The matter of Nanzhao did not reach Chang'an so quickly, but another thing made the ministers of the DPRK and China busy.

For some reason, the Uighurs in Western China had quite a conflict.

During this period, the cavalry of the Western Uighurs attacked a Tang caravan that had come to Zhongyun to do business, and less than 10 of the 100 people in the entire caravan escaped.

When the news reached Shazhou, it caused quite a shock.

Originally, Liu Kui was a little dissatisfied because the Qinghai Governor's Mansion had not made great progress, but who would have thought that the Xizhou Uighurs would come to provoke him at this time.

Originally, there was a strong idea of returning to the Western Regions in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, but it has always stopped at Shazhou.

Although the Zhongyun Ministry accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty and nominally became the Zhongyun Governor's Mansion under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate actually had little influence on the Zhongyun Ministry.

However, this time, because Zhongyun was unable to resist the Uighur army in Western Prefecture, they asked for help from the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Kuizheng was worried that he had nowhere to vent his anger, and Zhongyun's request for help and the attack on the caravan gave him a good excuse.

Liu Kui instructed Zhong Wei, the governor of the Shazhou Governor's Mansion (under the jurisdiction of Shazhou and Guazhou), to actively prepare for battle, and on the other hand, he asked Wan Baichuan to lead 10,000 cavalry of the Zuo Shence Army to reinforce the Shazhou Governor's Mansion.

At the same time, Liu Kui also reported to the court that he planned to use troops against the Uighurs in Western China.

Originally, in the past two years, Li Ye planned to use troops against Nanzhao, but at this time, there was an opportunity to intervene in the Western Regions, and Li Ye also wanted to try.

Needless to say, if the Tang Dynasty wanted to return to the Western Regions, the Xizhou Uighurs (also known as the Gaochang Uighurs) would be an unavoidable hurdle.

The Western Uighurs would certainly not surrender obediently, so they could only be conquered by force.

The Western Uighurs were not such a small role as the Ganzhou Uighurs, because the entire population of the Western Uighurs was nearly one million, and the nomads were all soldiers, even if the Western Uighurs could not be called pure nomads, it was possible to gather an army of 120,000 troops throughout the country.

It was impossible to defeat the Western Uighurs in one fell swoop.

Therefore, once the war starts, it means that the great enemy of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate in the next few years, or even ten years, will be the Western Uighurs.

The operation on the Tibetan side of Qinghai can only be temporarily stopped.

And if it is a long-term battle, the strength of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate itself cannot support the war that lasts for many years, after all, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate has been in the past ten years, and the population is actually not large, less than one million.

In this way, the imperial court will definitely have to lean towards the side of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, whether it is the army or the financial resources.

"You'er, you're also familiar with the affairs of the imperial court, what do you think of the proposal of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate?"

It just so happened that the three princes were also there, so Li Ye simply tested how familiar the three of them were with government affairs.

Now that the three of them have built a government and opened a mansion, not to mention the prince's side, Li Zhen and Li Yu are both equipped with Wang Fu, and they are taught in private, so they are not studying in Chongwen Hall.

This also means that as long as there is no government to open the mansion, the princes have to study hard in the Chongwen Pavilion.

Li You didn't expect his father to ask him about this, so he hurriedly saluted and thought for a while before replying, "Back to my father, my sons think that the Uighurs in Xizhou are strong, and they should slowly plan for it. Erchen's suggestion was to teach the Xizhou Uighurs a lesson through one or two major wars, so that they would know that our Tang Dynasty was strong and would not dare to commit it again, and then force them to join the Tang Dynasty, so as to ensure the smooth flow of the Silk Road. ”

"Father, my son thinks what the emperor said is a little inappropriate." Li Zhen, the king of Di on the side, immediately stood up and retorted, "Erchen thinks that we should go all out to destroy the Uighurs in Xizhou and recover the lost territory in Anxi. ”

Don't think about it, Li Zhen deliberately went against Li You, and stood up to oppose it without thinking about it, this is opposition for the sake of opposition. Book bar

Thinking of this, Li Ye was still a little disappointed in his heart, and his bearing was still a little smaller.

Thinking of this, Li Ye looked at Li Yu, the third child of the fugue on the side, "Third child, what do you think?" ”

"Ahh Did the father ask his son? Li Yu didn't react a little.

"Or else?" Li Ye didn't have a good airway.

Li Yu's attitude immediately straightened up, "Back to my father's emperor, my sons thought that the Uighurs of Xizhou should be attacked, so they relied on his attack on the caravan. The Silk Road is very important to my Tang Dynasty, and there are a lot of commercial taxes paid every year, if this matter affects the smooth flow of the Silk Road, it means that the commercial taxes collected by the imperial court will be reduced.

As for how to fight, Erchen will not know. The father knew that the sons were not keen on war, so the father just asked the two imperial brothers, not to mention the ministers of the court. ”

"You little slippery head, you know how to work on your money all day long." Li Ye smiled and shook his head, "How is your money bank?" ”

"Back to my father, my son's money has improved. Father, can the deposit paid by the son and son to the household department be refunded a little? Erchen found it really unattractive to open only one bank, so he planned to open another one. ”

During this time, Li Yu was also thinking about why the business of the money bank has been tepid, and after thinking about it, it seems that because there is only one money bank, it cannot be as attractive as flying money.

After all, flying money can be used across states and even across roads, and his money bank only has stores in Chang'an City.

"Oh?" Li Ye was a little surprised, "You have a lot of ideas." As for the security deposit, my father told the household department that in the future, he would hand over 20% of the copper coins kept by your bank to the household department for management, so as not to have an accident with your bank and could not exchange it. ”

In fact, Li Yu's money bank only operates currency custody business, and he does not necessarily have to pay a deposit of 4,000 yuan, but he is afraid that the other party will mess around, resulting in no money exchange.

Since Li Yu wants to expand the scale, let him get it, and just use his money bank as an experiment, so that even if there are more and more money houses in the future, the household department will not be unable to manage.

Li Yu muttered, and roughly calculated the money in his bank, as if it was twenty percent, he could still return nearly half of the deposit to himself.

Thinking of this, Li Yu made a decision in his heart, "Erchen thanked his father." ”

Seeing that the third child opened a money bank and made his father care so much, Li You and Li Zhen were also muttering in their hearts, is this thing so good? Do you want them to try it too?

Although they all have Yongye fields, they have a prescribed amount of money every month, and they are rewarded for festivals every year, but those are not much.

If they want to do something else, they have to find a way to make money.

The legitimate means are to open their own stores or something, and the improper means are all kinds of gifts, and how to choose is their own business.

Li Ye didn't expect to get the answers he wanted from the three princes, but he just took the school exam to see how capable these princes were.

After sending the three away, he summoned a group of cabinet scholars and other important ministers to the palace to discuss the report presented by Liu Kui.

Here, for the report of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, the important ministers also have different voices.

There are pros and cons.

Those who are in favor are also divided into comprehensive approval and partial approval, and if there are many people, there are different opinions.

As a result, at this time, Jinyiwei's secret report also came, explaining the changes in Nanzhao.

What an eventful time!