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Chapter 583 Conversation between Father and Son in Chengqing Palace (Part )
Li Yan was of course aware that Li Shimin liked to secretly arrange undercover agents, but most of them were placed undercover in the generals who commanded heavy troops. Moreover, there were so many urgent matters in the court. Even if Li Shimin did not sleep for twelve hours a day, it was impossible for him to manage them in such detail.

He would just let a Henglian stay and listen to reports occasionally. He would not put too much effort on himself, because Li Yan could not threaten Li Shimin now, and it was not worth it for Li Shimin, the emperor, to put too much energy on himself.

In fact, in this era, no matter it is the royal family or the ministers, those wealthy families and even ordinary merchant families will send some traitors and undercover agents to gather intelligence on the enemy. They also know the importance of internal ghosts, and sometimes they can achieve miraculous results.

For example, in Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate Incident, Chang He, who was guarding the Xuanwu Gate, was a hidden man deployed by Li Shimin through special means after the Yang Wengang incident in Qingzhou earlier. After careful operation, Chang He was put in the key position of the guard of Xuanwu Gate.

Otherwise, no matter how brave Li Shimin was, he would not dare to attack the north gate of Taiji Palace with only a few hundred people.

If Chang He had not existed, the most likely way for Li Shimin to obtain the throne would be to wait until Li Yuan died, leave Chang'an, return to Shandong where he had deep roots, start a rebellion, and march like Jie Li, conquering the world again and forcing Li Jiancheng to hand over the world to him.

Li Yan carefully inspected the famous Xuanwu Gate. The main purpose of this gate was to defend against the invasion of Turkic cavalry from the north. It had a palace wall more than ten meters high, a gate hole nearly twenty meters deep, and a fifteen-meter-wide walkway on the wall, which was densely packed with crossbows, stone ramps and catapults.

They were armed to the teeth, not to mention that there was a troop transport road that could run five horses directly to the gatehouse, and with continuous fire support. In this era, if there was no army of more than 100,000, it would be impossible to capture the most important gate of Chang'an City without the death of tens of thousands of people.

But it was a pipe dream for Li Shimin to break through Xuanwu Gate with just a few generals and a few hundred soldiers. As for the original drama saying that Changsun Wuji persuaded Chang He beforehand, it was even more of a lie. If Chang He had been Li Shimin's man from the beginning, how could he have been persuaded by you in just a few words?

If you could convince the generals guarding the city gates appointed by Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng by giving them some benefits, then you would be underestimating these superiors. If Chang He really betrayed Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng on the battlefield, then Li Shimin would never tolerate such a person who forgot his loyalty for the sake of profit and rebelled on the battlefield. In the end, he would most likely kill him as a warning to the city defenders all over the world.

Don't forget why Fan Xing had to die. If Li Shimin appointed Chang He, who betrayed his master in the face of battle, he would be encouraging unhealthy tendencies and telling the world to become opportunistic and despicable people. Isn't Li Shimin afraid that people around him will follow suit, betray him, and open the door wide?

Moreover, Chang He had been in charge of the imperial guards and held the military power in the capital. It can be seen how much Li Shimin trusted Chang He, because he knew that Chang He was his loyal minister until the end, and he just had the mission to go undercover in Li Yuan's place.

There were not nine generals but ten generals who started the uprising at Xuanwu Gate, and the tenth general was Chang He, the commander of Xuanwu Gate.

Of course, for the sake of ruling and governing, Li Shimin would not expose Chang He's identity, because Li Shimin's claim was that he was forced by Li Jiancheng, who even wanted to kill him, so he had no choice but to rebel against Li Yuan and his son.

If Chang He's identity was exposed, how would he explain that he had planned to send his confidants to Li Yuan to guard the palace gate.

As for the final palace coup, was it Li Jiancheng's relentless pressure or was it your brother who coveted the throne and planned it all out? How many spies did you place around Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng? And you still say that you did not do those despicable things because you wanted to be the emperor. How are you going to explain this to the people of the world?

Of course, Li Shimin was not afraid of what was told. Since he dared to do it, he was not afraid of criticism from others. Li Shimin did not even change history.

What Li Shimin was worried about was that his descendants would have the same kind of schools;
Even if we take a step back, we are not afraid of our descendants learning from us, but we are afraid that those people do not have their own talents and strategies, and cannot learn like others, and what if they fight for power and lose the country?
Isn't that a bargain for others?
So, everyone knows the role of undercover agents, and they have more or less placed and bribed some of them in private, but in this era, there is no such large-scale professional espionage agency that is so meticulous, professional, systematic and promoted by the power of the court.

Therefore, there is still a gap in the market in this area, and Li Yan is not worried at all.

In addition, Li Yan still has the Eye of Truth to detect the truly key core figures, so he has the objective conditions to develop the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang. Li Yan even doesn't need money, because every point in the system can be exchanged for 10,000 taels of silver, and one hundred points is one million strings of silver. Li Yan still has several thousand points, which means tens of millions of strings of silver, so he is not short of money at all.

