As soon as the dog and the tiger left, Yan Zhuang hurriedly walked into the main hall and said back to Li Hong, "Your Highness, the minister has already arranged for someone to take the Night Pearl to Loulan, and he will leave Chang'an City today, there will be news within three months, and there will be no problems." ”

"That's fine." Li Hong nodded slightly, he is short of money now, he can sell the night pearl as soon as possible, and he will be able to have more money in his hands, what confidence is enough to do this, just last night he told Liu Yizhi that he wanted to open a class college, and set up a science academy in Chongwen Hall, which all cost money, how can scientific research and running a school not cost money? The college in his mind is much larger and spends more money than Sun Simiao's medical school, and it is conservatively estimated that the academy and the academy will cost a total of one million copper dollars, so for him, the only thing now is to make money.

Of course, he also has a way to get money quickly. Just like when he negotiated the conditions with Princess Gesang last night, he could ask the Duke of Gesang for money instead of cavalry, but this is a bit more than worth the loss, because the problem of Tubo is solved, and Wang Fangyi is in charge of the Western Regions, and the Western Regions will definitely become part of the Tang Dynasty, at this time his target is the Arab Empire, a powerful country in the West, and Li Hong doesn't know much about the combat effectiveness of the big cannibals, but he believes that he can build such a huge country, and the battle of the big cannibals is also very strong. Therefore, the 100,000 cavalry of Tubo is the best choice for Li Hong to test the combat effectiveness of the cannibal army, because the number of cavalry to test is small, and the combat effectiveness of the cannibal cavalry cannot be tested, and the Tang Dynasty cannot afford to lose if the number of people is too large, and the Tubo cavalry is the best choice in Li Hong's heart, because the combat effectiveness of the Tubo cavalry is very strong, and the cavalry of 100,000 people is enough to test the combat effectiveness and national strength of the great cannibal cavalry.

Of course, there is another reason that is how to rule after occupying the country of the big cannibals, which makes Li Hong very worried. Therefore, Li Hong's idea is that they can consume their strong men in the war, and only the old and weak women are left in the country, so that it will be much easier to rule, but how to consume their young and strong, do you want the Tang army to slaughter the prisoners? Impossible, no, how can this matter be handed over to the Tang Army to do, aren't the Tubo people ready-made executioners? He used the Tubo people to test the big cannibal before, just hoping that the Tubo cavalry would have a grudge with the big cannibal, and then the Tang Dynasty didn't capture a city, so let the remaining Tubo cavalry clean up the city, and he couldn't do it, and the Tubo cavalry would not give him a satisfactory explanation.

There was no way, if he wanted to completely occupy and rule the Arab Empire, and if he wanted to integrate this country into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, Li Hong had to do this.

At this moment, there was a guard outside the hall to report, saying that Dali Temple Cheng Di Renjie and Xue Yan asked to meet.

Li Hong was a little surprised, why did Di Renjie come? And he came with Xue Yan, which seems to be a bit of a can't be beaten together.

"Let them go to the study and wait for Lonely." Li Hong said that for talking to his henchmen, he usually chooses to stay in the study, because the confidentiality of the study is better.

The guards received the order and hurried away.

Li Hong got up and walked to the study again and again, and asked Yan Zhuangdao, "What has Xue Yan been doing lately?" ”

"It seems boring, it seems to be wandering around Chang'an City all day." Yan Zhuang said. Since Wei Chi Xunyan was in charge of the secret guard, Cheng Dazhi opened a dog fighting ring and a gladiatorial arena, and Qin Zhan was responsible for training Yu Linwei, Xue Yan was left with nothing serious to do.

"No wonder he came to see Gu today." Li Hong suddenly realized, the feeling is that buddies will come to him when they see that Wei Chi Xunyan, Cheng Dazhi and Qin Zhan have something to do, but they have nothing to do!

Li Hong thought so and came to the study.

In the study, Di Renjie and Xue Yan saw Li Hong and hurriedly saluted him. Li Hong waved his hand to signal that they didn't need to be polite, walked straight to the main seat and sat down, and then asked, "Xue Yan, do you have anything to do with coming to find Gu?" ”

"Your Highness, Wei Chi Xunyan and Qin Zhan, as well as Cheng Dazhi, you have something to arrange for them, but I don't have it, I came to you today just to let you give me something." Xue Yan said dissatisfiedly.

Li Hong smiled, why is Xue Yan so cute today? He smiled and asked, "Tell me, what do you want to do?" ”

"Naturally, the leader is leading the war." Xue Yan said without hesitation.

"Do you want to go to the Northeast Battlefield, or the Western Regions?" Li Hong asked.

"Uh-" Xue Yan was stunned, bowed his head and didn't dare to look at Li Hong, it wasn't that he was afraid of death and didn't dare to go to the Northeast Battlefield, but because his son Xue Rengui was on the Northeast Battlefield now, if he went, he wouldn't have to clean up Xue Rengui? As for the Western Regions, where the sky is full of yellow sand and there is no green forest, Xue Yan has never thought about it.

"Why, don't you dare to go?" Li Hong sneered.

"It's not that I don't dare, it's just..." Xue Yan found that he couldn't argue, so he was silent. Seeing this, Li Hong no longer teased Xue Yan, but asked in a stern tone, "How many men do you think you can command?" ”

"Three thousand." Xue Yan thought for a moment and replied.

Li Hong nodded slightly, Xue Yan was still self-aware, and there was no lion who opened his mouth to say 10,000, or 100,000. Because of Xue Yan's ability, he can only lead 3,000 men and horses now.

