"In the long history of China, there is a dynasty that is talked about by future generations because it is called 'a miracle in the history of world politics and a pole that will not be replaced', and that is China's Tang Dynasty.

Since the founding of the country by Li Yuan in the year of Wude, there have been a total of 89 emperors in the Tang Empire, and to this day, there are still members of the royal family of the Tang Empire in Chang'an City, Shaanxi Province, as a symbol of a special group of our Chinese People's Empire.

Now we are not talking about these royals, but about their ancestors, who were also the founders of our greatest era in China.

The founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty was Li Yuan, but the founder of its magnificent pattern actually began with Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Such a person, after getting the assistance of Guiguzi, is a benevolent monarch, a bright monarch, and a male monarch, and his greatness lies in giving a great country an ambition.

From the day the Tang Dynasty was first established, it was threatened by the eyes of the northern Turks, and even once compromised. When Tang Taizong ascended the throne, the Northern Turkic soldiers came to the city and shook the imperial capital. It took only three years for Tang Taizong to completely defeat the Northern Turks and capture their khans, which can be called the most incredible miracle in Chinese history. Compared with the Han-Hungarian War, with the strength of the Han Dynasty, it still took more than 100 years to surrender the strong enemy, and the domineering of the Tang Dynasty can be seen.

The destruction of the Northern Turks was nothing more than the www.biquge.info of the expansion of the early Tang Dynasty, and in the following twenty years, that period of Chinese history has been recognized by the world as a "miracle conquest." ”。

The prosperity of Tang Taizong's martial arts can be called unprecedented in Chinese history, and there is no one who has come after. Following the elimination of the Northern Turks. The Tang Empire swept away the northern power Xue Yantuo. Clear the desert north. The northern frontier is no longer in trouble, and the historian Cen Zhongmian commented: "The prestige of the north is undeniable, and it is undeniable that the Tang people have advanced weapons, but the more reason is that the Tang people will be sharp and sharp." ”

At that time, a number of powerful generals did emerge in the Tang Dynasty, such as Li Jing, Li Ji, Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong, Zhang Liang, Xue Rengui, etc., and a large number of generals who were enough to write personal biographies.

Not only did the Tang Dynasty have unparalleled brave generals, but the Tang Dynasty also had a sergeant as powerful as the Chengguan garrison, which created the Tang Dynasty's one side to attack the brave mania. The myth of the unparalleled Tang army in the world.

After the stability of northern Xinjiang, opening up the Western Regions was the second strategic direction of the Tang Dynasty at that time, which was the only passage of the Silk Road.

The subsequent conquest of Goryeo was a war that enjoyed a high reputation in later generations and was frequently resisted by the Korean side, and Li Shimin's imperial expedition actually did not play much role in that war, relying on artillery as a cross-era siege machine. The Tang Dynasty army abandoned the strategy of great depth and switched to direct advance. From a protracted war to a quick victory, this strategy is no less than a fish in water for the expeditionary force.

The next war strategy will show Li Shimin's ambition even more.

In the ninth year of Zhenguan, Taishan Fengchan was assassinated, and the assassin was found to be the four countries of the Oriental Islands, and Li Shimin did not hesitate to send troops to conscript, which is enough to show the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty at that time.

Baekje, Goryeo, Wa, and Silla surrendered one after another, and the old overseas troops led by Niu Jinda also controlled Fiji, Ryukyu and other island countries and established political rule, and for a time, the whole of Southeast Asia was returned to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the Central Plains, everywhere as far as the eye could see, were all Tang people.

With the solid foundation laid in the early years of Tang Zhenguan and the political capital left behind, Li Shimin has continued the momentum of his expansion, but due to the limitations of population and military strength, Tang Taizong was unable to carry out large-scale immigration and complete assimilation.

