Chapter 10? Trading (Part 2)
"Ah!" Zhang Qian let out a short scream from his mouth, and cold sweat rolled down his temples.
After the initial impulse passed, he had already predicted that he might not have fallen well in either end. Even after returning to Shattered Leaf, he would have been dormant for many years without anyone taking care of it. However, he never expected that he might not even Shattered Leaf and would be eliminated halfway through the road as a rebellion.
"Grandfather, don't scare Yongzhao. His loyalty to the Tang Dynasty is well known to everyone!" He felt distressed from the side, Yang Qingqing pouted in dissatisfaction and protested in a low voice.
"Loyalty? In the Tang Dynasty, loyalty and good ending are two different things." This time, Yang Feng did not give his granddaughter face and rolled his eyes with a sneer. "Is Liu Wenjing loyal to Emperor Gaozu? Is Cheng Wuting loyal to the Great Sage Empress Zetian? There are also Li Junxian, Xue Wanche, and Heichi Changzhi. Which of them is not loyal to the Tang Dynasty? Which of them has a good ending?!"
This is a bit sharp. If it were someone else, Zhang Qian would even doubt whether the other party wanted to persuade him to rebel. However, based on his previous understanding of Old Yang and his age, he believed that the old man would never do such stupid and unsuspecting things, so he could only admit his mistake, "You are right, I pushed myself into the fire pit. Please give me a way out."
"I know I've come to ask me for advice. What have you been doing? Should I think I'm dead if I don't come to you tonight? Or do you even believe me?!" Old Yang Feng glared at him fiercely, refusing to forgive me.
"I didn't think about it before, but I just didn't dare to drag you down." Zhang Qian didn't have the courage to speak, lowered his head and explained in a low voice. "I just thought that at worst, I could go to Anxi, before leaving..."
He secretly glanced at Yang Feng's face, and he added nervously, "Before leaving, I will find a way to take Qingfeng away secretly. In this way, you have no contact with the younger generation, and you can even draw a clear line with the younger generation in anger. In this way, others will not spread their anger towards the younger generation on your and Hongnong Yang family!"
Yang Qingqing's hand quietly reached over and held his hand tightly. Old Yang Qing could see clearly, but this time, he pretended not to see anything. "I think beautifully. My granddaughter is not just a good name and a bad word. Why should I follow you?! Boy, let me tell you the truth, I am not afraid of you being dragged down. Thinking back then, when Empress Zetian was alive, no one could frame me, let alone now!"
"Grandfather, using Zhao is also a kind intention!" Yang Qingqing couldn't see it and decisively spoke out to protect Zhang Qian.
"Good intentions and good intentions are different!" Yang Feng rolled his eyelids, still full of disdain, "Forget it, for Qingqing's sake, I won't bother with you. Tell me, what are the plans for you to do this? Don't be impulsive, you are not a three-year-old doll, you can still be impulsive for more than ten days and still can't calm down."
"Mr.--" Zhang Qian was so embarrassed that he couldn't hold back when asked, "Mr. I really had no intention. I was really impulsive at first. As for what I told you later, I didn't know how to get out of the trap."
"This is what Qing Qing Xin, your two junior brothers believe, I only believe half of it." Yang Feng shrugged and scolded without hesitation, "When you leave this door, you add up everyone except your brothers. Those who believe this are probably not able to gather the other half!"
"What else can I do? How many years have I been in the Tang Dynasty? The teams that I can't even make up for together." Zhang Qian felt upset when he heard it, and he shrugged with a wry smile.
"I have to ask you this, how did I know!" Yang Qi rolled his eyelids again, his face full of mockery. "Anyway, in the political situation, from ancient times to the present, there has never been anything else to do. The saints who have no intentions are saints. In the Tang Dynasty, there has always been only one who can be called a saint!"
"This..." Zhang Qian was choked and had difficulty breathing, but he had to admit that the old fox said it was all true.
In political struggles, there is never such thing as nothing else. The more I feel that I have no other intentions, the more I feel that I have great intentions. In the end, the more misunderstandings become deeper and deeper, and I become the public enemy of all forces!
"Well!" He sighed again, and he had to choose to surrender to reality. "What I want is to let the emperor be buried in peace and not to bleed in front of his spirit. What I want is to do is to fight no matter how hard the parties fight, don't hurt the innocent anymore!"
