Li Su said: "This is not good. In the future, these countries will need to be conquered by the Tang Dynasty. ”

Cai Sha said: "Lord Wang, then you can let our sisters discuss it again." ”

Li Su smiled: "I said you don't have to work hard, just don't marry anyone." I have a deep love for you six sisters, why should I marry an outsider? ”

When the sisters heard this, they loved their husbands more and more.

So, after Li Su left, the six sisters continued to meet to study. They took the list out again and re-selected.

Li Shimin called Li Zhi, the king of Jin, to his study and asked Li Zhi about the situation inside. Li Zhi reported to Li Shimin what Li Su said to him that day.

Li Shimin remembered what Li Su had said to him back then, and asked him not to marry a wife for Li Su. He understood that Li Su must have stopped marrying concubines because he took care of the feelings of his concubines. Li Su said that he deliberately fooled Li Zhi.

Li Shimin smiled: "This stinky boy." He decided not to interfere in Li Su's affairs, but he couldn't let Li Su carry this black cauldron. It's not as good as him, who is a father, really has no face.

He made the same decision as the crown princesses, asking Li Su to marry at least one, so as not to be laughed at by others.

Besides, Princess Yangcheng and Qibi Gaowa ran to the East Palace every day because they cared about the princesses.

When they heard from the princesses, the reason why Li Su no longer married the princess was to take care of the princess's feelings. After hearing this, the two little women were very moved.

After they went back, they not only counted down their husbands, but also hyped up Li Su's great feelings to their girlfriends. The girlfriends who were touched went to tell their other girlfriends.

Soon, the joke that Li was not good at his waist soon became a kind of beautiful talk and spread throughout Chang'an. The women of Chang'an City were all moved, admiring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and extremely envious of the Crown Princess.

After that, the women of Chang'an City counted down the words of their men, which was, "Look at His Royal Highness the Prince, and then look at you." ”

The men were not convinced, and said in their hearts: "There are seven beautiful women in the prince's palace, if I have one of them, I would rather not be able to do it." ”

The Queen's Palace.

That night, Li Shimin spent the night at the queen's mother's place.

While chatting, Empress Eldest Sun said with emotion: "Su'er, this kid is really excellent. He is not only your right-hand man in government affairs, but he also does a very good job in dealing with family issues. ”

Li Shimin listened to the words of Empress Changsun and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. On the women's side, he did something a little indecent. On this expedition to Goguryeo, he fell in love with a beautiful concubine of the king of Goguryeo, so he snatched her back and included her in the harem and sealed a concubine.

Regarding the words of Empress Changsun, Li Shimin is not easy to answer. He said hesitantly, "Oh, it's good to be a child. In this early expedition to Goguryeo, he came up with a lot of ideas.

The last idea he came up with was amazing. He was able to think of asking the prime minister of Goguryeo, Izumi Gai Suwen, to lead his troops to the sea to plague the Japanese slave state. ”

A few days later, when the princesses heard about the positive comments of the people of Chang'an about the prince, they immediately changed their minds.

Since everyone no longer thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is incompetent, there is no need to prove it. So everyone decided not to choose a new crown princess for Li Su.

On August 8, 941, Li Shimin's enthronement ceremony, commemoration, was held in a beautiful manner, Li Shimin's three princes, there was a format, read a few, beautiful as flowers, princesses, all happy,

The victory of the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo greatly stimulated Li Shimin and the warlike ministers of the imperial court, and they began to ponder the next country.

Tai Chi Palace, Li Shimin's study,

Li Shimin, Li Su, Li Ke, Li Jing, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Hou Junji and others discussed the matter of expanding the territory together.

Li Shimin was born on January 28, 598 A.D., and he is 43 years old this year, because the life expectancy of ancient people was generally short, people in their 30s called themselves old husbands. Li Shimin has a sense of urgency, and he will work hard to expand the territory and lay a grand foundation for his children and grandchildren during his lifetime.

Among the ministers, except for Wei Zheng, who raised objections, the other ministers agreed to continue the war and expand the territory. They now have a great appetite to pick large countries to conquer.

Among these people, the understanding of the situation abroad is none other than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Li Su gave them a briefing on the current situation of major countries in the world.

Li Su said: "Around the Tang Dynasty, the nearest is Tibet. Tibet covers an area of 2.27 million square kilometers and has a population of 3.5 million.

The second is the Persian Empire, which, at its peak, had a territory of more than 5 million square kilometers and a population of more than 20 million, but it is declining and is now about half of it.

The third Arab empire (eclipse) had a territory of 13.4 million square kilometers and a population of 30.4 million.

The other is the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium), with a territory of 3.65 million square kilometers and a population of 34.5 million.

The latter three countries have a long history, all of which have a history of several hundred years. ”

Li Shimin and others originally thought that after conquering Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty would already be the most powerful country in the world, but they did not expect that the Tang Dynasty was not the largest in terms of population or area. Everyone couldn't help but be a little depressed.

After they discussed for a while, Li Su continued: "In these countries, we are too far away from the Eastern Roman Empire, and if we walk, it will take four years to travel from Chang'an to the Roman Empire. Therefore, the likelihood of war with them is small.

The country of Tibet is a very troublesome country, and it is a chicken rib. Their land is basically a plateau, relatively barren, and it will basically not help the economy of the Tang Empire.

They are a slave country, barbaric and backward, and after the battle, it is also a burden for the Tang Empire to settle these populations.

Therefore, Erchen suggested that Tubo should be ignored for the time being, and that relations with Tubo's neighboring countries should be improved through diplomatic means, and if Tubo was obedient, it would not harass the borders of the Tang Dynasty. Datang maintained good relations with Tibet and carried out cultural and commercial exchanges.

If Tibet is restless, the Tang Dynasty will unite with neighboring countries to impose an economic blockade on them, and if necessary, give them military strikes.

The Persian Empire, which was located between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Arab Empire, was in a difficult situation, posed no threat to the Tang Dynasty, and was an ally that the Tang Dynasty could exploit.

Of these countries, the greatest threat to the development of the Tang Dynasty was the Arab Empire.

Sooner or later, there will be a war between the Tang Dynasty and this country, which is a war related to the life and death of the Tang Dynasty, and it needs to go all out. ”

Hearing that they would have to fight against such a huge country as the Arab Empire in the future, Li Shimin and others were full of pride and expectations.