Because of Guiguzi's opposition to peace, the relationship between the Tubo State and the Tang Dynasty was not good at that time, and with the submission of the four countries of the eastern islands, there was no surplus land in the east of the empire, and if the empire wanted to continue to expand, it could only try to plot the land in the west.

At that time, Tang Taizong's eyes also fell on the Western regimes such as Tubo, Khitan, Dashi, and Nanzhao, which had rarely communicated in the past......" ―――――― excerpted from "The Expansion of the Tang Empire"......

At the court meeting in April of the ninth year of Zhenguan, there were many new faces, these people all looked relatively young, the oldest was only twenty-five years old, many of them were children of nobles, but there were also poor backgrounds, they came from all over the world, but they all had one thing in common, they all graduated from the most famous institution in the Tang Dynasty: Nanshan Academy......

"Chen Qiaosheng."

"The minister is here."

In the main hall, Li second-hand held a roster and named people one by one, he wanted to know what kind of people these students who had made a lot of achievements in ordinary positions.

"Hmm." Li Er nodded, flipped through a roster in his hand, and asked, "You have been a county magistrate in Lantian County for three years?" ”

"Returning to Your Majesty, exactly." Chen Qiaosheng's face was already flushed with red, he was a small county magistrate, and now he had become a prison secretary, and his status was enough to face the saint, this kind of glory made him feel unreal.

"In the past three years, you have built a total of twelve stone arch bridges in Lantian County, rebuilt Lantian County Road, and replaced all of them with cement roads. Li Er closed the roster and glanced at Chen Qiaosheng.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this is all the duty of the wechen, and it is also what the wechen should do." Chen Qiaosheng said with a flushed face.

"Well, you have done a good job, I hope that in this new position, you can give full play to the talents you have learned in the academy and contribute to my Datang."

"Minister, fix the liver and brain, and then die." ……

"Yu Hongzhang."

"The minister is here." ……

Li Er got to know the newly selected officials in the main hall of the court, and at the same time let the Manchu civil and military get to know such a group of young people.

Sitting on the throne, Li Er said with a smile on his face: "When Guiguzi met me in person, I felt that all the heroes of the world were in my ranks, but with the rapid development of my Tang Dynasty, I still often feel the scarcity of talents, now, some faint officials and mediocre officials in the court have been eliminated, and their positions are taken over by you, you are students who graduated from Nanshan Academy, after three years of experience, you have now grown into real talents, I hope you can make results that satisfy me, can you be confident?" ”

Those young people were all excited and couldn't help themselves, and they replied one after another, "The ministers will definitely be ruined." Something like that.

Li Er laughed and said, "Since you are a new official and a young man, then I will ask you, how do you think my Datang is developing now?" Is it for overseas or deep into the mainland, is it safe to develop, or is it to continue to expand externally? In ancient times, Zhuge Kongming's "Longzhong Pair", I hope that different voices can be heard in my court. ”

As soon as Li Er's question came out, the hall suddenly buzzed, especially those newly promoted officials, who had privately commented on the form of the world, and those ideas of scolding Fang Xuan and pointing out the country were hovering in their minds for many days and nights, but at that time they didn't have the opportunity to say these words, they could only bury these ideals in their hearts, looking forward to one day winning the appreciation of His Majesty, and now, this qiē is in front of them, which makes many of them tremble with excitement, finally, I can say what I think.

"Qi Yu Majesty, Wei Chen has an opinion."

Li Er turned his head to look and saw that it was the official named Chen Qiaosheng.

Chen Aiqing spoke freely. Li Er waved his hand and signaled.

"When I was studying at Nanshan Academy, there was a course called "Strategy and Tactics" in the academy, which was written by Professor Qin Qiong of the Military Academy of Nanshan Academy.

Li Er showed a curious look and said, "Which paragraph is it?" ”

"The investigation from the Ghost Valley shows that there can only be one leader in Central Asia, and for the right to rule there, there must be a battle between the Great Food Country and my Tang Kingdom!" …… (To be continued......)