Chapter 4570 Retreat to advance
Li Shenfu was an experienced man and immediately understood Fang Jun's intention, which made him hesitate.
The original intention of his plan was to use Fang Yizhi's life to anger Fang Jun, causing Fang Jun to attack the clan in a rage. As long as the blood of the clan's children is contaminated, the conflict between the two parties will be irreconcilable, and His Majesty will have to help Fang Jun. , choose one side among the clan to support.
Everyone knows that for His Majesty at this stage, stability is the prerequisite for all government affairs, and stability comes from the clan.
Although the two consecutive mutinies were inextricably linked to the clan, the clan was the strongest foundation of imperial power anyway - without the clan, how could the emperor be alone and alone in his power?
No matter how rebellious the clan was, they were still the emperor's staunchest supporters.
In contrast, even if Fang Jun once helped Li Chengqian ascend to the throne, at this stage, the weight of the clan is far higher than that of Fang Jun.
As long as Li Chengqian chooses to support the clan, the gap between him and Fang Jun will not be bridged. The two parties will gradually drift apart, and the clan will gradually replace Fang Jun's power and status.
However, now Fang Jun is retreating in order to advance and puts the problem on himself. How should he deal with it?
After swallowing this breath, I have lost all face. The reputation accumulated over decades has been lost. How will I call on the clan in the future?
By being stubborn and refusing to back down, you are creating conflicts yourself. Even if His Majesty wants to support you, you can't do it. This directly leads to conflicts between Your Majesty and the clan, which is contrary to the original intention...
He couldn't help but glance at Fang Jun suspiciously. He had always thought that this guy was just someone who dared to fight and was lucky, but he lacked the skills of strategizing. But now it seemed that he had made a mistake. He was clearly a wolf. Old fox.
Weighing the pros and cons, Li Shenfu can only be unlucky.
"Let's put this matter aside. Although Fang Yizhi's assassination has nothing to do with me, I feel for Fang Junzhi's experience, so he rashly came to humiliate me and I will not be held accountable. Everything is based on the overall situation."
Li Xiaogong glanced at Li Yuanjia and saw that he lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes and did not intend to speak. He also knew that the matter was involved with him and was unable to express his position, so he asked Fang Jun: "The king of Xiangyi County is the founding hero of the country, and he has a high seniority. In total, he is My elders, how about letting this go? ”
Fang Jun said calmly: "The prince of Hejian County has great prestige. Logically speaking, I should give you this face. However, both parties involved in this matter are honorary ministers and clan members. They have nothing to do with you."
Not looking at Li Xiaogong's ugly face, he turned to Li Yuanjia: "His Royal Highness the King of Han is Zong Zhengqing. He has unshirkable responsibility for this matter and cannot avoid it. What do you say?"
Li Yuanjia scolded this brother-in-law over and over again in his heart, saying that he couldn't beat him, otherwise he would just take this guy out and give him a beating...
Do you have to involve me?
But as Fang Jun said, as long as Fang Jun holds on to this matter, he, Zong Zhengqing, can't run away even if he wants to. If he doesn't handle it well, Fang Jun will never let it go.
However, His Majesty's intention is very clear to him, that is, to settle the matter...
He simply hesitated for a moment, then left the table and took two steps back. He bowed his arms to the ground and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I am a humble minister with little talent and little knowledge. He has been occupying the position of Zong Zhengqing for many years but has been unable to appease the clan." , act fairly, and have failed the late Emperor and His Majesty's trust. I am sincere, frightened, and guilty, so I resign from the post of Zong Zhengqing and ask Your Majesty to choose someone else."
Fang Jun's eyes widened and he cursed in his mind: This guy looks so sanctimonious, but he doesn't know he is so cunning and shrinks from the battle?
Li Xiaogong secretly praised: Good method!
Li Chengqian hurriedly said: "If Uncle Wang sincerely resigns, how can I not agree? However, Zong Zhengqing's position is so noble and powerful, how can I find a suitable candidate to replace him in such a hurry? This matter needs to be considered in the long term."
Then, he looked at Fang Jun.
Now that Zong Zhengqing has resigned, and for an uncertain period of time in the future, it is very likely that Zong Zhengqing's position will remain vacant. Without Zong Zhengqing, who would you complain to?
Fang Jun never expected that it could still be like this. After thinking about it, he said: "Although Zong Zhengqing is vacant, there is still Dali Temple..."
Halfway through the words, Li Xiaogong shook his head and sighed: "If the Minister of Dali Temple also resigns, what will you do?"
Fang Jun: "..."
He smiled angrily and said helplessly: "So the assassination of my brother will not be pursued, right?"
Li Xiaogong said: "Does the Prince of Xiangyi County have anything to say?"
It is obvious that Li Shenfu is involved in this matter. Now, in order to stabilize the overall situation, Li Chengqian, Li Xiaogong, and Li Yuanjia even used rogue means to force Fang Jun to give up the investigation. But as the person involved, you Li Shenfu really didn't show any expression at all. ?
Li Shenfu could only say: "After I return, I urge the Gaoping County Prince to give a satisfactory explanation to the Fang family."
This matter can only end here, otherwise if it continues, His Majesty will resent Li Shenfu, completely deviating from the original intention, and the entire plan will be deeply affected. This is an absolutely unacceptable situation.
As for how the Gaoping County Prince's Palace should give an explanation to the Fang family...if they want to kill or behead them, that's all up to you.
Li Chengqian said: "Are Erlang satisfied?"
