Li Shimin frowned slightly. The battle had reached this point and he was naturally unwilling to withdraw his troops like this.
"Your Majesty, the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo are now severely weakened and will not be able to invade the border within three to five years. Now that there is a foreign enemy like the Tang Dynasty, the two sides will naturally put aside their grudges and fight against the foreign enemy together. Once the Tang Dynasty withdraws its troops, both sides will
There must be a battle. At this time, the Tang Dynasty should accumulate strength, and after the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo are both defeated, they can use the autumn wind to sweep away the fallen leaves and level the grassland in one fell swoop." Changsun Wuji said.
At this time, the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo was just like that between Wei, Shu and Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
Shu and Wu can work together when facing Wei's attack, but once there is no enemy like Wei, the fight between Shu and Wu will be fierce.
For the two countries Shu and Wu, the other country is the easiest to annex in their eyes.
At this time, the relationship between Western Turks and Xue Yantuo was more complicated than that between Shu and Wu.
The nomads are inherently aggressive, and there is a lot of friction between the two parties, making it impossible for them to live in peace.
Although Changsun Wuji didn't like Lin Xuan, there was a passage in Lin Xuan's "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that he very much agreed with.
The general trend of the world will be divided after a long time of separation.
This principle is not only applicable to the Central Plains dynasties, but also to nomadic peoples.
And if you want to unite, it will be accompanied by war.
Previously, I was worried that one of the Western Turks or one of the Western Turks would unify the grasslands and become too powerful.
However, the Tang Dynasty sent troops this time, which greatly weakened the strength of the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo. Even if another party could unify the grassland, they would no longer be a threat to the Tang Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, what Duke Zhao said is right. At this time, there are floods in Henan and Shandong, and the court is short of money and food. If the troops retreat, there will be enough money and food for disaster relief." Fang Xuanling said.
During this period, Fang Xuanling relied on Fang Xuanling to allocate food and grass for both the front line and disaster relief.
But a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice, and he cannot make food out of it.
If he had been fighting for hegemony in the past, he would have had plenty of ways to get food and grass.
But now that the world has returned to the Tang Dynasty, many methods can no longer be used.
Many people may find it strange that when the world is in chaos, there is chaos and fighting, but there is always food and grass. But once the world is unified, the court is often short of food.
In fact this is not the case.
If you don't conquer the world, if you have the support of aristocratic families, you can even launch armies and plunder, or even use human flesh as military rations, any method can be used.
However, after conquering the world, in order not to lose the support of the people and to stabilize the country, he demanded stability.
When the aristocratic families fought for the world, they supported the princes in order to gain benefits after they conquered the country.
Now that the world is settled and benefits have been obtained, they will naturally not take out their own food foolishly.
A large amount of food in the world is in the hands of aristocratic families, and the common people cannot move it. How can Fang Xuanling raise food and grass?
Li Shimin remained silent. Recently, due to floods in Shandong and Henan, as well as the war on the front lines, a large amount of food and grass is needed, and food prices across the country have soared.
In order to raise food and grass, the national treasury and the Ministry of Internal Affairs had been emptied. In order to make money, he had to pay attention to the Lin family.
It is indeed the best way to retreat now, but Li Shimin is a little unwilling to do so.
Especially since Goguryeo has sent troops, if he withdraws his troops now, it will look like he is afraid of Goguryeo.
How can the proud Li Shimin accept this?
"Your Majesty, Goguryeo is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and it sent troops to aid the Western Turks. I think we should order Baekje and Silla to send troops to attack." Changsun Wuji said.
Seriously speaking, Changsun Wuji couldn't compare to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui in making plans, and he couldn't compare to even Cheng Yaojin and the others in leading troops, let alone Li Jing.
Anyone who has read the information about famous officials in the early Tang Dynasty will find a very interesting phenomenon.
Famous ministers and generals in the early Tang Dynasty all had records of their achievements.
However, the information about Changsun Wuji is very simple. It only says that Changsun Wuji accompanied Li Shimin on his expeditions south and north, and what official he was.
What credit he had done for him was not mentioned at all.
But just such a person is the number one hero of Lingyan Pavilion.
The reason why Changsun Wuji was able to do this was not just because his sister was Queen Changsun.
Changsun Wuji's ability surpasses everyone and becomes the number one hero of Lingyan Pavilion. In addition to his status as a relative, another reason is that he is very good at understanding people's hearts.
There are many people who are good at reading people's hearts. Normally, all ministers will try to figure out the emperor's thoughts.
The most famous person is Yang Xiu during the Three Kingdoms period.
At that time, Cao Cao and Liu Bei were at a stalemate in Hanzhong. When they were in a dilemma, Cao Cao sighed: "It's just useless."
No one knew the meaning of Cao Cao's words, but Yang Xiu said: "My husband's chicken ribs are useless. If you eat them, you will gain nothing. If you discard them, it will be a pity. I will make a decision after my return."
Yang Xiu guessed that Cao Cao didn't care about his thoughts and packed his luggage directly after returning. When others asked, he directly said that the prime minister was preparing to withdraw his troops.
When Cao Cao learned about it, he was furious and immediately killed Yang Xiu on the grounds of disturbing the morale of the army.
Yang Xiu was very talented, and Cao Cao valued him very much. With Cao Cao's mind, he would never kill Yang Xiu because of this matter.
The reason why Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu was because he was proud of his talent and loved to show off in front of Cao Cao. He originally wanted to be appreciated by Cao Cao and put him in a more important position, but the result was just the opposite. Cao Cao was very disgusted with Yang Xiu's behavior.
Later, Yang Xiu even participated in the important matter of establishing the crown prince, which undoubtedly touched Cao Cao's bottom line, but Yang Xiu still did not know how to restrain himself. In the end, during the Battle of Hanzhong, he made random guesses about Cao Cao's thoughts in the name of useless things, and was executed by Cao Cao.
The superior person does not dislike someone who can figure out his thoughts, especially things that are difficult for him to say or do. When he needs someone to do it, he needs someone to figure it out.
To put it bluntly, those in power want both face and reputation.
But he doesn't want to get involved in dirty things, so he needs someone to figure it out, and in the end he can get some benefits and clear up the relationship.
But to speculate is to speculate, but you have to master the degree.
Changsun Wuji did this very well.
He knew that Li Shimin did not agree to withdraw his troops because he was concerned about his face, so he offered to let Baekje and Silla send troops to attack Goguryeo.
It doesn't matter whether Baekje and Silla really go to conquer Goguryeo.
As long as Li Shimin issued an order, even if Silla and Baekje did not send troops, they would send more troops to the border to show off.
Goguryeo didn't know whether it was true or not, so it would definitely recall the army that supported the Western Turks.
After Goguryeo retreated, the Tang Dynasty retreated again. Li Shimin's face was saved, and the Tang Dynasty's purpose of withdrawing troops was achieved.
Li Shimin muttered: "Just do what the auxiliary machine says."
He also understood that retreating was the best way. Now that there was a ladder, Li Shimin would naturally not fail to climb down.
"Your Majesty is wise!" all the ministers shouted.
"Now that the Northern Expeditionary Army is about to withdraw, disaster relief efforts in Shandong and Henan must be intensified. I have received many memorials saying that many people cannot be resettled and have chosen to occupy the mountains and become kings. I don't want this to happen again.
If any official dares to embezzle disaster relief food, he will be severely punished!" Li Shimin said coldly.