Li Xiaogong sat down slowly, he felt very weak. He is the commander of the Tang Dynasty with more than 200,000 elites, but he can't have any ideas of his own. He didn't want to do it by killing Kan Ling unjustly, but someone forced him to do it. He killed Kan Ling with his own hands. Now, after listening to Li Xuan's analysis, he feels even more inexplicably panicked, has he not yet entered Beijing? The emperor laid out the way of his chess piece, how to do it, how to do it, all laid it out, and he could only do it according to the emperor's arrangement. What is the purpose of this? Is it to assist the crown prince who he is not optimistic about, to fight against the King of Qin and fight to the end, or to become hostile to Li Xuan, who is extremely resourceful and resourceful standing in front of him? These are not what I want to do, but I can't help myself and have to do it. Li Xiaogong felt unusually powerless.

After a long time, Li Xiaogong asked Li Xuan: "After I enter Beijing, will you still support King Qin?" ”

Li Xuan replied without thinking: "Yes."

Li Xiaogong asked again: "Why would you support King Qin so desperately?" ”

Li Xuan replied: "King Qin has confidence and has the ability to create a prosperous Tang Dynasty. Prosperous and powerful Datang, this is exactly what I am pursuing. ”

Li Xiaogong was silent.

Li Xuan asked Li Xiaogong, "Are you optimistic about the prince?" ”

Lee Hyo-gung fell into deep thought.

He was born in the military, he doesn't like those vain things, and his ability and achievements speak for themselves. Li Shimin, the king of Qin, outwitted Chang'an, broke Xue Ju in the west, attacked Liu Wuzhou in the north, and defeated the million-dollar coalition army of Wang Shichong in Luoyang and Dou Jiande in Hebei with 100,000 Tang troops, with outstanding military achievements. There are many things that Li Xiaogong can't do by himself, but King Qin has done it. King Qin's ability and achievements were truly outstanding, and he won Li Xiaogong's recognition and respect. And what about the prince, benevolence and filial piety, diligence, and achievements? What about the exploits? Li Xiaogong didn't see it. The crown prince is only the crown prince appointed by the emperor. specified, that's all.

After thinking for a long time, Li Xiaogong said: "If you are not optimistic, so what? After entering Beijing, don't you have to assist him according to His Majesty's arrangement? ”

Li Xuan smiled and said, "After entering Beijing, naturally there is only one way to go according to His Majesty's arrangement." However, can you choose not to enter Beijing? ”

"Don't go to Beijing? Will His Majesty agree? Li Xiaogong asked.

Li Xuan replied, "Your Majesty, I am very disappointed in you now. As long as you talk to him, he'll let you stay. ”

Li Xiaogong asked, "Your Majesty is disappointed in me?" ”

Li Xuan replied: "Thick burial Kan Ling, you are too emotional. Your Majesty wants you to be an emotionless sword in the hands of the crown prince, but you are a person who values feelings. ”

"An emotionless knife?" Li Xiaogong asked.

Li Xuan replied: "You want to be in charge of the military for the crown prince, if anyone dares to block the prince's way, no matter who it is, even if it is the king of Qin, it is someone close to you, Your Majesty hopes that you will not hesitate to cut and kill the past." But you, the knife carefully selected by His Majesty for the crown prince, is too emotional. I'm afraid Your Majesty will give you an assessment of "overwhelmed". ”

Li Xiaogong muttered to himself: "The person who stands in the way of the prince, no matter who it is, must be killed." I can't do that. ”

Li Xuan said: "Your Majesty also knows that you can't do it, so he is very disappointed." ”

Li Xiaogong was silent.

Li Xuan continued: "But there are positive and negative things, Your Majesty is disappointed in you, and this is exactly the turning point for you not to enter Beijing." Since you have entered Chang'an, you can't really help the prince, why did Your Majesty summon you into Chang'an? Why don't you choose another knife that kills people and has no feelings? ”

After listening to Li Xuan's analysis, Li Xiaogong smiled bitterly: "There are too many twists and turns in politics. I can't play. You kid seems to have been born to be political. The sinister hearts of the people, the thorough analysis, the reaction to His Majesty, and the accuracy of the predictions, can be said to be born to know, geniuses, handy, and incredible. Don't look at me as the commander of the more than 200,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty, in your hearts, I'm afraid I am a chess piece. You can throw one at will, but you can't get rid of the pieces under your control. ”

Li Xuan smiled embarrassedly and said, "Actually, I tried my best to persuade you to stay. In addition to hoping that you will not participate in the battle between the crown prince and the king of Qin, I also hope that you can do something of immeasurable merit for the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Xiaogong smiled: "Let's talk about it, where are you going to throw my chess piece?" ”

Li Xuan replied: "I hope that the Metropolitan Governor can command more than 200,000 elites in the south of the Tang Dynasty and carry out Tuntian. ”

"Tuntian? My Datang is not short of food now? Li Xiaogong asked.

Li Xuan said in an unusually heavy voice: "Starting from this year, the Datang drought lasted for four years, the rivers dried up, the grain was lost, the fire dragon was raging, and the red fields were thousands of miles. ”

Li Xiaogong stood up in surprise and said, "This? It's true? ”

Li Xuan nodded.

According to the trajectory of history, in the next few years of Datang, life was really difficult, and disasters frequently befell this newly established country.

Li Xiaogong said sadly and angrily: "God, why are you making it so difficult for my Datang? ”

Li Xuan was silent.

Historically, when a locust plague broke out, Emperor Li Shimin inspected the people's crops. The crops were devoured by locusts.

Li Shimin stretched out his hand to grab a handful of locusts and wept: "The common people rely on grain and crops to live, but you eat the grain and crops cleanly, you are cruel to the people." The people are at fault, and the sin lies with me alone. If you are spiritual, eat my heart, and stop destroying my people. ”

Then he wanted to devour all the locusts.

Left and right admonished: "I'm afraid of becoming a disease, don't do it." ”

Li Shimin said angrily: "I hope that all the disasters will be borne by me alone, and don't let the people suffer from hunger anymore. ”

Swallow it alive.

Li Xiaogong sat down slowly, and he wrote Li Xuan's analysis in a letter.

After the letter was written, Li Xiaogong summoned the lieutenant general Li Feihu and said, "Personally send it to the old man's house and let him transfer it from huan." ”

"Yes." After Li Feihu took the letter, he turned around and left.

Li Xiaogong looked at Li Xuan and said, "If Your Majesty agrees to let me stay in office." I'll just sit on the last Tuntian marshal, so what? I won't let my Tang Dynasty starve all over the wilderness, and the court will have no food to save. ”

Li Xuan bowed to Li Xiao and saluted: "Once the commander of Tuntian, he has saved millions of people in the Tang Dynasty." The people of Datang will inevitably remember you forever as the commander of Tuntian. ”

"Li Xiaogong has no talent for baihe, but he has compassion for heaven and people, great compassion, and great merit." Li Xuan commented in his heart.