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The study was quiet, and several people sat in the study in silence.

After a long time, Zhao Ziliang broke the silence and sighed: "The most prosperous Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty has passed and is beginning to decline!" ”

Guo Ziyi couldn't help asking: "Master Hou, is it really that serious?" ”

Zhang Shouyu also asked: "Yes, Lord Hou, although there are traitorous ministers in the court, there are still loyal ministers and good generals in the government and the opposition, although Your Majesty is old, isn't there still a prince?" ”

Zhao Ziliang glanced at Zhang Shouyu and said: "Whether a country is strong or not depends on its comprehensive national strength!" In today's dynastic era, the first prerequisite for whether the comprehensive national strength is strong is to see whether the king is wise, wise and virtuous, the emperor is wise and martial, and the dynasty is stable and politically clear; On the contrary, no matter how good the system is, no matter how many loyal and good generals there are, it is like the combat effectiveness of a lion king leading a group of lions is definitely much stronger than the combat effectiveness of a sheep leading a group of lions, unless we do something to abolish the establishment and let a heroic and virtuous person ascend the throne as the emperor, but can we do it? Since childhood, adults have taught us to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and to be diligent and hardworking, loyalty has become the strongest consciousness in the depths of our minds, even if we die, we can't touch this bottom line! ”

If it were in normal times, Zhao Ziliang would never say such things, once these words are spread, it will definitely be a big crime to kill the head, but these people here are their own people, and Zhao Ziliang also trusted from the bottom of his heart to say these words at this time, it is obvious that these words have a great impact on several people here, and Guo Ziyi is the one who has been hit the most.

Guo Ziyi was the most educated person in the ideology of Zhongjun among these people, his face was pale at this time, and his forehead and lips were blue, "Master Hou, can we only watch Datang weaken day by day?" ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Your Majesty trusts Li Linfu and others too much, and this person is very good at conspiracy and framing, and will please the emperor, in terms of trust, we can't catch up with Li Linfu and others, even the prince is suppressed and attacked by him everywhere, and now the prince's right-hand man has been removed, and if we want to fight against Li Linfu, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg!" There is no good way for the time being, so we can only do our best to obey the destiny of heaven! ”

Guo Ziyi was very excited, he stood up and said angrily: "Master Hou, even so, we can't watch him Li Linfu cause chaos in the court, right?" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled bitterly: "Ziyi, you also think too highly of me Zhao Ziliang, it's not that I, Zhao Ziliang, cherish feathers and am reluctant to be a high-ranking official now, with our current strength to fight Li Linfu in the ring is tantamount to looking for death, death is very easy, what we have to do now is not to look for death, but to keep this useful body to accumulate strength, and then pull Li Linfu off the horse after we are strong!" ”

After hearing this, the three of them were shocked, and Gao Xiuyan immediately asked, "Master Hou, what are we going to do?" ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and said: "The affairs of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, we can't interfere now, and we can't interfere, with the crown prince and others to contain Li Linfu, the court situation should not change much for the time being, what we have to do now is to do everything possible to eradicate external factors that threaten the Tang Dynasty." The surrounding hostile to the Tang Dynasty mainly included Tubo, the Great Food Kingdom of the Western Regions, the Mobei Tribes, and the Northeast Murwei and Qianjing Tribes. Tubo and the Great Food State of the Western Regions have General Wang Zhonghe, General Fumeng Lingcha, and General Lai Ji to deal with, we don't need to worry, there is An Lushan watching in the northeast, and there should be no big chaos for the time being, so what we have to do now is to deal with the Mobei tribes and try to weaken their strength, once something happens to our dynasty, these surrounding enemies will also be unable to cause harm to our dynasty because they are weak or too busy to take care of themselves! ”

Gao Xiuyan slapped his palms, "Master Hou is right, if we eradicate the external threats around us, even if there are major changes within the imperial court, we don't have to worry about external threats!" ”

Guo Ziyi frowned and said: "Master Hou, now that Mobei is hostile to the Turkic remnants and our dynasty, all the other tribes are quite honest, do we even want to eradicate these tribes?" ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly and said: "Hmph, Tongluo, Servant Bone, Gu Ligan, etc. are too weak and have no power, we don't have to worry about them, but Hui Hui, Ba Ximi, and Eastern Gelulu are all big clans, and they are strong, and Gu Li Pei Luo, Ashina Shi, and Wu Li are all unruly and ambitious, they are now holding each other back, and there is the enemy of the Turkic remnants, so they surrender to my Tang Dynasty, once one of them annexes the other tribes, they will definitely rebel against our dynasty after they are strong, Do you know why the general promised that whoever could destroy the remnants of the Turks would ask the emperor to canonize him as the lord of the steppe? In order to let them kill each other and weaken their strength as much as possible, among these three people, the backbone Pei Luo is very talented, if he is allowed to grow up, the north of my Datang is only afraid and not quiet! Therefore, neither the Hui nor the Basilmi, nor the Eastern Qarluq could stay, and even if they could not be destroyed, they would have been severely wounded and driven to the west or further north! ”

Several people couldn't help but nod when they heard Zhao Ziliang's plan, but Zhang Shouyu said worriedly: "Lord Hou, now these three are all subservient to our dynasty, if we do it to them without the permission of the court, I am afraid that it will not be able to end at that time, and Lord Hou will bear the brunt of being attacked and annihilated by the courtiers, and the title and official position are not guaranteed are trivial matters, I am afraid that there will be worries about my life!" ”

Zhang Shouyu's worries are not unreasonable, the attitude towards the Mobei tribes belongs to the national policy of the Tang Dynasty, this national policy is easy and will not change, unless something big happens, and the Tang Dynasty has always regarded itself as a state of benevolence and righteousness, and will never take the initiative to attack other small countries and tribes first, but if this kind of thing really happens, it is that the border generals are good at making claims, and the court will never allow disobedient border generals, and no one knows whether the final board is light or heavy.

