Li Shentong was stunned and said with a surprised look on his face: "The Duke of Zan is back?" Li Yuanji also looked surprised. The Duke of Zan was talking about Li Yuanji's cheap uncle Dou Gui.
Dou Gui's current title in the Tang Dynasty is Duke of Feng. His official title is Zhan Shi, the prince of the inspection school, Zuopushe of Yizhou Daoxingtai. He is in charge of all the affairs of Yizhou.
After the Husband's Palace and the General's Palace are changed to the same position, he should be promoted to the Governor of Yizhou.
The reason why Dou Gui was called the Duke of Zan was because when Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang, Dou Gui led his army to capture Yongfengcang, which provided Tang Dynasty with a rich supply of food and grass when it entered Guanzhong.
As soon as Li Yuan was happy, he took the lead in conferring a title on Dou Gui. He was given the title of Duke of Zanhuang County.
Dou Gui was also the first among the nobles of the Tang Dynasty to be conferred a title by Li Yuan.
In order to show their respect for Dou Gui, the first nobleman of the Tang Dynasty, most people like to address him as "Emperor".
Over time, you won't be able to change it.
Even though Dou Gui's title has been promoted to the rank of Duke, some people still respectfully call him Duke Zan.
In addition, Dou Gui is also the cousin of Empress Taimu of the Tang Dynasty. Although he is a little far away, he is the current leading figure among Empress Taimu's relatives and the head of the third family of the Dou family in Henan.
Today, the third brother of the Dou family in Henan has several national and county princes, and is quite powerful. Dou Gui himself has been deeply trusted by Li Yuan since he followed Li Yuan to this day.
His temperament is a bit upright, a bit jealous of evil, and a bit resigned to death.
During his two years in Yizhou, the most common thing he did was to whip some idle people to work in the fields.
It is said that under his politics, there are no more idle people in Yizhou. The people of Yizhou praised him for his ability to restrain the turbid and promote the pure.
Li Yuanji always felt that if Dou Gui was left to future generations, he would be able to break hundreds of whips a day.
"I'm just guessing, there is no proof." Li Xiaogong nodded and shook his head after hearing Li Shentong's words.
Li Shentong stared and shouted: "If it's not him, who else can it be? Only if he comes forward can he help the prince save some situations."
Li Xiaogong asked in confusion: "If it is really him, why hasn't any news spread?"
Dou Gui is not a small person. After returning to Beijing, it is impossible for no news to leak out.
After all, Dou Gui now represents not only himself in the Tang Dynasty, but also the Dou clan, the relatives of the late Queen Mother and Empress.
There are several nobles in the Dou family, and no one dares to ignore every move of Dou Gui, the head of the family.
Li Shentong glanced at Li Xiaogong and snorted: "Why else? The prince must have tried every means to hide his traces."
As for why he hid it, Li Shentong didn't say it. But everyone in the pavilion knew it in their hearts. It must be for the sake of evil people.
Li Xiaogong pondered and said: "But even so, they can't hide it from the saint. Why didn't I hear anything about it while I was at the saint?"
Li Shentong opened his mouth, but did not speak yet.
Li Yuanji suddenly interjected, "I should have asked my father, and my father acquiesced to this matter."
Dou Gui is not a small person. Without Li Yuan's acquiescence, it would have been impossible for him to return to Beijing, and it would be impossible for him to return to Beijing without any news.
Chang'an City is not a place where secrets can be hidden, let alone a living person who attracts much attention.
When Li Xiaogong and Li Shentong heard this, their faces changed, but they soon returned to normal. Li Yuanji knew why they changed their faces.
For someone as important as Kou Gui, Li Yuan would tacitly allow him to return to Beijing and hide in the dark to help Li Jiancheng.
This explains a lot.
Li Xiaogong and Li Shentong, who were in the whirlpool, could easily guess what these problems were. This meant that Li Yuan began to support Li Jiancheng and suppress Li Shimin.
This also meant that Li Yuan began to firmly support Li Jiancheng as the successor. For this reason, Li Yuan did not hesitate to attract powerful foreign aid to Li Jiancheng.
This is unfair to Li Shimin.
No one knows what Li Shimin would do if he knew that I, who had always been partial, had become even more partial.
However, what is certain is that as Li Yuan becomes more partial, the relationship between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng will become worse, and the struggle will become more intense.
"Since the saint has taken action, let's not talk about him, so as not to get into trouble?" Li Shentong said suddenly with a confused expression. Li Xiaogong nodded thoughtfully.
Li Yuanji looked at Li Shentong, then at Li Xiaogong and said, "We have to find out if he has returned to Beijing, right? If he really has returned to Beijing, we should make more preparations. Otherwise, we will be dragged into the trap by him inexplicably. , then we won’t have anywhere to cry."
Li Shentong and Li Xiaogong both frowned. It was reasonable, but they really didn't want to get involved in this matter.
Seeing that the two of them were hesitating, Li Yuanji said again: "If I am dragged into the water, that's it. No matter how hard he tries, he won't dare to do anything to me under my father's nose. You don't necessarily know that." "
No matter how capable and trustworthy Dou Gui is, he is still Li Tang's minister.
