Chapter 174: Making Something Out of Nothing
Li Shimin and Guanyin discussed that only by letting Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong further win the trust of Wang Wei and Gao Junya, could Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong participate in their secrets.
Guanyin asked Li Shimin, "Think about Wang Wei and Gao Junya's subordinates, what kind of people do you need now?"
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Li Shimin drank the buttermilk in the bowl, put the bowl on the kang table, Guanyin poured him another one, Li Shimin picked it up easily, but he didn't drink it immediately, and he felt warm in his hand.
He analyzed, "Now that the world is chaotic, the civil and military officials in Jinyang are weighing the pros and cons, some are looking to Grandpa, some are waiting and watching, and they are afraid of Wang Wei and Gao Junya, for fear that too much interaction with them will cause Grandpa's suspicion."
"If Wang Wei and Gao Junya want to gain a foothold in Jinyang, they really need trustworthy people as helpers."
"But how many of the officials are fools? At this time, how many people will not think about the way out in the future? Unless it is someone who has no other choice, he will be tied to Wang Wei and Gao Junya to death."
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Guanyin listened carefully to Li Shimin's analysis, and felt that he was basically the same as his own opinion, what Wang Wei and Gao Junya needed now was someone who shared their hatred and hatred, and someone who was hostile to Li Yuan, and only such a person would be of one heart with Wang Wei and Gao Junya.
Nowadays, there are almost no such people in Jinyang City, and Guanyin intends to pack out two such people.
She approached the kang and whispered to Li Shimin, "I want Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong to disguise themselves as people who hate Grandpa."
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Li Shimin laughed and said, "Do you want to use Zhou Yu's "bitter meat trick" to beat Huang Gai?"
Guanyin shook her head, "I don't use the 'bitter meat trick', I want to use the 'anti-plot' and 'creating something out of nothing' scheme."
Li Shimin said, "I know what you mean by the counter-plot, that is, Wang Wei used Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong as the details to monitor Grandpa, but in fact, they were used by me and became the details we sent to them."
"So what do you mean by "making something out of nothing"?"
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Guanyin asked Li Shimin, "What is the most important thing for a businessman?"
Li Shimin replied without even thinking about it, "Businessmen value profits and regard money as their lives."
Guanyin then asked, "What would someone think if they were so greedy that they kept asking merchants for money?"
Li Shimin smiled, "That's not the same as asking for their lives."
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Next, Guanyin told Li Shimin in detail about her plans.
Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong used to be businessmen, and they were one of the richest families in Taiyuan County.
Now, Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong saw that they had no future with Wang Wei and Gao Junya in the future, and they were willing to follow Li Yuan with all their hearts.
Guanyin wanted to use the special identities of Wushi Tong and Liu Shilong to monitor and confuse Wang Wei and Gao Junya, and implement counter-plots.
But if you want Wu Shitong and Liu Shilong to play a greater role, you must let the two of them further gain the trust of Wang Wei and Gao Junya, and be able to participate in their core secrets, so that they can know Wang Wei and Gao Junya's every move.
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So, how to make Wu Shitong and Liu Shilong further gain the trust of Wang Wei and Gao Junya?
Guanyin is ready to implement another plan of "making something out of nothing".
She wanted Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong to keep crying to Wang Wei and Gao Junya, saying that Li Yuan was addicted to wine and profligate, and in order to maintain his own expenses, he asked Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong for money without restraint.
Let Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong pretend that they had to be aggrieved and beg to have a relationship with Li Yuan on the surface, but in private they gritted their teeth with hatred for Li Yuan, and told Wang Wei that they would try to bring down Li Yuan, and then Wang Wei would replace him.
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Right now, Wang Wei and Gao Junya are in need of people who swear allegiance to them, and seeing Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong hating Li Yuan like this, they will definitely respect them even more.
