"Yes..." Li Tai came back to his senses and said, "This is a strategy that I came up with myself."
A trace of disdain flashed in Han Wen's eyes. Li Tai had high hands but low eyesight. How could he come up with such a plan?
"Your Highness is admirable for his resourcefulness. I will arrange it right away," Han Wen said.
"Then sir, go quickly. I am waiting for the good news from the court tomorrow." Li Tai said with a smile.
"Your Highness, don't worry."
After Han Wen exited, he asked someone to prepare the carriage and arrived at Cui's house.
"What happened?" Cui Hao asked.
In order to hide, usually when there is no big event, people are sent to secretly convey the message. Now that Han Wen is here, something big must have happened.
"Sir, something big has happened." Han Wen quickly told Cui Hao that there was an expert behind Li Tai.
"What? Are they from other families?" Cui Hao asked.
Han Wen shook his head and said: "Sir, I have thought about this matter. It should be impossible. If it is someone from other sects, there should be no need for Li Tai to hide it."
Cui Hao walked back and forth in the room distractedly for a long time and asked, "Have any outsiders come into contact with Li Tai during this time?"
"There is nothing abnormal during this period." Han Wen frowned and said hard: "During this period, Li Tai has been in contact with the same people as before."
"Is there nothing unusual? Maybe people who didn't interact with each other frequently before are suddenly interacting with each other frequently," Cui Hao reminded.
Han Wen's eyes lit up and he said: "Hou De, Hou Junji's eldest son, Hou De, has been to Furong Garden quite frequently recently. It's just that Hou De is just a playboy, so he shouldn't be so scheming."
"He doesn't, but Hou Junji does."
Cui Hao sneered: "I underestimated Hou Junji. I always thought that Hou Junji was just a chess piece to be manipulated. Now it seems that he is not willing to be a chess piece."
"Sir, what should we do now?" Han Wen asked.
Cui Hao sneered: "The chess pieces naturally don't want to be chess pieces, but it doesn't matter. The chess pieces will always be chess pieces and cannot jump out of the chess board."
"But this time is indeed an opportunity. As long as your Majesty can reprimand the prince a few words, it will be enough. It would be even better if the prince is punished."
"What should we do about Hou Junji? Let him conspire with Li Tai like this? Li Tai even hid it from me this time. It seems that he wants to escape from control." Han Wen said.
He is not only Li Tai's counselor, but also sent to Li Tai by the family to connect Li Tai and the family.
Cui Hao said: "You don't have to worry about Hou Junji, I will beat him so that he can be his chess piece with peace of mind. You go back and tell Li Tai first that someone will impeach the prince tomorrow, so that he can rest assured."
"Sir, do you want some banging from Li Tai?" Han Wen asked.
Cui Hao smiled and said: "No need, the more restless he is, the better."
What the Aristocratic Family wants is for Li Tai to be restless. The more restless Li Tai is, the more he needs to rely on the Aristocratic Family.
…
"Master Cui is a rare visitor, please come inside." Hou Junji said with a smile.
"Your Excellency, don't blame me for coming uninvited." Cui Hao said.
"How could that happen?"
Hou Junji welcomed Cui Hao to the hall. The maid brought tea. Hou Junji sent all the servants away and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Cui is here?"
"Does Duke Lu really not know the purpose of my visit?" Cui Haopi said with a smile.
Hou Junji laughed and said, "It seems that Mr. Cui already knows."
He had never thought that he could hide it from the noble family, so he didn't care that Cui Hao knew.
"Should Duke Lu give me an explanation? At first, Duke Lu promised to support King Wei with our family, but now he is making suggestions for King Wei without telling us. Could it be that he wants to abandon us?" Cui Hao asked.
Hou Junji smiled faintly and said: "Master Cui is joking. I have no power and power now. I just have an empty title."
"You did this because we didn't speak for you?" Cui Hao said suddenly.
"Yes, you promised me back then that you would give me a hand at the right time. I risked my life to send an envoy to the Turks. Now His Majesty wants to send an army to the border. Your family promised to help, but you didn't say a word." Hou Jun.
Ji Leng Leng said.
Cui Hao said solemnly: "Gong Lu, you need to understand the situation. Your Majesty's decision to send troops to the border was directly decided and was not discussed in court. How do you want us to help you?"
"With the power of the family, if you really want to help, how can you not have a chance?" Hou Junji sneered.
"You..." Cui Hao said angrily, "Do you want to expose the connection between us?"
If the court was discussing matters, it would be easy for them to help Hou Junji.
Li Shimin didn't even bring up the issue of sending troops to the court. If they rushed to Li Shimin to tell him to send Hou Junji, even a fool would know that something was wrong.
Hou Junji naturally knew this, but he risked his life as an envoy to the grassland. If he hadn't been careful, he almost wouldn't have been able to come back.
How could he not hate the fact that he received a few words of praise from Li Shimin when he came back, but there were no other practical benefits.
On the one hand, he helped Li Tai with his plan this time because he hated Li Shimin, and on the other hand, he wanted the family to see what he was capable of and not to regard him as a fool.
Cui Hao took a deep breath, calmed down, and said: "Gong Lu, we are just sending a small force this time. Your chance will be when the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo start a war."
"Okay, if you still can't help me this time, don't blame me then." Hou Junji said.
"Don't worry, but during this period, I hope you will be more honest." Cui Hao said coldly.
…
When Lin Xuan returned home, he realized that he had forgotten the main purpose of entering the palace, so he turned his horse around and came to the palace again.
"Why are you back again?" Li Shimin asked strangely.
"Back to your Majesty, I was entrusted by the soldiers to ask your Majesty to give me the camp number." Lin Xuan said.
"Ha~, but a partial army actually wants a battalion number, which is quite heartbreaking." Li Shimin chuckled.
"Your Majesty, whether the army is strong or not does not entirely depend on the number of people, right?" Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Li Shimin was slightly startled: "You are quite confident."
"The troops trained by me are naturally confident."
Let’s not talk about ourselves first, both Xue Rengui and Xi Junmai are military generals who have left their names in history.
Although Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin and others are not as good as Xue Rengui and Xi Junmai, they are not mediocre either.
Li Shimin pondered for a while and then said: "I give the camp a name: Heroic Guard, and you are a brave general. I hope you will not live up to the word brave."
General Xiongyongwei sounds high-ranking, but in fact, in the early Tang Dynasty, such-and-such general was not worth much at all.
First of all, there were twelve guards in Chang'an, and there were twelve generals.
In addition, there are many generals who have no real power, such as Jieli Khan.
"Your Majesty, what grade do you think this is?" Lin Xuan asked curiously.
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said: "You are a fourth-grade official. Don't you like being an official? You are too young now?"
"Not too young, not too young. Although I don't like to be an official, but now that I am an official, the bigger the better, naturally, and it will give me face when I say it." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
The fourth-level military rank is no longer too small, and Cheng Yaojin and the others are only at the third-level rank.
"I'm going to tell you something ugly. This time, if the brave guards cannot meet my requirements, I will not only cancel the camp number, but also dismiss the brave guards." Li Shimin said with a serious look.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I won't disappoint you."