Is it a coincidence?

Li Shimin didn't believe it was a coincidence, he also thought about whether this would be Li Mu's strategy, on the one hand, he made Wang Ou disappear from the world, and on the other hand, he also falsely claimed to be kidnapped, and then the two of them ran away. But he quickly denied this conjecture, because Li Mu's family was still in Chang'an, his mother, his wife, concubines, and his unborn child, Li Mu's character he knew, and he once killed him in anger because of a mention of his mother in an imperial history, completely disregarding his own life. and his feelings for Bai Qiaoqiao, it can really be called a hundred and one hundred obedience, just for Wang Ou, let him give up all this, Li Shimin doesn't believe that Li Mu will pay such a big price.

So, can it only be a coincidence?

However, how can emotional matters be born overnight? The two must have been linked for a long time.

Li Shimin seriously thought back to the past, and didn't want to think about it, but after thinking about it like this, he suddenly found that there were too many similar 'coincidences' in the past, for example, Wang Ou often went in and out of Li Mu's house, in Jingdongji, in the valley, she seemed to be there often.

and when she was watching a play in Lichun Courtyard, when Li Mu rectified Chang'an City and arranged the 'Four Beams and Eight Pillars', she was also there.

Li Shimin thought about all this, but he felt that his anger reached his throat, Li Mu, Li Mu, you kid is too bold, in front of me, to my woman-if Li Mu was present at this time, Li Shimin was really not sure if he would draw his sword and split him.

But now, Li Mu's life and death are uncertain. Li Shimin's anger was nowhere to be relieved, the two thoughts in his mind were fighting each other, and in terms of emotion, he wanted to cut Li Mu with a thousand knives immediately, but in the rational aspect, he was really worried about Li Mu's safety, regardless of emotional factors, the importance of Li Mu to Datang today is irreplaceable. Li Mu left Chang'an for a month, and there were a lot of miscellaneous things in the Internal Affairs Office, although Changsun Chong, Xu Ji and others, although they were talented, they were limited to the things that Li Mu had taught, and they were very difficult to deal with unfamiliar things, and some of them couldn't deal with them.

When Li Mu was there, he was arrogant and unreasonable, and the people in the three provinces and six departments all respected him, and never dared to argue with him about similar things. Although he did not conform to the rules, he had to admit that his unreasonableness brought a lot of convenience to the Internal Affairs Office. And this kind of treatment, Changsun Chong and Xu Ji and others obviously don't have it, even if Changsun Chong, as the emperor's nephew and the eldest son of the uncle, few people will give him face, to put it bluntly, he is not qualified enough.

And the same thing is put on Li Mu, and the people in the three provinces and six departments will not even have this kind of thought, because they know that Li Mu has a hundred ways to rectify them, take revenge on them, and kill them, and it is inevitable that chickens and dogs will jump. When Yushitai offended him and was splashed with dung, Chang'an was full of 'night fragrance', and now when I think about it, I still shudder.

"Well, even if you want to kill him, you have to find someone first."

Li Shimin made up his mind, opened his eyes, and said: "Gao Gan, pass the decree, today I will stop the early dynasty, and let the three provinces and six departments come to the Taiji Hall to discuss matters." ”

"No."

Gao Gonggong went to pass the decree, and his own little eunuchs waited for Li Shimin to wash, after washing, breakfast was served, and the six departments of the three provinces also arrived, Li Shimin gave everyone a breakfast, and everyone was not polite, picked up the spoon with Li Shimin, and drank the porridge with a slurp.

Breakfast was spent in silence, Li Shimin shook his hand, the scraps were withdrawn, he looked at the three provinces and six departments, and said: "Is there any news from Li Mu back, and what happened to Dingxiang?" ”

"Your Majesty," the eldest grandson Wuji said in a loud voice: "General Hou Junji opened the day before yesterday, and the forward battalion has 3,000 people, and it will be possible to reach Dingxiang in three days." And the people of the state can arrive today. ”

"How many people have gone to the state?"

"Ten thousand."

Li Shimin rubbed his forehead and sighed: "10,000 people, just a drop in the bucket, if it is really the Western Turks advancing eastward, at least 100,000 cavalry." Li Jing, what do you think? ”

"The minister agrees with His Majesty's opinion." Li Jing said loudly: "After defeating the Eastern Turks, Li Ji and I have specially collected the news of the Western Turks, according to the Eastern Turkic nobles, merchants, and merchants, the Western Turks have come to be strong this year, and their khanate commander Ye Hu claims to have led hundreds of thousands of people to control the strings, and the north is Tiele, the west is to reject Persia, and the south is to be the Zobin, and dominate the Western Regions. Moved the royal court to Qianquan in the north of Shiguo, awarded the king of the Western Regions the title of "Jielifa", and sent a person from Tutun to each country to supervise and collect tribute. seems to have become the co-lord of the countries in the Western Regions, if he hadn't disagreed with his uncle Mo Helu and was killed by his design, I am afraid that he would have taken the lead before the decisive battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern Turks. ”

"After Mo Helu killed Tong Ye Hu, a battle for power broke out with his son Ye Hu, and with the help of Ashina Ni, Mo Helu was defeated and killed, and Ye Hu broke out again in order to guard against Ni Hu, so it was delayed. Now that the mud is fleeing to Yanqi, the Yehu has completed the unification, it is the time when the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and the momentum is booming, this time the Eastern Expedition, he will pour the strength of the country, at least 100,000 cavalry, far beyond the momentum of the Eastern Turks. ”

After listening to Li Jing's words, Li Shimin only felt that his head hurt even more, and muttered: "Hou Junji led the forbidden army of 30,000, and Li Ji had 10,000, which is only 40,000." There is no danger to defend near Dingxiang, Dingxiang City is newly built, and it will definitely not be able to withstand the attack of 100,000 cavalry, and they can bypass Dingxiang and go straight to Hanzhong or Bingzhou, at that time, the Tang Dynasty will have to guard against not only the Western Turks, but also whether the Eastern Turkic tribes will rebel is unknown——"

Li Shimin looked at Li Jing, Li Jing understood what Li Shimin meant, and took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, the minister can go out at any time." ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Aiqing, I didn't mean that. What I mean is that if the city of Xiangcheng is broken, I will drive the expedition in person, and at that time, you will be my deputy general and sit in the Hetao to prevent the Eastern Turkic tribes from causing trouble. At that time, I will bring all the soldiers who can fight well to the battlefield in Longxi, you have no good generals, and you have no soldiers, but you have to defend for me, and you can't let me suffer from the enemy, do you understand what I mean? ”

"Your Majesty—"

When everyone heard Li Shimin say this, they all left the table in panic, and Wei Zheng said: "Please retract this word!" Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, should be in the center, how can you lightly say the word "pro-Zheng", this is the words of the country, Your Majesty must take back this word! ”

"Ministers—"

"Shut up!"

Li Shimin Huo Ran stood up and said, "You civil officials, you have never been able to see the situation clearly!" Now, Datang is already in danger! Last year, we just fought a big war with the Eastern Turks, although we won, but we also paid a huge price, and we have not yet recovered. ”