Li Ji stopped Li Cong.

In fact, Li Cong did listen to Yan Yan's advice at first, and felt that the Great Zhou should not make a decision easily, and after seeing the Jurchen envoy, because the conditions offered by the Jurchen were too tempting, the Jurchen not only promised to return the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but also promised to give part of the plains south of Western Liaoning to the Great Zhou.

Li Cong was indeed tempted.

And the reason why Li Cong didn't make a decision for so long was because he was waiting for the envoy of the Liao State, but who knew that almost half a year had passed, and the Liao State had no other movement except for the envoy sent a little Nian Lilai a few years ago, so Li Cong made up his mind to send Lu Duan to the north to inspect the military situation first, and at the same time formally contact the Jurchen Khan and the Liao Emperor.

And after Li Ji listened to his father's words, he also had an idea, he also wanted to go to the north to see in person, and personally contact the Jurchen and the Liao Emperor, he wanted to personally judge which one was more sincere.

Li Cong naturally refused to let the prince take this risk, but Li Ji said that both Taizu and Emperor Taizong had fought on the battlefield, and then Emperor Gaozong had also personally conquered it, and the Great Zhou Dynasty was conquered by them inch by inch, so as the future successor, he also had the responsibility to expand the territory of the Great Zhou.

In fact, it's not called expansion, it's just taking back what originally belonged to them.

I have to say that Li Ji's answer touched Li Cong, and what Li Cong thought was that if the prince had military merits, he would definitely have more power to speak in the court in the future than now, at least he would not be so constrained as he was.

Of course, what Li Cong never forgot was the sixteen states of Yanyun, so he acquiesced to the prince's proposal, and this trip was just to inspect, not to really participate in the war, so the security problem should not be big.

As soon as Lu Duan heard that the prince had something to say, he hurriedly put down his chopsticks and bowed with both hands, "The prince has something to say, please speak." ”

"That's right, my father allowed me to go to the north with Duke Lu to inspect the land, and I asked Duke Lu to give me advice along the way." Li Ji also returned a salute to the other party.

"What?" Lu Duan was so shocked that he almost dropped his jaw.

Several others in the room were equally surprised.

"Brother Prince, when was this decided?" Li Sui was not greedy and put down his chopsticks.

"Big brother, I'll go with you." Li Sui said, and Li Zhi immediately expressed his intention to accompany him.

"Okay, don't mess around, I'll go alone, and you stay in the capital to assist your father." Li Ji shook his head.

"But the prince's sister-in-law is about to give birth in two months, so it's better for you to stay and I'll go for you." Li Sui said.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and several His Highnesses, with the meaning of the minister, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not have to take this risk, minister... Lu Duan obviously didn't want to take such a burden on the road either.

"Lu Gong, I am young and have no qualifications, it is good to follow Lu Gong to experience and experience, such an opportunity is usually not available. Please don't shirk Lu Gong, I will give Lu Gong a glass. After Li Ji finished speaking, he personally poured wine for Lu Duan.

Lu Duan couldn't say anything more at this point.

"Prince, the minister said a word, your daughter went to the north, it was too risky, the minister meant that Lu Gong had to go to see the Juzhen Khan this time, in case the other party knew your identity and detained you, Lu Gong couldn't bear the consequences." Yan Peng saw that Lu Duan lowered his head, so he had to open his mouth to persuade.

"Yes, Prince, Duke Lu is also a plan for your safety, and your following him will only make him afraid and affect his decision-making." Meng Nuo couldn't help but say a word for Lu Duan.

Speaking from his heart, if it were him, he was not willing to take the prince with him, the responsibility was too great.

"In this case, why don't I go and meet Sister Yan'er and listen to her thoughts." Li Ji thought for a moment and replied.

It wasn't that he didn't expect that he would trouble Lu Duan, but he didn't expect that the resistance would be so great, and the three generals present didn't approve of him going, so Li Ji hesitated a little.

His original intention was indeed to follow along with him for a long time, and by the way, he also experienced himself, and most importantly, he wanted to decide what to do next through his own judgment, instead of sitting in the capital and handing over the fate of Da Zhou to an outsider.

Of course, it's a bit too much to say that outsiders, after all, Lu Duan is an important minister of the Great Zhou, and he has also made great contributions to the safety of the Great Zhou.

But Li Ji didn't know why, he just had an inexplicable trust in Yan Yan, and he couldn't forget the disappointment and worry in Yan Yan's eyes when he heard that Da Zhou had decided to ally with the Jurchens.

Therefore, he decided to sacrifice himself to take a risk, hoping that his risk could be exchanged for a correct decision for Da Zhou.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that this move was unanimously opposed by everyone, so he had to move out of Yan Yan to convince everyone.

"Ask her?" The people present were once again shocked by Li Ji's answer.

Such a major decision actually asked a boudoir woman, could it be that those of them who had fought bloodily on the battlefield did not know as much as a boudoir woman?

But as soon as the words were finished, Lu Duan and Yan Peng were silent, not to say anything else, just that map mold, Yan Yan did them a great favor, it was a problem that Lu Duan had been thinking about for many years and had not solved, and Yan Yan sent it to them so easily.

"Okay." Lu Duan shut up, he also wanted to hear what Yan Yan could say this time.

When Li Ji was about to send someone to call Yan Yan, it happened that Lu You came in with two written text panels, Li Ji got up and took it, and after opening the text panels, Yan Peng and Meng Nuo also came to Li Ji's side, and they were also curious about what Yan Yan wrote to win Lu Ming, a great talent.

"Look, look, my niece is really good, she can write such a big open and closed sentence, 'good wind with strength, send me to Qingyun', a useless reed is actually written so beautifully and elegantly, worthy of being a child born to my sister. Also, this peony poem is not bad, 'If you don't talk about anything in the world, why do you need to talk for a while', boy, these two poems are written for you, good boy, you can steal the joy and marry such a good niece as me. Meng Nuo patted Lu You's shoulder and chattered.

"Uncle, I don't steal fun, the lady's goodness, I know better than you." Lu You smiled generously.

"Okay, boy, it's not the same if you can talk." Meng Nuo looked at Lu You, and the more he looked at it, the happier he became.

This kid doesn't look worse than Lu Ming, I heard that his talent is not bad, otherwise he wouldn't worship under Ji Weiming's name, given time, he will gain fame, with the appreciation of the prince and the emperor, and Yan Yan behind his back, the future will not be too bad.

Also, the most important point is that this kid is really good to Yan Yan, and it is said that there are no concubines until now, just by virtue of this, how much less idle is Yan Yan?

Not to mention, these two people have been separated from the Lu family early, and these days are more comfortable and free.

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