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Chapter 544: Yaojin's Strange Behavior
After a long while, Yang Ji slowly opened his eyes, took a complicated look at Li Yan who looked contented, then slowly stood up, straightened his clothes respectfully, and bowed deeply: "Thank you for your teachings, Prince. Yang Ji is deeply grateful."

"It's getting late today, Yang Ji will take his leave first and won't disturb the prince's rest!"

Li Yan didn't move at all, just sat on the ground and nodded slightly.

Yang Ji's expression remained unchanged. Si Hao did not take it as an offense. Instead, a look of joy emerged in his eyes. He bowed again and slowly left the warehouse.

After leaving the warehouse, Yang Ji couldn't help but swallow twice, reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and left with a heavy face and uneasy mind. His steps were a little messy, no longer as calm as when he just came.

Li Yan continued to lie on the haystack and read the Spring and Autumn Annals. In fact, the story of Lu Buwei and Ying Yiren took place in the late Warring States Period, and Zuo Qiuming, who wrote the Spring and Autumn Annals, was a historian in the late Spring and Autumn Period. The story of Lu Buwei did not exist in the Spring and Autumn Annals in Li Yan's hand.

The specific content was also seen by Li Yan in later generations. The details might not be remembered accurately because of the long time, but the general story was correct. When Yang Ji went home and found the book, he knew that he had not lied to him.

When Li Yan told this story in front of Yang Ji, he was actually hinting at inciting Yang Ji to rebel, so that Yang Ji could save his life, show great kindness, and establish a deep bond with him. This is what Li Yan said at the beginning about there being a life-saving medicine in the book.

After listening to the story, Yang Ji understood that the so-called life-saving method lies in himself, but Li Yan painted a big pie for him, a pie that is enough to change the fate of several generations of him. It depends on whether Yang Ji wants to eat it.

In fact, Li Yan recruited Yang Ji primarily to save him from danger. With this great favor, their friendship would be extremely strong, no less than that of Ying Yiren and Lu Buwei.

As for what Yang Ji got, Lu Buwei's experience has already made it very clear.

It was a covert solicitation and negotiation, but cleverly neither of them said it out loud, but both of them knew it in their hearts. Yang Ji later came to his senses and bowed solemnly to Li Yan, which was actually a tacit acknowledgement of Li Yan's noble status.

Li Yan accepted it calmly, which meant he accepted Yang Ji's kindness.

Because according to the current situation, it is impossible for prisoners and guards to have such courtesy. Yang Ji's courtesy is to respect Li Yan as a superior, and it is also a gesture of goodwill. He is no longer as casual as when he first arrived.

At that time, Yang Ji was the one who could decide Li Yan's fate. When Yang Ji left, he was already worried about gains and losses, so he dared not look down on Li Yan anymore. In case Li Yan chose to be the second Lu Buwei, then the current disrespect would become a trouble in the future.

However, this matter might have been too much of a shock to Yang Ji, and he could not make up his mind for a while, so Yang Ji just bowed and did not talk everything out with Li Yan. He showed all courtesy, left himself a way out for compromise, and then he decisively withdrew.

He needs to take his time to think about it, consider the priorities, the pros and cons, and then decide what to do.
Li Yan's negotiation style is much more sophisticated than that of Changsun Wuji later. In fact, Changsun Wuji was just using benefits to tempt Yang Ji. After Yang Ji killed Luo Yi, he disappeared from the play and never appeared again.

Li Yan didn't know what Yang Ji's final fate was, but he was undoubtedly marginalized. If it was any more miserable, he might have died.

After all, he killed Zhao Cihao first and then killed Luo Yi, which vividly showed the despicable face of a slave of three surnames. Any monarch with insight would not tolerate such a person.

Yang Ji completely ruined a good hand, which was really a pity. In Li Yan's opinion, Yang Ji lacked high-level vision and did not know that even if he surrendered, the treatment would be very different depending on the method.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Huang Zhong repeatedly declined, but was finally invited by the emperor's uncle to return to serve as a general on his knees with tears in his eyes. Even the loyal and righteous Guan Yu and the hot-tempered Zhang Fei admired him. However, Wei Yan, who took the initiative to surrender again and again, was looked down upon by everyone, and was still on guard against him until the death of Zhuge Liang.

Not to mention Lu Bu, he is definitely lacking in one string!
What Yang Ji did was obviously going the same way as Lu Bu, which was a dead end. But if Li Yan had been involved in Yang Ji's affairs and had used a different approach, the outcome might have been completely different.

This was almost the only chance for Li Chengqian to leave Chang'an in the entire situation. The next time he left Chang'an was after he was deposed as the crown prince and sent to Shu.

It's not easy to come out, and it would be against Li Yan's nature if he didn't do something.

I saved Yang Ji's life and captured a general. It was a win-win situation for everyone. I would be safe without Yang Ji, but Yang Ji would be dead without me. In the final analysis, Yang Ji was the winner!
Li Yan held the rolled-up Spring and Autumn Annals in one hand and put the other hand behind his head. He crossed his legs and had a smile on his face. He felt that his situation was much better than Ying Yiren's, and Yang Ji's situation was much easier than Lu Buwei's. It was like he had picked up a life-saving favor for free.

Li Yan believed that Yang Ji would definitely think it through. But how should he use Yang Ji as a chess piece to maximize his potential? Li Yan's mind was working frantically, his eyes changing constantly, imagining various possibilities.

