"I understand what my uncle said, but... but what does this have to do with me?" Li Yan understood the reason why Fang Xuanling strongly advocated the construction of roads. But why Fang Xuanling told him about these things, he was invented by him, but the method has been taught to those who are the generals. How to use it in the future will be nothing he has done.

"Haha, the road construction has been caused by cement, and cement was invented by His Highness. How can you say that this matter has nothing to do with you?" Fang Xuanling smiled. Li Yan was about to defend himself, and then he continued, "Although Your Majesty was determined to conquer Goguryeo, my dissuasion with all the officials before was not ineffective. Now there is a legitimate reason for road construction. Even if Your Majesty is unwilling to accept it, he has to carefully measure the gains and losses of the two things. With my understanding of Your Majesty, he will definitely summon us, the confidant ministers, to discuss again. Your Majesty, as the inventor of cement, will definitely be called to participate. Do you understand now?"

"Oh, so that's it!" Li Yan suddenly realized that Fang Xuanling was here to be a lobbyist after a long time. "Uncle Fang wanted his nephew to be in harmony with you and all the ministers on that day, and advised his father to dispel the idea of ​​conquering Goguryeo. I wonder what my nephew said was right?"

"Hahaha~ Liulang is really smart!" Fang Xuanling laughed. He had been trying so much to persuade Li Yan to stand on their side.

"Haha, in fact, Uncle Fang doesn't have to go into such a big circle. My nephew doesn't agree with the fact that he is using military forces against Goguryeo now. After all, the time has not come, and the surrounding area of ​​my Tang Dynasty is not peaceful. It is really not worth the loss to fight for a small country." Li Yan smiled and Li Yan had some understanding of Li Shimin's Goguryeo complex. He remembered that in history, Li Shimin sent troops across the country to conquer Goryeo. Although he successfully recovered Liaodong in the early stage, he was blocked by a small city. In the end, he had to retreat in disgrace and did not achieve his strategic goal at all. Until Li Zhi was in power, the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo for the second time, and then destroyed this small country that brought endless troubles to the Central Plains.

However, Li Yan remembered that Comrade Li's conquest of Goguryeo was in the late Zhenguan period. It is only ten years since Zhenguan. In other words, Comrade Li was unable to attack Goguryeo this time in history, probably because of the admonitions of Fang Xuanling and others.

"I didn't expect that Liulang, you are so knowledgeable at such a young age. It's really my blessing in the Tang Dynasty!" Fang Xuanling said in surprise. It was not surprising that Li Yan agreed to stand on his side. What surprised him was that Li Yan could actually see that it was not the time to conquer Goguryeo. It was better to understand that a fourteen-year-old boy could have such strategic vision than most court officials.

"Haha~, Uncle Fang praised me!" Li Yan liked to hear others praise him the most, not to mention that the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty was even more happy that he could hardly find the North.

After the serious talk, Fang Xuanling finally got to ask for him. Li Yan relied on this favor to Fang Xuanling for Fang Yiai. Last time Fang Yiai beat the Tubo ambassador with them, but he sneaked away without telling Fang Xuanling, because Fang Xuanling had always opposed his son and Cheng Huailiang's military generals, and later caused such a big disaster. Although the fault was not Li Yan and the others, and Fang Yiai was not the mastermind, Fang Xuanling ignored these things and punished both the two crimes of disrespect for father Yan and fighting. I heard that he was now confined to copy the Analects of Confucius at home, and he had to copy until Fang Xuanling's anger disappeared. After hearing about it, Li Yan and Cheng Huailiang and others all observed a moment of silence for Fang Yiai in their hearts. I really don't know what evil he had done in his previous life, and met such a stinky and hard father?

Although Fang Xuanling's anger had not yet subsided, seeing that Li Yan had pleaded for his son and he had just owed him a favor, he agreed to lift Fang Yiai's confinement. In fact, as a father, seeing such an outstanding Li Yan could plead for his son, he felt a little strangely happy. Fang Yiai was his most beloved and worried about the most. If he could have a good relationship with Li Yan, it would be a good thing, so he would agree so easily.

Fang Xuanling was indeed a believer, and he released Fang Yiai in the afternoon. The first thing this cuckold brother did when he came out was to thank Li Yan. After the last fight, Li Yan saw the bravery of Cuckold brother and wanted to make friends in his heart. So when he saw him coming out, he immediately called friends to welcome him and invited all the people who fought together last time. He set up a banquet in his Liang Palace, and a group of playboys ate, drank, and played until midnight.

