Wang Yuan did not hesitate and said: "What do you want to do?"
"Instigate the Tang Dynasty to fight with other countries, mobilize the troops from Chang'an, follow the example of the Xuanwu Sect, and force Li Tai to take over." Cui Lingdao said.
Wang Yuan was stunned and exclaimed: "You want to mutiny while the imperial court is at war with the grassland? As far as I know, Li Shimin did intend to send troops to pacify the grassland during the civil war in the grassland, but he wanted to use this to make Chang'an empty of troops.
Isn’t it a bit unrealistic?”
When fighting on the grasslands, the most important thing is cavalry. Since most of them are infantry, the Tang Dynasty will definitely bring some infantry, but it certainly cannot be too many. Therefore, it is simply unrealistic to leave Chang'an empty of troops.
"No, I have no intention of causing trouble in this grassland war. Datang must win." Cui Lingdao shook his head and said.
Wang Yuan said with some confusion: "The current prestige of the Tang Dynasty is already feared by all parties. If it leads the grassland to victory, who in the surrounding countries will dare to tease the tiger's beard of the Tang Dynasty?"
Cui Lingdao smiled lightly and said, "Brother Wang, has he forgotten how the Sui Dynasty fell?"
"You mean Goguryeo?"
Cui Lingdao smiled and nodded.
"Li Shimin has been leaving our family alone. Important matters are discussed with his confidants. If you want to secretly provide information to Goguryeo like when the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo were at war, it is unlikely. The most important thing is,
With the lessons learned from the Sui Dynasty’s three conquests of Goguryeo, would Li Shimin launch troops against Goguryeo?”
Wang Yuan's words revealed a shocking secret.
The Sui Dynasty was very powerful when it conquered Goguryeo for the first time. After all, Yang Jian left a very strong family background. Even though Yang Guang squandered a lot at that time, why did they lose so miserably?
In addition to the well-known factors, there are also many unknown factors.
The reason why Yang Guang lost so miserably was not only because the aristocratic family secretly hindered him, but more importantly, the Cui family secretly passed on a lot of information about the Sui army to Goguryeo.
Regarding this, the Li family where Li Shimin lives also knows about this.
But he couldn't say that, after all, the Li family's world was robbed of the Yang family.
In order to show that the Li family inherited destiny, they naturally tried their best to discredit Yang Guang.
If this matter is exposed, wouldn't it be tantamount to helping Yang Guang clear his name?
Most importantly, the role played by the Li family is also disgraceful.
This is also one of the reasons why Li Shimin has been suppressing the family.
Cui Lingdao said confidently: "I have studied Li Shimin carefully. In fact, Li Shimin and Yang Guang are very similar. They are both the kind of people who do whatever it takes to achieve their goals and are very happy with success. It's just that compared to Yang Guang, he has more restraint."
"Do you think Yang Guang will do what Yang Guang didn't do? What's more, if the Tang Dynasty pacified the grasslands, would Goguryeo not be afraid? According to the information I got, someone in Goguryeo has secretly contacted surrounding countries.
However, those countries are afraid of the Tang Dynasty and have not agreed yet. If the Tang Dynasty pacifies the grasslands, everyone in the countries surrounding the Tang Dynasty will be in danger, so they agreed to the alliance with Goguryeo."
"Goguryeo, like the Tang Dynasty, has a high-rise city. Once a war breaks out, a large number of troops will be needed. With Li Shimin's character, he will even go to war personally. With the number of our private soldiers, we can achieve great things."
"How many others? Who else is participating?" Wang Yuan asked.
The more people who participate, the greater the chance of success. Wang Yuan naturally hopes that the more people who participate will make an appointment.
"Brother Wang is the first family I contacted. But that's not important. Only with the same spirit can we fight against the royal family. If we fail, they will not end well. Do you think they will refuse?" Cui Ling said calmly.
said.
Wang Yuan nodded. If it were him, he would agree if he saw that the chance of success was relatively high.
"Okay, I agreed. I hope you promise me and don't break your promise." Wang Yuan carefully considered Cui Lingdao's words and felt that there was a high chance of success, so he finally decided to give it a try.
Mainly because of Li Shimin's attitude towards the family, he had to fight. Otherwise, with the family's cautious character, he would not agree to anything if there was even the slightest risk.
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Chang'an, Qintianjian
It has been a few days since Yuan Tiangang took office in Qintian Prison. Except for following Li Chunfeng around Qintian Prison on the first day, he spent the rest of the time reading in the room.
However, Qin Tian Jian was already at leisure, so there was no suggestion that he had neglected his duties.
Li Chunfeng walked into the room and saw Yuan Tiangang still reading. He finally suppressed his curiosity and asked: "Fellow Daoist Yuan, since you met His Majesty that day, you have been absent-minded. You have been looking through ancient books these days. Are you reading?"
What happened?"
Later generations had many opinions on the relationship between Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng. Some said that Li Chunfeng was Yuan Tiangang's apprentice, while others said that the two were close friends.
In fact, the two of them are not in a master-student relationship, nor can they be considered close friends, at least not yet.
Li Chunfeng only had a one-time relationship with Yuan Tiangang.
Therefore, after meeting Li Shimin that day, Li Chunfeng noticed something unusual about Yuan Tiangang and was too embarrassed to ask more questions.
But Yuan Tiangang has been doing this these days, and he can't help it anymore.
After hearing this, Yuan Tiangang put down his book, hesitated for a while, and said, "Fellow Daoist Li, do you believe in facial expressions?"
Li Chunfeng pondered for a while and said, "I believe it, I don't believe it either."
The faith he talks about means that he believes that one can tell whether a person is good or bad through his face.
As the saying goes, appearance comes from the heart, this is what it means.
When he said he didn't believe it, he meant he didn't believe that one could tell a person's future through his or her face.
Li Chunfeng's answer was a bit ambiguous, but Yuan Tiangang understood what he meant.
Yuan Tiangang nodded and said: "It's normal for Li Daoyou to say this, but Pindao has been studying physiognomy for many years. Although he can't clearly see a person's future, he can have a hazy look at it. There is nothing wrong with other people's faces.
Only the appearance of the Marquis of Jingyang County made Pindao question his research on physiognomy over the years."
"Oh? I wonder what's so strange about the appearance of the Marquis of Jingyang County?" Li Chunfeng asked.
Although he didn't quite believe it, he didn't completely deny physiognomy.
Yuan Tiangang pondered for a while, stopped his words, and said: "Judging from the appearance of the Marquis of Jingyang County, this man died young. According to his appearance, he should not live to be fifteen years old."
"As far as I know, the Marquis of Jingyang County is already seventeen years old." Li Chunfeng said.
In ancient times, age was calculated as one year old at birth, and one year old was added to each year.
Although Lin Xuan is not yet sixteen years old, according to ancient calculations, he is already seventeen years old.
In actual terms, Lin Xuan is only fifteen years old and will be sixteen in a few months.
But no matter how you calculate it, it is more than the age of fifteen mentioned by Yuan Tiangang.
Yuan Tiangang nodded and said: "The strange thing is here. At first glance, the face of the Marquis of Jingyang County looks like he died young, but if you look closely, it shows that he has lived a long life. I have never seen such a weird face."
If Lin Xuan's appearance was just that of someone who died young, Yuan Tiangang wouldn't be surprised.
After all, he has seen so many people, and there is no face he has not seen before.
But Lin Xuan's face, which seemed to have died young and lived a long life, made him feel strange.