When the people guarding the door went to get pastries, Li Gang spoke again, "Your Highness, does he know why I call myself a grassroots citizen?"
Li Yuanji looked embarrassed. Zhao Chengyong had already told him the whole story. How could he not know why Li Gang called himself a grassroots citizen?
It's just that Li Gang claimed that the grassroots were his fault, so it was difficult for him to answer. Once he answered incorrectly, Li Gang would definitely take advantage of the question and take the opportunity to attack.
Li Gang saw Li Yuanji's reaction, nodded and said: "It seems that His Highness knows, but he just doesn't want to say it, so I won't embarrass you."
Speaking of this, Li Gang paused for a moment and then said: "His Highness just said that everyone in the Tang Dynasty knows that everything I said is reasonable. I want to talk to His Highness, but I don't know if His Highness is willing."
listen?"
Li Gang first gave him a sweet date, and then started to slap him. Li Yuanji couldn't do it if he didn't listen, so he could only stubbornly maintain a smile and nodded stiffly.
Li Gang received the approval and immediately began to talk at length.
From the Three Emperors to the Five Emperors, from the Five Emperors to King Chengtang and Wu, and then to the First Emperor, Liu Bang, and finally to Yang Guang.
He said so much, and he summed it up in one sentence, that is, "A country cannot be without a king for a day, and a family cannot be without a master for a day."
"The crown prince of our country, the Tang Dynasty, is uncertain day by day, and the generals of our country, the Tang Dynasty, will never be at peace. Therefore, I sincerely request your highness to return to the court with me and succeed to the position of prince prince."
Li Gang didn't get to the point until the end, and when he said, "My crown prince of the Tang Dynasty is uncertain," he stood up and bowed solemnly to Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji was the tallest of the two, and couldn't help but said: "Mr. Li, it's not that I want to refute your good intentions, but our Tang Dynasty has just been finalized, and there are still a lot of jackals, tigers and leopards looking around outside. It's not for you and me to enjoy our lives in peace.
This is not the time for you and me to fight for our own fame and position.
Therefore, I hope to return to the imperial court after the Western Turks have been eradicated. At that time, Mr. Li can do whatever he wants, and I will never refute it."
Li Gang slowly straightened up and said with a frown: "The expedition against the Western Turks did not happen overnight. Although His Highness has warriors like Hou Junji under his command to open up territory for His Highness, there are also Li Shiji and Yin Kaishan in Gaochang.
He Luntai stopped moving forward.
Therefore, His Highness wants to wait until the Western Turks are conquered before returning to the imperial court, but he does not know how long it will take.
Besides, Li Shiji and others are keeping an eye on the battle ahead, so nothing can go wrong. If His Highness is really worried, His Highness the Prince of Huai'an County can stay and replace His Highness to supervise the army.
Therefore, I sincerely request Your Highness to return to court as soon as possible."
At the end of his speech, Li Gang bent down again.
Li Yuanji said helplessly: "What if I don't want that position?"
Li Gang raised his head and looked at Li Yuanji in surprise, looking a little confused.
Although he is well-informed and is used to hearing all kinds of shocking words, he still can't keep calm when he hears these words.
His heart, which had been silent for a long time, began to beat violently again.
"You, what did you say?"
After Li Gang came to his senses, he even forgot the honorific and directly called "you". He began to doubt his ears, thinking that he heard wrongly.
Li Yuanji repeated again: "I said, what if I don't want that position?"
Li Gang's eyes widened little by little, and he lost his voice: "Then on that day when there was turmoil in the palace, you suppressed His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the former King of Qin with an invincible attitude. Why did you do that?"
Li Yuanji sighed and said truthfully: "I am here to stop our brothers from killing each other!"
Li Gang had been listening attentively. Seeing that Li Yuanji had nothing to say, he said in disbelief: "Is it just for this?"
Li Yuanji asked: "Isn't this enough?"
Li Gang was choked to the point of being speechless.
If it were placed in the homes of ordinary people, this would indeed be enough, and it would still be enough. But if it were placed in the royal family, this reason, this explanation, does not look like a reason at all, nor does it look like an explanation, but more like nonsense.
The talk was like a joke.
"Then why do you want to seize power from the saint?"
After being silent for a while, Li Gang spoke again.
Li Yuanji still said truthfully: "If I don't seize power from my father, my father will still divide the power in his hands to my eldest brother and second brother, and then everything that happened in front of Xuanwu Gate will happen again.
Rather than killing each other, where you kill me and I kill you, it’s better for me to end it all.”
Li Gang pondered, while analyzing the truth or falsehood of these words, he said: "If all you have done is just for this, then from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to now, few people can compare with you."
This is not flattery, but real praise.
After all, facing the throne, or the throne of unification, few people can stop being greedy, and few people will seize power with the purpose of saving the lives of their brothers.
Li Yuanji said humbly: "Li Gong is so complimentary. I'm not as good as you said. The fundamental purpose of doing this is for myself."
