In Taiyuan Mansion, Li Shimin's momentum is very strong, he is now finally sitting on one side, although the Taiyuan area is very poor, facing the endless pressure of Li Xin and the Turks, but in the end it is the ruling party, Li Shimin is like an emperor here, and even with a little more majesty, he swept his tiger eyes, looked at Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng a few times, and said: "Li Xin actually inspected Bianzhou, two gentlemen, Xu Shiji came with news that he was ready to besiege Bianzhou. What do the two gentlemen think? ”

Wei Zheng thought for a while and said: "Although Li Xin's move is to inspect Bianzhou, but in fact, the main purpose is to prepare for the attack on Shandong next year, Li Xin has been immersed in it for almost a year, Guanzhong is ripe this year, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, Li Xin also took the opportunity to set up a provincial, government, and county three-level management mechanism in the DPRK, which has greatly increased the control over the locality, and next year will definitely raise troops to seize Shandong and complete the preparations for the attack on Dazhao." ”

"Xuan Ling, what do you think?" Li Shimin nodded, what Wei Zheng said was decent, and it was also what most people thought, Li Xin now just needs to follow the steps step by step, don't make any big mistakes, and he will definitely be able to unify most of the country in the future, which makes Li Shimin very annoyed, although he is in Taiyuan, but the place is too small, and there is a lot less space for him to display his talents.

"The subordinates think that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is intended for Pei Gong, and Li Xin's most fundamental purpose may be to seize Shandong, but at the moment, Li Xin's purpose is probably to seize Xingyang." Fang Xuanling touched his beard and said: "Li Xin blocked the Xingyang road from Guanzhou and Bianzhou, but if Li Xin wants to seize Shandong, he must first pull out the nail of Xingyang." ”

"Xuan Ling thinks that Li Xin's main target this time is Bianzhou? How many centaurs does he have? There are only 40,000 people in Bianzhou, plus 30,000 people in Guanzhou, it is only 70,000 people, and Luoyang will still send troops? Li Shimin said with some hesitation: "There are 60,000 people in Xingyang, if Li Xin forcibly attacks Xingyang, he must have more than 100,000 horses." And it can't attack for a long time, and the father's side will definitely support it. If he did this, he would have attacked Xingyang back then, instead of letting Gu get Xingyang. ”

"My subordinates don't know." Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "My subordinates didn't know it before, but after seeing General Xu's letter, I did know that General Xu led Shandong soldiers and horses to attack Bianzhou, and then added Xingyang soldiers and horses, which was enough to conquer Bianzhou in the shortest time." Li Xin: This is his own bait. Let Xu Shiji send troops. ”

"As soon as Xu Shiji's troops and horses move, I'm afraid someone will attack Xingyang." Wei Zheng exclaimed.

"Xu Shiji is not so stupid, if he wants to attack Bianzhou, once the Shandong soldiers and horses are dispatched, Li Xin will get the news." Li Shimin still shook his head and said.

"What if the king of Qi leads the army to cross the Yellow River?" Fang Xuanling pointed to Huazhou above and said: "Xu Shiji's letter has reached the emperor, if the king of Qi leads the army from Huazhou, crosses the Yellow River, and adds the coalition army in Shandong." Then Xu Shiji led the army to attack, and in total, there were at least 200,000 horses to deal with Li Xin. That's more than enough. As long as Li Xin is killed, what does it matter if Xingyang is lost? ”

"Will Li Yuanji lead the army? In this way, it will be necessary to provoke a big war between the two countries. Li Shimin hesitated slightly, at this time. The best thing to do is to recuperate and gather strength, but. Li Xin's development potential is even greater, if he can take a risk to kill, he can kill Li Xin, Li Shimin still agrees with it in his heart.

"I'm afraid that the princes of the DPRK and China want to use this method even more." Fang Xuanling reminded.

"Competing for the world, pay attention to the general trend, not use the side door, Li Xin can take risks, because his power is big and strong, but we can't take risks." Li Shimin sighed and said: "Pinning your hopes on a Bianzhou is undoubtedly an inappropriate decision. I am ready to oppose the king of Qi sending troops, but I hope that the king of Qi can send troops to Shandong at this moment, taking advantage of the opportunity of Xu Shiji and Shandong's men and horses to attack Bianzhou, Shandong is empty, and let the king of Qi attack Shandong. What do the two gentlemen think? ”

Fang Xuanling nodded, but sighed secretly in his heart, Li Shimin's move is certainly a strategy, but it is also a first-class strategy, but more importantly, Li Shimin does not want Li Xin to die in the hands of Li Yuanji, so that Li Yuanji's reputation will definitely surpass himself, Li Yuan trusts Li Yuanji, or Li Jiancheng, as for Li Shimin, he has no chance.

Li Shimin's way to ascend to the throne now is only to defeat Li Xin and seize Li Xin's country, and the credit is so great that Li Yuan can only reward him with the country, and secondly, it is to force the palace to rebel. Compared with the latter, Li Shimin prefers the former, so he doesn't want King Qi to send troops.

"King Qi will definitely not agree, this is his opportunity, but Xu Shiji is there, His Highness can say that Xu Shiji was brought out by His Highness, and the 60,000 army does not move, even if Li Xin has any plans, he will not succeed." Wei Zheng said.

