Chapter 2827 Historical Trend
The cold wind is howling, and the chill is soaking people.
Li Tai tightened the cloak around him, walked out of the mansion and boarded the carriage. He lifted the curtain and glanced at the brightly lit front door of Fang's house. When he saw Fang Jun clasping fists at him on the steps and saluting, he nodded slightly. In greeting, he lowered the curtain.
It was dark inside the carriage.
The cold wind howled outside the car, but Li Tai's heart was churning like boiling water.
Today he suddenly realized that the fight for the reserve that he had been avoiding for fear of continuing was actually unavoidable. Once the prince loses power and the young slaves seize him, even if he gets the permission of his father, in the final analysis, his reputation will be unfair and the people in the world will inevitably slander him and refuse to accept him.
Perhaps when the child slave was the prince, he could still love his brothers and be harmonious to the royal family, but this may not be the case when he becomes the emperor in the future.
In worldly affairs, the most important thing is the importance of honor and righteousness. If a child slave is promoted to the throne of emperor as a younger brother, he is superior to his elder brother. It is impossible to convince people. There must be people who are dissatisfied and secretly stir up trouble. The only way to preserve the throne and suppress opposition is to eliminate all those who may threaten the throne.
Including the prince, including him Li Tai, and even Li Ke who was far away in Silla were not immune.
Perhaps the child slave can always think of brotherhood and cannot bear to kill his brothers, but will the people around him let him go his own way, leaving so many people who are qualified to compete for the throne?
Just think about Changsun Wuji's viciousness. Once the child slave ascends the throne, he will definitely wield a butcher knife and start killing. It will be a disaster for the royal family.
The childish slave's character became the source of Li Tai's worries.
Although this child is smart and very friendly to his brothers, he never faces difficulties head-on when he encounters them. Instead, he finds a new path through twists and turns. He is not necessarily willing to fall out with the eldest grandson Wuji, who single-handedly supported his ascension to the throne, just to save his brothers.
Besides, even if he is willing to fall out, he may not be able to do anything to Changsun Wuji.
Since he can single-handedly support Zhinu to rise to power, Changsun Wuji will definitely seize all the power when he succeeds. With the court and the army in his hands, what can Zhinu do to resist?
Since he couldn't resist, with his childlike nature, he would probably just tolerate it and watch his brothers being slaughtered. When Changsun Wuji was satisfied, he would wait for an opportunity to move him away.
Maybe he wouldn't even bear the reputation of being a "hero of the massacre", but instead introduced some chess pieces to fight against Changsun Wuji. After the incident was completed, all the charges would be cleared away, and he would still be innocent and "the same" "Dignified and serene", "generous and kind", "brotherly"...
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The carriage swayed back to the mansion. After taking a bath, Li Tai locked himself in the study, drank tea and thought about the future, and stayed up all night.
When the rooster crowed for the first time and dawn was about to break, he ordered someone to prepare breakfast and ate some hastily. Then he changed his clothes and left the palace to meet the emperor at Tai Chi Palace.
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One morning, Fang Jun woke up with a splitting headache.
Although the wine these days is not blended with alcohol, the alcohol content after distillation reaches about 40 degrees. Drinking it as vindictively as last night is really hard for the body.
Sitting up from the Kang, she heard movement outside. Princess Gaoyang opened the door curtain and saw Fang Jun waking up. She quickly said: "The temperature of the ginseng soup is just right. I will bring it to you."
Then he lowered the curtain, and there was a rustle of footsteps, as if he was whispering something to the maid. Then he opened the curtain again and walked in. He held a large white porcelain bowl in his hand, and the ginseng soup with red dates and wolfberry in it was steaming. .
Princess Gaoyang is wearing a crimson dress, which makes her skin even whiter than snow. Her green hair is tied up in a bun casually, and she wears a wide jade belt around her waist, which narrows her waist. She looks very pure and charming. Her demeanor is more like that of an ordinary rich young woman.
He walked to the edge of the Kang and sat down crookedly. He handed the bowl to Fang Jun and said softly with soft eyebrows: "Drink it while it's hot. Isn't it uncomfortable?"
Fang Jun took the ginseng soup, took a sip and tried it. He found that the temperature was just right, so he drank it up in a few sips. The warm ginseng soup nourished the intestines and stomach, and my whole body suddenly became alive. I rubbed my swollen temples and sighed: "My head hurts a little."
"You're the one!"
