"Your Majesty! With all due respect, there are three things that are needed for a great war—soldiers, generals, and military rations. Soldiers, with the military strength of my Datang, it is really a gesture to transfer hundreds of thousands of troops, military rations, although Your Majesty has only been on the throne for several years, but, to support the Central Plains folk business, now my Datang merchants are like clouds, military food and salary are sufficient, but now, our dynasty can lead the army, the generals who preside over the overall situation are concentrated in the west and north, and now the situation in the west and north makes it difficult for these generals to mobilize to the east! After Li Jiancheng listened to Wei Zheng's words, he wandered back and forth, and when Li Jiancheng was wandering, these cronies and ministers around Li Jiancheng all knew that Li Jiancheng was thinking. Li Jiancheng is indeed thinking - what Wei Zheng said is not wrong, according to Li Tang's current military strength, deducting the troops deployed in the west and northwest and due north, when the time comes, it will be no problem to march to Liaodong with more than 100,000 troops, but how many can lead the troops in the name of the marshal? The current candidates are only Li Jing and Li Ji. However, the situation in the west and north can change at any time and at any time, and they must be left there to deal with sudden changes. The other generals are just forward-mounted people, and they don't have the brainpower to co-ordinate.

"Ladies and gentlemen! You say, if I still leave Li Jing, Li Ji, and those veteran generals in the army in the Mobei area, and order Xue Rengui, Su Dingfang and others to be transferred back. Do you think the situation in Mobei will have any impact? "Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui were the generals who were discovered when Li Jiancheng was the eldest prince of Tang Guogong. Moreover, in the conflict with the Eastern Turks and against Xue Yantuo, Li Jing and Li Ji greatly praised the abilities of Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang. Li Jiancheng slowly moved his mind in this regard. It's just that after Li Jiancheng's words came out, someone immediately poured a basin of cold water on Li Jiancheng.

"Your Majesty! Chen Du Ru thought carefully about His Majesty's plan, His Majesty was far-sighted, after years of planning, the western countries and tribes have been divided and disintegrated, if for the time being, according to the current situation, we 'sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight', or in other words, even if this group of tigers bite each other, or even win, but these tigers have already been injured all over their bodies. Du Ruhui said while complimenting Li Jiancheng:

"This is still the work of His Majesty's strategy, and the most important thing is that now, Xue Yantuo's recklessness and Hui Hui's distraction are all attached to our Li Tang, in addition, the contradiction between Ashina and Ashina Sheer has not been resolved, I believe that there will be nothing for the time being, the key is that even if Xue Rengui, Su Dingfang and other young generals are brought back, although they have some military exploits, but their qualifications are insufficient, if they are given more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, let them charge into battle, maybe the officials and others in the court will not say anything, but, If a large number of troops are sent to them, when the time comes, the officials of the imperial court will spray them to death with just saliva! After listening to Du Ruhui's words, Li Jiancheng knew that what Du Ruhui said was the truth - Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang's advantage was that they were young, but because they were young, they did not have any experience of leading troops alone, not to mention, in the battle to destroy the country, Goguryeo's combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, not to mention Baekje and Silla. There are definitely a lot of troops, more than 100,000 troops are in the hands of Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang, not to mention the name of the most common rebellion, the official will at least say that Li Jiancheng is unkind, and hand over more than 100,000 troops to two hairy children. What Du Ruhui didn't say is that after the land attack is down, it needs to be managed, and there are many affairs such as the resettlement of the people and the protection of people's livelihood, which is easy for a talented soldier like Li Jing and a person like Li Ji who is proficient in civil affairs. However, Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang now only have the experience of charging on the battlefield, and the rest is basically a blank slate.

"What about my personal expedition to Liaodong?"

"Ahh Cannot! ......" Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xu Jingzong and others opposed it together.

"Your Majesty! Cannot! ”

"Your Majesty! The former Sui Yang Guang was because of the conquest of Liaodong, which made the heavens angry and resentful, and Liaodong must not be conquered! ”

"Your Majesty! The land of Liaodong is bitterly cold! It is not suitable for the Han people to live, even if we take Liaodong, we will be a waste of teachers, and it is useless for our dynasty! For these reasons, Li Jiancheng's ears have already heard the cocoon, in fact, the most important lesson is that Yang Guang conquered Liaodong, only occupied half of Liaodong, and then because of the turmoil in the Central Plains, the land obtained was recovered by Goguryeo. And the campaign to conquer Liaodong also became one of the crimes of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. However, Li Jiancheng knew the weight of Liaodong, not to mention that the Jin State and the Manchu Dynasty in later generations relied on white mountains and black waters to conquer the Central Plains, and later generations of Japan could say a well-known saying - if you want to conquer China, you must first occupy Manchuria. The forests, coal mines, oil, and high-yield black soil in eastern Liaodong are all things that Li Jiancheng dreams of. Only Wei Zheng and Di Renjie did not speak.

"Three Aiqing! I know the story of the former Sui Yang Guang, but I want to ask a few Aiqing a question, is my Chinese territory originally so big, or has it slowly become so big? ”

"Hmmm! This ...... "Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xu Jingzong and the other three were dumbfounded.

"My China lies in not only exploring, but also forging ahead, such as obscurity, do you remember my poem?"