Zhao Ziliang said leisurely: "Therefore, General Ben decided to recommend you as the city lord of Shan Yu Duhu Mansion and Zhenbei City, even if General Ben is no longer in Mobei, you can continue to guard Mobei, as long as the threat from the north can be eliminated, what is it for General Ben to lose his official position and cut his knighthood?" ”

Several people were shocked, and Zhang Shouyu hurriedly said: "Master Hou, how can this be?" Mobei can't be without Hou Ye in charge! ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "No matter who is missing in this world, the sun still rises in the east every morning, is it not that without me Zhao Ziliang, you are not alive?" ”

Several people were silent.

Zhao Ziliang continued: "Okay, it's so decided, the Japanese general of the Ming Dynasty wrote a note, recommending Zhang Shouyu as the protector of the capital of Shan Yu and the lord of Zhenbei City, Gao Xiuyan took over as the military envoy of Datong, Guo Ziyi took over as the military envoy of Qilan, and promoted Liu Zhengchen to take over the command of the Yunzhong guard!" ”

Zhang Shouyu, Guo Ziyi, Gao Xiuyan and others had no choice but to obey Zhao Ziliang's arrangement.

Early the next morning, everyone went back, to prepare for the new post to prepare, Zhao Ziliang wrote the note and sent someone to Chang'an urgently, and so he arrived in Mobei not long after, the imperial court had a reply, his recommendation was approved by Xuanzong, Zhang Shouyu received the appointment and immediately rushed to the north of Mobei Town, and Guo Ziyi, Gao Xiuyan and Liu Zhengchen and others also rushed to the Lan Army, Datong Army and Yunzhong to take office.

Two months later, on July 20, Zhao Ziliang summoned the Mobei tribes to attack the Turkic remnants in the name of the Zhenbei Houfu, Ba Ximi attacked from the northwest, Hui attacked from the north, and the Tang army attacked from the south and east.

On the second day of the eighth month, the Hashmi chieftain Ashinash led the army to first contact the Turkic army, and engaged the Turkic Baimei Khan's army at Udganshan, the Baimei Khan was defeated and killed in the chaos, and the Turkic army fled in several units, some were killed in battle, some surrendered, and some fled south, surrendering to the Tang Dynasty.

On the fifth day of the eighth month, at the foot of Oudh Qianshan.

A large tent as far as the eye can see stands at the foot of the mountain, and there are military camps everywhere.

In the big tent of the Tang Army, Zhao Ziliang held a wine bowl and smiled at the chief of Ba Ximi, Ashinashi: "Hahaha, Ish-Khan, congratulations on your defeat of the Turks and the killing of the Baimei Khan, and the Japanese general of the Ming Dynasty will canonize you as the king of Mobei in a letter to the emperor!" Ladies and gentlemen, we congratulate Ishke Khan on becoming the king of Mobei! ”

The leader of Tongluo, the leader of the servant bones, the leader of the Guligan and others all picked up the wine bowl and stood up to toast to the Ishhan Khan of Jiechuan to congratulate them, and the faces of the leaders of the Hui Hui Guli Peiluo and the leader of the eastern Qarluq Wuli were a little ugly, in this battle, the two of them also contributed a lot of efforts and lost a lot of men and horses, but in the end they were still robbed of the first place by Ba Ximi.

Zhao Ziliang sent someone to find a grassland woman to perform singing and dancing during the banquet, and the leaders of the various departments watched the song and dance, and drank wine and ate meat, so happy.

As the saying goes, "a few families are happy, a few families are sad" is the current situation, the Ish-Khan and his people were so happy that they couldn't find the north, they not only got almost all the prisoners and booty, but also occupied the original Turkic territory, and the Uighurs and the eastern Qarluqs made great efforts, suffered great losses, but gained nothing, which made Guli Peiluo and Wuli both hate and jealous, but what can be done? Zhao Ziliang had already said that whoever killed the Baimei Khan first and destroyed the Later Turks would suggest to the emperor who would be crowned the king of Mobei.

After the end of the war, the grassland tribes retreated to their own territories, and the armies of all ethnic groups at the foot of Wudeqian Mountain quickly dispersed.

Back in Zhenbei City, Zhao Ziliang convened the generals to discuss the matter.

"Now that the hatred has been planted between Ba Ximi and the Hui and the Eastern Qarluq, it's time to put down the bait, come here, send someone to invite Guli Peiluo and Wuli to come to Zhenbei City!"

"No!" (To be continued.) )