Chapter 0549: Digging Li Shimins support and Li Shimins foundation
Seeing that Li Yuanji refused without thinking, Li Shimin said sarcastically: "That's the case, then just pretend that I didn't say anything..."
Li Yuan sat at the top, watching Li Shimin's acting with a sneer.
I’m also waiting to see Li Yuanji’s jokes.
Li Jiancheng kept poking his head around, looking for a chance to interrupt, but no one paid him any attention.
Li Xiuning looked at Li Yuanji apologetically, wanting to apologize to Li Yuanji, but Li Yuanji never looked at her. She knew that Li Yuanji was angry with her, so she couldn't take the initiative to come forward.
Following Xue Wanche's summons, Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanjun arrived quickly, bringing some soldiers and horses with them.
After Li Yuanji ordered Xue Wanshu to re-defense Anli Gate, he said: "Take someone to Jiulongtan Mountain and bring Cheng Qian to me."
When Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin heard what Li Yuanji said, they didn't understand what kind of medicine Li Yuanji was selling in his gourd, and they all looked suspicious.
However, they all knew in their hearts that Li Yuanji's order to bring Li Chengqian over at this time was definitely not in vain and there must be other arrangements.
They couldn't think of what they would do specifically, so they started to speculate.
Li Shimin had a bad feeling in his heart.
He always felt that what Li Yuanji wanted to do with Li Chengqian would have a great impact on him.
Li Yuanji had no intention of paying attention to the thoughts of Li Yuan and the three others. After explaining Xue Wanshu, he also told Xue Wanjun, "Take people to Jiang Guogong's mansion and invite Jiang Guogong to come here to talk."
"Here!"
Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanjun both bowed and agreed, and each led their people to Jiulongtan Mountain and Jiang Guogong's Mansion.
When Li Yuanji mentioned Jiang Guogong's mansion, Li Shimin guessed what Li Yuanji was going to do, and his expression suddenly changed.
"Yuanji, you are trying to cut off my foundation!"
Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh.
Li Yuan laughed happily and said: "It's good to break it, shouldn't it be broken?"
Li Shimin's face suddenly became very ugly.
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin and said: "Destroy your foundation? Second brother is joking. Everything in the Tang Dynasty belongs to my father. Since my father has given all the people under your control to me, then they are my people."
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What I want to do to them is my business, so why should I cut off your foundation?"
Li Shimin's heart was bleeding, but he forced a smile on his face and said: "You are right, everything in the Tang Dynasty does belong to my father. Now my father has handed everything over to you, you can do whatever you want.
So, I made a mistake."
Li Yuanji laughed and ignored Li Shimin.
Li Yuan was overjoyed and took the initiative to talk to Li Shimin, "Hahaha, now you know how to act like a good son in front of me, why did you go there earlier?"
Li Shimin looked at Li Yuan with an embarrassed look, not knowing what to say.
If this happened in the past, he would never have tolerated Li Yuan being so sarcastic about him. He would have retorted without hesitation, making Li Yuan scream.
But now, he has completely become a prisoner. After careful analysis, he found that he escaped from Li Yuanji's control, and the hope of making a comeback lies with Li Yuan.
So he could only endure the humiliation and pretend to be a grandson in front of Li Yuan, and endure all kinds of cynicism from Li Yuan.
"Why don't you speak? Do you think that if you be good, obedient, and respectful in front of me, I will forgive you?" Li Yuan shouted excitedly, "I tell you, it is impossible."
Li Shimin's face suddenly turned from embarrassed to ugly.
Li Yuan felt happy when he saw Li Shimin feeling uncomfortable, so he laughed louder and happier.
Li Yuanji despised Li Yuan's bad taste of finding fun in his son, but he could also understand Li Yuan's mood.
After all, Li Yuan's grandson was killed by his son, and Li Yuan could not ruthlessly kill his son to avenge his grandson, so he could only use this method of torturing his son to avenge his grandson in exchange for some spiritual comfort.
After Li Yuan tortured his son crazily with words for a while, Quan Xu arrived, bringing some soldiers with him.
Since the defense of the palace has been taken over by the Right Prison Gate, the Right Military Guard, and the Left Imperial Guard, they did not allow Quan Xu to bring too many troops into the palace, so Quan Xu only brought 300 men.
Quan Xu arrived at Anlimen. After seeing the scene in the gate building of Anlimen, he understood what happened in the palace and what the current situation had become.
So after paying homage to Li Yuan, he decisively knelt down on one knee in front of Li Yuanji and said, "Your Highness, Quan Xu, has come to greet you. Please give me your orders!"
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "Take two people with you and ask your cousin whether he is prepared to live and die with my second brother, or to obey my father's orders and be at my disposal in the future."
Quan Xu understood immediately that Li Yuanji was going to send him as a lobbyist.
Li Yuanji said he asked him to ask his cousin, but actually asked him to ask everyone in the Xiuwen Hall.
