"Do you really think my father's sword is harmful to you?"
When Li Yuanji spoke at the end, his voice rose several degrees.
When Ling Jing heard these words, he smiled bitterly and said, "So, Li Zhongwen is doomed this time."
Before Li Yuanji could speak, Ling Jing hesitated and said: "I always feel that the reason why Li Zhongwen behaves so strangely is that there must be something inside and something that is unspeakable."
Li Yuanji thought for a moment, nodded in agreement and said, "Li Zhongwen acted inconsistently and seemed to have no clear purpose. If you have to find a reason to explain his behavior, you should be right."
Ling Jing said: "How about I wait until Li Zhongwen is escorted back and ask him to see if he has anything to hide?"
Li Yuanji was silent for a moment, looked at Ling Jing and said faintly: "I'm afraid you won't have this chance."
Ling Jing was stunned.
Li Yuanji added: "After Li Zhongwen is escorted back to Beijing, no one will care whether he is alive or dead."
Ling Jing stared in astonishment and said, "What do you mean by your highness? Even if Li Zhongwen did something like Hu Tu, he is still the Duke of the Tang Dynasty. How come no one cares whether he lives or dies?"
That is my Duke of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Yuanji stared at Ling Jing and said calmly and meaningfully: "Because the rainstorm is coming, and it is the rainstorm we have been preparing for and waiting for."
Now that the Weizeguan matter has ended, Li Zhongwen gave in inexplicably.
Although both Jie Li and Liang Shi were so angry at Li Zhongwen's bad behavior that they vomited blood, they still had to withdraw their troops hidden outside Weize Pass.
After all, Li Xiuning arrived and took up command at Weize Pass again, with strong support from Su Dingfang and Ma Sanbao.
They could no longer find any opportunity in a short period of time, so they had to withdraw their troops.
If they send a large army south and attack Weize Pass, they will be able to fight.
But if they sent a large army, Datang would undoubtedly send a large army to help Weize Pass.
When two large armies fight, both the consumption and battle losses are huge.
This was affordable for a totalitarian country like the Tang Dynasty.
But for a country like the Turks, where the Khan cannot fully control the military power of each tribe, it is not easy to bear.
Some short-sighted small tribes, or some tribal leaders with short-sighted minds, do not like to suffer losses and just want to take advantage.
It is precisely because of this.
During the difficult season of the Tang Dynasty, if they take advantage of the situation, they will fight more smoothly and gain more morale.
Because the Tang Dynasty was busy solving difficulties and could not mobilize enough troops to stop them, they could rely on the superiority of their troops and the mobility of their horses to have fun and take advantage.
When the Tang Dynasty was at peace, if they invaded the Tang Dynasty, they would become more and more unsatisfied and lose morale.
Because the Tang Dynasty didn't have any troubles to solve, it could mobilize enough troops to stop them anytime and anywhere, forcing them to give up the rush warfare they were good at and force them to engage in positional warfare and siege warfare.
In this regard, they have always been at a disadvantage, so once the army suffers a heavy blow, some short-sighted small tribes and some short-sighted tribes will retreat or even run away.
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In the end, it may even turn into an internal split.
That is to say, they would take their people away from the Eastern Turks and join the Western Turks, or the Tuyuhun people, or simply move to where the Khitans and Weishi people were.
Once there is one person who takes the lead, other short-sighted people will follow without hesitation.
It's like herding, and the one who takes the lead is the sheep.
Under the leadership of Touyang, the number of people controlling the strings within the East Turks will quickly shrink, and most of the strength of the East Turks will be weakened.
This is what Jieli, as a Turkic Khan, does not want to see.
Therefore, when he was dealing with the Tang Dynasty, he would rather support Liang Shidu, Liu Heitai, and Li Zhongwen, who almost fell to him, as his pawns, rather than lead an army to fight against the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty himself.
Wars and sieges.
For this reason, he could tolerate Master Liang's obedience to him, and he could also tolerate Master Liang's establishment of a kingdom on the meat he already had in his mouth.
It is precisely because of this that Jieli, as the Turkic Khan, would only mobilize and lead the army when there were problems within the Tang Dynasty, or when a Tang Dynasty general guarding a key area fell to him.
Started a war with the Tang Dynasty.
But there will never be a war with the Tang Dynasty when there is peace within the Tang Dynasty and there is no Confucius on the border of the Tang Dynasty.
It was precisely because of this that after discovering that Li Zhongwen, the defender of Weize Pass, had been taken and replaced by Li Xiuning, who he could never instigate a rebellion, he decisively retreated.
It was precisely because he withdrew his troops that the crisis at Weize Pass was resolved.
The crisis at Weze Pass has been resolved, and there will be no more wars in the Tang Dynasty in a short time.