"Your Majesty is talking about ......" Li Jiancheng nodded:

"Xia Shang is in the Central Plains, and the Western Zhou Dynasty is in the Guanzhong; The land is all Chinese, how can there be Rong Di. At the beginning, during the Xia and Shang periods, the land of China was only in the three provinces of Hedong, Hebei and Henan, while the land of the Zhou Dynasty was in Guanzhong, and Guanzhong was still surrounded by the people of Rong Di. Later, the princes of Zhou Youwang Fenghuo Opera, the Zhou room moved east to Luoyang, it was Qin Xianggong, the ancestor of Qin Shi Huang, who continued to enter, and then the area of Guanzhong and Longxi fell into the arms of my China, and the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, the land of Jing and Chu was originally a barbarian land, and it was the Chu people who included the Jingchu and Wuyue areas. This is the continuous progress of the ancestors, there is the territory of China, and we have fought with the Turks for so many years, originally, the ancestral tomb area in the north of the Turkic desert is also a bitter cold land in our eyes, but when we set foot on that land, the Tianci copper mine was discovered and developed by us. In fact, where is there any barren and bitter cold land in this world, as long as we Central Plains people set foot there, it will become rich, but these lands are in the hands of barbarians and have not been developed by us Central Plains people. Are you willing to let these lands fall into the hands of the barbarians? Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xu Jingzong and the other three did not speak. However, they all nodded. Wei Zheng came with a sentence:

"Your Majesty! The minister wanted to ask a question. ”

"Hyun Cheng, please speak!"

"Your Majesty! The minister already knows your mind, and the thing the minister is thinking about is, when Your Majesty leaves Beijing, which prince will be sent to supervise the country!? ”

"Xuancheng, what do you mean?" Wei Zheng looked at Li Jiancheng:

"Your Majesty! The minister thinks that it is not appropriate for His Majesty to send any prince to supervise the country! ”

"Hyun Sung, tell me what you think!"

"Yes! Your Majesty! Your Majesty now has four princes, namely Li Chenglu, the king of Hengshan born to the queen's mother, Li Chengdao, the king of Hengyang, who was born to the noble concubine, Li Chengxun, the king of Le'an, who was born to the concubine, and Li Chengyou, who was born to Zhaoyi Niangniang! Today, there are only two royal highnesses, Li Chenglu, the king of Hengshan, who was born to the queen's mother, and Li Chengdao, the king of Hengyang, who was born to the concubine's mother. In terms of Wen Taowu, the two highnesses have their own merits, no matter what they are, if they are in terms of their descendants, they are His Royal Highness the King of Hengshan, and if they are judged by the eldest and youngest, they are the elders of His Royal Highness the King of Hengyang! No matter which His Royal Highness is in charge of the country, then even if His Majesty does not appoint a prince, the person who stays behind in the country will inevitably be regarded as a candidate for the crown prince by the hundred officials of the imperial court. Also, the concubine Niangniang is the princess of the previous dynasty, and His Royal Highness Li Chengdao, the king of Hengyang, is the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui and the eldest son of His Majesty. His Royal Highness the King of Hengshan was born to the queen, although his mother's power was hit hard when Wang Shichong occupied Luoyang, but since ancient times, the ancient precept of establishing a descendant has existed since ancient times. If His Royal Highness the King of Hengshan is in charge of the country, and His Royal Highness the King of Hengshan is not appointed as the crown prince, then some people in the court will inevitably have something in their hearts, if some officials in the court take advantage of His Majesty's absence in Chang'an, and secretly support His Royal Highness the King of Hengshan to ascend the throne, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable! Li Jiancheng nodded:

"Hyun Sung, what about your opinion? ……”

"Your Majesty! The minister has one more thing to show to Your Majesty! ”

"Say!"

"Your Majesty! You personally conquered Liaodong, Chang'an left important ministers and auxiliary ministers, but the minister still hopes that His Majesty will set up two sets of teams, one team, stay in Chang'an, preside over the daily affairs of the court, and the other team, Your Majesty will stay by your side, and the major policies of the court will be sent to your Majesty by the fast horse, and after being approved by Your Majesty personally, it will be sent to the local government for implementation, so as to protect the imperial power, but there are some specific things that still need to be discussed. Originally, after Li Jiancheng listened to Wei Zheng's plan, he was very happy when he was especially happy when he could protect the imperial power - in the later Manchu Dynasty, Kang Mazi and the Qianluo family went out to inspect many times in person, but the imperial power of the entire Manchu Dynasty was not weakened in the slightest, that is because, when Kang Mazi and the Qianluo family went out to fight and parade, the capital left a power team, and there was a staff team by his side, and all the major policies of the court were implemented by Kang Mazi and the Qianluo family after the nod of the leader. As for the latter sentence, there are some specific things that still need to be discussed. Li Jiancheng also wanted to hear Wei Zheng's words.

"Hyun Sung, you keep talking! What concerns continue. ”

"Your Majesty! Another thing is that if Your Majesty wants to personally conquer Liaodong, you must arrange personnel issues, which not only will weaken the strength of the families around Guanlong, and not let them support the crown prince to ascend the throne in Chang'an, but also that you must strengthen the staff around Your Majesty to ensure the circulation of imperial power and government affairs! ”