"Your Highness has thought too much about the last general, and the last general doesn't know how to be grateful!" Liu Yi stood up respectfully and saluted, "It's just that now the last general is still in the filial piety period, and I don't dare to consider the matter of marriage, so let's talk about these things later..."

Li Xian just showed favor like this, of course Liu Yi understands that he has performed well over the years, whether it is "poetry" or martial arts, he has been impressive, Wu Zetian has always been very fond of himself, and he has reused it, if Li Xian, as the prince, does not make any moves and does not want to pull himself under his door, it is abnormal.

It's just that Li Xian took the matter of Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er as an example, which still made Liu Yi a little surprised in surprise, one was his own sister, and the other used to be his attendant, presumably Li Xian also likes Lingxiu and smart beauty Shangguan Wan'er, now Li Xian not only said that he hopes to be his brother-in-law, but also is willing to promote a good thing between himself and Shangguan Wan'er.

But Li Xian didn't ask for anything when he said this, which made Liu Yi look at Li Xian even more differently.

"Okay, Na Gu won't talk about this now, but some things Gu still wants to ask Yi An and ask Yi An for a solution..."

"The prince is polite, I would like to listen to the prince's teachings!" Hearing Li Xian say this, Liu Yi hurriedly made a modest appearance!

"Come, let's eat some food first," Li Xian pointed to the steaming table in front of him, poured a full cup of wine for Liu Yi again, and poured it for himself, then took a bite of the dish and put it in his mouth.

Seeing that Li Xian was not in a hurry to ask, Liu Yi was a little surprised, but he didn't ask anything, he ate a few bites of food with peace of mind, and then saluted Li Xian with a glass of wine.

After Li Xian and Liu Yi drank dry, they put down their wine glasses and sat upright, looked at Liu Yi and said: "Gu knows that this expedition to Anbei, Pei Shangshu has also formulated many further measures, the purpose is to subdue the tribes of Mobei and conquer all Mobei and Monan, Yi An thinks, is Pei Shangshu's plan feasible?" ”

"The last general has always felt that to deal with the Turks and other steppe tribes, it is necessary to threaten and comfort the Turks, and use both grace and power to make the Turks completely surrender, and he also made some suggestions to Pei Shangshu, and the last general very much agrees with Pei Shangshu's plan to attack and subdue the tribes in the Anbei area in the next step, but unfortunately the western frontier of my Tang Dynasty is threatened by the Tubo people, so I have to send a division and divide my troops to help the Qinghai area..."

"I agree with the methods taken by Pei Shangshu to deal with the Turks, but the imperial court uses the serious threat of the Tubo people as the reason for the serious reason, I don't think so, this is not the main reason!" Li Xian had an excited look on his face, and he changed his self-profess.

"I would like to hear His Royal Highness the Crown Prince analyze the reasons!" Liu Yi was a little surprised, Li Xian wouldn't want to make a remark attacking Wu Zetian in front of him, right? That would be too unbelievable, and it would not be in line with the identity of Prince Li Xian.

"Although the number of troops in Dingxiangdao is large, it is only a part of the soldiers that the imperial court can recruit, if you want to deal with the Tubo soldiers, you can recruit soldiers again, and send another general to lead the troops, galloping to the Qinghai area, my army in Dingxiangdao has just quelled the rebellion of several major Turkic tribes, and it is the time when it is necessary to leave troops to clear out the remnants of the rebellious Turkic tribes, but the imperial court has ordered most of my army to be divided into divisions, leaving only one to retreat to the Duhu Mansion..."Li Xian frowned, shook his head and said, " I'm worried that this time my Tang Dynasty gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, but failed to completely quell the rebellion in the Anbei area, I'm afraid that in the future, the Anbei area will be unpeaceful... The strategy adopted by the imperial court... Alas!"

Liu Yi was a little surprised, and naturally stared at Li Xian, who was a little indignant and poured a glass of wine, he was thinking about what Li Xian's ultimate intention was when he said this.

A prince in the current dynasty has no light voice in the court, and his influence on the government is naturally not small, but what should have been said in the court was said to himself in private, which is not suitable for reason, not to mention that he is deeply favored by Wu Zetian after the past two years, isn't he afraid that he will tell Wu Zetian this? Could it be that Li Xian wanted to exchange his trust for his loyalty to him? Doesn't that take you too seriously?

Seeing that Liu Yi did not respond immediately to his words, Li Xian was slightly surprised, looked directly at Liu Yi and asked, "Does Yi An agree with what I just said?" ”

"His Royal Highness's opinion was very unexpected to the last general, although the last general felt that the imperial court's edict of the army was a little unexpected, but he didn't think about it so much, what His Highness said really shocked the last general!" Liu Yi deliberately pretended to be surprised on his face and replied to Li Xiandao.

However, what Li Xian said really shocked him.

