Several other people saw that Li Shimin's face had changed, and hurriedly got up and bowed down and said, "The ministers are guilty." ”

Li Shimin looked at the ministers with a dark face and did not speak for a long time.

Just when the ministers and others were anxious, they heard Li Shimin say quietly: "It seems that Cheng Qian's idea still has some truth!" ”

"Ahh

Gao Shilian and the others looked up at Li Shimin in amazement, and said in their hearts: It seems that His Majesty summoned me to wait here today, just to persuade His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make peace, not to really stop His Royal Highness the Prince.

Since everyone from the hundred officials to their children did not cherish the opportunity, Li Shimin would not give them another chance.

Li Shimin waved his hand to let a few people retreat, wondering why Li Chengqian could always hit the nail on the head, but he couldn't?

Li Chengqian, who was in the East Palace, heard that Li Shimin had summoned Gao Shilian and the others, so he just smiled slightly and said secretly: Li Shimin has really grown!

I am more confident in what I am going to discuss with Li Shimin.

Li Chengqian held Guo Xiaoke in his hand and sent him from the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate to invite Zhan Songshu, and was about to go to Li Shimin to discuss sending Su Dingfang to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate to replace Guo Xiaoke.

Li Chengqian came to the Manna Hall in a hurry, and entered the hall directly without passing the message.

"Son-in-law, see father!"

Li Shimin was sitting in a rocking chair reading a book, when he heard the sound, he turned his head and saw Li Chengqian bowing and saluting, and said with a smile on his face: "Chengqian is here, hurry up!" ”

When Li Chengqian got up, he pointed to the Jindun next to him and said, "Chengqian sat next to his father." ”

"Thank you, Father!" Li Chengqian saluted again, slowly walked over and sat down.

Li Shimin glanced at the song in Li Chengqian's hand, turned his head and asked with a smile: "Chengqian has a song in his hand, but he is uncertain about any government affairs." ”

Li Chengqian didn't see Li Shimin's expression, but he could hear his pride when he heard the voice, and he was stunned, so he followed him and said: "My father's expectation is good, my son has a matter here, and I want to ask my father to decide." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he said even more proudly: "What can make Cheng Qian dare not decide, let's listen to it." ”

Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin obviously saw the music in his hand, but he didn't look at it at this time, just waiting for himself to beg him.

Then he said directly: "Guo Xiaoke, the protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, said that Yanqi had married the Western Turks, cut off the tribute of the Tang Dynasty, and asked for Yanqi to be dispatched. ”

Li Shimin's expression was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he immediately said with dissatisfaction: "Yanqi is just a small country, and it is only a matter of raising hands to destroy Yanqi with the strength of the Anxi Protectorate and Guo Xiaoke's ability. ”

Li Chengqian smiled slightly when he heard this: "Erchen also knows that it is not difficult to destroy the Anxi Protectorate, but the matter involves the Western Turks, and this matter must not be good."

In the future, the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks wrestled repeatedly in this area, which was protracted.

And most of the Anxi capital protects Guo Xiaoke's extravagant nature, and the servants and concubines play with them, all of which are extremely fresh, although they are in the army, the bed curtains are also decorated with gold and jade.

These people are by no means the right people to guard the Western Regions, so Erchen wants to send Su Dingfang to the Western Regions, and when Guo Xiaoke breaks through Yanqi, let Su Dingfang go to guard Yanqi and preside over the overall situation of Anxi. ”

Li Shimin originally thought that Li Chengqian had come to him to discuss the use of troops against Goguryeo, but he didn't think that he wanted to send his people to the Western Regions to pick up cheap and replace the generals stationed abroad, and he couldn't help but be secretly angry.

Said slightly angrily: "Guo Xiaoke is a tiger general of the Tang Dynasty, and it is more than enough to suppress the barbarians in the Western Regions in Anxi, so why do you need to change people?"

However, Goguryeo in the northeast is ready to move, and it is time to send more troops and horses. ”

As he spoke, he got up angrily and shouted outside: "Someone, summon the ministers of the three provinces to the Liangyi Hall to see the driver." ”

Li Chengqian hurriedly got up and said loudly: "Father Emperor Goguryeo's ministers have already ordered the Yingzhou Governor's Mansion and Youzhou Governor's Mansion to send people to survey and map the mountains and rivers of Goguryeo, what can my father do now if he finds the ministers of the three provinces?"

Li Shimin glanced back at Li Chengqian, snorted coldly and strode out directly.

Li Chengqian also limped up with a cane.

When the father and son came to the Liangyi Palace, only the ministers of the three provinces had arrived, and the six Shangshu had not yet arrived.

Li Shimin sat down with a calm face, and Li Chengqian also walked to the small throne beside him and sat down.

Seeing the father and son like this, the minister didn't know what was going on, and they were all frightened and didn't dare to say anything.

After a while, Li Shiji and the other six Shangshu arrived, and they didn't dare to say anything when they sat down.

Li Shimin snorted angrily and said directly: "Goguryeo Gaisu Wen killed the monarch and took over the government, and even attacked Silla and Baekje, is it tolerable or unbearable?"

