"Your Majesty, I want to invite you a story!" Li Xiu did not directly talk about marriage, but said to Li Shimin with a smile.

"Story? What story?" Li Shimin was stunned when he heard Li Xiu's words. He didn't expect that Li Xiu called him out to tell him a story?

"Your Majesty, the story I told is a bit special. I don't know when I was a beggar. There was a leader of a rebel army who finally defeated the barbarians who occupied his homeland and established an empire called the Ming Dynasty. The territory of this empire is even wider than that of our Tang Dynasty. This beggar was the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty..."

"Haha~, from ancient times to the present, most people who can become founding kings have had extraordinary origins, and only Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty has a lower origin, but no matter how low his origin is, he is still a pavilion chief, and his status is much higher than that of a beggar. As for beggars, they can also become the founding kings of a great empire, I have never heard of it!" Before Li Xiu finished telling the story, he was interrupted by Li Shimin.

"It's just a story. Your Majesty doesn't have to pay too much attention to these details!" Li Xiu said with a smile. He did not explain the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, nor did he argue that this dynasty once existed. It was just after the Tang Dynasty, and of course there was no way to explain this matter.

After pausing for a while, Li Xiu continued to preach: "This beggar emperor drove away the barbarians who occupied their homeland and established a vast country like the Ming Dynasty. He did not let go of the barbarians who fled to the grassland. He fought the barbarians almost perished several times in a row. Moreover, this beggar emperor was also very backbone. Before he died, he set a legacy for his descendants. Do you want to know what this legacy is?"

Li Shimin didn't care at first, but when he heard Li Xiu talk about the beggar emperor's voluntary expedition and almost destroyed the fleeing barbarians, he couldn't help but be shocked by the beggar emperor's achievements. As an emperor, no one knew better than him the difficulty of going deep into the grassland.

"What is the legacy he left behind?" Li Shimin thought for a moment, and finally asked.

"If you don't marry, you won't pay compensation, you won't cede land, you won't pay tribute, the emperor will defend the country, and the king will die in the country!" Li Xiu said with a serious expression. Regardless of Zhu Yuanzhang's merits and demerits, the legacy he left behind made him feel excited. This may be the backbone and backbone of a nation.

"Hmph! It's light to say that a country will always have some ups and downs. When encountering a strong enemy, making some expedient measures is the way to protect yourself!" Li Shimin snorted coldly when he heard this, because he couldn't do the lesson Li Xiu said. Not to mention anything else, when the Turkic army was in the forefront, he had paid a lot of money to let the Turkic people retreat. Even when his father Li Yuan first started his army, he even surrendered to the Turkic people in exchange for the support of the Turkic people.

"Your Majesty, this founding king of the Ming Dynasty is not just a saying, and his descendants have always followed this legacy. After his death, his son moved the capital to the northern border and began to clear the grassland barbarians again. In the following hundreds of years, the Ming Dynasty had several ups and downs. An emperor of the Ming Dynasty was accidentally captured by the barbarians, but he would rather die than surrender. The Ming Dynasty also established another emperor to continue fighting with the barbarians until the barbarians released the emperor back."

"In addition, there was a foolish monarch who went out for fun regardless of the government affairs. Some ministers dissuaded him and was actually killed by this foolish monarch. However, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty did not retreat. More than a dozen ministers made a series of advice, and finally forced the foolish monarch to compromise. After hundreds of years of establishment of the country, the Ming Dynasty never surrendered to any foreign enemy, never cut a piece of land, never paid a penny, and never exchanged a woman for peace!" When Li Xiu spoke at the end, his face couldn't help but show an admiration. The Ming Dynasty was probably the toughest dynasty in the history of the Central Plains.

"So what? You said that the Ming Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years, and then it will definitely perish in the end, right?" Li Shimin was not moved by Li Xiu's words, but instead spoke with some disdain again. However, when he said these words, his eyes did not look directly at Li Xiu, which was not like Li Shimin's usual behavior.

"Yes, Your Majesty is right. The Ming Dynasty was finally destroyed, and it was destroyed by the barbarians. However, that was only an external cause. The real internal cause was destroyed by party struggles, civil strife, and natural disasters. Moreover, when the enemy attacked the capital, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not escape, but was hung on the mountain outside the city. After that, several exiled emperors also committed suicide and died for the country. The Ming Dynasty's remnants also resisted for nearly forty years. This is the backbone of the Ming Dynasty!" Li Xiu spoke with a serious expression again.

