In the morning of the next day, in the face of Li Jiancheng, who suddenly returned to Chang'an, almost all the ministers showed surprise, even if someone knew in advance that Li Jiancheng had returned, they had to pretend to be surprised. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Shimin hurriedly entered the palace when the early dynasty was about to begin, when he saw Li Jiancheng standing at the head, he was slightly stunned, and then stepped forward and bowed, Li Jiancheng smiled slightly, and before the two could speak, Li Yuan went to the palace.

The courtiers discussed state affairs as in the past, no one mentioned Li Jiancheng, and no one asked about the situation in Jiangling City, most of the people with sufficient status and status already knew the truth, and the official position of the confused people was too low, unless Li Yuan asked, they could only stand honestly in place and dare not say a word.

"Do you have anything else to do?" After the state affairs were discussed, Li Yuan asked casually.

Li Jiancheng's eyes squinted, and seeing that Li Shimin did not move at all, he secretly said that he should not mention the crusade against the Northern Sui first, so he stepped out of the ranks, bowed down and said, "The son has something to do." ”

"What's the matter with the prince?" A smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuan's mouth, stretched out his hand to support him, and said, "Get up and speak." ”

"Thank you, Father." Li Jiancheng fulfilled the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, and said with a respectful and humble attitude: "The Tang army has been fighting everywhere in the past two years, and it has been blessed by heaven and his father, and it has won great victories one after another. In the north, the Great Qin was defeated, and in the south, the Tang Dynasty collected the land of Jianghan. The only one who can threaten the Tang Dynasty is the Northern Sui, and Erchen thinks that the Tang Dynasty should strike first. ”

"Datang and Northern Sui have always been peaceful, if they conquer Northern Sui for no reason, I am afraid that it will cause panic among the people, which is inappropriate." Li Yuanyan shook his head insincerely.

At the beginning, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to attack the Qin State, because Xue Ju first provoked the war when the Tang Dynasty was just established, and as for the southward attack on Xiao Miao, it was in the name of crusading against the traitors.

Although Li Yuan is now the emperor, Li Yuan is an old minister of the former dynasty after all, and Yang Gao is the heir of Yang Guang.

"Enlighten the father, and the sons support the idea of the emperor." Li Shimin bowed down and said: "King Zhao is young, how can he govern the country?" It must be Wang Shichong who imitated Cao Mengde, intending to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the Li family has been favored by the previous emperor for generations, and he should be the minister of King Zhao to eradicate the traitors. It's just that Erchen felt that he should wait for the victorious return of the army of the Southern Expedition before discussing the matter of sending troops. ”

Li Jiancheng's face changed slightly, and he quickly calmed down, he smiled, and said to Li Shimin: "The army is already on the way back to Beijing, and the Great Liang has also fallen to the Southern Sui, no matter what, Xuanba is the king of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty got the land of Jianghan because of Xuanba, so the palace did not storm Jiangling City." ”

The ministers of the court began to pretend to discuss, and Li Shimin once again showed a surprised expression, but he didn't say much, and said softly: "I see." After a pause, he bowed to Li Yuan again and said in a deep voice: "Since the army is about to return to Beijing, the ministers there are more supportive of the prince's suggestion. ”

Li Shimin's support surprised Li Jiancheng a little, but after thinking about it, he felt that Li Shimin guessed that Li Yuan had the intention of going west, so he echoed it, in fact, Li Shimin did not support himself, but Li Yuan!

"Wang Shichong bullied the young emperor and became a minister in vain, and Weichen respectfully asks His Majesty to give an order to send troops to recruit Wang Shichong!" A minister came out and said respectfully.

Someone took the lead, and more and more people seconded the proposal, so that in the end, all the courtiers in the palace stood up. No one will believe Li Shimin's words of "Qingjun's side", but Datang needs an excuse.

"Wang Shichong's troops are not inferior to the Tang army, if you go to crusade against him, you will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, the Tang Dynasty has just regained its vitality, I really can't bear it!" Li Yuan sighed: "Ladies and gentlemen, let's discuss this matter later." ”

How could Li Yuan not want to attack the Northern Sui? Everyone knew that what Li Yuan said was not sincere at all, and he just used it to show his image of sympathy for the people.

