Li Yuan's words are actually a bit far-fetched when considered in detail. After all, judging from Li Gang's actions after becoming an official, he is not the kind of ambitious person, nor is he duplicitous and has ulterior motives.
But Li Gang, a retired veteran cadre, openly came to Tai Chi Palace and intervened in the government affairs of the court, which was indeed against the rules.
Before he fell out, Li Yuan respected him, so even though he was so frightened by him that he wanted to escape from Liangyi Palace, he didn't use it as an excuse. But now that he has turned against him, Li Yuan is no longer polite.
Respecting the important officials who contributed to the Tang Dynasty, but respecting the important officials, does not mean that a founding emperor will be pinched to death by important officials.
Throughout the dynasties, there were many powerful ministers who manipulated the emperor, but none of these emperors was the founding emperor.
Because there are no powerful ministers under the founding emperor. Anyone who has too much power and is likely to overwhelm the emperor will be destroyed at the first opportunity.
Therefore, Li Yuan became merciless, disrespectful of important ministers, and became tough. Li Gang could only avoid the edge for the time being.
"I resign..."
Li Gang sighed deeply in his heart, bowed and exited the Liangyi Hall.
Originally, he had convinced Li Yuan, but after Li Yuan put forward conditions that he could not fulfill, things were back to square one.
The most important thing is that the offense and defense between him and Li Yuan have been reversed.
Before, he attacked and Li Yuan defended, so he could easily take down Li Yuan.
Now it has become Li Yuan's attack, and he defends, so he can only passively defend.
"How is it? Has the saint changed his mind?"
As soon as Li Gang left Liangyi Hall, he was surrounded by Xiao Yu and three others.
The three people ignored the salutes and directly asked Li Gang and Li Yuan about the outcome of their discussion.
Li Gang let out a long sigh and said, "Your Majesty originally agreed, but I couldn't meet the conditions your Majesty put forward, so your Majesty regretted it again."
When Xiao Yu and the others heard the first half of Li Gang's words, their faces darkened, and their hearts fell to the bottom.
If Li Gang couldn't convince Li Yuan, they really didn't know who else could make Li Yuan change his mind.
After hearing the second half of Li Gang's words, hope arose in the hearts of the three of them.
"What conditions?"
Xiao Yu asked urgently.
What Li Gang couldn't do doesn't mean they can't do it either.
If they can fulfill the conditions proposed by Li Yuan, then Li Gang can agree to the conditions proposed by Li Yuan on their behalf and persuade Li Yuan to change his mind.
Li Gang saw Xiao Yu's thoughts, glanced at Xiao Yu pitifully, and said quietly: "Your Majesty hopes that I can persuade His Highness King Yong to succeed the Li clan leader."
The hope that had just risen in the hearts of Xiao Yu and the others suddenly became shattered.
They finally understood why Li Gang couldn't meet the conditions proposed by Li Yuan, because they couldn't meet this condition either.
They all know how tough Li Yuanji's attitude is on this matter.
Li Yuanji is now in power again, and they have no way of forcing Li Yuanji to agree to anything he doesn't want to agree to.
So things reached a deadlock again.
After Chen Shuda thought about it again and again, he suddenly said: "Is there any compromise?"
Li Gang, Xiao Yu, and Ren Gui were all stunned.
Li Gang narrowed his eyes thoughtfully and looked at Chen Shuda: "What do you mean..."
Chen Shuda said bluntly: "Do you think it is feasible for His Highness Chengde to replace His Highness Yong Wang as the head of the Li clan?"
In the absence of the father, the eldest son has the right to make any decisions on his father's behalf.
This is something recognized by everyone in the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, it would be a good idea to let Li Chengde step in to replace Li Yuanji as the head of the Li clan.
I just don’t know if Li Yuanji will go crazy if he finds out.
This is the real reason why Chen Shuda asked "Is it feasible?"
As for Li Chengde's client, Chen Shuda didn't even consider it.
That little guy has just learned to speak and doesn't remember anything yet. He doesn't have any opinions on this matter and can't express any opinions.
Ren Gui glanced at Chen Shuda and felt that Chen Shuda was a little too bold and asked Li Chengde to do such a big thing in place of Li Yuanji. If Li Yuanji knew about it, he would come back and strangle them one by one.
