Chen Zhengtai has a good impression of warriors.

Whether it is Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin people, etc., as for the new generation of Su Dingfang and Xue Ren Guiren, they are even more of their own people.

Only this Hou Junji, Chen Zhengtai felt that this guy didn’t look like a martial artist. Although he was born on military merit, he was actually too slippery and good at crafting.

It would be fine if it was just a civil official who was good at schooling, but a martial artist was also good at this. Such a person was most harmful.

For example, in history, when Hou Junji conquers Gaochang, there are records of looting and slaughtering by soldiers. After all, for Hou Junji, looting and slaughtering themselves are trying to win people's hearts.

He is eager to make contributions, and even if he doesn't make contributions, he wants to create contributions.

Not to mention, this guy has sued countless people for rebellion.

From Li Jing to Zhang Liang, although Zhang Liang was not wronged at all when he sued Zhang Liang, you, Hou Junji, had the intention of being unjust and was not a good thing. Zhang Liang trusted you and told you about treason. You turned around and sued others. By constantly accusing the generals of rebellion, you gained more and more trust from Li Shimin.

Such a person... is like a poisonous snake around you. You will never know when he will bite you back.

The next day, Hou Junji came with a team of personal soldiers.

He cast a famous post.

Chen Zhengtai ignored it and asked him to wait outside.

Hou Junji had no choice but to wait outside the tent obediently. However, the several lieutenants behind him were a little dissatisfied and whispered to Hou Junji: "General, the prince of Shuofang is so negligent, how can the general tolerate him so much?"

Hou Junji pulled his face and whispered: "You can't say such things."

“Yes, yes.”

But Hou Junji's face was gloomy and he stood outside the account without saying a word.

It took me more than an hour to stand in my arms before a voice came out: "Come on, call General Hou in."

Only then did Hou Junji hide his anger and submit to the account.

When he got into the tent, he changed his smile and hugged his hands and said, "I have seen Your Highness."

Chen Zhengtai sat steadily, without giving him a seat, and said, "I have to deal with some things just now, so I have neglected it. I haven't waited for too long."

Hou Junji smiled and said, "Your Highness is a matter of trouble every day, and it is natural that you don't care about it. The humble general is used to being in the army. Waiting for an hour or two is nothing."

Chen Zhengtai nodded: "What's the matter with the general coming to see me?"

Hou Junji said: "What does Your Highness think of Gaochang?"

Chen Zhengtai said: "How can I view this? This is a new place, so of course it should be viewed. But the general seems to have some opinions on this."

Hou Junji said, "Your Highness, the people of Gaochang are unruly. They have had too much contact with the Hu people and have long been dissatisfied with the king. Although Your Highness has taken Gaochang, this place must not last long. The humble general believes that at this moment, we should bring troops into Gaochang and station all over Gaochang to prepare for unexpected accidents. If the official army is neglecting to guard them, we will be afraid of causing trouble."

Chen Zhengtai took a sip of tea and just spit out a word lightly: "Oh."

Seeing Chen Zhengtai's calm look, Hou Junji couldn't help but say, "Your Highness seems to be not interested in this."

"Thank you for your reminder, General." Chen Zhengtai said: "I will pay attention."

"Your Highness, this is a big deal." Hou Junji looked anxious: "Be prepared for any trouble, it has been like this since ancient times, and the art of war says..."

Before Hou Junji could continue to say anything, Chen Zhengtai suppressed his hand and said, "The general is the Minister of Personnel. He is ordered to conquer Gaochang. Now, Gaochang is no longer there. If the general doesn't return to the court immediately, what can he do if he stays in Xining? As for Gaochang affairs, I will deal with them. Why should the general worry too much?"

Hou Junji thrust his face, and he was already very rude to say this.

But Chen Zhengtai was above him after all, so he wanted to have an attack but couldn't do it, so he had to laugh and said dryly: "Have your highness ever thought..."

Chen Zhengtai said: "What have you ever thought about?"

Hou Junji said: "This battle in Gaochang is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Hmm?" Chen Zhengtai showed a look of vigilance.

