Yuan Gai Suwen, a Goguryeo person, because he avoided the ridicule of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, so in the Tang Dynasty, he often called him Quangai Suwen, or only called his name Gai Suwen, and was a controversial figure in Goguryeo history.

First of all, this person is a famous minister in the history of Goguryeo, who once killed the king of Goguryeo and his hundreds of ministers through a coup d'état, and refused to even hold a funeral for King Rongliu, and later he set up King Rongliu's nephew Gaozang as the king, but King Gaozang was in vain, and the power was in his own hands, and he also proclaimed himself the Great Mo Lizhi.

On the other hand, Yuangai Suwen was a famous military commander of Goguryeo, who had confronted the Tang Dynasty government for more than 20 years and was repeatedly conquered, but he was able to keep the country's honor alive.

After Yuangai Suwen came to power, Yu Zhenguan united Baekje to attack the neighboring Silla and captured more than 40 of its cities, and Silla was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty at that time. When Taizong heard the news, he sent a special envoy to Goguryeo with an edict to mediate, asking Yuangai Suwen to withdraw his troops, but he was refused. Tang Taizong thought that Yuangai Suwen had killed the king and bullied the ministers, brutalized the people, and now violated the edict and invaded neighboring countries, so he should lead the army to conquer.

So in the eighteenth and nineteenth years of Zhenguan, Taizong twice sent troops to attack Goguryeo, and in the second time, Taizong drove his own expedition, but he could not capture Goguryeo, so he could only hate the class.

In the first year of Longshuo, Tang Gaozong once again sent hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Goguryeo, and the army arrived at the city of Pyongyang, but finally returned in vain under the stubborn resistance of Yuangai Suwen, but this time it was not without gain, the Tang Dynasty defeated Goguryeo's ally Baekje, and it was also considered to have broken Goguryeo's arm.

In the second and third years of Longshuo, Gaozong was about to order another attack on Goguryeo, but because of the betrayal of the Tiele Nine Divisions, the imperial court was forced to use troops against the northwest, which delayed.

In the first year of Linde, because of the struggle for power with Gaozong after the martial arts, and then he was busy sealing Mount Tai, Gaozong had no intention of dealing with military and political affairs, and the war was repeatedly put on hold until today.

Now that Yuangai Suwen is dead, and Goguryeo is divided, it is a God-given opportunity, Gaozong will certainly not give up this, as early as July, he has appointed the right Xiaowei general Qibi He Li as the pacification ambassador of Liaodong Province, led a large army to aid Yuannan, and ordered the general Pang Tongshan of Zuojin Wuwei and Gao Wei, the governor of Yingzhou, to be the head of the march of Liaodong Province, and Xue Rengui, the general of Zuo Wuwei, and Li Jinxing, the general of Zuo Jian Guard, to support him, which shows that he has already made up his mind to intervene in the civil strife of Goguryeo.

As a person of later generations, Li Xian also learned from the history books that it was in this battle that the Tang army successfully defeated Goguryeo. Since he knew that this battle was a must-win situation, Li Xian naturally would not let go of an opportunity to make military merits.

Therefore, as soon as he heard Dou Xiantong talk about the news, Li Xianzi couldn't help but have the desire to make a contribution, and was ready to join this famous battle to destroy the country.

But the problem now is that he can't go to war if he wants to, first of all, he is a prince, his status is noble, and the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, in case of any accidents, the leading generals can not afford this responsibility, if the troops are divided to protect him, it is naturally not conducive to the arrangement of the war. In a word, when he gets there, it will definitely be considered a burden.

In fact, this is not a problem, because if Gaozong agrees, who will dare to oppose it? The biggest problem is that Li Xian is young, and Gaozong is definitely not willing to go to the bitter cold land of northern Xinjiang at his age, and Empress Wu's side is even more troublesome, because if he insists on going, it may arouse Empress Wu's suspicion.

Therefore, how to convince Gaozong without arousing the suspicion of Empress Wu is the most urgent problem he has to face now.

Li Xian thought hard for a long time, but he still had no clue, and when he was bored, Li Xian had to go back to the study and pick up the military book to play.

"Huh?" Seeing the "Art of War" in his hand, Li Xian's mind suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and he suddenly had an idea, and he couldn't help laughing.

"King, I don't know why I laughed?" Gao Cheng, the little eunuch on the side, was startled by his sudden laughter, but seeing that he was happy, he thought that it was today's problem that he had come up with a solution, so he couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Hehe, it's okay, Gao Cheng, quickly change my clothes, prepare for the car, and go out alone." Li Xian saw Gao Cheng coming up, and thought that he had just arranged things together, so he instructed Gao Cheng.

"No." As Li Xian's personal eunuch, Gao Cheng knows a principle, that is, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, and do what you should do quickly, otherwise, even if the master doesn't blame, if what you shouldn't know is known by yourself, whether it is the master or him in the future, there will be a kind of estrangement in your heart, and this kind of estrangement is absolutely unpredictable for a little eunuch like him who can only make progress by relying on the master's favor.

Therefore, without the slightest hesitation, Gao Cheng immediately went to arrange the car, changed Li Xian's clothes, and sent Li Xian out of the house.

Li Xian's car drove around Chang'an City, and finally chose to park outside the British Mansion.

Because the emperor's car was in Chang'an, and Li Ji's family was in Luoyang, and he did not follow him to Chang'an, so although Li Ji's mansion now looks like a lot of servants, it also feels desolate, and of course no one knows Li Xian dressed as a commoner.

