Man Tang Hong Chapter 0487 Li Jiancheng with full firepower
"The reason why you are grimacing is because you are worried that my elder brother will also attack our people?"
After Li Yuanji sighed in his heart, he stared at Ling Jing and asked.
Since Li Jiancheng started doing this kind of thing, there was no reason to let him go.
After all, as long as he is still breathing, he is a threat to Li Jiancheng.
There is no reason for Li Jiancheng to only deal with Li Shimin and not him.
Ling Jing smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that he will attack our people, but he has already attacked our people."
"Um?"
Li Yuanji's eyes widened in surprise.
Already taking action?
It's fast enough!
It seems that Pei Ju has realized that Li Jiancheng is at an absolute disadvantage. If he and Li Shimin do not cut off their wings, they will definitely lose.
That's why Li Jiancheng came up with such a plan, trying to let Li Jiancheng kill two soldiers in one move.
It's just that it's too late for Li Jiancheng to do this now.
Li Shimin has firmly grasped the military power in his hand, and he has also firmly grasped the weapon in his hand.
Unless Li Jiancheng transfers Li Shimin and all the generals and commanders in his hands at one go, it is impossible to take away the military power in their hands.
Therefore, Li Jiancheng did this first. Apart from usurping a small amount of military power and alerting others, there would be no other benefits at all.
And a small amount of military power is no different to Li Shimin and him.
"Yesterday, Zhao Chengyong, who was recuperating in Xinglu, Chang'an, found Xue Wanshu and asked Xue Wanshu to surrender to His Highness the Crown Prince. He also promised Xue Wanshu countless benefits, but Xue Wanshu refused on the spot.
When I came to Jiudao Palace this morning, I happened to meet Xue Wanshu who came to explain this situation to His Highness.
I took the initiative to ask Ying to take care of this matter."
Ling Jing didn't understand what Li Yuanji was thinking, so he kept talking to himself.
Li Yuanji said blankly: "You mean my eldest brother asked Zhao Chengyong to find Xue Wanshu?"
Ling Jing nodded and said: "It should be that Zhao Chengyong and Xue Wanshu came from Youzhou together and can talk well, so I let Zhao Chengyong be the lobbyist."
Li Yuanji said dumbfounded: "My eldest brother really found a good lobbyist and someone easy to bribe."
This remark was a mockery of Li Jiancheng.
It was ironic that Li Jiancheng had no choice but to find a martial arts idiot like Zhao Chengyong as his lobbyist.
Although Zhao Chengyong has good martial arts skills and a brave heart, he is destined to achieve great things if he does not die young in the future.
But this does not mean that he is suitable to be a lobbyist.
In Li Yuanji's view, even if Li Jiancheng sent Zheng Shanguo, who had climbed up through nepotism, as a lobbyist, it would be better than sending Zhao Chengyong as a lobbyist.
He could even think of what Zhao Chengyong did and said when he approached Xue Wanshu.
It must have been straightforward and reckless, and then it was rejected bluntly, and finally it ended hastily, just like going through the motions.
Li Jiancheng bribed people, but he didn't bribe the right person. It was not good to bribe anyone, but Xue Wanshu, his younger brother.
With Xue Wanshu's temperament, he would not agree to anything that his brothers would not agree to.
Therefore, it was impossible for Li Jiancheng to bribe him if he could not provide enough benefits to distribute profits to his brothers.
As far as he and his brothers currently hold positions in Prince Qi's palace and the benefits they have gained, Li Jiancheng cannot afford it at all.
It’s not that Li Jiancheng couldn’t come up with more money, or that Li Jiancheng couldn’t help the Xue brothers seek a bigger official position.
But before the two brothers Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche fully showed their prominence, Li Jiancheng could not spend a huge price to buy them off.
After all, among the Xue brothers, two are now Dukes and two are Dukes. If Li Jiancheng wants to bribe them, he must at least offer the titles of one Duke and two Dukes.
This is just a title.
Counting official positions, Li Jiancheng had to spend more.
With so much price, Li Jiancheng had enough to recruit celebrities who had already shown their prominence, and there was no need to waste time on the Xue brothers.
Therefore, the Xue brothers were destined to miss him, and he also made a bad move.
Li Jiancheng's behavior reminded Li Yuanji of the historical episode in which he bribed Yu Chigong.
It is said that among the generals in Tiance Mansion, the one Li Jiancheng admired the most was the loyal Yuchi Gong.
So when he decided to cut off Li Shimin's wings, he first chose to bribe Yuchi Gong.
Then he was severely scolded by Yu Chigong.
Li Yuanji didn't know whether Li Jiancheng liked to go his own way or was blindly arrogant and thought he was a prince. As long as he extended an olive branch to others, others would accept him and worship him.
Otherwise, why would you go and bribe Yuchi Gong when you knew he was a loyal person?
You all know that Yuchi Gong is a loyal guy, but you still go to bribe Yuchi Gong. Are you a briber?
You are provoking others' persistence!
Who would agree to your provocative bribery?
"Who says it isn't?"
Ling Jing also felt that Li Jiancheng had chosen the wrong person for this matter, so he happily agreed.
