"Zhang Chao, for the sake of the teacher, for the sake of you who used to be my student, I will also remind you. Now that you are full of enemies, if you are not careful, I am afraid that everyone will attack them. At that time, I'm afraid you will have to worry about your life! Therefore, you must find a big tree, so that you can enjoy the shade under the big tree, so that you can ensure your safety! Yu Shinan said.

Zhang Chao thought secretly in his heart: "This old thing, working hard for Li Shimin, is really so unkind." He spoke so unabashedly that he started teaching me straight away. However, you are a real literati after all, and you speak so directly. If you want to win me over for Li Shimin, you don't have to be so direct, right? ”

Zhang Chao pretended to be stupid and said, "Teacher, why don't I understand what you mean?" ”

Yu Shinan's old face turned red, and finally said: "You have offended too many people now, I am afraid that you will be hated!" ”

"Joke, I've done my best for my Datang, will I still offend people? I work hard for the long-term stability of my Datang, then I can sit up straight, not afraid of any cows, ghosts, snakes and gods! As long as I still have righteousness in my heart, then I will not be afraid of any ghostly threat. Zhang Chao replied.

Yu Shinan scolded in his heart: "What a 'fool', the old man said it so clearly, you still don't know?" Don't you know that you are now very dangerous? If you don't take refuge in King Qin, then how can you be stable? ”

In fact, of course Zhang Chao knows what Yu Shinan means, Yu Shinan is currently one of the eighteen bachelors under Li Shimin, and even the eighteen bachelors are among the best, belonging to the top few. He was responsible for helping Li Shimin deal with the academic content, and he was the academic leader under Li Shimin. And Fang Xuanling is the leader of strategy, and the eighteen bachelors are actually divided into two kinds of people, both strategy and academic, Yu Shinan is an academic leader, and his status is not low.

And let Yu Shinan come forward to win over Zhang Chao, this is actually Li Shimin's very face-saving, shouldn't Zhang Chao be grateful to Dade? But he didn't know at all that Zhang Chao was not the kind of tender bird who had just entered the officialdom, and he knew very well that he didn't need to sell himself so lowly, or even take refuge. Zhang Chao knows more about history than people of this era, and is more familiar with the future situation, and he knows very well that he does not need to take refuge in either side of Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng.

After all, Zhang Chao was an official of later generations, and the officials of later generations were different from the officials of ancient times, who were the servants of the emperor, almost equivalent to the emperor's domestic servants. Zhang Chao naturally will not have any undignified betrayal, Li Shimin has no kindness or interest to him, why should he take refuge in him? Could it be that he is the Tang Taizong in history? Of course, Zhang Chao will not because he is the historical Tang Taizong, and Zhang Chao will also take refuge in him. After all, Zhang Chao didn't want to participate in the battle for the throne, and if he participated in the seizure of the throne at this time, he would definitely enter Li Yuan's blacklist.

Zhang Chao was deeply aware of the emperor's thoughts, and as an emperor, of course, he didn't want his son to fight for inheritance before he died. Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin have actually already entered Li Yuan's candidate heirs, and each side has its own forces. And in this way, it is actually a group of friends, and now the court is divided into several forces, Li Yuan is the nominal leader, but in fact he can only control a part of the forces. And Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are his sons, and they also have good power.

If Zhang Chao looked at the time when Li Yuan rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, it was actually more Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin who jumped up, not that Li Yuan wanted to take the initiative to rebel. Li Yuan originally said that he was very hesitant, but under the persecution of Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, he only half-pushed and half-pushed the army against Sui. And in this process, in fact, to a certain extent, Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin are equal, they just temporarily formed an alliance out of blood relationship, and thought that you Li Yuan was their father, plus Li Yuan was the most powerful at that time, so they also chose Li Yuan as the leader.

As for the subsequent conquest, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng's power continued to expand, so that Li Yuan had actually lost absolute control over Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng. In the current Tang Dynasty, although it seems that Li Yuan is the emperor, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji's orders are actually equivalent to the effect of the holy decree. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan's edict, Li Jiancheng's prince's order, and Li Shimin's Li Yuanji's royal decree all had the same effect. Even the officials appointed by Li Shimin at that time competed for an official position at the same time as the officials appointed by Li Yuan, and in the end Li Yuan actually lost, and the reason was that Li Shimin's people arrived first, so Li Yuan took the initiative to admit it.

