Is Li Yuanji trying to destroy the Great Wall, or is he trying to stir up a hornet's nest?
If this thing is done, it will indeed be good for Datang, but now is not the time to do it.
Now is the time for the Tang Dynasty to use troops. The soldiers and horses of each ministry cannot move lightly, and the military systems of each ministry cannot change much.
Otherwise, it is easy to arouse the resentment of some soldiers, and it is also easy to breed complaints, which can turn into camp roars.
Howling is a terrible thing.
This has only happened two or three times since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Each time, the butcher's knife was raised high and aimed at one's own people, killing them in large numbers to maintain the situation.
What Li Yuanji wants to move now is the Tongjun Mansion, which is where the elites of the Tang Dynasty are entrenched and where the most elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are located.
Once there is a camp roar, more people will die.
And they are all killing their own people.
Although Wei Zheng and Cai Yungong had no social contact or friendship, they still subconsciously looked at each other and exchanged glances.
After Wei Zheng exchanged glances, he bowed in a difficult tone and said, "May I ask why Your Highness had this idea? Did someone advise His Highness to do this, or did Your Highness want to do this himself?"
If someone advises Li Yuanji to do this, then this person is not a good person and must be eradicated.
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Li Yuanji anticipated how Wei Zheng and Cai Yungong would react after reading the strategy he wrote, and also knew what Wei Zheng's question meant. He immediately smiled calmly and said: "I wanted to do this myself. In our Datang Dynasty, there are still No one dares to teach me to do such a thing."
This is a good thing for the country, but the consequences are not small.
There will be no problem if you do this in the future, but if you do it too hastily now, it will cause great trouble later on.
Judging from the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, we cannot add any more disasters, otherwise the Tang Dynasty is likely to fall apart when these disasters break out together.
Li Yuanji carefully considered this matter, analyzed the pros and cons, and decided to do it only after he felt that he was confident in accomplishing it.
Instead of just being hot-headed and only seeing the advantages and not the disadvantages, and rushing to do it.
Therefore, he is not fooling around.
But Wei Zheng and Cai Yungong obviously felt that he was messing around.
After Li Yuanji spoke to him, Wei Zheng's expression changed and he said, "Does Your Highness know the harm involved in this?"
Li Yuanji nodded and said with a smile: "Of course I know, so I am going to stop the six unified army offices in my house first and test the attitude of the eight unified army offices under my second brother.
If they don't make too much noise, I will continue to implement this decree among them.
If they make too much noise, I will wait until I have defeated the Turks before implementing this decree among them."
When Wei Zheng heard this, his expression softened a bit.
The biggest difficulty in this matter, and the biggest difficulty, lies in the attitude of Li Shimin's eight unified military offices.
Doing this has the meaning of digging into Li Shimin's foundation. If the people in the Eight Military Commands under Li Shimin still think of Li Shimin in their hearts and are still waiting for Li Shimin to rise again and lead them to conquer the north and south again, they will definitely oppose this matter.
But if this decree is implemented in the six unified military offices of Prince Qi first, even if the people from the eight unified military offices under Li Shimin have objections, they will not make much noise.
At least, the situation has not reached the point of death, the knife has not been placed on the neck, and the people of the Eighth Army Command under Li Shimin will not fight to the death.
As for whether other princes, princes, and civil and military officials will object or have opinions, it is not important at all.
They do not have a unified military government, nor are they qualified to build a unified military government.
Naturally, he is not qualified to point fingers at the Tongjunfu that Li Yuanji deposed and Li Shimin's Tongjunfu.
On the vast majority of government orders issued by both the government and the opposition, those without direct or indirect interest entanglements are not qualified to discuss them.
At most, they just give some suggestions. As for whether those in power will adopt them or not, that depends on what they want.
In the matter of the Tongjun Mansion, it basically does not involve the interests of any princes, princes, and civil and military officials. In addition, allowing his son to establish the Tongjun Mansion was a dictatorship when Li Yuan was in power, so Li Yuanji is now If you take power and act dictatorially in this matter, it will be hard for others to make irresponsible remarks.
After Wei Zheng pondered for a moment, he couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, can you tell me why your Highness suddenly had such a thought?"
Li Yuanji did not hide anything and said frankly: "I feel that since I have taken charge of the Tang Dynasty on behalf of my father, there is no need for the Tongjun Mansion under me to exist.
They are all my soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, and they are all at my disposal. There is no need to distinguish which one belongs to me and which one belongs to my Tang Dynasty.
Moreover, allowing meritorious princes to set up special military command offices will only bring harm to the long-term governance of the Tang Dynasty, but no good.
So I just wanted to take advantage of them."
Wei Zheng nodded thoughtfully.
Cai Yungong stroked his beard and savored these words carefully.
Li Yuanji continued: "In addition, now that I am in charge of the military mansion, I will assign the elite soldiers and generals to each guard. This will not only enrich your military equipment, but also allow me to firmly control you as soon as possible.
So this is something that is very good for me and I have to do it.”
