After Li Zhi and his fleet left, they came to Shanghai three days later, and it was the Shangyuan Festival in two days, plus Li Chengqian and Li Ke were here, so Li Zhi and his son would stay here for three days, and then leave after the festival.

Speaking of Li Zhi, the time for their return flight was also carefully arranged, such as the Shangyuan Festival in Shanghai, which was specially requested by Li Ke and Li Chengqian, after all, Li Zhi and his son stayed in Taiwan for nearly a year, but they didn't have time to come to see their two brothers again, so the two of them asked for this.

This is the second time Li Zhi and they have spent the Yuan Festival outside Chang'an, the last time they just arrived in Taiwan, and the result is that Li Yu's family spent the New Year in Keelung, although compared with Chang'an, Keelung's population is really small, and the size of the city cannot be compared, but Keelung is far overseas, and various cultural exchanges in the city are exchanged, so the New Year there also has a unique charm. The only thing that made Li Zhi and his son feel a little uncomfortable was that the winter in Keelung was too warm, not only did it not snow, but even if the quilt was too thick at night, it would feel a little hot.

Compared with Keelung, the winter in Shanghai is much colder, especially a few days ago, there was a thin layer of snow, although it melted into snow in a short time, but it also brought a bit of cold to Shanghai's winter, and also added a bit of New Year's flavor.

Shanghai is a new city, but also a seaport, there are a considerable number of businessmen in the city, are wealthy, they in order to welcome the Shangyuan Festival, collectively funded the whole Shanghai to dress up as a sea of lights, the color of the lights hung all over the street, the shape of the lamp is also strange, there are many mythical characters or legends of overseas countries, which makes the traditional Shangyuan Festival add an overseas style.

On the day of the Metaverse. Li Zhi, Cai'er, and Hu Yuyi traveled together, but although they brought a lot of guards. But it still can't stop the enthusiasm of those young men and women in Shanghai, not only did many men take the opportunity to talk to Cai'er and Hu Yuyi. Even Li Zhi himself received a lot of teases from girls on the beach, and in the end, Cai'er and Hu Yuyi held Li Zhi's hand one by one, which made the number of people who came forward to harass a lot less.

Three days passed in a flash, and after spending an unforgettable Shangyuan Festival in Shanghai, Li Zhi and Cai'er finally boarded the boat again and set sail, but this time they did not stop on the road, not even Dengzhou, and directly entered the Yellow River from the Bohai Sea, and then went along the river to the west. It will soon arrive in Chang'an via Luoyang.

In order to welcome the return of his son, who had been out for a year and a half, Li Shimin also specially sent someone to greet him, but Cai'er and his son quietly returned to the city from another city gate, after all, as women, they were in other names when they went out, so naturally they couldn't go back to the city with Li Zhi this time.

The first thing Li Zhi did when he returned to Chang'an was to greet Li Shimin and tell him about his experience in the past year and a half, especially the development of overseas Taiwan and other places. It is the key point that Li Shimin wants to know. And Li Zhi also has a lot of things to say to his father, especially in the past year or so, he is anxious to find someone to talk to, and Li Shimin is undoubtedly an excellent object.

The father and son chatted endlessly in the study room in the Liangyi Palace. Even the food was sent to the study, and in the evening, neither of them felt a trace of sleepiness. In the end, after Empress Changsun got the news, she rushed there in person. That's why they let the father and son go back to rest separately.

However, in the next few days, as long as Li Shimin is free. will call Li Zhi and ask him to tell him about his experience and feelings for more than a year. In fact, it is through his son's eyes and mouth that Li Shimin understands all aspects of Datang and Taiwan, so as to find out the gains and losses of his own governance.

Through Li Zhi's narration, Li Shimin also knew about Li Su's overseas situation, and Li Shimin was also a little shocked that Taiwan could develop so rapidly in just a few years, and even far surpassed the Tang Dynasty in some places. Especially when Li Zhi said at the end that Principal Hu chose to stay in Taiwan and refused to return to Datang, Li Shimin was silent for a long time after hearing it.

"Father, although the son has only stayed in Taiwan for a year, he does feel that compared with the Tang Dynasty, there is less depression, but a little more freedom and prosperity, and the son has also considered a lot about this, and found that this situation is not only because my policies in Datang and Taiwan are different, but also related to the interests of all parties, and the son really can't think of any way to build the Tang Dynasty into Taiwan?" Li Zhi finally sighed and said.

