Above the Wei River, the river flows gently.

The official boat slowly headed towards Chang'an, Li Xuan and Pei Shitong were dressed in green clothes, sitting in the stern of the boat, fishing easily.

His eyes fell on the direction of Luoyang, Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh lightly, and said, "Actually, the prince is looking for a husband this time, and there is another layer of calculation. ”

"Oh?" Pei Shitong turned her head to look at Li Xuan, she didn't understand why Li Xuan suddenly talked about this again.

"It's the King of England, and the crown prince is calculating the King of England." The corners of Li Xuan's mouth carried a trace of resentment, a hint of a sneer, and a hint of jealousy.

"Is the husband talking about the Wei family?" Pei Shitong has been with Li Xuan for so long, and she has also figured out his thoughts a little.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "Uncle Wei Shi was born in the Wei family, and the concubine of the British prince was also born in the Wei family, and Wei Chengqing, who was transferred from the East Palace before, was also born in the Wei family, and the prince also smelled the smell of danger, and the deepest hidden thing this time was the calculation of the British king." ”

Pei Shitong sat beside Li Xuan and gently held his hand.

Li Xuan took a light breath and said in a low voice: "Wei Xiang'er is the most favored by the King of England, if the King of England becomes the crown prince, Wei Xiang'er will be the crown princess, once the King of England goes further, the Wei family will be the real relatives...... It is a good thing that the husband can see this, the Wei family can see this, and the prince can also see this, and it is a good thing to win over the Wei family in advance. ”

"But the most direct threat to the prince is the North Gate Scholar." Pei Shitong looked at Li Xuan with some incomprehension, and asked in a low voice, "Why doesn't the prince directly do it to the North Gate Bachelor?" ”

These days, Li Xuan and Pei Shitong have said a lot of secrets in the court, and her progress is very fast.

"Because the North Gate Bachelor is not easy to mess with, there are few flaws, but the King of England, as well as the Wei family, they have many flaws." Li Xuan's eyes were deep, and he said in a low voice: "Before the prince fights with the North Gate Bachelor, he still wants to win over others as much as possible, and the King of England and the Wei family are his best targets." ”

"But once the crown prince is deposed, it will be the king who will benefit?"

"That's why I want to fight and pull the king of England and the Wei family first, hit three sticks first, and then give a sweet date, this is the prince's wrist, he wants to make the king of England give up the heir first, and then fully support him, fight with the king of Xiang, fight with the queen of heaven, and he himself will stabilize his position in the back." Li Xuan was a little amused and said, "The idea is very good, but it can't be done." ”

Pei Shitong nodded lightly, although the prince's mind was hidden, the entire overall situation was covered by the emperor, and the prince was in the game, so he couldn't see the overall situation clearly, but Li Xuan stood outside the chess and saw it very clearly.

Although it was said that he would not be able to see through the deepest little secret hidden by the prince for a while, he jumped directly out of the overall situation.

"Your Majesty also wants to see if we can jump in this time." Li Xuan lowered her voice and said in a low voice: "I thought that my husband knew about Your Majesty, but this time my husband didn't jump in, Your Majesty may have to entrust me with important tasks in the future." ”

Li Xuan thought about it gently, the things in the court, but if there is leeway, then there is room for action.

"Then Uncle Wei Shi is like this?" Pei Shitong followed and asked.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "Yes, he should be transferred out of the foreign post for three or two years, if he can really make achievements, so that His Majesty will be impressed by him, maybe he will be reused...... If Li Xian becomes the crown prince one day, maybe Shangshu and the prime minister will have his place. ”

Relative, Li Xian.

Li Xuan lowered his eyebrows slightly, Webster.

Pei Shitong saw what Li Xuan seemed to be thinking, and subconsciously asked, "What is the husband thinking?" ”

"The husband is thinking about Wei Concubine's father, Yuzhou Assassin Shi Wei Xuanzhen." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said: "Wei Xuanzhen joined the army in Puzhou in his early years, and later served as Sima, Changshi, and after marrying his daughter to King Ying, he was promoted to the assassin of Yuzhou, Yuzhou is Shangzhou, if you go one step further, you still have the opportunity to become the prime minister." ”

"In the current dynasty, there is no precedent for the crown prince or the emperor's father-in-law to become the prime minister, right?" Pei Shitong thought about it and shook his head.

Li Xuan bowed slightly, and said: "Not only the current dynasty, but also the former Sui Dynasty, because Yang Jian himself started as a national ruler...... However, there are still several uncles who are prime ministers. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji is Li Shimin's brother-in-law, Chu Suiliang is the uncle of Empress Li Zhi's Wang family, and there are many other former Sui dynasties and the Sixteen Dynasties in the north and south.

Of course, the most common is still the Han Dynasty.

Not to mention the Eastern Han Dynasty, the relatives were autocratic, and even Huo Guang of the Western Han Dynasty was also the father-in-law of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

Tian Wei, the uncle of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, also served as the prime minister, let alone the Dou family.

The party of foreign relatives has always been an indispensable and even the most important force in the DPRK and China.

Even the Empress Wu is the same, after her two brothers were killed by her, she promoted Helan Minzhi again; After Helan Minzhi's accident, she found Wu Chenghei again; After Wu Chenghe's death, he supported Wu Sansi, and there were other Wu family disciples.

The Empress Wu is in the palace, and there is Wu Chenghei outside the palace, so the news inside and outside the palace will not be completely isolated.

……

Li Xuan waved her hand lightly at Pei Shitong, her eyes focused on the river in front of her.

When he was in Luoyang, he had a hazy idea and pushed Wei Hongji to the position of Shangshu and even the prime minister.

But to be more precise, it was the entire Jingzhao Merriam-Webster who was pushed to the forefront.