"Three thousand, two thousand, are you willing?" Li Hong asked. After Cheng Dazhi built the manor in the valley, the valley would be used as a base for Li Hong to study heat weapons, and he needed the protection of the army, this task was very arduous and handed over to others Li Hong was not at ease, and he felt that it was appropriate to hand it over to Xue Yan, so Li Hongcai did not arrange other tasks for Xue Yan.

Two thousand men and horses guarding such a base, the strength is also a little thin, but fortunately, near Chang'an City, there is a military camp of the East Palace Six Rates outside the city, once a problem occurs, it can be immediately helped, Li Hong is not worried. As for the six rates of the East Palace, Li Hong is also ready to start rebuilding, but he will have to wait until Gaozong and Empress Wu leave, and after Su Dingfang returns to Chang'an, he will use Su Dingfang's hand to rectify the six rates of the East Palace and firmly control this army in his own hands.

"Yes, I am willing, thank you, Your Highness!" Xue Yan said excitedly.

"Don't be in a hurry to agree, Lone still hasn't told you what he wanted." Li Hong said in a serious tone.

"Your Highness, please speak." Xue Yan said.

"These two thousand men and horses, you have to go to the military camp of the sixth rate of the East Palace to choose by yourself, and they are not cavalry, they are foot soldiers, as for Lone's request, you have to train them into an elite infantry within four months, you have to completely control them, and only listen to your orders, can you do it?" Li Hong said. Guarding the valley does not require cavalry, and foot soldiers are the best defensive force. As for asking for 20 million to completely obey Xue Yan's orders, it is for the sake of the safety of the valley. For if these two thousand men obey every command, will the safety of the valley be guaranteed?

Because of the influence of his father Xue Rengui, Xue Yan liked cavalry very much, and always wanted to one day be able to lead a group of elite cavalry, go north to the desert, and expel the Turks. Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has let him lead the footmen, to be honest, he is a little unhappy in his heart. However, thinking that he was not happy, he estimated that he would not even have the opportunity to lead these two thousand men and horses, so he didn't dare to complain about anything anymore, but bowed down and said, "No problem, the order of His Highness is obeyed." ”

"Okay, then you go to Li Duoqi now, tell him what Gu said, and he will teach you how to do it." Li Hong said.

Xue Yan received the order and left in a hurry.

"Young people are just energetic!" Waiting for Xue Yan to leave, Li Hong smiled bitterly. When Di Renjie heard Li Hong's words, the expression on his face was a little strange, but he was thinking in his heart, aren't you a young man, Your Highness the princeling? Are you old? You seem to be younger than Xue Yan. It's just that the words in his heart, he didn't speak.

"Di Qing, what's the matter with coming to the East Palace today?" Li Hong asked. He understands Di Renjie's temperament, and there is no major event that he will not run to the East Palace.

"Your Royal Highness, the minister has cleaned up the backlog of cases in Dali Temple during this time, and found that the backlog of cases is huge, and there are more than 1,000 cases that have not yet been solved. Di Renjie said.

After listening to Di Renjie's words, Li Hong pondered for a moment before he asked, "Based on Zhang Deyu's performance in the Huaxian tragedy, my father wanted to remove him from his post a long time ago, but he just stopped his father's will and didn't let him do it, does Di Qing know why?" ”

"I don't know." Di Renjie replied truthfully.

"It's for Di Qing!" Li Hong said.

"For the minister?" Di Renjie was puzzled, and then suddenly realized, and asked in surprise, "Could it be that His Highness is..."

"Yes, this is the purpose of letting you go to Dali Temple." Li Hong nodded slightly, very satisfied with Di Renjie's intelligence, he only dialed it a little, and he knew everything.

"It's terrible, isn't it?" Di Renjie said a little worriedly.

"There's nothing wrong with it, because this matter doesn't matter if you say it, you have to nod your father's head, but you have left a good influence in your father's mind because of your performance in the Huaxian tragedy, as long as Lone makes another recommendation, your father will definitely agree." Li Hong said confidently.

In fact, he prevented Gaozong from removing Zhang Deyu from the post of Shaoqing of Dali Temple for the sake of Di Renjie. Because after Zhang Deyu's dismissal, someone must take his place, Li Hong is happy to let Di Renjie sit in the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, but Di Renjie has just entered Dali Temple, and he is not familiar with the situation of Dali Temple, and his qualifications in Dali Temple are still shallow, he was promoted twice in a row within a month, and the sudden appointment of him as Shaoqing of Dali Temple will be opposed by others, if someone else takes over Zhang Deyu's position, then it is impossible to remove this person from his position in a short period of time, so that Di Renjie will stay in the position of Dali Temple for several more years. Therefore, Li Hongcai did not let Gaozong remove Zhang Deyu, but waited until Di Renjie was familiar with the situation in Dali Temple, and then removed Zhang Deyu after staying in Dali Temple for a period of time, and replaced Di Renjie with him.

"Hearing His Highness say this, the minister will know what to do." Di Renjie knew Li Hong's thoughts, so he got up and said.

"Di Qing, don't investigate the backlog of cases on a large scale during this time, you first familiarize yourself with the Dali Temple, and after a while, I recommend you to sit in Shaoqing's position, and it is not too late for you to thoroughly investigate the old cases on a large scale." Li Hong said.

"Weichen understands, thank you for your highness's promotion." Di Renjie was also very excited. In just a few months, he is about to change from a governor's mansion to a young secretary of Dali Temple, what kind of promotion speed is this!

"Thank you, Di Qing has the ability to do something good for the people, and I naturally wish you a hand." Li Hong said with a smile.

Di Renjie's heart was even more moved, what is more important to be appreciated and recognized by others?