Most of the people present are retired, but in terms of being well-informed, there are not many people who exceed the people in this room. As soon as the old man's voice fell, someone immediately spoke.

"The Anbei Protectorate is under great pressure, and in recent years, it has also made a concession to the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court can ban the trade of salt and iron, especially fine iron, so as not to raise tigers. However, His Majesty has always been open to the Tang Dynasty, and it is not appropriate to ban the trade of locks, and leave the excerpts in the middle. ”

"In addition, the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate has also been negotiating. However, on the Eastern and Western Turkic side, it has always been said that those are uncontrolled stragglers, and they are also fighting these people. Therefore, they have nothing to do about it. ”

In the council room, another white-haired old man with fluttering white hair said.

This is the "old horse", who commanded the cavalry army when he was under the command of the old man. Unlike others, he writes a good hand, Shen Xiong is strong, but also elegant, very popular, known as "calligrapher on horseback".

Among the old man's subordinates, his calligraphy is the best.

"The eldest prince, you are an important minister of the imperial court, and you have the authority to discuss matters. Can you mention this matter in the court? ”

Ma Lao said and turned his eyes and looked at Wang Chong's uncle Wang Qian on the side.

Although Wang Gen is forty-five or sixteen, his children are very old. But under a group of old man's subordinates, he is still the "eldest son".

"It didn't work, now we also need horses from the Turkic Khanate. If salt and iron were forbidden, we would not have horses. Your Majesty will not be able to agree to this matter. ”

Uncle Wang said. The war horses trained by the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates have the power of tigers and wolves, and their strength is infinite, which is incomparable to any other power. It's not easy to ban trade.

Hearing Wang Gan's words, a group of old subordinates who were over the age of sixteen all frowned.

“...... However, regarding the union of the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates, the imperial court has already sent people to divide and disintegrate them. The two Turkic khanates have been suffering from internal strife and should not be united in a short time. ”

Wang Qian hurriedly added.

"Grandpa, I have an idea!"

Wang Chong's cousin Wang Li, who had been listening to it all the time, suddenly stood up at this time, and his face revealed a strong desire to express. In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Li, even Wang Chong.

"We can unite the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate and the Shan Yu Metropolitan Protectorate, and use the strength of the two major Metropolitan Protectors to teach them a hard lesson. As long as they are like the previous dynasty, let them taste the fierceness, they will be able to restrain themselves! And they can also suppress the arrogance of the Eastern and Western Turks!"

Wang Li clenched his fists and said fiercely.

When Wang Chong saw the scene, he frowned, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart. All the men of the Wang family hope to be able to make achievements in the frontier like their grandfather and his old subordinates.

Cousins are no exception!

However, my cousin's military talent is obviously not as great as he is in other aspects!

"My cousin thought too simply, how could it be so easy to mobilize such a large number of soldiers and horses. Actions involving the two major metropolitan protectorate-level operations need to be discussed by the court, deduced in the sand table, and debated many times. Such a big movement has long been known to the Eastern and Western Turks. Whether it is to prepare in advance, or to travel thousands of miles, avoiding the two major capitals, the time is more than enough. ”

"And the soldiers and horses have not moved, but the grain and grass have moved first. With so many soldiers and horses, the food needed is not a trivial matter. ”

This is theoretically feasible. But in reality, it's completely unoperable!"

Wang Chong said secretly in his heart.

It's not been a year or two since my cousin joined the military, but it's clear that he doesn't know exactly what kind of process is needed when it comes to all aspects of the military.

Wang Chong knew that his cousin's talent in court politics was far stronger than his military ability. It's a pity that the uncle is bent on letting him overpower the eldest brother and send him into the army, which will lead to this situation.

Sure enough, hearing his cousin's words, a group of old subordinates in the council hall frowned. Even the old man above the hall frowned imperceptibly.

