Li Xiuning was obviously stunned for a moment, and said with some urgency: "What are your considerations? Don't forget, Chang'an City is the foundation of our Tang Dynasty. If Chang'an City is gone, our Datang Dynasty will probably be gone as well."
Li Yuanji stared at Li Xiuning and said in a stronger tone: "Sister, the people are the foundation of our Tang Dynasty. As long as the people are still there, as long as the people still support me, the Li family, even if I lose the city of Chang'an, I will still be the foundation of the Tang Dynasty."
He is the ruler of the world."
Li Xiuning was completely stunned.
It seemed that Li Yuanji would not expect to say such profound words.
This saying is similar to what Mencius said: "The people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important."
"Do you really think so?"
After being stunned for a long time, Li Xiuning suddenly asked.
Li Yuanji nodded without hesitation. He really thought so in his heart and had been doing so.
After Li Xiuning got the affirmative answer, he sincerely said with emotion: "I haven't seen you for more than a month, but you have such a deep understanding and know that you put the safety of the people first.
It seems that you, like Shimin, are born to be in power."
Li Yuanji didn't understand why Li Xiuning said that. Did he agree with his idea or not? But Li Xiuning was praising him and he couldn't ask directly, so he said humbly, "Sister, you are joking, who am I?"
I was born to be in power, but I was forced to become a person in power. I shouldered the life and death of everyone in the Tang Dynasty. I had to mature as soon as possible and learn how to become a qualified person in power as soon as possible.
Otherwise, everyone in the Tang Dynasty will suffer disaster if they follow me."
When Li Xiuning heard this, she straightened her hair in embarrassment. She was also responsible for this.
If she hadn't gone as agreed, Li Yuanji wouldn't have been put on the shelves.
Now that Li Yuanji has brought up old matters again and mentioned the difficulties of being a person in power, she naturally feels embarrassed.
However, she was not a hypocritical person, and she did not feel embarrassed for long before she praised: "I don't know how to run a country, but I know how to run an army. I think there are some things in common between running a country and running an army.
As the saying goes, if one general is incompetent, the three armies will be exhausted.
If you think about it, if the monarch of a country is incompetent, the people of the world will be exhausted.
I am very happy that you can realize the heavy responsibility you shoulder, take the initiative to resist it, and think about it everywhere.
It was indeed right to ask you to be the leader of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Yuanji looked dumbfounded. If possible, he would rather not be the person in power.
What's the good thing about being a person in power? Not only do you have to stay in the palace every day to review all kinds of documents that waste brain cells, but you also have to rack your brains to fight with ministers, noble families, and enemies outside the territory. There is almost no free time.
This is completely different from the life he originally imagined.
If he could do it all over again, he might choose a different way to settle down and live his life.
For example, find a reason to ask Li Yuan to demote him far away, preferably to Jiaozhou. In that case, he and Feng Ang can develop the southwest and the ocean industry together.
Perhaps after the people on the throne changed several times, they would notice that his ships had spread all over the ocean.
When the time comes, it won't matter at all whether the people on the throne can accommodate him.
Because he can go to every corner of the world and gather strength from every corner of the world to compete with those on the throne.
Let the people on the throne get to know him as the King of Qi again.
Unfortunately, everything is in the past, it is too late to regret, and there is no regret medicine to take, so he can only try his best to govern the Tang Dynasty while trying to find ways to make amends and find ways to get out.
"Sister, let's not talk about this. Now is not the time to talk about it. Just tell me whether you agree with what I am doing and whether you are willing to help me find Chai Shao?"
Li Yuanji said with a wry smile.
Li Xiuning was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "I can help you find Chai Shao, but I don't agree with your statement."
Li Yuanji looked at Li Xiuning in confusion.
Li Xiuning explained: "Although I appreciate your attitude of attaching importance to the people, I don't agree with giving up Chang'an City for the sake of the people outside Chang'an City.
I still stick to my own ideas.”
Li Yuanji pondered for a moment and said firmly: "I can understand sister's thoughts, but I also insist on my own thoughts."
Li Xiuning's idea, from the perspective of the common people, is wrong, and could not be more wrong, but from the perspective of the powerful, it is right, and it cannot be more right.
The Tang Dynasty was a country made up of powerful people and aristocratic families. The interests of the powerful people and aristocratic families were the most fundamental interests.
Few people care about the interests of the people.
The reason why Li Xiuning insists on her own ideas does not mean that she does not care about the life and death of the people, nor does she care about the interests of the people.
Rather, she felt that when a disaster struck, the most fundamental interests of the Tang Dynasty must be safeguarded first, and the interests of the people should be taken care of secondly.
Only in this way can the powerful people and aristocratic families who have been supporting the Tang Dynasty continue to support the Tang Dynasty.
