When Li Chengqian saw Li Shimin's joy, his eyes turned and said, "Father wants to show that my Tang Dynasty is gentle and barbarians, but he must not help but beware of their desire to be arrogant and provoke the authority of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, my son thought that a great martial arts performance in the Chengtian Gate that day should have been held in Chengtian Gate, and the father himself reviewed it.

Let the vassals see the might of our Tang army, so that they will always be respectful."

The great martial arts performance of the Lord?

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During Li Shimin's reign, he read the army to study the army, but those were things he had never seen before when he hunted somewhere and went to the local military camp to read the local army.

So everyone fell into deep thought when they heard this, thinking about the necessity of doing so.

After a while, Li Shimin hesitated and said, "Didn't this bring all the military information of our Tang Dynasty to the barbarians of various vassal states?"

It is understandable that Li Shimin thought this way. The Tang Dynasty has never stopped foreign wars for more than 20 years, so no one has ever thought of using military exercises to show military power to intimidate the barbarians.

"That's right, once all the guards perform martial arts, they must not reward a large amount of money and property." Cheng Mingzhen, the new Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said that he is now very sensitive to the affairs of the court.

When the other ministers heard this, they nodded, saying that there was no need to hold a military exercise for the various guards when receiving Xue Yantuo's envoy.

But everyone finally looked at Li Chengqian and wanted to hear what he said, which was his respect for him.

Li Chengqian first looked at the ministers indifferently, then turned his head to look at Li Shimin sitting next to him and said seriously: "The father's reign is so powerful that he naturally does not need to perform martial arts to shock the barbarians. But think about how many generations can the emperor of the Tang Dynasty personally take charge of the army like his father?"

Li Shimin couldn't help but look at Li Chengqian's legs when he heard this, his face darkened slightly. He stretched out his hand to stroke Li Chengqian's shoulder and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it!"

Li Shimin thought that Li Chengqian could not go on a horse, so he came up with the military exercises of the guards. The ministers below also noticed this. Some sighed in their hearts, while others felt that Li Chengqian had great wisdom and could not lead troops, and the Tang Dynasty was as peaceful as Mount Tai.

When Li Chengqian saw Li Shimin looking at his lap, he couldn't help but feel annoyed and said in a slight sense: Which of your three legitimate sons seems to be able to lead troops to fight?

In history, no emperor was able to lead troops to fight since Li Shimin's death. In order to preserve their wealth, the Li Tang royal family dared to use any place to fight. In order to quell the Anshi Rebellion, Suzong sent the prince to borrow the Uighur soldiers to recover the East and West Capitals.

As a result, as soon as Luoyang Huihe was recovered, the Uighurs plundered. The ladies in Luoyang were unwilling to be raped by Uighur soldiers. Many people hid in the Buddhist pavilions of Shengshan Temple and Baima Temple and set fires below. The raging fire burned for several days, burning nearly 10,000 people to death.

However, at this time, Li Chengqian could not tell Li Shimin this, so he could only suppress his anger and said, "Although the emperors in the future may not be able to lead troops on the battlefield, they must be able to train troops no matter what."

Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, and felt very relieved when he remembered Li Chengqian's training in the East Palace.

Seeing that Li Shimin agreed with his statement, Li Chengqian continued: "So not only will he perform martial arts in front of Chengtian Gate this time, but he will also form a customization for martial arts every three years to make the world know the preparations of the Tang Dynasty. If the military exercise fails, the military preparations will be cut off, and the Minister of War will be killed."

As soon as Li Chengqian said this, Li Shimin was still thinking about the feasibility of this matter, but the ministers below were shocked. The Minister of War was a senior official of the third rank!

Although the Tang Dynasty was not the later officials who were in charge of themselves, and even if they were corruption in legislation, such a high-ranking official did not rebel, any crime was to be dismissed or exiled. If a martial arts practitioner failed, he would actually kill the Minister of War...

"Is this matter in the Crown Prince Palace a little over?" Zhu Suiliang was the first to stand up and expressed his confusion.

Li Shimin and other ministers also looked at Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian's face remained unchanged and said, "Li said: The major affairs of the country are sacrifices and precepts. After the Tang Dynasty, everyone can do anything for generations. This move is just to prevent the problem and prevent it from happening."

Li Shimin thought about it and slowly nodded and said, "Cheng Qian's concerns are not unreasonable." Then he turned to look at the ministers below and finally set his eyes on the face of Li Daozong who looked anxious and said, "This martial arts performance can be tested, and I plan with you together."