"Hehe, the young master is young and promising, and he has a lot of ideas. ”

"Maybe there's something to be done. ”

"The Eastern and Western Turks are too arrogant, and what the young master said is right, it should indeed be suppressed and taught a lesson. ”

......

A group of gray-haired old men nodded their heads one after another, although they said words of approval, but everyone understood the perfunctory meaning of the words.

Wang Li was full of expectations at first, thinking that everyone would at least agree. But approval is approval, but the taste is completely wrong.

He wasn't stupid either, and immediately sensed that something must be wrong inside. His face suddenly became extremely ugly.

"Don't sit down yet!"

On the side, Uncle Wang Gen finally couldn't help but speak:

"Li Dan, the capital protector of the Shan Du Hu Mansion, and Zhang Zhiyun, the Dadu Hu of the Anbei Du Hu Mansion, have always been at odds, and not long ago, the two of them also handed each other a copy of the excerpt, and the relationship was very stiff in private. How is it possible that you let them join forces against the Eastern and Western Turks?"

Wang Li's face turned white as soon as he brushed it.

Although his position in the army is not high, he also knows that "discord with the commander" is a taboo in the army. These subordinates of the old man obviously did not expose him in front of him because of the old man's face, so as not to be sad on face.

He wanted to be on the surface in front of the old man, wanting to win the approval of the old man's group of subordinates, but he didn't expect to plant a heel fight, make a joke in front of everyone, and lower everyone's impression, and suddenly his face turned red, and he sat down fiercely, biting his mouth, and not saying a word.

"Alas!"

When Wang Chong saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. My cousin has always been a very strong person, and although people are a little difficult to get along with, their nature is not bad.

In his previous life, he was also hit by this kind of blow, and the whole person was a little negative and decadent, and finally had a stiff relationship with his uncle and aunt, and finally rushed out of the house and disappeared.

"Chong'er, what do you think?"

Just when Wang Chong lowered his head and thought about how to help his cousin, in the lobby, the old man suddenly spoke, but this time, instead of asking his group of old subordinates, nor asking his uncle Wang Qian, cousin Wang left them, but asked the youngest Wang Chong.

As soon as the old man spoke, all the old subordinates in the council hall were stunned, and Qi Qi turned his head to look at Wang Chong in the corner, as if he had noticed him for the first time.

How can it be?

They always thought that the old man was pushing for "leaving the son" and wanted "leaving the son" to take his place. But now it seems completely wrong.

Jiugong pushed the child who was only a teenager in the corner.

In vain, at first, they thought that Jiu Gong was just pulling him over to listen and gain experience.

"Grandpa?"

Wang Chong was stunned, his face was stunned, and he had a feeling that the historical data was not enough. That's right, he really wanted to make a show and get everyone's attention.

But the performance should also be divided into occasions and methods. Boldly interjecting will only make the group of high-ranking and powerful old subordinates in the council hall feel "reckless".

At that time, it was too clever to be too smart.

So Wang Chong has been sitting in the corner, well-behaved, quiet, listening carefully, and not saying much.

It's just that Wang Chong didn't expect that the accident would come so quickly, and his grandfather would actually ask for his child's opinion on such an important military event as the Eastern and Western Turks on such an occasion.

Wang Chong didn't expect it at all in advance, so when he was suddenly asked at this time, he suddenly felt caught off guard.

"Don't be afraid!"

The old man raised his palms slightly, made an encouraging gesture, and said with a smile.

There was a sudden silence in the conference hall, and Wang Chong's uncle looked at him deeply, but said nothing. Knowing the son is more than the father, and in the same way, knowing the father is not the son.

Wang Yan didn't expect that the old man would start testing Wang Chong so soon.

The scene in front of me seems to be very sudden. In fact, it was completely deliberate by the old man, he just didn't want Wang Chong to be prepared, so as to test his true level.

"I didn't expect that the old man would think so highly of him!"

