After a cup of tea, the food box was removed.

Overall, the ministers were very cooperative.

Some of them felt that the taste was not bad and crunchy, some felt that they had put too much salt and panicked, and some of them even vomited bile......

In any case, after a farce that was not absurd, the hall of Xiande returned to solemnity.

"Pharmacist, what do you think about the Turkic side?" Li Shimin consulted Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo.

Li Jing calmly played: "The minister thinks that it is not the best time to attack the Turks. ”

Li Shimin said: "But because of Liang Shidu? ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Li Jing's eyes: "Exactly." Liang Shidu occupies Shuofang, which is a nail wedged by the Turks in the hinterland of my Tang Dynasty.

If we do not pull it out, when our army attacks the Turks, we will definitely send troops to invade the rear of our army. ”

After a pause, he said: "So the minister thinks that he can take advantage of the Turkic civil strife to destroy the Liang division capital first and prepare for the attack on the Turks."

At the same time, it can also contain Jieli, and it can also be regarded as a helping hand for Tuli. ”

"The medicine man's thoughts coincide with mine."

Li Shimin nodded slowly and said, "There is another advantage to destroying the Liang Division first, that is, to include the entire Hetao region into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The so-called Yellow River is harmful, and only one set of riches.

The Hetao area blocks the Yellow River on three sides, the soil is fertile, and it can be cultivated and cultivated, and war horses can also be raised to help military resources.

It can not only build a barrier in Guanzhong, help relieve the pressure of food supply in Guanzhong, but also become a forward position for attacking the Turks.

It's a lot of work. ”

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the ministers are not in charge." Li Jing was convinced.

"Xuan Ling, Wang Jue, the food issue is very important, you and the Ministry of Civil Affairs have a good discussion, and try to be foolproof." Li Shimin commanded.

Fang Xuanling and others happily accepted the order.

"Pharmacist, you and the Ministry of War are responsible for scheduling the conquest of Shuofang, and if you need anything, you can just talk to me."

"Commandment." Li Jing clasped his fists and saluted.

……

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Li Shimin came to the Cheng'en Hall with a spring breeze on his face.

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen you so happy, what good happened?"

Empress Eldest Sun walked out with a big belly.

Li Shimin reprimanded the palace maid and personally helped her to the garden.

"It was a mess, and I didn't want to worry about you with me. However, all of a sudden, everything was solved all at once, so I was in a good mood and wanted to share it with you. ”

Seeing that he was as happy as a child, Empress Eldest Sun pursed her lips and smiled: "The concubine listens. ”

Li Shimin smiled at the corner of his mouth, and told her what happened in the Hall of Virtue today.

Including teaching Pei Lin a lesson, killing chickens and monkeys along the way, deterring Wei Zheng, and then solving the problem of food shortage in Guanzhong.

When the grain and grass are in place, Shuofang can be recovered and turned into a new grain production base and military center.

In this way, it not only knocked the Turks, but also solved the problem of Turkish's request for help.

It's exciting.

"It's all because the son of the old man is really a talent of the unicorn!" Li Shimin's mind reappeared with that ordinary face, and his heart suddenly had mixed feelings.

Empress Changsun asked, "But the son of the Duke of Yanguo?" ”

Li Shimin was surprised: "You actually know ......" After a pause, he reacted, "It must be Xiao Changle who told you." ”

Empress Eldest Sun said softly: "Li Zhen said something, I only remembered it when I heard that this child's name was Luo Taisui."

Everyone said he was a fool, but it seemed that he was actually wise and foolish. ”

"Yes, I almost forgot that his name was given to him when I was the king of Qin, and it was so big in a blink of an eye."

Li Shimin sighed: "I am ashamed of the Duke of Yanguo, but I didn't expect his widow to help me a lot!"

It made me even less shameless to meet his children. ”

Empress Changsun said with relief: "Your Majesty is all for the sake of taking care of the overall situation, and there is a spirit in the ground of the Duke of Yanguo, and he will definitely understand His Majesty's distress." ”

"Maybe......" Li Shimin sighed, "No matter what, I must take more care of his only relative left in the world, so as to save him from worrying." ”

"Your Majesty has done enough." Empress Eldest Sun said softly.

"You still know me." Li Shimin gently hugged her fragrant shoulder.

After the two snuggled up for a while, Empress Eldest Sun suddenly remembered something, and frowned lightly: "I heard Your Majesty mention the so-called manipulation of grain prices, and the concubine faintly felt that something was wrong.

After thinking about it, I did find a problem. ”

Li Shimin was stunned: "What's the problem?" ”

Empress Eldest Sun slowly spit out four words: "Five surnames and seven sects." ”

Rumble!

It's like a bolt from the blue.

Li Shimin's expression suddenly froze on his face.

The so-called five surnames and seven sects, namely Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, Fanyang Lu, Taiyuan Wang, Zhaojun Li, Xingyang Zheng and Longxi Li, are considered to be the first-class families in the northern family.

Its influence is huge.

is so big that he can't buy it.

Li Shimin, as a person in power, naturally did not like it.

But if you don't like it, if you ignore their existence, I'm afraid there will be a big mistake.

Sure enough, Empress Changsun said: "Although after His Majesty ascended the throne, he made drastic measures to streamline the imperial court institutions, eliminate a large number of talented and incompetent children of scholars, and implement the imperial examination system.

At present, although no one with the five surnames and seven sects is an official in the court, their influence in the local area is still strong, and they control the commercial lifeline of the Tang Dynasty.

Many important ministers of the court are proud to marry women with five surnames, which shows that it is general.

The concubine believed that this method of manipulating food prices was not a conspiracy and needed to be carried out secretly.

If it is accidentally leaked to the five surnames and seven sects, I am afraid that it will not be able to be implemented. ”

In fact, when Empress Changsun said the four characters of five surnames and seven sects, Li Shimin thought of these.

It may be that he is too confident in his imperial skills, or too confident in the price war of short grains, thus ignoring the fact that the five surnames and seven sects are deeply rooted in the Tang Dynasty.

As far as he knows, there are also ministers in the court today who marry women with five surnames.

Li Shimin himself is too.

The world thinks that after Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, he even took their wives because he coveted beauty.

Not really.

Here are two examples.

At that time, the crown princess Zheng Guanyin was from the Xingyang Zheng family with five surnames and seven sects.

And the Yang family, the princess of Qi, is the Hongnong Yang family from the Guanlong Group.

Of course, the five surnames and seven sects are not easy to mess with, and Datang can win the world, and it is inseparable from the support of Guanlong Group.

Therefore, killing cannot be killed, Li Shimin can only "wrong" himself and be included in the harem.

It is said that he, the son of the Tang Dynasty, has to "compromise and seek perfection", and it is difficult to guarantee that some ministers will not report to the five surnamed Qizong.

Then those grain merchants controlled by the five surnames and seven sects may not be fooled.

The rest of the retail investors are even more afraid to act rashly.

How good is that?

The order to attack the Shuo side and destroy the Liang division has been issued to the military department, and now there is a big mistake in the supply of grain and grass, isn't it a ...... Especially the five surnames and seven sects that he despises the most have seen jokes?

This is absolutely not possible!

You can endure anything, but you can't bear it!

For a while, Li Shimin's face was cloudy.

Empress Eldest Sun didn't understand him yet, so she put Zhenshou close to his arms and said softly: "Since that kid was the first to propose this method of manipulating grain prices, he must know the shortcomings best, why don't Your Majesty ask him what remedies he has?" ”

"Hmmm......"

Li Shimin nodded slowly.