"Haha, in that case, I'll take my leave first." A forced smile appeared on Lu Chengzu's face and he said to Xu Shiji: "If the general is in any trouble or has something difficult to do, feel free to come to the East Palace to find Gu.

I can definitely help the general to do it." This transaction is not about benevolence. Lu Chengzu may not understand this truth, but he does act according to his own nature and speaks according to his own thoughts. This is different from other princes.

This was one of the reasons why Lu Zhaoci was reluctant to depose the prince.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Xu Shiji stood up, raised his hands and said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is kind and kind, which is really a blessing to our ministers and the people of the Tang Dynasty."

He naturally knew whether it came from his heart or not. Although he didn't think highly of His Royal Highness, at this time, he was also moved by Lu Chengzu's broad-mindedness.

"Haha, in that case, I will leave first." Lu Chengzu chuckled, waved his hand and said: "I am the supervisor of the country. If my father is not here, I must concentrate on state affairs to avoid ruining my father's important affairs."

"Your Majesty, I respectfully send you off." Xu Shiji stood up and said with cupped hands. Lu Chengzu nodded, turned around and left, but Cui Renshi glanced at Xu Shiji with a cold snort, and then followed him out of the Xu Mansion. Xu Shiji saw this

, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he did not dare to neglect and sent the two of them out personally.

"Teacher" waited until Xu Shiji returned to the lobby, and saw that Lu Ke had already been sitting on a chair, eating tea leisurely, with an extremely relaxed expression, and no trace of nervousness on his face.

"Your Highness is here to ask the general to seize the crown prince position for you?" Xu Shiji frowned and said slightly dissatisfied. He naturally knew what Lu Ke meant by coming today, even if he didn't want to help him,

It is also a good thing to disturb the prince. As long as he comes here, he will be able to remember him to those who are interested. Xu Shiji is Lu Ke's teacher. In the future, who will dare to trust him and who will dare to ask him to do things. So Xu Shiji is also very worried.

dissatisfied.

"Students don't dare." Lu Ke's expression changed, he quickly put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up, and said with his hands raised: "The teacher is our general. I heard that before my father ascended the throne, the Xuanwu Gate incident did not break out.

Both the general and the teacher were the ones that Li and his father were competing to win over. They wrote letters to each other, and Li even offered generous rewards. However, both the general and the teacher refused, even though the general was promoted by his father.

, but still do not participate in the internal battle between the father and the Li family. Teacher, this is very similar to the situation in front of you. Teacher, although you are in charge of the army and hold military power, you are still a minister and should not join the fight between us princes.

Among them. This is the wise move of the general."

"You are not unreasonable." Xu Shiji nodded, sighed deeply, and said: "The fire at the city gate will affect the fish. You princes are fighting with each other for that seat. It will be difficult for us ministers.

Done. Your Highness the King of Shu, Your Highness the Crown Prince is kind. If he ascends the throne, Your Highness will still be rich and powerful, so why bother to fight? Do you think you can manage the Tang Dynasty to the same grand level as His Majesty does?

"

"General, do you think Gu can't do it?" Lu Ke's expression changed, with a look of displeasure on his face. [wzdff Close-in-hand fight] He has been said to be exactly like Lu Zhaoci since he was a child, and he himself has always regarded him as Lu Zhaoci.

As an example, he worked hard to be both civilized and military. Among many princes, he allowed both civil and military affairs. It can be said that his literary skills were not inferior to Lu Chengzu and Lu Chengtai, and his martial arts was not inferior to Lu Chengsi. In his heart, he considered himself the second

Lu Zhaoci did not expect that at this time, Xu Shiji would be speechless and questioned by him. How could he bear it?

"Your Highness, do you think you can do it?" Xu Shiji did not give Lu Ke any face, and said calmly: "Throughout the ages, the founding monarchs have always been wise monarchs. Behind him, although there are many emperors, they are more powerful than the founding monarchs.

There are very few monarchs. Although His Highness is an outstanding figure among the princes, if compared with His Majesty, I am afraid that he is still far behind."

