Li Shimin has not been to court for almost two months, which was almost unimaginable before the rebellion of the King of Qi. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he has always been diligent and has to ask about everything in detail. Like now, it is undoubtedly the act of a foolish monarch.

However, it can be understood between the government and the public. Any emperor who has such a thing has to be upset. Especially Li Shimin, his situation is a little more special, so everyone can understand it better.

The affairs of the court will not be reduced due to the emperor's mood. Li Shimin stopped showing up and did not have the Secretary of the Court, so many things in the court were not decided. The Secretary of the Six Ministry asked, and Li Shimin's reply was that the Six Ministry handled their own affairs. If things were not decided, you could ask Fang Xuanling. But Fang Xuanling was a famous choice difficulty, otherwise there would be an idiom called "Fang Mou Duan". He was better at planning rather than making decisions. When encountering things that needed to be decided, Fang Xuanling would instinctively want to avoid them.

After all the factors added up, the court almost fell into stagnation.

Empress Changsun saw it and was anxious. In particular, she found that in the court, many of the six ministries were not the six ministries, or Fang Xuanling, designated by Li Shimin, were making decisions, but her brother Changsun Wuji was making decisions. Although Changsun Wuji had tried his best to swear, the current trend of the court was also rushing to him. The matter of the autocracy of foreign relatives was about to happen in the Tang Dynasty.

Since ancient times, the autocracy of relatives of the outside world has been a sign of the decline of the dynasty. Empress Changsun has always been wary of the autocracy of relatives of the outside world. She did not want to be Empress Lu, nor did Changsun Wuji become Huo Guang. When she found out that there were signs, she had to ask.

Emperor Changsun later arrived at Tai Chi Palace.

Eunuch Gao served at the door. When he saw Emperor Changsun coming, he gritted his teeth and came up to meet him. Before he could speak, Empress Changsun had already bypassed him and broke into the hall directly.

"Empress..." Eunuch Gao thought for a moment, and his feet didn't move. He spoke to show that I stopped him, but he didn't stop him. In fact, how dare he stop him? Empress Changsun was really angry, because Li Shimin wanted to avoid three points. Others don't know, but Eunuch Gao knew very well. Li Shimin coveted Wang Ou for many years, but he did not dare to use the emperor's power to take Wang Ou for himself. In addition to considering the relationship between the Wang family in Taiyuan and the Cui family in Qinghe, Empress Changsun is also one of the most important reasons.

Is the person who can help the emperor restrain his selfish desires an ordinary woman?

Eunuch Gao dared not use his life to test it.

"Emperor," Empress Changsun rushed into the hall and saw Li Shimin sitting on a cushion, staring blankly at the map hanging in front of him, and walked over and called. Li Shimin turned around when he heard the voice, saw that it was Empress Changsun, and smiled bitterly, saying, "How do you, my husband and I call me so different?"

"I am reminding you that you are the emperor of the Tang Dynasty." Empress Changsun said in a stern manner: "You are not as good as an emperor now? The government is abandoned and you don't care about anything. Even a foolish monarch is not so ridiculous? You put the government aside but do not designate personnel to take charge of it. Now, all matters of all sizes are all gone to my brother. Are you trying to kill him?"

"This is said seriously," Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "I grew up with the auxiliary machine, we--"

"Your Majesty, I have said many times. Don't mention the things I did when I was a child. This is not the time. Now you are the king and the minister. If you are the king, you must be like a monarch. If you are the minister, you must not cross the boundaries. Otherwise, if the king is not a monarch, the minister is not a minister, and the country will be in chaos."

Li Shimin sighed and thought to himself that this hurdle cannot be avoided. He is not here now, so he said, "Who can I give the important matters in the court to you, who can I give?"

"It's okay to give it to anyone." Empress Changsun said angrily: "Have Your Majesty forgotten his ambition? How come he dare not come out to face it because of a little rumors?"

"It's not that I dare not face it, I just--" Li Shimin wanted to defend himself, but he didn't know what to say when he said that. Could it be that he really wanted to tell the truth that in order to lead Jisitang's power, he did not hesitate to take advantage of his son. When he found out that he had problems, he not only did not correct it in time, but instead contributed to the fire.

