Chapter 88: The Luoyang granary incident was exposed? !
"As long as we can stop the eldest and second brothers from fighting each other, even if Li Xiaogong becomes powerful, he won't be able to harm us."
Li Yuanji admitted that Li Xiaogong was very strong, but no matter how strong Li Xiaogong was, he could not defeat the four brothers and sisters alone.
Li Xiuning stared at Li Yuanji and said in a deep voice: "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of one ..."
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Xiuning and said strangely, "Sister, don't you think that if Li Xiaogong becomes powerful and becomes disloyal and starts to bite us, it will only benefit us and not harm us?"
Li Xiuning was stunned for a moment.
Li Yuanji did not speak again, nor did he give Li Xiuning a detailed explanation.
With Li Xiuning's intelligence, she should be able to figure out the connection.
If Li Xiaogong becomes too powerful, he will develop disloyal ideas.
Then there would be no need for him and Li Xiuning to step forward. Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin would temporarily put aside their internal strife and unite against external enemies.
Even if Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin fought fiercely, they could not just watch the Li Tang family business fall into the hands of Li Xiaogong.
Therefore, he was not afraid of Li Xiaogong becoming too powerful, nor was he afraid of Li Xiaogong's backlash.
Li Xiuning sat on the couch in a daze and thought for a moment.
After a moment, Li Xiuning stared at Li Yuanji and asked with a complicated expression: "When did you become so smart?"
Li Yuanji smiled calmly and said, "Sister, don't you think I'm naive?"
Li Xiuning glared at Li Yuanji unhappily.
At the beginning, when Li Yuanji did not mention Li Xiaogong, she did feel that Li Yuanji was too naive and the methods he came up with were too idealistic.
Now that Li Yuanji mentioned Li Xiaogong and pointed out that there was no need to worry about Li Xiaogong becoming too powerful, she realized that Li Yuanji was not simple at all and was even a little bit sinister.
There are some things that Li Yuanji didn't say, but she could think of them.
That is, once Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were thinking of going to war, if Li Xiaogong was unwilling to become powerful and had no ulterior motives, they could help Li Xiaogong become powerful and make him have ulterior motives.
This was used to force Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to stop and unite to deal with Li Xiaogong.
However, there are certain risks in doing so.
Li Yuanji didn't say anything, which means that Li Yuanji was unwilling to take this risk.
But she can.
"Sister, what do you think of my idea?"
Li Yuanji stared at Li Xiuning and asked with a smile.
Li Xiuning glared at Li Yuanji fiercely and said, "This matter involves a lot of people. I need to think about it carefully before I can give you an answer.
Before I give you an answer, you must not act rashly, let alone contact Li Xiaogong in private."
In Li Xiuning's eyes, Li Yuanji will always be the younger brother who never grows up.
Although Li Yuanji came up with a way to resolve the conflict between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, she did not think that Li Yuanji could accomplish the task.
When Li Yuanji heard what Li Xiuning said, he nodded without hesitation, "Listen to my sister..."
He had no intention of contacting Li Xiaogong.
With his identity, it would be easy for him to be misunderstood if he approached Li Xiaogong.
His every move can easily be magnified countless times and analyzed.
If Li Xiuning approached Li Xiaogong, it would not be so eye-catching.
Moreover, no one can say for sure whether Li Xiaogong will board his pirate ship.
If you rashly go and contact Li Xiaogong, you might be sold out by Li Xiaogong.
If Li Xiuning goes to contact Li Xiaogong, it doesn't matter whether Li Xiaogong sells her or not.
Before Wu Zetian came into being, no matter what a woman did, no one would think she could ascend to the throne.
Li Xiuning nodded in satisfaction and said, "I have already arranged the defense of Weize Pass. I will also leave my soldiers and horses to you. I will also leave Li Zhongwen to you.
You don't need to worry about the safety of Weize Pass.
If you are undecided, you can ask Li Zhongwen for advice."
Li Xiuning knew Li Yuanji's abilities and did not expect Li Yuanji to accomplish any great achievements in Weize Pass.
In order to avoid any problems at Weize Pass and to prevent Li Yuanji from being surrounded by the enemy again, she made a progressive adjustment to the defense of Weize Pass the moment she received the order from the commander's tent, ensuring that Weize Pass could still maintain a certain level of defense and combat effectiveness after she left.
When Li Yuanji heard what Li Xiuning said, he felt a little amused.
Li Xiuning was worried about him, so he made arrangements in advance and left a general with him.
In fact, the troops under his command have caught up with those under Li Xiuning, and he also has two generals, Su Dingfang and Xie Shufang, under his command. Even if Li Xiuning does not make these arrangements, he can still firmly defend Weize Pass.
However, since Li Xiuning had made the arrangements, he could save himself some trouble.
"Thank you very much, sister..."
Li Yuanji smiled and bowed.
Li Xiuning snorted and warned: "Stay inside the pass if you have nothing to do, don't go out and run around. The Turks have gathered 200,000 troops and horses to march south this time, and they will never give up until they achieve their goal.
Although Shimin and I both speculated that the Turks would most likely concentrate their forces and march southward from Shizhou, we should be prepared for the worst.
If the Turks make a feint at Shizhou and then turn to attack Weize Pass, you will most likely be stopped by the Turks if you run out.”