But Li Yan would not exchange points for money unless it was absolutely necessary.

After all, it is easy to exchange points for money, but it is difficult to exchange money for points, and every point must be used on the sword.

With Li Shimin's one million strings of cash, they could get started quickly, and in the future they could operate with operating profits. Moreover, with Li Shimin's tacit approval of legal smuggling and border trade, it wouldn't be long before they could control a large amount of wealth. Li Yan was reluctant to exchange his points for it.

"Cheng Qian!"

Li Shimin then asked: "Is this what you said at the beginning that you had other plans for Chang Sheng? It seems that you are planning to let him be in charge of the Jinyiwei and be the commander of some kind." "Yes, father!"

Li Yan said: "Whether Changsheng was in Zhongshan or on the front line in Yunzhong, he was always dealing with the Turks. He is not unfamiliar with these things and it can be said that he has not exceeded his profession."

"He is now a Langjiang of the fifth rank. When the time comes, he will have a nominal title of Sixth Commander of the Eastern Palace, but he will actually be in charge of the Imperial Guard. He has been on the front line for many years and has been injured countless times. He has been killed five times just to save me. I cannot bear to see him die on the battlefield."

"He is not young anymore, and it is time for him to start a family. It is not a bad thing for him to leave the frontline battlefield and return to the capital to gather intelligence from the Turks."

"However, the area he is in charge of cannot avoid dealing with the Turks. I have to ask my father to give him a position in the Honglu Temple so that he can travel between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty with a legitimate reason."

"On the surface, they are envoys of two parties, but in reality, they are gathering intelligence for the Tang Dynasty, exploring secrets, understanding the details of the grassland, and completing the tasks assigned by my father and the court when the time is right to sow discord, form alliances, and win over the confidants around Jie Li, as well as the tribal leaders on the grassland who are dissatisfied with him."

Li Yan naturally had his own considerations for letting Chang Sheng be the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. One was that he really didn't have many capable people around him, while Chang Sheng was close to him, young and strong, and could be used easily.

Although he is also a traitor, he has experience!

Chang Sheng was very capable in terms of how to lurk, how to hide, how to infiltrate the enemy to gain their trust, and even how to take advantage of the breach of the Yongtong Canal and the grain in Taicang to plan the mutiny of the Zuotunwei Army that almost overthrew the city of Chang'an.

Moreover, he is one of the few experienced talents that Li Yan can come into contact with. He is loyal enough to Prince Yin, grateful, unmoved by fame and fortune, and determined. As long as Li Yan can subdue him, he will definitely be loyal to him and control the East Factory for him.

The most important thing is that he would not be bribed by Li Shimin. Because of Li Jiancheng, he might vote for anyone except Li Shimin.

In fact, in Li Yan's mind, there is another person who is more suitable, that is his own uncle Changsun Wuji. This man is shrewd, strategizing, and has a deep insight. He is the most suitable person to set up this department for him.

Unfortunately, he is now successful and has two legitimate sons of Empress Changsun. It's not that he has no other choice, but he is the most suitable. But if he can't help himself, he will stop the loss in time. Li Yan can't trust him completely.

Basically, Changsun Wuji is Li Shimin's die-hard supporter and would not work for him as wholeheartedly as Hou Junji.

If his Jinyiwei really asked Changsun Wuji to take charge, Li Shimin would either be worried, or it would be hard to say whether the Jinyiwei belonged to him or Changsun Wuji. So Changsheng was the most suitable person, who was not conspicuous and usually appeared as a stubborn warrior. As long as he could get rid of his obsession with Li Jiancheng, he could be used by Li Yan.

As for conquering Chang Sheng, Li Yan had some ideas in mind. Chang Sheng had a biological father named Chang Sanduo, and an engaged cousin who had been in Suizhou before and was being held hostage by Jie Li at the moment. She would soon be rescued by Li Ke and brought back to Chang'an City.

In addition, after the Xuanwu Gate Incident, all of Li Jiancheng's sons were killed. It seemed that there was a four-year-old daughter named Li Wanshun who was still alive. She was expelled from the family by Li Shimin and became an exile among the people.

All of these can be discussed, but the first thing to do is to separate Changsheng from the remaining ministers in the old prince's palace, such as Sun Da and Wu Qing, to prevent Changsheng from being influenced by them, and then find a way to recruit them for personal use.

Finally, seeing that Li Shimin was in a good mood, Li Yan said another purpose: "Father, I will focus all my attention on this matter in the next period of time. In addition, I am still young, so I don't want to go to court for the time being, and concentrate on doing this well and live up to your expectations."

Li Shimin was slightly startled, then shook his head with a wry smile. Today was only the first day this kid went to court, and he had slowly let him participate in court discussions and understand the rules of government operations. He didn't expect that he would have to give up this idea today.

In contrast, Li Ke showed great interest in participating in the court meeting. It was said that he celebrated with a few close confidants in his mansion last night.

(End of this chapter)