Although there is nothing wrong with being from the perspective of an emperor. But if she says this, with Li Shimin's understanding of Empress Changsun, she will probably have to stop her. Even if she doesn't stop her, she will be very disappointed. When the time comes, her body will not be able to bear it.

Li Shimin sighed and said, "You are right, I really can't face it."

"Your Majesty," Emperor Changsun later came to Li Shimin, sat down next to him, and said, "It has been a long time since what happened back then. Your Majesty has been working hard to prove himself over the years. Everyone in the world can see his achievements. But if Your Majesty gives up on himself now, how should the people in the world view His Majesty? Wouldn't all the hardships that Your Majesty has suffered in the past years be wasted?"

Li Shimin couldn't refute anything, and changed his mind quickly and said, "Empress, I can't just face it, there are other reasons."

Empress Changsun only thought Li Shimin was an excuse, and took out her patience and asked, "Then Your Majesty is saying, are there any other reasons? If Your Majesty doesn't explain it clearly today, he will have to go to court tomorrow."

"Oh—" Li Shimin sighed and said, "Four words are internal and external troubles."

Li Shimin said sadly: "Empress, I have been reflecting over the past few days. What exactly did I have to do with the problem that my son would decide to rebel. You'er is so young, if he wants to rebel, I will definitely not believe it. Someone around him must have instigated him. This person is not only Yin Hongzhi, but also people with the same ideas and situation as him. How many of these people are there? How many people are involved in the five surnames and seven sects? I don't know anything. This is the so-called external trouble."

"Let's talk about internal worries." Li Shimin sighed and said, "The queen has also seen the rebellion in Qizhou. I can't find someone to suppress the rebellion. In the end, I have to rely on Li Mu, the child. Although they are considering You'er's identity, aren't they laughing at me? Or," Li Shimin paused, a little bitten a little more and said, "Thinking about their identity, I really can't help but doubt it, someone is involved!"

Empress Changsun was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty suspects that someone in the court has colluded...?"

"I cannot help but doubt." Li Shimin said seriously: "So I have to wait, I want to see what they do. No matter what the auxiliary machine says, I believe that he will not be involved with that group of people. Therefore, it is a trust and a helpless move for me to handle government affairs, because I cannot fully trust anyone else, and even Wei Zheng, I cannot trust it."

This time, Empress Changsun did not refute Li Shimin. She recognized what Li Shimin said. Changsun’s family and the royal family had long been tied up because of her relationship with Li Shimin, the Xuanwu Gate Incident, and even Li Chengqian, who had been appointed as the crown prince. Anyone could rebel, and Changsun Wuji would never rebel. All the glory of Changsun family was obtained by relying on the royal family. Only by maintaining the royal family can the Changsun family continue to maintain its current honor.

According to Li Shimin, it is indeed reasonable for him to make such a choice.

After a moment of silence, Empress Changsun asked, "When will you plan to show up? You can't stop courting all the time?"

"It won't take too long." Li Shimin received another letter from Li Mu today, knowing that he was about to arrive in Qizhou. He was just looking at the map, thinking in his mind how many days it would take for Li Mu to return to the court.

Li Shimin's "General Tiance" is not a fake one. His military literacy is extremely high. After the information from all parties gathered to him, even if he did not come to the battlefield in person, he could roughly calculate the direction of the war.

"When Li Mu fights, all kinds of ghosts and monsters will appear. My knife has been sharpened, and no one can escape."

Empress Changsun no longer persuades her.

She could see from Li Shimin's attitude that Li Shimin had already planned it. Before closing the net, no matter how to persuade him, it would be useless. As the queen of the Tang Dynasty, she could not play tricks with her husband like a peasant woman because of disagreement. Since Li Shimin had already made plans and she could not find any mistakes, her choice was how to help her husband and achieve his goal.

"Your Majesty," Empress Changsun hesitated for a while and expressed her thoughts: "If Your Majesty trusts me, I can also help Your Majesty read some memorials."

"Oh?" Li Shimin was very surprised. This was the first time since he ascended the throne. Empress Changsun was involved in court affairs. Although before he ascended the throne, Empress Changsun did not have not participated in major events, such as the Xuanwu Gate, Empress Changsun participated a lot. However, after ascending the throne, in order to take the overall situation into consideration and avoid suspicion, she deliberately avoided these things.

