In the Zichen Palace, Li Xuan stood below with his hands arched.

On the imperial couch above, the emperor and the empress sat at the same time, and in front of the side, stood the crown prince Li Xian.

Li Zhi wore a dragon robe with gold silk on a black background and a black hat, pushed the notebook in his hand forward, looked at Li Xuan with some amusement, and said, "Do you want the crown prince Na Silla and the princess of the Wa Kingdom to be side concubines?" ”

Li Xuan arched his hand with a wry smile on his face and said, "For the sake of the country, please also ask the prince to sacrifice." ”

Li Xian stood to the side, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

Empress Wu nodded calmly and said: "Qin and Han all have the matter of the prince and daughter of Dongdao entering the palace as a concubine, if Yang Guang of the former Sui can be more patient, and the princess of Nadong Island is a concubine, the world of the Great Sui will not collapse so early." ”

Li Zhi understood what Empress Wu meant, after all, the Great Sui had not been a few years now, and finally Li Zhi nodded and said: "Now that the Tubo War is imminent, Dongdao needs stability, Nasila and the princess of the Wa are concubines, and if you do it well, in a few decades, Dongdao will be stable, but ......"

Speaking of this, Li Zhi leaned forward slightly, looked at Li Xuan, and said in a deep voice: "The Silla people have always been repeated, Twenty-Seven Lang, this is what you said, I can see it, and you are also guarding against this matter, so you want to take Jeju Island, but the concession period is ...... until the death of the Silla princess."

Regarding the fate of the princess of Silla, Li Zhi was not very confident.

After all, there are few daughters-in-law in his family who can live for many years.

"If you die of illness, let them send another one over, and if you come, you will continue to rent, if you don't come, you will fight." Empress Wu answered directly, and her tone was fierce.

Empress Wu looked at Li Xuan and nodded, then turned sideways at Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, when the matter of Tubo is over, I am still afraid of fighting Silla?" ”

Li Zhi glanced at Empress Wu in some surprise and said, "Mei Niang's words are very impressive, Twenty-seven Lang, what do you think?" ”

Li Xuan arched his hand with a solemn expression and said: "Your Majesty, the concession of Jeju Island is only one of them, and the other two, when there are more people in Silla in our dynasty, there will be people in Silla who will ask for Silla to be officials, and the king of Silla will definitely not allow it. ”

"I remember that you mentioned this matter once that most talents in Silla were not used by it, and they wanted to use the imperial examination method to cause civil strife in Silla in one fell swoop." Li Zhi nodded, pressed his forehead slightly, and said with a cautious expression: "I have consulted a few ministers, although the cause of the fall of the former Sui and the imperial examination is not big, it is not completely unrelated, after Yang Guang's accident, the family has to do with it. ”

"My honey, his poison." Empress Wu answered, nodded, and said: "Silla is chaotic in the country, and it is difficult for the imperial examination to govern its country, but it is easy to cause civil strife. ”

Li Xuan was shocked in his heart, he originally thought that he would have to try to persuade these things, but he didn't expect that the emperor and the martial queen would be able to see through them all.

After a little thought, Li Xuan continued: "The Silla imperial examination is only one of them, if our dynasty can recognize its imperial examination system, which is equivalent to my Chaozhou county and township examination, then Silla talents can be used by our dynasty, and in other days, if the Silla royal family is the heir, our dynasty can also choose its royal daughter and descendant, and return to Silla to inherit the throne......"

"In this way, without the need to use troops, the kingdom can be completely destroyed." Empress Wu glanced at Li Xuan in surprise, then looked at Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, so be it." ”

Li Zhi's face was a little strange, and finally he sighed lightly and said, "Okay, so be it, it seems that I have no hope of seeing the destruction of Silla in my lifetime." ”

"Your Majesty!" Li Xuan, Li Xian, hurry up.

Li Zhi waved his hand indifferently, and said: "The matter of the garrison on Jeju Island, now that the Tang Dynasty is on the side of Tubo, I am afraid that Silla will not have the strength to spare!" ”

"Your Majesty, you don't need to send many sailors to the front in the early stage, send a caravan to explore in the early stage, and build a house, the minister remembers that the Shen family in Yangzhou has a very deep business relationship with the Silla Wa Kingdom, and arranges some soldiers to mix into the caravan, first, to hide the vision of the King of Silla, and second, to check whether Silla will move troops in spring and summer through the caravan."

"Yangzhou Shen family, the one related to Li Jingye, right?" The corners of Li Zhi's mouth brought out a sneer.

It was not easy for Li Sui to defeat Baekje and Goguryeo, but his grandson used this military route to engage in business.

If it is meritorious to the country, it is fine, but it is all for personal gain.

"Okay, I'll arrange for Yangzhou to follow up." Li Zhi pressed his brows and said: "It seems that the post of governor of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor, Shi, can really not be delayed. ”

The history of the governor of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has been vacant since Dou Xuande was transferred to the head of the household department.

Li Zhi originally wanted to wait, but now that there are so many things in Dongdao, he really has to send someone to watch.

"Your Majesty, there is one of the concubines to recommend." Empress Wu opened his mouth at this time, Li Zhi and Li Xian turned their heads at the same time, only Li Xuan lowered his eyebrows, as if everything had nothing to do with him, and listened to Empress Wu continue: "Your Majesty, how about sealing the words?" ”

Feng Yan said, the eldest princess of Huainan is a concubine, the Duke of Miguo, and now she is the son of Cangzhou Thorn Shi, so the prime minister, Zhongshu Ling, and the Duke of Mi Guo Feng Deyi.

Li Zhi hesitated a little and looked up at Empress Wu.

