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Chapter 655: Conquer Cheng Yaojin?
Cheng Yaojin was immediately touched by the arrogance and loyalty in the poem, as if he had returned to the frontier of war and the heroic spirit of guarding the border for the country. As a brave general on the battlefield, Cheng Yaojin could feel the desolation and heroism in the poem more easily than others.

The "Flying General Cheng Yaojin of Longcheng" in the poem refers to the incident in the Han Dynasty when Wei Qing attacked Longcheng of Xiongnu. It also refers to the flying general Li Guang of the Han Dynasty. Both Wei Qing and Li Guang spent most of their lives fighting against the Xiongnu and preventing them from raiding the border. Every time the Xiongnu attacked a border city in the Han territory, the emperor almost always sent Li Guang as the governor.

Both Wei Qing and Li Guang were brave generals famous throughout the world during the Han Dynasty.

Although Cheng Yaojin also thought highly of himself, he did not dare to be compared with Wei Qing and Li Guang. Looking at Cheng Yaojin's life, he was mainly fighting civil wars and fighting with his own people to have his current status. From this point of view, he is probably far inferior to Wei and Li!
Feeling the prince's praise and expectations for him, Cheng Yaojin was even more excited. There were countless famous generals in the court, and many of them were stronger than himself. What virtue and ability did he have to make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince compare him with Wei Qing and Li Guang? This made Cheng Yaojin feel ashamed and embarrassed.

Li Yan said with a serious face: "General, there were many famous generals in the Qin and Han dynasties. Bai Qi, Han Xin, Chu Xiang and others were all heroes of their time, but I never praised them. General, do you know why?"

Cheng Yaojin was already feeling quite uneasy at this point, and looked at the young prince in front of him with confusion.

"Although they are brave, their main achievements in life are only in fighting against internal forces. Even if they are brave, it is useless."

Li Yan exuded a righteous spirit that stood between heaven and earth, which made Cheng Yaojin, a fierce general, look at him with a sidelong glance: "A real man stands between heaven and earth, and should cultivate the righteous spirit of heaven and earth, do things that are upright and aboveboard, and if he is poor, he should take care of himself, and if he is rich, he should help the world!"

"To fight for living space and expand more territory for the country, the nation and future generations is a true war of justice."

"I present this poem to the general, firstly to appreciate the loyalty of the general and his son in defending the border for the country, and secondly to encourage the general to make new achievements on the battlefield in the future, to defend the Tang Dynasty against the Turks, to expand the territory, to be famous for all eternity, and to be as famous as Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Li Guang and other famous generals, so that when future generations mention the Tang Dynasty, they will also have heroes comparable to them!"

Well.
Cheng Yaojin was stunned. The human brilliance and the heroic spirit emanating from the young and weak prince at this moment made him feel as if he was seeing Li Shimin for the first time. His mind was greatly shaken, and a sense of mission that he had never felt before grew from deep in his heart.

But this feeling did not make Cheng Yaojin feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, he felt extremely honored.

This made his heart, which had been through so much of the world and had hardly ever experienced any emotions, feel excited and his blood boil again!

Cheng Yaojin immediately knelt on the ground excitedly, just like every time he took over the mission of Guangrong from Li Shimin, and formally took over the poem: "Your Highness, I am grateful for your praise. Your Highness, rest assured, I will not let you down."

"During this Northern Expedition against the Turks, if I cannot chase the Turks away for thousands of miles like Wei Qing and Li Guang did, I will not be worthy of the praise from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I will keep this poem and will not let others see it. After the Northern Expedition against the Turks, I will hang this poem in the main hall of the Cheng family with my own merits, so that it will be justified and deserved."

On the one hand, Cheng Yaojin was grateful for the prince's praise, but on the other hand, he was held up by Li Yan's golden lock.

Apart from anything else, if this poem was made public and known to famous generals such as Li Jing, Yuchi Gong, and Zhang Gongjin, wouldn't they ridicule and laugh at me? Although you, Cheng Yaojin, have a good reputation and have fought two battles, to say that you are better than others is overestimating your own abilities.

It is obvious that this poem will be passed down through the ages. Just based on your achievements, Old Cheng, you compare yourself with Wei Qing and Li Guang. Do you have the nerve to do so?

Are you sorry?

The prince is encouraging you, but don’t you know your own capabilities?

If you don't have any great achievements and dare to use this poem to compare yourself, not only will you embarrass yourself, but you will also implicate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for not being able to judge people and for misjudging a rat.

But Cheng Yaojin really couldn't bear to give up such a glorious thing, because it was the only one in the whole court, destined to be passed down to future generations and recorded in history. When people recited this poem in the future, they would remember him. Even Yuchi Jingde, the Right Guard General trusted by the emperor, would probably be jealous and crazy, and would rather exchange his Right Guard General for this poem.

What Li Yan threw out was a piece of fat meat that no one would refuse even if they knew there was a hook. In Cheng Yaojin's eyes, it was even more precious than his own title of Duke of Lu. No one knew how many titles a Duke would be given in one day, but such a peerless poem was hard to come by.

