Someone said that forgetting the past was equivalent to betrayal.
However, the King of Wei, Li Tai, had clearly not forgotten the past, but he still chose to betray him.
Under the night sky, the raindrops outside the window hit Li Tai's window hard, making a low pitter-patter sound.
Li Tai, who was standing by the window, stared blankly at the endless autumn rain outside the window. The autumn rain was cold, but Li Tai, who was splashed by the autumn rain outside the window, didn't feel anything.
Compared to before, the current King of Wei, Li Tai, looked much older, but he was also much more mature.
"Not long ago, the mighty King of Wei had to be chased out of the capital like a dog. Father, you're really heartless. For Little Jiu, you don't want to give me any chance at all?”Muttering softly, Li Tai wiped the rain off his face expressionlessly. He slowly turned around, returned to his room, and sat down.
There was another dull silence, as if the air had stopped flowing. Li Tai elegantly picked up the slightly cold tea on the table and drank it in one gulp, as if he had made some kind of decision.
"Come in. You must have been waiting outside for a long time.”Putting down the teacup, Li Tai closed his eyes. At this moment, Li Tai's expression was very similar to Li Shi Min's.
With a creak, the wooden door made of yellow pear wood was pushed open. Three people came in. The steward of the mansion, Wei Ting, Du Chuke, and a young man. It was none other than Cui Shanyou, the eldest son of the Cui family of Qinghe, whom he had met in the Tang Dynasty's Furong Garden.
"Your Highness, how have you been?”Cui Shan You bowed with a gentle smile.
Li Tai snorted. His eyes seemed to see through Cui Shan You as he said indifferently,"Brother Cui, perhaps you know this king's situation better than this king.”
Cui Shan You wasn't angry. He pursed his lips and smiled silently. He bent down again and said,""It seems that Your Highness has decided. Hmm, even this person has become wiser than before. Isn't this a sign from the heavens?”
"I hope so. Tell me about your method. This king knows that you have been preparing.”The King of Wei did not comment on the fate that Cui Shanyou mentioned.
"Shan You's plan is divided into four steps. The first step was to have a master chef in the imperial kitchen. He was the servant of Cui Clan for many years. Previously, he was just a messenger of news in the palace, just like the servants of other clans in the palace. But now, he had a miraculous effect.
The Emperor had always had a headache and often couldn't sleep at night, but now he had to ask the imperial chef to make a bowl of ginseng soup every night before he could sleep soundly.”Cui Shan You revealed his plan with a fake smile.
"Imperial Father's headache has been around for a long time, but I didn't expect this imperial chef's ginseng soup to be so effective.”Li Tai nodded subconsciously and said.
Unexpectedly, Cui Shan You revealed a strange expression as if he had heard a joke. He snorted and said,""Has the King of Wei ever heard of the Mandala Flower?”
"Mandala Flower? Could it be that you…"
"The Mandala Flower has a significant sedative effect. A normal dose can make people feel tired and enter dreamless sleep. It can also relieve emotional agitation and cause amnesia. However, some patients will have symptoms of agitation, agitation, hallucinations, and other excitatory symptoms. To His Majesty, it was indeed a good medicine. Shan You would not dare to harm His Majesty, and His Highness could not malign Shan You.”
It was no wonder that he had heard from the palace servants that his father had been having all kinds of dreams recently. He said that he had dreamed of immortals in his dreams, and that such dreams kept happening every day. It was a sign from the heavens that he had become superstitious about divination and obsessed with pills. He even recruited those Indian monks to refine some immortality pill. It turned out that this... Are you the one behind all this?" Although he had already made up his mind, Li Tai still revealed a trace of shock, and his final voice could not help but tremble.
"I dare not. It's just a small matter." Ignoring the fear and gloominess in Li Tai's eyes, Cui Shan You remained calm.
After this king ascends to the throne, I will definitely wipe out the entire imperial kitchen. Don't waste words, tell me your plan.”
" There." Cui Shan You didn't react at all when he saw Li Tai's fierce expression.
