Chapter 552 Chu Suiliang vs Changsun Wuji

At night, the central army's tent was brightly lit, and dozens of pots of crystal ice were placed around the tent, emitting a burst of cool air.

But Li Chengqian still felt that the central army tent was unbearable and his heart was extremely irritated.

He walked around with a cane and a large tent, looking at the Guanzhong map spread on the desk from time to time.

"Go to tell the story of the Duke of England and Master Chu to meet the Lone King." In the end, Li Chengqian decided to have a heart to talk to the two of them.

Liu Kui, who had been looking at Li Chengqian with concern, showed a hint of joy on his face when he heard this, and he quickly signaled the two clever eunuchs to invite someone.

When Li Chengqian saw the two eunuchs walking out, he turned around and sat down, staring at the door of the big tent and waiting for people.

Liu Kui looked at Li Chengqian who was stunned and was still worried. Li Chengqian has beenhaved too abnormal these days. Since passing Huayin County, he has been worried every day and it is obvious that there are major issues that cannot be decided.

At a moment, Li Shiji and Chu Suiliang came in together.

Without waiting for them to salute, Li Chengqian hurriedly said, "You two are exempt from gifts, please sit down."

The two of them were stunned, and quickly bowed and walked quickly to Li Chengqian to sit down.

When Li Chengqian saw them sitting down, he pointed directly at the Guanzhong map on the desk and said, "I want to set the entire Guanzhong into a military palace..."

Li Shiji and Chu Suiliang looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

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Li Chengqian's army was getting closer and closer to Chang'an City, and undercurrents were surging in Chang'an City.

Tai Chi Palace, Secretariat.

"Are you still not seeing Your Majesty?"

When Lai Ji saw Gao Jifu walking in, he quickly got up and asked.

I saw Gao Jifu's expression was solemn and ignored him. He couldn't help panic: "But what happened?"

Gao Jifu then glanced at him and shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has summoned Duke Lu into the palace. There is a message that Your Majesty wants to lead the troops himself and leave the city to capture the prince."

Lai Ji was stunned when he heard this and said, "This is a good thing!"

Then he said worriedly: "But, Your Majesty's Dragon Body..."

Gao Jifu glanced at Lai Ji, and thought of the unpredictable disappointment after Li Zhi and Changsun Wuji heard Li Shimin's oral orders, and he felt that the future of the Tang Dynasty was bleak.

"Ji Fu, what else is there?" Lai Ji saw that Gao Jifu's expression was wrong.

"Oh!" Gao Jifu sighed, shook his head, and said nothing.

Laiji:...

Since Li Shimin left Ganlu Hall the day before yesterday, he has never seen foreign ministers again. This has made Changsun Wuji and the Secretariat the People.

If Li Shimin doesn’t give Hu Fu, they will have no way to mobilize troops. How can they stop Li Chengqian if they can’t?

Since yesterday, Li Zhi, Changsun Wuji and the two of the Secretariat servants took turns to the inner palace and went to Xianchi Hall to ask for Li Shimin, but they still haven't seen Li Shimin today.

Now, Li Shimin has sent out an edict, and it is logical that they should be relieved, but neither Changsun Wuji nor Li Zhi feel very uneasy.

They did not doubt Li Shimin's determination to depose Li Chengqian, but they felt that they might become victims of this battle.

"Your Majesty really wants to abolish Li Chengqian?"

The two walked out of Chengtian Gate with a calm face, and Li Zhi couldn't help asking.

Changsun Wuji did not look at Li Zhi and continued to move forward. He couldn't understand. Li Shimin publicly said that he would depose Li Chengqian. Why, he could not tell at all about his importance to Li Zhi?

Could it be that Li Shimin still wants to live forever?

Changsun Wuji's eyes narrowed when he thought of this.

"Uncle, uncle." Li Zhi shouted anxiously when he saw Changsun Wuji ignore him.

Changsun Wuji turned around and looked at Li Zhi calmly and said, "Since Your Majesty has decided to lead the troops himself, let's take a look first."

Sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight?

Li Zhi also thought so, but he felt uneasy.

Changsun Wuji looked at Li Zhi hesitant and a little annoyed, so he said sternly with a stern face: "Now, neither Your Majesty nor Li Chengqian can compete with His Highness King Jin. His Highness King Jin still obeys His Majesty's will and stay in the mansion to study with peace of mind."

Li Zhi was very disgusted by Changsun Wuji's harsh lessons, and he understood all the principles Changsun Wuji said. But he was like a child on his face. He stumbled for a while and said timidly: "I understand all the things my uncle said, but since the father is determined to depose the crown prince, he is not in good health now, so why don't I allow me to serve by my side?"

Staying with Li Shimin at this time will be of greatest benefit to Li Zhi.

Changsun Wuji was also shocked when he heard this. Because he had long given up the idea of ​​assisting Li Zhi ascended the throne, he could not empathize with Li Zhi's situation. It was not until this time that he realized something was wrong.

Changsun Wuji's thoughts were heard, but he did not show any expression on his face. He still looked at Li Zhi seriously and said, "The prince wrote a book called "The Four Books" back then, and there was a saying, "Being a Son of Man is a filial piety." Since Your Majesty issued an order, you just follow it."

After saying that, Changsun Wuji didn't look at Li Zhi, and turned over and went to the Shangshu to see him.

Li Zhi saw Changsun Wuji leaving like this, and there were tens of thousands of divine beasts roaring by in his heart, and he thought to himself: "As a father and a son, he is still the one who meets with swords and weapons."

Finally, Li Zhi gritted his teeth, waved his followers to take his war horse, rolled over the horse, left the imperial city and returned to the Jin palace.

He asked the Jin Palace to summon his confidant to discuss countermeasures.

