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The two of them boarded the public seat one after the other, and Lu Fei held Tuoba Agarwood's arm and asked her to sit down, looking pampered and caring, Tuoba Agarwood didn't dare to resist, so he let it go.

At this time, a group of people below knelt on the ground and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live...... and others also bowed and wished Lu Fei a long life, and the lobby was very loud for a while.

"Everyone's flat." Lu Feidao.

The people thanked and got up from the ground.

At this time, the eunuch stepped forward and sang some clichés. Lu Fei turned his head and whispered to Tuoba Agarwood with a smile: "You come here with your ears, so that they think that you and I are like glue, and they don't want to ......separate for a while."

Tuoba Agarwood frowned and turned his head sideways.

"Laugh." Lu Fei whispered: "You are the honorable princess of the Tang Dynasty, look at how respectful they see you, look ......"

Tuoba Agarwood was helpless, so she had to laugh a little, and then she was very funny somewhere, and she really laughed out loud, her face was hot, and she covered her mouth with her hand.

In the eyes of others, the emperor and concubine above are whispering regardless of the occasion, and the concubine is very vivid.

After Tuoba Agarwood finished laughing, his expression was gloomy again, and he whispered: "It turns out that the emperor can also act." ”

Lu Fei said: "Who in the world doesn't act? The power field is a big stage, you sing and I will appear, but I am the finale. ”

At this time, the eunuch's long nonsense was finally finished, and even Lu Fei didn't understand all the meaning, and those tribal leaders probably didn't know what it meant, but they felt that it was very powerful.

After a while, everyone picked up the wine bowl and echoed: "Don't attack each other, live in harmony!" ”

Many days ago, the ministries had already negotiated with the ministers accompanying them on the western tour, and there was nothing wrong at this time, just to go through the motions.

"!"

Lu Fei picked up the wine bowl and said loudly: "May there be no more soldiers in the world, and I will enjoy eternal peace with all the people." ”

Then he brought the bowl to his mouth, gulped it down, and then laughed out loud.

There was a burst of laughter in the lobby, and after the order and etiquette, the exuberant atmosphere still lingered.

Lu Fei sat down. After a while, the sound of the orchestra sounded, and a group of orchids from the Western Regions who did not look East Asian poured into the lobby, their brisk steps and deliberately seductive glances at the men around them.

The atmosphere changed, everyone relaxed and rejoiced, and sure enough, no matter what tribe the men were, everyone at least had a common language: beauty and beauty.

"Whoa......" The orchid beauties shook their glittering handbells and footbells, and they covered their hands in front of their eyes, and moved away with the singing, revealing charming and smiling eyes, looking at the men.

The singing is also very lingering and beautiful, so that the civil and military who are used to listening to the Central Plains tunes are also refreshing and vibrant.

"Haha......" The men of all the departments were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together.

Lu Fei also smiled.

His smile was not because of these orchid beauties, nor because of the wonderful singing and dancing, but he was indeed happy, happy for this success. But if someone dares to stare at him, they may be able to detect that there is something chilling in his smile, ambition, desire...... Govern the country with benevolence, but which great civilization is established and which great feat is not built on top of thousands of dry bones!

The completion of a goal and the smooth preparation are not the end, but a new beginning.

Lu Fei had a smile on his face, turned his head to look at the sunlight outside the window, the east is the place where the sun rises, and it is also the direction of Youzhou, the hometown where the Han people in the Central Plains want to get it back......

...

After Cao Bin captured Langzhou, the commander of the 100,000 army drove straight in, and the soldiers pointed directly at the capital of Shu, and the lord of Shu sat on the eighteen states of Xichuan, and the country of abundance, which had no soldiers for decades, could not organize a decent war.

This is because Meng Xuanzhe, the lord of Shu State, has no available people in the capital, he inherited everything from his father, but he lost his father's imperial skills, and even Ren Ren can't do it, the decree is completely out of his arbitrariness, dare to disobey, all send them to accompany the first king, but also because Lu Fei secretly set a strategy for cutting Shu on the border of Tang and Shu before the start of the war, the economic blockade is the vanguard, and the army is the finale, the two-pronged approach, so that Meng Xuanzhe is not caring about his head, and the fire is extinguished on all sides, but he knows that the fire is more vigorous.

