Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, and it can be counted in one fell swoop, this sentence has reached Li Shimin's heart.

"Although that's right, although Li Zhonghua is a good hand at making money, can he lead troops to fight?" Although Li Shimin was moved, he still said with confidence.

"Bai Lan, among the Qiang tribes of the party, there are many people who are good at fighting, as long as he is smart enough, knows how to win people's hearts, and is willing to spend money, are you afraid that you will not find a general who will charge into battle? Could it be that Your Majesty thinks that Li Zhonghua will not be smart enough. Hou Junji continued.

Although in the eight years of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty won a great victory over Tuyuhun with troops, but it also lost hundreds of thousands of troops, and the price was not small.

Although a large number of cattle, sheep and horses were plundered, they really did not take advantage of it after careful calculation.

If you want to use troops on a large scale, Li Shimin is really reluctant, although Datang's military strength is strong, but its economic strength is somewhat unable to keep up.

But in the face of the pressure of Tibet, he can't ignore it, even if he wants to agree to the other party's request to marry a princess to Tibet, it should never be at this time.

When Li Zhonghua was still continuing to practice, Yang Xue from home sent someone over to urge him to return to his home to receive the order.

Li Zhonghua didn't know what Li Shimin was crazy again, and suddenly gave him what holy decree?

But when the holy decree came down, he couldn't help but accept it, so he had to hurry back to Chang'an City.

After washing up, I began to take the order.

But it wasn't until the eunuch Liu Gonggong finished reading the holy decree that Li Zhonghua couldn't believe that Li Shimin would pump so hard this time, and named him the envoy of the Songzhou Festival.

O festival envoy! The name of this official position, Li Zhonghua is too familiar, what is the division of the feudal town? Isn't it because of the festival envoys in various places who do not obey the orders of the imperial court?

It's just that what does Songzhou Jiedu Envoy mean, shouldn't it be Jiannan Dao Jiedu Envoy? At least it should be the envoy of the western Sichuan Festival, right, the Songzhou Festival envoy, has it ever appeared in history?

"Congratulations to Li County Male, not only restored the title of Shuangliu County Male, but also crowned as the Songzhou Jiedu Envoy, Your Majesty said that Li Jiedu envoy entered the palace to see the driver." Xuanzhi eunuch Liu Gonggong said.

"Gonggong Liu, what kind of official position is this Songzhou Jiedu envoy?" Li Zhonghua took out a ten-run banknote from his body, stuffed it into Gonggong Liu's hand, and asked curiously.

"This miscellaneous family can't say clearly, the imperial court has not had this official position before, but the Songzhou Governor's Mansion is the Lower Governor's Mansion, and the Songzhou Governor is the official position of the five products.

You, the envoy of the Songzhou Festival, should be only higher than him, not lower, and the giant body is a few grades, so it is better to ask His Majesty clearly when you enter the palace. Father-in-law Liu said in embarrassment.

Fortunately, the title of Shuangliu County man was restored, and Li Zhonghua thought to himself, should he ask Li Shimin for the 50,000 yuan he used to buy the Shuangliu County men's mansion.

But thinking about it, I can only smile bitterly, after entering the pockets of the imperial court, is it possible that the money will come back?

After entering the palace, Li Shimin explained to him the specific affairs of the Songzhou Jiedu envoy, that is, to appease the Bailan and party departments under the Songzhou Governor's Mansion, and the 25 prefectures of Yi, Sheng, Kuo, Lin, Ya, Cong, Ke, Yuan, Feng, Yan, Nuo, E, Peng, Rail, Gai, Zhi, Shi, Wei, Yu, Zhang, Youtai, Qiao, and Xu.

It is necessary to give them both grace and power, help them develop the economy, improve their living conditions, and thoroughly integrate them into the Tang Dynasty.

As for the soldiers, horses, money, and food, Li Shimin needed Li Zhonghua, the new envoy of the festival, to solve it on his own on the grounds that the imperial treasury was empty.

However, the power given to him by Li Shimin is quite large, and he is directly responsible to the emperor, and neither Jiannan Dao nor Yizhou Mansion has the authority to govern the envoys of Songzhou Jiedu.

However, he, the envoy of Songzhou Festival, had no way to ask for help from Jiannan Province and Yizhou Mansion.

The support that the imperial court could give him was the 6,000 garrison of Songzhou Mansion, and Han Xian, the governor of Songzhou, was controlled by him.

Li Zhonghua's face was bitter, Li Shimin obviously wanted the horses to run, and he didn't give the horses grass!

