Chapter 360 Red Heart

"Ha ha!" Qin Mubai smiled.

Li Zhi, at the age of fourteen, is indeed a child. Moreover, he is kind by nature, and he is a little blunt. How can he figure out many twists and turns in this court dispute? And before that, Li Shimin almost raised him in his mouth and never let him touch anything dark and complex. It was normal that he could not bear or understand for a while.

But, aren't people all forced out? Who is born to be an emperor? It is estimated that in time, Li Zhi will taste the feeling of holding power in his hand, and he will learn to enjoy it and be reluctant to let it go. After all, he is also a man. Men, who doesn't like alcohol, sex and wealth? And all these can be brought by power. Not only that, power can also control the life and death of others. This is much more interesting and comfortable to be in charge of life and death by others.

However, as long as there is Changsun Wuji, Li Zhi is also a puppet flag. More power will only be in the hands of Changsun Wuji, which is an important reason why he chose Li Zhi - Li Zhi is young, blunt, has no foundation, inexperience, and is very easy to control.

But every powerful minister will choose a gloomy monarch. It is impossible for a king like Li Shimin to have a powerful minister under him. Changsun Wuji is now drawing a blueprint for his future - he will be the chief powerful minister after the Zhenguan Dynasty, take charge of the huge ship of the Tang Dynasty, and move forward according to his vision. Perhaps Li Shimin also has this idea, because Changsun Wuji is his most powerful and trusted person. He hopes that Changsun Wuji will continue to assist his successor and inherit and carry forward the Zhenguan Tang Dynasty.

I'm afraid this is also an important reason why Li Shimin is now "indulging" his eldest grandson Wuji. He even did not hesitate to release his power and prestige and give it to Changsun Wuji to build a solid foundation for the future of the Tang Dynasty.

Qin Mubai thought that this was Li Shimin's choice, but it was not necessarily the choice of dynasty and history. In front of the wheel of history, anyone's subjective imagination may become wishful thinking. He is as wise and great as Li Shimin, and there is no privilege to speak of. If anyone makes the "right" choice, then 90% of the possibility is a coincidence. It is history that chose him as the lucky man, not that he really "created" history.

A few years ago, Qin Mubai felt that he could follow the wheels of history. But now, it doesn't work. Because history has changed its trajectory because of its appearance. In Li Chunfeng's words, his "demon star" has changed the fortune of the Tang Dynasty and China. What will happen in the future? Everyone's eyes will be blackened.

At this time, it is not only the young Li Zhi who is at ease in his heart. Qin Mubai is, I guess Changsun Wuji is, and even Li Shimin is the same!

Everyone is touching the stones across the river, carefully walking step by step.

"Teacher, you have to save me!" Li Zhi curled his eyebrows and hummed, "Now as long as I sit on the dragon chair, I feel that those ministers are scolding me in my stomachs, scolding me for colluding with my uncle to kill the prince brother, and then the dove occupies the magpie's nest. If I'm young and capable, it makes sense, but... I'm obviously an idiot who doesn't know everything! What's the matter of supervision? It's far worse than my brother!"

"That's what you can do!" Qin Mubai was really angry and funny. He pointed to him and scolded him.

"Teacher, others don't know me, don't you know?" Li Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "In terms of qualification and learning, I'm not as good as Yanzi!" My uncle just took him to the dragon chair to supervise the country. Why did he hurt me?

"Shut up!" Qin Mubai couldn't help cursing angrily, "King of Jin, how can you do this?" Look at your brothers, they are fighting for the position you are sitting in today. You picked up a big bargain and still behaved here. Let them know that they have to kill you!"

"Then kill me! Damn me, I won't sit in this seat!" Li Zhi shook his sleeves and spread his hands, and shouted, "Whoever wants it, who will take it!" Didn't the fourth brother want to be a prince for a long time? I'll give it to him!"

Qin Mubai tightened his heart and said, "You have the guts to say this to your uncle. Don't shout in me here."

"I said, my uncle scolded me as a... pig." Li Zhi twisted his neck and said seriously with his eyes in turn.

"Haha!" Qin Mubai laughed and said, "Your uncle is really wise."

