Chapter 472

Late at night, Li Jing, the Duke of Wei, was in the mansion.

Li Shimin and Li Jing are sitting opposite each other. Between them is an antique tea tray with a delicate fragrance. Under the reflection of the oil lamp, the faces of the monarch and the minister were a little dignified.

"Pharmacist, what do you want to do now?" Li Shimin asked with a worried face, "if I don't want you to live in peace in your old age, it's just that it's hard for me to decide."

"Hou Junji..." Li Jing sighed, stroked his beard, shook his head, and said, "if the sword has two blades, you can kill yourself. Seven years ago, the old minister asserted that sooner or later this man would go on the wrong road. Therefore, when he taught him the art of war, he had some reservations. Therefore, he was still worried about it and cut off contact with him. "

"This is it. What can I do?" Li Shimin sighed and said, "I haven't announced the news in public. But I believe it won't be long before it will be known all over the country. At that time, the people of the world did not blame Hou Junji for the resentment of the western Xinjiang rebellion? ——That is to blame Qin mubai! "

Li Jing's snow-white eyebrows slightly twisted, heart: listen to your Majesty's voice, obviously want to protect or protect Qin mubai. It's not surprising that Qin mubai was young and promising. It is against your Majesty's original intention to let him suffer a great crime at this time. After all, it's not easy to cultivate a young talent and a rising star, but it's quite easy to destroy a young man's reputation. But for such a big mistake, someone has to come out to take responsibility. In this way, Hou Junji is sure to die! presumably. Hou Junji also figured out this layer, and then he made a move, which is really in line with his character!

"Your Majesty, I think what we have to do now is how to make decisions and react militarily." Li Jing said, "regardless of the cause and effect, Hou Junji has led 50000 people to the plateau. No matter how he wins or loses, there will be a bloodbath on the plateau, killing countless people. From Hou Junji's killing prisoners with his sword, there was a complete break between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and there was no possibility of peace. Therefore, in fact, it was Hou Junji who made a return to the throne for his majesty and became the home of the Tang Dynasty - completely ending the way back to the alliance. "

"It's not Hou Junji who cut off the way back, it's garqin mausoleum! Hou Junji just caused this situation by accident, and the wild man who advocated hegemonism, garqin mausoleum, did it deliberately! " Li Shimin twisted his eyebrows, and his eyes showed a sharp light. He said, "if he dares to slaughter the city in Taozhou, he is the first year of junior high school, but Hou Junji is only the 15th. From then on, I felt that the time of decisive battle between the two countries had come. However, Hou Junji may not know about the massacre of garqin mausoleum, and he also killed the prisoners for other purposes. This also marks the complete break between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. Sooner or later, we will fight for survival. I just don't know if it's time for a decisive battle; if so, how to fight it? I'd like to ask the pharmacist for advice. "

Li Jing bent over and bowed his hands in a hurry, "I dare not!"

"It's OK for the pharmacist to speak up."

"Your Majesty, are you considering whether to fight in person?" Li Jing asked.

"Exactly." Li Shimin nodded, "but I've already gone back once. If I bring up the old story again, I'm afraid it will make people laugh. But who should I appoint for such a huge national war? ——Qin mubai, after all, is still young. From the matter of using Hou Junji, I can see that he is still a little young and frivolous. Not to mention Hou Junji's temperament and ability, Qin mubai shouldn't use him at this time just by looking at his resume background. It's a big risk! "

"Indeed..." Li Jing felt a little nervous, so he had to follow the emperor's advice and said, "mubai, after all, is still a little tender."

Both of them didn't put their words into practice, which meant that Hou Junji was removed from the imperial court for suspected rebellion in the eastern palace. On the surface, this matter is manipulated by Chang sun Wuji, but how dare Chang sun Wuji act arbitrarily without the emperor's acquiescence behind the scenes? ——Isn't this against the emperor?

If Qin mubai had a clear background, a clear stand, and was deeply trusted by the emperor, the mere use of Hou Junji would be enough for him to be seized by his political opponents and beaten to death.

It's very dangerous for the government to draw a clear line between surrender and treason.

Now, Hou Junji has made a big mistake again. Even if the emperor was willing to take sides with Qin mubai, I'm afraid it's hard to hide the people's mouths. At this time, Li Shimin was worried about how to convince the public to hand over the commanding power of the "national war" to Qin mubai. After all, Qin mubai was not the only one in the imperial court!