As if she knew that Li Zhi was worried, Empress Wu smiled lightly and said, "Your Majesty, the Duke of Mi Guo is already sixty years old, and if he is raised in Yangzhou for a few years and transferred back to the center, he can consider enjoying his old age in peace." ”

Li Zhi's expression immediately lit up, and then he nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's it." ”

Li Xuan stood below and kept his head down.

Over the years, Feng Yandao has served as the governor of Bianzhou, Ningzhou, Qizhou, Qizhou, Jinzhou, Qianzhou, Guangzhou, Cangzhou, etc., but there is no hope for the center to be the prime minister.

After a few years, it may not be necessary to be transferred back to the center, but it will only take a few years to make it prosperous.

In this way, it can also win over and appease the princesses and people of the family involved in the East China Sea King incident.

But is that really all there is to it?

Could it be that Feng Yandao has already gone through the road of the martial arts?

Will this affect your layout in the southeast?

The thoughts in Li Xuan's heart flashed, and the whole person immediately relaxed.

Because of this matter, the first person who needs to be nervous is not him, it is the emperor.

The emperor must have the means to check and balance.

If the emperor has no means to check and balance, then Li Xuan can only believe that he is blind, and when the time comes, he will be able to use means again.

"In this case, Twenty-Seven Lang, after you go back, let the Silla envoy send a messenger to send a message to Silla, and it will be March soon." Li Zhi turned his head to look at Li Xuan, his expression solemn.

Li Xuan immediately bowed his hand solemnly and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Twenty-seven Lang, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, is still doing well, and a marriage will ease the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Silla. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is also helpless, the Wa Kingdom seems to be respectful and humble, but if he really wants to send a large army to fight Silla, the minister may not be willing to see it." Li Xuan glanced up at Li Xian and arched his hand slightly.

"It's okay, these are trivial things, and the prince won't care." Li Zhi glanced sideways at Li Xian with a smile on his face.

Li Xian immediately bowed helplessly, however, when he bowed, he didn't see a trace of coldness in Li Zhi's eyes.

Turning around, Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan solemnly and asked: "Twenty-seven Lang, the matter of the Silla Kingdom is so decisive, so what about the matter of Tubo, I can see that you are looking for the deeper eyeline of the envoy of the Tubo State in the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Yes!" Li Xuan bowed shallowly, and said with a solemn expression: "Tubo has been founded for many years, and when Taizong was in the Dynasty, he established diplomatic relations with our dynasty, and there was a matter of Princess Wencheng, but later Songtsan Gampo died of illness, and his son Mangsong Mangzan ascended the throne, and the relationship with our dynasty turned bad. ”

After a pause, Li Xuan followed closely and said: "Recently, although there is a matter of the king of the East China Sea, it is just one of the many eyeliners that Tubo is watching the court, and in Chang'an, there must be more hidden eyeliners, either for the Tubo envoy to grasp, or not for the Tubo envoy to grasp, once the secret is leaked, it will immediately be a thorn in the back." ”

Li Zhi nodded solemnly and said: "Yes, what you said is reasonable, in this case, you can go and investigate, anyway, to investigate this matter, it is also within the authority of Honglu Temple, and I will send Qianniu Wei to help." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Xuan let out a long sigh of relief.

"But before the army leaves, you'll have to find the people." Empress Wu suddenly added a sentence, which stuck Li Xuan's retreat.

Li Xuan's figure paused slightly, and then he solemnly arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the queen of heaven will definitely live up to expectations." ”

"Hmm!" Li Zhi laughed, broke up the solemn atmosphere in the hall, waved his hand and said, "You go, Twenty-seven Lang." Xian'er, send you twenty-seven Uncle Wang. ”

"Whoa!" Li Xian immediately bowed, then walked down the steps, and arched his hand at Li Xuan: "Uncle Wang, please!" ”

"Don't dare." Li Xuan hurriedly bowed his hand, and then said to the Empress Wu and the emperor: "Your Majesty, the Queen of Heaven, the minister retires." ”

……

In the main hall, Li Zhi closed his eyes slightly, and said softly at the same time: "Twenty-seven Lang can see this." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Empress Wu sighed lightly and said, "Ming Qing has been investigating for a long time, but the person who leaked secrets in the DPRK still hasn't been found, it's really strange." ”

The East China Sea King's Wushengdao personnel in Chang'an were basically wiped out.

Almost all of the ministers in the court related to Prince Yin are in other states, and a few are in the court, and after strict investigation, it has been determined that they have nothing to do with the king of the East China Sea.

Then the question arises, for many years, the king of the East China Sea has known a lot about the affairs of the court, and even some things cannot even be heard of by Li Xuan and Ming Chongyan, where are such people hiding.

"Check it, if these people want to play a role now, they always have to contact the Tubo people, and if you check from this line, you may really be able to find out something." Li Zhi nodded with a heavy face.

Then, Li Zhi sighed softly and said: "Twenty-seven Lang has a lot of intentions, and he doesn't even want people to see it, Xian'er!" ”

"It is said that Silla is gentle, and maybe she can hold Hyun'er's heart." Empress Wu clapped her hands gently.

The prince of a country, in addition to the ability to govern the country, the most important thing is to have the ability to pass on the country.

Although Li Xian is young, he has been married for several years, if it is said that his efforts have not been effective, then it is okay, find a famous medicine to make up.

But if he is not even willing to work hard, then what is the use of him, the crown prince, even if he becomes an emperor in the future.

"There is also the matter of the front line, if Qinling really arrives at the front line, then the front line will immediately become nervous." Li Zhi reopened Li Xuan's notebook, looking at his speculation on the Qin Tomb above, with a solemn expression.

Empress Wu sat aside, her face equally solemn.

(End of chapter)