The city of Chengdu was completely in a panic.

…… When Lu Fei received the note from Bianjing, the driver had already left Lingzhou and was staying in the palace in Pizhou.

Many of the ministers who accompanied him echoed Pan Mei's proposal, and the article "increasing taxes" was enough for the ministers to support it. At this time, the treasury expenditure was very huge, although there was no emptiness of the treasury, but the annual expenditure in the past two years was more than twice the normal fiscal revenue, most of which was spent on the war, all relying on the internal treasury subsidy, everything after Lu Fei ascended the throne was simple, and everything in the palace was the same.

Cao Bin's township army camp has had a substantial effect in the short term, and Lu Fei is already brewing a second batch of 100,000 troops...... The minister replied very cheerfully this time, but their request for implementation was simpler, just three words: take the money.

In such a situation, even if the Privy Council does not care about the finances, it is also anxious.

If a dynasty is emptied of its treasury by war expenses, it is no wonder that the income and expenditure of the entire dynasty will not collapse, because then there will be no money for other policy expenditures! Water conservancy repaired or not? If you don't repair the floods of the coming year, you will be in ruins; Will the sailor build it? If you don't build that South Vietnam (Cochin), it's a joke; Whether the military horses should be expanded to 100,000, if not, if they want to confront the Liao State, they will still be on the defensive; Not to mention the vigorous development of firearms, the firearms in the past year has consumed the vitality of Datang, in this era of mining technology is very underdeveloped, there is no industrialization to want to large-scale research and development of firearms is undoubtedly in advance for Datang grave.

I heard that in order to send copper and iron to Bianliang in many state capitals, the copper coins in circulation in the market are about to disappear, and if this continues, the economy will not be far from collapse.

How can I get money for Datang? This is an imminent matter in front of Lu Fei, and it is a pleasure to be the emperor, but every time he wants to do something well, he has to use piles of big silver mountains to pile them out.

War? It is not the best way, and often a war costs far more than the wealth plundered.

Trade, everything depends on trade.

The Western Regions is a necessary place for the ancient Silk Road, but the various ethnic groups there are intricate, and it is difficult to restore the smooth trade routes there in a short period of time.

But there is another possible way to the West, and that is by sea.

Cao Bin's army basically conquered the Shu Kingdom, and judging from the battle reports he played, there were already many merchants from the west, among which Yi merchants were the majority.

Lu Fei's concept has never been arrogant to ancient China, nor is there the blind arrogance of the Celestial Empire. Compared with the world's civilizations in the same period, everyone is backward and rotten, and he feels that China is still relatively advanced and enlightened in all aspects, and can be regarded as a rich and stable civilization; But not everything is state-of-the-art, and many aspects still have their own strengths and weaknesses. Learning from each other's strengths helps to make progress; For example, the Ming Dynasty was generally strong and advanced, and it still had to learn from foreign countries in terms of firearms in order to keep up with the general trend.

"After the war in Shu, let Kou Zhun no longer interfere in the affairs of the army, let him concurrently serve as the Ministry of Rites, and send a decree to let Kou Zhun be responsible for discussing with Yi Shang and Zhuxi people, so as not to let the war affect border trade." Lu Feidao.

The ministers thought it was good, and they couldn't let a military general Cao Bin preside over such a thing, and they had to use Beijing officials to represent the court.

Lu Fei quickly made a decision and wrote two letters, one to Cao Bin and one to Kou Zhun, putting forward some of his own attitudes and letting them take charge of the affairs of the southwest.

…… At this time, within the Shu realm, Cao Bin's department strictly controlled the water and land roads in Shuzhong, and advanced cautiously and steadily. However, in fact, the army of Shu was unable to defend the war, and there were no conventional tactical efforts such as raiding and harassing and cutting off grain routes, and the Tang army made very smooth progress.

Soon after, Meng Xuanzhe sent people to the Tang army camp to negotiate peace.

The envoy actually threatened the Tang army, saying that if the Tang army continued to attack, it would burn down the palace of Shu State, so that the Tang army would not get any property!

The conditions put forward by Shu were: Shu ceded all the territories occupied by the Tang army east of the Jialing River and declared itself a vassal to the Tang Dynasty in the name of the vassal state; The Don army stopped the offensive.

