Cheng Zhijie laughed and said, "I didn't expect you uncivilized barbarians to understand the etiquette of the Central Plains?" The Central Plains has been a state since ancient times, but it was only because of a moment of turmoil that you barbarians had the upper hand. Now our Tang Dynasty is sitting in the world, and all kinds of waste are thriving; One day I will tie you up and educate you well. ”

Zhi Zhi Sili laughed and said: "Now that our Great Khan and Second Khan have a million troops, they have all arrived outside the city, why don't you quickly tie yourself up and go to ask for guilt?" ”

Li Shimin slapped the table and said: "I agreed with your khan face-to-face to make peace, and gave you gold and silver cloth before and after, which is too much to calculate." Your khan reneged on the covenant alone and led his troops and horses deep into the Tang realm, I have no place to be sorry for you!

Although you are from the Rongdi clan, you also have a human heart, how can you completely forget the great favor to you and boast of being strong and strong! I'm going to kill you today! Then I went to the head of Jieli. ”

The golden gourd warrior in the tent rushed upwards and tied up the stubborn thinking force without saying a word, and then pushed outward. The stubbornness was so frightened that his face was pale, and he hurriedly shouted for mercy.

The ministers Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the two countries have not fought each other; Aren't we making those barbarians see the joke when we do this? Please send him back according to etiquette. ”

Li Shimin said: "If I let him go back now, the Turks think that I am afraid of them, and they will invade even more wantonly." Someone came and put him in custody first."

The samurai promised to be the first to push down the stubbornness and imprison him in the province of Moshita.

The next day, Jieli saw that he did not come back, he personally led an army of 200,000 Chen soldiers by the Weishui River, the army array stretched for dozens of miles, the war horses neighed, the flags fluttered, and the war knives were Huohuo. The people who bluffed the Tang army were panicked.

Li Shimin led Cheng Zhijie, Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling, Zhou Shaofan and other six people to the temporary bridge in Weishui.

When Jieli saw Li Shimin, he brought a few people with him, and he and Tuli came to the other side of the bridge with more than a dozen guards.

Li Shimin pointed his horsewhip at Jieli and loudly rebuked him for breaking the covenant, and accused Tuli of breaking the covenant of his brotherhood, not keeping his word, and not being worthy of being his brother.

Jieli was surprised when he heard this, and he found that Tuli's face was very unsightly, and there was a trace of shame hidden in it; I couldn't help but be surprised.

Seeing that Jieli was frightened, Cheng Zhijie slightly urged the horse forward and stood almost side by side with Li Shimin. Lao Cheng took off the iron helmet on his head and said loudly to Jieli: "Jieli, do you remember a certain family?" ”

Jieli stared at it and said in surprise: "Aren't you the thief who made trouble for my holy mountain a few years ago?" It turns out that you are Li Shimin's subordinate. Could it be that Li Shimin sent you to me to mess around? ”

Cheng Zhijie laughed and said: "A certain family is the demon king of the Great Demon Country, Cheng Zhijie, Jieli, I think the lessons you have received in the past are still not deep enough, and you still don't have a long memory; Dare to invade the Central Plains again. All right! Our Great Demon Kingdom is ready, you let the horse come, let's fight. Jieli, dare to fight! ”

"Dare to fight!" "Dare to fight!" Cheng Zhijie's thunderous roar echoed above Weishui.

"Dare to fight!" The Tang army behind followed with a roar, one after another, shaking the sky, and the turbulent wind and clouds changed color.

Jieli saw that the Tang army was very powerful, and he suspected that Tuli had a connection with the Tang army, and he was afraid that the Great Demon Kingdom and the Tang army would join forces, so he couldn't help but secretly regret this invasion of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin saw that Jieli was a little hesitant, he urged the war horse to go to the bridge, Cheng Zhijie waved his hand at the others, and he followed behind Li Shimin and came to the center of the bridge. Jieli also led a few of his men to the middle of the bridge.

Li Shimin said to Jieli: "Khan, the Turks must withdraw their troops and return the land I fought and the plundered population. ”

Jieli said: "The city can be returned to you, but the population and property are obtained by my warriors, and I promise that whoever robs them will be owned; I can't just rob them of their possessions. And I promised to lead the sons and daughters to come to Guanzhong to rob them, and I can't just go back empty-handed, you need to compensate us with thousands of catties of gold, 10,000 catties of silver, and 10,000 horses of silk. ”

Li Shimin sneered: "What kind of robber logic are you. You came to my house uninvited to smash and rob me, and you want me to compensate. You must withdraw your troops and release my subjects. ”

Seeing that the two had different opinions, Tu Li hurriedly said: "Great Han, Tang Huang; Let's each take a step back, and you will compensate us with 1,000 catties of gold, 10,000 catties of silver, and 10,000 horses of silk. We left 3,000 horses and 10,000 sheep to make a deal between us, and no one owes anyone. ”

Jieli glanced at Tuli, then at Cheng Zhijie, and laughed: "Okay, just according to what our second khan said." ”

Li Shimin saw Cheng Zhijie nodding to himself, and also said, "Okay!" As you say, but I don't want horses, or sheep or oxen, or false glory, give me the people that I have taken away. ”

Jieli nodded and said, "Yes, you go and prepare the belongings, and I will collect the Hanmin; Let's pay people with one hand and pay money with the other. "They said that they each turned their horses and met their own camps.

