After the court today, Li Zhi came to Zhenguan Hall and mentioned the matter to Wu Mei worriedly. He originally thought that even if he was not promoted from the third department but promoted from other places, in this way, Li Hong and others could be promoted. The secret fight between Li Xian and Li Xian will not continue to develop to extremes.
But today in the court, many ministers seemed to have unified opinions and believed that Fang Xianzhong was the most suitable person to take up this position.
Li Hong also let out a long sigh, looked at Wu Mei honestly and sincerely, and said: "Those who can take on this role must be extremely talented. If they are always restricted to the selection of six departments, it is too restrictive and will not be a good thing for the Shangshu Province. But if I say it myself, my mother and my father will naturally think that I am taking the initiative..."
"But your package of steps and plans, including what you told me today about going south to Jiangnan, are you not doing it because of Li Xian? I don't believe you have no plan at all to force Li Xian."
"Of course there is, but it's definitely not against him! You also know this plan. Erchen told you clearly that this plan is completely passive, but even so, Erchen also changed the plan passively." Li Hong continued to look into Wu Mei's eyes, trying to sound candid and said: "When I return from Liaodong, I can let Xue Rengui go from east to west, through the clouds to Anxi. All the subordinates led by Xue Rengui are from Anxi After the war is over, they will be homesick. If they go to Yunzhong and go straight along the Great Wall Mountains, wouldn't it be much faster than entering Guanzhong? "
"You...? Did you already think so when you arranged for Xue Rengui to assist your father in the expedition?" Wu Mei was shocked. Xue Rengui accompanied him on the expedition. This was an extremely natural thing, but she ignored threats.
Now that I heard Li Hong say it, a thousand ripples arose in my heart. If Li Hong really ordered Xue Rengui to pass Yunzhong, then no matter how hard Li Xian tried, it would all be in the hands of Li Hong. He would have no capital at all to follow. Li Hong competed.
"Xue Rengui was chosen by you. I can't influence your thoughts, right? I didn't think much about it at first, but the deaths of Li Zhong and Helan Minyue forced me to make such plans."
"Then why didn't you implement it? Or was it because of the war in Liaodong that there was no chance?" Wu Mei frowned.
"I don't know. There are plenty of opportunities. After capturing Cangyan City, Xue Rengui's troops retreated to Songmo Protector's Mansion. After a few days of rest, they were able to point directly at Yunzhong. However, Erchen later chose to give up and instead captured He killed Mohe and Shiwei and gave up the original plan. "
"What is the name of your plan? It is said that you use a code name when doing everything, saying it is to keep it secret?" Wu Mei also stared at Li Hong's eyes.
No one knew about this move. In order to keep his plan secret, Li Hong started from the initial construction of Taiyi City in order to confuse outsiders, especially the coveted merchants and wealthy families who were initially interested in Taiyi City’s wealth. Li Hong Hiroshi used a code name to call the plan every time he did it.
From then on, many people were baffled and confused about Li Hong's plan. This was one of the reasons why he escaped many impeachments by the censors.
Wu Mei knew this because Li Hong blurted it out when he came back from Anxi and was stopped by Li Zhong and Helan Minyue in Xianyang.
In addition, Bai Chun went to Anxi and Taiyi City was under her control. During this period, she naturally learned some of Taiyi City's confidential information before she understood what these code names represented.
Li Hong and Wu Mei were still looking at each other, their eyes equally bright under the light, both filled with frankness and expectation.
"It's perfect." Li Hong said word for word.
Wu Mei couldn't help but take a breath of cold air following these four words. Sure enough, just like when she was talking to Li Hong during the day, she could tell from this code name that Li Hong's "perfect clothes" were meant to destroy Li Xian. Throw himself into a trap and then put him to death!
The real reason that made Li Hong change his plan was when Li Zhi called himself me for the first time. At that time, Xue Rengui had just returned to the Songmo Protectorate. In name, he was resting, but in fact, he was waiting for Li Hong at the same place. He was waiting for Li Hong to order the troops to go east or west. In the end, after Li Zhi called himself me for the first time, Li Hong immediately changed his plan and asked Xue Rengui to take Shiwei and Mohe directly.
Wu Mei knew very well that once all plans started to be implemented, at that time, they could not be easily changed by the planners. As the saying goes, the arrow was on the string and it was no longer possible.
What's more, both Li Hong and Li Xian have their own interest groups behind them. Once the plan is launched, even if Li Hong doesn't want to implement the plan, the interest groups behind him will have no choice but to push it forward. The only way What you do is try to change the plan as much as possible.
The civil servants and generals headed by Lin Shiling and Zhang Jianzhi, including ministers from Anxi and Tubo, Li Sujie, Li Shangjin, even Yiyang, Gao'an, Lanling, Xincheng, Chengyang and others, these are the interests behind Li Hong's death. Groups, no matter what their purpose is, must maintain Li Hong's initiative in court competition.
