Li Yuan pondered for a long time, he thought that it was not appropriate for Li Shentong to train all the troops to surrender, and the separation of powers and checks and balances was the royal way. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He said to Li Yuanji: "That's it! I have allowed the Xuanwu elite to expand to 15,000 people, and you can ask for 10,000 elite troops from the second uncle, and I will give him an account. ”

Li Yuanji was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you father for understanding the difficulties of the son, the son will definitely implement the three principles of the father and the emperor, and will never let the father down." ”

"Get up!"

Li Yuan smiled and asked the eunuch Zhao Dezhong again, "Is Chen Xiangguo here?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's already here, just wait outside."

"Let him in!"

Li Yuan commanded, and then said to Li Yuanji: "I will start the matter of explaining it today, and when Chen Xiangguo will discuss the division of labor with you, I will explain to him, you go first!" ”

"Son's resignation!"

Li Yuanji saluted and retreated, he couldn't hold back the ecstasy in his heart, but he knew that he couldn't show his feet at the last moment, so he kept restraining his emotions and left the palace to go home.

Chen Shuda staggered Li Yuanji, walked into the imperial study and bowed, "See Your Majesty!" ”

"Sangkook, please take a seat!"

A palace maid moved an embroidered pier and asked Chen Shuda to sit down, Li Yuan smiled gently: "I came to Xiangguo to tell Xiangguo that the army wants to withdraw from the Guanlong nobles to deal with the aftermath, so please invite the court and the supervision to participate!" ”

"What is the reason for this?" Chen Shuda asked puzzled.

"This is because His Royal Highness the King of Qin wants to march north to Yan'an County, and he was originally led by him in the reorganization of the surrendered army, but now he can only let the King of Huaiyang County do it, so the main task of the army at present is to reorganize the surrendered army, and they can only withdraw from the liquidation."

Chen Shuda was very disappointed in his heart, he mainly hoped that the army could suppress Li Yuanji's Xuanwu Jingwei, otherwise Li Yuanji would definitely mess up and cause serious consequences, now that the army has withdrawn, where can the imperial court suppress Li Yuanji?

"Why didn't Your Majesty let King Zhao participate in the liquidation, he has exactly 10,000 troops in his hands, and he can completely represent the military, and it doesn't necessarily have to be a supernatural general to participate."

"Chen Xiangguo doesn't know, the 10,000 troops of King Zhao have been handed over to the supernatural powers, and King Zhao himself is going to Hanzhong to take over the defense, and the army really can't draw manpower, and I can't do anything about it."

Of course, Li Yuan understood Chen Shuda's worries, and he smiled and said: "I have already told the King of Chu that the Guanlong nobles in Chang'an City are handled by the imperial court, and he is in charge of the estates outside Chang'an, so it also saves Xiangguo the pain of traveling long distances, Xiangguo thinks that such an arrangement is good?" ”

Chen Shuda is so shrewd, he immediately understood the true intention of the Son of Heaven, the wealth of the Guanlong nobles is not in Chang'an City, the Son of Heaven nominally wants the court and the king of Chu to be jointly responsible, but in fact, it is to let the king of Chu deal with the wealth of the Guanlong nobles alone, its intention is self-evident, Chen Shuda has no choice, so he has to secretly sympathize with the misfortune of the Guanlong nobles, he immediately bowed down and said: "Weichen is willing to obey His Majesty's arrangement!" ”

Li Yuan nodded, very satisfied with Chen Shuda's statement, but he also knew that Chen Shuda did not approve of his decision in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his heart, he smiled and said: "Chen Xiangguo has repeatedly persuaded me to transfer the prince back to Chang'an to be in charge of government affairs, and I have thought twice and decided to accept Chen Xiangguo's advice and let the prince return to Chang'an to be in charge of government affairs. ”

Li Yuan's seemingly compromised attitude did not bring much excitement to Chen Shuda, but made him feel even more chilled, all the interests of Chang'an were divided before the prince came back, the reason why the Son of Heaven let the prince return to Chang'an was not the need of the imperial court, but because there were tens of thousands of troops in Han, Chen Shuda had seen through Li Yuan's hypocrisy and coldness, and saw through his infatuation with imperial power, and even his own son could not tolerate it.

This time Chen Shuda was really disappointed to the extreme, on the carriage returning to the palace from the palace, Chen Shuda silently watched the misty drizzle that began to fall outside the car window, he didn't know how long this dynasty could last, he couldn't help but think of what his grandfather Chen Baxian had said, 'The more you reach the end of the dynasty, the more it is a power struggle'.

