Chapter 0438 Did Li Shimin send someone to scold his mother?
Ling Jing said cheerfully: "He should be afraid that you will shrink from the battle."
Li Yuanji nodded and said, "That should be the case. If I shrink from the battle, it will not be easy for him to deal with the Dou family in Henan."
After all, Queen Taimu's body was still cold, Dou still had some affection for Li Yuan, and Dou fully supported Li Jiancheng.
If Li Shimin dealt with the Dou family alone, it would be equivalent to facing Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng at the same time.
And this kind of attack on the mother clan is not very pleasing in the eyes of Li Yuan, a person who values family ties, and he will not show mercy if Li Yuan tries to deal with it.
With Li Yuanji's help, things would be different. Li Yuan would no longer consider the problem from the perspective of family ties, but would consider the problem from the perspective of whether the Dou family really did something wrong and offended his two sons.
Otherwise, why would two sons who were not very close to him attack Dou together?
If one of them is selfish and wants to exclude dissenters, what about the other?
From this perspective, Li Yuan would naturally favor his son.
Although the Dou family is the clan from which his wife came, his wife has passed away, and his brothers-in-law have also died, leaving only a few little-old children to support the family business.
The rest are all collaterals.
Compared to these collateral lines, his sons are obviously closer to him.
So when there is a preference, you must favor your son.
This is called helping relatives but not helping others.
Although it is a bit unreasonable, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he has the qualification to be unreasonable, and he has always done so.
In this situation, all he could do was to step back and protect the few older children from the branch his wife came from, and then protect Dou Gui, an official who had done meritorious service to him.
The rest will be left to the two sons to vent their anger.
If Dou Gui was not alert enough and dared to bare his teeth at his two sons, he would also give up on Dou Gui.
He would never allow Dou Gui, a person who might harm his son, to exist just because Dou Gui had done something good for him and the Tang Dynasty.
In that case, he would no longer be called Li Yuan, and he would no longer be a son slave.
It was precisely because of this that Ling Jing said that Li Shimin was afraid that Li Yuanji would retreat in the face of battle.
It is precisely because of this that Li Yuanji said that he had left him and that Li Shimin could not deal with the Dou family.
It's not that Li Shimin doesn't have the strength, nor does it mean that Li Shimin doesn't have the ability, but it's that Li Yuan wouldn't allow it without his support.
As for Li Jiancheng’s disallowance...
Who cares?
A big brother without military power is just a big brother.
If he listens to his younger brothers, he can still live. If he doesn't listen to his younger brothers, his younger brothers will put him on the altar table without hesitation and be a good big brother lying down.
The struggle between him and Li Shimin actually ended when he killed Li Shimin.
Li Shimin could launch a coup at any time and send him away.
The reason why he didn't do this was simply because he had Li Yuan behind him.
Li Shimin's opponent also changed from him to Li Yuan the moment he killed him.
Li Yuan also saw this and had to come to the stage to fully support him.
This is also the reason why Li Yuanji turned a deaf ear to his incompetent and furious shouts from a distance after he killed Li Shimin.
Whether he gets what he wants or not no longer depends on him.
Rather, it depends on whether Li Yuan can successfully send Li Yuanji to the throne despite Li Yuanji and Li Shimin's own plans.
Judging from the current course of events, it is unlikely that Li Yuan can send him to the throne of God.
"Since His Highness the King of Qin has agreed, and seems to want to destroy the Dou family more than you do, what should we do next?"
Ling Jing asked with a bright smile.
Li Yuanji pondered for a moment, looked at Ling Jing and said with a smile: "Go to Li Xiaogong and ask him what he did for me, and then hide it from Li Xiaogong and tell the original story about it."
Tell my second brother honestly.
Then I told him that I had done almost everything I needed to do, and the rest was up to him.
If he needs any help from us, he can send someone over at any time and we can help him."
Ling Jing was stunned for a moment, then the smile on his face flickered, and he said: "Your Highness, what you mean is that after handing over this matter to His Highness, King Qin, we will just stand by and watch, and at most we can help you?"
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded.
Ling Jing hurriedly asked: "Is this okay? What should His Highness King Qin do if he has any objections?"
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "He has many followers under his command, and you are the only ones under my command. Shouldn't he bear more responsibility for this kind of matter?"
Ling Jing smiled bitterly and said, "But doesn't he have more important things to do? If he is delayed because of this matter, how can he not blame you?"
Li Yuanji said disapprovingly: "There is no conflict between the two."
Ling Jing was stunned again and said to himself: "Isn't there a conflict?"
Before Li Yuanji could say anything, Ling Jing held up his hands and said, "I understand, I will do what His Highness ordered."
Li Yuanji nodded and was about to let Ling Jing do the work. But as he spoke, he remembered something again and immediately said: "Send someone to talk to Yu Wenbao and ask him to help those idle people in Hangu Pass."
Once it’s cleaned up, it’s cleaned up.”
Ling Jing said thoughtfully: "Your Highness, are you going to replace Hangu Pass with our own people?"
Li Yuanji nodded.
Ling Jing cupped his hands and said, "Then please ask Your Highness to personally send someone to deliver the message."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment.
