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Chapter 1253 Three Conditions (I)

When he was slightly intoxicated, Li Yan said with a sad face, "Once you enter the family of a marquis, it is like entering a deep sea. Moreover, Li Yuan became the emperor, and Li Jiancheng became the crown prince, second only to the emperor. The palace is strictly guarded. How can I, a helpless child, see him?"

"Hahaha"

At this point, Li Yan laughed up to the sky, and said with a sad face: "But I didn't expect that fate would play tricks on me. Even though I became the crown prince, my life was still in danger and I was slaughtered like a pig or a dog. In the Xuanwu Gate Incident, not only did Li Jiancheng and his brothers die, but even the entire Li family was killed."

"When Li Jiancheng's family was killed, I was in Chang'an City. I was so scared when I saw this scene that I was shaking all over. I am so lucky that I didn't return to my ancestral home. Fortunately, Li Jiancheng had abandoned me. If I had returned to the Li family, I would probably have died twenty years ago."

"In the end, I didn't dare to stay in Chang'an, or even in the Central Plains, for fear that Li Shimin would find me and kill me. So I disguised myself as a beggar and spent several months running to the grasslands, living a miserable life. That's how I survived to this day and became the Right Wise King today."

"Humph"

Li Yan looked at the Chang'an City facing the entrance of the big tent and said with gritted teeth: "Although Li Jiancheng is a heartless man and not a good person, he is my biological father after all. He owes me and my mother, and I can take revenge on him at will."

"But we cannot let him die tragically at the hands of Li Shimin."

"This time, I am leading my army south to avenge my father and brothers who died tragically twenty years ago."

Li Yan was furious. In an instant, the tremendous power of commanding millions of strong soldiers and the terrifying murderous intent accumulated from killing countless people suddenly enveloped the few people and pressed down on them unscrupulously, making them feel like they were carrying a mountain and unable to breathe.

The three of them were all shocked, and Fang Xuanling was even more frightened. Although the Right Wise King looked young, his aura was not weaker than Li Shimin.

He had followed Li Shimin for a long time and could clearly feel that the Right Wise King was at the peak of his life, while Li Shimin was on a downward spiral and was becoming very old!

"Li Yan, you call me your uncle, and I will be generous enough to call you my nephew."

Li Dao Zong had been on the battlefield for a long time and was the first to react. He looked at the angry Li Yan and felt his scalp tingling at the multiple entanglements, love and hate in this matter. However, since they were recognized as relatives, they were no longer outsiders, and he had the qualifications and obligation to mediate.

With a long sigh, Li Dao Zong advised: "When Da Lang and Er Lang fought for the throne, they killed each other in the end. It was either you die or I live. We, the royal family, saw it with our own eyes and were anxious in our hearts, but we dared not intervene."

"We were also extremely saddened by the tragedy that happened at Xuanwu Gate."

"So many years have passed now, and Jiro has also reached the end of his life. If it weren't for a miracle, he would have followed your father a year ago."

"If you were both ordinary people, your uncle would make the decision for you no matter what. But now one of you is the ruler of the Tang Dynasty, and the other is the ruler of the grassland. You are no small figures. The fight between you is enough to plunge the world into turmoil, and countless people will be implicated!"

"Haha, uncle, I don't completely agree with what you said."

Li Yan said with a serious face: "You should know that Li Jiancheng was 39 years old at that time, and Li Shimin was only 29 years old, a difference of ten years. Li Jiancheng was also the legitimate crown prince and held an absolute dominant position."

"In terms of character, maturity, and power, if Li Jiancheng didn't have a little brotherly love for his younger brother, Li Shimin, how could Li Shimin have had the opportunity to take action?"

"There is a saying in the Central Plains: When a son travels a thousand miles, his mother worries; when a mother travels ten thousand miles, her son does not worry."

"It's not just about mother and son, it's also true between brothers and sisters. The older one will have some love and care for the younger one, but the younger one can often be ruthless and heartless to the older one. The same is true for the relationship between two people. The one who gives more cares more."

"The more you are taken care of, the less you care about other people's feelings."

At this point, Li Yan said coldly: "Among the three Li brothers, the older ones are more affectionate, and the younger ones are more vicious. This is true all over the world. Li Yuanji was just spoiled since he was a child and lacked ability. When it comes to ruthlessness, Li Shimin can't compare to him. I'm not wrong, am I?"

Well.
When Li Daozong and the other two heard this, they were extremely embarrassed. Given the other party's status, they could of course speak freely, but they could not just respond casually. But thinking about it, it seemed to be true, not only for the three brothers of the Li family, but also for their own children.

This is also why when it comes to family inheritance, the oldest ones are always chosen because they are more responsible. The younger and more favored ones are often the more selfish and irresponsible.

Dou Dan was also in a state of panic. He was a witness of the incident and knew that if Li Jiancheng wanted to kill Li Shimin, he would have had plenty of opportunities. He never moved. You could say he didn't dare, didn't want to, or couldn't bear to.

In short, Li Jiancheng's character is indeed not as cruel as Li Shimin's.