Cao Bin felt that this condition was very ridiculous, the performance of the army of Shu was so poor, and now it was very certain to destroy its country, why should he tolerate the existence of Shu?

After he discussed with Kou Zhun, he rejected the peace conditions of the envoys of Shu, and put forward new conditions: the lord of Shu led hundreds of civil and military officials to surrender on their own initiative, and the court was benevolent to you to give you the title of official and knight to keep the wealth, and the two princesses of the original Tang Dynasty were sent to Bianliang to worship the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty as princely gifts, otherwise, the Tang army would not stop, the sword would not enter the sheath, and the Tang army would swear to level the whole of Shu.

Kou Gui discussed trade matters with Yi merchants and merchants.

Previously, Yi Shang came to be courteous, and then sent more important people and a few hired Han translators to accompany him.

Kou Zhun met him inside the tent. After the interpreter finished speaking, he said, "Kou Shilang, his name is AE.BBC......"

"What?" Kou Zhun frowned, stunned that he didn't understand, and the name that the translator said seemed to be stuffed in his nose and spit out a muffled voice. The translator thought for a moment and said, "The approximate pronunciation of the name is 'touch'." He is the number two person in the Yi merchant fleet, and his speech in the Yi merchant still counts. ”

Kou Zhun nodded, and then he clenched his fists and saluted the Yishang in return.

looked at Kou Zhun and said again. After hearing this, Kou Zhun turned his head to look at the Han translator, and the man said, "Mr. Touch's general meaning is that they came to Middle-earth to do business, and they are very kind and have no hostility. I hope to get the protection of the emperor. ”

Kou Zhun said: "The Tang Dynasty attaches great importance to etiquette and virtue, which is completely different from when the bandits were in charge of the country in troubled times. ”

Through the translator, he said, "How can we ensure our safety?" ”

Kou Zhun groaned: "The emperor will issue an edict to make this matter clear, and the imperial court is willing to communicate with Yi Shang whether there is a deal." The Tang Emperor is Chrysostom, and the holy decree must be counted, which is related to the prestige of the imperial court. ”

He thought for a while, and then said: "However, the commission of my country's border tax, the agreement between you and Shu cannot be counted, and we have to renegotiate." ”

Feeling and hearing this reassuring words, perhaps in their opinion, it is the interests that can really guarantee safety. Since Tang Guo talks about the commission, he just wants to share the benefits, so he has to have a good relationship.

Kou Zhun observed it, and only then did he mention Lu Fei's request in the letter, and said: "However, your envoy and other businessmen have to agree to the two conditions of our court. First, the laws of the imperial court must be observed, and offenders will be punished according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and you must not obstruct the government office.

Second, the imperial court respects the gods and does not interfere with the worship of the Bodhisattva, but it is not allowed to confuse the people in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise it will be severely punished and will no longer protect the safety of the people. ”

Kou Zhun also proposed to send someone to Bianjing to pay tribute, as long as he gave the emperor some strange gifts, he would definitely get a rich return.

Foreign tributary is also a kind of trade, which is a loss-making transaction for the imperial court, and a business that does not lose money for the tributaries, so it is generally only allowed to pay tribute once a year. Not only because the imperial court wants to show generosity and wealth, the key is not to make money, and others have no incentive to pay tribute; And if the world is not peaceful, there is no guarantee of the safety of the tributary route...... This kind of etiquette is not mainly for economic interests, but to expand prestige and influence, and to look forward to the prosperous situation of "all nations coming to court".

…… After he got back, he discussed and accepted the request to pay tribute to the capital of the Tang Dynasty, so as to further investigate the attitude of the Tang court.

...

Cao Bin learned from Xizuo that Meng Xuanzhe was really preparing to burn down the palace in Chengdu City! The army is under the city, the moat of Shu has been changed into a lotus pond, it is said that the weapons and armor in the army have not been in the war for many years and most of them are rusty, the lord of Shu does not want to reorganize the army at this time, but he wants to burn his palace property, which is really a bit ridiculous; However, there are rumors that Meng Xuanzhe is mediocre, and Cao Bin is a little convinced that he really wants to do such a stupid thing.

Cao Bin had to admit that Meng Xuanzhe's trick still had some effect, in the past two years, the imperial court has expanded its armaments and fought for many years, and the cost is very huge, and the monarchs and ministers attach great importance to the property that will be "confiscated" from the capital of Shu.

The Shu Kingdom has been recuperating for many years, and has accumulated a lot of family wealth from trade with neighboring countries, and its wealth is very considerable.

But Cao Bin couldn't agree to Meng Xuanzhe's conditions because of this...... The army had come thousands of miles all the way, and had reached a distance not far from the capital; And Chengdu City does not repair military equipment, and even the city walls are flashy. It is absolutely impossible for Cao Bin to withdraw his troops!

Although Chengdu City is underarmed, it is an ancient city with a history of thousands of years, the city wall is high and thick, if the surname Meng resolutely does not open the city and surrender, the loss of the assault will be very large, but Cao Bin is not stupid, the Tang army has been in the border for nearly half a year of economic blockade, at least this turmoil has more or less affected Chengdu City, and from the spies who have infiltrated the city, the grain in the city has no price.

Therefore, Cao Bin decided not to fight, and took the last fortress of Shu without blood, and the 100,000 army surrounded Chengdu City, digging ravines day and night, in short, Cao Bin only wanted one result: Lao Tzu didn't want to go in so early, and none of the people inside wanted to come out, even if Lao Tzu only got a dead city.

This trick really worked, and the ravines around the city soon caused chaos in the city, and the morale of the army and the people was discouraged.

…… More than a month later, the lord of Shu changed his attitude and sent a letter to express his willingness to surrender!

On the other day, Meng Xuanzhe, the lord of Shu State, and hundreds of civil and military officials went out of the city to surrender.

Another day, a phalanx composed of nearly 10,000 ironclad Tang army elites appeared outside the royal temple of the original Shu Kingdom, the monks of the whole temple took the lead to greet them, among the monks and nuns, Cao Bin respectfully welcomed the former Tang princess Li Sisi and her sister Li Yanniang out of the mountain gate with the Tang princess ceremony, and read out the holy decree of the Tang Emperor in public.

……

The war of Shu was over, and the intensity of the war was not intense. When Lu Fei received the good news, his men had already entered the Central Plains and would soon arrive in Beijing.

At this time, the festival has entered autumn, and the east wind is blowing in the air, and there are already bursts of chill. However, the timing of this western tour is also ingenious, and the time to leave the northwest is just right, otherwise the northwest is even colder now.

After Cao Bin captured Langzhou, Lu Fei just looked at the map and knew that Shu had nothing to do. Now that the news came, he was not surprised, but he was more surprised by the fast play.

Pan Mei, Lu Guangxiao and others who accompanied them entered the camp to congratulate the victory.

Someone mentioned Wu Yueguo, and now Wu Yueguo is lonely in the southeast, but he still has no intention of surrendering. A general asked to lead troops with Cao Bin to besiege Wu Yue in the north and south, but Lu Fei refused without hesitation: "There is no need. ”

Lu Fei said after a while: "When I capture Youzhou, Wu Yueguo still doesn't take the initiative to surrender, that is, he doesn't know the current affairs; Attack now, there is a superfluous war in plain water. ”

After hearing this, everyone fell silent all of a sudden, because of Lu Fei's meaning, the Northern Expedition was a foregone conclusion!

After a while, Pan Mei and others discussed the reward for meritorious deeds.

Lu Fei's eyes fell on Lu Guangxiao all of a sudden, without any entanglement, Lu Guangxiao should definitely be promoted this time. There are also Cao Bin and others, the reward is very clear, and it only needs to be based on the size of the merit.

Some are not easy to be promoted, such as Pan Mei's hard work in presiding over the Western Tour, and he can be added to an honorary position and improved his salary.

While the ministers were talking about the merits, Lu Fei was really thinking about another thing.

Rewards and punishments are easy to calculate, but women are not easy to handle, and there are two people that make Lu Fei feel a little difficult: the Li sisters.

If Lu Fei inherited the Tang Dynasty of the original Southern Tang Kingdom, then the Li sisters who had just returned from the Shu Kingdom and were on the way were of Li Tang blood, although they were women, they were also the princesses of the Tang Dynasty.

