After listening to Li Shimin's question, the ministers glanced at each other, and then listened to Fang Xuanling come out and say: "This matter is played by Xiahou, and the ministers want to hear Xiahou's opinion first." ”

"If you go back to the room, I think we can attack. The Turks fought a series of wars before, not only repeatedly went south to invade our borders, but also successively attacked Xue Yantuo, Hui and other tribes, these actions cost the Turkic state, but did not really get the heart of Xue Yantuo's tribes, which is equivalent to spending huge manpower and material resources but brought secret wounds to themselves. Because the Xue Yantuo tribes will definitely break away from the Turkic control at the first opportunity. Now the Xue Yantuo, Hui Hui, Bayegu, and Tongluo tribes that are attached to the Turks also take advantage of the internal discord within the Turks, the struggle is serious, and they suffer from natural disasters, and they lose the support of the people. This is a problem that the Turkic outside is facing. As for the Turkic interior, when they suffered from natural disasters, Jieli did not provide disaster relief, but levied heavy taxes, which caused the Turkic people to be centrifuged, and the Turkic nobles were no longer united with Jieli Khan, and the Turkic Khan even wrote to His Majesty to be a vassal, in order to ask His Majesty to help him fight back against Jieli's suppression. On the other hand, my Tang Dynasty, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the people are in their hearts, and they have recovered Shuofang, which can be used to conquer the Turks. Xia Hongsheng talked to the bigwigs and said, "Therefore, my opinion is that you can send troops to attack them." ”

"Yes, the old man and Xiahou think the same. Your Majesty, now that the Turkic Turks are falling apart and staring at each other, natural disasters are coming and the people are divorced. In addition, a large number of cattle, horses, and sheep froze to death. The strength of the Turkic army was greatly reduced. It's time for us to take the opportunity to attack! Xiao Yu smiled. He said to Li Shimin: "That's why the minister asks to hit him." ”

As soon as Xiao Yu's words fell, Wei Zheng stepped out first, gave a salute, and then said, "Old Master Xiao's words, Zheng dare not agree. The minister can't not believe it, but what about the country? Now that I, Datang, have allied with it, he has not been rude to me. How can Datang take advantage of the disaster and invite the danger to take it? Your Majesty, the benevolent and holy king, how can he be a nameless teacher, for fear of being criticized. ”

Li Shimin listened to Wei Zheng's words, sighed, and said, "What Wei Qing said is not unreasonable. I am an ally with Jieli to kill the white horse, it is an ally, and now it has not been rude, if I raise an army to attack. It's for the nameless. However, I have a covenant with Tuli. You can't help it. How? ”

At this time, Du Ruhui, who was the secretary of the military department at the time, stepped forward and walked out, bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, Yi Di has no faith, and has repeatedly knocked on the pass and plundered. The way to insult them is to bring about their own destruction. Your Majesty, the ministers attach to the proposal of Lord Xiao and Xiahou, please attack it. ”

"I have a word, and I invite you to listen to it." The eldest grandson Wuji finally opened his mouth, took a deep breath and said to Li Shimin and everyone in the palace: "Your Majesty, although the Turks are suffering from internal and external troubles, and our dynasty is also a natural disaster, there is famine in all parts of the Guan, and starvation is everywhere, what is this heavenly time?" In the former Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, the people's livelihood withered, and the people suffered from the war. Now that I have decided at the beginning of the dynasty, I should rest and recuperate, and appease the people, if I use troops immediately, it will inevitably cause the people to panic and be afraid. And the Turks have not committed any offense now, if Your Majesty attacks first, it will be Your Majesty who has betrayed your promise. Abandon the faith and work the people, not the teacher of the king. The division is nameless, the soldiers are not effective, the people are not happy, the people's strength is wasted, and the people are centrifuged. Therefore, the minister thinks that today's Tang Dynasty is in the army to support the people, and not to rise again. Your Majesty can appease the people, restore the people's livelihood, accumulate their strength, and wait for them to fight against them. Now if you go deep into the court, the minister will not see it! ”

Li Shimin was silent, bowing his head slightly, but his knuckles were lightly tapping on the table in front of him, and the sound was very obvious in the Taiji Hall where the needles could be heard.

All the ministers have already clarified their views, and it is time for Li Shimin to analyze and make decisions on his own.

After a long time, Li Shimin raised his head again and said, "Wuji is right, now is not the time to use soldiers. The world was initially decided, if I conquered for no reason and there was another war, the people would definitely compare me to the emperor, and the world would be centrifugal. If they are rude to me, they will be cut down. ”

Everyone was speechless, and even Xiao Yu and Du Ruhui, who had just advocated taking the opportunity to attack the Turks, did not come out to refute again. Xia Hongsheng also felt that what the eldest grandson Wuji said was reasonable, and now there are natural disasters in the pass, and the people are already miserable, if they raise troops at this time, it will inevitably aggravate the dissatisfaction of the people, and the division is nameless, which makes the people feel slanderous in their hearts, and they feel that they will suffer from the war again for no reason, and they are even more reluctant to use soldiers.

Attacking the Turks, the time is definitely ripe. The key lies in two questions.

