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Chapter 894: Political Discussion in Chengqing Palace (Part )
At this point, Li Jing shook the letter from Changsun Wuji in his hand and said, "From the information Lord Changsun has received, there is no witness or physical evidence against Jie Li. Everything is just what the young man said himself."

"Plus, Jie Li wanted to use the Tang Dynasty to get rid of the Right Wise King, so he must have added some unfounded circumstantial evidence?"

"I read the contents of the letter carefully and found that the reason why the emperor, Prime Minister Fang, and Lord Changsun believed it was mainly because Jie Li had done it. Everyone felt that such a person would not do such an unreliable thing, so they believed it."

"In fact, there is not even a shred of evidence."

Li Shimin's old face turned red. He knew that there was another meaning behind Li Jing's words, that is, he did not come to the throne in a legitimate way, and Prince Yin had always been a nightmare in his heart. He would overreact if provoked casually by someone.

With a guilty conscience, they would rather believe it than not, and would rather kill three thousand people by mistake than let one go. This led to a series of misjudgments.

Li Jing's face was filled with disdain: "Master Changsun said that the Right Wise King wanted to seize the land of the Three Han in order to establish a country here to confront the Tang Dynasty. This is simply a foolish dream and nonsense."

"Master Fang, tell me, if you were the son of the Right Wise King or the Hidden Crown Prince, would you take the Three Kingdoms of Korea as your base and then slowly attack the Tang Dynasty?"

Fang Xuanling was Li Shimin's chief strategist and could be called the contemporary Zhang Zifang. He had a very sharp vision and was previously led astray by Li Shimin. Now that he had calmed down, he naturally discovered the suspicious points easily.

After thinking carefully about Li Jing's questioning, he slowly shook his head and said, "The land of the Three Kingdoms of Korea is located in a remote northeastern corner. It is mountainous and the land is barren."

"Goguryeo and the Central Plains are sworn enemies. The three regions have been separated from the Central Plains for more than a thousand years and do not agree with the Central Plains. Over the past thousand years, they have formed an independent culture and ideology, and are very repulsive to the Central Plains."

"The Right Wise King controls half of the eastern Turkic territory, like a fish in the sea or a bird in the sky. If he enters the Liaodong peninsula, it will be like a fish in a net or a bird in a cage, which will lead to a dead end. As long as the Tang Dynasty sends troops from Hebei and captures the Liaohe Plain, his tribe will be trapped."

"If I were the Right Wise King, I would definitely not come up with such an idea. Isn't this just walking into a trap?"

Fang Xuanling's analysis was well-organized and reasonable, and Li Shimin nodded in approval.

"If he is the son of Prince Yin, he will definitely be plotting to take over the world."

Li Jing pondered and said, "The Right Wise King has been hiding quietly in the Turks for so many years, which means he is alone. Your Majesty, think about it, for ordinary big families, even if the emperor personally targets them, it will be difficult to eradicate them temporarily, and they will definitely leave behind some loyal soldiers and family generals."

"As long as these people are here, there will be some clues left behind, right?"

"If you were afraid of Jie Li before, but now the Right Wise King holds the real power of the entire Turkic people, his words are law, and he has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. If you were Prime Minister Fang, what would you do next?"

When asked this question, Fang Xuanling answered without hesitation: "Of course, I will announce my identity, denounce your majesty's crimes to the world, and then win public opinion and the hearts of the people. I will recruit old subordinates from the Central Plains, build momentum, and prepare to go south to replace you."

In the Xuanwu Gate Incident that year, Li Jiancheng was the victim and did not commit any crime. It was Li Shimin who took the initiative and seized the country that should have belonged to Prince Yin. His descendants took back the empire in a just and upright manner, without any illegal reasons.

You can just be open and honest, why do you have to hide things?

Anyone with a little common sense can understand this. After all, the power of the Right Wise King is in an enemy country outside the Tang Dynasty, and they are fighting for the world with violence. They don't need to care about the leakage of information and suppression by the court.

Fang Xuanling blurted out, and then seemed to see Li Shimin's gloomy face, and quickly bowed and confessed his guilt.

Although Li Shimin felt very uncomfortable talking about the past and digging up taboo secrets, the truth analyzed by the two people in front of him really made Li Shimin put down the worry in his heart and he breathed a sigh of relief.

God knows, ever since he learned that the Right Wise King had become powerful on the grassland, Li Shimin has been restless day and night and has had nightmares many times. He dreamed of a young man who looked very similar to his elder brother, leading a million-strong army to break into Chang'an City, and in front of the Xuanwu Gate, loudly questioning him about his sins.

He cut himself into pieces, and his own descendants desperately called on him for help in a pool of blood, but were finally brutally murdered.

Every time Li Shimin woke up from a nightmare, he was sweating all over his clothes and exhausted. Then he ordered people to light all the candles in the bedroom and stayed awake all night.

Now, after the analysis by the two older ministers, Li Shimin felt relieved. He also knew that Fang Xuanling was not making a slip of the tongue, but was reminding him indirectly that things were not as he thought.

Li Shimin waved his hand indifferently, showing a ashamed expression.

When Fang Xuanling first learned about the inside story, he raised objections, but was rudely interrupted by himself. At that time, he also thought that regardless of the true or false identity of this person, it would always be right to get rid of this person, so he did not allow Fang Xuanling to pursue the matter further.

