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Daming Palace, Chang'an Palace, Yang Xi's bedroom, it is rare to have a day when Yang Xi is in love with Queen Guo Xin. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Shiro, you've lost a lot of weight during this time, pay attention to rest more!" After giving birth to the second child, Guo Xin, who had not yet fully recuperated, gently beat Yang Xi's shoulders and said very distressedly: "In the past few months, I have been busy with court affairs, and I have never rested well. In these days of the Chinese New Year, you should take time to rest for a few days!"

"Okay, I will definitely obey Xin'er's orders!" Yang Xi turned his head and smiled at Guo Xin, lowered his voice again, and teased: "Presumably, you have already recuperated your body, and several months have passed since the time of childbirth, so you can let me, the emperor with a pure heart and few desires, taste the taste, right?" ”

One sentence immediately made Guo Xin's face red, and he gently twisted Yang Xi, and said angrily: "Shilang, I'm laughing at the concubine again." ”

Although the identity is completely different from before, one has become an emperor and the other has become a queen, but the two get along in private, but it is still the same as when they first got married, Yang Xi likes this feeling, and privately asks Guo Xin to do it according to him. Guo Xin finally agreed, and when the two were alone, they would not make a fuss, and there were often warm gestures of flirting and scolding. Guo Xin likes this feeling when he gets along with Yang Xi, of course Yang Xi likes it more, he doesn't want to be the emperor, Guo Xin, the little girl, also has a relationship with him.

Guo Xin's shyness made Yang Xi happy, he smiled, and didn't say anything, but reached out and reached into Guo Xin's skirt, pinched her thighs, and took the opportunity to touch the sensitive places at the base of her legs.

Guo Xin couldn't help but scream softly, his body softened all of a sudden, and he fell on Yang Xi, whispering in his mouth, but sweet in his heart.

Seeing the emperor and empress, the palace maids and eunuchs on the side all turned their heads. Don't dare to look. Yang Xi and Guo Xin often do this between them, and they don't blame each other, but they don't dare to spread these things for fear of being punished. Yang Xi didn't care what the palace people thought, got up dexterously, suddenly picked up Guo Xin, and walked towards the inner hall. This made Guo Xin's face even redder, but she hadn't tasted the joy of men and women for several months, and she was very much looking forward to it, so she didn't take care of her queen's face, and let Yang Xi be rude once.

After entering the dormitory. Soon the two were entangled, and the passion was released after a while.

The two were contented to hug each other and lie together, Guo Xin stretched out his soft hand and gently stroked Yang Xi's chest. After a while, Guo Xin asked Yang Xi in a low voice: "Shilang, what the concubine said to you, should you give the concubine a reply?" ”

"What's the matter?" After the passion was released, Yang Xi, who was a little tired but very satisfied, subconsciously asked.

"You don't only have concubines and Xiaoyu around you now. Are there three of them? How can this be? Guo Xin sighed and said: "If you do this again, the ministers will say that the concubine is not the same, and the concubine does not know etiquette." You're the Emperor now!"

Hearing Guo Xin say this, Yang Xi also understood what she wanted to plan as a little wife who became a queen. I also know that what I have done in this regard is indeed different from that of previous emperors, and I need to make some changes, especially in terms of wives and concubines.

Although Yang Xi became the emperor, because he became the emperor. There are too many things to be busy, and I don't have the energy to pay attention to women's affairs. In addition, during this time, Guo Xin, Xiaoyu, and Ping'er all gave birth successively, and they had to recuperate after giving birth. Yang Xi has almost become a "widow", and she hasn't been close to women for a long time. However, during this time, his interest is not in this area, it can be said that he is busy with court affairs every night, he is as excited as a chicken blood, busy with court affairs and happy to do it, sometimes for a plan, he can even discuss and argue with the ministers until dawn, and even sleep very casually. The women in the palace basically didn't touch it, it seemed that it was just an accident that flirted with a little palace maid, but she didn't miss her.

This kind of tense and busy, physically neglected life makes him feel quite fulfilled, and he has gotten used to it after a long time.