Once Li Xian becomes the crown prince, Wei Xianger will be the crown princess.

The Wei family is the future queen family.

After Li Xian later succeeded to the throne, he directly promoted his father-in-law Wei Xuanzhen to serve in the middle of the court, in addition to seeing if anyone in the court listened to him, and also to establish his own group of relatives.

After all, whether it is the Book of the Former Han Dynasty or the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, it clearly tells people that as long as the emperor is alive, then the relatives are the best helpers of the emperor.

Even the most unlucky Emperor Han Ling was the same, but after his death, General He could not control the situation.

Li Xian wants to cultivate a group of relatives, and his most important plan is to compete with Wu Chenghei and the party of Wu Hou.

But he didn't expect that the first person who really angered him with his action was Pei Yan.

Pei Yan united with Wu Hou and abolished Li Xian.

But it's a pity that Empress Wu, who was supposed to return to the harem when Li Xian was deposed, suddenly stayed in the court and didn't leave.

After Li Jingye rebelled, Empress Wu took the opportunity to kill Pei Yan, and then Yongzhen court, and finally usurped the Tang Dynasty.

If you look at it from Li Xian's point of view, Li Xuan should help Li Xian kill Pei Yan and then help him gain a foothold.

But in fact, Li Xuan knew in his heart that Li Xian was not the opponent of the Empress Wu at all, even if Li Xian and Pei Yan joined forces.

Unless they are willing to let Li Xuan stay in the court.

But unfortunately, as the king of the clan, Li Xuan could not be left in the center.

Empress Wu will not allow it, Pei Yan will not allow it, and even Li Xian will not allow it.

The current Li Xian still trusts Li Xuan, but once Li Xian succeeds to the throne, no, even as long as Li Xian becomes the crown prince, there will be more people in the Wei family in the East Palace.

At that time, under the slander of people day and night, there will also be contradictions between Li Xuan and Li Xian.

……

Of course, these are all things in the future, but in front of him, what Li Xuan needs to do is to cultivate the Wei family after Li Xian becomes the crown prince.

After Wei Hongji is built in Shangyang Palace, he will go out to assassinate him, but after he leaves, he can transfer Wei Xuanzhen back first.

If you don't do anything else, it's okay to be a nine-temple temple.

It is only necessary to persuade Li Xian in the future to let Wei Xuanzhen come step by step, from the Nine Temples to the Six Shangshu, to the Three Provinces Shilang, and the Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, which is more acceptable to people.

Of course, the mere fact that Li Xian has the idea of making Wei Xuanzhen the prime minister shows his immaturity.

In the end, this kind of thinking did not offend Pei Yan alone, and even almost all the officials of the current dynasty had already offended.

Li Xian can't fight the martial arts, and what Li Xuan needs to do is to delay the time when Li Xian is deposed as much as possible.

Li Xian was deposed, and Li Dan ascended the throne.

Li Dan is also not the opponent of the martial arts.

That's where the opportunity comes in.

Opportunity on the side of Qingjun.

But you still need to buy yourself time.

Although Li Xuan is not weak, at the moment, his strength is not enough.

The Western Regions, even including Tibet, has a way to solve it, and the real problem is in the east.

East of Luoyang.

Li Jingye's idea is very good, Li Jingye raised troops in the southeast, Li Xuan raised troops in the southwest, and the east and west sides could naturally pose a huge threat to Chang'an Luoyang.

But Li Jingye's idea will make Li Xuan the first to become the target of Empress Wu and the emperor.

So Li Xuan had no choice but to kill Li Jingye.

But he needs someone like Li Jingye who can raise troops in Jiangnan.

King Cao, King Yue?

The two names suddenly jumped into Li Xuan's mind, and then he couldn't help but shake his head.

Although the clan seems to have a lot of talents, when it comes to it, there is not a single one who can really hold up the banner of rebellion.

In addition to the clan, then there are only relatives left.

The people of the Wei family, no.

Once Li Xian ascended the throne, the people of the Wei family would immediately become a thorn in the side of the Empress Wu.

Their role is only to become Li Xuan's shield.

So......

Dou's.

The Dou family is not only Li Dan's wife, but also the family of Empress Taimu, the wife of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuanfa.

In addition, there is another point, which is the Dugu family.

Compared with the Dou family, the Dugu family has no big climate figures, except for Empress Yuanzhen, the mother of Gaozu Emperor Li Yuan.

After all, Li Yuan's cousin is the former Sui Yang Guang.

More or less, Datang is still a little guarded against the Dugu clan.

Therefore, what can really be used by Li Xuan is the Dugu clan.

Under the guise of the Dou clan and the Dugu clan as the core, it is not feasible to raise troops in the southeast.

However, it needs to be planned and calculated in advance.

Stretching out his hand to hold Pei Shitong in his arms, Li Xuan whispered: "After returning to Chang'an, I have to be busy as a husband, this year there are a lot of furs sent from Changzhou to Chang'an, as well as other northwestern states, there are not a few similar things, it seems that it needs to be carefully coordinated." ”

"Hmm!" Pei Shitong replied softly, she didn't know why Li Xuan wanted to say this to her, she just looked at Li Xuan's side face in front of her, a little fascinated.

……

The ship traveled slowly, but it also arrived in Chang'an at the moment of darkness.

Pei Shitong got off the boat with some reluctance.

When she leaves the ship, she has to face a new world, a complex world.

A home, a small but crowded home.

In the past, she may have had some resistance in her heart, but after this trip to Luoyang, she understood the danger of reality better.

Everyone has to live on thin ice.

They need to huddle together to keep warm.

……

Li Xuan turned around and looked at Pei Shitong gently.

Pei Shitong smiled happily, and the next moment, she had followed Li Xuan closely.

Walked together to the east of Chang'an City, Chunming Gate.

(End of chapter)