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Chapter 303 I, take the upper-level route

Li Chengqian didn't know that Li Shimin had left in shame, and he still wanted to continue his speech.

"Sima Qian, a man who wrote history books in the Han Dynasty, said, 'Everyone has to die. Some people die less than a feather, and have no value. Some people die more than Mount Tai.' Anyone who dies on the battlefield because of defending the country and defending the country, those who die more than Mount Tai are people worthy of our respect.

If the court does not take care of them and makes them feel more uncomfortable than dead, it is an ungrateful court.

So it is appropriate that the court spends much effort to take care of them and their relatives.”

After Li Chengqian's words, many of the civil and military ministers expressed disdain. If a few big-headed soldiers die, they will be more serious than Mount Tai.

It was just that Li Chengqian's words and the performance of the soldiers made them tremble.

"The court not only needs to take care of these people, but also needs to do many things such as paving roads and digging canals, relieving disasters and poverty, quelling rebellions internally, and defending against enemy aggression externally.

What did the court do these things? Because there were tens of millions of simple farmers working hard to pay grain and pay taxes throughout the day, and there were also good craftsmen who worked hard to work in workshops all year round. The grain grown by farmers could feed all the people of the Tang Dynasty. The weapons created by craftsmen could kill enemies, and the farm tools built could be cultivated. These were the sources of strength of the court.

However, all this can only be done when the world is peaceful. Who can cultivate the fields and work with peace of mind in the world?

Therefore, if the Tang Dynasty wants to have everything, it must first have a Tang Dynasty royal army that is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and loyal to its duties.

For example, our gold and silver mountains must be protected by you. If you cannot defend our gold and silver mountains, the orphans of the fallen soldiers will have no money to raise them, and the court will have no money to take care of your disabled robes."

"Buzz--"

The discussions in the entire venue sounded again.

Nearly 100,000 people inside and outside the venue did not expect Li Chengqian to lift the soldiers so high!

Moreover, Li Chengqian only mentioned that farmers and craftsmen did not mention scholars or merchants, which made the civil and military ministers standing on the northern high platform feel mixed feelings.

But the soldiers below all understood what Li Chengqian meant, that is, they had the sacred duty to protect the gold and silver mountains of the Tang Dynasty.

What is the gold and silver mountain? What they understand now is these mineral veins, so many soldiers have cast their fierce murderous intentions on the leaders of various prison states present.

A young lieutenant stood up and threw his fist at Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is dedicated to serving the prince, and we are still reluctant to leave our blood. Please rest assured that the mountains of gold and silver in the Tang Dynasty will be protected with our lives."

Tens of thousands of soldiers shouted excitedly when they heard this: "We must use our lives to protect the gold and silver mountains of the Tang Dynasty..."

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Li Chengqian saw that the scene he wanted finally appeared, and he felt relieved in his heart.

But Fang Xuanling was frightened when he saw this scene. He seemed to have seen the excited appearance of the generals of the Qin Palace before the Xuanwu coup...

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate for Ministry of War Li." Fang Xuanling tilted his head and said quietly to Li Shiji.

Li Shiji replied expressionlessly: "It is not wrong to have a selfless prince."

Hou Junji next to him couldn't help but sneer when he saw this face, and Yuchi Gong's expression also showed deep worries.

Li Chengqian finished all he could say and ended the speech, walking down the stage amid the cheers of tens of thousands of soldiers.

Seeing Li Shimin and Li Chengqian and his son finish the stage, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, simplifying the process of Yu Xia'an's soul and ending the grand event.

On the second day, Li Chengqian wrote a letter to the court to erect a memorial monument for the battle to destroy Xueyantuo, and attached the simple process of the previous battles in the war, as well as the origin, age and names of the soldiers who died in this battle.

After reading this memorial, Li Shimin threw it straight on the ground, and his chest was undulating violently for a long time and could not speak.

Because in Li Shimin's view, these practices were not available in all ages, and they were just a means of Li Chengqian's invitation to buy people's hearts.

