It is destined to make enemies with Changsun Wuji. In the court and the battle for the throne, Li Su and Changsun Wuji stood completely different in the camp, so the relationship naturally became hostile.

Thinking about many years ago, Li Su and the Changsun family cooperated with the Changsun family to sell perfumes. The so-called "partnership" was only regarded as an excuse. The real purpose was this relationship. The perfumes became a link of interests for the two families to interact. Li Su worked hard to work with the Cheng family and the Changsun family, but in fact, it was also for his own safety. He took out the things he invented selflessly and made money together. The two families, one civil and one military, was equivalent to allowing Li Su to gain a firm foothold in the two camps of civil and military officials in the court.

Li Su's layout is correct. In fact, from the ninth year of Zhenguan to the present, Li Su has basically never made enemies in the court in the past ten years. In addition to Li Su's cautious and sleek personality, the two joint transactions also played a very important role in it.

This is the moment, and that is the moment.

Now that Li Su is growing in the court, he and Changsun Wuji assist different princes separately, and the conflict naturally gradually intensified and exposed to the water. The case of Feng Du being stabbed caused such a big storm. In fact, this case is a game between Li Su and Changsun Wuji.

At present, Changsun Wuji lost in one move, and Li Suxiao won half of his son, but the hatred he formed was getting deeper and deeper.

In front of the Tai Chi Palace, Li Su and Changsun Wuji saluted each other and smiled at each other. Then, the two passed each other and went against each other.

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Li Su offered Li Shimin the plan to pacify the Western Regions and raise food and grass. It has to be said that both plans are very feasible, especially the novelty of raising food and grass, which Li Shimin and everyone in this era have never heard of.

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling entered the Ganlu Palace. The king and his minister met. Li Shimin repeated Li Su's original words. The two priests were very impressed even after they were upset.

The Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo was a must-have battle. The lack of food and grass in the country was a sting of the monarch and ministers. Seeing that the day of the Eastern Expedition was getting closer, the problem of food and grass was still not properly resolved. The two prime ministers were getting more and more anxious day by day, neither early nor late. Li Su offered a plan to raise grain at this time, and immediately solved the urgent needs of Li Shimin and the two prime ministers.

Even though Changsun Wuji and Li Su have now formed a deep hatred, Changsun Wuji's identity is the prime minister after all, and he can tell who is more important. The prime minister has the magnanimity of the prime minister and never slanders it. As long as the attention is correct, all personal grudges can be put aside first.

Without surprise, the monarch and ministers sat in the hall for a while and immediately agreed to Li Suxian's plan. The two prime ministers were very efficient in their work. After leaving the Ganlu Hall, they immediately went to the Secretariat Province and began to divide the work and prepare.

Soon, the envoys from the small country that were rich in rice in the south, such as Zhenla Kingdom and Linyi Kingdom, were urgently summoned by the Secretariat. On that night, the two prime ministers of the Secretariat came forward and began their first negotiations with the countries on the purchase of food and grass.

People in this era have not had that broad vision. In the end, the monarch and ministers, including Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, the "world" in their eyes is just a territory of China. Perhaps they can be farther away, and their eyes are on neighboring countries such as Tubo and Goguryeo that are threatening their country. Most of the time, the monarch and ministers look at neighboring countries with a bit of hostility. The first thing they think of is whether we can conquer him by force and incorporate the territory of this country into their territory.

In addition to war, the Tang Dynasty had not been involved in commercial trade. Otherwise, Li Shimin would not have been furious because the Silk Road was cut off by small countries in the Western Regions. He did not hesitate to launch two wars to sweep the Western Regions to ensure the smooth flow of the Silk Road.

In this era, there was not a lack of commercial trade with neighboring countries, but most of them were limited to the scope of the people, such as the various aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty, including Cheng Yaojin, Changsun Wuji and other emerging aristocratic families. Each family maintained several large-scale caravans, specializing in the Tang Dynasty and neighboring countries, and buying, selling and exchanging the products of various countries to make profits. Simply put, the business of the Tang Dynasty was a private business, but the country rarely participated.

Although the Tang Dynasty was relatively open, all the literati and officials established in the court. These people knew the necessity of business behavior to the country, but they still despise resisting merchants in their hearts. Because the sages said the saying "villain is likes profit", they can accept private business, and even secretly raise several caravans to do "appropriate" business. If they elevate business behavior to the level of state, they have never thought so.

Yangyang went to the country, and his self-esteem was a bit too strong. He always felt that we were rich in our own resources, self-sufficiency, and had nothing to lack. On the contrary, those neighboring countries should come to ask us, which is in line with the style of Yangyang went to the country. What Li Su said about actively buying food and grass from other countries undoubtedly opened the door to a new world for Li Shimin and the two pragmatic prime ministers, but for other court officials, the attitude was different.

The next day, Li Su's strategy of purchasing grain was spread, and the court was in an uproar.

