Chapter 520 The power of the game
? The next day, Li Ke's first visit after four years in Chang'an. The first person he visited was Prince Li Chengqian. When he came to Li Chengqian's Prince's East Palace, Li Chengqian was scolding several officials in the East Palace. The moment he saw Li Ke, Li Chengqian was stunned. Because, he knew that Li Ke had never been to the East Palace. This time he suddenly saw him visiting him, Li Chengqian himself felt that he could not die and thought it was an illusion. But when he really heard Li Ke saluting him, he believed that it was not an illusion.
"My brother, please see the emperor!" Li Ke said respectfully.
"Oh, it's my third brother. I'm back. When will I arrive in Chang'an?" Li Chengqian asked Li Ke in a tone. How could he not know if Li Ke returned to Chang'an when he asked this on purpose.
"I came to Chang'an yesterday!" Li Ke replied politely.
"You guys go down first!" Li Chengqian said lightly to Yu Zhining and others in front of him, and then said to Li Ke, "Third brother, please sit down!"
Li Ke thanked Li Chengqian and sat on the Hu bench where Li Chengqian took action.
"My third brother has never come to the lonely East Palace. This time he must have entered the Three Treasures Palace for no reason, right?" Li Chengqian asked when he saw the door open.
"I heard that Tuyuhun repeatedly invaded the border of Shuofang of the Tang Dynasty. I guess that within a few months, the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun will definitely fight!" Li Ke said lightly, "Prince, please rest assured. I will lead the cavalry of the Northern Palace to attack Tuyuhun Mansion and capture and kill the head of Tuyuhun Khan to avenge you!"
Li Ke's words made Li Chengqian's face look very ugly. Because of the problem of the war horses offered by Tuyuhun, he was thrown off the war horses and now he became a cripple. This is an eternal pain in his heart. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was unable to start a war against Tuyuhun because of its insufficient national strength. His hatred was endured, but he was resentful about this matter and often used it to lose his temper like the palace maids and officials of the East Palace. Therefore, to this day, all the officials and palace maids of the East Palace dared not mention this matter, and he did not expect Li Ke to mention this matter here.
"Third brother, are you here to ridicule the orphan?" Li Chengqian said in a cold tone. If Li Kegui had not been the King of the Northern King and had strong strength, he would have driven him out of the Eastern Palace!
"Emperor, do you think Ke has this intention?" Li Ke said lightly, "Of course, if the emperor wants to take revenge in person, as long as the emperor says something, Ke's northern palace iron spirit will be subject to the emperor's dispatch!" Then, before Li Ke could wait for Li Chengqian to speak, he spoke, "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. The emperor has endured it for four years for the sake of the Tang Dynasty. Now the Tang Dynasty is enough to fight against Tuyuhun. Perhaps the emperor is enduring this humiliation?"
"Third brother, do you think Gu is a fool. Will your cavalry in the Northern Palace obey me? This is not Liangyi Palace or the imperial study room of his father, so why should you pretend to be hypocritical?" Li Chengqian snorted coldly, and Li Ke was completely despised in his words.
"The emperor is right. The Northern Mansion Iron Cavalry has been training for a lot. It took only four years to train 50,000 yuan, but it cannot be said too absolute. Whether Ke lets the Northern Mansion Iron Cavalry listen to the emperor's order depends on the emperor's attitude and sincerity. Ke doesn't need to explain it clearly. The emperor will not be unclear!" Li Ke said with a smile, showing a harmless look, and he was indifferent to Li Chengqian's contempt.
"Oh—" Li Chengqian became interested, but pretended to be careless and asked, "Third brother, what sincerity does the Lone King need?"
"Brother, you basically have Sikong's affairs in your East Palace, right?" Li Ke said lightly, "If you really want to take revenge in person, you can discuss it with Sikong and he will give you the answer!"
"Hmph—" Li Chengqian snorted coldly.
"Then Ke won't disturb the emperor!" Li Ke said lightly, and left the East Palace.
After leaving the East Palace, Li Ke couldn't help but look contempt when he remembered the conversation with Li Chengqian in the East Palace, and then he laughed loudly again.
Li Ke's car frame turned over Zhuque Street and stopped at the Duke Wei Mansion after walking a few steps.
Li Ke got off the car and asked Wang Zhongchang to knock on the door. This time he visited Li Jing, the main purpose was to invite him to teach military strategy at the Royal Army Academy in Taiyuan.
The Duke of Wei’s Mansion opened, and the old housekeeper saw the Northern King Li Ke, and invited Li Ke to the hall and went to report to Li Jing themselves.
After a while, Li Jing arrived at the hall.
"Li Jing has met Your Highness!" Li Jing said to Li Ke.
