Man Tang Hong Chapter 0310 A Not Very Smart Person
When Li Yuanji walked out of Guangyun Gate, it was already dark.
On both sides of the Jinqiao in front of Guangyun Gate, there were many figures swaying. They were all hiding in the dark, and their faces could not be seen clearly. Only a dull shadow loomed in the darkness.
Li Yuanji knew their identities, but ignored them. He just led Su Dingfang, Xie Shufang, and Kan Leng across the Golden Bridge, mounted his horse, and hurriedly left in front of Guangyun Gate.
After Li Yuanji left, the figures on both sides of Jinqiao shook more intensely, and low voices could be heard from time to time.
"His Royal Highness King Qi has left the palace!"
"Go back quickly and report to Alang!"
"..."
"Is everything okay?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?"
"..."
"Is this kind of thing something that we servants can discuss at will?"
Someone yelled in a slightly louder voice, and all the figures fell silent, and finally blended into the night silently.
Li Yuanji also blended into the night, but he didn't like the night in Chang'an City.
It always felt dark and lifeless, as if I was in a ghost world.
If it weren't for the people who controlled Wu Houwei and passed by him from time to time, he would really think that he was in a ghost world.
"Chang'an City shouldn't be like this."
Li Yuanji sighed in his heart.
In his reverie, Chang'an City should be a prosperous, noisy, drunken and sleepless city.
People can indulge, enjoy, and appreciate the prosperity and power of the Tang Dynasty in this city.
Only in this way can we be worthy of the name "Prosperous Tang Dynasty".
Unfortunately, the real Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty was far from what he imagined.
The curfew alone was enough to kill all his reverie.
"Your Majesty... Your Highness..."
Kan Leng rode his horse to catch up to Li Yuanji. He hesitated for a long time before speaking hesitantly.
Li Yuanji didn't look at him and just said 'hmm'.
Kan Leng received Li Yuanji's response and hurriedly said: "Are we going back like this?"
For a person who is not very smart, the group in the Tai Chi Palace today seems very baffling.
Today, I suddenly saw him as a prison guard in Tai Chi Palace, and then suddenly saw him as a prisoner, which seemed even more puzzling.
Kan Leng thought about it all the way, but couldn't think of a reason.
Although he, Su Dingfang and Xie Shufang are colleagues, their status is several levels different.
Su Dingfang and Xie Shufang, two smart people, did not like to get close to less smart people like him and Yu Wenbao.
Therefore, it was difficult for him to ask Su Dingfang and Xie Shufang to resolve his doubts, so he had no choice but to ask Li Yuanji for advice.
Li Yuanji glanced sideways at Kan Leng and sighed: "What else can we do if we don't go back? Everything is over."
Kan Leng said blankly: "But we didn't do anything?"
In Kan Leng's view, not doing anything means doing nothing.
You cannot expect a vanguard to think from the perspective of a commander or a counselor.
If he could consider the problem from the perspective of a commander or a counselor, he would not be reduced to a vanguard.
If he had the wisdom of a commander or a counselor, he would not ask such a question.
Li Yuanji used to like smart people the most, because it was easier to talk to smart people and it was easier to let smart people do things. However, after hanging out in the Tang Dynasty for a while, his preferences changed.
He began to like people who are not very smart, because people who are not very smart may not be so easy to talk and do things, but they are very obedient and very useful.
More importantly, it is easier to control without too many personal thoughts and opinions.
Take the matter of raising private soldiers as an example. If Li Jiancheng had sent one second-in-command to take charge of the overall situation, and then sent two second-in-commands to send out soldiers, even if he was exposed, he would not be betrayed, let alone be stabbed in the back.
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The worst outcome would be for the second-rate men to rebel in their own name and take all the blame, without involving Li Jiancheng.
But the people sent by Li Jiancheng were not only disloyal, but also too smart and had too many thoughts.
As a result, Li Jiancheng failed even though he did nothing.
With the example of Li Jiancheng and the example of Yu Wenbao in his family, Li Yuanji naturally knew that he should like people who are not very smart.
So when faced with Kan Leng's unintelligent question, Li Yuanji not only didn't get angry, but smiled calmly and said to Kan Leng: "It's not that we didn't do anything, it's that I've done everything we should do, so you don't have to do anything.
Already."
Kan Leng was still confused.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "This matter concerns my father, as well as my eldest brother and second brother, so I can't tell you clearly, you have to figure it out on your own.
If you realize it, then you will understand everything.
If you can't realize it, then just pretend nothing happened.
Anyway, no matter how far this matter develops in the end, it will have nothing to do with you, and it will not implicate you."
Kan Leng nodded as if he understood.
After Li Yuanji said so much, he summed it up in one sentence.
That is, 'This matter is kept confidential. You can't pry around, don't talk nonsense, and just pretend that nothing happened.'