Fang Jun had nothing to say. Fang Yi was still alive, so this matter was over. If enough was enough, if it continued, it would be what Li Shenfu wanted: "Your Majesty is arbitrary in everything, and all ministers must obey his orders. ”
Li Chengqian felt relieved when he saw that Fang Jun was willing to back down, but he also knew the secret behind Fang Yizhi's assassination, so he warned Li Shenfu: "Let Li Daoli come to apologize in person. If I can't get the Fang family's forgiveness, I won't give up."
Don't think that I don't know anything and can only be at your mercy. It's you who did the matter, and you have to settle the matter yourself no matter what the cost.
Li Shenfu was helpless: "Old minister, I obey the order."
It's not possible to kill Li Shaokang, but the massive bleeding in the Gaoping County Prince's Mansion is certain. I just don't know how much meat Fang Jun can bite off with this bite. Thinking about it makes me feel sorry for the Gaoping County Prince...
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"What did you say?"
After getting up early and taking a shower before having breakfast, Li Daoli was shocked by the news reported by the steward.
"Reporting to the prince, Fang Jun forced his way into the Prince's Mansion of Xiangyi County in the middle of the night. After smashing it and smashing it, he set fire to the main hall of the Prince's Mansion. The flames soared into the sky and most of Chang'an City could see clearly, but he didn't know why. Then Li Jun Xian arrived and conveyed His Majesty's orders to summon Li Shenfu and Fang Jun into the palace, while Li Demao and Li Wenjian went to the Hejian County Prince's Palace and the Han Prince's Palace respectively. What happened is not yet known."
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"Broken!"
Li Daoli's heart skipped a beat.
What else could be the reason? Fang Jun dared to knock on the door so brazenly and set fire to the main hall of Xiangyi County Prince's Mansion. The only reason could only be that the assassination of Fang Yizhi had been leaked.
But until now, Li Shenfu has entered the palace, and Li Demao and Li Wenjian went to the houses of Li Xiaogong and Li Yuanjia respectively, apparently begging them to make peace and settle the matter, but they still haven't received any news from their side.
Regardless of whether the assassination of Fang Yizhi was successful or not, since Fang Jun knew about it, it meant that the operation had been exposed, and the person responsible for organizing the assassination was his grandson Li Shaokang. He would definitely bear the brunt of it, but he didn't know what the situation was now?
A sense of fear made Li Daoli restless, something seemed not quite right...
His son Li Jingshu walked in quickly from outside. Before he arrived, he said loudly: "Father, I just heard that some navy soldiers returned from Japan last night and stayed at the south dock of the city. Fang Er left the city at midnight and ran to Dongshi to buy something. Taking a coffin out of the city and arriving at the dock, does it have anything to do with Shaokang?"
How could he not be worried if his son carried out such sinister things in Japan? Therefore, many people have been arranged to inquire about the Fang family. It seems that as long as Fang Yizhi is stabbed to death, the Fang family will be disrupted, and the specific situation can be known.
After all, the Japanese country is far away from the mountains and the ocean, so it is really inconvenient for the family to send news. However, because the Fang family has navy to communicate with them, the news can be delivered much faster...
When I heard this news early in the morning, I felt something was not good, so I hurriedly came to discuss it with my father Li Daoli.
Li Dao stood at attention, worried and sitting on pins and needles. Hearing this, he immediately shouted: "No! Shaokang must have returned to Chang'an and fell into Fang Er's hands. Otherwise, if he didn't have such a handle, how could Fang Er dare to attack the Xiangyi County Prince's Mansion and set it on fire?" Burning down the main hall of the prince's palace? Shaokang is in danger!"
"Ah?!"
Li Jingshu didn't know that Fang Jun killed the prince of Xiangyi County in the middle of the night. She was stunned for a moment. When the steward explained it to him in detail, she suddenly panicked: "It's bad, it must be that the Japanese affairs were exposed. Shaokang was accidentally killed." Capture, what should I do?”
Li Shaokang used his family's property in the Japanese country to lay out a strategy to assassinate Fang Jun, and was responsible for the secret execution. It was Li Shenfu's people who took action. Logically speaking, the treasure would not be leaked in any case, but once it was leaked, he would face Fang Jun directly. of anger.
The key question now is not why Li Shaokang leaked his secrets despite being so secretive, but whether Fang Yi died or not.
If Fang Yizhi does not die, Fang Er will definitely have a bottom line no matter how angry he is. Even if Li Shaokang falls into his hands, he will not kill him.
But if Fang Yizhi was already dead, with Fang Jun's temper, he might be able to skin and dismantle Li Shaokang and light a sky lantern.
Think again that Fang Jun brought a coffin before leaving the city...
Li Jingshu's legs were numb, he was just such a son: "Father, hurry up and enter the palace. No matter what, please ask Your Majesty to come forward and persuade Fang Er to let Shaokang go. Besides, Fang Er and Li Shenfu entering the palace must be a confrontation in front of the emperor. Let's Rush over and explain the matter clearly. The mastermind behind the scenes is Li Shenfu. How can we let Shaokang pay for Fang Yizhi’s life?”
Li Daoli, however, angrily shouted: "Confused! What's the use of going to the palace now? Gather all the people at home, let's go out of the city to the dock immediately, find Shaokang while Fang Jun is away, and bring him back!"
He felt that even if Fang Jun was violent and eager to avenge his brother, he should not kill Li Shaokang so recklessly. At the very least, he should ask if there was a mastermind behind the scenes, right?
There is still a chance to go to the dock to rescue people now, but if the argument between Fang Jun and Li Shenfu ends, who knows whether Li Shenfu will sell Li Shaokang? If His Majesty also chooses to convict Li Shaokang in order to calm the situation, it will be completely over... (End of Chapter)