Traveling through time, it would be boring to spend the whole day sightseeing in the mountains and rivers, leaning against the red and green. The history of history is long, and there are as many people with lofty ideals as there are sands of sand in the Ganges. However, only those who can influence the general trend of the world at the juncture of the changing times can be called
A mainstay, his name will go down in history.
Fang Jun always has a sense of mission. His ability to magically travel upstream thousands of years later and arrive at the flourishing Tang Dynasty may have a deeper meaning.
Fame, wealth, power, wealth, and beautiful women are all at his fingertips now, and he can enjoy them to his heart's content. However, apart from this, how can he not have any ambition to break the trajectory of history?
As long as a person lives, the grass and trees will fall. Since there is such an opportunity, everyone wants to be able to better reflect the value and meaning of life, rather than just enjoy it. In the future, two sounds of suona and one pick of loess will pass through this world lightly.
, not leaving the slightest trace...
How should one spend this life?
At least when you die in the future, when you look back on your past, you will not regret for wasting your years, nor feel ashamed for doing nothing...
As the saying goes, the passing geese leave their voices, and the passing people leave their names.
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There was heavy snow outside, falling in the courtyard, and inside the house there was a candle and the fragrance of tea was lingering.
The two sat on the floor, holding a cup of hot tea in their hands, discussing their future strategies while talking softly. For Fang Jun, whether he could stabilize the East Palace and inherit the great treasure in the future was a matter of his life.
Whether Li Xiaogong can carry out his grand ideal smoothly. Of course, Li Xiaogong doesn't care much about his future. After all, he already has enough reputation as the "first prince of the clan". More power may be counterproductive. But the current situation has reached a point where he has to take sides.
At that time, if he stood in the wrong team, not only himself, but the entire Hejian County Prince's Palace would be in disaster.
Just watch him cooperate with Fang Jun in the Western Region to uproot the Guanlong forces. Once the Guanlong clan gains power, how can they just give up?
Since he knows his own affairs, Li Xiaogong can surrender to His Majesty Li Er. In order to avoid the suspicion of the prince, he is willing to surrender his military power and live in seclusion in the palace to amass money and slander himself. However, if the king of Jin comes to power in the future and Guan Long gains power, he wants to pressure him and surrender.
It is absolutely impossible to surrender, or even to grovel.
In order to prevent his strong temper from being broken when faced with the King of Jin and the Guanlong clan, the best choice is naturally to firmly support the crown prince Li Chengqian.
This is also Fang Jun's position. The two people now have deep conflicts of interest. If they can maintain the same position, each other's interests will naturally become more secure.
In the final analysis, although most of the disputes in the court since ancient times have been under the guise of bright and just, in fact, there are only a handful of battles due to disagreements in ideas and ambitions. In most cases, they are just battles for their respective interests.
Those high-ranking bosses in the temple talk about benevolence and morality, and they are not much different from the squabbling peddlers...
Li Xiaogong took a sip of tea and said: "The person who can influence the situation in Chang'an right now is none other than Chai Zhewei. The Chai family is shameless and dishonest, and the most unreliable. This son has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Zuotun Guard and Xuanwu Gate in Suwei.
Whichever way you lean, it will have a huge boost to the situation. If you want the East Palace to be stable, you have to think of ways to defend against Chai Zhewei. Unfortunately, my king has handed over military power for a long time, and the impact on the garrison in Guanzhong is really too low. Even if some garrison can be persuaded
There are only a few thousand troops to protect the East Palace, and they cannot resist the Zuotun Guards."
What he said was a bit euphemistic. In fact, he believed that Zuo Tunwei almost played a decisive role in the current situation.
Tens of thousands of elite soldiers are stationed outside the Xuanwu Gate. They can sweep the entire city outward to protect the country, and they can break through the Xuanwu Gate and occupy the Taiji Palace from the inside. No matter which side gets the support of Chai Zhewei, it can almost be said that it has an absolute advantage.
It's only one step away from success.
The key to the problem is that with Fang Jun assisting Dong Gong, even if Chai Zhewei defected to the past and had the power to protect the sky, he would not be able to surpass Fang Jun and become "one person is inferior to ten thousand people." In this way, with Chai Zhewei's ambition
I am so arrogant that I am afraid that I will not be able to assist the East Palace.
Fang Jun held the pot and poured tea for Li Xiaogong, and said calmly: "Chai Zhewei has great ambitions and talents, and he is very ambitious. The Zuo Tun Guards are not afraid."
Li Xiaogong was shocked. He regarded Chai Zhewei and his Zuotunwei as a tyrannical force that could influence the situation, but he was so dismissive in Fang Jun's eyes?
