Li Shimin was speechless at his grandson's words. How old was this little brat? He was already talking about his past life!

Furthermore, what do "小西八" and "高丽棒子" mean? Do they refer to the Goguryeo people?

"Where did you learn all these strange things?"

"I heard it from a Hu person in the West Market of Chang'an!"

"Hu people?"

"A barbarian from the east, perhaps?"

Li Jue shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

"Uncle Li, please don't ask anymore. If it's inconvenient for you, just pretend I didn't say anything..."

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately perked up, thinking to himself that he couldn't let this guy look down on him.

My grandson finally asked me for a favor. If I can't even handle this small matter, how can I call myself an old man? How can I spank him?

"It's not difficult, but I don't know what position to assign you."

"How about I give you the position of Left Martial Guard General?"

Li Jue was stunned when he heard this, then gave a bitter smile.

"Old Li, please stop joking. Putting aside whether you have such great abilities, my status alone is not worthy of being a general!"

Li Shimin smiled without saying a word when he heard Li Jue's complaints. If we only talk about status, it would be a waste of talent for the eldest grandson of the Tang Dynasty to be the Left General of the Imperial Guard!

Under normal circumstances, his status should at least be comparable to that of his third uncle, Prince Wu, Li Ke, who was granted the title of prince, concurrently serving as the Grand General of a prefecture and overseeing the military affairs of various prefectures.

Therefore, it was not a problem for Li Jue, as the eldest grandson of the emperor, to be appointed as the Left General of the Imperial Guard.

However, he is a bit too young. Even if he were given this official position, he wouldn't be able to manage anything and would only be a figurehead.

"What kind of official position do you want to be? Tell me one and I'll see if I can fulfill your wish."

"Uncle Li, I don't want to be an official, just a regular soldier is fine. I just want to go with the army to Liaodong to see how our Great Tang Dynasty crushes Goguryeo!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately felt melancholy. He had never bestowed such a small position upon anyone in his life. Was he going to make an exception for this grandson?

Wait, why is he so eager to go to Goguryeo?

Is this guy really not afraid of death?

"Grandson, what are you thinking about?"

"Even if you serve in the Sixteenth Guard, you are too old to go to the battlefield, and you will definitely miss this year's major battle!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue shook his head indifferently.

"fine!"

"This was originally just a minor skirmish; the real show will be when Your Majesty the Emperor personally leads the expedition in two years!"

"That's the show I'm going to catch, hehehe!"

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this. He had been thinking about the matter of personally leading the expedition, but only a few important officials in the court knew about it. Where did this little guy hear about it?

"Grandson, who told you that His Majesty is going to personally lead the army?"

"Do I even need to hear that from others?"

"Li Er is such a petty person. Back then, he was forced to sign a treaty of surrender by Khagan Jieli on the Wei River, but less than two years later, he captured Khagan Jieli and made him dance in Chang'an."

"Goguryeo is so arrogant, killing hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Sui Dynasty, and now they dare to invade our Tang Dynasty territory."

"If Li Er could swallow this insult, then he wouldn't deserve to be the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin's eyes widened when he heard this. He never expected that his confidant would be his own eldest grandson!

You should know that when he first said he would personally lead the expedition, not a single official in the court supported him. Even the Crown Prince stood up and cried to stop him!

However, his own grandson knew him so well, not only predicting that he would personally lead the army, but even finding the reason for his personal campaign so fitting.

You're right!

"Those treacherous dogs from Goguryeo caused the loss of hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers, and they even built a mound of skulls to flaunt their military might!"

"This is intolerable! I, Li Er, cannot tolerate it!"

"Wait, are you Li Er?"

Li Shimin was in the middle of a lively conversation when he suddenly heard his grandson ask this question, and immediately realized that he had almost let something slip.

"Well... I'm the second oldest in my family..."

"Oh, oh, oh,"

"No wonder you got so angry when I called him Li Er, turns out you're the second son too, hehehe..."

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately remembered that his stinky grandson had been disrespectful to him again. Just as he was about to grab his grandson and give him a good beating, he unexpectedly found that he had missed his target.

Li Jue quickly ran to the side and then made a face at Old Li.

"I knew you were going to arrest me, hehehe!"

"You stinking brat, come here right now!"

"What did I tell you last time? You're not allowed to call His Majesty Li Er so disrespectfully! And you dare to do it again! I'll give you a good spanking!"

"You can't hit me, la la la..."

Seeing that his grandson was on guard, and since he didn't really want to punish him, Li Shimin decided to let him off this time.

"This is a one-time exception!"

"Yeah, yeah, I just blurted it out. I'll definitely be more careful next time, hehehe..."

"Old Li, if His Majesty of your Great Tang Dynasty were to personally lead an expedition, would you go with him?"

Li Shimin nodded upon hearing this.

"Of course I have to go! If I don't go, they won't even start fighting!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue secretly rolled his eyes.

"boast!"

"The way you're saying it makes it sound like the Tang Dynasty would perish without you..."

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately put on a stern face and reprimanded him.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

"What do we mean by the fall of a nation? Our Great Tang will last for a thousand generations!"

Li Jue held reservations about this topic. He knew of several rebels in the Tang Dynasty, such as An Lushan, Huang Chao, Shi Jingtang, and Zhu Wen, all of whom tolled the death knell for the Tang Dynasty.

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