"Teacher, don't make fun of me! Help me! If I sit on that guy again, I will be really worried to death!" Li Zhi hummed, "You don't know how much pressure I have and how painful it is!" Every day when I take care of those state affairs, I listen to the ministers of my uncle and Chu Suiliang. I listen to the book of heaven, and the two wars are all over in cold sweat. That's all. Anyway, my uncle and Chu Suiliang are in charge. I just need to take the jade seal and stamp it. What hurts me most is that my father didn't care about me at this time. He listened to me like a fool at their mercy and sat on the dragon chair like a waste. Teacher, you don't know how helpless and embarrassing I am! Sitting on the dragon chair, I was hit to death! In addition, when he returned to the harem, he didn't even get close to me. He said that Brother Jiu was busy with state affairs. Don't just play with him and do more business. And the concubines, maids and eunuchs who were very close to me in the past, looked at me changed, as if I had become a flood beast and would eat them at any time. Teacher, what on earth did I do wrong? Why did I sit in that dragon chair and everyone treated me differently?"

"That's natural." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "In the past, you were just a carefree little prince. Now, you hold the power of the Tang Dynasty... Well, at least on the surface, you hold the power of the country, hold the center of the dynasty, and dominate the life and death of others. Can they not treat you differently?"

"Oh, I don't want to do this!" Li Zhi shouted, "I like my previous life. I'm not in the mood to be the prince of the country, and I'm not interested in power and the court! Why do you have to give me what I don't want?"

"It has nothing to do with me. Don't get involved with me." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "If you have the ability to complain to your uncle."

"I don't... dare not, I came to you..." Li Zhi muttered in a low voice, "My uncle has always loved me very much, but in the face of this matter, his attitude is very tough and resolute. If I dare to retreat half, he will scold me severely and move out of my late mother. I'm really afraid of him!"

Qin Mubai's heart moved and said tentatively, "Then talk to your father."

"I can't see my father at all." Li Zhi said with a bitter face, "I go to see my father once or twice a day, but I am not allowed to go in. That Chu Suiliang is simply stinky and hard! I scared him to kill his head, and he didn't let me go in to see my father. Do you think it's annoying?"

Qin Mubai smiled and said nothing. This is clear that Li Shimin wants to avoid Li Zhi and has to drive the ducks on the shelves to grind Li Zhi to see if he can become a weapon. Moreover, it is more important to see whether Changsun Wuji has the ability to assist the prince and re-establish the order of the court.

"Then it's useless for you to come to me!" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "In terms of power, ten Qin Mubai are not as good as your uncle; in terms of closeness, I'm just a son-in-law, and you are still the son of the emperor's direct son!" How can I do it if you can't convince your uncle and see the emperor?

When Li Zhi heard this, he was dumbfounded, knelt down again, and almost shouted, "Master, you must save me!" I know you must be resourceful and have a way! In those years, you could save her back when she was seriously ill. Now I'm in trouble. Why do you stand by and watch? You are biased! Teacher... Well, village head, help!"

"Shut up, don't shout! Oh, I can't stand you anymore. It's really not promising!" Qin Mubai helped him up with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Let me think about it."

Although Li Zhi had a circle of thin fluff on his mouth, he was purely a child. He suddenly smiled and said, "Thank you, teacher! I knew that you would definitely not be saved!"

"Don't always die. Who wants you to die now?" Qin Mubai said with tears and laughter, "It's not that much yet."

"It's almost..." Li Zhi said with a sad face, "I just took away the prince brother, and I'm going to attack the fourth brother again, I..."

"What did you say?" Qin Mubai stared and asked in shock.

"This..." Li Zhi was suddenly panicked.

"If you have something to say, just say it! Don't blame me for noting you!" Qin Mubai Wei said.

"Oh..." Li Zhi shook his hands and said, "Why didn't I come to my teacher for help today?"

"Speak in detail, what's going on?" Qin Mubai pulled him down and asked patiently.

"That's it..." Li Zhi blinked his eyes in a little embarrassed, but decided to say it. He whispered, "I've been sitting in the dragon chair for a few days. Anyway, I'm not comfortable and unwilling to do it. One day, the fourth brother came to me and said... If I really don't want to do it, give him the position for the time being. He is willing to share my problems. I was very happy at that time, so I agreed!"

