I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Hearing Li Shen's words, Li Shimin felt a little better. This son was still very filial to him.

At least you know that there are good things sent to the palace. You are looking at those legitimate sons in Chang'an, and your head hurts just thinking about it.

"Your mirror should be made of glass, right?" Li Shimin asked again.

"Aye Huiyan, it is indeed true." Li Shen didn't hide it either.

"Then it seems that you are going to take him out. Aren't you worried about the family discovering the divine bead?" Li Shimin reminded that the matter of the divine bead caused the family to lose [-]% of its wealth.

If the family knew that Li Shen did this, it would be fine.

"Aye, don't worry, it doesn't matter even if they are suspicious, they can't hold him back. And they don't dare to assassinate him anymore.

If he was carrying out an assassination, Erke would retaliate in kind. He would bleed like a river from Chang'an to Luoyang. "

In recent years, there have been more and more scholars, and many of the poor families who have come up to be scholars now have no vacancies in the Chongren Hall.

If it were to happen again, Li Shen really wouldn't mind playing a little harder.

After hearing this, Li Shimin waved to Li Chengqian who was behind him, and the latter ran over in a hurry.

"What are your preparations for Tubo? Next year I am planning to conquer the Three Kingdoms of Goguryeo. Tubo has no way to worry about it, but we cannot let them stab us in the back."

Conquering Goguryeo has always been Li Shimin's dream. He wanted to prove himself too much.

"Aye, don't worry. As long as their trade is blocked, they won't be able to touch us next year. We are sending some troops to the border to adapt to their environment and rotate them every few months to prepare for the future.

I think even if they want to move, they have to wait until next year's harvest. They haven't received the food for next year yet.

But next year, they are most likely to go to the Western Regions to buy food. However, the Western Regions are small countries and may not have much food. "

Li Shen has made things difficult for Tubo this year. He did not give him the food he originally promised. Now many of their people are short of food.

In order to appease the people, the tribal nobles would take out the food in their hands and distribute it to the people, otherwise it would cause chaos.

So next year they will have no food at all. Li Shen estimates that many people will eat next year's seeds.

"By the way, Aye, the memorial I sent some time ago mentioned the matter of eating Xue Yantuo's soldiers and horses. Have you discussed it?" Li Shen asked

"We have sent Lu Guogong with 8 troops to wait for news in Khitan territory. Huh, Xue Yantuo is also a disaster, and sooner or later they will be conquered."

"Dong Lu Guo? Hou Junji?" Li Shen asked in surprise. Hou Junji has not received any gifts since the last Gaochang Kingdom incident.

It has been more than two years, and this time Li Shimin actually entrusted Hou Junji to the throne. According to historical records, Hou Junji should have been executed for rebelling against Li Chengqian this year.

This Li Shen has watched the TV series, but Li Chengqian has not rebelled now, so he has been idle at home.

"Aye, I have something to say that I shouldn't say no to." Li Shen began to say in a formal tone.

"Say."

"I think it's better to let my eldest brother go to attack Goguryeo next year."

"Oh? Why is this?" Li Shimin became interested.

Li Shimin wanted to lead the expedition in person, but Li Shen told Li Chengqian to go.

"Aye's contribution is already great enough. The only thing that eldest brother lacks now is military merit. We don't have to fight desperately next year, we will do it bit by bit.

I think we can attack them in the image of a benevolent and righteous teacher. If we conquer a place, we will distribute the local food and money to the people.

He also told them that the Tang Dynasty was here to rescue them. The Tang Dynasty could not bear to see their people suffering, so the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty sent people to distribute food and money to them.

We will withdraw before their reinforcements arrive. When their troops return to the city, they will surely confiscate food and money.

If they don’t collect it, we can also spread the news to them and tell them that the people have food and money.

When the time comes, the officers and soldiers will not only confiscate the distributed ones, they will definitely confiscate them all, causing trouble for the people. When we come back later, the people will naturally have a favorable impression of us, Datang.

We are occupying several cities to let the people inside live and work in peace and contentment, and let them spread the news.

Soon, even if we occupy them, the people will not resist much. They probably want us to occupy them. "

Li Shen revealed his strategy, which shocked Li Shimin. His son's method was actually very simple.

The founding emperors of the past dynasties all rebelled in the name of asking for help from the people. But in the end, all he did was oppress the people.

But these were used when dynasties were changing within the Central Plains, and were rarely used in external wars. Li Shimin knew that this method was feasible without having to discuss it.

Moreover, Li Shen said that what Li Chengqian lacked was military merit, which he quite agreed with. He had already thought about this issue, but how to make Li Chengqian perform meritorious service was a headache.

It would be too dangerous for the prince to lead the army in battle. If the two armies were defeated and the prince was captured alive or died in battle, then Li Shimin could commit suicide to worship his ancestors.

This time the conquest of Goguryeo is the best opportunity. Now Goguryeo is in chaos, wars are raging, and the people are in dire straits.

It can be said to be a sure win. As long as Li Chengqian issues a few orders from the rear as planned, and then goes around the occupied cities, he will have the credit.

"Aye, please order me to conquer Goguryeo and share the worries for Aye." Li Chengqian was not a fool. After listening to Li Shen's words, he certainly knew that this was an opportunity.

He immediately knelt down on one knee and begged to let him go.

"Okay!! As expected of me, the son of the Li family, but I need to discuss this matter with the three provinces and the Ministry of War. Don't you two know about it first?" Li Shimin said happily when he saw Li Chengqian like this.

At least the prince knows how to seize the opportunity when he sees it, which is good. If Li Chengqian didn't know how to step forward at this time, or was afraid, then Li Shimin would be worried.

"Old Shi, you really have a quick mind. You can think of such vicious schemes. No wonder you can make so much money." After praising Li Chengqian, Li Shimin praised Li Shen again.

"..." Li Shen was speechless.

However, he felt that this was not a good word. He curled his lips and said nothing. He was afraid of the bamboo ruler in Li Shimin's hand.

In the pavilion in the distance, the four concubines and the concubines were watching. Li Shimin is chasing his son. This is big news.

Of course many people will eat such a big melon. But as I ate, my taste changed, from watching the excitement to envy.

They thought that Li Shen would definitely be punished in the end. Who would have thought that one of them would dare to run away and the other would dare to chase him.

After running around for a while and finally sitting down to chat? ? ? Did King Ji receive such great favor? He became more and more enthusiastic, and Li Shimin even laughed a few times.

This makes these concubines who have sons full of envy and jealousy, but they dare not feel hatred. It should be easy for Li Shen to deal with a prince who has left the vassal.

Alas, it’s true that we have different fates.

(Li Shen’s method is documented and can be checked.)