The morning court ended in such an atmosphere. Except for Li Ke's agreement to compete with Lu Dongzan, the morning court did nothing in the early morning and did not discuss a single issue. This was the first time in the years when Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was in power. After the morning court, Li Ke followed the ministers out of the Taiji Hall. Today, he did not walk with anyone, but walked alone at the end and was about to leave the Taiji Hall. When he saw Wang De hurriedly coming and told him that the emperor asked him to go to Liangyi Hall to discuss matters. When Li Ke thought, he must have discussed the requirements of the letters of Tubo and Tuyuhun! He then walked to Liangyi Hall. When he arrived at Liangyi Hall, he found that several central ministers in the court were already talking to Li Shimin, and Dongwang Li Tai was also among them.

After Li Ke finished saluting Li Shimin and the others, he stood respectfully beside Li Tai. He felt that if he had discussed the peace talks with Tubo and Tuyuhun, he would not say a word today.

When Li Shimin saw Li Ke coming, he handed the letters of Tubo and Tuyuhun to everyone. When Li Ke saw the request above, he was shocked and cursed in his heart that the requirements of Tubo and Tuyuhun were too high! Although the two countries often raised prices on peace talks, there was no such reason to ask for prices! Thinking about Li Shimin's ugly expression and abnormal behavior when he saw the letters of the country today, Li Ke felt that he had met an emperor like Li Shimin. If he had to face this letter of the country, there would be no propaganda dispersal with Li Shimin's attitude of greetings. He would probably directly bombard the two envoys out of the hall.

"!Tubo and Tuyuhun are outrageous. It's too much. Tell me your opinion?" Li Shimin said lightly, revealing his anger in his plain words.

"Your Majesty, you can discuss the marriage matter slowly, and we can adapt to the amount of wealth and property between the two countries! Now it is mainly to look at the attitudes of Tubo and Tuyuhun, so we are not in a hurry!" Changsun Wuji said first.

When Li Ke heard Changsun Wuji say this, he knew his intention. He was helping Li Chengqian get rid of his guilt in disguise!

"I think we can conspire to envoy Yang. As long as the marriage matter is handled properly, we can divide the alliance between Tubo and Tuyuhun and make the internal parts of it split!" Wang Gui said lightly.

"Please say, Wang Aiqing!" Li Shimin said lightly.

"Emperor, Tubo and Tuyuhun both want to marry a princess, and they also want to marry a genuine princess. Then we will use their mentality to tell them that the princess born to the queen has not been married now, and the princesses born to the other empresses are not yet at the age of marriage. They want to ask for a princess to compete with their own strength. The winning party can marry a princess. Wouldn't this divide the alliance between the two countries? Even if the alliance between the two countries cannot be divided, the seeds of division will be planted between the relationship between the two countries?" Wang Gui said seriously.

Li Shimin nodded in agreement, and Changsun Wuji also had a look of agreement on his face. The others had different expressions. Li Ke and Li Tai looked like they were not concerned about their own affairs, as if they were coming to Liangyi Hall to watch everyone perform.

"What do Fang Aiqing thinks?" Li Shimin asked Fang Xuanling.

"May be a try, but you can't put the major events on this matter!" Fang Xuanling said, "Tubo and Tuyuhun are now subordinate to Tuyuhun. The two forces and national strength are not equal. Tubo obviously wants to be strong with Tuyuhun. In this case, Tuyuhun will definitely make concessions, and Tubo and Tuyuhun will make our plans more aggressive!"

"Well! Fang Xiang is right! Wei Chen thinks so too!" Cen Wenben echoed.

"Weichen believes that Fang Xiang's words are reasonable, but you can try it out, but you can't have too much hope!" Wei Zheng also spoke.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in Liangyi Hall became a little nervous again, and opinions were divided into two factions: support and opposition. Li Shimin originally liked such discussions and thought that he could find the strengths and weaknesses of the problem, but on urgent issues, the opinions of the central ministers could not be unified, which would affect the timeliness of government affairs.

"Your Majesty, let's wait until the competition with Tubo ends tomorrow! We should look at the attitude of the Tubo people more! The purpose of this Tubo envoy came to Chang'an is very obvious, and it is to test the background of the Tang Dynasty, so they are so arrogant. As long as the battle tomorrow can suppress their arrogance, it is beneficial to the peace talks, and it can make us more clear about the bottom line of the Tubo people!" said Hou Junji, the Secretary of Military Affairs.

"Yes! The Tubo people relied on their victory and their eyes grew into the sky. They dared to act wildly in the Tai Chi Hall. This peace talks really cannot make them too arrogant, otherwise how can this peace talks be carried out!" Xiao Yu also said angrily.

