This question was not easy to answer.
This was a question full of traps, but with the presence of guests, it struck the heart.
Benefits and friendship were always the most difficult choices in a person's heart.
"I won't."
Qin Chuan's eyes were filled with astonishment as he looked at Li Jun's straightforward actions.
Although this answer was reasonable, it was beyond his expectations.
He had thought that Li Jun would remain silent and unable to answer.
Faced with such a huge benefit, many people would fall into a dilemma. They did not know how to choose and could not answer.
Or they chose to remain silent. It was not that they could not answer, but they chose to benefit, but because of their pride, they did not dare to express it directly.
Of course, there were also some people who would choose to give up on benefits and choose friendship.
However, many of these people only wore hypocritical masks. There were very few people who could really do what they said.
Throughout the five thousand years of history, Qin Chuan had only seen two pairs of brothers who could treat each other with respect and sincerity.
One pair was Boyi and Shuqi, and the other pair was Zhu Fan and Jizha.
However, Qin Chuan didn't expect Li Jun to answer so honestly.
'No!'
He directly expressed his pursuit of benefits without any hesitation or reluctance.
He did not choose to remain silent, nor did he say that he was a person of noble morals.
However, it wasn't that Qin Chuan would look down on Li Jun because he had chosen to benefit. On the contrary, he admired Li Jun's honesty and magnanimity.
Compared to some sanctimonious hypocrisy, this kind of truth was more worthy of recognition.
Qin Chuan smiled and nodded." Then do you know which officials His Majesty held during the Martial Virtue Era?”
Li Jun replied,"The King of Qin, General Tian Ce, and Shang Shu Ling."
"It's not just that."
Qin Chuan waved his hand." There's also the Secretary of State, the Generals of the Twelve Left and Right Guards, the Prefecture Overseer of Yongzhou, the Dahang Platform of Shandong Dao, and the Shangshu Ling of the Daoxing Platform of Yizhou.”
During the years of Wude, Li Shimin's power was extremely high.
Across the government and the people, both military and political.
Such an official position template could be said to be the most powerful minister template.
"Brother Li, do you think that if it were you, you would back down from that contingency?”
This was still a difficult question to answer.
Li Jun frowned and took a sip of wine, but her answer was still as honest as ever." I won't.”
Qin Chuan's eyes lit up even more. He admired the other party's honesty.
Sima Yan, Gao Huan, Yu Wenjue, Yang Jian, Li Yuan
If there were so many powerful officials who could resist the temptation of supreme power, there would not be so many dynasties in history.
"But once you reach that position, even if you don't advance further, the people in that position basically won't have a good ending.”
Qin Chuan sighed.
Huo Guang, Dong Zhuo, Yu Wenhu, Yang Su
In the history of China, the powerful ministers who did not rebel basically became the whetstone for the new ruler and did not have a good ending.
Cao Cao was an exception, but he was not an exception. Emperor Xian of Han had wanted to get rid of him several times, but he had resolved them all.
Although he did not rebel and declare himself emperor, his son, Cao Pi, inherited his authority and changed the dynasty.
"Moreover, it's not that easy to retire from that position.”
"Even if His Majesty is willing to retreat, what about the people behind him? The people behind him were willing to retreat? How could he ignore his subordinates who had gone through life and death with him?”
At that time, Li Shiming no longer only represented himself. He represented the interests of a large number of people led by him.
It was just like a company. He was the chairman, and the people behind him were shareholders. The subordinates who followed him were employees, or they might be employees who invested in the company.
Even though he was the chairman, he couldn't just go bankrupt and quit as he pleased. He couldn't completely ignore the lives of the shareholders and employees.
"Even if His Majesty was willing to give up his power and retire to be a rich prince, do you think Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji would let him go?”
"The change in Xuanwu Sect seems like His Majesty is disregarding brotherhood, but in fact, it's just the end of the battle for the throne.”
"The fight for the throne had already begun in the years of Wude. The earliest could be traced back to the second year of Wude, the death of Liu Wenjing, the chief strategist of King Qin's residence."
Qin Chuan had once written an academic thesis on the incident at the Black Tortoise Sect.
Many people in the later generations looked at the changes in the Xuanwu Sect and pushed all the responsibility of the Xuanwu Sect to Li Shiming. In fact, this was very wrong.
The incident at Xuanwu Gate was actually a long story that happened in the early Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin, Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji were the main characters.
Like any story, it had a cause, a process, a climax, and an ending. The incident at the Black Tortoise Gate was only the final ending of this long story.
Many people only saw the change in Black Tortoise Sect, Li Shimin's actions against Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and Li Yuan's abdication.
However, he did not notice that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had attacked Li Shimin during the years of Wude.
Li Yuan was playing the game of imperial power supremacy and restricting the balance between the two brothers.
As early as the Martial Virtue Era, they were no longer brothers. They were just stumbling blocks on each other's path to the highest power.
The Black Tortoise Sect's change was bound to happen.
Li Shi Min had no intention of retreating.
He could not give away the territory he had fought for with his life. There was also his personal desire for power, his worry for his own life as a powerful minister, and his consideration for the supporters behind him.
Even if Li Shi Min retreated, it would be useless.
In the future, whether it was Li Jiancheng or Li Yuanji who ascended the throne, what awaited him was death.
Even if such a prominent figure like him retired, he would still make the people sitting on the throne nervous and afraid.
Moreover, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji couldn't wait to strike first!
"Report that Zhang Liang, a subordinate of King Qin's Mansion, is plotting something. He secretly bribed his subordinates, Yuchi Gong and Duan Zhixuan, and used the war with the Turks to seize the military power of King Qin's Mansion. He also divided and ousted Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, the advisors of King Qin's Mansion."
"In the struggle for imperial power, there has always been only one life and one death. In the royal family, only the dead can make one feel at ease forever.”
As a history major, Qin Chuan had seen too many fights for the throne.
What made him sigh the most was none other than the two brothers Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu.
After saving Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Qiyu didn't kill each other to avoid future troubles. However, after Zhu Qizhen seized the sect, he sent Zhu Qiyu to an early death.
"If we don't initiate the Black Tortoise Sect's coup, His Majesty will have no way out.”
"Even if he initiated the Black Tortoise Sect coup, he was only risking his life.”
"If Li Jiancheng hadn't died in the Black Tortoise Sect incident, he would have been the one to die when the 3,000 Changlin soldiers arrived!”
"Even if he was lucky enough to not die at Li Jiancheng's hands, the mutiny at the palace gates is akin to a rebellion. When the Retired Emperor returns to his senses and mobilizes the Imperial Army, what awaits him is also death!”
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