Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2612
Li Chengqian sat on the chair, looked at the young brother in front of him with a simple and honest smile, and said warmly: "You and I are brothers and sisters, how can I see you imprisoned in this square inch of heaven and earth, like a bird with broken wings?" Feeling helpless, sad and miserable? It is the duty of a brother to ask your father to forgive your faults. Otherwise, the spirit of the queen mother in heaven will also condemn you as lonely, cold-blooded and heartless. But you have to know that your father has pardoned your faults. It doesn't mean that you have no faults, the faults are still there, it's just that no matter the father or the orphan, they don't want to care too much about you, but you yourself can't forget where your mistakes are, so as not to repeat the same mistakes."

Li Zhi's face stiffened.

He didn't expect that the prince, who was always weak and generous, would actually make things clear to his face without leaving any room for him...

Even though Li Zhi was smart and scheming since he was a child, he was inevitably embarrassed at this moment.

In the final analysis, the position of the crown prince belongs to the elder brother. Since the first year of Zhenguan, he has been the crown prince for more than ten years, and he has already inherited the ancestral temple and made it known to the world.As a result, the king of Wei was eyeing the position of the crown prince at first, and tortured the crown prince with all kinds of means. Now that the king of Wei has extinguished his desire to fight for the crown prince, his younger brother can't wait to jump out and show his covetous heart...

If you want to snatch things from others, but you still have to act like it's "reasonable", the face and scheming of His Royal Highness Jin Wang have not yet been cultivated to this level.

Seeing the embarrassment on the younger brother's face, Li Chengqian's words became more gentle, and he said slowly: "This country was brought down by the emperor, you are the lonely brother and the son of the emperor, so you are naturally qualified to compete for the position of the crown prince." But what I want to say is that in the competition between you and me, you must control the bottom line and do not use any means! No matter who is the final crown prince, we are still brothers connected by blood, and we must not be instigated by outsiders. A stupid thing to regret."

His tone was gentle, but the meaning of his words was a bit heavy.

Li Zhi's face was ugly, and he couldn't help but said: "I don't know who the prince is referring to?"

Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows, and said calmly: "You know it well, why do you need to ask?"

Li Zhi's face darkened, and he retorted: "Mr. Zhao is the uncle of you and me, and the eldest brother of the queen mother. When they were kicked out of the house, it was the uncle who took good care of the mother. It was the day when the mother married the emperor. What's more, if it weren't for the uncle Swear to follow the father to the death, fight bloody under the Xuanwu sect, and hide the crown prince and the heirs of the king of Qi. This is where you and I will end up. Why is it that the crown prince slanders uncle and regards him as a person who only cares about wealth and power?"

Li Chengqian was stunned, and asked back: "You think so?"

Li Zhi said: "Otherwise?"

Li Chengqian's eyes were a little disappointed, and he said lightly: "I don't know whether you speak up to defend Zhao Guogong because you have to rely heavily on him, or whether you really think so in your heart. I just want to ask you, when the father and the emperor fought in the Xuanwu Gate, not only Only Zhao Guogong fought side by side with him! I know that you will say that the reason why the father was able to occupy Chang'an, clear Guanzhong, and wipe out the power of Prince Yin all depended on the power of the nobles of Guanlong... But you must see clearly, even if Without Zhao Guogong, the Guanlong nobles would still stand behind their father. They have been driven to a desperate situation by Prince Yin and the Shandong family. If they cannot support their father to turn defeat into victory, all the power and wealth they have accumulated for generations will be in vain! They are not for their father. , they are only for themselves!"

To be honest, he was a little disappointed.

If you are in the imperial court and want to chase the reserve position, you must unite all the forces that can be united, which is understandable.

But no matter how you appear to win over the forces of all parties, you have to see the essence of all these in your heart, who can be used, who needs to be united, and who must be carefully guarded against.

Smart and clever childish slave, why can't even see this clearly?

However, Li Zhi was a little annoyed, and retorted: "It's not for yourself? Manchu civil and military people talk about loyalty all day long, and I'm afraid there is no one who is really willing to die for the father. Uncle is regarded by the prince. It is a disaster of seizing power, but in the eyes of my younger brother, Fang Jun and others are not like this?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and asked: "Then tell me, will Fang Jun murder your life in order to help Gu stabilize his position as the crown prince?"

Li Zhi thought for a while, and said, "Probably...not at all."

His feelings for Fang Jun are very special.