"Father, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again." Li Jiancheng was very clear about Li Yuan's purpose, and hurriedly said: "Wang Shichong is fighting against Xu Shiji, at this time Luoyang's troops are empty, if the imperial court does not seize such a good opportunity, once Wang Shichong defeats Xu Shiji, Luoyang will be as stable as Mount Tai, and then go to crusade against him, the casualties of the soldiers will be even more heavy, and I ask my father to decide." ”

As soon as Li Jiancheng's voice fell, many courtiers echoed him, Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, sighed, and nodded helplessly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has objections." Someone came out and said: "The Tang Dynasty is strong, if Xu Shiji understands the truth of cold lips and teeth, and in turn helps Wang Shichong, what should it be?" ”

Seeing that the person who stood up was Du Xing, many people immediately wondered, Du Xing, who is close to the prince on weekdays, how could he stand up against the prince's proposal at this time?

"Lord Du, Xu Shiji is the old ministry of the Duke of Xingguo, the imperial court only needs to let Xing Guogong go to recruit Xu Shiji, with Xu Shiji's person, even if he does not agree to defect to the Tang Dynasty, he will definitely not be the enemy of the Tang Dynasty." Li Jiancheng replied with a smile.

Seeing Li Jiancheng's calm appearance, everyone instantly understood Du Xing's words, just throwing bricks and attracting jade.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still thoughtful, and Xing Guogong will come forward, and Datang will have no worries." After Duchenne finished speaking, he retreated.

Xing Guocheng is Li Mi, since he defected to the Tang Dynasty, he has been living in Chang'an City, he does not need to enter the court on weekdays, and there are heavy soldiers outside the mansion to "protect".

"Prince, you and Pei Qing, Liu Qing, General Qu Tu, Huo Guogong and King Qin stay, I will discuss it with you and others, and make a decision tomorrow." Li Yuan's brows furrowed slightly, and he quickly stretched out, and he said calmly: "The other Qing families should retreat first!" After speaking, under the courtier's respect, he took the lead in leaving the main hall and went to the imperial study.

After Li Yuan left, the courtiers who had nothing to do slowly dispersed.

On the other side, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin walked in front, followed by Pei Lian, Liu Hongji, Qu Tutong and Chai Shao, and went to the imperial study to discuss the attack on the Northern Sui.

"Brother Huang, the people of the world shouldn't have questioned your decision, but Xiaogong fought with his life to make Daliang almost perish, and you easily gave it up to Xuanba, how can you comfort Xiaogong's spirit in the sky?" Pei Lin and the others were some distance away from Li Jiancheng and the others, and Li Shimin said calmly and softly: "You know very well in your heart that even if Xuanba doesn't kill Zhu Cang, my father will send troops to fight against him." ”

"Because Hongu made a deal with Xuanba." Li Jiancheng replied with a smile: "Yang Gao is the heir of Yang Guang and the younger brother of Princess Wei, although there are some festivals between Xuanba and Yang Gao, but when I attack Luoyang, it is difficult to guarantee that Xuanba will not interfere, as long as I can get Luoyang, what is the loss of Daliang's land?" ”

"What does the imperial brother mean that Xuanba will not stop the imperial court from attacking the Northern Sui?" Li Shimin said in surprise.

"Hmm." Li Jiancheng responded lightly, Li Shimin wanted to ask something more, but was interrupted by Li Jiancheng's words: "When the palace met with Xuanba, he asked the palace to pass a message to you for him, the eldest grandson Wuji had been killed by him, and the body was thrown into the river to feed the fish." After speaking, he looked at Li Shimin with a smile, and pretended to be puzzled: "Shimin, what does Xuanba mean by this?" ”

"The people of the world are also very strange, why did Xuanba let the imperial brother bring this sentence." Li Shimin's expression was not angry, and his hands were not clenched, showing that he did not care about the life and death of the eldest grandson Wuji.

"I see, this palace still thinks that the eldest grandson Wuji is the old knowledge of the people." After speaking, he laughed out loud and fell into Li Shimin's ears, which was extremely harsh.

"Brother Huang is really good at laughing." Li Shimin laughed twice and stopped talking. (To be continued.) )