Li Chengqian, as the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the quasi-heir to the throne, his status is naturally supreme.
But as a person from later generations.
It was really hard for him to forget that he was once an insignificant person.
As a little person, he knows the sorrow of little people.
The saddest thing in life is not having no true brothers by your side when you are successful.
But after you die, no one will remember you.
You have to ask, what is more tragic than that no one remembers it.
It's nothing more than that no one remembers despite having made a huge contribution to this society.
Which of those soldiers who died on the battlefield did not shed their blood for the country?
But how many people in this world know their names? .???.
A hundred years later, how many people still remember their existence?
Li Chengqian can't care about others.
But for those who followed him on this expedition and risked their lives on the battlefield, he had an obligation and responsibility to leave their names for future generations to admire.
And Li Shimin also came down from the battlefield.
He also naturally understood the meaning of what Li Chengqian said.
After just thinking for a moment, Li Shimin nodded and said: "I have recorded this matter..."
After finishing speaking, he looked up at Li Chengqian and said, "Besides, do you have any other requests?"
Li Chengqian met Li Shimin's eyes and said, "One more thing is that I want to visit the northwest."
Hearing this, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You just came back from Goguryeo, can your body still withstand it?"
"You have to stand up even if you can't stand it."
"After all, this Zhao Youlin was let go by his son-in-law."
"Now that he is causing trouble with the Tang Dynasty again, I also bear the absolute responsibility."
Li Chengqian couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "So, I want to settle this grudge with my own hands..."
After hearing this, Li Shimin said nothing more.
He said bluntly: "In that case, , then you can go."
"But remember, you are still young. If your body cannot bear it, don't try to be brave..."
Li Shimin has not forgotten the scene when this guy fainted in his arms.
He was also really afraid that his son would be in trouble on the battlefield.
"Don't worry, Father."
Li Chengqian patted his chest and said, "Your body is no longer so fragile."
"Even if you let me follow the army, rush into the Western Turks, and scatter the Western Turks in one fell swoop, I will still be able to hold on."
Seeing him like this, what else could Li Shimin say?
He had to nod his head in agreement.
But he didn't see that when he agreed to Li Chengqian, the expressions of the ministers behind him changed.
These people are nothing more than the Lord Harmony faction.
From the beginning, they did not want the Tang Dynasty to go to war, or even the Tang Dynasty to go to war.
After all, the Tang Dynasty had gone through so many wars in its early period, and it had just been recuperating for two years before it started fighting with its neighboring countries on the east and west fronts.
This is an unwise choice in everyone's opinion.
After Li Chengqian took his people away, Li Shimin announced the disbandment of the dynasty.
However, just after the disbandment of the dynasty, a group of civil and military ministers, led by Wei Zheng, walked into Li Shimin's imperial study.
Their purpose was the same, which was to urge Li Shimin to call off his troops and call a truce.
Wei Zheng was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, now that the war on the Eastern Front has ended, and our army on the Western Front has the overall advantage, there is really no need to continue the fight."
After he finished speaking, Dai Zhou and Chen Shuda, the advocates of peace who had opposed the war from the beginning, also stood up.
Chen Shuda said bluntly: "What Xiang Wei said is right. Now that our army has given the enemy the lesson they deserve, it is better to make peace now to prevent the people of the Tang Dynasty from being attacked again."
The pain of fighting."
Dai Zhou also said at the side: "Your Majesty, in the Goguryeo War, our country lost thirty to forty thousand people, and countless more were injured and disabled."
"In the future, how long will our Tang Dynasty have to wait to make up for the shortfall of these 30,000 to 40,000 people?"
"Especially in Liangzhou and Bingzhou, they have always been at the forefront in the wars in recent years."
"If this continues, I'm afraid that in a few years, all of our sons in the north of the Tang Dynasty will be dead."
How could Li Shimin be happy after hearing what these people said?
He said with a gloomy face: "At the beginning, you said that we wanted peace talks because the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty was easy to fail. I won't say anything more."
"But now, Qian'er has destroyed Goguryeo, and the Tang Dynasty has only one opponent left, the Western Turks. Why do you still want to negotiate peace?"
"Let me ask you, what will happen after the peace talks?"
Although Li Shimin was somewhat pleased with his achievements, he was not that warlike.
He also hoped to be a Taiping Emperor and develop the people's livelihood in the country.
But he also knows that the prerequisite for developing people's livelihood is that there are no external enemies.
Nowadays, the Western Turks are growing stronger and stronger under the governance of Zhao Youlin.
If we don't take advantage of this moment, and the morale of the whole army of the Tang Dynasty is like a rainbow, to maim and injure him, then there will be no peace in the northwest border of the Tang Dynasty in the future.
Even a three-year-old child can see this kind of thing, can't they?
At this moment, Li Shimin really had some doubts about life.
How did he fall in love with this group of people in the first place?
How did he think that he could promote these people who were holding him back to high officials in the temple?
Li Shimin took a deep breath and said: "Okay, you don't need to say anything more. I am determined that this battle must be fought!"
After hearing this, the few people who were still trying to persuade Li Shimin to make peace looked at each other.
In the end, they all shook their heads with helplessness. .
Obviously, Li Shimin is now determined, and no matter how much they try to persuade him, it will be useless.
In this regard, several people said nothing more, only saluted Li Shimin and left.
Wait until a few people walked out of the imperial study room.
Chen Shuda was the first to speak: "It seems that His Majesty is now determined to fight this battle to the end..."
"I want to save the people of the world, but they are going to suffer again."
"As usual, when Prime Minister Wei speaks, His Majesty will listen to whatever he says."
Dai Zhou glanced at Wei Zheng and said, "But today, your Majesty even refuted Prime Minister Wei..."
Chen Shuda also followed Dai Zhou's gaze and said, "Prime Minister Wei, you should think of a way."
"What can I do?"
Wei Zheng took a deep breath and said: "For the current plan, we can only take one step at a time and see what happens."
Hearing this, Dai Zhou frowned and asked, "Don't you think Prime Minister Wei wants to benefit the people of the world?"
"What fortune?"
"Of course I urge your Majesty to negotiate peace!"
Wei Zheng reminded: "Your Majesty said that this battle must be fought!"
If you are not willing, what can you do?
Chen Shuda said quietly: "Okay, Master Dai, you'd better stop talking, and let's stop trying to persuade you."
"Now His Majesty has made it clear that he is accumulating merit for the eldest prince."
"Only when His Highness ascends to the position of Crown Prince in the future can we, the old ministers, be made obedient."
Hearing this, Wei Zheng glanced at him, but still did not speak.
To be honest, he was not very happy because he was unhappy with Li Chengqian from the beginning.
But if he was unhappy, he would never do anything that would harm the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.
Wei Zheng said straightly: "You two can stop being so weird here. If you have this time, you might as well hurry up and find a way to make His Majesty willing to stop the troops and make a truce..."