In addition, Guanyin was also preparing to make up some of Li Yuan's private affairs, which were reported to Wang Wei and Gao Junya by Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong respectively. Wang Wei and Gao Junya confirmed through Wu Shitong and Liu Shilong, and what they said was basically the same, so they would be more convinced that what they said was true.
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Li Shimin listened to Guanyin's whole thought, and couldn't help but be surprised, "Ah Wan is really strategizing and scheming, not inferior to Zhuge Kongming."
Guanyin smiled proudly, "Zhuge Kongming's talent can only reach three points of the world, but the plan of the eldest grandson's military advisor must dominate the world."
Seeing her naughty appearance, Li Shimin joked, "I only understand now why Grandpa praised you for "not being surprised by changes, and not being happy and angry", it turned out to be caused by too thick skin."
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Guanyin also ignored Li Shimin's ridicule, and instead pursed her lips and smiled, "It's just that Grandpa is so unbearable, does it damage Grandpa's image?"
Li Shimin didn't care, "It's okay, what Grandpa has wanted in the past few years is this effect, deliberately leaving outsiders with the appearance of a loser, he is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger."
Guanyin smiled and said to Li Shimin, "I'm also going to make up an illusion that you are at odds with Grandpa, father and son, and I don't know if Brother Shimin agrees?"
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Li Shimin opened a walnut with a tong, took out the kernel, and handed it to Guanyin, who didn't care about the authenticity, "As long as the maid thinks it is appropriate, I will agree."
Guanyin stretched out her little hand to take the walnut kernel, put one of the cloves in her mouth, and said while eating, "I'll finish talking first, and you don't agree with it."
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Guanyin's idea is that if Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong want to win the trust of Wang Wei and Gao Junya, they must provide some information that they think is valuable, if every time they see Wang Wei and Gao Junya, they say that Li Yuan is drinking and indulging in women, and after a long time, Wang Wei and Gao Junya will get tired of it, thinking that Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong are not dedicated enough.
Therefore, Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong want to change their tricks to report Li Yuan's privacy, and they have to make up more stories for Wang Wei and Gao Junya, the more private these stories are, the more Wang Wei and Gao Junya think that Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong are dedicated.
Guanyin was going to give Wang Wei and Gao Junya a story about the discord between Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son.
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The general content of the story is that Li Shimin and Guanyin have been married for many years and have no children, Li Yuan is anxious to hold his grandson, and when he sees that Guanyin has not been born for many years, he is dissatisfied and forces Li Shimin to take a concubine.
Li Shimin and Guanyin were in love with each other, and they were unwilling to take concubines according to Li Yuan's wishes, and there was a dispute between father and son. Li Yuan was angry, so he hid in the courtyard and never saw Li Shimin again.
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Li Shimin listened to Guanyin's words, and said with a smile, "Awen, you can even make up such a story, and you are not afraid of ruining your reputation with me."
Guanyin glanced at Li Shimin, "Grandpa is even willing to bear the notoriety of 'loser', are you still afraid of ruining your reputation?"
Li Shimin said helplessly, "Forget it, forget it, listen to the maid."
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On the second day, Li Shimin made arrangements for his plan with Guanyin to Wu Shitong and Liu Shilong.
Wu Shitong and Liu Shilong both said that they must do what Li Shimin explained, and Li Shimin repeatedly told the two to be more careful in the implementation process, if the flaws are exposed, not only will the anti-plot lose its effect, but it may be used by Wang Wei in turn.
After talking about the next plan of action, Wu Shitong told Li Shimin that he had agreed with Wang Wei about saving Liu Wenjing from prison, and told Li Shimin the whole process of persuading Wang Wei.
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On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the New Year's Day holiday has passed.
After the New Year, Li Yuan convened the civil and military officials of Taiyuan County for the first time to discuss matters at the official office of the left-behind government.
After exchanging New Year's greetings and greetings, Tian Deping, the soldier of the left-behind prefecture, first reported to Li Yuan the news that Mayi County was ineffective in defending the Turks.