Li Xiuning also had good intentions, so Li Yuanji did not refuse and nodded immediately, saying, "I'll listen to you, sister."
Neither he, Li Xiuning, nor Li Shimin were worms in the stomachs of the Turks, and no one knew where the Turks would move south from.
So you still have to be careful when you need to be careful.
Seeing that Li Yuanji had listened to her instructions, Li Xiuning gave Li Yuanji a satisfied smile, and without saying anything more, he stood up and walked out of the house.
Li Yuanji stood up to see him off, but before he had taken two steps, he saw Li Xiuning pause and said, "If you can't put down your pride and ask Li Zhongwen for advice, you can just hand over the defense of Weize Pass to Li Zhongwen."
Li Yuanji was happy, "Don't worry, sister, I'm familiar with this matter."
He had delegated power once before, so he had no psychological burden to do it again.
With a capable person like Li Zhongwen helping him with the work, he was happy to have some peace and quiet.
Li Xiuning nodded and said, "Send me another 30,000 shi of grain later."
Li Yuanji's smile froze and he looked at Li Xiuning in surprise.
"Sister, the food supplies in Luoyang have been burned. I have no more food."
Li Xiuning said with disdain: "If you want to scare people, at least do it cleanly. Who can you scare by leaving so many things behind?"
Li Yuanji looked stunned.
Li Xiuning snorted and said, "Since you set fire to the Luoyang granary, countless people from all over the country have impeached you. Li Gang and Pei Ju blocked the door of my father's bedroom and insisted that my father punish you severely.
In order to protect you and appease the officials, your father could only argue that there was something else going on.
In order to convince all officials, Chen Shuda was specially sent to Luoyang to investigate the matter.
The eldest brother also sent Wei Zheng to accompany him.
Not long after Chen Shuda and Wei Zheng arrived in Luoyang, they actually discovered that there was something else going on.
You never burned the grain in the Luoyang granary from the beginning to the end. You had already moved the grain to other places. You burned the Luoyang granary just to scare people."
Li Yuanji opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng actually secretly sent people to investigate him, but he didn't even know about it.
With the abilities of Chen Shuda and Wei Zheng, as long as they investigate carefully, they will definitely be able to find out the truth about the burning of the Luoyang granary.
After all, his daily transportation of grain from the Luoyang granary and the transportation of the remaining grain from the Luoyang granary when he set the fire required a large number of manpower.
Although he had instructed these people to keep the secret.
But if Chen Shuda and Wei Zheng used tricks to get information out of them, they would definitely get it right.
Some idiots who can't keep secrets in their hearts may voluntarily tell the secret of the burning of the Luoyang granary without any need for any inquiry.
Such a big thing, unless you are serious about it, it will be investigated thoroughly sooner or later.
Li Yuanji had expected that this matter would be discovered, but he did not expect that he would not know about and he lost face in front of Li Xiuning.
Li Yuanji smiled dryly and said, "I don't know anything about what my sister said."
Li Xiuning said jokingly: "Of course you don't know, because Yuwen Bao in your house has been detained by Chen Shuda, Wei Zheng, and Yuwen Shiji."
Li Yuanji raised his eyebrows, "Do they want to learn from Yuwen Bao where the grain went?"
Li Xiuning rolled his eyes at Li Yuanji and said unhappily, "Now everyone in the court and the country knows that you, the Prince of Qi, have a bad temper. Who dares to provoke you? If they irritate you and you really burn the 350,000 shi of grain, then they will be cursed by the world just like you.
They detained Yuwen Bao just because they didn't want him to pass on the message to you, lest you get angry out of shame."
Li Yuanji's face darkened immediately. Were they worried that I would get angry? They were laughing at me, watching me jumping up and down like a clown.
Chen Shuda, Wei Zheng and Yuwen Shiji would never dare to do this. It must have been instructed by Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng.
Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng were frightened by him once, and now they are taking this opportunity to take revenge on him.
"Do I have such a bad temper?"
Li Yuanji said with a smile on his face and gritted teeth.
Li Xiuning glanced at Li Yuanji, "You don't have a bad temper? Your teeth are almost broken!"
"I remember that I only had 300,000 dan of grain. After allocating part of it to Qu Tutong, I had more than 200,000 dan left. How could I have 350,000 dan of grain?"
Li Xiuning had said so much, and Li Yuanji could no longer play dumb in front of her.
If he treats Li Xiuning as a fool, then he is a real fool.
When Li Xiuning heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "You'll have to ask your officer Yuwen Bao about this..."
After finding out that the grain in the Luoyang granary had not been burned, Wei Zheng attempted to find where Li Yuanji had actually hidden the grain, but was caught by Yuwen Bao.
Yuwen Bao captured Wei Zheng with a wave of his hand, and also withheld the grain that was originally intended for Li Jiancheng.
Although Wei Zheng was rescued by Chen Shuda and Yuwen Shiji, Li Jiancheng's portion of food was completely swallowed up by Yuwen Bao.
Wei Zheng took Feng Li to ask Yuwen Bao for food. Yuwen Bao poured a basin of oil on himself without saying a word , saying that he would live and die with the food.
Wei Zheng and Feng Li had no choice but to report the matter to Li Jiancheng and let Li Jiancheng negotiate with Li Yuanji.
