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Li Shimin first discussed with his ministers the matter of sending troops to Gaochang for a while.

According to the news from Xue Wanche on the border, Gao Changguo was already in chaos at this time, as long as he could find a way to resist the reinforcements of the Western Turks, it would be easy to destroy Gao Changguo.

After the officials of the Ministry of War finished talking about these situations, Li Shimin looked at the ministers and asked, "What do you Aiqing have to say?" ”

"Holy Lord, since Gaochang Kingdom has become a mess, if you don't destroy him Gaochang at this time, when will you wait." As long as it is a war, Cheng Biting Jin has always been the most active, and he can make military merits and be rewarded if he fights.

"Shengshang, although it is easy to destroy Gaochang, Gaochang has a good relationship with the Western Turks, and at this time, I am afraid that the Western Turks are also fighting Gaochang's attention, if we want to destroy Gaochang, we must first slow down the Western Turks." The eldest grandson Wuji is a literati, and it is more prudent to consider things than Cheng Yanjin.

After listening to the words of these two people, Li Shimin nodded: "What the two Aiqing said is reasonable, but that Aiqing has a strategy to slow down the Western Turks to aid Gaochang?" ”

"Holy Lord, slow him down, if the Western Turks dare to come, we will destroy them." Cheng Yanjin didn't care, and while talking, he glanced at Li Ji, Wei Chigong, Niu Jinda, these generals, and asked them to come out to help talk, after all, after the war with the Western Turks, if they can be destroyed, it will be much more meritorious than destroying a small Gaochang.

The two generals, Hou Junji and Niu Jinda, agreed with Cheng Yanjin's views and expressed their support, but Li Ji and Wei Chigong still did not express their position.

These two people, who had contributed to the founding of the Tang Dynasty, seemed to have no sense of war at all at this time.

Seeing this, Li Shimin showed a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "The Western Turks will be destroyed sooner or later, but now is not the time, if Gaochang is not destroyed, how can we talk about destroying the Western Turks, that Aiqing has a strategy to slow down the Western Turks?" ”

Saying that, Li Shimin set his eyes on Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling is the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and he should give an opinion on this matter.

After Fang Xuanling felt Li Shimin's gaze, he hurriedly came out and said: "Shengshang, it is not difficult to contain the Western Turks, we only need to send people to Hedong Province or Hebei Province to send troops to the Western Turks. ”

After Fang Xuanling finished saying this, Cheng Yanjin was suddenly unhappy, and said: "Old Fang, my Tang soldiers and horses go to Hedong Road or Hebei Road, isn't this too much of a waste of troops, how good it is to fight a big battle with the Western Turks directly in Gaochang." ”

In the face of Cheng Chumo's questioning, Fang Xuanling smiled lightly: "We both have troops in Hedong Province and Hebei Province, and the Holy Lord only needs a will to go down, whether to fight or not, as long as it can attract most of the Western Turkic soldiers and horses to gather at the junction of these two places." ”

After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, the eldest grandson Wuji also hurriedly agreed, Li Shimin saw this, nodded, and decided so.

"Since this is the case, then act according to Fang Aiqing's words, and the person who led the troops to destroy Gaochang is still Hou Junji Hou Aiqing."

Hou Junji has prestige among the soldiers stationed on the periphery of Gaochang, and he knows more about the terrain over there, of course, in comparison, if it comes to fighting, Li Ji is resourceful, Wei Chigong is super strong, Hou Junji is incomparable, but compared to Cheng biting gold, Hou Junji can still slightly outperform him.

After talking about the attack on Gaochang in this way, someone raised the matter of the failure of the crown prince Li Chengqian's morality, and Li Shimin had to cover it up a lot, and punished him a little, and then ordered a few ministers who had already been thought of to be the teachers of the crown prince Li Chengqian, such as Kong Yingda, Wei Zheng, Yu Zhining, Li Baiyao and others.

After this incident, Ma Zhou, the secretary of the ministry, came out and said: "Shengshang, in a few days it will be the spring test period, I don't know who the Shengshang is going to send to be responsible for this year's spring test?" ”

The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the performance evaluation of officials in the DPRK and China and the affairs of appointing officials, and although the annual imperial examination is rarely directly intervened by the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Officials has the responsibility to inquire about it.

After Li Shimin heard Ma Zhou's words, he smiled: "The imperial examination is a matter of selecting talents for the imperial court, so it is better for you to be responsible for Ma Aiqing this year, and you must select available talents for my Tang Dynasty." ”

As soon as I heard that Ma Zhou was going to be in charge of this year's imperial examination, the court suddenly exploded, who did not know, this Ma Zhou was just a child of a poor people's family before, and when he came to Chang'an, he couldn't even afford to live in an inn, so he lived in the stable.

But even if he becomes a secretary of the ministry, he is still a son of a poor family, and in the annual imperial examination, where is there something that puts the officials of the poor family in charge?

If the children of the Han family are in charge at this time, won't the children of the powerful and the family lose a lot of opportunities?

After Li Shimin said this, the ministers of the DPRK and China suddenly boiled.

"The Ministry of Officials is only responsible for the assessment of officials, and the imperial examination is the most important thing in my Tang Dynasty, how can it be controlled by officials of the Ministry of Officials, and the minister suggests that the eldest grandson should be in charge."

"The imperial examination relies on the knowledge of my Tang scholars, so I have to let the people of the Hanlin Academy take care of it."

The first person to stand up represents the interests of the powerful in the court, while the second person to stand up represents the family.

Like the eldest grandson Wuji and Cheng Yanjin, who rose to power because they supported Li Shimin's ascension to the throne, they have a lot of privileges, and the great families who have been immortal since the Jin Dynasty are knowledgeable and have sent many talents to the court, and these talents are mostly in the Hanlin Academy.

For this reason, although they oppose Ma Zhoulai, who is from a poor family, to preside over this year's spring test, they are also competing with each other, because whoever is in charge of this matter will be able to fight for more benefits for the faction they represent.

After the magnates and families spoke, some of the poor officials in the court also stood up to support Ma Zhou, but there were not many of these poor officials, and even if they could get the qualifications of the early dynasty, they were the lowest rank among these officials who could go to the early dynasty, although their support gave Ma Zhou a lot of encouragement mentally, but to be honest, it was really difficult to help Ma Zhou in this matter.

At this time, although the eldest grandson Wuji was pushed out by those magnates, he did not say anything, he did not object to the abbot of the imperial examination, and he did not seem to object to the abbot of the imperial examination by the officials of the poor family.

And although his non-statement made those powerful people a little uncertain, it also gave these people a reason not to back down, because many times, not expressing his position is not really not supportive, maybe he supports it, but he still has some concerns.