"The saint wants the chair under the seat, and the prince wants this too, but it's different!" Xu Chen said slowly: "The saint is already old, this chair will have to be handed over sooner or later, but not now, but now the prince is full-fledged, even if the saint wins this game, it is unlikely that he will kill the prince and his henchmen in the short term, the court situation will be chaotic, and the saint is old after all......"

"And for the crown prince, the best result can only be the same as Emperor Taizong. He didn't dare! Even if the people around him had such thoughts, the prince would not be able to bear such a stigma!"

Seeing that the teacher frowned slightly, showing a little impatience, Xu Chen said with a smile: "Of course, these are all old tunes, and those who have grown their brains are clear!"

"Let's talk about what we want......"

Xu Fan couldn't help but speak: "You ......"

Xu Chen raised his hand and stopped: "Teacher, don't worry! Of course, solving problems is very important, but no one has the motivation to do things that are not beneficial, right?"

"It's inevitable that the prince's side will hurt his muscles and bones this time!" Xu Chen said with a smile: "Wen's martial arts, there are a lot of vacant positions, teacher, you are also a prime minister, you must always give the younger brothers some sweetness, otherwise the hearts of the people will be scattered, how can the team be led?"

Looking at the young man who was talking eloquently, Shi Nanting laughed in the end.

Xu Chen turned his head to look at him, smiled and asked, "Dare to ask who this gentleman is?"

"Shi Nanting, Xu Xiang's subordinates!" Shi Nanting said reservedly.

"Sir, do you have something to say?"

Shi Nanting nodded slightly, thinking that this young man may be a little taken for granted, but he can be regarded as humble and polite, he has also learned, his knowledge is shallow, and his experience is enough, after all, he is a student of Xu Xiang, he can't say anything serious, just stop at the point!

"Young Master Xu, now that the situation is critical, the people on the prince's side are about to come to the imperial city, so let's talk about this at this time...... Hehe, I'm afraid it's useless, right?"

Xu Chen glanced at him and said with a slight smile: "Mr. Shi, don't worry! You always have to eat one bite at a time! Explain the situation clearly first......

"Okay!" Xu Fan was a little impatient at this moment, and he didn't want to see his students and staff have unnecessary suspicions, so he said directly: "Is there any way to say it directly!"

Xu Chen suddenly showed an unhappy expression, and muttered in a low voice: "People haven't finished talking yet!"

"That's enough!" Xu Fan said with a dark face: "He Kaiyuan...... I'll just think he's drowned!"

"He was drowned!" Xu Chen said righteously: "I promise!"

Xu Fan's face was pale, he took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "Okay! If you are drowned, you will be drowned! Who made him not know water?

"You said that the officials are true! I know that I have to cross the ocean, and I don't know how to send someone who knows how to come here, so how can I explain this to someone's family! It's nothing to lose money, the key is ...... you."

"If you say one more word, the next Ryukyu Prefecture will set off tomorrow!"

"Ahem!" Xu Chen coughed twice, and his face did not change: "I have a cold, it is estimated that it is cold on the road, finish things early, I have to go back to take medicine!"

"My method is actually not very clever, let's lead the water to the west!" Xu Chen returned to his previous appearance, and said calmly: "Actually, it should be regarded as the bottom of the kettle, and the prince's salary should be drawn!"

"Eighty percent of the force in the prince's hands was co-opted by the two towns of Hedong and Hexi, relying on the influence of Wang Zhonghe, and as for the remaining two percent, it was almost because Wang Zhongsi was inseparable from him, so the bet was ......"

"So Wang Zhongsi is a key!"

As he spoke, Xu Chen turned his head to look at Shi Nanting, who wanted to speak, and said solemnly: "Sir, don't worry, listen to me!"

With an indifferent expression, there was a trace of majesty that could not be refused, Shi Nanting's heart sank, and when he came back to his senses, Xu Chen had already continued: "The difficulty of this time is not to get through the current level, no matter what the victory or defeat is, the court situation cannot be chaotic! The current Datang Dynasty looks like the country and the people are safe, but teacher, you are the prime minister, so you can naturally see the hidden crisis." ”

"Outside, there are Xi people and Khitan people in the northeast, Turkic remnants in the north, and the Tubo people in the west have never been honest! Inside, there are many military factions, but there are almost no soldiers and horses that the imperial court can really control, and the appointment of generals looks good, but the harm is actually even heavier! The wealthy families in various places have not been left and right in the court! This time, there is no shadow of them behind it. ”

The young man's voice was clear but not immature, and his tone was soothing, telling things that were far from being exposed to at this age, like a child walking in the city with a heavy hammer, but because of the seriousness on his face, people could not find a sense of comical, but had a solemn ......

"The situation is critical, stabilizing the court is the first priority!" Xu Chen continued: "There is no good way to do it at such a time, it is nothing more than to find something, find a big thing, so that everyone has something to do!"

"There is work to do, whether it is a purge or a subsequent transfer of power, as long as the hands and feet are numb, the vibration can be minimized!"

Xu Fan asked in a deep voice, "What do you want to do?"

