Liu Yan paused for a moment and continued: "Judging from the current situation with Goryeo, it should not be a big problem to restore the occupied territory with the forces on hand with Changduhu, even if it is slightly insufficient, the supplementary troops from all over Liaodong can meet the needs. However, if we were to reach Pyongyang, Goryeo would have to resist with all its might, and the material preparations and the number of personnel would be insufficient. Some people may think that there is no need to continue the war with Goryeo, as long as we reach the Yalu River, all the benefits gained by Goryeo in this war have been lost, and then there is no need to continue fighting, so the king of Goryeo will inevitably petition for peace talks between the two sides, and we will stop the war at this stage. But the sons did not think so, because there was another calamity in the neighboring countries around us.

Just imagine, a hunter in the mountains to shoot a wolf towards him, but at this time the hunter found a tiger is approaching him, at this time the hunter whether to give up the wolf to shoot the tiger, or give up the tiger to shoot the wolf will inevitably suffer major damage, the most effective way is to shoot the wolf first, and then in the process of escaping again to shoot the tiger to kill.

Now that Goryeo is the wolf, and our bow has been opened, if we don't hurry up and shoot it to death, if the tiger pounces, the slightly wounded wolf will definitely take the opportunity to attack, and then we will also be in the disadvantage of fighting on both sides. ”

Liu Yutong nodded slowly after hearing this, and said, "So you want to use trade to stabilize the Tuqi and concentrate on solving the problem of Goryeo first?" ”

"Father Emperor Mingjian, that's exactly the case. Go all out to capture Pyongyang and install a new king of Goryeo. However, to accomplish this goal, it is not enough to use the current strength of Changdugo. Erchen thought that he should send a part of the troops north of the Yellow River to reinforce Changduhu, and at the same time organize troops south of the Yellow River, and carry the Qingzhou Naval Division out of the Bohai Sea to Liaodong, and if necessary, land on the coast of Goryeo by water, and cooperate with Changduhu to attack Pyongyang. ”

"It's kind of interesting. However, how to deal with the threat of Tuqi by drawing troops from the Guannai? When Liu Yutong heard this, he finally opened his eyes.

Liu Yan replied: "Since we want to stabilize the Tuqiao, it doesn't hurt to temporarily transfer some troops." Next, the retainers will describe the policy against the Turbatical Contract. Since the two countries will become a big problem for our country, then supporting the two countries at the same time is like no one supporting them. As long as there is no fundamental change in the balance of power between Anbalturi and Abicilir, Abicialir will not be able to defeat Anbalturi, and in terms of Ambalturi's ability, it will be very difficult to destroy Abichili. All we need is for them to fight each other for a few years, so that we have enough time to destroy Goryeo and regain our strength to deal with the invasion of the Turks. ”

Liu Yutong showed a satisfied look and said slowly: "The idea has merit. It can be handed over to the Ministry of War for detailed discussion before making a decision. I'm tired, that's all for today's meeting, so stand down for now. ”

"The ministers obey." The ministers saluted and withdrew.

"Yan'er, you wait." Liu Yutong stopped Liu Yan, who was about to retreat.

"Yes, Father." Liu Yan stopped.

Liu Yutong called the eunuch on duty, and the eunuch hurriedly brought a bowl of bird's nest soup. Liu Yutong ordered the rest of the people to retreat, and after drinking two more sips of bird's nest soup, he opened his mouth and said to Liu Yan, who came closer: "I heard that you have developed a lot of power recently. ”

Liu Yan was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Erchen doesn't dare." How dare the sons form a party, it's just ······"

Liu Yutong waved his hand and said, "I don't want to blame you for anything. If you want to deal with the government, you can't do it without people available at hand. It's not impossible to say that you have a party, but since this illness, my health has not been as good as before, and it seems that I don't know if I can delay it until next year. ”

"Father is in full bloom in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the dragon is healthy, so don't say bad words."

"Okay, can the widow not know his own body? Life and death, who can escape since ancient times? I'm not that much of a person. It's just that your wings are not full enough now, and I want to hold on as long as possible, so that after you cultivate your own group of people, half of the two major forces in the court will stand by your side, and the other half will not openly oppose you. You have your own people, and then make good use of the mutual tilt of these two forces, and you can sit on this throne. ”

"Father's ······"

"I've been diligent all my life, do you know why?"

"I don't know."

Liu Yutong sneered: "You just don't dare to say it." No one in the DPRK or China dared to say it, but it was not that they did not think so in their hearts. I am neither the grandson nor the eldest son of the first emperor, but I got the throne by mistake. This is of course because the battle for the heir was too fierce back then, and as a result, the crown prince was deposed, and the eldest son was imprisoned to death, but also because I used a lot of means in secret. After succeeding to the throne, I killed all my brothers except for Liu Qian, the younger brother born to a mother, which was greatly criticized by the world, in order to make up for this, I worked hard for decades to be busy with the government, in order to prove to the world that the emperor was right to choose me to inherit the unification. ”

Liu Yutong closed his eyes when he said this, turned his back to the sky and muttered to himself, as if he was talking to someone, and said half-loudly: "Maybe because I killed my siblings, God seems to have punished me." All seven of your brothers died, and you didn't have you until you were almost thirty years old. You are the eighth, hum, the brothers I killed happen to be seven, retribution, retribution. ”

Liu Yan listened for a long time, the more he listened, the more confused he became, the emperor's mood seemed to be very excited, although he couldn't see it at all on the surface, but the father he knew had never spoken so chaotically. immediately said: "Father, the son is stupid, and he doesn't understand what his father means. ”

Liu Yutong laughed miserably and said softly: "I mean very clearly, killing your siblings will be punished by heaven, you must remember this. Listen to your father's words, and leave a way for your younger brother Liu Xian to live in the future. ”

When Liu Yan heard this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Erchen doesn't dare, Erchen doesn't dare!" ”

Liu Yutong shook his head and said: "You naturally didn't dare when I was alive, but after a hundred years, you inherited the throne, who else can stop you from doing anything?" Don't say you don't have this thought, although Xian'er is only thirteen years old and poses no threat to you, but his mother is Li Guifei, the woman with the highest status today, as soon as I die, she will become the queen mother, and she will become the only person who can restrain you.

This woman is already the same as when she first entered the palace. With her current power in the court, it won't be so easy for you to deal with her. After you have worked so hard to bring her down, can you rest assured that her son will not seek revenge on you in the future? ”

Liu Yan could only be silent, he knew very well in his heart that Li Guifei had such a deep-rooted strength today, and it was directly related to Liu Yutong's failure to stop it. It can be said that his father made this enemy for himself.

Liu Yutong looked at him with drooping eyelids, and said softly: "You must be blaming me in your heart for conniving at Li Guifei to get to this point, right?" ”

"Erchen doesn't dare."

"Actually, I also have a hard time, at that time, in order to curb Li Zaixing's faction, I had to use Li Guifei's grandfather Han Kemin, but after that, their power became bigger and bigger, Li Guifei has actually been manipulating behind the scenes, but on the surface, there is no truth, and I can't hit it for no reason. It is precisely because I saw this that I deeply felt that this woman would become a big trouble for you. If you win, what should Xian'er do? ”

Liu Yan said: "Erchen can swear never to harm his siblings." ”

Liu Yutong smiled bitterly and said, "Then you make an oath, and I will teach you a trick to deal with Concubine Li." ”