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Chapter 1145 Longxi Li Family (Part )

"Ah."

Li Gu nodded. If anyone dared to plot against their clans and the entire royal family, only Li Shimin, a wise and capable emperor, could do that. But I think the clans around the emperor could also think of this.

They would not ignore it. Since it was not Li Shimin, Li Gu felt a little relieved.

Then, Li Gu asked again, somewhat unsure himself: "Then will the current emperor do it?"

"Hehehe"

Li Gu's idea was not beyond everyone's expectations. In the end, Wei Mingshan stepped forward and said, "Patriarch Li, don't worry. The current emperor is just a young man who is inexperienced and has been traveling in the West for a long time. He has little experience and a weak foundation."

"Now the government relies entirely on Lord Changsun and Lord Xiaoyu."

"He always listens to the opinions of several important officials in the central government on important government affairs. He definitely doesn't have such an intention. Even if he has some ideas, he can't extend his hand to the grassland. Even if he wants to do so, there is no way."

"Now, we have people inside and outside the palace, in front of and behind the emperor. The emperor's every move can't escape our sight. Maybe the emperor has some tricks to balance the court and consolidate power, which has nothing to do with the Turks."

Hearing this, Li Gu's old eyes suddenly burst into a sharpness and depth that was not in line with his age: "If that's the case, then apart from that person, I can't think of anyone else who would dare to play such a big game?"

"Who, who is Patriarch Li referring to?" Cui Mingshan asked suddenly, everyone was stunned.

"The Right Wise King of the Turkic Khanate, Li Yan."

A name that was almost invisible to everyone suddenly appeared, shocking everyone present.

"impossible?"

Lu Yigong's pupils shrank, and he asked tremblingly: "Patriarch Li, are you kidding? The Right Wise King was assassinated some time ago and is still recovering in the royal court. This is well known. Besides, he and Shi Luodie had a great battle, and both sides suffered heavy losses. How could he have the energy to plot against our Tang Dynasty?"

"Yes, what Patriarch Lu said makes sense."

Cui Mingshan was a little confused. "Shiluodie is the son of Jie Li. The Right Wise King relied on the emperor to command the princes, and that's how he ruled the various tribes on the grassland. Everyone knows that he has suppressed Shiluodie, the nominal Great Khan, and has kept him under house arrest for many years."

"What if Qiu Muda's assassination and the Hengling battle were all a show, just for Shi Luodie's current southward migration?" Li Gu said with a cold look in his eyes.

"ho"

Everyone gasped and said, "Both sides used their best troops in the Hengling battle. The battle lasted for several days and nights, but in the end both sides were defeated, with hundreds of thousands of casualties. The battlefield was littered with corpses, and the blood almost dyed the ground red. We have sent scouts to investigate all of this."

"It is said that there are corpses and packs of wild wolves in the remote area of ​​Hengling. The smell of blood is so unbearable that the scouts can't bear to watch. The Turks killed each other and caused such a huge loss just to put on a show?"

"I do not believe"

".Yes, with so many people, it is enough to penetrate into the inland of the Central Plains. It is much more effective than playing double games with Shi Luo. Patriarch Li is overthinking it a bit."

"This move is undoubtedly letting a tiger return to the mountains. Once Shiluodi is trapped, how can he not seek revenge and take back the Turkic Khanate? So many people died just to act with the Right Wise King to deceive our Tang Dynasty. This is unbelievable in any way."

".Patriarch Li is overthinking."

For a moment, everyone argued that the Right Wise King did not invade the south when he had a million cavalrymen under his command, but now he came up with so many tricks and so many people died just to play this inexplicable counter-espionage plan. This did not make sense.

It is impossible to deduce from logic that this is like taking off pants to fart instead of taking the near one. That is why Li Gu was suspicious, but no one believed it.

These people are not the patriarchs of their families, but mostly younger generations. Unlike Li Gu, who has experienced more than sixty years, he knows that the world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things. It would be strange if everything had to be reasonable.

Besides, even if it doesn’t make sense to you, it just has to make sense to others.

Li Gu had always had a hidden worry in his heart. His intuition told him that someone was secretly plotting against the nobles. It was precisely because he couldn't find the person that made him even more uneasy. So he said stubbornly, "Don't you forget that there was a rumor on the grassland that the Right Xian King was Li Jiancheng's son?"

"Patriarch Li, that doesn't make sense."

Wei Mingshan said disapprovingly: "If that's the case, then the Right Wise King and Li Shimin have an irreconcilable feud. When they confronted each other in Fengzhou in the tenth year of Zhenguan, the Right Wise King's million-strong army could have captured Fengzhou, captured Li Shimin, and then driven his troops south."

"He has millions of cavalrymen and the blood of Prince Yin. I believe that even if he enters the Central Plains, the Central Plains nobles and the people of the world will not resist too much. But he retreated and reached a trade agreement with Li Shimin. The two families have been at peace for nearly ten years." "After this, the rumors about him being the son of Li Jiancheng have been refuted. It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense, no matter how you think about it, it's unlikely?"

