"In this way, the martial brothers have a very deep plan, and the ultimate goal is to completely attack the people in the royal family?"

Li Zhi's other conspiracy also aroused Li Tong's deep worries.

Not only that, but this kind of behavior is quite in line with the ruling strategy of the Empress Dowager Wu. As far as the martial arts family is concerned, only when the influence of the surname Li is no longer there, will the power of his martial family be monstrous! So, this is not speculation, but the normal trajectory of the situation. ”

"In this way, do you mean to let the investigation of the Eight Kings end here?"

"Well, it still has to be played with great fanfare, but the people involved are limited to these small ones in Chang'an City, and the slightest inference about the martial arts family cannot be mentioned!"

King Ming clapped his hands and praised: "In this way, you can get a loyal person from the Queen Mother, and the Eight Kings are busy in order to eliminate her bad influence!" ”

"But in this way, will it cause the prestige of the Eight Kings in the army surnamed Li to be lost?" Li Tong raised his concerns.

Li Zhizheng said:

"This is also inevitable, we are cowering in Chang'an City, dedicated to commercial development, there will be more people in the royal family surnamed Li have opinions, right? Besides, the forces surnamed Li are not monolithic, if you only take into account the left and right sources and take into account your own prestige, the Eight Kings will not be able to be the deputy commander of the whole army, right? Don't forget, it's the current emperor who is currently in charge of the royal flag! ”

Ming Wang also said:

"Anyone who has a little brain, and knows how unbearable the current situation of the Eight Kings is, the trap set up by the Wu family will naturally be associated with it! As for those who are simple-minded and have developed limbs, how can love toss and let him be, how many of us have paid so much, and which one of them is loved by everyone? ”

"My son, you can't be rash at this time!" Although he also knew the reason, the old king still did not forget to remind his son.

"Old man, it's not us who are willful!" Li Zhi interjected with a smile, "The big thing we are trying to do is a thankless troublesome matter to self-solicitation, and the previous word turtle shrinkage is not self-humility, but the common cognition of many people in the various vassal forces. This kind of distrust has already happened, and how many people can understand the hardship? I'm still the same sentence, more than ten years later, you will look at him again! ”

Li Tong laughed, "It's exactly this sentence, what can you do if you bear the responsibility for a while?" His life is gone, how can he talk about the restoration of Sheji! I think I will do it according to the meaning of the text, and the king of Ming will run a trip himself, and the text will not show up for the time being. ”

While the three of them were talking, the king of Linhuai County hurried over with Li Cheng.

As soon as they met, he slapped Li Hou's head: "One hour is more than a year, how can I rush back before my grandson is born, it has dragged on for two months, and I haven't seen you soar into an immortal!" ”

Li Zhi hurriedly stood up, clasped his hands and said to forgive: "It's the son-in-law who ignored the urgency of his father-in-law, don't dare next time, don't dare next time!" ”

The king of Linhuai turned his anger into joy: "Haha, I saw Xiang'er, I only knew who I was in two months, and when I held it in my arms, he hugged my neck and didn't let go!" ”

"The little guy is so handsome that he follows his mother at first sight!" Li Cheng said with a smile.

"It's not normal for a son to follow his mother? You're talking too much! King Ming also laughed.

After the maid brought the tea, the atmosphere of the scene suddenly became solemn, and it was obvious that the king of Linhuai had participated in many similar discussions before.

After the results of the discussion before the king of Ming came in detail, the king of Linhuai sighed:

"That's it! To be honest, this is much less of the pressure than I estimated earlier, at least so far, there has not been a mass massacre of the surname Li everywhere! But I also know that it will be sooner or later. ”

"That's why we can't let this opening open on us!" Li Zhi's eyes were firm, "The change of power in the DPRK will always cause a large number of people to fall because of this." Knowing this, trying to preserve strength is not contrary to maintaining one's own safety, the key is how to save more people without being alone! ”

"In the face of the surging trend, let alone individuals, it is difficult for a powerful force to escape the doom of being overturned, how easy it is to do this!" It was the old Ming King Li Tong who said this.

"Then take the initiative, not to say that you intend to block, but to find another way to find a temporary place for yourself! Of course, what I'm referring to is mainly the military surnamed Li. ”

Li Zhizhi's words attracted the special attention of King Ming, and he knew that these words were aimed at the current embarrassing situation of King Jian: "Let's listen to it!" ”

"Self-distribution, take the initiative to transfer away from the current responsibility, and go to the border towns to guard the guards. And if you want to move, you have to hurt your muscles and bones, and transfer it out on a large scale! ”

The territory of the Tang Dynasty is the integration of the hinterland of the plains, the merger of the Yellow River basin and the Yangtze River basin, which is an inward-looking era.

After the establishment of such a unified empire, in the face of the adjacent northern nomads, building the Great Wall in the north and guarding the fence was the top priority, and the stability of the community was guaranteed.

Moreover, because of the policy of sending troops to the outside world with the strength of the whole country, the Hu people did not dare to go south and herd horses, and the soldiers did not dare to bend their bows and complain.

However, during the turbulent times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Han people fled to the Turks in a very large number, so as to absorb a large number of Han technology, which was the basis for the growing strength of the Turks.

