"Your Majesty, you must not. Ye Qiu is a wolf with wild ambitions. He hides needles in cotton wool, is sinister and cunning, and is extremely vicious. You must not let the Crown Prince go. You are sending the Crown Prince into the tiger's mouth.”
In the royal study, Li Er, Crown Prince Li Chengqian, and a group of old officials were all present.
Wei Zheng was the first to express his thoughts to Li Shimin.
Ever since he came into contact with Ye Qiu, this shameless person who changed his mind all the time, Wei Zheng could be said to be extremely disgusted with him.
Now, he actually asked the Crown Prince to capture this Ye Qiu. Wasn't that sending the Crown Prince into the tiger's mouth?
"Your Majesty, this humble subject is willing to go to Guangyang County to capture that Ye Qiu. If I can't capture that Ye Qiu, this humble subject is willing to bring my head to see you.”
At this moment, Hou Junji and Wei Zheng reached a rare agreement.
"Your Majesty, I have a different opinion.”Qin Qiong hurriedly said.
"I wonder if Second Brother has any brilliant ideas?" Li Er asked.
"We can't catch this Ye Qiu."
For a moment, everyone looked at Qin Qiong.
"This Ye Qiu has a shocking talent. This lowly official thinks that not only can we not capture him, but we should also take him in as our own. As the saying goes, it is better to make a friend than to make an enemy. Moreover, that Li Hancheng has always been bold. He relied on the death-exemption medallion given by the Retired Emperor to make the people of Guangyang County seethe with resentment. He deserves to die. I don't think Ye Qiu did anything wrong. Sometimes, this lowly official even wants to rush to Guangyang County to kill that Li Hancheng.”
Qin Qiong had always been a straightforward person and did not like to speak with twisted intestines. He directly spoke out his inner thoughts.
Fortunately, everyone present was Li Shiming's confidant, and also Qin Qiong's comrade-in-arms, so they weren't afraid that these words would fall into the ears of those with ill intentions.
Even so, saying these words so blatantly still shocked everyone.
Everyone looked at Qin Qiong in confusion. He was clearly the one who had been kidnapped by Ye Qiu before, so why was he speaking up for Ye Qiu now? In theory, he shouldn't have scoffed at Ye Qiu and wished that he could cut Ye Qiu into pieces.
In fact, everyone was right. At first, Qin Qiong really wanted Ye Qiu to be cut into a thousand pieces. However, when he and Cheng Yaojin walked to the countryside and saw that Ye Qiu had managed the place in an orderly manner, the people were rich, and they lived and worked in peace and contentment. This completely changed his opinion of Ye Qiu.
It could be said that Qin Qiong had already become a hardcore fan of Ye Qiu.
However, what made him brood was that a great talent like Ye Qiu had actually fallen into the common people and only wanted to be a mountain bandit. It really made his old bones almost die of anger.
Among the people present, other than Qin Qiong, there was another person who had also developed into a hardcore fan of Ye Qiu. This person was none other than Duke Lu, Cheng Yaojin, who had been captured by Ye Qiu together with Qin Qiong.
After all, the two of them had personally witnessed Ye Qiu's talent.
"Your Majesty, this lowly subject also thinks that Second Brother Qin's words are very polite. Since Your Majesty Yuchi Old Hei was magnanimous enough to take him in, let alone this Ye Qiu. This Ye Qiu, whether in terms of military talent or ability to govern the world, is much stronger than Yuchi Old Hei.”Cheng Yaojin said.
Yuchi Gong, the big black coal, was unhappy.
"Cheng Yaojin, what do you mean? "Why is this about me? Although I, Old Hei, don't have much talent, I, Old Hei, am someone who is willing to risk my life for the Great Tang. What right do you have to compare me to a mountain bandit?”
Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Yuchi Old Hei. After all, he had never seen Ye Qiu before, nor had he lost to Ye Qiu. However, Cheng Yaojin actually said that he was inferior to a mountain bandit. How could this make him happy?
Cheng Yaojin didn't care about what Yuchi Old Hei was saying. He continued to talk to Li Er,""Your Majesty, you didn't see what happened at Dangyang Mountain. That Ye Qiu gave those farmers their land for free and even gave them a seed called sweet potato. When those sweet potatoes were eaten, they were so fragrant. When I, Old Cheng, think of those sweet potatoes, I can't help but drool, and…"
Seeing that Cheng Yaojin was about to brag again, Li Shimin quickly interrupted him.
Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong had talked to him countless times about Ye Qiu during this period of time. His ears had already grown calluses.
If Cheng Yaojin continued to talk, he would probably not be able to finish in a few hours.
Because of Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong, the royal study was in an uproar. On one hand, they wanted to send troops to deal with Ye Qiu, and on the other hand, they wanted to subdue Ye Qiu and make him serve the Great Tang.
"Alright, alright. Zhijie, Xuancheng, stop arguing. I believe that His Majesty will make his own decision on this matter.”At this moment, Zhangsun Wuji, who was standing at the side, stood up and spoke.
The two sides immediately stopped arguing. Li Shimin smiled and said,"Dear ministers, could it be that none of you can see my intentions?”
Everyone shook their heads. Only Zhangsun Wuji remained silent.
Even Crown Prince Li Chengqian, who was at the side, did not know what his father was planning.
As the Crown Prince of a country, he would be in charge of the entire country in the future. Now that disasters were happening all over the Great Tang, dealing with those matters was already making him anxious. How could he be asked to deal with Ye Qiu's matter?
In the court, Li Chengqian did not dare to ask why, but he also wanted to understand here.
"Crown Prince." Li Shi Min said.
"Your son is here." Li Chengqian said respectfully.
"Do you know why I want you to go to Guangyang County?”
"Your son is foolish."
"Zhen wants you to acknowledge that Ye Qiu as your master. We have already sent people to understand the situation at Mount Dangyang. Just as General Zhi Jie and Shu Bao said, this Ye Qiu is a talented person.”
As soon as Li Shiming finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong said at the same time,""Your Majesty's plan is very clever, very clever.”
Everyone looked at the two people who were shouting in confusion.
"As long as the Crown Prince takes Ye Qiu as his master, wouldn't Ye Qiu be a legitimate citizen of our Great Tang? This way, he would naturally serve us.”
Li Shi Min laughed.
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