"Xu Shiji is a villain, he sees that this king is trapped in Taiyuan now, and he won't listen to me, even if he listens, it's just to show it. In fact, he has already made a decision in this letter. Li Shimin raised the letter in his hand and said with a wry smile: "It's not easy for him to bet now, whether to follow the king or the prince." ”

Li Shimin sneered, but Fang Xuanling showed a hint of sarcasm and said: "It would be better if Xu Shiji did not move, if he really sent troops, Xingyang would definitely fall into the hands of Li Xin, and whether the hundreds of thousands of troops of King Qi could capture Bianzhou is not to mention, even if he captures Bianzhou, he may not be able to capture Li Xin." The 30,000 troops in Guanzhou and the 50,000 troops in Luoyang can reach Bianzhou in a month at most, and Li Xin's 40,000 troops can support less than a month? Then it's not Li Xin. ”

"Xingyang, Zheng family." Li Shimin's face was much gloomy, although the Zheng family married a daughter to himself, and the Zheng family was also very gentle, but the Zheng family did not support themselves, but like the Cui family and the Gao family, they all supported Li Jiancheng, and a lot of resources fell into the hands of Li Jiancheng, making Li Jiancheng's power in the court more and more stable, and there was also the support of Pei Lin and others inside, so that Li Shimin had no chance to start.

"Your Highness, right now, we can only do our best for now." Fang Xuanling saw Li Shimin's unwillingness, but he was helpless.

"If His Royal Highness is the crown prince, where is there all this trouble." Wei Zheng said very calmly.

"Okay, this king will write to my father first, and as for the rest of the things, it's not what we want to do." After Li Shimin listened, he was a little impatient, waved his hand, wrote a note, and asked Fang Xuanling to send someone out, and the three chatted for a while, Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shimin was already sleepy, so he and Wei Zheng said goodbye and left.

After the two left, Li Shimin's spirit immediately returned to normal, clapped his hands, and saw the eldest grandson Wuyi outside walking in, Li Shimin quickly wrote something on a piece of paper, and then handed it to the eldest grandson Wuyi, beckoned the eldest grandson Wuyi, and said a few words in his ear, the eldest grandson Wuyi's face changed, he glanced at Li Shimin, saw that the other party was cold, did not dare to slack off, and quickly left.

Zheng Mansion in Bianzhou City, in Kaifeng is a very famous place, the place is very large, this is also the Zheng family in Zheng Jingrang became Shezhou Sima when they accumulated a lot of financial resources, to Bianzhou to become the prefect of Bianzhou, bought the house.

"Mother, someone from the house?" Zheng Jingrang had just finished greeting Li Xin here, and was about to change his clothes and take his mother to the palace to thank Li Xin, but he didn't expect that as soon as he returned home, he saw a middle-aged man with a cold face sitting with his mother and his mother, and asked in surprise.

"This is the steward of the Zheng family in Xingyang, and it's still your third brother!" Zheng said with a smile. Zheng Jingrang was born in a side branch of the Zheng family in Xingyang, and he can have today, on the one hand, because of his outstanding talent, but in fact, it also has a little relationship with the Zheng family in Xingyang.

"The elder brother is Zheng Yuanhui of the Zheng family, the third in the clan, you can call me the third brother." Zheng Yuanhui looked at Zheng Jingrang and said, although the voice sounded kind, but the posture was high, which made Zheng Jingrang very uncomfortable to hear.

"Jing Rang has seen the third brother." However, Zheng Jingrang still saluted the other party very happily.

"Jing Rang is very good, he can actually be too guarded, and he is also too guarded in Bianzhou, and the Zheng family can also produce a pillar of talent." Zheng Yuanhui said proudly.

Zheng Jingrang's heart was even more uncomfortable, this Taishou was the title of the previous dynasty, but now he is the prefect, it is the title of the Tang Dynasty, this Zheng Jingrang calls himself Taishou, not an old and young remnant of the previous dynasty, or a person from the north, he remembered that the Zheng family had taken refuge in Li Yuan, and the people in front of him came, I am afraid it is not a good thing to find himself.

"Jing Rang, the head of the family heard about you and is ready to let you return to the Xingyang Zheng family." Zheng is very happy, her son is just a side branch, he lived in Luoyang with him, his family was poor, but now he can accept it for the master's family, which makes her feel satisfied.

"Oh, really?" After hearing this, Zheng Jingrang not only did not look happy, but sneered in his heart, he got the benefits of the Zheng family, but when he was the Sima of Shezhou, he did not repay the Zheng family, it was regarded as a clear grievance, and more importantly, at that time, he did not lead himself into the sect, and now he made a move, let himself return to the sect, the meaning of this is self-evident, but it is for Bianzhou.

Zheng Yuanhui frowned, he felt the resistance in Zheng Jingrang's heart, but he didn't take it to heart, in his opinion, the people in the Zheng clan's side branches all wanted to return to their own sect and enjoy the glory of the Zheng clan in Xingyang, and Zheng Jingrang in front of him was the same.

"Yes, the head of the family thinks that Jing Rang is qualified enough to return to his sect. So let Brother Wei come over and discuss with you when to go to Xingyang. Zheng Yuanhui said with a smile: "Returning to the Xingyang Sect, this is a rare thing for the side branch of the Zheng family!" (To be continued......)