"But at least among the sons of my father, no one can compare with me." Lu Ke opened his mouth, snorted coldly, and said: "It is much better than that prince, if this country is passed down.

In his hands, decades later, Jiangshan will not even know whether his surname is Lu or not. The general has a sharp eye, can't he see Cui's ambition?"

"This? Haha, as long as His Majesty is here, no matter what the surname is, it is useless. Whoever owns the country does not do what he wants. Your Highness, you are too worried." Xu Shiji said lightly.

"Is this the general's true words?" Lu Ke asked in surprise.

"Of course it is." Xu Shiji replied without thinking: "The country will always be His Majesty's country, and Your Highness should just be your Prince with peace of mind."

"Teacher, you have to know that although the general has formulated a strategy, there are still traitors in our court. I am afraid that the strategy formulated by the general is already on the way to the Turks' tent at this time. Soon after, Jie

Li Khan will know our military plan. In this way, the general can still defeat Jieli Khan, and can my father return to Chang'an?"

"Haha, your highness, you can think of this thing, can't others think of it? Can't the general think of it?" Xu Shiji showed a mysterious look on his face, and said with a smile: "The general is my court.

Apart from Your Majesty, he is the first person to use troops, and his intelligence is rare in the world. What happened to Your Majesty has already aroused his vigilance. How could he reveal his military plan to others? You must know that if you don't keep it secret, you will lose it.

In this country, is it true that if a minister does not keep secrets, he will lose his identity? Therefore, His Highness's worries are too unnecessary."

"Teacher, what do you mean?" Lu Ke's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but stand up, with a look of joy on his face.

"This is just my guess. Your Highness doesn't need to take it to heart." Xu Shiji rolled his eyes and shook his head: "However, since I can react like this, I think the general will do the same."

"Haha, as long as the father returns, the disciple will be relieved." Lu Ke stood up, laughed loudly, cupped his hands towards Xu Shiji and said: "I took the liberty of coming to see the teacher today. I have offended the teacher, please forgive me."

As long as Lu Zhaoci can safely return to the court, then Lu Chengzu will not be able to inherit the throne, Cui Renshi's conspiracy will not succeed, and the game of seizing the legitimate son can continue to be played. He, Lu Ke, still has a chance, and this chance is not small.

[wzdff close-up group play] When he thought of this, Lu Ke was naturally happy, and all his original scruples disappeared without a trace.

"Your Highness is joking." An inexplicable look appeared on Xu Shiji's face, he waved his hand and said, "But I have something in my heart, I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"Teacher, what are your instructions? Disciples are attentive." Lu Ke stopped laughing and raised his hands.

"As a son of a man, filial piety should come first. Although the position of Prince of the East Palace is important, if an unfilial prince takes over the East Palace, it will be a great misfortune for our dynasty." Xu Shiji couldn't help but nodded to Lu Ke and said: "

His Highness is heroic, although, ahem, his status is a bit embarrassing, but as long as he puts filial piety first, it is not impossible to take over the East Palace."

"Oh? Gu has remembered what the general said." Lu Ke's expression changed, he glanced at Xu Shiji coldly, cupped his hands, and said: "I'm afraid the general has something important to do, so I won't bother you.

I'm leaving now. I forgot to tell the general that King Lone's life experience was acknowledged by his father himself. I hope King Lone doesn't want to say this from the general's mouth in the future." After saying that, he ignored Xu Shiji and turned around to leave.

"Hey, why did you forget about this?" Xu Shiji was furious when he saw this. Just as he was about to call Lu Ke, he seemed to think of something again and slapped his head hard. He finally knew why the two of them were talking so well.

Why did Lu Ke fall out? In the final analysis, it’s Lu Ke’s life experience.

Although Lu Zhaoci personally admitted that Lu Ke was his biological son, there are always people outside making random speculations. It is said that Lu Ke is the blood of the former Li. In addition, Lu Ke's name has not changed for many years. After thinking about the Lu family, Lu Zhaoci

The names of the sons all have one character added after the word "Cheng", but Lu Ke only has two characters. Although this is nothing, it can easily cause other people to gossip, especially those who are interested.