He sighed again, his face was extremely bitter, "Don't be busy shaking his head. If possible, I hope that the late emperor can have a descendant alive and not break his incense. In this life, he was forced by his biological mother, forced by powerful ministers, betrayed by his son, betrayed by his wife and daughter... In short, he has lived a hard life. I don't want him to die, and I will not be able to live without peace."
This is his true words. It is also the biggest reason why he becomes impulsive and does not hesitate to cause trouble.
If he followed the historical knowledge he knew, no matter how many parties fought, the one who laughed to the end would definitely be Li Longji. However, Li Longji was Li Dan's son and Li Xian's nephew. This shows that Li Xian's only two remaining sons did not have a good end, and they were all tung into meat paste by the political vortex!
Li Xian was kind to him, but he couldn't do it, nor could he watch it happen, but he ignored it. Therefore, under impulse, he could only stand up first. As for whether doing so would bring danger to himself, it was something that only came to mind after the impulse was calmed down, and he didn't care at all!
"You, what did you say? The first emperor will defeat the queen? The new emperor clearly is not the queen mother's biological son, but without him, how could the empress dowager continue to be in charge of the country?" Unexpectedly, Zhang Qian would give such an answer. Even though Lao Yang was shocked and rose up after experiencing countless storms in his life. "As for King Qiao, King Qiao has always been cautious in his work..."
Halfway through the rebuttal, he sat down again and sighed like Zhang Qian, "Oh—"
Others may think that Zhang Qian is exaggerating, but with his experience of the elders of the three dynasties, how could he not understand that if he allowed all forces to continue fighting, Zhang Qian's prediction would definitely become a fact.
During Emperor Shenlong's lifetime, Empress Wei insisted on making Li Chongmao, who was both a concubine, the crown prince, but refused to recall the eldest son of Li Chongfu, who had already grown up, because Li Chongmao was only fourteen years old and was easy to control.
Once Empress Wei fails in the power struggle, the new power will either continue to treat Li Chongmao as a puppet or replace others. If it is the former, as Li Chongmao grows older, there will be more and more conflicts between the two sides, and the people in power will definitely kill Qiao King Li Chongmao. If it is the latter, Li Chongmao will not have the chance to live to adulthood!
As for Li Chongfu, he lived cautiously or not, and the result was the same. His age was too great to be a puppet. If even Li Chongmao could not tolerate him, it would be even more impossible for the people in power to tolerate him!
"Grandfather, don't be sad, it's up to man." Worried that Old Yang's attack was too severe, which would affect his health. Yang Qing gave him a card to Zhang Qian, walked behind his grandfather, and gently pinched his shoulders for the old man to activate blood.
"Not sad, no sad. I have never seen anything in my life!" Yang Feng glanced at his granddaughter and forced a smile to shake his head.
Immediately, he cheered up and asked Zhang Qian: "Yongzhao, have you seen something? How do you know that the Empress Dowager will definitely be defeated in the future? Is there a skill in your master that can make you predict the future?"
"No!" Zhang Qian thought for a while and shook his head decisively. "I don't know what the Empress Dowager will do in the future. I just make the worst guess. Power will make people crazy, and the Empress Dowager, before the Emperor's lifetime, was addicted to this."
The history he knew was originally just about the east and west claws, and it would not work much if he said it. What's more, he could not guarantee how much the history of this time and space had been pushed by himself. If he said it, it would not have any positive effect except disturbing Lao Yang's judgment.
"Shh--" Yang Qian couldn't find the answer you needed from Zhang Qian, and Yang Qian exhaled with disappointment, "It is indeed as you said that the Empress Dowager is greedy for power and will not be tolerated by the Li royal family. Once the Empress Dowager wins, she may be even more cruel than the Great Sage Empress Zetian."
After saying that, he continued to sigh, "Oh--! The emperor actually treated me as a housekeeper during his lifetime. If he was defeated, I would probably not be able to explain to him. However, if you use Zhao, your strength is not enough. Even if I support you with all my strength, we both will be a mantis mantis arm to be a chariot!"
"I didn't want to block anything, I just wanted to be at ease!" Zhang Qian of course knew how much he was. He smiled bitterly and shook his head, whispered to replenish.
"However, you can't do nothing and watch it!" Yang Feng took a deep breath and nodded slightly. "At least, you did it! Let the city of Chang'an be calm so far! Don't worry, let me think about it, you two eat first. There will be a way, there will be a way. The old emperor is not a tyrant, and he should not be punished!"
As he spoke, he put his hands on his forehead and his eyes closed gently at the same time, as if an old monk had entered into meditation.
