Li Yuanji agreed with Ling Jing's evaluation of Xu Shimo, but he didn't want to spend too much time on Xu Shimo.
"This person is indeed a talented person, but his ambition is too great and difficult to control. So if you can conquer him, then conquer him. If you can't conquer him, don't force him."
Ling Jing looked thoughtful and didn't understand why Li Yuanji thought that little Xu Shimo was too ambitious and difficult to control.
Li Yuanji noticed something strange about Ling Jing, but didn't explain much.
Li Yuanji could not tell Ling Jing what Xu Shimo had done in history, what he had encountered, or what Li Yuan had said when he mentioned Xu Shimo.
Xu Shimo is indeed a talent, and he should be regarded as the most decisive and ruthless talent under Li Jiancheng.
Historically, if Li Jiancheng was willing to regard him as his number one confidant and follow his plans in everything, even if he would lose, it would not be as miserable as in history.
However, Xu Shimo was a typical conspirator, but not a qualified military strategist. It could even be said that he did not understand military affairs.
But he prefers to use military means to achieve his goals.
He helped Li Jiancheng plan most of the Renzhi Palace Rebellion in history.
The plan was very good, but unfortunately he himself did not understand military affairs and could not help Li Jiancheng to counsel military aircraft, so Li Jiancheng sent a group of twenty-five young men to implement his plan, which ultimately led to failure.
As long as he knew something about military affairs, he would help Li Jiancheng in military matters.
Li Jiancheng might have the opportunity to keep Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and even Li Yuanji's predecessors in Renzhi Palace forever.
After all, when Li Yuan went to Renzhi Palace to escape the summer heat, he didn't take many people with him, and Li Shimin didn't take many people with him either.
If a large number of troops are mobilized from Gyeongju, which is much closer, to raid Inji Palace, they will have a considerable advantage in terms of numbers and ordnance, and the success rate will be extremely high.
Therefore, Xu Shimo's plan was first-rate, but its execution was beyond his control.
A typical representative figure who talks on paper.
However, he was still ambitious, and his greed for the power of Conglong outweighed all the fears in his heart. As soon as he came up, he encouraged Li Jiancheng to kill Li Yuan, kill his two brothers, and directly ascend to the throne.
Li Yuanji did not want to follow in the footsteps of Li Jiancheng in history, so Li Yuanji could use Xu Shimo, but he would never reuse him, let alone let Xu Shimo participate in royal struggles and military struggles.
Because Xu Shimo dared to think and do, but he couldn't control what he thought and did.
Without control, it represents danger.
There were so many outstanding figures in the Tang Dynasty. Although most of them had been taken over by Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, some were still left for Li Yuanji.
There is no need for Li Yuanji to forcefully control Xu Shimo's double-edged sword.
"Is there anything else you would like to give your Highness?"
Ling Jing saw that Li Yuanji didn't mean to explain more, so he didn't pursue the matter to get to the bottom of it.
Li Yuanji pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "No more for now..."
Ling Jing nodded, didn't say anything more, stood up and left.
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Not long after Ling Jing left, the Tai Chi Palace, which had been sealed for several days, was finally unsealed.
During the few days of the blockade, there were different opinions about what happened in the Tai Chi Palace, but no one could tell the truth, and no one in the palace leaked any news to the outside world.
Li Yuan allowed his adult legitimate sons to live in the palace. Although it was very inappropriate, it was not without its benefits.
With Li Yuan and three capable adult sons in charge, no one in the palace dared to tell the outside world about many things going on in the palace.
This greatly reduced people's ability to pry into the lives of the emperor, his son, and his grandson.
After the Taiji Palace was unsealed, there were no major changes except that Li Xiuning stepped down from the responsibility of guarding the four gates of Chang'an City, and Li Shentong and other four people stepped down from the duty of supervising the country.
However, smart people can feel that there is an undercurrent surging crazily in Chang'an City.
After Wei Ting was dismissed from office and sent to exile, Wang Gui, Du Yan, and Xu Shimo also followed in his footsteps.
Many other minor officials in the Prince's Palace and the Prince of Qin's Palace were dismissed one after another.
Everyone can feel the undercurrent surging from it.
However, what surprised Li Yuanji was that although Li Yuan had decided to let Li Shimin conquer Yang Wenqian, there was still no movement.
On the other hand, after Li Jiancheng was unblocked from the Taiji Palace, he frequently visited the palace and the residences of many dignitaries.
One after another, dignitaries were dismissed from office as Li Jiancheng moved around frequently.
When a clan member was sent to Ganzhou to guard the border, Li Shentong couldn't sit still and quietly appeared in front of Li Yuanji.
"Do you know that Yang Wenqian has rebelled? Why is there no movement from your father?"
Li Shentong was wearing a thick Tang Dynasty-style down jacket, also known as Yuan Yi, and a large dark cloak. He appeared sneakily with curtains hanging on all sides, a brazier burning in the middle, and red clay on the table.
A small stove, with a clay pot on the stove, and a pavilion with wine scalding in the clay pot.
Li Yuanji likes to stay in the pavilion. When the cold wind blows by, he will feel a little cold, but more often he enjoys a kind of purity and elegance.
Although Li Yuanji is not a scholar, he likes to sit quietly and elegantly like a scholar.
Especially after Li Chengqian was gradually led astray by Li Ling, Li Xu and others, and started to act like a madman, playing crazy with Li Ling, Li Xu and others, he liked this kind of pure and elegant life even more.
Someone has said that women are born in the year of ducks. When several women talk together, they are like hundreds of ducks chirping.
But naughty and mischievous children are definitely wild boars.
