The history of China is the most interesting and charming history.
If you study carefully, you will find too many interesting things.
For example, the early Tang Dynasty.
Why did Li Yuan allow his son to fight among himself?
Another example is how Li Shimin defeated Li Jiancheng.
And why, even though he, like Emperor Yang, was the second son to ascend the throne, he was able to cheat all the way, conquer the south and the north, and create a prosperous age of Zhenguan.
However, Emperor Yang caused turmoil in the country after sweeping the south and the north, and even lost his kingdom.
Sometimes, the truth of history doesn't seem to matter.
Is Li Yuan struggling with which son he should have?
Should the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty implement benevolent policies and allow the people to recuperate and recuperate?
Or are we tightening our belts, purging foreign enemies, and rectifying internal affairs?
Or did Li Shimin really want to kill Li Jiancheng?
Whether it was because his veteran generals no longer wanted to serve as subordinates and forced him to take the throne, or whatever, it didn't matter.
Because history will eventually become the past, and no one can explain clearly what happened in the first place.
Besides, even if I explain it, no one will believe it...
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His sister got married, and Li Chengqian finally got rid of a piece of his heartache.
He was finally able to calm down and prepare for his next trip to Northern Xinjiang with peace of mind.
On New Year's Eve.
Li Shimin and his family gathered in Kunning Palace.
After dinner, everyone set off fireworks together and enjoyed the night view.
However, without Li Lizhi this year, Li Chengqian's temperament has become calmer, so the atmosphere seems to have become less lively.
While Li Zhi and his two younger sisters were setting off fireworks, the eldest brother Li Chengqian sat on the porch and watched quietly.
After a while, Li Zhi couldn't stand it anymore.
He came straight over and pulled Li Chengqian's clothes and said, "Brother, would you like to get up and play with me? It took a lot of effort for my mother to allow me to play for a day."
"Brother, I can't play anymore."
Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Go and play with your second brother."
"Second brother said the same thing."
Li Zhibi He curled his lips, a little dissatisfied.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian was also a little helpless.
At this moment, Li Shimin walked over.
The two of them also stood up immediately and said: "My son, I pay my respects to my father."
"Okay, this is my own home, there are no such red tapes."
Li Shimin glanced at Li Zhi and said, "Dad has something to tell your elder brother. You can go somewhere else to play."
"yes."
How dare Li Zhi disobey his father's order?
At that moment, he ran all the way to the courtyard to play by himself.
Li Shimin, on the other hand, sat casually next to Li Chengqian.
He said: "I'm going to the Northern Desert soon. Is there anything you want to tell me?"
"What can I say?"
Li Chengqian smiled, then looked at Li Shimin and said, "Father, do you have anything to tell me to do?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin was happy.
He looked directly at Li Chengqian and said, "Why, from what you said, have you guessed what I want you to do?"
"hehe."
"Isn't it easy to guess?"
"The Northern Desert Turks and other parts of the Northeast have now been pacified."
"Only, Xue Yantuo's growing strength may become a thorn in my side, Datang."
Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin and said, "Father, should I find an opportunity to go and have a look at Xue Yantuo?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin smiled even happier.
He said: "You guy, although you may appear to be indifferent on the surface, but you know my heart very well."
"The stability of the north is related to the stability of the entire Tang Dynasty."
"If it's Xue Yantuo, it's fine if he doesn't have the intention to go south and make progress."
"If so, we must nip their ideas in the cradle."
Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian and said, "If you have time, go and see what their attitude is."
"My son, I understand."
Li Chengqian raised his hand.
Immediately, he said with some worry: "But Father, I think our current crisis is not in the north, but in the west."
"What do you mean by this?"
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you think the Western Turks will come back again?"
"That's not true."
"Because the relationship between Western Turks and Xue Yantuo is still at a freezing point until now."
"And conflicts often break out on the border between the two countries, so we actually have nothing to worry about."
"But Tibet in the West is really becoming more powerful day by day."
"If we don't guarantee that one day, they will set their sights on the Eastern Expedition."
"So I feel that my father should focus on them now."
Li Chengqian said: "At the very least, we have to take good care of the business lines in the Western Regions."
Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded in agreement.
After all, he had already seen how good that place was.
The gold and silver produced by the Western Region trade routes to the Tang Dynasty every year was enough for the Tang Dynasty to support the Central Army of 300,000 people.
And because more and more merchants have gone to the Western Regions in recent years, this value is also increasing day by day.
Presumably, it won't be long before the terrifying figure of raising an army of 300,000 can no longer describe the benefits that the Western Regions brought to Datang.
"You don't have to worry about this."
"I already have countermeasures for this."
As a famous leader of the generation, how could Li Shimin not know how good this place is?
"It's just that there are some methods that cannot be used when something has not happened."
"When the opportunity comes, we can eliminate this embitterment of the West in one fell swoop."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian felt relieved.
He said: "Seeing this, I can rest assured and go north."
"If you have anything delicious or fun to eat then, bring it back to your father, the emperor and your mother."
Li Shimin was about to nod.
Li Chengqian spoke again .
"but……"
Li Chengqian hesitated for a moment, then looked at Li Shimin and said, "Father, I still have something I want to discuss with my father."
"What's the matter?"
Li Shimin asked with some confusion.
"It's about the ordnance camp."
Li Chengqian said: "My son wants to open a military research institute in addition to the ordnance camp to develop various new weapons for the army."
"Especially firearms such as the Zhenguan General Cannon, Erchen wants to focus on research and development."
"It's just that the development of these things costs a lot of money, and I will definitely not be able to support it."
"But I promise, if we can continue to improve Zhenguan's cannon, our Tang Dynasty's military strength will definitely reach a higher level."
Hearing this, Li Shimin shook his head.
He said: "We will talk about this later."
"At present, our Tang Dynasty's military strength is enough to crush all other countries."
"So there's no need for that at all."
"And instead of wasting money in these places, it is better to use it to benefit the people..."
Obviously, Li Shimin is a little complacent now.
And this emotion is what Li Chengqian fears most.
He opened his mouth to say a few more words.
But before he could say anything, Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Okay, there's no need to mention this matter again, I've already decided."
His attitude was so resolute, what else could Li Chengqian say?
He had no choice but to cup his hands towards Li Shimin and say, "I understand."
Seeing that this guy was in a low mood, Li Shimin smiled.
Then, he raised his hand and grabbed Li Chengqian's arm and said, "Come on, my father is very happy today. Come and have a few drinks with me..."
Li Chengqian did not refuse.
Immediately, he cheered up and said directly to Li Shimin: "Father, your drinking capacity may not be as good as that of my son."
"Good boy."
Li Shimin looked up and smiled so happily.
But at this time, Li Chengqian felt a trace of worry that was difficult to eliminate.