Du He is also powerless for the love of the house, and the ancient marriage is mainly based on the words of the matchmaker of the parents. Li Shimin personally made an order on this matter, and Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling, the father of Fang Yuai's love, has also agreed, in the face of this situation, what can Du He do alone?

What's more, Princess Chengyang is much better than Princess Gaoyang, and she has not left any bad things in history. At best, it was because the short-lived Du He in history stood in the wrong position and became Li Chengqian's confidant, and finally persuaded Li Chengqian to assassinate Li Shimin, but Li Shimin was cut down, and Princess Chengyang also remarried someone else.

Therefore, Princess Chengyang is much better than Gao Yang in any way, if she pushes back and pushes back, Li Shimin is angry and changes Chengyang to Gao Yang, then the love of the house will be a complete tragedy, of course, this matter may not be big, just think about it.

Seeing that Du He couldn't do anything, Fang Yiai could only cry and resign himself to his fate.

For almost a whole day, Fang Yiai didn't seem to have any energy, and kept thinking about it.

But when it came time to disband, he unexpectedly became alive.

Du He looked at him blankly.

Fang Yiai grinned and said: "I figured it out, life, it should be like this, since you can't avoid it, you can only enjoy it." ”

Du He was surprised, and he couldn't imagine that he actually said such philosophical words, no matter how he sounded, it was like the wise saying in later generations: "Life is like a strong annihilation, instead of crying and struggling, it is better to lie down and enjoy it." ”

"So I decided, before I got married, I would use the remaining time to enjoy it, and I would get back what I lost in the next life."

In this sentence, Fang Yiai's real surname was immediately exposed.

Du He wanted to help him ask what kind of character Princess Chengyang was at first, but seeing that he had done enough to deal with it, he didn't bother to ask, so let this thing fend for itself.

Just as he was about to go home, he was suddenly summoned by Li Shimin.

Du He came to the Ganlu Hall and saw Li Shimin sitting on top with his brows furrowed, looking preoccupied, as if he hadn't slept well for a few days.

"Du He has seen his father-in-law!" He stepped forward to bow with curiosity, could it be because Li Jiancheng's remnants had made new breakthroughs?

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "There is one thing I want to hear your opinion!" ”

Du He said solemnly: "Father-in-law, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Recently, the Silk Road near Gaochang has been extremely unstable, and the Silk Road to and from the middle section has been robbed again and again, and business travelers have suffered heavy losses, which directly affects the business exchanges between my Datang and Western countries, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

"This ......" Duhe does not know much about the Silk Road, but he also knows a little about it. The Silk Road can generally be divided into three sections, the eastern, middle and western sections. Its eastern section from Luoyang, Chang'an to Yumen Pass, Yangguan, here are under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, the middle section: from Yumen Pass, Yangguan west to the Green Ridge, this piece is the territory of the Western Regions, the western section from the Green Ridge to the west through Central Asia, West Asia to Europe, these places belong to the jurisdiction of the country of Broken Leaves, Talas, Astrakhan.

To put it bluntly, the Silk Road is like transnational operations in later generations, making huge profits, and those who can travel back and forth between the two places are those big businessmen. The eastern and western sections are easy to say, maintained by the Tang Dynasty and relatively strong countries such as Broken Leaves, Talas, Astrakhan, Dashi, and Persia, and are almost unharmed, but the middle section of this place has been an eventful place since ancient times.

Because this area is inhabited by the various tribes of the Western Regions, they are the most difficult to control, and they have been fighting with each other for many years, and the defeated have become horse thieves, specifically targeting the caravans traveling to and from the Silk Road.

Many places in the middle section are the only way for business travelers, as long as the horse thieves are waiting for the rabbits, there is no worry about no business travelers coming to the door.

But similar things are not common in the Tang Dynasty, just because Li Shimin is the Heavenly Khan, he can order the surrounding foreign races to carry out conquests, as soon as there are horse thieves, he will immediately use the power of the Heavenly Khan, mobilize the soldiers and horses of nearby countries to launch a fierce siege of the horse thieves, in order to ensure the safety of the Silk Road.

The horse thief is fierce, and it is difficult to defeat the concerted hostility of the countries of the Western Regions. Because of this, merchants were able to travel freely between the two places, promoting cultural exchanges, and at the same time bringing extremely rich commercial taxes to Datang.

Therefore, Datang has always attached great importance to the control of the Western Regions, so as not to damage this gold-paved commercial route.

Now Li Shimin is so preoccupied, presumably there have been abnormal changes in the recent period, and the Silk Road has been seriously damaged, which has directly affected the economic prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin came to discuss with him at this moment, it must be because he did not negotiate an effective result method in the court!

He shook his head and smiled bitterly, Li Shimin also thinks too highly of himself, the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng, Hou Junji, Li Ji, these amazing characters have no good methods, what's the use of discussing with me?