Therefore, this is also the reason why Lin Shiling and others sent a letter to Liaodong, and why Lanling, Xincheng, and Chengyang secretly confronted Wencheng in Chang'an. Everything, after the plan was launched, it can even be said that it has reached a stage that is completely beyond human control. to the point.
Wu Mei naturally understood this very well. When she and Li Zhi fought to overthrow the Guanlong Group headed by Changsun Wuji, they wanted to offend a large number of court officials and then promote a group of court officials. These were the secrets behind each other. interest group.
The reason for the existence of people like Wu Xing Qi Wang is that they have not seen the current affairs clearly and are too arrogant. They are even so arrogant that they do not even bother to marry the royal family. Such arrogant behavior will not be suppressed if a stable regime does not suppress it. If he continues to control official resources, this regime may not last long.
The reason why the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes have stood for a hundred years is because the development of the social system required the imperial power to work with a group of people to manage the country and benefit the people, so they explored and established such a system in the long history.
When it developed into the pre-Sui Dynasty, the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, a system in which officials were elected by five surnames and seven looks, and from wealthy families, had developed to its extreme and reached the point where it was difficult to move forward.
At the same time, the nine-level Zhongzheng system also made the imperial powers realize that their existence would do more harm than good to the regime.
Therefore, in the pre-Sui Dynasty, the imperial examination system was developed, and as this system continued to be improved, it indeed suppressed the control of the court by the five surnames and the seven kings, and the shackles on the political leaders. From the pre-Sui Dynasty onwards, it has been constantly changing. It has been used for more than a thousand years without departing from its origin.
So much nonsense, ultimately just to explain why Li Zhi and Wu Mei didn't stop the secret fight between Li Hong and Li Xian after they noticed it, and didn't stop Li Xian's influence on the position of the prince. Instead of coveting it, we try to put checks and balances in it, mitigate conflicts, etc.
It's because they know better than anyone else that as royal children, once the desire breaks out of the cage, once others follow, and once an interest group is formed behind the scenes, then this struggle will be like the law of the beast, a battle. A fight to the death or injury.
Wu Mei frowned again. Li Hong was indeed much better than Li Xian, and now he was able to make abrupt changes during the implementation of the plan. Although she didn't know how the two brothers would end up in a life-and-death situation. But she still hopes that Li Hong will not kill everyone.
But the codename "Seamless" was enough to scare her. She also understood that this was an endless battle. Even if the plan was changed, the impact on the result would be minimal, right
With a trace of luck, just like what she said today, the palms and backs of her hands were all flesh, she asked with conflict and worry in her heart: "Since the plan has been changed, does your code name also need to be changed?"
There was a glimmer of hope in Wu Mei's heart for no reason, hoping that she could find some psychological comfort from this new code name, and that she could see that Li Xian was lucky enough to survive under Li Hong's heavenly clothes.
"There are seams in the sky." Li Hong still said these four simple words.
But when Wu Mei heard this, she felt greatly relieved. She believed in Li Hong's control. Otherwise, he would have created a wealth miracle like Taiyi City at the age of ten, and then at the age of fourteen Miracles like Anxi and Tubo were also created.
Now twenty years old, he was urgently summoned to Liaodong by his father. In just half a year, he easily solved the hidden dangers of the Tang Dynasty in Liaodong and established the Anton Protectorate.
Thinking of the Anton Protectorate, Wu Mei couldn't help but think of the chief protector of the Anton Protectorate: Ge Xiyuan. Ge Xiyuan was Li Xian's man, and everyone knew this.
Li Hong appointed Ge Xiyuan instead of his father. Does this mean...
"Yes, when Ge Xiyuan was in Liaodong, when he was replying to some letters, or when receiving letters, he would ask his ministers to help him look at wordings, sentences, or uncommon words, so he would feel relieved to appoint him as An An. The Grand Protector of the Eastern Protectorate." Li Hong couldn't help but reveal a proud smile.
"Well, now that the project codename has been changed to 'Tian Yi You Gao', the Queen Mother is relieved. You are neither cruel nor warlike by nature. Your father has very high expectations for you, so don't let your father down." Wu Mei's face looked a little tired, she tried her best to smile a loving smile, looked at Li Hong and said.
"Don't worry, Queen Mother. If there are no other accidents, I will definitely live up to the expectations of my father and the Queen."
Wu Mei nodded silently and signaled Li Hong to go back, as he would set off back to Chang'an tomorrow.
Looking at Li Hong's leaving figure, Wu Mei suddenly felt like a deflated ball, and her whole body collapsed on the sofa.
However, she believed that Li Hong had always been indecisive when it came to his own people. Even Li Zhong and Helan Minyue were willing to save their lives. So, he should be merciful to Li Xian, who is a compatriot from the same mother, right
(End of chapter)