My father, Li Shimin, requests Your Majesty to become the Retired Emperor.

Inugami Odenkuchi sneered repeatedly after hearing Yakushi Ebisu's words.

He stared at Pharmacist Hui Ri and said sarcastically, "What benefits did Li Chenggan give you? Why are you always speaking well of him?"

Is it because your younger sister, Keiko Yakushi, wants to marry him?

Yakushi Eiji naturally understood that Inugami Oden was mocking and ridiculing him: "Shogun, I'm just stating the facts. Why are you bringing up all that?"

Inugami Oda, leaning on his cane, paced back and forth in the hall: "Since that's the case, then I'll tell you what's going on."

Three Kingdoms period

Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei, for their own interests...

Sometimes they unite and form alliances; other times they attack and defend each other and become enemies.

I remember when Liu Bei was in power, he was like a piece of duckweed, wandering from place to place.

Today they rely on Yuan Shao, tomorrow they join Cao Cao, and the day after tomorrow they depend on Liu Biao.

Does that mean that when Liu Bei was with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, they treated him badly?

However, on the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Liu Bei fled from Yuan Shao and did not help Yuan Shao.

Later, Cao Cao launched an attack on Liu Bei.

Liu Bei and Sun Quan joined forces and defeated Cao Cao at the Battle of Red Cliffs.

In order to consolidate the alliance, Sun Quan married his younger sister, Sun Shangxiang, to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei then became Sun Quan's brother-in-law.

but,

Later, in order to avenge Guan Yu, Liu Bei also launched the Battle of Yiling to attack Sun Quan.

Therefore, countries shouldn't talk about who they've been good to or who they've wronged.

They were all acting in their own self-interest.

When national interests come first, what do personal honor and disgrace matter?

My heart belongs only to our Japanese nation.

For the sake of our Japanese nation, I am willing to bear the infamy.

Li Chengan, who was hiding outside the window, heard everything clearly. He thought to himself, "Inugami Mita Kuchi is really shameless. He speaks so eloquently, talking about the paramount importance of national interests and how Chili Pepper insists on marrying him. How can there be such a shameless person in the world?"

Then, Yakushi Eri continued to persuade him: "General, you are mistaken. If you truly put our national interests first..."

You shouldn't have led our Japanese nation into an abyss.

We cannot afford to offend any of the following countries: Tang Dynasty, Tibet, Baekje, and Silla.

If we want to grow stronger, we must maintain good relations with all countries.

but,

But you spend all your time thinking about how to harm others.

Whether it was the Crown Prince of Tang, the King of Tibet, the Queen of Silla, or Prince Fengzhang, none of them were simple figures.

Offending any one of them could bring great trouble to our Wa nation.

We should treat them with the utmost courtesy; how could we possibly resort to violence against them?

Inugami Oda-kubi ignored all advice and insisted on his own opinion: "This time, they are all here. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

We have now reached an agreement with Yanqi.

With Yanqi supporting us, what do we have to be afraid of?

Forget about Silla; even if it were the Tang Dynasty, with our combined attack from the east and west, the Tang Dynasty might not be a match for us.

If we attack them now, they are not yet fully developed, and our chances of winning are much greater.

If we wait until the Tang dynasty has grown strong and powerful before attacking it, we will truly be courting our own destruction.

Blue Rakshasa chuckled: "General, you're absolutely right. The Li Tang dynasty is developing very rapidly."

Li Shimin and his son Li Chenggan were masters of political maneuvering.

Their thinking was that internal stability must come before external resistance.

They resolved their internal conflicts first, and then began to deal with the Eastern Turks.

After eliminating the Eastern Turks, they attacked the Tanguts and Tuyuhun.

Immediately afterwards, they invaded our Yanqi.

Now, the Tang dynasty is taking this opportunity to interfere in the internal affairs of the eastern countries.

There's a saying: "If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext." Does this mean that the Li Tang dynasty is right and we are all wrong?

Facts speak louder than words; all of this is sufficient proof that Li Shimin was ambitious, attempting to eliminate all surrounding states and realize his ambition to dominate the world.