Inside the upper study.

"Your Majesty, see Your Majesty."

The eldest grandson Wuji walked in front of Li Shimin and saluted respectfully.

Li Shimin showed a gentle smile, where is there such a wild and extreme appearance just now?

"Sit, sit."

"Auxiliary, you sit."

He asked again and again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The eldest grandson Wuji sat down in response and looked at Li Shimin.

"Auxiliary, when the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty fiercely opposed my imperial conquest and the command of the sailors, you were not led astray by them, but had your own opinions."

Li Shimin praised,

"This is commendable!"

"Looking at the entire court, only you and Xu Fenglei can keep this calm and not follow the crowd."

The eldest grandson Wuji raised his eyes and said:

"Your Majesty has praised falsely, but a minister is just doing what a courtier should do."

"The minister knows very well that quarrels will not solve the problem, but will make the court chaotic."

"When there is a disagreement between His Majesty's thoughts and the thoughts of the ministers, as a scholar, there is only one thing the ministers have to do, that is, to resolve the differences and find a plan that is not only in line with His Majesty's ideas, but also can be supported by the ministers."

"The minister is ashamed, this plan was still thought up by the Taishi, and the minister just echoed it, and it is not worthy of His Majesty's praise."

After hearing the words, Li Shimin nodded again and again, and gave a thumbs up!

"Good, good!"

Li Er praised,

"You already have the bearing of the first assistant, the wisdom of the first assistant!"

"Auxiliary, you know, I have never been a reckless person, since I decided to go to Goguryeo, I naturally want to arrange the court properly."

"This time, I plan to let the crown prince supervise the country, which can be regarded as letting him experience it and enhance some of his ability to govern."

"After all, I'm getting old...... I can't live in a few years, I have to let this child grow up quickly, I can rest assured! ”

As he spoke, he stroked his beard.

Li Shimin is not yet fifty, but his hair is already a little white.

Being a Ming Jun is really life-burning...... This time I have to go to war, which is an extremely laborious job.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is now burning his life to pave the way for his son and finally enjoy himself.

"Your Majesty......"

"You...... Don't say that, you're less than fifty......"

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little sad, and his voice trembled slightly.

"Okay, okay, don't talk about this uselessness."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said,

"Get down to business."

"Now that the crown prince is in charge of the country, I must arrange for a competent and reliable minister to assist him in all government affairs."

"Do you have any recommendations?"

The eldest grandson Wuji wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said without thinking:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Fang Xuanling is the most suitable."

"Fang Xiang is old and steady, conscientious, if the prince has his assistance, he will definitely not make mistakes."

Li Shimin smiled.

"Fang Xuanling...... Yes good. ”

He stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and said with a smile,

"But this time, I'll choose you."

"Your talent is not under Fang Xuanling! Coupled with the fact that you and the young slave have always been close, and the relationship between your nephew and uncle is very good, I don't have to worry about friction and conflict between you at all. ”

"So, it's perfect for you to be this auxiliary minister!"

The eldest grandson Wuji was shocked!

That breakfast this morning was the one that changed the trajectory of his life!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your guidance!

The position of the first assistant, he got it - Wuhu!

The eldest grandson Wuji's heart was extremely excited, but after all, he was born in Tiance Mansion, and his acting skills were completely unpickable.

I saw that his expression was solemn, and he bowed down and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister does not dare to take on this heavy responsibility! The minister is not shirking...... The minister is really afraid that he will not do well and will bear the trust of His Majesty! ”

The more you want it, the more you can't show the look you want.

When dealing with the emperor, pulling is the most important thing.

If you don't pull and pull a few times, the emperor will not be relieved to hand over the burden.

"Eh, when did you go wrong? If you want to say that there are few people in the world who can completely reassure me, your eldest grandson Wuji must be counted as one! ”

Li Shimin encouraged,

"Believe in yourself!"

"Do it well, let the ministers in the court take a look, let the people of the world see, Datang is not only Fang Xuanling who can carry the burden!"

"Your eldest grandson Wuji also has the ability to dominate the world!"

The eldest grandson Wuji was shocked.

"Yes! Your Majesty values the ministers so much, and the ministers are grateful! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will do his best to assist the prince in managing the government well! ”

"Minister, obey!"

His tone was sonorous, and he bowed deeply to Li Shimin.

"Well, good...... With your words, I will have no worries about fighting on the front line. ”

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile,

"Sit, sit."

"Come on, call the prince."

