"Crowned Xu Shiji as the Duke of Zhao Guo, and gave the country the surname Li, and admired this."

Taiyuan Stay-at-Home Xu Shiji knelt on the ground with a calm face, opposite him, an inner servant was leading the ordinary people to read the holy decree there, his voice was sharp, but he read it in a low tone, and his face was full of smiles. ”

"Your Majesty is grateful for your grace." Xu Shiji, no, now his name has been changed to Li Ji, and he respectfully kowtows to the holy decree.

"Why did Grandpa change his name?" The chamberlain asked with some confusion.

"To avoid the shame of the superior." Li Ji's face was calm and he arched his hand towards the east, and said: "The minister has received the great favor of His Royal Highness the Prince, how can there be His Royal Highness the Prince's name in his name, isn't that eating the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard?" I also asked my father-in-law to go back, and play His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince, there are ministers in one day, and they will definitely not let Li Xin pass through Taiyuan. ”

"What Zhao Guogong said is very true, if the ministers of the DPRK and China are like Zhao Guogong, why can't they eliminate Li Xin!" After hearing this, the chamberlain sighed and said, "Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be doubly pleased if they could know the loyalty of the prince. ”

"What? Something went wrong with the DPRK? Li Ji's face changed, his eyes flickered, and he couldn't help asking: "Why is there no news at all, there is no movement in the newspaper!" ”

"Hmph, these guys naturally don't say anything on the surface, but they don't know in private, they all say that the prince is not in the right position, and they don't want to think about it, isn't it that His Royal Highness the Prince led the army to fight in this world? What does it have to do with the deposed prince? Only by following behind His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can I defeat Li Xin and seize the Central Plains. The chamberlain said disdainfully.

After hearing this, Li Ji nodded again and again, but he didn't think so, didn't Li Jiancheng have any credit for Da Zhao? This is impossible, at least when Li Shimin and Li Xin were fighting, Li Jiancheng was preparing grain and grass in the rear. Is Li Jiancheng really shameless? At least Li Jiancheng's women are in line with the rules in terms of configuration, that is, Li Shimin himself, except for the concubine Zheng, whether it is in Taiyuan or Xindu, there are side concubines, which seems to be not much less than Li Jiancheng.

The history books are written by the victors, and I don't know how others will write about themselves in the future, but Li Ji knows that Li Jiancheng is not as incompetent as he imagined. It's just that his preferences and preferences are different. If the two sides switch positions. Li Jiancheng is not necessarily worse than Li Shimin's. However, Li Ji would never say this kind of thing, but followed the waiter, enduring the strange incense on the other party's body, and his face was full of smiles.

"The state affairs are urgent, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked the villain to tell the prince when the villain left the palace, as long as the prince is loyal to Da Zhao, it is also a very simple matter to be crowned an official in the future." The waiter said with a smile again. There was a look of envy in his eyes, Li Ji is now the prince of the country, and then he is the king of the county, and even the prince. This is something that many people want, and Li Ji did it so easily.

"I also ask my father-in-law to report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince after he goes back, everything the minister is given by His Royal Highness the Prince, as long as he is there. Li Xin will definitely not break through Taiyuan. Li Ji almost patted his chest and spoke.

The chamberlain listened and nodded, in fact, in the middle of the Manchu Dynasty. Li Shimin trusts Li Ji the most, who makes the relationship between Li Ji and Li Xin unusual? Anyone will surrender to Li Xin, but Li Ji will not, or rather, no man will, so after Li Shimin became the crown prince, the first thing he did was to crown Xu Shiji and reward him with his surname, which was already a great favor. Li Ji also felt honored, so he did not hesitate to change his name.

The chamberlain soon left, and Li Ji returned to his study, Xinna's wife was a side branch of the Taiyuan Wang family, and she was born beautiful, with an extremely hot figure and a very quiet personality. This is a bit similar to the predecessor Shen Ruyan.

"Congratulations, congratulations." Wang led the maid in, with a faint smile on his face.

"Where there is anything to be happy about, you all retreat!" Li Ji didn't look happy, but let all the maids retreat, sat on the chair by himself, and sighed softly.

"Grandpa seems to be unhappy?" Wang asked with some curiosity: "The general is now a prince of the country and can establish a family, this is a matter of glory to the ancestors, why doesn't the general see the slightest bit of joy?" ”

"It's good, but unfortunately I don't know how long I can live like this. Li Xin is coming. Li Ji sighed and said: "His Royal Highness had to take a stinky move, although he seized the position of the prince, but killing his brother and forcing his father, in the end is not a good thing, Taiyuan is a little better, it is governed by His Royal Highness himself, but Hebei, Shandong, Youzhou is different, these places are relatively close to Xindu, most of them are the people of the abolished prince and the king of Qi, and these people have a very low degree of identification with the prince." If nothing else, once Li Xin knows the news, he will definitely raise troops for the Northern Expedition, how can such an opportunity be missed. ”

"Is the general confident that he can defeat Li Xin?" Wang Shi suddenly asked.

