The charcoal stove in the big tent was burning red, Li Chengqian felt a little hot, thinking about some things in his heart, looking at these civil ministers and military generals who were very loyal to him in the big tent, but because of their different knowledge, they had differences with him on specific matters, and secretly sighed that people's ideology is really an important thing.

Nowadays, when people mention the various ups and downs and successes and failures in history, they all look for reasons in terms of interests and the distribution of interests, which is actually a manifestation of short-sightedness in treating others with oneself and the present and the past.

In ancient China, many major events that affected the rise and fall of the country and the nation had nothing to do with interests, and were often caused by disputes over political opinions, Taoism, and even morale.

What kind of politics is compromise, but you can look at how many tragedies in history have been caused by the unwillingness to make compromises in some small places, from personal honor and disgrace to life and death, to the survival and death of the nation-state, all of which have been caused by the struggle of wills and the struggle of Taoism and unity.

With Li Chengqian's current status as the crown prince, it was impossible for the ministers of the Tang Dynasty to easily give up their position, so Li Chengqian was prepared to order Cheng Wuting and Wang Qun to kill people first, and then inform them.

However, before Li Chengqian could make a move, he received an abnormality in Xue Yantuo's prisoner camp.

When he first heard that there was an abnormality in Xue Yantuo's prisoner camp, Li Chengqian was furious, but after slowly thinking about it, this failure was not a fair and honest reason to get rid of these people, and it could also be used to let Su Dingfang and others see the nature of these barbarians.

In the next few days, Li Chengqian closely followed the movements of the prisoner camp, and at the same time, he also created opportunities to have more contact with the civil and military ministers around him, hoping to influence the thinking of these people.

There was no snow in a row, and occasionally the sun dewed, but the wind was still howling and the sky was freezing, and there was basically no one outside.

The army was still repairing, and Li Chengqian had not given a new training task, so Li Chengqian and a group of civil and military generals handled official affairs in the big tent most of the time.

Early that morning, after Li Chengqian finished inspecting the barracks, everyone was summoned to his big tent, and Liu Kui was ordered to make tea and prepare snacks in the big tent, and then sat down to gossip with the ministers.

A few people gathered around the table in the middle in the warm tent to drink tea, eat snacks and gossip, and they were all in a very comfortable mood.

Of course, Li Chengqian deliberately did this, and in the past few days, he has summoned these people every morning, and in addition to dealing with the current military affairs, he has also chatted about some gossip or commenting on the history of books or hiding characters, and in short, in these chats, he has revealed his thoughts and influenced them.

Although these people have been working with Li Chengqian for almost a year, because of their status as monarchs and ministers, they often waste time on etiquette when they meet, except for talking about some military affairs. Because it was "courtesy" that determined Li Chengqian's leadership authority, Li Chengqian would also maintain courtesy exchanges with them in the past, intentionally or unintentionally, and there were very few truly unrestrained conversations.

Now Li Chengqian has created such an atmosphere of good mentorship and friendship, and he is naturally welcomed by them.

Among these people, only Xu Jingzong and Wang Fangyi have read more books, like Wei Chigong, who can only be regarded as coarse and literate, although Su Dingfang has also read some books, but because of his limited background, he has not yet reached the point of reading a wide range of books.

And Li Chengqian is also a person who has been educated in the modern system anyway, with thousands of insights far beyond them, since he traveled to the Tang Dynasty, there is no entertainment, and he usually spends most of his time reading the books in the inner library.

Therefore, the comments on historical events can often tell the root of the matter, and Xu Jingzong next to him spares no effort to tout, which is like a pyramid scheme, and others are fascinated by what they listen to, but they are also full of joy.

The past few days have further narrowed the distance between Li Chengqian and these ministers, and this can be regarded as a fear of consolidating his own camp.

However, Li Chengqian will not forget that a few days ago, although they did not necessarily have to be slapped in the face, they also had to teach them some lessons.

It just so happened that Wang Qun, who was patrolling the camp this morning, came to report that something might happen to Xue Yantuo's prisoner camp tonight, and Li Chengqian decided to teach Su Dingfang and others a lesson at this morning's tea, and then unite to pack up Xue Yantuo's prisoners.

Li Chengqian saw a few people exhaling white air in their mouths, with a faint look on their faces, and gently holding a walnut-sized teacup in his hand, he took a shallow sip, and said to everyone: "The lonely king patrolled the camp today and saw the soldiers eating mutton these days, and they were tired of eating, and they were not energetic. ”

Wei Chigong was pinching a cup of tea, looking at the tea in the cup, frowning and not wanting to drink it, he said unhappily: "You can eat something wrong when you eat meat, a group of useless things." ”

Li Chengqian couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, he knew that Wei Chigong had no ill will towards the soldiers, but because he couldn't understand that some hatred of iron could not be made of steel. took a sip of tea and was about to say something, but he heard Su Dingfang arch his hand under the seat and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, rest assured, the minister will be optimistic." ”

Su Dingfang was the chief general appointed by Li Chengqian, and when such a thing happened, he was naturally responsible.

Li Chengqian nodded when he heard this, picked up a piece of dim sum and put it in his mouth to chew it slowly and swallowed it, took another sip of tea, and saw that everyone had almost eaten before he said lightly: "In the past few days, someone has reported that Xue Yantuo's prisoner camp is not very stable, and something may happen tonight, you will prepare quietly later, don't let people rob the camp at night." ”

As soon as these words came out, it sounded like a thunderclap in everyone's ears.

Everyone looked at Li Chengqian in shock, and saw that Li Chengqian's face was still calm and clear, and he was slowly tasting the teacup in his hand, and they couldn't believe that what he said was true.

"Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince serious?" Cheng Wuting was the least scheming and asked directly.

Li Chengqian's face sank when he heard this, put the cup on the table, and looked up at Cheng Wuting quietly.

was so frightened that Cheng Wuting hurriedly got up, knelt down on one knee, and pleaded: "The minister is guilty!" ”

Li Chengqian turned his head not to look at Cheng Wuting, but only swept lightly at the others, and everyone hurriedly got up and lowered their heads when they saw this, not daring to look at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian got up and walked slowly two steps, looked at the door of the big tent and said in a deep voice: "King Gu has long said that if it is not my race, its heart will be different, Yi Nan and others are here, and Xue Yantuo's other subordinates will naturally have some ideas. ”

Xu Jingzong and Cheng Wuting also knelt down on one knee when they heard this: "The minister is guilty!" ”

Li Chengqian's face was slightly relieved when he saw this, sighed, and then waved his hand and said, "That's it, you all get up." Li Chengqian said that a few small chamberlains came out and helped the three of them up.

Li Chengqian glanced at Cheng Wuting and saw that he was really scared, and then glanced back and forth on Su Dingfang and Xu Jingzong's faces a few times before he said lightly: "It is also the fault of the lonely king who neglected to teach on weekdays, so that you mistakenly believed those corrupt nonsense." ”

The three of them listened, except for Cheng Wuting who looked like he took it for granted, Xu Jingzong and Su Dingfang were both blushing and speechless, Su Dingfang was almost sixty years old, Xu Jingzong was also in his early fifties, and they all had official positions in Zhan Shifu, which was Li Chengqian's teacher.

Although they usually dare not regard themselves as teachers in front of Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian also maintains basic respect for them.

Now that Li Chengqian suddenly said that he neglected to teach them, it was simply Lao Tzu's words to train his son, which made people feel embarrassed.