Li Ji's face turned pale. Even though he had been in battle for a long time and was well-informed, he could not help but be frightened at this moment. He said in a deep voice: "If this is really the case, what means will they use to murder His Highness?"
Fang Jun and Ma Zhou were silent.
Throughout the ages, imperial power has represented the supreme power and status of the world, and naturally it is accompanied by the most sinister experiences and dangers in the world. Poisoning, assassination, and all kinds of extremes are used. Only the detailed deeds can be seen in
The historians don’t know how many of them there are, let alone the truths that are buried under the dust of history?
Even the emperor is so "high-risk", but the prince is even better.
Because the prince not only has to face fear and suspicion that may come from the emperor, but also faces fights from people with ulterior motives. Since his own security measures are not as high as the emperor's, the danger is naturally even greater.
Just counting history, deposed, died of illness, accident, death...
There are countless people who failed to successfully take over the throne and died in the middle.
It may be very difficult to murder the emperor, but there are too many opportunities and methods to murder a prince...
Li Chengqian didn't have much courage to begin with. He was so frightened that he almost stood up as he listened to the words of several people. He swallowed hard and said hesitantly: "
This... Zhao Guogong is also Gu's uncle after all, and Zhinu is Gu's blood sibling, so it won't make Gu end up as miserable as the young master Fusu, right?"
Prince Fusu was the crown prince of the Qin Dynasty and was highly respected by the civil and military ministers of the DPRK. However, Qin Shihuang died violently. Zhao Gao conspired with Prince Hu Hai to not announce the funeral and conceal the fact of Qin Shihuang's violent death. They then fabricated an edict to frame Prince Fusu to death.
, and eventually the son Hu Hai came to the throne and became the second emperor of Qin.
If His Majesty Li Er secretly ordered him, the crown prince, to commit suicide while he was on an expedition to the east... Li Chengqian trembled all over and broke out in cold sweat just thinking about it.
Li Ji shook his head and said: "That's not the case. Qin Shihuang was ruthless and murderous, so when Hu Hai, Li Si, and Zhao Gao made false edicts and ordered Fusu to commit suicide, Fusu did not realize that there was a fraud, and even
Meng Tian only had suspicions and did not dare to say that Li Si and Zhao Gao were hypocritical. However, His Majesty was different in the end. Although he had the desire to save money, his starting point was the long-term peace and stability of the empire, rather than being extremely disappointed with His Highness and even wanting to kill him.
"Your Majesty is as majestic as a mountain, but he values love and righteousness. Therefore, if someone holds an edict and wants to carry out Fusu's old deeds, who will believe it?"
Li Chengqian thought about it carefully and breathed a sigh of relief.
Indeed, as Li Ji said, the reason why his father wanted Yi Chu was because he was worried that his temper was not enough to take up the position of Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the country that defeated him single-handedly would be defeated, rather than because he disliked himself for being in the way.
.Otherwise, why bother with Zhou Zhang in such a big way, just so that Yi Chu can still save his wealth and life as the prince?
"Since they have no chance in the open, they can only do it secretly." Ma Zhou frowned and said slowly.
The atmosphere suddenly became depressing again.
As the saying goes, it is easy to hide from an open gun, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow. No matter how ruthless the overt method is, there is still a possibility of counterattack, but if the enemy really attacks secretly, it will be impossible to guard against it.
Fang Jun held the tea cup in his hand and suddenly said: "That may not be the case."
Several people looked at him, and he continued: "As Brother Bin Wang said, His Majesty's dissatisfaction with His Highness is all because His Highness's temperament is too weak in his opinion, and he is not suitable to be the king of the empire, let alone lead the empire.
Let’s build on the past and create greater glory in the future. However, the prerequisite for His Majesty’s easy succession is to protect His Majesty’s wealth and life. It is precisely because too many princes have rarely died a happy death after being deposed, so His Majesty has hesitated until now. If not, His Majesty would have issued an edict long ago.
Order, depose Your Highness."
Li Chengqian looked a little embarrassed, but nodded slightly and had to admit this fact.
Fang Jun continued: "So, if the prince suddenly dies during your majesty's eastern expedition, will your majesty follow the trend and hand over the crown prince's position to the king of Jin, or will he imprison the king of Jin again in anger?"
Of course it's the latter.
After going through the "Xuanwumen Incident", His Majesty Li Er suffered a lot of infamy. At the same time, he also deeply realized the moral torture that killing brothers brought to him. This kind of sin must be carried for the rest of his life and can never be washed away.
