Chapter 821: A Change of Heart
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Li Su has always agreed with this sentence. In fact, Li Su himself is also a filial son, in those hard and bitter days, the father and son relied on each other to grit their teeth and survive, Li Su understands how precious family affection is.
Li Zhi, who has been pampered since childhood, has such filial piety, to be honest, Li Su is actually very pleased in his heart.
Looking at Li Zhi's reddened eyes, Li Su's originally angry expression couldn't help but gradually relax, and his face softened a lot.
"Li Zhi, I am touched by your filial piety, you are a kind and benevolent person, in fact, this is the biggest reason why I am willing to assist you, I have always felt that a person with filial piety, no matter how bad it is, it can't be bad, and you are exactly this kind of person......"
Li Zhi looked at him happily: "Does Brother Zizheng understand me?" ”
Li Su smiled: "Of course I understand." ”
"Then, if I leave Chang'an and go to the state......"
Before he finished speaking, Li Su shook his head: "This...... I don't understand, calm down and think about it, what will be your fate after you go to the state? ”
Li Zhi thought for a while and hesitated: "Perhaps, in the matter of competing for the crown, the Wei Brotherhood will take the lead, but it is just the first opportunity, my father told me that if I go to Bingzhou, even if I give an explanation to the courtiers and the people of the world, as long as I stay in Bingzhou for half a year, make a show, and learn from other princes to excuse illness, my father will recall me back to Chang'an, and I will not be transferred out of Chang'an in this life." ”
Li Su sighed: "Your Highness, do you know how many changes will happen that we can't control in the six months since you left Chang'an?" Do you think King Wei will do nothing in the past six months? Half a year, if used properly, is enough to win the wholehearted appreciation of your father, and the balance of the position of the prince in your father's heart will completely tilt in favor of King Wei, and there is basically nothing to do with you......"
"Okay, let's not talk about the changes in the past six months, let's make the most optimistic assumptions, assuming that the past half a year has been calm, nothing has happened, the king of Wei is still the king of Wei, and the holy family has not increased or decreased, half a year later, when you want to go back to Chang'an, do you think you can really go back if you want to? I'm sure that King Wei will stop you from returning to Chang'an at all costs, and I can now come up with more than ten ways to make you have to stay honestly in the place where birds don't lay eggs in Bingzhou......"
"What's more, your father's eastern crusade is imminent, and many preparations have begun as early as a year ago, it is certain that in the next six months to a year, your father will definitely launch the battle of the Eastern Crusade, what is the most important thing before the king's army opens Liaodong?"
"It is the stability of the court and the world! In this way, His Majesty and the soldiers in front can have no worries, bravely kill the enemy, and stabilize the hearts of the people in the world. ”
Li Su looked at him, his face gradually became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "It's the prince who is in charge of the country!" Do you understand? Within a year at the latest, your father will decide on the candidate for the crown prince, because he must decide, the Tang Dynasty has the prince, he and the subjects of the world can rest assured that the Eastern Crusade, and when Your Majesty decided on the crown prince, where were you? Hehe, you are still bored counting your nose hairs in the state where birds don't lay eggs, and in the meantime, what is King Wei doing? He jumped up and down, pleasing your father, your father was already very fond of King Wei, as another son-in-law, His Royal Highness King Jin, but not by his side, your father and emperor even forgot what you looked like, so, guess who's the candidate for the crown prince, who has a better chance? ”
Li Zhi looked at him with wide eyes, his face was a little depressed, and after a long time, he lowered his head unwillingly, sighed and said, "Maybe...... Brother Wei has a better chance......"
Li Su sneered: "You said it too politely, what do you mean by 'relatively big'?" It's just going to crush you completely, okay? To tell you the truth, as long as you leave Chang'an and go to Bingzhou to be the governor of everything, you will have completely lost the qualification to compete for the crown prince...... Also, your father is most disgusted in his heart King Wei and Guanlongmen valve too close, for the King of Wei, this is not an irreconcilable contradiction, a qualified politician will never have an eternal political position, because of the situation is their true color, as long as your father reveals that he likes King Wei as the crown prince, King Wei will not hesitate to cut off his relationship with Guanlongmen, and turn to his liking, close to the Shandong scholars. ”
"At that time, the only dissatisfaction of your father and the emperor with the King of Wei disappeared, and the prince of the Tang Dynasty must be him, and then, it is the old topic that we have talked about many times, the King of Wei became the crown prince and inherited the throne in the future, think about it, as a brother of the same father and mother, the son of the greatest threat to his throne, how will the King of Wei treat you? I don't think I'm going to wish you a long life, right? ”
Li Zhi's face turned pale, becoming more and more ugly, and cold sweat broke out from his forehead one by one.
"So, what does Brother Zizheng mean, I'm going to play this scene from beginning to end?"