Wei Mingshan's words were agreed by everyone present. There were also experienced people in their tribes who were as knowledgeable as Li Gu. No matter how they analyzed it, Li Gu's inference was untenable.

However, Li Gu had a vague intuition that Shi Luodie's invasion to the south was very strange.

First, Gui did not leave any retreat in Shiluodi, nor did he worry about the Khan's lair being attacked. Even if the heavy snow in the northern desert blocked the road, the Right Wise King only needed to pass through the southern desert and then go north to Urge to take down Shiluodi's lair, and there would be no problem.

Second, after Shi Luodie rushed in without caring about anything, he attacked the nobles and distributed land to the people. This was not something a Turkic Khan would do. The distribution of land in the Central Plains was none of their business.

Moreover, once the land was distributed to the people, it would only weaken the power of the nobles and increase the power of the common people, which would actually increase the power of the court. The Tang Dynasty could only become stronger, and this was exactly what the emperor wanted to do most.

Shi Luodie clearly did something that was beneficial to the Tang Dynasty but detrimental to the grassland.

Considering who benefits and who is the most suspicious, the emperor undoubtedly has a greater motive, but so many noble families have not found any clues. They all ruled out the emperor emeritus and the current emperor, which made Li Gu a little suspicious.

After much thought, Li Gu expressed his concerns.

Wei Mingshan burst out laughing: "Patriarch Li, you are worrying too much. Maybe some impoverished scholars from the Central Plains have fled to the Turks, or maybe the Turks have brought some people waving goose feather fans with them when they went south."

"It's possible that they will be given some stupid ideas. In the short term, Shi Luodie's move could stir up conflicts between the common people and the nobles."

"It will bring more trouble to the Tang Dynasty, which is actually beneficial to them."

"After all, the Turks did not do anything like this when they were in the Liaohe Plain. They did not start doing this until they entered Hebei."

After Wei Mingshan finished speaking, everyone nodded. However, Li Gu had a hard time expressing his feelings. As the older generation passed away, many people had forgotten their true understanding of this era.

They forgot how the Tang Dynasty came to be, and also underestimated the struggle between the royal family and the aristocratic families. The struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin cannot be seen as just two brothers fighting for the throne, but also a game between the imperial power and the power of the aristocratic families.

If you don't see through this point, you won't be able to understand that the real enemy of Li Jiancheng's lineage is the aristocratic family, not Li Shimin.

After so many changes, he was able to establish a kingdom on the grassland. If the Right Wise King was Li Jiancheng's son, he must be a man with a broad mind and a long-term vision. If he was really more ambitious than Li Shimin, he would definitely not be entangled in "personal grudges."

Instead, they will focus all their efforts on the nobles, and this is the "national hatred".

After the rise of the Right Wise King and the spread of this rumor, Li Gu felt a deep sense of uneasiness and fear. He paid more attention to the Right Wise King than anyone else and had sent people to observe him many times.

He even associated Li Chengqian who disappeared on the grassland with the suddenly rising Right Wise King.

It was just that when Li Chengqian went to the Turks, he was only 13 or 14 years old, and his appearance had not yet fully grown. After spending five or six years in the grassland, he appeared in front of everyone again. He had grown into a tall and bearded Khan, and his appearance had changed dramatically.

Besides, it was really unbelievable that the heir of the Tang Dynasty became the ruler of the northern desert. In the tenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin met the Queen of Right Virtue in Fengzhou, and Li Gu also dispelled his suspicion. If it was really Li Chengqian, it would be fine if others could not recognize him.

As a father, Li Shimin would definitely not be ignorant of this.

Later, Li Chengqian returned to Chang'an, and he was a gentleman again. Not long after that, the Right Wise King was assassinated, and Li Gu sent people to visit him. The two people who appeared at the same time thousands of miles apart ruled out his suspicion that they were the same person.

However, he found that the Right Xian Prince and Li Chengqian were somewhat similar in appearance, which revived his suspicion that the Right Xian Prince was the son of Li Jiancheng.

This kind of thing is difficult to investigate. Before Li Gu took action, a dispute over the Khanate broke out among the Turks. The assassination of the Right Wise King and the Battle of Hengling occurred one after another, making the situation even more confusing.

Of course, the division of the Turkic Khan also made Li Gu subconsciously put his mind at ease.

In this case, even though the Right Wise King was the son of Li Jiancheng, he no longer posed a threat to the Central Plains. Then, Shi Luodie led 300,000 cavalrymen and rushed into Hebei without hesitation, and even divided the land.

This was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the aristocratic families.

This made Li Gu's heart, which had been at ease, rise again. Due to his long-term vigilance, he keenly felt that a big net was falling on the nobles. Although there was no evidence, the accumulating murderous intent and the approaching danger still made Li Gu, an old man who had seen the years, feel palpitations.

After excluding Li Shimin and the current emperor, the Right Wise King became his main suspect.

(End of this chapter)