The city of Gyeongju was broken, and the Tang army stayed awake all night, and they were busy clearing the remaining defenders in the city.

Breaking through a city, the work of finishing up the aftermath is often very cumbersome, and the thing to do is definitely not just as simple as posting a few notices to the people, especially if the city is occupied, the remaining defenders and people in the city are almost hostile to the Tang army, and there are many things that the soldiers of the Tang army have to do if they want to completely control the city.

The first is to suppress the enemy, all the young and strong people in the city are screened to find out the hidden remnants of the defenders, and the second is the curfew, which restricts the people of the whole city from going out, not in tandem, and not in any suspicious rebellion against the Tang army.

This night, the city of Gyeongju is destined to be turned upside down, after controlling the military administration office in the city, the soldiers of the Tang army kicked open the doors of the people's houses door to door, and carried out carpet screening and deterrence of the households in the city, deterrence is accompanied by many bloody violence that cannot see the light, the military discipline of the Tang army has always been good, but after occupying the city of the enemy country, it is often difficult to restrain it, although Li Ji has ordered that the city is not allowed to be slaughtered, but how much the soldiers below can abide by depends on their personal consciousness, and what they dare not do on the surface, they do not dare to do it in private.

So this night, the people of Gyeongju City still have many families who have fallen into bad luck, and the Tang army often leads to looting and adultery, and even massacres, many innocent people are slaughtered all over the house, and most of the wealth of the whole city has fallen into the pockets of the Tang army soldiers.

Li Su knows very well what the virtues of these government soldiers are, but he didn't squeak, the water is clear, there are no fish, and some violations of military discipline should be tried to turn a blind eye and let it go gently, as long as it doesn't go too far, it doesn't turn into a large-scale massacre.

The official office in the city has been requisitioned by Li Ji as a temporary marshal tent, when the soldiers suppressed the enemy, Li Ji and the generals celebrated in the marshal tent, in extraordinary times, no one dared to drink, everyone gathered around and had a good meal of barbecue and left satisfied.

Li Su was arranged to live in the wing room in the backyard of the official office, and after returning to the wing room, Li Su took out the small half bag of spirits sent by Zheng Xiaolou yesterday, pulled out the stopper, poured a sip into his mouth, laughed, raised the wine bag, and saluted to the west, which was regarded as celebrating the joy of giving birth to his daughter.

With a little excitement, Li Su took out the map from his luggage, unfolded it on the table, leaned into the dim candlelight in the room, and stared at the ravines, mountains, roads, and cities on the map, and never looked away for a long time.

Gyeongju is broken, the grain and grass crisis is solved, but the task has not been completed, at this time it has been more than two hours before the attack on Gyeongju City, and it will not be long before Quan Gai Suwen, who is stationed in Daxing City, will receive the news, and then whether to advance or retreat, how to arrange the deployment, choose to attack or retreat, it all depends on the decision of Quan Gai Suwen.

At this time, Li Su can sit back and relax, because his strategy is that if the enemy does not move, I will not move, and if the enemy moves, I will move chaotically, after receiving the news of the destruction of Gyeongju City, the most nerve-wracking person should be Quangai Suwen.

The difference is that the choice faced by Li Shimin is active and strategic, while the choice faced by Quangai Suwen is passive, Li Su directly told him with practical actions, Gyeongju City was defeated by me, can you save it? If you save, you don't divide the troops, if you divide the troops, whether you pursue the emperor of the Tang State or attack the city of Gyeongju, you can beat you at both ends and you can't find the north, if you don't divide the troops, you can only choose between the pursuit of the emperor of the Tang State and the recovery of Gyeongju City.

What Li Su has to do now is to analyze Quan Gai Suwen's psychology, predict the choices he may make next, and think of ways to deal with it in advance.

For Li Su, the prospect is not clear, and it is even very critical, and one wrong step may lead to the annihilation of the whole army, but Li Su's mood is surprisingly good.

I don't know why, since Li Shimin withdrew his troops, no matter how bad and difficult the situation Li Su faced, Li Su had a feeling of flying out of the cage, and his mood seemed to be much more free and open, no matter how bad the situation was, Li Su also had the confidence to continue walking, and even had the confidence to use the 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hand to lead the nose of the 150,000 enemy troops.

