Li Yuan pondered for a long time, and he thought that it was not appropriate for Li Shentong to surrender the army through training, and the decentralization and checks and balances were the kingly way.

He said to Li Yuanji: "This is it! I allow Xuanwu's elite to expand to 15,000 people. You can ask for a 10,000 elite army from the Second Uncle Shentong, and I will tell him."

Li Yuanji was overjoyed and kowtowed quickly, "Thank you, my father, for understanding the difficulties of my son, I will definitely implement the three principles of my father and I will never let my father down."

"Get up!"

Li Yuan smiled and asked the eunuch Zhao Dezhong again, "Is the Prime Minister Chen coming?"

"Report to your Majesty, you have arrived, just wait outside."

"Let him come in!"

Li Yuan ordered and said to Li Yuanji: "I will start working on what I have assigned to you today. I will discuss the division of labor with you later. I will tell him that you can go first!"

"My son is leaving!"

Li Yuanji bowed and retreated. He couldn't help but feel ecstasy in his heart, but he knew that he could not show his strength at the last moment. He kept restraining his emotions and left the palace and returned home.

Chen Shuda staggered Li Yuanji, walked into the imperial study and bowed, "See Your Majesty!"

"Prime Minister, please sit down!"

A palace maid brought an embroidery mound and asked Chen Shuda to sit down. Li Yuan smiled gently and said, "I came to the prime minister to tell the prime minister that the army was going to withdraw from the Guanlong nobles' aftermath. Please ask the court and the supervisor to participate!"

"What's the reason?" Chen Shuda asked in confusion.

"This is because His Highness of Qin wanted to conquer Yan'an County north. He was originally led by him to reorganize the surrendered army, but now he can only let the Prince of Huaiyang do it. Therefore, the current main task of the army is to reorganize the surrendered army, so they can only withdraw from the liquidation."

Chen Shuda was very disappointed. He mainly hoped that the army could suppress Li Yuanji's Xuanwu Jingwei, otherwise Li Yuanji would definitely do whatever he wanted, causing serious consequences. Now that the army has withdrawn, how can the court suppress Li Yuanji?

"Why didn't Your Majesty let Prince Zhao participate in the liquidation? He happened to have 10,000 troops in his hands, and he could represent the military. He didn't have to participate in the magical general."

"Chen Xiangguo doesn't know that the 10,000 troops of Zhao's county prince have been handed over to Shentong. Zhao's county prince himself is going to Hanzhong to take over defense. The army really can't draw any man, so I have no choice."

Li Yuan certainly understood Chen Shuda's concerns. He smiled and said, "I have told the King of Chu that the Guanlong nobles in Chang'an City will be handled by the court, and he is responsible for manors outside Chang'an. This will save the prime minister from traveling for a long distance. I think this arrangement is good?"

Chen Shuda was so smart. He immediately understood the emperor's true intention. The wealth of the Guanlong nobles was not in Chang'an City. The emperor nominally asked the court and the King of Chu to jointly take charge of the Guanlong nobles, but in fact he asked the King of Chu to deal with the wealth of the Guanlong nobles alone. His intention was self-evident. Chen Shuda could no longer choose, so he had to secretly sympathize with the misfortune of the Guanlong nobles. He immediately bowed and said, "I am willing to obey Your Majesty's arrangement!"

Li Yuan nodded, very satisfied with Chen Shuda's statement, but he also knew that Chen Shuda did not agree with his decision in his heart, and he couldn't help feeling a little guilty. He smiled and said, "Chen Prime Minister has repeatedly advised me to transfer the prince back to Chang'an to be in charge of government affairs. I have considered it over and over again and decided to accept Chen's advice and let the prince return to Chang'an to be in charge of government affairs."

Li Yuan's seemingly compromised attitude did not bring much excitement to Chen Shuda, but instead made him feel even more heartbroken. All the interests in Chang'an were divided before the prince came back. The reason why the emperor asked the prince to return to Chang'an was not because the court needed it, but because there were tens of thousands of troops in Hanzhong. Chen Shuda had seen through Li Yuan's hypocrisy and disdain, and saw through his obsession with imperial power, and even his own son could not tolerate it.

This time, Chen Shuda was really disappointed. On the carriage returning to the palace from the palace, Chen Shuda silently watched the drizzle that began to float outside the car window. He didn't know how long this dynasty could last. He couldn't help but remember what his grandfather Chen Baxian said, "The more we reach the end of the dynasty, the more power struggles there will be."