Spread. No wonder Xu Shiji said the word "life experience", Lu Ke's reaction was so great, and he walked away on the spot. The root of this is here. So Xu Shiji didn't check for a while and made such a low-level mistake. What should he do?

No embarrassment. Originally, what he meant was that Lu Ke’s life experience meant that Lu Ke was pregnant with the blood of the former Sui royal family and the Tang royal family. This was also an advantage, but it was also a disadvantage. For the former Sui Dynasty,

There were many officials in the Tang Dynasty who did not have a good impression. These people were very opposed to Lu Ke becoming the crown prince. This was what Xu Shiji wanted to express. Unfortunately, Lu Ke, who was extremely sensitive by nature, did not understand it at all.

He became furious on the spot and walked away.

"Oh, if it is too strong, it will break easily. The King of Shu is familiar with poetry and books, but he doesn't even know this." Xu Shiji sighed fiercely. Among the many princes, the eldest prince was cruel, the second prince was resolute, the prince was cowardly, etc., these

All the courtiers knew. Xu Shiji originally thought that Lu Ke would change after studying the art of war for so long. Unfortunately, he was disappointed when he saw him today. Looking at Lu Ke's back, he could only feel deeply.

He sighed deeply. For such a person, if he does not change his personality, he may not be able to achieve great achievements in the future.

"Your Highness, what's going on? Xu Shiji agreed. I saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Master Cui Ren leaving just now. Their faces were not pretty." As soon as Lu Ke left the Xu Mansion, he saw Wu Yan coming up to him and asked.

"Let's go." Lu Ke looked back at the plaque on the gate of Xu Mansion, snorted coldly, and said: "The matter is almost done, but this Xu Shiji, hey, let's go."

"Yes." Wu Yan could see clearly that Lu Ke might have been offended by Xu Shiji, so naturally he did not dare to ask. He quickly helped Lu Ke get into the carriage, guarded the left and right, led the royal guards, and headed towards the Prince of Shu's palace.

In the Yue Prince's Mansion, Wang Gui had been waiting for a long time. Facing Lu Chenglie, he reported everything that happened in Xu Shiji's mansion today. His face was plain and there was no trace of pride. Although these were what he expected, but Lu Chenglie couldn't see it.

In front of the prince who revealed his inner thoughts, Wang Gui never dared to look down upon this figure, because he was not an ordinary figure, but someone who had been trained by Changsun Wuji for many years. On the surface, he was kind and innocent, but in fact he had something in his heart.

His thoughts were not what he could have guessed, but from the privacy of the officials, it could be seen that the prince in front of him was definitely not a simple person. This was why he chose Lu Chenglie, who was usually unremarkable.

Prince. Although he is a little old, he must choose an outstanding master for his descendants. The signature of Taiyuan Wang family cannot be lost in his own hands, even if he cannot achieve the spectacular scene of "king the world".

But at the very least, we must have a foothold in Guanzhong.

"As expected by Mr. Gu, those royal brothers really went to Xu Shiji's house." A smile appeared on Lu Chenglie's lips, and he was obviously very satisfied with Wang Gui in front of him. When a minister chooses a king, a king must also choose his ministers.

.This is inevitable in any era.

"I don't dare to praise His Highness like this." Wang Gui said quickly: "Even if I don't say it, Your Highness will definitely think of it."

"Yes." Lu Chenglie nodded. He took credit and was not arrogant. At least he was much better than Cui Renshi and others, but he was from a noble family. When Lu Chenglie thought of the measures Lu Zhaoci had implemented over the years, his brows suddenly furrowed again. He

It has been a while since the government was opened, but in the entire mansion, except for Changsun Wuji, few people have entered his shogunate. It is not that the Tang Dynasty has no talents, but that Lu Chenglie has many scruples. He understands better than anyone else,

How was the Tang Dynasty established? After the establishment, what strategy did Lu Zhaoci implement? That was to attack the aristocratic family. Why was the emperor dissatisfied with the prince today? Apart from his character, the most important thing was that he was close to the aristocratic family. This

The emperor was dissatisfied at that time. So if Lu Chenglie wanted to go further, he would deal with the family properly, otherwise, the position of prince would not be his. Of course, these soldiers were not what he had thought of, but the eldest grandson.

