Chapter 4: Persuasion

"Your Majesty, King Chengtian asks to see you."

His Majesty Li Er frowned slightly, put down the wine glass that was placed in his mouth, and said lightly: "Let him in." ”

"Erchen has seen his father."

Seeing that Li Shen was just about to kneel, His Majesty Li Er said lightly: "There is no need to kneel." ”

His Majesty Li Er looked Li Shen up and down, waited for a moment, and said, "Sit down and drink two glasses with me." ”

Li Shen nodded and said, "Father, try not to drink at noon, it's not good for your health." ”

"Drink less and it's not in the way."

"Father, please." Li Shen took the wine glass and drank it dry, frowning slightly, the degree of this wine is really high, it is estimated to be the bar with the highest degree in the hotel.

For a group of people like His Majesty Li Er, Li Shen was also very helpless to take wine from the hotel, fortunately, the number of people was not very large, otherwise he would really lose to death.

After drinking two glasses, no one spoke, Li Shen had no interest in this kind of high-grade liquor, and after a few glasses of stomach, he felt a little dizzy in his head.

"What are you doing today?" His Majesty Li Er asked lightly.

The cold tone gave people the feeling that it was not a question and answer between father and son at all, Li Shen raised his eyebrows and said, "Erchen came this time to ask why his father sent troops to Goryeo?" ”

His Majesty Li Er glanced at Li Shen with slight surprise and said, "Why?" You tell me? ”

"Zai'erchen seems to be sending troops to Goryeo now, which is not a wise move at all."

"Why?"

"Father Emperor Goryeo was originally a barbarian land, although it is connected to my Tang Dynasty, but the geographical environment of Goryeo is surrounded by mountains...... At present, my Tang soldiers still have relatively scarce experience in jungle warfare, seeing that summer is coming, and the poisonous snakes and mosquitoes in the jungle are a major threat to the soldiers, and this threat surpasses the soldiers of Goryeo......"

"So what? Can such a weak difficulty stop the progress of my Datang soldiers? ”

"Father, I want to ask, what kind of benefits can we gain from launching a campaign against Goryeo this time?"

"The benefits? The Tang Dynasty is the suzerainty of each Fanbang vassal state, and in order to maintain the legitimacy of the Fanbang vassal state, I think of the Goryeo minister Quan Su Gaiwen, who acted recklessly, and even ignored my orders......"

Listening to His Majesty Li Er's words, Li Shen shook his head with a smile, without giving His Majesty Li Er the slightest face, and said lightly: "Father is just for your face." ”

looked at His Majesty Li Er's darkened face, and continued: "Father, the sons and daughters are also for the face of the Tang Dynasty, for the sake of the people of the Tang Dynasty, it is not cost-effective to work for the people and lose money for the sake of sesame mung beans. ”

"Do you mean that this expedition is also doomed to failure?" His Majesty Li Er said coldly.

Li Shen nodded and said, "It's not that the retainer attacked his father, it's completely because of the geographical location, the root cause of the failure." Knowing that His Majesty Li Er was on the verge of rage, he followed: "It's not that it can't be defeated, Erchen has a way, but it's not the right time yet." ”

"The right time? Izumi Su Gavin is about to destroy the other two kingdoms, when do you think the right time is the right time? What will the other vassal states think of me at that time? What face will I have in front of these subjects in the future? ”

Li Shen sighed helplessly, and said: "Father, war needs to have a purpose and benefits, and it is inappropriate for the retainer to do things that cost the people and money for the sake of a little face." ”

"Besides, how much is face worth? Can it give the people of Datang a stable and stable life? Obviously, no, on the contrary, the continuation of the war will increase the burden on the people. ”

"I don't need you to persuade me in this matter, I have made up my mind."

"Father, you have never lived with dignity in your life, and you have restrained yourself, don't you feel tired?" Li Shen asked.

Looking at the silent His Majesty Li Er, he realized that the person in front of him and the high-spirited person in his impression had already changed their appearance, the years were really a ruthless sword, and people who were less than fifty years old felt like they had entered the last years of life.

Li Shen paused, two lines of tears fell from the corners of his eyes for no reason, sighed in a low voice, and said: "Father, the son only hopes that you can live happily, let go of the shackles in your heart, and let go of right and wrong for future generations to evaluate, what's the use of you caring like this?" ”

"Erchen knows that he can't change your attention this time, but Erchen still wants to say what he thinks in his heart, there is no need to compare it with others, your current merits have surpassed the emperors of previous dynasties, why do you still do these useless things?"

"Actually, you're probably worried about whether you can win this battle, right?"

Seeing that His Majesty Li Er nodded, Li Shen reached out to wipe the tears from his face, sometimes he really felt that he was a lovely person, an emperor who could treat his children and the people who followed him around him with such deep feelings, and he was also the first in the ages.

Li Shen let out another sigh and said, "I know that I can't defeat it, but I still have to do it, father, in fact, the sons can also understand what you think in your heart, and the sons don't say much." ”

His Majesty Li Er raised his head and looked at Li Shen with cloudy eyes, and said, "Qian'er, you have finally grown up, and you can consider things from the perspective of the people in everything." But there are some things I have to do, do you know how much land in Goryeo is where my Han family is buried, and how many families in my Datang are looking forward to their early return to the land where they were born and raised. ”

His Majesty Li Er sighed, two lines of tears slowly flowed, and said: "Have you ever seen the scene where the people were looking forward to the return of the people, I swore at that time that one day I would avenge this blood revenge for my Han family's son, and it has been almost twenty years since I ascended the throne...... The cold wind whistled like they were shouting......"

"The chariots, the horses and the horses, the pedestrians' bows and arrows are at their waists, the grandmother and wife are sending each other, and the dust is not seen on the Xianyang Bridge. The clothes stopped crying, and the crying went straight to the sky. Passers-by on the side of the road asked pedestrians, but pedestrians were frequent. Or from the fifteenth Beifang River, it will go to the forty west camps. When I went, I was wrapping my head, and when I returned, my head was white. The side pavilion bled into sea water, and Emperor Yang opened the side without thinking. You don't hear it, the Han family is in 200 states in Shandong, and thousands of villages are born. Even if there are healthy women who hoe and plow, there is nothing in Hesheng Longmu. In addition, the Qin soldiers endured hard fighting, and were driven away from dogs and chickens. Although the elder asked, the servant dared to declare his hatred? And this winter, he has not stopped Kansai. The county officials are in a hurry to ask for rent, where does the tax come from? Faith knows that it is evil to give birth to a man, but it is better to give birth to a girl. Giving birth to a daughter still has to marry a neighbor, and giving birth to a boy is buried with a hundred grasses. You don't see, Qinghai head, no one has collected the white bones in ancient times. The new ghost is annoyed and the old ghost is crying, and the sky is cloudy and rainy, and the wet voice is chirping. Li Shen sighed and muttered Du Fu's song "Soldier Chariot Travel" slowly.