In fact, Fang Xuanling had already vaguely guessed several possibilities.
Zhang Wenguan rushed back to Beijing. Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Changsun Wuji all had hopes for Li Shan. When news of the great victory in Wei County came, all three of them recommended it in front of Li Shimin... Such a person cannot be recruited by the East Palace.
Of.
But Li Shimin was noncommittal and only showed a mysterious smile... From then on, Fang Xuanling and the other three people made a tacit agreement not to mention the matter again, and even the name Li Shan was never mentioned in the palace of Prince Qin.
Fang Xuanling has thought deeply about this. Li Shan obviously intends to join the King of Qin, and the King of Qin also obviously intends to recruit... But neither party has made it clear. Combined with Li Shan's unclear background, Fang Xuanling has found it.
There are several possibilities, including Li Dewu, who returned from Lingnan last year.
"Li Shan is a good person. Dalang is right about what he said." Fang Xuanling changed the topic back, "This person puts benevolence and righteousness first."
Fang Yi said directly: "Zhigui mentioned it several times, Demou made him famous, and Li Huairen set up a wounded barracks to boost morale..."
"This is a trail." Fang Xuanling sighed: "Huaiyang King Xiabo was defeated and captured alive. He deeply hates the former Duke and..."
After a slight pause, Fang Yizhi naturally understood that Li Daoxuan hated Shi Wanbao, but he should hate Li Jiancheng, the prince behind Shi Wanbao, even more.
If Li Jiancheng hadn't been causing trouble and wanted to check and balance the lineage of the King of Qin, and Li Daoxuan was a member of the clan, would Shi Wanbao dare to stand still and let him fall into the trap?
"Beizhou is undergoing a civil uprising, and Xingzhou and Jizhou are showing signs of instability... Will the King of Huaiyang immediately send troops to quell the rebellion?" Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "No, he will only wait for the rebels to gather and start an uprising.
Only when the weather has improved can we send out troops to quell the chaos."
Fang Yizhi turned his mind several times before he vaguely guessed the mystery, and asked tentatively: "East Palace?"
Fang Xuanling's silence gave a definite answer.
This incident caused quite a shock in the Prince of Qin's palace. On the one hand, the people who were killed were the children of the Cui family of Qinghe, but there were no children of Cui Qinghe or Cui Boling under Li Shimin's command. The main reason why everyone was shocked was because of Cui Bo's identity.
On the other hand, the shock came from several close aides under Li Shimin.
Changsun Wuji felt very sorry. If he had been in charge, he would have chosen to ignore it, or even secretly add fuel to the flames, making the matter as big as possible.
When things got so bad that no one could suppress them, Li Daoxuan was asked to lead his army to quell the chaos and attack the Cui family of Qinghe who was the culprit.
Of course, the target of this operation mode is not really the Cui family of Qinghe, but the Prince of the East Palace who is far away in Chang'an... Why attack the Cui family of Qinghe?
Naturally, it was because Cui Hao, who was entrusted by the prince to inspect Shandong, uh, also wanted to bring the prince to wash his horse with Wei Zheng.
When the time comes, Li Jiancheng will definitely be slapped in the face.
You wanted to personally conquer Hebei to suppress the King of Qin, but it was delayed until... The war in Hebei was over, Liu Heitai had his head chopped off, and you haven't sent out troops yet!
You tried so hard to take away the fat piece of appeasement Shandong... but the fat was all in your mouth, and you couldn't even swallow it.
No matter what, it was ultimately Cui Hao's fault that caused the trouble. Wei Zheng and Wei Zheng must bear this responsibility.
Even the saint Li Yuan would think... Why didn't you see that the boss is such a waste?!
However, Li Jiancheng couldn't tell the story of his suffering... On the one hand, he named Wei Zheng and Cui Bo, and on the other hand, he also knew why Li Daoxuan did what he did.
You did something bad first, why don't you let others take revenge?
