Li Jing cursed in his heart, but he still responded: "Yes, the Ministry of War will do this and summon Hou Jun to gather it back."

Li Jing said goodbye immediately, Li Shimin nodded, but when Li Jing retreated to the gate of the hall, Li Shimin suddenly said, "Li Qing, is Hou Junji really unbearable?"

This sudden question made Li Jing nervous for a moment.

Obviously, Your Majesty has made up the old accounts.

First, Hou Junji said that Li Jing had the intention to rebel.

Li Jing said that Hou Junji had the idea of ​​being unjust.

Originally, Li Shimin didn't pay much attention to the argument between the two.

After all, this is understandable. The ministers just talked. To some extent, it was precisely because of Hou Junji and Li Jing's rebellion that they began to value Hou Junji more and more.

After all, what Li Jing represents is the heroes who founded the country at that time. These people are arrogant soldiers and only Li Shimin can control them.

But how can the prince be controlled in the future?

Therefore, Hou Junji suing Li Jing is definitely a wonderful move.

Obviously, Li Shimin used the conflict between Hou Junji and Li Jing to cultivate a new force besides the group of heroes led by Li Jing, namely the new military merit group led by Hou Junji to check and balance Li Jing.

On the surface, this arrangement is very perfect. After all, after the founding of the country, there was no large-scale war for more than ten years, the old founding heroes still occupied a high position. A group of young generals led by Hou Junji were eager to gain military merits and then replaced them with Li Jing. After all, these people, no matter how many contributions they made, they had to rely more on the appreciation of the emperor or the crown prince.

If Li Shimin is in peace in the future, the prince can naturally take advantage of the conflicts between them and consolidate his position.

So, although the crown prince had already taken the concubine, Li Shimin still let Hou Junji's daughter enter the Eastern Palace and made him the crown prince's concubine.

At the same time, he vigorously promoted Hou Junji, and soon Hou Junji was given a high position like the Minister of Personnel, such as Changsun Wuji, who was the only relative of the foreigner like Changsun Wuji.

But at this time Li Shimin... obviously found that this kind of checks and balances was useless.

Because Li Shimin has a new check and balance force, that is Chen!

Borrowing the children of all workers represented by Chen to support the prince. At the same time, the Chen family's large amount of wealth must be tied to the royal family to preserve it. Otherwise, how could it be worthy of the speculations of so many old nobles?

Not to mention, Chen Zhengtai was originally a relative of the foreign country, and his relationship with the prince was even more ironic.

With these layers of identity, the Tiance Army quickly replaced the status of young generals such as Hou Junji. Princess Sui'an directly entered Luan Pavilion and became the Luan Pavilion Order.

In fact, from the new army to the Tiance army, and from Princess Sui'an to enter the pavilion, Hou Junji's status had become awkward at this time. Perhaps ordinary people have not noticed such changes. In fact, to a certain extent, what the Chen family replaced was just Hou Junji.

Because in Li Shimin's original idea, Hou Junji wanted to become the prime minister like Princess Sui'an.

The new generals behind Hou Junji were actually replaced by the more reliable Tiance Army.

At this time, Hou Junji could be said to be just an abandoned son.

Of course... there is another problem. In the past, the conflict between Li Jing and Hou Junji was a weapon used by Li Shimin. But now, when you look back later, Li Shimin realized something was wrong, because if you put aside all political planning, Li Shimin realized... this incident might involve the loyalty of the two generals.

When Li Shimin mentioned these old things, Li Jing naturally couldn't help but feel uneasy because... although he said that Hou Junji was unjust, the premise was that he was sued by Hou Junji.

But now that Your Majesty asked, Li Jing said: "What Hou Junji has always wanted to learn is the ability to conquer the world. These skills are only what the generals in the world must learn when the world is in chaos. He sued his ministers for intentionally unwilling to teach these knowledge. In fact, he did not want to be a general, but a general."

Being handsome and being will be two different concepts.

As a general, Li Shimin knew this very well.

As long as the generals consider how to advance, how to control the emotions in the army, and how to defeat them.

The way to be a commander is that you don’t have to consider the gains and losses of a city and a pool, or the victory or defeat of a unit. What you need to plan is how to obtain the final victory, how to stabilize the hearts of the people after occupying the enemy country, and how to reward and punish the soldiers to ensure their loyalty.

In fact, no one taught these knowledge at all. Even people like Li Shimin and Li Jing were slowly exploring it during the process of re-striving the world.

"What's more, this person is a filthy person who has a different intention, which shows that he is cunning." Li Jing paused and then said: "Everyone knows it, I... I..."

Speaking of this, Li Jing was a little unspeakable.

Li Shimin's eyes were faint, but he noticed Li Jing's hesitation.

