Chapter 0433: Staying unchanged in response to all changes
Xue Wanshu was stunned for a moment, suppressed the smile on his face, nodded thoughtfully and said: "Your Highness is worried for a reason. If a person from a wealthy family like this is a wolf, it will be really difficult to deal with him.
I really should test him to see if he is deceitful."
Speaking of this, Xue Wanshu laughed again and said: "But even if he is deceitful, we don't have to worry too much, right? We can definitely use him first, and then get rid of him when he is almost used."
When he mentioned 'get rid of them and then quickly', there was no strange look on Xue Wanshu's face at all. It seemed that in his eyes, the direct descendant who rebelled from the Li family in Zhaozhou was not an individual, but someone who could be used and exploited.
Just like a tool that can be thrown away at any time.
On this issue, not only Xue Wanshu looked at it this way, but also most of the powerful people in the Tang Dynasty.
In their view, anyone who can be used by them is a tool in their hands.
It can be used at any time, abandoned at any time, and killed at any time.
But there is a difference between tools and tools.
Some tools are at your disposal and can be handled by you for a lifetime.
Some tools will backfire on their owners, and it is very likely that when you are not paying attention, they will stand up and become the person holding the tool like you, or even ride on your head, using you as a tool.
Before the Li-Tang clan became a clan, this was how it was to the former Sui clan.
Especially when Li Yuan, the leader of the Li Tang clan, was preparing for Yang Jian, the leader of the former Sui clan, the Li Tang clan was just a tool for the former Sui clan.
A tool that can be used at any time, discarded at any time, and killed at any time.
Now the Li Tang clan stood up and became the person in charge of the tools. They even rode on the head of the former Sui clan and used the people of the former Sui clan as tools.
For example, when Yang Sizhi and Yang Yu's brothers were placed in the former Sui Dynasty, they were members of the clan's bloodline. Although they were not direct descendants, they were still qualified to take advantage of all people outside the former Sui clan.
But in the Tang Dynasty, they were the tools of all the Tang clans.
Li Yuanji can use them, Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin can also use them. Even those descendants of the clan who have no official or title can also use them to make small use of them.
Therefore, when using a tool, you must carefully weigh it to see if it has the potential to backfire, and whether it has the potential to turn around and become your equal.
If so, then you have to think carefully about whether you can control it.
If you can't control it, then it's best not to control it, lest you end up not hurting anyone but yourself first.
If you can control it, you can control it. If you use it well, it will be an invincible sharp blade.
There is no doubt that the direct descendant who defected from the Li family in Zhaozhou has no chance of turning over.
Because if he tries again, the world will still belong to the Tang Dynasty, and the people in this world will still be the subjects of the Tang Dynasty.
As long as the Tang Dynasty does not fall, he will be a tool that can be used by every clan in the Tang Dynasty.
But he has the possibility of backlash and is difficult to control.
With the support of a well-established aristocratic family, and the secret support of a group of well-established aristocratic families, he can cause great harm if he backfires.
It's so big that few people can resist it.
Li Yuanji thought that he could resist, but he didn't have the time to keep an eye on this person, and it was impossible for him to go to Hebei Province to sit down for this person.
It is true that he is dealing with the Li family in Zhaozhou, and it is also true that he wants to destroy the Li family in Zhaozhou.
But whether it is to deal with the Li family in Zhaozhou or to destroy the Li family in Zhaozhou, it is not his first priority.
The first thing he had to solve was the replacement and inheritance of the Li and Tang throne.
This is an issue related to his life and whether he can live the life he wants in the future.
Therefore, he must stay in Chang'an City and devote most of his thoughts to this matter.
Therefore, once this person who defected from the Li family in Zhaozhou was incorporated by him, he could only be handed over to Wang Gui, Ma Zhou, Du Yan, Li Jing and other people in Hebei Province to control him.
And Hebei Road is the base camp of the Zhaozhou Li family, and also the base camp of Zhaozhou Li family's in-laws.
Although Wang Gui, Ma Zhou, Du Yan, and Li Jing are all figures who have left their names in history, they may not be able to control them in their base camp.
So whether you want to recruit this person or not, whether you want to use him or not, you have to think carefully before making a decision.
Li Yuanji pushed the remaining peach blossom wine in front of Xue Wanshu and signaled Xue Wanshu to drink it all. Xue Wanshu was not polite and poured it for himself happily.
When Xue Wanshu picked up the wine cup and drank the peach blossom wine again, Li Yuanji roughly told Xue Wanshu his concerns and the pros and cons that he thought of.
As Xue Wanshu listened, he stopped laughing and stopped drinking the peach blossom wine. He said with a gloomy expression: "In this case, not only is this not a good thing, it is also very likely to be a trouble."
Li Yuanji motioned to Xue Wanshu to continue drinking, and it was best to drink up all the peach blossom wine, and then he smiled and said: "As long as we don't accept him, there won't be any trouble."