Therefore, Changsun Wuji felt very sorry... This was a good opportunity to weaken the prince's prestige, but it was a pity that Li Shan didn't know how to use it.
It has been nearly six years since Li Jiancheng was canonized as the crown prince. Although he has a second brother with unparalleled military exploits, he himself also has prestige in the court. However, this prestige mainly comes from his position as the heir apparent, which has been slowly accumulated in these six years.
A month ago, because of the delay in sending troops, he lost his prestige... Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that the report of the victory in Hebei happened to come on the day he asked for orders to go out.
I don’t have much prestige to begin with, but if I add more fire...
Although Fang Xuanling remained silent, he held objections. On the one hand, he was from the Fang family in Qinghe and did not want to cause more trouble in Xiangzi after the war was finally settled.
On the other hand, Fang Xuanling considered that the scope of the struggle for the legitimate son should be controlled as much as possible in the court, so as to prevent this kind of struggle from spreading to the local areas... After all, there are lessons learned from the past. Just because of the East Palace, the King of Qin seized the legitimate son, so that
Xia Bo was defeated.
Fang Xuanling was very sure that Li Shan would not turn to the prince, partly because of his own observation, and partly because of the absolute confidence shown by King Qin in front of his staff.
Therefore, Fang Xuanling lamented that Li Shan indeed put benevolence and righteousness first, killed Cui Bo, set up a rebellion among the common people, and drew almost all attention to himself.
The most important thing is that the seizure of the direct descendants did not affect Shandong after the war, allowing Wei Zheng to smoothly pacify the place... Anyway, the Qin Palace can also profit from this piece of meat.
Unlike his colleagues in the Qin Palace, Fang Xuanling was a native of Beizhou and had more information channels than Li Shimin. He had already figured out the ins and outs and details of the incident.
Fang Xuanling knew very well that Li Shan was originally unwilling to engage in a major war until Fang Silang was arrested and imprisoned, and died of serious injuries.
This is a young man who can clearly understand the pros and cons. He has just become famous, and even a wealthy family in Shandong has the intention of marrying, but he kills Cui Bo... Fang Xuanling thought in his heart, is it because of his rising blood, or because of it?
What about his concern for the overall situation?
Well, Fang Xuanling was not the only one thinking about this issue. Ling Jing, who already knew Li Shan's life experience, commented that his move was a bit unfashionable... It offended the Cui family of Qinghe, but he went back and forth to protect the East Palace, and because he could not take the overall situation into consideration.
Set yourself on fire.
As for the King of Qin, he has already given him many generous gifts, and they haven't been given out yet... Well, this gift is from the famous Shandong scholar Ling Jing who has not yet given it officially.
Fang Yizhi said hesitantly: "When this matter was mentioned during the dinner, Huairen suddenly said that King Huaiyang divided his troops into Weizhou, Luozhou, and Xiangzhou..."
"Of course he can see..." Fang Xuanling murmured a few words in a low voice, licked the inkstone with the pen in his hand, only to find that the ink had dried up.
Fang Yizhi picked up the ink ingot and grinded it slowly. He thought about it and said with a smile, "I just found out today that Li Huairen will try to enter the Shishi Department next year."
"Jinshi Department?"
"Well, I heard that when I returned to Beijing to eat, Mingjing Ke and Ming Suan Ke were fully booked."
"Or did he spread the abacus himself..." Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Li Shan also has a poetic talent?"
Fang Yizhi recited the two poems during today's dinner, "It is said that the last one was not written by him."
"Let's talk about it later." Fang Xuanling waved his eldest son to leave, thinking that the imperial examination was the power of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Feng Deyi, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, once served as Sima of Tiance Prefecture, but his attitude was a bit unclear. This year's election... basically only selected powerful men.
Children of aristocratic families.
Just as he was about to start writing, Fang Xuanling suddenly recalled the first time he heard Li Shan's name for no apparent reason. It was in the literature museum, and there was a young man who also received frequent praise that day.