Now it seems that it was indeed caused by my own mental illness.

Li Jing continued to analyze: "There are many former subordinates of Prince Yin in the court. Wei Zheng, Li Gang, Wang Gui, Wei Ting and others are all in high positions. Have they discovered that the Right Wise King has secretly contacted them? Apart from other things, Xue Wanshu, the governor of Yingzhou, is nearby. The Xue brothers are loyal to Jiancheng and lead a large army." "They are separated from the Right Wise King by the Liao River. The two sides have been in a standoff for nearly half a year. Has the Right Wise King tried to recruit them?"

Li Shimin shook his head bitterly. These people had his own spies around them, who were mainly watching them for any suspicious behavior. Those in Chang'an City were easy to deal with, but Xue Wanshu had many spies around him, so he was the focus of attention.

Especially during the time when Jie Li was stationed on the north bank of the Liao River, Li Shimin could know which concubine's room Xue Wanshu slept in at night, what she ate for three meals a day, and how many times she went to the toilet. He could be sure that there was no suspicion at all.

It seems that he really overlooked a lot of details. His identity as the son of Prince Yin attracted all the attention, so that he lost his normal judgment. This made Li Shimin feel very self-blaming and frustrated.

Li Jing said confidently: "He didn't make any preparations for the rebellion, but directly led the foreign army to the city, and just relied on his words to say that he was the son of Prince Yin. Who would believe him?"

"Even if you are genuine, neither the ministers nor the people will accept it. They will only think that the Right Wise King is using this as an excuse to invade the Central Plains."

This meticulous analysis makes a lot of sense. From this perspective, why doesn't the Right Wise King seem like he wants to overthrow the Tang Dynasty?

At this point, Li Jing said excitedly: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Fang, you are in the middle of the situation, confused by the identity of the son of the hidden prince, and you didn't pay attention to what's happening outside?"

"What's happening outside?" Fang Xuanling's eyes flashed and he began to think.

After a few breaths, Fang Xuanling was shocked, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face, and he looked at Li Jing in surprise.

Li Jing's face was filled with an inexplicable expression as he said, "Didn't you find that the battle in Liaodong was very strange and bizarre?"

"For no apparent reason, Jie Li went south and hammered Goguryeo to death. He defeated it in one fell swoop and wiped out the three kingdoms. He then left the cities and land to the Tang Dynasty. Most importantly, he actually took away 500,000 or 600,000 young and strong men from the Three Kingdoms of Korea."

"We all know that money and cities are not important, but population, especially young and strong people, are the core of the three places' resistance against the Central Plains and their independence."

"The Turks are cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron!"

"Why do the grasslands need so many young men? As long as there are cattle, sheep and food on the land, can't the Turks have children? Bringing these foreigners to the grasslands will only add burdens and cause trouble for us, right?"

"The Right Wise King kept saying he wanted land and cities, but in the end he didn't take them seriously and just threw them to the Tang Dynasty!"

"From the perspective of an outsider, I feel that the Right Wise King is simply using the Turks to expand the territory of our Tang Dynasty. In the Liaodong Campaign, we did not suffer any losses, and we were able to obtain a place that the former Sui Yang Empire could not obtain even after its empire was destroyed."

"How can this be a grudge against Your Majesty for killing his father? If you don't know, you might think that the Right Wise King was sent by Your Majesty?"

'Well'

Li Shimin was startled, then shook his head with a smile: "Brother Jing, please don't talk nonsense. Xuanling is here to testify for me. I don't have such a great talent to send to the grassland."

"So it seems that the Right Wise King has indeed been trying to show goodwill to our Tang Dynasty?"

Fang Xuanling drew a line between the Right Wise King and the Crown Prince Yin in his mind. When he looked at it again, he suddenly saw many details that he had not noticed before: "On the night they broke through, they left 40,000 war horses in Liaodong City."

"You have to know that we were fighting to the death. Even if the horses of the Right Wise King's army could not run anymore, they could have been killed. But they left all the horses to the Flying Tiger Army. They were all strong and fine horses, right?"

Li Jing asked in confusion: "What do you mean by 40,000 horses?"

Li Shimin then realized that the battle of Liaodong City had been told to the outside world in a different way, so he told Li Jing the details. Li Jing's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he slapped his thigh and said, "That's right, we were surrounded by enemies at that time. If it were me, I would definitely kill all the horses to vent my hatred."

"But the Right Wise King left his warhorse to his 'enemy who murdered his father'?"

"The Right Wise King is known in the Turkic world as a demon from hell. He is decisive and ruthless in killing people. Thousands of Turkic people have died in his hands. There are piles of corpses under the throne of the Right Wise King. He is definitely not a kind person."

"In such a rage, not only did they not kill the horses, but even during the breakout, none of our soldiers were killed. This is obviously unreasonable."

"Your Majesty, I think this Right Wise King is a friend of the Tang Dynasty, not an enemy. Although there are some misunderstandings, I think the Right Wise King knows that it is his fabricated background that caused the trouble, so he did not take it seriously. Your Majesty should show goodwill and use this person to contain the Xueyantuo."

(End of this chapter)