In the study, Li Dan paced back and forth in the room with his hands, and the news brought by his eldest son Li Chengqi shocked him that his mother actually intended to crown Wu Youning as the prince, isn't this a prelude to the canonization of the crown prince?

Since Wu Sansi, who was about to be crowned the crown prince three years ago, was blocked, no one has mentioned the canonization of the crown prince, but everyone is thinking about this matter in their hearts, after all, the mother is nearly eighty, and this matter will not drag on for a few years, although the current situation is confusing, but the forces supporting the Li royal family still have the upper hand.

No matter how good Wu Sansi is, it is difficult to make up for the evil deeds he has done in the past, basically no one is optimistic about him anymore, but no one would have imagined that his mother was considering Wu Youning as the crown prince, which really made Li Dan a little panicked.

He believes that this news is true, Zhang Li is Wu Youning's brother-in-law, with Wu Youning and Zhang Li's stability, Prince Feng has basically been decided, but the question is, why didn't Princess Taiping tell herself?

Li Dan knew very well that Princess Taiping was well-informed, her husband's brother wanted to be crowned the prince, she not only knew, but must have known it a long time ago, so why did she hide herself.

Li Dan was really a little dissatisfied with Princess Taiping, in fact, there was a rift between their brothers and sisters three years ago, that is, Li Chongrun's death, Princess Taiping killed Zhang Jingxiong, and actually framed King Luling, which made Li Dan very angry, not only angry about the matter itself, but Princess Taiping did not discuss with him, and even acted without telling him at all.

This time, Princess Taiping concealed herself at a critical moment, which made Li Dan have to doubt Princess Taiping's intentions.

At this time, Li Longji, the third son sitting in the corner, said: "Father, you can't pretend to be deaf and dumb in this matter, you must ask your aunt clearly, what is her position?

Li Dan was stunned, why is San Lang also here? He then remembered that he had just talked to him about his studies, and just halfway through the discussion, Cheng Qi hurriedly came in and interrupted their conversation, and it turned out that San Lang had not left yet.

Li Longji is exactly twenty years old this year, he is very strong, heroic, his eyes are very sharp, and he is shrewd, decisive and strategic, but he is too strong and lacks the generosity of his eldest brother Li Chengqi.

Di Renjie once said to Li Dan that if Li Chengqi is the emperor, he will be the benevolent monarch, if Li Longji is the emperor, he will be the male lord, the benevolent monarch will be virtuous, the country will be long-lasting and peaceful, the male lord will open up the territory and expand the border, rigid and easy to break, for Li Dan, he prefers the generosity of the eldest son, like himself, but he also likes the decisiveness of San Lang, which can make up for the indecision of Dalang sometimes.

Li Dan was a little unhappy and said: "San Lang, this matter has nothing to do with you, you just have to do your own studies!"

Li Longji said a little anxiously: "Father, the child knows that this matter is related to his father's future, once he sits down, Wu Youning will be promoted from the prince to the prince within a few months, the Li royal family will suffer a catastrophe, and Li Tang's country will be over, how can the child sit idly by." ”

Li Chengqi next to him also persuaded: "Father, San Lang has the courage and ability, let him participate, just to make up for the lack of our manpower, I hope my father can agree." ”

Li Dan thought about it, then nodded and said, "Since you must participate, my father has no objection, but I have conditions, you must follow your brother's arrangement, assist your brother, and not make any decisions without authorization, do you hear?"

Li Longji was overjoyed, he had always wanted to participate in his father's major affairs, but his father had never agreed, but he didn't expect today's chance to finally make his wish come true, he quickly got up and promised: "The child must obey the arrangement of the eldest brother and will not act without authorization." ”

Li Dan nodded, and asked Li Chengqi again, "I know about Wu Youning, let's talk about Huan Yanfan, did Li Zhen agree?"

Li Chengqi smiled: "He agreed very happily." ”

"Does he really understand my intentions?"

Li Dan's real intention is not just to recommend Huan Yanfan as the prime minister, of course, this is also a very important goal, but the higher goal is to win over Zhang Cambodia and Yao Chong through Li Zhen and become his staunch supporters.

Di Renjie supports him as the king of Li Dan, everyone in the world knows, Zhang Cambodia and Yao Chong are Di Renjie's followers, and everyone in the world knows it, so everyone will take it for granted that Zhang Cambodia and Yao Chong are also the support of the king Li Dan.

But wearing shoes is warm and cold, only his feet know himself, Li Dan knows very well that Zhang Cambodia and Yao Chong only support Li Tang, not themselves, and Zhang Cambodia is a little biased towards his brother Li Xian, the king of Luling, after all, his brother is the heir to the throne set by his father back then, and he is just a puppet planted by his mother when the time was not ripe to seize the throne.

But the elder brother is not in good health and seems to be unable to compete for the throne, which makes Li Dan see hope and opportunity, if Zhang Cambodia and Yao Chong can fully support him, then he will have independent strength.

In addition, there is also a Li Zhen who controls the most elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, he is not only the general of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion, but also his influence is so great that it also affects the internal guards and the Guanzhong army, and even the Liaodong army.

Pulling Li Zhen to his side is Li Dan's most important and critical move, and this move has not yet been completed, and there are still great variables.

Therefore, Li Dan asked his eldest son to go to Li Zhen for help, to a large extent, to test Li Zhen's attitude, which is actually killing three birds with one stone.

