Liu Xu was silent for a while, and finally nodded slowly. Li Chengqian sighed, then straightened up, and sat opposite to Liu Xu like this, until the water was cold, he gently pursed the corners of his mouth and smiled.

"It's okay, you said before, after I ascend the throne, you will be a Xiaoyao Marquis, a Xiaoyao Gong."

Liu Xu was stunned, then shook his head, smiled, and prepared to get up and pour out the water. Li Chengqian stopped, frowning slightly.

"Xuzi, am I really that bad? If you can trust your father, why can't you trust me? ”

Liu Xu paused, sighed, gently brushed Li Chengqian's hand away, took the water, and threw him a burlap to wipe his feet, then returned to his seat and added firewood to the stove by himself.

"There is nothing to trust or distrust, Cheng Qian, we are not when we were children, we are stunned, saying some words that do not know the height of the sky, now you and I, when we speak, we need to be cautious, and the relationship is very wide!"

"People, it's always changing, this is the only truth in heaven and earth, it's just that it depends on how a person changes, I'm very lucky, I feel that I'm changing for the better, cautious, modest, cautious, and even retreating, I think it's all good, so ah, Cheng Qian, it's not that I don't help you, you should know that if I retreat, it will be the greatest help to you! Do you want to set up another king of the opposite sex, another Shangshu order, or another Tiance Mansion! At that time, where did the hearts of the people in the world go? Cheng Qian, I Liu Xu has too many political resources in my hands, I just don't do anything now, my soldiers will also push me to a higher place, civil officials, there are Shangguanyi, Wang Xuance, Liu Renliang, and even Li Yifu, and military attaché, you look at Xue Rengui, or my three thousand Yuezhou army, do you think, how much difference is there between my current mansion and the Qin Wangfu back then, I, Liu Xu, in addition to not being Your Majesty's own son, and Your Majesty back then, how much difference is there? The eldest grandson Wuji saw this, so he suppressed me without any scruples, and even Xu Jingzong, he dared to jump out and fight with me! Why, it's because I can't resist recklessly, once I resist, I can't get it right, that's a real rebellion, do you think the world is peaceful, how many people are waiting for me Liu Xu to uncover this pole, as long as I stand up, the scene of the last years of the Sui Dynasty will be repeated, and when the war breaks out, are you and I willing to see it? ”

"Thirteen years of money, I came to Datang, came to Chang'an, met them, met you, met Your Majesty and Niangniang, since then, I feel that I am no longer an orphan, a group of half-sized children, all over the world, here to dig a hoe, where to pound a hammer, to this day, I think back, I don't believe it, I Liu Xu actually did so many things, but think about it carefully, in fact, I Liu Xu didn't do anything, just said some fanciful things, and then His Majesty Niangniang and Li Shi, Uncle Cheng, they escort me Liu Xu, without them, without you, I am actually nothing, and even, at this time, I am still competing with wild dogs in the slums for food! ”

Li Chengqian sighed, then grabbed his hair in annoyance, raised his wine glass, touched it vigorously with Liu Xu, and drank it all.

"Hehe, don't be angry, you see, when we were young and frivolous, what we said has been achieved a lot, we have actually been working together, but you are walking on the ground, and I, by His Majesty, was fished to the top of the mountain all of a sudden, so ah, fortunately I, I am now standing on the top of the mountain to see the scenery, you still need to walk slowly, like this, isn't it very good?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and smiled bitterly, and lay his body back.

"I can't mean you, you can always find a reason, Xuzi, I ask you a sincere word, are you unwilling!"

Liu Xu smiled and lay down.