When the topic talked about the battle with the Tubo people the next day, everyone turned their attention to Li Ke, wanting to hear Li Ke's opinions. In fact, after the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks and losing nearly 120,000 elite troops, everyone was inaccurate in the combat effectiveness of the Tubo cavalry, and they were worried about whether the black-clothed guards around Li Ke could win the Tubo elite cavalry. But Li Ke was still silent and did not take his participation in this discussion seriously!

"Li Ke, tell me, will you win the Tubo cavalry tomorrow?" Li Shimin asked lightly. He knew very well that Li Ke would never fight a war that he was unsure of, but when everyone mentioned this, he was very worried, and when Li Ke looked dismissed, he had to ask himself.

"Father, is there no other way to talk about the Tang Dynasty, except to marry princesses and send money and goods? When the Turks came to Chang'an City, you could have the Wei River alliance, and send troops to the Turks to let them retreat to the grassland. But this time we just lost a battle. Why do we think of peace talks and don't think of other ways? Fighting with the Turks, if we lose, we are not strong enough. We can tolerate humiliation for four years, but if we are a vassal, we have to negotiate once and use money and women!" Li Ke said here, feeling heartbroken, "Father, the Tang Dynasty is no longer the Tang Dynasty when it was first established. Both the treasury and the people's lives are full of. In such a difficult situation, you had to fight against the Turks, but how can we only have to negotiate with Tubo today?"

Li Ke's words came from the heart, and it made everyone feel sour and uncomfortable. The special Taizong Li Shimin was a tough king and a talented emperor. This peace talks with Tubo were actually the suggestions of central ministers such as Changsun Wuji. Because, involving the Crown Prince Li Chengqian, in order to give his son a chance to excuse him, he simply handed over the evidence of the Tang Dynasty against Tubo and Tuyuhun to the central ministers, and he lacked his own appearance.

Changsun Wuji must be dealing with it. Everyone will not pursue Li Chengqian's guilt too much. He just needs to listen to everyone's opinions. Therefore, he did not want to participate in the peace talks, but just wanted to listen to everyone's suggestions. However, after listening to the opinions of the central minister, especially Changsun Wuji's suggestions, he felt that the peace talks at least did not need to send troops to increase unnecessary casualties for the Tang Dynasty. But now when he heard Li Ke's heartfelt words, he could not talk to himself.

The Liangyi Palace fell silent. The central ministers began to engage in peace talks because of Changsun Wuji's lobbying and strong advice, and analyzed the pros and cons of them. Then they agreed to the draft. However, now Li Ke's confession made them suddenly feel an impulse, and Li Ke's words reminded them of the hard years when they were defeated by the Turks.

"Are you sure to win over 500 Tubo cavalry tomorrow?" Li Shimin asked. Although his tone was plain, his eyes showed a cold look and instantly returned to his emperor's form.

"Please rest assured, my father will be in peace. Tomorrow, my sons' guards will avenge their previous shame and promote the prestige of the Tang Dynasty!" Li Ke said with a firm tone and full of confidence.

"Okay! Then don't discuss the peace talks for now. Let's wait until tomorrow's competition is over to see Tubo's attitude!" Li Shimin said lightly.

"No" the ministers bowed and left Liangyi Hall.

Li Ke followed the ministers out of Liangyi Hall, but was stopped by Wang De, and Li Shimin summoned him to Liangyi Hall again.

"Li Ke, tell your father honestly that in a few years, will the Tubo be destroyed in a hundred thousand elite soldiers?" Li Shimin asked very seriously.

"Father, it is difficult to destroy Tubo. They are located in a plateau area. It is difficult for the Tang cavalry to adapt to the environment and climate there. There is also a complex terrain. I asked myself that 300,000 elite soldiers could not destroy Tubo! But if I want to seriously damage the vitality of Tubo, it will be difficult to enter the Central Plains for hundreds of years. I only need 100,000 elite soldiers, and three years is enough!" Li Ke thought for a moment and said seriously.

"But there are no 100,000 elite soldiers in the Tang Dynasty now!" Li Shimin said worriedly.

"Father, as long as you want, my son-in-law can still raise 100,000 elite cavalry!" Li Ke thought for a moment, and still expressed his thoughts.

"Hey! Chengqian was defeated now. What do you think should be dealt with?" Li Shimin sighed. The most difficult thing he was to deal with Li Chengqian. After all, he is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and more importantly, he is also the son of Empress Changsun.

"Father, my son-in-law recommends my elder brother as a military supervisor, and is guilty of being in prison. Please punish me, let me make meritorious contributions to the west and settle Tubo!" Li Ke was smart and immediately thought of the words.

"You go down! My father wants to rest when he is tired!" Li Shimin said lightly.

Li Ke bowed and left Liangyi Hall!
Chapter completed!