This is enough to show that in the early Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan's power was not as great as imagined, and he was only able to restrain them because it was Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's father. The power in Li Yuan's hands is mainly those high-level officials, and the high-level officials are Li Yuan's old subordinates, so although Li Yuan's strength is relatively good now, he is the father of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. But they are actually a cooperative relationship, not the traditional relationship between a father and a son. They are just a cooperation in the bloodline, and it is not that Li Yuan has the absolute power to control their destiny. Now Li Yuan's two sons each have their own shogunate and their own administrative system, which is actually quite fierce. However, because the military power system of the Tang Dynasty was a government military system, neither Li Jiancheng nor Li Shimin could control the military power in non-war periods, which was one of the reasons why Li Tang did not fall apart.

"Teacher, I think we, as courtiers, should be a gentleman, a group and not a party. The reason why I want to dedicate this test method to the emperor is actually to hope that my Datang can have less party contention and more officials who do practical things. In this way, we can dominate the world as soon as possible for our Datang, and then create long-term peace and stability. And I can't help other people hate me, I just can do my own thing, as long as I try to work hard in my duty, then I have nothing to feel guilty about! Zhang Chao said.

"What a fool!" Yu Shinan scolded secretly.

Yu Shinan didn't know that when Zhang Chao said these words, he actually wanted to vomit in his heart. To say that the gentlemen are not the party, that is completely nonsense! What Zhang Chao actually thinks in his heart is who he will take refuge in, and he will benefit the most. In the current situation, the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are incompatible, and taking refuge in them will certainly have some hope of success. For example, Li Shimin will launch the Xuanwumen Revolution in the future, so that he will be the future Tang Taizong. But Zhang Chao deeply knew that after he crossed over, he already had a certain butterfly effect, and whether Li Shimin was the future Tang Taizong or not, it was no longer certain. Therefore, if you rashly take refuge in Li Shimin at this time, then in the end, if you stand on the wrong team, I am afraid the consequences will be very serious. If the officialdom of later generations is on the wrong side, it will be the result of being idle at most. But the ancient officialdom stood on the wrong line, especially when the emperor seized the throne, it was a matter of losing his head.

Taking refuge in Li Shimin is a very dangerous choice, and if you don't take refuge easily. And the best way is to hold Li Yuan's thick leg tightly, as long as he hugs Li Yuan's thick leg, then no matter who becomes the emperor at that time, he will inherit the power in Li Yuan's hands. At that time, you can take advantage of the situation to join the new emperor, and you don't have to think about what to do before others become emperors. Instead of thinking about what to take refuge in Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, the best and most stable choice is to take refuge in Li Yuan, and after Li Yuan burps or abdicates, he will also take refuge in the new emperor, so that he can easily join the new emperor.

Although the so-called son of heaven is a courtier, it also depends on status. If it is the prime minister, it will definitely follow the replacement of the son of heaven and the courtier, but Zhang Chao does not think that he will be able to become the prime minister so quickly. If you want to become the prime minister, you can't become the prime minister without decades of struggle. In the future, Li Yuan will definitely die early, and when the new emperor inherits the throne, his positioning is not too high, and he will not be too high if he dies about six grades. So a six-rank position, can't the new emperor still arrange it?

As a qualified politician, Zhang Chao naturally knows how to reduce risks and then increase the success rate. What he can do at present is to choose the most stable tree to take refuge in, and Li Yuan, the emperor, is also the most stable tree. Not only did Li Yuan occupy the king's righteousness, but he was also the father of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, and his natural status was also higher. As for now, Zhang Chao's refuge in Li Yuan is the best choice. This is also the most stable choice, Zhang Chao has long passed the psychological age of hot-blooded adventure and impulsiveness, so he can avoid this kind of thing of seizing the heir, don't go to this troubled water, not to mention that Li Shimin has no kindness to him, and he doesn't have enough interests in him, so there is no need to take refuge in him.

"Aren't you afraid of the revenge of the princes in the court?" Yu Shinan asked.

Zhang Chao replied: "Teacher, if I write a few words to you, you should understand my thoughts!" ”

Zhang Chao immediately asked the hotel to bring a brush and white paper, and then wrote a poem.

"Insist that the green mountains are not relaxed, and the roots are in the broken rocks. Thousands of blows are still strong, and the wind is blowing! ”

Yu Shinan looked at this poem with a look of surprise in his eyes.