Datang: Starting from Li Jiancheng

Chapter 156 Li Shimin Sees Li Yuan
What's more, although the relationship between father and son has eased a bit since Li Yuan fell ill last time, and he occasionally visits Li Yuan, this is the first time that Li Yuan takes the initiative to visit him.

And he hasn't visited Li Yuan since the last time the two countries went to war.

There is no other reason, mainly because I have no face to go.

"Okay, I'll go now."

Li Shimin responded, but he still felt a little unsure. He always felt that Li Yuan might know something.

He walked like this full of thoughts, and then entered the Tai Chi Palace with a complicated expression.

Li Yuan was playing with the puppy in the yard, which he ordered his slave to buy when he was bored.

Seeing Li Shimin coming, the color of his eyes changed, and then he got up and patted the stone bench beside him and said, "Come and sit here."

"Okay." Li Shimin responded, and then stepped forward.

Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin, his expression a little complicated, and then said in a deep voice: "You haven't come to see me for a long time."

"It's my son's negligence." Li Shimin pursed his lips slightly, and then explained: "Recently, the government affairs are too busy, and I haven't been free."

"Well, I can see it." Li Yuan nodded, then frowned and said, "Your hair at the temples is white, and the circles around your eyes are also dark."

Speaking of this, the crease between Li Yuan's brows deepened a little, "Why haven't I seen you for a few months, you've aged so much."

"It's okay, Father, don't worry." Li Shimin shook his head, then poured a cup of tea for Li Yuan, trying to change the subject, "How is Father these days? Does the stitched wound still hurt?"

"The pain has been gone for a long time, and the body has become much stronger." Li Yuan pursed his lips, then frowned and glanced at Li Shimin, "Are you busy with government affairs recently? Have you encountered any problems that you can't handle?"

"If you have anything, you can tell me about it. After all, I have been the emperor for nine years, and my experience is far higher than yours."

Even if there is no Li Shimin, he should still be the emperor of Datang now.

Li Shimin had a bit of a bitter look on his face when he heard this, but he didn't know how to speak.

After all, Li Yuan's place is a closed environment, and only some veteran officials in the court would come to visit occasionally, and Li Shimin didn't know how much Li Yuan knew about the affairs of the court.

But Li Yuan probably didn't know about the Weishui alliance with the Turks...

If he had known about it, given Li Yuan's character, he would have told him to go forward and curse him.

"Don't want to tell me?" Li Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked.

"no……"

Li Shimin said immediately, and then pursed his lips in embarrassment, "I just don't want my father to worry about it."

Li Yuan nodded when he heard this, and then sighed softly: "Don't worry, since I have handed over this country to you, I will trust you wholeheartedly."

"You are a good seedling, I have always known it, and I blamed me for being too rigid before, which caused so many things to happen afterwards..."

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Li Shimin blamed himself a little.

After all, if it weren't for him, Li Yuan would still be sitting on the throne now.

Li Yuan worked hard for half his life to win the country from Bao Sui, but he was forced to abdicate because of him in only nine years.

After ascending the throne, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, and he wondered if God was punishing him.

"Father, it's my son..."

Li Shimin wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Li Yuan in a deep voice, "I didn't mean to blame you when I said this. It has been so long, and I have already figured it out."

After saying that, Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin with complicated eyes, pursed his lips slightly and said, "The Weishui alliance... I know."

boom!
A burst of thunder exploded in Li Shimin's mind.

For a moment, a sense of shame arises spontaneously.

And Li Shimin, like a child who has done something wrong, lowered his eyes slightly and said: "Father, I am sorry for you."

"It was my son's negligence that caused Datang to humblely beg for peace from the Turks, and my son brought Datang to embarrassment."

Li Yuan sighed softly when he heard this, then stroked Li Shimin's temples and said, "It's not your fault. The Turks have always been eyeing the Tang Dynasty."

"Speaking of which, it's hard for me to blame myself for what happened. If I had trained my troops more diligently, maybe this wouldn't have happened."

"After all, there is too much difference between the soldiers and horses of the two countries, and it is inevitable to lose."

Li Shimin shook his head, with even more self-blame in his eyes, "No, this has nothing to do with my father. It was because my son forgot to be prepared for danger in times of peace and was negligent after he ascended the throne."

"This is the end of the matter, you don't need to be sad anymore." Li Yuan pursed his lips slightly, and then continued: "As for begging for peace from Turks...you did the right thing."

"In the situation back then, if I had been there, I would have done the same. After all, the outcome is already known, and if the fight continues, it will only continue to consume the national strength and eventually lose completely."

"What's more, the Tang Dynasty didn't lose anything in the battle with the Turks. You have undoubtedly minimized the loss by doing this."

After saying that, Li Yuan smiled slightly and said: "Ask yourself, if I do it, I'm afraid I can't do it better than you."

Li Shimin raised his eyes after hearing this, his eyes even more touched.

He originally thought that after Li Yuan found out about these things, he would summon him immediately and scold him to death.

After all, this is the country that Li Yuan spent half his life working hard to achieve, but he caused this in less than half a year. It is no wonder that Li Yuan is not angry.

Unexpectedly, after learning about this incident, Li Yuan not only didn't get angry, but even came to comfort him.

"Father, you are humble." Li Shimin lowered his eyes slightly and said.

"Father, you are not humble. Have you forgotten the battle in Taiyuan?" Li Yuan smiled, and then said: "Okay, now that the matter is over, we need to think about it again."

Li Shimin's expression darkened when he heard this, with a complicated expression on his face.

He didn't want to worry about these crappy things, but now that the Turks were going south to attack the Tang Dynasty, how big of a heart did he have to be so that he wouldn't be anxious?

Li Yuan pursed his lips slightly when he saw this, then frowned and said, "Are the Turks going to attack Tang Dynasty again?"

"You know all of this?" Li Shimin was startled and frowned slightly.

Hou Junji wrote a secret letter to tell him about the Turks going south, and only a few confidants around him knew about it in the entire court, and even a few princes only said it when their teachers educated them.

How could anyone tell Li Yuan such a private matter?

Li Yuan saw what Li Shimin was thinking and sighed softly: "This is my own guess. No one told me."

"Father, have you guessed it?" Li Shimin frowned slightly.

Li Yuan nodded, then pursed his lips and said: "After all, I have fought against Turkic barbarians and know their nature."

"The climate in the north is cold, and countless people, cattle and sheep will be frozen to death every winter, so they always want to occupy our land, so they attack Datang again and again."

(End of this chapter)