At this time, Li Shimin wanted to have a frank talk with Li Jing, so he looked at Zhang Qian and said, "Zhang Lishi, give Li Qing's house a seat and pour tea on it."

Zhang Qian hurriedly went there.

After a while, Li Jing sat down and held the teacup, which made him feel a little relieved.

Li Shimin pulled a chair, sat opposite Li Jing, stared at Li Jing, and said, "You said that."

Li Jing said: "Then I will dare to make a statement. At the time of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, I was in charge of the army outside. Your Majesty asked me about my ideas, but I did not move my troops and did not participate in this incident of the gate-grabbing."

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Shimin immediately understood why Li Jing seemed hesitant just now.

After all, when it comes to old things, everyone is actually very taboo.

During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, the civil officials and generals of the Qin Palace followed Li Shimin one after another, but only Li Jing remained neutral. Of course... Li Shimin had the advantage in this change of siege, and Li Jing remained unmoved, which was somewhat biased towards Li Shimin.

But even so, compared with those civil and military officials who were willing to follow him to the death, Li Jing was obviously not "loyal" enough.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "You are the general. You are a general and are also for the sake of the country. This is... Although I have some complaints, I have not blamed you."

That being said, there must be a little bit of blame. Otherwise, with Li Jing's achievements, there would be more than just a Minister of War.

Li Jing looked at Li Shimin's calm expression and continued, "From then, Your Majesty asked Hou Junji to come to me to learn military tactics. The military tactics taught by me are enough to control the four barbarians. He knew this very well, but he still wanted to sue him. Why is this? At the beginning, I didn't dare to say that since Your Majesty asked me to speak freely today, I dared to speculate. Hou Junji should be very clear. Because of the attitude of Xuanwu Gate, Your Majesty became suspicious. Therefore, at this time, Hou Junji turned his back on the one hand, which can prove his loyalty. On the other hand, if I was dealt with for rebellion, then many people in the army would inevitably be implicated..."

Li Shimin frowned, his face becoming more and more serious.

The person in front of me is Li Jing. Li Jing is right. In the Tang army, I don’t know how many people were promoted by Li Jing, and there are even more many disciples and officials in the army. Once Li Shimin believes that Li Jing will rebel, then... he will be necessary to clean up the army.

"When at that time... who can inherit the status of ministers?"

Li Shimin's face became gloomy and unstable, as if he had not paid attention to it in the past, it suddenly appeared.

He used Hou Junji to check and balance Li Jing, but seemed to have forgotten Hou Junji's intentions.

Obviously, Hou Junji's move was really beautiful. If Li Jing was really punished for his rebellion, then a large number of heroes would suffer. Because there were too many people involved in Li Jing, all the old forces in the army would be removed, and the only one who replaced him was Hou Junji. Hou Junji would become the leader in the army and control the army. Many of his confidants would also use this to gain a high position.

Even if Li Shimin did not listen to his words, Hou Junji had turned against Li Jing, and could become a chess piece for Li Shimin to check and balance these arrogant soldiers.

It can be said that in addition to making great contributions during the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Hou Junji's success was to sue Li Jing for rebellion.

During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, there were many people willing to follow Li Shimin, and countless people made contributions. Hou Junji could not even be ranked. At most, it was because of this contribution that he gained Li Shimin's trust and occupied a place in the army.

After suing Li Jing, Hou Junji jumped up and became an equal person in the army.

At this time, Li Jing said nervously: "Actually... I had expected his thoughts long ago, but... I did not follow Your Majesty when I was in Xuanwu Gate. Therefore, although I had knocked down my front teeth, I could only swallow it and take this loss. But... What I was worried about is that Hou Jun gathered this person and used all methods to realize his ambitions, but Your Majesty did not notice it in advance, and he thought he was loyal. Such a person, when he was a lieutenant, wanted to be a general, and when he became a general, he wanted to command the world's soldiers. Once he commanded the world's soldiers, he should have greater speculation and covetition. How could Your Majesty not be prepared?"

Li Shimin put his hand on his knees and gently patted his joints with his fingers. There was no expression on his face, but his eyes gradually became deeper. It was obvious that he was also chewing on Li Jing's words at this time.

After a pause, Li Shimin said, "In the army... Hou Junji has many disciples and officials, right?"

He asked this question lightly, but since he asked, it was impossible that it would be irrelevant.

Li Jing smiled bitterly and said, "Among the young generals, there are many people who defect to Hou Junji."

He was afraid that Li Shimin felt that his words were a bit exaggerated, so he explained: "After all, I am not your majesty's confidant, so although I am the Minister of War, I have always been afraid of forming a clique, so I tried my best to avoid suspicion..."

Li Shimin nodded. He understood Li Jing's situation. Because of the Xuanwu Gate Incident and Hou Junji suing him for rebellion, although he was not investigated, a great hero like Li Jing has always been in fear and dared not make friends or contact with others easily.