But he didn't think Fang Jun was a frivolous person. He thought about it and asked, "Is it because you left half of the Youtun Guards behind?"
Fang Jun nodded: "Exactly."
The expression is casual, as if this is a matter of course... However, you only left half of the Youtun Guards!
Li Xiaogong looked solemn: "The situation in Chang'an is in danger. If you want to stabilize the situation and defeat those ambitious people, you must carefully evaluate the forces of any party. It is better to attach too much importance to it, but never to underestimate it. Only in this way can we better deploy our troops and strategize."
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Fang Jun picked up the tea cup and changed from kneeling to sitting cross-legged. He smiled and said: "Are you such a frivolous person? The Zuo Tun Guards neglected to drill and their soldiers were slack. Chai Zhewei was even more of a fool, even though he only had half of the Right Tun Guards.
We are stationed at Xuanwu Gate, and I also believe that there is no way that the Zuo Tun Guards can cross the Lei Chi! Without this confidence, how could I dare to lead half of the Right Tun Guards to the west, leaving only Gao Kan and less than 10,000 people to guard the barracks?"
From beginning to end, he never took Zuotunwei seriously.
Li Xiaogong had great trust in Fang Jun's ability and vision. When he saw Fang Jun's determination that Zuotun Guard was nothing to worry about, he felt relieved and said with a smile: "In this case, I can summon a part of the Guanzhong garrison. Once the situation changes,
, immediately go to Chang'an City to help the East Palace kill the traitors and protect the country!"
Fang Jun's eyes flashed, slightly surprised: "The prince plans to rush back to Chang'an?"
Li Xiaogong nodded: "Exactly."
After a pause, he sighed and said: "In the past, although I lived in seclusion in the palace, my ambition was never diminished. I always regarded myself as the 'first honorable minister of the clan', thinking that I had long been the one who commanded thousands of troops and followed thousands of horses.
Your Majesty, the King of Hejian County who cleansed the world. However, this time when he went out to control the Western Regions, he felt deeply that things were different and he was helpless in the face of the predicament... I was already too far behind and could not keep up with the changes of the times. Even if he stayed in the Western Regions
, it is all in vain. It is better to return to Chang'an and rely on the last few reputations and connections to protect His Highness the Crown Prince and stabilize the country."
I think back then, Li Xiaogong followed his words and Li Jing, who was famous all over the world, could only submit to his subordinates and let him be driven. Even the officials of the country, such as Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, etc., had to be cautious in front of him. Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi, etc.
Gong, Qin Qiong and others even shouted and scolded them like running dogs.
However, after living in seclusion for many years, when he came to the Western Regions, he found that his reputation had already plummeted. The Guanlong disciples all over the Western Regions even looked down upon him, and the Anxi army was also acting against him.
Times have changed. He is no longer the undefeated and invincible commander of the past. He is just a noble and graceful king of the clan. In the Western Regions, even though he is the Protector of Anxi and the nominal supreme commander of the Western Regions, he often feels powerless.
In recent days, he was even forced by the Guanlong clan to flee Jiaohe City by means of "snatching the enemy"...
For a hero like Li Xiaogong, who was once glorious and proud to the core, this was nothing short of a great humiliation. He had no shame to continue to stay in Jiaohe City.
Fang Jun understood the reasoning behind this and knew that he could not be persuaded about this matter and could not be persuaded.
He frowned and said: "The prince's departure from the Western Region was ordered by the imperial edict. There is no imperial edict issued now. If he relinquishes his official position and returns to Guanzhong privately, it will be a serious crime. Even if your majesty is lenient, I am afraid he will not be able to escape the censor.
Taiwan’s impeachment.”
Li Xiaogong smiled and said: "Who said that the king will relinquish his official position?"
Fang Jun: "..."
If you do not relinquish your official position, you will be leaving your post without permission, which will be an additional crime.
Li Xiaogong said: "I will not give those imperial censors a chance to impeach me. This time I went out to control the Western Regions, and my mother had many accidents. I am old and frail, and I am sick and want to return to Chang'an for medical treatment."
, wait until he recovers from his illness, and then return to the Western Regions. During this period, Erlang will exercise the power to protect Anxi on his behalf... Of course, this memorandum will be secretly delivered to His Highness the Crown Prince, presumably by His Highness the Crown Prince himself.
I asked the Minister of Rites to seal the files so that the news would not be leaked."
Only then did Fang Jun understand what Li Xiaogong was planning.
He consciously had lost face in the Western Regions, and because of Li Xiaogong's pride, he couldn't stay here shamelessly and rely on Fang Jun's methods to maintain the situation. It would be better to build a plank road to cross Chencang secretly and return to Chang'an secretly...