After a while, Li Shimin raised his head and his eyes were glowing green, and he said in a gloomy manner: "It is said that Duke Liang and Duke of England are here to see me."

Soon the two arrived. As soon as they entered the conference hall, they saw Li Shimin with a gloomy face, and their hearts were sank.

Knowing that it must be related to yesterday's incident, he politely said: "My minister Fang Xuanling (Li Shiji) see Your Majesty."

Li Shimin looked at the two of them and said calmly: "The two of you are a fair family and sit in front of me."

When the two of them heard this, they bowed to Li Shimin again as a thank you. Then they silently took two felt pads from the ground and moved them to Li Shimin, one on the left and one on the right.

Seeing that they sat down, Li Shimin picked up Li Chengqian's memorial from a young age, handed it to Fang Xuanling with expressionless face and said, "The two families of the Qing family first look at this memorial from the prince."

Fang Xuanling took the ten lines and read it in a hurry, then handed it to Li Shiji. When Li Shiji took the memorial, Fang Xuanling said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, I think the Crown Prince's recent actions seem to be a bit over the cart."

Li Shimin immediately came to interest and said, "Xuanling said bluntly that there is no need to cover up the prince."

This is equivalent to explicitly saying that you should quickly scold Li Chengqian for me.

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he began to tell Li Shimin in detail what Li Chengqian said and the situation on the scene after Li Shimin left yesterday.

The key point is that Li Chengqian intends to break the status between scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.

Li Shimin frowned and slapped the table and said, "In order to win people's hearts, the evil son actually wants to disrupt the four people."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Li Shiji. Seeing that he was still reading the memorial, he said a little unhappy: "What does Maogong think about this?"

Li Shiji put down his memorial and said solemnly: "When you go back to your Majesty, I think that the Crown Prince is thorough and it is feasible to erect a monument to engrave the names of the fallen soldiers."

"Um"

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this. He did not expect Li Shiji to perfunctory him in person.

Fang Xuanling also looked at Li Shiji in surprise. Li Shiji has always been cautious, so why would he have such a bold move.

Li Shiji looked at Li Shimin's gaze, stood up and bowed to Li Shimin, and then said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is selfless and selfless, I dare not misinterpret it." Fang Xuanling's face immediately became gloomy.

Li Shimin squinted his eyes and looked at Li Shiji waiting for his words behind him.

"Your Majesty whoever plots for the dark room must use his personal confidants. His Highness the Crown Prince personally led his troops to destroy Xue Yantu Khan's tent. The generals of the Eastern Palace made great contributions. His Highness the Crown Prince never mentioned it once from beginning to end. But he was determined to pay attention to the soldiers who had already died. This alone can prove that His Highness the Crown Prince has no dark room plan."

Li Shimin felt a little better after hearing Li Shiji's words, but he was still angry at Li Chengqian.

After a while, he said angrily: "Although there is no plan for the dark room, he is also inviting people to buy people's hearts."

Li Shiji knew that it was not easy to make the two palaces go to war immediately at this time, so he stopped talking.

However, when Li Shimin heard that Li Shiji said it, he immediately understood. Although Li Chengqian was determined to win people's hearts, he was all ordinary soldiers who did not involve the generals in the court and even forgot about the generals in the East Palace...

When Li Shimin thought about this, he said to Li Shiji: "Since Maogong thinks that the prince's report is feasible, you can do it."

Li Shiji hurriedly stood up and bowed to Li Shimin and bowed, but heard Li Shimin say, "Maogong will return and send you a book of merits for destroying Xue Yantuo this time. I want to reward you on merits."

Li Shiji was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Your Majesty, don't you wait until you return to the capital to worship the Taimiao before you reward him with merits?"

Li Shimin's lips raised and said with a smile: "No, I will announce it when summoning the leaders of various prison states, and let the leaders of various prison states see the heroic posture of our Tang generals."

But I was thinking in my heart that Li Chengqian would buy ordinary soldiers and I would get the loyalty of the general in the army.

After Li Shiji left, Li Shimin told Fang Xuanling about his thoughts, and the two hit it off until late at night.
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