Ma Zai heard Li Hong's question, his face was stunned for a moment, and then he understood, the Yunzhong Protectorate is still led by King Pei Yao, and the prince has just cut off all the wings of King Pei during this time, if he takes away the Yunzhong Protectorate led by Yaoling, it will obviously exacerbate the contradiction between the crown prince and King Pei.

Ouyang Tong was also in his heart when he heard this, although Ma Zai's suggestion sounded very moving, especially if it was put forward by a squire of the Ministry of Works, it was obviously very suitable, but if the problem of Prince Yunzhong Yaoling could not be solved, the construction of the three roads would be equivalent to treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

Ma Zai smiled helplessly, and continued: "The minister has been in Tibet all these years, and occasionally he will go to Anxi, at least three or four times a year, although the two places are blocked by the mountains, but ...... Now that we are in close contact, this is a rare opportunity. Tuyuhun, Dashi and other states, has been eyeing today's Anxi, although now Anxi is unbreakable, but the so-called strong Hengqiang, want to maintain our advantage in Anxi today, this road is obviously a must! Moreover, the minister is well aware of the huge benefits that Yunzhong and even Chang'an-Anxi roads have brought to my Datang in all aspects after the widening and reinforcement of the road, but as for the question you just asked...... The minister thinks that it is a matter of you as Shang Shuling and His Royal Highness the Prince, and it has nothing to do with the minister. ”

"Okay Ma Zai, you're right, whether it's in the clouds or building roads, it's not an imminent thing, especially in the clouds, whether it's solved or not, it won't affect you to build roads, right? You can repair it first, as for Yunzhong, I ordered Yuan Shuji and others to contact Xue Tai and Li Jun more, and the Tang Black Water Army placed in the cloud has not moved for many years, and Li Jingxuan is also idle when he is idle, I will communicate with the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War to see if I can change it first. Li Hong thought about it and said.

"Yes, Your Highness. There is one more thing ...... the minister. ”

"Then the two of them will be placed according to your wishes, if the queen mother asks, just say it, before that, I think it is best to put it somewhere to hone and hone the best policy." Li Hong said lightly.

The fate of Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi in the next two years, originally thought that they would continue to be comfortable as an idle official in the Ministry of Industry, but were completely cut off by Li Hong's words, and then they would have to face the baptism of sand and dust, storms and high-altitude bad weather.

Ma Zai nodded, signaling that he understood what Li Hong meant, Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi were in the Ministry of Industry, and now they are holding the two thighs of Fang Xianzhong and King Pei, no one dares to mess with them in the Ministry of Industry.

Ouyang Tong took the thirty taels of silver in his hand, and then thought about the one million taels of silver out of the thirty million taels of silver in the court today, and immediately understood the importance of this note!

Obviously, his last Jinghui didn't tell him such an important thing, but now the prince told him, what it meant was very clear.

"Your Highness, the minister understands, this question is easy to solve, and with the things that the minister has learned in the Chongwen Pavilion in the past few years, these can be completely smoothed out, and all the accounts will be restored to the original state." Ouyang Tong glanced at Ma Zai and said solemnly.

"That's fine, just get it." Li Hong touched his bearded lips, thought for a moment and said, "What do you think about taking over the Royal Bank?" ”

Ouyang Tong was stunned, he didn't expect that the head of the household department still had such a task, and he also knew very well in his heart that while Jing Hui had been in charge of the household department all these years, he had not worried much about the cornucopia of the Royal Bank, but now that he had not really taken office, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince planned to hand it over to himself?

No matter how shrewd and capable a courtier is, in the face of Li Hong's straightforwardness, he doesn't dare to answer without thinking, Ouyang Tong also doesn't dare, and he also chooses a cautious rhetoric.

Li Hong didn't embarrass him, but gave him enough time to think about it and understand everything about the Royal Bank, and his mind was once again on Li Zhe, who was still suffering in the floating slaughter camp.

Li Hong naturally couldn't go to the court meeting on the second day, but when the people were still in the court, he ran into Shangshu Province and waited for the courtiers to go to court.

Pei Xingjian and Shangguanyi first came to Li Hong's study, and after talking to Li Hong in detail, they walked out with a relaxed expression, and today in the court, I don't know what happened to Your Majesty, so I directly ordered Shangguanyi to be appointed as the Zhongshu Provincial Zhongshu Order, and the word agent was missing from the holy decree.

Jinghui and Lin Shiling walked in hurriedly after Pei Xingjian left with Guanyi, and they didn't dare to forget the subject given to them by the prince for a day, about the future governance of Tubo, the establishment of the Tubo Protectorate, all of this is completely a formality in the court, and there is no need for the consent of other courtiers, as long as His Majesty nods, it is enough for Shangshu Province to implement.

