Li Ze's gaze stayed on Tang Ji's body.

He just felt that Tang Ji was familiar, and Tang Ji, who was dressed up, was standing behind Yuan Chang with Li Hai at the moment, showing his true character as a soldier, he didn't even remember who this person was for a while, and his mind turned for a while before he connected the man who was carrying a big bag downstairs in Tianming.

"Li Xiang, this person's name is Tang Ji." Yuan Chang saw that Li Ze was very interested in Tang Ji, and immediately introduced him. Tang Ji was Lu Long's prisoner of war, after Li Ze remembered this person, of course, it was clear, but when this person was a teenager, he was actually a soldier in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, which made Li Ze both surprised and emotional.

Sometimes in the dark, it really has its own providence.

"Grass people Tang Ji, Xie Li Xiang's good governance, can let those of us who have no longevity have the foundation of our lives." Tang Ji stepped forward and clenched his fists to the ground.

"Take what you use from the people, and use it for the people." Li Ze smiled and waved his hand, "The ruler, think about the people, otherwise it won't be a corpse vegetarian meal, at this point, you don't need to be grateful to me." Because this is what the government should do, and it must be done. ”

Tang Ji shook his head and said: "It's not easy to say, it's hard to do, many people will only talk in generalities, but if you really put what you say into practice, Tang has only seen Li Xiang alone, so naturally you should thank you." Such a Li Xiang, of course, is also worth Tang's hard work. ”

Li Ze laughed, and Tang Ji was also straightforward. Waving his hand, he said, "Sit down, sit down." ”

"The Western Regions have been cut off from the imperial court for a long time, and the imperial court has no idea where it is now, and what kind of situation it is. Although after I decided to run the Western Regions and reopen the trade route, I also sent a lot of people to go to which side, but the foreign land, the road is far away, and there is no news so far, and the safety of these people is not optimistic. Li Ze said slowly: "This time, although you have armor guards, but I am afraid that there is still no absolute guarantee of safety, everything, you have to adapt to the situation and deal with related matters alone." Is everything arranged at home? ”

Yuan Chang said: "Yuan has his own uncle in the family to help take care of him, so don't worry." ”

Li Hai smiled bitterly: "The last general's family is old and young, there has been no news since the fall of Luoyang, Pei Tingshi sent people to inquire in many ways, but there is no news, I am afraid that it will be gone for a long time, and the last general has no concern." ”

Tang Ji said: "Originally, a group of brothers followed me to beg for food, but now they have a place to live, and I have nothing to worry about. ”

"Okay, you all know the risk of going here, since you don't have to worry about it, it's even better." Li Ze muttered: "Here, the imperial court only gives you five hundred armor soldiers, another five hundred caravan members, more than two hundred carts of various goods, and one hundred thousand yuan of silver. The best armor has been allocated to you as needed. When you arrive in Shuozhou, Zhang Jia and Xu Ziyuan will make one last supplement to you, and then, you are a kite with a broken string, and it is up to you to do it. I'm just here to allow you four words to act cheaply. ”

Yuan Chang looked at Li Hai and Tang Ji, and Tang Ji arched his hand and said: "Li Xiang, the place in the Western Regions is very different from our inland style, not only the ethnic composition is complex, but the religion is even more diverse, there are not only tens of thousands of big countries, but also hundreds of thousands of city-states, a country that is still full of flowers today, it may not be there tomorrow, the people there have no loyalty at all, they are basically grass on the wall, falling with the wind, and whichever side is stronger will fall to that side." Dare to ask Li Xiang's cheap actions, can we be allowed to destroy the country. ”

Li Ze smiled: "Since it is cheap, it is naturally up to you to make the decision." Everything is based on the survival of Mr., and only if it exists, it is possible to further develop downward, so let alone destroy the country, even if you go further and do something else, I can also understand. The road is long and the information is not available, so I don't look at the process, only the result. ”

Li Ze's meaning is unscrupulous. Tang Ji, who received this answer, was obviously satisfied.

"Tang Ji, you're more familiar with that side, you might as well talk about it." Li Ze said with a smile.

"Li Xiang, my image of where it is still stuck in twenty years ago, what it looks like now, I really don't dare to say anything, but there, there are not only beautiful water and grass, fertile land, but also a barren land of thousands of miles of Hanhai, the territory is vast, the population is scarce, anyway, it is a place to kill and kill, killing between local ethnic groups, Tibet to kill, big cannibals sometimes come to kill, before, where we Datang also killed, it can be said that it is a place full of wealth and opportunities, but every piece of land is also soaked in blood."

