The emperors of all dynasties are the biggest back-breakers, and no matter what goes wrong with the country, it is the emperor's fault.

Whether the natural disasters and man-made disasters are all the emperor's fault, today the earth dragon turns over, tomorrow the water dragon makes trouble, and the day after tomorrow the drought is raging, anyway, only you can't think of it, no ministers can't be involved in the emperor's head.

If the emperor meets better courtiers, this reputation can be better, otherwise if he meets those bad pus-shedding ministers, the emperor will be unlucky.

Anything can be done to the emperor.

And what about the minister, oh mom, how can we be wrong, it's the emperor who is wrong. Whoever makes the emperor is the king's power, and the auspicious is God's reward for the emperor, and the disaster is naturally a warning to the emperor.

Li Shimin has been on the throne for so many years, and there are finally not many ministers who have poured dirty water on him. It's like when he first ascended the throne, the big fart disaster is also the emperor's fault, who let the emperor you oust your Lao Tzu from the throne, and killed your brother and brother, and also occupied your brother and daughter-in-law, and killed your nephew completely.

Li Shimin can be regarded as a daughter-in-law who has become a mother-in-law, and finally she doesn't have to carry any pot, but in this large-scale drought in the world, she still comes out to carry the pot.

Fortunately, the ministers didn't deduct from Li Shimin, and the problem pointed out by Wei Zheng's performance was serious, saying that he was a little greedy for pleasure and that some of the enslavement of the people was a little heavier.

The drought lasted until July, nearly half of the crops were in danger, and the imperial court's decree to reduce rents was passed on.

This year, Li Shimin was a little sad, and the drought in July was relieved, and as a result, there was a solar eclipse on the first day of August just a few days after Ansheng.

If this is a solitary appearance, forget it, after all, a solar eclipse doesn't mean anything, even if a solar eclipse is a symbol of bad luck.

But a few months ago, there was a severe drought in the world, and the grain harvest will be reduced by nearly half, which is enough for some people with bad intentions to spread some bad news.

There began to be rumors among the people that the emperor was angry, because he attacked his own subject country too much, and the Li Tang royal family was about to be punished by heaven.

But this kind of rumor only has a certain effect in troubled times, or when people's hearts are unstable.

But the Tang Dynasty is now in peace and security, it is just a great drought, and any rumors are not enough to shake the hearts of the people, let alone the rule of the royal family.

Shangshu Province ordered all state governments to strictly investigate rumor-mongers, and in less than half a month, the rumors have been extinguished, not that the efficiency of the government is really so fast, the main thing is that the people do not follow the mixing, do not follow the rumors.

There is no soil for survival, rumors can't spread at all, they can't be spread, and the emperor has spent a Mid-Autumn Festival peacefully.

In September, Li Shimin began to dispatch troops, and the household department and Sinong Temple began to prepare grain and grass.

Clear-eyed people know that Datang's attack on Gaochang can't be stopped.

Because Gao Chang is too capable of doing his own death. Ju Wentai, the king of Gaochang, said to the envoys sent by the Tang Dynasty: "The eagle flies in the sky, the chicken nests in the grass, the cat plays in the hall, and the rat chews and eats in the cave, each has its own place, can't we Gaochang not develop itself?"

To put it more bluntly, snakes have snakes, rats, everyone has their own way of living, each has its own way of survival and development, we Gaochang are not ready to mix with you Datang, we are ready to stand on our own, do it alone, we have enough confidence to develop very well in our Western Regions, you Datang don't have to worry about this, in the future, you Datang will have to rely on us in this area, not us to scold you.

Although the words seem simple, the ambition in them is enough to demonstrate its hostility and resistance to Datang.

Not only did he speak disrespectfully to the Tang Dynasty, but Gao Chang also pleaded with Xue Yantuo and sent people to Xue Yantuo's three khans and said: "Since you are a khan, you should be on an equal footing with the Tang Emperor, why do you want to worship his messenger?"

Sow discord.

Although there is no need to provoke, Xue Yantuo is already very dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty, but this should not be a small place in Gaochang, a small country under the Tang Dynasty should say and can say.

In October, Li Shimin returned to Chang'an from Jiucheng Palace.

Back in Chang'an, Li Shimin first appointed Yang Shidao as the Zhongshu Order, and then appointed Shangshu Zuocheng Liu Xun as the Huangmen Shilang, participated in political affairs, and simply adjusted the lower court, Li Shimin let the household department, Sinong Temple, and the Ministry of Industry all increase the speed of preparing baggage, weapons, etc., and the 12 guards of Chang'an also practiced for many days and assembled.

Because Li Shimin is really going to send troops.

Wei Zheng wrote that the emperor had served the people a little too much in recent years, and Li Shimin accepted this suggestion, thinking that not only the people, but also the government soldiers and the army should be mobilized as little as possible, so Li Shimin still thought that if he could not fight, he would not fight Gaochang.

He hoped that Ju Wentai, the king of Gaochang, would sincerely repent, even if he said some lies and perfunctory, the two sides would have a step down, and there would be no need to use troops.

But the king of Gaochang is old, his brain is confused, he is shameless, he is arrogant, and he feels that he does not dare to fight himself, he is afraid of death and injury.

So Li Shimin wrote a letter in his own handwriting, covered the jade seal and sent envoys to Gaochang, explaining to them the great blessings and misfortunes, and hinting that as long as Ju Wentai can admit his mistake and go to Chang'an to apologize to Emperor Li Shimin, then forget about this matter and let it go.

But Ju Wentai, the king of Gaochang, turned a blind eye to the sincerity of the Tang Dynasty, and did not care about the Tang Emperor's recruitment into the court.

The hot face was pasted with a cold ass, and Li Shimin was angry.

Ju Wentai was too arrogant and didn't take the Tang Emperor seriously, but he forgot that no one had treated the Tang Dynasty like this before him, and no one had refused the Tang Emperor's call.

But in the end, the end of that person was the death of the country, and the whole country became the land of the Tang Dynasty.

That person is Fu Yun, the Khan of Tuyuhun.

Fu Yun's attitude towards Datang back then was the same as Gaochang's attitude towards Datang today, that Fu Yun died, Tuyuhun became Datang's, the land is not as big as Tuyuhun, and Gaochang who is not as good as Tuyuhun can be an exception?

Ju Wentai thought that he had Gaochang Jiancheng to rely on, and there was a desert moraine that was insurmountable, and the Tang Dynasty, which was thousands of miles away, couldn't help himself, so he stupidly said to the Tang envoy: "The Tang Kingdom went here for 7,000 miles, the sand moraine was 2,000 miles wide, there was no water and grass on the ground, the winter wind was freezing cold, and the summer wind was burning. Where the wind blows, many pedestrians die, and hundreds of people can't get it, can it cause the army? ”

Then Li Shimin wanted to let Gaochang Wang Ju Wentai see if the Tang Dynasty could reach him Gaochang.

Ju Wentai Yelang is arrogant, he doesn't know what the outside world, especially the Datang world, has become, he doesn't know what the cement road is, and he doesn't know that the cement road has been repaired to Yumenguan.

The Tang army went out of Yumen Pass, and when they arrived at Gaochang, it was only more than a thousand miles through the desert Gobi.

Time into December, the Tang army, logistics everything is ready, Li Shimin ordered the general manager of the Jiaohe march, the military department Shangshu Hou Junji, the deputy general and the general of the Zuotun Wei Xue Wanjun and other troops to immediately set off to attack Gaochang. [.]