Li Tai almost turned his head to protest.

Li Mu patted his shoulder and said, "Qingque, from now on, you will be a person with fame and fortune. You must have your own ideas and put your family and country first." Li Mu was unprecedentedly formal. When Li Tai saw him like this, he was stunned and said, "Brother, are you...?"

The crowds of people and the noise around them prevented the conversation between the two brothers from falling into the ears of others.

"I wanted to talk to you once a long time ago, but I haven't had a good chance." Li Mu looked at Li Tai and said, "Qingque, I know you have ideas about the throne..."

Li Tai hurriedly said, "Brother, please listen to my explanation. I had an idea before, but now I don't have it, I..."

"No need to explain." Li Mu waved his hand and said, "It is a good thing to have ideas, and it is very normal. I don't mind that you have ideas. This at least proves that you are not a mediocre person. Moreover, it is also a good thing for the country. If one day I have something to do, I can still have you and inherit the throne, otherwise I will fall into the hands of an emperor like Emperor Yang, wouldn't my Tang Dynasty also die in the second lifetime?"

"Brother, how can you say that to yourself?"

"You can't just think about the best in anything. You must think of the worst possibility. In this way, no matter what the result is, you will feel very grateful." Li Mu sighed and said, "I also know that my uncle has been telling you that he will support you, right?"

"Do you know all this?" Li Tai was startled, but then he smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Yes, my father has long passed the bad guys' investigation. My father knows, you will definitely know."

"It's not just these." Li Mu said again: "I also know that the biggest backer of the Tiansha Alliance in the court is my uncle."

This sentence was like a muffled thunder, which scared Li Tai so much that he couldn't speak. He said in shock: "How is this possible? Isn't the Tiansha Alliance from Li Yuanji's lonely ghost organization? My uncle supported his father to take action first, and it was not an exaggeration to say that Li Yuanji died at his uncle's hands. How could they cooperate?"

"Did my uncle have already developed a disobedient heart towards his father?"

"The unjust heart is not enough." Li Mu waved his hand and said, "But if you say cooperation? It is also very likely."

"Everything in this world cannot defeat the word "interest". You must understand this." Li Mu looked at Li Tai and said, "Is it because my uncle supported my father back then that time that they had the same interests. Have you ever understood the situation at that time?"

Li Tai was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said, "It has been so long, I haven't paid attention."

"Then let me tell you." Li Mu was patient and organized some language and said, "Our uncle lost his father when he was young, and was driven out of the house by his uncle. He was boarded and raised in Gao Shilian's house. This experience made him feel uneasy and ashamed, and he always wanted to cleanse it. Then he met our father and saw that the emperor was the Lord of Destiny. In order to make friends with his father, he introduced his mother to his father and became a marriage partner."

"What happened later proved that his choice was very correct. The emperor's grandfather broke through Chang'an City less than a year after the rebellion, and his father was invincible on the battlefield. When the Tang Dynasty was established, his status was already very stable. His uncle came to seek peace and took the initiative to hand over the authority of the Changsun clan. It was at that time that he became the leader of the Changsun clan."

"After becoming the leader of the Changsun clan, our uncle's heart began to shake."

Li Tai was a little confused and said, "Shaken? Why are he shaken? Would he think that Changsun has the chance to win the 95th?"

Li Mu shook his head and said, "It's not that extreme. I think our uncle still has this kind of self-knowledge. However, with different identities, different status, and different environments, our ideas will naturally change."

"For example, my uncle used to be proud of himself as the top priority. Therefore, his main opponent was his uncle Changsun Anye. In order to achieve his goal, he had to tie himself tightly to his father's station car, because only in this way can he agree with his interests."

"But after Changsun Anye took the initiative to admit his mistake, handed over the position of the lord to him, and even became content to become the person who assisted him, the situation changed. At this time, our uncle Changsun Wuji was burdened with the rise and fall of the Changsun clan. You should know that among the aristocratic families, the Changsun clan was not surprising at all. Among the five surnames and seven sects, there was no Changsun clan. Not only was the territory in Longyou, which was sparsely populated, the family had very few talents. In the eyes of the five surnames and seven sects, the Changsun clan was just a last-rate family, just a little higher than the local clans. The slightly higher line was because they were royal relatives."

