Chapter 80: The Cui Family's Methods

Li Shimin made great achievements in the war back then, and he was also Li Yuan's preferred successor.

But the five surnames and seven hopes knew that Li Shimin was eloquent and strategic, and it would never give them much room for development, so these people joined forces to push Li Jiancheng to the position of the prince, and began to strengthen Li Jiancheng's strength, so that Li Jiancheng should not be an empty prince.

In addition to this, they also facilitated the cooperation between the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi, Li Yuanji, to jointly deal with Li Shimin, the king of Qin.

Judging from the situation at that time, their steps can be said to be step-by-step, and Li Shimin, who was persecuted, did not have any ability to fight back, and in the long run, Li Shimin's advantages would be slowly digested.

When they thought that they were going to succeed, these people began to mobilize the generals under Li Shimin, keep them away from Li Shimin, and then attack Li Shimin, there was no problem in the plan, but they forgot that Li Shimin was a bold and reckless person.

Just when all the plans were about to succeed, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Incident, directly killed his eldest brother and third brother, and also broke one of the arms of the five surnamed Qiwang, they don't know how much manpower and material resources were invested in these two people, so that in the process of Li Shimin's ascension to the throne, they did not make effective resistance.

That is, from that time on, there was no way to mend the rift between the two sides, but Li Shimin was too weak at that time, and the five surnames and seven hopes also suffered heavy losses in that political struggle, so everyone shook hands and made peace on the surface.

Now both sides are almost recuperating, and a battle has started again, but Li Xiang's sudden appearance has made both sides a little chaotic.

But it's a good thing for Li Shimin, originally he needed to play against the five surnamed Qiwang, but now his grandson can come forward.

For the five surnames and seven wangs, they could have faced Li Shimin directly, but now they need to pass the level of Li Xiang first, even if they win, it will be a heavy loss, and there is no chance of winning in the face of Li Shimin.

So they adjusted their strategy in time, hoping to reach an agreement with Li Xiang, even if there was a fight between the two sides, then don't let them break their muscles and bones, and finally let Li Shimin or other princes pick up the advantage.

Cui Sanye thinks that he can succeed, if Li Xiang uses all his strength to fight to the death with the Cui family, what if Li Shimin does not support Li Xiang? At that time, Li Xiang will be a light commander, and he will still have no hope for that big position.

If Li Xiang is dedicated to the Tang Dynasty, then Cui Sanye's plan will not succeed, but if Li Xiang only has a little selfish thoughts, then Cui Sanye can adjust his strategy and push Li Xiang up.

In the process of promoting Li Xiang's ascension to the throne, they can also grasp some of Li Xiang's handles, and use this as a threat, and they can make the five surnames and seven hopes last for decades.

Of course, the plan is very good, but whether it can be implemented is another matter, Li Xiang, who woke up in the morning, saw the invitation in Qian Ping's hand, and his face was sarcastic.

You are a flat-headed commoner, although you are one of the four elders of the Cui family, but just with this post, you asked me to visit you, this is too, right?

"Your Royal Highness, don't say it's this Cui Sanye, even if it's Cui Yuncheng's post, the princes in the imperial city will all go to ......"

Qian Ping said with a bitter face beside him, Cui Yuncheng was the person in charge of the Cui family in the capital in the past, if he wanted to hold a banquet to invite people, even some princes and sons even went over to be escorts, this is the ability of the first wealthy family.

"What you said was before, and from now on, the rules will be set by me, but they are willing to post, the assassination should have nothing to do with them, let the people who investigated the Cui family come back and continue to investigate the others."

Li Xiang said disdainfully, although these people next to him are very confident, but everyone is still a little scared, this is the world's first wealthy Cui family, it is said that when Emperor Yang of Sui was at his peak, the head of the Cui family celebrated his birthday, and Emperor Yang of Sui still went in person, of course, no one confirmed this, maybe it was made up by the people of the Cui family themselves.

"Elephant, you have to go."

As soon as Li Xiang's words were finished, Li Chengqian's voice came from outside, Li Xiang was eating breakfast, so he quickly packed up his clothes, and then welcomed his father in.

"Why did the father say this, and the son was still afraid of him?"

Li Xiang welcomed Li Chengqian to the main seat.

"I'll tell you something, your second uncle was the same as you back then, but he offended the Boling Cui family, which is even worse than yours, but do you know how they dealt with your second uncle?"

Li Chengqian sighed, although he hated Li Tai very much, but when it came to this matter, it was also a bow from the prince of their generation to the five surnames and seven wangs.

Seeing Li Xiang shake his head, Li Chengqian continued.

"They used two methods, one way is to let your second uncle Huangzhuang die, those tenants are all suicides, and the second way is to entangle a group of Confucians, saying that your second uncle is against the destiny of heaven, doing tricks, and offending God..."

Li Xiang didn't understand these words, but after Li Chengqian's explanation, Li Xiang was generally clear that the tenants in Li Taihuangzhuang's village committed suicide, which was the result of the bribery of the five surnames and seven wangs, but Li Tai couldn't explain it clearly, because the mouthpiece was not in his hands, although he also bought a group of literati, but they were all young people, and their credibility was not high.

The five surnames and seven wangs are all Confucians of the imperial court, and they continue to fabricate the doctrine of ghosts and gods, saying that Li Tai's imperial village is haunted at night, which scares these tenants to commit suicide one after another, and the death of one or two people will definitely not affect Li Tai, but thirty-two lives......

At that time, in order to calm down this turmoil, Li Tai could only privately find the person in charge of the Cui family in the capital at that time, and no one knew about the transaction at that time, but soon the turmoil calmed down, but those who knew about it also saw that even if you were the prince, there was nothing you could do with the Cui family, and it also made the family hold it in your hands.

"I know you're very powerful, and you're not afraid of them when you come openly, but if you come secretly, you're really not their opponent, so my father let you go."

Li Chengqian even spoke with a hint of command.

You must know that since Li Xiang was reborn to the present, although he respects Li Chengqian, this person has done some ridiculous things, and he has also made Li Chengqian and Li Xiang talk with a hint of discussion, but the last sentence has no meaning of discussion.

"You don't know how good they are, go ahead!"

Li Chengqian said earnestly, and then hammered his waste leg, he didn't want anything to happen to his son......