But after a passion with Guo Xin today, the ** in this regard seems to have been activated in an instant, and he is a little ready to move, wanting to have more beauties and enjoy more physical passion. Today, Guo Xin took the initiative to mention this matter, so he naturally would not refuse, but immediately agreed to Guo Xin's proposal to fill his harem after the New Year, and strive to be the groom every night.

The harem system of the Tang Dynasty was: there were four ladies (concubines, concubines, concubines, and virtuous concubines) under the queen, and nine concubines (Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong, Chongyuan), and then nine Jieyu, nine beauties, nine talents, twenty-seven Baolin, twenty-seven royal maids, and twenty-seven women. These are all concubines with status, although they may not be filled, but there are only three women like Yang Xi now, which is too cold, and it is rare to be an emperor like this, so it must be vigorously supplemented.

As for how much to make up in the future, it depends on the situation.

But it's not easy to have so many women fill in, and to be lucky one by one. Fortunately, these women were fortunate enough to be arranged by him, so as not to make them resentful. To tell the truth, any woman in the palace, Yang Xi, who has become the emperor, can be picked by him, and he sometimes sighs, although this is quite sexually happy, but if it goes on like this for a long time, the iron rod will have to be sharpened into a needle.

Some muscles don't get stronger and stronger when you work harder.

But this is the privilege of being an emperor, and he does not want to give it up.

Of course, Yang Xi will not spend a lot of energy on these things, and leave them to Guo Xin to deal with, he has too many things to do.

However, after the Shangyuan Festival, he accepted the first new woman Guo Xin picked for him, Yan Zhenqing's granddaughter Yan Rulan.

Yan Rulan was named a virtuous concubine, and Yang Xi was quite satisfied with this new concubine.

Yan Rulan is very beautiful, and more importantly, this little girl who is just seventeen years old is very good in all aspects of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and Yang Xi is ashamed to hit the wall, he sighs to himself that he is also a teacher of Yan Zhenqing, why is he so related to her?

What's more, Yan Rulan is very gentle, which just complements Guo Xin's fierceness, and after getting Yan Rulan, he is like a treasure. I was also wondering why I hadn't seen this little girl when I went to Yan's Mansion before?

But he did not indulge in women, but became more and more diligent while reaping physical satisfaction from these women.

The reform of the affairs of the Tang Empire requires him to pay too much energy, after the New Year. He's very busy again.

Tax reform is a must be done, today's Datang, there are too many people who don't need to pay taxes, according to Yang Xi's simple calculation, I don't know how much tax is lost every year because of bureaucrats and aristocrats. According to his proposal, the royal family, the official gentry all need to pay taxes, and the people's taxes should be lowered to truly benefit the people. Yang Xi's proposal naturally won the support of those ordinary people, but it was opposed by many ministers.

However, there has been considerable resistance to tax reform, because it means losing privileges. The aristocracy and the family were all opposed.

There will always be a family behind the ministers of the DPRK and China, and they will naturally think about the family when they represent the interests of the family, and they will of course oppose these things that harm the interests of the family and the aristocracy. However, they didn't expect that at this point, Yang Xi was very arbitrary and ready to force it.

Fortunately, Guo Ziyi, Gao Shi, Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Hao and others supported him, and after discussing for more than half a year, a new tax policy was finally formulated. Zhang Hao, Li Lin and others, who were not very supportive of Yang Xi, became emperor after Yang Xi became emperor. After hearing and witnessing what Yang Xi did, he admired the ability and courage of this young emperor, and finally willingly obeyed him and did things conscientiously. He strongly supports Yang Xi in many things. Because the tax rate was not very high, the bureaucracy and the family had to accept it after a futile struggle.

As the emperor, Yang Xi took the initiative to pay taxes. As a symbolic example, those of his relatives also followed him to "act", how could other officials, royals, nobles, etc. dare to disobey? The emperor paid the taxes himself. What are they?