"Damn... you are so talented." Qin Mubai shook his head with tears and laughter, "What's going on next?"

"It's not good! I told my uncle, and then my uncle scolded me as a pig. Li Zhi said with a face and was very embarrassed.

"How do you call... attack your fourth brother?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Teacher, I'll tell you this. Don't tell others!" Li Zhi said nervously, "My uncle said that my fourth brother will definitely not let me go. He is determined to win the position of the prince of the East Palace. If there is a fourth brother in one day, I will be in danger one day. Maybe one day, he will follow the footsteps of the prince's brother. I was scared at that time. I said that the fourth brother would definitely not do this to me. My uncle scolded me again... It was a pig."

Qin Mubai couldn't help laughing and said, "Well, don't mention the pig thing for the time being. You're right."

"Oh..." Li Zhi nodded and said, "Then my uncle told me that if you don't want to follow the footsteps of the prince's brother, you must first get the fourth brother out of the court. I was so scared that I wouldn't hurt my fourth brother. My uncle also sighed and said that his five fingers were connected to his heart, but he didn't want to. But there is no two days in the sky and there is no two kings in the country. There is no fourth brother, and there is no fourth brother without me. He made me think clearly.

Qin Mubai blinked his eyes and said, "Then how did you decide?"

Li Zhi was about to cry and hummed, "Hasn't I slept well for a few nights? Of course I don't want to die, but I... I can't hurt the fourth brother! Besides, my fourth brother and I will be heartbroken if something happens to either of them! The prince's brother had an accident before, and his father was seriously ill. If this is..."

"Oc, you don't have to say it." Qin Mubai said, "Then, your uncle forced you to do something, right?"

Li Zhi gritted his teeth, nodded reluctantly, and said, "My uncle asked me to tell my father what my fourth brother said to me."

"What did your fourth brother say?"

"He said that if I give him the position of supervision for the time being, he will return it to me when I grow up and when I want to come back. I said I don't want it. I would like the fourth brother to be the crown prince and the emperor in the future. My fourth brother agreed. He said that if he became the crown prince and appointed me as the crown prince when he ascended the throne. Even if he has a own son, he won't stand up, he will stand up for me. If his son dares to rob me of the East Palace, he will... kill his son!"

Qin Mubai's heart was shocked: Li Tai, cruel enough!

However, he is really overcorrected this time!

May I ask, how can a person who doesn't even cherish his own son cherish his brother?!

If Li Tai's words reach the emperor's ears, it will be enough to prove his hypocrisy. With Li Shimin's shrewdness, he will definitely no longer trust Li Tai! In this way, Li Tai's impression score from Li Shimin will be greatly reduced! In addition, these remarks and behaviors also fully prove that Li Tai has been painstakingly managing his East Palace dream. Everything that has been done before is for this purpose.

So, no matter what performance Li Tai did, how excellent he performed, and how filial he was before, it was all impurely motivated and intentional, and it was absolutely dark and hypocritical!

In this way, Li Shimin's previous trust and value for Li Tai can be wiped out in an instant!

"The fourth brother also said..." Li Zhi muttered gently, and a little fear appeared on his face. He stammered, "If I don't give up the position of prison to him, I will definitely not work for a long time."

"Why?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Because... because the ministers in the court don't obey me. I only recognize my uncle, not the king of Jin. Li Zhi skimmed his mouth in disappointment and said, "Even if I enter the East Palace or even ascend the throne one day, it's just a puppet prince and a puppet emperor. I can't say, I will give my Li Jia Jiangshan to others. Just because I'm too weak and incompetent! In this way, I will definitely not be able to speak to my ancestors in the future!"

"King of Wei, does he even dare to say such rebellious words? He is obviously provoking your feelings with your uncle and intimidating you!" Qin Mubai couldn't help saying angrily.

Li Zhi nodded gently: "Actually, I'm not stupid. I know what the fourth brother wants to say. He wants to say that his people in the court are far more powerful than me. Even if my uncle supports me, I may not be better than him. Today, I will not give him the position of supervision, and tomorrow, he can also take it back with his own ability. In this way, it's better to give it to him now. It's better to preserve the brotherhood.

