Li Shimin went to Qin Huaidao's house, because Qin Huaidao was not at home, and needed someone to greet Li Shimin outside the door.

But this time it was notified, and it was necessary to wait outside, at this moment, Qin Shandao pulled Qin Yu to wait at the gate, because Qin Yu had also been crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, and the two uncles and nephews were standing at the door, Qin Yu was still young, only a little more than 3 years old, he just knew how to play, and he didn't understand anything, Qin Shandao could only pull him,

Soon Li Shimin's convoy came over, Qin Shandao and Qin Yu were standing there waiting, and after a while, Li Shimin got down from the carriage and saw Qin Shandao and Qin Yu standing at the door.

"Yo, Xia Guogong and Lu Guogong are here?" Li Shimin was very happy to see the two of them.

"The minister has seen Your Majesty!" Qin Shandao immediately arched his hand and said.

"The minister has seen Your Majesty!" Qin Yu also learned from Qin Shandao and saluted and said.

"Well, okay, let's go, go in!" Li Shimin was very happy, hugged Qin Yu at once, and then walked forward,

And Qin Shandao immediately led the way in front, Li Shimin saw that Qin Shandao was so sensible, and he was also satisfied, and he also knew that the son of the family had basically lost his money, and now even if he didn't agree, his daughter had cheated other people's money.

And now the Manchu Dynasty knows that it is impossible to agree or not, however, Li Shimin looked at Qin Shandao and was still very satisfied, Qin Shandao can now be described as a young man, what he wants, and there is a powerful brother at home, but he is not arrogant, on the contrary, he is still very low-key.

Soon, Qin Shandao took Li Shimin to the living room, and at this moment, Li Lixian and Li Lizhen were already waiting at the door of the living room.

"I've seen my father (Your Majesty)!" Li Lixian took the lead in saluting and said.

"Yes, good!" Li Shimin smiled and nodded, put down Qin Yu at the same time, and then walked towards the living room.

"Father, why do you still have time to come to the girl's mansion today?" Li Lixian smiled and helped Li Shimin and asked.

"Today's victory in Pyongyang, Pepyong fought in Goguryeo, but he made a great contribution, and my father heard that the government encountered some difficulties, but so?" Li Shimin asked Li Lixian with a smile.

"There's nothing to do, my daughter can handle it well, but I don't dare to let my father worry about it, now that my eldest brother is going to war, you have to deal with all the affairs of the court, and my daughter doesn't dare to make trouble for you at this time!" Li Lixian immediately said with a smile.

"Well, busy is busy, but my daughter and my son-in-law were bullied, my father can't ignore it, let's talk about it, what's going on?" Li Shimin sat down as he spoke, and Li Lixian also took the tea handed over by the maid next to him and put it on the coffee table next to Li Shimin.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that someone is imitating our family's dim sum, and opened one in Luoyang, you can open it, and they also dig people in our workshop, and they pay three times the salary, fortunately, most of the workers are the food in the house, they didn't go, but some people invited from outside went, and they went.

In addition, there are also people poaching people in the restaurant, and the chef who wants to poach us may have learned that Pepyong had gone to Goguryeo, so he came to bully our mother! Li Lixian looked at Li Shimin with a wry smile and said.

"Well, sit down, sit down!" Li Shimin nodded, and then asked them to sit down.

"This matter, my father went to investigate, there are many civil officials involved in it, in addition, the family side, there are also shares, many people have a share, the father originally wanted to order the closure of those shops, but your uncle Fang disagreed, he said, if Peping is here, Peping does not want to deal with it like this, after all, strictly speaking, those people are not illegal, and the things they produce are still a little different from the things in your house!" Li Shimin looked at Li Lixian and said.

"Don't, if the father forcibly intervenes, Pepin will definitely be angry if he knows, you also know him, he doesn't want to fight with others for those things, now that someone has done it, he won't say it, I'm just supporting it as much as possible, and when Peping comes back, I'll leave it to him to deal with!" Li Lixian immediately persuaded Li Shimin and said.

At this time, the porter came in, first saluted Li Shimin, and then said to Li Lixian: "Madam, the lord sent someone back from Goguryeo, saying that he was carrying the lord's letter!" ”

"Oh, quick, call him here!" When Li Lixian heard this, she said very anxiously, and soon, a personal soldier who followed Qin Huaidao to the battle came over, still wearing armor.

