When Li Yuan heard this, the smile on his face disappeared and was replaced by a deep look on his face. He muttered several times but did not say anything.
From the bottom of his heart, he didn't mind forcing Li Yuanji to take the throne. He believed that Li Yuanji could be a good emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but he was unwilling to do so at the expense of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.
But if he doesn't force Li Yuanji to take the position, Li Yuanji has no intention of taking the position.
He hinted to Li Yuanji several times that he would hand over the throne to him, but he kept pretending to be stupid and refused to answer his words, which left him with nothing to do.
So he was very complicated and conflicted.
Li Gang didn't know what he was thinking. When he saw that he had stopped talking, he thought he had been persuaded and immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty, the current situation is the best for Datang and for you.
You should work hard to maintain it instead of trying to destroy it."
Li Yuan couldn't help but said: "I am just out of good intentions..."
Li Gang sighed before Li Yuan finished speaking: "I know you have good intentions, but your good intentions will kill many people, including your two sons."
Li Yuan muttered a few times, but in the end he didn't say anything.
He was not the kind of cruel emperor who was unwilling to risk the lives of his sons, so he could not bear all the consequences after Li Yuanji led his army into Chang'an City.
He was persuaded by Li Gang and gave up the idea of letting Li Jiancheng help Li Yuanji top the cylinder.
However, he did not let Li Gang leave easily, but made a condition to Li Gang, "I think what you said is reasonable. I can give you a face and listen to you once, but you must agree to one condition."
When Li Gang saw that Li Yuan had listened to his words, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't care what conditions Li Yuan would put forward and readily agreed.
In his opinion, as long as Li Yuan doesn't do anything and doesn't cause trouble, then raising one or two conditions is not a problem at all.
"I want you to help me convince Yuan Ji and make him agree to succeed me as the leader of the Li clan."
Li Yuan stared at Li Gang and said seriously.
Li Gangren was stunned for a moment.
He thought Li Yuan would put forward some unspeakable conditions, or ask him to come back to help Li Yuanji, but he never expected that Li Yuan would put forward such a condition.
He didn't know what to say all of a sudden.
It sounds like the condition proposed by Li Yuan is not a condition. It would not be a problem in other dynasties, or a hundred years after Li Yuan. As long as there is a little bit of news, the parties involved will take the initiative to join in.
But in today's Tang Dynasty, it is a big problem.
Because the current leader of the Tang Dynasty, Comrade Li Yuanji, does not want the position under his father's buttocks, and naturally he is not interested in the position of clan leader under his father's buttocks.
He had heard a long time ago that Li Yuan intended to pass on the position of patriarch of the Li family to Li Yuanji, and even intended to give the Zen position to Li Yuanji, but Li Yuanji rejected them all.
Li Yuan, a father, could not force his way into Li Yuanji's hands. How could he, an outsider, convince Li Yuanji?
Do you really think that Li Yuanji can be like Li Yuan, listening to his reasoning, and then being persuaded by him, and finally obediently taking over the position of the Li clan leader?
Judging from his brief interaction with Li Yuanji, Li Yuanji appears to be a very kind person on the surface and is willing to reason with others. In fact, secretly he is as sinister and domineering as possible.
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It was impossible for him to change Li Yuanji's mind through his words, and he might even be blackmailed by Li Yuanji.
So he had no confidence that he could convince Li Yuanji.
"Your Majesty, you are at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, why are you in such a hurry to pass on the position of patriarch to His Highness King Yong?"
Li Gang couldn't refuse Li Yuan directly. After all, Li Yuan had just given him face. If he didn't give Li Yuan face, Li Yuan would probably get angry with him, so he took a roundabout way to reject Li Yuan.
Like him, Li Yuan has been in the officialdom for decades. He can also guess what others are thinking and what they want to say through their simple words.
So Li Yuan saw through his thoughts at a glance, immediately straightened his face and said directly: "What? You want to reject me?"
I have just given you face and praised you so high. If you reject me now and don't give me any face, are you treating me as the emperor of Zhihu?
Li Gang heard the unkindness in Li Yuan's tone and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, it's not that I want to reject you. It's that you, as a father, can't convince His Highness King Yong to succeed the Li clan leader, so what if I'm an outsider?"
Maybe you can convince him?"
Li Yuan nodded subconsciously, feeling that Li Gang's words were reasonable. He was about to join in a few sentences, but when the words came to his lips, he realized something was wrong. He was now posing a problem for Li Gang, asking Li Gang to do something that he couldn't do, wasn't he?
I'm solving Li Gang's problems.
So what does Li Gang’s difficulty have to do with him?
If he exonerates Li Gang, will the things he told Li Gang come back to him again and continue to cause him a headache?
