A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

On the ninth day when Gu Qing stayed in the prison of Dali Temple, Li Tai came to visit Gu Qing again, "I asked if you could eat more politely."

"You don't know!" Gu Qing swallowed a mouthful of pork belly, "The three meals a day here are simply not for people to eat. I can barely eat the only meal you give me every day."

"Barely?" The corners of Li Tai's mouth twitched, "Is the food in my mansion not delicious?"

Gu Qing shook his hand, "Then you must have never eaten tea eggs."

"I'll try your handicraft if I change to the king of Japan." Li Tai said, picking up a little book next to Gu Qing's bed and putting it down angrily, "What do you read all day long?"

"Don't rummage through other people's bedside things." Gu Qing said while eating, "When will your father cut off my head?"

"It's too early to cut off your head." Li Tai said melancholy, "My father is worried recently, and I can't take care of you for the time being."

"What's wrong? Could it be that you're ready to rebel?" Gu Qing raised his eyebrows and said.

"Don't make trouble." Li Tai waved his folding fan, "Liangzhou was attacked a few days ago, Tuyuhun gang of savages burned, killed and looted around Liangzhou, and the quarrel at the court meeting today is about to start a fight."

The folding fan became more and more convenient for Li Tai to use. He always carried the fan when he went out. He sighed, "Da Tang, there is going to be a war again."

"Then let's fight!" Gu Qing said in a nonchalant manner, "Beat him so that nothing will be left behind, and kill him so that not a blade of grass will grow."

Li Tai smiled bitterly, "It's easy for you to say, do you think the father doesn't want to do anything? It's only been a few years since the Tang Dynasty has established itself in the Central Plains? Today's Datang is actually strong on the outside but hard on the inside. Too many people died during the Central Plains war. The emperor has always encouraged the people Fertility, raising national power in secret, we have just seen some improvement now, the common people have only lived a good life for a few years, and now they are going to fight, how can there be so many people's strength to go to war."

"What does your father think?" Gu Qing became interested.

"At the court meeting today, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling brought a group of civil officials to discuss peace, and felt that the current Tang Dynasty is not suitable for war." Li Tai fell into deep thought, and said, "The generals want to fight."

"This peace negotiation is not easy." Gu Qing thought of some reasons, the so-called peace negotiation must have strength, if you don't have a hard fist, who will negotiate for you.

"This is the difficulty." Li Tai continued, "Now the envoy of Tuyuhun is about to arrive in Chang'an, and I don't know what demands he will make. In short, the person who came is not kind. How to deal with it, it is not impossible to fight, but the national strength that Datang has managed to raise will be wasted if he spends all these years of cultivation and rest."

The fat monk listened attentively.

Speaking of fighting, Gu Qing thought of Songtsan Gampo, "Is Tubo next door to Tuyuhun?"

"Exactly." Li Tai nodded.

"You said this Tuyuhun didn't fight with Tubo, what's the competition with our Tang Dynasty." Gu Qing ate another half of the elbow.

Li Tai raised his eyes and smiled when he heard the words, "Tuyuhun is fighting Tubo? Gu Qing has a clever plan?"

"No." Gu Qing shook his head vigorously.

"Hurry up and say goodbye to ink stains." Li Tai said, "Hurry up! If you don't say anything, I won't deliver food in the future. Give me gruel."

"Okay, you Li Tai actually threatened me with such vicious means." Gu Qing drank his wine.

"Sigh, poor Wu Mei knelt in front of my mansion that day and asked me to save you. How could such a beautiful woman fall in love with a greedy and greedy guy like you."

"Wu Mei is going to beg you." Gu Qing sat up, "How is she?"

"It's okay, she's taking care of Sun Simiao now." Li Tai asked anxiously, "You're telling me, do you have an idea?"

The cell was very quiet, there were not many people in Gu Qing's cell, the fat monk yawned and wanted to sleep.

"This is the way." Gu Qing said, "I'll just say it, just listen to it. If it doesn't work, your father can't chop off my head because of this."

"No!" Li Tai said, "Your dog's life, my father is not rare."

