Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

If God wants to destroy someone, he must first make him crazy. This is included in the "Zeng Guang Xian Wen".

There is a similar record in Tao Te Ching: If God wants someone to die, he will first make him mad.

What Li Shen said was just modified by later generations.

But Wang Xuance was well-read, so he naturally knew where this sentence came from.

But he didn't know what King Ji meant.

Before Wang Xuance could ask, Wang Hongfu at the side asked first:

"Your Majesty, how should we deal with it? How can we make it crazy?"

"Xuan Ce, what do you think?" Li Shen did not answer but looked at Wang Xuance.

"Your Majesty, I roughly understand what you mean. There is only one thing that can destroy the King of Jin.

That is the great crime of treason!

But how can we make the King of Jin rebel?

Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a stable position, if nothing unexpected happens, within the next few years, as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has built up his own team,

Your Majesty will abdicate the throne to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Given the current situation, no one has this opportunity.

Prince Jin has no chance either, he should be able to see it clearly."

Wang Xuance stated the facts.

Now everyone can see clearly that His Majesty is just waiting for the Crown Prince to mature and arrange his own personnel.

As long as the Crown Prince has arranged everything, His Majesty will hand over the military power and give way to the Crown Prince.

Moreover, there is actually no difference between the crown prince and the emperor now. Except for the military power that he has not yet taken over, all other major and minor matters are decided by the crown prince.

His Majesty basically did not ask any questions, but just watched quietly.

In this situation, no one would stand a chance.

"Yes, my ninth brother has no chance, but he has ambition and courage.

If there is no opportunity, create one for him and let him see the opportunity. As long as his ambition is big enough, his courage will be bigger than the sky. "

Li Shen smiled slightly, with sarcasm in his eyes, which was a mockery of Li Zhi.

If history had continued, Li Zhi could have become emperor, but he would not have had a good ending.

To save oneself, one must change history, and to change history one must not let Li Zhi succeed.

“Your Highness is right, as long as people have desires, they will become bold.

But how can we give King Jin a chance?"

Wang Xuance asked.

“Show weakness!

The first step is to avoid his edge, give him the illusion that we are afraid, and let him swell up.

His only chance to turn things around is to recreate the Xuanwu Gate Incident like Your Majesty did.

Therefore, the second step is to lift the restrictions on him. We should just keep an eye on the industries and caravans of Prince Jin's Mansion and not interfere anymore.

We can even secretly bring him some business so that he can make more money.

The third step is for Prince Ji’s Mansion to reduce contact with the Crown Prince, so that he will think that we don’t support the Crown Prince as much as before.”

After Li Shen finished speaking, he took a sip of tea. This was all he could think of for now.

"What happens next?" Wang Hongfu continued to ask.

"After that? Of course, we'll just have to wait and see.

Next it all depends on his own performance and how much courage he has.

With so much money, whether he uses it to bribe officials or maintain troops, we will just watch quietly.

We can still give him a push when the critical moment comes."

Li Shen looked relaxed.

Wang Xuance and Wang Hongfu fell into deep thought. This tactic of using stillness to overcome movement was indeed the only way now.

And it’s the safest way.

As long as Li Zhi rebels, even if Your Majesty does not kill him, the Crown Prince will not tolerate him.

"Your Highness, this is indeed feasible and is also the safest method for our Ji Palace." Wang Hongfu agreed.

Wang Xuance also nodded:

'That's right, there is no need for us to fight the Prince of Jin head-on. To be honest, his Prince of Jin's Mansion has nothing except a title.

But our Ji Wang Mansion is different. We have so many industries, and tens of thousands of people in the whole Tang Dynasty are dependent on Ji Wang Mansion.

If the Prince Ji's Mansion collapsed, it would affect the livelihoods of tens of thousands of households and hundreds of thousands of people.

Fighting head-on with the Prince Jin's Mansion is not worth the effort.'

"That's right, this is the principle of concession for the happy. My family is big and prosperous, and life is booming, but you see Li Zhi looking gloomy every day.

There is no need for me to confront him head-on. Even if I kill him, I will still be held responsible.

We should not do things that would kill one thousand enemies but lose eight hundred of our own.

I was a little impulsive today and shouldn't have been so hostile. I should have kept it in mind and taken revenge in the future.

You must take this as a warning and remember, never be the first person to fall out, and never be the one to overturn the table in any conflict.

Be patient in the open and ruthless in the dark. The masters do not fight openly, but secretly.

This king has always followed this path, but I didn't expect that I would still act rashly today."

Li Shen sighed secretly, secretly cursing himself for not being calm enough today. If he could be calm and not tear his face apart,

He could take revenge on Li Zhi behind his back and he wouldn't be on guard.

But now it would be difficult even if I wanted to teach him a lesson, because I had overturned the table and Li Zhi would definitely be on guard against me.

What he just said was not only for Wang Xuance and Wang Hongfu to hear, but also a warning to himself not to be too impulsive in the future.

It is certainly heroic to be furious, but what should you do afterwards?

Wang Xuance and Wang Hongfu stood up and bowed deeply to Li Shen:

"Thank you for your teachings, Your Highness Prince Ji."

The two of them have followed Li Shen for many years and learned a lot from Li Shen.

In Wang Xuance's opinion, isn't what King Ji just said the way to be an official?

In the court, there are rarely open fights. Most of them are covert fights, where the emperor sends his own disciples to attack.

Looking back, the two of them can still call each other brothers.

Li Shen waved his hand and said indifferently:

"What kind of teaching is this? This is just my understanding. Without all kinds of means, how can you have a huge fortune?"

"Your Highness is right. Your Highness's methods are very skillful, and I am in no position to be able to match them."

Wang Hongfu quickly flattered him.

“Okay, that’s it, I’ll leave this matter to you, and fully open up their caravans and industries.

As for keeping an eye on their movements, Xuan Ce should do it, and make sure they don't find out."

Li Shen waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, I have been thinking about the Northwest affairs these days, and I always feel that something is wrong, as if there is another hand behind this.

But there is no solid evidence, it is all just my guess."

At this time Wang Xuance suddenly put forward a different point of view.

"Do you mean there is more than one person behind this?" Li Shen frowned after hearing this.

"I dare not confirm it, but I just feel that something is wrong." Wang Xuance was a little uncertain.

"Your Highness, do you think this was done by Prince Jin? Given his status, he is fully capable of doing so," Wang Hongfu guessed.

"Well, that's very possible. My mother said that Li Zhi did something wrong and was punished by His Majesty.

But my mother didn't find out what the mistake was.

But today Li Zhi said that my mother became ill because of me, which made me suspicious.

I have been so well behaved recently, how could I get sick because of me? But what is related to me is the matter in the northwest.

Xuan Ce, did you get any information from investigating this matter? "

(I would like to ask if it should be written more transparently, such as some conspiracy or something.

Because I found that some of what I wrote was too obscure, which led to many readers making random guesses and judgments.

In fact, many details in the article give some hints.)