Qin Mubai nodded: "You are also rarely smart. You didn't tell your uncle about this, did you?

"No, no!" Li Zhi waved his hand in a hurry, "Then how dare I say it? If I say so, my uncle will stab my father, and my fourth brother will be finished!"

"Then tell me, aren't you afraid that I will stab the emperor?" Qin Mubai asked with a grin.

"The teacher definitely won't! The teacher is a kind man with a gentleman's demeanor! Moreover, if students trust their teachers so much, they will live up to me! Even if you can't save me, you can take care of my brotherhood!" Li Zhi said seriously.

Qin Mubai nodded with a smile, sighed and said, "King of Jin, although you are young and more blunt than your brothers, it is rare for you to have a pure and pure heart. Don't worry, I won't betray you or the king of Wei. You're right. Whether it's you or the King of Wei, the fall of any of them is a great harm to the emperor and the court of the Tang Dynasty. Although you call me a mentor, and I don't have much friendship with the king of Wei, but at this time, I will not help my relatives, and I will not favor you or help the king of Wei. There is a public opinion in the world, so you don't have to worry too much. Your uncle asked you to supervise the country, so you can sit on the dragon chair. Anyway, it's up to them to help you. Don't worry, because His Majesty is still alive and everything is under his control. Even if you can't trust yourself, your uncle, or anyone, you should trust your father, right? Don't worry! With him, everything can't be messed up!"

"Really?" Li Zhi blinked his eyes suspiciously and in surprise, "When you say this, I feel much more stable. You're right. There is also a father here. It can't be messed up! OK, I'll go back and be a mud bodhisattva on the dragon chair. I will do whatever my uncle wants to do, as long as he doesn't force me to kill my own brother; whatever the fourth brother wants to take me, I will give it to him, as long as I have it, as long as I can give it. My only hope is that I don't want anything like the prince brother to happen again. Brothers and fathers are healthy, which is better than anything else.

"Well... I know it in my heart." Qin Mubai nodded and sighed, "If the prince had a mentality like you and the king of Wei had a temperament like you, things would not be such a mess. King of Jin, since you trust me to make a special trip, I will come out for you and go to the king of Wei. Let's make friends and talk with him. Even if it can't resolve his demons, it can at least resolve the misunderstanding between your brothers. For this kind of thing, do your best and listen to fate! It's good to have a clear conscience.

"Well, keep in mind the teachings of your teacher and have a clear conscience." Li Zhi stood up, bowed to Qin Mubai, and said, "Teacher, take care, the students say goodbye!"

"Hence." Qin Mubai called him, took his hand and whispered, "Keep a normal mind. You can learn what you don't know; you can ask what you don't understand." However, some ** topics should not be easily mentioned to people. I'll give you the bottom line. If you have any ideas and ideas that you can't grasp, you might as well hide them in your heart and ask yourself why. If you really can't figure it out, go to your father to discuss it. It's right to regard him as the backbone.

"Well, students should remember!" Li Zhi bowed his hand again and said, "If I can't see my father, I will ask my teacher!"

"...all right!" Qin Mubai nodded and smiled, "Let's go, I won't send it!"

Li Zhi is gone.

Looking at his faraway car, Qin Mubai shook his head and sighed with a smile.

This is the Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty in history. He is indeed nothing special, but no one is born to be an excellent king and an outstanding politician, all of whom are tempered and refined. Who can assert that in another three years and five years, what will happen to Li Zhi, the confused king of Jin?

The environment can change a person's life. Previously, Li Zhi was born in the harem and grew up in the hands of a woman. He is cowardly, blunt and pure, which is a natural thing. However, if he kicks him cruelly into the torrent of politics and goes through all kinds of life-and-death competitions, it is impossible for him to be as "stupid" as now.

Just like the Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty in history, although history does not have a high evaluation of him, he is by no means a mediocre and incompetent person.

I'm afraid this is exactly what Li Shimin is thinking at this moment. It's like teaching a person to swim, throwing him into the water cruelly first, and still drowning him with a few mouthfuls of water and suffering.

Then, it's easy to learn to swim.

Li Zhi's pure white rice paper is being rendered by the two great masters, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji...