"What did Uncle say about this?"

After Anhe was shocked, but he was confused, now is the first year of Yonghui, and it is also the first year after Li Xiaojiu succeeded to the throne, it is the time when the country is strong and prosperous, the rule of Yonghui is known as the continuation of the rule of Zhenguan, and it is one of the famous prosperous times in history.

"Can the virtuous nephew know His Majesty's aspirations?"

Zhang Xingcheng did not answer An He's question, but asked another question that made An He confused. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"This ......"

An He hesitated for a moment, unable to answer.

"Your Majesty seems to be weak, but in fact, he has a great heart, and he is not inferior to Taizong!"

Zhang Xingcheng said this, his tone turned high-pitched, "Now the Turks have been wiped out, the northern grasslands are in chaos, Tuyuhun has also been pacified, only Goguryeo in the southeast has not been conquered, although Tubo has become stronger and stronger in the past two years, but in the heart of His Majesty, the most wanted to conquer is Goguryeo, when Goguryeo took advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains, occupied Liaodong, the former Sui Yang Emperor and Taizong several expeditions, but all of them were in vain, but instead made hundreds of thousands of Han Erlang die in Liaodong, every time I talk about this, Your Majesty sighs for it......"

Zhang Xingcheng is worthy of being the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and he is very clear about Li Xiaojiu's thoughts, and under his explanation, An He also understands the reason why Zhang Xingcheng desperately wants to build the road. It turned out that during this time, there was no strong enemy outside the Tang Dynasty, and the country was also very stable, Li Xiaojiu also moved the mind of conquering Goguryeo, although Zhang Xingcheng and Li Shiji were all opposed, but they could not change the decision made by Li Xiaojiu.

Just when Zhang Xingcheng felt that there was nothing to be done, An He suddenly invented cement, which made Zhang Xingcheng have an idea, thinking that if the national roads were built on a large scale, it would definitely cost a lot of money, even the treasury of the Tang Dynasty could not take out excess money and grain to support large-scale conquests, which could not only greatly improve the traffic situation of the Tang Dynasty, but also delay the time for the conquest of Goguryeo, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. After all, road construction is not something that can be completed in a year or two, plus the time to accumulate strength after building roads. Seven or eight years have passed, and maybe Li Xiaojiu has changed his mind by then. It was precisely because of this intention that he was so enthusiastic about building roads.

Politics is indeed the most complicated thing in the world, and there is no simple person in politics! After listening to Zhang Xingcheng's explanation. An He couldn't help but lament in his heart, it was originally a very simple matter, but once it came to the hands of Zhang Xingcheng and these people, it became extremely complicated, who would have thought that building a road would involve the conquest of Goguryeo?

"What the uncle said, the little nephew understood. Can...... But what does this have to do with me? ”

Zhang Xingcheng strongly advocated the reason for building the road, An He understood, but why did Zhang Xingcheng say this to him, cement was invented by him, yes, but the method has been taught to these people who will be imprisoned, and it is none of his business how to use it in the future.

"Hehe, the road construction started because of cement, and cement was invented by An Zhonglang, how can you say that this matter has nothing to do with you?"

Zhang Xingcheng said with a smile, An He was just about to argue, and then listened to him continue.

"Although His Majesty is bent on conquering Goguryeo, but the previous dissuasion of An He and the hundred officials is not without a little effect, and now there is a legitimate reason to build roads, even if His Majesty is unwilling, but he has to carefully weigh the gains and losses of the two things, with An He's understanding of His Majesty, he will definitely summon An He, these confidant ministers, to discuss, and An Zhonglang will be the inventor of cement, and he will definitely be called to participate. Now you get the idea? ”

"Oh, I see!"

An He suddenly realized that Zhang Xingcheng had come to be a lobbyist for a long time, "You want your nephew to be there that day." With you and the ministers, we will speak in unison, and together we will admonish the emperor and let him dispel the idea of conquering Goguryeo, I don't know if what the little nephew said is right? ”

"Hahaha~, the virtuous nephew is really smart!"

Zhang Xingcheng laughed and laughed, he spent so much time. In fact, they just want to convince An He to be on their side.