Confidence comes inexplicably, it is obviously a dangerous situation, and the whole army is in even more danger, but Li Su is full of confidence, this confidence has a great relationship with Li Shimin, once there is no constraint, Li Su's thinking seems to be alive, with his own strength, and the enemy wits and courage, as long as he does not tie his hands and feet, he believes that the result of his game with Quan Gai Suwen will not at least not lose too badly.

Of course, Quangai Suwen can't really be so useless, at least Li Su is very nerve-wracking now, when it comes to the essence of the war, it is actually a process of the coaches of both sides calculating each other's psychology, and if the chess is accidentally calculated by the enemy's coach, this war will be lost.

After a long time, Li Su sighed in aion, looked away from the map, and held his chin with one hand.

"It would be nice if Quangai Suwen suddenly fell ill and died suddenly during the march...... Or stroke, cerebral palsy, schizophrenia, epilepsy, so many unfortunate things, can always be put on a shelf, right? Li Su muttered, and his other hand kept drawing circles on the table, as if he was casting a Great Curse Spell......

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The national capital, Chang'an.

Li Shimin's expedition to the east for more than half a year, Li Zhi, the king of Jin, has been staying in Chang'an to supervise the country, the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling two prime ministers left and right, for more than half a year, Li Zhi's performance is not remarkable, but it can be regarded as stable.

The political situation can be "stable", in fact, it is enough, and it is already a great success for Li Zhi to be able to do the words "calm and calm", after all, before this, Li Zhi was just a prince who often skipped class and skipped class to play and hunt everywhere, and his knowledge was not profound, and he was not shrewd and skilled, but there was only one advantage, that is, he had a good temper and a gentle personality.

In the past six months, Li Zhi's performance in supervising the country has been fruitless and faultless, even though the eldest grandson Wuji is a little dissatisfied with the fact that Li Zhi may become the prince of the East Palace, but fortunately, Li Zhi's attitude in front of him is humble and respectful, even if there are political differences, he never quarrels with him, and often takes the initiative to back down, mainly based on the opinions of the eldest grandson Wuji.

However, Li Zhi has stayed in the prison for more than half a year, and the taste is really not very good, first of all, it is basically impossible to go out of the palace to have fun, in addition to sleeping and reading all day, he is in the Liangyi Hall with the two prime ministers to review the recital, the so-called review and recital, but not just to use a cinnabar pen to write a few comments on the courtier's recital, for the little white Li Zhi who does not understand political and state affairs at all, he must not only read the recital carefully, but also be diligent in asking questions, almost every recital after reading, must put on a humble and humble attitude, Ask the two prime ministers, Sun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, why is this handled like this, why this amount of money is approved for this matter, why is this person transferred from this position to that position, etc......

Li Zhi is a junior, staying in Chang'an to supervise the country actually does not have any reputation, the name is not right, he can't put on any arrogant attitude, fortunately, Li Zhi has always been a gentle and elegant good character, and his temperament can even be called weak, so Li Zhi is suspicious, Fang Xuanling always does not hesitate to explain to him in detail, and occasionally when the eldest grandson Wuji is in a good mood, he will also give him a political lesson with Yan Yuese, telling him some principles of governing the country and the army, and between questions and answers, the cold relationship between the uncle and nephew has eased a lot. A prince of the prison country and two prime ministers, they have been surprisingly harmonious and harmonious in the past six months or so, and it is not easy.

Late at night, Li Zhi's Jin Palace.

In the past six months, Li Zhi was often busy until late at night, and when Li Chengqian was the prince, Li Chengqian was also ordered to supervise the country when Li Shimin went north to Xue Yantuo, but Li Chengqian's life can be much more nourishing, singing every night in the East Palace, indulging in wine, enjoying and playing all day long after a big holiday, and throwing all the state affairs to Fang Xuanling, in contrast, Li Zhi is much more conscientious than Li Chengqian, the wine is not stained at all, and he works until late at night every day, this serious and diligent attitude also makes the two prime ministers quite satisfied.

A few palace lamps were lit in the side hall of the palace, and Li Zhi sat in front of the table, twisting his eyebrows and staring at the music in front of him, falling into deep thought.

After a long time, Li Zhi lifted the pen, as if he wanted to write a few words on the note, but the pen stopped hanging above the note, but it did not fall for a long time, and after a long time, he put the pen down again, rubbed his face and sighed.

