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Life in Chang'an Chapter 38 Li Min is blocked at both ends

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    "My nephew understands what uncle said, butbut what does this have to do with me?" Li Min understood the reason why Fang Xuanling strongly advocated building roads, but why did Fang Xuanling say this to him? Cement is  His invention was correct, but the method had already been taught to the generals and supervisors, so it was no longer his fault how to use it in the future.

    "Haha, the road construction happened because of cement, and cement was invented by His Highness. How can you say that this matter has nothing to do with you?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile. Li Min was about to defend himself when he continued, "Your Majesty, although  He wanted to conquer Goguryeo, but the dissuasion from me and the officials before was not without any effect. Now that he has a legitimate reason to build roads, your Majesty, even if he is unwilling, has to carefully weigh two things.  Gains and losses, based on my understanding of His Majesty, he will definitely summon us, his close ministers, to discuss it again, and as the inventor of cement, Your Highness will definitely be called to attend, do you understand now?"

    "Oh, so that's it!" Li Min suddenly realized that after a long time, Fang Xuanling came to work as a lobbyist. "Uncle Fang wanted his nephew to speak the same language with you and other ministers on that day, and together we advised his father to let him  I wonder if my nephew is right in giving up the idea of ??conquering Goguryeo?"

    "Hahaha~, Liu Lang is really smart!" Fang Xuanling laughed. He spent so much time talking, actually, he just wanted to persuade Li Min to side with them.

    "Haha, actually Uncle Fang doesn't have to go around in such a big circle. My nephew doesn't agree with the use of troops against Goguryeo now. After all, the time has not come yet, and the surrounding areas of the Tang Dynasty are not peaceful. It's really unreasonable to go to war for a small country.  The gain outweighs the loss." Li Min smiled and said, Li Min had some understanding of Li Shimin's Goguryeo complex. He remembered that in the original history, Li Shimin mobilized the entire country's troops to conquer Goguryeo. Although he successfully recovered Liaodong in the early stage, he was later defeated by a  The small town blocked the way, and in the end had to retreat sadly, failing to achieve its strategic goals at all. It was not until Li Zhi came to power that the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo for the second time, and this small country that had brought endless trouble to the Central Plains was destroyed in one fell swoop.

    However, Li Min remembered that Comrade Li's expedition to Goguryeo happened in the late Zhenguan period, and it is only ten years since Zhenguan. This means that Comrade Li did not attack Goguryeo this time in history, probably because of the advice of people like Fang Xuanling.  related.

    "I didn't expect you, Liulang, to be so knowledgeable at such a young age. You are really a blessing to our Tang Dynasty!" Fang Xuanling said with some surprise. He was not surprised that Li Min agreed to stand on his side. What surprised him was that Li Min  He could actually see that now was not the time to conquer Goguryeo. A fourteen-year-old boy could have such a strategic vision. This was clearer than most of the courtiers.

    "Haha~, Uncle Fang was so complimentary!" Li Min liked to hear others praise him most, not to mention that the one who praised him was the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, which made him so happy that he almost couldn't even find Bei.

    After the business talk was over, it was not easy for Fang Xuanling to ask for his favor. Li Min relied on this favor to ask Fang Xuanling for Fang Yiai's favor.  Last time Fang Yiai beat up the Tibetan ambassador with them, but he sneaked away without telling Fang Xuanling, because Fang Xuanling had always objected to his son getting too close to Cheng Huailiang's group of generals, and in addition to the fact that he later broke into such a  Although the fault of the big disaster is not with Li Min and the others, and Fang Yiai is not the mastermind, Fang Xuanling does not care about this. He is punished for disrespecting his father's words and fighting. I heard that he is now banned from copying the Analects at home, and he has been ordered to do so.  Copy until Fang Xuanling's anger subsides.  After Li Min and Cheng Huailiang heard about it, they all mourned for Fang Yiai in their hearts. I really don't know what evil he had done in his previous life to meet such a smelly and tough father?

    Although Fang Xuanling's anger has not subsided, seeing Li Min interceding for his son and having just owed him a favor, she agreed to lift Fang Yiai's ban.  In fact, as a father, he felt strangely happy when he saw such an outstanding Li Min interceding for his son. Fang Yiai was the son he loved most and worried about the most. If he could be on good terms with Li Min, it would be a good idea.  It's a good thing, that's why he agreed so easily.

    Fang Xuanling was indeed a trustworthy person, and Fang Yiai was released by him in the afternoon.  The first thing this cuckold brother did when he came out was to thank Li Min. After the last fight, Li Min saw the bravery of the cuckold brother and wanted to make friends with him. So when he saw him coming out, he immediately called for friends.  The friend took the lead for him and invited all the people he had fought with last time. He held a banquet in his palace of Prince Liang, where a bunch of dandy boys ate, drank, and had fun until midnight.

