Although the Yibi Lu Khan wanted to unify the Western Turks, he didn't dare to offend the Tang Dynasty too much, so he came up with a way, that is, to let Qiuzi, who originally belonged to Nanting, but now secretly took refuge in him, sent troops to frequently rob caravans on the land Silk Road, and cut off this trade route that was very important to the Tang Dynasty. In order to test the reaction of the Tang Dynasty, if the Tang Dynasty is unable to look westward, or is just bluffing, then he will raise a large army and unify the entire Western Turks in one fell swoop.

However, Yibi Lu Khan miscalculated one thing, that is, in recent years, the Tang Dynasty's troops were at their peak, first destroying Gaochang in the Western Regions, and two years ago they destroyed Xue Yantuo in the northern grasslands, you must know that Xue Yantuo's strength is not worse than the current Western Turks. In particular, Gaochang is next to Qiuci, and after being destroyed, it was set up by Datang as the Anxi Protectorate, stationed with tens of thousands of elite soldiers, it can be said that Datang's sharp knife has been on Qiuci's throat, how could they completely offend Datang?

For the orders of the Yibi Lu Khan, the king of Qiuzi, Su Vaddie, did not dare to disobey, but he did not go all out, for example, they sent troops to rob the merchants on the Silk Road, but as long as they met the Han people, they only took the goods and did not hurt people's lives, and sometimes even politely escorted the other party back to the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the king of Qiuci also secretly sent people to Chang'an to ask to see Li Shimin, and put together the orders of Yibi Lu Khan, and sincerely apologized to Li Shimin, showing that he was also helpless, and hoped that the Tang Dynasty would not blame them Qiuzi.

Originally, for this matter, as long as the Tang Dynasty raised troops to the capital of Anxi, and at the same time exerted pressure on the Yibi Lu Khan, the other party would immediately dispel the idea of unifying the Western Turks and achieve the goal of surrendering the army without a fight. After all, Datang's achievements in recent years are too amazing, and even the entire northern grassland is in Datang's hands. Not to mention a fragmented Western Turk.

However, this time Li Shimin didn't know what was crazy, and he asked the plan of the Ebilu Khan to be published in the newspaper. Let all the Datang people know about the other party's conspiracy, and as a result, the Datang is excited. Whether it is the court or the people, it is a crusade against the Khan of Yibilu.

In the face of this situation, although Fang Xuanling and other important ministers felt that the use of troops against the Western Turks was a bit hasty now, the power of public opinion had been mobilized by Li Shimin, and even they did not dare to oppose it, so in the end, Li Shimin 'conformed' to the will of the people and declared war on the Western Turks. He ordered Tibet and the countries of the Western Regions to send troops to jointly defeat the Western Turks.

Although the news Li Zhi saw in the newspaper was incomplete, with his understanding of the situation in the Western Regions, he could guess some things, but what he couldn't figure out was that he could obviously surrender the war without a fight, so that the Yibi Lu Khan did not dare to act rashly, why did his father choose to go to war with the Western Turks?

Although the Tang Dynasty is strong now, it was two years ago. Datang had just destroyed Xue Yantuo and incorporated the northern grasslands into Datang's territory, but this also consumed a considerable amount of Datang's strength, and two years could not allow Datang to fully recover. Moreover, now the civil strife in the Western Turks is slowly disappearing, and the strength is much stronger than a few years ago, so if you attack the other side at this time. I'm afraid it's not a good time?

"Huh? Wait a minute! Li Zhi suddenly felt a flash of inspiration and said to himself, "The Western Turks have been in turmoil for nearly twenty years. As the saying goes, after a long time, it must be united, could it be that the father had expected that the Western Turks would likely be unified by the Ebi Lu Khan. That's why you want to take advantage of the fact that the Western Turkic North Court has not completely eliminated the South Court, and want to strangle the other party in infancy? ”

The more Li Zhi thought about it, the more right he felt, if the Western Turks were unified, they would definitely not be willing to be at the mercy of the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Regions controlled by the other party were the necessary places on the Silk Road, and with his father's temper, he would definitely not hand over his economic lifeline to others.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi finally let out a sigh. In addition, he immediately thought of another point, that is, during this period of time, the sixth brother Li Su needless to say here, exterminating the Japanese country, robbing Linyi, and occupying Luzon, it can be said that he has laid a big land overseas. And a few months ago, the seventh brother Li Yun and the eighth brother Li Zhen also laid down the island of Ceylon, and now they have a firm foothold in Tianzhu and are ready to expand outward at any time.

Several sons have performed so well, although this makes Li Shimin proud. But as a father's pride, he was not willing to be robbed of the limelight by his son, so this time he fought against the Western Turks, in addition to wanting to strangle the other party before reunification, he also had the meaning of competing with several sons.