Hou Junji said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is most intimate with Your Highness. Although it is not the name of a brother, it is true that you have brothers. Although your Highness is the crown prince, you do not have enough reputation in the army. Today, no one knows Li Jing and others. If one day the crown prince is the emperor, what should you do if Li Jing and other arrogant soldiers do not take His Highness seriously? This time I volunteered to conquer Gaochang, in fact, it is for the sake of His Highness the Crown Prince. Most of the generals and schools brought are the confidants of His Highness the Crown Prince. Only by making contributions this time can they gain a foothold in the army and compete with these arrogant soldiers and generals. Then one day, if something happens in Chang'an, Your Highness can immediately stabilize the situation and succeed the throne."

Hou Junji said as he looked at Chen Zhengtai and continued, "This expedition to Gaochang is a god-given opportunity. Once you miss it, you will miss the opportunity. Your Highness, please think twice... For the sake of being close to His Royal Highness, you might as well..."

Chen Zhengtai never expected that Hou Jun mentioned the prince at the gathering.

It seemed as if he came here to allow the prince to get benefits.

To be fair, these words are very tempting. What are the military and civilians in Gaochang? Who is the less important and the Crown Prince? At worst, just fight again. In this way, everyone will have the credit.

On the other hand... he also dug a trap for Chen Zhengtai. He kept saying that this was for the Crown Prince to confirm his reputation in the army. Chen Zhengtai is the close friend of His Highness. If you refuse, it will inevitably embarrass His Highness.

At that time, it is afraid that it will be difficult to explain to the prince.

Chen Zhengtai's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help but look disgusted: "Is this what the prince told him?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has had any hints." Hou Junji said with certainty.

Chen Zhengtai asked, "What are the hints?"

Hou Junji said: "Your Highness the Crown Prince said that these people should be trained well."

Chen Zhengtai laughed and then said, "But hasn't Gaochang surrendered?"

Hou Junji shook his head and said, "This is just a false surrender. Gaochang's military and civilians still do not accept Wang Hua. How can they trust them easily? If the humble generals and people stationed in Gaochang, they will definitely be able to thoroughly investigate the anti-Tang clans and catch them all in one go. In this way, Gaochang will have no more troubles."

Chen Zhengtai sneered: "I'm afraid that when your army arrives, the people of Gaochang will have to rebel if they don't want to rebel. Then kill good people and make contributions. After you have trouble, I wonder how many people in Gaochang will die!"

"How can a soldier be kind? Isn't that the so-called kindness does not control the soldiers?" Hou Junji had no expression on his face, but he was justified.

Chen Zhengtai was obviously disgusted with Hou Junji and sneered: "Please take the prince to put pressure on me. Gaochang is my Chen family's Gaochang. The people here have been my people of the Tang Dynasty since now! If you want to make contributions, you can naturally go to other places to expand your territory. Okay, I will say that today, and I won't give it to you."

This means, I have nothing to say to you, get out of here! You're welcome enough!

Hou Junji opened his mouth and wanted to say something. It was obvious that Chen Zhengtai looked angry, so he pursed his lips and simply fisted: "Goodbye."

Hou Junji turned around and came out of the tent.

After leaving the big tent, several generals and schoolmen brought him surrounded him: "General, what's wrong?"

Hou Junji sneered: "He did not agree, but he spoke full of kindness and righteousness. Even if His Royal Highness took it out, he would remain indifferent."

The generals and schools were suddenly disappointed.

He ran away and returned in vain. He was given all the benefits by the Chen surname. How could they be content with them?

"General... intends to return to the court?"

Hou Junji glanced around and said lightly: "It is inconvenient to speak here, so I will talk about it after I go back to the camp."

Hou Junji was very angry at this time. The anger in his heart actually made sense. In his opinion, Chen Zhengtai and he were both from the Eastern Palace. Now that the prince has taken it out, Chen Zhengtai is still indifferent. Moreover, the young man has even suppressed him. It is natural to resent him.

He suppressed his anger and returned to the camp that fought against Gaochang. The camp here continued for several miles. When Hou Jun gathered at the tent of the central army, a group of generals and schools immediately entered the tent, and everyone looked at Hou Junji in unison.

Hou Junji said coldly, "I won't be long before we will go back to Chang'an, so I will stop the army."

All the generals couldn't help but look disappointed.

Hou Junji then said, "In Chen Zhengtai's eyes, those rebellious people in Gaochang are actually more important than His Royal Highness, which is ridiculous."

"General...is there no other way?"