"Jin Guogong, who is in his twenties, what else is there for me Liu Xu to be dissatisfied and unwilling, I have enjoyed the glory and wealth of the world, so today, I can only retreat! Do you know that when I went out of Beijing, I had already set up a situation and verified more than a dozen major corruption cases, which have been pressed in Dali Temple, do you know why? Because I took their money! I'm going to wear a claw and hold it for me! On the battlefield, I privately ordered to attack Goguryeo, and now, look at me, what do I look like, I am just playing in the mountains and rivers, I just hope that Xu Jingzong can participate in me a lot, if the eldest grandson Wuji and Xu Jingzong do not move, then Chengqian, I really have to run. ”

Li Chengqian was stunned, and then immediately said, this is a fact. If they participate in the impeachment of Liu Xu, Liu Xu will have at most one dereliction of duty, or abuse of power for personal gain, there is no big problem, just dismiss the official, the title will definitely be fine, this is the interests of all officials, and they will definitely not easily attack the title of a high-ranking official like Liu Xu.

But if they don't move, it means that everyone is pretending to be stupid, and people are going to push Liu Xu to the old road of Qin Wangfu, in this case, if Liu Xu doesn't run, won't he be able to wait for death?

"Forget it, forget it, that's it, Xuzi, let's not talk about this, I'm just complaining, the truth, I understand it, as long as you don't leave Datang, as long as you look at me, I, Li Chengqian, will grit my teeth and insist no matter what, and give you a promise, I will definitely fulfill it!"

....

Actually, I came here to ask you one more thing. Goguryeo, how to fight, my father handed over the task of sealing Zen on Mount Tai to you, the altar has already begun to be built, Goguryeo is finished, and sealing Zen is almost a sure thing, but you look at the people who come to Goguryeo now, the younger generation, almost all of them are here, plus Hou Junji, Gu Shenwei, Li Ji, this is almost the system after my Li Chengqian ascended the throne, you think about it, you analyze it for me, this battle, how should we fight. ”

Li Chengqian looked at it with burning eyes, Liu Xu stared, in fact, when he saw these people, he had already noticed it, so although the land route was like a bamboo, in the end, it was still set to assemble in Anshi.

Li Er's mind is always difficult to guess, he takes one step, looks at a few steps, we people play eagles, he plays tigers, dragons! It is because of this that Liu Xu retreated so urgently, his number of steps is already very small, and he can't continue to move forward!

"Goguryeo is a regret left over from the Sui Dynasty and a disgrace to my Central Plains, and His Majesty attacked Liaodong first, that's for sure. In fact, it doesn't matter whether Quangai Suwen is against it or not. This time, His Majesty was determined to take Liaodong in one fell swoop, at first, I thought it was the generals of the older generation, but in the end, except for one Li Ji, almost all of them were young people, and Hou Junji was actually counted, from this point of view, His Majesty actually not only wanted to fight Goguryeo, but the most important purpose was to review the new army. ”

"The training of the new army has been on the agenda since I opened the academy, and then it has been bumped and delayed, but in recent years, Your Majesty has paid a lot of attention to this, Sailor, he has personally experienced it, you didn't see Your Majesty's expression, fighting in the South China Sea, he almost regarded himself as a commander. After returning to Chang'an, Hou Junji recovered again, it stands to reason that this person was left to you by His Majesty, but His Majesty can't wait, he must see with his own eyes how effective the East China Sea Fleet he created. Moreover, it is without me Liu Xu! ”

"After so many years of accumulation, the Shenji Battalion must also be reviewed, Goguryeo is the first battle, below is Baekje, Silla, and even the Wa Kingdom, and then it will wave its army westward, the vastness of the Western Regions, Your Majesty will not let go, these, the military guard is the real first, if we want to fight in the Tang Dynasty, we will fight hard, and everyone else will be hurt and subdued!"

"So, the new army is the key this time, do you know why I rushed to attack Anshi, I am just making a demonstration, Your Majesty is to compare, the older generation, and the new generation, the gap in tactics always exists, how to effectively command the new army, is the focus of Your Majesty's viewing. He was expected to fight for some credit for my men. ”

"Your Majesty is eloquent and far-sighted, his mind is not something that can be summarized in a year or two, he sees that in the future, he is reviewing the new army, but also reviewing the national fortunes of the Tang Dynasty, he wants to create an incomparably strong empire! A hundred years, even a thousand years! However, to say a big disrespectful word, His Majesty himself knows that he doesn't have much time, so you see, Yuezhou has just started to build bridges, and His Majesty is already planning to build a land road to the South China Sea. Yuezhou is set as the southern capital, who in the world dares to mention such a major event? I don't dare, is his eldest grandson Wuji better than me? But he is not afraid now, because behind him is His Majesty! ”