With such a reform, Yang Xi had already expected that Datang's tax revenue would increase significantly, coupled with the fact that the imperial court had come up with many means to encourage commerce and trade, and many measures to promote people's livelihood and agriculture had been proposed, Yang Xi believed that in the next year, Datang's treasury revenue would make people's jaws drop.

Yang Xi's expectations were indeed not disappointed, and when another year was approaching, Cui Yuan, the head of the household department, reported this year's harvest in the court with a very excited voice, and all the ministers were stunned. Under the two-pronged measures, Datang's tax revenue has increased by 40%, which is a very remarkable achievement, you must know that this is just launched in the rice and rice and wheat compounding technology, the business promotion plan began to be implemented, and the tax revenue was reformed. If these plans are in full swing, then the growth rate of Datang's treasury will be even faster.

Yang Xi has become wise and martial in the eyes of the ministers, and his prestige is increasing day by day. Many ministers were very frightened, because many of the suggestions made by Yang Xi were something they had never thought of at all, and these self-proclaimed elites of the Tang Dynasty always felt that their brains were not enough and could not keep up with Yang Xi's rhythm, and many of the plans and ideas put forward by Yang Xi needed to be thought of with great difficulty, and they might not be able to think clearly.

The emperor is too strong, and it is very stressful to be a minister. Of course, this pressure will also become motivation, everyone does not dare to be lazy, dare not slack off, under the wave of Yang Xi's big hand, do things with all their might, their minimum requirement is not to make mistakes, to live up to Yang Xi's expectations.

In the second year of Yongchang, the imperial court issued an edict to widely promote rice planting and rice-wheat multi-cropping technology throughout the country to strive for more harvests.

Because the revenue of the state treasury has increased dramatically, and it will increase by a considerable rate in the foreseeable years, most of the ministers' worries have been allayed, and many of Yang Xi's basic proposals and efforts to improve people's livelihood have been adopted.

There are more plans for livelihood education schools that benefit ordinary people in various localities, all of which are officially invested. Education is the foundation of the country, this is the concept that Yang Xi has repeatedly adhered to, and the growth of national treasury revenue, education must be improved first. One of the criteria Yang Xi made to evaluate the performance of local officials in education is that if the school in any place is worse than the official office, and the number of teachers in the school is not enough, then the evaluation results of officials in that place will be affected. Under such a high-pressure policy, what local officials dare to act carelessly?

There are more people who are reading, and the imperial examination system, which was the best way for scholars to achieve success in ancient times, must be perfected.

The imperial examination system has been implemented for almost two hundred years, but there are not many aspects of reform, and under the vigorous advocacy of Yang Xi, the imperial examination system has been further improved. Some of the subjects that had been cut have also been restored, and human resources in all aspects need to be trained.

Science and technology and other things are no longer strange and ingenious, and the treatment of people engaged in research and creation in this area is no worse than that of officials, just like the craftsmen in the ordnance prison, their annual income is higher than that of the first-class officials. And it is quite respected, of course, this is all carried out at the request of Yang Xi.

A large number of official schools have been run, because of the low fees of official schools, the children of poor families can basically be enrolled, which also makes the civilian literate population increase significantly, and a group of well-educated people have the opportunity to be selected by the imperial court through the imperial examination. Although he may not be able to be an official in the imperial examination and his younger brother, he is not an official. As long as you have the ability, you can get the same treatment as you deserve.

Of course, the martial arts system is also further improved, and the emphasis on literature is not light on martial arts, which is a point that Yang Xijian has done.

In the third year of Yongchang, because of the comprehensive deepening of various reform measures, Datang's grain and tax revenue reached a very astonishing level, and the total grain output was more than double that of Yongchang in the second year, and the tax revenue also increased by 80% compared with the second year of Yongchang. This achievement made the officials in the court rejoice, and Yang Xi was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

These measures were almost all formulated under the leadership of Yang Xi himself. Yang Xi's far-sightedness and strategy that were different from ordinary people further convinced the ministers, such a king with all-round civil and military skills is rare in the world. Yang Xi has gained unprecedented prestige with his ability and diligent behavior.

On this basis, he is also ready to start reforming the political system.

