Princess Gaoyang looked at her brother and her husband, both with gloomy expressions, then stood up and said: "You guys chat first, I'll let the cook prepare a table of food and wine, and in the evening Erlang will have a few drinks with Brother Qingque.
"
Li Tai nodded and said, "Thank you, sister."
Fang Jun watched Princess Gaoyang's slender figure disappear behind the screen leading to the apse, then turned to look at Li Tai and asked softly: "Now that your Majesty has thought about Yi Chu again, does your Highness regret it?"
Are you complaining about Wei Chen’s words to dissuade you?”
In the beginning, it was he and Li Tai who argued their interests so hard that Li Tai believed that His Majesty Li Er would not cause the brothers to kill each other easily. But today, His Majesty Li Er has such thoughts again. However, the most promising person is to fight for the throne.
But only Jin Wang Li Zhi was left. Li Tai had already given up fighting for the throne and withdrew from the competition.
If Li Tai had always intended to be the heir apparent, he would probably sigh with regret at this moment...
Li Tai glanced at Fang Jun, snorted, picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and said casually: "You think that I have no independent opinions, and only follow what others say and follow the crowd? No. I admit that I gave up the fight on my own initiative.
Chu, it is indeed related to what you said, but more of it comes from my heart. Because I understand that if you want to compete for the Chu, the first thing is to form an alliance with the Guanlong nobles... It is an alliance, not a win-over.
, I am self-aware, and it is impossible to completely control the Guanlong nobles and take them for my own use. It is just a tool they use to fight for power. In the end, even if I succeed in the fight for the crown prince, I will still be threatened by the Guanlong nobles.
"
He drank tea, leaned back slightly on the chair, and sighed: "Why was Prince Yin so eager to get rid of his father? It was precisely because he was worried that he would be coerced by the Guanlong nobles after he ascended the throne, so he
Trying their best to suppress the Guanlong nobles, the lawless guys in Guanlong made up their mind to start a new business and fully support their father. To put it in a disrespectful way, even if my father did not launch the Xuanwu Sect Change at that time, the Guanlong nobles would definitely
Let’s conduct an armed coup to get rid of Prince Yin to avoid future troubles.”
"Your Highness is wise."
Fang Jun had to sigh, in fact, among His Majesty Li Er's disciples, when it comes to strategy, Li Tai ranks first. If he were to be an emperor, he might not be inferior to Li Zhi.
Standing in the sky of history, overlooking the long river of time, you can understand the struggles behind the various twists and turns in the Tang Dynasty. However, Li Tai is in the middle of the game and his vision is limited, but he can still get to the core of the problem.
His ability is truly admirable.
But why was this person so stubborn in history that he insisted on fighting for the reserve and would not give up until he achieved his goal?
It seems that just as later generations of scholars said, perhaps it was precisely because of his own participation that certain inadvertent changes caused changes in the entire situation, both internal and external, which in turn made the people involved in the situation completely different in their cognition and consciousness.
The butterfly flaps its wings, causing a storm and tsunami...
Fang Jun served Li Taixu tea and said softly: "His Royal Highness is eager to leave Guanzhong. Is there any change within the royal family?"
Li Tai was slightly surprised. He stared at Fang Jun for a long time and then nodded and said, "No wonder you have achieved what you have now. My father has great trust in you. There are few people in the court who can match your acumen."
This confirmed Fang Jun's guess.
Fang Jun frowned and asked again: "Your Highness, can you tell me in detail?"
Li Tai hesitated for a moment and sighed: "Actually, you should have guessed that someone came to see me and asked me to stand up and support the child slave. But the prince is my elder brother and the child slave is my younger brother. Siblings are fighting.
I have already hurt Tianhe, and I am not suitable for anyone in my gang, so I can only stay out of it."
Fang Jun understood.
If Li Tai still has the desire to compete for reserves in his heart, taking this opportunity to muddy the waters and fish in troubled waters is the best way.
After all, the prince and Li Zhi are from the same mother, and they are both the legitimate sons of His Majesty Li Er. Why can the two of them take the position of crown prince, but he, Li Tai, can't?
Speaking of which, His Majesty Li Er's earliest easy-to-store partner was the King of Wei, Li Tai...
However, Li Tai has long since given up the idea of fighting for the heirloom, so he is definitely not willing to get involved. No matter who he goes to, he will offend the other person, and even make his father feel disgusted.