Why should he leave his happiness to others and bear the pain on himself?
Wouldn't it be better the other way around?
Immediately, he said with a straight face, pretending to be displeased: "Whether you can convince him or not, that's your business. Anyway, I've given you your face. It's up to you whether you give me my face or not?"
The expression on Li Gang's face became even more bitter. Isn't Li Yuan cheating?
The problem is that he has already given Li Yuan face. If he doesn't give Li Yuan face, it will obviously be unjustifiable.
But what Li Yuan told him was really too difficult.
He really didn't want to be blackmailed by that evil star Li Yuanji anymore.
He just begged for bones once, wanting to stay away from the disputes in the court and become a wild crane. Li Yuanji caught him and not only turned him into a handful of old bones, but also forced him to go to Jiulongtan.
He taught at the Tanshan Literary Museum down the mountain, and almost wiped out all the children in his family and sent them to study with the dandies in Tanshan Mountain, Jiulong.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If he faced Li Yuanji again and was still at a disadvantage, it would be strange if Li Yuanji didn't break his old bones.
However, Li Yuanji blackmailed him. In the eyes of outsiders, Li Yuanji also respected the elderly and valued the outgoing ministers.
This is precisely the dark side of Li Yuanji. He doesn't lose a single bit in the major aspects, but he crazily manipulates and threatens people in the minor aspects. The person being manipulated and the person being threatened can't go out and say that he is not the one he is.
Because that will make you look small-minded, fall into the inferior category, and be criticized by others.
After all, as long as a person in a superior position does good deeds, he is born with a certain amount of kindness. He will hold you high, which shows his magnanimity as a superior person, and in order to show that he values you, he will be afraid of you.
People feel lonely after leaving office. If you teach others, you will teach them only the royal family.
If you run out and say that someone is threatening you, but in fact you don’t want to teach those royal relatives to have a good stomach, can others believe it?
Others will only think that you are a small-minded person who does not know how to praise, does not want to repay the emperor's favor, and is very picky. You do not deserve this kind of treatment, let alone a good reputation.
Therefore, Li Yuanji did not miss the big details, and he was very accurate in controlling the small details.
He didn't want to be blackmailed or manipulated by Li Yuanji again.
So he was caught in a dilemma for a while.
On the one hand, he was being blackmailed by Li Yuanji, and on the other hand, he was giving face to Li Yuan. He cared about both sides, and it was really difficult for him to make a choice.
"Why don't you say anything? Am I making things difficult for you? If it's difficult, you don't have to agree, and I can continue to let Jiancheng come out to supervise the country."
Li Yuanfeng looked at Li Gang with a calm look, as if I won't force you, but the words coming out of his mouth can force someone to death.
Li Gang felt a little tight in his chest and wanted to point at Li Yuan's nose and scold him.
It's all your family's business anyway, what does it have to do with me? How did it end up with me being caught in the middle and in a dilemma?!
Didn’t I just eat a little of your salary?
As for using people to die?
"You are talking!"
Li Yuan said as if I didn't rush you.
Li Gang took a deep breath and said: "I can't convince His Highness King Yong, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to invite Gao Ming. However, if Your Majesty asks His Highness the Crown Prince to come out to supervise the affairs of the country, I will not agree to anything.
Not only the ministers, but also the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty will not agree."
He finally decided not to give Li Yuan this face.
Because he thought carefully, if he didn't give Li Yuan this face, he wouldn't die. At most, he would be scolded by Li Yuan. But if he agreed to Li Yuan's conditions, there was a high chance that he would die because of that sinister Li Yuanji.
Blackmailing people is really not a serious matter.
His old bones can no longer withstand Li Yuanji's torment.
As the old saying goes, choose the lesser of two evils.
Naturally, he had to take the easy route.
When Li Yuan heard this, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he stood up subconsciously, as if he had discovered something unbelievable, "You actually don't give me this face?"
Li Gang lamented: "It's not that I don't want to give your Majesty this face, but that I really can't fulfill the conditions put forward by your Majesty."
Li Yuan stared at Li Gang and said: "Then you try your best to do it? Just do it as far as you can."
Li Gang shook his head with a grimace, looking like he couldn't do anything.
Li Yuan was completely annoyed, and with a sullen face, he patted the people in front of him and said, "So, you are the one who refuses to give me this face?"
Li Gang wanted to explain.
Li Yuan was not in the mood to listen to his explanation anymore. He pointed outside the hall and said, "You can leave now!"
Li Gang stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty!"
Li Yuan said with a stern face: "I respect you as the third prince, so I will give you face and prevent others from beating you out with sticks. But you have already left the court, so you should no longer interfere in the affairs of the court.
Otherwise, I have every reason to suspect that you have ulterior motives!"
