As mentioned earlier, Xu Zhen came up with a literary plan for Li Tai, the king of Wei, which triggered a literary event, which made the sage more and more favored and favored the king of Wei, which made Li Zhi, the king of Jin, quite uneasy, so he plotted with the eldest grandson Wuji, but the latter regarded Xu Zhen as a thorn in his side.

This eldest grandson Wuji was born in Henan Changsun clan, raised by his uncle Gao Shilian since childhood, and the saint is a friend of cloth, and then the saint married his sister, is the queen of Wende, and married in-law, after Gaozu raised troops, the eldest grandson Wuji followed the current saint to fight everywhere, became a confidant and adviser, and then participated in the planning of the Xuanwumen incident, the current saint was pushed to the dragon throne.

It is precisely because of this great achievement that the eldest grandson Wuji has successively served as General Zuo Wuhou, the official department Shangshu, the right servant of Shangshu, Sikong, Situ, Shizhong, Zhongshu Ling and other major official positions, and was awarded the title of Zhao Guogong, and ranked first among the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, which can be said to be above ten thousand people under one person!

The eldest grandson Wuji relied on his high power and power, and he was too lazy to directly beat Xu Zhen, and when he feasted with Fang Xuanling and other old ministers who supported Li Zhi, he inevitably revealed dissatisfaction between his words, saying that Xu Zhen was a military general, and he did not think about expanding the frontier and expanding the border, but disrupted the literary affairs, which was really unseemly.

After all, these old ministers are all human spirits, and I don't know who leaked this matter to Li Tao to know, when Li Tao was in Qizhou to quell the rebellion, he was already impressed by Xu Zhen, and he taught him selflessly, and he felt sorry for Xu Zhen's future, so he summoned Xu Zhen into the mansion and persuaded him, but he asked Xu Zhen to take credit immediately, and he had no distractions.

Xu Zhen naturally knew that he had offended the eldest grandson Wuji, but he felt that this Li Zhi pattern was too small, even if he finally ascended to the throne, he would have to be controlled by the eldest grandson Wuji, and his heart was quite unpleasant.

But after all, the same dynasty is an official, this eldest grandson Wuji did not dare to harm without authorization, but there was constant friction between the King of Wei and the King of Jin, today you held a literary event, tomorrow I will have a new initiative, and they have competed for favor in front of the saints.

However, the sage was still hesitant about the establishment of the prince.

In March, the country has already been good, the warblers and grass are growing everywhere, the fertile soil is full of vitality, and it is a good year for another bumper harvest, but Xu Zhen received a secret letter.

Since Yinzong and Gao Heshu and others arrived in Youzhou, border conflicts continued, and they also followed Zhang Jian, the governor of Yingzhou, to explore the terrain and search for intelligence on the border of Goguryeo.

The secret letter said that Goguryeo and Baekje had united the armies of the two countries and started a war against Silla, Silla had many submissions and tributes to the Tang Dynasty, and was a loyal subject of the Tang Dynasty, and its queen Seondeok had sent a message to ask for help, and the sage had been planning for a long time, so he could not say that he would soon launch a war against Goguryeo!

Xu Zhen received the secret letter, and he was also worried in his heart, one of the reasons why the former Great Sui perished was that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty fought against Goguryeo for many years, which caused a sharp decrease in national strength and the loss of people's hearts.

Although Xu Zhen was aware of the final outcome of the Tang expedition to Goguryeo, the situation has changed now, and the sage has not yet established a prince, which is completely inconsistent with historical records, so Xu Zhen has to worry about whether the outcome of this expedition will change because of this.

If the sage has not yet established a prince before the conquest of Goguryeo, then what should be done with the sage who personally conquers Goguryeo, the king of Jin Li Zhi and the king of Wei Li Tai?