The next morning, when Li Yan was sleeping soundly, someone from the palace came to Xuan to enter the palace. Li Yan drank a lot of alcohol yesterday and slept that night, so no matter what Wen'er called, he just didn't wake up. Although Wen'er felt sorry for Li Yan, she did not dare to delay. She hurriedly asked someone to carry Li Yan onto the carriage and served Li Yan in the carriage to dress.

After entering the palace, Li Yan followed the little eunuch who led the way to Liangyi Hall in a daze. As soon as he reached the door, he heard Li Shimin roaring loudly inside the hall. He was so scared that he shivered all over and his mind immediately woke up.

After looking at the surrounding environment, thinking about what Fang Xuanling said to him yesterday, Li Yan immediately understood the reason for summoning him to the palace. The situation seemed to be bad in the sound, otherwise Li Shimin would not have been so angry? Could it be that Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin took it?

"Your Majesty, there was a defeat in Emperor Yang's three battles against Goguryeo before, which caused the loss of troops and generals to shake the foundation of the country. Your Majesty did not listen to the advice. Do you also want to learn from Emperor Yang of Sui to be a ruthless monarch?" As soon as Li Yan entered, he heard a fearless voice saying. There were not many people in the hall, but most of them were wearing purple robes, and they were all high and powerful. Now Li Shimin was sitting in the hall with an angry face. An old minister of Your Highness looked at Li Shimin with righteousness. He said just now.

Seeing His Highness’s old minister, Li Yan immediately felt relieved: Only he dared to speak to Li Shimin like this. This old minister is not someone else, but Wei Zheng, who is famous for his direct advice.

"Old man Wei Zheng, you dare to compare me to a foolish monarch. Do you really think I dare not kill you?" Li Shimin was also very angry. He originally wanted to convince the ministers to agree to conquer Goguryeo first, and the road construction matter could be postponed. However, he did not expect that the ministers below, both civil and military, would all be unanimously opposed. Fang Xuanling and others took into account Li Shimin's face and advised him very tactfully. But Wei Zheng ignored all the mercy and directly pushed him up with Li Shimin. Now he even scolded the foolish monarch. Li Shimin was so angry that he was full of murderous aura and wanted to kill Wei Zheng with his own hands.

"Your Majesty wants to kill and shave, that is your Majesty's business. However, the old minister will never agree to the conquest of Goguryeo!" Wei Zhengniu also got angry, and he pushed Li Shimin's words back with his neck. Fang Xuanling and others around him were silent, but they admired Wei Zheng very much. Even those brave generals had to admire his courage.

"You..." Li Shimin was so angry that he couldn't speak. His hands pointed at Wei Zheng were trembling. Although he wanted to kill the other party, he knew the importance of Wei Zheng to him. He could say something angry, but he really couldn't bear to let him do it.

Just when Li Shimin was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, he suddenly saw Li Yan standing in the corner. He turned his finger to Li Yan and said, "Liulang, now all civil and military officials are opposed to their father's conquest for Goguryeo. Do you also oppose your father like them?"

When Li Yan heard Li Shimin's question, he complained secretly. This was obviously Li Shimin's anger was nowhere to be heard. He wanted to vent his anger on his son! As long as he dared to stand on the side of the minister, it would probably immediately arouse Li Shimin's anger. He had no choice but to bully his son and there was no problem. After all, it was natural for me to teach my son a lesson, and no one could say anything.

"Report to my father! Son minister... Son minister..." Li Yan was unsure of his mind and spoke hesitantly. If he supported Li Shimin, it would be a bit irresponsible. After all, he knew that now was not the time to conquer Goguryeo, and he would only lose his troops and generals after he went there. The original history proved this. And yesterday he had promised Fang Xuanling that if he changed his mind now, wouldn't he become a fickle villain? It would definitely make Fang Xuanling and others look down on him. But if he opposed it, looking at Li Shimin's angry look, he would definitely not have good results.

"Hmph~, support means support, objection means opposition, what do you think hesitation?" Li Shimin originally wanted to find fault, but when he saw Li Yan's appearance, he was about to have an attack. Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others also looked at Li Yan with sympathy, but there was no way. Now it was a dialogue between them, father and son, and these foreign ministers could not even interfere.

Li Yan was sweating anxiously. There were two choices in front of him, but no matter which one he chose, the consequences were very serious. Here, we have to say that humans are a very strange animal. Under strong pressure, some people will collapse because they cannot bear it, while others will behave extraordinary under pressure and can do things that they cannot do normally.

Li Yan obviously belonged to the latter type of person. Under the strong pressure of Li Shimin, he suddenly felt that he had become very calm and his mind was extremely clear. His previous chaotic thoughts quickly became orderly. In just a blink of an eye, he thought of a way to deal with it.
Chapter completed!