However, where is the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate under control, there should be no need to worry about safety. There are more than 400 guards around him, and there are fierce generals like Black Tooth Changzhi as the leader.

Li Zhi's mind was not on this, he held his breath in his heart, he just wanted to make a deal with these courtiers, if you don't let me make Wu Zhaoyi the queen, then I have to do this thing and clearly tell the world that this Tang Dynasty is still my Li family.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Li Dongsheng planned to go to the political hall to find the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Shiji to report to them, and then see the division of labor. Chen Ping walked over and said, "Lantian County Prince, Your Majesty wants to see you!" ”

Li Dongsheng had no choice but to follow him to the palace, some officials of the next dynasty looked at Li Dongsheng's back and were all envious, he became a third-grade official at a young age, and was favored by the emperor, the emperor and him were both very young, maybe they would have to work together in the court for decades in the future.

Li Zhi asked people to bring tea, and served another pastry, got up at three or four o'clock in the morning, and now it was almost noon, Li Dongsheng was really a little hungry, he was not polite, and he took it and ate it.

After watching Li Dongsheng finish eating, Li Zhicai asked: "Teacher, this transfer to you as Shangshu Zuocheng is also a thing I have been thinking about for a long time, fortunately it has been passed now, what do you think of the court situation?" ”

Li Dongsheng said: "With the foundation laid by the previous two generations of emperors, and your majesty's leadership, the current Tang Dynasty is politically connected and harmonious, which can be said to be the best time in history." The court is full of famous ministers, and the generals are also famous generals, and now is the time for the old and the new to take over. ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, it is necessary to have a new atmosphere." He said meaningfully: "You are the new!" ”

The two of them tacitly talked about the affairs of Huishi Bosi, and Li Zhi changed the topic: "Goguryeo has been won for several years, but where are they still counterattacking and rioting, and the local garrison has been repeatedly attacked, what do you think?" ”

Li Dongsheng took a sip of tea and said: "Goguryeo is also the same species as my Han people, and it is not far away, as long as we insist on rooting Confucian culture in their children, and then send merchants to trade, the garrison only needs to control those local radicals, and after a hundred years, this is the land of my Tang Dynasty." ”

"A hundred years... Li Zhi smiled bitterly: "Now there is a saying in the court, which means that my Datang has spent so much manpower and material resources, and the Goguryeo that I have laid down is a chicken rib, and it has also dragged down the garrison of my Datang, and I have to subsidize countless gold and silver every year, but I have to spend countless but have no output at all." It's better to give Goguryeo back to them and let them fend for themselves. ”

"Your Majesty, which one said this? This guy must be arrested to see if he has accepted the benefits of the Goguryeo people, which is really a disaster for the country. It's just unreasonable. Li Dongsheng couldn't wait to kill the guy who said this, so he farted there without understanding anything: "Since ancient times, why did my Central Plains Dynasty go to conquer this island repeatedly, don't you know that the island is short of materials, the climate is cold, and the land is barren?" Why did the first emperor be so wise and martial emperors to destroy Goguryeo with the strength of the whole country. It's not just to take precautions, because the inhabitants of this island just don't accept the king's transformation and have ambitions to compete with the Central Plains Dynasty. ”

Li Zhi groaned: "But now where there are attacks every day, there are casualties among the officers and soldiers, and the cost is very large every day, is it not worth the loss?" ”

"Your Majesty, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem." Li Dongsheng hurriedly gave Li Zhi a lesson: "Now that we are considering the national strategy, these things cannot be measured by money. Your Majesty, you must be an emperor with a big pattern and the world in mind, but you can't listen to the fools of those families, they only have the gains and losses of their own family in their eyes. Because no matter who comes to be the emperor, they have to be officials, but Your Majesty, you are different, the people of the Tang Dynasty are your people, and the focus of your governance is to let them live a good life. ”

Li Zhi was thoughtful, and Li Dongsheng continued: "As long as you do things around this bottom line, there will be no big problems. Although Goguryeo is not rich, it is definitely not poor, otherwise it would not be able to raise so many soldiers. And it's good to have daily battles, it will at least make us vigilant. In the past few years, the invincible appearance of our Tang Dynasty has frightened the surrounding countries, but in my opinion, many generals are a little arrogant, and have lost the enterprising spirit of my Tang Dynasty when the country was founded. ”

Listening to Li Dongsheng's words, Li Zhi was also aroused to be ambitious, he had a father like Li Shimin, of course, he was very proud, but he was not willing to be shrouded in his father's shadow, he also had to make his own great achievements, and he also wanted to flaunt the annals of history.

Li Dongsheng's words were like a stimulant, which made him inexplicably excited: "Yes, since ancient times, the biggest dream of the emperor has been to expand the territory, and now there is the foundation laid by the first emperor for me, but I listened to the words of those rotten Confucians, and almost gave up the good situation." ”

got up and bowed to Li Dongsheng: "Thank you, teacher, for explaining my doubts!" ”

After finishing speaking, he frowned again and said: "When I was studying, I said that although the country is big, it will die if you are warlike!" We can't be reckless. ”

Li Dongsheng was also speechless: "Your Majesty, I mean that being enterprising doesn't mean that you have to fight. Between countries, they only talk about interests and not principles. And it doesn't have to be a war to control other countries. There are many other ways. ”

"Control other countries and don't go to war? So what is used to control? If you don't garrison the army, no one will be afraid of you! Li Zhi did not think of this method of control, he did not have the thinking of later generations, thinking that to control a country was to occupy his territory and capture the inhabitants of the other side.

"Your Majesty, do you know Tibet? Why don't these people dare to do anything to us? It's because their food has been controlled by us, and now they have to rely on us, otherwise they will starve to death. ”

"I know this, the barley wine has devoured all their food, and now everything is in your hands."

"This is the commercial level, and there is also political control, we need special personnel to use all means to grasp all kinds of information about the enemy country, and then create contradictions for them, we can find a person who supports us to be the king, and secretly support which powerful ministers, so that they can intrigue and we can reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Li Zhi was completely shocked by Li Dongsheng's words, this kind of thinking with the political economy of later generations completely subverted their way of understanding the relationship between countries, but he felt that it really made sense.

"And financially, etc... Various methods! ”