Li Yuanji said with a smile: "What Cheng Qian said is not nonsense, but a wise saying. He is right. This country should belong to the eldest brother, the eldest son, and is not something we can peep at."
Li Shimin suddenly became anxious and defended Li Chengqian: "He is a child and doesn't know anything about the important things of inheritance. He is just talking nonsense under the guidance of others. Do you care about this?"
No matter how you say it, you are still his biological uncle. Now the prince of the Tang Dynasty, can't he have some family affection and some magnanimity?"
Li Yuanji had a smile on his face and narrowed his eyes at Li Shimin.
Li Shimin's expression changed slightly and he said, "Yes, I am not qualified to talk to you about family ties, but I can talk about your sense of humility."
Li Yuanji nodded and said with a smile: "I don't have the guts..."
If the prime minister's belly can support a boat, that's the prime minister's business. What does it have to do with me, a prince?
As a prince, I want to imitate the prime minister's prestige. Doesn't that lower my status?
Li Shimin was speechless and looked at Li Yuanji in disbelief.
People in this era care about face, and some people value face more than life.
Li Shimin has probably never seen such a shameless person in his entire life, especially someone with such status and shamelessness.
So he didn't know how to refute it for a while.
"So are you going to tell me or not?"
Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and asked with a smile.
Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said: "I will say it, but I have a condition!"
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "You want me to execute the guy who led Cheng Qian to say this and praised Cheng Qian in public?"
Li Shimin said fiercely: "It's not execution, it's quartering!"
At this point, Li Shimin gritted his teeth again and said: "It's best to be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts!"
It can be seen that Li Shimin hated the guy who led Li Chengqian to talk nonsense.
The cause of this incident is actually very simple. They were some remnants of Li Jiancheng. Seeing that he and Li Shimin were not in Chang'an City, Li Yuan also had plans to let Li Jiancheng come out to supervise the country, so when he taught Li Chengqian and other princes, dragons and grandsons, they deliberately
Using allusions from history, Li Chengqian was guided to say that the country and the country should be inherited by the eldest son.
After this matter reached Lingzhou, he didn't pay much attention to it or take it to heart.
After all, Li Yuan's purpose in wanting Li Jiancheng to come out to supervise the country was not to let Li Jiancheng take over his position from beginning to end, but to let Li Jiancheng take the blame.
Therefore, even if Li Jiancheng reappeared in the court with the help of Li Yuan and the remaining party members, it would not pose much of a threat to him.
However, Li Shimin was very concerned about this matter. After learning about it, he watched his expression for several days and was even teased by him several times because of it.
This was also the easiest time for Li Shimin to be manipulated by him during the battle of wits and courage with him.
It can be seen from this that Li Shimin is not a pure political machine, he also has feelings, but not many.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Don't you know, second brother? As early as when that guy guided Cheng Qian to say these words, he was dragged behind the horse by the third sister and dragged to death.
Now the grass on the grave has probably sprouted up, does Second Brother want me to dig him out and whip his body?"
If one wants to say who among the Li family has the strongest feelings for his family, then there is no doubt that it is Li Xiuning.
Nowadays, apart from Li Yuan, Li Xiuning is the biggest person in Chang'an City.
Can Li Xiuning watch others frame her nephew?!
Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, and said in astonishment: "Third Sister has already executed that guy?"
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded.
Li Shimin said very relieved: "That's good, that's good..."
Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Can we talk now?"
Li Shimin stared, snorted and said: "Then surrender. Even though Ashina Simo has been surrendered, Ashina Simo will not be able to help Datang solve various problems in the future.
But our country, the Tang Dynasty, now occupies an absolute advantage on all battlefields, and the number of Turks captured is increasing day by day.
These people must be managed.
If I let the officials of the Tang Dynasty manage them directly, they would definitely be very resistant and even secretly kill officials and rebel.
If Ashnasmo is allowed to do this, there will be no such problems."
Li Yuanji nodded and said, "Will it not affect our subsequent plans?"
Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "It will have a certain impact, but it will not be big. After all, our subsequent strategy is to support one or two people among the Turks to replace me in the Tang Dynasty and lead the Turks to be our pawns.
Now that we have done this in advance, although it will spawn one or two guys who may be enemies of Datang, it will not affect the overall situation.
And judging from Ashina Simo's attitude towards you and me, he is closer to me, Datang.
As long as you treat him better, he shouldn't be an enemy of Datang."
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "It's pretty much what I thought..."
According to Li Shimin's original plan, he wanted to wait until the Turks were completely conquered, and then select a spokesperson among the Turks to take control of all the Turkic soldiers and horses on behalf of the Tang Dynasty and serve as the pawns of the Tang Dynasty.
The advantage of this is that the Turks will completely surrender after the Tang Dynasty completely defeats the Turks. In this case, the selected people will be more loyal to the Tang Dynasty.
Because at that time, the hearts of the Turks were already dead, and those who were willing to serve the Tang Dynasty would definitely give part of their loyalty.
However, it would not be bad if Ashina Simo could be the spokesperson of the Tang Dynasty now.
As Li Shimin said, judging from Ashina Simo's performance, he is closer to the Tang Dynasty.
He fell to the Tang Dynasty before the Turks were destroyed. After the Turks were destroyed, he would be more loyal to the Tang Dynasty.
Combined with what Ashina Simo did after turning to the Tang Dynasty in history, it is very suitable for Ashina Simo to be the spokesperson, and the chance of rebellion is very small.
When Li Shimin heard this, he stared and said, "Since you have already thought about it, why do you still ask me?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Yuanji said calmly: "Let's confirm each other, are there any questions?"
Li Shimin glared fiercely again.
have!
But I don't want to say it!
Li Yuanji immediately waved to Zhao Chengyong who was guarding the door and ordered: "Send someone to contact Ashina Simo and ask Ashina Simo to prepare a letter of surrender to the Tang Dynasty.
After Ashina Simo submits the letter of surrender, ask him to send his clan members and family papers here, and I will send them to Xinping and ask my father to change him to the title of Prince of Xinping County."
Zhao Chengyong agreed and exited the room.
After Zhao Chengyong left, Li Shimin pouted and said, "You are trying to make Ashina Simo take the proton. Do you think you can control Ashina Simo?"
Li Yuanji smiled calmly and said: "I have no intention of letting Ashina Simona take the proton. I just treat him well according to what you said."
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief: "You asked others to send all the family documents to you and put them under your control, why don't you ask them to accept the protons?"
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "You are not a fish, how can you know the joy of fish?"
Li Shimin didn't know what Ashina Simo was thinking, so how could he possibly know what Ashina Simo wanted?
Judging from Ashina Simo's life in history, what Ashina Simo pursues throughout his life is to be recognized and accepted.
He hopes that there is a tribe that can accept him and treat him as one of his own.
He also hopes to have someone who can recognize his abilities and let him use all his abilities.
Historically, Li Shimin accepted him and asked him to move his tribe to Henan Province.
He did not regard this as a matter of accepting a proton, but as a matter of Datang accepting him. Therefore, after returning to Datang, he followed Li Shimin loyally.
Li Shimin recognized him and entrusted him with important tasks, and he worked hard to make contributions to the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin personally sucked out the sepsis for him and treated him sincerely, and he repaid him with his life.
This is Ashina Simo.
A person who obviously has a noble status and has the opportunity to sit on the Turks, but what he pursues in his life is to be recognized and accepted.
This sounds ridiculous, but it is a sad thing.
If his ethnic group hadn't been unwilling to accept him, unwilling to recognize him, and always treated him as an outsider and an enemy to be wary of, how could he not even covet the position of Turkic Khan and humbly pursue recognition and acceptance?
Woolen cloth?
If Qimin Khan of the Turks could recognize him and accept him at that time, perhaps he would have become the most loyal warrior to the Turks.
If one of the three Turkic Khans Shibi, Chuluo, and Jieli recognized and accepted him, why would he go to the Tang Dynasty to seek recognition and acceptance?