Yang Xi's soul comes from the afterlife. He knows a lot about democracy, and he also knows that in order for a country to prosper forever, it is only by the name of the era. A slogan cannot be achieved, and there must be a set of effective systems.

Although he carried out some reforms after his accession to the throne, they did not touch the fundamentals of the political system of this era.

For the future of Datang. He must reform more areas. The reform carried out by Yang Xi was to weaken the imperial power to a certain extent, strengthen the power of the prime ministers of the political hall, and use the power of the prime minister to restrain the imperial power, and develop in a direction similar to the constitutional monarchy in later generations.

In later generations, the national systems of his time have clearly shown the world a problem, that is, unchecked power will eventually bring uncontrollable **, officials do whatever they want, and the world is declining. He firmly believes that the power of the government must be restrained, even if he is the emperor with supreme power, he also thinks so, he wants to create a more clear era for his children and grandchildren, and the power of supervision will be restricted, so that the emperor can not do whatever he wants, so that the Tang Dynasty can develop in a virtuous circle.

He lived in later life, and he heard and witnessed many evils that arose from unchecked power, even in the army. In order for Datang to truly maintain long-term peace and stability and continue to exist, there must be a very good system, and all aspects of power can be mutually restrained in order to achieve all this. In later generations, the democratic system of the West was a mutual restraint of power, and even the president could not do whatever he wanted. There are too many drawbacks of the rule of man, and we must slowly change to the rule of law.

Yang Xi hopes that after his efforts, he will be able to achieve this in a few decades, the emperor will still be the head of state and the supreme power, but the ministers under him will also restrain him and have a complete supervision system.

Yang Xi believes that as long as the current system of three provinces and six ministries is improved and perfected, and after years of evolution, his goal can be achieved.

Of course, no one dares to guarantee the fundamental matter of this relationship, and it is impossible to completely eliminate ** and abuse of power, but under the constraints of the system, it is good to be able to eliminate these to a minimum.

To complete this very huge project, his strength alone is far from enough, and it will take many years of slow change to be possible. Yang Xi also needs a lot of people to help, and he can't let the talent be cut off. Nowadays, there are many talented people who have been recommended and promoted by him and have been reused by the imperial court, but this is far from enough, and it is necessary to increase the strength of training, and to instill the concept of "democracy" in these people.

In terms of the role of officials, Yang Xi does not like sycophants and courtiers, he hopes that officials are upright and can fight for reason. The official selection system founded by Pei Xingjian was very good, but it was not well implemented, and Yang Xi ordered Li Lin, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, to make further improvements according to the system formulated by Pei Xingjian that year, and strictly abide by it in the future.

Everything needs to be constrained by the system, which is a point that Yang Xi firmly believes.

Under the leadership of Yang Xi and the coordination of the ministers, the reform of the political direction is also slowly proceeding.

Yang Xi is not in a hurry to reform in this direction, he knows that it will take many years to achieve results.

But he has already seen success in other areas of reform. Whether it is the military system or the people's livelihood.

After the abolition of the system of moderation and the implementation of the system of guarding the army, the military system was further improved.

The Ministry of War has taken many actions and has successively formulated many regulations, including the appointment, dismissal, rotation and conscription of military generals, wartime mobilization, retirement, and logistical support. A series of regulations on the development of weapons, equipping the army, and so on.

As a result of the implementation of these systems, the Tang army further developed in the direction of regularization, and the generals in the army were not allowed to interfere in local affairs, and local officials were not allowed to interfere in military affairs, so that the military and government were separated, and the emperor was more effectively in charge of the army through the general staff and the military department.

Because of various restructurings, Datang's national strength has grown by leaps and bounds, and the world will soon be abundant. The treasury is further solid.

When Yongchang was in the fourth year, Yang Xi muttered when discussing state affairs with the ministers that there had been no war in Datang for many years, and it went on like this. The combat effectiveness of the army will slowly decline, which is not a good result, and it is necessary to wage war to test and improve the combat power of the army.

Those newly developed weapons also need to be tested on the battlefield to see how effective they are.