Chen Shuda looked at the gray sky and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

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Compared with Chen Shuda's despair, Li Yuanji was almost crazy with excitement, although he could not get all the surrendered troops, but his father still gave him 10,000 troops, and allowed him to choose by himself, and also handed over the power to check the Guanlong nobles to himself, and he got everything he wanted.

This made him extremely grateful to his military advisor Cui Wenxiang, it was Cui Wenxiang's careful planning and persuasion that he forbears the disadvantages in the early stage that made him finally have the last laugh.

When Li Yuanji returned to the mansion, he asked people to invite the military advisor Cui Wenxiang, Cui Wenxiang walked into Li Yuanji's study, and saw that Li Yuanji seemed to be going crazy with joy, so he smiled slightly: "It seems that I want to congratulate Your Highness!" ”

"Hurry up and sit down, everything is expected by the military advisor, I really can't express my inner admiration for the advisor."

Cui Wenxiang said with a smile: "Your Highness can realize your wish, and I also have a sense of accomplishment, but I am willing to listen to the details of the matter, maybe I can learn something from the middle?" ”

Li Yuanji talked in detail about the matter of summoning him separately with his father at today's court meeting, and finally said: "My father promised to give me 10,000 soldiers, and now the soldiers are in the hands of the second uncle of Shentong, although I have a good relationship with him, but in the face of interests, I am worried that he still refuses to give me the elite army, what does the military advisor think I should do?" ”

Cui Wenxiang smiled slightly: "Of course Li Shentong has selfish intentions, if nothing else, he will definitely give the 10,000 temporarily recruited troops to His Highness, but if His Highness exchanges benefits with him, I think he will also fulfill His Highness's wishes." ”

"Then what benefits do I need to exchange with him?"

Cui Wenxiang said lightly: "Has Your Highness forgotten that Li Shenfu was impeached by the imperial court two days ago?" ”

Li Yuanji suddenly remembered this incident, a few days ago, Yushitai impeached Li Shenfu and lost the army of Bashu, fled back to Hanzhong, and asked the Son of Heaven to punish severely, although Li Shentong repeatedly pleaded, but because the horse Chai Shao was captured, the Son of Heaven was also very angry, and ordered him to investigate Li Shenfu's behavior in Bashu in detail, and was ready to severely punish Li Shenfu.

It can be said that Li Shenfu's fate is in his own hands, and he can use this matter to exchange with Li Shentong.

He said happily: "Then I'll go find the second uncle tonight!" ”

Cui Wenxiang said again: "But I need to remind Your Highness, don't think about soliciting Li Shenrune, then Your Highness will dig a trap for yourself." ”

Li Yuanji's face turned red, Cui Wenxiang said what he was thinking, he had been thinking about pulling Li Shentong's brothers into his own faction, he hurriedly asked: "Why not, I feel that many of Li Shentong's positions are consistent with mine, and he holds military power, if he can support me, then I can do a great deal!" ”

Cui Wenxiang shook his head, "Has Your Highness ever thought about why the Son of Heaven handed over the troops to Li Shentong instead of Li Xiaogong, there is actually a reason for this, I believe that Li Shentong is very loyal to the Son of Heaven, and now His Highness is reused by the Son of Heaven, isn't it because His Highness has no ambition to win the heir in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, is he loyal and trustworthy?"

If Li Shentong tells the Son of Heaven the secret, His Royal Highness will have no chance at all, and the Li Shentong brothers can be wooed, but by no means now, on the contrary, His Highness must show his incompetent and greedy side in front of Li Shentong, and he will definitely tell the Son of Heaven secretly, so that His Highness can be more trusted by the Son of Heaven. ”

Li Yuanji suddenly realized, he bowed deeply, "If it weren't for the military advisor's reminder, I would have almost broken a big deal." ”

Cui Wenxiang said again: "This time to raid the Guanlong nobles, His Royal Highness must thoroughly implement the intentions of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven has hinted that His Highness can be ruthless with appropriate means, this is an opportunity for His Highness, I hope His Highness will not have the kindness of a woman, but he must be distracted." ”

Li Yuanji slowly gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Even if there is a grain of grain, I will not leave it for them!" ”

Cui Wenxiang reminded him again: "What the humble position said about leaving a distraction means that His Royal Highness can secretly hide more than a dozen beauties for his own enjoyment, and privately covet a batch of precious jewelry, but a slave can't be young, and a pair of armor can't be kept, we must let the Son of Heaven know that His Royal Highness is only interested in wealth and beauty, and has no interest in the armor army, this matter is very important, and His Highness must do what I say." ”

"Will the Father know?"

Cui Wenxiang said meaningfully: "He will definitely know!" ”