During the period of Han Rui's recuperation, the court was not very stable, before the party defected to Tuyuhun, the emperor sent envoys to ask, but there was no answer, and the news came from the side court, the Qiang tribe of Taozhou, disobeyed Wang Hua, killed the assassin Shi, and rebelled to Tuyuhun, after hearing the news, the court was suddenly shaken.

The current Tang Dynasty is not the period of the division of Fanzhen, it has only been a few years since the Turks were defeated, and he has won the title of Tian Khan, whether it is Li Shimin, or a hundred civil and military officials, they are all a little complacent, and there is a kind of mentality that there are no other states except for my Tang Dynasty.

Furious, there is no intention to hide it at all, directly shoot the case and throw the book, convene the ministers, and there is no need to discuss, for this kind of thing, I don't pay attention to what is the first salute and then the soldiers, it is just a word, fight, otherwise the Siyi tribes have followed suit, how to stand up and how to serve the public.

Soon, the Zhongshu Sheren drew up the will, and the head of the Yanze Road march led the army to quell the rebellion, Li Shimin glanced twice, attached the seal, together with the official document of the military department, eight hundred miles to expedite, and conveyed it to the border pass, and then Li Shimin did not have the mind to deal with the government, and his anger did not subside, and he brushed his sleeves away.

At the beginning of Li Shimin's accession to the throne, the Turks waved their troops south, and Li Shimin had no choice but to sign the Weishui Alliance, which was almost like paying tribute, giving many benefits, and the Turks retreated.

Such a strange humiliation naturally made Li Shimin angry, endured it for three or four years, accumulated enough, once it flourished, and finally took revenge on the shame, the dignified Turkic Khan, danced in the palace, the northern tribes knelt down and surrendered, and congratulated the year after year, such a feat, even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not show it on the surface, but deep down, Li Shimin was not complacent.

However, after being happy for a few years, Li Shimin found that the Central Plains is very large, but there are many foreign clans, and surrender is only a superficial phenomenon, and there are many small actions in private.

"Do you really want to listen to Wei Zheng's words and kill them all......" Li Shimin frowned and pondered, and shook his head and said to himself: "The Han Dynasty has been poor for more than 30 years, tired of China, and has gained little. ”

Although in the eighth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing resigned due to foot illness, no longer held the position of the DPRK and China, and even put down the military power, but Li Shimin knew Li Jing's talent, so he naturally would not let him go freely, and it didn't take long for him to issue a special decree ordering Li Jing to go to Zhongshu and the door to do political affairs every two or three days, which is the qualification only the prime minister has.

In the Song Dynasty, with the book under the door of the Ping Zhang, it is equivalent to the prime minister, it can be seen that Li Shimin's trust in Li Jing, for the rich and noble, but can be content, the general knowledge of the able ministers, Li Shimin has always been very favorable, from time to time to summon to ask about the government, the reward of the New Year's festival is not lacking, it is this means, throughout the Zhenguan period of the famous ministers, at least in the current period, all of them are obedient, no one dares to have a different heart.

Soon after, Li Jing came to the palace, saluted respectfully, Li Shimin personally helped up, avoided the imperial dragon case, took Li Jing to the side hall, sat on the table, this kind of treatment, up and down the court, few people can enjoy, it is also a rare honor.

Other courtiers, at this time, will definitely show some flattery, or sincere fear, but Li Jing is very calm, half bowed and thanked, and asked calmly: "Your Majesty summoned the ministers here, but it was for the sake of Tuguhun." ”

"I know that I can't hide it from Senior Brother Yao." Li Shimin said with a smile, whether it is before or after others, Li Shimin has always respected Li Jing, whether it is encompassing or gracious, anyway, not everyone can persevere.

Li Jing said lightly, with a smile: "Your Majesty doesn't need to be angry, just Tugu Hun is like the ancient night lang, arrogant, don't think that if you occupy the territory, you can do the thing of mantis arm as a car, if you know the current affairs, you can return to it with peace of mind, and you can protect its tribe, I hope the chief Fu Yun understands this principle, if not, the army will be dispatched, and the country will be destroyed." ”

Li Shimin nodded again and again, smiling, and only Li Jing, who conquered the Turks and captured hundreds of thousands of cattle, had such confidence and self-confidence, and did not take the nomads outside the gate in his eyes.

"Actually, according to the minister's opinion, Tuyuhun is just ringworm, and the real trouble is still the Turkic tribes." Li Jing said.

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, the Turks were not extinguished, his eyes blinked, he immediately understood, and said in a deep voice: "What Senior Brother Yao said is Zhili Loss, Du Lu, Xue Yantuo and other departments?" ”

"Not bad." Li Jing said: "In that year, His Majesty ascended the throne, Jieli Khan felt that there was an opportunity, so he joined forces with the Turki Khan with 200,000 troops, entered the Kou in a big way, drove straight in, and went straight to the north bank of the Weishui Bridge. ”

This is a beautified statement, there are not enough benefits, where are the Turkic allies willing to leave easily, Li Shimin knew it, and he was a little proud in his heart, but he immediately sobered up, shook his head and said: "Senior Brother Yao doesn't need to say good words, it was also a fluke at that time, Tie Le, Hui Su, and Xue Yantuo took advantage of Jieli to go out, and when the Mobei troops were empty, they rebelled together, and there was a fire in the backyard, they naturally didn't dare to stay for a long time, giving us a chance to recuperate and recuperate." ”

At that time, the steppe peoples, unlike the Central Plains Dynasty, once the world was unified, the states and counties were united and forbidden, but large tribes and small tribes coexisted, and the so-called Turkic Khanate, to put it bluntly, was the largest tribe in the steppe, and in the early years of the Sui Dynasty, it was divided into Eastern Turks and Western Turks.