In the face of Liu Yi's vague response, Li Xian didn't react, still stared at Liu Yi and said: "I don't believe that a person with a smart mind like Yi An has never thought of this, Yi An followed Chief Pei most of the time when he went on the expedition, and General Pei must have told you that before making the decision to continue to send the army into Mobei, he must have inquired about the matter with the generals now, and he should have communicated with Yi An in detail about this matter, and even some suggestions were still made by Yi An, I was just after the army was in the middle of the division, It was only when I discussed this matter with some courtiers that I realized this..."

"Oh?!" Liu Yi responded, but still didn't express his opinion, who is Li Xian discussing this matter with? And who gave him this advice? Of course Pei Xingjian can't be, who else is among the courtiers?

Li Xian glanced at Liu Yi, hesitated for a moment and then said: "When it was said, after discussing this matter with the court, Gu once went to his father to discuss, and it was far more lame than beneficial to completely withdraw the army, and begged his father to keep a force in the Anbei area, just in case, fortunately, his father agreed to Gu's request, and let Cao Huaishun, the general of the Left Jin Wuwei, and Cui Xiantun, the general of the Right Wuwei, lead the troops to Shan Yu Duhufu!"

"It turns out that this is the idea of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Liu Yi smiled slightly, "Your Highness's concerns are really unusual, and the last general can't understand why the imperial court wants all the divisions of the army, cut the grass to eradicate the roots, and deal with the rebellion of the Turks, not only to exterminate it militarily, but also to have further military and people's livelihood joint measures, forcing the Turks to completely surrender to my Tang Dynasty, and now like this, the army that went out to fight is in a hurry, leaving Anbei with just a mess that no one cleans up, there will definitely be some tribes taking advantage of the situation in that area, Especially the belonging of the Monan area, this will bring unrest to the northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Oh... Is Yi'an really thinking so? Li Xian showed some surprise that was not commensurate with his identity, and he was a little puzzled, "Then I guess the general manager Pei at that time must have thought so?" The general is outside, and the king's order is not subject to it, why doesn't Chief Pei continue to carry out his orders? Lone knew that before the expedition, his father gave him the power to decide all the affairs of the Anbei area, if the governor Pei did not recall the armies on the grounds that the army had already set off for the Mobei area, and at the same time tried to do so, maybe the father and the queen mother would agree in the end, why should he not do this? ”

"Why didn't Chief Pei do this, presumably His Highness also understands the truth!" Liu Yi's expression and tone were indifferent.

"Gu understands that the army of 300,000 is not a small number, and it is not surprising that the governor Pei put down the rebellion of the Turks at such a fast speed and wiped out all his departments, and the ministers in the court are afraid of his military exploits, and he made a speech in front of the queen mother to let the chief manager return early, which is not strange at all!" Li Xian looked thoughtful, "Pei Da is in charge of protecting himself, and he can't say anything about it!"

Liu Yi remained silent and did not respond to Li Xian's remarks on sensitive issues.

Li Xian stared at Liu Yi for a while, and asked word by word in a calm voice: "Gu wants to ask Yi An, what do you think is how to act next?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the heir to the future throne, and there are many auxiliary ministers around him, such a thing should not be asked of the last general!" Liu Yi still said quietly, "The last general feels that His Highness already knows how to do it, and he is already doing it!"

"Oh!?" Li Xiangui stared at Liu Yi, as if he understood a little, "Yi An still thinks, 'Take a step back and open the sea and the sky, and endure the calm for a while'?" Let the lonely ...... Low profile? ”

"The crown prince has more experience than the last general, and he naturally thinks about things in the long run," Liu Yi still replied vaguely, "Your Highness has completely understood what to do, and the last general doesn't dare to say anything..."

Liu Yi's words made Li Xian stunned for a while, nodded and said: "Lone also understands that many things are not something that can be done if you want to do it now, lie dormant and then move, and when you can do things, you will do some things you want to do and do!" Li Xian sighed slightly, "For so many years, my Tang Dynasty has fallen into chaos... The selection of officials is also very different from the harsh selection of the emperor during his lifetime, the generals who have made great achievements in the expedition are not duly rewarded, and those who have been promoted by sloping their beards and horses occupy important positions in the court... These are all sad things, and I hope that in the future, these changes can be brought back..."

Li Xian's unsuitable straightforwardness surprised Liu Yi very much, this is not what a prince should have, even if it is gambling, if Wu Zetian knows this, then Li Xian will be miserable, and even if Li Zhi knows, he will punish Li Xian.

However, if he really trusts himself like this, it also shows that Li Xian is still quite accurate in seeing people, and knows that he will not leak these words.

Perhaps Liu Yi was a little grateful for Li Xian's words of trust, and said after hesitating: "Your Highness, Your Highness really shouldn't say such a thing to the last general, isn't Your Highness afraid that the last general will pass these words into the ears of others?" ”

"Of course Lone trusts you," Li Xian said and paused, and said something that surprised Liu Yi very much: "Yi'an, there is a person who Lone trusts very much and told me that I can fully trust you Lonely, and I will come back to you if I don't understand something in the future..."

(To be continued)