Soon, Hou Junji came to the Lizheng Palace.

Prince Chengqian said to Hou Junji: "Duke Luguo, my father is besieged in Mayi. Gu Bei personally led the Ten Guards Army stationed in Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the Four Guards Army led by Li Jing, the general of the auxiliary state, to join forces and rescue his father in one fell swoop. Lu Guogong, what do you think? ”

Hou Junji said with a deep face: "His Royal Highness the Prince's move is indeed a move of benevolence and filial piety. It's just that in this way, my Tang Dynasty is going to have a decisive battle with the Turkic Jieli Khan in advance, and now the preparations for the Northern Expedition have not yet been completed, and the decisive battle with the Turks is hastily fought with the whole country's troops, and if it fails, there is a risk of losing the country (yu)! ”

Prince Chengqian resolutely said: "Duke Luguo, even if you risk the loss of the country, you have to save your father!" ”

After thinking about it for a while, Hou Junji bowed down and said to Empress Changsun: "Queen Mother, this battle is like boxing, first of all, you have to have a solid foundation, only when your foundation is stable, can you punch out strongly." If your foundation is not stable, the punches you fight will inevitably be soft and soft, and there will be no power and effect. ”

Prince Chengqian was ignorant.

Empress Changsun understood, and she asked Hou Junji: "Duke Luguo, do you mean that the foundation of Chengqian is unstable?" ”

Hou Junji replied: "After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still young and cannot serve the public. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally led a large army to rescue His Majesty, of course, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a pure heart and sincerity. But what if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince leaves the imperial capital Chang'an, this Chang'an is in chaos? What about those who are bold enough to take the opportunity to stand on their own feet? At that time, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has not yet been rescued from Mayi City, and there are people in Chang'an City who are self-reliant, how should His Royal Highness the Crown Prince deal with himself? ”

Hou Junji's words made the eldest grandson queen and the crown prince Chengqian both surprised. They all know that Hou Junji said that he was bold and reckless, who was the person who took the opportunity to stand on his own?

One is the second son of Empress Changsun, the younger brother of Prince Chengqian, and the fourth son of the emperor, Li Tai, King of Wei; The other is the eldest son of Concubine Yang of Xigong. The eldest son of His Majesty the Tang Emperor and the third son of the emperor, Li Ke, the king of Shu.

Li Tai, the king of Wei, nicknamed Qingque, has been smart since childhood, reads very well, and has a flying literary talent, and is deeply loved by the Tang Emperor Li Shimin. Behind Li Tai, the king of Wei, there is the support of the entire Shandong wealthy family. Whether it is the founding of the Taishang Emperor or the current Tang Emperor Li Shimin's accession to the throne, the Guanlong aristocratic group is the most staunch supporter, and they have contributed a lot. The credit is great, so the political rewards and political benefits are also the greatest. Now the Guanlong aristocratic group has once again taken the lead under the leadership of Sun Wuji, the chief minister of the Guanlong aristocracy, to support the crown prince Chengqian. Seeing that the wealthy families of Shandong, who were originally on a par with the Guanlong aristocratic group, first supported Li Mi, the Duke of Wei in Wagangshan, Wang Shichong, the king of Zheng in Luoyang, and Dou Jiande, the king of Xia in Hebei, and then supported King Xicheng, they failed in the selection of people repeatedly, and gradually opened up the gap by the Guanlong aristocratic group, and the strength loss was quite large. Seeing that the Guanlong aristocratic group is about to monopolize the Tang Dynasty, it will overwhelm the Shandong Hao clan and the Southern Shi clan. The wealthy families of Shandong decided that they could no longer follow the Guanlong aristocratic group to support Prince Chengqian, and they felt that Prince Chengqian's character was too benevolent and weak to afford the thousands of miles of the Tang Dynasty; The crown prince Chengqian relied too much on the eldest grandson Wuji and on the Guanlong aristocratic group. Therefore, they turned to support Li Tai, the second heir to the throne of the Tang Dynasty and the second son of Yan, who was sensitive and studious, and was deeply favored by His Majesty the Tang Emperor and the corporal of Lixian. In order to assist Li Tai, the king of Wei, to ascend to the throne, he turned over politically and received huge political rewards. Narrow the gap with the Guanlong aristocratic group.

