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Chapter 895: Political Discussion in Chengqing Palace (End)
After listening to Li Jing's analysis, Li Shimin was very excited. As long as the identity of the other party as the son of Prince Yin was ruled out, everything else could be discussed. The wisdom and calmness of the emperor reoccupied his mind, and Li Shimin walked around the room excitedly.

"Okay, since it's a misunderstanding, we need to resolve it."

Li Shimin made up his mind: "I will send an envoy to the Turks to contact the Right Wise King. This Right Wise King is really something. When he was in Yingzhou, Tang Jian and Zhangsun Wuji both wanted to see him, but he just avoided them. If they had met at that time, how could there be these misunderstandings later?"

When Fang Xuanling and Li Jing heard Li Shimin say this, they both curled their lips secretly.

Just now you said that the other party's identity is not important, you want to eliminate a scourge and hidden danger for the Tang Dynasty. Now it seems that you can't kill him, and the other party's value is extremely high, so you start to build a relationship with him, saying that it was a misunderstanding?

Bah, a man who is both in power and in authority!
"Ok?"

Li Shimin saw that Li Jing and Fang Xuanling both had strange expressions on their faces, and snorted majestically: "Why, do you two have any opinions?"

"No no"

The two men waved their hands repeatedly: "Your Majesty is wise, and we admire you."

No matter how the three analyzed, they did not link Li Yan to Crown Prince Li Chengqian. This was mainly because they were limited by their inherent thinking. No one expected that except for the fact that Li Yan was a real person, everything else was nonsense.

Not only his background and resume were falsified, but even his age was fake.

Li Chengqian is just twenty years old this year, but Right Wise King Li Yan said to the outside world that he is twenty-five or twenty-six years old. When he met Jie Li, he lied about his age by five or six years. Just this age difference makes people not associate them with the same person.

In addition to the age difference, the two also have very different styles of doing things.

No one would have imagined that the previously obedient and timid young prince would become the Right Wise King who would charge into battle, bravely break into the enemy's lair, and conquer the huge Turkic Khanate.

Only Li Shimin knew that the prince's talent was far beyond what others saw. However, being smart and insightful and fighting on the battlefield and risking one's life were two completely different concepts. Li Shimin could not even imagine it.

In addition, Li Yan's sudden appearance was just an accidental outburst in his long life. He disappeared completely before he could change and consolidate Li Shimin's inherent impression of him.

Therefore, the only person who had the clue ignored it, and the others, no matter how smart they were, naturally could not make any inferences without information.

The imperial study was shrouded in a dark cloud just now, but now the situation has turned around and the heavy and oppressive atmosphere has lightened. The emperor and his ministers all have a feeling of seeing the blue sky after the clouds have parted. They did not expect that things would take such a tortuous turn.

Li Jing frowned and said, "Your Majesty, before in Yingzhou, the Right Wise King avoided us, maybe because he was worried about Jie Li, or maybe there were other reasons. We should be prepared for a more pessimistic situation, that is, the Right Wise King's family died in the power struggle in the Central Plains."

"The Right Wise King's show of goodwill may just be his basic morality as a Han Chinese, rather than his goodwill towards our Tang Dynasty."

"It doesn't matter!"

Li Shimin generously said: "As long as he is not the son of Prince Yin, I can accept anyone else, regardless of their status. I can rehabilitate his family and confer the title of Right Wise King on him. Tuli is only a county prince, but I can give the Right Wise King the title of a prince."

"Let him rule Mobei forever, and his family will inherit it forever."

"If his family members were still alive, I could still reward them generously and promote them to serve as officials in the imperial court, so that the Right Wise Prince could bring honor to his family and become famous in the world. At the same time, since he is a Han Chinese, I could marry him to a princess and grant him the title of Khan, so that he could obtain things that a barbarian man could never even dream of obtaining."

Li Shimin invested a lot of money this time, and Li Jing nodded silently after listening.

If the Right Xian Wang's family was implicated in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, it would not be a big family, and it would not be Li Shimin who did it personally. After all, Li Shimin was the emperor, and the political enemies he paid personal attention to would not be small characters.

As long as it wasn't Li Shimin who executed him personally, everything can be discussed!

"Who should be sent as an envoy to the Turks?"

Li Shimin was in a dilemma again, muttering to himself: "Tang Jian is old, and he returned to Chang'an to recuperate halfway through the Liaodong affairs. He couldn't stand the bumpy journey, and the auxiliary engine was in Liaodong, so he hasn't been back for more than half a year."

"The officials of the Honglu Temple are of too low a status to represent the importance that our Tang Dynasty attaches to the Right Wise King?"

"If we choose important officials from the court, we are afraid that they are not familiar with border affairs and will not be able to take on the mission, which may lead to major mistakes."

"Moreover, the Right Wise King's army is near Yu Dujun Mountain. Three forces and millions of troops are confronting each other. If something goes wrong, I will not be able to bear it."

"Alas, it would be great if I had a great man like Changsun Sheng who is proficient in both civil and military affairs and well versed in the art of diplomacy."

Seeing Li Shimin's words, Li Jing was immediately irritated. He raised his eyebrows and volunteered to step forward and said, "If Your Majesty does not mind, this old minister can still hold on. This time, I will go on this mission for Your Majesty."

"No, the Duke of Wei is in good health, which is certainly gratifying."

Before Li Shimin could speak, Fang Xuanling stopped him and said, "But you were the commander in chief in the Dingxiang Campaign, and you killed countless Turks. The people of the grasslands all hate you to the core. If you were to go as an envoy to the grasslands, it would probably be detrimental to the friendship between the two countries."

"And Duke Weiguo is the military god of the Tang Dynasty. He is the one that the three armies look up to and is the pillar of support for the Tang army. In this precarious time, he needs to stay in Chang'an to stabilize the morale of the army and must not take any risks."