Li Su sneered: "Look at how you make your own choice, what is a play?" Your brothers are really acting in front of your father, and you, who is willing not to live to fulfill your filial piety, who is making a show? Also, in the future, when King Wei ascends the throne, you will certainly be unable to escape death, but don't forget, there are many people behind you who are assisting you, Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, Pei Xingjian, and me, the lives of ourselves and our family children are all buried with you, and all this is just because you want to show filial piety, let me ask you again, have you really decided to go to the state? Once you leave Chang'an City, the trajectory of your life can be said to have completely changed. ”
Li Zhi's face was pale, and he clenched his fists hard, and his thin shoulders trembled slightly.
Li Su's heart softened, and he sighed: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, I actually don't want to stop your filial piety, but I can't use the lives of my father and wife to fulfill you, the battle for the crown has begun, I bet my life and the lives of my whole family on you, you ...... Don't let me down. ”
Li Zhi trembled, looked up at Li Su's deep eyes, and after a long time, he lowered his head and sighed: "Everything depends on the son's brother." ”
Li Zhi finally changed his mind, but Li Su did not have any joy, but looked at him deeply, and said: "Now is the time of internal and external difficulties, it is not too much to say that it is 'life and death', His Royal Highness the King of Jin, when you become the crown prince and the overall situation is settled, double your filial piety to your father is to this time, you have to earn your life for yourself and save your life, so that you can live to be filial to your father." ”
Li Zhi left Taiping Village, his face still a little depressed when he left, obviously feeling guilty for his upcoming behavior of deceiving his father.
Li Su silently looked at his back and sighed.
Wang Zhi stood behind him without making a sound until Li Zhi left, and he couldn't help but say, "Li Su, you ...... Do you really want to assist His Royal Highness the King of Jin? I looked left and right, and I always felt that he was not the material to be the prince...... To put it irreverently, this man is a bit cowardly, not like a person who does big things. ”
Li Su shook his head and said, "It's not that piece of material, I can't see it on my face, I can only say that you are wrong about him." ”
Wang Zhi was not convinced: "I misread him? Then you say, where does this person look like a person who can be a prince? ”
Li Su stared at the back of Li Zhi, who was gradually drifting away, and said slowly: "There is no person who is born to know everything, anyone has a process from youth to maturity, this process may be very long, but he must be able to see the day he matures, when he has a responsibility on his shoulders, he will not be young anymore." ”
"King Jin will become an emperor who is not inferior to his father, a powerful emperor from all over the world, and an emperor who is virtuous, provided that he needs to go through the pains of turning from youth to maturity again and again."
Wang Zhi seemed to understand whether he understood or not, although Li Su's words were very plain, but he felt that he was talking about something from another world.
Scratching his somewhat messy hair, Wang simply gave up and changed the subject: "So, since there is no problem on King Jin's side, why don't you act according to the plan we originally discussed?" ”
Li Su nodded: "Okay, but the people who act must be chosen well, and those subordinates who know the root cause must be selected, and you must not leak the slightest rumor, you should know that the forces under you have long been infiltrated by Your Majesty like a sieve." ”
Wang Zhi patted his chest and said loudly: "Don't worry, leave everything to me, and choose my henchmen and cronies who have followed me for many years." ”
Li Su's appearance was obviously not at ease, but he sighed worriedly: "Your chest is beating so loudly, I am even more worried......
Turning his head to look at Wang Zhi, Li Su said solemnly: "When acting, your subordinates are only the foil of green leaves, and I have another choice for the one who really sings the leading role." ”
Wang Zhi blinked: "Who?" ”
"The guy you beat up badly."
As the No. 1 leading brother of the underworld forces in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, there are many people who have been beaten by Wang Zhi, and the one who was beaten the most was naturally Zheng Xiaolou.
It was also ill-fated to meet Wang Zhi, who was obviously an unfathomable kung fu, but was put down by Wang Zhi, a rude man who couldn't fight kung fu and had no rules, and inexplicably became Li Su's number one nursing home.
Sometimes Li Su couldn't help but wonder if Zheng Xiaolou had real kung fu, how could he be easily put down by Wang Zhi? Could it be that all the people who were put down by Zheng Xiaolou before were temporary nurseries hired by him? After the performance, I will give two pennies and get a boxed lunch that belongs to the dead run?
In the front yard of the Li family, Li Su smiled brightly, and watched Zheng Xiaolou with envy as he lifted the heaviest stone mill in the house and put it down. The flesh of the black and shiny tendons was covered with beads of sweat, and the knotted muscles trembled with the stone mill up and down.
"Brother Xiaolou is getting stronger and stronger, he is full of muscles, and he looks like he is not easy to be bullied......"
Zheng Xiaolou was still holding the stone mill, turned his head and looked at him coldly, not bothering to pay attention to him.
Li Su was stunned, why did this guy still have this stinky temper that people couldn't help but want to suck him to death?
Helpless, today Li Su has asked for others, so he has to swallow his anger.