"Why are you here?" Ashina glared at this person, and his tone was quite unkind.

"Kang Lu was invited by me!" Li Tao explained: "Brother Ashina, when you came to invite me a few days ago, I told you that you would bring a guest. You also said at the time, my guests are your guests, what? Don't count now? ”

"Count, of course! Inside please. Ashina was very depressed in his heart, he didn't know that the guest brought by Li Tao would be Kanglu, but he did say this that day, and it was not good to worry about Kanglu anymore, so he had to invite Li Tao and others into the house.

The charcoal stove was burning in the house, steaming, and the table was already full of all kinds of dishes, and it could be seen that the two sisters had made careful preparations.

As soon as Li Tao entered the house, he said to Ashina: "I know that Ashina likes jade objects, and I didn't make any special preparations, so I picked up some ready-made ones and brought them, don't dislike them!" ”

As he spoke, Li Bai had already handed the jade pieces collected from Jiang Jia's Mansion to Ashinaxian, and he hadn't even changed the cloth bag he had taken from Jiang's Mansion.

"It's all jade?" Ashina Xian took the bag and said in surprise: "How much is this worth?" ”

Li Tao smiled faintly and said: "Brother Ashina's words are ridiculous, for people who like jade and know jade, these things may be valuable treasures, but for me, they are just a bunch of stones!" ”

"But ......"

"But what? If Brother Ashina wants to resign again, I will be disgraced! Li Tao quipped: "I think these things are far less real than the wine and food carefully prepared by Brother Ashina, Brother Ashina won't let me just watch and not eat, right?" I'm already salivating. ”

"Where. Where, Lantian King, please take a seat. Li Tao said so. Ashina Xian hurriedly invited Li Tao to the table.

Li Tao was not polite, and after a few people sat down, they began to talk while eating and drinking.

"This time, thank you so much to King Lantian, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid it would be ......" Ashina Xian thought of the unjustified disaster he suffered this time, and his heart was afraid for a while.

"Let's not mention it!" Li Tao asked tentatively, "Brother Ashina." Ling's grandfather and Ling Zun were both the rising and dead khans of the imperial court, and they once managed the people of various surnames for the imperial court in the Western Regions, what a scenery it was. Why do you want to stay in Chang'an alone? Could it be that the court has forgotten you? ”

Ashina waved his hand and said, "That's not it, Emperor Zhongzong, Emperor Ruizong, and His Majesty today." They have all mentioned to me that I should return to the Western Regions. But I turned it down. ”

"Resigned? Why is that? ”

Ashina Xian sighed and said: "First, my qualifications and abilities are not enough, and I am afraid that I will lead to a plan that will affect the imperial court. The second is that I am not interested in the affairs of the Western Regions, and it is my greatest wish to live in a comfortable place like Chang'an. ”

Ashina Xuelian interjected: "Big brother, you are lying to yourself when you say this, don't you look at the map of the Western Regions in the study for a long time in the study, aren't you interested?" ”

Li Tao knew it in his heart after hearing this, and just looked at Ashina Xian.

Ashina glared at his sister angrily: "Just you have a lot of mouths!" ”

Ashina Snow Lotus saw that the eldest brother was angry. He sticks out his tongue mischievously and stops talking.

Li Tao stared at Ashina and said with a smile: "Presumably, Brother Ashina resigned." It's not that you don't have enough ability and talent, you are the only son of the Khan of the Rising and Falling, if you don't have enough ability and talent, I'm afraid no one will have enough anymore. Of course, it's not that you're not interested in the affairs of the Western Regions, the man of the Ashina family, which person's heart will not gallop north and south of the Tianshan Mountains? How can you, Ashinaxian, be an exception? ”

Ashina Xian was told that he was in his heart, and bowed his head and was silent.

"If I'm not mistaken, are you afraid of repeating the mistakes of Grandfather Ling and Ling Zun, and finally returning from the Western Regions without success, and holding a grudge for life?"

Ashina Xian had a pained look on his face.

"Back then, your grandfather and your father had been operating in the Western Regions for many years, but they both failed, do you know the reason?"

Ashina Xian finally raised his head: "I want to hear it!" ”

"It comes down to three things. First, the rights granted are not enough, and there are too many fetters within the court. Second, there was insufficient coordination with the officials and the army of the imperial court in the towns of Anxi, and they went their own way, and there was no necessary support for each other. Thirdly, they only paid attention to safeguarding the interests of the Turkic aristocracy, and did not rely on the Turks with different surnames, who were the majority, and lost their support and could only become fish without water. ”

Ashina Xian said excitedly: "King Lantian, what you said is so right, I have been thinking about these problems all these years, and it is these reasons that have led to the chaos in the Western Regions. ”

Li Tao said sincerely: "Brother Ashina, you tell me the truth, if the above three problems are solved, will you still resign to the Western Regions?" ”

"Can the above three problems be solved?" Ashina Xian shook his head: "It's not that I haven't thought about this, but I have never come up with a suitable solution." ”

"I have a way!" Li Tao cut the railway.

"Lantian King, you come and hear it!" Ashinaxian's face showed a look of longing.

"This solves the first problem, which gives you a lot of power. In addition to appointing you as the new Khan of Xingxi and Death, the imperial court also appointed you as the envoy of the Ten Surnames of the Celebration of the Festival! ”

Ashina Xian's face showed an incredible look, although his grandfather and father were canonized as the Khan of the Rising and Dead, they did not comfort the position of the Ten Surnames. This appointment means that the imperial court will authorize him to let go of his hands.

"The second question is your relationship with the Anzai Prefecture and the towns. You can be appointed as the envoy of the Jiedu of the West of the Valley, the ambassador of the four towns, and all the Tang troops, including the Anxi Protectorate, are under your full command. ”

Listening to Li Tao's words, Ashinaxian's breathing became short. In the past, the Khan of the Rising and Dead of the Past and the Protector of Anxi had no affiliation with each other, if what Li Tao said was true, it would show that the military of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains was all determined by himself, and with the backing of the Anxi Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, he had not only completely recovered the traditional territory of the Rising Khan of the Left Chamber, but also enjoyed going deep into the west of the Broken Leaf and Sichuan, and annexed the five crossbow tribes that were originally under the control of the Khan of the Right Wing, what a great glory it was.

"The third problem is the problem with the Turks with different surnames. This problem can't be solved by you alone, Brother Ashina, but if there is someone to help you, it will be solved. ”

"Who is this man?" Ashina Xian asked.

"That's him!" Li Tao pointed at Kang Lu and said.

"Him?" Ashina Xian looked at Kang Lu suspiciously.

"It's Conroch." Li Tao explained: "Because there is no master in the Western Regions, Kanglu's father Suo Ge was appointed by the imperial court as the Khan of the Turks, and the Turks are the most powerful among the Turks with different surnames in the Western Regions. ”

Ashina Xian nodded. (To be continued......)