In the face of such Turks, the Tang Dynasty is bound to be unable to be as devastating as the Han Dynasty in the face of the Xiongnu.

It was not difficult for the Tang Dynasty to single-mindedly kill the Turks, but it was just a matter of pressing the gourd to float the scoop, and the geographical foundation had accumulated to a certain extent, and soon another Uighur would come out.

There are also Tuyuhun with a big tail around, Goguryeo that dragged the Sui Empire to death, and Tubo on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is gradually unified, is setting its sights on the island country of Dongying on the mainland.

The rise of these civilized countries is related to the diffusion and spread of many technologies to the surrounding areas during the Han regime during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

For example, the improved papermaking technology on the Korean Peninsula was even able to spread back to the Han region, the Tibetan region also absorbed the achievements of Indian civilization, and the Turks continued to absorb the technological expertise from Central Asia and Europe.

In particular, Tubo, which has always given the Tang Dynasty a headache, has become so strong that it was the strongest period of the Turks in history.

The only fortunate thing is that the larger Arab Empire is currently in the honeymoon period with the Tang Dynasty, so that it can free up its hands to deal with the continuous invasion of barbarian enemies in the various border regions.

Once the situation in the Tang Dynasty is unstable, it will inevitably lead to the internal changes of the chaotic empire, and the various sides will be broken and invaded one by one.

Li Zhi's method, even if the Wu clan knew about this strategic transfer of military strength surnamed Li, they could only watch dryly, and there was nothing more important than the stability of the regime.

Therefore, when these words were spoken, the eyes of those present lit up.

They are all veterans of the DPRK and China or the military, and most of them have even participated in large-scale foreign wars, so how can they not understand the secrets inside?

Li Zhi is not the only one who has come up with such a method, but it is by no means as large as his vision of the scale of action.

"Isn't this taking the initiative to hand over control of the mainland?" King Linhuai asked with a serious face.

"What can you do if you don't let me? At present, it is still the nominal surname Li in the world, once the name is changed, do you always think that the Wu family can still be happy to watch us support troops in various places? What is certain is that it is impossible for the vassals to unite in the end, and most of them will still be recruited or stubbornly resisted, and in the end, only one will be the common result, which will be gradually replaced by foreign generals! ”

No one thought that Li Zhi was alarmist, and in the face of a room full of solemn expressions, he couldn't stop talking, and then continued:

"Don't forget that with the great wisdom of the first emperor, we will definitely give targeted and secret hands, we are not in a hurry to implement what we are talking about today, we might as well have a general framework first, so as to combine more advantages and disadvantages to carry out the verification of ideas! For example, my second brother's place, it is necessary to ventilate! ”

The second brother in his mouth is Li Ling and Li Hanqing, the second elder of the third generation of the Ming Palace.

Although this person has the head of the three grades of the Lingwu Dao in the court, and he is also the Xia official Shangshu in the court, he is a fictitious position that does not have much power.

But the mystery of his identity is that the two generations of Ming kings are not well known, and some people who are friends with the palace know that he belongs to the secret force formed by Gaozong when he was alive.

Li Zhi mentioned him so ambiguously, which was to remind everyone present that Li Ling and the forces behind him would give the best advice on whether it was feasible to move the strategic transfer of military power proposed by him.

Moreover, such a big thing cannot be started with just Li Zhi's words, and it must be combined with unified planning and deployment in all aspects.

Otherwise, once he acted rashly and destroyed Li Ling's secret arrangement, the effect would be counterproductive.

However, Li Zhi's suggestion is undoubtedly a clever move to protect the military forces surnamed Li to the greatest extent, and as long as all aspects are well coordinated, it should be possible.

Otherwise, it is only the intricate relationship between the ruling side of the Tang Dynasty and the gate lords of the folk scholars, and the slightest leakage of news is enough to attract the Wu clan to take precautions in advance.

"No, I need to meet with the Eight Kings immediately, it's a big deal, once I miss the opportunity, it's too late to regret it!"

As he spoke, King Ming had already gotten up and was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Zhihan with a smile: "Father-in-law, don't be in a hurry for a moment, and I estimate that King Jiancheng is coming soon!" ”

The old king twisted his beard and said: "I'm afraid that he is on the road at this time, even if it is delayed, it is not too late to wait until the meal is over!" ”

At this time, it was already more than half of the unitary hour, and the time for dinner had arrived, and Li Yiyi and his party had come here in a hurry, he didn't matter, and the others really needed some food.

King Ming was hesitating, and King Linhuai also smiled and helped him back to his seat:

"If the text doesn't come back, isn't it the same as dragging it back? Don't be in a hurry, the sky can't fall! ”

King Ming suddenly smiled: "Seeing you, I suddenly remembered, or you are living comfortably at this time, and let out the Shangshu Order early, seeing that the current Eight Kings are so anxious to go to the house to uncover the tiles!" ”

"Figured it out at this point?"

Obviously, between the King of Linhuai County and the King of Ming, there is no less exchange of this matter on weekdays.

King Ming smiled: "I figured it out before, but I was still a little reluctant in my heart." The text came back today, but it convinced me in a few words. ”