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The source of the sense of crisis has nothing to do with Wang Zhi's move to expand his power, Li Su just suddenly found out from Wang Zhi's actions that he still underestimated the heroes of the world, and thought that his plan was seamless, but in fact, it was all in Li Shimin's eyes, but he didn't do anything to him for the time being.

Vaguely, Li Su seemed to find that he had become a fast-fattening pig, happily arching his food in the pigsty, twisting his little fat buttocks while eating, and humming with satisfaction, unaware that Li Shimin outside the pigsty was sneering at him, looking at which part of his body should be knifed......

The force in Wang Zhi's hands helped Li Su a lot, and it was indirectly built in his hands, but Wang Zhi's subordinates didn't know that Li Su was the real behind this force. At this time, at that time, it gave Li Su a lot of help, and at the same time buried hidden dangers for him.

The hidden danger is very serious, if one day Li Shimin feels that this force is mature and can be collected for his own use, so he suddenly decides to close the net, then for Wang Zhi, it may be a catastrophe, and for Li Su himself, he will shed his skin if he does not die. Li Shimin has indeed been very favored to Li Su over the years, but he is the most ruthless emperor, Li Su has such a force in his hands, and he has also committed the taboo of the emperor, who knows what Li Shimin will do with him?

Thinking about it, Li Su felt that even if he didn't cut off all the doors, at least the end of the whole family being sent to exile for thousands of miles was inevitable, and he couldn't turn over for a few years or even more than ten years, even if he could wait for the next generation of emperors to restart, but for Li Su, who was middle-aged at that time, was this a favor or a disgusting person?

"Uh, Li Su, we really don't have to disband this force?" Wang Zhi said uneasily, after Li Su's analysis, Wang Zhi finally realized the seriousness of the matter.

Li Su shook his head: "It can't be disbanded, we have to continue to use it, and we must maintain the rhythm of your expansion, for now, I believe that Your Majesty is happy to see the expansion of this force, it is better to simply follow Your Majesty's wishes to develop......"

"What if Your Majesty does something to us?"

"Before Your Majesty makes a move, I will think of a way to protect us."

Wang Zhi got into the tip of the horns: "What if your majesty has already done it before you have time to think of a way?" ”

Li Su snorted coldly and said angrily: "I will choose a dark and windy night for a month, and silently hang myself in front of the gate of Taiji Palace, and ask him if he is afraid!" ”

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Time is running out and the situation is critical.

Since knowing that Wang Zhi's forces have expanded to a very terrible point, Li Su has a sense of crisis, and since he came to the Tang Dynasty, this time the sense of crisis is the most serious. The reason is very simple, in the past, he fought with the courtiers and the prince, and he could calmly protect himself if he won or lost, because he knew that his ability was valued by Li Shimin, and he would not kill him easily, as long as he did not do the great rebellion of the flag and rebellion, there would usually be no danger. But this time, Li Su provoked the emperor, and this posture of death was more serious than Wei Zheng standing in the court and pointing at Li Shimin's nose and scolding the faint monarch.

A hidden force that has not been recognized by the government, or even detected by the imperial court, is of course a big taboo for the emperor, and for the emperor, any power that is not used by himself is illegal, and it is rebellious, the greater the power, the more rebellious it is, this force under Li Su can be big or small, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is serious, even if it is a conspiracy.

Although it is not certain whether Li Shimin has discovered the existence of this force, Li Su has always been a cautious person, and when he encounters any plan for the worst in advance, when Li Shimin has found out, then how to protect himself has become Li Su's top priority now, and he must come up with a safe way, the most difficult thing is that Li Su not only has to protect himself, but also Wang Zhi, and even that force, after all, he is himself and Wang Zhi's subordinates, and Li Su cannot betray those loyal subordinates in order to protect himself.

It's not easy to think of a way, after all, this is a completely passive dead end, the initiative is in the hands of Li Shimin, and it is difficult to get out calmly.

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Tai Chi Palace Dynasty Meeting.

The venue of the court meeting is located in the Taiji Hall.