Expanding territory is something that any king would like to do. Especially fanatical Han nationalists like Yang Xi, he wants to fight, he wants to conquer more territory. He wants to build Datang even bigger and make Datang a super empire.

Encouraged by Yang Xi's belligerent remarks, the border of the Tang Dynasty soon ignited the flames of war.

The fighting was fought first in the south.

Because Tianzhu and other countries in the south of the Tang Dynasty did not treat the envoys of the Tang Dynasty politely, and let several ministers and envoys die on the way to the envoys, the Tang Emperor Yang Xi was furious and issued an order to go out to avenge the envoys of these countries.

The seventh, ninth, fifteenth, and twenty-eighth guards stationed in the south had a total of 120,000 people, with Wang Sili and Li Baoyu as the chief and deputy chiefs, and the generals of each guard army as the sub-chiefs, and began the journey of conquering the Indochina Peninsula in later generations.

The combat strength of the Datang army, which was equipped with a large number of firearms and had undergone strict training, was not at all something that the armies of Tianzhu and other countries could compete with, and the war was completely one-sided. Destroying the country of Bi, Mi, Zhenla, Linyi, Zhitang, Luoguge and other countries, and plundering their kings back to Chang'an, Wang Sili, Li Baoyu and others played triumphant songs, adding military exploits to their own war exploits at the same time, but also a large area of land into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

In the same year, under the leadership of Chen Huiguang, the commander of the Tang Naval Division, and Nan Jiyun, the deputy commander of the Tang Naval Division, entered Liuqiu, which was willing to be attached to the Tang Dynasty, that is, the treasure island of the later Taiw. And in the second half of the year, he set out from Liuqiu and captured the land of Luzon, which often plundered our fishermen.

Ji'er took Luzon as a base, and the naval warships continued to march south, marching to the areas of Borli, Boru, and Linghe. Cooperate with the marching department of Zhongnan Road, which attacked from the land, to attack the area south of Datang, and the natives of this land who were directly attacked took their lives and fled.

It took less than a year, and in later generations, a large part of the Indochina Peninsula, Malay, Indonesia and other places were all captured by the Tang army.

Yang Xi never thought that there was anything wrong with these places, they were not wild places at all, and after he received the battle report that my Tang army had captured these places, he immediately issued an edict to set up prefectures and counties on the newly acquired land, send officials to govern, and prepare to occupy them permanently.

The Linyi Governor's Office, the Malay Governor's Office, and the Tianzhu Governor's Mansion were established successively and were under the rule of the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate.

Since then, the Indochina Peninsula and most of the surrounding areas have been under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

While using troops in the south, Yang Xi also aimed at the northeast, near the capital of Andong, there were also small countries such as Bohai, Heishui Yao, and Silla, as well as some tribes that were in rebellion and disobeyed. The existence of these regimes made Yang Xi very uncomfortable.

"They must be conquered!" This was Yang Xi's decision after receiving a war report from the south and learning that these small northeastern countries often made small moves. So Yang Xi's order was quickly implemented, and someone went to "create" an excuse to send troops.

If you want to fight, you will never learn from the unknown.

Just when the war in the south temporarily subsided and the Tang army consolidated its achievements, the war in the northeast followed.

In the summer of the fifth year of Yongchang, the imperial court issued an edict to set up the Northeast Road Marching Department, with Fugu Huai'en as the chief administrator, Hun Xuan as the deputy general manager, and the fourth, eighth, and eighteenth guards as the main combat forces, preparing to attack Bohai, Silla and Heishui Jin.

The Tang generals who originally lived in this land, such as Fugu Huaien and Hun Xuan, led the elite Tang army to kill them.

The Tang army was invincible, and the Khitan, Ya, and Murowei tribes immediately surrendered. is willing to act as the servant army of the Tang Dynasty, ready to get some soup to drink. The Bohai Kingdom was destroyed within two months, and when the Tang Dynasty army drove over, the Black Water Empire announced that it would be annexed to the country. Silla resisted, but their resistance lasted only three months, and after three months, the king of Silla was captured alive and taken back to Chang'an.