"I've seen Your Majesty, I've seen Madame!" After the soldier came in, he immediately saluted Li Shimin.

"Well, the master asked you to send the letter back?" Li Lixian said with a smile to the pro-soldier.

"Yes, before I came back, Goguryeo dispatched 300,000 troops, ready to fight against us, the lord needs to be arranged in the barracks, the lord is worried that he may not be able to send the letter back at that time, so I asked me to wait at the port with the letter first, and then boarded the big ship to Qingzhou, after arriving in Qingzhou, I rushed all the way, last night, on the road heard the news of the 800-mile urgency, the lord won a big victory in Pyongyang!" The pro-soldier immediately said to Li Lixian, and at the same time took out the letter,

Li Lixian took it,

And Li Shimin looked at the pro-soldier and asked, "When you came back, there were 300,000 troops surrounding Peping?" ”

"Yes, but there is no surroundment, they don't dare to come, they don't dare to come over who was killed, but I heard the lord say that they are accumulating strength and want to solve the lord and our army stationed in the southern camp of Pyongyang in one fell swoop,

Several other division commanders persuaded the lord to go to the city behind, saying that the troops were insufficient, there were less than 50,000 people in the southern camp, and the rest of the people were now attacking the city, originally they were against fighting like this, but the lord insisted on saying this, saying what to say, once the battle cannot be won, there is still a way to retreat! The pro-soldier said to Li Shimin.

"Oh, the other division commanders want Peping to retreat, but he won't retreat?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

"Yes, the lord said, he is the commander of this attack on Pyongyang, if he retreats, then what will the other soldiers think, will they think that they can't win? Will it affect morale?

And the lord also told them, don't worry, you can win, the other division commanders have no choice, they can only rely on the lord, before I come back, the defensive position of the southern camp is still under construction, and the northern camp is full of Goguryeo troops, they have been ready to move, the lord said at that time, there will be a fight at any time, so let me send a letter back, the lord is worried that the lady is in a hurry! The soldier continued.

"Yes. Good, good! Li Shimin heard it and nodded.

"Come on, take him down to rest, get ready to eat, and prepare hot water, do you want to go when you come back this time?" Li Lixian said and looked at the soldiers and said.

"The lord said no, the lord said, if the war is defeated, it is useless for me to go, if it is won, basically the war is gone, and it is useless for me to go, so the lord asked me to come back first, the lord knows that according to the wedding date, I have two months to get married, the lord is merciful, let me come back first!" The soldier said again.

"Okay, okay, then take a break and go back in the afternoon!" Li Lixian said with a smile to the pro-soldier, and then said to the housekeeper: "Reward 200 Wen!" ”

"Yes, ma'am!" The housekeeper immediately went out, and then Li Lixian said to Li Shimin: "Father, Peping said don't deal with it, since others have done it, let them do it, say that the money in the world is inexhaustible, since people want to do it, and it is not our family's formula, then forget it, don't pursue it!" ”

"Oh, what else did he say? That's money, this kid, he's too generous, right? When Li Shimin heard this, he looked at Li Lixian in surprise and asked.

"That's what the lord said, look at this letter!" Li Lixian handed the letter to Li Shimin as she spoke, anyway, there was nothing confidential in the letter, just some words that were written about missing, mainly dealing with the affairs of the dim sum workshop and the restaurant. Li Shimin glanced at it, then shook his head and said, "This kid is still too honest, if it is me, I can't spare them!" ”

What did Li Shimin say on his lips, but he also appreciated Qin Huaidao's handling of it like this in his heart, if Qin Huaidao wanted to forcibly do this, it would be reasonable, but it gave people the feeling that Qin Huaidao's pattern was so big, his eyes were staring at money, Qin Huaidao's family was very rich, and now he still had to stare at those money? And this kind of treatment also gives people a glimpse of Qin Huaidao's pattern.

"Father, it's not the first time you know him, doing things, it's just too honest, he is always calculated, my uncle has calculated how many times he has been calculated, if he is someone else, he will definitely not give up, and only Peping can endure this breath, and now he is still here, I don't know what my uncle thinks, before he said that businessmen are cheap, but now, he is also engaged in businessmen, isn't this involuntarily?" Li Lixian pretended to be a little angry and said, looking angry with Qin Huaidao, in fact, Li Shimin was clear.

"Well, your uncle has indeed gone too far in the past two years, if my father listens to him, I don't know how many opportunities I will miss!" Li Shimin heard it, nodded, and then at noon, he had dinner here in the Qin Mansion, and after the meal, Li Shimin went back to the palace directly.

