Zhang Guigui asked, "What is the way?" ”

Li You said, "Hamid is going to the Rest of the Protectorate, and arrange for your father's righteous sons to be there." He then elaborated on his thoughts.

Zhang Guigui said: "I'll go back and tell my father." ”

Soon after Zhang Guigui left, Zhang Liang came back with Zhang Guigui.

Seeing Li You, Zhang Liang bowed down and said, "Thank Your Highness for saving your life." The minister has absolutely no bad intentions, thank His Highness for his trust. ”

Zhang Liang was sincerely grateful to Li You, he didn't realize how dangerous his behavior was, and he wanted to get all his cronies to come to Chang'an out of kindness. After Li You's reminder, I realized the seriousness of the problem.

This is fortunate to have met Li You, and it is also fortunate that Zhang Guigui is Li You's brother, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

According to Li You's arrangement, among Zhang Liang's righteous sons, except for dozens of people who had already started a family in Chang'an, all the rest went to the Western Regions, and Zhang Guigui was in charge of training the army recruited by Hamid in the name of the Tang Army's advisory group, and rightfully arranged them into the Tang Army's establishment sequence.

Li You changed his mind, and he decided to go to the Western Regions this year, he wanted to get an extremely important thing - cotton.

The importance of cotton, especially in the north, is indispensable.

After Li You thought about it, he asked to see Li Shimin.

Liangyi Palace, study.

Li Shimin, eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Li Jing were listening to Li You's report around the map of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.

Since the fall of the Han Dynasty, the Western Regions have been separated from the rule of the Han Central Plains Dynasty, but from the original 36 countries in the Western Regions to today's 22 countries in the Western Regions.

The area currently controlled by the Tang Dynasty, which was only four counties, set up the Anxi Protectorate, and stationed 1,142 Tang troops.

The Silk Road, an important trade route for the Tang Dynasty, was controlled by many countries, especially Gaochang State, which was just a throat on the Silk Road.

Li Shimin had long had the desire to recover the Western Regions, but he had no choice but to free his hands. Historically, the Tang Dynasty began to launch a war to recover the Western Regions from the 14th year of Zhenguan.

After Li You introduced the whole situation in the Western Regions, he took out a piece of cotton cloth and said, "Father, this is the cloth of cotton spinning." Real cotton is a good thing......" he introduced the relevant knowledge of cotton in detail.

Hearing that cotton was so important, a greedy look flashed in the eyes of Li Shimin and the others. Especially when he heard that Gao Changguo owned cotton, Li Shiming moved his mind. He was eager to start a war against Gaochang right away.

However, this is inconsistent with the current policy of the imperial court to appease the people and calm down.

However, Li Shimin now has a tacit understanding with Li You. He knew that this kid wouldn't ask this question for no reason. He asked, "What do you think?" ”

Li You said: "Father, didn't you agree to allow the Persians to train troops there in the Anxi Protectorate? Erchen suddenly had an idea, running the Western Regions does not necessarily have to use the national strength and army of the Tang Dynasty. Erchen planned to use the Persians, Tuyuhun and Ashnasimo's Eastern Turks to organize a coalition army. All military supplies are the responsibility of the coalition forces themselves.

With the power of the coalition army, he will conquer Gaochang for the Tang Dynasty, and wait until he has conquered Gaochang Kingdom, and then manage the Western Regions.

Li You's proposal is very suitable for the current national conditions of Datang and the wishes of Li Shimin and others. So a few people from politics, economics. In various aspects of the military, the feasibility of Li You's plan was discussed.

In the end, Li Shimin made a decision that Li You would serve as the Xuanfu envoy of the Western Regions and be fully responsible for the operation of the Western Regions. It was also decided that the Tang Dynasty would requisition 10,000 Tang troops from Longyou Road as the backbone of the coalition army. After Li You's proposal, it was decided that Hou Junji and Gao Yong would act with the army.

Li You asked him to leave at the end of August.

It's mid-June, and Li You still has too many things to arrange before he leaves Chang'an.

East Palace.

"Fifth brother, why did you want to leave Chang'an? I can't live without you here. Li Chengqian complained.

At present, Li Chengqian's main focus is on urban transformation. There are a lot of things in the middle, and you have to ask Li You for advice at any time.

"Big brother, don't worry, my brother still has two months to leave. Before you go, I'll help you get things organized.

Big brother, let me give you a suggestion. You don't have to bow to everything. You can appoint a person in charge and let him handle specific matters and report back to you on a daily basis. This way, you'll have a complete picture without having to get bogged down in the stuff.

I'll recommend you personally. ”

Li Chengqian asked, "Who is it?" ”

Li You said: "Ma Zhou. ”

Soon after, the palace of the king of Qi.

In front of Li You, there was a tall and thin middle-aged man, who was somewhat similar to Wei Zheng, and he was upright. He is Ma Zhou, 35 years old this year, and he is also a great man in the Tang Dynasty. He is also the only one in the Yushitai who has not impeached Li You.

After Ashina Qing poured tea for them, she stood aside, waiting for Li You's call at any time.

Ma Zhou hadn't dealt with Li You before, so I don't know what he was going to do when he suddenly came to him? I can't help but feel a little nervous.

Li You smiled and said, "Ma Yushi, I'm curious. All of you have impeached me. Why don't you follow them in impeachment? ”

Ma Zhou is a decent person, but his way of doing things is much more flexible than Wei Zheng's. He also smiled and said, "Your Highness, because the minister is not stupid." The minister has long discovered that anyone who impeaches His Royal Highness will have an embarrassing final result. ”

Li You laughed, thinking that Ma Zhou was very interesting. So he ordered, "Qing'er, go get some snacks." ”

Li You is a foodie, and when ordinary people visit, he will only let them drink tea. When you meet someone you have a close relationship with or like, you will have something like a snack.

Ma Zhou had also heard of this prince's preferences, and when he saw him treating himself like this, he secretly liked it in his heart.

Li You said: "Master Ma, I have read the book you gave to my father and the emperor: Every time Weichen reads the scriptures and history, he sees the things of the former sages, loyalty and filial piety, although the ministers are villains, they steal the avenue, and they don't waste the scroll and think ......about it."

Ma Zhou relied on "Shangtai Zongshu" to win Li Shimin's appreciation. Now, he heard Li You recite his article word for word.

He couldn't have imagined that His Royal Highness the Super Bull King Qi would attach so much importance to himself. He didn't know that Li You was reading the original text in the science and technology library.

Next, Li You said even more aggressively: "Your article has a total of 1093 words. Every word is beautiful!" After Kong Yingda's promotion, Datang has now generally adopted punctuation marks this time, and these 1093 words contain punctuation marks.

Ma Chau was very moved. A feeling of meeting a soulmate made his nose sour and he wanted to cry a little.

He said excitedly: "This, this, Your Highness is really bothered." ”

Li You said: "Master Ma, you are a talent, and it is really not interesting to be an imperial historian." I would like to recommend you to the Prince's Mansion and serve as the Prince's Secretary. Are you willing to assist His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in dealing with the urban transformation of Chang'an? ”

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