Wuji reminded him. What's more, he believed that he could win Lu Zhaoci's favor because of this.

"How is the Wang family in Taiyuan doing lately?" Lu Chenglie glanced at Wang Gui. He had already made up his mind to recruit Li Jiancheng's chief adviser to his staff, but he had to test it out first. If he wanted to do it because of this matter,

Lu Zhaoci was disgusted, so he would rather abandon Wang Gui and abide by his duty.

Wang Gui's heart skipped a beat. He had only followed Lu Chenglie for a few months. However, although Lu Chenglie respected him very much, he also knew that this was the demeanor of a polite and virtuous corporal. In fact, the prince in front of him probably did not trust him in his heart.

Before this, Lu Chenglie had never asked about the Wang family in Taiyuan. But he asked about it at this time, whether it was intentional or just a casual chat. Wang Gui was extremely confused.

"Your Highness, the Taiyuan Wang family is no longer what it used to be." Wang Gui decided to remain unchanged in response to all changes. What's more, with his political failure, the Taiyuan Wang family is indeed no longer the Taiyuan Wang family.

Not only was the family on the verge of disintegration, but it also suffered a huge loss in terms of money. If he had not bowed to Lu Zhaoci at the last moment, I am afraid that the Taiyuan Wang family would have disappeared from the Tang Dynasty in a short time.

"Haha, speaking of which, these are all because of my father." Lu Chenglie said with a smile: "If it hadn't been for the father's policy of dividing the land between households and the government and the gentry, and paying for the food together, perhaps the Wang family in Taiyuan at this time would not be

The previous King of Taiyuan was not much different. Did Sir ever resent my father?"

Wang Gui's expression changed after hearing this, and he finally understood what Lu Chenglie asked him. This was clearly a test. Once he passed the test, he could officially join the Yuewang Group. However, if he failed the test, the Taiyuan Wang family would never rise again.

Opportunity. When he thought of this, Wang Gui couldn't help but a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. This guy who had once plotted against Cui now felt a little worried.

"If I return to Your Highness, I am guilty of having resented Your Majesty." Wang Gui knelt down on the ground and said in a deep voice. In an instant, thousands of thoughts went through his mind, and all kinds of interests were thought through in an instant.

Toru finally gritted his teeth and made the most difficult and dangerous choice in his life. That was to answer Lu Chenglie's questions honestly.

"Haha, Mr. Wang is so brave. Aren't you afraid that the lonely king will tell your father and let him deal with you? You know, just by your words, I can kill you ten times." Lu Chenglie's face froze when he heard this.

, and then laughed loudly.

When Wang Gui saw this, he no longer worried. If Lu Chenglie changed the subject quietly, or did not express his position, it means that the master will definitely pursue the matter in the future, but the look in front of him...

It was obvious that there was no further pursuit, which made Wang Gui breathe a sigh of relief.

"I just said what I felt in my heart. I didn't dare to deceive His Highness." Wang Gui said quickly: "I was too old-sighted to know that the real dragon emperor made me do many wrong things. Your Majesty punished me. Now I want to

It's already very light when I get up. I am already grateful. What's more, Your Majesty is so kind and now you let me join the Ministry of Punishment. Even if I die, I will never be able to repay Your Majesty's kindness."

"Well, you think so, and I feel so relieved in my lonely heart." Lu Chengsi saw clearly and couldn't help but nodded. He was still very satisfied with Wang Gui's straightforwardness. Wang Gui said that he didn't hate Lu Zhaoci.

If so, that is also a lie. No matter how capable he is, Lu Chenglie would not dare to use him. ()
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