After hearing this, Li Shimin patted Li Zhi on the shoulder and said: "Although Taiwan is separated from the Tang Dynasty, but the two are essentially different, not to mention other aspects for the time being, our Tang Dynasty is based on agriculture, which is also the founding ideology of the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years, although the Tang Dynasty has developed very rapidly in recent years, but in all aspects of the policy, it is still based on agriculture, and there are still certain restrictions on industry and commerce." ”

Li Shimin paused here when he said this, and then continued: "But your sixth brother's idea is completely different, he is very disapprehensive of the idea of building a country through agriculture, through his actions in Taiwan and other places in recent years, it can also be seen that he pursues a country based on business, and is full of interest in overseas development, which makes them Taiwan has embarked on a completely different path with our Datang, as for who is right and who is wrong in the future, even the father can't say clearly." ”

Li Zhi's heart moved after hearing this, and he immediately spoke: "Father, what do you mean that Taiwan and our Tang Dynasty have their own characteristics, so there is no need to pursue exactly the same?" ”

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Yes, pheasant slave, you didn't go in vain this trip, Taiwan has the benefits of Taiwan, and our Datang also has the advantages of Datang, but you can see the gap between Datang and Taiwan this time, which is also a big progress!" ”

Hearing his father's praise, although Li Zhi was humble in his mouth, he was also very happy in the center. But then Li Zhi thought of one more thing, and immediately asked: "Father, when I was in Taiwan, I heard that you were going to use troops against the Western Turks, although I saw some battle results from the newspapers, but it was not very accurate, what is the war situation now?" ”

Li Shimin heard his son ask about this, but he showed a very excited expression, and then told the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks.

It turned out that just a few months ago, the countries of the Western Regions that submitted to the Tang Dynasty sent elite troops, a total of 100,000 troops, under the command of Guo Xiaoke and Qibi He Li, to attack the Western Turkic North Court from both sides, and the Western Turk South Court, Tubo, Tiele Division, Tuyuhun, etc., also formed 100,000 elite cavalry, commanded by Ashina Sheer, to attack from the front.

The Tang Dynasty has always believed in the policy of elite soldiers in the Western Regions, after all, it is too far away from the Central Plains to supply too many supplies, so it will generally not exceed 100,000, but this time in order to destroy the Western Turks in one fell swoop, it launched an army of 200,000 at once, although most of this army is composed of foreign races, and its combat power is weaker than that of the Tang Army, but for the Northern Court of the Western Turks, it is an irresistible force.

This battle officially started four months ago, the Beiting Yibi Lu Khan personally led 100,000 cavalry to meet the battle, and Ashina Sheer in the east of the Arrowhead Mountain, the result of the two sides of the bloody battle for half a month, but still no winner, and at this time Guo Xiaoke and Qi He Li two people commanded the other two armies but bypassed the battlefield, thousands of miles to attack the base camp of Beiting, that is, the Beiting Tooth Tent west of the Burning Mountain, as a result, the Beiting Tooth Tent without soldiers was crossed by 100,000 troops, making the wolf smoke billowing in the rear of the Beiting, The number of Turkic tribes that were destroyed was innumerable.

When the Khan of Yibilu, who was fighting with Ashina Sheer in the front, heard the news of the attack in the rear, although he was terrified to death, he ordered to block the news in the army, so as not to shake the morale of the army, but unfortunately the Tang Army did not give him this opportunity at all, and Ashina Sheer, who also received the news, immediately spread the news, which caused the morale of the Beiting camp to fluctuate.

And taking advantage of this opportunity, Ashina Sheer broke through the camp of the Beiting Army in one fell swoop, and originally wanted to capture the Yibi Lu Khan alive, but unfortunately the other party was extremely cunning, and saw that the situation was not good in advance, and immediately fled west with thousands of henchmen. And while fleeing and recovering the defeated army, coupled with the addition of some tribes, in the end, he gathered tens of thousands of troops again, and escaped the joint pursuit of Guo Xiaoke and Qibi He Li, and fled all the way west into the territory of the United States.

The United States is also a subject country of the Western Turks, but it belongs to the sphere of influence of the Southern Court, and the North Court of the Ebilu Khan is considered a hostile party, but unfortunately the strength of the United States is not strong, and it is far away from the Tang Dynasty, so they simply cannot resist the attack of tens of thousands of troops of the Ebilu Khan, and finally when the Tang army arrived, the United States has been mastered by the Ebilu Khan.

Originally, at this time, Ashina Sheer and other three-way armies were already exhausted after more than a month of continuous battles, so although they knew that the Yibi Lu Khan was in the rice country, they were unable to attack at this time, so they could only send people to besiege the rice country first, and wait until the army recuperated for a period of time before attacking.

However, what no one expected was that not long after the Ebilu Khan occupied the rice country, there was a civil strife within the Beiting, the reason is also very simple, the Turkic army is composed of tribes, the Ebilu Khan itself has its own descendant troops, and the others are some generals' own troops, and after breaking through the rice country, they captured a large number of people and materials, but the greatly injured Ebilu Khan wanted to spit out these people and materials alone, which caused the dissatisfaction of the generals.

First, a subordinate general named Ni Shusi privately swallowed some captives, and was killed by the Ebi Lu Khan, and then Ni Shusi's subordinate Hulu House made a rebellion, and actually captured the Ebi Lu Khan alive, and then sent it to the army of Ashina Sheer, and the rest of the people also surrendered, and the Northern Court of the Western Turks perished. (To be continued......)