Behind Li Ke, the king of Shu, is the southern scholar clan led by Cen Wenwen, the head of the southern scholar clan. In the entire Tang Dynasty, no one could understand how the always resourceful Cen Wenwen could choose to support Li Ke, the eldest son of His Majesty the Tang Emperor and the King of Shu? After all, Li Ke is a concubine, in the Tang Dynasty society, where the elders and children are orderly and the descendants are different, the concubine is not qualified to inherit the foundation of the entire country and the entire family. What is there for Li Ke, the king of Shu, to invest in the southern scholars? Mo Feicen really thought that Li Ke, the king of Shu, still had hope of sitting on the throne of the Tang Emperor? Or is it because Cen Wenwen is optimistic about the character of Li Ke, the king of Shu, and the same wise and resolute character as His Majesty the Tang Emperor? But even if Li Ke, the king of Shu, has a wise and resolute character? After all, a concubine is a concubine, even if it is the eldest son. Everyone couldn't understand it, and they couldn't figure it out, but Cen Wenwen, the head of the Southern Shi Clan, still led the Southern Shi Clan, and he was really supporting Li Ke, the King of Shu.

After being silent for a long time, Empress Changsun asked Hou Junji, "Duke Luguo, do you have a plan to stabilize the foundation?" ”

Hou Junji replied: "Returning to the queen mother, there is only one person who can stabilize the situation in Chang'an now. That person is the pillar of my Datang Sheji, and he is also the ballast stone of my Datang giant ship. Only when he is here, my Datang will be stable, and the foundation of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be stable. ”

Prince Chengqian hurriedly asked, "Duke Lu Guo, who is that person?" ”

Hou Junji said slowly: "Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, that person is the head of my hundred officials in the Tang Dynasty, the left servant of the Tang Dynasty, and the scholar of the Ministry of Officials, Xuanling. ”

"Fang Xuanling? That weak and incompetent Fang Xuanling? Prince Chengqian asked.

Since the Tang Emperor Li Shimin accepted the suggestion of the text of the Ministry of Officials, he set the Shangshu Order as a vacant position, and set up the left servant of Shangshu and the right servant of Shangshu to lead the six departments. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui became the first Shangshu left servant and Shangshu right servant. Fang Xuanling is good at planning, Du Ruxuan is good at decisiveness, the two cooperate, and the world is known as "Fang Xuanling Du Xuan, a generation of good looks". Originally, the Tang Emperor could rest assured, but Du Ruhui had been in poor health and was often sick in bed, and the six departments of the Tang Dynasty were actually led by Fang Xuanling alone, although the Tang Emperor Li Shimin trusted Fang Xuanling very much, but he often used excuses to pick out some irrelevant problems and beat Fang Xuanling, so that Fang Xuanling always remembered his duty as a courtier, and did not have other whimsical ideas. And Fang Xuanling is also very cooperative, every time the Tang Emperor Li Shimin beats him under the pretext of an excuse, he admits his mistake to the Tang Emperor Li Shimin with sincere fear and trembling, and does not dare to exceed his duties at all.

Therefore, above the court, only a stunned young man like the crown prince Chengqian would think that the left servant of the Tang Dynasty and the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Fang Xuanling were very cowardly in front of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, and some important ministers who knew the mystery of it understood that Fang Xuanling was the veritable head of the hundred officials of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Emperor Li Shimin often beat Fang Xuanling, not because the Tang Emperor did not trust Fang Xuanling, but out of fear of Fang Xuanling, and Fang Xuanling's nest is not his real nest, but a show of weakness to His Majesty the Tang Emperor, a kind of proof, proving that he will never lead hundreds of officials against the Tang Emperor and erect His Majesty the Tang Emperor. (To be continued......)

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