Changsun Wuji rode his horse and came to the Secretariat with familiarity. He kept guessing what Li Shimin was making until a rude voice sounded.

"Changsun Guojiu."

Changsun Wuji felt angry when he heard this. He looked down and saw Chu Suiliang in purple robe standing at the door of the Shangshu Province, with a cold expression on his thin face and looking at him.

Changsun Wuji's face was extremely gloomy in an instant. He looked at Chu Suiliang and sneered: "Chu Suiliang, how dare you come here as a criminal?"

These two were originally trusted by Li Shimin. In history, they jointly governed the Tang Dynasty in the early years of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.

However, in this life, Chu Suiliang followed the old path of Wei Zheng, joined Li Chengqian's disciple, and was highly used by Li Chengqian.

After the conflict between Li Chengqian and Changsun Wuji broke out, Chu Suiliang always believed that as a relative of the outside world, Changsun Wuji should not be greedy for power and position, and should follow the will of Empress Changsun and stay away from the officialdom.

Later, because of his opposition to Li Chengqian, he turned to support Li Zhi, and Chu Suiliang directly classified Changsun Wuji into traitors such as Wang Mang, Sima Yi.

At this time, the two were still able to maintain a disagreement. Until this year, Changsun Wuji demoted all officials from the East Palace, including Ma Zhou, to Chang'an, and the two could not even maintain their face.

Chu Suiliang always regarded being demoted by Changsun Wuji as a shame. When he heard Changsun Wuji mention this, he immediately scolded: "You traitor who steals power and rebels, you dare to appear in the imperial court at Sun Wuji, a senior official of the Shangshu, and heard this. His two wrinkled eyes stared at Chu Suiliang fiercely. His murderous intention appeared. Chu Suiliang also looked at him without fear.

"Come on! Take down the sinner Chu Suiliang and throw him into the prison." Changsun Wuji gave a cold order.

Changsui, who was following Changsun Wuji, immediately ran out to capture Chu Suiliang.

"Who dares?" Chu Suiliang shouted in a deep voice when he saw this.

The guards who followed him back to Chang'an also walked out to block Chu Suiliang's face.

Chu Suiliang looked at Changsun Wuji and snorted coldly: "I came to the Secretariat to pass the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

As he said that, he raised a gold medal, which was the Eastern Palace token.

"Crown Prince?" Changsun Wuji smiled coldly after hearing this, looking at Chu Suiliang with great disdain and said, "Just because of such a token, do you dare to come to see me?"

Seeing that Changsun Wuji did not take Li Chengqian seriously at all, Chu Suiliang was not surprised at all. He said calmly: "No matter what tricks Changsun Wuji have, it will not harm the wisdom of His Royal Highness."

Changsun Wuji couldn't help laughing, looking at Chu Suiliang with a proud look, and said sarcastically: "The day before yesterday, Your Majesty was in the Ganlu Hall and said in person that the prince was unfaithful, filial, unkind and unrighteous, and he could not inherit the ancestral temple."

After hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Chu Suiliang turned red from his face to his neck, and his eyes widened, staring at Changsun Wuji as if he was looking at some piece of meat on his body.

Seeing this, Changsun Wuji became more and more happy and laughed: "Why, do you, the loyal minister, dare to object to Your Majesty's personal charge?"

Since seeing Changsun Chong's head, Changsun Wuji has never been so happy. When he saw Chu Suiliang today, he said these words in front of him, and immediately felt relieved.

Chu Suiliang slowly calmed down his chest, looked at the proud Changsun Wuji, and said with a slight smile: "Hmph, how can I believe the traitor's words?"

Speaking of this, Chu Suiliang took out a roll of the crown prince's order from his sleeve, stretched it out, and said seriously: "Changsun Wuji obeyed the order. The former army was besieged by the Turkish Helu tribe. After the Helu tribe retreated, he found that the person who led the Helu tribe was your son-in-law. Although your son-in-law died, he was very guilty. He still needs to investigate the mastermind and the person involved. You are a noble relative and are involved in rebellion, so it is not advisable to remain as the Minister of State. Now you are ordered to go home and stay home to think about your mistakes in the day you receive the order, and wait for the court to verify it."

Chu Suiliang returned to Chang'an City early today to pass this order. Of course, there are many plans here, and it is not yet time to unveil it.

In the beginning, Chu Suiliang didn't have to take risks in this kind of thing himself.

This is when Chu Suiliang heard about this and asked to come back. In Chu Suiliang's words, he could make a profit in front of Li Shimin.

But now it seems that he has no chance to meet Li Shimin today.

Changsun Wuji looked at the "Crown Prince Order" in Chu Suiliang's hand, his eyes turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You don't have to hold a chicken feather as a dictator. I have told you what Your Majesty said the day before yesterday."

It means that this "Crown Prince Order" is invalid.

"Uncle Changsun Guoguo, you are offending!" Chu Suiliang said righteously: "Even if Your Majesty is deceived by you and other traitors and say some extreme words, how can you trust me?"

Of course, the matter involved in the crown prince cannot be entirely based on Li Shimin's angry words.

However, Changsun Wuji was still disdainful and said to himself: Li Shimin was afraid that his reputation would be destroyed by Li Chengqian, so he had already made up his mind not to pass the throne to Li Chengqian. There was nothing worth debating about.

Chu Suiliang, regardless of what Changsun Wuji was thinking, looked at Changsun Wuji and said lightly: "Changsun Guoji, you should go home and think about your mistakes behind closed doors!"

Changsun Wuji looked cold when he heard this and shouted loudly: "Come here, take down the offender Chu Suiliang for me."

Changsun Wuji followed the guards behind him. He stopped hesitating and immediately stepped forward to fight with the guards brought by Chu Suiliang.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!