But history is not only written by the victors, but also dominated by the victors. Even Li Yuan admitted his guilt. What could they do? Li Shimin killed his own brothers without mercy, let alone these so-called relatives. Who dared to say anything?
"Brothers fighting, what does it have to do with the people?"

Dou Dan thought about it, and finally could only persuade him from the righteousness of the world, and said sadly: "Li Yan, you are Dalang's flesh and blood, and your uncle has no right to persuade you to let go of your hatred, just like he was powerless to interfere in their brothers' dispute back then."

"But there is one thing. You are all the masters of countless lives now. When you fight among yourselves, try not to involve the common people."

"Peace is hard-won. Whether it is the people of the Central Plains or the people of the grasslands, you should consider them more. Otherwise, you are not worthy of enjoying their offerings."

After confirming Li Yan's identity, Dou Dan was both happy and worried. He was happy that the descendants of the Li family could rule the grassland and establish a foundation that was no less than that of the Tang Dynasty. In this way, half of the Central Plains was in the hands of the second branch, and half of the grassland was in the hands of the first branch.

The Li family had accumulated blessings for hundreds of generations, and they were able to control the entire world. As a close relative of the Li family, the Dou family also benefited from it. From now on, they could walk sideways in both the Central Plains and the grasslands.

What is worrying is that the two families have a blood feud and the hatred of exterminating the entire family, not to mention that the throne should have originally belonged to Li Yan's lineage.

He has both the reason and the obligation to take back what belongs to him.

After much thought, Dou Dan had no choice but to start from personal feelings and try his best to confine the hatred between the two families to the scope of personal grudges. As long as the scale was reduced, it would be equivalent to eliminating the war.

"Yes, Li Yan."

Li Dao Zong also advised earnestly: "You are now the ruler of the grassland, no less powerful than the emperor of the Central Plains, and your actual power is even greater than that of the emperor of the Central Plains. You see, every time you suppress the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty cannot go to the grassland to threaten you."

"Erlang abdicated long ago. If it weren't for your army approaching, Erlang wouldn't have appeared again this time."

"Now his eldest son is the emperor. Cheng Qian is just like you, both are kind people. When I was in Chang'an, I went to Dalang's tomb every year to offer sacrifices. I don't know how many times I was scolded by Erlang for this."

"The right and wrong of the past are all things of the past life."

"It has nothing to do with the current emperor. If the two families fight to the death, both will probably lose in the end. Why bother? Your ancestor endured the pain and accepted this outcome. It was because he didn't want the tragedy to happen again."

"If your grandfather's spirit in heaven saw his descendants continue to fight and kill each other, how heartbroken he would be. It would be better to let the past grudges pass away with the passing of the previous generation!"

Fang Xuanling stood by, watching eagerly, but did not dare to get involved in such a sensitive topic.

Dou Dan and Li Dao Zong were both blood relatives to Li Yan, so even if they broke bones, they still had tendons. However, he was an outsider, and he had participated in the plot of Xuanwu Gate. In the end, he was also an accomplice.

He was afraid that if he said something wrong, the other party would remember what happened and drag him out and chop him up. That would be unfair, right?

Li Yan felt that the play was almost done here, so he raised his sleeves in a pretentious manner and wiped away the tears that did not exist. Finally, after thinking for a long time, he said as if he had made up his mind: "For the sake of my grandfather's spirit in heaven, and for your face."

"I can withdraw my troops, but Li Shimin must agree to my three conditions."

When they heard the other party give in, the three of them all breathed a sigh of relief. Although they had this relationship, they also knew that the Turks came south this time to fight for the world.

Of course, the final abandonment of this strategic goal was inseparable from Li Shimin's reappearance.

But this alone was not enough. The 800,000 Turkic cavalry had already exceeded the limit that the Central Plains dynasty could bear.

If they really plundered without regard for the consequences, even if they failed to destroy the Tang Dynasty, the Five Barbarians Rebellion of the Jin Dynasty would inevitably be repeated. The best outcome for the Tang Dynasty would be to lose Guanzhong and move the capital to Luoyang. It is not impossible that they would retreat across the Yangtze River and repeat the situation of the Jin Dynasty's migration to the south.

This is the case when Li Shimin came out to save the situation. If it happened to Li Chengqian...
Well.
Dou Dan suddenly realized that if there had been no Li Shimin, the consequences might not have been so serious, and the Tang Dynasty would definitely remain the Tang Dynasty and would not have perished. Even if Li Yan took over the Central Plains, he would still be a descendant of the Li family, and even the grasslands would be incorporated into the Tang Dynasty, becoming an unprecedented and huge empire.

But it’s probably difficult to resolve the situation for Erlang’s lineage.

For a moment, Dou Dan was confused and couldn't tell whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for Li Shimin to wake up.
Finally, Dou Dan shook his head and waved away those unrealistic thoughts. No matter what, changing the world is a very serious matter. If you can avoid action, try not to move. Now, being able to move the other side emotionally and rationally and make them withdraw is the greatest victory.

(End of this chapter)