After hearing Li Xiu's last words, Li Shimin finally fell silent. Maybe he could be stubborn just now, but when he heard that in the Ming Dynasty, even if the emperor was captured and the capital was captured, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not retreat at all. He truly achieved the saying "Don't marry, do not pay compensation, do not cede land, do not pay tribute, the emperor guards the country's borders, and the king dies in the country." This also brought him a considerable shock. At least he and his father Li Yuan were unable to do this.

"Li Xiu, the story is over. What do you want to say?" Li Shimin was silent for a long time before slowly staring at him. After all, Li Xiu did not specifically point out the marriage ties in his words, and he didn't know that Li Xiu knew that the Western Turkic marriage envoy had arrived, so he couldn't guess Li Xiu's true intention for a while.

"In fact, I know that this ancestral teaching in the Ming Dynasty is not applicable sometimes. After all, it is easy to break even if you are too tough. Sometimes it is easy to show weakness to better preserve yourself. However, I am still very impressed by the backbone of the Ming Dynasty. And Your Majesty, please see, the beggar emperor of the Ming Dynasty listed the "Disaster marriage" as the first sentence of the teaching. In other words, he never hopes to use the women among his descendants to exchange for temporary reluctance!" Li Xiu finally expressed his purpose at this time.

"So that's it. Your circles are actually for marriage." Li Shimin couldn't help but show a sudden expression when he heard this. He finally understood what Li Xiu meant. It was hard for Li Xiu to have put so much effort into it.

"Yes, when I left the city, I found that Xinzhu County was also under martial law. After inquiring, I learned about the Western Turks coming to marry. I have always believed that the marriage was a shame to the country. After all, how can the safety of a country be related to a little woman?" Li Xiu solemnly asked Li Shimin.

If someone else said the above, Li Shimin would probably scold him angrily, but Li Xiu was the most important friend in his heart, so he was not angry at this time. Instead, he pondered for a moment before speaking again: "I understand what Li Xiu meant. It is indeed a bit disgusting to use a woman to exchange for the interests of the Tang Dynasty. But you also need to know that the strength of the Western Turks is not weaker than that of the Eastern Turks. If we can unite with the Western Turks, then we will have greater confidence in destroying the Eastern Turks!"

"Your Majesty is a little too respectful to the Western Turks. If I guess well, the Western Turks will probably face a civil strife soon!" Li Xiu smiled disdainfully when he heard this.

In contrast, Li Xiu knew little about the history of the Western Turks, but he knew one thing, that is, before the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Turks, the strength of the Western Turks had been greatly weakened, which also led to the Western Turks not helping them when the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Turks. However, based on the current situation analysis, the only explanation that the powerful Western Turks could weaken to that extent in just a few years was civil strife.

"Oh? Why do you say that?" Li Shimin couldn't help but say in surprise when he heard this. Although the Tang Dynasty had become much stronger, he still did not dare to take it lightly when facing the East and West Turks.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Ye Khan, the commander of the Western Turks, was very conceited. He bullied tribes in the Western Regions, resulting in the disintegration of his tribes. From this point of view, his personality is very similar to Jie Li, but he did more than Jie Li. These news can be easily found out from the Hu Shangs in the Western Regions. There are many tribes in the Western Regions, and the number of people in the Western Turks is not large, and the rule is not stable. In this way, with a little spark, the Western Turks may have a prairie fire riot!"

In the past few days, Li Xiu also collected some information about the Western Turks, but he did not expect that the information collected showed that there were actually big problems within the Western Turks, so he also took the opportunity to tell them.

"Based on these alone, you dare to conclude that the Western Turks would have civil strife?" Li Shimin couldn't help but say with some suspicion when he heard this. He had more information related to the Western Turks than Li Xiu, but in his opinion, although there was a problem with the rule of Ye Khan, the ruling of the throne, it was not certain that civil strife would have occurred.

"Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, there is no way. But I can guarantee that the civil strife in the Western Turks will definitely break out in recent years!" Li Xiu said with great certainty at this time. Anyway, this is not the first time he has done this. He has told Li Shimin a lot of things that may happen, and it has come true every time. This is also one of the main reasons why Li Shimin values ​​him.

"Are you really so sure?" Li Shimin saw that Li Xiu didn't seem to be lying to him, and he immediately showed a solemn expression. After all, Li Xiu had proved his ability many times, so he had no choice but to ignore it.
Chapter completed!