"If you want to change this situation, you can only increase your authority." Li Tai gradually realized some tricks.

"Yes." Li Mu continued: "But at that time, the deposed prince was still alive. With the end of the war, our father, who held military power, gradually lost power, and the outside of the Tiance Mansion was deserted. The prince's mansion was crowded with people, and the five surnames and seven sects surrounded the deposed prince Li Jiancheng who had been dating them for a long time. Isolate our father. As the father's confidant uncle, the situation was naturally even more difficult."

"Why is this?" Li Tai said in confusion: "Can't they see the extraordinaryness of our father? He has a million troops in his hands!"

"So what?" Li Mu asked back: "First of all, the army is the army of the emperor, not the father's emperor, but the father's emperor is just a commander. Secondly, before the army moves, food and grass will go first. What's the use of having a million troops? Without food and grass, a million troops will be useless. At that time, the deposed crown prince was in charge of the world's money, food and taxes, and he was definitely not a fool. On the contrary, he was the world's number one logistics dispatch master. His father's army moved to the north and south, and never delayed a moment of money and food. I don't know how much better this method than the current Shangshu of Tang. Even the father always missed it."

"Lastly, and the most critical point, the father's reputation was not right. At that time, almost no one supported him except the father's confidant general. What was said to be a rivalry was just a remark."

"The five surnames and seven sects do not hate their father so much. No one secretly supports him?" Li Tai's admiration for Li Shimin was like a brainless fan. He could not accept the fact that his father was inferior to Prince Yin in some aspects.

"The father went to the north and south, and I don't know how many children of aristocratic families were killed. It is normal for the five surnames and seven sects to hate him to the core." Li Mu explained: "And this is also related to the two's attitude towards the aristocratic families. The deposed prince always treated the aristocratic families with courtesy. The father was still a naughty at that time, or the father had opinions about the aristocratic families from beginning to end, so the aristocratic families also felt that if the deposed prince could ascend the throne, everything could be discussed, and if the father ascended the throne, they would be killed."

"So that's how it is." Li Tai felt like he had opened the door to the new world, which was something he had never thought about seriously.

"But what does this have to do with my uncle?"

"At that time, the Prince's Mansion suppressed the Tiance Mansion and the aristocratic family suppressed the Changsun Family. Under heavy pressure, there would be resistance, and if it was not resisting, it would be dead if it did not resist.

"Ah!" Li Tai said first: "So, my uncle strongly persuaded his father to take action first. Because he had no choice but to retreat, it would be better to fight to the death!"

"Well," Li Mu threw Li Tai with a look of approval and said, "Facts have proved that he had bet right again. His father ascended the throne, and his uncle was the first in the Longshigong to be the first in the court. He was the first in the court in the past, and the aristocratic family suffered great damage. The Changsun family quickly rose, and all major aristocratic families retreated from Longyou. I led my troops to the Western Regions. As I saw along the way, almost the entire Longyou Road was dominated by the Changsun family. Even the officials enthroned by the court had to breathe, otherwise the murderer would not be found in the wilderness."

"This..." Li Tai said with a pale face, "My uncle has always treated me gentlely and can't tell that he is such a person."

"It's all profit." Li Mu continued; "At this point, the Changsun clan's status has reached a level that can be comparable to the five surnames and seven sects, but because of one thing, my uncle made up his mind to lead the Changsun clan to go further."

Li Tai said anxiously: "Brother, don't keep it a secret. What is going on? Tell me quickly."

"In order to consolidate the achievements of attacking the aristocratic families, the father ordered the compilation of the clan clan at the suggestion of his uncle. The father and uncle meant that our Longxi Li clan should be ranked first, and then the Changsun clan and other surnames who came from Long Yougong were ranked among the top. However, after summoning dozens of great scholars to discuss, the top seven were still ranked first in the top seven. The royal family ranked second, and the Changsun clan could not even be ranked among the top three."