Hearing this, the ministers below all breathed a sigh of relief, and then several people began to worry again. Now it was a few days before Xue Yantuo entered the capital, and everyone immediately reached a consensus in their hearts. No matter what, the various guards of the Tang Dynasty should not lose their majesty in front of the various barbarians and vassal states.

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When Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace, he summoned all the generals of the East Palace and told them how many days the court would perform martial arts in front of Chengtian Gate.

Except for Li Daliang, the generals of the Eastern Palace have no achievements. Now that they have such a chance to show their face, they are naturally very concerned.

The training plan began to be formulated on the same day, and the East Palace Six Rate was trained day and night in front of the Jiade Hall.

After two days, the envoy of Xue Yantuo entered Chang'an City. Then the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites discussed setting the date when Li Shimin summoned Xue Yantuo to seven days later. This was the day when the guards performed martial arts.

From this day on, all the guards guards who were guarding in Chang'an City began to train. The guards in the East Palace also began to train hard under the leadership of Li Chengqian.

It seems that it is only three days away from the martial arts performance, Li Cheng

Qian once again recruited the generals of the Eastern Palace to the Chongjiao Hall for a meeting.

"Three days later, the guards performed martial arts. The Gu Wang told Uncle Jiangxia yesterday that he asked him to arrange for the guards to practice at Xuanwu Gate together tomorrow. How are you preparing?"

"Your Highness Qi Zuo is ready, just wait to practice with the guards." Su Dingfang said excitedly, and the others were also looking at Li Chengqian with excitement.

Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction after seeing it. When he was about to say a few words to encourage everyone, he saw Li Daliang standing up and bowing to him and then hesitated and said: "Your Highness the Prince..."

"Um?"

Li Chengqian had never seen Li Daliang like this. Li Daliang is a famous general and is in his fifties and sixty years old. He has always been calm in front of Li Shimin. There must be bad news for him like this.

What makes Li Daliang difficult can tell where the pressure comes from. Li Chengqian looked at Li Daliang calmly and did not speak. Li Daliang also knew that Li Chengqian would know sooner or later, so he simply said directly: "Your Highness, the Ministry of War thinks that the Eastern Palace Guards lead the guards to protect the Eastern Palace are of great responsibility... I don't need to participate in this martial arts performance."

After Li Daliang said that, he felt like a ray of light on his back. Not only did Li Chengqian's eyes become majestic and sharp, but the eyes of the people in the hall were all staring at him like knives.

However, Li Daliang was finally attacked by a thousand troops. He was embarrassed when he didn't say it. After saying that, he felt that it was already like this anyway, and he was not the idea that he was trembling.

"Whose idea?"

Of course, Li Chengqian knew it was not Li Daliang's idea.

The East Palace is very special now. Although several Grand Secretary of Chongjiao Hall went to Pingzhang Academy to serve as a bachelor's case, the bachelor's in Pingzhang Academy did not have the right to consent. Moreover, Pingzhang Academy is now in the Tai Chi Palace, and the memorials they handled no longer need to be read by Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian could only ask them to bring the memorials they handled in the morning to Chongjiao Hall every afternoon in the afternoon to explain to Li Chengqian. At this time, Li Chengqian could express his opinions.

The matters that the Ministry of War and Li Shimin decided together were to bypass Pingzhangyuan, so even Su Dingfang didn't know.

Li Chengqian was thinking a lot, but Li Daliang said calmly: "It is everyone's decision to go back to the crown prince, and your Majesty agrees."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince heard that Duke Lu was also involved in this matter." Su Dingfang had been in the army for a long time and knew who was who was in the army.

As soon as Cheng Yaojin returned to Chang'an City a few days ago, he was named General Zuotun Guard by Li Shimin. The main responsibility for the north gate of the imperial city was the Anli Gate east of Xuanwu Gate. This gate was closer to Xuande Gate, the north gate of the East Palace.

Li Chengqian understood Su Dingfang's meaning, but Li Chengqian knew that there must be other meanings behind this matter.

After a while, Li Chengqian squinted his eyes and slowly breathed in front of the hall, waved his hands to everyone and said, "Go down and prepare well, don't embarrass you then."

The next day, the court officials heard that Zhu Suiliang wrote a letter to Li Shimin: The crown prince should learn military affairs, and specially asked the crown prince's carriage to be the deputy to follow the emperor's carriage to review the army.

What does this mean?

Is His Highness going to blatantly seize military power?

Li Shimin's emphasis on military power is a common thing for the ministers of the Zhenguan Dynasty. Li Chengqian's riots in the Eastern Palace were already considered a hot topic. Now he still wants to attack the military power of the guards. He doesn't know how the word "death" is written.

The ministers thought...
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