The officials in the main hall haven't heard from Li You for a long time. They all pricked up their ears to hear what the messenger had brought.

Li Chengqian, Yin Hongzhi, Xiao Qian, Xiao Dongchang, Cheng Yanjin and others were concerned about Li You's safety, and they even stared at Li Shimin to see what Li You had said.

Li Shimin took the letter jointly written by Li You and Hou Junji, read it for a while, and did not speak. Now, it makes people's hearts itch, and they don't know what the situation is.

Finally, Li Shimin put down the letter in his hand and said with a smile: "This kid really has him." ”

Hearing Li Shimin's tone, Li Ke and Li Tai were very unhappy, knowing that the demonic guy was about to show his face again. Li Chengqian, Yin Hongzhi, Cheng Yanjin and others couldn't help but cheer in a low voice.

The ministers were also in high spirits, waiting to hear Li Shimin's announcement of the good news.

Li Shimin said: "The battle report of Li You and Hou Junji is coming, they have only lost less than a thousand people, and they have already taken the entire territory of Gaochang, Lu Wentai is dead, and his son Lu Zhisheng and other Gaochang nobles have all been captured. Gaochang has been completely integrated into the territory of Datang. ”

Everyone knew about Gaochang's rebellion against the Tang Dynasty, and the ministers were all worried about it. It's just that the imperial court has encountered a lot of difficulties in the past few years, and it doesn't have the energy to deal with this hateful guy who is thousands of miles away.

Now, when they heard that Gaochang had been defeated, the civil and military officials were in a good mood and cheered together: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live Your Majesty!" ”

Li Shimin continued: "Li You sent someone to send back cotton seeds, and in a few years, Datang will be covered with quilts and put on new clothes made of cotton cloth." ”

There was another burst of excitement in the crowd.

What was Li Shimin hesitating about just now? It turned out that Li You also mentioned in the letter that they had separated the 200,000 loads of grain from the Western Turks, as well as the seizure of a huge amount of treasure from Gaochang State. These things can easily arouse suspicion. Therefore, he thought about it and didn't say a word.

Li Shimin was the commander of the army in the east and west, and the Tang Dynasty was mainly fought by him. However, when he fought in the front, he was often questioned by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji and others, and he had to explain to Li Yuan again and again. It took more thought than he fought bloody battles ahead.

He suddenly admired himself very much, and felt that the generals who went out to fight under him were much happier than he was back then.

Two ceremonial halls, study.

Li Shimin summoned the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Li Jing to discuss the situation in the Western Regions.

In his letter, Li You gave a detailed account of the situation in the Western Regions.

There are 25 countries in the Western Regions, of which the Western Turks are the largest, with a population of 780,000 and 280,000 soldiers and horses. Among the 25 countries in the Western Regions, 17 belong to the Western Turks, with a total population of more than 1.1 million. The three vassals belonged to the Tang Dynasty, with a total population of 70,000, plus the newly recovered Gaochang Kingdom, with a total population of 120,000. Five other countries were Uighurs.

At present, there is a civil war in the Western Turks, and the two sides have launched a major war between the two sides and the Western Turkic Khan, who has established himself as a khan, and the Ili River is the boundary. Most of those vassal states were on the sidelines, and some were also involved in civil wars.

Li You's suggestion was to take advantage of the gap between the Western Turkic civil war to take advantage of the opportunity to conquer some small states in the Western Regions and expand the influence of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.

According to the established national policy of the Tang Dynasty, it is not ready to launch a large-scale foreign war at present, and it is not ready to send additional troops to the Western Regions. Several people discussed it for a while and decided to support Li You's opinion, but on the basis of not provoking a war between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks.

In particular, I want to remind Li You and others that the Tang Army's strength in the Western Regions is too small and should not be eaten by others.

Subsequently, they discussed some details, and according to Li You's request, they sent a large number of grassroots officials to the Western Regions to receive Gao Changguo and other countries that were defeated later.

At the same time, a group of grassroots officers was sent to strengthen the leadership of the servant army.

Regarding the last point, Li Jing had some questions, and he asked: "Those Tuyuhun and Turkic people are all in formation, what do you want these officers to do?" Will they be able to accept it? ”

Li Shimin said: "It's not to manage these Tuyuhun and grassland people, but Li You wants to recruit troops locally, and these officers go to manage these people." ”

Regarding whether these people can serve the Tang Army in the area that has just been conquered, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Li Jing are a little disappropriated. The original army in these places could not be used, and the newly recruited people would also be hostile to the Tang army, and it would be very difficult to train them into warriors, and it would be impossible to have any combat effectiveness in the short term.

Fang Xuanling said with some concern: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that His Royal Highness the King of Qi should be reminded that the environment in the Western Regions is so complicated, and he still has to rely on the people and horses he brought with him, and try not to use the locals." It is necessary to prevent these people from betraying the Tang Army at a critical time. ”

Li Shimin said: "You are right, my opinion is that if he wants someone, send it to him and remind him to pay attention." ”

Research institute.

After Baihu sent Li You's letter to Li Chengqian, he came to the research institute and handed over the cotton seeds and cotton planting technology manual to Zhao Jingshu, and came to see Xiao Wanyu.

"White Tiger, you're back. Brother You, how is he? Xiao Wanyu said in surprise.

"Okay, okay, I can eat and sleep. Princess, here is a letter from the prince to you. As he spoke, he took out the letter that Li You had written to Xiao Wanyu.

Then, he said: "Princess, the little one is going to return to the Western Regions in the next few days, if you write a letter to the prince, write it quickly, and the little one will come to get the letter the day after tomorrow." With that, he left. He's going to hurry back and make out with the magpies.

Magpie is no longer working at the institute, and she has an important task - to raise carrier pigeons in the palace. In the future, Li You will establish a large-scale flying pigeon communication, and the magpie will conduct the experiment first.

Xiao Wanyu took Li You's letter, ran into Li You's office, and hurriedly opened the letter......

After a long time, Xiao Wanyu came out with a red face. Du Mei and the others found that she was not only blushing, but her eyes were also red, and it was obvious that she had just cried, but her face was full of joy.

Du Mei asked jokingly, "Sister Wanyu, what did Your Highness say?" ”

Xiao Wanyu said in surprise and shyly: "He said that when he came back from the Western Regions, he would marry me." ”

"Congratulations."

"Sister Wanyu wants to have a treat."

The girls were chattering and noisy.

Two days later, the White Tiger embarked on his journey back to the Western Regions.

Western Regions, Gaochang City.

After the white tiger left, Li You took Murong Ling and Ash Naqing to enjoy Gaochang food.

Gaochang specialties mainly include Parmudin, Muselles, Turpan kebabs, naan and marline. Li You had eaten these things before, and he began to introduce them to them.

Before the introduction was finished, a gust of wind blew outside the window, and Ashinaqing's eyes narrowed. Li You hurriedly went to blow ash for her eyes.

Murong Ling couldn't get used to their intimate behavior, so he turned his attention to the food in front of him. When she saw the golden Parmudine, she reached for it and took a bite of it.

"Ah", Murong Ling screamed miserably, threw away the Parmudin in his hand, and covered his mouth with his hand and panted there.

Li You couldn't help but laugh when he saw her appearance.

Originally, Parmudin is made of flour, fat mutton, refined mutton fat and other raw materials, roasted in the naan pit, just baked Parmudin, golden brown, a little refined mutton fat can be enjoyed, but the soup is hot, should be eaten in small bites.

Murong Ling said angrily: "You are still laughing, and you don't help me blow it." As he spoke, he stretched out his small tongue, which was already blistered. I want to chat with more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~