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By the time of the third rebellion of the Turkic tribes, the famous general Pei Xingjian, who suppressed the first two rebellions of the Turks, passed away, and there was no one in the Tang Dynasty to suppress the momentum of the Turkic rebellion.

Li Yu was very puzzled as to why the Turkic tribes of the Tang Dynasty failed to conform to the uniforms of the Mongol tribes like the Manchu Dynasty.

After inquiring about the research materials of later historians, Li Yu had a clear understanding of the repeated rebellions of the Turkic tribes.

Since the Turks defeated Rouran and conquered the north and south of the desert, they did not bring peace and prosperity to the nomadic tribes of the steppe like the Central Plains Dynasty. The Turks have been either waging wars of conquest and plunder abroad, or fighting for power and profit internally, and the population has always been within a fluctuating and stable limit, with little fluctuation and fluctuation.

But when Tang Taizong conquered the Eastern Turks, all the Turkic tribes surrendered, and Emperor Taizong divided the Turkic tribes on the Monan steppe to live in one of them, so that they could contain each other. Most of the ministries set up the governor's office, and the small ministry set up the state, with the head of each ministry as the governor and assassin of the history, enjoying the salary and treatment of court officials, and set up government soldiers in each ministry to imitate the hinterland, and used to recruit and transfer them in wartime. On it, a single capital protectorate headed by Chinese officials and dominated by Chinese soldiers was set up to unify the Turkic governors and prefectures.

This brought a rare year-long peace to the Turkic tribes, and for nearly half a century, the Monan steppe was in good weather and the cattle, sheep and horses were in herds.

At the time of the surrender, there were more than 1.2 million Turkic tribes, and the population increased exponentially in the stable social environment of nearly half a century.

The population of the Turkic tribes has increased, but the nomadic economy of the steppe cannot support too many people, and the resulting problem is that the living standards of ordinary Turkic herders have plummeted. They can't be as casual as before, when their lives are bad, they will ride on horses to the south to plunder the wealth of the cultivated Han people, plunder people and slaves, and the dissatisfaction with the Tang Dynasty in their hearts will inevitably accumulate day by day, gradually forming a powder keg, and they will send careerists to carry torches to light it.

For those Turkic nobles and government soldiers who were feudal officials, they had to obey the conscription and combat of the Tang court, but after the war, they could not loot wantonly like in the previous Turkic Khanate era, and they were not free to be constrained by the military regulations of the Tang army.

General Hu Bing made military achievements, and he was also ranked below the Chinese generals in terms of rewards and promotions.

This is the embodiment of the social atmosphere of re-originating in the army in the early Tang Dynasty.

Even if it is a Chinese soldier who has made the same meritorious service, in the reward and promotion, the soldiers who are born in the wealthy families of the family have priority over the soldiers who are from poor backgrounds and are listed as inferior.

The direct descendants of the Turkic royal families still rule their own tribes and still have great prestige among the Turkic tribes, so that the Turkic tribes will not be scattered like the later Mongols.

Although Tang Taizong claimed that no matter Huayi, he would treat him like a family after pacifying the Eastern Turks. The intention was only to appease the Turkic tribes who surrendered, but in practice, Tang Taizong used both one hand and one hand to prevent the other, and the Turkic tribes were strictly confined to the north of the Great Wall. The discrimination against the Hu people in Tang law and society did not change because of a slogan of Tang Taizong.

The Turkic population increased, and the leaders of the various tribes were dissatisfied with the treatment after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, and the direct line of the royal family still existed, so that there would not be a situation where the wolves had no leader. On the contrary, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty continued to decline, and it was defeated twice by Tubo in Qinghai and fell into the defensive, which made the Turkic tribes see the hope of recovering the country. One raised the anti-flag, dozens responded, and hundreds of thousands of horsemen were gathered in a short time, thus opening a vigorous wave of rebellion, one victory over the other.

Thinking of this, Li Yu couldn't help but sigh: "Unless the Turkic tribes form mortal enemies with each other, it will be difficult to avoid a joint rebellion of the Turkic tribes that swept under the rule of Shan Yu Duhufu. ”

"At the end of last year, His Highness quelled the rebellion of Silla with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Andong, and removed the trouble of Dongyi for the country. Presumably, today's court will be rewarded by the two saints, and the saints will be more and more repeated! ”

"His Royal Highness was young and promising, the former Ping Goguryeo rebellion, and the later Silla, creating immortal achievements for the country's opening up and expanding the territory. His Royal Highness's deeds in recent years have been spread all over the world through newspapers, so as to become a model for young talents in my Tang Dynasty......"

After chatting about the Hu people in Chang'an City, the officials who were with Li Yu praised Li Yu's accumulated achievements in recent years, and the voices of congratulations were endless, and the words of admiration and admiration were overflowing.

"It is the duty of this king to share the worries of the country in the border land."

Li Yu laughed.

In front of him, he was about to arrive at Danfeng Gate, Li Yu took the first step, and the officials also returned the salute.

Looking at the back of Li Yu's departure, all the officials sighed: "Why is the gap between people so big?" King Yan has been fighting on the battlefield for three years, and he has long been famous. There are more than twenty, thirty or forty of them, but they are only lieutenants and directors in the six departments of the three provinces. Although he is a Beijing official, he has nothing except that Yulu is higher than that of the locality. Fame among the people? Who has heard of their name except for their neighbors? ”

"I heard that there are many young generals under the command of King Yan, generally only in their twenties, and in recent years, they have made a lot of military achievements in Anton with King Yan, and they have all been promoted. How about simply resigning and going to Anton to join the army? ”

Someone suggested.

When the others heard this, their faces suddenly fell into contemplation, the sword on the battlefield has no eyes, and the military merits are not so easy to stand.

Many people shook their heads and exclaimed: "I haven't practiced martial arts, I only know ink, and I still do my job in Beijing to wait for promotion." ”

The proposer looked disappointed.

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The Danfeng Gate in the distance gradually came to his eyes, and Li Yu saw all the way to the court, regardless of the military ministers, all on horseback, unlike the Song and Ming dynasties hundreds of years later, the ministers either went to the court in a sedan chair or a carriage, and the delicate ones were not good.

Li Yu shook his head and sighed that current affairs have changed, but in three hundred years, the same nation has a different style. One is high-spirited, the other is sluggish and peaceful.

Li Yu smiled dumbly, laughing at himself and thinking of the future again, and did not stop in front of Danfeng Gate, and stepped forward. The guards guarding the gate on the left and right saw that it was Li Yu who did not stop him, and the accompanying guards stopped outside the Danfeng Gate and waited for Li Yu to go down.

Many courtiers were not allowed to ride into the palace without Li Zhi's order, and could only dismount outside the Danfeng Gate and walk 600 meters to the royal road, pass the Hanyuan Palace, and then go to the Xuanzheng Palace, which usually listens to the government.

When entering the Xuanzheng Palace, Li Yu saw the two brothers who had been separated for a long time.

Li Hong and Li Xian were overjoyed to see Li Yu's arrival, and the six brothers and sisters were the fourth brother Li Yu who guarded the frontier all the year round, and it was rare to have a reunion once a year.

"Fourth brother, you have finally returned to Beijing, Nuo didn't rush back before the eldest brother got married, but the eldest father said that he would take away your authority, and he will study in Beijing from then on."

Li Xian stepped forward and patted Li Yu on the shoulder and smiled.