Li Jingren is old and refined, he is very clear about Li Shimin's attitude towards this matter, and he is over 70 years old, and the war against Goguryeo was the last battle of his military career, and now it has achieved complete success. After he decided to return to Chang'an, he was ready to go home and enjoy his old age in peace.

In response to Li Shimin's question, Li Jing can have three choices. The first is to support Li Shimin, the second is to support Li You, and the third is not to express opinions.

There is no risk in supporting Li Shimin, and supporting Li You may cause Li Shimin to be dissatisfied.

Not expressing an opinion seems to be risk-free, but it may displease both Li Shimin and Li You. Because this can be understood as not opposing anyone's opinion, and it can also be understood as not supporting anyone's opinion. The parties concerned will think that Li Jing does not support his own opinions, and it seems that he cannot offend anyone, but in fact he will offend both parties.

Li Jing has made outstanding achievements in his life and enjoys high prestige inside and outside the army, which can be said to be a life of pride. But his biggest regret was that when the Xuanwumen Incident occurred, when Li Shimin came to ask for his opinion and hoped to get his support, he chose neutrality between Li Jiancheng, the hidden prince, and Li Shimin.

When he was about to retire from the stage of history, he did not want to leave the world with an image of being unassertive and responsible, so he decided to express his opinion.

Li Jing doesn't know much about this matter, but over the years, facts have proved that Li You has always been correct in his judgment of frontier affairs. Li You has been in charge of the affairs of Tubo now, and he knows the specific situation of Tubo very well. Therefore, he believes that Li You's judgment should be correct.

Moreover, although Li Ji did not support Li Shimin in his life, he had a clear conscience and was very calm in dealing with the interests of the country. Now, facing the last time in his life to contribute to the imperial court, he decided to express his opinion for the last time in line with his original intention.

Li Ji looked at Li Shimin calmly and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister was in charge of border affairs back then, and he has also understood the affairs of the northwest border for so many years. His Royal Highness the King of the Northwest and His Royal Highness the King of Lingnan had lived in the frontier for a long time and was more familiar with the affairs there, and the minister thought that their suggestion was reasonable. The minister suggested that their views be adopted. ”

After saying this, Li Jing let out a sigh of relief. He was pleased with his finale.

Li Jing's choice was correct. Li Shimin once expressed dissatisfaction with Li Jing, not all because he did not support him at a critical time, but because he did not like this kind of ambiguous character who has no attitude in the face of major rights and wrongs. Suffice it to say, anyone who does not express his attitude when confronted with a dilemma cannot be trusted.

Therefore, when Li Jing expressed his opinion, Li Shimin only seriously considered his opinion and did not express any dissatisfaction with him. He nodded and said to Li Ji: "Mao Gong, what do you think?" ”

Li Ji and Hou Junji are both students of Li Jing, and they have already adopted Li You's opinions, and they obviously have the same opinions in their hearts, but they must show an attitude of opposing each other on the surface.

Li Ji had received Li You's guidance and help back then, so that he could escape the catastrophe. Li You's performance over the years has also made him very admired. It can be said that the person he is most convinced of in Datang is Li You. Regarding the handling of Tubo affairs, Li Ji didn't even have to think about it, he thought in his heart that Li You's opinion was correct.

However, since Li Jing chose to support Li You, Li Ji had to avoid this, but he was unwilling to oppose Li You's opinion.

He had already thought of his words, and he said: "Your Majesty, you know that the minister spends most of his time in Hedong and Hebei, which are far away from the western border, and is in charge of the affairs of the Yinshan Metropolitan Protectorate, so he doesn't know anything about the affairs of the northwest. Please forgive me for not expressing my opinion on things I don't understand. ”

In fact, Li Shimin's trust in Li You is incomprehensible, and he also believes that Li You's judgment should not be wrong, but he is just not satisfied with this result.

He thought that Li You personally came here to report this matter, and it seemed that he must have weighed the pros and cons of this matter, and it must be beneficial to the imperial court to do so. However, he always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, so he still did not express his opinion.

Li You had already guessed what Li Shimin was thinking.

He said: "Father, after the son goes back, he will ask Songtsam Ganbu to write an article praising the great ceremony of Taishan Feng Zen, and then it will be published in the Datang Daily." What do you think? ”

This sentence touched Li Shimin, in fact, what he wanted in his heart was for Songtsam Ganbu to surrender to him in person. Songtsen Ganbu was able to write such an article, which is not much different from his surrender to himself in person. Such a result can be regarded as a complete result for Li Shimin.

Li Shimin nodded. Finally, he said, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you." You don't have to report specific matters to me at any time. As for the matter you proposed to canonize Li Daozong's daughter as a princess, I think it's okay, so let's canonize her as Princess Wencheng. ”

It seems that there is a certain number in the dark, Li Xueyan was finally canonized as a princess, and she was even called Princess Wencheng.

At this point, Li You finally breathed a sigh of relief. He said: "Father, the matter is urgent, please allow your son to resign to you." ”

Li Shimin appreciates Li You's attitude towards doing things. He looked at Li You softly and said, "You'er, thank you for your hard work!" ”

Li You is very glad that he has such a wise, martial, intelligent and wise father. If you say that you have made great achievements in this life, in addition to your own efforts, you all rely on the support of His Majesty the Emperor.

Li You said gratefully: "Thank you for your father's trust in his sons. For the sake of his father and the court, his sons are willing to do their best and die. ”

Li You returned to the guest house without resting, and embarked on the journey back to Chang'an with Pei Dilan and others.

Li You and the others were galloping on horseback, the radio was on the back of the soldiers, and the machine could not be turned on on the road, just when they were galloping on horseback, the telegraph signal sent from Chang'an kept calling Li You.

In the evening of this day, Li You and others came to Luoyang, and the hungry Li You decided to have a full meal in Luoyang, and then rest for one night, and then continue to rush tomorrow, they did not stop at the post station, but went straight to Luoyang City.

In order to allow Li You and the others to get a better reception, Baihu sped up his speed and went to Luoyang City in advance to play the front station.

Luoyang Sima Liu Mingde and Fang Xiaoyu were preparing dinner at home, and the housekeeper ran in in a panic and said, "Master, madam, Lord Bai is here." ”

When Li You and the others passed by Luoyang before, they were in a hurry and did not stop in Luoyang, so Liu Mingde and his wife did not expect that Li You would suddenly appear here.

Fang Xiaoyu asked suspiciously, "Which Lord Bai is it?" ”