At this moment, Zhang Qian was in the mood to eat? In order not to let Yang Qingqing worry for himself, he forced himself to pick up a few bites of meat and vegetables to fill his stomach, and then picked up the teacup, while tasting it, while thinking hard to break the situation.
He didn't know how deeply Li Longji was involved in the political vortex after Li Xian's death in another time and space. However, it was obvious that in the time and space in front of him, Li Longji had not yet had the ability to get to the front of the stage until now.
The position of Luozhou is not small, but it is only lower than that of the governor in the local area. In addition, Li Longji's royal status can indeed be a complete deed in Luozhou. However, no matter how you count, Li Longji's current strength is not as good as his Protectorate in the West Protectorate. He may have a life-threatening life if he participates in it. If Li Longji does not rely on Prime Minister Li Dan, he will go to the front stage independently now, which will be a pure gift for the head of the people!
If Li Longji and Prime Minister Li Dan are counted as the same party, similar to Li Yuan and Li Shimin, the situation will undoubtedly be much clearer. Wei Hou's side wants to imitate Wu Zetian and repeat the heroine's arrival in the court. Li Dan and Li Longji represent the Li family's royal family and cannot tolerate the second power falling into the hands of foreign surnames. Princess Taiping Li Lingyue is a third party, who does not want the power to fall into the hands of foreign surnames, and wants to be the heroine of the Tang Dynasty himself...
"Use Zhao, you can't say a word about the requests you just now." While thinking hard, the voice of Lao Yang's ears suddenly came from his ears, calm and sober.
"What are you saying?" Zhang Qian was stunned and quickly pulled his thinking back from the sky. "What are the requirements?"
"That's the three things you're trying to do!" Old Yang looked at him calmly, his eyes suddenly became extremely deep, "You can't say that you have nothing to do, no one believes this. But you can't tell the truth, that such a risk is too great, and you will also let you die without a place to die! Since you have come to the Tang Dynasty, you have to follow the customs. Treat yourself as a force and bargain for your own interests. In this way, others can think that you are the same kind as them, can exchange interests, and can win you over to your own use."
"This..." Zhang Qian couldn't keep up with Old Yang's thoughts, and he pondered in a low voice.
"Let's take care of the front of you first!" Old Yang Xi sighed again and explained in a low voice, "You are my husband's grandson-in-law. I have to unravel you first. When you have enough strength in the future, what you say will be more powerful. As for then, you will support the new emperor and shelter Qiao King Li Chongfu from the wind and rain, you will not be unable to do so."
As he spoke, the old man's body hunched down again, as if he was carrying a heavy burden. "At least, it can also ensure that King Qiao's son is not implicated, so that the late emperor will not have his bloodline broken. Alas——"
"Maybe it's not as serious as I said!" Seeing this, Zhang Qian couldn't help but comfort the old man again, "I just said the reason why I was so impulsive at that time."
"If you don't mention these, they are all future things. Can I see them? Let's say something else!" Yang Feng panted and waved his hand gently, "Let's talk about what things are in front of you first! In the past few days, you have not seen foreign guests. Many people come to ask me, what benefits do you need to repay you for your contribution to keeping the last emperor? Forget it, I'm talking more directly for them so that you won't understand. What benefits do you need to get before you are willing to leave Tai Chi Palace and return the Xuanwu Gate of Tai Chi Palace to the Empress Dowager."
"If the Empress Dowager doesn't believe me, and in fact, I will lead my troops to leave after the new emperor's order." Zhang Qian gave the answer directly without thinking.
However, after the words came, he remembered that he wanted to "go to the countryside and follow the customs". He smiled bitterly and shook his head, and added in a low voice: "Well, the governor of Runzhou, it is said that he is old. Ren Cong, the left chief of the military weapon supervisor, is young, but he is knowledgeable and talented, and has a good character. I want to recommend him as the governor of Runzhou and educate the people of the court."
"Runzhou?" Yang Qian thought about it and shook his head gently, "It's inappropriate. Although Jiankang City was once the largest city in Jiangnan, it has been declining for many years and is facing the mouth of the canal, which is easy to cause misunderstandings. Since Yongzhao has long been good at making money, it is better to recommend Ren Zuo Cheng to be the governor of Suzhou. This will be in line with the perception of others."
"Suzhou?" Zhang Qian was stunned and his brows frowned quickly. Then, thinking of the famous Su Cho and Su Gang in history, he smiled again, "Suzhou is good, and for Ren Cong, it must be a fat man. Thank you for your advice."
Chapter completed!