In the quiet middle of the night, there was a light footstep outside the hall, the footsteps were very slow, and it seemed to deliberately make a soft sound, Li Zhi looked up, the first thing he saw was a pair of delicate little feet wearing only foot clothes, and then up, a green high-waisted palace skirt was just right to set off the woman's slender and well-proportioned figure, and finally what Li Zhi saw was the pretty face of the Wu family.

"Your Highness, it's late at night, it's time to rest, state affairs are endless, Your Highness's body is important." Wu stood in front of Li Zhi and persuaded softly.

Li Zhi frowned.

This is a bit overstepping, it shouldn't have been said by her, she is nameless and pointless, only in the name of a palace steward, but at the moment she is like a wife who cares about her husband's body, this strange feeling makes Li Zhi a little uncomfortable, and he subconsciously resists.

"Miss Wu's kindness is appreciated, you should go and rest early." Li Zhi still looked at Song Shu and didn't raise his head to speak.

Wu's expression darkened, and then he put on a smiling face: "Your Highness has been diligent in state affairs every day since he was imprisoned in the country, and he often works hard all night, and if it goes on for a long time, it will be unfavorable to His Highness's body, please listen to the advice of the slave and maid, and rest quickly." ”

"No need, I'm up to me when I want to rest." Li Zhi said lightly, his tone was a little cold.

Wu sighed and said, "When the slave maid defected to His Highness, he wanted to share his worries, why did His Highness refuse the slave maid thousands of miles away?" ”

Li Zhi raised his head and looked at her, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Although I am younger than you, but you don't deceive me into the world, you and I might as well make it clear, the purpose of your defection to me is not to share my worries, what you want is power, the power that can be in your own hands, since the window paper was pierced tonight, I might as well say bluntly, I want power, I can, but it depends on your performance, now you are in charge of my palace, and you take care of everything in the palace in an orderly manner, but this is not enough, Miss Wu, Brother Zizheng told me at the beginning, You have the longitude and latitude of heaven and earth in your heart, your ability is not in the backyard of the house, but in the world, although I don't understand why Brother Zizheng thinks so highly of you, but I never doubt his words, since you have such ability, take it out quickly, don't play tricks in front of me. ”

Wu's eyes lit up, and he suppressed his excitement and said, "Grandpa Li...... Do you really say that about slaves and maids? ”

Li Zhi looked at her amusedly: "Do you think Brother Zizheng's evaluation is good or bad?" ”

Wu regained his composure, lowered his head and said softly: "Slaves and maids are just slaves and maids, Your Highness thinks that slaves and maids are good, then it is good, if Your Highness thinks that slaves and maids are bad, slaves and maids are naturally bad." ”

Li Zhi looked at her deeply, a little hesitant in his heart.

From the heart, Li Zhi has no good impression of the Wu family, the Wu family has been in the palace for so long, Li Zhi has always been lukewarm to her, and has never taken the initiative to send her to do anything, just because Li Zhi hates the people of the two masters, the Wu family decided to come out of Li Su's mansion and transferred to his command, although the Wu family and Li Su are good to get together and disperse, but in Li Zhi's heart, the master is the master, the servant is the servant, only the master who abandons the servant, there is no reason for the servant to abandon the master, from the outline, the Wu family committed Li Zhi's taboo.

But the woman of the Wu family is smart and meticulous, and her ability to do things is also extremely good, the palace is in charge of affairs by her, and she has been taken care of thoughtfully in the past year, and she has never made a mistake, the talent is indeed a talent, but the loyalty is too low, Li Zhi wants to use her, but he does not dare to use her, and his mood is very conflicted.

"You...... Retreat, I am ordered to supervise the country, walking on thin ice every day, lest my father be disappointed in me, if you have a heart, you will wait for my father to return to the court after victory, help me plan how to become the prince of the East Palace. Li Zhi waved at her.

Wu's cherry lips pursed, and after hesitating for a moment, she made a very unexpected move, Lianzu walked lightly to Li Zhi, and picked up the copy on the table that Li Zhi couldn't read for a long time, Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, quickly swept up and down, and then smiled.