If Lu Fei wants to continue the Tang Dynasty founded by Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, is it a bit too far, and the Tang Dynasty has been destroyed for a hundred years.

If it is about selfishness, Lu Fei would like to see Li Sisi now, talk to him about her thoughts over the years, and say to her what he should have said many years ago: I'm sorry!

How could he be so ruthless to let a woman go to Shu alone, this sense of guilt has always been on Lu Fei's heart, there are so many countries around Datang, he pointed his troops at Shu with one finger, which is more or less related to Sisi.

Lu Fei wants to make Li Sisi the imperial concubine of the Tang Dynasty? The emperor of the Tang Dynasty married the princess of the Tang Dynasty? This is too, right, if you explain it to the subjects of the world?

He was puzzled, but he didn't listen to a word of what the ministers were saying......

...

The spacious and magnificent imperial city has at least tens of thousands of people inside, but the outside of the Long Live Hall is very empty, and even a little silent; People don't dare to move around this place at will. The drumbeat of "dong dong dong ......" came from Xuande Gate, echoing in the city, making it even more empty.

The sun in the west is in the afternoon, and there is a relatively big thing to beat the drum at this hour: the emperor's western tour palace.

Zhou Wei from the west hall stood behind the curtain and looked outside from time to time, but she only paced in place and did not plan to go out. From behind, she was raising her hand to stroke her sideburns, and the bright window turned her figure into a dark shadow; The light robe is a little transparent, and the completely opaque body lines become a very clear outline. Several maids looked from behind the side, and they could also see the obvious full and rounded outline of her upper body, and the two maids glanced at each other in unison, as if they wanted to say: What a beautiful figure.

Zhou Wei would not be too close to Lu Fei, especially in the Long Live Hall of the Outer Dynasty. She hadn't seen her for a few months, and there was no personal word, she still wanted to see Lu Fei. Now Lu Fei has returned to the palace, and it is close at hand...... But you can't see it, and you can wait for days. He should think about the big picture first and decide who to prioritize.

Thinking that Lu Fei was going to kiss me and me with other women under his nose first, and brought back a party beauty...... But Zhou Wei herself couldn't even see her. Suddenly, she burst into breath.

She was sullen in her heart, but she didn't show it in her temperament.

However, she sighed helplessly again, and said in her heart: It's all because of her own weakness and unease, even if she walks over openly, what is wrong with an excuse to hand over state affairs?

But Zhou Wei will not do this, because her heart is more delicate and intelligent than ordinary women: she never takes the initiative to win over men, nor does she take the initiative to ask for anything, at least she will not show it.

She paced a few more steps, her eyes fell on a fish tank quietly placed on the table, her eyes were a little distracted, the breeze blew from the window, the water surface of the fish tank rippled turbulently, the peace had been broken.

At this moment, a voice suddenly startled her: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Zhou Wei was surprised, and then laughed softly again, and hurriedly pressed her jade hand to her lips, as if those subtle emotions were spit out of her mouth in one breath. A blush suddenly appeared on her cheeks, and she suppressed her smile and pretended to be nothing.

After a while, he saw Lu Fei walk in, and he saluted: "Recently, there have been a lot of military and political affairs, so I came here today when I have time." ”

Zhou Wei saw him behind the curtain with a serious and serious look, as if what he said was true. I don't know where it's funny, she can't help but almost don't laugh.

Zhou Wei said dignifiedly: "Please invite the emperor to the study to discuss matters." ”

Let's go over first.

The two of them sat down next to a few cases in the upper part of the study, at first they let the palace maid stay by their side, and the two of them slowly talked about some polite and well-known booing questions. They are looking at each other, consciously or unconsciously.

Lu Fei's facial lines are not too angular, very ordinary, and his skin is relatively rough, but he is still very pleasing to the eye when he gets used to it, and he is very tall and strong...... A feeling of affection and dependability. is the kind of person who doesn't look outstanding at a glance, but makes Zhou Wei feel more comfortable the more he looks at it, because he is not particularly bad in any aspect to attract disgust.

The key is that although this person is strong and a martial artist, he has a very understanding heart...... For example, how could he have come to see him right away today?

Zhou Wei's expression was very calm, but the eyes that looked at him were very happy and obsessed.