Some people agree, some oppose, those who agree are very pragmatic people, national interests are paramount, and food shortages in the east are something that everyone knows. Now Li Su proposes to buy food from neighboring countries to solve the urgent problem. These pragmatic court officials are naturally willing to solve such a big problem. When the soldiers of the three armies fought desperately in the east, they finally had no worries. Before the battle to fight against Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty's King's Army had increased their chances of winning by three points.

In the eyes of these advocates, Li Su made another great contribution to the Tang Dynasty. Many veteran generals even felt that if the Eastern Expedition was victorious in the future, the first name recorded in the credit book should be Li Su.

But there were many opponents. What Li Shimin did not expect was that there were actually many opponents. Most of these people were from the clan. What was even more surprising was that even the students of the Imperial College started to make trouble, among which Kong Yingda, the priest of the Imperial College, opposed the most fiercely. Kong Yingda's reasons for opposition were very vague. In sum, it was summed up in four words: "losing the body and humiliating the country."

There is no so-called "racial discrimination" in this era, but in the Tang Dynasty, everyone has more or less racial discrimination in their hearts. Of course, it is uplifting themselves and discriminating against neighboring countries. In the eyes of the Tang Dynasty subjects, all foreigners outside the Tang Dynasty nationality are all monkeys wearing clothes. What about the Tang Dynasty people in the eyes of these monkeys? Of course, no matter at any time, place, or angle, the Tang Dynasty people are majestic and tall, and can only be worshipped. Even if an ordinary ordinary person is accidentally stepped on by Hu Shang on the streets of Chang'an, he has the confidence to slap in the face, open his eyes and shout, "Are you blind?"

This is how the country is strong. The stronger the country is, the more arrogant it is. It cannot accept such a strategy of buying grain that seems to be asking for help from small barbarian countries.

Although Li Su proposed normal state commercial trade, in the eyes of these court officials led by Kong Yingda, the strategy of purchasing grain proposed by Li Su was simply to lose power and humiliate the country, strengthen the ambition of others, and destroy his own majestic traitors.

So, in the court the next day, Kong Yingda jumped out, looking like Wei Zheng's ghost, and was filled with righteous indignation and tears. He angrily scolded Li Su's strategy of losing power and humiliating the country, and kept kowtowing, asking Li Shimin to take Li Su, a minister who was in trouble with the country, into Dali Temple for many laws.

The court meeting became Kong Yingda's performance alone. Although Old Kong was old, he had a lot of plays. He was an old actor who had experienced three dynasties. His painful performance was sincere and sincere, which really made the emperor silent and the court officials burst into tears.

Li Shimin was very moved by Kong Yingda, a loyal minister with a strong heart, but refused.

Kong Yingda's performance was not over yet, but Li Shimin finally couldn't help it and shouted him back sternly.

The word "drinking" is enough to prove how impatient Li Shimin is. Not long after Wei Zheng passed away, I finally lived a good life to let myself go for a few days. Now, you look like Wei Zheng is deliberately disgusting me?

If it weren't for the fact that Kong Yingda was the direct descendant of the wise Confucius, Li Shimin would have the intention to chop him up on the spot.

What is "losing the body and humiliating the country" and "falling the national prestige" are all extremely pedantic statements. Compared with the hatred between the two dynasties, compared with the hearts of the people in the world, and compared with Li Shimin's personal ideals, what is it to buy some food from neighboring countries? Not to mention that there is no way to lose power and humiliate the country, even if there is, as long as it is not too much, Li Shimin is willing to make the same compromise as the Weishui Alliance back then. Now he only sees the great cause of the Eastern Expedition, and the destruction of Goguryeo is the first. All state affairs in the country must serve the word "East Expedition". This is the bottom line, without any negotiation.

So Li Shimin shouted Kong Yingda hard because this old man had hindered his great cause of the Eastern Expedition. If Confucius had not had the great face, Kong Yingda would have been unable to escape the prison today.

After all, Kong Yingda was not Wei Zheng, and he did not have the courage to die. Seeing Li Shimin's expression angry, Kong Yingda, who had been experiencing the storm for a long time, immediately realized that something was wrong. He might have touched the emperor's rebellious scale today, so Kong Yingda honestly retreated to the court class and did not dare to speak until the court dispersed.

A court storm that was about to involve Li Su was eliminated invisibly by Li Shimin's angrily shout.

Li Shimin's arbitrary character calmed the storm very quickly. Even though some of the court officials still opposed it, after seeing Li Shimin's performance towards Kong Yingda, the opponents were tactful and shut up. Whether they agreed or opposed it, Li Shimin ordered to buy food and grass, and the court had reached an agreement and worked together to regard the purchase of food and grass in neighboring countries as an important state matter and implement it seriously.

On the third day, Li Su was summoned by Li Shimin again.

