Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 35 I want to look in the mirror

Chapter 46 I want to look in the mirror

Eunuchs are very loyal, they may ignore foreign ministers, but when facing the Li family, they will show the most humble attitude.

Li Chengqian is not only surnamed Li, but also a direct descendant of the Li family, so Eunuch Zhou naturally lowered his profile.

After sitting on the chair, Li Chengqian said: "Eunuch Sun, I have many doubts, I hope you can answer them."

Eunuch Zhou said in fear and trepidation: "Grandpa Li, you are too serious. If you have something to say, just say it. The servants will never hide it."

"I don't know what's going on in Chang'an?" Li Chengqian asked.

Eunuch Zhou lowered his head, "Going back to Lord Li, Chang'an is still the same, with people coming and going."

"... "

Li Chengqian waved his hand, "My father-in-law is asking about your palace, such as King Wei."

Eunuch Zhou hesitated for a moment, then quickly bowed and said, "Grandpa Li, His Royal Highness King Wei has been coming and going to the palace less and less recently. On the contrary, His Royal Highness King Jin has been summoned by His Majesty recently."

Li Chengqian was not surprised by this.

Historically, Wei Wang Li Tai fought fiercely with Li Chengqian for the throne.

In the end, it was Li Zhi, the young lady who was constantly showing off her cuteness, who had the last laugh.

And farther than Li Zhi's smile is a woman named Wu Zetian...

In short, now Li Shimin may have given up on making Li Tai the crown prince, and instead began to consider whether to make Li Zhi the crown prince.

If it was left in the past, Li Shimin would never have such an idea.

But after what happened with Li Chengqian and Li You, Li Shimin was already disheartened. It might not be a good thing for the prince to be too strong. Driven by power, brothers would inevitably kill each other.

Even he himself sent his brother away with his own hands?

Li Shimin didn't want this infamy to fall on his son again, so he had to change to a benevolent person as the prince.

Therefore, Li Zhi, the soft and cute young lady, entered the list of candidates until he finally became the emperor. Everything was a matter of course.

Eunuch Zhou lowered his head, not seeing Li Chengqian's contemplation, and continued: "The other thing is that His Majesty summoned his eldest grandson Situ and British Duke a few days ago to discuss something."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

The eldest grandson Situ is naturally the eldest grandson Wuji, while the British Duke is Li Ji.

Changsun Wuji is the head of civil servants, while Li Ji is honorable, and he is called the military god Li Jing and occupies an important position in the army.

It's really incredible that Li Shimin made an appointment to meet Wen and Wu at the same time.

But Li Chengqian had another thought in his mind.

In history, Li Shimin had the experience of personally conquering Goguryeo.

The origin of this incident has to start from the 16th year of Zhenguan.

In November of the 16th year of Tang Zhenguan, Goguryeo minister Quan Gaisuwen killed his king Gao Jianwu and made Gao Jianwu's nephew Gao Zang the king. He called himself Mo Lizhi and controlled the military and political power of Goguryeo.

In the same year, Baekje captured more than 40 cities in Silla, and joined forces with Goryeo's army. The two sides jointly blocked Silla's tribute to the Tang government.

This move slapped Li Shimin hard. These years Li Shimin was in a state of loneliness as a master, but Goguryeo and Baekje suddenly jumped out and slapped him twice.

How could Li Shimin endure this?

So he immediately sent an envoy to Goguryeo to ask Goguryeo and Baekje to withdraw their troops.

Goguryeo and Baekje finally won so many territories in Silla, how could they spit them out so easily?

So they directly rejected Datang's request, and even beat up the Datang envoy.

What else can we do if the negotiation breaks down?

Do it!
So Li Shimin issued an imperial edict to Goguryeo and Baekje. The general content is: "You barbarians, dare to attack Datang. If you are sensible, you will surrender obediently. If you don't surrender, then I will personally lead troops to kill you. !"

After receiving Li Shimin's edict, Goguryeo and Baekje not only did not restrain their previous behavior, but intensified their efforts and continued to unite Baekje to launch war against Silla.

Moreover, they also sent envoys to persuade the Mobei Xueyantuo Khanate to resist and let Xueyantuo launch an attack on the northeast border of the Tang Dynasty.

Fortunately, Xue Yantuo was frightened by Li Ji's beating and dared not attack Datang.

Therefore, now Li Shimin has already started to personally conquer Goguryeo.

This is also the reason why he looked for Changsun Wuji and Li Ji. Goguryeo is too far away from the Tang Dynasty, and it is also near the sea. Li Shimin must arrange everything properly before he can formally attack Goguryeo.

Conquering Goguryeo requires at least [-] troops, including a navy, and there are too many things to prepare. It will take at least more than a year to add up.

Now it's the 17th year of Zhenguan, and it's almost time for Li Shimin to prepare.

However, the results of the conquest of Goguryeo were not so ideal.

It's not that Datang can't beat Goguryeo, but because Datang wants to enter the territory of Goguryeo, except for the sea, he can only go through Silla.

Goguryeo has the advantage of terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, coupled with climate problems, Datang and Goguryeo were in a stalemate at that time, seeing winter coming, the horses lacked fodder, and the army rations were about to run out, so Li Shimin had to retreat.

Li Shimin wanted to fight, Li Chengqian had no intention of dissuading him, on the contrary, he was more supportive.

But if you want to win Goguryeo, you have to solve one of the most important problems.

That is to protect the army from the cold. Goguryeo's winter is too cold, and the soldiers of Datang can't bear the cold at all.

"Looks like we'll find cotton soon!" Li Chengqian murmured in a daze.

Eunuch Zhou was taken aback, and asked in a low voice, "Grandpa Li, what are you talking about?"

"Ah? Nothing..." Li Chengqian smiled at him and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Eunuch Zhou shrank his head, with a hesitant expression, "The other thing is about you."

"Me?" Li Chengqian said depressedly: "My lord has been away from Chang'an for so long, why is there still something about me?"

"You know Zheng Guogong, right?" Eunuch Zhou whispered.

"I know, isn't it the mirror of my father, but he died at the beginning of the year, so why mention him?" Li Chengqian asked curiously.

Eunuch Zhou sighed, "Grandpa Li, you don't know that His Majesty started cleaning up the court ministers after you failed in a major event and was demoted last time."

"Among those who were cleared were Hou Junji and Du Zhenglun, and these two were recommended by Zheng Guogong back then, so His Majesty suspected that Zheng Guogong was with them, so he issued an edict to cancel the engagement between Princess Hengshan and Zheng Guogong's eldest son Wei Shuyu , and at the same time pushed down Zheng Guogong's tombstone with his own hands."

Li Chengqian frowned.

Isn't this plot just a standard urban youth idol drama, the domineering president had a little misunderstanding with the little wife, so the problem can be clearly explained in two sentences, and it took dozens of episodes to complete the merits.

The twists and turns are so bizarre that it is difficult to express them in words.

This is the case with Li Shimin and Wei Zheng now.

Li Shimin is the domineering president, and Wei Zheng is that poor little wife.

But the only difference is that Wei Zheng's people are all buried in the ground, even if there is a misunderstanding, he can't beat the domineering president's chest with his small fists like in the TV series, crying and acting like a baby.

only…

"Father, he trusts Zheng Guogong so much, so he won't push Zheng Guogong's tomb because of his suspicion?" Li Chengqian asked doubtfully.

Eunuch Zhou also said with emotion: "Who knows? Didn't His Majesty compare Zheng Guogong to a mirror before? This is probably because he wants to look in the mirror..."

(End of this chapter)