After listening to Li Tong and Chen Ce, Li Dan also looked thoughtful, first praised the high righteousness of King Yong, and then said that it was not necessary to donate food and food, as for whether to build a city in Monan, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run.

Hearing the emperor's answer, Li Tong was also a little speechless for a while, he did make a lot of small moves against his fourth uncle, but this time the suggestion he put forward was really not selfish.

Putting aside the reverie of whether he will be the master of the family in the future, no matter who the family business of their Li family falls into, controlling the number of food estates in the clan is also a strategy for the benefit of the country and the people.

But his fourth uncle also has his own considerations, in the past few years, their Li Tang clan has been very miserable, although the imperial system has been stabilized in their family, but it has also caused the current situation of the imperial power to be a little isolated and helpless.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, after all, it was not the world in which the later Song and Ming dynasties had a mature bureaucratic class and system, and many problems could be solved with words. is an old fairy like Jiajing, if he is still old-fashioned in the Tang Dynasty, he will overturn every minute.

In the final analysis, the Tang Dynasty, especially the Tang Dynasty before the Anshi Rebellion, was still the regional-based political structure of the Middle Ages, and did not establish a complete concept of central authority.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty and the secession of the towns were a transitional period from the Middle Ages to the early antiquity, and the unruly three towns of Heshuo and the continuous blood supply to the central government in the south of the Yangtze River were the embodiment of the difference between the regional standard and the central standard.

In the Middle Ages, the struggle between the power of the monarch and the power of the vassals was still very fierce, and the ultimate expression of these two was the tyrant who regarded human life as a mustard and the powerful minister who could depose the emperor without permission.

These two phenomena became less and less after the Song Dynasty, although the king was still inevitably mediocre, but he was less violent and unscrupulous than the previous dynasty, and the courtiers may have great power, but it is also difficult to override the imperial power.

If a great eunuch like Wei Zhongxian lived in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, he would change the emperor once a month, but in the Ming Dynasty, he was a thousand years old, and an edict could kill you.

In the court, most of the ministers are active in the current situation with the entire clan and even the entire region, how can the emperor fight with others if he is alone? Therefore, as fierce as Wu Zetian, she also has to rely on her martial arts family to balance the situation.

In the great unified dynasties of the past dynasties, Tang Xuanzong's meanness to his children and grandchildren was ranked high, and he was bold and bold in picking up ashes, and it was also rare in the world, and the sixteen kings' mansions and the hundred grandsons were built a lot of pigsties, but when An Lushan was driven out of Chang'an, he also had to make the next "Three Kings of Life", hoping that his sons could check and balance each other to clean up the mess he made.

Li Dan, the heir of the emperor of the prison country, is not much different from a lonely family. Don't look at the many old ministers of the Tang family who shouted that there is no heir, and we don't want to live, but when he really comes to the forefront, there is naturally a gap with these old ministers of the Tang family.

The previous rescue of Wang Meichang is a clear example, without the help of King Yong, a young man of the clan, he would not be able to deal with the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty at all. And King Yong is too powerful, and it is a great threat to him.

Summoning foreign troops into the Zhisu Guard is a great risk in itself, who knows if a Dong Zhuo will be summoned. Therefore, supporting other clans to enter the current situation is also a means that can effectively restrain the Yongwang brothers, such as his sister Princess Taiping, who is not willing to be lonely.

The Li Tang clan had a miserable life in the Wu Zhou Dynasty, almost one out of ten, and after Li Dan took the throne, he was reasonable, and he should show favor to them.

For example, the imperial court is already discussing, mainly Xue Ji, a regular attendant of the loose cavalry, who is advocating that Li Qianli, the eldest son of the late Wu King Li Ke, be summoned into the court to lead the forbidden army. At present, among the Li Tang clan, the most well-preserved is the Li Ke family, even more than the descendants of Gaozong Li Zhi.

After all, Li Ke was killed by a group of old Guan Longs led by the eldest grandson Wuji, and for Wu Zetian, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, not to mention that Li Qianli is still the second largest licking dog in the Li Tang clan after Li Shenzhi, the king of Yong, so the family has a very nourishing life.

Li Dan wanted to introduce these clans into the current situation, consolidate his position, and balance the Yongwang brothers, and the reward of Juelu Shiyi was the most effective means.

The reason why Tang Shanzhi, who had a close relationship, was arranged as Zong Zhengqing before, also had plans in this regard, but he didn't think that Tang Shanzhi would die or die and get involved with Wang Meichang, which directly angered King Yong and the courtiers and was driven out of the court.

So when Li Tong said that he would cut his food town to build a city in Monan, Li Dan did not directly agree. Probably in Li Dan's view, this is another strategy of King Yong to prevent the clan from entering the dynasty by retreating.

Whether Li Dan has such clear scruples or not, Li Tong thinks so. He also did not shy away from the fact that his mind was much dirtier than his fourth uncle, but his fourth uncle did not make up his mind to build a city in Monan, so Li Tong decided to bypass the imperial court and use his own strength to do this.

At present, the Turkic is still just a disease that is about to erode into a disaster, but if it drags on like this and does not carry out effective restraints, once the turmoil breaks out again in the Khitan and other parts of the northeast, then it will be even more careless of one and the other, and it will make the north unable to restore stability for a long time.

The rapid external expansion of the Taizong and Gaozong dynasties has indeed shaped the prestige of the Tang Dynasty as the first in the region. However, with this kind of rapid expansion, the overly broad restraint policy has also planted countless mines for Datang in the surrounding area.