Wang Qian said secretly in his heart, remembering the scene where Wang Chong offered his sword in the hall before. Wang Chong's dedication to the sword actually made the old man feel like a bosom friend.

Come to think of it, I think it has a lot to do with it.

"Bastard!"

Wang Li didn't know what the old man was thinking, and he didn't know what his father was thinking. But seeing that the old man actually made Wang Chong speak on such an important occasion as the conference hall for the first time, he clenched his fists, and his teeth were about to be crushed.

Turning his head sideways, looking at Wang Chong in the corner, Wang Li's eyes suddenly showed deep hostility!

"Yes, Young Master Chong, if you have any ideas, just say it. No one will blame you! ”

Several of the old man's subordinates also encouraged.

Wang Chong's silent appearance, in their eyes, was a sign of fear. For the sake of the old man's face, no one embarrassed him.

Of course, no one really cared about him.

You can't expect a fifteen-year-old child to hear anything about something as important as a military affair. In the eyes of everyone, the old man's actions are probably more about wanting to train and train him.

"Phew!"

Wang Chong took a deep breath, and finally stood up from his seat under the gaze of everyone. His mind went back and forth, and after a few moments, it slowly calmed down.

The opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time finally came, and slowly, a strong self-confidence rose in Wang Chong's heart!

"Grandpa, as well as the elders, grandchildren think that the problem in the north is not in the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates, but in the court! Not in the iron tools, but in the hearts of the people! Not even in the borderlands, but in the domain!"

Facing everyone's eyes, Wang Chong's voice was sonorous and powerful, and everyone in the conference hall was stunned. Even above the hall, the old man who took the initiative to let Wang Chong express his opinion was also surprised.

"Young Master Chong, what does it mean not to be in the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates, but in the court? What does it mean not to be in the iron tools, but in the hearts of the people, not in the borderlands, but in the domain? ”

"Ye Lao", who was full of breath and had a very strategic vision, suddenly said, his brows furrowed deeply. Among the old man's subordinates, he is the most powerful in terms of war strategy.

His opinion alone can basically represent the opinion of the elders.

But even this "Ye Lao" didn't understand what Wang Chong meant, and he couldn't tell whether Wang Chong was "grandstanding" or really "targeted".

Three chapters have been updated.,Welcome everyone to pay attention to my above update.。 "Grandpa, and all the seniors, as you said just now, in the former Koubian of the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates, in the wilderness where there were no cities, we could exchange two for three, or even more. But now, there is a two-for-two, and even more of us are dead. Could it be that Grandpa and your predecessors really thought that it was just the iron tools? Could it be that as long as iron tools were banned, this situation could be changed, and the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates would be weakened as a result?"

Wang Chong brushed his thoughts and said to the eyes of the elders in the council hall. In a word, everyone was stunned. Everyone only thought about the problem of iron, but they didn't think about anything deeper.

As Wang Chong said, the prosperity of the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates is a fait accompli, and this is by no means something that can be changed by a few iron tools.

"Chong'er, what do you want to say?"

Even Wang Chong's eldest uncle showed a solemn look. He is an important minister in the court, and he has the right to counsel and discuss politics, and he is extremely sensitive to this kind of thing.

"The nomads of the steppe, every 100 years, must have a great prosperity. This is the trend of the times, and no one can change it. This was true of the former Qin, the same was true of the Great Han, and the same was true of the former Sui. Today, the same is true for Datang. Now, it is no longer a question of the people of the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates in the north, but also in the Us-Tibet Plateau in the west, Goguryeo in the east, and Erhai in the south. ”

"We can't change these nomads, barbarian tribes! The only thing we can change is ourselves! That's why Sun Er said that this matter is not in the borderlands, but in the domain, not in the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates, but in the Tang Dynasty itself. ”

Wang Chong is colorful. Although he had to be reborn, Wang Chong couldn't help but worry when he thought of the grim surrounding situation that Datang was facing now.

After being born again, only he knows how many days and nights he couldn't sleep at night.

