The entire court was silent! The atmosphere was so oppressive that one could even hear the heartbeats of everyone!
Just when Dai Zhou was staring at the tips of his boots with cold sweat on his forehead, wondering if time had also stopped, a steady and powerful voice finally sounded from behind him!
"Your Majesty, I also feel that it is a bad idea to rush to use foreign troops at this difficult time!"
"Wow..."
"Who is this again?"
As soon as these words came out, the court was suddenly shocked again!
Those ministers were not only surprised that someone dared to come forward at this time, but they were even more horrified that this person's remarks actually vetoed the Northern Expedition plan that had been tacitly agreed upon between the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty!
Today is not the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month, so what is being held is not a major court meeting! Those who can stand in the court now are all ministers of the Tang Dynasty! They all know the emperor's determination for this northern expedition!
If we say that Dai Zhou was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and was forced by His Majesty to have no choice but to bring up the matter of the Northern Expedition!
So what did this supportive person think? He openly opposed the emperor? Wasn't he afraid of the emperor's wrath?
For a moment, countless thoughts flashed through everyone's minds, and their eyes couldn't help but look for the voice!
The voice came from not in front of the courtiers, but rather behind them! Among the courtiers, a tall and thin middle-aged official in a crimson official uniform was seen slowly walking out of the queue.
Looking at his unsmiling face, everyone knew that this person was none other than Dr. Wei Zheng from Yushitai!
"Oh, it turns out it's in this latrine...ahem, it's the upright Mr. Wei!"
Suddenly they recognized this man as Wei Zheng! The ministers finally understood!
It's no wonder that as His Majesty's majesty becomes more and more serious, there are only a few people left in the court who dare to confront the Emperor like this.
Among these people, Mr. Wei in front of him is definitely one of the top ones! He has done too many heroic deeds against the emperor before, and he seems to have an addiction to confronting the emperor! So now he adds
This one doesn't seem to be anything special.
"Oh, does the Wei Qing family think so too?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng with an expression on his face.
But just this glance made several ministers around Wei Zheng tremble and quickly and cautiously take a few steps back, fearing that the emperor would also count them as Wei Zheng's accomplices, which would be too unfair!
However, Li Shimin's cold eyes had no effect on Wei Zheng. He was really like a solid rock on the hill at this moment. No matter how violent the wind and rain, I remained unmoved!
"Report to Your Majesty!" Wei Zheng said sternly with an unyielding embrace: "Sun Tzu's Art of War says: Don't move unless it is advantageous, use it unless you have to, and don't fight unless it is dangerous. The master cannot be angry and raise an army, and the general cannot be angry and fight.
If it moves, it will stop if it is not beneficial. Anger can return to joy, anger can return to joy, a country that has been destroyed cannot be restored, and the dead cannot be resurrected!
What this statement means is that the king cannot rashly raise troops based on his own likes and dislikes! Military is a major event for the country, and should not be acted upon unless it is in danger! Today, our Tang Dynasty has no strong enemies outside, but there is a disaster inside! This is the plan for now
, Just as Dai Shangshu said, the best policy is to recuperate and stabilize the people's hearts!"
"Oh? You said that I did it for my own selfish interests, regardless of the common people and the country! I rashly raised troops against Goguryeo?" After hearing what Wei Zheng said, Li Shimin's pupils seemed to have shrunk into needlepoints, piercing Wei Zheng's body!
"Excuse me for being stupid!"
Under Li Shimin's sharp eyes, Wei Zheng seemed a little unable to resist! He lowered his head slightly, but his voice remained calm: "Although Goguryeo is arrogant and arrogant by nature, it has no offense to me, the Tang Dynasty."
Come on! Apart from the rude remarks I made when I met with His Majesty during the season, I really can’t think of any other reason to launch troops against Goguryeo!”
"Are you stupid?" Li Shimin waited for Wei Zheng to finish, but a hint of ridicule slowly emerged from the corner of his mouth. He slowly said: "Wei Shangshu is not a stupid person! However, during the Wude years, Goguryeo ignored the tribute rules of the Tang Dynasty.
We still pay tribute according to the old rituals of the Sui Dynasty! In the early years of Zhenguan, Goguryeo united with Baekje to plan Dangxiang City to block Silla's path to Chao! In the past few years, Goguryeo crossed the Liao River from the northwest to Yingzhou! Is it possible that it invaded a large area of our land?
Mr. Wei doesn’t know anything about these things?”
"Your Majesty..." When Wei Zheng heard Li Shimin's question, his body trembled slightly involuntarily. It took him a long time before he reluctantly said, "I don't know much about these things!"
"What you don't know? What you don't know!" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng, who was gradually hunched over. He snorted coldly again, and the mocking tone on his lips became more obvious: "Even if you, Mr. Wei, are not involved in military aircraft, the ancient books will always
You should have read it, right? Where are the four counties of the Han Dynasty: Lelang, Xuantu, Zhenfan, and Lintun now? Does Master Wei know?"
"This..." Wei Zheng looked bitter, but now he was completely speechless!
How could he not know about the affairs of the four counties of the Han Dynasty? Taking advantage of the civil strife in the Han Dynasty, Goguryeo secretly took the land of these four counties as its own and has never returned it! If nothing else, this incident alone is enough reason to launch troops against Goguryeo.
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The court fell silent, and the other ministers couldn't help but murmur in their hearts when they saw this scene!
The conversation between the emperor and Wei Zheng today seems a bit unusual?! Wei Zheng, who used to be confident no matter what he did, is so helpless and unreasonable today? Is there something they don't know about?
"Ahem..."
Seeing that the atmosphere seemed to be getting more and more uncomfortable, Changsun Wuji, who was in the civil service team, finally couldn't help it anymore and hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over.
"Ahem, this important military matter requires caution and correctness! But today, what we are discussing is how to face the disaster in front of us. Regarding other matters, we will discuss it later, haha, we will discuss it again!"
"Yes, yes! We need to find ways to provide disaster relief first! Let's get over the current hurdle first and then talk about it!"
When seeing someone jumping out to be the peacemaker, Fang Xuanling, who had long been fed up with the depressing atmosphere, quickly stood up and made peace with him with a smile.
"snort!"
Seeing that more and more ministers were saying peace, Li Shimin finally stopped focusing on Wei Zheng and snorted coldly: "Okay! Then tell me, ministers, what else can you do?!"
In the court hall, as Li Shimin said these words, Mr. Wei Zheng, who still kept his bow, finally breathed a sigh of relief!
He slowly straightened up, and at Changsun Wuji's signal, he retreated and stood among the courtiers, as if nothing happened.
But if a careful person looks at it in detail, he will find that this stone has sweated so much in just this moment that it almost soaked through the thick crimson official uniform! In fact, even the person who was holding Wuban tightly was sweating like pulp.