Once upon a time, he even regarded Fang Jun as his role model and idol. Every time he heard that Fang Jun beat up a certain dude in Chang'an City to the point of crying, he was very excited and his admiration was unstoppable.When Fang Jun conquered the north and conquered the north, he made great military exploits, which made him look up at the mountains. He wished he could replace him, and he could also lead the navy across the seven seas and lead the soldiers under his command to go out of the way!
He envied Sizi and Fang Jun's closeness, it was a kind of pure closeness between relatives, almost without the slightest interest factor, but Fang Jun always seemed to have a slight prejudice against him from the beginning to the end, and refused to accept him. Open up your heart with him and be honest with him.

The reason why he angered his father and was imprisoned was probably because of Fang Jun, so he gritted his teeth with hatred.

But to be fair, Fang Jun's moral character has always been respected by him. Although this man is called a stick, and was even called Chang'an's first victim at one time, he is strong and upright, righteous and loyal to his relatives and friends. He is kind to his subordinates, and his character is well-known.

Li Chengqian stared into Li Zhi's eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "Then do you think that, once given a chance, will Mr. Zhao bewitch you to take Gu's life?"

"..."

Li Zhi's heart trembled, and he subconsciously looked away.

Who doesn't know that Changsun Wuji is full of honey and swords, insidious and vicious?This man is the best interpretation of "to achieve the goal by any means". I don't know how many court officials and feudal officials have fallen under Changsun Wuji's hands over the years, but no one will end well if they commit crimes in his hands.

After the Xuanwu Gate, the father won a great victory, and after the crown prince Jinyin and the king of Qi were killed, the father originally wanted to restrain the sword and stop it, but it was Changsun Wuji who strongly advised to cut the weeds and root them out, and personally led the troops to bring the royal family up and down. Another bloodbath.

I don't know how many royal families and generals who were not involved in Xuanwumen were beheaded one by one by Changsun Wuji upholding the idea of ​​"rather killing mistakes than letting them go".

Although Li Zhi didn't see it in person, he could understand with his feet that Changsun Wuji's move was not only to help his father stabilize the throne, but also to eradicate dissidents. In order to fight for more benefits for the nobles of Guanlong, but Let the father be charged with the crime of profiteering and murder for nothing, and I am afraid that he will not be able to wash it off after a thousand years...

As for the prince's question, whether Changsun Wuji would take the opportunity to kill the prince...do I need to think about it?
Surely it will!
Li Zhi and Li Chengqian looked at each other, and said firmly: "Don't worry, brother, my brother is not a cruel and ruthless person. The reason why I compete with you for the reserve position is because I feel that my brother's temperament is really not suitable for being an emperor, and my brother is worse than my brother." Do better. But no matter what, you and I are brothers, no matter who you are, no one can separate you from my brotherhood, and if anyone wants my little brother to sit down like a beast, it is absolutely impossible!"

That's what he said, and that's what he meant.

The crown prince originally belonged to the crown prince, but he just felt that the prince was not suitable to be the king of a country, so why did he come by himself?After all, we can't let the foundation of the country and mountains laid down by the emperor finally go down and die.

But if he achieves this goal by killing the lives of his brothers, then he will never do it.

Li Chengqian shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed softly: "Brother, I believe your words. How can we do such a thing? But you are smart, but you have never set foot in court. Your thinking is naive." Some. Sometimes, when you are forced into a situation, the choices you make are hard to come from your heart, and you will be coerced by the people around you to walk on a path that you dare not even imagine."

After a pause, he said something almost rebellious: "Did you think that my father really wanted to fight to the death under the Xuanwu sect and usurp it? The fact is, no matter what my father thinks, in that situation Now, he can only stand up and fight bloody battles, not only for himself, but also for our brothers and heirs, and for those soldiers of the Tiance Mansion who followed him through life and death."

Li Zhi was silent.

He understood this truth, even if the emperor was unwilling to initiate the Xuanwu Sect coup back then, the advisers and generals under his command would definitely push him to go that way.

Because even if the father is willing to die with full brotherhood, those counselors and generals will not.

You, Li Er, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji are brothers, and you don't want to kill them, but we can't die with you!
Li Chengqian sighed, stood up, and said: "This is all I can say for my brother, you can do it yourself."

After saying that, he stepped out of the main hall and left Jinwang Mansion.

Only Li Zhi was left sitting in the hall alone, his face was cloudy and cloudy, and his heart was full of thoughts.

(End of this chapter)