In the palace of Chang'an City, Li Shimin leaned against the warm stove, he was holding a piece of music in his hand and was carefully inspecting it, this piece was Li Dongsheng's, looking at the familiar flying white body, Li Shimin was also relaxed and happy, Li Dongsheng explained to Li Shimin the reasons for the Western Regions that Tubo was going to attack, the development, his own response plan, and the possible consequences.

After reading Li Dongsheng's recital, he picked up another recital on the table and handed it to Fang Xuanling and said, "Fang Aiqing, what is the difference between these two recitals?" ”

Saying this, the other people present were also interested, and the eldest grandson Wuji smiled: "What? What's the fun again? ”

Li Shimin said: "Wait a minute, you all see, I now know where the gap between people and people is." ”

The two movements turned around in everyone's hands, and Li Shimin said: "Tell me, what are your feelings?" ”

Fang Xuanling is the boss, only he came first: "One of these two concerts is Gaochang Ling Li Dongsheng, and the other is the Anxi Protector Qiao Shiwang, both of whom are reporting on the fact that Tubo wants to unite with the Western Turks to attack Gaochang, but it can be clearly seen that the gap between the two people's thinking, Qiao Shiwang's recital is to talk about this matter separately, and then wait for the support of Chang'an City." However, it was Li Dongsheng who explained the story in more detail and gave several coping plans, which were generally considered in detail. It can be seen that Li Dongsheng is meticulous in doing things. ”

Wei Zheng coughed twice, the weather was cold, he had a wind chill, took a sip of tea and said: "This is a matter of attitude, Qiao Shiwang is the supreme commander of the Western Regions, but he has no idea about the situation he has to face, he wants our support, and the reinforcements have been in the past for several months, and now the weather is cold, it is estimated that the Tibetans and Turks will not attack until the snow melts, he can't even think of this, so it is better to send someone to replace him as soon as possible." I'm tired of looking at it. ”

He is a famous troll in the Tang Dynasty, who is arrested and scolded, Qiao Shiwang is also unlucky, he is Li Shimin's brother-in-law, is it really good for you to scold him directly in front of other people's brother-in-law?

For Wei Zheng, Li Shimin has no way to take him, the character he set for himself is broad-minded and humbly admonished, so Wei Zheng is the benchmark set by himself, and his own set character has to go down on his knees, Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "You are still so direct." ”

Ma Zhou is Li Dongsheng's teacher, of course, he has to help his students speak: "Li Dongsheng's recital is very good, I see if it can be promoted, not everything has to be reported to us and wait, the people below can do it first, now it will take a few months to go back and forth, and it will be too late for us to approve it, give the officials below more initiative." ”

Li Shimin nodded, Ma Zhou, like Li Dongsheng, is a doer, he never evades problems, and he also has unique ideas, and now he is very appreciated by Li Shimin.

But the eldest grandson Wuji just couldn't get used to Li Dongsheng: "Your Majesty, as far as I can see, this Li Dongsheng is a supreme official, grandstanding, and deliberately working against his own commander to highlight his ability, such a person is too ambitious, who dares to be his boss in the future, everyone must guard against him." ”

The words of the eldest grandson Wuji are too vicious, what he means is that Li Dongsheng deliberately framed Qiao Shiwang, so that the political affairs hall and Li Shimin have an incompetent impression of him, if this word spreads, Li Dongsheng will be suppressed in the officialdom, and everyone is afraid that his subordinate is a white-eyed wolf.

Li Shimin also frowned when he heard this: "Auxiliary, this is over." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth at this time so that he would not relent: "Isn't it right? He played this piece, but if he communicated with Qiao Shiwang, there would not be such a big difference. If Li Dongsheng heard this, he would definitely shout that he was wronged, and he handed this piece to Qiao Shiwang to see, but he played in the harem every day, and all government affairs were handled by the staff, and he passed it directly.

"Okay, this topic has passed, and now everyone has set a tone for the matter of Tubo's attack on Gaochang, how to deal with it!" Li Shimin wisely changed the topic, he now found that his brother-in-law couldn't hear Li Dongsheng's name, and if he heard it, he would suppress it.

"Your Majesty, my suggestion is to give up Gaochang directly." It was Yu Shinan who spoke, he was a small character when he first entered the political hall this year, and at this time he felt that he should think about Li Shimin, what is good about the place where birds don't, it is all wasteland and desert, and it is still thousands of miles away from Datang: "Gaochang is thousands of miles out of the ground, there is no output around, and it will take several months for my Datang Mansion army to pass, and the logistics pressure is also great, and the pay is not proportional to the gain, so there is no need to keep it at all." ”

As soon as the words fell, the political hall was quiet, and Yu Shinan immediately felt weak, could it be that what I said was wrong? Raising his eyes, he secretly looked at Li Shimin's expression, but fortunately, there was no sign of anger.

"Ridiculous! I don't believe that it was the people of the political hall who said this. It was Wei Zheng who spoke first: "Do you know what a big price I paid for Gaochang and my Datang?" You just give up with a fluttering word? Do you know the consequences? ”

Fang Xuanling, a good old man, couldn't stand his frivolity: "How can the place where my Datang used the blood of the soldiers to lose it so easily, can it be worthy of the warriors who died in the attack on Gaochang?" Moreover, the Western Regions are related to the overall situation of the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions, and they cannot be given up at all. ”

Yu Shinan was born as Li Shimin's secretary, and he was not very proficient in practice, and he was a mess by the two bigwigs in front of so many people, and his face was red and he didn't know where to put it. Li Shimin looked at the nervous Yu Shinan and sighed, "Take the map." ”

Wang De walked up to Li Shimin with the map in both hands, bowed down and put the map on the table, and then retreated to the back. Yu Shinan stepped forward to open the map, he was a secretary and was the best at this. Li Shimin and everyone's eyes fell on the map.

Li Shimin pointed to the map with one finger and went all the way to the west, and everyone's eyes followed the direction of Li Shimin's finger to the west.

"This is Gaochang, it is located in the center of the Western Regions, bordering Tingzhou in the north, Gaochang Qiuzi in the west, Tubo in the south, and Yumen Pass in the east.

"But he really has no effect, there are only a few thousand people in the garrison, it is said that there are 60,000 people in the Tubo and Turkic coalition forces, no matter how you look at it, there is no chance of winning, it is better to withdraw temporarily, and it is not too late for us to recover when the reinforcements arrive." Yu Shinan interjected again.

When he said this, even Li Shimin glared at Yu Shinan, don't speak if you don't understand, this word is not at all level, which makes Li Shimin, who recommended him to enter the political hall, a little embarrassed.

Ma Zhou is a kind person, he smiled and said: "Yu Zhongshu is well-intentioned, he is worried about the lives of thousands of soldiers in my Tang Dynasty." But that's not how the accounts are calculated. ”