"I know this." Li Tai's face darkened, and he said, "When I was in the Literature Museum, there were often great scholars and Qing dynasties. I have heard a lot of them discussing this. Although such comments affect my royal face, if we follow the standards of clans, there is indeed nothing unfair."

"There are several standards for the pacification of clans. The first standard is the inheritance period. In this case alone, basically there are no opponents in the five surnames and seven sects. They are almost all passed down from the Qin and Han Dynasties, and have a history of thousands of years, while other aristocratic families are not comparable to them at all."

"There is the influence of the local area and the characters in the family. These are the foundations of a family. For example, our royal family and the Changsun family are at a great disadvantage in this regard. Even if we follow this standard, our royal family cannot be selected."

"To be fair, there is nothing wrong with it. But our father and uncle are people who want face." Li Mu smiled and said, "The father was furious and forced the royal family to be the first. But dozens of great scholars would rather die than follow, and the clan was not published later."

"And our uncle felt that Changsun's background was not enough. He did not have enough authority, so he subtly wanted his father to confer him the prime minister."

"No?" Li Tai frowned and said, "But why did I hear that my father wanted to be appointed, but my uncle refused to accept it."

"This is the part you see." Li Mu said: "This matter failed because the mother of the queen insisted on stopping it. He used the incident of Emperor Wu of Han and his relative Huo Guang as an example to persuade his father. Although the father understood that the queen of the mother was for his sake, first of all, the father and uncle were friends of common people and had feelings. He did not think that his uncle had the intention to be unjust, but secondly, the father was a little conceited. He felt that even if his uncle had the intention to be unjust, he had the confidence to suppress it."

Li Tai nodded slowly and said, "I think this is the same as my father."

Li Mu smiled and said, "If you don't mention this, in the end, it was the queen who stopped this matter. My uncle never mentioned it again. My father felt that he owed his uncle, so he asked him to take charge of the most important Ministry of Personnel among the six ministries. He asked him for advice every major event to show his importance to him."

"Isn't this very good?" Li Tai said in confusion: "This is also the great emperor's grace. Why does my uncle still help those people from the Tiansha Alliance?"

"As it said, everything is profit." Li Mu said seriously: "My uncle's goal is to seek greater benefits for the Changsun family. Originally, he wanted to do this with himself as prime minister. But his mother's resolute stopping made his plan shatter."

"So he changed his mind." Li Mu smiled and said, "He chose to support you. If you can take the throne, then he will get more benefits."

"This..." Li Tai thought to himself, uncle, uncle, your thoughts have been seen through long ago! But he still pretended not to know, and said, "Then why did he choose me? Isn't it better to support the emperor?"

Li Mu looked at Li Tai with a smile and said, "Qingque, do I need his support?"

As he said that, Li Mu said again: "To be honest, in the martial arts path, I am the most proud in the world. I want to govern the country and government, depending on whether I want to do it. Even if I can't do anything, as long as I am not a fool, the status of the chief legitimate is my magic weapon to win. It is natural for me to be the crown prince. My uncle helps me for nothing. I won't appreciate it because I don't need it."

"That's right..." Li Tai was a little embarrassed. He knew that Li Mu had seen through his thoughts.

"But it's different for you." Li Mu said: "You didn't have the chance. If he helped you sit on the dragon throne, you will definitely repay you. At that time, he will not only be the prime minister, but also the regent. Even..." Li Mu didn't say it, but the meaning was already very clear.

Li Tai was sweating profusely. He had thought about these things, but Li Mu could not see them thoroughly.

"This time he cooperated with the Tiansha Alliance, with two purposes. First, if the Tiansha Alliance is very strong and can get rid of me, then his plan will be successful. If the Tiansha Alliance does not work, it will not be inferior to him. Even if it is found, there is no evidence. With his identity, he cannot affect him in just one or two sentences."
Chapter completed!