"Duke of Wei defeated Li Ke!" Li Ke returned the favor and said to Li Jing, "I haven't seen you for four years, and the character of Duke of Wei is still as good as that of the past!"
"Your Highness is a great award! Please!" Li Jing said.
"Please" Li Ke said.
The two arrived at the hall, and the host and guest seats were seated, and the maid served tea.
Li Ke said, "This time I went back to Chang'an, in addition to going to the wedding of my sister, I just wanted to ask Duke Wei to teach at the Royal Army Academy of Taiyuan. Duke would not refuse!"
"Yeah——" Li Jing remained silent, thinking about the problem.
"The Duke of the State has agreed, so you can't regret it!" Li Ke said with a faint smile.
"Although I have not been concerned about the world over the past four years, I have heard of the Army Academy. Your Highness has done a good job in Taiyuan!" Li Jing said lightly, "It's just that Li Jing is old and retired and is at home. Is it suitable to teach at the Army Academy?"
The Army Academy was named as the royal family, and the instructors and teachers in it were naturally all military personnel, and they all had military positions. However, Li Jing is now resigning at home and has no military positions, so he hesitated and asked this question.
"As long as the Duke goes to the Army Academy to teach, you must worry about other things. I will help you clear the problem!" Li Ke immediately said to Li Jing.
Li Jing did not agree to Li Ke immediately, but thought for a long time, "Okay! Then I will throw this old bone in Taiyuan!"
"The Duke is joking!" Li Ke said happily.
Then, the two couldn't help laughing.
It was already evening when Li Ke came out of Li Jing's mansion.
Because he and Li Jing formed a deep friendship in the battle with the Turks, and both of them led the other party as their confidants. Li Jing invited Li Ke to drink a few drinks from him, but Li Ke did not refuse Li Jing's invitation.
Li Ke, who was a little drunk, just returned to the mansion and saw Yang En saying to Li Ke, "Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, come to pay homage to you. You have been waiting in the hall for half an hour!"
"Li Tai?" Li Ke was surprised. He didn't expect Li Tai to take the initiative to visit him. However, after thinking about it, he had an answer in his heart. It might be that Li Tai knew that he had gone to the East Palace in the morning, so he would come to visit him and find something out from his mouth.
Li Ke understood Li Tai’s thoughts and said to Yang En, “Old Yang, let Li Tai come to the study!”
"No--" Yang En took the order and left.
As soon as Li Ke returned to the study, he saw Li Tai coming to the study under Yang En's guidance.
"Qingque has met the third brother!" Li Tai said to Li Ke.
"Fourth brother, my brother, why should I be so kind? Let's sit down!" Li Ke said with a smile.
When Li Tai sat down, the Yingwei served tea and the study room closed it.
"I didn't expect that the fourth brother would be able to come to my palace today, which made the humble room shine brightly!" Li Ke praised Li Tai. He made up his mind that as long as Li Tai didn't get to the point, he would chat and spank with Li Tai.
Li Tai had a good chat with Li Ke at the beginning, but after an hour, Li Tai saw that Li Ke didn't mention the topics of going to the East Palace today or the recent court about the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun, so he couldn't sit still.
"San brother, I recently heard that Tuyuhun is very arrogant on the Shuofang border. Maybe the Tang Dynasty will fight Tuyuhun! At that time, the third brother will inevitably become the chief marching manager. Qingque will congratulate the third brother now!" Li Tai said with a faint smile.
"The fourth brother is joking! I will not participate in the war between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun this time!" Li Ke said calmly.
"Why?" Li Tai asked. When he arrived at a high position like Li Ke and him, his words would naturally not be false. He believed that what Li Ke said was true, so he was very surprised.
"The prosperity of Taiyuan City does not have to be much worse than Chang'an City. I like to stay in Taiyuan!" Li Ke said lightly, but the meaning in his words was very obvious, that is, I don't want to compete with everyone for this military merit. Now my father has appointed me as the King of Northern King and also served as the chief supervisor of the marching in the Northern Prefecture. I am already very satisfied!
"The third brother has a good attitude!" Li Tai said with awkward smile.
"Fourth brother, I have something to say for you, but I don't know if it's okay?" Li Ke suddenly spoke.
"San brother, please speak!" Li Tai said seriously, making an eye-watering expression.
"Fourth brother, Yangzhou is a good place, you might as well go to Yangzhou!" Li Keyu said earnestly.
"What does third brother mean?" Li Tai asked.
"Even if I have three hundred black armored cavalry around me, this time I go back to Chang'an, I feel that Chang'an's slaughter aura is too strong and it will be difficult for you to adapt, let alone you shout?" Li Ke said lightly.
Li Ke's words contained a lot of information, and Li Tai could naturally understand it. He knew that Li Ke was telling him that the Chang'an Prince's Party was very powerful, and even if he had military power, it would be difficult to compete with him, let alone you, who had no influence in the military!