As a result, he would be awakened by his own nightmare every time he dreamed about it at midnight.
Therefore, for many years, His Majesty Li Er has been trying his best to cultivate his children, and even raised King Jin in his palace, just to use his own actions to influence his sons, so that they understand that no matter how supreme power is, if it is through siblings
If you gain something by killing each other, you must suffer the condemnation of conscience, and you will never get true happiness in your life.
What is particularly important is that he himself had no choice but to use such cruel means to ascend to the throne. Once his son still makes the same mistakes, it is very likely that the ownership of such a traditional throne will not be granted by God, but can be earned through acquired efforts.
Plan.
As a result, the bloodline of the Li Tang royal family will fall into a cycle of fratricide, with brothers fighting against each other in a cycle of disaster that will never have peace, until the blood line is cut off and the country is overthrown...
How could His Majesty Li Er let such a tragedy happen? So even though he wanted Yi Chu, he only wanted to balance all parties in a stable situation and protect the prince from a good death. Otherwise, he would have violated his
The original intention is absolutely intolerable.
If the crown prince suddenly dies suddenly at the critical moment of the fight for the throne, and His Majesty Li Er is marching thousands of miles away from the capital, you can imagine how angry His Majesty Li Er will be.
With His Majesty Li Er's courage, how could he allow the King of Jin, who is suspected of murdering his brother, to succeed to the throne?
If you don't give him a glass of poisonous wine to kill him, His Majesty Li Er is magnanimous and affectionate...
Therefore, taking advantage of His Majesty Li Er's personal conquest to murder the crown prince would not only fail to help the King of Jin win the throne, but would instead make His Majesty Li Er heartbroken and disappointed. This is definitely not the behavior of a wise man.
Several people agreed with Fang Jun's inference, and the problem returned to its original point.
"Since they can't murder the prince, let alone push the king of Jin to the throne, why do they dare to think that Erlang has only a few days left and will definitely die?"
Li Chengqian really couldn't understand it.
Li Ji thought for a while and said: "There is another possibility. Since they cannot murder Erlang in Chang'an or even within the boundaries of Guanzhong, what about transferring Erlang out of Guanzhong and then setting up an ambush?"
Facing assassinations one after another, Fang Jun has become a frightened bird. He is surrounded by elite and powerful guards anytime and anywhere. If he wants to assassinate again, he can only use the army to surround Fang Jun to death.
It works.
Chang'an is the capital of the empire, and it is impossible to mobilize a large army unless one is bent on rebellion.
Then the only option is to transfer Fang Jun out of Guanzhong. After all, the Guanlong nobles still have a deep influence on the army to this day. It is not difficult to mobilize 8,000 people.
Based on the analysis of Wang Zhixuan's words up to this point, it has almost been speculated that Changsun Wuji might use methods to create a sudden local riot. When Fang Jun went to calm the situation, he would wait for an opportunity to surround and kill him.
As for the means to transfer Fang Jun away from Chang'an, it is actually not difficult.
When His Majesty Li Er is on his own expedition and the Crown Prince supervises the country, Fang Jun, who is the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of Military Aircraft, will be in charge of Chang'an's military deployment. As long as a riot occurs in the local area at this time, Fang Jun will be the first responsible person and must respond promptly.
calm.
Li Chengqian looked at Fang Jun solemnly and warned: "After my father's imperial conquest, Erlang will assist Gu Da in taking charge of Guanzhong's defense. All he needs to do is sit in the center and never be on the front line, lest the traitors take advantage of him."
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Fang Jun could easily be transferred out of Chang'an due to mental arithmetic or not, but now that he has made preparations, that is a different matter.
Fang Jun nodded and said, "Thank you for your consideration, Your Highness. I will try my best to be careful."
After some speculation, it seems that they are close to the truth, and Changsun Wuji's secret plan seems to have been exposed, but Fang Jun always feels that the matter is probably not that simple.
What kind of government and scheming is Changsun Wuji? Even when he was cheating, he could gain a slight upper hand, but the actual benefits were never snatched from Changsun Wuji's hands. Back then, even his father
Being suppressed by Changsun Wuji, how could such a person simply set up a plan that was so easy to see through?
Fang Jun was almost certain that Changsun Wuji's plan would be fine if he didn't launch it. Once it was launched, it would definitely be something that Chang'an couldn't come up with if he couldn't think of it...