Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Situation in Chang'an
As an intelligence leader, Wu Meiniang naturally knows a lot about the war, and whenever she hears that Li Sutian's shameless credit is on her head, she is amused and giggles. And when Li Su said in the end, he concealed the tryst between Li Shimin and Queen Silla, after all, this is a family affair of their Li family, and it is really difficult to spread it. However, for the conversation between Li Shimin and himself, Li Su told Wu Meiniang word for word.
The reason why this is the case is mainly because there are too few think-tank talents around Li Su, and Lu Hong is one, but that conversation was originally about them, the former ministers of the Liang State, so naturally he couldn't let him help the staff officers. And among the rest of the people, Yanbei is just a second hanger, and it is useless to talk to him, the only one who has the ability and qualifications to help Li Su take a closer look is only this teenage Wu Meiniang.
Wu Meiniang is in charge of intelligence, and she knows a lot about Li Su, and they have also investigated Lu Qing, but they never thought that their gang would be related to Li Su's princess, and the identity of the princess is even more amazing, she is still the princess of Nanliang more than ten years ago, and Lu Qing and their gang are all former ministers of the princess.
After listening, Wu Meiniang was excited and a little disappointed in her heart, excited that Li Su trusted herself so much, and even told herself this kind of secret thing without reservation, which shows that in the other party's heart, she has regarded herself as a person who can be absolutely trusted. However, Princess Qi's life experience is so amazing, and the old ministers of Liang are all under Li Su, and they are entrusted with important tasks, so that Princess Qi's position is extremely strong, even if she can see the light in the future, she still can't compete with others, and she is destined to be Li Su's wife. Thinking of this, Wu Meiniang, who has always been arrogant, is naturally a little disappointed.
"Husband, Your Majesty is really kind to your son. There is no blame for such a big thing. It also helps you analyze the disadvantages of using Lu Hong's people, but just one Su Dingfang may not be able to suppress Lu Qing and Hu Li. It seems that His Highness has to find a way to find a few more generals. Although Wu Meiniang was disappointed in her heart, she didn't show it, and thought for a while before she spoke.
"That's what I'm going to do. My father asked me to go back to Chang'an for a while, just taking advantage of this opportunity to find a way to bring more people here, and Chang'an's industry should also be sorted out. Li Su nodded and agreed, after leaving Chang'an for so long, he should also go back and take a look, and although Wang Zihao did a good job, there are some things that still need him to come forward in person.
"Husband, now is not a good time to go back to Chang'an. But Your Majesty has an order, and you have to go back, it seems that this time Chang'an City can't be calm if you want to. I heard that Li Shimin wanted Li Su to return to Chang'an. Wu Meiniang sighed. Said with a worried face.
"What, what has happened to the situation in Chang'an?" Li Su was stunned when he heard this. Immediately reacted and asked.
"Hehe, what else can change, isn't it your two good brothers, one was originally powerful, and the other was precarious, but now the situation is reversed, the precarious salted fish turned over, and also got the position of a prisoner, the powerful heart is not convinced, and causes trouble everywhere, and now the entire Chang'an City is made by them, if it weren't for the Wei Guogong and Fang Xiang in town, it is estimated that even the war in Goguryeo may be affected."
Wu Meiniang said with a smile, but when it came to Li Su's two elder brothers, she showed disdain, in her opinion, no matter which aspect, her husband Li Su is more than a hundred times stronger than those two, and the throne of the Tang Dynasty should also be occupied by the capable, all the princes talk about talent, naturally led by the husband around him, and only his husband is qualified to sit on the throne.
After hearing this, Li Su probably knew what was going on, but he still asked some details in detail, and only then did he understand the bad things that Li Chengqian and Li Tai had done in Chang'an. At the beginning, Li Shimin handed over the position of superintendent to Li Chengqian, and at the beginning, the prince of the Tang Dynasty did a very good job, and the government affairs were handled in an orderly manner, and even Fang Xuanling praised him. However, with Li Tai's troubles later, things were completely out of control.
First of all, Li Tai had people spread rumors everywhere, widely spread the fact that Li Chengqian had a foot disability, and also exaggerated the facts, saying that Li Chengqian's foot disease was very serious. The matter of the prince's foot disease was only circulated among the court and nobles at first, after all, it was a matter of national system, and those who knew it only talked about it in private, and they didn't dare to spread it indiscriminately, so the common people didn't know much. At the same time, Li Chengqian's abnormal sexual orientation was also announced, so as to hit the other party's popularity. Although Li Tai thought that what he did was very secretive, so that no one could find any evidence to prove that he did it, everyone knew it.
As soon as these two rumors came out, it really had a great effect, and there was an unwritten rule for officials in the Tang Dynasty, that is, there were certain requirements for the appearance of officials, not necessarily very good-looking, but at least the limbs were sound and good-looking. This is still the case for an official, let alone the prince of a country. As for the other abnormal sexual orientation, if it is put on ordinary people, it is nothing, the ancients are far more open than later generations imagined, and they also have a very tolerant attitude towards homosexuality, and they will only think that the other party's virtue is a loss, but virtue is one of the most important virtues for a prince, so for a time public opinion was very unfavorable to Li Chengqian.