At the end of the year, Yang Xi issued an edict in Chang'an, announcing the establishment of the Bohai Governor's Mansion, the Heishui Governor's Mansion, and the Muwei Governor's Mansion. and rebuilt the Xiongjin Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, all of which were under the rule of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate. Our army was stationed in all the newly established governor's palaces, and the important officials were all served by our Han and the surrendered Hu people.

After conquering these small states, Yang Xi did not order the servants to be Huai'en and Hun Xuan, but to assemble them in the territory of the Xiongjin Prefecture to prepare to attack the Wa Kingdom. This hateful little country did not dare to provoke the Tang again after the defeat of Long Shuo in the Baicun River in the third year, but Yang Xi would not let this pitiful small country continue to exist, and he wanted to seek justice from the ancestors of the Wei people for the Chinese who had suffered the scourge of Little Japan in later generations.

"I have destroyed the kingdom of Wa. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed!" This is Yang Xi's order to Gu Huaien and Hun Xuan.

The ministers of the court and the central government had never seen Yang Xi have such a great hatred for a country that had not been entangled in a war with the Tang Dynasty for a long time, but they relished the fact that the Tang army was victorious everywhere, and they didn't need too much strength to take another piece of territory. Why not?

At the end of the sixth year of Yongchang, under the personal design and supervision of Yang Xi, the first musket developed by the Ordnance Supervision came out, after a series of tests and improvements. That is, mass production begins. In the second year, it began to be assembled in the army, and there was an additional musket battalion in each guard in the Tang Army. Coupled with the fact that a large number of artillery pieces had already been prepared, the firearms of the Tang army were once again more powerful, and the combat effectiveness was further enhanced.

The mortars that are convenient and easy to carry also began to be produced under Yang Xi's "blind tossing".

In the tenth year of Tianbao, the Tang army, under the leadership of the famous general Gao Xianzhi, fought a fierce battle with the Great Food Army in Talas, as a result, the army led by Gao Xianzhi suffered a major defeat, and the Tang Dynasty's forces withdrew from the region of Central Asia in later generations.

This is a pain in the hearts of many generals, many people want to take revenge, and Yang Xi also remembers this.

In the seventh year of Yongchang, after the wars in the south and northeast had subsided, Yang Xi decided to expand the power of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, preparing to fight the Arabs again to avenge the defeat in the Battle of Talas. Although there was opposition to the frequent fighting, the opposition was quickly silenced.

In recent years, Datang's grain and tax revenues have increased year after year, and war expenditures have not put pressure on Datang's financial endowment, and the combat power of Datang's army has been verified in the war, and no country is Datang's opponent.

Attacking the Great Cannibal and avenging the hatred of the Battle of Talas was something that most ministers thought would definitely do.

With the support of most of the courtiers, the imperial court issued an edict to set up the Great Esophagea Marching Department. With Li Siye, the general of the Right Guard, as the general of the Great Esophagus March, and Gao Shouyun, the only surviving son of Gao Xianzhi and the general of the Left Prison Gate, as the deputy commander, a total of 100,000 people from the 10th, 17th, 19th, and 23rd Guards participated in this general campaign.

Li Siye was Gao Xianzhi's deputy general back then, Gao Shouyun was Gao Xianzhi's son, Yang Xi sent these two people to lead the army, and the purpose was naturally very clear.

Let them take revenge and blood hatred, and if they can't take revenge with so many troops, then they don't want to come back.

The outstanding achievements of the Tang army in the south and northeast have already terrified the countries of the Western Regions, and before the various guards have arrived in Anxi, many tribes have surrendered to the 19th and 23rd guards stationed in Anxi and Beiting, willing to attack Dashi together with the Tang army.

In the summer of the eighth year of Yongchang, the Tenth Guard led by Gao Shouyun fought against the Great Eclipse Army a hundred miles east of Talas, and the elite Tenth Guards defeated Abu without much effort? The 50,000 Great Food Army led by Mu Silin. Gao Shouyun, who was bent on avenging his father, ordered the slaughter of the big food prisoners, and more than 30,000 captured big cannibals were killed in the pit, and none of them were left alive.