In this chamber, they are all important ministers of one side, although many of them have retired, but the influence of their lives is still there, and their family still has a huge influence in the government and the opposition.

"The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill", today's Datang is already in crisis, and it will erupt together just for one inducement. The people in this chamber were able to discover the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates in the north, which was already a prophet and had a glimpse of it.

But Wang Chong knew that this was not enough, and this was not a fundamental problem at all.

Wang Chong must find a way to alert them, and through them, through this council chamber, he will influence more people!

“...... However, for many years of peace in China, when Emperor Taizong forced the Eastern and Western Turks to the north of Yinshan, many barbarians were annexed, and conquered Annam. At the beginning of the dynasty, it further expanded its influence to the Western Regions and established the Anxi Protectorate. ”

"This dynasty has won so many victories that the sphere of influence of all nations has been incomprehensible, not only surpassing the Sui, but also far surpassing the Han and Qin, and reaching the unprecedented strength of the Middle Earth Divine Continent!

Thinking of the current situation in Datang, Wang Chong felt heavy. It is not terrible that the foreign enemy is strong, whether it is the most powerful Xiongnu or the strongest Turkic Khanate, and finally surrendered one by one to the hooves of the Central Plains Dynasty, but the hearts of the people are scattered, this is the real problem.

"My grandson heard a poem before: The young man in Yingzhou is tired of the wilderness, and the fox Qiu is hunting under the city. A thousand cups of wine are not intoxicating, and Hu'er can ride a horse at the age of ten. ”

"While we were in pursuit of fox fur brocade clothes, indulging in luxurious pleasures, and taking pride in not getting drunk in a thousand cups, those northern Turkic khanates were already training their children, riding horses and archery, and taking pride in killing enemies on the battlefield. ”

"The Turks are easy to keep, but the hearts of the people are hard to overcome. My grandson thinks that's the real problem!!"

In the end, Wang Chong's heart was extremely heavy. This is not that Wang Chong said such nonsense in order to persuade the elders and to behave in front of the elders. It is Wang Chong's personal experience in his last life.

That frontier poem was overheard when he was wandering in his later life. Many things can only be seen clearly when the wood is completed and there is no way to recover!

But by that time, everything was already evening.

The current Datang, drunk and gold-obsessed, people's hearts have changed, and it is no longer the original Datang. It's a pity that many people in the game haven't noticed this at all.

In the conference hall, it was quiet and the atmosphere was heavy. The elders present originally just wanted to hear what Wang Chong had and see how this grandson of Jiugong could be a blockbuster, but the more he heard it, the more heavy his mood became, and when he heard Wang Chong recite the border poem, they were even more shocked, as if they had noticed the grandson of Jiugong for the first time.

Even the old man in the hall showed a shocked look.

He asked Wang to rush in and ask a sudden question. I want to test this grandson through this way, to see how good he is, how talented he is, and what kind of position he will give him in the future.

As for the heirs......

From Wang Chong's eldest uncle Wang Yan, to Wang Chong's father Wang Yan, to Wang Chong's eldest brother Wang Fu, cousin Wang Li, he has been disappointed too many times.

It is not easy to conquer a group of old brothers and subordinates and gain their recognition.

After all these years, he had almost given up hope.

However, what the old man didn't expect was that Wang Chong's performance far exceeded his expectations. This is no longer a question of failing to test the test and being unsatisfied.

In this grandson, what is shown has gone far beyond this content.

For the first time, he suddenly saw some hope.

The reaction of everyone in the hall fell into Wang Li's eyes, and his face suddenly became even more ugly.

"Mr. Chong, I want to ask, you made the poem just now. Or is it true?"

In the conference hall, Ye Lao suddenly asked, his seriousness seemed to have some special meaning.

Wang Chong's poem, if he made it himself. Then it can only show that the grandson of the ninth prince is very talented, and he can think of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty through singing and dancing, combined with the characteristics of the Turkic nomadic tribes, to write such a poem, and that kind of talent is beyond doubt.

