change after the abolition of Wei before or the competition for the position at this time, which one has less money? It can be said that he was able to ascend to the crown prince from the third son of a royal palace in just two years, and Tang became a stable source of wealth that he opened up.

Then in the palace change after the abolition of Wei, Tang Cheng personally went into battle and made great contributions; Then he made a plan so that he could bring Kong Jue and others into Beijing, which received the miraculous effect in front of him.

Thinking about the experience of the past few years, Li Longji, as the biggest beneficiary, always thinks of Tang Cheng and always comes down to the word "genius" in the end. What's even more unbelievable is that such a genius is even younger than himself, if such a person is not given by heaven, how can it be explained according to common sense?

"Bengu is really ashamed of him!" , Quiet room reverie, thinking about Tang Zheng's exploits, and then thinking about his current situation, Li Longji let out a long sigh. If he could return to Beijing smoothly from the Longmen County Commander last time, he would have been a big help.

After accumulating one thing after another, perhaps even Li Longji himself didn't realize that he had an inexplicable trust in Tang Cheng subtly, as if anything could be relieved as long as it was handed over to Tang Cheng to do.

At this time, Li Longji was far from the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, when he was tired of government after being the emperor for a long time, and now he is thinking about how to create a prosperous world of the Tang Dynasty like his great-grandfather Emperor Taizong after ascending the throne on that day.

With such a strong desire to forge ahead, and Li Shimin, who can tolerate Wei Zheng in terms of leniency, as an example, he can only value a genius like Tang Cheng. As for jealousy, that's a joke! If Li Longji was really a narrow-minded person who began to fear the talents of his courtiers before he even ascended the throne, how could he single-handedly create a prosperous Kaiyuan era that lasted for 29 years?

Thinking of the dangerous situation Tang Cheng was in, Li Longji couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart. It would be a pity if such a capable courtier, who seemed to be faintly connected with his "Mandate of Heaven", folded on the Raole Grassland! It was only after thinking of the letter he had written to the captain of the Tiancheng Army not long ago that the anxiety caused by worry calmed down a little.

The reply letter from the commander Jia Zixing had been delivered not long ago, and Li Longji really didn't pay much attention to the obvious words of surrender in this reply, even if he was now accumulating strength, it was the time to search for wings, and a small lieutenant of the border army could not get into his eyes. The only thing that interested him in the reply was that this Jia Duwei impassionedly guaranteed Tang Cheng's safety with his head, although Li Longji did not believe it all, but he was a little more comforted.

There are 8,000 Tiancheng troops here, so there should be no problem in protecting one Tang Cheng, right?

Just as he was thinking of this, the little eunuch who was waiting outside the door came in lightly and said that Master Zhang had arrived and was outside to ask for a meeting.

As soon as he heard the official position reported by the eunuch and knew that it was Zhang Liang who had arrived, Li Longji waved his hand, and Zhang Liang walked in after a while.

Zhang Liang waited for the eunuch on duty to serve tea and withdrew, and did not wait for Li Longji to ask, and said first: "Your Highness, Tang Beiqing sent a letterhead over again in a hurry."

As soon as he thought of Tang Cheng, he sent him a letterhead from thousands of miles away, is this considered the providence that Zhang Mingzhi said in front of him? This sudden thought made a faint smile appear on Li Longji's face, "Oh? The last time you replied to him for the palace, you couldn't answer the question in the book, but it was so fast? ”。

Previously, the East Palace had received a letter from Tang Cheng from Rao Le in a hurry, the content was to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to help urge Honglu Temple to inform the Silla Imperial Court as soon as possible to prohibit the arms and iron trade of the Khitans in Songmo, the reply to this letter was completed by Zhang Liang in accordance with Li Longji's meaning, and he was naturally familiar with the content inside, and said with a smile while handing over the letter: "Although the minister wrote the recent court situation and Taiping various actions clearly in the previous reply, but after all, it is so far away from the court, and His Royal Highness's questions are not easy to answer."

"Let's see", Li Longji took the letter and opened it, and immediately looked at it intently, looking at him with a slight smile slowly appearing on his face.