It can be seen that the forces within the royal family supporting Jin Wang Li Zhi are not trivial, which is why Li Tai had to leave Beijing to temporarily avoid the limelight, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with it.
Even if Fang Jun knew about Li Tai's difficulties, he would never interfere with the internal affairs of the royal family. It was a taboo. As a foreign minister, he was absolutely not allowed to get involved, otherwise not even His Majesty Li Er would be able to spare him.
Now being able to go out of Beijing and go south with Li Tai is actually the best way to avoid the trend...
But the autumn harvest must not be delayed. He thought for a while and said: "Later, Weichen sent some of the soldiers of Youtun Guard to Mount Li, and told the public that in order to protect the smooth harvest and storage of overseas crops, the mountain road was blocked and strictly prohibited.
When you come in and out, Your Highness just stays in Lishan Mountain. No one else can see you, so there is nothing they can do to you, and there is no need to offend anyone."
Li Tai hesitated slightly, nodded and said, "That's acceptable."
The reason why he was eager to go south was because he did not want to be forced by various forces within the royal family to express his position, and he did not want to get involved in the battle between the prince and the child slaves. Hiding in Lishan Mountain had the same effect. Fang Jun led his troops to seal the mountain.
Who dares to break in unscrupulously?
"I will also stay with you in this palace for two days, and then go to Lishan Farm with you."
Li Tai doesn't even dare to go home now, for fear that those people will come looking for him and he won't be able to evade him.
Fang Jun chuckled and said, "His Royal Highness King Jing is in Jiucheng Palace."
Li Tai was stunned for a moment and then said: "Without further delay, let's go down the mountain right now."
Fang Jun was staring at Li Tai's expression. He knew what was happening and sighed: "His Royal Highness King Jing is stirring up troubles everywhere, fearing that the world will not be chaotic, but His Highness King Jin is obsessed with power and is willing to be pushed out."
To be a target is really stupid."
Obviously, among the royal families who coerced Li Tai to support King Jin, there was King Jing.
Why did the ambitious King Jing woo the forces within the royal family to support King Jin in his fight for the throne? The answer is obvious, that is, he wanted to make the fight for the throne expand in scale and deepen its impact. It would be best to completely split the royal family so that he could fish in troubled waters.
There is an opportunity to take advantage of.
Fang Jun did not believe that His Majesty Li Er was ignorant of this. Although this emperor sometimes had a brain disconnect and was so confident that he was obsessed with success, he was like a spider web sitting in a web, with his tentacles already extending to every corner of the world, especially
In Chang'an City, the slightest disturbance could not be hidden from him.
Since His Majesty Li Er has remained silent, Fang Jun can only believe that he has all developments under control.
In this case, he only needs to fully support the prince and never interfere in the internal battles of the royal family. That is an area that His Majesty Li Er will never allow foreign ministers to intervene...
Li Tai was a little helpless: "You know it if you know it, why do you have to say it? This kind of thing is an internal matter of the royal family. Don't get involved in it. Not only will it not help the prince, it will be harmful."
Fang Jun nodded and said: "Thank you for informing me, Your Highness, let's set off now, lest His Highness King Jing smells His Highness's scent and chases him to the door, and the humble minister turns him away by pretending to be a villain."
"Hey! Are you calling King Jing a dog, or are you calling me a shit? That's a bastard! But having said that, you are probably the only one in this dynasty who dares to keep away King Jing who is chasing after him. King Jing also
He can't lose his temper at all, he is really tough."
"Hehe! More than shutting him out? If he dares to say a bad word, the humble minister will beat him out. Do you believe it or not?"
"I don't believe it. After all, he is also a prince of the imperial court, a brother of my father. If you lay a finger on him, the consequences will be disastrous."
"Do you think the method of stimulating generals is useful for weak ministers?"
"Whether it's useful or not, that's all up to you."
…
The two quarreled for a few words, then stood up together and went to the back hall to bid farewell to Princess Gaoyang.
Li Tai behaved like an elder brother and apologized to Princess Gaoyang and Xiao Shu'er who were bowing to each other: "I have some private matters and I need Erlang's help. I really feel guilty for disturbing your purity."
Princess Gaoyang didn't know what they talked about, but she didn't ask anything about official matters and said with a smile: "My brother, what do you have to be ashamed of? If we can help Brother Qingque, we will naturally do our best to help. Brother, please don't be polite.