As these two rumors reached Li Chengqian's ears, the prince who was proud of the spring breeze was angry, and he left serious political affairs alone, and began to use the power in his hands to carry out a series of suppressions on Li Tai, the most important thing is that those who are usually attached to Li Tai, if Li Chengqian finds a little mistake, they will either be demoted or killed.
Li Tai was already unconvinced, seeing that the position of the prince was already very close to him, but Li Chengqian sat in the prison again, which made the position of the prince become extremely solid all of a sudden, so he was also very unwilling in his heart, and he was angry with his revenge, but it attracted Li Chengqian's severe retaliation.
Fang Xuanling and Li Jing persuaded Li Chengqian many times, asking him to take out the strength of a brother, don't be like Li Tai, everything is based on government affairs, if it was put in the past, Li Chengqian could still listen to these words, but since his leg was lame, his temperament has changed greatly, in the words of later generations, he has become very inferior and sensitive, and his thoughts are also a little extreme, so he can't listen to it at all, and still does his own thing.
Later, Fang Xuanling saw that the two brothers were really making trouble, so he had to enter the palace and report everything to the eldest grandson queen. When the Empress of the Tang Dynasty heard what her two biological sons had done, she was furious on the spot and called her two sons to the palace for a harsh criticism. Li Chengqian and Li Tai are still very in awe of their mother, so they are very scared, and they are a lot more honest after being scolded, although intrigue is still inevitable, but they dare not go too far.
Now the situation in Chang'an City is like this, the conflict between Li Chengqian and Li Tai was temporarily suppressed by Empress Changsun, and it looks quite calm on the surface, but when Li Shimin goes back, someone will definitely report to him what his two sons have done, and I don't know how Li Shimin will deal with it at that time? And Li Su, who is a strong contender for the crown prince, is really not suitable to return to Chang'an to wade the troubled waters of his two elder brothers before the situation is completely clear.
After Wu Meiniang finished talking about the situation in Chang'an, she looked at Li Su hesitantly, and then said: "Husband, now the prince and the king of Wei are fighting, but it is a good opportunity for us, do you want Mei Niang to do something, it is best to see some blood, and completely detonate their conflict, in this way, Your Majesty will definitely be disappointed in the two of them when he returns to Chang'an, and then you will be the most favored prince, and the crown prince will be in your pocket." ”
"Don't, don't move!" Li Yu was taken aback when he heard this, he absolutely believed in Wu Meiniang's ability, and there were still those brothers of Yang Shi in Chang'an City, plus there was an assistant from Wang Zihao, who had hands and eyes to the sky, and he could definitely do the kind of thing Wu Meiniang said. However, Li Su didn't want to get involved in the battle between Li Chengqian and Li Tai, it was a bottomless whirlpool at all, and he couldn't escape if he touched the edge, so he just had to do his own thing.
Hearing Li Su's refusal, Wu Meiniang was not surprised, although Li Su didn't say it explicitly, but she could also feel that her husband didn't seem to be very interested in the throne of the Tang Dynasty, but the more he was like this, the more favored he seemed to be, and His Majesty was also very strange today, he was very indulgent to Li Su's son, and even allowed him to recruit troops in Dengzhou, I really don't know what this father and son are going to do?
Li Su didn't say anything, Wu Meiniang never asked, which was also her cleverness, but soon she thought of another thing, so she said: "By the way, husband, there is another very important thing, it is the news from Mr. Wang in Chang'an, and we also have two very important people in Dengzhou." ”
"Huh? What do you mean? Wu Meiniang's words were a little unclear, and Li Su didn't react at once.
"That's the case, Mr. Wang sent a message, saying that there is a prince who wants to see you, it seems that there is something very important, I hope you can meet it, and some time ago, Yang Shi's subordinates found that there were two young people with extraordinary bearing who came to Dengzhou, and later it was confirmed that one of them was the prince of Wang, as for the other, hehe, husband, guess who the other party is?" When Wu Meiniang said this, she suddenly asked with a naughty smile.
"Mei Niang, I can't guess this husband, but the situation of that king is not simple, and the one who can come with him is definitely not an ordinary character!" Li Su pinched Wu Meiniang's face affectionately, and her eyes also revealed a bit of curiosity. Last time, the king was not lightly pitted by himself, but now he took the initiative to find himself, there must be something important to hide.
"Hehe, the other party is not only not an ordinary person, but also has an extremely prominent background, this person's name is Cui Yu, from the Qinghe Cui clan, and his status in the clan is extremely high, and I also got reliable information, the other party is likely to surrender to His Highness!" Wu Meiniang looked proud and told the identity of the other party.