Li Jing. I chewed every word in Li Shimin's words, and my heart was like a mirror. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Your Majesty, let me go."

"No, no!" Li Shimin quickly waved his hand, "you are old and ill. How can I make you work hard on the expedition? ——Pharmacist, don't get me wrong. I'm not here to ask you out of the mountain. Let's be clear. I want you to recommend a commander. This person can be anyone in the Imperial Army, including me. "

Li Jing frowned slightly, looked deep, pondered for a long time, and shook his head: "there is no suitable person.""None of them?" Li Shimin was a little surprised, "including me?"

"No Li Jing shook his head.

"Why?" Li Shimin never gave up.

"The way to defeat is to be suspicious and timid. Even his Majesty was so hesitant and hesitant before the war, and he was worried about gain and loss. Who else dares to shoulder the responsibility After Li Jing said that, he quickly bent over and arched his hand. "I'll be honest and say that I'm against the dragon's face. I hope your majesty will forgive me!"

"The pharmacist is not guilty." Li Shimin felt like a dream. He shot his forehead twice and sighed, "I really think too much this time! How firm and persistent I was when I fought with the Turkic Khanate. After so many years, have I become timid and cowardly? "

"No. Your majesty is still the ambitious emperor of the Tang Dynasty and Tianhe Khan. " Li Jing arched his hand and said, "it's not all war that makes your majesty hesitant and hesitant."

Li Shimin's eyebrows jumped lightly. Acquiescently nodded.

Li Jing's words can be said to hit the nail on the head and pierce Li Shimin's heart.

In his early years, when he fought against the Turkic khanate, Li Shimin had just ascended the throne. At that time, he was not a very glorious emperor who killed his brother and brother to force his father to ascend the throne. Internally, he wanted to buy people's hearts, consolidate the throne, eliminate the clique of the hidden prince, and externally, he wanted to fight against the powerful Turkic cavalry. It can be said that he has been up all night and worked hard.

However, all these are actually external difficulties, which can be solved as long as efforts are made. And these difficulties all add up to, also can't compare with the hidden trouble inside the court hall now.

This hidden danger is related to the future of the Tang Dynasty - the battle for the crown prince.

Moreover, this hidden danger can not be solved by hard work. After the prince was deposed. The East Palace has always been vacant. Even Li Shimin himself can't decide who should take over his country in the future. To be more clear, what kind of route will Datang follow in the future, and which political group will decide the fate of Datang?!

Do you want to continue to forge ahead and glorify the Tang Dynasty, or do you want to continue the legacy of Zhenguan? ——The literal choice is undoubtedly the choice of the former. However, the difficulty of the former is more than 100 times that of the latter.

More importantly. There is no such successor or auxiliary political group in Li Shimin's vision!

In the final analysis, in Li Shimin's heart, the grand plan of the western regions was not just to control the territory or to seek commercial profits on the silk road. Otherwise, it would not be cost-effective to pay such a heavy war price. Li Shimin. Because of the mental skill of an emperor, he clearly realized that the civil service group above the court had been in full control of the mouthpiece, and the power was in the hands of the government and the opposition. He is still in power. As soon as I give the land to my son on the funeral day, who can control this completely one-sided court?

At that time, is it his own son or those literary ministers?

The development of the great plan of the western regions. An important reason is to promote the military's strength in the DPRK, so as to achieve a civil military balance and restrain each other, so as to facilitate his successor's flexible control in the future.

There was no mistake in this starting point, which has always been the case with kings. Many people realized the emperor's intention.

However, there is something unexpected to Li Shimin now - if the war with Tubo continues, the Tang Dynasty may not be separated from the war in the next few years. Not to mention how long the war with Tubo lasted. Even if Zanpu abandoned Zong Zan, who captured Tubo like he did in those years, because of geography, weather and many other reasons, it is far more difficult to completely pacify the plateau than to clean up the grassland in those years.

What's more, how long after this, the grassland that has just been pacified has rebelled again?

Another important reason Li Shimin had to consider. Tubo was also a powerful country. There were many small countries and military allies around him. in other words. At the same time of launching the final decisive battle against Tubo, it was also the war against many countries, such as Tianzhu, nanmu, Western Turk and so on!

As soon as the war begins, the Tang Dynasty will take the war as its theme in the next ten, twenty or even longer years!

Can Datang really afford such a war? If we fight, will Li Shimin see the end of the war in his lifetime?

