"What the hell do you say Your Majesty is thinking, why can't I guess his thoughts more and more?" It was still the small building built next to the cliff, and the eldest grandson Wuji asked with a puzzled expression with a teacup in his hand.

This was originally Pei Lone's other courtyard, although it was handed over to Li Xiu for trusteeship, but it still belonged to the Pei family, but some time ago, Changsun Wuji resigned, and as a result, he actually found Pei Lone's son Lawyer Pei and spent money to buy this courtyard.

Li Xiu sat opposite the eldest grandson Wuji, but he didn't answer the other party's words at this time, but looked at the scenery outside the window and said with a smile: "Brother eldest grandson, you are fast, I have helped Pei Gong take care of this courtyard for many years, and I wanted to buy it for retirement in the future, but I didn't expect to be preempted by you." ”

"Haha, I need this courtyard more than you need, after all, only by living here can people know my heart!" The eldest grandson Wuji laughed when he heard Li Xiu's words, Pei Lin resigned and lived here, and he never entered the court again, and now the eldest grandson Wuji bought and lived here, in fact, to show the outside world that he wanted to emulate Pei Lian, in order to appease the hearts of others, in contrast, Li Xiu didn't need these.

Hearing the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Xiu couldn't help laughing, he could say that the eldest grandson Wuji gave up the power in his hands and resigned for retirement, which also made him let go of a big stone in his heart, and now Li Zhi has completely mastered the court, and it will be more convenient for him to act in the future.

"Brother Li, don't change the topic, the matter between Jin'er and Cheng Qian is very strange, Your Majesty actually let them go, this doesn't look like an emperor?" At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly turned the topic to the question he had just raised, and there was a little puzzled look in his eyes when he spoke.

"Brother Eldest Sun, you have already withdrawn from the court, why do you have to worry about these things?" Li Xiu didn't seem to want to discuss this matter, so he asked again at the moment.

"Can I not be bothered, you are one of my few friends, if something happens to Jin'er, maybe even you will be implicated, not to mention Chengqian, although the relationship between us is a bit estranged, but he is the son of the younger sister like His Majesty, I don't want to see their brothers kill each other!" The eldest grandson Wuji sat up straight at this time.

When the eldest grandson Wuji said the above words, Li Xiu also kept staring at his eyes, until he found that the other party's eyes were firm and indeed sincere, then he sighed and said: "Thank you Brother Eldest Sun for your concern, but you don't have to worry about Jin'er and Chengqian, Your Majesty has his own plans!" ”

"What the hell are you going to do, can't you give me some wind?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked again reluctantly, if he couldn't understand what Li Zhi was thinking, he would definitely not be able to eat or sleep in the past few days.

Faced with the eldest grandson Wuji's questioning, Li Xiu also seemed very helpless, hesitated for a while, and then finally spoke: "Brother eldest grandson, after the Xuanwu Sect at the beginning, I sent them to the Americas, and you are also a participant in this matter, so I want to ask you, why did the emperor agree to let them go at that time?" ”

"You...... Why did you suddenly ask about this? When the eldest grandson Wuji heard Li Xiu suddenly mention the matter of Xuanwu Gate, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and said, this matter is a taboo in the court, even if Li Shimin has passed away, no one dares to discuss it publicly.

"Brother Eldest Sun doesn't have to think about it, you just need to tell me why the emperor agreed to let them go?" Li Xiu spoke again with an indifferent face.

"This ......" Hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji finally pondered for a moment, and then replied, "Although the emperor controlled Chang'an at that time, the situation was not stable, and you threatened to send Chengdao and others to various places in hot air balloons, if this is the case, there will be beacons everywhere in the Tang Dynasty, which the emperor does not want to see." ”

When he said this, he saw that the eldest grandson Wuji paused for a moment and then said: "Of course, in addition to this reason, Your Majesty's mood at that time was also very complicated, firstly, after killing Prince Yin, Your Majesty felt uncomfortable, and secondly, he didn't want to do anything to you and Princess Pingyang, of course, the most important thing is that you have to send Chengdao them to the Americas, after all, the Americas are too far away, as long as Chengdao they go there, they want to come back......"

Just when Eldest Sun Wuji said the end, he suddenly stopped and was stunned, because he vaguely guessed Li Zhi's thoughts, but this idea was too bold, and he couldn't believe it for a while.

Seeing the appearance of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile, and after personally picking up the teapot and pouring tea for the other party and himself, he smiled again: "Although there is a saying that the whole world is under the king's land, but this world is too big, and with the current conditions, the territory that the Tang Dynasty can rule is also limited, and a place like the Americas is beyond the reach of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

With the conditions of transportation and communication in ancient times, if a country's land area is too large, there will definitely be problems, for example, a major event has occurred in the frontier, but it takes half a year or even a year to reach the emperor's ears, and when the emperor's order is conveyed, this time will be even longer.

And it is not possible to completely hand over the power to deal with things to local officials, because this will inevitably make the imperial court lose its rule over the locality, so before the revolutionary changes in transportation and communication, the territory of an empire is indeed limited, and all over the world, the most outstanding in terms of rule is the Central Plains dynasties, which is also the reason why the territory of each dynasty of the Central Plains Dynasty is one of the best in the world.

"I understand, Your Majesty is your student, he naturally knows that this world is very big, in addition to the Central Plains, there are many lands and seas in this world, and although Datang is powerful, there is a limit to the territory of its rule, such as the Western Regions and the South Seas, the rule of these two places has reached the limit of Datang, and if it expands outward, Datang will not be able to rule effectively!" Eldest Sun Wuji's eyes lit up when he heard this.

He finally understood Li Zhi's thoughts, but as an emperor, he had such a mind, which made him admire Li Zhi, and even felt that he had really underestimated his nephew before.

Seeing the appearance of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Xiu smiled slightly, he had only guessed what Li Zhi was thinking not long ago, which also made him feel very relieved, his students finally did not disappoint him.