Then it was time for Li Shimin to launch the final blow against Li Jiancheng's plan.
This blow would make Li Yuan so angry that he almost destroyed Li Jiancheng.
It will also completely force Li Jiancheng to pick up the knife and fight to the death with Li Shimin.
And Li Yuanji had planned so much, arranged so much, and was waiting for this moment.
When Ling Jing heard this, his eyes widened almost subconsciously, and he muttered, "You, you, you mean..."
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "Yes, it's the last moment, it's time for the swordsmen to meet."
"Gudu!"
Ling Jing swallowed subconsciously. Although he had been prepared for it, when he heard Li Yuanji's words and realized that the last moment was finally coming, he realized that all the plans and arrangements he and Li Yuanji had finally had to endure.
During the test, he still became nervous.
"Then, then we should..."
"It's a pity that it came at the wrong time."
Li Yuanji frowned slightly and spoke almost at the same time as Ling Jing.
Ling Jing wanted to ask, ‘What should we do?’.
Li Yuanji, on the other hand, felt that the matter at Weizeguan was handled a bit too quickly, beyond his expectation, and so quickly that he had not yet freed up all his hands and could not fully cope with the storm that was coming.
Ling Jing raised his head in confusion and said, "Isn't it the right time?"
Before Li Yuanji opened his mouth to answer Ling Jing's doubts, Ling Jing figured it out, "What your Highness means is that the matter with the Li family in Zhaozhou has just begun, and the matter with the Dou family has not yet completely begun.
These two things require enough manpower to deal with them.
If we waste all our manpower on these two things, we won't be able to fully prepare for the heavy rain that will follow?"
Li Yuanji nodded solemnly.
Ling Jing thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's cut through the mess quickly?"
Li Yuanji frowned even more tightly. Whether it was the Li family in Zhaozhou or the Dou family in Henan, they were both considered aristocratic families and behemoths.
The resources and energy that the two clans can use overtly and covertly are no less than those of two small states.
Even on the battlefield without weapons, he was far superior to two small countries.
I'm afraid it's not that easy to cut through the mess with a quick knife.
And it is very likely to cause public outrage from all the aristocratic families.
The current Tang Dynasty can be said to be composed of almost all the aristocratic families.
Although Li is a member of the royal family, he can also command the world, but almost all of the people who take Li to convey orders and carry out orders are people from aristocratic families.
In addition, whether Li's orders are really effective and whether they can really command the world all depends on whether the noble families respond accordingly.
If aristocratic families respond accordingly, Li's orders will be conveyed and implemented very smoothly.
If aristocratic families do not respond accordingly, it will be very difficult to convey and implement Li's orders.
This is one of the reasons why when Li Yuan issued some important decrees, he often released a rumor first to test the situation.
It is precisely because of this that it would be very troublesome to cause public outrage among all the wealthy families.
Even the emperor would choose to take a step back when faced with the public anger of all the aristocratic families.
Not to mention the prince.
This is also the reason why in history, whether Li Shimin or Li Zhi, during their reign, they looked at the other six people with five surnames and seven looks, but they only suppressed them and did not kill them.
It's not that they don't want to kill, but the other six trees among the five and seven trees have deep roots, many branches and leaves, and are deeply entangled with each other. Dealing with one is equivalent to dealing with six.
One hair move affects the whole body.
It is very likely to cause great turmoil across the country, and it will last for a long time.
Therefore, for the comfort of Jiangshan Sheji, they chose to be patient and cut their flesh with soft knives, suppressing them step by step and weakening them step by step.
It was not until Wu Zetian inherited the legacy of Li Shimin and Li Zhi and ascended the throne that the other Six Wangs of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs were almost weakened and were completely dealt with.
Many people in later generations said that getting rid of wealthy families like Wu Xing and Qi Wang was a major political achievement of Wu Zetian.
actually not.
Because this is not the political achievement of Wu Zetian at all, but the joint achievements of husband and wife, father and son, and husband and wife.
As a father's wife and his son's wife, Wu Zetian inherited the foundation laid by her two husbands and achieved such achievements and accomplished such a feat.
Without the solid foundation laid by her two husbands, she would never have been able to do this.
This also sideways proves how powerful the Five Surnames and Qi Wangs are, and how deep their influence and foundation are.
As powerful as Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and Wu Zetian, they still had to work together for decades to defeat the five surnames and Qi Wang.
Li Yuanji didn't think that he could surpass Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and Wu Zetian hundreds or thousands of times. He only used a sharp knife to cut the knot, and he was able to clean up one of the five surnames and seven Wangzhong in just a few months.
The method of cutting through the mess with a quick knife obviously does not apply to the current Five Surnames and Qiwang.
This was jointly certified by the three legendary emperors Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and Wu Zetian who experienced the peak of political acumen and wisdom in history.