On the way, he sent someone to inform the eldest grandson Wuji and summoned him to the Chengtian Palace, and not long after Li Shimin returned to the ninth floor of the Chengtian Palace, the eldest grandson Wuji came over.

"The auxiliary plane is here, sit, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I happened to be free today, so I summoned you over!" Li Shimin saw the eldest grandson Wuji, smiled and beckoned him to sit down and said.

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, and congratulations to Your Majesty, Pyongyang's great victory!" The eldest grandson Wuji immediately said to Li Shimin.

"Well, you know that too?" Li Shimin smiled and nodded.

"Such a big thing, who doesn't know in the entire Chang'an City, Peping killed more than 200,000 enemies, basically disintegrating Goguryeo's combat effectiveness, and there will be no suspense in the future!" The eldest grandson Wuji immediately agreed.

"Well, we still have to be cautious in the future, after all, this is the first time Gao Ming commanded the operation, and today there is this great victory, which is very good, I hope to be able to take Goguryeo in one fell swoop and completely solve this problem!" Li Shimin said with a smile,

This time Li Chengqian went to the right place, at least, there was a big victory, which was very helpful for Li Chengqian's position consolidation, and now he has no easy storage heart, Li Chengqian now has the support of Qin Huaidao, with the support of Qin Huaidao, there is the support of those military generals, plus Li Chengqian has so many civil officials in his hands, it can be said that the court has been stabilized, if it is replaced, then the country may be turbulent, this is not what he wants to see.

And the eldest grandson Wuji heard it, his heart was active, judging from the meaning of Li Shimin's words, Li Shimin still wanted to completely let Goguryeo lose the country, but everyone didn't want this, one is that Qin Huaidao can't give too much credit, and the other is that as a country of civilization and etiquette, plus the kings of the other side have surrendered and hope to negotiate, they also hope to negotiate, not to lose the country, for fear of causing a backlash from other vassal countries, and it will be even more troublesome at that time.

"Your Majesty, now that the treasure king wants peace talks, I think that peace talks are the most advantageous, and it is not bad to be able to obtain half of Goguryeo's territory, if we run the northeast side by ourselves, I believe it will cost more, and the remnants of Goguryeo will definitely continue to make trouble, but it will increase the burden on the court, and when the war on the Goguryeo side continues, it is not good, right?" The eldest grandson Wuji sat there and reminded Li Shimin to say.

Li Shimin heard it, thought about it for a while, and asked, "You are also against the destruction of Goguryeo?" ”

"Yes, the minister is against it, for example, the current Anxi Protectorate, in fact, it costs a huge amount of money every year, so it is not cost-effective!" Eldest Sun Wuji nodded and said.

"The security of the country cannot be calculated by whether it is cost-effective or not, the establishment of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, as well as the establishment of several other Metropolitan Protectorates, can be said to keep our northwest from the disturbance of war, of course, the money is also spent a lot, but the benefits are also great!" Li Shimin looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said.

"Yes, I know, but in the northeast region, it snows for five months a year, and there are no crops there, occupying that land will not have much effect on the court, on the contrary, it will have to pay a huge price!" The eldest grandson Wuji blessed and said.

"But have you thought about it, if you let Goguryeo goulyeo, then in another ten or twenty years, Goguryeo will be killed again, and the court will send troops, this time to dispatch troops, it will take 3 million yuan to fight, and the actual consumption may be three times,

This consumption is also huge, the first battle of Goguryeo, it can be said that the savings of the court over the years have been spent, and the debt of 1 million yuan, you also know, if you do it again, in the future, will there be so many excellent generals in my court?

This time, the Treasure King used the gold book and holy decree I gave him to force Qin Huaidao not to dare to fight against them, I regret not explaining to him before, don't say that it is my holy decree, that is, my jade seal is over there, I have to kill them! Li Shimin stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, the eldest grandson Wuji heard it and didn't dare to speak, Li Shimin's attitude was so resolute, it was not easy to persuade.

"I thought that you, unlike other civilian officials, would persuade me to continue the war and completely kill Goguryeo, but I didn't expect that you would also persuade me!" Li Shimin said with emotion.

