"How dare you." Du Chuke hurriedly returned the salute and said modestly, "Compared with my brother, I am really far away. ”

"Sir is too modest."

……

Prince Zhan Shi Zhang Liang has not been very ambitious recently, because he doesn't like his current position very much, he was Shang Shuye of the Ministry of Industry before, and then he was the governor of Sanzhou, what is the concept of the governor of Sanzhou, he can control the military and political power of the three states and counties, and now, since Zhang Xuansu was assassinated, Li Shimin transferred him back to do Prince Zhan Shi, and asked him to supervise the prince.

In fact, the position of the prince Zhan Shi is a beautiful difference, after all, he is also the prince's teacher, if he mixes well, in the future, the prince will ascend the throne, then the tide will rise, and maybe he can be above 10,000 people under one person, but Zhang Liang has seen the prince's virtue, and he doesn't care about himself at all, and his several exhortations have been perfunctory by the prince for a while, because he is not the prince's confidant, so he is depressed.

People are depressed, either they like to smoke, or they like to drink, and some people like to find Sister Yao, there are no cigarettes in the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Liang is not very good at women, so he often goes to Guyuelou to drink, but he is very cautious and never gets drunk.

Today, Zhang Liang still went to Guyue Tower to drink as usual, and sat down in the small cubicle he often makes, which is a bit like ...... Thatched house, that's right, it's like thatched house, connected one by one, a little bigger, four people are too crowded, and the door is perfunctory, just like thatched house, people next door can hear what they say.

As soon as Zhang Liang sat down, he heard someone next door talking: "Brother Du, the prince has fallen out of favor more and more recently, and the king of Wei is in full swing, now that I think about it, Brother Du did have a vision and chose the king of Wei instead of the prince." ”

Zhang Liang was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect to hear such a sensitive topic in the restaurant, which really overwhelmed him, he wanted to turn around and leave, but after thinking about it, it didn't hurt to listen to it, maybe there would be some unexpected gains, so he gently closed the door of the compartment and sat down against the wooden wall of the compartment.

"Shhhh ”

"Yes, yes......" The man named Yun Cheng hurriedly lowered his voice in response.

Because their voices were too small and their voices were not heard clearly, Zhang Liang pressed his ears against the wooden plank wall, and finally heard the voice of the person next door again: "Brother Yuncheng, I won't tell you, the prince has made many mistakes, and His Majesty has already had the heart to abolish the reserve, if it weren't for the eldest grandson's efforts to maintain it, now I'm afraid that King Wei would have already sat in the position of the prince, but ......"

In the cubicle next door, Du Chuke was chatting with a middle-aged man, this middle-aged man was one of the disciples of the Guanlongmen valve, surnamed Wang Qiushi, the word Yuncheng, a member of the Taiyuan Wang family, this person is well-known in the Shizi world, and Du Chuke has been friends for many years.

"But what......" Wang Qiushi hurriedly asked in a low voice.

Du Chuke took a sip of wine and said proudly: "Hehe, now it seems that the prince will not last long, the Hebei disaster, the emperor would rather send the underage King Jin to treat the disaster, than send the prince to go, so it can be seen that the clues are coming." ”

Wang Qiushi nodded when he heard this: "Well, what Brother Du said is very reasonable, it seems that His Majesty has made up his mind to abolish it, and now I am afraid that I will owe a reason for the abolition of the reserve." ”

"There are no absolutes in the world." Du Chuke waved his hand and said with a smile on his face, "The prince actually still has a chance to turn over, but he didn't find it himself." ”

"Oh? What are the chances of turning over? Wang Qiushi hurriedly asked when he heard this.

Du Chuke sold the guanzi, shook his head and said nothing, Wang Qiushi begged him repeatedly, Zhang Liang next door was also anxious to die, and he was looking forward to him in his heart.

Wang Qiushi begged for a long time, and promised to give him a generous gift, Du Chuke then relieved his mouth and said proudly: "In fact, this method is very simple, as long as the prince secretly recruits a powerful military minister in the court to support him, plus the eldest grandson Wuji, that is, both civil and military, and the position of the prince is naturally as stable as Mount Tai." ”

Wang Qiushi frowned and shook his head when he heard this: "This method is very inappropriate, the emperor doesn't like party fighting, I'm afraid it will be self-defeating." ”

"Your fears are not unfounded." Du Chuke raised his eyebrows and smiled, "But I also said just now, there are no absolutes in the world, so this military minister must secretly help the prince, it is best to have a high-sounding reason, so that the emperor will not be suspicious, so that the position of the prince can be stable." ”

Wang Qiushi nodded and praised: "I see, Brother Du's method is indeed very good, but you have to find someone with outstanding military achievements, even if you find it, you may not be willing to agree to the prince." ”

Du Chuke waved his hand and smiled: "There is a ready-made one right now." ”

"Who?" Wang Qiushi asked.