Or the sage must have the foresight, and he will definitely give the matter of establishing the prince before the imperial expedition, but in terms of the current situation, Li Zhi has no chance of winning, but Li Tai, the king of Wei, has more chance of winning, if this is the case, then the trajectory of history will change, and all this is because Xu Zhen dedicated a good plan to the king of Wei!

As a result, Xu Zhen began to worry again, his words and deeds really had an extremely critical and close impact on the Tang Dynasty, and he had to try his best to eliminate these influences, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

But now that he has offended Li Zhi and the eldest grandson Wuji, even if he has the heart to change the situation, he can't be cheeky enough to go to the sage to intercede with Li Zhi, right?

Moreover, with the saint's favor for Li Tai, who in the court dares to say half a bad word about Li Tai?

For now, the only way to do this is to find Li Tao and let Li Tao persuade the Holy Lord to postpone the conquest of Goguryeo, in the hope that Li Zhi can catch up and be enough to fight against the King of Wei, otherwise the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty will really have to replace Li Tai.

As early as the Gaozu period, the Tang Dynasty had not yet developed, Gaozu worked hard to reconcile with the King of Rongliu, and the two sides exchanged prisoners of war, and the King of Rongliu accepted the name of the Tang Dynasty, and Gaozu then canonized the King of Rongliu as the king of Liaodong County and the king of Goguryeo.

After the pilgrim ascended the throne, he also inherited the strategy of Gaozu and continued to maintain friendly relations with Goguryeo, but after all, the saint was the first emperor of the four seas, and he thought that the Liaodong occupied by Goguryeo was the territory of the Han people since ancient times.

The sage tried to send an envoy to visit Goguryeo, but found that Goguryeo had many soldiers and generals of the former dynasty hidden in private, and if it were not for the sage's concern about the loss of labor and money, and the foundation of Shandong would have been attacked.

But two years ago, Rongliu Wang Gao Jianwu and many ministers secretly discussed to kill Yuan Gai Suwen, but was designed to kill, Yuan Gai Su Wen then set up his nephew Gao Bao as the king, self-proclaimed Da Mo Lizhi, control the military and political power of Goguryeo, the sage wanted to attack, but was dissuaded by the eldest grandson Wuji, and could only canonize the treasure king as the king of Liaodong County, and grant the Zhu State, although so, the sage has already decided in his heart that he must conquer Goguryeo.

Until last year, Goguryeo spent huge manpower and material resources to build the Great Wall of Goguryeo along the Tang border, from Buyeo City to the Bohai Sea, more than 1,000 miles long, and it was difficult for the sages to tolerate it anymore.

After listening to Li Tao's analysis, Xu Zhen became more and more worried in his heart, now that Baekje has united with Goguryeo to attack Silla, the sage will definitely send an envoy to order Goguryeo and Baekje to stop the war, if Yuan Gai Suwen refuses to disobey the sage's order, the sage will use troops against Goguryeo!

Li Tao knew that Xu Zhen was worried about the establishment of the prince, but he himself supported the conquest of Goguryeo, if the sage drove the expedition in person this time, Li Tao would definitely ask for his life, and he also hoped that Xu Zhen could go together and make great achievements in Liaodong, so he comforted Xu Zhen without worrying, and bluntly said that the sage may make a decision in his heart, and if the internal troubles are not eliminated, the sage will not easily send troops.

Xu Zhen could only smile bitterly, the sage had a decision, but he was afraid that this decision would push Li Tai, the king of Wei, to the seat of the crown prince, so Xu Zhen didn't know what to do.

So far, Xu Zhen can only reply to a group of brothers in the army, asking them to fight hard and win more battles, so that the saint can rest assured that he will not send troops too early.

But at this juncture, there was a war report from the west, saying that Tubo had encroached on most of the territory of Tuyuhun, and its new king Songtsan Gampo defeated Dangxiang and Bailanqiang one after another, and approached Songzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and sent people to ask for relatives, threatening that if they did not make peace, they would lead troops to invade the Tang Realm!