Therefore, under such a big olive branch, Cheng Yaojin had no choice, so he stood in line without hesitation, kowtowed to Li Yan respectfully, and then said: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince has been so kind, and I have no choice but to repay you. Although my son cannot return to the capital to guard Your Highness, my other son is the youngest son you saw when Your Highness visited my humble home last time."

"Cheng Huaibi is at the age of being a scholar, one or two years younger than Your Highness. If Your Highness does not abandon him, I would like to let him be Your Highness's tutor and serve You." Li Yan was immediately delighted, stepped forward to help Cheng Yaojin up, held his big hand, and said eagerly: "General, this is to protect Cheng Qian, Cheng Qian is overjoyed, I will treat Huaibi as my own brother in the future, and will definitely not let him suffer any grievances."

The two smiled at each other and understood each other's intentions.

After Cheng Yaojin made up his mind, he felt completely relieved and no longer worried about the events of the ninth year of Wude. Even if the prince knew about it in the future, he would not take it to heart. Cheng Huailiang was dead, and that chapter was over. Everyone had to move on.

In fact, Li Yan thought about this poem for a long time and finally decided to use it on Cheng Yaojin. Because of this poem that has been passed down through the ages, the relationship between the monarch and his minister will inevitably be passed down to future generations with this poem, so the two people are essentially tied together.

Everyone will work hard for a beautiful, positive story of loyalty and righteousness. As the saying goes, if they unite, both will gain, while if they separate, both will lose. This poem ties the two people together.

For Cheng Yaojin, if Li Yan failed in the end, the existence of this poem would make him, as a loyal minister admired by the deposed prince, naturally rejected by the new emperor, and the Cheng family would even have no place to stand in the new dynasty.

Li Yan gave Cheng Yaojin a bright and promising road, forcing him to take it. It was also a righteous path that would shine through the ages, and it was an open conspiracy.

Therefore, Cheng Yaojin had no choice but to be a loyal minister and a filial son, and do his best to support Li Yan in ascending to the throne. Only then could the effect of this poem be maximized, and it might even become a talisman for the descendants of the Cheng family, and would have a huge and lasting influence in the world.

This positive influence will benefit Cheng Yaojin's descendants no matter which dynasty.

And Li Yan will not attack the Cheng family again, because you yourself praised them as loyal ministers of Wei Qing and Li Guang. As an emperor, you will naturally protect them in every possible way to set a positive example of loyal ministers and virtuous monarchs for all the ministers in the world. Unless Cheng Yaojin rebels, there is no reason for him to contradict himself.

With this poem, both of them put down the last bit of worry in their hearts. Cheng Yaojin no longer had to worry about the prince knowing about the events of the ninth year of Wude and taking revenge on the Cheng family. In the future, he could stand on Li Yan's side with confidence and use his own merits to wash away his past sins.

Li Yan also eliminated all the sequelae of Cheng Huailiang's death. Even if Cheng Yaojin had doubts, or even knew that he had killed someone with a borrowed knife, he would not take it to heart.

In fact, in this era, it is normal for different branches of a family to take different positions, and being killed by the other side after gaining power will not affect other people in the family.

For example, Cheng Huaimo supported Li Yan, and Cheng Huailiang supported the King of Shu.

Even if Cheng Huailiang didn't die, when Li Yan came to power, he would only have to settle accounts with Cheng Huailiang. As for his parents and relatives, they are also Cheng Huaimo's parents. They can't be implicated, right?

These families don't put all their eggs in one basket in order to spread the risk, bet on multiple positions, and let different children follow different bosses. They know that the losers will be eliminated in the end. They value the continuation and development of the family more, and the sacrifices are justified. They have enjoyed the glory and training of the family, and it is natural for them to devote themselves to the family.

This is why there are large and influential families that have been passed down for hundreds of years.

Rulers of every dynasty have been working hard to break up and suppress such large-scale groups. Until modern times, each family only had a few people, and everyone was thinking about themselves. No one would sacrifice for other family members. Naturally, it was impossible to form the aristocratic families that controlled the situation in a country during the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

After a series of events, Li Yan finally accepted Cheng Huaibi into the East Palace through a poem, and forcibly pulled the forces that gradually leaned towards Li Ke into his arms. It can be said that he had good intentions and it was not easy!
At the same time, this was also Li Yan's way of submitting a satisfactory answer to Li Shimin and important officials in the court as the crown prince, demonstrating his open-minded political mind and scheming skills, making him worthy of being the crown prince of a great country.

Finally, the most important thing is that Li Yan is showing his political ideas.

Li Yan spent a huge sum of money to buy horse bones, and used the story of Cheng Yaojin to subtly show the generals in the court his ambition to conquer the world. He was extremely interested in and supportive of things like using force to expand borders and territory.

As the prince grew older, Li Yan's ambitions and ideals attracted more and more attention from court officials. Even if they did not take sides, they wanted to know what the ideals of the king they would be loyal to in the future were. Not to mention the civil officials, governing the world would never stop.

(End of this chapter)