After reading the first three pages of this thick letterhead, Li Longji temporarily put down the back part, "This is Tang Beiqing's answer, you can also take a look."

When Zhang Liang was reading these three pages of letterhead, Li Longji neither continued to read the content behind nor spoke, and unconsciously tapped the book table next to him with his fingers, while continuing to think about Tang Cheng's answers in these three pages of letterhead.

After a while, Zhang Liang had also finished reading it, and raised his head to look at Li Longji, "Tang Beiqing said that Taiping's attempt to get involved in the imperial power will definitely fail, and his people will also be defeated, and the minister agrees with this point, but the four points he put forward in this regard are only general."

When Li Longji heard this, he glanced at Zhang Liang deeply and smiled slightly, "It's still your original words, he is too far away from the court to take care of the details." However, these four points are not general, on the contrary, they are all to the point. Mingzhi, judging from the vision of dominating the overall situation, you might as well be merciful! ”。

Hearing this, Zhang Liang not only did not change his "color", but said with a calm smile: "Don't love geniuses, it's better to sigh for a long time!" but ...... the letter says."

"In this letter, he said four reasons for the inevitable defeat of Taiping", Li Longji was obviously interested, got up from his seat and paced around the room and said slowly: "First, Taiping is greedy for money and treasures, and his daily life in the princess's mansion is arrogant and extravagant. You must have heard a lot of rumors about these things, although Jingzhao Yamen did not dare to accept these cases, but the more peaceful it was, the more it hurt the people's hearts. Emperor Taizong, the great ancestor of the past, said: 'All the people are like water, the community is like a boat, the water can carry the boat, and it can also overturn the boat'. Such short-sighted people want to get their hands on heavy treasures, and if they are not defeated, heaven will not tolerate it! ”。

"Second, although Taiping's power has expanded rapidly over the years, its network wings are all bribes with money, and her instructions to her subordinates 'Confucian officials are poor, and they should hold gold silk to thank them' have long flowed out of the princess's mansion and are almost well known. It seems that the wings who can be impressed and bought by a little wealth need to say more? It's just a rabble of local chickens and dogs, no matter how many people there are, what are they afraid of? Although five of the seven ministers in Fang Jin's political affairs hall are out of the house, Song Jing, who has the strongest "sexual" ability, is afraid of it, and this alone can take a peek at the leopard."

"Third, although Taiping is easy to get power, but what she is good at is just a small yin and a small means, since her father returned to the throne, the power of the government can be said to be in her hands, but in the past two years, it can be seen that she has made any achievements in the government? Not only that, but the 'oblique sealing official' who she pushed for restoration last year was even more foolish."

This matter has become the focus of discussion in Chang'an City since last year, Zhang Liang naturally knows the reason for the matter, and said with a smile: "This is still the tail of the hand that the Taiping united with Wei Shuren and the Shangguan Wan'er in the previous dynasty, in the final analysis, it is just a means for a few women to bribe and collect money, as long as you pay 300,000 yuan, even the merchant butcher can also be awarded an official, it is really a big joke in the world!" For this reason, there was a lot of discussion in the market, saying, 'Yao and Song are the prime ministers, and evil is invincible to good; If you are in peace, what is right is better than evil.'"

Li Longji had heard this a long time ago, but when he heard Zhang Liang say it at this time, he couldn't help laughing, "The reason why Taiping last year strongly promoted the restoration of the oblique official despite Song Jing's opposition was because he thought that this matter was related to the dispute over whether women could participate in politics. But I didn't expect that because of this, her stupidity would be revealed to the world. Imperial court officials can also buy and sell as clearly as goods! Isn't it a joke that people say that they are too peaceful and arbitrary? ”。

"What His Highness said is true".