Wei Zheng suddenly raised his head and stared at Li Yuanji blankly.
Is this your real intention in deposing the Tongjunfu?
Do you want to assign your direct soldiers to each guard, strengthen your control over each guard, and turn each guard into your loyal soldiers?
You want to completely control the military and political power of the Tang Dynasty!
"Wei Qing thinks there is a problem?"
Li Yuanji asked with a smile amid Wei Zheng's astonished expression.
Wei Zheng lowered his head slightly, wanting to say, 'Of course there is a problem, it's not a small problem,' but when the words came to his lips, he didn't dare to say them out.
If Li Yuanji really controlled the troops of the Twelve Guards and all the elites of the Tang Dynasty by deposing the Tongjunfu, then the Tang Dynasty would become Li Yuanji's sole authority.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! By then, everyone will have to lie down under Li Yuanji's feet, and no one will dare to make a mistake.
If you dare to make a mistake, you will be killed immediately, and there won't be much trouble.
This is not a good thing for Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, or the officials in the court.
If Li Yuan lost all his military and political power, his influence on the Tang Dynasty would be reduced to a very low level. If Li Yuanji went against the grain and started killing his brothers and nephews, Li Yuan would not be able to stop him even if he wanted to.
He could watch helplessly but didn't dare to say anything, because if Li Yuanji found him annoying, he would probably kill him too.
Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin have lost all power. If Li Yuanji takes over all military and political power, they will never be able to stand up again in this life.
If they want to live happily, they can only crawl at Li Yuanji's feet obediently.
Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are capable, but in the face of absolute strength, even their great abilities are not enough.
As for the officials, they will no longer be able to have good luck with the emperor, prince, or prince, nor will they be able to seek refuge from the other side after one side makes a mistake.
They must all kneel at Li Yuanji's feet and do whatever Li Yuanji tells them to do.
If you dare to resist, you will die.
No matter how Li Yuanji deals with them, no one can protect them.
And all of this is a good thing for Li Yuanji, a great thing.
Wei Zheng is now working for Li Yuanji, so it is natural that it is not easy to say something unfavorable to Li Yuanji.
Cai Yungong didn't have as many ideas as Wei Zheng. After briefly thinking about it and figuring out all the problems, he happily smiled and said: "No problem, what can be the problem? Your Highness's move is also for our Datang."
I will give you my full support if you seek good fortune in the future.”
Wei Zheng glanced at Cai Yungong with disgust and cursed unceremoniously, "Flattery!"
Cai Yungong counterattacked nonchalantly: "Am I flattering? I am telling the truth. Don't you see the benefits of this? Or do you think that you, the people from the East Palace, only have this ability?"
Wei Zheng slowly opened his eyes and looked directly at Cai Yungong, ready to compete with Cai Yungong in terms of words.
When it comes to verbal fights, Wei Zheng has never surrendered to anyone.
Li Yuanji saw that the two people were about to fight, so he smiled and tried to persuade him: "Okay, okay, the reason why I show you this decree is to let you see if it is feasible and if you have anything to add.
I don’t want to see you bickering.”
When Wei Zheng heard this, he slowly put away his attitude of "fighting" with Cai Yungong, bowed and said: "Your Highness wants to remove the Tongjun Mansion from his own residence. I have no objection. But His Highness wants to remove the Qin Prince's Mansion."
As for the Eighth Army Command, I mean, it’s better to wait a little longer.”
Cai Yungong raised his head without hesitation and said: "I don't think so. Since we want to give up, let's let it go together. How can we leave the Qin Prince's Palace and the Eighth Army Palace alone to be beautiful?"
Wei Zheng glared at Cai Yungong and said coldly: "Destroying the Qin Prince's Palace and the Eighth Army Command now will only trigger a mutiny, so it is better to wait and see.
Doing this will only benefit His Highness and will do no harm."
Cai Yungong laughed and said, "What good can it do?"
Wei Zheng sneered and said: "It is not a good thing to stand out alone. King Qin, a man who has been deposed from his title, still has tens of thousands of soldiers to his name. Do you think the people in the government and the public are uncomfortable with it?"
When everyone in the government and the public looks at them and responds, there is no need for His Highness to take the initiative to mention it. The people in the government and the government will also ask the Qin Prince's Palace and the Eight Commanding Military Palaces to stop.
When the time comes, if there is any change in the eight military palaces of Prince Qin's Palace, even if His Highness raises the butcher's knife and kills them all, no one will say that His Highness's actions are wrong."
In short, it is to make the eight military palaces of the Prince of Qin stand out, so that people in the government and the public will look at them and look at them in disgust.
If things go on like this, people from both the government and the public will naturally ask the Prince of Qin to take charge of the army.
No matter what Li Yuanji does by then, it will be right.
Even if it means killing all the eight military palaces of Prince Qin's palace.
Because Li Yuanji actually acted according to the thoughts of the officials instead of acting as a dictator according to his own thoughts, no one among the officials would say anything bad about Li Yuanji.