Hou Junji nodded, shook his head and said, "Yes, and no."
"When the Supreme Emperor suppressed His Majesty's forces, most of the troops around Chang'an were replaced by the Supreme Emperor's confidants and Prince Yin's people. It was precisely because Prince Yin felt that he could rest easy that His Majesty was able to ambush them at Xuanwu Gate and kill them.
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"As for the Emperor's imperial edict, how could those people not know that it was not a false edict?"
"Those people all know that it's just that the Emperor has been controlled, so they can only stand still."
"But His Majesty is different from His Majesty back then. If His Majesty launches a mutiny, soldiers and horses from outside the city may enter the city at any time to serve the King."
"And if the aristocratic family can contain most of the troops outside the city, and if I can control some, we will definitely be able to succeed."
Li Tai hesitated and said: "In this way, the strength of the family will be too great, and I am worried about becoming the puppet of the family."
When Hou Junji heard this, he was very happy.
If Li Tai wants to limit the power of the family, he can only adopt a balance approach.
And he is the only one under Li Tai who has the ability to balance the family.
Of course, he definitely can't fight against the family by himself, and he also needs Li Tai's support.
And Li Tai would not worry about Hou Junji being too powerful, because without his support, Hou Junji would not be able to fight against the aristocratic family.
Hou Junji naturally knew this, but he didn't care. If he wanted to use him to balance the family, Li Tai would continue to give him power.
These are exactly what he wants.
"Your Highness is right, the aristocratic family is inherently powerful and must be guarded against," Hou Junji said.
Li Tai smiled and said that it would save trouble to talk to smart people. Since Hou Junji understood what he meant, he did not continue the topic and said: "Gong Lu said to stay in Chang'an, so how should I stay?
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"Your Highness, this matter is of great importance. If you don't pay attention, it may arouse your Majesty's suspicion. I need to think about it carefully." Hou Junji has no good solution now, so he can only say this.
"The aristocratic family said there is a way to help me, but they didn't say what the way was." Li Tai said.
"It seems that the family is waiting for His Highness to express his position." Hou Junji said.
"What does Duke Lu think this king should do?" Li Tai asked.
"I think Your Highness can agree, but you can't agree too quickly," Hou Junji said.
Li Tai smiled and said: "I think so too."
The two looked at each other and laughed.
…
Since Lin Xuan had decided on the date of his expedition, he basically spent the next few days at home with his parents, and in his spare time went to Zhuangzi to visit.
With his guarantee, the people in Zhuangzi became more enthusiastic about planting cotton, and all the vacant land around them was filled with cotton.
Just three days before the scheduled departure date, Liu Da came back.
"I'm very lucky to you during this time." Lin Xuan said, looking at Liu Da who was darkened.
Although it is not particularly hot in Lingnan at this time, the sun is still very bright in normal times.
"It's unfortunate to work for Lord Marquis," Liu Da said.
"By the way, how's it going over there in Lingnan?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Go back to the Marquis. When my subordinates came back, they had already bought the wood, and they should have started building the ship now."
"The people sent by Mr. Zhang are very familiar with shipbuilding. As soon as they went there, they discovered many problems that his subordinates could not find."
Liu Da felt a little ashamed when he said this. He felt that Lin Xuan trusted him to leave him there, but he had betrayed Lin Xuan's trust.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "I don't blame you for this. You haven't even been on a boat a few times, let alone built a boat."
"You have worked hard for so long, and the soldiers who stayed with you will each be rewarded with a reward. You will receive five rewards, and you will also be given half a month's leave to go home and spend time with your family." Lin Xuan said.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis. I will accept the reward. It's just a holiday. I heard that Lord Marquis will go on an expedition soon. How can I take a vacation at this time?" Liu Da said firmly.
Lin Xuan hesitated for a moment and said: "Well, there are still three days left before departure. These three days of vacation should be no problem, right?"
"Thank you, Lord Marquis." Liu Da said excitedly.
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"Ding~, congratulations to the host for successfully signing in, and you will be rewarded with master painting skills."
Lin Xuan let out a sigh of relief. In fact, he no longer had as much expectation as before about the quality of the rewards from the system.
After all, he has now established a firm foothold in the Tang Dynasty. If there are good things, he will not dislike them, and if they are not, he will not mind them too much.
However, as the sign-in ended on the first day of April, it also meant that he was about to set off.
At the door of Lin's house, Lin Dongyang, his wife, and Li Lizhi saw Lin Xuan off together.
No matter how worried the three of them were, they didn't show it at this time.
"Mom and dad, take care." Lin Xuan bowed to his parents.
"Xuan'er, take care of yourself." Zhang Qingqiang said with a smile.
Lin Xuan nodded and glanced at Li Lizhi.
Li Lizhi remembered the words of Empress Changsun: "A man wants to be in the world, and a woman cannot and cannot stop him. She can only send him away with a smile on her face and look after his home, otherwise he will be worried."
So no matter how worried and concerned Li Lizhi was, she looked at Lin Xuan with a smile like a flower.
Lin Xuan said nothing more, got on his horse, and rode away without looking back.
The soldiers behind quickly followed up.
Lin Dongyang and the other three didn't return home until Lin Xuan's figure completely disappeared.
Lin Xuan did not go to Chang'an City, but set off directly.
As for Zhuge Liannu, Li Shimin would naturally arrange for someone to send him there secretly.
It took three days for Lin Xuan to arrive at the small county town where Xue Rengui and the others were stationed.
Lin Xuan did not send anyone to notify Xue Rengui and the others, but came directly to the camp.
Fortunately, Lin Xuan had participated in the training of this army. Although he did not know these soldiers, they all knew him, and he was not blocked outside.
The captain guarding the gate of the camp gave instructions and personally led Lin Xuan the way.
Chinese army camp
Xue Rengui and Cheng Chumo were discussing matters.
Now that there is no war in the grassland, they only need to pay attention to the activities in the grassland and train their troops at the same time. But today, Qin Huaidao sent someone to send a message. Ashina Sheer urged to send someone with status to meet him as soon as possible, otherwise he would defect to him.
Western Turks and Xue Yantuo are one of them.
Lin Xuan was not here, and Xue Rengui was only a deputy general and could not directly make the decision, so he sent someone to call Cheng Chumo and others to discuss it.
At this moment, the curtain of the tent was opened, and a figure walked in.
Xue Rengui frowned slightly, this army was basically trained by him.
He is strict in running the army, and breaking in without notification is obviously a violation of military regulations.
But when he saw the person coming in clearly, Xue Rengui exclaimed: "General."
Cheng Chumo and others were also overjoyed. They stood up and saluted: "See you, General."
No matter what their personal relationship is, in the military, Lin Xuan is their superior and must hold an official title.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, what are you discussing?"