Gaochang in the past, Xizhou now!

After four months of governance, the scene in the city has changed with each passing day, and it can be described as three changes in one day. The fields were filled with hard-working people, and there was a marked increase in the number of merchants on the long streets, and most of them were from the Western Regions.

All these changes are directly related to Duhe's governance in the past four months. In the past four months, with the support of Liu Renliang and Zhang Xiong, Du He has accomplished three major things, all of which are major things that benefit the country and the people.

First, the Silk Road has been restored!

Because of the enemies of Gaochang and the Western Turks, the Silk Road has been cut off. The loss of Datang was great, so when Du He let go of the affairs of Anxi, the first major thing he did was to restore the Silk Road. As the protector of Anxi, he repaired books with the countries of the Western Regions, expressed friendship, and discussed the matter of protecting the Silk Road.

The Tang Dynasty had just won two beautiful battles in the Western Regions, directly crippling the Western Turks, the overlord of the Western Regions, and causing them to lose nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses. With such huge casualties and such a brilliant record, all the countries in the Western Regions secretly pinched a cold sweat, weighing the strength of their own country, thinking about how long they could hold out in the face of the Tang Dynasty's offensive.

What they are thinking about is not how to defeat Datang, but how long they can resist, which means that they don't believe that they can win when they are enemies of Datang.

In the face of Duhe's friendship, they are all honored and fully supported, but it only took a month for this golden road to be successfully reopened.

With the opening of the Silk Road, Xizhou gradually prospered, but it was a major problem of Datang.

Second, spring ploughing, the Tang Dynasty implemented the government military system, so some of the army were born as farmers and were proficient in farming. Du He asked them to personally go to the fields to give guidance, and use the latest farming technology of Datang to seek production for the people of Anxi, so that the people are full of confidence in the future.

Third, safety! Datang has experienced this expedition and consumed a lot of military materials, and what is needed next is a quiet recuperation and development to lay the foundation for future mobilization. Therefore, this Anxi place needs to pay special attention to not consuming national strength for the sake of another war.

Other countries are easy to say, but it is too late to tie up with the Tang Dynasty one by one, how dare they be enemies with it. But the Liangzi of the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks have already been settled, and it is not easy to let them be separated in peace. The Tang Dynasty is not afraid of the real fight, but the Turks are best at bandit tactics, and it will be a headache to disturb them from time to time.

In response to this situation, Zhang Xiong, who was familiar with the Western Turks, made a suggestion to Du He, saying that now he should go thousands of miles deep into the Western Regions, and it would be difficult to destroy the Western Turks. Rather than continuing to be the enemy of the Western Turks, it is better to befriend them and induce them to rebel.

The Western Turks respected their tribes, and the Western Turks lost almost 100,000 soldiers and horses due to the wrong command, and this reputation must have been greatly reduced, as long as they secretly communicated with the ambitious among them, the Western Turks would definitely be divided.

Du He followed Zhang Xiong's strategy, secretly contacted the tribal chief of the Western Turks, and found that the valley of desire had the heart of another mountain. So, it was decided to support Desire Valley and let him fight against Yu Li.

Under the deliberate arrangement, the Western Turks were officially split into two parts, and friction gradually arose, and there was already a change in the addition of ice blades.

Under their plan, the Western Turks were already too busy to take care of themselves, and it was impossible for them to still have the spirit to act as bandits.

Anthy's safety was also ensured.

Du He did these three major events, promoted the development of commerce and agriculture in Anxi, and also ensured local security, which can be described as comprehensive, coupled with the unique natural conditions of Anxi, how can it not develop rapidly?

Xizhou City!

Qiao Shiwang, who was the protector of Anxi, walked into an inn in disguise.

"Son, please take a seat, what do you want to come? The wine and food in the small shop are well-known far and wide! As soon as the shopkeeper saw someone coming in, he immediately greeted him with a smile and actively promoted it.

"A good room, a pound of cooked meat, two pounds of wine, and some of your signature dishes here." Qiao Shiwang gave the shopkeeper a few small bucks.

The shopkeeper was rewarded, his eyes smiled into a slit, and he ran around and served diligently.

After a while, all the wine and food were delivered to Qiao Shiwang's table, and when the shopkeeper was about to walk away, Qiao Shiwang called him out and said skillfully: "Yes, this is the case, this is my first time in Xichuan, and I am not very familiar with everything here." It's just that this place is much more prosperous than the average place, I don't know why? ”

The shopkeeper said proudly: "Childe, you are asking the right person, I have been in Xichuan for many years, what is there that I don't know?" Now Xichuan is prosperous because he is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and Lord Du and Lord Zhang are personally responsible for the livelihood of the people, how can it not be prosperous? They are all our saviors, living bodhisattvas! ”

Talking about Du He and Zhang Xiong, the shopkeeper said that his eyebrows were dancing and he looked like a die-hard fan.