"Your Highness, what are the saint's plans for the future?"
After Li Yuanji finished speaking to Kan Leng, Su Dingfang suddenly spoke.
Li Yuanji was stunned and asked with a smile: "Why, can't you stay idle anymore?"
Although the people in Prince Qi's palace also went to court, participated in politics, and could speak in the court, their voice was not important.
Especially when Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin each accounted for half of the court, once tit-for-tat began, what the people in Prince Qi's palace said would be completely drowned out.
Most of the people in Prince Qi's Mansion don't have any important part-time jobs. When they don't have much say, they seem to have nothing to do.
Only when there is a war can you go out in front of others and show off your presence.
Su Dingfang is now in his prime, when he is most ambitious and driven, so he is a little restless. He always wants to find something to do and build more achievements so that he can be comfortable when he grows old.
Rest on your laurels and act like an old scoundrel who scolds whoever you catch.
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"I'm a bit restless. If I continue to be idle, I'm afraid my ambition will be wasted."
Su Dingfang did not hide it, but openly expressed his thoughts.
Li Yuanji gave Su Dingfang a meaningful look.
If someone else said this, he might believe it.
But he didn't believe a word Su Dingfang said.
Su Dingfang was a strong man who could still play leading roles even when he was over sixty years old.
He is the kind of person who becomes stronger as he gets older, and his ambition becomes more determined as he gets older.
Will his ambition be wasted?
His ambition will only grow stronger as it wears away.
"Then how do you want to show your ambition?"
Li Yuanji stared at Su Dingfang for a long time, until Su Dingfang looked a little panicked, and then asked with a smile.
Su Dingfang said without hesitation: "I hope that your highness can recommend him to the saint, so that I can attack Yang Wenqian."
Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Did you guess that Yang Wenqian rebelled?"
Currently, only he, Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin know the details of this matter, and no one else knows the details.
However, it is reasonable for Su Dingfang to guess this.
After all, if a commander-in-chief does not have a keen sense of smell and can smell that a war is about to happen, then he is not qualified.
Su Dingfang clasped his fists and said, "I saw the saint sending people to the west before, but to this day, no one has come back, so I speculate that something happened to the west."
Li Yuanji nodded.
Su Dingfang continued: "How big the changes are in the west, so it is impossible for the saint to stay quietly in the Taiji Palace. The inside and outside of Chang'an City will not be like this now.
Therefore, I concluded that a small accident must have occurred in the west.
Since it was a minor incident, it rules out the possibility of Turkic invasion and An Xinggui causing rebellion.
All that's left is the rebellion by the governors of each state, or someone in each state."
Li Yuanji nodded and said with a smile: "Combined with the fact that my father sent Wei Ting to Sizhou, it is not difficult to guess that the incident in Ximian is related to my elder brother.
Although my eldest brother has many people in the west, the only one who can cause big changes and directly affect my eldest brother is Yang Wenqian from Gyeongju."
Su Dingfang nodded solemnly.
When Li Yuan assigned Wei Ting, he was not secretive.
The Qingzhou chosen by Li Jiancheng was not a suitable place to raise private soldiers.
So something went wrong and it cannot withstand careful scrutiny.
As long as you think about it carefully, you can figure out the clues inside.
"But it's a pity."
Li Yuanji smiled and sighed: "My father has promised this matter to my second brother. Even if I recommend you to my father, you can't compete with my second brother."
The expression on Su Dingfang's face changed, and he looked regretful.
Kan Leng said bluntly: "His Royal Highness King Qin's military exploits have already surpassed those of the Tang Dynasty. Why do you need so many military exploits?"
Xie Shufang didn't want to speak, but he felt uncomfortable holding back, so he added, "If you want to attack Yang Wenqian, there's no need for His Highness the King of Qin to take action, right?"
It's not that Uncle Xie is inferior to Yang Wenqian, but that Yang Wenqian is really not worthy of Li Shimin's personal action.
Let’s take a closer look at Li Shimin’s previous opponents. They were either the anti-kings who dominated one side, or the kings who proclaimed themselves emperors and ancestors.
Yang Wenqian was not good enough in front of these people. Even as a minister to some of them, he could not get a high position.
Therefore, it was indeed a bit overkill for Li Shimin to attack Yang Wenqian.
It's like Li Yuanji took all the people in his house to bully a group of government servants led by a county magistrate.
"I'm afraid there is some other deep meaning in this, right?"
Su Dingfang glanced at Li Yuanji and spoke slowly.
Li Yuan is not a foolish king, nor is he a lake-dwelling insect. It is impossible for him to do such a thing as shooting mosquitoes with a powerful crossbow.
So there must be other intentions here.
political intention.
Su Dingfang didn't know what it was specifically, but he hoped to get an answer from Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "It does have other profound meanings, but it has nothing to do with us, so we'd better not pay too much attention to it."