In particular, the conquest against Goguryeo, although it destroyed the regime, did not establish effective rule in the region, and also made the Northeast Hulu the greatest threat to the Central Plains Empire for thousands of years.

Of course, it doesn't mean that this approach is a great success, a reckless army, in the final analysis, it is the descendants who are not angry and fail to keep this family business. It is easy to merge but difficult to cohesion, a generation has the responsibility of a generation, someone is responsible for fighting the world, and someone needs to defend the country and not lose an inch of land, this is a bottom line set by Li Tong for himself.

In the next two days, the imperial court was still discussing the placement of the Daibei Provincial Army, and finally preliminarily formulated a compromise strategy, that is, to recall 20,000 soldiers to supplement the garrison, and the rest to be scattered in Hedong Province for rest, and then to supplement the border states after the beginning of spring next year to supplement the defense.

As for Li Tong's private proposal to his fourth uncle to build a city in Monan, it was not discussed in the court at all.

Li Tong felt helpless about this, and at the same time, he was more determined to get rid of the court and go it alone. The old things of the Manchu Dynasty can't afford to come up with new ideas. It is indeed right not to introduce the talents that he has reserved in Kansai into the quagmire of Shendu, at least it can ensure that those people are bored and engaged in their careers and do not be foolish.

After the hidden danger of the Daibei army was solved, the imperial court then selected a messenger to pick up a part of the army to cross the Henan, and Li Tong no longer needed to be stationed in Mengjin.

On this day, Princess Taiping came to visit again, and when she saw Li Tong for the first time, she said with a smile: "Shen has been in the Rong Brigade for a long time, and the edge is exposed, and it is really terrifying to move and quiet." ”

Li Tong just smiled after hearing this, welcomed this aunt into the back hall, and after sitting down with each other, he was not in a hurry to speak, just looked at Princess Taiping.

Perhaps it was the change in identity and status that Princess Taiping was a little uncomfortable with Li Tong, and then said again: "I went to the palace to meet my mother before, and I met the official system, only to know that your grandmother entrusted the matter of dismissing the palace people to Shenzhi. Knowing that you are in a high position, I happen to be busy with nothing, and I want to help you share one or two.

After all, women's minds, you men are always a little less experienced. I heard that Shenzhi wants to build a workshop in Jinai and place those palace users, and his intentions are naturally good, but those palace users are really inconvenient to mix with ordinary people. ”

"Since my grandmother paid me the matter, I only tried to do it. As my aunt said, I have a lot of work, and it is really difficult to have a plan for this, and my aunt is willing to share it, and I really can't ask for it. ”

Li Tong smiled when he heard this, and continued: "If my aunt has any ideas to help me, I will also listen to it. ”

When Princess Taiping heard this, her eyebrows and eyes stretched slightly, and she asked the attaché to hand over a volume of books and present them in front of Li Tong, and said with a smile: "Recently, I have also visited the palace servants frequently, listened carefully to their demands, sorted out and included here, if you agree, I will arrange their respective livelihoods." ”

Li Tong took the book and hurriedly glanced at it, and found that most of them were female officials with good character and ministry.

He is not surprised by this, people go to high places, water flows to low places, although it is said that the female officials in the forbidden are just slaves in the eyes of the real powerful, but in the forbidden place, they can more or less enjoy some treatment that ordinary people can't enjoy.

During the previous period, although he was not in Jinai, he also sent some female officials who still had families to go to Ouchi through the internal and external cooperation of the princess and Shangguan Wan'er. Most of the remaining female officials have nowhere to go, but they don't hurry into the market, and they have to worry about the livelihood of firewood and rice every day, so they found Princess Taiping.

Li Tong didn't care much about this. The reason why he took the initiative to take over this matter was mainly because he had a little pity for these palace people and reciprocated, but if they were dissatisfied with his arrangement and could camp in a good place by themselves, he didn't want to interfere.

As for whether his aunt really helped these people or used them for other purposes, it was not worth caring about whether they were willing to fight and suffer.

Princess Taiping was relieved to see Li Tong talking so well. She was busy drilling camps in the court before, but the effect was not too ideal, although she carefully supported Yang Jiaben, the Duke of Guanguo, as the general of the left guard, but when she wanted to install personnel in the south through Yang Jiaben, Yang Jiaben had many refusals.

In this way, Princess Taiping was naturally a little dissatisfied. She also realized that as a woman, she was not as smooth as the Yongwang brothers in doing things positively, so she hit the idea of the inner palace again.

In this list that she carefully compiled, the palace people on it are either good at color and art, or proficient in internal affairs, some can be sent to the court minister's house as concubines and marry a group of ministers, and some can still stay in the inner palace, so that she can maintain enough influence in the inner palace.

Even if the future emperor's heir is extremely successful and the family returns to live in Ouchi, I believe that her fourth brother will give her this face and continue to retain this group of palace officials.

The only regret is that Shangguan Wan'er rejected Princess Taiping's arrangement and just wanted to stay by the Holy Emperor's side. This made Princess Taiping feel that Shangguan Wan'er was a little ignorant, but when she thought of this woman, she had a lot to do with King Yong's family, even if she didn't use it for herself, she didn't have to be regarded as an enemy.

After talking about this matter, Princess Taiping continued: "The military situation of Daibei Province has been decided, what do you think about the next appeasement?" ”