Its Eastern Turks are particularly powerful, headed by Jieli Khan, when Zhenguan was four years, Li Jing with 3,000 iron horses, broke the Eastern Turks in Yinshan, and by the way, the Eastern Turks large and small Khan nobles were captured together and sent to Chang'an, at that time, the Eastern Turks were destroyed.

In fact, the reason why it is so easy to win, in addition to the fact that the Tang army is really strong, and the internal strife of the Turks themselves, somewhat related, the Eastern and Western Turks are pinched, for hundreds of years, the weak thinking of the Southern Dynasties, deep into the heart of the grassland tribes, has long forgotten that in the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty committed my Tianwei, although it is far away, it will be punished, so there is no defense at all, and when Li Jing led the army to fight, Jieli Khan was mostly still drinking and enjoying himself, caught off guard, and must be defeated.

Thinking of the triumph of the army, the singing and dancing in the Taiji Palace, Li Yuan personally played the pipa, and the situation of Jieli dancing, Li Shimin was full of ambition and sighed: "The country is grass-created, the Turkic strong beam, the emperor is the people, called the subordinate to Jieli, I have not been sad, I am not sad, I will destroy the Huns, sit on the table, and eat unpleasantly, until the medicine brother rides three thousand, the blood is captured, and he is invincible, so he takes Dingxiang, and he is only in Jifeng, shameful of his snow, and the shame of bathing in Weishui!" ”

Knowing the truth that a surplus is a loss, Li Jing dared to admit such a credit alone, and hurriedly said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's strategy, all the soldiers and soldiers work hard, and it is not Jing's work." ”

Appreciating Li Jing's humility very much, Li Shimin smiled and comforted him, did not forget the matter, and asked seriously: "Xue Yantuo and other subordinates are far away in the sky, and they have no relationship with my Tang Dynasty, how did they become a confidant?" ”

"Why does Your Majesty ask knowingly." Li Jing said with a smile: "When the Jieli Khan was broken, the chieftains of the tribes surrendered one after another, but there were also some tribes who went to the west, or stood on their own, or attached Xue Yantuo, after that, Xue Yantuo led the tribe to establish a tooth tent in the hometown of Jieli, a few years have passed, it should become the climate, as Wei Xuancheng said, the Turks are the ambitions of birds and beasts, if they are naturalized in the Central Plains, they can be used, but now they live in Mobei, and sooner or later they will become the heart of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Shimin thought so, however, most of these are scenes, the real reason is that the Western Turks controlled some countries in the Western Regions, hindering the smooth flow of the Silk Road, among the Guanlong aristocratic group, I don't know how many people, through the Silk Road, earned rich benefits, under their influence, the monarchs and ministers of the imperial court also began to pay attention to it slowly.

Moreover, Li Shimin is determined to be a Ming Jun, he has always aimed at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and people can beat the Huns, flee to the West, and disappear in Mobei, Li Shimin is confident that he can do it, but he also has to find a suitable excuse, but before that, he naturally has to clean up Tuguhun, otherwise the dignity of the court, where does the prestige of the Heavenly Khan exist?

Li Jing suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, do you remember Ashinadur?" ”

After thinking for a moment, Li Shimin said, "Is it the ...... Jieli's nephew, the Turkic Tuoshe, and Jieli's son Yugushe, who ruled the Tiele, Huisu, Tongluo and other tribes, did not seem to be infected with the problem of arrogance and silver, and did not levy taxes on the tribe for ten years. ”

"After a few years, Your Majesty has forgotten that there is no difference, and Your Majesty admires it." Li Jing said, a little flattery.

Waving his hand slightly, Li Shimin smiled and said: "It's not that my surname is good, it's just that Jieli often regrets to me, Ashina Sheer has persuaded him many times not to use troops against the Central Plains, but unfortunately he didn't accept it, so he ended up defeated and captured." ”

"In this way, this man has some insight and ability." Li Jing approvingly: "Back then, Xue Yantuo raised troops to rebel, and Ashina Sheer led the army to suppress it, but he was not Xue Yantuo's opponent, so he had to retreat to Futu City, but because of the blessing of misfortune, he escaped a catastrophe and was not captured by our generals. ”

"What happened after that?" Li Shimin asked, his sword eyebrows raised lightly, knowing that Li Jing would not mention this person for no reason.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty's words are true, this person is really a hero, in a few years, he has 100,000 people, and he calls himself Dubu Khan, but his foothold is not stable, so he used troops against Xue Yantuo, and returned defeated, the tribe is centrifugal, and there is no place to stand, and now he is leading the remnants to the east, and it seems that he intends to belong to the imperial court......"

(To be continued)