Even with Li Yuanji's bravery, the four of them together couldn't beat him with one hand.
"This matter is not trivial, and you should think twice before taking action."
Ren Gui did not directly say that this matter was not feasible, but just advised Chen Shuda to think twice.
But what he wanted to express, Li Gang, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda understood it in an instant.
Chen Shuda stared at Ren Gui and said, "Then what do you think we should do? Just let it go. Do you really want the saint to ask His Highness the Prince to come out and supervise the country?"
They all knew how much impact it would have if Li Jiancheng was asked to supervise the country.
It's hard to predict what kind of consequences it will have, so no matter what, Li Yuan can't be allowed to act recklessly.
Ren Gui gritted his teeth and looked at Li Gang and said, "Why don't you agree to the saint's conditions first? His Highness is not in Chang'an City at the moment anyway."
Li Gang looked at Ren Gui in shock.
These young people today are incredible.
It's even bolder than him, and several times bigger.
"Gudu..."
Even though Li Gang had been through many storms and waves, he couldn't help but swallowed his saliva at this moment, stared at Ren Gui and said: "Are you going to let me deceive you?"
Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda also looked at Ren Gui in shock.
I feel that Ren Gui's courage is boundless.
However, Chen Shuda was also very courageous. After quickly analyzing the pros and cons, he decisively said: "I think it's okay..."
Before Li Gang looked at him and asked him if there was something wrong with his brain, he continued with a heavy face: "The lesser of two evils, compared to asking His Highness the Crown Prince to come out to supervise the country, the harm of bullying the emperor is actually smaller.
We can't think of any other way now but this is the only solution."
Li Gang stared at Chen Shuda in disbelief and said, "Is this a bad idea? This is going to make you lose your head!"
Xiao Yu also felt that Chen Shuda's idea was not good, and couldn't help but echoed: "I'm sure that if we deceive the saint on this matter, the saint will definitely kill us."
Although given their status, it would not be a problem to deceive Li Yuan occasionally.
But this makes sense.
If you deceive Li Yuan about trivial matters and deceive the king, Li Yuan can pretend not to see it.
But to deceive Li Yuan on such a major matter, Li Yuan could not turn a blind eye even if he drained the Yangtze River and Yellow River.
Not only that, Li Yuan would not turn a blind eye to such a major matter related to the inheritance of the country, but would get angry and pursue it to the end.
At that time, it won’t be any one of them that is in trouble, but a certain three tribes.
Chen Shuda and Ren Gui fell into silence after hearing this.
They had no doubt that after being deceived in this matter, Li Yuan would destroy one of their clans.
Li Yuan usually seemed very kind, but when he really wanted to kill people, his murderousness was even greater than that of Emperor Wen, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty.
Emperor Wen also paid attention to being honest when killing people, and he would hold back when necessary.
But Li Yuanzhen raised the butcher's knife. Except for his three precious legitimate sons and several precious legitimate grandchildren, the rest were all eligible to be killed.
Liu, Dou, Wang, Li and other tribesmen who had been opponents of Li Yuan, as well as himself, were all killed by Li Yuan.
At present, the only person who has done anything against Li Yuan and is still alive is Du Fuwei.
He is still a loner.
Almost all his tribesmen were slaughtered by Fugong You. No one knows whether there were any omissions. No one who went to conquer Fugong You went to investigate the matter, and no one helped him search for his tribesmen.
.
In all the documents submitted, the experience of his tribe was summed up in one sentence, that is, they were slaughtered.
And Du Fuwei himself is no different between living and dead.
With no power, no one to accompany him, and being stared at, no one dared to visit him except Kan Leng, who had Li Yuanji's backing and would visit him during the holidays.
The most important thing is that he doesn't dare to leave the house.
He stayed in his house every day, living a life comparable to that of an ascetic.
With so many examples before them, Li Gang, Chen Shuda, and Ren Gui really didn't dare to challenge Li Yuan's bottom line.
"Then what do you think we should do? Do you really want the saint to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to come out to supervise the country?!"
After Chen Shuda was silent for a moment, he stared at Li Gang, Xiao Yu and Ren Guiwen.