"Who's coming? Stop quickly, and don't look at what this is? If it weren't for the fact that the British Duke had always been benevolent, this alone would have punished you. A family member outside the gate looked vicious, and he stopped Li Xian outside the door and didn't let him in.

Since Li Xian came secretly, he naturally didn't want anyone to be able to see through his identity, so he smiled faintly, took out a small ingot of gold from his sleeve, sent it to the family with a smile, and then arched his hand and said: "In Li Qilang, Xialongxi, there is something important to come to visit the British Duke, this is a post, bother this gentleman to send it to Li Gong, as long as it is sent to Li Gong's hands, as long as he can't see me, it has nothing to do with Mr." ”

Seeing that Li Xian's hand was so generous, the family immediately changed his smile, agreed to Li Xian's request, took the greeting post, and sent it to Li Ji.

He originally thought that with Li Ji's status and status, he would not meet a civilian under normal circumstances, but he didn't expect that just by taking a look, Li Ji said that the person who came was a friend of his, and invited him to meet him in the study.

Listening to Li Ji's instructions, the family Ding was even more stunned, this Li Qilang was really not simple, not only was he allowed to meet, but he was also invited to the study to meet, it was obvious that he was a distinguished guest of Li Ji, like such a distinguished guest, how could he dare to accept his gold? If Li Ji knows about this, maybe he will be punished?

Therefore, this Ding ran out of the smoke, and then returned the gold to Li Xian with trepidation, and said with a smile on his face: "It turns out that Mr. is a distinguished guest of my family's Ah Lang, why didn't you say it earlier?" This, hehe, the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he actually accepted Mr. gift money, which is really a crime that deserves death, and I ask Mr. to forgive him. Now the villain will return the original gift money, and please don't mention it at my family's Ah Lang, so the villain is grateful for Mr. Kindness. Please, please. ”

"Why is the gentleman so polite? Since Mr. insisted that he didn't want to, he had no choice but to be disrespectful, and Mr. rest assured that he would not mention this matter to Gong Li in Xia. Li Xian put the gold back in his sleeve, and then walked into the door of the Li Mansion with a faint smile, and then came to the door of Li Ji's house under the guidance of the enthusiastic family.

"I don't know if the king is coming to the mansion, what do you think?" After sitting down in greetings, Li Ji glanced at Li Xian with a smile, and then asked unhurriedly.

"Hehe, this matter must be known to Ah Weng as well, Goguryeo Quangai Suwen died of illness, his three sons were separated, Goguryeo civil strife, it is the time when the imperial court uses troops, we eat the son of heaven and Lu, and we should be worried about the king, Xiao Wang believes that if I want the Tang Dynasty to send troops, I will definitely be able to pacify Goguryeo and go to the trouble of a confidant." Li Xian didn't talk nonsense, and directly explained his proposition straight to the point.

"Hehe, this matter has its own saint and the political affairs hall to discuss, the king is neither the political affairs hall minister, nor the imperial historian, let alone the northern town general, it seems that he has no right to discuss the use of troops in Goguryeo, right? Even if the king is the son of the saint and shares his father's worries, what does this matter have to do with the king? Li Ji was not polite, and directly pointed out Li Xian's embarrassing identity, accusing Li Xian of indiscriminately participating in military affairs and breaking the rules.

But he didn't expect Li Xian to say proudly: "What did Li Gong say? The so-called rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible, not to mention that the little king is the son of His Majesty, the grandson of Taizong, now that the country is in trouble, the little king naturally wants to share the worries of the monarch and be loyal to the country, how can he say whether to do it or not? ”

"'The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband'? This sentence is very good, if everyone had such a mind like a king, wouldn't the world have been peaceful a long time ago? Okay, there is the king's words, the lower official will take back what Fang Cai said today, and solemnly thank the king, today is the lower official's mistake, the king is a courtier, as a prince, he naturally has the right to ask about state affairs, for the monarch's father, but the king is young, and he is a royal nobleman, how can he be willing to take risks and fight on the battlefield? ”

Li Xian suddenly rose up when he heard this, and said loudly: "Hehe, I am the prince, so I can't fight on the battlefield, but what about the vast number of generals?" They fought bloodily to protect my Tang Dynasty, and I am the son of the Tang Emperor, and I should take the lead in the right way. As for my age, it is not a problem, Li Gong and look, although I am young, I am also seven feet tall, strong and strong, no less than an ordinary soldier, how can I not fight? What's more, there is no shortage of young heroes in history, Ganluo 12 is the Shangqing, Qin Huang 13 succeeded to the throne, Huo Qubing 17 won the title of champion Hou, heroes have been young since ancient times, these people can make contributions, why can't I? ”

But I heard Li Ji praising the case and saying: "A good hero has been a young man since ancient times, the king can have this ambition, which shows that my Tang Dynasty hero martial style, it is not a secret, the lower official is about to recommend the king to go to the northern Xinjiang to sharpen, but I don't know the king's mind, try it today, it shows the sincerity of the king, please rest assured, the king's expedition to the north of the country, it will be wrapped up in the lower officials, the lower officials are worn out of their lips and tongues, and they must also strongly persuade the saint and the queen to allow the king to go on the expedition, and hope that the king will not give up his hard work and concentrate on honing to achieve the young hero." ”

"Hehe, Ah Weng rest assured, the grandson's ability is not unknown, if he gets the opportunity this time, he will definitely concentrate on learning, hone himself, and display his talents, so that he can live up to the hot-blooded man who comes to this world." Li seemed to be overjoyed when Li Ji assured, and patted his chest to reassure.