"It's happening abroad, and it's really not easy to deal with. I, Datang, can't send troops to exterminate it, and second, I don't know the actual situation. The only thing that can be done is to order Loulan, Cheshi, Gaochang, Yanqi, Qiuzi, Aksu and other countries in the Western Regions to encircle and suppress the horse thieves at the same time in the name of his father-in-law, Tian Khan. After thinking about it, Du He could only think of this one way to die, but how could he not think of this method with the talents of Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Eldest Sun Wuji, and Wei Zheng?

Sure enough, Li Shimin did not show any surprised looks, and this only way had already been proposed by the Chinese martial arts.

Du He gritted his teeth and proposed: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not!" ”

"Say it! There are only you and my son-in-law here, what is there to say! Li Shimin listened to him and let him say that it was okay.

Du He said: "My son-in-law thinks that while my Tang Dynasty is too dependent on the Silk Road, his control over the Western Regions is too weak. On the surface, the Heavenly Khan can command all ethnic groups, but after all, it is just a title, not their real Khan. They are afraid of the Tang Dynasty and may obey their father-in-law's orders, but no one knows whether it is yang and yin or what. The son-in-law felt that he should strengthen his control over the Western Regions. ”

After staying in the Tang Dynasty for more than a year, Du He also has a certain understanding of some of Li Shimin's national policies. It is not false to say that Li Shimin loves the people like a son. Because in the Tang Dynasty, all kinds of tax rates were very low, and the prices of goods were also very cheap, only three or four yuan per stone of rice, unless there was a natural disaster [***], otherwise there would hardly be a famine.

Under this tax rate, the country's income is naturally not high, and it is a drop in the bucket. Therefore, the main source of finance of the Tang Dynasty was on the Silk Road, and it sought huge profits from abroad. It is also because of this that Datang attaches great importance to the Western Regions and is particularly dependent, once the Silk Road is abnormal, it will directly affect the country's economy.

No, there were thieves on the Silk Road, and Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was a little uncomfortable.

Li Shimin's eyes flashed with Limang, and Du He's words were tantamount to persuading him to use troops against the Western Regions.

"The affairs of the Western Regions are like a trip to troubled waters, and it may not be a good thing to get involved in them!" It's not that he hasn't thought about using troops against the Western Regions, but he just has something in mind.

Du He understood Li Shimin's estimation that the situation in the Western Regions can be described as "pulling a trigger and moving the whole body", if two small countries pinch each other, all the countries in the Western Regions will ignore it, but the Tang Dynasty is different. In the final analysis, the key is that Datang is too powerful, and people dare not look up to it.

Because of this, Datang can deter the Quartet, and because of this, everyone is afraid of Datang and afraid of Datang. Once the Tang Dynasty revealed the idea of attacking the Western Regions, the intention. The dozens of countries in the Western Regions must be in danger, so much so that they are forced to unite against the Tang Dynasty at the same time.

In terms of the strength of a family, Datang is not afraid, but the entire Western Regions together cannot be underestimated. At the same time, the neighboring countries of Nanzhao and Tubo may not take advantage of the opportunity.

Therefore, this strength is too strong, and sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing.

Li Shimin took into account in his heart, only in this regard, the strength of Datang can fight, but it cannot be rashly warn. Otherwise, like Hitler during World War II, it will be besieged by major forces in various countries, and it will be difficult for Datang to restore peace.

The people of the Tang Dynasty have just gone through the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and it is the time when they need to recuperate, and the repeated wars are fatal to the Tang Dynasty and the people.

Imagine Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has the huge assets left by the rule of Wenjing, but in the end, they were all wasted in the sea due to the fight against the Xiongnu, and the population was halved.

Du He smiled gloomily: "Father-in-law, you are too upright in this regard. There is a saying in our Chinese that there is no excuse for the sin that you want to add. Some things, even if they are false, can be true as long as someone believes them. As long as the father-in-law sent secret agents to infiltrate the Western Regions to spread rumors, saying that the horse thieves near Gaochang were actually the army of Gaochang Kingdom, and it was the Gaochang King Lu Wentai who guarded and robbed the merchants. People are like this, there are many things for three people to become tigers, as long as someone says it, someone will believe it. When the time comes, the father-in-law can question Ko Wentai in a grand manner and let Ko Wentai give a reasonable explanation! This matter is a random fabrication by us, and he can't explain it at all. There are only two paths in front of him, one is to face the crusade of my Datang righteous army, and the other is to hunt down the horse thief with all his strength to prove his innocence. With the national strength of Gaochang State, it should not be impossible to deal with just horse thieves. So no matter which one you choose, the safety on the Silk Road can be solved! The son-in-law hopes that the former, so that my Datang can enter Gaochang in a grand manner and set up a capital protection mansion in Gaochang, which will be more conducive to my Datang to control the Western Regions! ”

(To be continued)