It's night.

In the courtyard of the dormitory, Li Shimin sat at the stone table and looked up at the moon.

"The moonlight is bright, but there is only one person who can walk together at night."

He sighed softly and moved his feet.

Hula, whoa.

The fragrant soup in the copper basin rippled, and the two slaves and maids, one on the left and one on the right, carefully bathed the emperor's feet.

Since the eldest grandson Wujian fell ill, Li Shimin's ability in that area has also decreased greatly, probably because he has suffered a lot of physical and mental blows.

Anyway, he doesn't like to run to concubines now, preferring to be alone.

Da-da-da.

There was a sound of footsteps.

"Son, see Father."

I saw a slender figure step forward quickly and knelt down in front of Li Shimin.

Li Shimin raised his eyes.

The young man in front of him is handsome and has an outstanding temperament, and the most important thing is that he is six or seven points similar to himself!

You must know that even the eldest son Li Chengqian is only four points like him, not to mention the little fat pig of Li Tai, the king of Wei.

"Ke'er, get up and speak."

Li Shimin raised his hand with a smile and said,

"I haven't seen you for a while, and you've grown a lot taller."

"When I see you, it's like seeing myself when I was young."

When Li Ke heard this, he didn't get up, but drove away the slave maid, and naturally held his father's feet and massaged him.

"Where can the sons and daughters be half as good as their fathers? It's just an image, and God can't learn anything. ”

He replied with a humble expression.

Li Shimin laughed.

"You, don't be presumptuous, you are good everywhere, but you lack the sharpness that a young man should have."

Li Er stroked Li Ke's hair and said earnestly,

"The word Lao Cheng shouldn't have appeared on you so early."

"When my father was as old as you, it was called a high-spirited person, and as soon as he became a soldier, he went straight to the border!"

"You have to be like this, young people should be like young people!"

As soon as Li Ke raised his head, there was a light flashing in his eyes.

"Yes, Father."

He said seriously,

"If you have the opportunity, you will do your best to fight hard and not disappoint your father."

Li Shimin nodded.

"I called you this time, and you should know what I mean."

"Your master proposed a policy, called the inner county and the outer feudal! Seal the capable people outside the Saiwai, let them go to the outside of the Saiwai to be the masters of their own affairs, and expand the territory! ”

"What do you think?"

Li Ke's expression was straight.

"Master has the talent to go through heaven and earth, and since he put it forward, it must be carefully thought out, and it must be good."

He is right,

"So, Erchen doesn't have to think about it to know that this is a good thing!"

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"You! You children, you have deified your master! ”

Li Er scolded with a smile,

"How can he be so godly? He's human too! No human being is perfect. ”

"Don't use your brain! Think about it, what is this policy? ”

Li Ke gently lifted Li Shimin's feet, dried them with a cloth, and then carefully helped his father put on his socks.

Finally, it is put into the boots, and this is considered to be the completion of the foot.

He clapped his hands, got up and said:

"Father, my son thinks that this is indeed a good thing."

"Erchen is stupid and can't see anything too far-reaching, but Erchen knows one thing, this policy can strengthen the ability to control many areas outside the Seychelles!"

"Erchen found that since the Tang Dynasty conquered the Turks, the northern frontier has been in a state of leaderlessness, so that the originally weak Xue Yantuo took the opportunity to sit big and eat a large territory of the original Turks!"

"Isn't it a pity that it was the territory that my Tang Dynasty soldiers had worked so hard to conquer, but it was cheaper for Xue Yantuo's Viga Khan?"

When Li Shimin heard this, his smile was retracted, and he nodded slightly.

"yes."

"I also noticed, but I didn't bother to bother with Xue Yantuo, after all...... I really can't control that place. ”

Governing the country is not playing, you can fight wherever you want, and where you include it in the territory, you will really be your own land.

A land so far away from Chang'an, inhabited by Hu people.

If you really want to manage it, how easy is it?

Unless you run over and sit in town!

"The land that the Tang Dynasty has brought down must not be allowed to be secretly encroached upon by Xue Yantuo!"

Li Ke said sonorously,

"But it's also true that you can't control it, after all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away."

"Therefore, Erchen thinks that Master's policy is a way to break the situation!"

"Let one or more kings with real power sit in the north of Xinjiang, and it will definitely strengthen control! Like Xue Yantuo, who secretly occupies the land of the Tang Dynasty behind his back, he has to fight him! ”

Li Shimin bowed slightly.