Li Ji smiled bitterly, don't say it's him, even Li Shimin probably doesn't have the courage to say that he can definitely defeat Li Xin. What can be done now is to resist Li Xin's attack, at least this attack, and then balance the domestic situation in order to regather forces to resist Li Xin. Li Ji has no confidence in himself.

"If you don't have faith, you have to be prepared." In the end, the Wang family is a woman from a family, and she has some insight since she was a child, and she knows what happened between Li Ji and Li Xin, but she doesn't think there is anything wrong with this, because at that time, Li Ji was not Li Xin's courtier, so there is no such thing as Li Xin deliberately taking the wife of a courtier. What's more, Xu Shiji also used a strategy to kill Li Xin's henchman, and to put it really on, Li Ji was sorry for Li Xin.

"How to prepare, Taiyuan has already recruited a lot of young people, these people may be able to defend the city, but if it is against the battlefield, it is almost impossible." Li Ji was very aware of the situation Li Zhao was facing now, and couldn't help but sigh: "What we are doing now is defense, Taiyuan City is extremely strong, it is very difficult to break through Taiyuan City, even if Li Xin has a secret weapon, but as long as he is well prepared, if he wants to break through, it is not so simple." Moreover, I have also prepared a killer plan, Li Xin seized the world and unified Shenzhou, but it is not the bad luck of our Da Zhao family. ”

"You're going to lure the Turks in?" Wang's voice was a little louder, and he couldn't help but ask.

"It's not that I want to lead, it's the emperor, it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I'm afraid that the candidates sent to the Turks have already set off. Now wait for the army of the Turks. Li Ji smiled bitterly. In Taiyuan and other border areas, the impression of the Turks is not good, even the Wang family.

"If this is the case, although he can resist Li Xin, Da Zhao's prestige in front of the world will be even lower." After hearing this, Wang sighed and said: "I heard that the Turks once crisscrossed Hebei, and the people of Hebei suffered countless casualties, and those people were extremely disgusted with the Turks, and even the reputation of Da Zhao was damaged. ”

Wang didn't say it, the meaning of it, Li Ji still understands it very well, it's nothing more than that if Li Yuan's father and son attract the Turks again, I'm afraid they will fall into a situation of rebellion and separation, what should he Li Ji do at that time?

"The victor, the prince, the loser, Kou, look at the current abolished prince and the king of Qi, isn't that the case?" Li Ji said indifferently: "Li Jiancheng's reputation was originally not bad!" But now? What kind of charges are piled on him, but what about His Royal Highness the Prince? It seems that he is already a great man, a saint. Nothing has happened, even the emperor knew that the crown prince had killed his brother, and he didn't do anything to him? ”

"What the truth is, the world knows, no matter how you change, history will eventually restore the truth of history." Wang said indifferently: "Yang Guang, the emperor of the previous dynasty, was a debaucherous and unscrupulous emperor in the eyes of the emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince, but in the eyes of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he was the emperor of Wu. If we win this war, there will naturally be nothing to say, but what if Li Xin wins? ”

"That's not only the prince, but also my Li Ji will be stinking for 10,000 years." Li Ji took a deep breath and said.

"Guogong." At this time, a middle-aged man broke in outside, Li Ji knew that the other party was his eldest brother-in-law Wang Sanchuan, a member of the Langya Wang clan, after Li Bi died, Li Ji asked his two brothers-in-law to come over to help him, and the eldest brother-in-law was Wang Sanchuan.

"What's the matter, brother-in-law." Li Ji waved his hand, let the Wang family go back to the room, greeted him himself, and said, "But Li Xin's soldiers and horses have moved?" Li Xin's speed is really fast. ”

Li Xin has officially gone on a northern expedition, raising 500,000 troops, Li Xin personally led an army of 150,000, and Su Dingfang's 50,000 army, a total of 200,000, Su Dingfang, Wei Chihong and others have crossed the Yellow River and are about to reach Hedong. This matter has been spread all over the world, and the newspapers in Guanzhong have already published it. Wang Sanchuan smiled bitterly.

"500,000 soldiers?" Li Ji also smiled bitterly, 500,000 horses Maybe Li Zhao gathered all his strength, there are so many, but is Li Xin's soldiers and horses only 500,000? Obviously, his power has not yet been fully realized.

"What else can be done? Get ready for battle! Li Ji took a deep breath and said.

Li Ji had no choice, when he knew that Li Xinxing was on the Northern Expedition, he immediately understood that this was the last battle between Li Zhao and Datang, compared to Li Xin, who had already prepared the best, Li Shimin was obviously not ready, and the only thing he could do was to wait for the Turks to send troops.

If he was incompetent, and was attacked by Li Xin before the Turks arrived, there would be no possibility that the overall situation would have changed. (To be continued.) )