For the Tang Dynasty, the frequency of court meetings is not frequent, basically a meeting on five days, and the state affairs and government affairs on weekdays are generally concentrated in the center of the three provinces, small matters are determined by the six ministries, major matters are decided by the servants of the three provinces, and larger matters are presented to the emperor by the servants, and some important ministers such as Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and other important ministers hold a meeting in a small range to solve the problem.

Today's court meeting is not much different from usual, if you must say that there is, the only difference is that Li Su, the prince of Jingyang County, appeared in the courtiers' ranks, he was dressed in purple court clothes, with a goldfish bag around his waist, standing in the middle of the team with a calm expression, not showing the mountains and water, and followed the team into the Taiji Hall slowly, with Li Shimin entering the palace, Li Su also bowed down with the courtiers.

On the real big occasion, the procedure of the monarch and the minister is not complicated, there is no three kneeling and nine bows, and there is no mountain to call long live, the Tang Dynasty is not popular "Long live" This statement, the shame of the Tang Dynasty emperor is stronger than the later Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, I feel that this slogan is too embarrassing and too unrealistic, and it is better to say "Have you eaten" more down-to-earth.

After the monarch and the ministers saw the salute, Li Shimin took the lead in sitting down on the top, and the non-fruit longan glanced around the audience by the way, and then found Li Su standing in the crowd with his head down, Li Shimin hooked the corners of his mouth, and then looked away.

Li Su also smiled helplessly.

With his temperament, he was naturally impatient to participate in any court meeting, a person who often slept until noon and refused to get up was forced to dress up before dawn, and then stood in front of the palace gate of Taiji Palace and yawned like all the courtiers and waited for the palace gate to open, and the purpose of doing these things was only to hold a meeting with a group of people to discuss some trivial matters that might have already decided the result......

However, Li Su can't come, because from the day he became the county duke, he had to participate in every court meeting, and there was a sentence in the Jin Jue holy decree that it was very clear, "allowed to participate in the court meeting", saying that it was "approved", but the words and sentences in the holy decree were all exquisite, Li Su could not be naïve enough to think that this was just a kind word, "permission" means not permission, but must, not to come if you want to, but to come every time, even if you stand like a wooden stake when you participate in the court meeting, that ...... You have to stand honestly, too.

The process of the Tang Dynasty is still very pragmatic, there is no slogan, there is no son called Shengyun, headed by the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling, go out to play state affairs one by one, and then the ministers express their opinions and express their opinions, and then Li Shimin chooses a more stable method from it, when the palace is drafted by the three provinces, promulgated and implemented, from the treasury money and grain to the river and embankment to the border passes, one by one state affairs are proposed, and then one by one they are immediately resolved, even if there are relatively controversial issues, Li Shimin is also very decisive in a word, The controversy was immediately suspended with Li Shimin's decision, and then immediately jumped to the next item.

Li Su listened absentmindedly, of course, the acting skills that should be played normally, when he met the happy events played by the courtiers, he smiled with his eyebrows, and looked deeply gratified, and when he encountered bad things, his face was worried, and he was worried about the world, and his acting skills were very impeccable, but his mind was used elsewhere.

He was observing the expressions of the monarchs and ministers.

Most of the monarchs and ministers in the palace are acquaintances, and Li Su's uncles and uncles are affectionate on weekdays, and the uncles and uncles are also fond of affinity. But standing in this court today, the expressions of the uncles and uncles have all changed, everyone has a dignified and serious appearance, every word they say is deliberate, and every decision they make is the result of infallible calculations.

Li Shimin was relatively silent, sitting high at the top, most of the time he was listening, listening to people's performances, listening to people's proposals, listening to people's arguments, and only when it was time to make an idea that he would speak, and what he said was almost the final result, and quickly put down all the arguments.

Li Su took a closer look at Li Shimin's face, Li Su was standing far away, but he could vaguely see that Li Shimin's face was not good, a little gray, and his spirit was also a little sluggish.

Li Su's heart sank.

It's only been a long time since I saw it, Li Shimin has been like this, it seems that Li Ji is not wrong, Li Shimin has gradually changed, his life is a wonderful book, a legend that has been famous for the ages, when a person has come to this high place, what else is there besides the pursuit of immortality?

Li Shimin was indeed taking the pill, and it was certain that the pill refined by Fang Shi not only failed to make him immortal, but destroyed his body more and more.

Li Su couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart.

