Han Wen looked at Li Tai in shock. He didn't know where Li Tai knew about it.
Regardless of the fact that the aristocratic family is based on family inheritance, in fact, the aristocratic family also attaches great importance to cultivating talents, not only the talents of the family, but also some children from poor families.
Although the aristocratic family has a good education and a large number of members, it does not have talents from generation to generation. In order to maintain the prosperity of the family, the aristocratic family will also recruit and train some relatively talented children from poor families.
Some of these poor people are in the open and some are in the dark.
Those in the dark can be said to be the top secrets of a family. Except for the patriarch and a few people, the rest of the people don't know at all.
Since the aristocratic family's action would arouse Li Shimin's suspicion, then those people secretly trained by the aristocratic family would take action.
In fact, Li Tai didn't know that the family had secretly trained some people. This was what Hou Junji told him in a letter.
Hou Junji is not stupid, so it is impossible that he does not know Li Shimin's attitude towards the aristocratic family.
If the Aristocratic Family speaks for him, let alone re-employ him, it will be fine if he is not suspected by Li Shimin.
As Li Shimin's confidant, Hou Junji still knew many unknown secrets.
Li Tai was still skeptical at first, but when he saw Han Wen's expression, he knew that what Hou Junji said was true.
The wariness of the aristocratic family became even deeper in my heart.
"What's the matter? You said before that the family would do its best to support me, but now you are hesitant. Could it be that you were deceiving me before?" Li Tai said with a somewhat unhappy look on his face.
"Your Highness has misunderstood. It's just that I can't make the decision. It depends on the family." Han Wen said.
Li Tai said calmly: "Then you go and talk to the family. If Hou Junji gathers his troops and the war on the grassland has not started yet, the family must help Hou Junji so that he can lead the army. If he can't, then I will still
Just feel free to be an idle prince."
This is not to scare the family, but he really plans to do so.
If the aristocratic family helps Hou Junji gain power, then he can give it a try.
There is not much power under him, and even if there are some officials who have nothing to do with the aristocratic family, their official positions are not high.
Besides, with Hou Junji's reminder, he also had some doubts, whether some of those people were arranged by aristocratic families?
Even if he succeeds, what will happen if he becomes emperor? He will be nothing more than a puppet.
Seeing the determination on Li Tai's face, Han Wen had no choice but to respond: "Yes, I will go and communicate with the family tomorrow."
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When Hara Ippei returned to Fuso, he did not go to see the emperor, but went directly to Soga Ezo's house.
After the death of Queen Suiko, Soga Ezo tampered with the imperial edict and supported Emperor Shumei to succeed to the throne, and was able to monopolize power.
And Hara Ippei was originally sent by Soga Ezo, so he naturally had to report to Soga Ezo when he came back.
Soga Ezo was lying lazily on the couch, with four scantily clad women waiting on him. In the middle of the room, seven or eight dancers were really dancing, performing Fuso's unique dance.
Hara Ippei did not dare to look around when he entered the room. He lowered his head and came to Soga Ezo. He bowed respectfully and said, "See you, Minister." (Minister is Fuso's official position.)
Soga Ezo put down his wine glass and said calmly: "How is it? Does the Tang Dynasty promise me that Fuso will continue to send envoys to study?"
Yuan Yiping said: "Back to the minister, Datang not only refused to send envoys to Fusang to study, but also said that Fusang was just a small country and was not worthy of studying in Datang. It was extremely humiliating to Fusang."
When he went there, he swore he would complete the mission, but now that he has failed, if Soga Ezo pursues the case, his life will not be saved.
When he came back, he thought hard and finally thought of a way, which was to draw Soga Ezo's anger towards Datang. In this way, his responsibility would be much smaller.
"What did you say?"
Sure enough, when Soga Ezo heard his words, his face instantly darkened. Yazan
Ever since he supported Emperor Shumei and assumed sole power, everyone has been flattering him. Even Emperor Shumei has looked at his face.
If the time hadn't been right now, he would have been prepared to depose Emperor Shuming and become emperor himself.
But he had already regarded Fusang as his. The Tang Dynasty looked down on Fusang, but he looked down on him.
How could Soga Ezo, who had always been complacent, accept this?
Seeing Soga Ezo's anger, the maids and dancers waiting nearby knelt down and lay on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
When Yuan Yiping saw this, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes and he knelt down.
If Soga Ezo knew that he had made up those words, he would definitely die miserably.
Soga Ezo saw the panic in Hara Ippei's eyes and didn't think much about it.
He just wants everyone in the world to be afraid of him. There are many people in Fusang who are dissatisfied with him, but no one dares to resist him. He really enjoys the fear of him shown in the eyes of those people.
"The Tang Dynasty is simply bullying people too much." Soga Ezo said angrily.
However, anger is anger, and he can only be angry.
Fuso's current territory is not as large as that of later generations, and it has not completely unified the surrounding islands.
Soga Ezo has not yet expanded enough to launch an army against the Tang Dynasty.
Yuan Yiping rolled his eyes and said: "Minister, I have a way to calm the minister down. Maybe the Tang Dynasty will allow me, Fusang, to continue sending envoys to study."
Soga Ezo was stunned and asked: "What can we do?"
Soga Ezo was very eager for Datang's technology.
Fuso lagged behind the Tang Dynasty in various technologies, and the return of the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty allowed Fuso to make great progress in all aspects.
Soga Ezo originally wanted to continue studying for some time to make Fuso stronger, so that he could send troops to unify the surrounding islands. By then, he would depose Emperor Shumei and become emperor himself, so no one would dare to oppose him.
So when he heard Hara Ippei saying that there was a way to get Tang Dynasty to allow Fuso to continue sending envoys to study, Soga Ezo couldn't care less about his anger.
"Minister, my subordinates were stranded at the port of Datang for a few days when they came back. Through investigation, they found that Datang did not have a navy at all. If the minister sends troops to attack Datang, he will definitely succeed in one fell swoop." Yuan Yiping said.
Navigation technology at this time was still very backward. Since the Tang Dynasty had no coastal defenses, it naturally had no navy.
It cannot be said that the Tang Dynasty did not have a navy at all, it just did not have an organized navy.
Soga Ezo originally thought that Hara Ippei had any good ideas. After hearing this, he said a little disappointed: "What you said is right, but what about after entering the Tang Dynasty?"
Although he was arrogant, he was not arrogant enough to think that Fusang's army could defeat the Tang army.
Through those envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty, Soga Ezo still had some understanding of the Tang Dynasty.
Among other things, many soldiers in the Tang Dynasty were equipped with iron armor, and Fusang was very short of iron.
It's not even enough to make weapons, let alone armor.
In Fuso, only a few high-ranking generals have iron frames.
Even if the Tang Dynasty did not have a navy, so what? If they land on land, they would still be destroyed by the Tang Dynasty.
"Minister, I have heard that the Central Plains dynasties have the habit of making peace. As long as they keep sending troops to harass the coast of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will naturally come to Fusang to negotiate with me. But when the minister proposes a marriage, the Tang Dynasty will definitely agree and send people.
If you go to Datang to study such a small thing, Datang will naturally not object." Yuan Yiping said.
He failed to complete Soga Ezo's mission, so naturally he couldn't be reused, so he was thinking of ways along the way.
There are many folk stories about marriage. After hearing this, Yuan Yiping was inspired and thought of such a method.