The Empress Dowager Eldest Sun is an amazing and great woman, her contribution to the Tang Dynasty is enormous, and the sacrifices she makes are also enormous.

The deaths of Li Shimin and Li Tai made her suffer the great grief of losing her husband and son at the same time, but she still maintained a strong and tolerant woman beyond normal women, and did not hold a grudge against Li Su because of this, so as to do things that were unfavorable to the court.

Although Li Shimin and Li Tai died, there was a reason, but Li Su still felt sorry in his heart, after Li Shimin's death, he rejected Li Ke and several ministers' proposals, and did not correct Concubine Yang as the queen mother, but continued to maintain the status of the eldest grandson empress and respected her as the queen mother.

Li Su's proposal to the Empress Dowager Changsun to preside over the Taishan Sealing Ceremony this time is to fulfill a dream of Li Shimin, that is, a dream of the Empress Changsun.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier. The shadow organization that Li Shimin originally controlled has now been reorganized into the Royal Bureau of Internal Affairs, which is directly controlled by Li Su.

Ma Xuanliang was transferred to the Royal Military Academy as the deputy director of the martial arts teaching and research department. Zhou Pan, the former deputy head of the Shadow Organization, served as the director of the Royal Home Investigation.

Tai Chi Hall, Li Su's office.

Zhou Pan said: "Your Majesty, after Chu Suiliang was relegated to Chongzhou, he kept to himself, did not have any personal dealings with the officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee, worked hard, and made remarkable achievements. ”

Chu Suiliang is a minister, he just shouldn't get involved in the fight between the princes. Li Su did not beat Chu Suiliang to death with a stick because of Li Tai's incident, but relegated him to Chongzhou as Sima.

Chu Suiliang has the talent of a prime minister, and Li Su will have the intention of using him in the future, and the current distribution is just to hone him, and at the same time further investigate his conduct.

In the near future, the Tang Dynasty will launch a war of expansion, and the newly defeated land needs to be managed by competent personnel, and Chu Suiliang is one of the alternative officials.

After listening to Zhou Pan's report, Li Su nodded and said, "Very good, he can do this, so he leaves a chance for me and him." When appropriate, send him to Tibet or Southeast Asia to administer the newly occupied areas. ”

Zhou Pan said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have basically grasped the movements of those people now, when will they start?" ”

Li Su said: "Don't worry, you continue to closely monitor their movements and report to me at any time." ”

Zhou Pan said: "Minister, obey the order." ”

Li Su said: "You step down, and invite the general by the way." ”

Soon, Li Jing came.

"General, after Tuyuhun is merged into the Tang Dynasty, can we consider using troops against Tubo?" Li Su said.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have already made preparations in this regard. Just wait for the court to decide when to start the war. Li Jing said.

Li Su said: "The agreement signed between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire has bought valuable time for development, and Tibet is a stumbling block for the Tang Dynasty to enter Southeast Asia and South Asia, and it must be removed."

However, the poor mountains and bad water in Tibet are just a piece of chicken ribs, and after they are beaten, they have to increase the burden on the imperial court. To be honest, I'm really too lazy to pay attention to him.

However, it is really not possible to fight this Tibetan, and this stumbling block must be removed.

Songtsen Gampo is a hero and a hero, and it is basically impossible to solve it by diplomatic means, and it is still necessary to base itself on fighting. ”

Li Jing said: "The minister now has quite a certain grasp that the army stationed in Tuyuhun has been rotated in the past few years and has trained many troops who can adapt to the environment of the plateau area to fight. In Longyou Province and Anxi Prefecture, many troops have also carried out adaptive training.

The minister suggested that Su Dingfang should be the commander, and 500,000 troops should be drawn from Longyou Dao, Anxi Duhufu and Persia to form a three-way army, and at the same time attack Tubo, so that he could not care about each other. ”

Li Xuan decided to impose an economic blockade on Tibet from now on, and at the same time specially transferred Wang Xuance back from the Japanese archipelago and asked him to send an envoy to India in the capacity of vice minister of foreign affairs to prevent Tibet from receiving assistance from India.

Li Jing returned to the General Staff Headquarters and began to make specific preparations for the war, and planned to launch an attack on Tibet at the beginning of next year's spring and summer handover.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Su received a report that Princess Tubo Mingzhu, the concubine of the King of Shu, was missing.

Soon, Li Ke begged to see Li Su.

East Palace.

When Li Ke saw Li Su, he said depressedly: "Your Majesty, I may be in trouble." ”

Li Su asked, "What is so serious?" ”

Li Ke explained the original situation.

Back then, Songtsen Gampo came to Chang'an with his sister Princess Mingzhu, but Li Su was afraid of the feelings of the princesses and did not marry Princess Mingzhu. Li Shimin got married and married Princess Mingzhu to Li Ke, the king of Shu, and became the concubine of the king of Shu.

Not long ago, Li Ke married Bai Yun and canonized her as a side concubine, which caused dissatisfaction among his wives and concubines.

Princess Mingzhu herself has an opinion about Li Ke marrying Bai Yun, and now, as the daughter of a businessman, Bai Yun has become a side concubine on an equal footing with her, the princess! Naturally, she was even more resentful.

Since Li Ke married Bai Yun, he has been very fond of her, and most of the time, he spends the night in the Baiyun room.

One day, because Bai Yun had a period, Li Ke had no choice but to come to Princess Mingzhu's room.

Princess Mingzhu was angry, so she chatted with Li Ke, so the two had a quarrel, and when Princess Mingzhu mentioned her identity as a princess and came to count the white clouds, Li Ke became angry.

Li Ke said casually: "What are you in a wild place?" I am the dignified King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, marrying you will give you face.

Let me tell you the truth, it won't be long before Datang will send troops to destroy your Tubo, so you can do it yourself. With that, she left in a huff.

Although Li Ke was not a member of the highest decision-making level of the Tang Dynasty, he was in charge of agriculture, and from the channel of grain allocation, he got the news that the Tang Dynasty was about to use troops in Tibet. This time the two quarreled, and he inadvertently revealed the news to Princess Mingzhu.

Five days ago, Princess Mingzhu proposed to go to Ganye Temple to do business, and she wanted to stay there for three days.

Because Princess Mingzhu is a believer in Tibetan Buddhism, it is normal to do things, and the two had just quarreled, so he happened to be too lazy to see her, so he agreed to her request without thinking too much.

The morning before yesterday, Li Ke found out that Princess Mingzhu not only did not come back, but there was no trace of her in Ganye Temple. According to the monks of Ganye Temple, Princess Mingzhu interrupted the ceremony on the same day and left Ganye Temple.

Li Ke thought that Princess Mingzhu was angry with him and wanted to go out to hide for a few days, but then he thought that she was a foreigner, and she had no relatives in Chang'an, so she had nowhere to go. But he didn't think much about it, so he sent someone to look for it.

It wasn't until this morning that there was still no news, and Li Ke felt that something was wrong, and felt that Princess Mingzhu might have returned to Tibet.

Princess Mingzhu's identity is the princess of Tubo, and if she goes back to visit relatives, she must get the approval of the Queen Mother, and she must also inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Li Ke remembered his conversation with Princess Mingzhu that day, and realized that she might have leaked the news that the imperial court was going to use troops against Tubo, so she ran back to report the news.