Heroes are twilight, heroes are nowhere to be found, there is no rival in the world, Li Shimin is indulging and destroying himself in endless loneliness, and there is no one in the world who can inspire his ambition, because those who once inspired his ambition have now all been buried in the soil by him.

Now the enemy in Li Shimin's heart is probably only the gods in the sky.

I wanted to persuade Li Shimin to quit taking pills, but Li Ji's warning echoed in his ears, in front of this extremely conceited emperor, any advice would not be of much use, even if it was Wei Zheng, a famous counselor, his advice might not be very effective now, so he would become depressed and sick.

Looking at the courtiers again, Li Su found that the position of the courtiers standing was quite interesting, the first seat on the hall was naturally Li Shimin, and the position of the courtiers was headed by the eldest grandson Wuji, followed by Fang Xuanling, the left was full of ministers, the right was full of military generals, and the Taiji Hall sat in the north and faced south, so the ministers stood in the east, and the generals stood in the west, and this position arrangement was exquisite. Because the east is the green dragon, "the green jade, the ancestral hall is maintained, meandering, to descend to Jingfu", which is called "governing the world", the main cultural rule. And the west is the white tiger, "Su Su Qingyin, deter birds and beasts, roar the mountains and forests, and come to Liwu Zuo", which is called "killing", the main sword soldier.

Thousands of years later, some of the black * society's tangkou cut black language also with a sentence "left green dragon, right white tiger", this sentence is not made up, just used a crooked place, this sentence comes from the "Book of Changes", "the left green dragon shocks the hexagram, the right white tiger redeems the hexagram", a text and a martial arts, the protection fee bullying the weak and the behavior is whitewashed like the imperial court, which makes people have to mourn for the ancient beasts.

The position of the courtiers in the Taiji Hall is also in accordance with this rule, which is a strict etiquette, and even the emperor cannot exceed it.

When discussing state affairs, when encountering uncertain matters, Li Shimin's first reaction was to turn his head and ask Changsun Wuji first, and after Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Li Shimin asked Fang Xuanling again, and these two were the heads of the Chinese courtiers, if there was a difference of opinion between Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, Li Shimin's third person to ask was Chu Suiliang, and finally the officials of the six ministries of the three provinces and the Yushitai.

The eldest grandson Wuji has always maintained a faint smile, Fang Xuanling is expressionless, every time Li Shimin asks, the eldest grandson Wuji never shirks, and answers all questions, even when he disagrees with Fang Xuanling, the smile on the face of the eldest grandson Wuji has never disappeared, there is no imaginary quarrel, and there is no red-faced and thick-necked scolding, the atmosphere between several prime ministers is harmonious, the conversation is elegant, and even if there are differences, it does not lose the style of a gentleman, if you only look at the surface, the Tang Dynasty is the most civilized court that Li Su knows, of course, it is limited to between the ministers and the ministers.

As for the generals, Li Su felt speechless after looking at them.

Li Jing, the god of war of the Tang Dynasty, was unexpectedly absent, and the military generals were headed by Li Ji, followed by Cheng Yanjin, Niu Jinda, Wei Chigong and other founding veterans, when the ministers discussed state affairs, the generals usually did not speak, unless Li Shimin asked by name before he came out to say a few words of painless advice, and the rest of the time he was expressionless, standing in the crowd with dull eyes, quietly waiting to go home from work.

After a cursory observation, Li Su had a general understanding of the Tang Dynasty, and then Li Su deliberately glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji twice. It's very interesting, it's almost what Li Su expected, the only thing he didn't expect was that the eldest grandson Wuji was so heavy in the Tang Dynasty.

While he was thinking about it, another person stood up among the courtiers, this person Li Su didn't know, but what he did made Li Su suddenly lift his spirits.

"Your Majesty, the capital of Anxi is the protector of the palace, the governor of Liangzhou, and Guo Xiaoke, the assassin of Xizhou, is in a hurry."

