However, now because the national strength of the Tang Dynasty has declined, coupled with the rise of some ethnic minorities, such as the kingdoms established by these ethnic minorities such as the Tubo and Turks, they already have the strength to confront the Tang Dynasty army head-on. What makes Datang even more headache www.biquge.info is that the kingdom established by these ethnic minorities has developed rapidly in recent years, while Datang's strength is declining. One development and one decline, so that now nearly half of the army in the Tang Dynasty has been held back by the ethnic minorities in the frontier, and the annual military expenditure of these armies is also a huge expenditure for the imperial court.

This seems to have formed a vicious circle, accelerating the decline of Datang. In the past two years, Tang Xuanzong should have been vigilant. On weekdays, he is rarely as extravagant and wasteful as the previous emperors, and over the years, Tang Xuanzong has hardly gone out to play.

Although Tang Xuanzong tried his best to recover the decline, this still could not stop the momentum of the decline of the Tang Dynasty. Because after these hundreds of years of accumulation, the entire ruling institution of the Tang Dynasty seems to have become a rotten wood, with problems everywhere and a redundant official system. After hundreds of years of accumulation, all kinds of problems such as official corruption have been exposed.

And now Tang Xuanzong's actual control is not as good as before. Let's not talk about anything else, just from the military. In recent years, many of those local armies have been hoarding grain, and have even begun to recruit troops, as if they are going to fight a big war. You must know that these things are expressly forbidden in the calendar of the Tang Dynasty.

However, now that Tang Xuanzong is looking at the actions of these local families, he can only warn helplessly, he can no longer draw troops to suppress these local forces. It is precisely because of this that those local forces have become particularly arrogant in recent years, as if they were preparing for the war.

Not only these local forces, but even some Jiedu envoys did the same, and the Jiedu envoys already had heavy troops, and now they recruited troops, which made their strength expand rapidly.

This is just a manifestation of the decline of the Tang Dynasty, as long as a discerning person can see that if the Tang Dynasty continues like this, it will be destroyed sooner or later, unless the emperor comes out to carry out a major purge. However, Tang Xuanzong should be impossible, after all, with the strength he controls now, it is difficult to do this.

Unless Tang Xuanzong transferred the troops from the frontier back, it would be possible to carry out a major purge in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. However, once the army is withdrawn from the frontier, the powerful ethnic minorities such as the Tibetans and Turks will definitely take the opportunity to harass them. It may even further encroach on the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, the internal turmoil of Datang and the invasion of strong enemies on the frontier may cause civil strife at any time. This is the last thing Tang Xuanzong wants to see.

Therefore, Tang Xuanzong could only turn a blind eye to the actions of these local forces, and occasionally give them a warning, only hoping that they would not be too presumptuous and stop in moderation.

In his mind, Lu Chen quickly analyzed the situation in Datang, which made him realize once again that it was imminent to develop his own power, otherwise, it would not be easy for him to develop his power again when civil strife broke out.

Seeing Lu Chen standing in a daze again, Li Xinran's little hand shook in front of Lu Chen's eyes, and said, "Are you okay?" ”

Lu Chen shook his head and said, "I thought about something just now, you go on"

Although she was a little dissatisfied with Lu Chen's distraction when she listened to her, Li Xinran pursed her lips and didn't bother with him. continued: "Anyway, what my father meant in the letter was that he wanted me to abandon martial arts and follow literature, and I naturally didn't want to do it after reading it at that time. You know my character, but my mother talked to me again. In the end, I decided to abandon martial arts and follow literature in the future."

Of course, this was not her mother's original words, Li Xinran only retold part of it to Lu Chen, and as for the rest of the words, she was really embarrassed to say them.

Lu Chen saw that this little girl looked unwilling to review, so he could only say, "Actually, I feel that it is better for you to follow your own thoughts." Otherwise, the second half of your life will make you memorize and write all the time, and your character can stand it? ”

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Xinran showed hesitation, he glanced at Lu Chen and quickly lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long time, she raised her head to look at Lu Chen, and said with a little blushing, "Then do you think the girl who practices martial arts is better, or the girl who follows the text?" ”

Looking at Li Xinran's expectant gaze, how did Lu Chen's "........." go around and disturb it again. Lu Chen was also not easy to express his opinions, so he could only ambiguously tell him some more pertinent suggestions.

After finishing speaking, Lu Chen hurriedly put forward the intention of saying goodbye, and said, "I'm afraid you won't be able to endorse it here, I'd better leave, and when you participate in the competition tomorrow, I'll go and cheer for you, study hard~" After saying this, Lu Chen walked out quickly.

Looking at the back of Lu Chen's departure, Li Xinran muttered to herself, "What kind of girl do you like?" ”

Walking out of Li Xinran's room, Lu Chen let out a long breath. Then he glanced ahead and walked into the distance. Although this Wendou is a competition for the younger generation, there are still many famous literati in the Tang Dynasty. Most of these people were those entries invited by the imperial court to judge Wen Dou. It is said that every year they also have a private fight, but because they are all people who have already made a name for themselves. Therefore, they will not judge whose number is bad and whose bad, but will just look at each other internally.

And it is precisely because of this custom that during the Wendou period, many literati and artists with inscriptions from all over the world also came to Chang'an City for gatherings. Lu Chen inquired about the place where these literati and artists gathered, and went towards the place where they gathered.

After all, in this palace, Lu Chen has nothing to do, he might as well go and see those famous literati and ink writers, maybe he will meet a character he knew in his previous life.

For some reason, thinking that he might meet those famous poets soon, Lu Chen's heart had a strange feeling, after all, he had studied each other's poems in his previous life, and now he was about to meet the big living people, and the more he thought about Lu Chen, the more he felt unreal.

No longer thinking about this, after Lu Chen passed through several buildings for literati to live in, he came to the gathering place that the palace guards said, Jucai Pavilion.

The construction of this pavilion is also very distinctive, not inferior to several pavilions of Lizheng Academy, and at this time, there are dozens of people standing in front of the carved railing, some old people with fluttering hair like immortals, and some young people who are full of energy. Far away, Lu Chen heard bursts of laughter coming from somewhere.

With a hint of anticipation, Lu Chen stepped forward, but found that he didn't know anyone here. (To be continued.) )