Chapter 58: Pei Ji's Calculation (Part 1)
When Li Shimin heard this, he became even more confused. Liu Wenjing accepted the words in the dynasty and was ranked below Pei Ji. If Pei Ji was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, then Liu Wenjing was the second prime minister. Once he was a dignified person, how could he be asked to be punished if he asked for it?
If the news is true, then as Liu Wenjing asked for the crime, in fact, it was a magnitude ten-magnitude earthquake in the court. I don’t know how many people would be implicated. Liu Wenjing is not alone. His disciples and former officials are all over the court and the country, and they are closely related to the Qin Palace.
"Has the Lone King's ears and eyes closed to such an extent? Li Shimin can be sure that he has not heard a little bit of wind, but to deal with a country's second minister, it is impossible for him to have no news. Liu Wenjing and Li Shimin are political allies, and he also entered the Eastern Palace.
Li Shimin cannot stay out of the matter with emotion or reason
Thinking of this, Li Shimin said to Liu Shuyi: "You go back first. I know this and I will definitely not sit on the wall to watch!"
After receiving the promise from Li Shimin, Liu Shuyi put his hanging heart into his stomach.
After Liu Shuyi left, Li Shimin called Lei Yongji and said, "You go and send someone to invite Wang You, Fang Ji Room, and Du Bingcao to the mansion to meet!"
"As for the order!" Lei Yongji was about to turn around and leave, but Li Shimin said: "Slowly, I have to find out what happened in Liu Wenjing's mansion."
Seeing Lei Yongji leave, Li Shimin frowned. He looked at Xiaohu's reflection with his hands behind his back, and was stunned.
Suddenly, a slight sigh rang behind Li Shimin.
Li Shimin turned around and smiled: "Guanyin maid, it's getting late, go and rest!"
"Second brother!" Changsun Wugu said softly: "What happened to Liu Wenjing?"
Li Shimin nodded: "Liu Wenjing and his brother Liu Wenqi were both arrested and imprisoned..."
Changsun Wugui said: "Second brother, are you... worried? Actually, this is not surprising. Liu Wenjing and Pei Ji are incompatible, and Liu Wenjing is silent and has long been to make Pei Ji hold a grudge. Once there is a chance, Pei Ji will definitely take action."
Li Shimin shook his head and said, "As Liu Wenjing's identity, Pei Ji wants to kill him, is it possible?"
Changsun Wugui felt helpless when he heard this.
Li Shimin said it right. If Li Yuan had not nodded, ten Pei Ji could not have left Liu Wen to death. Changsun Wu sighed and said, "Second brother, the Tang Dynasty is now a troublesome..."
Li Shimin suddenly thought of Chen Ying, now Chen Ying has become the biggest variable in the Tang Dynasty. Now the Lingzhou army has entered Hedong from Lingzhou, Chen Ying is in the north and Li Jiancheng is in the south. Liu Wuzhou, who is attacked from both sides, will never be able to hold on for too long. If Liu Wuzhou is destroyed, Li Jiancheng's achievements will not be less than his contribution to destroying Xue Ju.
The crown prince was appointed as the governor of the country, and there was no promotion to be promoted and no reward to be rewarded. If you have any contribution, you must not be rewarded. Then you can only promote Chen Ying. Now Chen Ying is the general manager of Lingzhou, Huazhou, Xiazhou, Yanzhou, Suizhou, Yinzhou, Fengzhou, Shengzhou, and Shuozhou Jiuzhou. It can be said that he was the King of Jingbei of the Tang Dynasty.
Chen Ying was in his prime and had a military force in Jiuzhou. He was under tens of thousands of elite troops. He defeated Liang Shidu and then confiscated Liu Wuzhou's nest. Similarly, if Chen Ying repeated, the northwest would be overturned. Even if Chen Ying did not rebel, he would be a minister of the Tang Dynasty. But what could Li Yuan do to Chen Ying?
The merit of "breaking the enemy's capital" is no exaggeration to promote him to the founding duke. Either Chen Ying was awarded the title of General Manager of Lingzhou, Huazhou, Xiazhou, Yanzhou, Suizhou, Yinzhou, Fengzhou, Shengzhou, and Shuozhou. Whether it is an additional official or a promotion, it will be like a tiger's wings for Li Jiancheng.