When Yang Ji comes next time, it will be time for him to submit to me. I just hope it won’t be too late, otherwise Changsun Wuji will benefit from it.

Thinking of the original drama, not long after, Cheng Yaojin, who was guarding Luo Yi's army, actually had a conflict with Luo Yi. In the end, Luo Yi held Li Chengqian and attacked Cheng Yaojin. Li Yan's face was no longer as relaxed and proud as before, and gradually became gloomy.

At that time, Li Shimin and Jie Li had already reached peace talks, and the Turks had withdrawn. Without their biggest enemy, how could Luo Yi have the guts to fight against the entire Tang Dynasty behind Li Shimin with only 80,000 troops?

You must know that Li Shimin was not without people, and the Tang Dynasty was not a weak country. It was just that the Xuanwu Gate Incident had just ended, and he had not had time to gather the power of Shandong and the southern states and counties. The troops he had used before were transferred to the southeast by Li Yuan, and they could not reach Chang'an City for a while.

But the enemy army was approaching and the Tang Dynasty was on the verge of danger. The retired emperor Li Yuan was not dead, he was still alive. Even if he was angry with Li Shimin, he was still his son. Could he not help Li Shimin, father and son working together to solve the problem of the country's safety first?

After the Turks are driven away, Luo Yi will be nothing.
If he attacked the imperial court at this time, it would be tantamount to digging his own grave. He did not fight when Jie Li's 200,000 cavalry army was approaching, but waited until Jie Li was gone and he was facing Li Shimin alone before he started fighting. Isn't this extremely stupid?
The best thing to do at that time was to return to Youzhou and bide our time by negotiating an agreement, waiting for the right opportunity.

But Luo Yi was very unwise in "seizing the food and grass from Cheng Yaojin's army". If he was really short of food, he could have submitted a memorial to Li Shimin to ask for it!
Since the peace talks were concluded, Luo Yi would be the imperial army and the imperial court should allocate food to him. At that time, Li Shimin had just reached a peace agreement with the Turks, and the Turks had not gone far. If there was a conflict with Luo Yi and the Turks attacked back, wouldn't the Tang Dynasty be in danger of being destroyed?
Li Shimin would definitely not provoke Luo Yi at this time.
What does it mean for an army of 80,000 to have no food? Even if Luo Yi did not rebel and just returned to his fiefdom honestly.

By the time they return to Youzhou, there will be no trace of the more than ten states and counties they passed by on the way, so providing them with food, at least enough food and fodder for the 80,000-strong army to return to Youzhou and sending this plague god away is the best and safest option, and they will be able to get out even if they have to squeeze out.

There was no need for Luo Yi to rob. How much could he rob? Could he rob the food for 80,000 people?

In fact, in the play, Luo Yi moved his camp eastward without saying hello to the court, which caused Li Shimin's resentment. Li Shimin thought that Luo Yi was impolite and came and went as he pleased, so he ordered Cheng Yaojin to lead the army to monitor him. Before leaving, he specifically reminded him not to cause trouble.

It can be seen that Luo Yi should not have been short of food at that time.

However, Cheng Yaojin ignored the overall situation and went to war with Luo Yi without informing the emperor under the sensitive circumstances at the time.

It is obviously problematic to disregard the safety of the entire Tang Dynasty for a little bit of food.

The conflict between him and Luo Yi was very strange and abrupt. Considering that Cheng Yaojin's son Cheng Huailiang was Li Ke's close confidant, Li Yan seemed to have sensed something. He originally thought it was just a private friendship between the younger generation, but Cheng Yaojin also jumped out. This made Li Yan secretly alert!
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Old thing, you dare to get involved in such matters. It seems like you don’t want to live anymore!
Cheng Yaojin clearly wanted to intensify the conflict and use Luo Yi to help Li Ke get rid of himself. This was consistent with Feng Deyi's plan. Tongguan sent people to pretend to be Turks to kill him, and Feng Deyi put himself into Luo Yi's knife. After the negotiations, seeing that the fight could not break out, he asked He Yaojin to stimulate Luo Yi in order to kill someone with a borrowed knife.

Before they even met, his own brother shot three cold arrows at him, using deadly moves at every step, intending to kill him.

Sure enough, what Nurhaci, Kangxi and Li Shimin said was correct. As emperors, they had all expressed similar sentiments. The real hidden dangers still came from their own people behind them, not from the enemies who were facing them head on.

As for the old man Cheng Yaojin, he was very worried about gains and losses during the Xuanwu Gate Incident. He was afraid of losing the high position and honor he had worked so hard to obtain. When Li Shimin found him, he chose to keep a low profile for fear of disappointing Li Yuan and did not participate.

Afterwards, seeing that Li Shimin had succeeded and the Nine Generals of Xuanwu Gate had obtained great glory and rewards, they probably regretted their decision and tried to get back at Li Chengqian and Li Ke.

such a pity!
The Li Er of the previous generation won in the end, but the Li Er of this generation will never succeed.

Li Yan's face was grim and there was a murderous look in his eyes. Li Shimin himself couldn't move, so could it be that no one else could move either?

If I can't deal with Li Shimin, can't I deal with Li Shimin's loyal confidants and his rivals? No matter who it is, as long as they stand on the opposite side of me and prevent me from completing my mission, I will never show mercy.
Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.

(End of this chapter)