And if nothing else, there is still a year to go, and Tubo will come to the city of Songzhou, doesn't this want his life?

Li Zhonghua repeatedly refused, he didn't want to be the envoy of Songzhou at all, at this time, western Sichuan was really very desolate, and the soldiers and civilians in Songzhou City did not exceed 100,000.

The Bailan Party Xiang Zhuqiang tribe, saying what are the twenty-five prefectures, in fact, it is just like that, the place looks quite large, a state is in charge of several counties, and the total population is only tens of thousands, and the twenty-five prefectures, men and women, young and old, are estimated to not exceed a hundred people.

Some of them are not even more than 10,000 people, and there are thousands of people in a state, and the imperial court still gives a history of thorns, which sounds quite lofty, and it is similar to the head of a big village in later generations.

"Your Majesty has received the news that Tubo is preparing to annex Tuyuhun and wants to keep the territory of Bailan and the Qiang tribe of the party.

The imperial court did not give soldiers and horses, nor did it give grain, grass, money, and silver, just to give the minister such an official position as an envoy of Songzhou Jiedu, is it possible that His Majesty thought that the minister alone could block it, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Tubo could not attack. ”

"It is precisely because it is very difficult that I will send you and make you a festival envoy, as for the soldiers and horses, everyone in the Qiang tribe is good at fighting, and there is no shortage of horses in the land under the jurisdiction of Songzhou, and the Tuyuhun next to it is a land rich in good horses, as long as you have money, you are not afraid that you can't buy good horses." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Your Majesty! Now the key is that there is no money, how can the court buy a horse without money? Li Zhonghua said very aggrieved.

"Aren't you kid very good at tossing? If you don't have the money to find a way to make money, if you don't fancy that you are very good at making money, why would I let you go to Songzhou to serve as an envoy. ”

Li Zhonghua was completely defeated by Li Shimin, but fortunately, he won it from Li Shimin, and he could recruit some soldiers and horses in Chang'an and bring them to Songzhou Mansion.

The people of the Bailan Party and the Zhuqiang tribe, although it is good that everyone is good at fighting, why should people obey you, don't say that you are the envoy of the Songzhou Festival of the Tang Dynasty, it is useless at all.

People are only attached to Datang, not completely obey Datang, and the so-called Songzhou Governor's Mansion is only a nominal governor, and they don't need to pay taxes to Datang at all.

Although it is attached to the Tang Dynasty and called the ministers to pay tribute, but paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty is a kind of profitable business for them, and they are all happy to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty in exchange for a lot of benefits.

If the Tibetans are willing to give them enough benefits and pay tribute to the Tibetans, there is nothing wrong with it.

Li Zhonghua took up the post of envoy of Songzhou Festival alone, and of course he had his own soldiers and horses around him, so it was necessary to recruit troops and horses in Chang'an.

It is easy to recruit troops, but it is difficult to find a good general, and the matter of leading troops to fight must of course be left to professional people to do.

However, although there are many talented generals in the Tang Dynasty, they can be described as fierce generals, but they have all served the imperial court, and Li Zhonghua can't dig it if he wants to, which is not something that can be done with money.

Li Zhonghua pondered and meditated, and finally made him think of one person, that is Xue Li Xue Rengui, this is a rare fierce general.

According to historical records, Xue Rengui at this time was still living in Xiu Village, Longmen County, Jiangzhou, Hedong Province, and lived a poor life.

It was not until the Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Shimin went east to Goguryeo that he would join the army, and since then he has repeatedly made military exploits and fought for decades.

He once defeated the nine surnamed Tiele, surrendered Goguryeo, defeated the Turks, and made outstanding achievements, leaving allusions such as "good strategy to settle the war", "three arrows to determine the Tianshan Mountain", "the brave harvest of Liaodong", "the benevolent government of Goryeo", "love the people Xiangzhou City", "take off the hat and retreat from the enemy" and so on.

During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Rengui was tired of being the governor of Guazhou, the right leader of the army, the general of the guard, the acting governor of the inspection school, and the prince of Pingyang County.

Li Zhonghua didn't know if he could convince Xue Rengui? Join his camp, but he plans to go to Longmen County in person to meet this fierce general.

At this time, Xue Rengui was twenty-three years old, because his family was poor and he had a lot of food, he had not yet married, and he was a martial artist in Liufu.

At this time, the Liu family was still young, estimated to be only seven or eight years old, naturally there was no woman yet, she took a fancy to Xue Rengui, and did not dislike his poor family, and was willing to live in a cold kiln with him.