"It's not impossible." Hou Junji said lightly: "At least for the time being, we have to stay in Xining."

"Why? Are there any other reasons?"

"Just just now, Chen Zhengtai said that Gaochang was Gaochang of Chen's family. Don't you think this is harsh? Your Majesty favored Chen Zhengtai and handed over many things outside the pass to the Chen family for handling. But all over the world, is it the king's land, and how can the Chen family dare to steal Gaochang? From this, it can be seen that Chen Zhengtai has long been ambitious and has a ulterior motive. He wants to split the land and be named a marquis and follow Han Xin's previous affairs. This world is the world of the Tang Dynasty, so who has the land? I immediately wrote a letter to sue Chen Zhengtai for rebellion. He secretly recruited dead soldiers in Gaochang and Xining, and took the territory outside the pass for himself. He appointed private individuals so that the Chen family would only know that there was the Chen family, but not the Your Majesty."

Speaking of this, Hou Junji looked confident and snorted coldly: "As long as this memorial is handed over, even if Your Majesty does not become vigilant, he will not easily recall us to Chang'an in order to prevent us from being on guard. We will be able to guard against Chen's misconduct. As long as the time is right, there will be great contributions waiting for us."

When everyone heard that Chen had ulterior motives and had the intention of rebellion, they cheered up and looked at Hou Junji in anticipation.

Hou Junji was immediately satisfied. He was angry that Chen Zhengtai was humiliated and must give Chen Zhengtai a little color, so he quickly wrote a book, one was a memorial to Li Shimin and the other was a secret letter to Prince Li Chengqian.

The former focuses on the matter between Chen's Gaochang.

The latter emphasizes the Chen family’s disdain for His Royal Highness.

After everything was finished, I was busy sending it to Chang'an City with a fast horse.

……………………

Chen Zhengtai and Hou Jun gathered together and parted in disagreement.

But he didn't think that this matter was over! Instead, he became worried.

A villain like Hou Junji has now completely turned against this guy.

In fact, if Hou Junji came to tell him something else and gave him some advice, he would not make things too difficult. After all, this person is the prince's confidant and the Minister of Personnel.

But now, Chen Zhengtai felt that the matter was more serious than he had imagined. In order to make contributions, this guy had reached a point of being crazy. He took the prince to suppress him, but wanted to make trouble in Gaochang and pacify Gaochang again.

Seeing his teacher sighing, Wu Xu calmed down instead. She stared at Chen Zhengtai and said, "What are the worries about his teacher? If Hou Junji really had other intentions, at worst, he would just go to the front of His Majesty to slander his teacher. But His Majesty believed in his teacher without doubt. How could he doubt his teacher and students just because of Hou Junji's one-sided remarks?"

"No, what I worry about is not Your Majesty." Chen Zhengtai shook his head and sighed, "What I worry about is actually the prince! The prince and Hou Junji are too close to each other. I thought Hou Junji was just greedy for merit, but I never expected that this person's incorrect mind was so bad. In order to get the credit, he was already crazy and had no humanity at all."

Wu Xu frowned and said, "What my mentor means...will this affect the crown prince?"

"The prince is quite straightforward. Hou Junji's daughter and son-in-law are around him. He often talks to the prince. You know the prince's temperament. He has already attracted Hou Junji as his confidant. Once Hou Junji's true face is exposed, how can it not affect His Highness? You must know that Your Majesty is still guarding against the prince. It is not that Your Majesty has no desire to love his son, but over the past few hundred years, there have been countless incidents of father and son fighting each other! It is normal for Your Majesty to be wary of him. Once Your Majesty has other thoughts about the prince, think about it, what will happen next? A mere Hou Junji is nothing, but this person is too involved."

Wu Xu sighed and said, "The biggest weakness of the teacher is that his heart is too good. You must know that in the battles in the world, the ruthless people often win. Once a person has too deep emotions, he will inevitably be indecisive. In fact... what does the prince have to do with him? Although everyone knows that his prince is close to the prince, in his heart, his master is His Majesty's biggest follower."

"That's it." Chen Zhengtai shook his head, looking very worried, but sighed, "It's okay, I won't say that anymore. You spend your time on renting here. When I think of this, my blood is boiling and I can't control it anymore. I just wish I could squeeze more money from these people."

Wu Xu giggled: "Yes."
To be continued...