"Everyone else wants something from me, but you think about how to repay me." Yang Guang looked at Li Xin, did not change his color when he met, and sighed softly.

Li Xin saw it clearly, knowing that on the surface, Yang Xuangan's matter was over, but the blow to Yang Guang was still very big, and even his own cronies betrayed him, not to mention others.

"Your Majesty, Li Yuan asked people to send some Honghua native products, saying that they were paying tribute to the emperor." At this time, Song He ordered someone to carry some things over and whispered to Yang Guang.

"Look, in fact, some courtiers are still very good to me, and Li Yuan is like this." Yang Guang said proudly: "Thousands of miles away, I still want to find something for me." Tang Guogong is indeed loyal to me, these things I just mentioned casually when I first saw him, and he remembered them in his heart. And it was delivered quickly. ”

"What the emperor said is very true." Li Xinzhong moved, and immediately said with a smile: "That Yang Xuangan is a friend of Tang Guogong, Tang Guogong is well aware of righteousness, loyal to the monarch and patriotic, when he saw Yang Xuangan's envoy, he didn't want to think about it, so he tied him to the emperor, it is indeed very rare, among the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, many ministers appreciate this kind of thing." ”

"Oh!" Yang Guang's face was cloudy after hearing this, and he waved his hand at Song He and said, "Carry these things down." Li Xin, come, eat. ”

"Thank you." Li Xin laughed secretly, he wondered why Yang Guang had always been very wary of Li Yuan, but he used him, and he had always used him to stay in Taiyuan, and he had a huge amount of power in his hands.

"I heard that the general is in the Western Regions?" Empress Xiao's voice was very good, and she personally sandwiched a piece of crab roe and fish maw for Yang Guang, looked at Li Xin with a smile and said.

"Chen wants to be a character like Ban Dingyuan and Huo Quai." Li Xin knew that this was an opportunity, and hurriedly said loudly.

"Hmph, I'm not old, and my mind is not small, do you know that the shape of that place in the Western Regions is very complicated, and Pei Shiju has been tinkering there for so many years, and the effect is not great. Not only the 36 countries of the Western Regions, but also the Turks. Although the power of the Western Turks is not as strong as **, it is not something you can deal with. Yang Guang said disdainfully.

"The Western Regions is a famous trade route of our dynasty, if the Western Regions cannot be completely pocketed, this trade route will be abolished sooner or later, and the minister heard that there are many countries in the west of the desert, these countries are neighbors of our dynasty, just west of the Green Ridge, there are many thoughts of invading our dynasty, and the minister wants to take advantage of the fact that the other party has not yet developed, and now get rid of them." Li Xin said in a low voice.

"What if you occupy the Western Regions? It's beyond the reach of my Great Sui! Yang Guang sighed a little. He was so overjoyed, and it was not that he didn't think about completely occupying the Western Regions, otherwise, he wouldn't have conquered Tuguhun in person, but that place was too desolate. After the conquest, it will take a lot of effort to govern, and the ethnic groups in the Western Regions are complex, and it is not an overnight task to completely accept them as the people of the Great Sui.

"I think it's okay to immigrate." Li Xin didn't think about it, so he said loudly: "The minister heard that there was a big drought in Hebei last year, and there were many displaced people, since this is the case, it is better to relocate them." ”

"Immigration?" Yang Guang's face was stunned, and then he said: "That place in the Western Regions is full of deserts, can there be a place to accommodate these people?" "The word immigration has not been discussed in the imperial court, but it is opposed by everyone, and the people of this era are difficult to leave their homeland, who wants to go to the Western Regions?

"As long as there are interests, those ordinary people will definitely go." Li Xin said in a low voice.

"Where are you going to garrison?" Yang Guang thought for a while and asked: "The Western Regions can let you run it, but the Western Turks are strong, and you must first take care of the affairs within the territory." Lanzhou, you first garrison Lanzhou to clean up the surrounding forces. Although Gao Changguo once sent troops to assist me in attacking Goguryeo, hehe, I see that he actually wants to unite with the Western Turks and keep his own one-third of an acre. ”

"Lanzhou?" Li Xin was moved when he heard this, but he didn't expect Yang Guang to let himself be stationed in Lanzhou, Lanzhou actually belongs to Longyou Dao, although the place is relatively desolate, but it is not the Western Regions in the real sense. Li Xin didn't know why Yang Guang had stationed himself in Lanzhou.

"What, you have questions?" Yang Guang frowned and asked Li Xin.

"I don't dare." Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly whispered.

"Things have to come step by step, if you go to the Western Regions now, you are undoubtedly looking for death by yourself, I don't have enough soldiers and horses for you, and I will conquer Goguryeo next year, so your soldiers and horses must be solved by yourself, give you 30,000 soldiers and horses, and recruit them yourself." Yang Guang glanced at Li Xin and said, "It's just right, since you have become a marquis, and you are not young, you should also get married, go back to the state!" And the state is more heroic, enough for you to replenish the troops there, and then give me to Lanzhou, west of Lanzhou, and I will hand it over to you. Yang Guang looked at Li Xin deeply.

"Obey." Li Xin was stunned at first, and then overjoyed, he didn't expect Yang Guang to be so big and give himself so much power.

"You're going to get married, have you ever thought about it, will your wife stay in Dongdu or Daxing?" Yang Guang suddenly asked.

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and immediately knew that this was the practice of the imperial court, in the past, he was just a small shrimp, and he did not get married, so there was no such request, and now he is a big member, sitting in Lanzhou, ruling the Western Regions, and the power is so great that even Li Yuan is not as good as himself, so he must leave his wife in Beijing and take him as a hostage in the faint sense.

"Father is really, General Li is young and doesn't even have a bloodline, so he let him leave his wife in Jingshi, it's true" Princess Yuerong said with some dissatisfaction, but before she finished speaking, she was reprimanded by Yang Guang.

"Presumptuous, this is the practice of the imperial court." Yang Guang glared at Princess Yuerong, and Princess Yuerong's face was pale with fright, and she didn't dare to speak anymore.

"The princess doesn't know, Her Majesty doesn't have a mansion in Beijing, and she wants to give a mansion to the minister, but there is no reason." Li Xin hurriedly explained. Some things can be said, but some things can't, Yang Guang is not a fool, and his trust in Li Xin is true, but how can the king have real trust in his courtiers? If you don't leave hostages, how can you let Li Xin lead the army outside with peace of mind.

"You say that, I am very happy in my heart, you have three wives, according to reason, you should stay in Jingshi, you are young and have no heirs, keep one!" Yang Guang said with a smile.

"General Li, it's better to leave Mrs. Zun in Daxing! You can also have a companion with Hongu. Princess Nanyang said suddenly.

"The minister is very honored." Li Xin thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is going to let the eldest grandson stay in Jingshi. ”

"Changsun Sheng's daughter, well, yes, remember, you can't snub others, you are at fault in this matter." Yang Guang thought of something, his face suddenly became a little unhappy, obviously knowing some things between Li Xin and the eldest grandson Wuji, and carefully advised.

"This, the minister understands." Li Xin was a little embarrassed. After all, it's not an honorable thing to rob someone else's wife.