The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Then when I move into the new house in the future, I will definitely invite you and my second brother to have a meal at home." Li Fu said with a smile: "I will entertain you in the new house."

"Hahaha, OK." Li Shimin smiled generously and agreed.

The people behind him also smiled and took note of Li Fu's words.

"If nothing else, the King of Jingyang said he would invite us to dinner and drinks, so we must come." Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

"Yes, we must come." Du Ruhui echoed.

Everyone entered the front hall and sat down in the hall.

Li Shimin looked at Li Fu.

"You have been hiding in the manor recently."

"Don't you have anything important to do? If there are many things in the court, you won't come to my manor to stroll around."

"There are not many things, but when there is something, it must be a big thing." Li Shimin said: "The letter I wrote to you before is about that matter."

Li Fu nodded.

"Oh, about the Turkic matter, Wei Zheng said it, just listen to it, he doesn't know how to govern the country."

"Why did King Jingyang say that?" Changsun Wuji wanted to hear why Li Fu said that.

He was the one who spoke well of Wei Zheng at the beginning, and now he is the one who says that Wei Zheng doesn't know how to govern the country.

"Your Highness did speak well of Wei Zheng at the beginning."

In his reply to Li Shimin, Li Fu mentioned that Wei Zheng's remarks may be acceptable in terms of being a monarch, but in terms of using troops and fighting, there is no need to listen to them, there is nothing to recommend.

"Wei Zheng is a straight-talking minister who speaks harshly, but your majesty needs someone like him around to warn you all the time. When it comes to the Turks and Zhao Deyan, Zhao Deyan has become an important minister and a big celebrity in front of Jie Li. What he said made Jie Li happy, and Jie Li did everything according to what he said. From our point of view, it is a good thing, but it is not a good thing for the Turks and the grasslands." Li Fu said.

"My second brother is the emperor. There are many ministers around him who make him happy, but how many can keep him awake all the time?" Li Fu said, "If Jie Li had the same mind as my second brother and could accommodate people like Wei Zheng, then would people like Zhao Deyan still be able to harm the grassland?"

"Wei Zheng is the Imperial Censor, he is a censor, his responsibility is to say bad things and tell the truth." Li Fu said, "At a critical moment, people should be awake and not forget their roots. This is why I speak well of Wei Zheng."

After Xuanwu Gate, Wei Zheng, as a censor, needed to set a standard for Li Shimin.

Of course, everyone should know this meaning in their hearts and cannot say it directly.

"As for Wei Zheng not knowing how to govern a country, it cannot be said that he does not know at all, he only knows civil governance, but governing such a large country with civil governance alone is not enough. If you pay too much attention to civil governance, others will bully you. The richer you are, the more you will become the target of others." Li Fu said: "Governing a country also includes commanding troops to fight and using troops against foreign countries. Governing a country must be impartial, so when choosing the reign title, Wei Zheng proposed to use the two words Zhenguan, but fighting is not the same. Fighting is to eliminate the enemy and eliminate the threat to the country. Soldiers are treacherous. Wei Zheng read a lot, but he does not know how to fight."

To put it bluntly, it is a truth. When disaster strikes, my neighbor stores grain and I store guns. My neighbor is my granary.

From the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty to the Wude years of the Tang Dynasty, and even in the early years of Zhenguan, didn't the Turks do this?

"Everyone thinks Zhao Deyan is a villain, but if a villain is used well, he can achieve great results with just a little effort." Du Ruhui commented.

They all think that sending Zhao Deyan to the grassland is a brilliant move.

"Now the internal problems of the Turks on the grassland are accumulating. Soon, big problems will arise, such as the problems between the big and small khans." Fang Xuanling said: "When that time comes, it will be the best time for us to pacify the grassland."

Li Shimin thought for a while.

"Then we have to intensify the conflict between them."

"That's right." Changsun Wuji responded: "With Zhao Deyan stirring in the middle, I believe that the time for the conflict to break out will not be too far away."

"When two armies face each other, fighting on the battlefield alone is not enough." Li Shimin smiled and said: "But Wei Zheng doesn't understand this truth."

"Preparation depends on calculation, and fighting depends on deception." Du Ruhui echoed.

Li Fu smiled slightly.

Ever since a man named Sun Tzu appeared and wrote a military strategy, fighting after the Spring and Autumn Period has been completely different.

Then Zhang Yi deceived Chu.

Six hundred miles, six hundred six.

At noon, Li Fu and Li Shimin went to the south wing in the kitchen yard.

The last time I ate here was the last time.

There was a long table on the kang, and there was a fire burning in the stove outside, so the kang and the room were warm.Take off your coat, sit on the kang, and the kitchen starts to send food here.

Good wine and good food, all hot.

Chatting while eating, the atmosphere is also very lively.

Anyway, it is much more comfortable than when we were in the Liangyi Palace.

Winter has come on the grassland, and the life of the herdsmen has become difficult. It was already difficult, and the Great Khan Jie Li wanted to increase taxes.

Tuli brought his subordinates to Jie Li's tent.

Just happened to meet Zhao Deyan walking out.

"Khan, why is this Han Chinese always here?" Qibi Heli looked at the back of Zhao Deyan who was leaving and asked Jie Li.

Jie Li smiled and said, "He, he is a smart man."

"No matter how smart the Han Chinese are, they are not grassland people."

"Hey, no matter how smart the grassland people are, they are not smarter than the Han people. Their minds are like a hornet's nest on the grassland, do you understand?" Jie Li retorted.

He felt that the advice Zhao Deyan gave him was right.

"The Han people's mind is more poisonous than the sting of a wasp."

"There are all kinds of Han people, and there are all kinds of grassland people." Tuli said with a smile: "This Li Shimin is different."

"But anyway, we can't listen to this Han man." The subordinate next to him responded: "He may be a spy sent by the Tang Dynasty."

"He gives me advice, even if he is a spy, I would rather listen to the spy." Jie Li looked unhappy: "Tuli, take good care of your subordinates, I don't like people talking to me like this."

Qibi Heli was stunned, he was all for the Turks.

That Han man was really too much.

What kind of year is this, and taxes have to be added to each tribe. Now each tribe has begun to be dissatisfied.

"It's going to rain, people want to talk, and he has something to say, no one can stop him." Tuli didn't care about Jie Li's words.

The tribes under his command also had a hard time because of Zhao Deyan.

Various new taxes made his people miserable.

He said he was going to go on an expedition, but each tribe had to prepare their own food and fodder.