"Report to the emperor, because the food and supplies issues are not prepared, we cannot mobilize the army to start a war against the Turkic Jieli, but small-scale military operations can be carried out. This will not only help to resolve the siege of the Turkic Jieli, but also to gain time for the mobilization of the large army. It is a way to kill two birds with one stone." Li Jing said firmly.

"When I go back to the emperor, I also agree with Li Shangshu's suggestion. Now we can only send an army with a number of no more than 50,000 people to fight the northern expedition to solve the dangers of sudden disasters. We can just use this time to mobilize food and supplies, and wait for the opportunity to start a war with the Turks." Wei Zheng also said.

"Yeah!" Li Shimin thought for a moment, felt that Li Jing and Wei Zheng were right, and asked Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui again, "What do you think, your two beloved ministers?"

"Report to the emperor, I am supporting Li Shangshu's suggestion!" Fang Xuanling said.

"I also agree with Shangshu Li's opinion!" Du Ruhui said.

Seeing that Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng supported Li Jing's suggestion, Changsun Wuji saw that the Tang Dynasty officials, including Wang Gui, Sun Fujia, Dai Zhou and others did not object. He knew that the matter had been a foregone conclusion, so he spoke up and said, "Go back to the emperor, I have no objection!"

When Li Shimin saw that Changsun Wuji did not object, he felt a lot of comfort. He was afraid that Changsun Wuji would object, so he asked the ministers again, "What about the opinions of all my beloved ministers?"

"I support Li Shangshu's opinion!" The ministers in the Taiji Hall were not idiots, so they naturally knew that Li Shimin had agreed. Why did he hold objections? Besides, Li Jing's suggestion was very correct. If the Tang Dynasty wants to go to war with the Turks, it must prepare food and supplies in advance, so none of them stood up to oppose it.

"Since everyone agrees, this matter is decided!" Li Shimin put the Turks' surrender sign on the Yu Case and said, "But the Northern Expedition was the most important battle before the Tang Dynasty started against the Turkic Turks. Its victory and defeat were related to the morale of the Tang Dynasty's army in the Turkic War. Therefore, we cannot be careless in this matter, and the personnel of the chief general are particularly important and cannot be too hasty." Speaking of this, Li Shimin paused for a moment, but the people in the hall began to feel nervous, because the issue had reached the most critical moment, and the issue of the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition was related to their personal interests. Li Shimin continued, "My dear friends, since we have determined to be the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, then everyone should also talk about who is the right person to take charge of the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition?"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, the quietness in the hall was broken, and there was a voice in the court, and slowly the discussion turned into a quarrel. For a moment, the Tai Chi Hall became a vegetable market. Although Li Shimin, as the emperor, was quite unhappy about the quarrels like this in the morning court, he felt a little comforted when he saw the fierce quarrels over the issue of the commander. After all, the result of such a quarrel could avoid the occurrence of a single word, which was fundamentally beneficial to the clarity of the government.

Suddenly, someone heard someone shouting, "Report to the Emperor, Weichen recommends the Chief of the Shuofang marching officer Li Ji as the commander of the Northern Expedition."

This sentence was like a thunderclap, quieting the noisy Tai Chi Hall. The person who spoke this was not someone else, but Liu Zhenghui, Minister of Justice. As soon as Liu Zhenghui said the words, the ministers in the hall finally understood the intention of the princeling leader Changsun Wuji. His purpose was to give the credit to Li Ji, and at the same time gave everyone an information, that is, Li Ji had become a princeling.

"Your Majesty, I also recommend Li Ji as the commander of the Northern Expedition!" The person who spoke was Gao Shilian, the minister of the sergeant. Everyone was not surprised that Gao Shilian spoke up for Li Ji. After all, Gao Shilian was the absolute core figure of the princeling party, as Changsun Wuji's uncle.

Liu Zhenghui and Gao Shilian spoke, and the court officials who supported Prince Li Chengqian and some neutral factions also agreed, and the situation of the princelings as the dominant prince began in the hall.

"Emperor, I am against the recommendation of Liu Shangshu and Gao Shizhong!" However, just as the princelings were doing well, one of the last ministers shouted, "Emperor, is the recommendation of Liu Shangshu and Gao Shizhong apologize!"

The hall was quiet, and no one expected that the speaker was so brave, and dared to say the words of the grand minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Minister of Justice. Everyone looked at the speaker with the voice and couldn't help but take a breath. It turned out that the person who spoke was not someone else, but Ma Zhou, the censor of the Censorate.

Gao Shilian and Liu Zhenghui looked down at Ma Zhou, and their faces showed anger, but they could not yell in the hall, so they could only angrily. Li Shimin looked at Ma Zhou with some appreciation and asked, "My dear, you can speak freely in the hall, but you can't frame others casually. Tell me why the words of Shangshu and Gao Shizhong are a misleading country? If you don't say a reason, I will never spare you."

"Emperor, Tuli Khan's tent is in the north of Youzhou, and ruled the eastern part of the Turkic grassland, thousands of miles away from Shuofang. Li Ji, the general manager of Shuofang's military road, has been in Shuofang for more than two years and is not very familiar with the terrain and environment of Youbei. He wants to let him go from Shuofang to Youzhou to command the Northern Expedition from Shuofang to Youzhou, and let him lead the Bingzhou army, which was not familiar with the terrain to attack Jie Li of Youbei grassland, who was not familiar with the terrain. Even if he has strong military capabilities, he may not be able to win." Ma Zhou said here, continuing, "And the Emperor said that the Northern Expedition would be particularly important for the future wars of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. Therefore, I believe that since General Li Ji did not have an absolute chance to win, Liu Shangshu and Gao always recommended him as the commander of the Northern Expedition here. Isn't it a disaster to the country?"

"Your Ma, I agree with what Censor Ma said just now!" Dai Zhou said, "When the two armies are fighting, the three elements of the right time, place, and people are very important. General Li is not familiar with the terrain of Youzhou and leads the unfamiliar Bingzhou Army. He is inferior in terms of geographical and people, and it seems inappropriate to let him serve as the commander of the Northern Expedition."

"Reply to the emperor's words! I agree with Dai Shaoqing's point of view!" Sun Fujia, the minister of Dali Temple, said.

Ma Zhou's analysis, Dai Zhou's eye of heart-killing, and Sun Fujia's support changed the situation in the court. Even the fools still understand why the three of them opposed Li Ji as the chief general of the Northern Expedition. The reason is that they are all from King Li Ke of Han, and they must support Li Ke as the head coach of the Northern Expedition.

After a peace talks with the Turks, he successfully escaped, and the Youbei Grassland annihilated Jie Li Blood Wolf Guard and successfully solved the imperial palace poisoning case. Li Ke had a high reputation in the Tang Dynasty. Ma Zhou, Dai Zhou and Sun Fujia began to oppose Li Ji. Many officials in the court who were optimistic about Li Ke also shouted words against Li Ji.

Suddenly, the Tai Chi Hall was polarized and different voices appeared. Some supported Li Ji, but some opposed Li Ji.
Chapter completed!