I decided to send two armies as the vanguard to defeat Goguryeo. ”

The ministers were all stunned when they heard this, Li Chengqian had already ordered the Youzhou Governor's Mansion and the Yingzhou Governor to survey the geographical map of Goguryeo's mountains and rivers, and obviously did not plan to use Goguryeo in the near future.

"Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty almost wiped out Xue Yantuo in the north last year, and now there are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Lingzhou, and the supply of hundreds of thousands of stone grains and grass that was originally needed.

Moreover, according to the plan of His Royal Highness the Prince, this year Datang will also send grain supplies to Lingzhou to supply the newly surrendered herdsmen of Mobei in exchange for their cattle, sheep and horses, so that the Mobei herdsmen will rely on Datang's food supply from now on, which is a long-term peace and stability plan Datang must go all out to do this well.

Now that I am sending troops to Goguryeo, I am afraid that it will be difficult to support the grain and grass, so I ask Your Majesty to think twice. ”

The first to stand up against it was Cheng Mingzhen, who was the right man of Shangshu and the head of the household department, and the question raised was very real, how could the imperial court fight a war without grain and grass?

Li Shimin didn't speak with a dark face, when he saw that Yu Suiliang also stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's handling of Goguryeo is very appropriate, and now the Tang Dynasty should make every effort to deal with the northern grasslands, and only then can he think about it when the herdsmen of the northern Xinjiang tribes return to their hearts." ”

"You!" Hearing this, Li Shimin got up and pointed at Yu Suiliang with round eyes.

The atmosphere in the hall was tense in an instant.

The minister was still sitting at this time, his eyes were turning around Li Shimin and Li Chengqian, and he secretly said in his heart: Li Chengqian's forces can finally compete with Li Shimin, and I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

Li Chengqian was afraid that Li Shimin would condemn Cheng Mingzhen and Yu Suiliang, so he hurriedly said softly: "Father, what the two Qing families said is the truth, and there is no need for my father to be angry.

The ministers have already taken countermeasures to the matter of grain and grass, and the islands in the South China Sea have a warm and humid climate, rich in rice.

Only wait for Li Ke, the king of Wu, to go to sea to collect rice from the islands of the South China Sea, transport it from the sea to the Haihe River, and store it directly in Youzhou, which can be used for the eastward expedition in the future. ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Chengqian and asked angrily: "Since you already have a way to raise grain and grass, why don't you send troops?"

Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin was intent on finding fault, and he was also angry, so he replied directly: "The soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and the sons think that they need to wait for the granary in Youzhou to fill up before sending troops to Liaodong." ”

The ministers couldn't help but sweat for Li Chengqian.

But Li Shimin didn't get angry when he heard this, he sat down, looked at the ministers and said: "Spread my will, Li Shiji, the secretary of the military department, is the general manager of the march of Liaodong Road, and Sun Erlang, the general of the right military guard, is the deputy of the commander, and the troops of the Governor's Mansion of the Governor of the Prefecture of the United Nations are 3,000 soldiers to send troops to Liaodong.

The right guard led the general Su Dingfang as the general of the Qingqiu Road march, and the deputy of the left Wuwei general Li Haihai was the deputy of the general, and 10,000 soldiers entered from Laizhou by boat. ”

Li Shimin went down with a will, and everyone in the hall was shocked.

Although Li Shimin has been strong in recent years, many state officials are still willing to listen to the minister's opinions, but this time they directly ordered the dispatch of troops amid opposition.

Li Shiji was stunned for a moment, hurriedly walked out and saluted solemnly: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Li Shimin looked at Cheng Mingzhen and said directly: "Cheng Qing's family temporarily moved more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of grain and grass, there should be no problem!" ”

Cheng Mingzhen saw that Li Chengqian had been sitting and did not move, so he had to bow down and salute: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that more than 10,000 soldiers and horses will be difficult to conquer Goguryeo, please think twice?" Gao Shilian really couldn't understand what Li Shimin was doing with such a small number of troops.

When the ministers in the palace heard this, they all looked at Li Shimin, only to see Li Shimin smile confidently, looked at Li Chengqian and said: "Although the troops are small and carry gunpowder and the Flying Eagle Army, it is not difficult to teach Goguryeo a lesson first." ”

Li Chengqian got up in shock when he heard this: "Father, the Flying Eagle Army is still in training, and it can't be sent to the battlefield, and the Flying Eagle General is not Su Dingfang or Du He." ”

Flying Eagle Army?

When the ministers in the palace heard this, they all guessed in their hearts that on the day of King Jing's rebellion, a hot air balloon flew over Chang'an City......

Therefore, looking at Li Chengqian's shocked expression, he felt a little sympathetic to him, after all, it was an existence like a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general, and now His Majesty calculated......

And the ministers who were looking at Li Chengqian's eyes were a little disdainful when they looked at Li Shimin, and they even grabbed their son's things!

Li Shimin looked at the ministers as if he hadn't seen them, and said to Li Chengqian with a smile: "Chengqian don't have to worry, the Flying Eagle Army can also train on the way out." ”

Li Chengqian felt that today was a scam, and Li Shimin was calculating the Flying Eagle Army from the beginning.