Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

Li Jing is not only the minister of the Ministry of War, but also the pillar of the Li family in Longyou.

As the clan with five surnames and Qiwangzhong who has the closest relationship with the imperial court, Li Jing is not only Li Shimin's right-hand man, but also an important ally of Li Tang's royal family.

Seeing Li Jing walking out, Li Shimin couldn't help but panicked.

After Li Jing knelt down, he said, "Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to know about this."

"I also know that I shouldn't hide it from His Majesty, but I feel that now is not the time to go to the Turks!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of uproar in the civil and military hall.

Changsun Wuji looked at Fang Xuanling and asked what was going on, but Fang Xuanling also shook his head blankly.

Although Li Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War, is under the management of the Minister of the Ministry of War, with Li Jing's prestige and power in the army, he will have many sources of intelligence of his own.

Li Shimin was also shocked. He never expected that the exhibition, which was originally intended to help Li You show the heating effect of the stove, would have such explosive news.

Li Shimin suppressed the surprise in his heart and said, "Duke Wei got up first to speak."

"I also want to hear your thoughts first, and by the way, tell this matter to all the adults present."

"At that time, I will have my own rewards and punishments!"

Li Jing stood up and talked about the cause and process of the incident.

Speaking of which, this incident was also related to the Western Turkic envoy seeking relatives a few months ago.

At that time, the East Turkic Jieli Khan sent people to Chang'an after learning about this incident, and organized a delegation of envoys to meet the saint.

Not long after, the little East Turkic Khan Tuli Khan also secretly sent people to Chang'an.

The envoy of Tuli Khan found Li Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and brought an equally heavy news.

Tuli Khan hoped to make good friends with the Tang Dynasty, and led the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to invade the grassland and regain the position of the Eastern Turkic Khan.

After passing through the Weishui alliance, as Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing wanted to invade the grassland even in his dreams, and he was ashamed.

But after the excitement, Li Jing quickly calmed down. He quickly sent people to collect information on the grassland, but after some analysis, he finally chose to refuse.

At the same time, in order to fear that Li Shimin would be dazzled by hatred, Li Jing did not report the matter.

In the past few months, Li Jing has been paying attention to the situation in the grassland, just to verify his own ideas.

Naturally, the result hasn't come out yet, but Li Shimin couldn't help but say it after being tortured like this.

Hearing this, Li Shimin also hesitated.

He wasn't thinking about how to punish Li Jing for his self-assertion, but began to imagine what kind of decision he would make if the real messenger came to him.

The Turkic civil strife, the Tang army pressed in, isn't this exactly what he has deployed this year.

But when things came to an end, he would still hesitate.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Shimin said, "I don't blame you for this matter, but Duke Wei must tell you the reason."

Now that Li Jing had already refused for him, Li Shimin didn't want to worry about this matter any more. At this moment, Li Jing's analysis was more important to him.

Li Jing immediately expressed his gratitude, and then talked about his reasons.

First, the news came too suddenly, and Tang Jun was not fully prepared.

Hastily going out to the grassland, even with the assistance of Tuli Khan, even if they can win, the price is not small.

After many years of civil war in the Tang army, the current soldiers are all veterans. Li Jing does not want these precious veterans to be excessively consumed on the grassland.

The second point was also reported to him by Li Jing's spies.Due to Tuli Khan's moodiness and arbitrary collection of heavy taxes, the Tiele tribe, which originally belonged to him on the surface, rebelled again.

Xue Yantuo, Xi and other tribes successively announced their separation from the rule of East Turks.

Jieli Khan was furious, so he asked Tuli Khan to lead troops to attack these tribes.

Tuli Khan is not a general, and his subordinates are also a bunch of drunks and rice bags, and they don't work hard during the battle.

The two sides fought many times, and finally Tuli Khan was defeated.

Tuli Khan was afraid of being punished, so he surrendered to Datang.

In other words, even if the Tang Dynasty did not send troops, the conflict between the two East Turkic khans still existed, and it was very likely that they would meet each other.

Therefore, in Li Jing's view, Tang Jun would gain even more if he didn't fight.

After listening to Li Jing's analysis, Li Shimin also applauded.

It can be said that the current situation on the Turkic grasslands is the result of Li Shimin's leadership and the Turkic trade.

Although the Turks have never been monolithic, Tongshang has seen this invisible crack expanding rapidly.

Others may not be clear, but after summoning Pei Ju, Li Shimin knew clearly that the biggest reason Xue Yantuo dared to stand on his own was the promise and assistance from Datang.

At this time, Li Shimin couldn't help but think again, Li You went to Hexi recently.

This made him naturally think of the relationship between Tuli's First World War and Li You's trip to Hexi.

'This bastard, he did so many things without telling your father. '

"If meritorious service is not rewarded, how can you let the emperor feel at ease." '

At the moment, because of Li Jing's analysis, Li Shimin made a decision in his heart to reward Li You.

And as soon as this idea appeared, Li Shimin immediately felt that Li You had a lot to appreciate.

Thinking about it, Li Shimin couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

But soon, Li Jing's calling brought him back.

Li Shimin quickly sat up straight, and said: "Duke Wei said very well, the Turkic Grassland is now in chaos, and it is the time for my Tang Dynasty to reap the benefits of fishermen."

"At this time, if they don't enter the game, they will win the favor of all parties, lest Datang help their opponents."

"All that is needed is that after the various forces are exhausted, we can wait for work at leisure and unleash a thunderous blow."

Li Shimin's words attracted everyone present to say yes.

That is to say, Li Shimin only summoned the civil officials in the imperial city today. If generals like Cheng Yaojin also came, the applause would overturn the whole hall.

After everyone calmed down, Li Jing said again: "There is another important reason why I made this decision."

"That's the wrong season."

"Sending troops pays attention to the right time, place and people. The right time comes first because it is the most irresistible."

"It was already winter when the Tuli Khan's envoy came, and there are too many disadvantages of going deep into the grassland in winter."

"Not to mention anything else, but the severe cold in winter may make the army go astray and never return."

"Facts have proved that the minister's worries are not unreasonable."

"This winter, even if there is no Tang army to suppress the territory, the Turkic people will still have a hard time!"

After Li Jing finished speaking, everyone nodded again.

They all said that this winter is really too cold.

The winter this year is really too cold. They feel the severe cold in the city, in the room, and sometimes in the brazier.

On the vast Turkic grassland, under the blessing of the strong wind, the power of nature will become more irresistible.

Speaking of this, Li Jing also had lingering fears.

Facing the envoy of Tuli Khan, he almost agreed.

It's really just a pinch away.

Hearing everyone talking about the cold, Li Shimin laughed.

"Li Jing, you are very good. You have successfully brought back the topic change for me. '

'Next, let me show you off again. '