I know very well that my character as a student is already so serious, so naturally it is a big deal!

Sure enough, Xu Chen smiled and said slowly: "Stone Castle City!"

"You want to start a war against Tubo?" Rao was prepared, Xu Fan was still taken aback by Xu Chen's courage!

"The stone fort city is the gateway to Tibet, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Wang Zhonghei has confronted it for many years and has not advanced an inch, although you have fought a few battles in the south......"

"Haha!" Xu Chen shook his head and smiled: "Teacher, you think too much, naturally this battle can't be for me to go!" The reason why Wang Zhongsi didn't attack Shibao City was because he cherished his soldiers and didn't want to exchange the lives of soldiers for his own merits. He had previously fought more than ten battles with Huangfu Weiming, all of which were won by waiting for work, thus curbing the momentum of the Tubo people rampaging in the Western Regions for many years, and putting the Tubo people in a complete defensive position. He used a strategy of besieging but not attacking Shibao City, as long as the Tibetans did not invade the interior. Such a serious strategy is both prudent and secretly powerful, if the Tubo people act recklessly or take advantage of the opportunity, the Tang army can take advantage of the gap to enter the ......"

Xu Fan squinted his eyes and asked lightly, "You kid has made a lot of preparations!"

"How can there be?" Xu Chen replied with an embarrassed smile: "These are all told to me by Wang Zhonghei himself, didn't I go to Hanyang a few days ago!"

"So, this is Wang Zhonghei asking for war?"

"Yes!"

"Why?"

"It's time for this time and that time!" Xu Chen replied: "He cherished his soldiers before, and now it's the same!"

"It's just that too many people are now caught in the court struggle for the crown prince's seizure of power, if the saint wins, these people have only one way to die! As a general, even if they want to die, they should be shrouded in horse leather and die on the battlefield, instead of wasting their lives in this power struggle of the flies and dogs. ”

"Is this Wang Zhongsi's idea?" Xu Fan asked.

"Yes!" Xu Chen nodded and said, "He also proposed attacking Stone Fort City!"

"Now the civil strife in Tibet is a good opportunity to use troops, as long as the planning is done properly, and at the expense of military and financial resources, it will not be a problem to take Shibao City and enter the territory of Tibet! For more than a year, in fact, most of Wang Zhonghe's heart is still in the northwest, perhaps because he has a premonition that something is going to happen, and he also wants to give himself a place where a general should belong......

Xu Fan was silent for a while before asking, "Where is the money, where does the military spending come from?"

Xu Chen smiled and calmly said four powerful words: "Raid the family and destroy the clan!"

"Since the gang around the prince dared to bet, they naturally had to bear the consequences of failure. ”

Although Xu Chen said that the head was the Tao, and he inadvertently broke out a little bit of "Wang Ba" anger, Shi Nanting was still puzzled, and the contempt was still there, at most it was only a little less.

"Will the Holy One agree to major military affairs?"

Xu Chen glanced at him, smiled mysteriously, and turned his head to look at Xu Fan.

Xu Fan didn't respond, but asked calmly: "What about now, how can the chaos outside be calmed down?"

"It's easy to do!" Xu Chen said with a smile: "The prince's men and horses outside are roughly about 30,000, but in fact, not all of them have entered the city, there should be more than half of the people hiding in the strongholds outside the city, and as for these people entering the city, almost all of them are scattered." At present, the third child is intercepting people one by one, and they dare not say it for a long time, and there is no problem in delaying it for a while and a half. The Holy Lord should also have a force of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and with these people, it is not a big problem to clear out this part of the soldiers and horses scattered in the city. ”

"Impossible!" Xu Fan shook his head slightly: "Holy ...... him"

"I know!" Xu Chen smiled and nodded: "You don't need to go all out, just make a show......!"

"The Forbidden Army will do it!"

"Huh?" Xu Fan was slightly stunned,

"It's very simple!" Xu Chen said: "The reason why these people in the forbidden army are indifferent is to sell for the price, as long as the situation shows clear signs, there will definitely be a shrewd old fox to grab the bet!"

"We just need to let them see the slightest hint of it!"

"What do you want to do?" asked Xu Fan.

"This still needs to be talked to by the teacher!" Xu Chen replied with a smile: "Give the prince some privileges!"

"What privilege?"

"For example, if you don't worship the king, you should enter the temple and so on, in short, you must consolidate his position as the crown prince! Let the whole world know that the saint and the prince's family are close without any contradictions......

"This is impossible!" Shi Nanting shouted: "This is Dong Zhuo's style! It is impossible for the Holy Lord to agree!"

Xu Chen turned his gaze again, not laughing, but there was a joke in his eyes.

Xu Fan frowned slightly, Shi Nanting's performance today was undoubtedly worse, but he was not too disappointed, after all, there were some things he didn't know much.

For example, what is known about the emperor......

Thinking of this, Xu Fan set his eyes on his own student, and smiled with a little meaning: "Your preparation is really sufficient!"

"Hehe, what kind of place is Chang'an City? Is it good to eat people without spitting out bones? If you don't have any preparation, I dare to come?"