When the news reached Chang'an, the ministers were shocked, and many ministers thought that Gao Shouyun was too cruel and suggested that he be recalled for punishment. But this suggestion was ignored by Yang Xi, and in the end, Gao Shouyun escaped the impeachment of some ministers and was able to continue to lead the army.

Gao Shouyun's "atrocities" made the big cannibals super frightened, and Muhammad and Gu Taibai, who were stationed in this area? Mu Silin hurriedly led the army to retreat, preparing to retreat to the Great Eclipse Country. But the victory in the first battle had already driven Li Siye and Gao Shouyun, two revenge-minded guys, crazy, and they led 100,000 elite Tang troops and tens of thousands of servant troops to pursue quickly, and soon caught up with the Great Food Army in the Aral Sea in the later generations. Fierce fighting broke out between the two sides. The result was still one-sided, and the Great Food Army, which had seen the threat of firearms for the first time, was quickly routed and eventually annihilated. Muhammad and the ancient Taibai? Mu Silin was killed in the rebellion, and the Tang army avenged the battle of Talas with a brilliant victory.

But Li Siye and Gao Shouyun didn't want to stop there, they thought that after the big cannibal suffered this fiasco, their strength was completely unable to compete with our Tang army, and they asked to continue to lead the army westward to destroy the Great Food Country, and revenge would be taken thoroughly.

After two days of court discussions, Yang Xili finally rejected the public opinion. Agreed to Li Siye and Gao Shouyun's request.

The Tang army continued to march at a devastating speed, defeating the oncoming Dashi army in succession. Hajjaj, the supreme governor of the Arab Empire in the East? Root? After the defeat, Yusuf wiped his neck and went to meet their Allah.

At the beginning of the ninth year of Yongchang, the Tang Expeditionary Force surrounded Damascus, the capital of the Great Food Country, and five days later, Damascus was captured by our Expeditionary Force. After getting the battle report. Yang Xi issued an edict to set up the Hanxi Metropolitan Protectorate in the occupied land, and the seat of governance was in Damascus, preparing to implement strong sinicization in this area. Become the actual territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The key successive victories had already made Yang Xi's ambitions out of control, and when the battle to attack Dashi was ongoing, he issued another order to go out to conquer the Tibetans. Prepare to completely conquer this plateau vassal that has been crippled by the Tang army.

The Po Luo Dao marching department was established at the end of the ninth year of Yongchang, Guo Xi was appointed as the chief governor, and the third son of the former Tubo Da Lun Shang Jiexi, who had surrendered, was the deputy chief governor. The 14th, 22nd, and 24th Guards entered the Tibetan Plateau with 80,000 men.

The Tubo people, who had been disabled and had not recovered much strength after recuperating in the past few years, could not withstand the attack of such a large scale of the Tang army, and were quickly wiped out. Subsequently, Yang Xi ordered to change some cities to Xining and set up the Xining Metropolitan Protectorate. He also ordered Guo Xi and Xinnuoer to collect all the places around Tubo into the name of the Tang Dynasty, including the big and small Bolu, and the sheep and the same country.

Because these battles were carried out far away, the people of Datang did not feel the cruelty of the war too much, only the families of those fallen soldiers deeply felt the damage caused by the war to their families.

However, because many wars were one-sided, the number of Tang Dynasty soldiers killed in battle was not large, and the dead and disabled soldiers received generous pensions, and there was no family planning in this era, and frequent wars did not lead to public resentment.

The surrounding circle has been fought all over, and Yang Xi, who feels that he can recuperate for a few years, is ready for a complete truce.

However, as soon as the war began, it was not so easy to stop, especially on the Western Front.

After killing the red-eyed Li Siye and Gao Shouyun, after destroying the Arab Empire, they led the Tang army to continue their westward expedition, and entered the extreme west of the country where they were attacking each other due to religious and ethnic differences, that is, the continent that was called Europe by later generations.

