While Luo Taisui and others were talking freely, Li Lizhi returned to the palace and happened to meet the elder brother Li Chengqian outside the Lizheng Hall, and called him.

But Li Chengqian seemed to be worried and walked away.

Li Li shrugged her shoulders and walked into the hall.

I saw Li Shimin accompanying Empress Changsun to make fun of Li Zhi.

But Xiao Lizhi still doesn’t interact now and has no reaction.

But Li Shimin still enjoyed it.

"Why is this time back? Imperial City Department isn't that fun?"

Seeing his daughter come back, he joked.

In his eyes, the Imperial City Department has always been a small fight and has not yet formed a climate.

"What are you doing? I just came back from Luo Mansion." Li Lizhi knew that his father didn't take the Imperial City Department seriously.

However, the Imperial City Department really has no achievements that can be made, so I have to admit it.

"Oh? Is there any gain?" Li Shimin stretched out a finger for Li Zhi to hold it and asked casually.

"Well, I talked about some of the situation in Mobei and gained a lot." Li Lizhi also came over to see Li Zhi.

"What did you say?"

When Li Shimin heard the word "Mobei", he immediately thought of his current major trouble, the Eastern Turkic.

"Luo Datou said Xue..."

Li Lizhi subconsciously wanted to tell the chat about the Luo Mansion today, but suddenly she thought of her father underestimating the situation of her Imperial City Division just now, so she swallowed the words afterwards and said deliberately: "Actually nothing, it's all a joke that the Imperial City Division cannot be on the table. It's better if the father doesn't know."

Li Shimin was stunned: "Imperial City Department? What does this have to do with Imperial City Department?"

Li Lizhi pouted: "Luo Datou is the deputy envoy of the Imperial City Department. What he and his sons said naturally belong to the internal affairs of the Imperial City Department.

My father has always looked down on the Imperial City Division of his sons, so it would be fine if he didn't say it."

“…”

Li Shimin understood that his daughter had always been very arrogant, and it must have been because he had accidentally revealed his contempt for the Imperial City Department and offended her.

Fortunately, he knows his daughter quite well. As long as he admits his mistake sincerely, she will not be unreasonable.

"Little Changle, I'm wrong."

He, the emperor who stood at the peak of power in the Tang Dynasty, smiled and said, "The Imperial City Office can recruit Luo Taisui under his command, which is like a tiger with wings, and the future is promising.

Come, tell me quickly, what good ideas do you have to solve my problems?"

This is almost the same.

Li Lizhi turned anger into joy and said, "This is the thing. When I was chatting with Luo Datou and Pei Xingjian, I accidentally mentioned the situation in Mobei..."

"Pei Xingjian?" Li Shimin interrupted, "I have an impression of this name, but is Pei Renji's son?"

"That's right." Li Lizhi nodded and continued: "Luo Datou is very strange. He started to say things like "far, close and close, strong and weak", and said that the Western Turks were in turmoil and could not take care of themselves, so he could cultivate Xue Yantuo to deal with the Eastern Turks..."

Speaking of this, she stopped and asked Li Shimin: "I, the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern Turks, have an alliance first. My son-in-law thinks that since he is an ally, how can he use fraud behind his back like Luo Datou!

Father, what do you think?"

"Xue Yantuo?"

Li Shimin was stunned and thoughtful, so he didn't realize that his daughter was using small means to explore her.

After a while, he pondered: "The Eastern Turks are the strongest Khanate in the northern desert, and Jie Li is even more ambitious, and it is definitely not a covenant to restrict it.

The Tang Dynasty was neighbors with it, and there were endless troubles.

If you can try to weaken your strength, it will be beneficial to our Tang Dynasty.”

After pausing, he said again: "What did he say when the child Luo Taisui mentioned Xue Yantuo?"

Of course he knew that Xueyantuo was the strongest part of Tiel.

However, Xue Yantuo was previously surrendered to the Western Turks, but now the Western Turks are in civil turmoil, and I don’t know why Xue Yantuo belongs.

"Luo Datou said that Xue Yantuo had rebelled against the Western Turks and was currently in favour of the Eastern Turks..." Li Lizhi judged his father's hostility towards the Eastern Turks in his heart, while telling Luo Taisui's general situation about Mobei.

Li Shimin was shocked after hearing this.

The situation in Mobei is changing, but I didn’t expect it to be so exciting.

Who would have thought that the Tiel tribes would gather together again and compete with the Eastern Turks?

only……

I don't know if this news is reliable.

The child Luo Taisui should not speak nonsense...

But it's important...

For a moment, Li Shimin fell into tangle.

"Father! Father!"

Li Lizhi called him several times before he came to his senses.

"This matter... needs to be discussed in the long term."

Li Shimin couldn't help but go to the Political Affairs Hall to discuss it, but he thought that he had just arrived at Lizheng Hall and left in a hurry before he could accompany his wife and children. It seemed unreasonable.

"Let me ask the scout to go to Mobei to find out the situation." He said, "If it is true as the child Luo Taisui said, Xue Yantuo is indeed the most suitable force to win over."

"My son doesn't understand." Li Lizhi asked curiously: "So what if you defeat the Eastern Turks? The Tiel tribes form a united force and will grow sooner or later. How should we deal with the powerful Xueyantuo at that time?"

After a pause, she said again: "The nature of the barbarians is to be greedy if they have no relatives, they will be weak and return to the enemy. The strong will be backfire, which is due to their original intention.

Didn’t the father tell his son minister this?”

"First of all, the Eastern Turks and Jie Li will be destroyed by our Tang Dynasty. Only in this way can the Tang Dynasty shock the northern desert and even the entire outer border, so that the countries in the Western Regions dare not have the intention of usurpation."

Li Shimin said slowly: "In addition, Xiao Changle knows the nature of the barbarians, and he should also know the way to control it."

"How to control it?" Li Lizhi showed a look of attention.

"Yes." Li Shimin said: "From ancient times, there have been a large group of nomadic tribes occupying grasslands and deserts. These tribes are divided and merged, and they are endless. It is difficult for the Central Plains to destroy them.

And every time there is a powerful person in these tribes who often unite the tribes with iron blood and powerful means to establish an unprecedentedly powerful Khanate.

However, such a powerful Khanate could not last long. How could Xiao Changle know?”

"Some people will always be dissatisfied." Li Lizhi thought for a while.

"That's right." Li Shimin nodded slightly and said, "The main reason is that it is extremely unstable internally, neither absolute imperial power nor established inheritance system, which leads to many mountains, constant internal disputes, and various ministries being disunited.

Once the individual's prestige is not enough to maintain the stability of this group, the powerful Khanate is often about to collapse."

Then he said: "The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend. We can win people's hearts, divide and disagree, use barbarians to control barbarians, and defeat them one by one.

This is why the strategy of getting far and attacking near and getting close together, and the strategy of getting strong and getting weak can work."

"So that's it." Li Lizhi seemed to have some understanding, "So, whether it is the Eastern Turks, Xueyantuo, or other tribes, as long as they can control their prosperity and decline in our hands, what if they are more powerful? It's just a flash in the pan and will eventually be replaced by emerging forces."

"That's true." Li Shimin smiled and nodded in his approval.

This girl, Yingguo, can be understood at all.

"Your Majesty is so spoiled and beautiful. He told her about such important government affairs."

At this time, Empress Changsun angrily said to her.

The father and daughter are really similar to each other when talking about national affairs.
Chapter completed!