He looked at his eldest son with expectant eyes, and Li Chengqi nodded slightly, "The child feels that Li Zhen's heart is like a mirror, he is also in trouble now, and he needs help, if we stand idly by, he will be pulled away by others." ”

"You mean the Zhang brothers?"

"Yes, as my father knows, the Zhang brothers must put Li Zhen to death, this poisoning case failed, the Zhang brothers are very capable of officially forming an alliance with Wu Sansi and joining forces to deal with Li Zhen, so, what does my father think Wu Sansi's conditions will be?"

"I see!"

Li Dan sighed softly, although he had the heart to help Li Zhen, but the resources in his hands were also insufficient, how could he help?

At this time, Li Longji said on the side: "Father, the child has an idea, maybe he can help Li Zhen." ”

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Since three years ago, Li Longji has expressed his desire to enter politics to his father more than once, but each time he had to end in disgrace due to his father's resolute opposition, and this time he unexpectedly succeeded.

However, Li Longji was not surprised, after all, he had passed the age of a weak crown, and he thought that it was precisely because of this that his father finally relented, perhaps because of the support of his eldest brother.

Either way, he had already taken the first step and put forward his own opinions, which were adopted by his father and brother.

Li Longji also knew that the current situation was very dangerous, Er Zhang was about to form an alliance with Wu Sansi again, Wu Youning was born, his aunt Princess Taiping was the first rat at both ends, his father was neither the heir to the imperial throne designated by the first emperor, nor was he valued by the imperial grandmother, and the Chinese military minister of the dynasty supported his uncle King Luling in the majority.

Without resources, connections, and even military support, it's like cooking without raw materials, so how can you make a big dish with all the color and flavor, which really tests the wisdom of their father and son.

Fortunately, they are not short of money, they have the full support of the Guanlong nobles Changsun and Dou, and they have nearly 200,000 yuan of money every year, but many things cannot be solved by money.

On the field of the right guard colonel, two polo teams are competing fiercely, one is this year's champion Qianqi Battalion team, the other is last year's champion, this year's second ranked Yulin Army, both polo teams are the top teams in Datang, their game attracted a large number of guards in the palace to watch the game.

Li Longji is the main scorer of the Yulin army, but the leader of the team is Zuo Yulin General Pei Kuan, as well as Wu Yanxiu, Zhao Zhi, Dugu Changlin, and the Qianqi Battalion is a traditional strong team, and most of the championships have been won by them in the past ten competitions.

Although Dou Xianyun, the first polo master of the Tang Dynasty, injured his leg due to a drunken fall from a horse and withdrew from the polo game, his son Dou Qianqiu inherited his father's polo talent and became the top scorer of the Qianqi Camp Polo Team, as well as Zhonglang General Jiuzhi, Lang General Ye Xian and others.

The strength of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion is also related to the fact that the general Li Zhen attaches great importance to the polo team, he set up more than a dozen polo teams in the Thousand Cavalry Battalion, usually conducts internal competitions, selects the best and forms the strongest lineup, and represents the Thousand Cavalry Battalion to go out to fight, and the Thousand Cavalry Battalion can win many battles.

However, today's polo game is just a friendly match, the two sides learn skills, there is no special significance, although the game is very intense, but the scene is not rude, nor hot, only played less than half an hour, the two sides shook hands 3-3, and ended the game.

"San Lang, let's go to Jiuquan Tower for a drink at noon!" When changing clothes, Dugu Changlin smiled at Li Longji.

Li Longji turned around and asked Wu Yanxiu, "Is Brother Yanxiu going too?"

Wu Yanxiu shook his head, "I'm on duty today, so I won't go." ”

He was in a bad mood, he had been the general of the Yulin Army for seven years, but he had never been promoted, and recently he got the news that Zhang Yizhi recommended Wu Youyi as the general of the right Yulin Army, which made Wu Yanxiu feel disappointed.

Li Longji understood his mood and said with a smile: "Actually, it's nothing, anyway, Wu Youning is going to be crowned King Yan, and Brother Yanxiu will have to be reused sooner or later." ”

"What?"

Wu Yanxiu was taken aback, hurriedly pulled Li Longji aside, and asked in a low voice, "What you just said is true?"

"I heard from my aunt yesterday, but you must not spread the word about this matter, the saint has issued a gag order. ”

Wu Yanxiu's heart was in a mess, Wu Youning sealed the king of Yan, this is definitely a big thing, no wonder the news is tightly sealed, they don't know at all.

"I see, I'm not going out and talking nonsense. ”

Wu Yanxiu hurriedly changed his clothes and left the dressing room, Li Longji looked at him in the distance, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, he knew where Wu Yanxiu was going?

Although Wu Yanxiu is the son of Wu Chenghei, he has been ostracized at home because he is a concubine, so he has always been very close to his uncle Wu Sansi.

A few years ago, he married a Turkic princess, but unexpectedly, the Turks turned their faces and imprisoned him in the grassland, it was Wu Sansi who persuaded the saint again and again, and the saint finally sent someone to take him back to Luoyang, for which Wu Yanxiu was even more grateful to Wu Sansi and became Wu Sansi's confidant.

Today he inadvertently got the news from Li Longji that Wu Youning would be crowned King Yan, he knew that Wu Sansi would be the biggest loss, and when he came out of the dressing room, he didn't even return to the barracks, so he rushed directly to Wu Sansi's Liang Wangfu.