Li Jing's question was very unexpected, but Fang Jun seemed to have expected it and was not surprised.
But he didn't answer either.
For a while, the two of them looked at each other in silence, until the kettle erupted with steaming white air. Li Jing took off the kettle, cleared the tea set first, and then poured boiling water into the teapot. The aroma of tea instantly filled the air.
Li Jing raised his hand to hold the teapot, but Fang Jun took the lead and picked up the teapot and poured tea into the cups in front of them.
The charcoal fire was blazing in the small red clay stove, and the room was very warm. I picked up the white porcelain teacup and took a sip of tea. It was so refreshing and refreshing.
The rain is falling outside the window, clear and shallow, and refreshingly cool.
Li Jing held the teacup in his hand, pondered for a moment, and then said: "The prince does not understand military affairs, and does not know that once the peace talks break down, it means that the East Palace will face Li Ji's hundreds of thousands of troops. How can you take advantage of the prince's trust in you?" , and then bewitched the prince to move step by step towards destruction?"
His tone was very solemn, clearly suppressing his anger.
Fang Jun held the pot again, and when he saw Li Jing's teacup in his hand, he poured himself a cup, put it to his lips and took a sip, saying: "The British public's position has never been clear, and he may not stand with Guan Long." side."
Li Jing raised his eyes and looked at him: "When you went to Luoyang before, did you get Li Ji's promise?"
Fang Jun shook his head and said, "No."
Li Jing laughed angrily: "Ha! Are you a fool? If Xu Maogong chose the East Palace, he should have announced it to all parties, and then led troops into the pass to settle the world and achieve unparalleled achievements. The reason why he refused to reveal his position was because He cherishes his feathers and cherishes his reputation, fearing that he will be criticized and resisted by the world, and wants Guan Long to bear all the infamy, so that he can calmly arrive in Chang'an and clean up the mess. From this, it can be seen that his heart must be more inclined to Guan Long. .I also don’t want peace talks. The soldiers will be wrapped in horse leather and die on the battlefield. But once the peace talks break down, the East Palace will face the encirclement and suppression by Guan Long and Li Ji. The only way is defeat and destruction... You are like this How can I live up to His Highness's trust?"
In his opinion, although Li Ji has never expressed his position, his tendency has been very obvious. He is a loyal minister by standing on the side of the East Palace. After putting down the rebellion, he has made unparalleled achievements. Peak. Unless Li Ji wants to rebel and become emperor, where else in the world can there be any higher achievement than this?
However, Li Ji has not expressed his position for a long time. Even though he has entered Tongguan, he still looks like he is staying out of the matter and watching the fire from the other side. Apart from his intention to stand on the side of Guanlong and wait until the fall of the East Palace, he will be in charge of the government with him and control the country. What else can he do? possible?
But Fang Jun's unscrupulous sabotage of the peace talks was completely cooperating with Li Ji, which made him confused and angry.
Faced with Li Jing's cross-examination, Fang Jun remained unmoved and slowly drank tea. After a while, he said: "Wei Gong is good at military affairs, but poor at government affairs. The turbulent changes in the court are beyond your control." Commander, soldiers should stand on the front line and face life and death, and there is no need to think too much about other things."
This is a bit disrespectful, and the implication is, "You are a good fighter but a scumbag when it comes to politics, so just focus on fighting and worry less about other things"...
Li Jing was angry, his beautiful beard under his chin moved without any movement, and he glared at Fang Jun.
After a long time, he resisted the urge to take action and asked with anger: "Are you sure that Li Ji will not take part in the mutiny?"
Fang Jun held the pot and poured him tea, saying: "At least not until the winner is determined, but even so, the East Palace still faces rebels several times larger than itself, and Duke Wei still needs to defend Taiji Palace, otherwise it will be useless.
Once the British Lord takes action, the overall situation will be decided."
Li Jing frowned and said: "If peace talks can be brokered and the mutiny will naturally be resolved, then no matter what Li Ji thinks, there will be no reason to take action. Wouldn't it be safer?"
After all, the East Palace is still at a disadvantage in the face of the siege of the rebels. Since the mutiny can be eliminated through peace talks, why should we exhaust the foundation of the East Palace to fight for a uncertain future?
That is what a wise man would not do.
Fang Jun sighed, this guy seems to be a scumbag who hasn't realized his ability in politics...
He didn't bother to explain, and couldn't explain, so he directly spread his hands and said: "But the matter has come to this, what can be done? We should urge the six leaders of the East Palace to prepare their defenses and wait for the coming battle."
Li Jing put down the tea cup, straightened his back, looked at Fang Jun and said: "There are unfinished meanings in your words. I don't know what you know or what you are planning, but I still want to warn you, don't play around."