In this way, those who want to cling to Li Jing will naturally be disappointed!

Because they found that even if they had a good relationship with Li Jing, Li Jing would not dare to recommend them, for fear that His Majesty would think that this was his appointment with him.

Since these people made friends with Li Jing and couldn't get their high positions, they naturally dispersed.

Li Jing continued, "But Hou Junji has always been trusted by His Majesty, and he is close to His Highness the Crown Prince, and he is even appointed as the Minister of Personnel by His Majesty. Those who want to make friends with him can be said to be a cross-river. In this army, anyone knows that as long as Hou Junji speaks, it will take less than a year to jump from a captain to general! Therefore, I don't know how many people obey his words to him in order to get to know him. I dare not say that these people are his followers, but in terms of prestige in the army, I am far from Hou Junji."

Li Shimin frowned. Actually, Li Shimin knew all this. It was simply that Hou Junji had such a great influence in the army that he was indulging himself.

If it weren't for my appreciation and trust, or, in other words, I had expected Hou Junji to dig up the corners of people like Li Jing, how could things have come to this point?

Li Shimin sighed, "I have always had a question in my heart."

Li Jing glanced at Li Shimin and bowed and said, "Please make it clear."

Li Shimin stared at Li Jing: "When the Xuanwu Gate Incident, why did you keep your troops in motion and remain indifferent to my edict?"

This is the first time, Li Shimin directly asked Li Jing.

In the past, both the monarch and the minister deliberately avoided this, and they were both awkward.

You know, Li Jing was also promoted by Li Shimin. In Li Shimin's heart, no one can follow him during the Xuanwu Gate Incident, but you, Li Jing, cannot hide or stay out of trouble.

Li Jing was silent for a long time, but he did not dare to answer.

"After you said that at this time, what else can I hide?" Li Shimin said lightly.

Li Jing then smiled bitterly and said, "Since the Eight Kings Rebellion, the Strike of the Sect has become a means for the emperor to ascend the throne. In the past few hundred years, has this not been the case? How many generals supported the princes and royal kings, led their troops into the imperial city, and finally showed off their power. But... Your Majesty... Is this right? The generals did not gain high positions by sweeping the four barbarians, nor did they take Wei Qing and Huo Qubing as examples. Instead, they regarded the merits of the dragon as their capital to stand on the temple.

Those who support the emperor can be trusted immediately, entrusted with important tasks, and obtained the title of Duke and Mausoleum, and their descendants will receive such favors. But... what benefits does this have to do to the world? Over the past hundreds of years, the world has changed, and even the Hu people entered China, and the world is in chaos. Isn't it because... the generals think so, or is it because the soldiers want to use the most methods to enjoy wealth, but have long forgotten that for generals, they should wipe out the world for the country and regard it as their lifelong wishes."

Speaking of this, Li Jing looked at Li Shimin again and said, "Actually, I... have not agreed to Your Majesty's capture of the door so far, because Your Majesty's move has set a precedent. I am afraid that the future descendants will continue to follow suit. If it really reaches this point, how much national destiny will this Li Tang have?"

As he said that, Li Jing looked at Li Shimin carefully. He was afraid that Li Shimin would be angry, so he seemed cautious and said, "The country should have a system of the country and cannot easily destroy it. Although etiquette and law always have many unkind aspects. Etiquette and law are also important means to restrain people's hearts and make them obey themselves. During the Spring and Autumn Period, people still recognized the Zhou emperor as the common ruler, and people did not dare to overstee the etiquette and law. But when the three families divided Jin, people regarded it as nothing. Therefore, the people in the world determined the strong by the number of soldiers, and the Zhou emperor naturally became a plaything for the princes. Everyone had to confront the magnitude of the magnitude. People in the world only valued the strength and did not care about the constraints of etiquette and law. Therefore, the world was in chaos, and the strong attacked the weak, and the battle between the princes became a national war. This... was so terrible."

"I am a general, and I have followed the Supreme Emperor and Your Majesty to sweep the world. Now I have this Li Tang and this country. What I wish is that those who are generals should take Wei Qing and Zhang Qian as examples to expand territory for the king, and the murders between the royal families have nothing to do with the army. This minister's selfish thoughts... I cannot follow Your Majesty in the most difficult time. I am really ashamed of his shame. But... I have never regretted it until now."

After hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh.

He felt that although he had a talk between him and Li Jing this time, he still had this knot in his heart. Even if he talked, he still felt that Li Jing was not very interested.

But he knew very well that Li Jing was such a person, and what he said was not false.

Li Shimin had no choice but to say, "How come you don't know that your idea is correct? It's just that I was in the middle of life and death and I was no longer caring about anything else. If I didn't do anything at that time, I would have no place to die. Don't mention the past. Be your Minister of War."
To be continued...