"When the time comes, Shan You only needs to ask the imperial chef to increase the dosage of the Mandala Flower in the ginseng soup. His Majesty will definitely not be able to see the sun tomorrow. At that time, wouldn't it be reasonable for the King of Wei to push the blame of His Majesty's sudden death to the Indian monks who refined the elixir for His Majesty? Since ancient times, there had been many emperors and monarchs who had died because of consuming all kinds of medicinal pills. At this point, Shan You's first step was considered complete.”
Lowering his eyelids, Cui Shan You licked his lips and quickly glanced at Li Tai's shocked, happy, and fearful expression. He revealed a trace of disdain and continued,"" The second step is to imitate Zhao Gao's actions. He will secretly tamper with the imperial edict and change the King of Wei to the Crown Prince. At the same time, he will summon the Crown Prince to return to Chang 'an. Hehe, when the situation is settled, he will kill him.
The third step was even simpler. The Great Tang's elite soldiers were all in the northern borders, and as long as they were cut off from logistics and food, the army would be defeated. Even if it wasn't completely wiped out, it would suffer heavy casualties.”
"What if they come back?”Li Tai asked in bewilderment.
"Come back? If they rushed back, they would be punished for their defeat. They would be demoted or beheaded. They were just fish on the chopping board. What was there to be afraid of?”Cui Shan You's expression became more and more disdainful. It was unknown whether he was looking at those generals or at Li Tai.
Wei Ting and Du Chuke, who were standing quietly at the side, knew what they were doing, but they were still stunned by Cui Shan You's few words. This Cui Shan You really killed people without spilling blood. This Cui Shan You's son was really ruthless.
"The fourth step is for Your Highness to spare no effort to rope in the great clans, especially the ones from Shandong.
Your Highness should know that the nobles of Shandong and Guanzhong have never been on good terms.
The mind of an emperor was nothing more than the word balance. No matter how much the later generations tampered with it, it was not difficult to see through all the major events of ancient and modern times.
From the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the present, the Guanzhong aristocratic families who started off with military achievements were firmly suppressed by the Shandong aristocratic families who passed down the Book of Songs and etiquette. Your Highness, when the time comes, as long as you promise the noble families in Shandong enough benefits, hehe, you will be able to win the support of the noble families in Shandong and at the same time, draw in and divide the noble families in Guanzhong. At that time, won't the entire world be in your hands?”
"Good! Shan You, well said. We'll do as you say.”Hearing this, Li Tai couldn't care less about anything else. According to Cui Shan You's plan, this plan would most likely succeed, and the throne would eventually be his.
Hahaha, Shan You congratulates Your Highness first…No, congratulations, Your Majesty, for ruling the world.”Cui Shan You bowed to Li Tai with a respectful smile on his handsome face.
"Wei Ting and Du Chuke congratulate Your Majesty on ruling the world. Long live Your Majesty.”Wei Ting and Du Chuke also knelt down respectfully, their eyes filled with worry and joy. Once Li Tai became the Emperor of the Great Tang, their status would be unimaginable.
The sons of these illustrious clans had not been able to change their rebellious tendencies even after twenty years of peace in the Great Tang. Moreover, the world had not been peaceful for the past twenty years, and there had been constant rebellions.
For example, in the first month of the first year of Zhenguan of Tang Dynasty, Li Yi's rebellion was put down. In the same year, the Huihe attacked the Turkic Mazi Mountain. In February of the second year of Zhenguan of Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty retreated from Tuyuhun Minzhou. In April, the Tang Dynasty destroyed Liang Shidu. In the sixteenth year of Zhenguan of Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty attacked the Western Turkic Yizhou.
Since the founding of the Great Tang, like all the dynasties in the north and south, wars had been going on year after year. Whether it was Li Tai, Wei Ting, Du Chuke, or Cui Shanyou, no one knew that the Great Tang had been elevated to a mythical status by the Han more than a thousand years later.
If you want to persuade the strong, you must persuade the Han and Tang Dynasties.
In this era, everything was unknown, and the unknown was undoubtedly the best soil to nurture those ambitious people and speculators.
The autumn rain was originally continuous, but the autumn rain outside the window suddenly became heavier. It was like the scene before the summer storm. This year, Chang 'an did not seem to be as refreshing as usual, but revealed a deep depression.
Outside the King of Wei's room, a thin figure had disappeared in a flash. Finally, it disappeared in the misty autumn rain that seemed to be able to lose one's sight.
The lovely dividing line.
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