Xu Zhen got this military situation, and couldn't help but think of the great Sui Guanghua princess and strategist Murong Hanzhu who fled to Tubo after the Battle of Tuyuhun, and his intuition was always in turmoil, which made Xu Zhen have to think that Tubo's move was absolutely inseparable from these two people!

With the temperament of a saint, how can he tolerate such a clown posture like Tubo, and he can't say that he has already sent a large army to crush this Tubo into powder!

However, this time, the sage was a little hesitant, and this hesitation should come from the fact that he had not yet made a choice between the king of Jin and the king of Wei, and he was worried about conquering Goguryeo.

If the problem of Tubo and Lichu cannot be solved as soon as possible, how can the sage go to Goguryeo with peace of mind?

This Tubo has been rejected six or seven times before and after, no wonder it will be hairy, this time the choice is a good time, if there is no peerless adviser to complement each other, the real sect is not believed.

After discussing it a few times, the sage was still a little undecided, and many civil and military officers also held their own opinions, arguing all day long, and there was a great tendency to force the sage to establish a reserve first, Xu Zhen became more and more worried.

On this day, I was having a drink with Caesar and Zhang Suling, but the Shenyong Mansion ushered in an unexpected guest, it turned out to be Li Wushuang!

Although Li Wushuang never looked down on Xu Zhen from beginning to end, Xu Zhen didn't care, but at this juncture, this girl came to the door, it should be the sage who decided to agree to Tubo's courtship, because Li Wushuang, this girl, isn't it the princess Wencheng who married to Tubo!

Sure enough, Li Wushuang hesitated for a while, and saw that Xu Zhen dismissed Kaisa and Zhang Suling, and finally explained his intention.

It turned out that this Li Wushuang was deeply favored by Li Daozong, and when he was in Ganzhou, he saw Songtsen Gampo again, although Songtsan Gampo was only dealing with Xu Zhen at that time, but she and Li Mingda knew the identity of Songtsan Gampo, so they didn't like it, and they didn't want to marry in remote mountains such as Tubo.

Now that the saint really has signs of agreeing to ask for marriage, and has been searching for candidates among the many clan county lords, although there are a large number of county lords, but there are not many who meet the age and qualifications, Li Wushuang has undoubtedly become one of the most suitable candidates.

For this reason, Li Daozong will try his best to admonish the sage, refuse to make peace, and will take the initiative to ask for help, and lead the army to defeat the provocation of Tubo, so as to demonstrate the mighty power of our Tang Kingdom!

However, now the sage's mind is obviously not on Tubo's side, and many civil and military forces will definitely not support Li Daozong's proposal, but if Xu Zhen is on Li Daozong's side, the sage will really refuse to make peace!

After Xu Zhen listened to Li Wushuang's request, he also smiled bitterly in his heart, he didn't want to start a war, because war will always bring death and injury, but sometimes, dignity is more important than life, if he agrees to Tubo's courtship, of course, he can avoid war, but also bring peace and stability to the northwest, yes, the sage can personally conquer Goguryeo without distraction.

But if he really agrees to make peace, it is equivalent to showing weakness to Tubo, in this way, Tubo is bound to underestimate the courage of the Tang Dynasty, and there are strategists like Murong Hanzhu instigating, how dare he guarantee that he will not take advantage of the Tang Dynasty's expedition to Goguryeo and invade the Tang Realm on a large scale?

Although Li Wushuang's idea was a little naïve, Xu Zhen still agreed, promising her that when Li Daozong admonished, she would definitely stand behind him, but Xu Zhen knew in his heart that even if he repelled Tubo, in order to appease Huairou and make the future troubles attack Goguryeo without worry, in the end, the sage would still marry a county lord, but the candidate was still not Li Wushuang, so he didn't dare to say anything.

Li Wushuang heard Xu Zhen promise herself, and her heart was also overjoyed, she had never felt that Xu Zhen had been so likable, and when she was about to go out, she finally turned her head and said with a red face: "Hey, thank you..."