Ling Jing explained dumbfounded: "Marquis Yuwen only listens to you, and is only willing to listen to you. If I send someone to deliver a message to him, I'm afraid he will throw him out before I finish speaking.
Therefore, Your Highness, it is best for you to personally send someone to deliver the message."
Li Yuanji understood the reason, and said with a smile: "You are right, that idiot really only listens to me. You really can't get any favors from sending someone to send him a message."
Ling Jing smiled bitterly and said, "You are used to this."
Li Yuanji smiled calmly and said: "The reason why I spoil him is because he is loyal enough to me. If you are loyal enough to me, I will spoil you too."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ling Jing said dryly: "Of course I am loyal to His Highness."
Li Yuanji said with a half-smile, "Really? If Dou Huan hadn't been in my house, would you have joined me?"
Ling Jing looked embarrassed and said nothing.
Li Yuanji did not discuss this issue with Ling Jing anymore. He just waved his hand and asked Ling Jing to go down and do his work.
Ling Jing stood up, bowed, and exited the hall.
After Ling Jing left, Li Yuanji wrote a long letter and sent it to Hangu Pass to Yu Wenbao.
The struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin was about to decide the outcome. With Li Shimin's temperament, he must have already begun to make various preparations.
The general managers of various places in Shaanxi Province and the general managers of various places in Tongji Province have probably received the instructions overtly or covertly and have begun to take action.
Therefore, Yu Wenbao must also prepare, and he must ensure that the key pass of Hangu Pass is completely in his hands at the critical moment.
Only in this way can we deal with the various means arranged by Li Shimin outside Chang'an City.
In fact, compared to the various methods Li Shimin arranged inside Chang'an City, the various methods Li Shimin arranged outside Chang'an City were obviously more powerful.
Although Li Shimin didn't use it in history, it's hard to say now.
So it must be treated with caution.
Not long after Li Yuanji sent Ling Jing to convey his intention to Li Shimin, Li Shimin sent someone to scold her without saying a word.
It was Li Yuanji's acquaintance, Yin Qiao, who came.
Since Qu Tutong had lost points in front of Li Yuanji before and was no longer popular with Li Yuanji, the person responsible for conveying the message to Li Shimin now became Yin Qiao, who was barely popular with Li Yuanji.
Yin Qiao arrived at Jiudao Palace
It happened to be afternoon.
Li Yuanji was climbing on the tree to pick apricot flowers with Li Chengye and Li Chengqian.
Mostly Li Yuanji is picking, Li Chengqian is picking, and Li Chengye is doing the trouble.
It's still the same misfortune as riding on a tree and shaking the trunk crazily, as if it's about to shake down all the apricot blossoms in the tree.
The maids who were guarding under the tree were trembling in their hearts as they looked at Li Chengye, who was swaying here and there on the tree, as if he might fall down at any moment.
Each one of them opened their arms, pulling on the thick wool, and moved nervously as Li Chengye kept crawling.
The reason why this scene occurred was purely because when Li Yuanji was playing games with Li Chengye and Li Chengqian, he saw the red apricot sticking out of the wall and suddenly said, "People, especially...
A man must be rich, powerful, and powerful. In this case, Hongxing will come to his door instead of running away."
As soon as these words came out, Li Chengye and Li Chengqian were very interested.
Li Chengye asked his father to pick a red apricot for him and try it no matter what.
Although Li Chengqian knew that the apricot blossoms had not faded yet and there could be no apricots, after being exposed to the endless games played by Uncle Wang in recent days, he gradually felt that Uncle Wang was omnipotent.
So I also hope that Uncle Wang can help him pick some red apricots so that he can take them back to honor his father and mother.
Although his father and mother didn't treat him as well as Uncle Wang, maybe it was because he had stayed in Jiulongtan Mountain for a long time and hadn't seen his father and mother for a long time. He missed his father and mother especially. What was there to eat and do?
The first thing that comes to my mind is not to eat and play by myself, but to show filial piety to my father and mother.
How dare Li Yuanji tell them that Hongxing is just a metaphor, but it actually refers to women.
Just like in many ancient poems and articles, girls are compared to cardamom.
People who have never seen cardamom, or people with limited knowledge, have a hard time understanding why the ancients compared cardamom to women. Once you have knowledge and have seen cardamom, you will understand everything.
This is something that can only be understood slowly with age and experience, and cannot be stated explicitly.
So in order to deal with the two little guys, Li Yuanji could only take them to the apricot tree to look for red apricots.
The two little guys were very energetic at first, but gradually they started to act randomly.
Li Chengye may have thought that harming the apricot blossoms would make him happier than eating apricots, so he harmed the apricot blossoms.
Li Chengqian didn't find apricots and knew that there couldn't be any apricots on the tree at this time, so he did the next best thing and picked up the apricot flowers, saying that he would take them back to make apricot flower wine for his father.
Li Yuanji saw the child's filial piety, and saw that Li Chengye had brought disaster to an apricot tree, so he simply helped Li Chengqian pick the apricot blossoms, hoping that when Li Chengqian's apricot blossom wine brewed, he could also drink it.
Filial piety.
Under the guidance of the guards, Yin Qiao rushed to the foot of the apricot tree. When he saw Li Yuanji vigorously destroying the flowers on the tree, he bowed and said in a dumbfounded voice: "See your highness, your highness is very elegant."