Chapter 39: Li Yuan is either playing with fire or on the way to playing with fire
The Princess of Qin is walking in the palace, who dares to stop her?
Only Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, several imperial concubines and the Crown Princess could stop him.
But among these people, who would go to the Wude Hall to guard the door for him? !
Moreover, when Li Yuan sealed the Wude Hall, he only prevented him from leaving; he did not prevent others from coming in.
Xie Shufang was running around in and out of the Wude Hall like crazy, and no one stopped him.
Li Shimin's words were just an excuse.
Li Yuanji saw through it but did not say anything, and just played along with Li Shimin.
"You and I are from the same mother, so it's only natural for me to care about you."
Li Shimin said seriously.
Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Second brother is right."
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said, "I have urgent need of the imperial physician that my father assigned to you, so I'll borrow it first. The imperial physician that my father assigned to me is still in Tongguan. I'll send him to your side later."
When Li Yuanji heard this, he rolled his eyes in his heart.
He now understood why Li Shimin started to play the emotional card with him.
When Li Yuan sent out imperial doctors, he could not have sent them out one by one; he must have sent them out together.
He had previously sent Xie Shufang to ask for the imperial physician who followed him, and that imperial physician must have rushed to Hangu Pass day and night.
Li Shimin intercepted the man on the way and brought him to Yin Qiao to curry favor with him.
In order to avoid him making a fuss, this happened.
"My second brother is the commander-in-chief of this expedition to Hebei, and he cannot afford to fail. My second brother urgently needs to borrow the imperial physician, so I will naturally make it easy for him."
Li Yuanji said with a calm smile.
sensible!
Li Shimin admired in his heart and said with a smile: "You have really grown up."
Li Yuanji said modestly: "Second brother, you are joking. Compared with you, I am still very immature."
Li Shimin laughed, and suddenly reached out and patted Li Yuanji on the shoulder and said, "Don't think about those nonsense in the future..."
Li Shimin's words were a bit abrupt.
But Li Yuanji understood the meaning and said with a smile: "What is the nonsense that Second Brother is talking about?"
Li Shimin asked with a smile, "You cleaned up the Wude Hall, recruited Ling Jing, and sought military merit for your soldiers. What was the purpose?"
Li Shimin had said this, so there was no need for Li Yuanji to hide anything, and he said openly: "The Wude Hall has been stuffed like a sieve by you, and I'm sure you all know the details of my sexual intercourse with the princess.
In this situation, shouldn't I clean up the Wude Hall?
Do you want me to lie down and talk about human ethics in your ears?"
“Cough cough cough…”
Li Yuanji's words were so powerful that Li Shimin started coughing.
Li Yuanji pretended not to hear Li Shimin's awkward cough and continued, "It was Pei Ji who caused me to recruit Ling Jing. Pei Ji's words almost put me in the gap between you and my elder brother.
My small body cannot withstand the torture from you and my brother.
I can only find some people to ensure my safety.
Once my eldest brother took action, I had to work on paperwork for half a month.
Although you didn't attack me, I was used as a gun by you."
"So you wrote a letter to father, causing my brother and I to be questioned by father?"
Li Shimin asked with ill intention.
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Li Shimin and said, "I have a temper too, okay? If I don't do anything, won't I be crushed by you two?"
Li Shimin smiled awkwardly.
"You and I are brothers, how could I possibly harm you."
Li Shimin said with a dry laugh.
Li Yuanji thought to himself "Haha".
Li Jiancheng thought the same in history, so he almost killed you; your predecessor thought the same in history, so he tried all kinds of ways to kill you; you thought the same in history, so you sent Li Jiancheng and your predecessor to meet the King of Hell as soon as you made a move.
Seeing Li Yuanji looking at him with a half-smile and no words, Li Shimin laughed and said, "Then why do you seek military merit for your subordinates?"
Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin as if he were a fool and said, "If I don't do something for them, will they risk their lives to protect me? If you don't give enough benefits to those people under you, will they work hard for you?"
When Li Shimin heard what Li Yuanji said, he was stunned for a long while.
It seemed that he was overcomplicating the problem.
It's a bit embarrassing.
Li Shimin laughed dryly and said, "Hahaha...that's true."
At this point, Li Shimin stood up, patted Li Yuanji on the shoulder again, and said with a smile: "Treat your soldiers well, they can really risk their lives to protect you on the battlefield.
You have two thousand armored soldiers under your command. As long as they are willing to risk their lives to fight for you, they can protect you in an army of tens of thousands."
Li Shimin spoke the truth.
But Li Yuanji felt uncomfortable hearing this.
Not all armored troops are called Black Armor Army.
Not all armored troops were led by Duan Zhixuan.
There is still a gap between armor and armor.
There was a huge gap between the iron armored troops under his command and Li Shimin's black armored army.
"What the second brother said makes sense."
Li Yuanji curled his lips.
Li Shimin laughed and said, "You are indeed different. Not bad, not bad. As your elder brother, I am very pleased."
After saying this, Li Shimin left the barracks at the swift pace of a dragon or a tiger without the need for Li Yuanji to see him off.
As soon as Li Shimin left, Li Yuanji sat on the couch with a frown on his face.