"This is Tang Beiqing's argument," Li Longji continued with a smile on his face: "The fourth and most important point is that with the heart and means of the Empress Zetian in the past, it was only after thirty years of preparation to take charge of the government that she ascended to the position of puppet emperor at the age of sixty-seven. Rao is like this, even when he is old and sick, he still inevitably encounters the changes of the five kings "forced" the palace, how does Taiping compare with the first queen of heaven? What's more, since the first Empress Zetian called the puppet emperor and changed the name of the country to Zhou, my government and the opposition have been very vigilant about women's interference in politics, and under such a general trend, any attempt by women to interfere in politics will surely fail.

After saying so many words in one breath, Li Longji turned around and took the teacup and drank it all, then he laughed and said: "These four points are full of things, how can they be generalized?" Tang Beiqingguo does not disappoint, this statement is deeply in my heart! ”。

"It's a pity that he is not in Beijing now", Zhang Liang sighed with a smile, pointed to the other letterheads on the small table and said: "Your Highness, let's see what else he has to do?" ”。

Happily picked up these letterheads, Li Longji looked at the smile on his face was gone, but slowly a faint flush appeared, this reaction was obviously the result of huge emotional fluctuations, seeing this, Zhang Liang wanted to ask, but then looked at Li Longji's tightly pursed mouth, so he pressed back the words again, just waited quietly. It's just that there are inevitably doubts and confusion in his heart.

What did Tang Cheng say in this letter that made His Highness react so much?

Zhang Liang waited for a long time, and the rest of the letterhead made Li Longji look at it again and again, as if these pages were really heavy.

After a long time, Li Longji opened his mouth after exhaling a breath, presumably there must be something in his heart that was very suffocating, even his exhalation was vicious, "Tang Beiqing wants the imperial court to send troops to Raole, and asks the palace to inform the governor of Youzhou as soon as possible and allow him to borrow troops."

Hearing this, Zhang Liang suddenly stood up from his seat, "What? ”。 It's no wonder that he reacted so violently, under the pressure of many vassal states, how long has it been since the son reiterated the edict of "the sea is as one" in the Taimiao? Tang Cheng's move didn't let the imperial court slap himself in the face, how could this be possible?

The current court situation is that Princess Taiping is entangled by Kong Jue and others, and the East Palace should take advantage of the time when the pressure is reduced to bury her head to expand her strength. It didn't even take that time for Zhang Liang to come up with what it would be like for the Taiping courtiers to flock to the East Palace once the matter was raised. I'm afraid that even the face of the Son of Heaven won't look good.

As for sending a letter to the governor of Youzhou, it was purely a fool's errand. This Zhang Shouyi's clear attitude towards the current situation is that the princess's mansion and the East Palace do not rely on each other, with his position, even if His Royal Highness the prince writes a letter to him, it is difficult to say how much effect it has, on the contrary, this letter that does not necessarily work will bring great hidden dangers to the prince.

"This Tang farewell, what does he want to do?" , Zhang Liang shook his head directly and said: "This matter is absolutely not feasible."

"He wants to plot a big thing", Li Longji's eyes were extremely clear at this moment, "If this matter can really be achieved, it will be a great achievement that has not been achieved by the country and the dynasty in recent decades."

"In case of trouble, you should think about defeat first, and the most important thing to guard against is Li Lingzhi, which is the original words of his farewell."

In the letter, he said that there was a legitimate way for the imperial court to send troops, and the reason for this arrangement was that he was afraid that Rao Le would be too far away from Chang'an and would not be able to catch up. Mingzhi rest assured, I will never open this matter in the court now, but Zhang Shouyi's letter is ......."

"Your Majesty thought that this letter could not be written, but Your Highness tried to ...... it."

"The risks you want to say are known to this palace", Li Longji waved his hand to stop Zhang Liang's tirade about to exit, "but for this palace, this is actually just a problem."

"What?".

"Should I believe that he Tang Beiqing has the ability to turn the sky with this hand", Li Longji patted the stack of light letterheads on the small table and said in a deep voice: "If you really believe that he has the means to be far away, this letter should be written, if you don't believe in this letter, you can't write it, after simplifying the complex, this matter is just like that."

"Your Highness ......."

"If it is something else, this palace will not hesitate to repair the book immediately, but this matter is too big...... Rong Bengong thinks about it, and he thinks about it, and he thinks about it......".