Zhangsun Wuji's Overt Conspiracy
The study room of the Heavenly Policy Manor had always been the place where Li Shimin handled military affairs.
Ordinary people couldn't get close to this place.
Zhangsun Wuji picked up a tea leaf with his left hand and placed it in his mouth to chew for a while.
"Li Chengdao hid his strength in the Eastern Palace. All these years, our understanding of him has been wrong."
This person was decisive and ruthless. He had such an ambitious demeanor at such a young age.
Now, he had been conferred the title of Imperial Grand Sun by His Majesty.
Just as His Highness said, he is indeed a great threat to us.
However, aside from everything else, Xingyang was now his foundation.
With the help of the Zheng family of Xingyang and the title of his great-grandson.
In the future, if he raised his arm and shouted, countless princes and followers would definitely respond.
His Highness is now in charge of the state affairs.
It would be better to draft an edict in His Majesty's name and have Li Chengdao lead his cavalry to Youzhou to guard against the Turks.”
Li Shi Min burst into laughter after hearing the story.
"This is the best plan!"
Zhangsun Wuji's plan was to use Li Yuan's name to let Li Chengdao oversee Youzhou.
In fact, it was killing two birds with one stone.
Firstly, if Li Chengdao was allowed to develop in Xingyang, the Zheng family of Xingyang would create a strong enemy that would make Li Shimin uneasy.
However, as long as Li Chengdao left Xingyang for Youzhou, he would be able to keep everything under control.
At the very least, Li Chengdao would not be able to recruit troops and develop quickly and peacefully like he did in Xingyang.
Secondly, Li Shimin had spent several years defending Youzhou against the Turks.
Youzhou was his territory.
Although he had already returned to Chang 'an, Wang Junlang, the general of Youzhou, was his trusted aide.
If Li Chengdao went to Youzhou, wouldn't the mere seven thousand cavalrymen be suppressed by the local tyrant Wang Junlang?
Moreover, fighting the Turks in Youzhou was common.
By then, if Li Chengdao's men were to attack first, not only would he have no time to develop his own forces, but his army would also be completely exhausted.
No wonder Li Shimin was so excited after hearing this.
Zhangsun Wuji saw that Li Shimin had seen through the deep meaning behind his scheme and nodded with a smile.
"The most crucial point of this plan is that Li Chengdao has no reason to refuse."
First of all, no one could disobey His Majesty's imperial edict.
Secondly, the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Qin had also gone to the border several times to resist the enemy.
Li Chengdao, as the grand grandson, should also be like this.
If he didn't go to the Turks, he would have defied the imperial edict and was afraid of death.
His reputation among the people would plummet.
His Highness could also pass on the Emperor's edict and use the reason of resisting the edict and fearing death to rightfully strip him of his status as the Great Grandson.
Without the title of Grand Sun, Li Chengdao was no longer qualified to fight with His Highness.”
Li Shiming held Zhangsun Wuji's hands and said sincerely,"
"The auxiliary machine is really my Zhang Liang!
With the help of the auxiliary army, why worry about the world not falling into this king's hands!”
Zhangsun Wuji's plan could be said to be extremely brilliant.
It was completely an open scheme, forcing people to follow his plan.
To break out of this situation was truly as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
Li Shiming poured a cup of tea for Zhangsun Wuji and continued,"With this plan, Li Chengdao is completely in the bag.
However, do I still have a chance to win over the Zheng family of Xingyang?”
Even if Li Shi Min's heart was higher than the sky, he would not become enemies with the Five Families and Seven Wangs.
If he could be on good terms with them, he would try his best to be on good terms with them.
To be able to rope him in, it was worth it no matter the price.
Zhangsun Wuji nodded." Between aristocratic families, the most important thing is nothing more than the word 'benefit'.
Now that Li Chengdao had been conferred the title of the Emperor's grandson, the Zheng family of Xingyang would naturally spare no effort to help him seize the throne.
However, if Your Highness was so powerful that Li Chengdao no longer had any hope of competing with you, the Zheng family would not break through the wall.
When Li Chengdao really lost his power, His Highness could still win over the Zheng family of Xingyang.”
All the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.
The world is bustling because of profit.
There was nothing wrong with this sentence anywhere.
"Of course, the most important thing is that Your Highness didn't kill the Crown Princess.”Zhangsun Wuji added," If Zheng Guanyin is killed, Your Highness will be slapping the Zheng family of Xingyang in the face and thoroughly offending them.
For the sake of this reputation, even if Li Chengdao lost his power, the Zheng family of Xingyang would still not accept His Highness's invitation.”
Li Shi Min clapped his hands and laughed," I thought that the auxiliary army was being soft-hearted when they asked me not to kill the Crown Prince and King Qi's women.
Only now did he know that there was such a scheme behind it.
Ancestors ah, it's my fortune to have your help.”
Zhangsun Wuji smiled but did not say anything.
"Right, auxiliary engine." Li Shi Min suddenly thought of a good idea and said,"If I take Zheng Guanyin into my harem, can I deepen my relationship with the Zheng family of Xingyang?”
When Zhangsun Wuji heard this, his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly said,
"Your Highness, you must not do this!
There was naturally no problem with His Highness bringing Consort Qi into the harem.
However, Zheng Guanyin was not someone that Consort Qi could compare to.
Besides being the eldest daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang, she was also the Crown Princess.
Once His Majesty did such a thing, not only would he be cursed by the world, but he would also make things worse for himself in front of the Zheng Family.”
Hearing this, Li Shi Min suddenly woke up.
Looking at Zhangsun Wuji's serious face, he smiled awkwardly and said,"
" The auxiliary engine's reminder is right."
Zhangsun Wuji shook his head and let out a long sigh. His face was filled with worry as he said,"The Guanyin maid, Chengqian, and Lizhi are in Li Chengdao's hands.”
Zhangsun Wugou was more worried about Zhangsun Wugou, Li Chengqian, and Li Lizhi than Li Shimin.
He only had one biological sister, and he was still counting on her son to ascend the throne in the future.
In this way, the Zhangsun Clan would definitely prosper forever.
Li Shi Min was different, even though he liked Zhangsun Wugou.
But to him, she was just a woman.
At most, she would marry another one in the future.
It was even easier for him to have sons and daughters. As long as he wanted to, he could give birth to a hundred.
"Li Chengdao is a smart person. To him, the three of them still have value, so he definitely won't kill them easily.
Don't worry, auxiliary machines. As long as I find an opportunity, I will definitely save them.
However, the most important thing now was to draft an imperial edict in the name of his father and transfer Li Chengdao to Youzhou so that he could not develop in Xingyang.
As for the content of the imperial edict, I'll have to trouble you to write it.”
Zhangsun Wugou stood up and cupped his hands.”
When the two of them talked about the hostage in Li Chengdao's hands, they did not mention Concubine Yang, the daughter of the Sui Dynasty's emperor.
It was as if she had completely forgotten that such a person existed.
As Yang Guang's daughter, as the princess of the former Sui Dynasty.
Although Concubine Yang was of noble birth, she had no value to Li Shi Min at all.
Since she was someone of no value, he naturally would not care about her life or death.
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