He is very familiar with this kind of thing, and he is confident in completing the tasks assigned to him by Li Yuanji.
So he raised his hands without hesitation and said: "I obey, I will take someone to ask."
Seeing that Quan Xu understood his intention, Li Yuanji nodded with satisfaction and signaled Quan Xu to do it.
Quan Xu did not hesitate, ordered two people and rushed to the Xiuwen Museum.
After Quan Xu left for more than an hour, Xue Wanjun took Qu Tutong back to the city gate building.
After Qu Tutong saw the scene in the city gate building, he was shocked, his hands and feet were trembling, and he didn't know what to do.
After tremblingly saluting everyone in the city gate building, he looked at Li Shimin and Li Yuanji, wondering who to go to for advice.
Li Yuanji took the initiative and said: "Mr. Qu Tu, my second brother has been deposed from all his titles by my father, and the Tiance Mansion and the Xiuwen Hall have also been abolished by my father.
You have been incorporated into my Zhenyao Mansion, and you will all serve under me from now on."
Qu Tutonggu swallowed his saliva, glanced at Li Shimin tremblingly, and stammered: "How...how could it be like this?"
Li Yuanji said calmly: "How could it be so? It's not because my second brother has greed that he shouldn't have that leads to this result."
As he spoke, he stared at Qutu Passage: "I don't believe you don't know what my second brother is going to do, and I don't believe you don't know what my second brother has done."
Qu Tutong's knees softened and he fell to his knees with a pop.
As Li Shimin's deputy, he knew a little about everything Li Shimin did, but he did not report the knowledge and watched helplessly as Li Shimin launched a coup.
This is a sin, a serious sin, a serious crime worthy of the three tribes of Yi.
Now that Li Yuanji asked him, he naturally couldn't stand upright anymore.
Li Yuanji stepped forward and helped up the Qutu passage: "Don't be afraid, Lord Qutu. My father has already said that he will not take the blame for everything you have done before.
I sent someone to invite you here this time because I need your help with something important."
Qu Tutong glanced at Li Shimin again, suppressed the fear in his heart, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, please give me your instructions..."
Li Yuanji nodded and said, "I need you to take my second brother's eldest son, Li Chengqian, to appease all the officials in Shaanxi Province and Duji Province."
Qu Tutong's eyes widened in horror, looking at Li Yuanji in disbelief.
This...this...this is to dig out the roots of King Qin!
Can King Qin agree?!
Qu Tutong subconsciously looked at Li Shimin again.
He saw Li Shimin sitting there with a gloomy face and not saying a word.
He understood.
Li Shimin has now lost his right to speak.
What Li Yuanji wants to do is no longer something Li Shimin can stop.
It's just that as Li Shimin's deputy, he has a master-servant relationship with Li Shimin. Li Yuanji sent him to dig out Li Shimin's roots, but he couldn't agree to anything.
With Li Shimin gagged, Li Yuanji asked him, Li Shimin's deputy, to take Li Shimin's eldest son to appease the loyal ministers and generals under Li Shimin. There was a high chance that he would succeed.
Because Li Shimin was unable to issue orders, Li Chengqian, as Li Shimin's eldest son, was qualified to issue orders to all the loyal ministers and generals under Li Shimin as the young master.
If those loyal ministers and generals disobey, Li Chengqian can label them as traitors and kill them on the spot without worrying that their subordinates will rebel.
After this incident, those loyal ministers and generals who were loyal to Li Shimin in Shaanxi Province and Duji Province will be completely eliminated, and the rest will naturally be those who are loyal to the court and His Highness the King of Qi.
In this case, Li Shimin's foundation in Shaanxi Province and Duji Province will be completely severed.
It will be impossible to do anything with people from Shaanxi Province and Duji Province in the future.
Therefore, he would not agree to anything, otherwise not only would Li Shimin be offended to death, but his reputation would also be ruined.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I am old and frail and can no longer travel long distances. Your Majesty, you should leave such an important task to a strong person."
Qu Tutong resisted with a grimace.
Li Yuanji did not force him, but looked at Li Shimin and said, "Second brother, do you think anyone else besides Qu Tugong can take on this important task?"
Li Shimin couldn't laugh at all. He couldn't even maintain a fake smile, so he said stiffly, "Who do you think can handle this important task? You don't have to ask me."
Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and said, "Then what if I have to ask my second brother to help me recommend a candidate?"
Li Shimin said with a sullen face: "You win if you win, why do you need to humiliate me like this?"
Li Yuanji shook his head and said: "I don't mean to humiliate the second brother, I just don't want the heroes under the second brother to die tragically at the hands of my own people because of the second brother's fault.
I also don’t want the heroes under my second brother to become a serious problem for me in the Tang Dynasty because of my second brother’s fault.”
Li Shimin had a gloomy face and said nothing.
Li Yuanji continued: "Second brother, you just said that the situation that our Datang will face is not optimistic. If it is because of the heroes under the second brother that our Datang is in danger, then the second brother is me