However, after agreeing, the smile on his face faded and he said: "I also received news that several generals who had previously made things difficult for Marquis Yuwen in Hangu Pass died suddenly last night, and their heads were missing this morning."
Li Yuanji also put away the smile on his face, glanced at Ling Jing and said, "Are you trying to bribe Yu Wenbao?"
Ling Jing nodded and said: "I have carefully checked and found that apart from offending Marquis Yuwen, these people have not offended anyone else. Their heads disappeared at this time again. Apparently, they were killed by His Highness the Crown Prince."
Use it as a stepping stone to bribe Marquis Yuwen."
Li Yuanji chuckled and said with a smile: "My eldest brother has spent a lot of money on Yu Wenbao."
Yu Wenbao is inferior to the Xue brothers in terms of identity, status and other aspects.
Li Jiancheng was able to kill a general he had trained for a long time and several lieutenants with important positions for Yu Wenbao. He obviously valued Yu Wenbao more than the Xue brothers.
Li Yuanji could roughly guess some of Li Jiancheng's purpose for doing this.
He just felt that Yu Wenbao used to be a close minister around him and was now deeply trusted by him. As long as he bribed Yu Wenbao, he could know many of his secrets and weaknesses through Yu Wenbao, and then use Yu Wenbao to counterattack him.
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In the past, we could go head-to-head with the people sent by Li Jiancheng for the sake of grain in the Luoyang granary. How could we turn to Li Jiancheng today because Li Jiancheng killed several of our own people?!
Perhaps in Li Jiancheng's view, his method of using human heads as a stepping stone was to laugh away grudges.
But in Yu Wenbao's eyes, this is dog-eating-dog fighting.
Yu Wenbao is the kind of character who is tough towards outsiders but quite kind to his own people.
Therefore, Li Jiancheng's behavior will only disgust him and disgust him.
Therefore, Li Jiancheng was destined to fail in recruiting Yu Wenbao.
However, Ling Jing is a conspirator. He has stayed in a dark place for a long time and likes to think in a dark direction and the worst about everything.
So after he nodded in agreement with Li Yuanji's words, he hesitated and said, "Should we send someone to give Yu Wenbao a warning?"
It's said to be a reminder, but actually it's just a beating.
Li Yuanji did not answer, but stared at Ling Jing and asked seriously: "Where did you get this news?"
Ling Jing was stunned for a moment and said nothing.
Li Yuanji asked himself and answered: "You must have learned this from the spies we installed in the East Palace."
Ling Jing nodded.
Li Yuanji added: "That being the case, why do we still send people to remind Yu Wenbao? Doesn't this clearly tell us that the spies placed in the East Palace are us who have been secretly controlling him?"
Ling Jing looked stunned.
Li Yuanji continued: "In this way, we will turn from darkness to light in his eyes. If he has any ideas of his own, or wants to get more benefits from us, then he will no longer
Listen to us carefully.
In this case, the spy is considered useless.
But now, it will be difficult for us to arrange spies into my eldest brother's palace."
Li Jiancheng was manipulated by Li Shimin in the palace. Under such circumstances, it would be strange if he did not strengthen surveillance of everyone around him and control every part of the palace.
So at this time, he would look at any official he did not personally recruit with suspicion.
In this way, there is no way to place spies around him.
Therefore, Li Yuanji hoped that the spies placed around Li Jiancheng could continue to hide and be used at critical times, instead of being abandoned because of Yu Wenbao's matter.
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Ling Jing frowned slightly and said, "Then... where is Marquis Yuwen..."
Li Yuanji didn't wait for Ling Jing to finish speaking, then waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about Yu Wenbao, I trust him."
If he can't even trust Yu Wenbao, then he has no one he can trust.
When Ling Jing heard this, he hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I understand..."
Li Yuanji looked at Ling Jing and said, "Compared to Yu Wenbao, you should focus on other people."
Ling Jing was stunned for a moment and said thoughtfully: "For example...Wang Gui?"
Li Yuanji nodded seriously and said: "He is the person under me who is most likely to be bribed by my elder brother, and he is also the person most likely to cause us heavy damage at the critical moment."
Compared with him, Wang Gui is obviously more willing to follow Li Jiancheng, who is just and right.
Wang Gui was originally an old minister of Li Jiancheng and was deeply trusted by Li Jiancheng. It was he who took advantage of Li Jiancheng and Wang Gui's difficulties to pry Wang Gui away from Li Jiancheng.
Before everything is settled, if Wang Gui is asked to make another choice, Wang Gui will definitely choose Li Jiancheng.
Therefore, if anyone under him would betray him, Wang Gui would have the greatest chance.
"I will send a letter to Ma Zhou now and ask Ma Zhou to keep an eye on Wang Gui."
Ling Jing recognized Li Yuanji's words very much, so after Li Yuanji finished speaking, he spoke without hesitation.
Li Yuanji shook his head and said: "That's not necessary. In Hebei Road, Wang Gui can't make any big waves. You just need to send people to keep an eye on it and see if my elder brother will send people to Hebei Road in the near future and who he will send.
Hebei Road is enough."
After a pause, Li Yuanji added thoughtfully: "Bingzhou is also sending people to keep an eye on it. It is very likely that my eldest brother will send people to the Wang family in Taiyuan to secretly assassinate Chencang."