After retiring from the dynasty, Li Yuan left Pei Lin alone.

The two sat in the imperial study, and the cook in the imperial dining room brought them lunch, filling soup dumplings and spicy soup.

The two sat and drank together, Pei Lin was obviously a little restrained, and the food was very unnatural.

Li Yuan was not in a hurry to speak, knowing that after eating the spicy soup and soup dumplings, he said: "Pei Aiqing, do you have any suggestions for leading the troops to resist the Turks?" ”

Pei Lin showed a frightened look and said, "Holy Lord, it is not good for ministers to participate in such things, everything is still decided by the Holy Lord." ”

Everyone knows that this is a battle between two princes, and as long as it involves the battle for imperial power, whoever intervenes in it, Li Yuan will have doubts about this person.

What he needs is a person who is absolutely loyal to himself, not to the prince who is loyal to himself.

He always felt that Pei Lin was such a person, so he asked Pei Lian, and Pei Lian's answer also made him very satisfied.

But it wasn't what he wanted.

"If you want to say it, you can say it, I don't know you yet, say!"

Pei Lin smiled bitterly, helpless, and could only speak: "Since the saint can trust Weichen, then Weichen will simply say a little, I don't know if the saint has considered abolishing the prince?" ”

Li Yuan frowned: "Pei Aiqing, what does this mean?" Although the merits of the construction are not as good as those of the world, there is no stain on the morality, and he is also my beloved son. ”

The disaster of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan has always felt that it was the fault of abolishing the reserve, if Emperor Wen of Sui did not abolish the crown prince Yang Yong, how could the Sui Dynasty be destroyed in the hands of Yang Guang?

He has always taken this as a warning, so for the sake of the stability of the Tang Dynasty, he never thought of abolishing Li Jiancheng's position as the crown prince, not to mention that Li Jiancheng was not at fault.

Pei Lin smiled lightly, but Li Yuan suddenly understood what Pei Lin meant at this time, since he had no intention of abolishing the reserve, then for the sake of the stability of the Tang Dynasty, when considering anything, he must put the prince in the first place.

Otherwise, he favors Li Shimin too much, doesn't this give him the ambition to compete for the throne?

Although Pei Lin didn't say it clearly, he also pointed out the key to the problem for him.

Li Yuan suddenly felt enlightened, and said, "Pei Aiqing's good policy, good policy." ”

Pei Lin hurriedly responded: "Don't dare, Weichen didn't say anything, it was just that the saint figured it out." ”

Speaking of this, Pei Lin suddenly added: "The Holy Lord wants the prince to lead the troops to the battle, I don't know if you have ever thought about how to appease His Royal Highness the King of Qin?" ”

The Turkic attack on Lingzhou has always been done by Li Shimin before, but now he suddenly took this errand away from him, if he is not easy to soothe it, he is afraid that it will cold people's hearts.

Li Yuan's face was embarrassed and asked, "What does Pei Aiqing think should be done?" ”

Pei Lin said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to the front line to fight, King Qin can't be idle, the matter of grain and grass is very important to the war, it is better to let His Royal Highness King Qin be in charge of grain and grass." ”

Li Yuan didn't have a better way, and after listening to Pei Lian's words, he nodded and agreed.

In the early dynasty again, Li Yuan made this decision out, and ordered the crown prince Li Jiancheng to be the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, leading 100,000 troops to resist the Turkic attack, and the military generals in the court were left to his choice.

Li Shimin is in charge of the affairs of grain and grass.

After this decision came out, Li Jiancheng knew that this was Pei Lian's credit, and couldn't help but admire Song Gongqing's ability a little, went to Pei Lian, and got the matter done.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that the two calligraphy and paintings were still very worthwhile.

Li Shimin is here, but he is angry, but above the main hall, he can't say much, so he can only endure it.

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After the early dynasty, the palace of the king of Qin.

After the military generals returned to the Qin Palace, they were all staring at each other.

"It's really annoying, Turkic affairs, we have been paying attention to it for so long, and many things have been prepared, the saint said a word, and gave this matter to the prince, I Lao Cheng is not convinced." Cheng Yanjin shouted loudly, and Wei Chigong was also very unbalanced here.

"Lord, go to the Holy Comment, why do you want to hand this matter over to His Royal Highness the Prince?"

Everyone looked at Li Shimin, and Li Shimin frowned slightly: "My father has decided, it's useless to make trouble again, and if it makes a big fuss, it will make my father dislike." ”

How shrewd Li Shimin is, he can't see what his father meant, and he handed over the meritorious matter of leading troops to the prince, obviously wanting the prince to take the opportunity to establish his prestige.

If they go to make trouble, let his father feel that these generals are too presumptuous, don't take him seriously, and make his father feel that he has the intention of rebellion, then it will be a big deal.

The military generals are highly meritorious, and the Son of Heaven is very worried, and if he is qualified to be the emperor, the Son of Heaven is only afraid that he will be more worried.

So this thing can't be troubled, and if it does, it will be a bad thing.

"What the prince said is that since the Holy Lord handed over this matter to the prince, then the prince will lead the troops, and we will prepare grain and grass for them in Chang'an." Li Ji glanced at everyone and said.

Cheng Yanjin snorted, but didn't say anything more.

Now that Li Shimin and Li Ji have both said that they can't make trouble, it is useless for him to say anything.

"Alright, let's all go back."

Everyone left one after another, and only Li Ji stayed.

"Lord Wang, it seems that the Holy Lord is determined to support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this is not a good thing for you, you should plan early."

Li Shimin's expression was solemn, and he felt a little uneasy for the first time.

In the past, although he was only a prince, he was still very hopeful for the future, after all, he had a lot of credit, and he was very favored by his father, and his subordinates were also fierce generals and strong soldiers.

But this incident made him understand his father's intentions, if his father did not have the intention of abolishing the prince, then what was the use of his own merits?

"What do you mean?"

"When the interruption continues, it will be chaotic, since the saint has no intention of abolishing the prince, then the prince might as well take the throne by himself, the prince will soon lead the troops to leave Chang'an City, and that time is the right time for the prince."

Li Ji's words were heart-wrenching and disrespectful, Li Shimin's expression suddenly tightened, looked at Li Ji, and shouted: "Don't say this again from now on." ”

If he is asked to do something rebellious, how can he be willing to do it?

He is indeed very sad, but no matter how sad he is, he can't do this kind of thing, if he really rebels, even if he becomes the Son of Heaven, I'm afraid that he will have to bear a lifetime of infamy, right?

He didn't like to see that, at least in his opinion, he wouldn't do it when there was no end of the mountain.

There is still hope for him, and he has not failed, after all, there is still a long way to go.

Li Ji didn't have any worries when he saw Li Shimin like this, because he knew that Li Shimin must have thought about this, and in the face of imperial power, who could not be moved, let alone a person with great ambition like Li Shimin?

He just said it a little more directly, and he will let Li Shimin understand it slowly.