Li Shimin staged a show of brotherly love for him, successfully borrowed his imperial physician to sell a favor, and also warned him and tricked him into revealing a lot of information.
He took the opportunity to tell Li Shimin some truth.
If Li Shimin believed it, he would not regard him as a threat, and his safety factor would rise sharply.
If Li Shimin doesn't believe it, it doesn't seem to be that important.
Judging from the conversation with Li Shimin just now, Li Shimin obviously did not regard him as a threat.
Perhaps it was because his strength was too weak and he was not good enough to stand up to Li Shimin.
Or perhaps, Li Shimin had been fooled by Li Yuan again and no .
Judging from the series of events that had taken place in the Taiji Hall before, Li Yuan had obviously promised the position of crown prince to Li Shimin again.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Li Shimin to happily agree to lead the army after repeatedly refusing to do so, and it would be even more impossible for him to propose that the Shaanxi East Road Grand Secretariat raise its own food and fodder.
Li Shimin wanted to use this opportunity to tell Li Yuan that what Li Jiancheng could do, he could do too, and what Li Jiancheng could not do, he could also do.
If you continue to fool me, it will be hard to justify.
Li Shimin felt that since he had returned victorious this time, he would definitely be able to become the crown prince.
As long as he sat on the throne of the crown prince, with the civil and military officials under his command, as well as those in the Eastern Palace, he would be able to easily defeat Li Yuan even if he faced him, not to mention Li Yuanji.
Therefore, Li Shimin now doesn’t care whether he can become a threat or not.
However, Li Yuanji knew clearly that Li Yuan was obviously fooling Li Shimin again. It was estimated that when Li Shimin went out to fight, Li Yuan had already figured out how to pretend to be confused and how to fool the matter away.
So Li Shimin was destined to be disappointed again this time.
If Li Yuan was an emperor who kept his promises, it would have been impossible for Li Shimin to ascend the throne through a military coup in history.
"Li Yuan seems to be having a lot of fun playing with his son..."
Li Yuanji sighed.
Li Yuan thought he was controlling Li Shimin, but he didn't know he was adding fuel to the fire.
When Li Shimin completely loses hope in him, and the fire becomes uncontrollable, Li Shimin's troops will target the palace.
Li Shimin's troops were heading straight for the imperial palace.
What can Li Yuan do...
"It seems that the only way is to use me as cannon fodder, and hurt Li Shimin and me. It would be best if both sides suffer losses."
Li Yuanji has a headache.
He told Li Shimin some truths and found that Li Shimin did not regard him as a threat, so the safety factor increased.
But the crisis has not been resolved.
The harder Li Yuan controlled Li Shimin, the more powerful Li Shimin's counterattack would be.
Li Yuan would be forced into a corner and would definitely push him out to challenge Li Shimin.
The reason why Li Yuan had not yet completely adopted Pei Ji's advice was because Li Shimin had not yet fought back and still had expectations of Li Yuan.
The pressure that Li Yuan felt from Li Shimin was also passed on to him by Li Jiancheng.
Li Yuan should feel that Li Shimin is still within his "controllable range".
But once Li Shimin started to fight back, Li Yuan would immediately realize that Li Shimin had long exceeded his "controllable range".
The only allies Li Yuan could find and trust were him and Li Jiancheng.
Li Yuan will definitely protect Li Jiancheng to the death, and he will definitely become Li Yuan's cannon fodder.
He doesn't want to be cannon fodder, as cannon fodder never have a good ending.
There are only two paths he can choose.
Either stand on Li Shimin's side and go against Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng.
Either he could be strong and protect himself so that Li Yuan would not dare to use him as cannon fodder.
"If I stand on Li Shimin's side, he will definitely let me help him 'charge into battle'. I am a good chess piece to deal with Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng. It would be strange if he didn't use me.
At that time, I became Li Shimin's cannon fodder.
If Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng accidentally kill me, Li Shimin will probably just shed a few crocodile tears. "
"If I can protect myself, I won't become cannon fodder for either side. If Li Yuan forces me to go out and fight Li Shimin, I have enough strength to refuse and threaten him.
Even if Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were afraid that I would be a hidden enemy and wanted to deal with me, they would still be hesitant. "
Li Yuanji muttered thoughtfully for a long time, and after a while, he gradually came up with an idea.
It is better to be self-reliant and self-protective.
If you become a cannon fodder, Li Yuan's cannon fodder, the chance of death is 100%. You will either be killed by Li Shimin when fighting with Li Shimin, or be killed by Li Shimin after Li Shimin comes to power.
Being Li Shimin's cannon fodder, his chance of death is 50%. He helps Li Shimin charge into battle, so Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng will definitely focus their fire on him first.
Li Yuan might give him a chance to live, but Li Jiancheng would definitely kill him in order to prevent future troubles.
If he could protect himself, his chance of death would be less than 10%. He would not participate in the fight for the throne. Even if Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were afraid of him and joined forces to deal with him, they had to consider whether he would bring a large group of people to the other side, and whether he would stare at one side and give the other side an advantage. The final result was that the two men tacitly forced him to become a vassal.