Zhongshu Province does not need to draft, Menxia Province does not need to approve, Your Majesty naturally does not need imperial approval, just nod, after all, there is still a qualitative difference between the forcible establishment of the Metropolitan Protectorate and the unanimous approval of the court.

Unless it is the matter of the Tubo capital protectorate is already nine out of ten, it can be taken on the court, formulated by the Zhongshu Province, approved by the Ministry of Menxia, and then approved by His Majesty, in the announcement of the world.

This can not only ensure that the royal prestige is not damaged, but also highlight the national prestige of the Tang Dynasty, so before it really begins, these things will not become a real national event to discuss.

Li Hong had to be impressed by Lin Shiling, this guy is indeed a talent, a rare ruthless and loyal courtier, compared with Jinghui's upright and upright actions, it is like two sides of the moon.

Similarly, because of the completely different styles and ways of doing things between the two, the two have become the most complementary pairs, even compared to Pei Xingjian and Ma Zai, who have the name of "Pei Ma", they are not much better.

All the details are done very well, but in the treatment of Wen Cheng, Lin Shiling's ruthlessness is revealed, although it is more effective than Jinghui's method, but it is too damaging.

Li Hong had to shake his head and sigh: "Regarding the matter of Princess Wencheng, Lin Shiling, you still need to deal with it as appropriate, the people of Tubo are not like us people of the Tang Dynasty, they are a group that is easy to collapse their faith, their hearts towards faith are firm, clean, and cannot be blasphemed, I have been tolerating Princess Wencheng for the past two years, do you think I am willing?" No matter what, Princess Wencheng can't have an accident! Princess Yiyang and the concubine will also go to Tibet together, which can only replace the irrevocable and re-established! Because it's impossible. ”

Lin Shiling was stunned for a moment, he was still a little disapprehensive about the prince's cautious remarks, in the Tang Dynasty, he had not seen the monks and Confucian nuns, and it was not that he had never dealt with them, and the beliefs of these people were completely based on ignorance and fear of the future.

Their pious prayers and respectful worship of the Buddha are completely based on the lack of real materials, which is absolutely different from their ideological realm and spiritual cleansing!

The collapse of a person's faith, the collapse of a group's faith, in Lin Shiling's view, is completely the product of destroying his faith, setting up a separate spirit, and the people will only seek helpless repentance and reflection while their faith collapses, how can it be as the prince said, it will cause their riots, they will become angry because of the blasphemy of their faith, and they will attack them in order to maintain their faith?

This is impossible, the rise and fall of every dynasty before the Tang Dynasty, from the hundred schools of thought to the current Buddhism and Taoism competition, every faith originally had many supporters, but as the faith was banned by the right to disappear, I did not see any group of people who were angry and saved for the collapse of faith.

Therefore, he didn't believe that the collapse of a princess Wencheng could cause a riot and salvation among the people of Tibet, and he didn't believe that Princess Wencheng could affect the minds of the people of Tibet like a god and influence the rights and wrongs of the people of Tibet.

Li Hong had no way to explain what true faith was, if he knew that more than a thousand years later, there would be more people who would go to Tibet and see these as a baptism of life, as a cleansing of the soul, their devout worship, and the faith they guarded with the most respectful heart, if there was the figure of Princess Wencheng, he would not be so disdainful!

Shaking his head helplessly, Li Hong smiled lazily and said: "Don't make up your mind first, only stupid people will rely on their past experience to make random conclusions when they have not come into contact with the facts, I don't want you to be such a stupid person, so this one has not passed!" As for the Yuan Day, after departing to Tibet, you can watch and listen first, and then make plans, this is my only advice to you, so do it yourself! ”

Lin Shiling was shocked, from following the crown prince to the present, His Royal Highness has never warned himself so harshly, it seems that he really has to be careful?

Although he was timid about the prestige of the crown prince Li Hong, it also aroused his character of a humble scholar who did not admit defeat, and those who were able to sleep in Chang'an City for several months after entering the severe cold obviously would not easily dismiss his plan because of a few warnings from the prince.

Confident people are always like this, they can withstand failure, and they can afford the glory brought by success, but above the glory, they can still accept the advice of others, and then improve their own strategies, Lin Shiling is undoubtedly such a person.

He has absolute confidence in himself, and at the same time he has absolute convincing in the words of the people he admires, so Lin Shiling's competitive spirit aroused by Li Hong made Lin Shiling eager to leave and fly to Tubo to see what faith is and what God is!

After talking to these two men, the sun once again planned to finish early, and began to sink below the horizon, and Chang'an City became dark again, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the city walls, shrouding the large and small buildings in the city.

Half of the buildings of Daming Palace are also covered with a layer of sacred gold, dragging a long, slightly desolate and tired shadow under the dusk, and the sound of dusk drums, together with the reminder of the people who have been busy all day, it is the law of nature to work at sunrise and rest at sunset.