The waiter left, and after a while, Li Zhi walked into the upper study.

"See Father."

"I've seen my uncle."

He was very well-behaved, and when he came up, he saluted the two of them squarely.

"The prince is well." The eldest grandson Wuji quickly got up and returned the salute.

"Let's be flat."

Li Shimin beckoned to Li Zhi, pulled his arm and pointed at the eldest grandson Wuji and said:

"Childish slave, my father will go out to fight in a while."

"At that time, the Tang Dynasty will be in charge of the country by you, and my father will arrange for your uncle to be your first assistant."

"You have to ask for advice on everything, and if you don't know anything, don't understand, or can't make up your mind, you have to ask your uncle for his opinion, and discuss it with him to make a decision."

"Got it?"

Li Zhi nodded obediently.

"Yes, Father."

He looked at Li Shimin and couldn't help but say,

"Father...... Can you not go on the expedition? ”

"The child will miss you, and he won't be able to sleep when he thinks about you...... What to do? ”

When Li Shimin heard this, his heart melted, and he hurriedly said:

"Childish slave, my father will also miss you, and when the time comes, my father will write to you every day, and we will chat every day, okay?"

"Hmmm! Then we'll make up our minds! When Li Zhi heard this, he smiled and nodded contentedly.

Li Shimin also smiled and touched his head.

The warmth between the father and son made the whole study warm.

Li Shimin's favorite child now is Li Zhi, and this love is far beyond the original love for Li Tai.

Here, not only because he is both a father and a mother, taking care of the children in person, but also because Li Zhi is well-behaved and caring, more like a caring little padded jacket than a girl.

In terms of filial piety, I am afraid that no one in this world can compare to Li Zhi!

"Uncle."

Li Zhi turned to the eldest grandson Wuji and arched his hand, and said respectfully,

"The child must listen to his uncle more and ask his uncle's opinion first for everything."

The eldest grandson Wuji waved his hand again and again, and said:

"Don't dare, don't dare, everything still listens to the prince's opinion, the minister is just assisting from the side and giving some advice."

Having said that, his heart was already full of joy.

As soon as the old emperor leaves, isn't this little prince easy to handle?

When the time comes, he will be the only one in this Taiji Palace!

The eldest grandson Wuji thought about it beautifully, but he didn't notice Li Zhi's harmless face, and his eyes were gloomy......

……

Three months later.

As soon as the emperor's edict was promulgated, it was a conscription mobilization in full swing!

The conscription of the Tang Dynasty was completely different from that of the Sui Dynasty.

The Sui Dynasty fought Goguryeo, and the people sang the 'Song of Death in the Waves of Liaodong' to oppose the conquest.

The Tang Dynasty fought Goguryeo, good guy, it was gongs and drums, firecrackers were ringing in unison, and the red flag was waving, it was a sea of people! A large group of men are crowded in the conscription office, and they will not give up if they do not register!

To put it mildly, so many strong men every day are about to blow up the dry toilet at the head of the village.

This is not because Li Shimin's charm is too strong, but because ...... Datang is really profitable to be a soldier! It is an upward channel that ordinary people can really see and touch!

has military merits, he is really cashing in!

There's loot, he's really divided!

Being a soldier in Datang, especially when a wartime soldier, is really in response to the sentence 'fight hard, rich for three generations'! Definitely not a scam!

Of course...... There was this weather in the early Tang Dynasty.

In a few decades or hundreds of years, it will become a different bird.

……

Tai Chi Palace.

In the martial arts arena, a young man rode on a horse, galloping back and forth, and the arrows in his hands were like meteors, shooting in a row!

Poof!

Puff puff!

Every arrow hits the heart!

"Good!"

Li Shimin couldn't help but applaud and praised,

"Good job!"

"I have the style of the past! Oh no, I didn't have you back then! ”

"With another fierce general, you can kill indiscriminately among thousands of troops!"

"Come on, come down, come down, rest for a while, your body has just recovered, don't be too tired."

At this moment, Li Er did not hesitate to praise Li Chengqian, as if he wanted to make up for all the praise that was lacking in the past.

"Hey ......"

Li Chengqian put away his bow and arrows, wiped a handful of sweat, and showed a little pride on his face.

Syllable!

He instantly turned over and dismounted, and saluted Li Shimin.

"Sit, sit."

Li Shimin took his hand and said affectionately,

"Eat some pastry...... Oh yes, I remember you can't eat anything too sweet, don't eat it? ”

Li Chengqian put down his bow and arrow and shook his head.