Therefore, it is not that he is not loyal to his nation and country, but that his nation and country have abandoned him.
He can only gain recognition and acceptance among other nations and countries.
Whoever recognizes him and accepts him will be loyal to him.
Li Shimin didn't know the details and sneered angrily: "I have never heard that receiving protons is a pleasure!"
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin and said, "That's because you are ignorant..."
Before Li Shimin could speak, Li Yuanji added: "If I asked the King of Silla to offer a hostage or a hostage, do you think he would be happy or sad?"
Li Shimin was speechless for a moment.
If the King of Silla was asked to offer a proton, the King of Silla would probably be confused because he had no son.
But if you ask the King of Silla to offer a hostage, the King of Silla will probably be happy to give it to you, and he will bring his own bedding and various bedding.
If you dare to favor the hostage girl sent by the King of Silla, do you believe that the King of Silla will celebrate the whole country?!
Sending a hostage girl to the Tang Dynasty and letting her be happy with the royal family of the Tang Dynasty was definitely not a shameful thing for Silla, but something that she liked to see.
Because once this kind of thing is accomplished, Silla will completely embrace the Tang Dynasty, and no longer have to worry about Goguryeo and Baekje coveting them.
If the hostage girl could conceive a man and a half of the man in charge of the Tang Dynasty, then Silla would be completely free of worries.
Who dares to hit me?!
The Tang Dynasty is covering my back, very iron!
Therefore, Li Shimin said that sending protons is a sad thing for many countries, which is not accurate.
"Okay, let's stop chatting and let's get on with the business. I'm going to cut off one hundred of Li Shiji's households and give generous rewards to the soldiers who made great contributions to the Shihuoba tribe in this expedition. What do you think?"
Seeing that Li Shimin had completely stopped talking, Li Yuanji got down to business.
Li Shiji raided the Shihuoba Department and completely wiped out the Shihuoba Department. Logically speaking, he should be given a generous reward.
But he disobeyed Lingzhou's order, so he must be punished.
When Li Jing went to raid Jieli, Lingzhou gave Li Shiji an order to go to Li Shenfu's place to help Li Shenfu, but Li Shiji didn't go and sent someone else there instead.
Although Li Shiji had a reason for doing what he did, disobeying Lingzhou's orders was disobeying Lingzhou's orders, and he had to be punished as he deserved. There is no reason to argue.
As for whether Li Shiji would leave the Chinese army as ordered, leaving the Chinese army without a leader, and whether there would be any problems, that was not something Li Shiji should consider.
He is not the commander-in-chief of the army, and he is not qualified to care about the commander-in-chief.
If something went wrong, it would be the result of a conflict between Lingzhou's military orders and Li Jing's.
The fault lies with Lingzhou. Li Jing came to Lingzhou to ask for an explanation. Whether Lingzhou should admit its mistake or issue a document of guilt is a problem between Lingzhou and Li Jing and has nothing to do with Li Shiji.
So Li Shiji was wrong when he was wrong, and he should be punished as he should.
As for him having merit for Li Jing and obeying Li Jing's orders, Li Jing came back to help him ask for an explanation, asked for credit for him, and then rewarded him, that's another matter.
Although it sounds a bit like taking off your pants and farting, the rules in the military are like this. Right and wrong cannot be decided in one word. You must follow the process and follow it meticulously.
Even if a lot of effort is wasted in the end, no step can be saved.
Although the disadvantages of doing this are great, the benefits are also huge.
It can block most of the loopholes, so that those who are opportunistic will not have many loopholes to take advantage of, and it can also prevent those who have done wrong things from taking chances, and can also avoid many things that offset the merits and demerits.
In running an army, the four words "reward merit and punishment" are very important and the most basic.
Gong is merit, fault is fault, and they must be distinguished clearly.
Once they are not clearly distinguished and confused together, it is easy for unfair things to happen and the soldiers to riot, which is a mutiny.
To be more serious, Xiaoying will show it to you, do you believe it?!