One is that the division is unknown. After all, although the Turks did a lot of disrespectful behavior, they did not tear their faces and send troops to knock on the pass. Therefore, if the Tang Dynasty sends troops first at this time, it will make the Tang Dynasty stand at a low point of morality, which is a very serious problem in ancient times when morality was emphasized, and it will even be used by some people with intentions to attack the emperor. The second issue is the will of the people. The people have experienced the wars in the last years of the former Sui Dynasty, and they have a deep shadow of the war, and they hate and resist the war from the bottom of their hearts. At this time, the people's will will not be available, and there will be a lot less support for the war, and it will even be used by demagoguery to provoke popular uprisings.

It can be seen that Li Lao Er is actually very sorry that he can't take advantage of this opportunity to attack the Turks. After all, Li Lao Er is eloquent and strategic, and he is a king with a lot of self-esteem. In the past, the emperor Li Yuan called the Turks a tribute, and then there was the shame of Jieli Khan attacking the Weimeng under the city of Chang'an. And if you want to wash away the shame brought by the Turks, in Li Shimin's heart, the only way to destroy the Turks is to destroy the Turks with iron and blood.

Thinking of this, Xia Hongsheng walked out, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, you can't attack the Turks now, in the final analysis, there are two reasons. First, the teacher is unknown, and the second is that the people's hearts are not allowed. These two are easy and difficult to solve. ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin raised his head and looked at Xia Hongsheng: "How easy is it?" ”

Xia Hongsheng bowed and bowed, and then replied: "The so-called change is nothing more than making his teacher famous and popular with the people." If the Turks are allowed to knock on the border first, and the frontier is in an emergency, it will be the Turks' treachery, and then His Majesty's army will be able to move and become famous. And the people's hearts ...... Hehe, Your Majesty, the people's hearts are also people's hearts, and people's hearts are the easiest things to shake. ”

"What can Xia Hou do? Don't sell Guanzi anymore, and come quickly, let His Majesty and the old man also listen to Xiahou's strange strategy. Listening to Xia Hongsheng's words, Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and smiled, and said.

Xia Hongsheng said with a smile: "Whether the teacher is famous or not, to put it bluntly, it is a question of who will do it first." War needs reason, and even more so in peacetime. After all, war is a situation that no one wants to see, so war needs to have a high-sounding reason to tell everyone that it is not that I am willing to fight, but that I have a reason why I have to do it. He had read from a lonely book that there was a small country in the land of the Orient and overseas, and this country was cruel in nature, and wanted to start a war against its neighbors, but there was no excuse. So he secretly made people wear the clothes of the soldiers of neighboring countries, burned down several hectares of fertile land in the border city at night, and dug up the official road. The next day, he went to interrogate, and under the pretext that a soldier was missing, he wanted to enter the city to look for him. The generals of the neighboring countries refused to agree, and their people used this as an excuse to use troops against the neighboring countries. Now that His Majesty wants to become famous, he must lead the Turks to take the lead. Now that the Turks are suffering from internal and external troubles and their people are divided, they need a foreign war to divert the attention of their people. His Majesty can secretly communicate with Xue Yantuo and other subordinates, make promises, increase their confidence, and make them harass the Turks. He also secretly exchanged money with Tuli, forcing Jieli to provoke trouble and attack the Tang Dynasty. In this way, my Datang has a reason to take action against the Turks. How to deal with it specifically, how to force the Turks to attack, Your Majesty and your lords are much more strategic than Wechen, and we don't need to say more about Wechen. ”

Xia Hongsheng bowed for a moment and continued: "As for the people's aspirations...... Your Majesty, although there is a sentence that I don't like to hear, Weichen feels very reasonable. The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. In addition to morality, the most powerful thing in the world to manipulate people's hearts is a sharp word. The people do not want to go to war because the war will destroy the fields and endanger their lives, which will damage the interests of the people, so the people do not want to have war. The people do not have to worry about the precariousness, do not have to worry about not having enough food and clothing, this is the benefit of the people, so the people are willing to live this life. Now, if the people can gain benefits and gain benefits from the attack on the Turks, then the people will no longer oppose the attack on the Turks, and will instead support His Majesty's attack on the Turks. ”

"Xiahou's words are wrong!" Wei Zheng walked out and said to Xia Hongsheng: "Since ancient times, the army has been reckless, the people's strength has been consumed, and the world has been in turmoil. The previous dynasty was incomparably prosperous, and Emperor Yang raised the world's troops to conquer Goryeo three times, in addition to ending up with a rebellion among the people, the country was destroyed and the dynasty was destroyed, what benefits did he gain? Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty killed the Xiongnu and conquered for half his life, in addition to overwhelming the people, what is the benefit? Sage Cloud: The gentleman is said to be righteous, and the villain is said to be profitable. Xiahou drove the people of the world for profit, is it a gentleman's doing? ! ”

Well, what we are discussing is how to make the people gladly support the imperial court to mobilize troops and attack the Turks, why did it run to the debate of gentlemen and villains! Xia Hongsheng looked at Wei Zheng, war is sophistry, it is to win, what kind of gentleman to talk about. The one that talks about a gentleman is called a friendly exchange competition, not a war! (To be continued......)