When a few children without any restraints start playing like crazy, it's like hundreds of wild boars are rampaging and destroying everything.
Li Yuanji couldn't bear it any longer, so he had no choice but to run to the pavilion to seize the opportunity.
"Aren't you hot?"
Seeing Li Shentong grabbing the wine cup in the clay pot without any politeness, Li Yuanji finally couldn't help but say something.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Shentong grabbed the wine cup, poured himself a cup of steaming rice wine, and took a nice sip.
Li Yuanji glanced at the table.
Li Shentong pretended not to hear and continued to pour and drink.
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Li Shentong and ignored Li Shentong, minding his own business and reading the documents Ma Zhou handed back from Hebei Province.
The people of Hebei Province have gradually stabilized after experiencing a rush to plant crops in the summer and relief efforts from wealthy families.
Although there is still not enough food to eat, the number of gangsters who block roads and rob roads and run around for food has begun to decrease significantly.
The number of people starving to death or freezing to death in various places is also gradually decreasing.
It was because the money allocated by the imperial court to Hebei Province to provide relief to the victims was not enough.
Although Ma Zhou and others began to save money through various methods such as work-for-relief, the money was still not enough, and they still owed a large sum of money to Qizhou grain merchants.
Ma Zhou meant that if the imperial court could allocate another 300,000 yuan for disaster relief, it should be able to alleviate the problem of people in Hebei Province not having enough to eat.
Li Yuanji felt that if Ma Zhou wasn't too stupid, he was using this excuse to cheat money.
For things like disaster relief, no matter how much relief money the court allocates, it is never enough.
In addition to asking for food and cards at all levels, most of the village elders in the local area will also frequently lend their hands.
Compared with the officials who are still somewhat fearful, restrained and restrained, the village elders who are accustomed to being local emperors will be more greedy.
Most of them are the head of a clan or the head of a village.
The attitude of the people was firmly in their hands, and the people's right to speak to the outside world and the court was also firmly in their hands.
They were greedy for the money to provide relief to the people, and they would blame all the faults on the court, leading the people to scold the court, and guiding the people to be grateful to them, and they would be completely determined to have their bones and marrow sucked out by them.
Therefore, no matter how much disaster relief money the court allocated, it was not enough.
Because it cannot be distributed to the people at all.
Li Yuanji picked up his pen and wrote on Ma Zhou's documents.
Three hundred thousand dollars was given.
But we must be wary of those big families, heads of clans, and the most popular people in the country, who may take advantage of the situation.
When necessary, some people can be supported to take over the position of the leader of the clan or the leader of the village.
If you encounter someone who secretly confuses the people to embarrass the government and make profits for yourself, you can report to Luo Shixin to request the deployment of troops.
Li Yuanji was not in the mood to let his people quarrel with those clan leaders and villagers who could not stand up to the challenge.
Those who are obedient will be kept, and those who are disobedient will be sent down.
There is no need to reason with a group of people who are unwilling to reason with you when you have strong soldiers and horses on your side.
If you want to scheming with others, you also have to scheming with people from wealthy families.
The leader of a clan and the hope of a village are not qualified enough.
As for Ma Zhou's clumsy trick of defrauding money, Li Yuanji pretended not to have seen it.
When Ma Zhou was providing disaster relief in various places in Luoyang, that is, in various places in Duji Province, Li Yuanji could clearly see what he was doing.
Ma Zhou is not a person who would enrich his own pockets, nor is he a person who likes to break the bones and suck out the marrow of poor people.
His purpose of defrauding money is definitely not for himself, but for the common people.
The reason why he used such a clumsy trick to defraud money was not really to deceive, but because the previous disaster relief funds allocated by the court were already quite large, and Li Yuanji also sent a lot of grain to Hebei Province.
No matter how blatantly you ask for money, it seems a bit unscrupulous and incompetent.
So this is the only last resort.
"Three hundred thousand guan, give it as you say, you are so generous!"
Li Shentong poured a glass of wine for Li Yuanji without leaving a trace, and looked at where Li Yuanji was writing and drawing with an exaggerated expression.
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Li Yuanji glanced at the wine cup on the table that was already filled with wine, and rolled his eyes at Li Shentong, "I thought you would keep pretending."
Li Shentong stared angrily, "I am your Uncle Wang after all, why can't you save some face for me?!"
Li Yuanji put away Ma Zhou's documents, "Just because you are my Uncle Wang and you are so rude, I didn't send anyone to drive you out."
Li Shentong stopped pretending, patted the table and said, "Tell me quickly, why is there no movement from your father?"
After saying this, he glanced at the document written by Ma Zhou that Li Yuanji had put down, and added disdainfully, "I really don't feel bad for selling my land..."
Li Yuanji spread his hands and said, "My father's family has a big business and thousands of hectares of fertile land. I don't care about that location. What's wrong with the selling point of my father's land?"
Just as Li Shentong was about to retort, he heard Li Yuanji say again: "You must also want to sell, but you don't have the chance. Who makes you a commoner?"
"Snapped!"
Li Shentong slapped the table angrily, annoyed.
Don't be such a bully!
"If you weren't a direct descendant of my Li family, you wouldn't even be a dog!"
Li Shentong roared.
Li Yuanji spread his hands again and said with a helpless expression: "But I am a direct descendant of the Li family. My parents gave it to me, so I can't do anything about it. I actually envy you common descendants who can achieve glory and wealth through your own efforts.
Get everything you want and enjoy the bloody and tearful struggle.
You can feel the frustration when you lose your glory and wealth, and you can also feel the happiness when you gain your glory and wealth.
It’s not like me, who was born with everything and didn’t enjoy the joy of struggle at all.”