Taizong smiled coldly and said:

"If he thinks like this, what about the army that has already marched north? What to eat? Snow? ”

The crown prince Li Zhi persuaded again:

"Perhaps...... Maybe Master Wei just thought that when the army walked, the military food must be sufficient, which can block these days, and these rice grains are not urgent, so they are ......"

As he was talking, he saw that Pegasus was coming again, and Daowei was quite on the table.

Taizong was originally a little angry, but with Li Zhi's persuasion, he also understood a little bit in his heart that he was indeed too rash in this matter. So he reconciled the colors, and ordered Wang De to take it and read it out in front of the ministers.

Sure enough, it was the same as what Li Zhi guessed, but the words were not as tactful as Li Zhi, and there were many sharp and straightforward points, which made Taizong only feel that his face was dull, and he immediately sank his face, and ordered Li Zhi to take the watch and reply on his behalf:

"The soldiers are still clumsy and fast, and they are not expensive and late. (Swiftness should be encouraged in warfare, and even if there are negligence in such action, it is much better than those that are carefully arranged and delay the warplane.) I want to make a big move in the spring of the nineteenth year (I originally meant that the spring of the nineteenth year of Zhenguan will be a big army), and now I say that the twenty years of luck are meaningless. (Now you say that it really doesn't make sense to say that there is such a trivial matter as the Yuncao Canal that existed twenty years ago!) ）”

He also ordered Wei Huaizhi to go to Wei Ting's place, collect military rations, and check the canal water to see if it was really as Wei Ting played.

……

After the dissolution.

Li Zhi looked at Taizong, and saw that Taizong's complexion was much better than a few days ago, so he said that he was a little tired recently, and he didn't know if he could rest first.

When Taizong heard this, he thought about what he had done a few days ago, and he was quite merciful, so he allowed him.

So Li Zhi went out of the study room and came to the side hall where he lived.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw a young man wearing a low-class internal guard uniform standing quietly. As soon as he saw him enter, he gave a big salute first.

Li Zhi excused him from the courtesy, and said in harmony:

"How? Do you still get used to it? ”

"Back to Your Highness, we people are rare in His Highness's favor, and we are all living well."

The young man said sincerely.

Li Zhi nodded, sat down, and said:

"What about your other siblings? How is it? All arranged? ”

The boy nodded:

"It's arranged, among the fourteen younger siblings, five younger sisters have been arranged by Brother De'an to enter the palace. also explained to them what His Highness meant - if they wanted to leave the palace that day, His Highness would definitely let it go. ”

Li Zhi nodded, and asked again, "What about the younger brothers?" ”

Juvenile Road:

"The nine younger brothers, except for the youngest thirteen and fifteen, who still need to be taken care of, the other brothers are also blessed by Brother De'an, and they have entered the inner guard. Although they all start from the lowest, they can be regarded as having a reliance. ”

Li Zhi smiled when he heard this: "That's very good." By the way, the Li Mansion and the main palace have already been properly arranged by De'an, and they have been renovated again, and they have been given the spiritual position of General Li, and they have also explained to Brother Fengjie (Li Fengjie, Li Daliang's son) that in the future, you will still take Li Mansion as your home, and you can still take care of it in the day. In addition, there is no need to worry about General Li's funeral. The palace has asked his father to approve the burial of the treasures, and the spirit can be transported into the Zhaoling Tomb in a short time to accompany the burial. ”

When the young man heard this, he tearfully thanked him: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very gracious...... It really made Li Yun not know how to repay the ......"

Li Zhi sighed: "Where is the great grace? Being as noble as General Li is the real example...... Alas! If all the ministers in the court are Li Daliang, where does the father need to worry? It's a pity ......"

Young man, Li Daliang's righteous son, Li Yun, said with tears:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too modest. If it weren't for His Royal Highness the Prince, who would have buried his father-in-law without pearls and jade, and only had five buckets of rice and thirty sections of cloth to be buried in the spirit to His Majesty, I am afraid that no one will know about this matter, and it will be even more difficult for the father-in-law to enter the annals of history...... Everything is thanks to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

Li Zhi shook his head and remained silent.

