Xia Hongsheng did not leave the palace, and stayed overnight in the palace where Li Li had lived, and the next morning, he wanted to let Qi Yong go out of the palace to bring Arhan, but was dissuaded by Li Lizhen. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Husband, since you arrived in Chang'an, Qi Yong has been your personal attendant and has never changed people. As long as he knows his husband, he has seen Qi Yong. Yesterday, Qi Yong drove for the concubine, and the concubine and Hui'er's sister returned to the province, and the husband sent his trusted personal attendant to accompany him, which is reasonable. But if only Qi Yong entered and exited the palace today, there would be a flaw. It is inevitable to teach people to think more. After Li Lizhi dissuaded Xia Hongsheng, she said to Xia Hongsheng.

When Xia Hongsheng heard this, he couldn't help but feel justified.

When his two wives returned to Chang'an, they sent their most trusted personal attendants to escort them, which makes sense. But if Qi Yong left the palace alone and brought someone into the palace, it wouldn't make sense. It's easy to think that you've secretly arrived at the palace.

But he was negligent for a while.

Xia Hongsheng nodded: "Thank you Madame for reminding me, I almost made a mistake for my husband." ”

"My husband is an informal person, and he has always been frank and straightforward, so naturally he can't think of these details." Li Lizhi covered her mouth and smiled.

Haha, look at this daughter-in-law, she can talk a lot!

Xia Hongsheng squeezed his eyes at Li Lizhen, and then said: "Haha, for the husband, go and tell your father-in-law about Arhan's residence, and ask your father-in-law to send a palace guard to summon people." ”

Out of the palace, Xia Hongsheng went straight to the place where Li Shimin practiced in the morning, found Li Shimin, and explained his intention. Li Shimin casually summoned a palace guard and asked him to summon Arhan.

"Let's ...... slowly" Xia Hongsheng called the palace guard and said: "Alhan, this Hu Shang, is very timid, if he just lets this guard pass, I'm afraid he will be scared to pee his pants." Let me write a few strokes, and you can bring them to him, so that he can come at ease. ”

Li Shimin nodded, asked Wang De to bring paper and pen, Xia Hongsheng wrote a few sentences casually, and handed them directly to the guard without folding.

The guard took the piece of paper and left, and went to the city of Chang'an to summon Arhan.

Xia Hongsheng was waiting beside him, the Tai Chi he learned in the university physical education class was taught to Li Shimin, and now he has practiced it very skillfully.

"Playing this set of boxing not only strengthens the body, but also teaches people to be calm and calm, which is really a good boxing method." After Li Shimin finished fighting, he took the handkerchief handed by Wang De to wipe his sweat, and smiled at Xia Hongsheng: "I am always upset in my heart, and after such a while, my mind is clear. ”

Xia Hongsheng smiled and nodded and was about to speak, but he heard Li Shimin say again: "What you said yesterday, when you went out with me to Goguryeo, you asked Xu Jingzong to go to Jingyang to deal with the trial implementation of the new law, and let Ke'er lead Jingyang County Chenghe to watch him, this matter, I think it is feasible." That Xu Jingzong is quite talented, and I also asked him to write the edict of the expedition to Goguryeo this time, and I have already read it, and the writing is excellent. I had planned to bring it with me when I went on the expedition and was in charge of drafting the edict. Hearing that Xu Jingzong had such a side as you said, I was a little surprised. I also knew that the courtiers had a lot of complaints about him, and I also asked a few questions, and his answer was very impressive. ”

"Oh?" Xia Hongsheng looked at Li Shimin.

I asked him why the courtiers did not want to associate with him because he was quite virtuous, and Xu Jingzong replied to me like this: The ministers heard that the spring rain moistened all things like ointment, the farmers liked it to moisten all things, and the pedestrians hated its mud; When the bright moon shines in the sky, the beauties like to watch it, and the thieves hate its glory. Heaven does not give people their wishes, let alone people? If there is no wine and fat sheep, how can they moisten the mouths of the people. The ancient proverb: Slander should not be heard, the disaster of listening, the king listens to the ministers and is punished, the father listens to the son is destroyed, the husband and wife listen to the separation, the relatives listen to the absolutely, the friends listen to the sparse, the neighbors listen to the difference, the body is seven feet long, the tongue has a dragon spring, and there is no blood in the murder. ”

Xia Hongsheng laughed: "Just talking about this, it's really true. ”

"Then how is he so unpopular?" Li Shimin asked: "After listening to his words before, I only said that those people were jealous of the virtuous. Now that I hear my son-in-law say the same, could it be that he is really the one who is one in front of me and another behind me? ”

Xia Hongsheng said: "If Your Majesty has a heart, send someone to secretly check him, and you will know." The reason why he didn't show anything now was because he was afraid of Your Majesty, so he didn't dare to be too presumptuous. ”

Li Shimin was noncommittal, but said: "This is a later story." Tomorrow morning, I will issue an edict to arrange the conquest of Goguryeo. In the past few years, the spies of the Tang Dynasty have been operating in Goguryeo, provoking the relationship between Gao Jianwu and the Yuan family. Moreover, last month, spies sent back information that Goguryeo had sent troops to help Baekje fight Silla. No matter what, there are several ships from Datang on Silla's side, and he can be regarded as fighting against Datang. I wanted to march all the way, and while the Goguryeo army was still helping Baekje deal with Silla, I would take a few of his important towns first. It's just that I still have a concern. ”

"Why is my father-in-law worried?" Xia Hongsheng asked.

Li Shimin sighed and said: "The rebellion of the former Sui can be said to be a disaster for Liaodong. And the people were terrified by the turmoil. This time, in order to alleviate the resistance of the people as much as possible, I used the method of recruiting soldiers to win soldiers. I was worried that the people's fear of the conquest of Goguryeo had not disappeared, and they refused to apply. ”

"Father-in-law doesn't need to worry about that." Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said: "In the past few years, the son-in-law has been arousing the people's resentment against Goguryeo through public opinion in the newspaper. Father-in-law can look at the Turks back then. At that time, the Turks were stronger than Goguryeo. However, under the guidance of public opinion, the people were full of resentment towards the Turks, and eagerly longed for the imperial court to use troops against the Turks. The son-in-law's propaganda of Goguryeo was even worse than that of the Turks. Nowadays, when it comes to Goguryeo, the people hate to kill all of them, so as to avenge the sons of the Han family. The son-in-law dared to guarantee that as soon as the father-in-law issued an edict, the recruits would inevitably gather to respond. ”

"We'll see tomorrow." Li Shimin shook his head and said, "With the current armament of the Tang Dynasty, there are not many recruits, so what? It is said that it is 100,000, and in my opinion, as long as there are enough firearms and ammunition, 50,000 is enough. The so-called one force will drop ten meetings, I don't believe it, the artillery of the Tang Dynasty is propped up, and even the reinforced concrete slope city wall of Chang'an can't support it for long, and it will not be able to bombard his Goguryeo city! ”

"What my father-in-law said is very true." Xia Hongsheng said: "I don't know who my father-in-law chooses for the general who will conquer Goguryeo? ”

"Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chi, Daozong and others, I want to keep them for me to watch. Another purpose of my expedition is to lure the snake out of the cave, which will lead the poisonous snake out of the cave, but there is no one who has killed the snake. Li Shimin smiled and said very domineeringly: "The conquest of Goguryeo, planning for a long time, complete preparations, I personally sit in charge, and then select a few generals, it is enough." ”