Li Chunfeng frowned slightly and looked at Yuan Tiangang.
"I haven't finished speaking yet. Why do you always target me?"
"When did I target you? I'm talking about this."
"That's what I'm talking about, but I haven't finished my words yet! Do you want to quarrel?"
"When am I going to argue with you?"
"Oh my god, what are you arguing about? It's been going on day by day. It really hasn't changed at all. I heard you guys arguing from a long way away."
At this moment, a sound of slapping a body suddenly sounded outside the door, and then Li Yunxiao opened the door and walked in.
"Brother Yunxiao!"
"Brother Yunxiao is back?"
"Li Aiqing!"
Li Yunxiao was suddenly stunned.
"Hey, Your Majesty, Brother Yuan and Brother Li are all here, hahahaha..."
Li Chunfeng said with a smile in his eyes: "Yes, it's just you."
Li Yunxiao took off his coat and asked doubtfully: "What are you studying? If it's just me, it won't be three or one, right?"
"Three missing one?"
Li Shimin was startled for a moment, what new word is this?
Li Chunfeng whispered: "It's a gadget that Brother Li studied a long time ago, called Mahjong. I haven't had time to play it yet, but it has become popular in the Western Regions."
Li Shimin nodded.
He had a lot of fun playing the Landlord game last time, so this mahjong game will be fun too.
"Hey~ It has to be the heat of my fire. Don't you know that the food from the Western Regions looks good, but after making it, I have no appetite at all."
With that said, Li Yunxiao took out a bunch of herbs from the package and handed them to Yuan Tiangang.
Li Shimin's eyes narrowed slightly after seeing these medicinal materials.
"Li Aiqing, what are you looking for these medicines for?"
Yuan Tiangang frowned slightly and made no sound.
Li Yunxiao smiled lightly and said: "I happened to meet him when I was traveling there. Anyway, my brother Yuan has medical skills. These may be useful, so I brought them back."
After being away for more than a year, Li Yunxiao became more tactful, and it was natural to hear the displeasure in Li Shimin's voice.
Li Shimin took a deep breath.
"Actually, it doesn't matter if you know about the refining of the medicine. The main thing is not to spread it out. People will think that I am just like others."
After saying this, the three of them remained silent.
"Okay, let's continue what we were doing."
Li Yunxiao took out a piece of frozen fruit and gnawed it, listening to the three people's discussion, like a marginalized person.
Following the above words, Yuan Tiangang said lightly:
"Although I have been away from home, news about the Turks has been coming back."
"Although Jieli declared his vassal status to the Tang Dynasty a year ago in exchange for money, food and cloth, he has repeatedly invaded our borders, which is a true violation of the alliance. Our soldiers from the Tang Dynasty are no longer those three years ago."
“I believe that Khan Jieli’s hunting was fake because he wanted to spy on the military situation and wait for an opportunity to attack Shuozhou!”
"What does the Imperial Master mean?"
"Use some means to defeat the Turks!"
"Does the Imperial Master have a good plan?"
Yuan Tiangang smiled confidently: "Of course, I have already deployed people beside Jieli Khan. Regarding Shuozhou, even if he is really hunting, it will turn into an attack on Shuozhou!"
Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said:
"I am not afraid of Jie Li's provocation now, but I am worried that he will not dare to cross the border, which will lead to the loss of my name as a cavalryman of the Tang Dynasty!"
"National Master, what are your plans? Let me tell you first."
Yuan Tiangang said slowly: "This year's heavy snow has closed the mountains, so the Turkic people must be hungry, their livestock are withered, and they are in urgent need of food supplies."
"And Shuozhou is the place where grain is stored in several nearby states. Jieli may have been coveting it for a long time, but he hasn't taken action now because he is afraid of the large number of troops in the Tang Dynasty and dare not act rashly."
"If His Majesty orders the withdrawal of most of the centaurs, and if the ministers and other internal officials cooperate with each other internally and externally, Jieli will definitely send troops to invade Shuozhou. In this way, our army of the Tang Dynasty will have an excuse for a crusade!"
Li Shimin nodded, and the more he looked at Yuan Tiangang, the more he liked him.
"This plan of the Imperial Master is very clever. I have already learned how greedy Jie Li is. If his weakness is exposed, Jie Li will attack Shuozhou at all costs."
"But... I tried to seduce Jie Li. Although I had an excuse to send troops to attack, it was not fair enough and it somewhat lost my style."
Li Yunxiao interjected from the side: "History is arranged by the winner. It doesn't matter whether he has style or not. It is true if he can win. It's hard to get a chance. If he lets it go, he may be even less graceful next time."
Li Shimin glared at Li Yunxiao: "I found that you didn't learn anything from being with the two of them, but you look more and more like that bastard Wei Zheng!"
"Your Majesty, you have personally attacked me again. This is too much."
Li Shimin didn't say anything, but after pondering for a long time, he nodded.
"I will discuss with the ministers tomorrow. By the way, your boy will also go to court tomorrow."
Li Yunxiao pointed at himself: "Why should I follow you up? I'm not an official."
Li Shimin said nothing, but looked at Yuan Tiangang.
Yuan Tiangang frowned slightly, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please don't embarrass my brother Yun Xiao."
Li Shimin said calmly: "I will not embarrass him, but the choice is in his hands. You have kept it a secret for several years, now at least let him know, right?"
The loom incident made Li Shimin decide that he had to take Li Yunxiao in. He was still worried if he continued to let Li Yunxiao go.
Yuan Tiangang slowly took out a jade token from his arms and threw it to Li Yunxiao.
Li Yunxiao reached out to take it and was stunned.
"Di Kuixing, Li Yunxiao? Am I a bad handsome man?"
Li Chunfeng smiled slightly. He had already guessed something, so he was not surprised at all.
Li Shimin said at this time: "Originally, I planned for you to cooperate with me, both openly and covertly, to clear out the worms in our Tang Dynasty."
"Now I finally understand. You don't want to be an official, but you will always be tempted by this kind of freedom, right?"
Li Yunxiao shook his head: "Don't be tempted."
Li Shimin was suddenly stunned, and he didn't know what to say next.
"Li Aiqing, this token is right in front of you. I will not give you an army, but you can find seventy-one people on your own to become special beings in the court."
"If you have this, you will be my confidant. If not, there will always be a gap between you and me. You must consider it carefully."
Li Yunxiao weighed the commanding order: "Then shall I use it to go to court every day?"
"Need not."
"What do I have to do?"
"The National Advisor is mainly responsible for the intelligence of other countries. How about you... be responsible for solving some troubles for me?"
Li Yunxiao nodded: "Then what rank of official am I?"
"I originally planned to give you a lot of power, but now I think it is better to make you the same as the national master. Although there is no rank, you will not be too restricted in what you do."
Li Yunxiao took the token and turned it over.
"Then I'll put all the people in Maple Star Pavilion into the Seventy-Two Disha. It should be fine, right?"
When Li Shimin saw that there was something going on, he smiled lightly and said, "It's up to you how you recruit people. As long as you are strong enough when I need you in the future."
"Then I'll keep it first and let me think about it, okay?"
Li Shimin nodded: "Yes."
None of them saw that when Li Yunxiao agreed to accept it temporarily, the corner of Yuan Tiangang's mouth curved slightly.
