"My nephew understands what uncle said, but... but what does this have to do with me?" Li Min understood the reason why Fang Xuanling strongly advocated building roads, but why did Fang Xuanling say this to him? Cement is

His invention was correct, but the method had already been taught to the generals and supervisors, so it was not his fault how to use it in the future.

"Haha, the road construction happened because of cement, and cement was invented by His Highness. How can you say that this matter has nothing to do with you?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile. Li Min was about to defend himself when he continued, "Your Majesty, although

He wanted to conquer Goguryeo, but the dissuasion from me and the officials before was not without any effect. Now that he has a legitimate reason to build roads, your Majesty, even if he is unwilling, has to carefully weigh two things.

Regarding gains and losses, based on my understanding of His Majesty, he will definitely summon us, his closest ministers, to discuss the matter again, and His Highness, as the inventor of cement, will definitely be called to attend, do you understand now?"

"Oh, so that's it!" Li Min suddenly realized that after a long time, Fang Xuanling came to work as a lobbyist. "Uncle Fang wanted his nephew to speak the same language with you and other ministers on that day, and together we advised his father to let him

I wonder if my nephew is right in giving up the idea of ​​conquering Goguryeo?"

"Hahaha~, Liu Lang is really smart!" Fang Xuanling laughed and said, he spent so much time talking, actually he just wanted to persuade Li Min to side with them.

"Haha, actually, Uncle Fang doesn't have to go around in such a big circle. My nephew doesn't agree with the use of troops against Goguryeo now. After all, the time has not come yet, and the surrounding areas of the Tang Dynasty are not peaceful. It's really unreasonable to go to war for a small country.

The gain outweighs the loss." Li Min said with a smile. Li Min had some understanding of Li Shimin's Goguryeo complex. He remembered that in the original history, Li Shimin mobilized the entire country's troops to conquer Goguryeo. Although he successfully recovered Liaodong in the early stage, he was later defeated by a

The small town blocked the way, and in the end they had to retreat sadly, failing to achieve their strategic goals at all. It was not until Li Zhi came to power that the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo for the second time, and finally destroyed this small country that had brought endless trouble to the Central Plains.

However, Li Min remembered that Comrade Li's expedition to Goguryeo happened in the late Zhenguan period. It is only ten years since Zhenguan. This means that Comrade Li did not attack Goguryeo this time in history. He probably had to rely on the advice of Fang Xuanling and others.

related.

"I didn't expect you, Liulang, to be so knowledgeable at such a young age. You are really a blessing to me in the Tang Dynasty!" Fang Xuanling said with some surprise. He was not surprised that Li Min agreed to stand on his side. What surprised him was that Li Min

He could actually see that now was not the time to conquer Goguryeo. A fourteen-year-old boy could have such a strategic vision. This was clearer than most of the courtiers.

"Haha~, Uncle Fang was so complimentary!" Li Min liked to hear others praise him the most, not to mention that the one who praised him was the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, which made him so happy that he almost couldn't even find Bei.

After the business talk was over, it was not easy for Fang Xuanling to beg him. Li Min relied on this favor to ask Fang Xuanling for Fang Yiai. Last time Fang Yiai beat up the Tibetan ambassador with them, he didn't hide it.

He sneaked away with Fang Xuanling because Fang Xuanling had always objected to his son getting too close to Cheng Huailiang and his group of generals, and in addition, he got into such a big trouble later. Although the fault was not with Li Min and the others, but also with Fang Yiai.

He is not the mastermind, but Fang Xuanling doesn't care about this. He is punished for two crimes of disrespecting his father's words and fighting. I heard that he is now banned from copying the Analects of Confucius at home, and he must copy it until Fang Xuanling's anger subsides. Li Min and Cheng Huailiang

After they heard about it, they all mourned for Fang Yiai in their hearts. They really didn't know what evil he had done in his previous life to meet such a smelly and tough father?

Although Fang Xuanling's anger has not subsided, but seeing Li Min pleading for his son, he just owed him a favor, so he agreed to lift Fang Yiai's ban. In fact, as a father, seeing such an outstanding Li Min can speak for him

His son begged for mercy, and he felt strangely happy in his heart. Fang Yiai was the son he loved most and worried about the most. If he could be on good terms with Li Min, it would be a good thing, so he agreed so easily.

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Fang Xuanling was indeed a trustworthy person, and Fang Yiai was released by him in the afternoon. The first thing the cuckold brother did when he came out was to thank Li Min. After the last fight, Li Min saw the cuckold brother’s

He was brave and wanted to make friends in his heart, so when he saw him coming out, he immediately recruited his friends to support him. He invited all the people he had fought with last time and held a banquet in his palace of Prince Liang, where a bunch of dandies ate, drank and had fun.

The fun lasted until midnight.

