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Chapter 10 Li Er's Conspiracy

Li Shimin raised the issue and sat firmly on the throne, with the strategy Li Fu mentioned that day already in his mind.

The reason why it is thrown out at this time is to see if the civil and military officials are slack.

It would be fine if they could express their opinions and come up with effective strategies, but if not, Li Shimin must give them a long memory and use Li Fu's ingenious plan to suppress a town of hundreds of officials.

Tang Jian, Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Yaojin and other battlefield veterans were not interested in Li Fu's affairs at all.

Li Shimin's own son, he wanted to do whatever he wanted, so when Hou Junji played Li Fu, no one of the generals showed up.

When Li Shimin raised the issue of how to deal with border troubles, the generals immediately left their duties.

"Your Majesty, since the snow disaster in the Northland, it must be severely damaged. After the snow melts next year, our army will definitely be able to sweep the grasslands!"

Yuchi Jingde was so awesome that he always had more wins than losses when fighting with barbarians, so he naturally had the confidence to say this.

Li Jing also came out of the shift and said: "Your Majesty, Xue Yantuo's generation on the grassland is declining day by day. Just wait for the opportunity. Once the heavenly soldiers arrive, they will surely catch them all."

"Nowadays, the Tibetans are wolfish and ambitious, so we need to be vigilant."

"However, the terrain of Tubo is complex, and it needs to be mapped out gradually, not all at once!"

Hearing the opinions of the generals, Li Shimin smiled.

The vision of generals such as Yuchi Jingde and Li Jing was still somewhat limited.

Although they were able to hit the point, they only started from the tactical level, not from the strategic level like Li Fu.

"Could it be that Your Majesty already has a good plan to deal with it?"

After all, Changsun Wuji had been with Li Shimin for many years, and it was immediately obvious from the details that Li Shimin probably had a plan in mind.

Li Shimin smiled slightly, secretly applauded Changsun Wuji's sense of humor, and then said with a smile:
"All the ministers are my courtiers, and they go to battle to kill the enemy, and their swords are still young, and they all strive to be the first."

"But today is different from the past. It is easy to conquer the country, but it is difficult to defend the country. Have you ever thought about the people?"

"Chang'an and many other places are suffering severe drought. After the snowstorm in the north, there must be constant military disasters, and there has been a long history of floods in the south of the Yangtze River."

"If we go to war with the Hu people in the North and Tubo at the same time, it will definitely be a huge burden for us."

"I am eager to conquer the territory that Qin and Han Dynasties failed to develop, but I hope even more to save the people from the suffering of corvee."

Hearing Li Shimin's words, all the officials in the hall held their breath, and their hearts were shocked.

The civil servants headed by Fang Xuanling nodded one after another, deeply agreeing with what Li Shimin said.

As soon as the guns are fired, ten thousand taels of gold are paid. The battle is for money and food. Food, military service, etc. are definitely heavy burdens for the common people.

Li Shimin can think of the sufferings of the people, which is quite good for a king.

As for the generals, they are quite unimpressed.

How can it be possible to get rid of border troubles without using weapons, otherwise what's the use of these generals?

"Your Majesty, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. It is for the peace of the people that we must severely attack those barbarians who covet our dynasty!"

"If you don't get rid of it today, you will surely breed tigers in the future. At that time, more people will be bullied. Your Majesty must not be kind to women!"

Cheng Yaojin's words were rough and not rough, and it was rare to speak clearly and logically. Even Li Jing and Tang Jian, the wise generals, nodded after hearing this.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting better, Li Shimin slowly stood up from the dragon chair, and said with a loud smile:
"What Zhijie said is true. If the border troubles are not eliminated, the safety of the people will always be under the iron heel of the barbarians, so we must fight."

"But have you ever thought about the current situation, is there any way to alleviate the border troubles without bloodshed?"

The officials in the court hall stared wide-eyed, looking at Li Shimin one by one, full of speechlessness.

No one expected that Li Shimin would say such a thing.

Whether Tubo or Xue Yantuo, or even Goguryeo in the east, are not easy bones to gnaw.

Li Shimin actually wants to subdue others without fighting, this is simply wishful thinking!

Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde almost burst into laughter, but quickly endured it.

Li Jing, Tang Jian and other wise generals also smiled. Li Shimin saw this and asked deliberately:

"Why, Li Qing, Tang Qing, do you think that I am really crazy?"

Li Jing and Tang Jian quickly said they did not dare, and then Li Jing added: "Your Majesty, I just think that the barbarians are a group of barbarians. How can we completely eliminate them without conquest?"

Li Jing's words touched the hearts of the ministers present, and everyone echoed them.

Li Shimin also nodded, "Duke Wei is right, most of the barbarians are barbarians, no different from animals."

"Because of this, they act independently and are not convinced by each other. For the sake of profit, they can even grab a bone and bruise their heads."

"Since that's the case, have you ever thought about using their characteristics to let them fight among themselves, and I will sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, or the mantis will catch the cicada and the oriole will be behind?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, the officials were suddenly shocked, and generals such as Li Jing and Tang Jian were also thoughtful.

Seeing that the ministers were all serious, Li Shimin expressed his point of view.

"Xue Yantuo's tribe is currently suffering the heaviest snow disaster. In order to survive, they have made enemies everywhere, and have fought successively with the Western Turks, Shiwei, Khitan and other Hu tribes."

"If I send supplies and weapons to Tuyuhun and Shiwei, what do you think Xue Yantuo and other ministries will think?"

Li Jing's eyes lit up, Fang Xuanling clapped his hands and called Miao, they are all mature people, they can hear the mystery at a glance.

I have to admit that Li Shimin's method of killing people with a knife, killing three people with two peaches, is really amazing!

In this way, the Tang Dynasty was able to mobilize all the barbarians and stir them into the war without spending a single soldier, and it was also able to profit from it, achieving multiple things with one stone!
The ministers were shocked and looked at Li Shimin, only to realize that Li Shimin had returned to the dragon chair at some point, staring at the surroundings.

Seeing the inexplicable shock of the ministers, Li Shimin felt a sense of relief.

Li Fu is really his lucky general. He can help his father suppress these arrogant and powerful generals with just a simple idea.

After seeing it for a long time, the officials have not been able to get away from the shock, Li Shimin can only remind:

"What do you think, what is my idea?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, all the officials bowed down one after another, knelt down on the ground, and sang praises to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty is like a man from heaven, as long as this strategy is used, it will definitely make me suffer endlessly in the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years!"

"What do you mean, as long as this strategy is used properly, when those barbarians are exhausted from fighting, our army will be able to go down in one go and completely eliminate the border troubles!"

"That's right, I just saw it briefly, and I'm really ashamed, not as good as His Majesty, ashamed, ashamed!"

(End of this chapter)