Uncle Chen looked at the gray sky and couldn't help but sigh.

Compared to Chen Shuda's despair, Li Yuanji was so excited that he almost went crazy. Although he could not get all the surrendered troops, his father still gave him 10,000 troops and allowed him to choose by himself. He also handed over the power of the nobles of Chaguanlong to himself, and he got everything he wanted.

This made him extremely grateful to his military advisor Cui Wenxiang. It was Cui Wenxiang's careful planning and persuading him to endure the initial disadvantages that made him finally laugh to the end.

When Li Yuanji returned to the mansion, he asked him to invite the military advisor Cui Wenxiang. Cui Wenxiang walked into Li Yuanji's study and saw that Li Yuanji seemed to be crazy about being happy, he smiled and said, "It seems that I want to congratulate Your Highness!"

"Military advisor, please sit down quickly. Everything is expected by the military advisor. I really find it difficult to express my admiration for the military advisor."

Cui Wenxiang smiled and said, "I also feel accomplished when your highness can realize his wish, but I am willing to listen to the detailed story of the matter. Maybe I can understand something else from the middle?"

Li Yuanji then said in detail about the summoning of himself with his father and his father. Finally, he said: "The father promised to give me 10,000 surrendered soldiers. Now the surrendered soldiers are all in the hands of the second uncle Shentong. Although I have a good relationship with him, in the face of interests, I am worried that he will not give me an elite army. What should the military advisor thinks I should do?"

Cui Wenxiang smiled and said, "Of course Li Shentong has selfish intentions. If nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely give the 10,000 temporary recruitment troops to Your Highness. However, if Your Highness exchanges interests with him, I think he will satisfy Your Highness's wish."

"Then what benefits do I need to exchange with him?"

Cui Wenxiang said lightly: "Have you forgotten that Li Shenfu was impeached by the court two days ago?"

Li Yuanji suddenly remembered this incident. A few days ago, the Censor impeached Li Shenfu to throw away the army of Bashu, fled back to Hanzhong, and demanded that the emperor be severely punished. Although Li Shentong repeatedly pleaded for mercy, the emperor was also very angry because his son-in-law Chai Shao was captured and issued an order to investigate Li Shenfu's actions in Bashu, and prepare to severely punish Li Shenfu.

It can be said that Li Shenfu's fate is in his own hands, and he can use this matter to exchange with Li Shentong.

He said happily: "Then I will go to find my second uncle tonight!"

Cui Wenxiang said again: "But I need to remind Your Highness not to think about recruiting Li Shenfu, as your Highness will dig a trap for yourself."

Li Yuanji's face turned red. Cui Wenxiang said what he was thinking. He kept thinking about drawing Li Shentong's brothers for his own faction. He asked quickly: "Why can't it? I feel that Li Shentong has many positions that are consistent with me, and he holds military power. If he can support me, then I can help you with great things!"

Cui Wenxiang shook his head, "Have you ever thought about why the emperor handed over the surrendered soldiers to Li Shentong instead of Li Xiaogong? There is actually a reason for this. I believe that Li Shentong is very loyal to the emperor. Is the reason why His Highness is valued by the emperor now because in the eyes of the emperor, his noble has no ambition to fight for the throne, and is loyal and trustworthy?

If Li Shentong tells the emperor the secret, His Highness will have no chance at all. Li Shentong's brothers can win over, but it is definitely not now. On the contrary, His Highness must show his incompetence and greed in front of Li Shentong. He will definitely tell the emperor secretly that His Highness will be more trusted by the emperor."

Li Yuanji suddenly realized and bowed deeply, "If it weren't for the military advisor's reminder, I almost broke the big thing."

Cui Wenxiang said again: "This time, the nobles of Guanlong are investigated, and your highness must fully implement the emperor's intentions. The emperor has already hinted that your highness can be ruthless in appropriate means. This is your highness's opportunity. I hope your highness will never be kind to a woman, but you must keep a little scheming."

Li Yuanji slowly gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Even if I have a grain of food, I will not leave them!"

Cui Wenxiang reminded him again: "What Beizhi said about keeping a trick means that Your Highness can secretly hide more than a dozen beauties for his own enjoyment, and he is greedy for a batch of precious jewelry, but a young slave cannot be taken, and a pair of soldiers cannot be kept. We must let the emperor know that Your Highness is only interested in wealthy beauties and not interested in the army. This is of great importance, and Your Highness must do what I said."

"Will the Father know?"
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