After another while, Li Zhinai said:

Speaking of General Li, it reminded the palace of something...... Ah Yun, this palace heard that you have some friendship with Na Wei Huaizhi...... But I don't know what kind of person he is. ”

Li Yun thought for a while before he said: "Brother Huaizhi is upright and always has a righteous heart...... I don't know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked? ”

Li Zhi hesitated for a long time and said, "Wei Ting's matter, I guess you have also heard about it?" ”

Li Yun nodded:

"Pegasus came to report inside, and the first pass was our doorman, so naturally I knew something. But the details, I don't understand. ”

Li Zhi said:

"The palace heard the secret music of Sima Wang Ande of Yanzhou, Wei Ting since entering Youzhou, because he was dissatisfied with his father's disobedience to his advice, forcibly conquered Goryeo, so he was lazy, and he only knew how to drink and feast in the town...... Alas, I don't know if it's true or not. ”

Li Yun immediately understood what Li Zhi meant, and said with a smile:

"It turns out that His Royal Highness is worried that Brother Huaizhi will favor Lord Wei Ting - Your Highness can rest assured, Li Yun can guarantee his life, although Wei Ting is from the same clan as Brother Huaizhi, but Brother Huaizhi is a straightforward person, and he will no longer whitewash him."

When his mind was seen through, Li Zhi was a little embarrassed, smiled, and said nothing.

……

After Li Yun walked out of the hall, the smile on Li Zhi's face gradually calmed down, and he looked at De'an Dao again:

"What do you think of this kid Li Yun?"

De'an thought for a while, shook his head and said, "His temperament is too real, and he is really not a person who can calm down and do something big." ”

Li Zhi also nodded: "Then I have to pick someone again...... It doesn't matter, this matter is rather indiscriminate than indiscriminate (that is, the Tang Shi saying that it is better to lack than abuse, from Zuo Chuan). Besides, Ah Yun is honest, and I really can't bear to let him fall into such a thing, and I can't ...... it for the rest of my life."

nodded again, and then said, "Fang Xiang, can it be arranged?" ”

"Okay, Fang Xiang has already received the news, just wait for tonight."

Li Zhi nodded, and a look of determination appeared on his handsome and noble face:

"Then change my clothes."

It's night.

Luoyang, Prime Minister Fang Xuanling from the residence.

The snowy night is clean, and the charcoal in the hall is prosperous.

Li Zhi was dressed in plain clothes and sat opposite Fang Xuanling, with a good game of chess in the middle.

Although Fang Xuanling has long been accustomed to this young man, he still taught him to guess again and again when he came to visit like this tonight:

He......

Why?

For your own place?

Still is......

Or is it for the sake of undertaking the work?

Or is it Wei Liu's thing......

Fang Xuanling thought hard for a long time, but he couldn't get the result. I had to be silent.

After a long time, Li Zhi smiled and looked at De'an.

De'an understood, so he looked left and right, and retreated to guard in front of the hall door.

When Fang Xuanling saw this, he knew that it would definitely start, and he secretly raised his heart in his heart.

Li Zhi smiled:

"Teacher Commander (Fang Xuanling is one of Li Zhi's teachers, so there is nothing wrong with calling him Teacher Commander.) But I wondered, why did the young slave come at night? ”

Fang Xuanling also smiled, and said after a while:

"Isn't it a game of chess?"

Li Zhi smiled lightly, and also said:

"If it's just for the game of chess, you can really see such a snowy night scene...... It's just that the division commander should know that the young slave came this time with other intentions. ”

Fang Xuanling lowered his head, looked at the chessboard, and said with a smile: "I would like to hear His Highness show me." ”

Li Zhi fell again, and then said:

"The teacher is wise, if the young slave continues to behave, he will be stupid. Therefore, the young slave spoke bluntly......

I don't know what the teacher thinks, just degrading Wei Ting, can he dissipate the anger of his father? ”

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he was lifting a hand that was about to fall, so he stopped in mid-air and looked up at Li Zhi for a long time, as if he didn't understand what he said.

After a long time, he was surprised:

"The Lord's ...... Gas? ”

Li Zhi raised his eyes and looked at him, before chuckling and said:

"Teacher, although the young slave is stupid, in the final analysis, he has been taught by the teacher for so long, and he still has some eyesight after all...... Most of Wei Ting's incident was done by his uncle.

And why is he so......

In the final analysis, it's just to be able to dispel the resentment in my father's heart...... Because they all saw that the death of the eldest brother hurt their father deeply......

And Lord Liu said that he tried to stop his father, so that his father could not bury his eldest brother in Zhaoling......

All these things are afraid that they will turn into a breath in his father's heart and be suffocated, so he has to insist on the Goryeo campaign...... Yes and no? ”

Fang Xuanling's eyes froze, firmly fixed on the smiling young man in front of him.