Two days later, on August 30, Li Shimin and Jieli Khan signed a peace agreement on the Weishui Bridge in the western suburbs of Chang'an City, and the two sides immediately killed the White Horse Alliance. After that, Jieli Khan returned the looted population, took the property sent by the Tang Dynasty, and led all the Turkic cavalry back. A great war finally came to an end.

This Weishui alliance was a great shame in Li Shimin's eyes, and the emperor returned to his palace, like a volcano brewing about to erupt, which frightened the palace attendants and involuntarily left his side.

The eldest grandson, Wuji, heard the news and came to her husband's side. "Second brother, as the saying goes, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. That's it for today, and one day I'll have to get it back from them. ”

Li Shimin let out a long breath and said, "I know, but I just can't swallow this breath." ”

The eldest grandson said with a smile: "The second brother is too smooth, and he has just ascended the throne recently; It was the time when I was in high spirits, and of course I couldn't accept being forced by Jieli like this. However, I want to remind the second brother, our Datang has not yet unified the world? How can internal injustice eliminate external injustice? You better hurry up and find the fifth brother and finalize the affairs of the Great Demon Kingdom. ”

"Oops!" Li Shimin patted his head and said, "How can I forget this matter, thanks to Guanyin for reminding me." I'm going to find the fifth brother. ”

Not long after, Li Shimin arranged for the eldest grandson Wuji to supervise the country, and he brought the eldest grandson Wuji, who had been established as the queen, and Wenchen had Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu, Gao Shilian, Tang Jianyu, Wenshi, etc.; The generals include Wei Chi Jingde, Li Yuanba, Liu Hongji and others with 3,000 troops, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong, Du Ruhui and others went to Shandong with a mighty force.

They entered Shandong, and Cen Wenwen and Wei Zheng led everyone to greet them; Then Li Shimin and others were welcomed into Jinan.

Li Shimin sat on the throne of Cheng Zhijie, and Lao Cheng accompanied him; First of all, Du Ruhui reported on the acceptance and assessment of officials at all levels of the Great Demon Kingdom; Then he brought out a stack of ledgers, on which the records of the various officials were recorded, and they were well documented, as well as their strengths and weaknesses.

Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling carefully checked and found that every official from bottom to big, every promotion, debasement, or work change, what kind of achievements he has received, or what kind of punishment he has received are recorded one by one; It is obvious to them that they have an intuitive understanding of the person. The two of them watched for a long time and were amazed by the records.

Then Cen Wenwen came up to report on Shandong's population, money, grain, and land taxes, and gave a detailed explanation. As he spoke, Cen Wenwen also took out a ledger, on which there were many tables divided into them, marked with some mysterious symbols; After a brief explanation; Income and expenditure at a glance.

Li Shimin said to Fang Xuanling, Gao Shilian and others: "Aiqing, after I go back, this kind of bookkeeping method will be fully rolled out within our Datang; I have to listen to the income and expenditure reports from above every day. ”

The two of them blushed and said, "Your Majesty, this matter may not be easy to promote, our officials don't know much about this number and bookkeeping methods; It is estimated that it will be difficult to promote it for a while. ”

Li Shimin frowned and said: "I owe it to this matter, a few years ago, I specially arranged for some people to go to the Great Demon Kingdom to learn this way of bookkeeping, and go back and promote it quickly." There are a lot of people in the Great Demon Kingdom who know this kind of arithmetic, let them help us train officials! ”

"Yes!" The two hurriedly bowed and agreed.

Li Shimin turned his head to Cheng Zhijie again and said, "Fifth brother, the tax amount of the Great Demon Kingdom is not much, and the tax rate is also very low. Why is there so much tax collected? ”

Cheng Zhijie said with a smile: "First, the people are rich, and my collection base is relatively large; What was the overall base of your Tang Dynasty? But millions? And there are more than 10 million of our Great Demon Kingdom. So although the tax rate is low, the total amount is not small.

Second, the money of our Great Demon Kingdom circulates quickly, and every circulation will generate a tax; So I have a lot of times, and the total amount is relatively large. ”

Li Shimin nodded secretly, and after Cen Wenwen's report, Liu Fang came up to report to everyone on the education of the Great Demon Kingdom. He told everyone how many Mengxue, middle school, and Taixue are currently in various places in the Great Demon Kingdom. how many teachers, how many students; What kind of results were achieved.

Then he focused on the sinicization of the Wa Kingdom, Jilin Prefecture, Ryukyu and other places, and how many talents have been cultivated.

Then Sun Li, Sheng Yanping, Wei Zheng and others all stood up and reported their work one by one. These people speak in a coherent manner and the numbers are clear; It's very convincing.

It took nearly two days just to report on the situation; Everyone gradually finished discussing it one by one, and it was nearly a month since the resolution was formed in the record. 7410