Xue Wanshu picked up the wine cup again, but he hesitated and did not put it into his mouth. Instead, he frowned and said, "Wouldn't it be a pity if you don't accept him?"
Li Yuanji shook his head and smiled: "There is nothing to regret. Accepting him will do more harm than good to us. Although your Xue family is not as good as the Zhaozhou Li family, it is still a large family that has been passed down for many generations.
If someone attacks you in the place where your Xue family hangs out, and your Xue family's insiders are there to help you, do you think he can uproot your Xue family?"
Xue Wanshu's expression changed slightly and he put down the wine cup again.
Li Yuanji smiled and asked: "Can you?"
Xue Wanshu said with an ugly face: "No! The possibility of our direct descendants of the Xue family betraying us is almost zero. If there is a strong enemy who attacks us in the place where our Xue family lives, we within the Xue family will definitely be united in dealing with the strong enemy.
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The purpose may be to leave a bloodline for my Xue family, or it may be to spy on the enemy's reality and disintegrate the enemy from within."
Li Yuanji nodded with a smile and said: "The former is probably because you realized that the enemy might not be something your Xue family can deal with, so you used this method to keep your Xue family alive.
The latter is a means for you to deal with your enemies?"
Xue Wanshu nodded with difficulty.
Li Yuanji smiled and asked: "Then what kind of person do you think the person who betrayed the Zhaozhou Li family is?"
Xue Wanshu opened his mouth but said nothing.
Li Yuanji continued: "The latter is more likely, right?"
Xue Wanshu smiled bitterly and nodded.
Although there is a certain chance that the people who defected from the Zhaozhou Li family really betrayed the Zhaozhou Li family, this possibility is too small. Instead, they were sent by the head of the Zhaozhou Li family to serve as Zhaozhou Li family.
The possibility of finding a way out is greater.
If you look at this kind of thing from the perspective of a bystander, you won't be able to see clearly what's hidden. Everything you look at seems to be developing for the better.
But once you take it into yourself and look at it, you can see many hidden things and realize the harmful side.
Li Yuanji put this matter on their Xue family, and he easily saw clearly the harmful side that he had not seen clearly before.
But he was still unwilling to give in, "Even so, in your capacity, if you want to use him, you can do so, right?"
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "With my status, if I want to use him, I can indeed use him, but it is not necessary. Because I don't have the free time to keep an eye on him, and I don't have the leisure to keep paying attention to him, so I might as well ignore him.
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Xue Wanshu opened his mouth and wanted to speak.
Li Yuanji did not give him a chance to speak, and continued: "In my opinion, everything is developing in a good direction when it comes to dealing with the Li family in Zhaozhou.
If the Zhaozhou Li family hadn't been forced into a hurry by us, they wouldn't have been able to let their direct descendants come out to be chess pieces.
So we don't need to risk taking advantage of this piece, we just need to keep pushing.
The harder we push, the more tricks they will use.
If we want to leverage their strength, we can choose the one with the least risk and easiest to master from the other means they use, and use it."
Xue Wanshu was stunned for a moment, savoring these words thoughtfully.
Li Yuanji looked at Xue Wanshu and said with a smile: "So, we can just strive for victory now, and there is no need to think about taking risks to win. They are the ones who are imminent now, and they are the ones who should be anxious, not us.
We can just wait and see how things change, and remain unchanged in the face of all changes.”
Xue Wanshu was convinced by these words, or he understood the key to it, and immediately nodded and said: "Your Highness's words are reasonable, so what should we do with that person from the Li family in Zhaozhou?"
Before Li Yuanji could make a decision, Xue Wanshu added, "Wang Gui means to pocket it and make use of it."
Li Yuanji raised his brows and said with a half-smile, "Wang Gui has no good intentions, right?"
Xue Wanshu couldn't see the pros and cons of this, which was understandable.
But Wang Gui couldn't see it, so it was a little unreasonable.
Although Xue Wanshu was a man of both civil and military skills, he focused more on martial arts, so it was understandable that he could not understand or figure out some things for a while.
But Wang Gui was a pure scholar, and he was also a counselor among scholars. He was previously known as the first counselor under Li Jiancheng.
It would be strange if he couldn't see the pros and cons.
Xue Wanshu forced a smile with a strange expression, not knowing how to answer.
Li Yuanji did not force anyone to make things difficult, but continued to ask with a half-smile: "He and the Zhaozhou Li family... No, no, their Taiyuan Wang family should be related to the Zhaozhou Li family, right?
Otherwise, how could he be so blind about this matter?"
Xue Wanshu thought for a moment, nodded and said: "As far as I know, one of his aunts is indeed from the Li family in Zhaozhou."
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded and said, "Let me just say, if he didn't have some in-laws, he wouldn't have been blind on this matter."