"Your Majesty, the minister is for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, unlike those military generals, who just know how to fight and make meritorious contributions for themselves, Qin Huaidao wants to destroy Goguryeo, that is, he hopes to add a grand sum to the military merits, such a thing, the minister does not dare to agree, he can't mistake the country's major affairs for his own selfishness, and please ask Your Majesty to learn from it!" The eldest grandson Wuji stood up and said to Li Shimin, while Li Shimin looked at the eldest grandson Wuji.

"Your Majesty, if you destroy Goguryeo, then how do other vassal states treat me in the Tang Dynasty, in the northwest and southwest, there are still many vassal states, especially in the southwest, there are many Tusi, there are poor mountains and bad waters, if you want to conquer, you need to pay a huge price!" Eldest Sun Wuji continued to ask.

"However, they are offering once a year, and the rest, nothing, should harass our border, they still continue to do it, they have no reverence for my Tang Dynasty at all, if they don't destroy Goguryeo this time, they will be even more unscrupulous, knowing that we will not destroy their country, this time to destroy Goguryeo, is to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys!" Li Shimin looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said,

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily, they may feel the crisis!" ”

"Okay, I'm looking for you, not to ask you about this, but to come over and have a chat!" Li Shimin doesn't want to fight with his eldest grandson Wuji,

He planned to write to Li Chengqian and Qin Huaidao in the afternoon, asking them to destroy Goguryeo, not to think about other things, and to destroy them, as for the royal family of Goguryeo, all of them had to be sent to Chang'an, as for how to arrange it, Li Shimin had not yet thought about it.

"Yes, however, this matter is related to the stability of the court, and the minister still has to say it!" The eldest grandson Wuji immediately arched his hand and said.

"Okay, sit down, I ask you, you and the others have built a restaurant and a dim sum workshop in Luoyang, but is it true?" Li Shimin pressed his hand on the eldest grandson Wuji and asked.

"This, yes, a lot of people got it together!" Hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji nodded.

"Why do you do this, do you think I can't support my daughter and son-in-law? I'm not dead yet, am I? I'm dead, Lixian and Lizhi are still there, what do you mean, Pepin is on the front foot, and you are doing such a thing in the back? Do you despise me? Li Shimin stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and asked,

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he immediately arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, this is a misunderstanding, we got a dim sum workshop and a restaurant, but we got it in Luoyang, and it is not the same as the things in Qin Huaidao's mansion, whether it is dim sum or dishes, it is completely different, not to mention, because Qin Huaidao opened a dim sum workshop and restaurant, other people can't get it, right?" ”

"Then what do you mean by going to those workshops in Pepping to dig people up and offering such a high price?" Li Shimin continued to stare at the eldest grandson Wuji and asked.

"Your Majesty, no one will work, is it wrong for us to recruit people to work? If Qin Huaidao can offer a high price to those workers, I believe those workers will not do it, Your Majesty, this is a private commercial activity, Your Majesty can't interfere with it just because Qin Huaidao is your son-in-law! The eldest grandson Wuji shouted at Li Shimin again,

Li Shimin heard it, and sneered in his heart, business behavior? Before, the eldest grandson Wuji had been saying that businessmen were lowly, but now, he got it himself.

"I didn't want to intervene, I originally planned to intervene, but Pepin didn't let me, he said that he could solve it himself, and he wouldn't let me interfere!" Li Shimin smiled and said.

"Or Peping understands the rules of business, but, Your Majesty, you may not know how much money Qin Huaidao earned from those dim sum workshops and restaurants in a year? The profit in this is under the guise of this! When the eldest grandson Wuji heard Li Shimin say this, he was also a lot more relieved, and then began to say how profitable those workshops were.

"This money is earned by Pepin, and it is also recognized by the people, I believe that Peping did not force others to buy his things!" Li Shimin also smiled and said.

"That's natural, this is not at all, but Qin Huaidao's mansion is indeed rich now, this time the national debt, Peping bought so much at once, everyone is also shocked, so much money, even the previous family, may not have so much, not to mention, Your Majesty, Qin Huaidao built a battleship before, if Qin Huaidao has..."

"Enough, what do you want to say? Say Pepin rebelled? Kindness? Are you stupid when Pepin is stupid? Is it you, will you? Was Pepin an ambitious man? I said that you are also an uncle's person, what kind of person was Uncle Bao back then, you know, a child of a loyal family, how can you be like you think? Li Shimin didn't wait for the eldest grandson Wuji to continue, so he scolded,

The eldest grandson Wuji immediately laughed and said: "Yes, yes, it's the minister's mistake, the mouth!" ”

"Pepin can make money, but the money he makes, I won't blush at all, on the contrary, I also think that he makes less money, you do the math yourself, paper mills, printing houses, royal supermarkets, as well as shipyards, steel mills, mirror workshops, glass workshops, etc., just take out one of them, you can be rich and rival the country, but he handed them all over? What else do you want?