Even if we win in the end, we will exchange the empty Treasury, the poor people's livelihood, countless corpses and blood for a barren plateau. Is it really cost-effective?

……

It's not as simple as a war. In Li Shimin's view, this will determine the fate of the Tang Dynasty and the pattern and trend of the Tang Dynasty in the next hundred years. It is also directly related to what kind of national policy he should choose, what kind of route he should choose for his descendants to follow, and what kind of political group he should choose to assist his successor!

This is far more difficult than when he made up his mind to fight Turk. Because at that time, the contradiction between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks was sharp and simple, which could not be solved, but it could be solved as well. At that time, Li Shimin was only 30 years old, so he didn't have to worry about his successor! As a new emperor, he is ambitious to do something big to convince his people to consolidate the throne - and then he does it.

But now, nearly half a century old, Li Shimin is deciding what he will not see. How can he avoid hesitation and hesitation?……

Such things. Li Shimin had no choice but to discuss with retired Li Jing. He did not dare to talk with Chang sun Wuji and Fang Xuanling. Because they, too, have their own minds.

Li Jing clearly felt depressed and heavy. His Majesty was carrying an invisible heavy burden, which was more painful and painful than when he was fighting against Turks. No wonder, he repeatedly said that he wanted to fight in person. It's not that you can't trust your generals, but that your majesty, the emperor, wants to witness and decide all this with his own eyes.

"Pharmacist, why are you silent?" Li Shimin frowned and said slowly, "I have always been a confidant of pharmacists. The contradictions and concerns in my mind at the moment. I think the pharmacist knows it. Today, as a friend and brother, I come to ask brother Jing the truth. How about that? "

Li Jing in the heart of strange surprised a surprised, motionless arch start, "Your Majesty please speak."

"I know that pharmacists always have the ability to know people. I just want to ask Qin mubai, the close disciple of the pharmacist. Can you be king Zuo Li Shimin asked.

Li Jing's face suddenly changed.

But Li Shimin laughed, "pharmacist, don't be nervous. I just asked as a friend and brother. Pharmacist, you may not say it. "

"The old minister must have nothing to say." Li Jing said with a bitter smile, "Your Majesty, no one can answer such a question. Your majesty said that I have the ability to know people, but how can my humble eyes compare with your Majesty's brilliant eyes? Even your majesty can't understand it. How can I do that? "

"Well, I'll take it as if I didn't say it!" Li Shimin had no choice but to smile. He clapped his hands on his knees and stood up. He cut his back and walked slowly back and forth in the room.

Li Jing secretly wipe cold sweat! ——He has never done such a thing. Even when he is on the battlefield and in the shadow of swords, he can be as calm as water.

Only the Emperor just asked this question, no one dares to answer. On the surface, the emperor only asked him about Qin mubai's talent; in fact, the emperor asked him what kind of road he should take in the future Tang Dynasty, what kind of hundred year national policy he should implement, what kind of people he should choose to form the auxiliary political group of the town, and what kind of prince he should choose to replace him!

I'm afraid Li Yuan, Li Shimin's father, is still alive and may not dare to answer such a question!!!

"How can I decide?" Li Shimin came to the step. Looking up at the dark night sky without any stars and moon, he murmured, "I'm afraid this is the most difficult thing I've ever met in my life!"

Li Jing wants to keep silent. However, since the emperor came today, on the one hand, he valued the opinions of his retired minister, and on the other hand, he expressed his deepest trust in Li Jing.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Jing stood up and went to Li Shimin's side. Bow hand way: "Your Majesty, only discuss military affairs, old minister has a compromise method."

"Oh? Speak quickly

"With the facts in front of us, the issue of war and peace can no longer be considered." Li Jing said, "therefore, the most urgent task is to concentrate on the use of troops first. Only after the victory and defeat are mastered can your majesty think and decide other things with ease. "

After hearing Li Jing's words, Li Shimin was stunned.

Li Jing was also stunned, "Your Majesty, I have lost my word."

"No, the pharmacist told me the truth and let me wake up like a dream." Li Shimin blinked a few times. "It's really a fan of the game. It seems that I really think too much! The pharmacist's view is that, no matter what, war is inevitable, and Datang must not lose! Otherwise, all my thoughts are empty dreams! ——Well, it's time for the left and right dragon Wuwei, which I've already prepared, to leave for Lanzhou! "

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