The next morning, when Li Min was sleeping soundly, someone came from the palace to announce that he had entered the palace. Yesterday, Li Min drank a lot of wine and slept that night, so no matter how Wen'er screamed, he would not wake up. Wen'er

Although Er felt sorry for Li Min, he did not dare to delay. He hurriedly asked people to carry Li Min into the carriage, and he served Li Min in the carriage to dress.

After entering the palace, Li Min followed the little eunuch who led the way to Liangyi Palace in a daze. As soon as he reached the door, he heard Li Shimin roaring loudly in the palace, which scared him so much that he trembled all over and his mind immediately cleared.

Taking stock of the surrounding environment, and thinking of what Fang Xuanling said to him yesterday, Li Min immediately understood the reason for summoning him to the palace. The situation in the voice sounded bad, otherwise Li Shimin would not be so angry.

Fire? Could it be that Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin carried it?

"Your Majesty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was defeated in his three expeditions to Goguryeo, which resulted in the loss of troops and would shake the foundation of the country. Your Majesty did not listen to the advice. Do you want to imitate Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and become an unprincipled and ignorant king?" As soon as Li Ming entered, he heard an unflinching voice.

The voice said. There were not many people in the palace, but most of them were wearing purple robes, and all of them were high-ranking and powerful people. Now Li Shimin was sitting in the palace with an angry look on his face. His Highness, an old minister, was facing Li Shimin full of righteousness.

See, what he just said is what he said.

Seeing His Highness's veteran minister, Li Min immediately felt relieved: He was the only one who dared to speak to Li Shimin like this. This veteran minister was none other than Wei Zheng, who was famous for his direct advice.

"Old Wei Zheng, you dare to compare me to a foolish king. Do you really think that I dare not kill you?" Li Shimin was also very angry. Originally, he wanted to persuade the ministers to agree to conquer Goguryeo first, and the road construction could be done later.

I postponed it for a while, but I didn’t expect that all the ministers below, both civil and military, were unanimously opposed. Fang Xuanling and others took Li Shimin’s face into account and warned him very tactfully. But Wei Zheng didn’t care about his feelings at all and directly went to war with Li Shimin.

, and now even the Hunjun has been scolded. Li Shimin was so angry that he was filled with murderous intent and wished he could kill Wei Zheng with his own hands.

"If your Majesty wants to kill or scrape, that is your Majesty's business. However, I will never agree to the conquest of Goguryeo!" Wei Zhengniu's temper also got worse, and he stiffened his neck and pushed back Li Shimin's words. Fang Xuanling and others were around him.

Everyone was silent, but they admired Wei Zheng in their hearts. Even the brave generals had to admire his courage.

"You..." Li Shimin was so angry that he couldn't speak. His hand pointing at Wei Zheng was trembling. Although he wanted to kill him, he knew how important Wei Zheng was to him. It was okay to say angry words, but he had to

If he really takes action, he is really reluctant to do so.

Just when Li Shimin was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, he suddenly saw Li Min standing in the corner. He turned to Li Min with his finger and said: "Liu Lang, all the civil and military officials are opposed to the emperor's conquest of Goguryeo. Are you also opposed to the emperor like them?"

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When Li Min heard Li Shimin's question, he secretly complained in his heart. It was obvious that Li Shimin had nowhere to vent his anger and wanted to take it out on his own son! As long as he dared to stand on the side of the minister, he would probably immediately attract Li Shimin's wrath.

Angry, he had nothing to do with people like Wei Zheng, but there was no problem in bullying his own son. After all, it was only natural for me to teach my son, and no one could say anything.

"Father! My son... my son..." Li Min couldn't make up his mind, and he was hesitant to speak. If he said he supported Li Shimin, it would be a bit irresponsible. After all, he also knew that now was not the time to conquer Goguryeo.

, if he goes there, he will only lose his troops. The original history proves this. And yesterday he had promised Fang Xuanling. If he changes his mind now, wouldn't he be a capricious villain? Fang Xuanling and others will definitely look down on him.

Himself. But if he objects, looking at Li Shimin's angry look, he will definitely not get any good results.

"Hmph~, support is support, opposition is opposition, what does it look like to be hesitant?" Li Shimin originally wanted to find trouble, but when he saw Li Min's appearance, he was about to have a fit. Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others also looked on sympathetically.

Li Min, however, had no idea what to do. Now it was a conversation between their father and son, and foreign ministers like them couldn't get involved at all.

Li Xian sweated so much that he had two choices before him, but no matter which one he chose, the consequences would be very serious. It must be said here that human beings are a very strange animal. Under strong pressure,

Some people will collapse because they cannot bear it, while some people perform exceptionally well under pressure and can do things that they cannot usually do.

Li Min obviously belonged to the latter type of person. Under Li Shimin's strong pressure, he suddenly felt that he had become very calm and his mind was extremely clear. His previously chaotic thoughts quickly became orderly. In just the blink of an eye,

He thought of a way to deal with it.
Chapter completed!