Li Gang nodded to express his understanding, "If your eldest brother wants to ascend the throne and secure the throne, you and your second brother must be eliminated. If your second brother wants to ascend the throne and secure the throne, you and your eldest brother must also be eliminated.
If you want to survive, you must fight and seize power.
After you won, you were able to spare the lives of your eldest brother and second brother who wanted to get rid of you. This is better than both of them, so it is worthy of praise."
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded, and did not bother with Li Gang any more on this issue, thus ending the topic.
At this time, Li Gang roughly analyzed the truth of what he said, so he said seriously: "Then how are you going to deal with that position?"
Li Yuanji said frankly: "I am ready to let Chengde inherit the position of prince as the emperor's grandson."
Li Yuanji didn't say the rest, but Li Gang definitely understood the meaning.
"Do you want Chengde to surpass your generation and directly inherit the position of saint?"
Li Gang was startled again and his eyes widened again.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After living for so many years, he has only heard about skipping inheritance, but has never seen it with his own eyes.
This is theoretically possible, but it just feels weird.
When the emperor's three legitimate sons are all intact, the grandson directly inherits the throne, as if the emperor's three legitimate sons do not exist and will not have any objections, and as if the subjects of the world will not find it strange.
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded.
Li Gang hesitated and said: "It is not a good thing for your young minister to be strong!"
Li Yuanji chuckled and said: "If someone wants to jump out, let him jump. I just won't inherit that position, and I'm not dead."
Li Gang was stunned, thought for a moment, and nodded. Yes, as long as Li Yuanji is alive, he can intimidate all the young people, and whether Li Yuan becomes emperor or Li Chengde becomes emperor, it will not affect Li Yuanji's power in the Tang Dynasty.
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After all, Li Yuan was chasing after his son to feed him, and Li Chengde needed his father to help him carry the meal.
Therefore, before Li Chengde came of age, this bowl of rice from the Tang Dynasty would be in the hands of Li Yuanji, regardless of whether Li Yuanji was the emperor or not.
"I probably understand why you don't want to take over the position of prince or saint. You want to make a sword, a sword that hangs over the heads of everyone in the clan, a sword that hangs over the heads of all civil and military officials.
As long as you don't die, everyone in the clan must follow your rules and elect a new king in a peaceful manner.
As long as you don't die, no one among the civil and military officials will dare to make a mistake, even if they are serving a young master who is very easy to deceive."
Li Gang said with emotion.
Li Yuanji nodded. There were reasons for this, but not many.
What he hopes more is that the Han people can go out, and this era is an excellent opportunity.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were sharp and could rival all the forces in the world. The talents of the Tang Dynasty were endless and could be used even if it took a hundred years. They had more advantages than other eras in going global.
After all, in other eras, talents may only exist for thirty or forty years, or even one generation, but in the Tang Dynasty during this period, talents really emerged in endlessly, ensuring that they would continue to be created for a hundred years.
With such an excellent advantage, it would be a pity not to go out.
One hundred years may not be enough for the Han people to spread all over the world, but it can at least catch up with the level of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
Li Gang sighed sincerely: "Everyone in the world praises me as the great sage of the Tang Dynasty. Now it seems that I am even slightly inferior to your highness. Your highness is the real sage of the Tang Dynasty."
There are many people in the world who are ignorant and greedy. Those who can get out of ignorance and stop greed are all great sages who are respected by the world.
Li Yuanji shook his head in a funny way and said: "I'm not a great sage, I'm just a selfish ghost who is selfish."
After saying this, without waiting for Li Gang to refute, Li Yuanji looked at Li Gang and said with a smile: "No more persuasion?"
As if a heavy burden had been lifted, Li Gang waved his hands freely, but smiled bitterly and said: "I won't persuade you anymore, I won't persuade you any more. In fact, before I came here, I guessed that this trip might be in vain.
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Now it seems that I guessed it right."
Li Yuanji said unexpectedly: "Since you guessed that I won't go back with you, why do you still come?"
Li Gang said frankly: "I don't know why His Highness didn't return to the capital, and I don't know why His Highness has always been so close to that position, so I wanted to come and see it in person.
Now that I understand His Highness's thoughts, I feel relieved.
Compared to His Highness's nobleness, I am still a bit dirty.
If one day I become clean, I will come and meet His Highness again!"
Having said this, Li Gang bent down deeply, made a solemn and serious salute, and then left the cabin without looking back.
Li Yuanji knew that Li Gang was going back to Beijing, so he quickly called Chu Suiliang and Gao Kan to personally escort Li Gang back to Beijing.
There were not many great sages and people of Li Gang's age in the Tang Dynasty. There were only a few of them at all times. One missing person would be a huge loss to the Tang Dynasty, so they must be protected.
"I see that Li Gang seems to be going back. How did you fool Li Gang into going back?"
Not long after Chu Suiliang and Gao Kan chased Li Gang away, Li Shimin strolled into the courtyard with his hands behind his back and a small tail behind him. As soon as he showed up, he asked such an uncomfortable question.
