Pei Ji was a close official of Li Yuan and knew what Li Yuan was thinking. He saw that Li Yuan failed to beat Li Shimin, but was manipulated by Li Shimin and Li Ji together. In order to prevent Li Yuan from sulking, he caught Li Ji's little cleverness and reminded Li Yuan that he could use it.
Li Ji went to check and balance Li Shimin to ease Li Yuan's mood.
As for whether Li Ji would be noticed by doing this, Pei Ji didn't care at all.
The last person who missed him was Liu Wenjing.
He was a hero of Yuanmou when Li Yuan rebelled in Taiyuan. He was worshiped as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Shaanxi Province Daoxingtai Zuopushe, and was given the title of Duke of Lu. He was also granted the privilege of "forgiving two deaths" by Li Yuan, talking about wisdom, strategy, and courage.
, his methods far surpassed Li Ji's, and in the end he was easily tricked to death.
If Li Ji dares to worry about him and attack him, he has plenty of ways to deal with Li Ji.
There are too many troubles in Li Ji's house, and if you pick out just one, you can take advantage of Li Ji.
"Supervisor Pei is indeed my humerus."
Li Yuan sat on the throne with a look of emotion on his face.
Pei Ji cupped his hands and said, "It is the duty of a minister to share the Lord's worries."
Li Yuan nodded, "Then let's lift Shiro's grounding order first and see what Shiro will do. If he is really smart, I don't mind giving him something he wants. If he is fake smart..."
When Li Yuan said this, he didn't say any more and frowned again.
Pei Ji smiled and said, "Then give him some smart people and let others help him become smart."
Li Yuan raised his brows, his eyes lit up, and exclaimed: "Wonderful, wonderful."
Pei Ji smiled heartily, "Who is the smart person and who can help His Highness the Fourth Highness? It all depends on the Lord's wisdom."
Pei Ji not only helped Li Yuan solve his worries, but also secretly praised Li Yuan. Li Yuan laughed happily, "It's Supervisor Pei who will speak."
Li Yuanming knew that what Pei Ji said was flattery, but he just liked to hear it and was very happy after hearing it.
Just when Pei Ji was helping Li Yuan plot against his son, Li Shimin had already hurried back to Chengqing Hall.
When I arrived at the dormitory, I saw the eldest grandson, Guanyin, holding the newborn Li Lizhi while nursing the baby, and lying at her feet was the two-year-old Li Tai.
Changsun Guanyin's maidservant wears a nine-pin hairpin and wears light-colored uniforms. She is dignified and beautiful, beautiful but not charming, and has an air of nobility that cannot be concealed.
Li Lizhi lay in the arms of Changsun Guanyin, squinting her eyes and pouting greedily.
Li Tai eagerly circled around Changsun Guanyin's feet, stretching his neck from time to time to look into Changsun Guanyin's arms.
Li Shimin frowned and walked to Changsun Guanyin and sat down.
Changsun Guanyin's maid looked at Li Shimin with her brows furrowed and couldn't help but said, "Er Lang has something on his mind?"
Li Shimin waved his hand and asked all the maids in the dormitory to retreat, and then slowly said, "Keming was beaten by that scoundrel Yin Ashu, and one of his fingers was broken."
The eldest grandson, Guanyin, was startled, "Has Yin Ah Shu become so rampant? My father urgently summoned you to Liangyi Palace for this matter? You frowned. Could it be that you were reprimanded by your father?"
Li Shimin shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice: "Yin Ashu is not worthy of having my father personally reprimand me. The reason why my father summoned me to Liangyi Palace is because he wants to use Yin Ashu's matter to beat me."
Guanyin, the eldest grandson, murmured: "Did father get his wish?"
Li Shimin frowned, "It would be great if father gets his wish."
The eldest grandson, Guanyin, looked puzzled, "Since father failed to fulfill his wish, why are you still depressed?"
Li Shimin glanced at Changsun Guanyin, and slowly told Changsun Guanyin everything that had just happened in the Liangyi Hall.
After listening to Li Shimin's story, Changsun Guanyin's maid said thoughtfully: "Silang has always been on good terms with the prince, and today he suddenly speaks for you. This means that Yin Ashu offended Silang quite a lot when he went to Wude Hall.
If Shiro becomes enemies with the prince because of this, it will be a good thing for you, why are you still depressed?"
Li Shimin said meaningfully: "I'm afraid Sanhu has other ideas."
Changsun Guanyin's maid raised her eyebrows, "Are you saying that Shiro suddenly turned against the prince? Maybe he wants to compete with the prince and you?"
Li Shimin nodded solemnly, "Sanhu's ability is average, but he is ambitious and has always wanted to strive for the top. Before, he sacrificed his face and fought against my subordinate Yuchi Gong just to prove that he is the best horse player in the world.
Now that I'm on bad terms with the prince, it's very possible that he wants to compete with me and the prince."
Maid Changsun Guanyin thought carefully for a while and said: "Even so, Shiro should not be an obstacle to you."
Changsun Guanyin was somewhat aware of the strength Li Shimin had in his hands.
With King Qi's ability, even if he starts now, he will not be able to catch up in less than ten or twenty years.
Therefore, even if King Qi now has the desire to seize the legitimate son and starts to take action, he will not be an obstacle to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin said earnestly: "I know Sanhu will not be an obstacle to me, but my father will help him become an obstacle to me."
The expression of Maid Guanyin, the eldest grandson, changed, "Father is beginning to be afraid of you?"