His gaze fell on Li Ke's body, with a bit of scrutiny.

"Ke'er, this is a big responsibility."

"Father wants you to shoulder this heavy responsibility, go to Tuyuhun to establish your own feudal country, and become the king of Tuyuhun!"

"I can also give you several pieces of land in the northeast of Tuyuhun that originally belonged to the Turks, so that you can be a king! Take care of those wolf pups! ”

"Would you, would you like to?"

Tuyuhun plus part of the Turkic lands!

Combined, this territory is almost one-fifth of Datang!

If you can actually control it, you can indeed be called a king!

Poof!

Li Ke knelt on the ground again, his eyes firm:

"Wherever the father asks the son to go, the son will go! No matter how hard and tired you are, you are not afraid! ”

"If my father is in need, my son will go to Tuyuhun and control that chaotic territory for my Tang Dynasty!"

His words made Li Shimin feel very relieved.

Look, what a good boy!

Daddy does what he wants! Is...... There is also an intimate little padded jacket in the son!

"Okay, good ......"

Li Shimin said three good things in a row, and hurriedly helped Li Ke up, and said with a straight face,

"Ke'er, you've figured it out."

"This is not a simple feud! You've got to put down roots in Tuyuhun! Just like when Jiang Ziya established the State of Qi during the Zhou Dynasty! ”

"Go, you Li Ke is the king of Tuyuhun for generations!"

"I naturally want you to go, but you have to really want to, after all, it is not the territory of the Tang people, it is full of barbarism and stubbornness."

After Li Ke heard these words, his expression was still firm.

"Erchen is willing!"

He said seriously,

"Erchen thinks he has some ability, but he has nowhere to show it!"

"This Tuyuhun is the best platform for Erchen! The more difficult it is, the more it can arouse the fighting spirit of the sons! ”

"Father, please rest assured, after the sons and daughters are gone, they will definitely take root in Tuyuhun for generations, manage it well, and let it change from a barbarian country to a kingdom of kings!"

"Just like the Qi Kingdom back then, from a wild land, it eventually became a great state of Lile!"

Li Ke's eyes surged with a strong fighting spirit!

He has the ability, so he is actually unwilling to be just a pleasure vassal king, but he is not qualified to be an emperor.

If you can't go up or down, you'll get stuck there, and it's very uncomfortable!

But now, with an opportunity to display his ambitions and the means of statecraft, how can he not be excited?

In a sense, to be the king of Tuyuhun is to tear the soil and seal the territory!

Although the environment is a little harsh, the people are a little more stubborn and barbaric......

But that's not a problem!

As long as he has a territory of his own, he has the confidence to run it well!

"Good! He is worthy of my son! ”

Li Shimin stroked his palms and praised,

"Ke'er, you are the most like me! Without...... Hey, don't say anything else! ”

"Since you are willing, then the father will definitely give you the greatest support! In the early days, soldiers and horses, grain and grass, wealth and silk, tell your father what you need, and your father will arrange all for you! ”

"As long as you gain a firm foothold in Tuyuhun and let the local indigenous barbarians subdue you, it will be considered a success!"

"Yes, Father." Li Ke's expression moved, and he nodded.

Or what?

The father didn't continue, so naturally he wouldn't ask.

However, he also knows...... It should be my own bloodline.

It's not from the queen, it's already good to have the opportunity now.

"Today, your mother still came to me to make trouble, afraid that you would suffer hardship, afraid that you would suffer."

Li Shimin snorted lightly,

"She's a woman, and she doesn't understand my overall strategy at all!"

"Besides, how can my son be a mediocre man? How can it be a happy man who eats and drinks together? ”

"It's okay to say that you are incompetent, you happen to be a talented person, just be an idle prince, I'm afraid you will feel sorry in your heart, right?"

Li Ke's expression tightened.

"The father is angry, and the mother is worried about the chaos."

He hurriedly said,

"Erchen will go and talk to her tomorrow and explain the stakes clearly, and she will naturally understand."

"The mother concubine has never been an ignorant person, on the contrary, she often advises her sons to share their father's worries more."

When Li Shimin heard this, he nodded.

"It's better for you to talk to her, so you don't have to come here to make trouble."

Li Ke's filial piety, he saw it in his eyes, and he was also pleased in his heart.

I really can't fault this kid.

No wonder Xu Fenglei would say that if Li Ke was born by the queen, he would not object to him being the prince.

Hum.

If Ke'er is Guanyin's child, what else can there be with Li Chengqian and Li Tai?