At his age of fifteen, it was indeed amazing. It can be regarded as the demeanor of Jiugong when he was young.

But if not, if there is really such a poem on the border, then everything is completely different in nature. That's a lot more serious.

This is no longer a question of whether Jiugongtui recommends a grandchild, but involves a major national event.

"It's true!"

Wang Chong said solemnly. This poem was heard by him in his previous life, but it was not only when he listened to it. But it has been in the folk for a long time.

Even the elders present now send someone to investigate, and they can still find it now!

As soon as Wang Chong's words fell, the atmosphere in the conference hall suddenly became a little more solemn. Several of the old man's subordinates glanced at each other, and all of them looked serious.

They weren't worried about Wang Chong lying, this kind of thing would be known as soon as they investigated. The elders were thinking about other things.

"Jiugong, in the matter of the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates, although we have been obsessed with it for decades. But in terms of vision and knowledge, it is really not as good as Young Master Chong. Just like Young Master Chong said, the affairs of the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates are not in the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates, but in the court, not in the iron tools, but in the hearts of the people, not in the borders, but in the domain. This time, His Majesty came to pay his respects, this is what Jiugong should tell His Majesty!"

Ye Gong's hair trembled, and he said in a heavy mood.

Wang Chong is only a fifteen-year-old child, and all the elders are over half a hundred years old, all of them are experienced and knowledgeable. But it is precisely because of this that all the elders know better that what Wang Chong said is not false at all.

The Turkic border is easy to overcome, but the people's hearts are not ancient and irreparable. That's the real problem.

Even these old ministers have no way to do this.

This is the reason why Ye Gong is worried and has a heavy heart.

After many years of confusion, no one thought that they would hear this kind of insight that hit the nail on the head and pointed straight to the heart in a teenage grandson of Jiugong.

"This matter, wait for Your Majesty to come. I'll discuss it with him. ”

At the head of the council room, the old man nodded, also in a heavy mood. An old brother's chat, as well as the test of children and grandchildren, will eventually turn out like this, which he did not expect before.

But compared to this, the grim situation facing the empire is what he is really worried about.

"Congratulations to the Ninth Prince, the Wang family has a unicorn!"

"At a young age, he has this kind of insight in military affairs, and he will inevitably become a pillar of the country in the future, and the future is limitless!"

"Young Master Chong has the demeanor of the Ninth Prince!"

"In time, in the future, my Tang Dynasty will inevitably produce another important minister of the country!"

"Congratulations to the Ninth Prince!"

"Congratulations to Young Master Chong!"

.........

The elders in the palace said one after another, which was different from the previous perfunctory royal family Sun Wangli. This time, all the elders were sincere, and they all looked at Wang Chong sitting in the corner one by one, and they all admired it.

"Come, Young Master Chong, sit next to me!"

With a killing aura and a very strategic vision, "Ye Gong" suddenly beckoned to Wang Chong. The more he looked at this child, the more he liked it.

He has seen several descendants of Jiugong, and only this child impressed him the most, and even made him feel sorry for his talents.

If it can be cultivated well, the future of this child is limitless.

This was not an empty phrase, but his intuition. He Ye Dong sees people very accurately, and he has never been wrong with being favored by him. You can't be wrong with that.

Wang Chong was surprised, and couldn't help but subconsciously look at the grandfather at the head of the hall.

"Hehe, go, go! Now that Ye Dong likes you, you can sit next to him." ”

The old man sat upright, waved his hand and smiled.

He was upright and incorruptible all his life, and rarely smiled. But today I was really happy.

"Yes, Grandpa!"

With his grandfather's approval, Wang Chong nodded, and moved the seat to the side of "Ye Gong".

The old man's other subordinates don't know yet, but there is no doubt that his performance just now has won the approval of this "Ye Lao" under his grandfather!