After chatting about the Turks, Li Shimin and Li Xiu, Changsun Wuji and others discussed the matter of smallpox again, speaking of this matter, whether it is Li Shimin or Changsun Wuji, including Du Ruhui, who has a relatively cold personality, they all praised Li Xiu, in fact, this matter is indeed thanks to Li Xiu, if it were not for him, maybe the entire Chang'an millions of people would be threatened by smallpox. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Xiu has made such a great contribution, and he has to be rewarded with a special reward, but Li Xiu's identity is special, so Li Shimin did not mention this matter in front of the eldest grandson Wuji at the beginning, but secretly signaled, but the eldest grandson Wuji also immediately understood, and immediately pulled Du Ruhui to retire together, so that only Li Xiu and Li Shimin were left in the palace.

"Li Xiu, speaking of Turkic, the Zhao Deyan you recommended to me last time has been arranged to Jieli's side!" Li Shimin suddenly smiled at this time and changed the topic.

"Oh? I don't know how this Zhao Deyan performed? When Li Xiu heard Li Shimin mention Zhao Deyan, his eyes lit up at the moment, he was strongly recommended to Li Shimin at the beginning, and he was Zhao Deyan's guarantor, so he was naturally very concerned about Zhao Deyan's performance.

"Haha~, speaking of which this Zhao Deyan is really beyond my expectations, I only arranged him to the Turks a few months ago, but he actually relied on his own ability, squeezed out a few opponents and became a close minister around Jieli, this time the battle between Jieli and Turki, there is this Zhao Deyan behind the trouble, with the defeat of the Turks, he is also more trusted by Jieli, it seems that it will not be long before Jieli will lead Zhao Deyan as a confidant, so that I am afraid that the day of the defeat of the Turks is not far away!"

When Zhao Deyan was mentioned, Li Shimin also seemed very happy, although the "use room" is not a dignified and upright strategy, but if it is used well, a spy can even be worth an army of millions, and Zhao Deyan is this kind of person, and it is precisely for this reason that Li Shimin is not worried about Jieli's strength rising after defeating Tuli, and even he hopes that Jieli can regroup, and it is best to be able to monopolize power, because the higher he jumps, the worse he falls!

"I didn't expect Zhao Deyan's movements to be really fast, and he approached Jieli so quickly, but I don't know what method he plans to use to disturb the Turks?" Li Xiu was also very happy at this time, although he had known the original history for a long time, but when he personally participated in this historical event, Li Xiu was still very excited.

"Hehe, before Zhao Deyan left, he talked to me about the strategy of disrupting the Turks, in fact, it is nothing more than two points, the first is to lure Jieli to learn from our emperor in the Central Plains to enjoy, and the second is to instigate Jieli to centralize power, which is also to learn from our Central Plains, after all, the military and political power of our Tang Dynasty is concentrated in me, and the Turks are scattered among the large and small khans, which is also what Jieli has long wanted to change, but with the situation of the Turks, if you want to take away the power of those large and small khans, it will definitely cause more serious civil strife!" Li Shimin smiled sinisterly at this time.

"This ...... It's really the lifeblood of Jieli all at once! Li Xiu hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and finally nodded thoughtfully, Zhao Deyan is worthy of being a person who has been in the Turks for more than ten years, and he has a good grasp of Jieli's weaknesses, and he has a good grasp of Jieli's weaknesses.

"Yes, thanks to you for recommending Zhao Deyan to me, with him alone, it is enough to compare with the army of millions, these are also your credits, and this smallpox, it is also thanks to your method of planting cowpox, which saved the lives of millions of people in Chang'an, such a great credit, Li Xiu, what kind of reward do you want?" Li Shimin first listed Li Xiu's contributions during this time, and then asked Li Xiu solemnly.

"Your Majesty, you also know that I am lazy by nature, and I never care about rewards, so you can reward me with anything, as long as you don't reward me with an official position!" Li Xiu said with an indifferent face, he has no ambition, let alone fame and fortune, as the so-called desireless is rigid, so he really doesn't care about this matter.

"In fact, with your merits, my father should have given you the title of marquis and prime minister a long time ago, but because of you and the third sister, my father also wanted to polish your character, so I haven't given you a big reward, and now you have made such a great contribution to my Tang Dynasty, and it is really unreasonable not to give you a reward, so how about I give you a national duke?" Li Shimin thought for a while and said.

"Guogong! This one...... Isn't it a bit heavy? Li Xiu was also a little surprised when he heard Li Shimin's words, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, although he was crowned a lot of princes, but these people were his original henchmen, almost all of them participated in the Xuanwumen Change, and they also made a lot of contributions to the Tang Dynasty, but Li Xiu only satisfied the last point, as for the first two points, he was not satisfied.

"It's not heavy at all, with your credit, even if it's a king, it's not too much, it's just that there are too many princes of my Tang Dynasty, and I'm preparing to clean up some, so it's not good to give you the title of king again, so as not to make you jealous, after all, many of my uncles and brothers have a bad character!" Li Shimin said with a smile.

At the beginning, after Li Yuan ascended the throne, he sealed the Li family, resulting in a flood of princes, these people did not have much merit, but they enjoyed high positions, and the imperial court needed to take out a huge amount of money to support these people every year, which was also a big burden for the Tang Dynasty, so Li Shimin decided to clean up the titles of these relatives, but if Li Xiu was suddenly crowned king at this time, and others were demoted, it would definitely cause many people to be dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty laughed, the ministers don't dare to think about the king, Your Majesty had better set up a rule that a different surname is not allowed to be a king, after all, the prince is very important, so as not to have any problems in the future!" Li Xiu was also startled when he heard Li Shimin's words, and after pondering for a moment before he spoke, he had never thought of being crowned a king, and with his merits, he didn't think that he could be crowned a king, even if it was really a king, I am afraid that Li Shimin was more to make up for his debt to Princess Pingyang's sister.

"A different surname can't be a king, but you are not a different surname, and you are also my brother-in-law, and you can be regarded as our Li family, so even if you are really crowned king, others will not say anything!" Li Shimin heard this, but it was a very rare joke.

Regarding Li Shimin's joke, Li Xiu looked at him speechlessly, because he didn't know how to answer, but Li Shimin laughed heartily, and after laughing, he suddenly said solemnly: "Li Xiu, I will set your reward soon, and your wife and son will also have corresponding rewards, but the title of the third sister is a little difficult!" ”