"Hou Junji." Du Chuke said confidently, "Hou Junji is now in prison, it seems that he has lost his favor, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, he is Hou Junji after all, whether it is in the court or in the army, he is quite prestigious, as long as the prince intercedes and lets the emperor release Hou Junji, Hou Junji must be grateful for his kindness, and it is naturally easy to take him under his command." ”

Wang Qiushi was surprised when he heard this: "Brother Du, then why don't you let King Wei save Hou Junji, if King Wei can get Hou Junji's support, then isn't the overall situation decided?" ”

"I'll tell you the truth." Du Chuke smiled when he heard this, and said proudly, "I have this intention, but this matter should not be rushed, King Wei and Hou Junji have no friendship, so I plan to arrange for King Wei and Hou Junji's daughter Haitang to meet once, let King Wei pretend to be in love with Hou Junji's daughter, and then set up a family affair, so that King Wei will intercede for Hou Junji It becomes justified." ”

"High, really high!" Wang Qiushi couldn't help but praise when he heard this, picked up his wine glass and said, "Come, Wang wishes Brother Du success and a great minister in the future!" ”

……

Zhang Liang was shocked to hear it next door, he had already heard it, the person next door was Du Chuke, after all, among King Wei's staff, only Du Chuke was surnamed Du.

Zhang Liang has always prided himself on being smart, but after listening to Du Chuke's whole set of plans, he had to secretly admire that this is a real politician, vision, wisdom, and means are indispensable. However, he was very glad, glad that he had heard all of Du Chuke's plans, since he heard it, then this plan belonged to him Zhang Liang, he believed that as long as he dedicated this clever plan to Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian would definitely rely on himself for everything in the future, and he would definitely be a great minister in the future, so he was excited to think about it.

Zhang Liang gently opened the door of the cubicle and left quietly, as soon as he walked out of the restaurant, a person dressed as a guy came over and knocked on the door of Du Chuke's compartment, Du Chuke opened the door, and the guy bowed to him: "Master, Master Zhang is gone, and he is in a bit of a hurry." ”

Du Chuke and Wang Qiushi looked at each other and smiled, they knew that their plan had been completed.

Zhang Liang hurriedly went to the East Palace and asked to see the prince, Li Chengqian was messing around with Xiangxin, and was suddenly disturbed by Zhang Liang's request to see, and he was very annoyed, but Zhang Liang was the prince Zhan Shi, and he was his teacher, and it was not good for him not to see him, so he could only meet Zhang Liang angrily.

When they met, Li Chengqian's face was still full of anger, but when Zhang Liang told Li Chengqian what Du Chuke said, Li Chengqian was shocked, of course, Zhang Liang couldn't tell him that these words came from Du Chuke's mouth, so he naturally hung his own name.

As soon as Li Chengqian heard that the emperor's intention to abolish the prince had been decided, he was frightened on the spot, and he hurriedly sent someone to find the eldest grandson Wuji, Zhang Liang hurriedly stopped it, if he didn't stop it, if he called the eldest grandson Wuji over, what would happen to him Zhang Liang.

Then Zhang Liang analyzed the pros and cons to Li Chengqian, and took the initiative to offer advice, so that he could take the first step and quickly meet Hou Junji's daughter Haitang, who must be ahead of the King of Wei, while Zhang Liang was responsible for contacting the officials he was familiar with, and made a statement to Li Shimin, pleading for Hou Junji, and asking for Hou Junji's release, but he asked the prince to keep it absolutely secret and not to leak the matter of wooing Hou Junji, including the eldest grandson Wuji, the less people know, the better.

Zhang Liang's plan seemed to Li Chengqian to be seamless, Li Chengqian immediately agreed, and began to send people to investigate Hou Jun's daughter Haitang.

Soon, Begonia's information was collected neatly and placed on Li Chengqian's desk, with a portrait attached, to be honest, Begonia looks a little like her father, not ugly, not beautiful, general, Li Chengqian felt far worse than the women he slept with after seeing the portrait, but what he wanted now was not a woman, but Hou Junji's support.

According to the information, on the first and fifteenth days of the new year, Haitang would go to Ganye Temple to worship the Buddha and pray for her father's blessing and pray for the Buddha to bless her father from prison as soon as possible. Li Chengqian knew that this was the best opportunity to meet, and immediately began to send people to deploy.

A prince wants to pursue a minister's daughter, it's too easy, not to mention, Begonia is eighteen years old this year, in this era is considered an older leftover girl, it is easier to chase, the reason why Begonia will become an older leftover girl is also related to Hou Junji's imprisonment, even in modern times, if a girl's father is in prison, then the girl will be very troublesome to find a partner, this is the reason.

On the first day of the fifth month, Li Chengqian met Begonia in Ganye Temple, incense with Begonia, visited the temple together, behaved personaly, and gradually made Begonia fall in love, and then Li Chengqian pretended to inadvertently expose his identity as the prince, Begonia was so shocked that she covered her mouth, she never thought that she would meet the prince in Ganye Temple, and she was so excited in her heart.

Because Li Chengqian had already made arrangements, so there were no other pilgrims in Ganye Temple today, no one came to disturb them, Li Chengqian and Haitang had a meal in Ganye Temple, and then went down the mountain one after another, but not far away, there were guards in front of them to report, saying that the mountain road ahead was blocked by a fallen giant tree, temporarily impassable, and they could not go until they broke the giant tree and moved away.

Li Chengqian proposed to Haitang to go back to Ganye Temple for a while, and then leave when the road was opened tomorrow, Haitang also wanted to get along with Li Chengqian more, so he nodded and agreed, so they returned to Ganye Temple.

In order to be afraid of long nights and dreams, that night, Li Chengqian secretly got into the Begonia room, all kinds of rhetoric and coaxing, and pushed Begonia down, now Begonia is his own person, and next, let his father go to propose marriage, and by the way, he can also save Hou Junji, killing two birds with one stone.