Princess Gaoyang took the bowl and put it aside, kicked off her shoes, moved her slender feet in snow-white stockings to the kang, sat sideways behind Fang Jun, pulled his shoulders and lay on her lap, and a pair of soft skin caressed him temples, pressing them gently , complained: "After all, you are a high-ranking person, and you are not young at all. How can you drink like that? You thought you were a stupid boy of fifteen or sixteen! Look, it's not you who feels uncomfortable afterward." ”
Fang Jun lay comfortably on his wife's bed, closed his eyes and enjoyed the gentle massage, and said casually: "You don't know the situation at that time, how can I drink? It's just that I can't do it if I don't drink."
"Hmph! Why didn't I know? It's not just to fight against the child slave!"
Princess Gao Yang was angry, paused, and said softly: "After all, the young slaves are also our brothers, and they are actually the same as His Highness the Crown Prince. It's just that you fight all the time. You must not lose the bottom line and do nothing. Don't go to extremes, it will not only hurt the brotherhood, but also make the father angry."
For Li Zhi, the younger brother, the brothers and sisters still love him very much, and they don't want to see him being bullied and embarrassed by Fang Jun...
Fang Jun opened his eyes and took a look. Seeing his wife's worried face, he comforted him: "It looks fierce, but in fact it's just for show. Who can really do anything to him? Besides, King Wei is here, so he will naturally protect him." Holding his. ”
Princess Gaoyang sighed softly and said resentfully: "You men, you always pretend to be family and country in your heart, and you are constantly fighting for power. Sometimes you don't even care about blood and family ties. I really don't know what you think. Is the throne really true?" Is it so important that people in the same room can fight each other and kill each other? ”
Fang Jun was silent for a moment, then closed his eyes. After a while, he slowly said: "Maybe it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor, but you haven't seen the profound impact on the court and the structure of the empire. Once the Jin Dynasty If the king succeeds in seizing the direct heir, the whole of Guanlong will be prosperous, and the family will be in trouble. It will last for several generations. Even if the King of Jin is able to suppress Guan Long, the effort and cost will be unimaginable, and it will even affect the political structure of the Tang Dynasty, causing the central government to lose military power and the branches to be weak. Laying the foundation for the destruction of the country..."
His tone was speculative, but he knew that once Li Zhi came to power, all this would become a reality.
In the process of supporting Li Zhi to ascend to the throne, Guan Long seized enough power. The most important thing was to firmly hold the military power of the Tang Dynasty in his hands. This led to Li Zhi later using the "abolition of the king and establishing a military force" to replace the queen and then establish a queen. The plan to weaken and suppress Guanlong was not fully successful.
After that, it can be said that the entire empire's army was beyond the emperor's control. Even after the three dynasties of Gaozong, Empress Wu, and Xuanzong, it could not be fully recovered due to deep-rooted abuses.
The final result is that military power travels outside the center, with weak branches and strong branches, and border towns growing stronger.
The reason why the "Anshi Rebellion" broke out and destroyed the prosperous Tang Dynasty into pieces with a devastating force, laying the root cause of the country's subjugation in one fell swoop, was because the military power was deprived of power, and the central government could only watch the chaos spread to the entire empire. , but was helpless.
In any era, military power is a top priority. Once military power cannot be controlled by the central government, the country will be destroyed.
It was like this in the Tang Dynasty, it was like this in the Song Dynasty, and it was still like this in the Ming and Qing Dynasties...
Fang Jun sighed softly and said: "The so-called fight for the reserve position, my husband does not care about his own power and glory, let alone safeguarding the interests of the family, but for the longer-term existence and development of the empire. I don't want to see this." In the prosperous times, it was only the external strength but the internal strength. If there was any disturbance, the country would be overturned and the country could not be saved. In fact, all the knowledgeable people in the court saw it. The consequence after the King of Jin succeeded in seizing the throne was that some people only cared about the interests of the family and did not want to see a prince who could continue His Majesty's policy of governing the country ascend the throne. It was a pity that the only crisis that the ministers could see. His Majesty couldn’t see it, or perhaps he clearly saw it but was unwilling to face it.”
This was the most puzzling part for him.
With His Majesty Li Er's talent and strategy, how could he not see the danger that Guan Long would regain control of the military once King Jin ascended the throne?
But this eternal sage just turned a blind eye and wanted to depose the prince and replace him with the king of Jin...
In fact, not only does he not understand, many people do not understand.
Including Li Tai.
He stood outside Chengtian Gate, raising his head and looking at the majestic city gate and tower, waiting for his father's summons. He wanted to express his feelings directly, even to offend Tianyan... (End of Chapter)