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"This kind of thing can't be decided by the emperor alone. It also depends on the attitudes of the other civil and military officials, right?"
Li Shimin nodded, "That's right!"
Even the emperor cannot act on his own.
It depends on what others say, Li Shimin felt this deeply.
"I think what you did, uncle, is almost perfect. There is no better choice."
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, "You think so?"
"Well, you should be very clear about the situation at that time, uncle. Even if we win by fighting to the death, it will be a miserable victory. It can't be an easy victory!"
"As long as there is a 50% certainty, it is impossible to compromise with the Turks!" Li Shimin did not dare to gamble. If he lost the bet, Chang'an City would be lost, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
"This is a lifelong shame for me!" Li Shimin clenched his fists.
"I beg to differ on that point!"
"Um?"
Li Shimin looked at Xiao Ran, "What do you mean?"
"I don't think the Weishui Alliance is a disgrace to my uncle!"
Li Shimin picked up the water cup and took a sip. "Isn't this a shame? People are blocking my door, isn't it?"
Xiao Ran didn't want to talk about what happened later. Li Shimin didn't know what the Zhao family of the Song Dynasty had done.
Only the Aisin Gioro family could get involved in some of the messy things related to the Treaty of Chanyuan.
Looking back at the past five thousand years of Chinese history, it has been a very explosive existence.
"It's a shame for the Tang Dynasty, but not for you, my uncle."
Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Li Lizhi suddenly became interested, and Empress Changsun and Princess Yuzhang also listened curiously.
"If the Tang Dynasty is strong, if the Tang Dynasty you inherited is the same as the Sui Dynasty inherited by Emperor Yang of Sui, then it would be a shame for you to have people blocking your door."
"You still compromise, that's even more shameful!"
"But the problem is different! The Tang Dynasty you inherited had just ended the war and was in ruins. It was not prosperous. Moreover, you had just ascended the throne, so there was nothing we could do about it."
"This is not your problem. The situation in Datang is not optimistic."
"It is indeed a shame for a country to be blocked at its doorstep and finally compromise, but this is not your fault, uncle. It is not your fault."
"So I said this is a shame for the Tang Dynasty, but not a shame for you, my uncle."
"I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I represent the Tang Dynasty. We prosper together and suffer together! I cannot escape the blame for the humiliation of the Tang Dynasty!" This is what Li Shimin always believed.
Li Shimin felt this way until his later years.
Even though the Eastern Turks were destroyed and the Khan was captured and brought to Chang'an to perform a show, Li Shimin did not feel that the shame had been completely washed away.
I always feel like this is a stain on my life.
"Looking at the relationship between the emperor and the state, my uncle thinks so, and that's fine. I just have a different view."
"At a time like this, not moving the capital and running away is already a victory over many emperors."
"Hahaha!" Li Shimin laughed. "What's there to say? How could an emperor run away? If an emperor ran away, wouldn't it be a joke?"
Xiao Ran complained silently in his heart, what would you think if you knew that the capital of the Tang Dynasty was captured six times and the emperor fled nine times.
Even if Song Huizong and Song Qinzong were not Li Shimin's descendants, Li Shimin would probably be furious to death when he heard the emperor say this.
Li Shimin must have despised Zhao Gou, who was beaten and fled to the south of the Yangtze River.
"In the past, when Shu Han was destroyed, King Liu Chen of Beidi sacrificed his life for his country. I can do the same!"
"When my country is truly destroyed, I will not commit suicide for my country, I will die on the battlefield!"
Xiao Ran was not surprised that Li Shimin could do this, because half of the Tang Dynasty was conquered by Li Shimin.
The greatest contributor to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty!
"I believe my uncle can do this. From the First Emperor to the Tang Dynasty, no emperor who led troops to war could surpass him!"
"My uncle is number one!"
"Since ancient times, no one has surpassed Li Shimin in military ability, and the second best is Zhu Yuanzhang."
The person who said this is a man of both civil and military talents, and his approval speaks volumes.
Now that Zhu Yuanzhang doesn’t have it, isn’t Li Shimin the strongest?
At least among the emperors of the feudal dynasties, no one had stronger military capabilities than him!
"Hahaha!" Li Shimin felt very comfortable being praised.
"Boy, I'm not used to you talking like that. I still like the way you're so calculating and won't take any loss."
The distance between the two people suddenly became much closer.
Being too polite in addressing others is a sign of distance.
Xiao Ran calls him uncle, which sounds like a relative. Although they are not related by blood, it does not matter.
Li Shimin addressed Xiao Ran like an elder addressing a younger person, also in order to bring them closer.
There will be many more things to cooperate on in the future.
"I can eat anything, but I really don't want to eat it!"
The little princess looked up suddenly, "What the hell is that, little sac-kun~"
"No..." Xiao Ran was helpless. The little princess, who was concentrating on playing chess, became excited when she heard about food.
"You little girl!" Li Lizhi rubbed the little princess's head.
"I don't want to suffer any loss. It doesn't conflict with me admitting that you, my uncle, are very powerful, right?"
"Hahaha!" Li Shimin laughed heartily.
His favorable impression of Xiao Ran skyrocketed, and the more he looked at him, the more he liked him.
"You have a point, kid!"
Li Shimin deeply agreed.
"Although the Tang Dynasty at that time had little chance of winning, it was not completely powerless. If we met many people, we would probably fight to the death. If we won, it would be fine, but if we lost, it would be a big deal."
"It's remarkable that you can endure this kind of thing, uncle."
"Buy enough time for the Tang Dynasty!"
"One man, accompanied by a few trusted aides, directly faced the Turkic army and even rebuked the Turkic Khan. This kind of behavior has never been seen before, and it is unlikely to be repeated in the future."
"How many people can have such courage and spirit?"
"This should be your glorious moment, uncle, not a humiliation. There's nothing shameful about enduring humiliation!"
"As the saying goes, revenge is never too late, not to mention it only took you three or four years!"
Li Shimin nodded and felt relieved!
I feel like what Xiao Ran said makes sense.
"Even as powerful as the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gaohuang Liu Bang also suffered the Siege of Baideng and compromised with the Xiongnu. Does your uncle think that the Han Dynasty is humiliated?"
"Emperor Wu swept through the Xiongnu and brought glory to the Han Dynasty. There is no shame in that!"
"The Han Dynasty spent several generations and decades to avenge its previous humiliation. My uncle didn't feel ashamed, so why would he be so resentful about the Weishui Alliance, which avenged the previous humiliation in just three years?"
Li Shimin sighed and felt much better.
No one has said this before.
Xiao Ran felt that it was a shame for the Tang Dynasty and Li Shimin's highlight moment.
This was the first time Li Shimin heard of this.
Whether it was the Tang Dynasty or the Han Dynasty, it was not a shame, as they paid it back with interest later.
The real shame is for the Song Dynasty, and the Jingkang Shame is the real shame.
Later, we cooperated with other countries and were able to barely pay off the interest.
It was not big at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, and later... it became smaller and smaller!
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