"Father, my son realizes his mistake. Can you please open the door and see your son?"
"Father, please say something, my son is worried."
"Father, my son knows that the traitor has offended you. But...Father, you have taught your son to put the overall situation first in everything. It is easy to kill him, but there are more than 50,000 Turkic people involved, so I cannot kill them all.
Well, Father, please understand your son’s difficulties.”
Li Shimin had been kneeling for an hour, but no matter what, Li Yuan refused to open the door, and from time to time there was the sound of smashing things inside. It was obvious that the old man had not calmed down yet.
Li Shimin knelt at the door to apologize to Li Yuan, and Ashina Simo knelt next to Li Shimin to apologize to him. Li Mu stood beside him as if nothing happened. After standing for a long time, he felt a little sleepy and couldn't help but hit him.
Yawn. Li Shimin was irritable. When he heard the yawn, he immediately focused his eyes. Li Mu yawned halfway, his expression froze on his face, and he closed his mouth.
Li Shimin sent Ashina Simo away and turned to look at Li Mu.
"Kneel down!"
Li Mu knelt down without even thinking about it. Those who know the current affairs are heroes. If you try to find trouble with Li Shimin when he is angry and has no place to vent his anger, isn't that asking for death?
Li Shimin was also kneeling and turned around to look at Li Mu. The two of them seemed to be worshiping heaven and earth.
Li Shimin was so angry that he gritted his teeth and glared at Li Mu: "I asked you to solve the problem, do you want to make me more trouble? Why are you so ignorant of taking care of things? If I could kill him, would I keep him? The current situation means that I can't kill him.
, kill him, where will the more than 50,000 Turkic people go? Kill him, and people will be in panic. How can the Huaihua County King control the Turkic tribes? People on the border are uncertain, when will the war end? Li Mu, I have high hopes for you, but you
Why are you not making progress? Why are you making mistakes again? You always draw your sword and kill people! Are you a reckless man?"
Li Mu showed no regret at all, raised his chin, as if he had done something awesome, and said: "Your Majesty, I cannot agree with your remarks. I believe that everything should follow the principles. If
In order to seek temporary benefits and ignore the fundamental principles, even if this thing is done, it will not last long. I don’t know martial arts, and I don’t like killing people, but it doesn’t matter. The last time I drew my sword, it was because
That dog censor insulted my mother with his words. I have no choice but to draw my sword, otherwise I will not be the son of a human being!"
"It's the same thing this time when the Turkic barbarians offended the Supreme Emperor. The Supreme Emperor treats me like a relative, and I naturally respect the Supreme Emperor. This is filial piety. In addition, I am your Majesty's minister, and the Supreme Emperor is your Majesty's father. Seeing that the Supreme Emperor is offended, as Your Majesty
My dear, if I don’t stand up, I will be unfaithful, unjust, unkind and unfilial! If I can bear it, I will be an unfaithful, unjust, unkind and unfilial dog thief. I will never be able to live with a harmonious face in this world.
Let Your Majesty bear the bad reputation of being unfilial, so I do.”
"Okay!" Li Shimin heard this, interrupted Li Mu, and said: "You don't have to beat around the bush and scold me, I understand the truth, but now the problem is before us, Tuli is dead, if you continue
Killing Ashina Yugu and Ashina Association, Tuli's death obviously has nothing to do with us but it has something to do with us. Hundreds of thousands of Turkic tribes will lose hope and no longer have trust in the Tang Dynasty. By then everything will be dead, I will
Although you are not afraid, why do you have to let the killings that can be avoided happen? Li Mu, do you still have any mercy in your heart?"
Li Mu scratched his head and didn't say anything. What Li Shimin said was not unreasonable. The Turks were soldiers when they mounted their horses, and they were civilians when they dismounted. Women in their prime could draw bows and shoot arrows. Although the Turks were defeated now, the main loser was Jie Li.
The actual number of casualties in this group was only tens of thousands. Most of the Turks were still alive, but their cattle and sheep were plundered by the Tang Dynasty and they became poor. If they were to die and break the net, it would be really troublesome.
Li Shimin sighed and begged again. Li Yuan threw a teapot out, smashed it on the door and broke it into pieces.
"I knew that one day, sooner or later, you would look down on me as an old immortal. In order to gain a reputation, you would find someone to make me angry to death! Li Shimin, don't go to such trouble, go and stab me to death with that knife.
You damn old man, stab my granddaughter to death again so that we don’t get in your way!"
"Father, you are ashamed of your child. How could your child do this to you..."
Li Shimin glared at Li Mu, lowered his voice, and said: "You can't say a few words, you are just watching from the side? How long will I be the leader? Don't make people laugh!"
Li Mu cleared his throat and shouted: "Your Majesty, I am Li Mu. Your Majesty just said that I will definitely give you this bad breath. However, the current situation is forcing us to kill them. But we can castrate them. You can
What do you think?"