"So, Your Majesty's real purpose is only one, he is planning, planning the Tang Dynasty! In this, no one can stand in the way of His Majesty, even you, Li Chengqian. Therefore, all of us have been kicked out by His Majesty, we like to fight, we like to rob, so we will go to the battlefield to rob with real skills, as for the country, Your Majesty has now begun to build drastically. He was in a hurry to look at a cone, a preliminary outline! ”

"So, let's slow down, now the battlefield in Goguryeo is a gathering point of interests, everyone is fighting here, no one will hinder Your Majesty, let's drag it out for a year, Your Majesty will have one more quiet time to sketch out his own blueprint. We, the Tang Dynasty, actually need the news of the victory of the Goguryeo War to stabilize the mood in the country. ”

"Of course, there is another point, the battle between civil and military, in recent years, has actually become more and more intense, Your Majesty also needs to slow down like this, you are the prince, you are the future emperor, Your Majesty will put your generals in your hands, and I also want you to fight them well, since ancient times, only the military generals are really in their hands, is the real peace of the empire, you have lacked these since childhood, Your Majesty takes this opportunity to educate you, isn't it just right. Moreover, some uncertain people may also secretly make suggestions to you, so as to rebel and the like, it depends on how you deal with it. ”

In the last one, Liu Xu said it as if he was joking, but Li Chengqian frowned, leaned back fiercely, and heyed.

"Indeed, someone once asked me how many years I was going to be the prince!"

Li Chengqian laughed and patted his forehead in distress.

"Before I came to Liaodong, my father showed me a huge map, and it is said that you sent it to the palace. There are red threads one after another on it, densely packed, covering the entire Datang. It was at that time that I realized that my self-righteous imperial skills and ways of governing the country were still very immature. ”

"Actually, before I came to Liaodong, I already knew that not to mention hundreds of thousands of troops, even millions of troops, I couldn't bring back to Chang'an at all, power and desire are a devil, everyone is fighting for it, but they are constantly killed by him. Fortunately, now I also understand everything, I fight well, lead the troops well, if my father wants me to go back, naturally a holy decree is enough, here in Liaodong, without me Li Chengqian, what does it matter? ”

This thing is really depressing enough, Liu Xu is very glad that he is not Li Chengqian, pitiful, he met an emperor like Li Er, who seems to be at ease with you, but in fact, he is telling you that you are just a monkey in the hands of his Buddha, just let you jump, how far can you jump? A prince said such a thing, Liu Xu felt that if the two were reversed, he might have gone crazy a long time ago, and it was really a rare thing that Li Chengqian had not rebelled until now.

"Hey, I'm just now realizing that it's not easy to follow the path that others have arranged, but fortunately, I'm a fucking orphan, a natural child, otherwise, I don't even know what I would be."

Liu Xu continued to pour wine, Li Chengqian also needed this thing now to suppress the grievances in his heart.

"Xuzi, you say, if I am disobedient, will my father still pass the throne to me?"

Liu Xu was stunned. Then he kicked him.

"Don't you dare to talk nonsense, we've discussed this matter countless times!"

Li Chengqian smiled bitterly again and drank all the wine in the cup.

"Alas, yes, I've discussed it countless times, damn, don't talk about it, after today, I'm still the obedient Li Chengqian. In fact, if you think about it, my father has arranged the future path for me, which is also good. At least, if I follow that path, my Li Chengqian's name will shine brightly in history. Why don't you let your father arrange it? ”

Here it is again, I don't have a good heart, I want to pull myself into the water! Liu Xu ignored it anymore, his eyes were confused, and he muttered to himself.

"I am Qingdu Shanshuilang, and the Heavenly Sect divides and is crazy..... The jade building Jin Que returned lazily, and inserted plum blossoms to get drunk in Luoyang. ”