Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1045 Inquiry

Li Shan looked at Li Yuan with ignorant, confused, and bewildered eyes. Countless MMPs were swirling in his throat, and Li Shan tried hard to swallow them forcefully without vomiting them out.

Fortunately for other state capitals, the northern part of Yanzhou, as well as Yinzhou, Suizhou, and Shuofang can be recovered calmly, because these places have no border with Turks, and Lingzhou and Yanzhou nominally border on Turkic territory.

That area is probably north of Helan, nominally the territory of Li Shan's old friend... In the second year of Wude, after Li Jiancheng ceded Yulin, Yu She led his troops across the Yellow River and bordered Lingzhou and Yanzhou.

However, Yu Sheshe was soon sent by Jieli Khan to Liu Wuzhou to supervise the army. At that time, the governor of Lingzhou was Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, and Liang Shi couldn't get any cheap, and the Turks came to fight the autumn wind. .

After that, Yu Sheshe was unlucky enough to be beheaded in Mayi by his friend Li Huairen who just met, and the tribe was taken over by Tuli Khan, so that most of the tribe moved back. In fact, there are no Turkic tribes in this land. It was cold, and many Hu tribes went south to spend the winter here.

Therefore, Li Yuan actually asked about Yulin County, which is located in the northeast of Shuofang County, directly bordering Turks in the north, and the curved Yellow River in the east. This is the famous Hetao.

The significance of winning the Hetao is self-evident, but provoking the Turks at this time may not be able to withstand the Turkic attack, and more importantly, the Turks are still in internal strife. The destruction of the Shangliang Kingdom is likely to lead to the cessation of Turkic civil strife and the temporary formation of a united front against the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shan didn't speak rashly, but calculated in his heart that when he came to Liangyi Hall, the discussion had already begun... If it was normal, Li Yuan would have signaled others to explain the situation, or at least expressed his tendency, but he didn't , but Pei Ji read Dou Gui's memorial.

It seems that this kind of frontier military affairs is related to the Turkic, and it should be reasonable to ask Li Huairen, who has dealt with the Turkic most in the Tang Dynasty.

But Li Shan soon noticed something was wrong.

First of all, I don't know Li Yuan's attitude at all. In history, Li Yuan hated and feared the Turks, but at the same time, he had a very strong desire to defeat the Turks. This is one of the reasons why he trusted Li Shan so much.

In history, after Li Jing destroyed the Eastern Turks, Li Yuan played the piano in Lingyan Pavilion, Li Shimin got up and danced, and two generations of emperors congratulated him for this.

But now, it is difficult for Li Shan to judge Li Yuan's current mental state, and it is unlikely that he is afraid, but it is hard to say whether he should take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the territory.

The second is that, just listening to Pei Ji's last sentence, Li Shanneng judged that there was a dispute between the court and China regarding Dou Gui's proposal to establish a county, and looking at these years, basically all the disputes... Inheritance has nothing to do with it, and in the end it will become a battlefield for the Inheritance.

Li Shan didn't know the prince's attitude, nor the king of Qin's attitude, so how dare he speak rashly?

Li Shan didn't even dare to look away to look at the Crown Prince, the King of Qin and the ministers... Li Jiancheng was the one who abandoned Yulin County back then, so would he slap himself in the face?
But Li Shan also knew in his heart that it would be most appropriate not to regain Yulin County for the time being, so as to act as a buffer zone between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks.

Pei Shiju, who was not far away, looked at this scene and laughed in his heart. He has military merits, talents, and achievements in both civil and military fields, so what?

Children, how are you compared to the "true prime minister"? !
Pei Shiju admired and respected the most in his life, but he also regretted the most famous minister in the Sui Dynasty.

There were so many famous ministers and generals in the prosperous age of the first emperor, but the public opinion pushed him to be the leader, but he was killed unjustly in the end... The main reason for his downfall was because of his close relationship with the then prince Yang Yong.

Although Li Shan's current situation is not comparable to that of Gao Jiong, one thing is the same... Your talent, your reputation, and your brilliant resume may all become negative factors in the court struggle and bring more harm too good.

From Pei Shiju's point of view, Li Shan's experience today is a bit like that. In the past, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty wanted to conquer Liaodong, but Gao Jiong insisted on admonishing him. After that, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty no longer trusted this favorite minister.

After a brief silence, Li Shan saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I have just heard Dou Gong's suggestion, and I have no clue, I don't know..."

With a long tone, Li Shan looked at Pei Shiju, "There is nothing wrong with Pei Gong when the world knows the north."

You little bastard... Pei Shiju cursed secretly in his heart, and said without changing his face: "Your Majesty, Turkic civil turmoil has been frequent in recent years, and few of my ministers know about it, so I dare not make random remarks."

This reason is quite sufficient. From the time when Mayi beheaded Yu Sheshe, it can be said that Li Shan single-handedly stirred up the Turkic civil strife.

Li Shan's face was a little stiff, his words were airtight, and he couldn't hear the tendency at all... There was no way, no way, Li Shan simply lowered his head slightly, frowning and thinking hard.

Li Yuan showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Let Huairen consider...Da Lang first?"

"Don't go to war rashly." Li Jiancheng's attitude was very straightforward. "Turks come and go like the wind, as fast as lightning. Once this is used as an excuse, a big war will start."

At this time, Pei Shiju frowned slightly, turned his head to the side, and saw Li Shan's playful gaze.

Pei Shiju's heart trembled slightly, this guy was better than Gao Jiong in this aspect.

Yes, Li Shan worked hard to climb up in such a complicated life in his previous life, and encountered countless moments that made it difficult for him to make a choice, but he made the right choice almost every time, so it was not all luck... To put it simply , the heart is dirty.

When Li Shan threw the topic to Pei Shiju, he didn't really want to show any inclination in Pei Shiju's words, who had openly committed himself to the Eastern Palace's sect... On the contrary, what he needed was that Pei Shiju didn't reveal any inclination.

Facts also proved Li Shan's success. After Pei Shiju didn't reveal any inclination, Li Yuan immediately turned to ask about the prince... When Li Shan arrived at Liangyi Hall, the discussion had already begun. It is impossible for Li Yuan not to know Li Jiancheng's inclination. Asking is telling Li Shan.

In the final analysis, Li Yuan asked Li Shan about military and state affairs. On the one hand, it was for the sake of state affairs, and on the other hand, it was just a casual test. Li Shan was a latecomer. If he really had contact with the East Palace, the prince would send someone to secretly inform... ... Donggong can do it.

Li Shan guessed in his heart, maybe Li Yuan knew that he had visited Pei's mansion a few days ago... Otherwise, he wouldn't suddenly try again.

After asking the prince, Li Yuan turned around and asked, "Erlang?"

The King of Qin shook his head slightly, "It's hard to decide for a while."

Li Yuan turned his attention to Li Shan again, "Huiren?"

This time Li Shan didn't dodge any more, walked to the front of the imperial court, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, let Rong Chen analyze one or two things."

Li Yuan nodded with a smile, but Pei Shiju who was behind was feeling bored. The others might not have reacted, but he had.

And slime is a technical job!

If Gao Jiong had had the ability to make things happen back then, he might not have been killed unjustly.

(End of this chapter)