One rises and the other falls, and Li Shimin's future situation will only be more passive.
Looking at Li Shimin's worried look, Changsun Wugui said calmly: "Second brother, you are concerned about it and it's a mess."
Li Shimin frowned and looked at Changsun Wugui in surprise and said, "Can you?"
Changsun Wugui said: "The father will definitely not hand over Lingzhou, Huazhou, Xiazhou, Yanzhou, Suizhou, Yinzhou, Fengzhou, Shengzhou, and Shuozhou Jiuzhou to Chen Ying. The most likely thing is that Chen Ying was transferred to Chang'an and was granted the position of General of the Sixteen Guards..."
Li Shimin laughed in silence.
It is precisely because of concern that he is confused that he is not as clear as the bystander Changsun Wugui.
The General of the Sixteen Guards was the third-rank military position. Now the General of the Sixteen Guards, Jiang Baoyi, the General of the Right Martial Guard, was defeated by Huang Ziying, the general of Liu Wuzhou in Hedong, and was killed without willingness to surrender to Liu Wuzhou. At this time, it was natural for him to be promoted from the General of the Right Martial Guard to the General of the Right Martial Guard.
When Yu Zhining, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and other staff arrived at the Chengqian Hall of the Qin Palace, it was almost midnight. In Chengqian Hall, there were more than a dozen peacock copper lamps on both walls. The lamps were shaped like a geese's feet, and the strands held up a ring-shaped lamp plate. There were three lamp posts in the lamp plate, and three candles were lit at the same time, which made Chengqian Hall bright as day.
However, Li Shimin did not announce the beginning of the meeting, but looked out of the hall from time to time. Now, the King of Qin Palace, Yu Zhining, the Secretary Office, Fang Xuanling, Yu Shinan, Yan Silu, the Consultant of the Military Affairs Office, Dou Lun, Xiao Jing, the Military Affairs Office, Du Ruhui, the Military Affairs Office, Dai Zhou, Yan Lide, Xue Yuanjing, Cai Yungong, and the Chief Correspondent Xue Shou have all been here. Is there any important guests worth Li Shimin so looking forward to?
Everyone was secretly surprised and whispered.
The sound of rapid footsteps sounded, and Li Shimin followed the footsteps and everyone looked up quickly. Seeing that it was Lei Yongji coming, they were immediately disappointed.
However, Li Shimin asked with joy, "Have you found out clearly?"
"Fortunately, I am not humiliating my fate!" Lei Yongji bowed and said, "Report to His Highness the King of Qin, the matter has been cleared! It turned out that Liu Wenjing thought that he could be above Pei Ji and had made many military achievements, but his status was far inferior to Pei Ji. Therefore, he felt uneasy and often opposed Pei Ji when discussing the government. Anyone who Pei Ji agreed with him had to oppose it. The two of them had a deep conflict since then. A few days ago, Liu Wenjing and his brother Liu Wen had a banquet. After getting drunk, they complained, drew their swords and slashed the hall pillars, saying that they would definitely kill Pei Ji.
This was heard by Liu Wenjing's out-of-favorite concubine. Because she was angry that Liu Wenjing was fond of love, she told her brother about it and asked her brother to report it to Pei Ji. At first, the concubine just wanted to use this news to exchange for some physical and financial money for Pei Ji. Anyway, she was already old and Liu Wenjing didn't want her. She just wanted to exchange some money.
As the saying goes, you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves thinking about it.
Pei Ji was thinking about Liu Wenjing, so he naturally found an opportunity.
Speaking of which, it is also very ridiculous.
Chen Ying unexpectedly took Shuozhou. Pei Ji reported to Li Yuan that Chen Ying was from Hou Mo Chen family, and that Chen Ying was actually Hou Mo Chen Chong's grandson. He immediately changed his mind and agreed to marry Chen Ying.
This matter was effectively exploited by Pei Ji.
Pei Ji was very familiar with Liu Wenjing and also knew Liu Wenjing. Liu Wenjing was the Liu family of Jingzhao and was also considered a descendant of the famous family. However, if you want to compare with whom, if compared with the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, the Liu family of Jingzhao is still a second-class family. Liu Wenjing's father Liu Shao asked Hou Mo Chen Wenying for Liu Wenjing.
Chapter completed!