People in Datang have been expelled from school

Chapter 916 Reasons for the Eastern Expedition

The mutton slices were sizzling on the iron plate, Li Shimin said in a low voice: "I asked Li Daliang to guard the northeast, and help manage the Youzhou area by the way."

Li Zheng put green vegetables on the edge of the iron plate, "The meat is freshly slaughtered in the morning, and the vegetables are freshly picked in the field, clean and hygienic without pollution."

Li Shimin said in a low voice: "Back then, Yang Guangdong conquered Goguryeo and Liaodong, but now the whole Liaodong is still in chaos."

Li Zheng carefully flipped the barbecue and said: "Combined with my craftsmanship, it is not only delicious but also healthy."

Li Shimin picked up a piece of barbecue and ate it in his mouth, "Li Zheng, can't you think of something else in your mind besides eating, drinking and having fun?"

Seeing Li Zheng eating the barbecue with a puzzled expression, Li Shimin put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "You can study food so novelly, don't you have any views on political affairs in your heart?"

Li Zheng put the lettuce on the iron plate, scalded it, and ate it with the barbecue. "Your Majesty, I really don't know much about politics."

"I don't quite understand? You still say you don't understand what you have done to the West Turkic and Eastern Turkic scourge?" Li Shimin was so angry that he almost slapped his hand on the iron plate, and then withdrew his hand resentfully. How humble."

"Your Majesty was joking. I only do some business. The West Turkic and Eastern Turkic things have nothing to do with my Majesty."

Li Shimin smiled coldly, "Li Zheng, you will definitely live a long time."

Li Zheng cupped his hands and said, "Borrow Your Majesty's auspicious words."

It may be nothing to help the emperor get into trouble.

It's different to help the emperor handle state affairs. If you don't handle it well, you will lose your head.

So I would rather follow the emperor to get into trouble than help the emperor give advice easily.

Thinking of this in his heart, Li Zheng said in a low voice: "I see that His Majesty's eyes are bloodshot, and his complexion is a little yellow. Is it because he hasn't slept well recently?"

When the topic changed, Li Shimin was stunned and said again: "Indeed, I haven't slept well recently."

Li Zheng said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, you might as well take a hot bath before going to bed and soak your feet in hot water. Soaking for a while will help you sleep."

Li Shimin sighed helplessly, "If the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful, how can I not be able to sleep? In the past, Yang Guangdong conquered Goguryeo, but recently there are rumors that I am not as good as Yang Guang."

After speaking, Li Shimin saw Li Zheng's lonely and suspicious expression.

Li Shimin said in a low voice: "Do you not believe it?"

Yang Guangdong failed to conquer Goguryeo, and Li Shimin also wanted to conquer Goguryeo?
Goguryeo has been a subsidiary of the Central Plains since the Han Dynasty.

During the Han Dynasty, the three counties of Goguryeo were planned as the Three Counties of Han.

It's just that the Central Plains has been ups and downs and disputes have continued for hundreds of years, and the ownership of the three Han counties has always been related to the strength of the Central Plains.

The Central Plains are peaceful and strong, and the three counties of Han will naturally take them back.

The Central Plains was in chaos and lost control of the three Han counties.

There is a saying that Qin made wedding clothes and Hans wore them. Since the foundation of the Han Dynasty, the identity of the Han people has become the identity of the people of the Central Plains.

The unification of Qin and the long rule of Han brought the seven kingdoms that were chaotic into one, and everyone was Han.

All subsequent emperors were also Han Chinese.

The Central Plains continued to be chaotic, and after many subsequent emperors ascended the throne, they all flaunted it in order to regain the Han territory.

There are many opinions on why Yang Guangdong conquered Goguryeo.

Later, people were speculating about Yang Guangdong's real motive for conquering Goguryeo.

Li Zheng said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty will not be inferior to Yang Guang. Just taking back the Yinshan Mountain and the Hexi Corridor is already very good."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Yang Guang has done these things before."

Well, it seems that Li Shimin doesn't want to be the second Yang Guang, and do better than Yang Guang.

After taking a sip of tea, Li Zheng shook the fan in his hand and said, "Your Majesty wants to do better than Yang Guang?"

Li Shimin nodded, "That's natural."

Li Zheng said again: "Your Majesty wants to conquer Goguryeo?"

A gust of cold wind blew by, and Li Shimin looked towards Chang'an and sighed, "The world has just stabilized, and it has only been a few years since the Tang Dynasty has established itself. I wish the world could always be peaceful, and the people can rest and recuperate."

To put it seriously, Li Shimin still wants to conquer Goguryeo in his heart?

Right now, it's just that Li Shimin needs a reason to go east to Goguryeo.

Li Zheng said helplessly: "Since this is the case, Your Majesty should not think about conquering Goguryeo."

"Really?" Li Shimin looked at Li Zheng suspiciously.

"Since His Majesty said that it is necessary to recuperate the national strength, it is better not to go east."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and wanted to leave with a wave of his sleeves. When he turned around, he looked at Li Zheng's relaxed expression, "What if I want to go to Goguryeo?"

Li Zheng hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Then I wish your majesty a victory, but there must be many people in the court who oppose your majesty's Eastern Expedition, so your majesty should give up such an idea as soon as possible."

"So you don't want to go east either?"

Li Zheng sighed with emotion, "Of course not. Goguryeo is the eastern defense line of the Central Plains. As long as the east of the Central Plains of Goguryeo is unified, there will be no threat. If possible, it is best to accept even the Wa Kingdom. If I am Your Majesty, I will What I want is not a place like Goguryeo."

Li Shimin sat down again, looked at Li Zheng, "I didn't expect your kid to be quite ambitious."

"If you can get more, you can get more. Goguryeo's geographical location is very important to the Central Plains. In a sense, it is our east gate."

Li Shimin nodded solemnly, and did not object, "Since you have the same idea as me, in order to make me give up the idea of ​​the Eastern Expedition."

Li Zheng said to Li Shimin: "It's just that it's not the time yet, let's wait a few more years."

This is correct, the current Central Plains has only been stable for a long time, and the world was in chaos during the Daye Years.

In the past few years, the Tang Dynasty quelled internal strife and defended against foreign enemies.

Datang needs to cultivate its national strength too much.

In the two years from the Daye period to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains almost threw a generation of young and middle-aged men into the battlefield.

How many families have lost their wives.

Of course Li Shimin knew in his heart that he needed to cultivate his national power, and he also knew that now was not the best time to go on a campaign.

"If I want to go to war, there will definitely be many voices to obstruct me."

"Especially the civil servants of the older generation, right?" Li Zheng said holding a thermos.

"That's right." Li Shimin nodded.

"Actually, it's very simple to find a motive for going out."

"I've been thinking about it for so long, but there's nothing I can figure out. Is it so simple for you?"

Li Zheng ate another piece of barbecue and said: "Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goguryeo, how many soldiers from the Central Plains were buried in different places, and their souls could not return to their hometowns. What your Majesty wants to do is not to conquer the East, but to bring the bones of thousands of soldiers back to the Central Plains. For the sake of the people, it is also what an emperor should do. Although it is Yang Guang's crime, the bones buried in foreign lands are all Central Plains people."

(End of this chapter)