Today's Li Yuan is quite old, but he grows flowers and plants in the palace every day, reads books, drinks some wine from time to time, and gradually gets used to it, after all, he has been in Zen for several years.
After Li Shimin entered, he saw Li Yuan in the hall. Today's Li Yuan was fully dressed, and said in a deep voice, "Emperor, I heard that news from the Western Regions has come back. What's the situation?"
Although Li Yuan has eyeliner, only Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others know what the specific situation is. Under the current situation, Li Yuan does not know for the time being.
Li Shimin sat down and said: "Father, Hou Junji led an army of 50,000 to fight Du Qi. In the end, Hou Junji's army was defeated, and Hou Junji was also captured by Du Qi."
Hearing this, Li Yuan shook his head.
Seeing Li Yuan's appearance, Li Shimin immediately felt a little aggrieved. He was here with Li Yuan, and he always wanted to prove his ability. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty has been thriving these years, the situation is getting better and better, and the lives of the people are getting more and more stable. When Li Shimin sees Li Yuan, he can proudly say that he has never lost Li Yuan's face, nor let Li Yuan down, let alone sorry for the world. of the people of Limin.
However, Hou Junji's defeat this time made Li Shimin lose face in front of Li Yuan.
Li Yuan continued: "Emperor, the conflict between you and Du Qi is to deprive Du Qi of his power. Actually, from the emperor's point of view, I don't think there is anything wrong with it. The emperor is the only one who respects himself, how can he allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the couch? It's normal. But since I chose to move Du Qi, but didn't go all out, so that I lost now, it's a bad thing!"
Li Shimin listened, but he had no way to stop him, he could only let Li Yuan continue nagging.
Li Yuan's eyes were deep, and he said slowly: "Of course, from the very beginning, I was opposed to going to war. Because Du Qi, a kid, although he is in the Western Regions, he has always respected me and others."
"If you don't move him, then everything is easy to say and nothing will happen. But if you want to attack him, you will definitely encounter the most violent reaction. Under such a premise, it is not wise for you to start a war with Du Qi .¡±
"Back then, I didn't see through Du Qi's methods, and I didn't know how many backhands Du Qi had left behind. Now that so many years have passed, Du Qi's strength has long been further strengthened."
Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "If you don't want Du Qi to sit in the throne, you shouldn't promise to give him a fiefdom. If you promise, you have to take it back, and you have to deprive him of everything. If it were you, you would be willing to accept such a condition ?"
Li Shimin sighed in his heart, and said: "Father called me here, is it to reprimand me?"
"of course not!"
Li Yuan shook his head, and said, "I'm getting old now, and I don't have such leisure. The reason why I called you here is to ask about your next countermeasures."
Li Shimin didn't hide anything, and said directly: "Father, my ministers have already discussed with the courtiers, and decided to send troops to attack Du Qi. I want to ask what happened. When I sent troops for this campaign, I will go to the army myself, and Li Jing will be in charge of the army. During my departure, the prince Supervising the country, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng are in charge of assisting."
Li Yuan said: "Emperor, have you ever considered, what if the crusade against Du Qi fails again?"
Li Shimin looked confident, and said loudly: "Father, my son will not fail."
Li Yuan continued: "I think back then, when the Sui Dynasty was handed over to Yang Guang, how strong was it? Yang Guang was headstrong and self-righteous, thinking that the world was under his control, so he kept conquering Goguryeo, again and again, and finally lost it all. The fate of the Sui Dynasty."
"Gaoguli is not comparable to Du Qi's four states in the Western Regions. Gao Zhouli's strength is not comparable to Du Qi. If you want to attack Du Qi now, you will also face great danger."
"Once your crusade fails, not to mention whether something will happen to you in person, you will be considered to be back. But in the event of a defeat, the situation in the Tang Dynasty that has just stabilized is very likely to be torn apart again."
Li Yuan asked: "Emperor, do you really want to attack Du Qi?"
Li Shimin sighed and said: "Father, you said so much, don't you actually hope that your ministers will not attack Du Qi? Speaking of which, I am your son, and Du Qi is closer to you than me. To crusade Du Qi, send 100,000 troops, and then recruit tens of thousands of government soldiers, it will not be difficult to defeat Du Qi."
Li Yuandao: "After all, you still want to crusade. Haven't you thought about it? You can't afford the consequences? Han Xin is a man, and Xiao He is also Xiao He. Once the people of later generations, come to you, Li Shimin, you will be successful and Du Qi is also defeated. Du Qi, it's a bit ironic. Datang is now on the right track. Are you sure you really want to send troops?"
In Li Yuan's heart, he didn't want to send troops.
?Yuanyuan's temperament is more stable.
?Because Datang's current peace is hard-won. As for Du Qi in the Western Regions, the four states in the Western Regions did not belong to the Tang Dynasty at all, but were brought down by Du Qi with his own strength, so Li Yuan did not covet much about the states in the Western Regions.
After listening to Li Yuan's words, Li Shimin fell silent. After a while, Li Shimin said: "Father, no matter what, I will send troops. The Tang Dynasty does not allow provocation. What's more, here is Du Qi, I want Du Qi to give an explanation. The civil servants and generals of the Tang Dynasty are full of talents. Can be afraid of Du Qi."
Li Yuan shook his head, Li Shimin did not listen to persuasion at all, in Li Yuan's view, Li Shimin was just so stubborn, he always had his own opinions and did not listen to persuasion.
With a sigh, Li Yuan took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Li Shimin, and said, "You arrange bad people to watch the name on this letter. If they make any changes, kill them."
Li Shimin spread out the letter and saw the names on it. Many of these people were known to Li Shimin, some were in the palace, some were in the East Palace, some were in the government office of Chang'an, and there were people from all over the country.
There were a lot of people, more than fifty people.
When Li Shimin saw the name, he was puzzled and asked, "Father, what do you mean?"
Li Yuan said: "You are the emperor, and the Great Tang is in your hands. It can only prosper, not regress. I, the Great Tang, will never become the Great Sui, and will never repeat the mistakes of the Great Sui. Some of these people belong to me. , some of them belonged to the former prince, and they all escaped disaster after the Xuanwumen incident, and then they each kept their own place and did their own things."
"You are the emperor, and you are in control of the power. The past has long been blown away with the wind, and it will not have any impact. Because you are going to go out, it doesn't matter if you win, but if you lose, it may cause turmoil."
"So, you arrange people to look after these people."
Li Yuan said: "Once they move in any way, they will be killed immediately. In addition, after you go out, arrange bad people to watch my palace to death, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, so as to avoid disturbances."
When Li Shimin heard Li Yuan's words, a shocking hospitality appeared on his face.
Li Yuan is helping him.
Li Yuan cared about him.
At this moment, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly became moist. Because he never thought that Li Yuan would hand over the list in his hand to him.
Li Shimin said: "Father, thank you."
Li Yuan shook his head and said lightly: "You don't need to thank me. I didn't do this for you, but for the long-term stability of the Tang Dynasty. What happened in the Sui Dynasty cannot happen in the Tang Dynasty. I, the Tang Dynasty, must not repeat the same mistakes. Now, Stability should come first."
Li Shimin said: "No matter what, thank you, Father."
Li Yuan waved his hand, and he had no intention of talking anymore, because he had already given what should be given to Li Shimin. Li Yuan didn't want anything to happen to Du Qi either, but he didn't want anything to happen to Li Shimin, especially Tang Dynasty.
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