Qiao Shiwang asked the shopkeeper to step back, and praised in his heart, "This Duhe is really powerful, just a few months, it has been loved by Gaochang people." He used the delicious food on the table unhurriedly, returned to the inn where he behaved, personally wrote down what he had seen and heard, and sent the deal to the messenger, asking him to send the letter to Chang'an and hand it over to Li Shimin, and at the same time said to himself: "Your Majesty's task has been completed, it is time to go to the front desk!" ”

The next day, he took over Duhe's position as the protector of Anxi.

Duho can finally go home!

Chang'an, Ganlu Palace!

Li Shimin was dealing with ordinary matters, and suddenly had to report to Du He's recital. There was obvious joy on his face, and he smiled: "Come up quickly!" ”

With a smile on his face, he took the piece delivered by Du He, and the smile on his face disappeared when he saw the letter, and his eyebrows were filled with raging anger, and he finished at the end of the chapter. "Slap" slapped the case, and shouted angrily: "How can this be reasonable, Hou Jun has gathered so much courage, so arrogant, and almost ruined a big thing." ”

Du He's recital is not so much a recital as a letter of complaint, in which he writes down Hou Junji's actions in Gaochang in 1510.

There is neither any exaggeration, nor any exaggeration, nor any evaluation, but only facts, all of which are facts seeking truth from facts.

Looking at Du He's recital, Li Shimin suddenly remembered something, which was something that sealed the dust in the depths of his memory: in the early days of Zhenguan, not long after the world was decided, he took a fancy to Hou Junji's talent, and knew that he was a talent that could be created, and there was still potential for improvement. So he asked Li Jing to teach Hou Junji the method of using soldiers, but shortly thereafter, Hou Junji came to sue Li Jing, saying that Li Jing was unwilling to teach him what he had learned and had the intention of rebellion. Naturally, he didn't believe it, so he invited Li Jing to ask about it. Li Jing said at the time: "The Central Plains has just been decided, there is nothing in the world, and the art of war I taught is enough to deal with the four yi." Hou Junji is insatiable and wants to oppose my Tang Dynasty. ”

This time, both sides said that the other party had the intention of rebellion.

At that time, both Li Jing and Hou Junji were Li Shimin's most profitable arms, and they still believed in the loyalty of the two of them. So at that time, he didn't pursue it, he just thought that they had a misunderstanding with each other, and now he suddenly remembered it, so that he couldn't help but be surprised, and his eyes fell on the bottom kid, which was a paragraph of Du He's overall evaluation of Hou Junji, writing: "Hou Shangshu is a rare member of the general, but he can be surnamed Lie abnormal, behaves indecently, is proud of his merits, is deeply jealous, is ashamed of others, slanders Shi Xian, and often has unfair words. ”

He read this short sentence ten times.

Ten days later, Hou Junji led the army back to Chang'an, and Li Shimin received their triumphant division at the court, and with a little encouragement, let them retreat.

Hou Junji returned home and was planning to find the eldest grandson Wuji to discuss dealing with Du He, but unexpectedly received the holy decree. He jumped up and said happily: "It must be Your Majesty's recitation of my great victory in the Western Expedition, and the reward is coming." ”

As soon as he thought of this, his heart was hot, although his western expedition was unsatisfactory, but it also swept the Western Turks, which was also a great achievement, and it was not impossible to be a prime minister. Hurriedly burned incense and changed clothes to welcome the officials who announced the decree. The official unfolded the yellow satin decree and began to read it, and Hou Junji only heard a few words before he was already shocked.

Far from rewarding him for his exploits in this expedition, the decree declared that after the pacification of the Gaochang Kingdom, he appointed officials on his own initiative without asking the imperial court, and at the same time plundered a large number of treasures and connived at the thieves of his subordinates. pointed out the sins he committed in Gaochang 1510.

Li Shimin even emphasized in the holy decree that he should be brought into Dali Temple for interrogation.

As soon as the holy decree was announced, the other Hou family members in the hall who also knelt down to listen to the holy decree suddenly cried and cried out for injustice.

Hou Junji listened to all his crimes, and Deng was dumbfounded.

"Impossible, impossible! Your Majesty, Your Majesty will not do this to me! No, no, Your Majesty, how could you do this to me! His surname is strong, and he is loyal to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin is also extremely gracious to him, and he does not believe that Li Shimin will make such a holy decree at all.

His mind was at a loss, his limbs were stiff as stones, and cold sweat was dripping down, just letting the servants tie him up and push him out. When he cleared his mind, he looked left and right, and found himself in a damp and dark prison.

"Impossible, impossible! Your Majesty won't do this to me, I don't believe it, I don't believe it! The first thing he did when he came to his senses was to shout frantically and shake the prison gate frantically: "It must be you bastards who pretended to pass on the holy decree and let me out, I want to see the emperor, I want to see the emperor!" ”

"Don't scream, I'm coming!" Li Shimin came to Hou Junji in a dragon robe, and looked at this beloved general through the window with a complicated expression, "I can tell you that this is indeed a holy decree issued by me, and there is no falsehood!" ”

(To be continued)