However, Li Tai is not a fool, so he naturally would not be fooled by Li Ke's words, and said, "This third brother may be fascinated by the authorities! The third brother's escorts are the kings of cavalry in the Tang Dynasty. At the feet of an emperor like Chang'an, this slaughtering aura is aimed at this black-clad cavalry. They cannot be too arrogant. It is definitely not targeting you, Third Brother. As long as the third brother can put down the guards around him and walk alone in Chang'an City, you may not feel like this!"
Li Tai said it very cleverly. He told Li Ke that you are in control of the army and there are people in the court who are afraid of you, so it is also worth targeting you. As long as you give up the rights in your hands, who will target you!
Li Ke just smiled faintly. He did not object to Li Tai's words, but said with an extremely serious expression, "Fourth brother, I'm going to hide it from you, the third brother is afraid of death too! I guess you also know that the two assassinations that the third brother encountered before this? Think about it, if the third brother really let go of these three hundred guards and cavalry, and the enemy came to the door that day to kill me, wouldn't I surrender? Will I let them slaughter? At that time, I'm afraid I'll be the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who
Li Tai is also a smart person. When Li Ke said this, his expression became very serious. Obviously, Li Ke's words came to his heart. Indeed, he himself knew very well that as a prince who was fighting for the crown prince, he had no military power and did not receive military support. That is, when necessary, he might become a victim of others' throne.
However, he is a shortcoming in the military, and he does not need Li Ke in military affairs. It is difficult to develop his own power in the military. Suddenly, he turned his attention to Li Ke, and he felt that his third brother had just begun to advise him to leave Chang'an and go to Yangzhou. This reminder may have his own purpose.
"Please ask the third brother to teach Qingque!" Li Tai suddenly realized that maybe it might be an opportunity to cooperate with him and Li Ke.
"Fourth brother, are you polite! Are you brothers? If you have any difficulties, you will say it. I dare not take it for advice!" Li Ke said modestly.
"Please help Qingque with the third brother!" Li Tai said sincerely. He was a man who could bend and stretch.
"Yesterday, my father asked me, if the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun started a war, who would be the commander?" Li Ke said lightly, "I didn't have anyone to answer my father's question at that time! Compared to Qingque, Is there anyone to choose?"
Li Ke’s meaning is very clear, that is, let Li Tai recommend the candidate, and he supports it.
Li Tai understood what Li Ke meant. He was very happy that Li Ke would support the candidate he recommended, but he knew in his heart that his subordinates were not as the generals of the three armies when the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun started the war! So he couldn't help but look bitter and didn't say anything for a while.
"Fourth brother, it's enough to take one scoop of it in the vast ocean, why should you be greedy?" Li Ke said with a smile.
Suddenly, a light appeared in Li Tai's eyes, and he said happily, "Thank you, third brother, for your advice! Qingque knows what to do!"
Li Tai understood the meaning of Li Ke's words, that is, he should not be greedy and cannot recommend the candidate for the head coach. He can recommend a deputy coach. Don't be too greedy and don't take all the credit.
"Fourth brother, please be polite!" Li Ke said with a smile.
"San brother, Qingque wants to know, in addition to supporting the recommended person, how do you also want to support Qingque?" Li Tai immediately asked Li Ke, and also knew how Li Ke supported him.
"Apart from this, what do Qingque think about the 50,000 elite cavalry in the Northern Palace?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
"Really?" Li Tai was surprised. What does the Northern Iron Cavalry mean? He knew very well in his heart that the Northern Iron Cavalry who defeated the Turkic cavalry, as long as the general was not too idiot when fighting against Tuyuhun, it would be fine if he won a few battles. As long as he won the battle, this would be a real contribution! Moreover, Li Ke also gave him 50,000 iron cavalry at once, which was definitely a number that shocked him. Even Li Tai, who did not understand military affairs, knew how much the 50,000 iron cavalry would play in the battlefield of the Tang Dynasty against Tuyuhun.
"Really!" Li Ke replied affirmatively.
"What are the conditions for the third brother?" Li Tai asked. He knew very well that Li Ke would not give him a great contribution for nothing, and he would definitely have his own conditions.
"Qingque! There are so many strategists around you. Why don't you discuss with them before making a decision!" Li Ke said lightly.
After Li Tai paused, he understood what Li Ke meant.
"Then Qing Bird will say goodbye first!" Li Tai said.
"Fourth brother, please go slowly, please send me away!" Li Ke said lightly, sending Li Tai out of the study.
Only when Li Tai's back disappeared from his sight did he let out a breath of relief.
Now, he has made cooperation and compromise with Li Chengqian and Li Tai. Now it depends on whether the two are willing to cooperate with him!
Chapter completed!