The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"In the future, you can host banquets for your ministers here. Nothing will be delayed, just like before." Li Fu explained with a smile.

"Okay, okay." Li Yuan stroked his beard, with a satisfied look on his face.

"Your bedroom is behind, but it's a mess now, with materials everywhere, and we can't take you in to see it. Let's just walk outside." Li Fu said: "After the entire Da'an Palace is renovated, there will be a lot of palaces. Your concubines who moved out of Taiji Palace before can also move here. When the time comes, they will still accompany you."

The smile on Li Yuan's face did not diminish.

Except for the fact that he couldn't get over his sons' killing each other and couldn't get over it emotionally, in fact, regardless of the government, being a retired emperor in the palace, drinking and having fun every day, it was also pretty good.

Li Yuan was an ambitious man, but he was not that ambitious.

He made the decision to start a rebellion in Jinyang out of helplessness.

In the subsequent conquest of the world, it was mostly the children and nephews of the royal family who contributed.

In addition to his own sons and daughters, there were Li Xiaogong, the Prince of Zhao, Li Shentong, the Prince of Huai'an, and Li Daozon, the Prince of Rencheng.

The Li family was also full of capable people.

Li Yuan looked around the Da'an Palace.

"I built this palace for Erlang at the beginning. At that time, he had made outstanding military achievements and had no more titles or rewards. So, I could only order a palace to be built for him." Li Yuan recalled the past and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

"If ordinary people's families have some preference for their own children, it would be good to treat them equally." Li Fu said: "But, at the beginning, Your Majesty was always Your Majesty. If you treat the affairs of the royal family equally, it will cause trouble."

"Who says it's not." Li Yuan smiled helplessly.

Let's not talk about Li Yuan, it's Li Shimin.

Let Li Chengqian be the prince, and favor Li Tai.

The crown prince lived in the East Palace, and Li Tai lived in the Wude Hall.

Li Shimin had suffered such hardships himself, and he wanted Li Chengqian to experience it again.

He wanted to be a good father, a father who loved his son, but since ancient times, the emperor and his subjects were always the first, and then the father and his son.

Li Fu didn't want to tell Li Yuan that sooner or later, his second brother would understand the difficulties of his majesty.

As for Li Chengqian and Li Tai, they are still young now. Many things can be changed before they happen and before they develop to an irreversible point.

"Let's go. I have seen this place. After you said that, I am looking forward to what it will look like after it is completed." Li Yuan said: "After you go back, play two more games of chess with me."

"Okay." Li Fu responded.

But after returning to the Liangyi Hall, Li Fu didn't stay here for long.

Li Shimin sent someone to invite Li Fu to discuss matters.

"What's the matter? You are so panicked." Li Yuan asked.

"To reply to the emperor, the Turks are moving south." said the eunuch who came to deliver the message.

"It's the grassland again." Li Yuan was helpless.

He has been dealing with those bastards on the grassland for half his life, and he knows their character too well.

In the past, they had to move south every year, even last year and this year, and they moved frequently.

Now that something like this has happened in the Tang Dynasty, they will not miss the opportunity.

"Business is important, you should go there quickly." Li Yuan said to Li Fu.

"Yes." Li Fu bowed his hand and responded.

Then, he followed the eunuch to see Li Shimin.

This matter was discussed during the morning court meeting. At this time, it was in the East Palace, a small-scale meeting, and the discussion was still about how to deal with the Turks.

Li Fu hurried over, entered Li Shimin's meeting room, found an empty chair and sat down, and everyone was already seated.

"Li Fu, let me briefly tell you about the morning court. Today, we received news that the Turks were stationed at the Wei River, and Chang'an is facing a great enemy again." Li Shimin said, "We stopped them in Binzhou before, but that was also a fluke. This time, they are coming again with great force."

"I propose to fight. These Turks will not retreat if we don't fight them."

"That's right. As a lesson from the past, even if they retreat for a while, they will invade again and again. Our Tang Dynasty will never have peace. If we want to solve the problem once and for all, we must completely defeat them."

"The Turks have no credibility. The Tang Dynasty is now mobilizing troops to deal with the Turks. If we don't fight, won't our Tang Dynasty be entangled by these people who have no credibility?"

At this time, Wei Zheng also spoke.

"I wonder if the Turks have the will to serve me."

"Sir Wei." Li Fu interrupted Wei Zheng: "You have seen the Turks' reversals. If we don't scare them, make them cowardly, and completely defeat them, they will always be like this. After all, as the sage said, those who are not of our race must have different hearts."If we can decide the outcome in one battle, it would be great.

Now that we have gunpowder, this battle may be fought.

Therefore, Li Fu is still confident.

Anyway, the national treasury must not let the Turks get away with it!

"Even if we talk about the people's hearts, the Turks are not the people of our Tang Dynasty yet." Li Fu said in a resounding voice: "If we want to talk about the people's hearts, we must defeat the Turks and turn the northern grasslands into the horse farms of our Tang Dynasty. It will not be too late to talk about the people's hearts at that time!"

Defeate them, make them submit, and the Turks become the people of the Tang Dynasty, and start the integration of northern ethnic groups. After the integration, they will be the people of the Tang Dynasty thoroughly, and then we can talk about the people's hearts.

Nowadays, talking about the people's hearts, the way of saints, and the way of the king with outsiders without showing strong strength is all bullshit.

"The Turks on the grassland usually make a living by grazing, but when it comes to war, everyone is a soldier." Yuchi Gong said.

"General Yuchi is right. The Turks were divided into two parts, the East and the West, during the Sui Dynasty. The area they governed in the north was much larger than that of the Tang Dynasty. They imitated the Central Plains in iron casting, and their cavalry tactics were very sophisticated. In terms of military tactics, they did not stick to one place. They could fight when they came, and flee when they were trapped.

And our Tang Dynasty is based on farming and weaving, just like a tall tree, which is not easy to move. Therefore, I think peace is the best policy. When the national strength is strong in the future, we can attack the Turks."

The Turks were divided into two parts, the East and the West, which was the credit of Changsun Wuji's grandfather...

"Now we can defeat them directly, and we can develop with peace of mind in the future, right?" Yuchi Gong retorted.

"What if we can't solve it in one fell swoop?"

"We have to fight!" Li Fu said: "Whether it is a large-scale fight or a small-scale fight, as long as we win, the initiative of the negotiation will be in our hands. In this way, we are not passive."

Civil officials advocate peace, and military generals advocate war.

Li Fu's statement is relatively moderate.