An idea popped up in Xiao Yu's mind involuntarily, but he quickly snuffed it out.
He thought that if Li Jiancheng was solved, wouldn't all problems be solved?
Li Yuan wants to invite Li Jiancheng to come out to supervise the country, but Li Jiancheng is gone, how can he invite him?
But at the same time, he also thought that for Li Yuan, this was more than bullying the emperor. Li Yuan would probably go crazy, and by then he would no longer be the Yi Tribe, and something like the Yi Sixth Tribe or the Yi Nine Tribe might happen.
"Did the saint say that you must accomplish this?"
After thinking about it for a long time, Ren Gui couldn't think of a way, so she just wanted to see if there was any loophole to exploit.
If there is, then take advantage of the loopholes and drag this matter out as long as possible until Li Yuanji comes back.
Li Gang was stunned for a moment and said truthfully: "That's not true..."
The eyes of Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and Ren Gui all fell on Li Gang's face.
Li Gang felt a little uncomfortable being looked at and couldn't help but said: "What are you looking at me for?"
Chen Shuda was speechless and said: "It turns out that the saint didn't ask you to do it, so why didn't you say it earlier?"
If there is no requirement that it must be done, what's the difference between asking for it and not doing it?
We are all official people, don’t you understand that we can only work in public and in private?
Anyway, Li Yuan didn't ask for it to be done. If you agree to Li Yuan's request, it won't be considered a deception if it can't be done.
Li Gang guessed what Chen Shuda was thinking, and said angrily: "Your Majesty did not ask me to do it, but he asked me to do it.
I just handed over a memorial to beg for bones, and King Yong grabbed me all over.
If I tell him about this again, he will take the opportunity to dismantle my bones."
When Chen Shuda and the other two heard this, they suddenly realized.
No wonder Li Yuan didn't ask Li Gang to do it, and Li Gang didn't agree to Li Yuan's conditions. It turns out that this is the key to the problem.
Li Gang was afraid of being manipulated by Li Yuanji, afraid that he would fall completely into Li Yuanji's hands and never get out again.
"You are worrying too much. After all, you are an old minister in the imperial court. You have contributed greatly to the Tang Dynasty. His Highness, King Yong, has not yet come to respect you. How can I tear your bones apart?"
"Yes, yes, yes, His Highness King Yong has invited you to Jiulongtan Mountain to teach those dandy boys. There is no way to use you to do other things. Your worries are unnecessary.
And you only think about yourself, don’t you think about Datang?
If the saint invites His Royal Highness to come out to supervise the country, the impact and turmoil it will cause will be immeasurable.
You don’t want both the government and the public to fall into dire straits, right?”
"Not only is the situation in dire straits, but the people may return to the war-torn life before..."
"The number of Dingkou in the Tang Dynasty has only been restored to one million households after full efforts. It can no longer withstand the ravages of war. If there is another chaos, and the Turks, Tuyuhun people, or even other neighbors take advantage of it, I am afraid it will
Extinct."
"Even if we hold a high position, we cannot bear the responsibility for such genocide."
"..."
Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, and Ren Gui began to lobby Li Gang crazily.
They said whatever they wanted, and the more they said it, the more serious it became.
In the end, it seemed as if Li Gang would become a sinner of the country and nation if he did not devote himself.
Li Gang knew that what Xiao Yu and the others said were exaggerated, but he had to admit that some of what Xiao Yu and the others said were true.
For example, if the people of the Tang Dynasty could never experience another war, that would be the truth.
After experiencing the wars in the late Sui Dynasty, the population of the Central Plains had declined to a very dangerous number.
Going through troubled times again, there is a real risk of annihilation of the entire race.
This is not alarmist, this is a fact that can really happen.
It's just that the population of Datang has recovered and this risk has been reduced, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
It still exists. Before the great enemy of the Turks has been eliminated, before the neighbors like Tuyuhun who dared to challenge the Tang Dynasty have been completely conquered, and before the population of the Tang Dynasty has recovered to a certain level, any civil strife in the Tang Dynasty may cause
The result of genocide.
Therefore, the current Tang Dynasty cannot do anything to cause civil strife, especially large-scale civil strife.