Out of the Guogong Mansion, Du He went straight to the palace.

It was reported that Li Shimin was at the palace banquet for the envoys of other countries who had arrived in Chang'an, and he couldn't get out of his body, so he asked him to wait in the study.

Du He was idle and bored in the study, planning to find a book to kill time, and saw a copy of "Wu Zi's Art of War" on the bookshelf.

"The Art of War" is a famous military book in ancient China, written by Wu Qi, a famous general in the early Warring States period, and is a military work as famous as "The Art of War". It's a pity that most of them have been lost, and only many fragments remain.

Du Ruhui's study also has "Wu Zi's Art of War", but there are only six of them, but only these six articles are enough to benefit Du He a lot, I don't know how many "Wu Zi's Art of War" Li Shimin has here.

Du He opened the text of the page, only to see that there were countless dense small characters written in the blank space around the title, and he looked at it intently, recognized that this was Li Shimin's handwriting, and was very curious, so he read it carefully, and it turned out that this was actually the annotation he wrote for "Wu Zi's Art of War".

A cursory translation shows that there are still only six articles in this "Wu Zi's Art of War", only more than 1,000 words, but Li Shimin has written an annotation of nearly 10,000 words.

And in each annotated paragraph, classic battles in history will be cited, as well as examples of the use of troops. As far as the Battle of Julu, the Battle of Pengcheng, the Siege of Qixia in the Qin and Han dynasties, the Battle of Liu Wuzhou and the Battle of Tiger Prison in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and other battle examples have been recorded one by one.

The ancients always liked to write articles that were extremely mysterious, obscure, and without punctuation, and they were all dry truths. If you don't have a certain foundation, whether you can read through it is a problem.

However, after Li Shimin's annotation, this military book immediately became in-depth and concise, and it was more vivid and easy to understand than the original version.

Seeing that Li Shimin couldn't come for a while, he asked for his surname and read the transcript against the original text on the spot, and every time he read it, he felt more and more admiration for Li Shimin, and sighed secretly: Uncle Li's achievements in cultural governance almost made him forget that he was also a well-known military strategist, and Uncle Li Ji may not be comparable to him in terms of military standards.

Especially when he read the article "Governing the Soldiers", he was even more amazed: "Uncle Li is worthy of being the first emperor of the ages, and his thoughts on cultural governance and martial arts are really very accessible." ”

"Ahem, ahem!" Suddenly there was a dry cough from above.

Du He was secretly startled, and hurriedly looked up, but saw that Li Shimin was already sitting in the main hall without knowing what was going on. His face was a little red, a little shy, and a little happy, maybe because he drank too much wine, but it was more likely that he had unintentionally said that he was an emperor through the ages.

The first emperor of the ages was evaluated by later generations, and naturally there was no one in the Tang Dynasty.

The first time he was called like this, Li Shimin was a little embarrassed.

Du He smiled secretly in his heart and asked, "Uncle Li, when did you come?" ”

"Not long ago, I saw that you were fascinated by it, and I didn't bother!" Li Shimin straightened his posture and asked, "What did you just read about the management of the army in "Wu Zi"? ”

Du He smiled and nodded: "Wu Qi used soldiers to re-govern, word by word, it can be described as a pearl of words!" Uncle Lee's commentary on the truth in it, together with the practice of governing the country, is refreshing! ”

Li Shimin said: "Wu Qi is an outstanding figure who has a complete military rule of the world, and there is a hidden truth in the art of war, but ordinary people are not aware of it. When I was as old as you, I liked Huo Quai, admired his momentum of sweeping all directions, and when I was twenty years old, I changed to Han Xin, realizing that I used soldiers to re-strategize, and after I ascended the throne, I attached more importance to Wu Qi and re-governance. Huo Qu's illness is strong, and he leads the show for a while; Han Xin's strength spans his life; Wu Qi is strong, but he can dominate for several lifetimes. ”

Du He understood in his heart, this is the improvement of the ideological realm, Huo Quai's style is tough, and the Huns who fought were frightened, but after all, it was only a temporary victory; Han Xin's re-planning, almost every battle has a strange plot, often with the smallest victory to achieve the greatest results, for Liu Bang laid a huge foundation, and Wu Qi re-ruled, that is, in the management of the army is also in the governance of the country, the management of the army is strong, the governance of the country is prosperous, only the military is strong can really run rampant in the world, in order to build a huge empire, a hundred years of dominance.

Wu Qi opposed both the militarism of the masses and the re-cultivation of morality, and the abolition of military equipment. He believed that only by cultivating virtue internally and externally could the country become strong and prosperous. I fully agree with this, so I do not forget to govern the country in addition to conquering the Quartet, so as not to have a situation like the Han Dynasty. Li Shimin smiled: "Since you like it, I will give you this book, if it helps you, it is also my blessing for the Tang Dynasty!" With a generous wave of his hand, he gave the book to Duhe.

Du He put it away as if he had found it.

"By the way, you kid didn't come to see me! Is it for Tibet? Li Shimin speculated to himself: "I feel that Tubo seems to have a feud with you for several lifetimes, and I target it everywhere. ”

Du He secretly said in his heart: "It's not that I have a feud for a few lifetimes, but a feud with Datang for a few lifetimes." "If it weren't for the fact that Tubo in history was the most powerful rival of the Tang Dynasty, he would not have targeted Tubo so much.

"Uncle Li Shengming, the kid is indeed here for Tibet...... I heard my father say that my uncle plans to negotiate peace with Tibet? ”

Li Shimin did not hide it and nodded: "This is not only what I mean, but also the unanimous meaning of Fang Xiang, your father, Wei Qingjia, Hou Shangshu, General Li Ji, and even the old general Li Jing, the Duke of Wei." Do you disagree with that? ”

Du He was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Li, don't scare me with these heavyweights, the kid doesn't think the peace talks are wrong." The Silk Road has brought unspeakable huge benefits to Datang, so Datang's focus should be on expanding the Silk Road, rather than focusing on the small Tibetan, which is very clever. But doesn't my uncle think that this negotiation is cheaper for Tibet? ”

"You must know that our Tang Dynasty is a victorious country, while their Tubo is a defeated country. The defeated country is afraid of my Datang and hopes to reconcile with my Datang, so it is not easy to ask me Datang. If we don't take the opportunity to reap some benefits, how can we afford the fight of the 80,000-strong army on the front line? ”

Du He's words made Li Shimin's thoughts a little short-circuited.

Victorious countries, defeated countries, reaping benefits, and extorting money!

After sorting it out for a while, he sorted out his thoughts, a trace of enlightenment and excitement flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly said: "Don't be stunned, explain it plainly!" ”

"That is to say! In this battle, because of the provocation of Tubo, my Tang Dynasty laborers mobilized the people and went on an expedition of thousands of miles. Who is to blame for all this? It is Tibet, so the military expenditure should be paid by Tibet, which is reasonable. And our army has lost thousands of people, and they all died at the hands of the Tibetans, so who should pay the alimony for their families? Naturally, it is still Tubo, and Tubo has broken through Songzhou, and the city wall needs to be repaired, and this cost also needs to be paid out by Tubo! Another example is that in order to defeat Tubo, the kid worked hard, for a few days and nights, full of gray hair, which made me feel black for a few days, and charged them thousands of taels of gold as brain money, which is a natural and justified thing. Uncle Lee...... You're right? ”

Li Shimin was a little stunned when he heard this, nodded hurriedly, looked at Du He's black and shiny hair, and made a decent gentleman: "It makes sense, I also think that we are not obliged to pay these expenses!" ”