"I second the proposal."
Du Ruhui said,
"Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the world is not yet stable. If we use the strength of the whole country to fight against the Turks, regardless of what happens to the Turks, our Tang Dynasty will be severely damaged."
"Since the founding of the country, the country has not been rich and the people's livelihood has been in decline. It is in urgent need of benevolent politics and cannot resort to militarism."
"Therefore, I also advocate that we negotiate peace first and accumulate strength."
Both of them were heavyweights in both literature and martial arts, and they both came to the same conclusion at this moment.
Although the generals showed dissatisfaction in their eyes, they could not object.
"ha--"
Xu Fenglei sat on the second seat and couldn't help but yawned.
After receiving the imperial edict, he returned to Chang'an non-stop day and night. He didn't sleep all night, and he was naturally yawning at this moment.
If this meeting wasn't really important, and his position was forward and conspicuous... I would have wanted to lie down and take a nap.
"Listen Ming, what do you think?"
Li Shimin hesitated slightly from the corner of his eyes and hummed softly,
“I’m not asking you to participate in Henan political affairs just to fish in troubled waters!”
This guy seems to have become a different person since the coup was successful!
He is lazy in everything he does, which is not his appearance!
All the ministers looked at Xu Fenglei.
Although his position is also the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and he is specially allowed to participate in the political affairs of Henan, a group of old officials in the Tiance Mansion habitually regard him as the second leader.
His voice is very powerful.
"Uh...I didn't fish for anything..."
Xu Fenglei touched his nose, defended himself in a low voice, and then said,
"I believe that what Du Ruhui and Li Yaoshi said are correct answers, and peace must be negotiated."
"However, we should not negotiate peace with the Turks, but let the Turks take the initiative to negotiate peace with us!"
"Although both are negotiations, the results they produce are completely different."
When all the ministers heard this, their expressions changed.
Li Shimin's eyes also lit up.
"Oh? What you said does have some meaning."
He smiled and said,
"The Turks are coming fiercely. Two hundred thousand troops march south, like tigers descending the mountain! With such momentum, he won't stop until he takes a few bites of meat. How can he initiate peace?"
Even so, Li Er still looked at Xu Fenglei expectantly, looking forward to his opinion.
"It's not difficult."
Xu Fenglei said in a deep voice,
"Just think about it for a moment. If you were Jieli Khan, under what circumstances would you take the initiative to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty?"
The occupational disease of being a teacher happened again.
He didn't say it directly, but asked everyone to use their brains to think about it.
"I'm Jie Li? That's cool!"
Yuchi Gong said cheerfully,
"With 200,000 cavalry in hand, there is no way I will retreat! Fight all the way to Chang'an City, break the city, and then directly sweep the Central Plains!"
"Damn it! It's so fun just thinking about it!"
Li Shimin glared at him.
"Ahem, it's just a conjecture, it's just a conjecture..." Yuchi Gong was immediately discouraged.
"Destroy Chang'an City?"
Xu Fenglei smiled and said,
"What if you attack Chang'an City and have hundreds of thousands of troops before you find the Weishui River?"
"In addition, all the defenders from all over the Tang Dynasty rushed to Chang'an to protect King Qin. A total of 400,000 troops formed an encirclement, surrounding you with 200,000 cavalry?"
"Can you still be so confident?"
Yuchi Gong was slightly startled.
"How is that possible? How could it be so fast..."
His confidence suddenly weakened a bit.
"Why is it impossible?"
Xu Fenglei asked back,
"You marched all the way in a hurry, avoiding all the important military towns, and you didn't know about the deployment of our troops in the Tang Dynasty."
"Since I can predict that your troops will be directed toward Chang'an and that there will be hundreds of thousands of troops on the Weishui River, why can't you mobilize all the garrison troops in advance?"
Yuchi Gong: "..."
"But the fact is that the Tang Dynasty did not have the transfer order from King Qin..."
He was not convinced,
"It's too late to transfer orders now."
"You're right, but Jieli Khan came in all the way recklessly, and he didn't know it." Xu Fenglei said with a half-smile, "We just need to make him believe that King Qin's 400,000 troops will be here soon. Do you think he...can't panic?" Panic?"
Yuchi Gong nodded subconsciously.
"If that's the case, that's really scary!"
He smacked his lips and said,
"The army of 200,000 was surrounded by the army of nearly 600,000!"
"Mr. Keda...how to make Jieli Khan believe it?"
Yu Chigong was off the hook for a while, and when asking questions, he would habitually call Xu Fenglei "Mr. Big", as if by calling him this name, there would be no question the other party couldn't answer.
However, this time Xu Fenglei spread his hands.
"I have no idea."
he said.
Yuchi Gong: "???"
All the former officials of Tiance Mansion looked surprised.
"You... don't know?" Yu Chigong couldn't help but said.
This is not in line with his knowledge!
"Is this weird?"
Xu Fenglei said confidently,
"I'm just proposing a strategy. Whether or not to implement it and how to implement it depends on His Majesty's wishes and your talents."
"Everyone is so smart and they are not working for a living. Why do you leave everything to me? I've been a little bald lately..."
As he spoke, he pulled a handful of his hair and looked at the handful of broken hair, with a sad look on his face.
Listen to Sun Simiao.
Smart people who often engage in mental work will lose their hair. This has nothing to do with physical health...
well.
From now on, I have to use my brain sparingly and not try too hard.
Firstly, take care of yourself, and secondly, give everyone a chance to show off their talents! This is such a big political hall, with so many civil servants and generals present, so we can't let you go out alone in the limelight, right?
Seeing Xu Fenglei worrying about his broken hair, the corners of Li Shimin's eyes twitched even more.
He was about to speak a lesson when he heard Du Ruhui say:
"Your Majesty, what Mr. Xu said is true, but the ministers were negligent."
"Even if we are negotiating for peace, we should show our momentum and not show weakness. Otherwise, the barbarians will definitely despise us, and there will definitely be more trouble."
"We want to make him afraid! Let him take the initiative to make peace! In this way, the world can be peaceful for a while."
Li Jing also nodded repeatedly and said:
"Indeed, Turks are wolves. If you are strong, they will be afraid of you; if you show weakness, no matter how docile or kind you are, it will be useless. They will only bully you more unscrupulously."
"Therefore, what Mr. Xu said, and the ministers also seconded, we should use force to suppress him, make him retreat when he sees the difficulty, and take the initiative to propose peace."
Having said that, he couldn't help but glance at Xu Fenglei.
He has always only heard about this "big gentleman" in Tiance Mansion, but has never seen him face to face.
I have always heard all kinds of legends about him, and felt the utmost respect for him from the ministers of Tiance Mansion, but now I met and realized... this man is so young!
But despite being young, he is very insightful and pointed out the areas where he was not thinking well!
The so-called expert will know if it is there as soon as he takes action.
To be able to win the admiration of these talented, arrogant and powerful generals in front of me... He is so famous that he is truly a true warrior!
(End of chapter)