Burning one's body with fire, it is too late to regret."
Fang Jun nodded and said: "Don't worry, all Duke Wei has to do is guard the Tai Chi Palace. As for Duke Ying, he will probably not interfere until the outcome is determined."
Li Jing was speechless.
Who gave you confidence?
But he knew that even if he inquired deeply, this guy would definitely not tell the truth and could only remain silent to express his dissatisfaction.
I think I, Li Jing, the "Military God" of the generation, now have to be ordered around by such a stick, I feel really depressed...
…
In the residence of the Prince of Neizhongmen, the atmosphere was solemn and tense.
Yu Wenshiji knelt down and sat opposite Li Chengqian, with a gloomy look on his face, and said decisively: "The armistice contract was signed by both parties. Now the East Palace has blatantly tore up the contract and started a war without authorization, causing the military camp outside Tonghua Gate to be caught off guard and causing heavy losses. If Fang Jun cannot be punished, how can peace be achieved?
The resentment and anger of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Guanlong?"
Li Chengqian remained silent while Cen Wenwen lowered his eyelids and drank tea.
Liu Jie, who had just taken over the peace talks, did his part and said tit for tat: "The words of Duke Ying are true. If the rebels had not attacked Dongneiyuan first and ignored the truce, how could Duke Yue have mobilized all his troops to fight back? This matter must be investigated to the end.
The bottom line is that the rebels broke the contract first, so instead of punishing Duke Yue, the Eastern Palace will also ask for an explanation from the rebels!"
Dongneiyuan was attacked by a sneak attack and suffered heavy casualties. This is a fact. You can't be allowed to fight, and I can't fight back? As a result, you were hurt and suffered a big loss, so you cried and shouted that you were wronged? That doesn't make sense.
Yu Wenshiji shook his head, ignored Liu Ji, and said to Li Chengqian, who had been silent: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must know that now all the Guanlong families are leaning towards peace talks, and are willing to turn conflicts into friendship with His Highness, and will be loyal to him wholeheartedly in the future... But Zhao Guogong has always been
They are resistant to the peace talks, and now it is the elite army of the Changsun family that has suffered huge losses in the surprise attack. If the anger of Duke Zhao cannot be calmed, it will be impossible for the peace talks to continue."
Putting Changsun Wuji at the forefront was the strategy of the Guanlong and Long families during the negotiations. All bad and negative blame was thrown to Changsun Wuji, while the Guanlong and Long families whitewashed themselves as being coerced into participating in the "military remonstrance"
”, the image of a good guy who is now working hard to eliminate war.
Although no one will believe this, it can give Guanlong families room to maneuver, and they can make requests without hesitation without being embarrassed or angering the East Palace, because they can push it to Changsun Wuji. With the steps, everyone will be fine.
Donkey down the slope...
Of course, he couldn't expect the prince to really punish Fang Jun. With Fang Jun's favor in the prince's heart, as well as his current status and power, once he was punished, it would mean that the East Palace had completely lost the bottom line in the peace talks and asked for everything.
However, Li Chengqian's reaction was beyond Yuwen Shiji's expectations.
Li Chengqian's back was straight, his round, white and fat face looked solemn. He raised his hand to stop Liu Ji who was about to speak, and said slowly: "Everyone in the East Palace has long been determined to die. The reason for the peace talks is that they don't want the empire to collapse."
It was destroyed by our hands and the people of the world were plunged into dire straits. It was definitely not because we were greedy for life and afraid of death. It is a fact that the East Neiyuan was attacked by a sneak attack. There is no reason why you can tear up the contract and attack brazenly, but the East Palace cannot retaliate in kind.
.The peace talks will be implemented on the basis of respect between both parties. If Duke Ying still has such an unreasonable attitude, he can go back."
Then, he looked at Yuwen Shiji with stern eyes and said word by word: "If you want to fight, then fight!"
There was silence in the hall, everyone was shocked by the courage Li Chengqian showed at this moment.
Yu Wenshiji was even more astonished. His Highness the Crown Prince today is not as weak, cowardly and tough as before.
If you want to fight, then fight!
This actually stumped Yu Wenshiji. Despite his aggressive accusations, he kept insisting that Donggong punish Fang Jun, but he knew that was impossible, so he just used his momentum to suppress Donggong first, and then
Continue to negotiate.
He absolutely did not want the war to restart, because that would mean that Guan Long would be completely controlled by Changsun Wuji...
But he really couldn't figure out what the prince was thinking. He didn't know whether he was pretending to be tough in order to advance and retreat, or whether he was really just being indifferent.