Listening to the people summoned by Li Shimin from the palace guards, Xia Hongsheng knew in his heart that it must be the Turks and there is a situation again. Now, the only thing that can make Li Shimin anxious about the military bigwigs is the Turks. Well, if you think about it like this, has this son also become a big man in the DPRK, and he won't miss it any time! - I have to worry in my heart, Xia Hongsheng still won't lose his self-knowledge.

Since it was an immediate visit, Xia Hongsheng couldn't delay, and hurriedly left home with the palace guards and went straight to the palace.

When I arrived in the palace, it was not in the Taiji Palace, but in Li Shimin's study. Those civil and military bigwigs are already there. Li Shimin's decision-making is not daring to say everything, but there are six or seven percent of them, all of which are discussed from the mouths of these Li Shimin's confidants. After there is a conclusion, it will be put on the court for discussion, if there is a better one, it will be adopted, and if there is no better one, it will just go through the motions.

Seeing that Duan Zan was also there, Xia Hongsheng consciously went over to stand at the back with Duan Zan after saluting.

"Come over to me!" Li Shimin saw Xia Hongsheng standing at the back, obviously hiding and hiding, so he shouted at him.

Xia Hongsheng had no choice but to walk out again, Li Shimin asked Xia Hongsheng: "Last year, because of Jieli's brutality, Xue Yantuo Yinan led his subordinates to resist Jieli by force, and Jieli sent an army to suppress it, but was defeated by Yi Nan, and there were many people who joined Yi Nan. In November last year, the surnames of Tiele jointly promoted Yi Nan as Khan, and Yi Nan did not dare to be at that time, do you know about this? ”、

Of course Ben Gongzi knows, Ben Gongzi also knows that you secretly supported him and let him change his ways to make trouble for Jieli! Xia Hongsheng said in his heart. But naturally you can't say that. So he bowed down and said, "Back to Your Majesty." The minister didn't know. ”

Li Shimin said: "At that time, I thought that although the Turks were in chaos, their power was still large and they needed to be contained. So he ordered the guerrilla general Qiao Shiwang to secretly contact Yi Nan, and worship Yi Nan as the pearl Viga Khan, and give him a drum. Therefore, Yi Nan used the Xue Yantuo tribes to form the Xue Yantuo Khanate, and established a tooth tent in the north of the desert, under the mountain of Yu Governor. Fight against the Turks in order to contain the Turks and make the Turks more chaotic. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Xia Hongsheng immediately followed with a sycophant.

Li Shimin was not impressed by Xia Hongsheng's exaggerated expression of adoration, and continued: "I have two pieces of information at hand, you can take a look, and then tell me your opinion." ”

Xia Hongsheng saluted, and then stepped forward and took two pieces of paper from the huge desk in front of Li Shimin—by the way, since Li Shimin felt the desk and the matching boss's chair in the principal's office of the military academy, he also arranged a set in his study—and took two pieces of paper used by the spy battalion to transmit information, and looked at them carefully.

But I saw those two pieces of information. The first one is from Xue Yantuo, which says that Xue Yantuo Khan Yinan was canonized because of the Tang Emperor. He wanted to rely on the support of the Tang Dynasty to consolidate his country and fight against the Turks, so he was discussing the matter of sending envoys to pay tribute. At this time, it was already a foregone conclusion, and now Xue Yantuo was discussing how to prepare the tribute, and if nothing else, he should set out in June and arrive in Chang'an in August.

This is just an ordinary daily information, and there is no sign of urgent or important information, so it is just a daily receipt, reflecting the ordinary information of Xue Yantuo's recent situation.

On the other hand, there is information about the Turks. As mentioned above, the Turkic nobles were very annoyed by the Tang Dynasty's canonization of Xue Yantuo and asked Jieli to send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty. However, another part of the Turkic nobles led by Jieli listened to Zhao Deyan's persuasion, believing that if the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo joined forces to deal with the Turks, then the Turks would have no chance of winning, and the top priority was to destroy Xue Yantuo's alliance with the Tang Dynasty, so they should conclude a closer relationship with the Tang Dynasty before Xue Yantuo was supported by the Tang Dynasty, in order to achieve subsequent development and defeat Xue Yantuo first, so as not to suffer the enemy on his back. Therefore, he wanted to send envoys to Chang'an, proclaim himself a vassal to the Tang Dynasty, and ask the Tang Emperor for marriage and kissing, and perform a son-in-law ceremony. However, this move was not conclusive, and Jieli and other opposing nobles were deliberating on the matter. The intelligence also said that Jieli was still not losing control within the Turks, and that he might forcibly send an envoy to Chang'an.

After reading the two pieces of information, Xia Hongsheng almost guessed what Li Shimin was going to say when he summoned everyone.

"Tell me what you think." Seeing that Xia Hongsheng had read the two pieces of information, Li Shimin said.

Xia Hongsheng put the two pieces of information back on the table and said, "This, Your Majesty must have made up his mind about it......

"Of course I have made up my mind, what I need is an excuse and a reason to send a war against the Turks, not an old son-in-law who covets my Tang princess!" Li Shimin's face was dark, and he seemed to be very angry about this matter.

"Hehe, Xiahou, what Your Majesty means is how to think of a way to not only tear your face apart from the Turks, but also to reject the Turks, and it is best to arouse the dissatisfaction of the Turks and take revenge on the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the Tang Dynasty will have a reason to use troops against the Turks. Du Ruhui stroked his beard with a smile and explained to Xia Hongsheng.

Xia Hongsheng naturally understood what Li Shimin meant, and said: "What Your Majesty means is to think of a way to destroy the Turks' minds and annoy the Turks, so it is best to make the Turks angry and angry, attack the Tang Dynasty, and tell the truth." Do you want others to see that it is Turkic in the eyes of the Turks, and the Turks are also dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, and they can't say what they are suffering from? ”

"Not bad!" Du Ruhui nodded and said with a smile: "The old man and others have discussed it for a long time, but they have not come to a conclusion, and Xiahou has always been ...... Hehe, his mind is active, and he is good at finding another way, so he wants to hear Xiahou's thoughts. ”

Xia Hongsheng rolled his eyes, what is his heart, did you originally want to say that his heart is black and insidious? So let Ben Gongzi think of a way to go to the Yin Turks?

"It's actually not difficult, presumably, you adults already have a number in your hearts, but you don't want to say it for the sake of face, right?" Xia Hongsheng said to everyone, hmph, you guys are only one or two old yin people, and you don't want to bear the reputation of old yin people, so you don't speak out, and join forces to pit this son together, when others talk about it, it will be damaged, and a sentence that is Xia Hou's method will be wiped clean, phew!

Li Tao, the old yin man, smiled: "Where, where...... Xiahou is quick-witted, let's brainstorm in order to make better suggestions for His Majesty, isn't this a reason? ”

Xia Hongsheng didn't bother to bother with them, they didn't want to lose their reputation, but Xia Hongsheng had never been afraid - anyway, he had already fallen into the name of a businessman known to the Manchu Dynasty, and he didn't care about this. (To be continued.) )