I told you the auxiliary machine, even if Peping continued to give me his workshops, I wouldn't ask for it, Gao Ming wouldn't want it, I and Gao Ming still had a face, and I took so many things from him, do you think I didn't count it in my heart? Who among your ministers can give me so much money as he did? Kindness? Pepin just went to the front line, you guys are like this, aren't you bullying me and can't even protect my own daughter? Li Shimin stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and asked.

"This is not done by the minister alone!" The eldest grandson Wuji saw Li Shimin so angry, and he was also a little nervous, it stands to reason that Li Shimin can't manage this matter, but now Li Shimin's performance makes him a little confused about what Li Shimin thinks.

"I don't care how many people you made it, remember it for me, if you have the ability to wait for Peping to come back, you can do it again, and if you get it now, it will be tantamount to bullying me!" Li Shimin stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, but the eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Shimin puzzled.

"I believe that as long as Peping is in Chang'an, you can try? It's just such a trick, and you dare to fight with Pepin? Li Shimin stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and continued to warn,

Eldest Sun Wuji nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell them, let them not get it yet!" However, His Majesty's ministers still don't fully believe in Peping, so young and with such great power, I'm afraid that I won't be able to control it at that time, so please think twice! ”

"No, I believe in my son-in-law, what kind of person he is, I know better than you!" Li Shimin shook his head and said, he didn't believe the words of the eldest grandson Wuji at all, he knew the purpose of the eldest grandson Wuji very well, saying that Qin Huaidao had an antipathy, if there was an antipathy, he would not dare to attack because of the holy decree of the treasure king and the golden book, for this, Li Shimin was very satisfied, knowing that Qin Huaidao was in awe in his heart, and now Qin Huaidao and Datang are also linked, and Datang can be better if he is good Qin Huaidao!

"Yes, the minister won't say much!" When the eldest grandson Wuji saw that Li Shimin was so resolute, it was difficult to say anything.

"Anyway, you told them to dig up the things of my son-in-law's house, and think about it clearly, I am just such a son-in-law!" Li Shimin continued to warn the eldest grandson Wuji, and the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly said yes.

And at this moment, on Qin Huaidao's side, Qin Huaidao is also dealing with military affairs, and he also has to send a large number of people to the beach every day, so that they can pull them back, and now those Koreans are very good to sell, and when they get a batch, they will be bought by businessmen immediately, and they will be bought back to work, Li Chengqian and Su Dingfang also sent letters to Qin Huaidao, saying that they want him to arrest people as much as possible, during this time, more than 200,000 people were sold, worth more than 2 million yuan,

Li Chengqian is very clear about whether the treasury still has money, and if he can get back all the consumption of the war in this war, then the credit for this war will be great, and when the time comes, there will be no more opposition from the court.

"Master, it's been a busy day, and now that the sky is clear, do you want to go out for a walk?" Qin Da'an came to Qin Huaidao's side and asked Qin Huaidao.

"Well, is it clear?" Qin Huaidao looked out the window as soon as he heard this.

"It's sunny, it's sunny!" Qin Da'an said with a smile,

At this moment, Qin Huaidao also stretched his waist, then stood up and said, "Let's go, go out and go around!" Saying that, Qin Huaidao came out,

Qin Da'an also followed with Qin Huaidao's weapons, and when he went outside, the sun was very comfortable.

"Hu Guogong, are you going out?" Li Ancheng happened to come from a distance at this moment, and shouted when he saw Qin Huaidao.

"Well, are you going to go out for a walk, is there anything wrong?" Qin Huaidao asked with a smile.

"It's okay, it's also out to go around, sunbathing, it's raining for so many days!" Li Ancheng said to Qin Huaidao with a smile.

"Let's be together, then!" Qin Huaidao also walked over, and then the two of them arrived outside the Nanda camp and saw that the land was all blood-red, and the traces left by the previous battle were still there.

"Hu Guogong, you say, will Your Majesty agree to negotiate?" Li Ancheng looked in the direction of Pyongyang City and asked Qin Huaidao.