"I don't need it now, in the past few years, I have trekked through mountains and rivers, walked barefoot on mountain roads, walked well on my feet, and my illness is gone."

He laughed,

"Yesterday, Grandpa Sun helped Erchen see it, and now he is in great health, and there is nothing wrong with him at all!"

"It seems that Erchen should retire early, that position is not Erchen's, and if you keep occupying it, you can only torture it all the time. After letting go, Erchen really felt unprecedented relief. ”

Seeing Li Chengqian's radiant spirits, Li Shimin couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder, and exclaimed:

"Yes, yes!"

"That's you! I am a good Chengqian, you should be so vibrant! ”

"I heard you wrote a travelogue? Show me? ”

Li Chengqian didn't hesitate, quickly took out a thin book from his arms, handed it over and said:

"It's not finished yet, in the land of Kyushu, Erchen barely walked through, but there are still some important monuments that I haven't gotten to."

"There are also outside the Saiwai and the desert, and the ministers in those places want to go and see it, and they are all written in!"

"Traveling all over the world and recording it all, this is the long-cherished wish of the son!"

Crash.

Li Shimin gently turned a page.

"Then you're afraid that you won't be able to finish this life, your master said that Datang only accounts for less than 10% of the world."

He smiled and groaned,

"The Western Regions alone are bigger than the Tang Dynasty."

When Li Chengqian heard this, he didn't care at all.

"Then keep walking, always on the road!"

"Walking all over Qingshan, people are not old!"

He's a ranger, and he's already addicted.

"This is a good handwriting, and I yearn for it!"

Li Shimin flipped a few pages, gave a word of approval, and then closed it lightly, and said with a smile,

"You've got a good idea, you've been traveling the world."

"However, my father's side is experiencing a little difficulty, and I may need your help."

"I wonder if you'd like to?"

Now Li Shimin will no longer use a tough command tone to talk to Li Chengqian, but use a consultative, even low-profile tone to communicate.

This kind of attitude is naturally very comfortable for Li Chengqian.

"Father, please speak."

Li Chengqian did not hesitate and said decisively,

"As long as Erchen can help, Erchen will do his best!"

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction.

"You know, since your master exterminated the Turks, the settlement of the Turks has become a problem, and the large land in the north has also become a difficult point for me to deal with."

He sighed softly,

"In that vast wilderness, I really can't divide the energy, nor can I distinguish the population to operate, to develop, and even to garrison troops is very difficult, because it is really too big."

"People say that they don't when they occupy the pit, but it's ugly, it's hard for us to even occupy the pit."

"Such a fertile grassland, the surrounding countries are eyeing each other, if we don't occupy it, it will naturally be occupied by those nomads, Xue Yantuo is like this......"

"In just over ten years, they have occupied half of the territory of the former Turks, and they have become a behemoth in northern Xinjiang!"

"This is really a headache for my father......"

After listening carefully, Li Chengqian's brows were already furrowed.

"That's our Tang land, why did he Xue Yantuo occupy it?"

"They must be spit out! Or, destroy them! ”

Li Shimin snorted.

"It should be destroyed, but destroying them is also a symptom rather than a cure. When the time comes, Xue Yantuo will be destroyed, and the Western Turks will come to get involved again, and the Khitan will also want to get a piece of the pie. ”

He said in a deep voice,

"In the end, they still invaded it!"

"So, I want to cure the root cause! It is necessary to solve the problem from the source, benefit and develop the Turkic lands! ”

Li Chengqian has some understanding.

"What does my father mean...... Do you want your sons to go to northern Xinjiang to gain a foothold, like Li Ke, to set a royal banner and run the Turkic homeland into a feudal country? ”

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and said with some earnestness:

"That's right! My father wants you to be the king of the old Turkic land and establish your own feudal state! And your task is to manage the northern frontier well and resist the invasion and occupation of Xue Yantuo, Khitan and other countries! ”

"Father and the imperial court will provide all the support you need!"

"Would you, would you like to?"

As soon as the question came out, Li Er was a little nervous.

Cheng Qian had just unloaded a heavy load...... Will he be willing to take on a new burden?

However, to Li Shimin's expectations, Li Chengqian didn't even think about it, and nodded directly without thinking:

"It is not only for the father and the emperor to share the worries, but also to contribute to the country, and the sons and ministers are duty-bound!"

(End of chapter)