Open the history textbook, you can see that there are countless records of the invasion of the land of China by foreign peoples, and those fierce and barbaric guys have no reason to talk about plunder, and they have achieved even more outrageous aggression in this matter.

So this group of fierce generals, after drinking wine, scolded and scolded those tribute envoys non-stop, and showed their shriveled or strong muscles, and had the desire to go forward and tear up, but fortunately they were dissuaded by Li Shimin, which calmed down an inexplicable battle.

The food in Linjia Village is naturally impeccable, so much so that the eldest grandson Wuji gave Liu Fan a gluttonous name, while Cheng Biting Jin was much more elegant and gave him the name of a kitchen god, Liu Fan resigned, there is only one god in this society, that is the old fairy, if he is a god at a young age, it is estimated that Li Er will let himself die very early.

When everyone was drunk or pretended to be drunk, Liu Fan casually mentioned it, wanting to change the fief obtained by the title to Qinling, but was kicked out by Li Shimin, Liu Fan patted his ass and gave them a dish of braised pork and a stuffy goose.

After sending these old guys away, Liu Fan will be considered to be clean.

There are still a lot of tailings, Ma Zhou and Li Yifu are dealing with it, both of them have shown their faces in front of Li Shimin today, and it will be a smooth road to enter the office in the future, as for whether he will be marked by Liu Fan, this Liu Fan can't be changed, and the two of them should have thought about it when they came here.

For Ma Zhou Liu Fan is not worried at all, extremely smart, is a wise and foolish person, as for Li Yifu City Mansion is not deep enough now, joy and anger are on his face, it is still far from Li Mao, Liu Fan is not afraid of his backlash, what he is even more afraid of is what he will do in the future, but this period of getting along, especially the baptism given to him by the people in the village, has also made Li Yifu a lot less resentful, at least today I saw that those old ministers who rejected him did not put on any face, which made Liu Fan feel a lot more comfortable.

At this time, the early morning wind is the most comfortable, refreshing and refreshing, so that people can quickly forget all the uncomfortable things, and then naturally enjoy the beauty brought by this season.

The green has been spread all over the pass, the willow trees by the river have been planted from this end of the village to the distance, and they will be planted again in the future, anyway, the willow trees are easy to plant, break a branch, and insert it into the ground, and it will grow in a few years.

Liu Fan was drinking tea, Ma Zhou and Li Yifu were also drinking tea, and the two were talking about the duet between Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling some time ago.

Fang Xuanling said: "Today, I will read the armor battle of the arsenal, and the victory of Sui will be far away!" ”

Li Shimin said: "Although it is important to prepare for the army, I only want to be loyal and make the people happy, which is my armor." How could Emperor Yang of Sui be deficient in the first battle? is not cultivated by benevolence and righteousness, and the group is resentful and rebellious. Know this! ”

This involves such a big aspect as governing the country by force or governing the country with benevolence and righteousness, and Li Shimin's proposition is also very simple, that is, we must do everything in benevolence and righteousness internally, and we must use force to govern the world externally.

Ma Zhou agreed, believing that the current Tang Dynasty can not withstand many wars, although the treasury is slowly filling, but after a big war, a year is in vain, it is better to rest and recuperate, and it is not too late to wait until the treasury is full.

Li Yifu held the opposite opinion, believing that the people of the Tang Dynasty should still take the law as the criterion, and the court should strengthen control, not only to enforce benevolent government, but also to set up more powerful offices in each state and county, so as to act as a deterrent, so that the people will not be deceived by others and rise up, until they die for unknown reasons.

Liu Fan happily watched the two of them arguing, these two guys have their own ideas on political affairs, and this kind of discussion is not once or twice, often no one can convince anyone, but as long as it involves a specific person, they will quickly reach a consensus.

"Zhang Gong estimates that it will be difficult to die well if it continues to swell!" Ma Zhou frowned and said.

Li Yifu also said: "Yes, looking at the ministers all over the world, only Zhang Gong has the most trilogies, and now he wants to get the name of that adopted son to avoid the number of trilogies, and I don't know if it's true or not, if it's true, I'm afraid that this precedent will be opened, and in the future, the nobles will all use this name to raise the trilogy, and even the dead!" ”

Ma Zhou laughed and said: "Brother Fan is still relatively low-key, the court allows the government to raise soldiers, but he has found some people who are close to forty or fifty years old, especially those who are still disabled, and they were passed down as a joke by the nobles of the capital some time ago!" ”

Li Yifu nodded and said: "Yes, although it is a joke, but it is an example, at the moment, His Majesty is determined to be in the world, and he never cares how powerful his subordinates are, as long as it is beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, he will always use it, although Brother Fan is young, but he is somewhat conservative in this matter, but there are benefits, and there will be a lot, because Brother Fan is young, when His Majesty is old, if the empire does not have the heart to fight again, then the next person in power may not let these nobles raise government soldiers!" ”

Ma Zhou looked at Liu Fan and said, "Brother Fan, you said, what is your intention in recruiting these old tribes!" ”

Li Yifu also looked at Liu Fan curiously.

Liu Fan said: "It's very simple, who can survive on the battlefield!" It must be a lucky person, because strength is only a small part of the factors on the battlefield, and these old soldiers, although they have retired from various guards, but their strength is definitely not bad, and more importantly, their luck will be even better, with so many lucky people in our family, can our family be bad? ”

Li Yifu's eyes widened and said, "It's that simple? ”

"It could be true!" Ma Zhou looked at Liu Fan with a strange expression.

Liu Fan said with a smile: "Actually, the two questions discussed by the two of you just now are very simple, the first is whether Your Majesty wants to exercise benevolent government within the empire, in my opinion, it is necessary, I have experienced the rule of the Sui Dynasty, believe it or not, some villages still don't know who the Son of Heaven is, and even think that it is possible during the reign of Liu Che, and it is the fastest way to spread His Majesty's prestige!" Not one of them! It is also the fastest way for the people to accept the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no one! ”

"Why Your Majesty and the court don't have to think about the matter of benevolent government at all, it is because the princes know that Datang is now unstable, and there are so many external troubles, as long as the external troubles are not eliminated, the country cannot be chaotic, if it is used by people with intentions, the situation that is not easy to maintain will be broken, and then the internal and external troubles, Datang will be stormy, and the price is too great!"

"Ma Zhou, your personality has always been calm, but you are too loyal, this kind of loyalty is very suitable at any time, but it is not suitable for now, what Your Majesty needs is a jackal, a leopard, a tiger, not a domestic dog, it is estimated that it will take more than ten years to be your moment to shine!"

After Liu Fan finished speaking, he looked at Li Yifu faintly, which made Li Yifu uncomfortable.