Li Yuan arranged for Tian Deping to immediately pass on the book to Wang Rengong and Gao Junya in Mayi, and ordered them to attack the Turkic thieves according to the strategy used by Li Yuan years ago.
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After arranging for Ma Yi to deal with the Turks, Wu Benlang proposed Wang Wei to let the officials discuss whether to convict Liu Wenjing, the commander of Jinyang County.
Li Yuan asked Wang Wei, "General Wang, what do you think?"
Wang Wei replied, "The lower officials think that the judgment should be made in accordance with the laws of the Great Sui, and if there is a crime, it should be done according to the law, and if it is not guilty, the official should be reinstated."
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Li Yuan asked the judicial secretary Duan Yanshi again, "What crime did Liu Wenjing get in prison for?"
Duan Yanshi returned to Li Yuan, "The crime is to marry the traitor Li Mi."
Li Yuan asked Duan Yanshi, "According to my Great Sui's "Law of Opening the Emperor", can I be charged with "marrying a traitor"?"
Duan Yanshi replied, "According to the "Law of the Emperor", the great rebel plotted the rebel, the father and son and the brothers were all beheaded, and the family had no officials. But there is no such thing as "sitting and marrying a traitor."
Li Yuan said, "That means that according to the "Kaihuang Law", Liu Wenjing should be innocent?"
Duan Yanshi continued, "According to the "Law of Kaihuang", Liu Wenjing should be innocent, but General Gao said that the Supreme Emperor punished his nine clans because of Yang Xuan's rebellion, and Li Mi also rebelled, and according to the rules, he should also punish the nine clans, so Liu Wenjing was imprisoned."
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Li Yuan didn't seem to be able to make up his mind, he looked at Wu Benlang General Wang Wei and asked, "General Wang, you are the deputy left-behind, how do you think you should cut it?"
Wang Wei replied, "The Nine Clans of Yang Xuangan are the edicts of the Supreme Emperor. For the traitor Li Mi, the Supreme Emperor did not issue an edict on how to deal with it. Therefore, before seeing the Supreme Emperor's edict, Liu Wenjing should be innocent."
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Li Yuan pretended to be embarrassed and said to Wang Wei, "Liu Wenjing is not guilty, but he was sent to Taiyuan Prison, if he is not released, the civil and military officials will say that we as commanders are inconsiderate of our subordinates, and we will punish our subordinates for no reason."
"But if we release him from prison, we are afraid that he will flee in fear of sin, and if the Supreme decrees that he will be punished, we will be suspected of indulging the criminals."
At this time, the warrior Tong protested and said, "Liu County ordered him to go to prison without guilt, as a commander, he doesn't excuse his subordinates, he doesn't take us to heart, and as a subordinate, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, how can you not be chilled?"
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Wu Shitong's words resonated among the civil and military officials of Taiyuan County, and everyone privately discussed, if he was thrown into prison for no reason, would the chief also ignore it?
Li Yuan saw that the civil and military officials were sensational, and he was afraid of falling into the infamy of not caring about the lives of his subordinates, so he proposed, "I am willing to guarantee Liu Wenjing, he will not abscond in fear of crime. Would you like to be a guarantor?"
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Seeing that Tang Guogong Li Yuan was willing to be a guarantor for Liu Wenjing, civil and military officials also enthusiastically expressed their willingness to be a guarantor.
Li Yuan asked Duan Yanshi to write a letter of guarantee, and the civil and military officials of Taiyuan County signed and drew on it one by one, wishing to ensure that Liu Wenjing was released from prison. On the same day, Li Shimin and Pei Lin took Liu Wenjing out of Taiyuan Prison and sent him back to Liu's Mansion for recuperation.
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Coming out of Liu Wenjing's house, Li Shimin hurriedly went back to report the good news to Guanyin.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw Guanyin being teaching her personal maid the qin.
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