"As the old saying goes, there are always more solutions than problems." Gu Qing waved his fan to disperse the sweltering heat in the prison, "Songtsan Gampo is a very ambitious man, and he who has just pacified all the tribes in Tubo will not bow down to a corner If there is a war between Tuyuhun and Datang, how could Songtsan Gampo in the rear have no idea, he must want to take advantage of the emptiness of Tuyuhun and take over most of the territory of Tuyuhun, grassland is wealth on the grassland."

Speaking of this, Gu Qing thought of the historical track, after Tuyuhun fought the Tang Dynasty, Songtsan Gampo took Tubo and drove Tuyuhun all over the ground.

"So we want to join forces with Tubo to attack Tuyuhun?" Li Tai asked.

"No, no, I don't think it's necessary to unite with Tubo." Gu Qing said again, "The Tang Dynasty must send out troops. It must block Tuyuhun near Liangzhou. At the same time, we must also cross the grassland and press in near Tubo. , but can’t you do it first?”

"What's the trick?" Li Tai knew that Gu Qing hadn't mentioned the main point yet.

After walking back and forth for two steps, Gu Qing continued, "First send out two soldiers and horses, one of them will pretend to be the Tuyuhun army, and attack the tribes of Tubo. When attacking the tribe of Tuyuhun, you must be more ruthless when attacking Tuyuhun, and you must use two prongs."

"Secondly, the envoys of Tuyuhun entered Chang'an and captured it secretly. Don't leak the news! Then they sent spies to spread the news in Tubo. The Tang Dynasty and the envoys of Tuyuhun negotiated a peace plan to jointly attack Tubo."

"Thirdly, the same agents were sent to spread the news in Tuyuhun that the Great Tang would unite with Tubo to counterattack Tuyuhun."

"Your idea..." Li Tai thought for a long time, "Why do you feel so hurt?"

Gu Qing smiled and said nothing, thinking that the spy wars back then were spies running all over the place, so this little scheming was nothing.

"I want to enter the palace!" Li Tai hurriedly got up and was about to leave. You suddenly stopped and looked at Gu Qing suspiciously, "You said Songtsan Gampo is an ambitious man, how did you know? Do you know him?"

"I know him, but he doesn't know me." Gu Qing picked his nose.

Li Tai left in a hurry, and the prison fell into silence again. The fat monk snored from the next door, "Smelly monk, come to play cards."

The fat monk changed his sleeping position with little reaction.

In the East Palace, the elder Sun Chong sat in front of Li Chengqian, "Gu Qing is still in Dali Temple now, why did the emperor take so long to tell me?"

"Gu Qing is just a humble man who loves money, and he has won His Majesty's appreciation with movable type printing and new paper." Chang Sun Chong sat down and said, "His Royal Highness, don't worry about it."

Li Chengqian looked at the candlelight in front of him in a daze.

"His Royal Highness really cares about King Wei." Chang Sun Chong smiled and said, "King Wei is His Royal Highness's most threatening opponent."

Li Tai hastily arrived at the Ganlu Palace, and there was already a lot of quarrel inside, the main battle party and the peace negotiator party were arguing hard.

Chapter 34 Crazy

Li Tai walked into the Ganlu Hall, carefully walked past the quarreling officials and said, "I pay my respects to my father."

"What's the matter with Qingque?" Li Er was still troubled.

"I have a plan for Tuyuhun, but I don't know whether to say it or not."

After Li Tai finished speaking, the noise in Ganlu Palace fell silent. Everyone looked at King Wei, speechless for a while.

"But it doesn't matter." Li Shimin sat up straight and took a deep breath.

After explaining Gu Qing's plan in its entirety, the Palace of Ganlu fell into silence. Fang Xuanling said, "Although this plan seems like a bad idea, it's crude but you can try it."

"What does Duke Zhao think?" Li Er asked Changsun Wuji.

"The minister and Mr. Fang have the same opinion." Changsun Wuji said, "It's a bad idea but you can try it."

"Qingque, is this plan your idea?" Li Er asked Li Tai.

"Return to father." Li Tai bowed again, "This plan was made by Gu Qing."