This time, it was still about buying food and grass. The suggestion was proposed by Li Su. It can be said that Li Su was the only one who knew the process best. The east expedition was about to be imminent, and there was not much time left, and everything had to be decisive. Purchasing food and grass seemed simple, but in fact it was very complicated. First, the negotiations with various countries must be carefully considered. Secondly, the transportation of food and grass, how to hand over the various prefectures and cities of the Tang Dynasty on the way, how to protect the safety of food and grass, how to prevent moisture and mold in the grain caused by climate or geographical reasons during the transportation. These are the problems that the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty should face.

This batch of food is too important to Li Shimin. It can be said that it is related to the success or failure of the Eastern Expedition. Li Shimin will never allow any negligence in any detail to cause success or failure.

Since Li Su proposed it, all matters related to this batch of grain should be solicited for Li Su's opinions first. In this matter, Li Su's opinions are very important.

The details are very difficult to talk about. In the Ganlu Hall, Li Su put away his lazy temperament and rarely gathered with Li Shimin and the two prime ministers to discuss it seriously. Li Su took out any possible accidents or details, and also proposed a solution. Of course, Li Shimin and the two prime ministers did not show the bloody scene of being shocked and bowing to the sky. In their opinion, some of the solutions proposed by Li Su were feasible, while others were not feasible. The four monarchs and ministers argued fiercely in the hall.

From morning to evening, at noon, Li Shimin was entertained by Li Shimin for a royal lunch in the palace. Li Su was so sarcastic that the meal in the palace was not as good as her appetite. Looking at Li Su's tragic expression as if he had been given suicide, he looked like a bite of the dish and chewed it a few times before he could not wait to swallow it. Li Shimin was so angry that his teeth were itchy, and Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling laughed happily. None of the four kings and ministers had eaten enough for a lunch.

In the evening, the details of purchasing and transporting grain had not been discussed. Changsun Wuji looked at the sky, so the three of them tactfully said goodbye to Li Shimin.

The most difficult big trouble in the Eastern Expedition was solved for a small amount. Li Shimin was in a good mood these days, and his smile was much more real than before. He waved his hand and asked Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling to leave first, but Li Su was left alone.

A glimmer flashed in the eyes of the two prime ministers at the same time. Changsun Wuji glanced at Li Su with a profound meaning, and then left with a smile.

In the hall, Li Su lowered her head with a little nervous mood.

Recently, he was a little afraid of being alone with Li Shimin. After all, his handle was held by him. This handle was an irregular bomb for Li Su. It was not certain when Li Shimin became impatient and pierced the window paper. The friendly and friendly relationship between the monarch and his ministers was completely over. Li Su's ending was probably only two types, one was death, and the other was uglier.

Fortunately, Li Shimin did not intend to break this layer of window paper for the time being, at least not today.

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the golden sunset outside the hall, with a Xiao Ran expression on his face, but it seemed that he was still waiting for him to speak.

Li Su was also anxious, but he didn't dare to urge him. He was sure that Li Shimin must have sublimated from an ordinary emperor to a literary emperor at this moment. He was not sure what he was sighing in his heart. The sunset outside the hall was particularly prone to make people feel sad about spring and autumn such as "a white horse passed by and time flies". When the emotions were strong, maybe he had to write a poem to show off the talents of cultural people.

Li Shimin was not in a hurry, but Li Su was in a hurry. It was already the lights in the evening. Seeing that the city gate was about to close, you would not let me leave the palace. Are you planning to let me have another meal of pig food in the palace?

Finally, Li Shimin sighed leisurely, Li Su was excited, and unconsciously straightened his waist and sat upright. He knew that the literary emperor had finally returned to the state of an ordinary emperor.

"Time flies..." Li Shimin sighed.

"Puff, cough, cough, cough, cough!" Li Su immediately squirted, and then hurriedly saluted: "Your Majesty forgives your crime, forgives your crime, I have lost my manners."

The literary and artistic feeling of being sad and sad in spring and autumn was instantly destroyed by Li Su. Li Shimin's expression frozen for a moment, and then he glared at him fiercely with murderous intent on his face.

Li Su quickly changed the subject and said carefully: "Your Majesty left me alone, I don't know if it's for..."

Li Shimin hummed and said, "There is a serious matter to tell you."

"Your Majesty, please tell me, please listen."

Li Shimin stroked his long beard, pondered for a moment, and said, "There were a lot of national affairs and family affairs a few days ago. I said I would do something, but I have never done it. If I don't do it until today, it may hurt the hearts of the heroes."

Li Suruo was aware of it and carefully continued: "Your Majesty means... a portrait of the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion? Uh, I have lost my words. It may not be Lingyan Pavilion, any pavilion is fine."

Li Shimin smiled and looked at him and said, "Although I don't know why you love Lingyan Pavilion in the palace, since you proposed the idea of ​​the portrait of a hero, I will appreciate your face, just call it 'Portrait of a hero in the Lingyan Pavilion'."

Li Su gave a very routine gift and thanked her, but a thought flashed through her mind.

The portraits of heroes did not stand early or late, but they chose to stand when the Eastern Expedition was about to be established. It seems that the political implications of the portraits of heroes of Lingyan Pavilion are becoming increasingly heavy.
Chapter completed!