Li Shimin

Chapter 394 Let them fight against the barbarians and crown them kings
After a while, Li Shimin slowly raised his head, looked at Li Xuan and said.

"Xuanba, if Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde, Li Ji, Chai Shao and others attacked the land of Turks, wouldn't they also want to make them kings!"

"Your Majesty, this is different!"

Seeing that Li Shimin and others still did not understand, Li Xuan continued to explain: "Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde, Li Ji, Chai Shao and others led the Tang army to conquer the Turkic land. Therefore, they cannot be regarded as their own. Those who are defeated can only be named Turkic governors.

The conditions for being kings I mentioned are that one person, leading their family's forces, cannot use any army from the Tang Dynasty to attack the next vassal state alone, so His Majesty considers them to be the kings of that vassal state. "

After listening, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others couldn't help but widen their eyes.

"Xuanba, according to what you said, only those aristocratic families are capable of conquering those vassal states!"

"exactly."

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

"However, since those aristocratic families have conquered those countries, they will be the kings of those vassal states, why should I be canonized by the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Shimin continued.

"Your Majesty, if the name is not right, the words are not right!"

Li Xuan laughed softly, "Although those aristocratic families attacked them themselves, they are all citizens of the Tang Dynasty. If the emperor of the Tang Dynasty had a thicker skin, he could issue an edict to confer titles on those aristocratic families, or even crown them kings. Then directly send the Great Tang Wangshi and officials to those countries!
Or, Datang could directly use the rebellion as an excuse to exterminate the members of those aristocratic families and take the opportunity to occupy the vassal states established by those aristocratic families. "

"I am the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the saint of a country, how could I be so brazen!"

Li Shimin spoke righteously.

Li Xuan was speechless, as if he hadn't seen the flash of light in Li Shimin's eyes.

"Your Majesty certainly doesn't have such thoughts, but it's impossible for the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty after His Majesty to be deceived by treacherous ministers to conquer those vassal states. Moreover, those aristocratic families dare not take risks with their thousand-year-old foundations.

Those aristocratic families have been passed down for hundreds of years, and they finally made up their minds to use their hundreds of years of foundation to lay down a feudal kingdom. If they are taken back by the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't even the ancestors be able to jump out of the coffin in anger and fight them desperately? "

"But Your Royal Highness Jin, it's fine if those aristocratic families can't attack the vassal state. If they really attack the vassal state, His Majesty canonize the patriarchs of that family as kings, and these families will inevitably move to the vassal state. Taking away a large amount of property and servants, then my Tang Dynasty will suffer a huge loss!"

On the side, Changsun Wuji asked worriedly.

"How could it be a loss?"

Li Xuan was stunned, and said slowly: "As long as one family succeeds, all the remaining families will fight to attack those barbarian countries. By then, all the backgrounds of these families in the Tang Dynasty will be exposed. And, try After the sweetness, these aristocratic families will no longer just stare at Datang's small profits.

If the court is quieter and there are fewer corrupt officials in the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty's governance of the Tang Dynasty will be smoother. "

"Furthermore, if those aristocratic families want to be recognized by the Tang Dynasty, so that His Majesty can enshrine them as kings, they must bow their heads to the Tang Dynasty, right?
Since you are a courtier, why don't you offer some annual tribute to Datang?
And they want to take away Datang's wealth and population, how can they do it if they don't spend enough money to buy it? "

Hearing this, the eyes of Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and the others all lit up.

"This is indeed possible.

However, everyone knows that outside the Tang Dynasty, there is a barbaric land, bitter, cold and barren, and there are not many people.Those aristocratic families have been deeply rooted in the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years, and they are like emperors in some counties.

Since they had such a good life in the Tang Dynasty, they didn't need to use the foundation accumulated by their ancestors for hundreds of years, wasting manpower and material resources, and went so hard to attack the barbarian country outside the Tang Dynasty. Take the throne! "

"Your Majesty hasn't tried it yet, so how do you know those aristocratic families don't want it?"

Li Xuan smiled disdainfully, "Using the power of one family to rule a country, such a matter of honoring the ancestors and blessing the descendants, according to the jealousy of those aristocratic families, I must be very willing!"

"I also ask His Royal Highness King Jin to forgive me. I still have a doubt. After His Majesty issued an edict, those aristocratic families still don't want it?"

On the side, Changsun Wuji glanced at Li Shimin, and asked cautiously again.

"If you don't want to, you don't want to. Your Majesty has nothing to lose? However, after this kind of edict is issued, the hearts of those from the family will inevitably fluctuate. , to expand the territory, but there are more than tens of millions of people in those aristocratic families, and there are always ambitious people."

Li Xuan chuckled lightly, with an expression of indifference.

"Besides, this king just broke the limbs of that Wang Hui of the Wang family. I don't believe that those members of the Wang family don't hate them? Are they not afraid?"

Hearing this, Changsun Wuji paused and hurriedly saluted Li Xuan.

"His Royal Highness King Jin!"

Then, he turned around and said to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, I think what King Jin said is polite!"

"Ok!"

Li Shimin nodded slowly, "I will make a decision on this matter after discussing it with civil and military officials at the court!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others all hurriedly saluted.

Li Xuan also chuckled, he knew that Li Shimin was already tempted.

Anyway, the territory outside is huge, and he only needs to issue an edict to clear a batch of moths from the Tang Dynasty, and receive a lot of annual tribute every year. Such a great thing, a fool would not do it.

The only difficulty is how to arouse the interest of those aristocratic families and make those aristocratic families make up their minds to attack and develop those barbarian lands thousands of miles away.

At this time, Li Chang also came up with a few servants, carrying bowls of white and tender tofu nao and naohua.At the same time, there is a small dish of Kocho's mashed garlic.

Seeing this, a trace of curiosity flashed in the eyes of Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji.

"Xuanba, is this tofu brain?"

"Exactly!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

And this time, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and the others had already started to move their spoons.

After one spoonful, it was white and tender, before it was put into the mouth, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others were already salivating.

"Hmm~"

After taking a sip, several people couldn't help but their eyes lit up.

Immediately, using chopsticks, take a bite of brain flower and dip some garlic paste.

Putting it in their mouths, Li Shimin and others once again expressed their appreciation.

"It's another delicious dish, and it doesn't disgrace the name of tofu nao at all!"

As he said that, Li Shimin thought of something, and asked again: "Xuan Ba, is the cost of this kind of tofu brain high?"

“Same as tofu!”

Li Xuan said.

"So cheap!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others couldn't help staring.

"Exactly!"

In this regard, Li Xuan did not intend to explain too much.

Seeing this, Li Shimin and others didn't ask too much.

Anyway, according to Li Xuan's personality, if Li Xuan didn't want to talk about it, Li Xuan would definitely be offended if they continued to ask in detail, so it's better to wait until the evening to go back and ask those little troublemakers.

If you can't answer, just beat him up and you'll have everything.

After leaving Lijiazhuang, Li Shimin was still thinking about Li Xuan's words.

"Auxiliary machine, Xuanling, what do you think of what Xuanba said?"

(End of this chapter)