    The next morning, when Li Min was sleeping soundly, someone came from the palace to announce that he had entered the palace. Li Min drank a lot of wine yesterday and slept that night, so no matter how Wen'er screamed, he would not wake up.  Although Wen'er felt sorry for Li Min, she didn't dare to delay. She hurriedly asked people to carry Li Min into the carriage, and she served Li Min in the carriage to dress.

    After entering the palace, Li Min followed the little eunuch who led the way to Liangyi Palace in a daze. As soon as he reached the door, he heard Li Shimin roaring loudly in the palace, which made him tremble all over.?My mind cleared up immediately.

    After looking at the surrounding environment and thinking of what Fang Xuanling said to him yesterday, Li Min immediately understood the reason for calling him into the palace.  The situation in the voice sounds bad, otherwise Li Shimin wouldn't be so angry?  Could it be that Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin took it on?

    "Your Majesty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was defeated in his three expeditions to Goguryeo, which resulted in the loss of troops and would shake the foundation of the country. Your Majesty did not listen to the advice. Do you want to imitate Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and become an unprincipled and ignorant king?" As soon as Li Ming entered, he heard an unflinching voice.  the voice said.  There are not many people in the palace, but most of them are wearing purple robes, and all of them are high-ranking and powerful people.  Now Li Shimin was sitting in the palace with an angry look on his face. His Highness, an old minister, looked at Li Shimin with a righteous look. What he just said was what he said.

    Seeing His Highness¡¯s veteran minister, Li Min immediately felt relieved: He was the only one who dared to speak to Li Shimin like this.  This old minister was none other than Wei Zheng, who was famous for his direct advice.

    "Old Wei Zheng, you dare to compare me to a foolish king. Do you really think that I dare not kill you?" Li Shimin was also very angry. Originally, he wanted to persuade the ministers to agree to conquer Goguryeo first, and the road construction could be done later.  I postponed it for a while, but I didn¡¯t expect that the ministers below, both civil and military, would unanimously oppose it.  Fang Xuanling and others took Li Shimin's face into consideration and gave their advice very tactfully.  But Wei Zheng didn't care about his feelings at all, and directly confronted Li Shimin. Now he even cursed the emperor. Li Shimin was so angry that he wanted to kill Wei Zheng with his own hands.

    "If your Majesty wants to kill or scrape, that is your Majesty's business. However, I will never agree to the conquest of Goguryeo!" Wei Zhengniu's temper also rose, and he stiffened his neck and pushed back Li Shimin's words.  Fang Xuanling and others around him were silent, but they admired Wei Zheng in their hearts. Even the brave generals had to admire his courage.

    "You" Li Shimin was so angry that he couldn't speak. His hand pointing at Wei Zheng was trembling. Although he wanted to kill the other person, he knew how important Wei Zheng was to him. It was OK to say angry words, but he had to  If he really takes action, he really can't bear to do it.

    Just when Li Shimin was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, he suddenly saw Li Min standing in the corner. He turned to Li Min and said, "Liu Lang, all the civil and military officials are opposed to the emperor's conquest of Goguryeo. Are you also opposed to the emperor like them?"  ?¡±

    When Li Min heard Li Shimin's question, he secretly complained in his heart. This was obviously because Li Shimin had nowhere to vent his anger and wanted to take it out on his own son!  As long as he dares to stand on the side of the minister, he will probably arouse the overwhelming anger of Li Shimin immediately. He has nothing to do with people like Wei Zheng, but there is no problem in bullying his own son. After all, it is only natural for me to teach my son a lesson, and no one can  say what.

    "Father! My son my son" Li Min couldn't make up his mind, and he was hesitant to speak. If he said he supported Li Shimin, it would be a bit irresponsible. After all, he also knew that now was not the time to conquer Goguryeo.  , if we go there, we will only lose troops and generals. The original history proves this.  Moreover, he had promised Fang Xuanling yesterday. If he changed his mind now, wouldn't he be a capricious villain? He would definitely make Fang Xuanling and others look down on him.  But if he opposed it, looking at Li Shimin's angry look, he would definitely not get any good results.

    "Huh~, support is support, opposition is opposition, what does it look like to be hesitant?" Li Shimin originally wanted to find trouble, but when he saw Li Min's look, he was about to explode.  Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others also looked at Li Min with sympathy, but there was nothing they could do. Now it was a conversation between their father and son, and they, the foreign ministers, could not get in the middle of the conversation.

    Li Xian was so anxious that he was sweating. There were two choices before him, but no matter which one he chose, the consequences would be very serious.  It must be said here that humans are very strange animals. Under strong pressure, some people will collapse because they cannot bear it, while some people perform exceptionally under pressure and can do things that they cannot usually do.

    Li Min obviously belonged to the latter type of person. Under Li Shimin's strong pressure, he suddenly felt that he had become very calm and his mind was extremely clear. His previously chaotic thoughts quickly became orderly. In just the blink of an eye,  He thought of a way to deal with it.

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