Li Shimin also understood that it was entirely because of Changsun Wuji and Empress Changsun who were worried that the Changsun clan's power was too large.

Li Shimin knew that it was in vain to persuade her. Empress Changsun would not change her mind. If she forced herself to stop her, Empress Changsun would actually have to listen, but she would inevitably get angry. Her headache was the most feared thing about her.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin showed a surprise expression and said, "If the queen can share the burden with me, I will be grateful. This will let the senior officials send all the memorials to the Lizheng Hall."

As he said that, Li Shimin called Eunuch Gao to come in. Although Eunuch Gao was a little surprised, he understood Li Shimin's thoughts and quickly found a few eunuchs and carried out the memorials that had been piled up next to him for several days.

"It's all not important things. When the queen has free time, she can watch some. If she doesn't have free time, don't watch it anymore. It doesn't matter."

Empress Changsun knew that Li Shimin was worried about her headache, and felt relieved, and said, "Your Majesty, I have been cured a lot after drinking the medicine prepared by Liu Shenwei. I haven't done it recently. I think nothing will happen."

"Then you have to be careful." Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, he finally got over.

After chatting for a few more homely conversations, Empress Changsun said goodbye and went out. Li Shimin waved to Eunuch Gao, and Eunuch Gao returned to the door and took the wind away.

"Come out." Li Shimin said, and a person flashed out of the secret passage. It was Changsun Wuji. He was sitting in the place where the memorials were piled up to read the memorials for Li Shimin, but he was almost blocked by Empress Changsun. Li Shimin was so nervous just now because he was afraid that Changsun Wuji would be discovered.

If Empress Changsun finds him here, the brother and sister would have to quarrel. Li Shimin is stuck in the middle and often has a headache.

"Your Majesty, since there is no memorial, I will sue you."

"Don't leave in a hurry." Li Shimin pulled Changsun Wuji over, and ordered Eunuch Gao to prepare dinner. He unfolded the map he hadn't had time to look at just now, and said, "How long do you think the war in Qizhou will last?"

Although Changsun Wuji was a civil servant, he had also been a military officer under Li Shimin's tent in his early years and was also familiar with the affairs of the army. Seeing the intertwined forces on the map, Changsun Wuji was silent for a while and said, "I think it seems that it will not end in less than three months."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me your reasons."

Changsun Wuji said: "If you only look at the forces on both sides, Li Mu undoubtedly has a great advantage. But when you think about it carefully, it is not the case. There are three points to war: the right time and place to be harmonious. Li Mu attacked Qizhou in winter. He did not occupy the time and time. He traveled for a long time and did not occupy the land. He was tired and did not occupy the harmony of people. He could only use absolute advantage and forcibly attacking, and the losses would inevitably be heavy."

Speaking of this, Changsun Wuji looked at Li Shimin. Li Shimin did not express his opinion, but signaled Changsun Wuji to continue to say. Changsun Wuji continued: "And there are two factors that need to be considered in Qizhou."

Changsun Wuji reached out and pointed on the map, saying, "Boling is here, Qinghe is here, not far from Qizhou. Now both families have a mortal enemy with Li Mu. Li Mu led his army alone, with a total of 15,000 troops, and the troops in Qizhou are no less than 10,000. With the power and heritage of the Cui family of Boling and Cui family of Qinghe, the gap between the five thousand troops is very easy to make up. If the war is in a hurry, don't have five thousand people, even if there are only two thousand people, Li Mu can't resist it."

After the analysis, Changsun Wuji made a conclusion and said, "Your Majesty will allocate Li Ji in Qizhou and lead another 10,000 people to reinforce. If the marches are accelerated, it may reverse the situation before Li Mu's army is defeated. Moreover, with Li Ji in charge of the army, it can also shock all the sluts and prevent them from acting rashly."

Li Shimin kept listening to Changsun Wuji's words, and after he finished speaking, he said, "I can only agree half of what the Auxiliary said."

Changsun Wuji was not surprised. In terms of military affairs, if Li Shimin accepted his views in all respects, he would not be General Tiance.

"Half of the agreement said that the war won't end so soon. But I think what you said is wrong." Li Shimin reached out and pointed a position on the upper right side of the map, saying: "The foreign aid in Qizhou does not come from the Boling Cui family and the Qinghe Cui family, but is here!"
Chapter completed!