Inside the Manna Hall.
Li Chengqian, who was kicked by Li Shimin, patted the dust on his butt.
Immediately, he faced Li Shimin seriously and said, "Actually, I met Kinderman yesterday."
"I knew this was your kid's plan!"
At this moment, Li Shimin's anger, which had just calmed down, suddenly started to burn.
"You brat once again made moves in advance without notifying me."
"I would like to ask you today, do you still think of me as your father?"
Li Shimin's chest heaved violently and he said, "Do you have to make me angry to death before you are willing to do it?"
"this……"
"What are you talking about, Father?"
Li Chengqian also said helplessly: "I just wanted to tell my father after the matter is completed, but who would have thought that Fuyu Yici was so eloquent."
This is true.
He really didn't expect that Fuyu Yici was so resourceful.
In the court, not even Kinderman thought of this move.
It was only after he saw Kinderman being angered by Fuyu Yiji that he realized that what Fuyu Yiji said before was all foreshadowing, for the final critical blow.
After hearing his words, the anger in Li Shimin's heart finally dissipated a little.
"I can ignore that now."
But he still asked with some confusion: “I just want to know now, why on earth should I help Silla?”
“Of course it’s because Silla’s ambitions are not that big anymore.”
"If I don't talk about anything else, let's talk about Fuyu Yiji and Kinderman today."
Li Chengqian asked directly: "Father, who do you think is more powerful among them?"
"Fuyu Yiji."
Li Shimin spoke his answer almost without thinking.
The impression left by Fuyu Yiji was really profound.
No matter what situation you face, being able to remain calm, especially when facing your own cross-examination, is something not everyone can do.
What's more, today, he just used a few words to plot against his son Li Chengqian, who is the smartest in his eyes?
"That would be easier."
Li Chengqian continued to ask: "Do you want the master of Silla and Baekje to be like Kinderman or Buyeo Uiji?"
"Of course Kinderman."
"Although this person looks powerful, he actually has no scheming intentions."
"If you want to take advantage of this person, you can almost do it at the command of your finger."
Speaking of this, Li Shimin was suddenly stunned.
He also narrowed his eyes, looked directly at Li Chengqian and said: "So what you mean is..."
"If we want the border of Datang to be stable, our neighbors must not be too smart or ambitious."
"Just look at the courage and magnanimity shown by Fuyu Yiji now. Can he be an ordinary person?"
"If we let this person grow bigger and lead Baekje to annex Silla, will there be peace on the northern border of the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Chengqian said directly: "Father, please don't forget that we still have a gold mine in the northern part of the Tang Dynasty. If there is an attack somewhere, our losses will probably be more than a little bit..."
Of course, the current mainstream currency is Tongbao, which is copper coins.
But gold, as a precious metal, cannot be replaced at any time.
Even if it cannot be used as the main currency in circulation, it can still be sold as ornaments such as jewelry.
And now the largest gold mine in Datang is in the northeast. If this place is attacked, the money that will be lost will be lost to the sea.
Hearing this, Li Shimin also fell into deep thought for a while.
"But we have just fought a war with Japan. If we start another war at this time, wouldn't we suffer criticism from the people again?"
This is also true.
In recent years, the Tang Dynasty has been in constant war, and the people have long complained about this.
After all, once the war starts, prices will skyrocket, and people's quality of life will plummet.
In this way, even if they are not required to go to the battlefield, they will still complain about it.
However, Li Chengqian already had countermeasures for this.
He said directly: "Father, don't worry about this. Why don't we let my third brother explain it to you?"
Hearing this, Li Ke, who had been silent for a while, was also stunned for a moment.
And when he saw Li Shimin's eyes directed towards him, Li Ke was also a little speechless.
Isn't this special move of blaming the blame too sudden?
But now that Li Chengqian's words have been spoken, he will naturally take over.
"Reply to Father."
"My son, I have been paying close attention to the training of generals for more than three months."
"Now, our Tang Dynasty generals are about to graduate from the Wuhan Academy."
"It's just that as a general of our Tang Dynasty, as a commander of soldiers, you can't just talk about war on paper, you also need to practice on the battlefield."
"And my son has also made an agreement with the emperor's brother to make everyone's graduation exam a practical battlefield..."
As he spoke, Li Ke also raised his head and met Li Shimin's eyes and said: "The best place for the examination is the battlefield between Silla and Baekje!"
Fortunately, he understood what Li Chengqian said to him, otherwise he might not be able to catch it.
After hearing his words, Li Shimin also rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"This is not a bad idea."
As a person who has commanded troops, Li Shimin naturally knows how important battlefield experience is to soldiers.
But he was also baffled by the plans of these two guys.
He said bluntly: "But now the Silla battlefield is a matter between the two countries. What does it have to do with us?"
"Of course it does."
Li Chengqian took over the conversation and said: "Silla and Baekje are all vassals of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty also has the right to intervene in the war between the two countries."
"And if only the generals are allowed to go and not the soldiers, the people will not complain about it."
"Even other vassal states of the Tang Dynasty will have more trust in the Tang Dynasty because of this."
Hearing this, Li Shimin also nodded.
"That's true."
"But I really don't understand. You obviously want Silla and Baekje to continue fighting, so why are you talking about peace talks?"
Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin looked up at Li Chengqian and said, "But if Silla and Baekje have peace talks, won't this matter be blown away?"
"so."
"The peace talks are just a face-saving project."
"And I am really satisfied with Fuyu Yiji's performance today."
"At the very least, he fulfilled my pre-planned plan and did not take Father's imperial edict seriously."
"Even as a minister of the vassal, he dared to refute his father's words one by one, and refute his father one after another..."
Li Chengqian also said with a smile on his face: "Isn't this considered a violation?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin was also stunned.
It was only then that he thought of this issue.
To be honest, Li Shimin was also used to arguing with his ministers.
So much so that he now subconsciously believes that it is normal for a monarch to argue with his ministers.
But throughout history, how many ministers dared to refute Li Shimin directly in the court like Wei Zheng did?
Maybe, but the end will definitely be miserable.
The reason why Wei Zheng was fine was because the monarch he served was Li Shimin.
If it had been anyone else, he would have died miserably...
And Li Shimin couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, and said to himself: "This damn habit..."
