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Not long after Tang Zhou sealed Shifu, the news of Luoyang City finally reached Chang'an.

Chang'an just had a snowfall, when the news came, the snow stopped, the thick snow made the entire capital Chang'an with a sense of coldness, but also to the entire Chang'an City brought poetry, to the entire Chang'an scholars brought inspiration.

In the past few days, good poems have been circulated from time to time in the capital Chang'an, all of which are in the snow.

However, although there are good poems coming out, the people of Chang'an City always feel that something is missing, the poems are good, but they are definitely not amazing, if Tang Xiaohou is here, I am afraid that this winter will be different.

Li Shimin likes poetry very much, and he has written a lot of it himself, and those new poems in Chang'an City have also entered his ears, but because he is used to listening to Tang Zhou's good poems, he always feels that these people's poems are a little out of the stream.

He suddenly regretted sending Tang Zhou to Luoyang City.

The cold wind was miserable, and the start of the early dynasty was slightly delayed.

In the early morning of this day, Li Shimin wrapped himself tightly, and shrunk his body after sitting on the dragon chair, and the hundred officials in the hall shrank their necks one by one, and rubbed their hands under to keep warm when no one was paying attention.

The weather is cold, and Li Shimin knows it, so he will turn a blind eye to these actions, but although the weather is cold, some things must be done.

At the beginning of the early dynasty, a group of civil and military officials brought up their respective affairs one after another, probably because of the cold weather and wanted to go down to the court early, they often quarreled in the hall in the past The situation did not appear, and Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds did not want to mention much.

After such an hour, the things that should be said are basically the same.

And at this time, Li Shimin suddenly asked: "Seeing that this year is about to pass, I wonder if my Datang income is still rich this year?" ”

When Li Shimin asked this, Hou Junxin, the head of the household department, immediately stood up and said: "Back to the saint, this year, my Datang has no disasters and no difficulties, there is a bumper harvest of grain, and all kinds of taxes are sufficient, plus the destruction of Gaochang and other countries, the money obtained from its land is also countless. ”

After Hou Junxin said this, Li Ji, eldest grandson Wuji and others suddenly froze, they knew Li Shimin's temperament too well, and asked Datang what to do with this year's harvest for no reason?

It must be that he saw that there was enough money, food and grass, and wanted to use troops abroad.

But is Datang really enough food and grass?

In recent years, Datang has frequently used soldiers, and all the money and wealth came from guns, but many people are still hungry.

Li Ji and the others were thinking about whether to speak, Li Shimin suddenly nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, good, since there is enough food and grass, then this soldier should also practice, this year they destroyed Gaochang Kingdom, but there is still a Xue Yantuo in the northwest of them, if you want the Silk Road to go better, you should still destroy them." ”

Li Shimin's meaning was very clear, the eldest grandson Wuji and the others glanced at each other, and they all fell into deep thought, and at this time, Wei Zheng suddenly stood up and said: "Holy Lord, this move must not be." ”

As soon as Wei Zheng stood up, Li Jing, Changsun Wuji and others were happy, this is what they were waiting for, although they also opposed Li Shimin's frequent troops, but the people who took the lead could not be them, not that they were afraid of angering Li Shimin, with their relationship, that is, there was a little anger between the monarch and the ministers, and it would soon pass, they didn't occupy it first, they wanted to see if Li Shimin was really determined to destroy Xue Yantuo, if it was iron-hearted, it was useless for them to persuade them, if there was still some hesitation, or wavering, it would not be too late for them to stand up and persuade again.

Moreover, the spear shoots the first bird, and old foxes like them don't like to come out in everything.

After Wei Zheng stood up like this, Li Shimin frowned slightly, and said, "Wei Aiqing, why is this move absolutely impossible?" ”

Wei Zheng said: "Shengshang, my Tang Dynasty has frequently used troops over the years, although the warehouses of the imperial court are sufficient, but the pockets of the people are empty, the minister thinks that it is urgent to develop the people's livelihood and make the people of my Tang Dynasty more prosperous." ”

Li Shimin glared at Wei Zheng, why are the people of his Tang Dynasty poor?

"The destruction of Xue Yantuo is not contrary to the development of people's livelihood, on the contrary, the destruction of Xue Yantuo can make the Silk Road smoother, which is beneficial to the people of our Tang Dynasty."

"Shengshang, my Guanzhong disciples frequently kill enemies, and they have withered, and the current situation is that there are only old and weak women and children left in many families, and if this continues, the population of my Datang will decrease, and it will affect the foundation of the future."

When Wei Zheng spoke, his teeth were cold and a little chattering, and as soon as he said this, he suddenly shocked the hearts of everyone in the court, fighting is a matter of nine deaths and a lifetime, Guanzhong is in the prime of life, and nine times out of ten he will not be able to come back, now the Tang Dynasty uses troops frequently, although it can be recruited if you want to recruit soldiers, but it is undeniable that there are indeed a lot fewer people in the prime of life in Guanzhong.

If the prime of life is young and the fertility cannot keep up, the population of the Tang Dynasty will stagnate, or even decrease sharply, which is a big deal.

Li Shimin's expression moved slightly, and when the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Jing and others saw this, they already understood what was going on in their hearts, so they stood up one after another.

"Holy Lord, Xue Yantuo is indeed going to be destroyed, but at this time, it is a harsh winter, and the Turkic Department is eyeing me again, so we might as well wait for the time being."

"Yes, Shengshang, not only the Turks are eyeing us, but in recent years, Tubo is also rising, and the capital disturbs my Datang border from time to time, although my Datang is invincible, but it is not stable at this time, it is better to wait."

"Yes, and the teacher is unknown, then Xue Yantuo often pays tribute to my Tang Dynasty, and it is really inappropriate for us to beat them."

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The ministers advised, Li Shimin saw this, his brows condensed slightly, in fact, he did have the heart to fight Xue Yantuo, but it was not that he was determined to fight, whether to fight or not, it still depends on the meaning of the ministers, at the beginning, the reason why he asked Hou Junxin about the income of the Datang warehouse was to show the ministers that Datang had the capital to fight Xue Yantuo.

In this way, the ministers of the DPRK and China will follow their own wishes.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Wei Zheng stood up to stir up the situation again, and also raised the most serious problem in Guanzhong at this time, if this battle is going to be fought again, there will be no middle-aged men in Guanzhong, if there is only a group of women and children left in Guanzhong, this Datang will really be a bad thing.

Of course, there are still a lot of men in Guanzhong, but they do not belong to the people in the military system, if the court recruits soldiers, they can participate if they want to, and if they don't want to participate, the court must not force them to participate.

Otherwise, forced conscription will have even more serious consequences.

Although the children of Guanzhong are hot-blooded and fierce, Li Shimin does not want to take this risk, which is the foundation of the stability of Chang'an City.

After thinking about it like this for a while, Li Shimin had no choice but to give up and said, "Since everyone Aiqing said so, then wait a little longer, and make a decision after the beginning of spring." ”

After saying this, Li Shimin asked: "That Aiqing still has a plan to play, if not, he will retreat." ”