"Where is Datang has not had influence for nearly twenty years, a whole generation." Li Ze sighed: "This time, it is where we set out again to regain our influence. ”

"Although twenty years have passed, there must still be remnants of my Datang there." Tang Ji said categorically: "Back then, the Tang Dynasty Western Regions Protectorate stationed more than 30,000 soldiers in the Western Regions, and there were more people, even if they were defeated, it was impossible to be cut down and eradicated. ”

"Well said." Li Ze applauded and cheered: "Tang Ji, this trip is headed by Yuan Chang, and Li Hai is the main military leader. I hope that the three of you will unite as one in a foreign land and show my Tang Dynasty heroism again. ”

The three of them stood up and arched their hands at the same time: "Take the order." ”

Li Ze nodded, looked at Li Hai and said, "General Li, I heard that Chen Changping gave you the heavenly punishment?" ”

Li Hai's face was filled with a happy smile, "Yes, General Chen said that this time I went to the Western Regions, I can make this world's first bow, drink the blood of foreign races, and promote my Tang Guowei, which is much better than staying by his side." ”

"I hope you live up to the name of heaven's punishment." Li Ze laughed, "Go, go, let's go, go to the Western Regions, take care of yourself, what you can give now, Li has given it, here, Li Mou promised again, if you can open up the situation in the Western Regions and rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate, then you will be the governor of the Western Regions Protectorate, the general, and guard the tens of millions of miles of land for Li." ”

"Thank you, Lee Sang!" The three of them glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of fire of desire.

The trio of the Western Regions said goodbye and left, and Gongsun Changming walked in immediately.

"I hope that this idle chess move can play its due role in the end." Gongsun Changming raised a scroll in Yang's hand: "The news has finally confirmed that the Liang State has indeed sent an envoy to Tubo to bribe it with gold and silver treasures to take charge of state affairs, and I am afraid that the northwest border town will not be at peace in the future." If Yuan Chang and the others can make a career in the Western Regions, it will distract Tubo a lot. ”

"Tibet?" Li Ze snorted a few times: "When Li rectifies domestic affairs, he always has to have a good competition with them, and now they want to start a knife in the northwest town, it is not necessarily a bad thing." If the northwest border town can't withstand it, it can only ask us for help, which can also allow us to intervene in the northwest border town and profit from the chaos. ”

"There is also a possibility that the northwest border towns will bow to Tubo, and even collude with Tubo, Zhu Wen and others." Gongsun Changming said.

"Don't blame me for being rude." Li Ze sneered: "Originally, the teacher was unknown, but now there are full reasons to crusade against the rebels." Inform Zhang Jia and Li Cunzhong of this information, and let them be fully prepared. ”

Gongsun Changming nodded: "The second thing, Pingzhou, Yingzhou, Liaozhou and other places, this year's autumn harvest is a bumper harvest. Zhang Zhongwu has already recovered his breath. Now the army is being reorganized, in addition to its original Lu Long army, its people have also reorganized a lot of slave armies from these areas, these people are composed of Zahu, slaves, and savages, the number is not less than 100,000, intelligence shows that these slave armies are converging towards Pingzhou, and then I am afraid that the border will not be peaceful. ”

"If he dares to come, he will naturally be able to come and go. Liu Chenglin is now suffocated. Li Ze smiled: "How is Goguryeo's Tan Daoji now?" ”

He was beaten out of breath by Zhang Zhongwu's nephew Zhang Xie and the Khitan general Yeluyuan, and he was defeated and retreated. It is precisely because Zhang Zhongwu has occupied an overwhelming advantage in Goguryeo that there will be a matter of 100,000 slave troops going to Pingzhou. Gongsun Changming said: "Tian Bo's side has already begun to arrange a new round of aid to Tan Daoji. But it's also a drop in the bucket, and now the situation in Goguryeo is that Zhang Zhongwu doesn't want to swallow Tan Daoji in one gulp, and he wants to take advantage of this situation to lay out in Goguryeo. ”

"If Zhang Zhongwu really annexes Goguryeo, I would be happy to see it." Li Ze smiled: "When the time comes, I only need those places in the Northeast, Goguryeo, and let him go to the elderly by himself." ”

Gongsun Changming couldn't help laughing.

The two of them look very relaxed, but in fact, the situation faced by Li Ze is much more dangerous than Zhu Wen, Zhu Wen can now calmly arrange, and although the south has a vast territory and the strength of Jiezhen is also very strong, they do not have a backbone, they go their own way, it is difficult to condense into a whole that threatens Zhu Wen, but it is very likely to be divided by Zhu Wen in the future, and then each of them will be broken. And Li Ze, who had just ended the war in the south, was afraid that he would face another attack from Zhang Zhongwu from the north in this autumn and winter season. This kind of attack or strength is not large, but it is not careless at all, because once lost, it is very easy to cause a domino effect. Therefore, Liu Chenglin has been working hard in Mozhou, and even Chen Changping, who was sent to report on his work, came back. And now, Tibet has signs of imminent movement, Li Cunzhong and Zhang Jia are about to start preparing for war again, and the northwest land cannot afford to lose. Of course, there was something in the northwest, which also gave Li Ze a reason to meddle in those festival towns, which also made him painful and happy.