Li Shimin nodded heavily.
"Then how are you going to respond?"
Changsun Guanyin's maid asked.
Li Shimin said with a deep look: "Liu Heitai is making a lot of trouble in Hebei and is about to conquer Dou Jiande's old territory. My uncle is not his opponent, and neither is Li Shiji.
Once Liu Heitai conquers all Dou Jiande's old territories, he will definitely become our number one rival in the Tang Dynasty.
I am the only one who can defeat Liu Heitai.
My father will definitely send me on an expedition, and when the time comes, I will ask my father to honor the crown prince position he promised me during the first two expeditions.
If father doesn't give it, I will refuse to send troops."
Li Shimin said this very confidently.
Changsun Guanyin's maid did not refute.
Because Li Shimin told the truth.
The warriors that the Tang Dynasty can fight now are either under the command of Li Shimin or under the command of Li Xiaogong. Li Xiaogong is currently recruiting barbarians in the southwest and it is impossible for him to go to Hebei.
Li Yuan wanted to conquer Liu Heitai, so he had no choice but to send Li Shimin.
Only sending Li Shimin is the safest option.
If the King of Qi is sent there, the outcome will probably be between Sanqi and Qi Wang, and Liu Heitai will be the seventh.
Although the King of Qi was excellent in martial arts, his strategy was somewhat unsatisfactory, otherwise he would not have been almost tricked to death by Yu Wenxin.
If Li Jiancheng were sent there, the outcome would be 50-50.
Li Jiancheng was not only able to stabilize and rejuvenate the country, but also to expand territory.
Although he is not as good as Li Shimin in terms of strategy, he is better than Li Ji.
Li Jiancheng's status as the prince can also help him attract many warriors to join him. If he recruits some from the Tiance Mansion, it should not be a problem to draw a tie with Liu Heitai.
The problem was that once Li Jiancheng went to the battlefield, there was no one to help the soldiers fighting in the front raise food and grass.
From the moment the Tang Dynasty was founded, conquests never stopped.
There are only 1.6 million households under the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Excluding the princes, princes, princes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons, there are only 120 people who can pay for the Tang Dynasty.
Three hundred thousand households.
How many people are there in a household with a population of 1.3 million?
It is probably one-third of the Demon City in later generations.
The food received by the 120,000 to 300,000 households not only provided salaries to hundreds of officials, but also supported tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops fighting outside all year round. This was almost impossible to achieve.
What Li Jiancheng did when he helped Li Yuan handle government affairs was to make this impossible possible.
Li Jiancheng had to try his best to dig out every grain of food from every corner of the Tang Dynasty to ensure that the army would not go hungry and that the people would not be exploited excessively.
Li Jiancheng has done an excellent job so far, neither starving the soldiers at the front nor excessively exploiting the people to provoke a popular uprising.
Li Jiancheng's position in this matter cannot be replaced by anyone.
The only people who can help Li Jiancheng do this are Li Yuan and Li Shimin. The problem is that they know very well that if they do it, they will definitely not do as well as Li Jiancheng.
Therefore, it was impossible for Li Yuan to send Li Jiancheng to lead the expedition when Chen Bing of the Tang Dynasty was in southwest and Hebei.
Li Shimin is the only choice.
This is why Li Shimin firmly said that only he could put down Liu Heita.
There was no one in the Tang Dynasty who could replace Li Shimin. For example, Li Xiaogong's deputy Li Jing, veteran general Qu Tutong, etc. could all lead the army in place of Li Shimin.
But the problem is that Li Yuan started his career as a rebel and was extremely strict with military power. He could not trust any outsiders.
Therefore, during the Wude dynasty, the commander who led the troops on an expedition was either a clan relative or the son of Li Yuan.
Just when Li Shimin was thinking about how to force Li Yuan, Li Jicai returned to Wude Hall.
Although Li Ji left Liangyi Hall earlier than Li Shimin, the distance from Liangyi Hall to Chengqing Hall was much closer than that to Wude Hall.
Therefore, Li Ji goes first and arrives later.
Returning to the Budoku Hall, the front hall and the main hall of the Budoku Hall are still brightly lit, and only one palace lantern is on in the sleeping hall.
Li Ji did not go to the dormitory hall, but frowned and went to the main hall of Wude Hall.
Xie Shufang stood guard at the entrance of the main hall. After seeing Li Ji, he hurried forward to greet him.
"Your Highness, I have already checked what you asked me to check."
After Xie Shufang completed the task assigned by Li Ji, he immediately rushed to Li Ji and reported to Li Ji.
But Li Ji had no intention of paying attention to the moths in the house now. After Xie Shufang came forward to greet him, Li Ji subconsciously said: "Why don't you go to bed?"
Xie Shufang was stunned for a moment.
Li Ji ignored Xie Shufang and walked into the main hall.
Xie Shufang saw that Li Ji seemed to be in a bad mood, so he did not dare to catch up and provoke Li Ji. He could only put away the things he found and report to Li Ji tomorrow.
Li Ji walked to the long table in the main hall and sat down. After taking off his cloak, he frowned and thought about it.
I went to the Liangyi Palace to meet with Li Yuan today, and he didn't reveal any flaws. He had successfully dealt with Yin Ah Shu's matter. However, before leaving, Pei Ji said something that made him shocked and angry.
He had decided to jump out of the cage and become a free and easy prince, but Pei Ji's words made him sink deeper into the cage.