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Chapter 206 Three reasons for attacking Tuyuhun
"When will my Great Tang rely on the breath of other countries to establish the world?" Li Shimin had a domineering expression on his face. When the officials heard this, they fell silent, and the generals became even more excited.

That's how it should be. Datang is a great country, and other countries have always relied on Datang to survive. When will Datang do such a thing of wronging itself?

Which small country dares to blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah!
Fang Xuanling frowned when he heard the words, and wanted to persuade him again, but Li Shimin waved his hand, "Prime Minister, listen to me first."

"In my opinion, the fight against Tuyuhun is not to promote an unknown teacher, but there are three reasons, it must be beaten!"

"First of all, Tuyuhun has a feud with our Tang Dynasty. Over the years, he has been finding various reasons to shirk and refuse to release the people who kidnapped my Tang Dynasty. Just because of this, we must fight!"

"Secondly, although Tuyuhun said that he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he has never been a vassal or paid tribute. As far as I know, Tuyuhun is rich in products, especially cotton. I say this, you should understand. Why did you hit him?"

Li Shimin only said two reasons, and he had already convinced most of the courtiers present.

As Li Shimin said, the feud with Tuyuhun must be avenged. Even though it is a long time ago, it is not something that never happened.

Over the years, Datang has been urging Tuyuhun to return it to the people of the Tang Dynasty, but Tuyuhun has been refusing it all the time. It is obvious that he is dismissive of Datang in his heart. In such a country that does not know the current affairs, who will be beaten if he is not beaten?

Of course, the most important thing is Li Shimin's second point, that there is cotton in Tuyuhun, and the princes present should not be too familiar with cotton.

A while ago, there was a blizzard in Guanzhong. If it weren't for the cotton coats, the princes would have been too cold.

It's a pity that there are too few cotton coats in the prince's place, and the reason is that too little cotton is grown.

But now Li Shimin said that Tuyuhun grows a lot of cotton, and with cotton, a lot of cotton clothes can be made. Based on this alone, even Fang Xuanling thinks it is necessary to fight Tuyuhun.

Wei Zheng couldn't keep his composure at this time, and was the first to shout: "Your Majesty, what you said is serious, where is Tuyuhun really growing a lot of cotton?"

"Doctor Yushi can verify it on his own." Li Shimin glanced at Wei Zheng indifferently, "The news is that I arranged for Baiqi to go through various investigations from Tuyuhun, and it is clear."

"There is an inexhaustible amount of cotton in the territory of Tuyuhun, and according to reports from spies, the land in Tuyuhun is the most suitable for growing cotton. In addition, I can tell you that the prince's cotton seeds come from Tuyuhun!"

"What?" The eyes of the princes became brighter, and finally some of the civil servants no longer had any objections to attacking Tuyuhun.

Fang Xuanling was filled with emotion, "It turns out that this is the case. The old minister was still curious about where the prince's cotton came from. It turned out to be from Tuyuhun. Tuyuhun has such treasures, but it doesn't want to pay tribute to our court. It is really abominable!"

Changsun Wuji nodded again and again, "It's really abominable. From this point of view, Tuyuhun is a white-eyed wolf who is not familiar with it. It seems that it is impossible to teach him a lesson!"

At this time, Cheng Yaojin unexpectedly asked: "Your Majesty, you just said that there were three reasons for beating Tuyuhun? You only said two, what is the third?"

"This is the third one." The corners of Li Shimin's mouth turned up slightly, "Tuyuhun is connected to the Western Turks in the north, Tubo in the south, and connected to the countries of the Western Regions in the west. I want to open up the Hexi Corridor and get in touch with the countries in the Western Regions. It must be included in the bag!"

Connecting the Western Regions and recreating the grand occasion of the Han Wu period, Li Shimin's words made all the civil servants and generals present excited.

It is the dream of every courtier to explore the Western Regions and reproduce the prosperity of Han and Wu. In addition to the two reasons Li Shimin just mentioned, the fight against Tuyuhun has already been approved by every courtier present.

"Yes, Your Majesty is right. Tuyuhun is an important route connecting the Western Regions, and it must be in the hands of my Tang Dynasty. Please, Your Majesty, send troops to Tuyuhun!" Wei Zheng was the first to remonstrate excitedly.

Li Jing also started yelling, and then all the generals were yelling, wishing they could attack Tuyuhun tomorrow.

But in the end there was still a discordant voice, Xiao Yu, Duke of the Song Dynasty, stepped out, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, since Tuyuhun is so important, in my opinion, it is indeed the practice, but we must consider the teacher's namelessness!"

Li Shimin had already made up his mind at this moment, he waved his hands and said: "What Shiwen said is true, so I summoned you all tonight, just to make this teacher out of no name and become a famous teacher!"

The courtiers are all good people, and when they heard Li Shimin's words, they immediately reacted.

Changsun Wuji laughed wildly and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, I just received a report from the border customs. Tuyuhun has provoked our Tang caravan to leave the customs. Please send troops to punish me severely!"

Li Ji smiled sadly and said: "Why bother, just send a letter of credence, reprimanding the Tuyuhun king, and ask them to compensate huge amounts of gold and silver treasures, if you don't agree, just launch an attack!"

Li Shimin's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that the ministers would immediately think of so many ways after he just gave a hint, and each one was more vicious than the other. The methods of planting and framing Tuyuhun were even more powerful than Li Fu's!

Li Jing did not speak, but looked directly at Song Guogong Xiao Yu, "Song Guogong, is your teacher famous this time?"

Seeing the attitude of the officials, Xiao Yu knew that he would provoke anger if he persuaded again, so he could only nod his head in agreement.

"Okay! That's the deal." Li Jing bowed to Li Shimin on the ground, "I recommend the British Lord to go to the border first and start to reorganize the army. If there is any change in Tuyuhun, I ask the army to sweep Tuyuhun!"

Seeing that the military was ready, Li Shimin nodded directly and said: "Okay, then I will leave it to the British Duke and the Duke of Wei to handle it at this time."

"Your servants will obey the order!" Li Jing and Li Ji suddenly agreed, and there was no objection from the ministers.

Li Shimin felt particularly comfortable looking at the ministers kneeling in front of him.

Before he listened to Li Fu's plan, he really had no idea at all about sending troops to Tuyuhun.

As a result, after some advice from Li Fu, Li Shimin now has a comprehensive consideration of sending troops to Tuyuhun, and he also knows how to deal with the aftermath.

After confirming the matter of sending troops to Tuyuhun, Li Shimin suddenly remembered something, waved his hand and said, "Besides, there is one more thing I want to share with you, it's about the Modao Army!"

Hearing Li Shimin mention the word Modaojun, the breathing of the generals present became heavy in an instant.

Although Xue Rengui is now the main general of the Modao Army, this does not affect the attention of many princes to this team.

So whenever there is a topic about the Modao Army, the generals immediately prick up their ears.

(End of this chapter)