Li Shimin didn't raise his eyelids, and said lightly: "Come on." ”

"In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, the Western Regions Yanqi King Longtu cavalry rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, led 30,000 troops to attack Xizhou and Anxi Duhufu, after being defeated by Guo Xiaoke, the Yanqi defeated army scattered, the Longtu cavalry branch defected to the Western Turks, and led the troops to occupy the western end of the Silk Road 300 miles, all the envoys and travelers of the Western Regions were looted and slaughtered, the countries of the Western Regions were turbulent, the merchants were afraid of it, the Silk Road was almost interrupted, Guo Xiaoke led the troops to attack and sweep many times, but the dragon cavalry branch was accustomed to guerrillas, Wang Shi was far away, Wang Shi retreated and came back, Guo Xiaoke led the troops to clear several times, The money and food were huge, but the results were very small, so I asked Your Majesty to decide on the king's actions. ”

Hearing the report, Li Shimin was finally moved, his eyes gradually widened, and a sinister anger suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"Yanqi? I remember that in the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, Hou Junji led his troops to sweep the Western Regions and destroyed Gaochang, and the thirty-six small countries in the Western Regions all submitted their sins to submission, and the Longtu Riding Branch was also one of the kings who returned to submission on the table, right? Why did they turn against in just a few years? Guo Xiaoke can know the reason? ”

"Your Majesty, before the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Yanqi was indeed a subordinate of my Tang Dynasty, but in the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, the Longtu cavalry branch of the king of Yanqi married the Western Turkic general Ashina Quli, and from then on, the Longtu cavalry branch slowly fell to the Western Turks, and finally openly rebelled."

Li Shimin's face became more and more gloomy, and he couldn't help sneering when he heard this: "Okay, good betrayal!" I treat you like Jin Lan, and you regard me as a shoe, how can I tolerate you again! ”

The smile of the eldest grandson Wuji finally disappeared, and he turned around and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Yanqi is located at the western end of the Silk Road, guarding the east-west road, if it is occupied by the rebels, the Silk Road may be completely interrupted, and since then the Tang Dynasty has cut off contact with the Western Regions. ”

Li Shimin's face had turned pale, and he trembled slightly with anger.

Li Su stood in the court, and when he saw Li Shimin's appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little strange, it was just a small country rebellion, why was Li Shimin so angry?

After thinking about it carefully, Li Su finally figured it out.

Li Shimin has long had the heart of the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, and even began to prepare for the layout in advance, this Yanqi rebellion, and even involved the Tang Dynasty's old enemy Western Turks, it is inevitable to send troops to pacify, and it is certain that the scale of this battle will not be small, and Li Shimin's plan for the Eastern Expedition has also been completely disrupted because of this incident, so it is reasonable to be so angry.

The proposal of the eldest grandson Wuji has been approved by most of the courtiers, especially Cheng Yanjin and other military generals, but also one by one, their eyes are shining, for them, war is their profession, but also their opportunity to be promoted to the rank of knight, with the Tang Dynasty is now invincible, once the Tang Dynasty sends troops, there is no suspense about the victory and the dynasty, at that time their own merits will be added to the book, so after hearing the news, the generals are smiling, happy as the New Year.

Li Shimin had a cold face, noncommittal to the proposal of the eldest grandson Wuji, and was silent for a long time, Li Shimin suddenly said: "I set up the Anxi Protectorate back then, in order to deter the Western Regions and ensure that the Silk Road is unimpeded, but Guo Xiaoke ...... Hum! What has he been doing all these years! When the coalition army of all countries attacked Xizhou, fortunately Li Su fought to the death, Xizhou did not lose, and then Hou Junji led the royal division to sweep the Western Regions, and made the countries return to obedience, and the great Western Regions and the capital were handed over to Guo Xiaoke, it was only a few years, and the Western Regions were chaotic again, which was Guo Xiaoke's loss! ”

Seeing that Li Shimin was angry, the ministers hung their heads and were silent.

In the crowd, Li Su's brows furrowed, and to be honest, he didn't feel very comfortable in his heart. After all, Xizhou was guarded by himself back then, for the sake of friendship and friendship, in order to serve the monarch, the motive is not important, the important thing is that he almost lost his life in Xizhou, so he was able to wait for reinforcements when he was planning to die for the country, Li Su's feelings for Xizhou are more complicated, to put it in a sentence of literature and art, "I have loved this city, and I have hated this city", but now, Xizhou and Anxi are in chaos again, and Li Su is a little unhappy in his heart.