The next morning, the court session ended.
Fang Xuanling followed Li Shimin to the outskirts of the city.
Xiao Fan was making perfume in the backyard.
Fang Xuanling looked at Xiao Fan strangely, then at Li Shiming with a faint smile.
Li Shimin was speechless.
Oh no!
She had forgotten about this.
"Ahem, this thing, um, was made by Xiao Fan.”
It was very awkward. Some time ago, he pretended to be profound in front of the ministers and pretended that the perfume was made by himself.
How could he have forgotten about this?
"Xiao Fan, this is..." Li Shimin said.
"Your scoundrel friends, right? Using your connections to buy perfume?" Xiao Fan said casually.
Fang Xuanling smiled awkwardly and said,""To be honest, this old man is also a businessman.”
Xiao Fan nodded and asked,"Is he also in Longyou?"”
"Yes, but it's in the west of the river." Fang Xuanling nodded.”
Xiao Fan said,"I heard that the Tuyuhun people have been restless recently. I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to do business in Hexi."”
Fang Xuanling was stunned. He looked at Xiao Fan in shock and said,"How do you know that the Tuyuhun people are restless?”
Li Shiming sat on the stone table quietly, sipping his tea. He was curious about how his son would explain this.
There couldn't be someone controlling the entry and exit of people in Tuyuhun, right?
It was a grassland area where merchants could not be controlled to travel back and forth.
Xiao Fan said,"Think from another person's perspective."
"What does that mean?" Fang Xuanling asked in confusion. What do you mean by putting yourself in his shoes?"
Xiao Fan smiled and asked Fang Xuanling,"Manager Li Jing has sent troops to the Turks. Did he engage in a battle with the Turks in the past two days?”
News of this matter had recently spread to Guanzhong. The Tang army was at its peak, and the barbarians of the northern borders were silent.
Everyone knew about this.
"That's true," Fang Xuanling said.”
Xiao Fan nodded and asked Fang Xuanling,"A starving camel is still bigger than a horse, and the Great Tang will surely send an army to our borders. Then let me ask you, if you were Tuyuhun Piluo Khagan, what would you do now?”
"Of course!" Fang Xuanling smiled."Tuyuhun is short of materials. If I were Piluo Khagan, I would take advantage of the Tang Empire's lack of defense…"
Halfway through his words, Fang Xuanling's smiling face gradually froze.
Li Shiming, who was at the side, sipped his tea and froze. He raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at Xiao Fan, who was still making perfume.
Hiss!
Fang Xuanling took a deep look at Xiao Fan and gasped.
Thinking from his perspective…
Thinking from another's perspective!
Fang Xuanling's eyes revealed a strange light, and his gaze at Xiao Fan became much more solemn.
He cupped his fists and said," You're a meticulous boy. You're right. It's a pity that we didn't realize it until now."”
He thought for a moment and asked Xiao Fan,"The Tuyuhun people's actions of taking advantage of the burning house to rob the Great Tang are mostly shameless. The Great Tang seems to have sent the Ministry of Rites to negotiate with them. I think it was fruitless, right?"”
Xiao Fan replied indifferently,"What do you think will happen?" If a country's dispute could be settled over a table, what was the use of having a prefecture army?”
Fang Xuanling nodded in agreement.
Although Tuyuhun was a nomadic tribe in the west, his despicable and shameless actions of taking advantage of the situation were completely exposed at this moment.
They had taken advantage of the Great Tang's internal defences to betray their trust and counterattack. The court was furious when the news spread.
Fang Xuanling stroked his beard, and a bright light shot out of his eyes. This Xiao Fan was indeed a hot-blooded man. He was right, fight! If you don't beat up the Tuyuhun people, would they be afraid of you?
This kind of barbarian who is itching for a beating will only be afraid of you if you teach him a lesson!
Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and smiled." That's true. The situation is turbulent. We should use violence to deal with violence!"”
Xiao Fan smiled,"Actually, we can settle this matter without spending a single soldier."”
"Ah!" Fang Xuanling stopped stroking his beard with a smile. He pulled hard, and two strands of his beard fell off. He sucked in a breath of cold air in pain.
However, he could not care less about the pain of his severed beard. He looked at Xiao Fan in shock."No…no soldiers?"
Li Shi Min's mouth was wide open as he muttered,"Not a single soldier is needed again?"
The last time he sent troops to Liang Shidu, Xiao Fan had said that he would not waste a single soldier.
Now?
This kid was going to shock everyone to death!
Xiao Fan nodded and said,"That's nothing. His Majesty Li Er will do so."”
I know how to do it?
What will I do? Why didn't I know?
In the morning court today, he and Fang Xuanling were filled with righteous indignation and shared a common hatred for the enemy. They wished they could curse the Tuyuhun people for their treachery.
If Li Shi Min knew how to solve Tuyuhun's predicament without expending a single soldier, would he still need to curse?
Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shiming in shock.
Li Shiming held the teapot and buried his face in it, pretending to be profound.
Don't look at me, I don't know what I want to do.
Fang Xuanling's heart itched. He looked at Xiao Fan and said,"Xiao County Nan, tell me about it.”
Xiao Fan was not bragging about Li Shimin.
A few days ago, he had read from the Book of Tang how Second Emperor Li had dealt with Tuyuhun's act of taking advantage of the situation.
Seeing that method, even Xiao Fan was shocked.
He had never thought that Li Shiming would be able to understand the human heart and wisdom so well.
"Little Brother Xiao, tell me about it. I won't talk nonsense.”
Fang Xuanling thought that Xiao Fan was secretive about the court and did not dare to talk about the government.
However, Xiao Fan did not think so.
He looked at Fang Xuanling in confusion." Why do you want to know so much?”
Xiao Fan immediately became vigilant and looked at Fang Xuanling."Are you the current prime minister?”
Thud!
It was over!
Li Shi Min gritted his teeth.
He shouldn't have brought the goods out.
"Haha, did you take it seriously? If the Prime Minister was as stupid as you, could he still be the Prime Minister?”
F * ck!
Fang Xuanling's face twitched violently. When he heard Xiao Fan's words, he clenched his fists angrily as if he had been humiliated.
Puchi!
Li Shiming burst out laughing and sprayed the tea on the floor.
"Haha, I thought of something fun, hahaha!”
Fang Xuanling's face twitched as he gritted his teeth. However, he was helpless and continued to speak patiently,""I admit that I'm not smart. Little Brother Xiao, don't tease me.”
Xiao Fan nodded and said to Fang Xuanling,"Come and see."”
Then, he walked to the stone bench where Li Shi Min was sitting and glanced at him.
Li Shi Min stood up and gave up his seat.
Fang Xuanling almost peed his pants when he saw this.
What the hell was this?
You are an emperor, do you have to endure this?
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