"Well, after the Agronomy improved the real wax rice seeds, the yield per mu was quite abundant, and the young eunuch Li Yifu requested that the rice seeds be promoted to the world...... Your Highness stays sleepless late at night, is it because of this incident? ”

Li Zhi's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, Wu Shi didn't ask and went straight to check the song, this action is undoubtedly very rude and taboo, Li Zhi was already full of anger at the moment, and was about to open his mouth to reprimand fiercely, but he heard Wu suddenly say: "Your Highness is angry first, the slave maid said when he went to His Highness, I am willing to share the worries for His Highness's staff, His Highness's unresolved matter, is where the slave and the maid work, His Royal Highness and the slave and the maid are the master and servant, the monarch and the minister, the slave and the maid plan for His Highness is the proper righteousness, the monarch and the master and servant are united, If His Highness feels that the slave maid's move is inappropriate, the slave and maid will withdraw and will never offer a plan for His Highness in the future. ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, chewed Wu's words secretly, and finally suppressed the displeasure in his heart, and said lightly: "Since you have read the song, let's tell me your opinion." ”

Seeing that Li Zhi's attitude was already a little relaxed, Wu couldn't help but flash a hint of joy in his eyes, but his face was still as old as usual, and he said slowly: "The slave wants to hear His Highness's opinion first. ”

Li Zhi thought for a while, and said: "My father has not returned from the Eastern Expedition, I don't know when this battle will be fought, but the implementation of rice seeds is imminent, now it is the end of winter, and it seems that spring is about to begin, after the beginning of spring, the farmers of Datang will be spring sowing, and now there are improved new rice varieties, which should be quickly implemented to the state capitals, and let the farmers plant before the spring sowing, if the agricultural time is missed due to hesitation, my people in the Tang Dynasty will have to wait for another year in vain......

Wu Shi blinked: "Your Highness's intention is to immediately promote rice seeds through Shangshu Province and Agronomy without His Majesty's approval?" ”

Li Zhi hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Yes, I do think so." ”

Wu was silent for a while, and then asked, "Has Your Highness ever asked the meaning of the two prime ministers?" ”

Li Zhi sighed: "I asked, the two prime ministers didn't seem to agree, and only said that this matter was too hasty and could not be done this year." ”

"The two prime ministers have said that it cannot be done, why does His Highness think it can be done?"

"The improved rice seeds are ready-made, the farmers' spring sowing is in front of them, a piece of paper goes down, the following government will not dare to slack off, and will definitely work hard to implement, I don't see any obstacles in this matter, the farmers can get new rice seeds, next year's harvest is one-third more than in previous years, the father has emptied the treasury money and grain due to the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, we can greatly shorten the time to restore the vitality of the treasury, what can be done, why not do it?"

Wu Shi looked at him deeply and said, "Your Highness seems to have unfinished words, or does Your Highness still have reservations about slaves?" ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, a little embarrassed: "What did I keep?" ”

Wu said leisurely: "Your Highness's decision to implement new rice seeds is not just for the sake of the people of the world and the national treasury, right?" Do you also have meritorious intentions in your heart? Your Majesty waved the expedition, His Royal Highness stayed in Chang'an to supervise the country, seeing that His Majesty is coming back, and you have made no achievements in state affairs for more than half a year, and you can only look at the heads of the two prime ministers all day long, you are afraid that Your Majesty will hear about your performance after coming back, and will be disappointed in you, which will affect the candidate for the prince of the East Palace in Your Majesty's heart, so you urgently need to make a contribution to the praise of the government and the opposition before Your Majesty returns to the court, so Your Majesty will definitely be happy, and the position of the prince of the East Palace of His Royal Highness is an ironclad matter, is the slave guessed right? ”

The more Li Zhi listened, the more gloomy his face became, and he said coldly: "You are right, if a martial girl is a man, she must be a capable official and a cadre when she enters the court, but a courtier like you will definitely not please the emperor." ”

Wu covered his mouth and giggled, revealing a hint of his daughter's coquettishness, and said: "It is precisely because the slave and maid recognize His Royal Highness as the master, whether it is a servant or a courtier, first of all, he must be honest with the master, if the monarch and the minister are suspicious of each other, suspicious of each other, everything is wasted, what else to talk about the position of the prince of the East Palace?" ”

Li Zhi's face softened slightly, snorted angrily, and stopped talking.

Wu's smile gradually narrowed, his expression became serious, and said: "Forgive the slave maid for being presumptuous, if Your Highness really thinks so, I am afraid that you will be farther and farther away from the position of the crown prince, and after Your Majesty returns to Chang'an, the first thing is to exclude you from the selection of the crown prince." ”

Li Zhi was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Why is my father like this? Am I doing something wrong? ”