Unfortunately, it can't be replaced.

"I'm a little sleepy, you can go back and rest."

Li Shimin instructed the slave and maid to pour out the water for washing their feet, and said,

"You go back and think about it, and plan everything that should be planned."

"From this moment on, my father will hand over Tuyuhun to you! I don't care! If you want anything you want, write a note and submit it, and I just need to approve it, regardless of anything else! ”

"Ke'er, be more attentive and give me a fight! Do this great thing well! ”

Although the holy decree has not yet been issued, at this moment, Li Ke is already the actual king of Tuyuhun!

Moreover, it is not the kind of feudal king who only enjoys food, but the real king of real power, the kind of military, political and financial affairs with one hand!

It can be said that Li Ke is an experimental product.

If he succeeds, it will mean that this policy of 'inner counties and counties, outer feudalism' can be implemented, and then there will be no more resistance from the DPRK and China, and the policy can be implemented on a large scale!

Li Shimin naturally has high hopes and hopes that he will succeed.

"Erchen takes orders!"

Li Ke said respectfully,

"When the son goes back, he will seriously think about the way to govern the country! If you have any need, you will definitely show your father! ”

"The retainers retired."

After that, he saluted Li Shimin and turned to leave.

Li Shimin looked at his back and couldn't help but praise.

"Good son, it's really like me, it's really good......"

He sighed,

"Ke'er, Ke'er, although you can't succeed to the throne, you can also break out of the world by going to Tuyuhun!"

"Around you, there are Tibetans, Western Turks, and even Xue Yantuo...... As long as you have the ability, there is still a lot of room to show your strengths! ”

Even if it is to split the territory and seal the land outside the Saiwai, Li Shimin is more inclined to seal it to his son!

Those capable ministers have been divided, and maybe after a few generations they will be separated from morality!

But a prince like Li Ke is different, no matter how much he deviates, what flows in his body is still the blood of the Li family, it is his blood!

Even if he rebels in the future, it will be his blood!

This idea is the same as Liu Bang...... If it is not King Liu Buwang, no matter how you toss it, the world is still the world of the Liu family, and the future emperors are still his bloodline.

However, it is a pity.

It is difficult to get a foothold when going out, there are not many people in Li Tang's royal family who have the ability to be the king, and even fewer of his own bloodlines can be in charge alone.

"Well, I'll have to think about it."

Li Shimin suddenly thought of something and muttered,

"You have to plan the grade of the sub-seal."

"Like Ke'er, you can naturally obtain the land of Tuyuhun and even a larger territory. But if it is a duke or a marquis, the feudal kingdom will inevitably shrink. ”

"You can't mess around, you have a charter ......"

His mind began to calculate.

And at this moment, a figure appeared.

"Your Majesty."

A shrill voice came,

"There's nothing going on in the palace today."

"It's just that over there in the East Palace, Helan Chushi, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, closed the door and talked about something with His Royal Highness the Prince, and I don't know what they talked about."

This is an old eunuch.

However, he should not be underestimated.

Li Shimin has three major intelligence networks, foreign affairs are under the control of the eldest grandson Wuji, and internal affairs are in charge of this grandfather-in-law.

There is also a war news network, and there is another person secretly in charge.

"Hmm...... Well? ”

Li Shimin was thinking about things, and he was perfunctory at random.

But in the next second, he came back to his senses.

"Helan Chushi? Talk about things behind closed doors with the prince? ”

Li Er frowned and said,

"What are they going to talk about? Why close the doors? ”

The big and small things in the palace are actually under his control! Only in this way can Li Shimin feel at ease.

He doesn't allow things to happen out of his control in some dark corners!

Therefore, Grandpa Sun's words touched his nerves!

"The old slave doesn't know."

Grandpa Sun said in a low voice,

"The old slave is going to check?"

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, his eyes flickering.

He thought of the information given by the eldest grandson Wuji during the day, and a few not-so-good thoughts suddenly came to his mind.

The next second, he shook his head. "With the character of Chengqian, he does not dare to do disobedient things."

Li Shimin muttered,

"However, we still have to check it."

"You investigate secretly, it's best to know what they talked about, and if you really can't find out, then pay close attention to Helan Chushi's movements."

"In addition, send an edict to the eldest grandson Wuji, just talk about the incident during the day today, and ask him to have a snack to investigate."

"Yes." Father-in-law Sun respectfully accepted the order, turned around and retreated gently.

(End of chapter)