"Hehe, in fact, Uncle Fang doesn't need to turn such a big circle, and the little nephew also disapproves of the use of troops against Goguryeo now, after all, the time has not yet come, and the surrounding area of my Datang is not peaceful, and it is really worth the loss to make a big move for a small country."

An He smiled and said, for Li Xiaojiu's Goguryeo complex, An He has some understanding, he remembers that in the original history, Li Shimin raised the whole country's troops to conquer Goryeo, although he successfully recovered Liaodong in the early stage, but then was blocked by a small city, and finally had to retreat gloomily, and did not achieve his strategic goal at all, until Li Xiaojiu was in power, the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo for the second time, which destroyed this small country that brought endless trouble to the Central Plains in one fell swoop.

"I didn't expect you to have such insight at such a young age, it's really a blessing for my Tang Dynasty!"

Zhang Xingcheng said with some surprise, he was not surprised that An He agreed to stand on his side, what surprised him was that An He could see that now was not the time to conquer Goguryeo, and a teenager could have this kind of strategic vision, which was more clear than most courtiers.

"Haha~, uncle praised it falsely!"

An He likes to hear others praise him the most, not to mention that it is the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty who praises him, and he is so happy that he almost can't even find the north.

After the business was over, Zhang Xingcheng didn't stay, and went home, as if An and this kid thought that he was going to steal the manufacturing technology of cement.

The next morning, when Anhe was sleeping in Zhengxiang, someone in the palace announced that he had entered the palace, and Anhe drank a lot of wine yesterday and slept that night, so no matter what Yuchi Amin called, he just didn't wake up. Although Yu Chi Amin felt sorry for An He, he didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly asked An He to be carried into the carriage and served An He and dressed himself in the carriage.

After entering the palace, An He followed the little eunuch who led the way to the Liangyi Hall in a daze, and as soon as he walked to the door, he heard Li Xiaojiu roaring loudly in the hall, which made him tremble all over, and his brain immediately cleared up.

After looking at the surrounding environment and thinking of what Zhang Xingcheng said to him yesterday, An He immediately understood the reason for calling him into the palace. Listening to the sound of the situation, it doesn't seem to be good, otherwise Li Xiaojiu wouldn't be so angry?

Could it be that Zhang Xingcheng and Li Xiaojiu carried it?

"Your Majesty, there was Emperor Yang's defeat in the three expeditions to Goguryeo, which caused the loss of troops to shake the country's capital, and then there was Taizong's expedition to Goryeo in vain, Your Majesty did not listen to the admonition, do you also want to learn from Emperor Yang of Sui to be a dumb monarch without a way?"

As soon as An He entered, he heard an undaunted voice say. There were not many people in the hall, but most of them were dressed in purple robes, and all of them were high-ranking and powerful people. Now Li Xiaojiu is sitting in the hall with an angry face, and an old minister is looking at Li Xiaojiu with a righteous face, what he said just now is what he said.

Seeing the old minister who spoke, An He was immediately relieved in his heart: he was the only one who dared to speak to Li Xiaojiu like this. This old minister is none other than Chu Suiliang, who is famous for his direct advice.

"Chu Suiliang, do you dare to compare me to a faint king, do you really dare not kill you?"

Li Xiaojiu was also angry enough, originally he wanted to persuade the ministers to agree to conquer Goguryeo first, and the road construction could be postponed for a while, but he didn't expect that the ministers below had no martial arts, and they were all unanimously opposed.

Zhang Xingcheng and the others took into account Li Xiaojiu's face, and their admonition was very tactful. But Chu Suiliang didn't care about any emotion at all, and directly stood up to Li Xiaojiu, and now even scolded the faint king, and the angry Li Xiaojiu was full of murder, and he couldn't wait to kill Chu Suiliang with his own hands.

"Your Majesty wants to kill or scrape, that's Your Majesty's business, but the matter of conquering Goguryeo, the old minister will never agree!"

Chu Suiliangniu's temper also came up, and he stiffened his neck and pushed Li Xiaojiu's words back. Zhang Xingcheng and the others around him were silent, but they admired Chu Suiliang in their hearts, and even those daring generals had to admire his courage. (To be continued.) )