Li Zhi smiled again:

"Although my uncle doesn't like Lord Liu, he also knows that Lord Liu doesn't like him...... However, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, Lord Liu and Uncle must be protected. At this point, the division commander and all the important ministers, I'm afraid they all have the same thoughts?

After all, since Lord Wei went, the only people who could make his father think about it were Lord Liu and Master Ma (Ma Zhou). However, in the past two years, Master Ma's body has become weaker and weaker, and he can't do many things himself. That's why Lord Liu became the most important minister. Many things that the important ministers and the two division commanders can't say and can't say are inconvenient to say, and Lord Liu can replace one or two.

Therefore, Lord Liu must be protected. ”

Fang Xuanling simply pinched the chess pieces in the palm of his hand, but just opened his eyes and looked at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi smiled:

"Lord Wei Zheng is famous for his direct advice, although he has been slandered as a reputation, but in the eyes of the childish slave, every word of his advice is appropriate and impartial...... Although his late father was repeatedly stabbed by him, he felt that his face was not guaranteed, and even wanted to punish his family several times......

But in the end, they still couldn't bear to hurt him in the slightest.

This Lord Liu Xun is different - although he also intends to be like Lord Wei and can achieve the name of direct advice through the ages, but after all, he is too straight and too rigid, and often admonishes for advice, and admonishes for the sake of admonishment, and never thinks about the nature of his father's heart......

Therefore, his advice is just a warning - this point, presumably all the division commanders can understand it, so they have kept him to this day, otherwise with Liu Xun making so many enemies in the court, I don't know how many times he has died.

But speaking of which, it is also difficult for the master and the important ministers - after all, although this Lord Liu is outspoken and dares to admonish, he is not as good as Lord Wei after all.

Therefore, I am afraid that this time, in order to protect Liu Xun, the teachers and important ministers will launch the idea of Wei Ting coming forward and being angry by his father on his behalf, but it will be in vain.

Because according to the childish slave's view, if the father wants to stop this grudge, there are only two halfways to go. And among these two and a half roads, the two most direct roads are either the destruction of Goryeo or the death of Liu Xun.

Otherwise, there is really no good way. ”

Fang Xuanling looked at him for a long time before he suddenly smiled and said:

His Royal Highness's words really shocked the old minister...... The Lord's desire to conquer Goryeo is no longer a matter of one or two days, so how can it have anything to do with the matter of the late prince? ”

Li Zhi smiled right:

"Even you know about Goryeo, this Goryeo will definitely be fought, and it will be fought, but it needs to be planned for a long time.

In fact, even my father knew it - otherwise, he would not have deliberately edicted the world at the end of last year, telling the world about the importance of this war, and the fact that this war is a long-term thing, and he would not have personally gone out to select good materials and consider long-term use......

All this shows that at the end of last year, the emperor was still thinking about Goryeo and wanted to make a long-term plan.

But at the beginning of this year, as soon as the eldest brother's matter came out, his father immediately changed his attitude. Especially the edict against Wei Ting, which is clearly a response to the ministers-

In order to protect Lord Liu Xun, the uncle pushed Wei Ting, who was the least trusted by his father after the fourth brother, to go out to block his father's anger, but he didn't want to try out that his father was sad because of the loss of his son, and he was angry about not being able to be buried together, so he was so impulsive that he decided to fight Goryeo...... I don't know if it's yes or no? ”

Fang Xuanling was silent.

Li Zhi continued to laugh and said:

"What's worse is that the original division commander has already arranged a wonderful chess move, and specially invited General Li Daliang and Li to use his deathbed testament to touch his father's thoughts with affection, and the plan to rest the heart of the conquest has become a ...... As a result, it was completely destroyed by this Liu Xun's remarks.

Division Commander ......"

Li Zhi's face turned sympathetic:

"It's hard for you, Liu Xun is so self-inflicted, but he can still be so protected by the teacher."

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he was grateful in his heart, and it was difficult to express it for a while.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh and said:

"When he left Chang'an and came to Luoyang this time, the old minister once thought that if he couldn't persuade the lord to take a levy, then the old minister would be here......

I didn't expect it to develop into such a situation. ”

And he hated it:

"This Liu Xun really doesn't have any foresight! If it weren't for his advice, it would have made the Lord more sober...... As His Highness said, how can anyone in the court be willing to protect him? ”