If he dares to be cruel to Li Tang's direct prince, let alone his distant uncle, even if he is his biological uncle, Li Yuan will let him be buried with him.
So, Li Yuanji doesn't have to be afraid of Dou Gui.
Li Shentong and Li Xiaogong frowned even more when they heard Li Yuanji's words. Li Shentong glanced at Li Xiaogong, "Then check it out?"
Li Xiaogong said solemnly: "I heard that Emperor Zan dislikes idlers the most. Let's send people to explore the places he used to like to see if any idlers have been captured. We should gain something."
Li Shentong pondered and nodded, "Then let's do it."
Li Yuanji smiled and said, "If you find out, remember to tell me." Li Xiaogong and Li Shentong both stared at Li Yuanji. They had never seen such a shameless person.
Li Yuanji seemed not to notice the look in Li Xiaogong and Li Shentong's eyes, and happily invited the two of them to continue drinking tea.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! While drinking until evening, Li Shentong made an excuse and took Xie Shufang away first. Li Xiaogong got very drunk and slept in Jiulongtan Mountain that night. Got off.
Before going to bed, I tossed the four little guys with Li Chengqian for a while.
The reason is that Li Xiaogong said that he couldn't sleep in the bed in the side room, and he also thought the side room was too cold, so he insisted on occupying the big bed in the main room.
The four little guys Li Chengqian were used to sleeping on the big bed in the main room, and they refused to give in at any cost. Then Li Xiaogong arbitrarily carried them out by the ears.
"They are still children, why do you care about them?"
Seeing Li Xiaogong driving the four teary-eyed little guys out of the main room like a bully, Li Yuanji said he couldn't laugh or cry.
Li Xiaogong hummed and said, "We can't get used to their bad habits. The head of the house would have his bedroom occupied by a group of children. This is too unruly."
Li Yuanji added a few charcoal to the brazier, picked up the book and flipped through it, while saying angrily: "Are you accusing me of not being able to educate my children?"
Li Xiaogong sat down in front of the brazier and said carelessly: "You just don't know how to educate children."
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Xiaogong, "Then I will send them to your house and you will educate them?" Li Xiaogong shook his head without hesitation.
Li Ling, Li Xu, Li Chengye can say that Li Chengqian is a hot potato and he will not let Li Chengqian come to his house no matter what.
Li Yuanji said calmly: "Since you don't want to teach, then don't blame me for not teaching well."
Li Xiaogong glared at Li Yuanji, "I can't bear to see you mislead your son."
Li Yuanji put down the book in his hand and said with a smile: "I think you are just jealous. Jealous that someone sent their son to me to teach me, but no one sent their son to your house to teach you."
Li Xiaogong became angry all of a sudden, "Would I be jealous of you? What can you do to make me jealous? Can the thing about luring a wolf into the house make people jealous?"
Li Yuanji just smiled and said nothing more.
Li Xiaogong puffed his beard and hummed for a while, staring, then suddenly said: "When Uncle Wang was here today, there were some things I didn't tell you."
Li Yuanji looked at Li Xiaogong suspiciously.
Li Xiaogong said in a deep voice: "What is the relationship between you and Li Yi?" Li Yuanji asked doubtfully: "Why do you ask this?"
Li Xiaogong said with a deep look: "Li Shou seems to have joined your eldest brother's family. If you have a close relationship with Li Yi, then you should be careful about Li Yi."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and didn't think there was anything surprising. Li Yi was originally going to fall in love with Li Jiancheng.
Li Jiancheng suffered a big loss in raising private soldiers, and it would be impossible to raise private soldiers in the future.
If he wanted to gather troops and horses, he could only think of other ways. Li Jiancheng probably wouldn't be able to use the troops and horses under Ren Gui and Dou Gui.
Because Ren Gui was sent to him by Li Yuan, and he clearly bore the imprint of Li Yuan, he was not considered to be his confidant. He did not dare to use Ren Gui's people.
Kou Gui can be a confidant, but Kou Gui is an upright person and hates evil so much that it is impossible for him to help him hurt his own brother, so he does not dare to use Kou Gui's people.
Under such circumstances, Li Yi turned to Li Jiancheng and provided Li Jiancheng with powerful soldiers and horses. He could gain Li Jiancheng's trust as quickly as possible and be attracted by Li Jiancheng as his confidant in a very short period of time.
So Li Yi chose to turn to Li Jiancheng at this time, which was expected by Li Yuanji. "So, the changes in my eldest brother's palace are probably related to Li Yi?"
Li Yuanji looked at Li Xiaogong and asked.
Li Xiaogong was stunned for a moment, "Have you expected that Li Yi would betray you? Your relationship with Li Yi is not that good?"
Li Yuanji said frankly: "Li Yi and I have not had much relationship from beginning to end." Li Xiaogong immediately said: "Then Li Yi gave you so many warriors?"
Li Yuanji bluntly said: "It was just a transaction. I gave Li Yi what he needed, and he gave me what I needed. There wasn't much contact between us.