"Wasn't the Eight-Nation Coalition so arrogant? I will let their ancestors taste the bitter fruits of being plundered today!" These are Yang Xi's words of schadenfreude. That part of Europe is too far away, and in the current era when transportation and information transmission are very inconvenient, plundering may be the best result after the victory of the war, and the current Tang Dynasty is not capable of occupying Europe, and even the "Middle East" is not easy to rule. Since there is no way to rule effectively, let the Tang army, which won the war, reap some results and return with the wealth of the white race.

Many times the heroes see the same thing, Yang Xi expects Li Siye and Gao Shouyun to plunder wealth and women, and they do the same.

Half a year after the good news came, several European Caucasian women with very good looks were sent to the palace in Chang'an, which were presented to Emperor Yang Xi by Li Siye and Gao Shouyun as trophies. Although these women are very beautiful, Yang Xi can't stand the strange smell on their bodies, but he can't help but accept the kindness of his generals, and in the end, he leaves a person who looks very good and is in good shape, a bit like Audrey in "Roman Holiday". The young women of the pardon filled their harem, and the rest was given to the ministers.

The successive victories in the war, as well as the enormous wealth brought about by the capture of the spoils of war after the victory, filled the treasury with great fanaticism, and many ministers, especially the military generals, repeatedly asked for orders to go on expeditions to serve the country. The army of the Great Esophagus has achieved "fighting to feed the war", and there is no need for the imperial court to transport materials over long distances, which saves the imperial court an unknown amount of burden.

There are not many ministers in the DPRK and China who oppose the war, and the will of those who oppose them is not decided, and Yang Xi still has not made a decision to truce for a few years.

The main reason is that the victory of the war has brought a lot of benefits to Datang, and under the instigation of the national propaganda machine, the whole people are fanatical, a bit like Germany in World War II in later generations, signing up for the army, earning military merits, winning national awards, and striving for honor is the dream of many young people. Even many young people fantasize about snatching a beautiful interracial woman back to be a "wife" during the war, and then snatching some treasures back to live a prosperous life. In such a situation, Yang Xi also took advantage of the situation and continued to order the army outside to fight.

The 21st Guard Army stationed in the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei also marched north, intimidating the Mobei tribes, and under the instruction of Yang Xi, preparing to occupy the vast place originally called "Siberia" in later generations, Yang Xi's idea was to find a way to occupy the land of Lao Maozi in later generations, not to give Lao Maozi a chance to build a country, and completely sweep them into the garbage heap of history.

The army of the Tang Dynasty faithfully carried out Yang Xi's orders and captured piece after piece of land.

On another day of the court, after discussing the court with the ministers, Yang Xi took them to the huge military map hanging in the palace.

The territory of the Tang Dynasty was rapidly expanding, and Yang Xi no longer knew how big the empire under his rule was. The ministers are also very proud, because they followed a great monarch to create a great empire that has never appeared in history, all of which made them full of incomparable pride, and their respect and worship for Yang Xi are beyond words, you must know that now the people have deified Yang Xi.

Many people worship Yang Xi's portrait as a god

After feeling nostalgic for the map for a while, Yang Xi stood in front of the ministers and said very proudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, you say, is there any country that can threaten the security of my Tang Empire now?" ”

"Your Majesty, how can there still be?" Gao Shi hurriedly replied, "The prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty created by His Majesty is not comparable to any era in history, and the reign of Emperor Taizong and Emperor Xuanzong is also completely incomparable. ”

"Haha!" Yang Xi laughed proudly twice, "I know this. But I am still not satisfied, I hope to work with Zhuqing to build my Datang into a stronger and more open territory. Let the local country under the rule be peaceful and peaceful, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment forever!"

"Your Majesty, under your wise leadership, you will definitely be able to achieve this goal!" Immediately there were sycophants who came up to cater to it.

"Yes, it will be realized, and it must be realized," Yang Xi still looked proud, put his hands behind his back, and said loudly to the ministers with full of energy: "I, Datang, will always stand proudly in the world!"

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