Li Jing frowned. He knew very well that he was not suitable, but the court could not find a suitable candidate at the moment.

If the Right Wise Prince uses his identity as the eldest son of Crown Prince Yin, many people in the court will not be able to go. What if he is instigated to rebel?
"Your Majesty, I recommend someone who can guarantee safety and convey the emperor's sincerity to the Right Wise King." "Oh, Xuanling, tell me, who is it?"

Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and smiled, then uttered a name that Li Shimin had not expected: "Hou Junji!"

"he?"

Li Shimin pondered: "I do believe that Jun Ji is loyal, but he is just a military man, I am afraid he may not be able to handle this matter of mediation."

"Your Majesty, it is urgent to win over the Right Wise King. Once Yi Nan takes the lead, everything will be over."

Fang Xuanling analyzed with a serious expression: "Hou Junji is the emperor's confidant, the former general of the Right Guard, the current duke, and the father-in-law of the crown prince. He has a noble status and a reputation throughout the world. He is enough to represent the emperor's sincerity. Moreover, he did not participate in the Battle of Dingxiang and has no hatred towards the Turks."

"He is a military commander who has fought in hundreds of battles and has rich experience on the battlefield. He will not fail in a chaotic situation like Yu Dujun Mountain."

"This mission does not need to be too complicated. The envoy only needs to convey your Majesty's goodwill. Jun Ji is rough but meticulous, tough on the outside but gentle on the inside. Apart from the misstep in the battle of Liaodong City, he has never made any mistakes."

At this point, a light flashed in Fang Xuanling's mind, as if he thought of something important, and he immediately stopped and started capturing.

"Well, Xuanling, what you said makes sense. Keep going!" Seeing Fang Xuanling was stunned, Li Shimin hurriedly urged.

"Oh, it's the Emperor!"

After being interrupted by Li Shimin, the flash of inspiration that had flashed through his mind disappeared again. Fang Xuanling shook his head in frustration. He always felt that he had missed some important information, but he couldn't remember it for the moment.

He had no choice but to continue his previous train of thought: "The most important thing is that in the battle of Liaodong City, the Right Wise King broke out from Hou Junji's defense zone. No matter what, he still owed Junji a favor. If Hou Junji were allowed to go."

"Even if what you are planning fails, you won't lose your life!"

Li Jing's eyes lit up as he agreed, "That's right, Your Majesty. Although the Turks are brutal and murderous, they are also loyal sometimes. Although General Hou fell into the trap of the Right Wise King, he was indeed given a way out."

"I think the Right Sage King will have some favorable impression on him, and the effect will be better."

"okay!"

Seeing that the two important officials agreed, Li Shimin did not hesitate any longer and said, "In that case, I will call Hou Junji back to the capital immediately. After seeing the emperor, he will immediately go to Mobei as an envoy."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Jing and Fang Xuanling both bowed and flattered.

After dealing with the chaos in the north, the king and his ministers all felt a lot more relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief.

The Jinshan Mountains in the northern desert are like a giant dragon lying on the endless plains, stretching for more than 5,000 miles. From the Western Turkic territory in Northwest Central Asia, across Western Siberia, over the plateau, into the Turkic North, and extending to the Gobi Desert in the south.

It is high in the north and low in the south, running diagonally from northwest to southeast, with countless branches.

Jinshan stands between heaven and earth with its majestic posture, like a giant that has experienced many vicissitudes of life, silently guarding the earth beneath its feet.

Jinshan in Datang is located in the middle southern slope, with a mountain body of more than 1,000 miles long, bordering the Irtysh Basin in the south. The main ridge is over 3,000 meters high, and the peak in the northwest is cold all year round, with snow on the top that never melts.

The mountains are widest in the west, becoming narrower and lower in height towards the southeast, gradually descending to the Irtysh River Valley in Xidan Prefecture.

The cold air from the north moved all the way south, but was blocked by Jinshan Mountain and then washed away by the humid warm current from the southwest. Two streams of clouds flowed from the north and south of Jinshan Mountain and met in the Irtysh River Valley, causing this area to have abundant rainfall all year round and a crisscrossing network of rivers.

The scenery here is beautiful and the land is fertile, which is no less beautiful than the southern part of the Central Plains. It is called the Jiangnan in the North.

This river valley is home to a large number of nomadic tribes, and is also the location of the Jinshan Grand Military Governor's Office of the Tang Dynasty and the site of the Yinan Laosuo Campaign.

Driven by herders, cattle and sheep leisurely graze on the lush spring grass. Their shadows are stretched out under the reflection of the setting sun, forming a unique landscape.

In the golden afterglow of the setting sun, a large group of cavalry came winding in from the northwest, stirring up huge clouds of dust. It was so mighty that it covered the sky and the sun, like a dark cloud slowly covering the grassland. The earth trembled slightly and a sound like thunder was heard.

The herdsmen who were grazing horses and sheep everywhere did not panic, but just drove the cattle and sheep to make way for the cavalry.

They knew that the cavalry that appeared here must be the Xueyantuo army.

The cavalry approached slowly, and they saw the wolf flag of the Xueyantuo in the team. The leader of the team wore a golden crown with eagle feathers, a sable fur cloak, and rode on a strong and agile horse like a dragon. He was leading the way, and even from a long distance, one could feel the domineering aura from the leader.

This person was none other than Yinan, the chief of Xueyantuo, and also the Grand Commander of Jinshan Grand Commandery of the Tang Dynasty.

This time, Yinan received an urgent report from Mobei. In order to deal with the invasion of the Turks and the Tang Dynasty in the south, he hurriedly rushed back from the northwest with his army.

(End of this chapter)