Chapter 1077: Dilemma

Taiji Palace, the early dynasty, Chen Fei dozed off as usual, and stood listlessly in the court's class, preparing to finish this boring morning dynasty in a daze, and then go home and sleep again. As for the Odd Workshop...... Let's not look at the mood, anyway, I don't fight now, but I am not in such a hurry to produce.

Of course, if Li Zhi can approve and agree that he will not participate in the early dynasty and only need to go to work in the Qi Workshop, he will still be very happy, at least he doesn't have to get up three watches every day, and a whole day is similar to sleepwalking.

And he hangs in the official position of Shangshu Province...... is also an idle position, after Li Shimin's death, no one cares whether he goes to Shangshu Province to report. Moreover, Chen Fei estimated that the eldest grandson Wuji would not welcome him to Shangshu Province much.

What is the relationship between him and the eldest grandson Wuji now...... It's the same as before, because he didn't stupidly jump out to go against the eldest grandson Wuji, he has always kept a low profile, and the eldest grandson Wuji will not be idle to deal with him. So on the surface, the relationship between the two is good, but Chen Fei knows in his heart that the two of them have different positions, and sooner or later they will stand on the opposite side. It's just not the time yet.

In the hazy eyes of sleep, he glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji with confused eyes. I don't know if it's an illusion or what, he actually found that the eldest grandson Wuji just gave people a strong sense of oppression just by his back.

Maybe this is the power of the higher-ups, right? He shook his head, confused. Sleepwalking generally followed the courtiers and shouted, "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Then he sleepwalked and staggered in his seat. It's just that God didn't have mercy on him, and he just dozed off for a long time, and he was awakened by the sound of arguments.

looked up and found that the monarch and the ministers were arguing over the western expedition. Li Zhi's idea was that while the Arab Empire and the countries further west were at odds with each other, he could take advantage of this opportunity to send troops to attack the Western Turks. It just so happened that now the army was also in the Anxi Protectorate, and it was close to the Western Turks from there. It is possible to save a lot of military food expenditures.

In previous years, the Western Turks have been uniting with the Arabs to advance and retreat, and the other party is in the desert of Central Asia, because the distance is too far, too much manpower and material resources have been spent along the way, and there is a great risk of facing the attack of the two countries, and it is very likely that the enemy will be attacked on the back, so the Tang army is helpless against the two countries. This is not due to combat effectiveness, but to geography.

But now, the army was originally in the Anxi Protectorate, and it was only half a month's journey from the Anxi Protectorate to the territory of the Western Turks, and the Arab Empire was also at war with the countries in the west, so it was a good time to eliminate the Western Turks. Li Zhi sharpened his knives and prepared to do a big job.

But...... As soon as the topic came out, it was opposed by many ministers. Especially Yu Zhining, this product has become a "nail household". Specially responsible for raising the bar with Li Zhi in the imperial court. At this time, he was also arguing with Li Zhi.

"Your Majesty! This war is an unjust war, not to mention that the war will be lost, it will cost national strength and be unprofitable, it is really unwise, and I hope that Your Majesty will take back your life and think twice before acting. ”

Li Zhi felt a headache as soon as he saw Yu Zhining stand up and speak, during this time, as long as he put forward any opinions, Yu Zhining would inevitably stand up and raise the bar, his teeth itched with hatred in his heart, but he had to put on a smile and smile.

Chen Fei was secretly amused by the appearance of the two monarchs and ministers, I'm afraid this is the so-called smile on the surface, and my mother sells criticism in my heart, right?

In the end, Li Zhi's proposal was not approved by the ministers, because later the eldest grandson Wuji stood up and said a fact that made Li Zhi very helpless: the treasury does not have so much money!

It is necessary to build a naval division, and to conquer the Western Turks in the west, which will cost a lot of silver.

After all, the construction of the water division is the last order of the first emperor, and the ministers dare not disrespect, so they have to let Li Zhi mess around.

But the ministers of the Western Turks in the Western Expedition did not live or die. Just kidding, the Western Turks are so far away, even if the mobilization of supplies from the Anxi Protectorate is not a small account. What's more, fighting a war requires the death of a person, and after the death of a person has to pay for the comfort of the soldier's family, etc., these are not a small expense.

The Western Turks are the kind of ghost places where poor birds don't, and they have to spend a lot of money to build and organize army defense, and they can't grow any food in this broken place, and the cattle and sheep are far less fat than the Beiting Protectorate, and they don't have much value.

The construction of the water division is already a bottomless pit, and it is difficult to say how much money will be thrown into it, and if we come to the west to conquer the Western Turks again, I am afraid that the treasury that has been accumulated for so many years will soon bottom out.

Although the country is safe now, it can't withstand your tossing.

Li Zhi didn't really want to lose, he just wanted to prove himself and prove that he was capable of expanding the territory, not the emperor with a weak personality in the mouth of the ministers, but...... The idea was good, but unfortunately the result was not very good. The ministers did not give Li Zhi much face.

Besides, money has been used everywhere recently, and the reserves of the treasury have been spent a lot, and they really can't support such a long-distance war to destroy the country, and there are a series of things that need to cost money after the destruction of the country, and I really can't afford to hurt it.

Li Zhi pinched his nose and finally accepted the result, and the matter of the Western Expedition was never mentioned again.

Chen Fei secretly felt funny when he saw Li Zhi's aggrieved appearance, in the court, he was really aggrieved enough to be an emperor, and on the topic of the Western Expedition alone, he was "besieged" by no less than fifteen officials, and none of them helped him out of the siege. It's not that he doesn't want to help him, it's just that the matter of the Western Expedition is really lacking in consideration, and Chen Fei can't say anything about those civil officials when he stands up, so he simply keeps his mouth shut.

After the dispersal, the eunuch found Chen Fei with a smile and told him that His Majesty wanted to see him.

After a while, Chen Fei stood helplessly in front of Li Zhi and watched him lose his temper.

"I'm so angry! It's so damning! Yu Zhining, Zhu Suiliang, Zhang Xuansu... These old guys know that they are against me every day, and every time they don't oppose me a few times, they don't feel happy, and they are angry! I'm going to ...... them all."

"How's it going?" Chen Fei said lightly. "Does Your Majesty want to dismiss their officials, or is he going to take them to prison?"

"I ...... I ......" Li Zhi crossed his face, sat on the dragon chair dejectedly, dragged his forehead and said helplessly: "Zicheng, what do you say I should do?" ”

"Your Majesty, Rong Chen takes the liberty of asking, do you want to be a generation of Ming monarchs, or a tyrant of tyrannical dictatorship?"

"Of course it's a generation of Mingjun!" Li Zhi shouted.

"Okay, since you want to be Mingjun, then ...... Take the criticism of the ministers well. ”

Li Zhi...... ()

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