Li Shimin's eyes almost popped out of his head: "What a bastard, when did I say I was going to castrate them? If I castrated them, why not kill them? Do you need such humiliation?"
"Your Majesty, you can't kill, you can't castrate, you don't have any expression at all. You still want the Supreme Emperor to calm down? Is this what you do, son? If I were the Supreme Emperor, I wouldn't calm down either!"
"You are presumptuous!" Li Shimin raised his hand and gave Li Mu a slap on the back of the head, scolding: "How dare you compare yourself to the Supreme Emperor?"
Li Mu rubbed the place where he was beaten and shouted: "Your Majesty, aren't you looking for trouble? I will discuss the matter."
"No, you can't castrate, you can think of another way!"
Before Li Mu had time to reply, the door suddenly opened. Li Yuan came out of the door, and Li Shimin quickly took the opportunity to say: "Father, have you calmed down?"
"No problem!"
"Father..."
"You don't need to beg me. I also understand your difficulties." Li Yuan said with a cold face: "It's just that I don't understand, Shimin, how come you seem to have changed since you became the emperor?
?Where has your energy gone?"
Li Yuan sighed, helped Li Shimin up, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "I still remember when Jieli's army of 300,000 soldiers came to the city and Chang'an City was in danger. Your brother and I, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty,
, everyone was discussing moving the capital to Luoyang. Only you expressed your views, insisted on defending the city, and fought against the Turks. How high-spirited was the King of Qin at that time? But now you are sitting on the world, but you are timid. It really disappoints me!
"
Li Yuan said, looked at Li Mu, and said: "This boy, more or less, has a shadow of you back then..." Li Yuan sighed, waved his hand, and said: "That's all, I won't argue with you anymore.
.Don’t kneel here with me, go ahead, do whatever you want, you don’t need to tell me, go ahead, I’m going to rest.”
After Li Yuan finished speaking, he returned to the house and closed the door.
Li Shimin stood in a daze, the door was closed, but he still looked like this. Li Mu took a peek and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Emperor is going to rest. Should we... go?"
Li Shimin took a long breath and turned around. Li Mu could see clearly that his eyes were slightly red.
Your Majesty has lost his temper!
"Li Mu, do you think I am burdened by the word 'Mingjun' and am too timid?"
"Is this..." Li Mu said cautiously, "It's hard to say."
"I want you to say it!"
"Yes, a little bit!"
"In your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"
"This..." Li Mu didn't know how to answer. In fact, he didn't have any rules in his mind. It was just that he was so irritated by the sight of the Ashina brothers that he couldn't control his passion and smashed the wine bottle.
The rest of the matter can be roughly said, since we have done it anyway, why not just do it to the end. When my head is hot, I don’t think too much about it at all.
When Li Shimin asked about this matter, Li Mu really didn't know how to answer. After thinking for a while, he said: "I feel that there is no need to be afraid of the Turks. It was us who destroyed them, and the initiative should be in your Majesty's hands."
"Thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness. They have no choice. Look at their posture, it seems that they are bargaining with us. Who gave them the courage?"
Li Shimin nodded slightly and said: "What you said makes sense... Well, it's not that I haven't thought about this problem. I can't find a good candidate. I want loyalty and means, but there is no such person! I can only
Choose one. There is no problem with Ashinasmo's loyalty. But he is straightforward, has no ambition, and cannot shoulder heavy responsibilities. I know him much better than you do. Don't look at him with a majestic look.
He cannot convince the public. I want to keep the two Ashina brothers because I want them to support him. Now that it has turned out like this, I really have a headache."
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, what you are worried about is nothing more than their tribe. I have a little immature suggestion. Your Majesty may wish to consider it."
"What advice?"
"Your Majesty, I heard that during the Warring States Period, protons would be sent between countries. If one party violated their faith, they would be beheaded. So I thought of it."
Li Shimin frowned slightly and said, "You mean to keep the two of them as hostages?"
Li Mu nodded and said: "Your Majesty, please think about it, Ashina Simo is now leading the remnants of Jieli, why no one rebels? It's not because Jieli is there, they know that if they rebel, Jieli will die. Jieli is for
If you want to survive, you won't let them rebel. Leaving the Ashina brothers in Chang'an is the same as Jie Li. The effect must be the same. If their tribe rebels, kill them first to sacrifice the flag.
, If the group of dragons is leaderless, even if it rebels, how big of a climate can it become?"
Li Shimin thought deeply for a while, nodded slowly, and said: "This plan is not impossible, but it may damage the reputation of our country, the Great Tang Dynasty."
"What's so difficult about this?" Li Mu said with a smile: "To put it another way, let's throw them in the prison first. I'll find a few experienced jailers to give them a job and ask them to write a letter of admiration and respect for Your Majesty.
If your Majesty agrees to the memorial of entering the imperial guard, will it be a matter of course soon?"
When Li Shimin heard this, it was as if a door to a new world had opened. He looked at Li Mu with a smile and said, "You can handle this matter yourself. I don't know about it."