This is reality, it is cruel and cold-blooded.
But for the sake of the Li family's foundation and for the continuation of the Tang Dynasty, this choice must be made when disaster strikes.
Li Xiuning has never been a kind person. If she was a kind person, she would not be able to command an army, let alone lead tens of thousands of followers in Guanzhong and Taiyuan to make such a big name.
She is only kind to her family members, and she only chooses people and things outside her family based on pros and cons.
"Are you going to have your own way?"
Li Xiuning frowned again, and her tone became a little more solemn.
Li Yuanji said frankly: "I can't say that I am determined to have my own way. This is a decision I made after careful consideration."
Li Xiuning said in a deep voice: "You should know how much turmoil it will cause when the Turks attack the city, and you should also know how much impact the Turks will have on the Tang Dynasty after they break through Chang'an City.
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Li Yuanji nodded and said calmly: "Sister, don't worry, I will take action at the critical moment. I will never let Chang'an City fall into the hands of the Turks."
Li Xiuning was choked and speechless. Her beautiful eyes widened, as if she had heard something incredible.
What does 'I will take action at the critical moment' mean?
who do you think You Are?
A fairy?
Even the resurrected Overlord of Western Chu did not dare to say such a thing, and if Lu Bu was asked to do so, he would only dare to say that he could give it a try, but he would never dare to say arrogantly, "I will take action at the critical moment."
It's too arrogant, too arrogant, and too presumptuous.
Once the Turks decided to attack Chang'an City, they would not come with 10,000 or 20,000 troops, but hundreds of thousands, or even more.
With the current troops and horses in Chang'an City, it is difficult to resist.
If a large number of them are transferred out, there will be no need to stop them.
"His Royal Highness King Qi, aren't you exaggerating?"
Li Xiuning was choked and had nothing to say. Ma Sanbao's mouth twitched and he said something.
He originally planned not to speak, but Li Yuanji's words were too arrogant and arrogant, so he couldn't help it.
Li Yuanji said amusingly: "You don't think I'm going to put the Turks under Chang'an City, and then ride out to have a head-on contest with the Turks, right?"
Is not it?
Li Xiuning and Ma Sanbao stared with doubts on their faces.
Li Yuanji continued to laugh and said: "You have misunderstood. What I mean is that once the Turks break through Xiao Pass, I will personally lead the troops out of the city and go to Xinping to ambush the Turks.
As you know, Xinping's topography is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with a Jingshui River running through it in the middle.
As long as it is used properly, it will not be a problem to inflict heavy damage on the Turks."
Xinping, also known as Binzhou in later generations, is a basin. However, the concept of basin did not exist in the Tang Dynasty, so people who lived in the basin subconsciously thought that they lived in a valley surrounded by mountains.
The Jingshui River in the Tang Dynasty was much larger than the Jingshui River in later generations. Floods occurred frequently in July and August, often covering an entire river bank or even wider areas.
According to the county records of Xinping County, when the flood in Xinping County was at its highest, it flooded directly to the foot of the mountain, leaving the people living at the foot of the mountain with no income, and the people who had just settled down at the foot of the mountain had to move back to the mountain and live in
In the cave dwelling.
How to make reasonable use of the terrain of Xinping and the Shangjing River will definitely delay the Turks' attack.
As for defeating the Turks in one fell swoop, that's impossible.
If the Turks really invaded in large numbers, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses would not be able to march all the way, nor would they all pass through Xinping. If they set up an ambush in Xinping, they would only be able to block one of them.
The scene described in the novel, in which an ambush was used to kill tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even more enemy troops at once, has only happened twice in history.
One was the famous battle of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, the Battle of Kunyang, and the other was the battle of Li Shimin's famous battle, the Battle of Hulao Pass.
The former relied on the power of heaven and earth, and the latter relied on the coordination of many soldiers and horses.
It is almost impossible to repeat these two battles.
Because the possibility of meteorites, floods, strong winds, and heavy rains appearing at the same time is almost zero, it only happened once in history, and Liu Xiu encountered it, so Liu Xiu was nicknamed the son of the plane thousands of years later.
If there is a true emperor in history, then Liu Xiu is probably the only candidate.
After all, he was really sent to the throne forcibly by God. He was the kind of person who couldn't even accept it. Other emperors couldn't compare to him.
As for replicating the Battle of Hulao Pass with the help of many soldiers and horses, that is not necessary.
If there really are so many soldiers and horses to re-enact the Battle of Hulao Pass, it would be better to go head-on with the Turks, hundreds of thousands versus hundreds of thousands, and they are fighting on the mainland. The supplies and soldiers can be replenished faster than the Turks, and they can consume a lot of money.