"Lao Ji Fufang, my father's ambition when he was young has not been corroded by the years, it seems that I, as a son, am much easier." Li Zhi said with a wry smile, as Li Shimin's son, he naturally knew his father's temper very well, so he could think of the last point, and he believed that the sixth brother would definitely be able to guess the selfishness in his father's heart.

Thinking about the reason for the Tang Dynasty's war against the Western Turks, Li Zhi read the newspaper from beginning to end again, and found that in addition to the report on the front page of this Taiwan Daily, most of the other sub-pages were reports and comments on Taiwan's current news, such as how Taiwan should completely control Malacca in its hands after the Battle of the Lion City; A new generation of steamships has been successfully studied, larger and faster than the previous ones; An eastward current was found off the coast of Luzon, likely leading to as far away as North and South America, among other things.

These were all news that Li Zhi was very interested in, especially about the current found off the coast of Luzon. Of course, he was not interested in the currents themselves, but in North and South America, which were mentioned in passing in the newspapers. Because he had heard the sixth brother Li Su say before, he knew that they were two vast continents, rich in gold, silver, copper and other precious metal ores, but unfortunately because it was too far away, Li Su didn't want to take risks, so he never sent anyone there, if the ocean current found in Luzon can really reach the Americas, it is definitely a great discovery.

"Jingle bell~" With a rapid ringing of the bell, it marked that this morning's study had ended, and all teachers and students could go to eat. Li Zhi also stopped his excited thoughts, put the newspaper back in its place, and then took his utensils to the school cafeteria.

Compared with the school he had seen in Jincheng in Zhonghanzhou before, their sugarcane primary school was several times stronger than that school in terms of hardware and software, not to mention anything else, the difference could be seen in just a canteen, for example, the canteen of the primary school in Jincheng was just a row of windows, there was no place to eat, and the students had to return to the classroom to eat after receiving their meals.

However, the cafeteria of Sugarcane Primary School has a very large cafeteria, in which rows of tables and chairs are arranged, and the students are sent to receive the meals by the students on duty that day, and then carry them to the fixed position where each class is located, and then the students on duty will distribute them to their classmates.

At the beginning, the amount of food is the same for each student, and after these meals are distributed to the students, each student must finish them, and there must be no leftovers, of course, if some students feel that they are not full after eating, they can serve another one by themselves. When Li Zhi walked into the cafeteria, he happened to see the students of the four classes sitting at the table with their hands behind their backs, waiting for the students on duty to distribute their meals to them.

At the beginning, Li Zhi didn't quite understand this management method, after all, in his opinion, the children in primary school were too young, and there was no need to ask too much of them, so he even thought about writing to the education institute to ask for the relaxation of control over children. But later, after he heard that this management method was proposed by Li Su, he went back and thought about it seriously for a few days, and finally suddenly realized.

In fact, the reason why Li Su set this system is mainly to cultivate the children's collective consciousness and let them get used to living in the collective. You must know that one person's power is limited, and only by uniting a group of people can we exert the greatest strength. Later generations have a saying about Chinese, that is, a Chinese is a dragon, a group of Chinese is a group of insects, in fact, this means that Chinese do not have a sense of unity and cooperation, so Li Zhuocai borrowed some foreign education methods in later generations, and cultivated the collective consciousness of these children from an early age.

Speaking of which, the population in Li Su's hands is too small, even if he is desperately immigrating from the Tang Dynasty, the number of Han people in Li Su's hands has only just reached 1.5 million, and if it is another year, it is estimated that it will exceed 3 million. Although 3 million does not seem like a lot, Taiwan's life is rich, and it will be even richer in the future, if these 3 million people are allowed to join the army voluntarily, there will certainly not be many people who are willing, so Li Su is already preparing to promulgate a compulsory military system, and all men of appropriate age will have to go to the army to experience it.

Therefore, children who have grown up in this way of education since childhood have an advantage, that is, after they join the army, they will definitely be able to adapt to the kind of collective life in the barracks in the shortest possible time, and the trained army can also give full play to its combat effectiveness to a greater extent.

Li Zhi came to the teacher's area in the cafeteria, compared to the strict management of the students, the teacher's side is much freer, they eat the same meals as the students, but they can eat as much as they want. Li Zhi made three taels of rice and a sweet soup, and then served half a part of cumin mutton and half a part of fried vegetables on a plate.

His previous problem of not being able to eat meat had already been changed in the factory, and he was tired and hungry from working every day, so he couldn't do without meat. However, since he came to school, he no longer does those manual tasks, which has reduced his meal by half, and now he can only eat half full at most if he had eaten this meal before.

Li Zhi found a seat with the food and sat down, picked up the chopsticks and was just about to eat, when suddenly someone next to him sat down next to him and whispered: "Xiao Jiu, where did you go this morning, something big is going to happen in our school!" (To be continued......)