Li Heng hurriedly stood up from the front of the case, and said with joy on Li Siye's face: "Li Heng is waiting for the doctor here, I didn't expect to say goodbye to the new year, and when I saw the doctor today, I feel that you have lost a lot of weight." The Western Regions are windy and sandy, and it is easy to get cold, so I specially ordered the concubine to make you a fox fur cloak, hoping to help the doctor fight in the Yellow Sand of the Western Regions. ”

The prince's repeated wooing behavior felt quite touching when he used it once, but after two or three times, it felt like the same. This is where Li Heng's problem lies, the grace is too frequent to become indiscriminate. Of course, Li Siye just hid his thoughts in his heart and repeated his acting skills.

He knelt down on one knee and crossed his hands and said gratefully: "Your Highness treats the minister so kindly, and you have a sense of karma in your heart, and you can't repay Your Highness's kindness." ”

"Doctor Li, please get up."

He helped Li Siye up with both hands, took his left hand to the pavilion, took a glass of wine that had been warmed from the desk, and handed it to Li Siye.

Li Siye took the wine cup and held it in both hands, raised his head and drank it all.

"Doctor, please be seated."

The two sat down in front of the case, and the Taoist priest Li Mi also came to the pavilion, and the three of them sat behind the long case, and toasted Li Siye with a wine cup: "Last year, Dr. Li raised an army from Shule Town, Anxi to expedition to Dabolu, and led troops to conquer Qunu, the capital of North India, which is really gratifying, and the general's achievements can be described as complete. But ......"

"But what?"

Li Siye secretly thought that the little Taoist priest Li Mi had also learned the lobbyist technique of wanting to promote and suppress first.

"The general is in charge of the three places of Hexi, Ting, Anxi, and the control of the territory has reached thousands of miles away, and he has created and expanded the Guiren army when he collects Xiaobolu, and the Yonghui army when he collects the nine countries in Hezhong, and collects the Longshuo army of Tocharo. The prosperity of the military is far beyond the territory, but it also makes the Anbei court erect too many enemies, and now the military town is set up in North India, I am afraid that because the expansion area is too wide, it will weaken the military strength of the Anbei court, which is really worth the loss. ”

Li Siye was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Li Mi would criticize himself today, of course, this must not be just his own meaning, or not his meaning at all, but the words asked by the crown prince Li Heng were really hammered.

"Li Zhizhao doesn't have to worry about the inheritance, I have already enshrined the saint, and the saint has agreed to recruit 20,000 soldiers from the Central Plains to fill the Anxi court. In this way, the forces mobilized are sufficient to deal with the following positions. ”

Li Mi shook his head lightly and smiled: "This is exactly what I am worried about for the doctor, where is North India?" It is the birthplace of the Buddha, when Xuanzang went to seek the scriptures for tens of thousands of miles, and it took two years to arrive. Now that the general has sent troops to occupy this place, what will benefit me in the Tang Dynasty? It's just that the forces were scattered in vain. ”

Li Siye didn't want to argue with Li Mi, he didn't understand his strategy at all, and of course he didn't look down on Li Mi. Although this person has devoted himself to cultivating, he has traveled thousands of miles over the years, and the speed of growth is astonishing. He is no longer the Li Mi who has been repeatedly frustrated but has become more and more resolute in leading Jing'an Division, but a strategist with outstanding wisdom who can assist the emperor in investigating the situation in the world. But the world he called in his mouth was nothing more than a traditional geographical map of the Central Plains, Jiangnan, Liaodong, Hexi, and the Western Regions, and the situation he identified was also based on this world.

But this world is a little small for Li Siye, Central Asia as a place of four wars has experienced many changes in current affairs, can control this place, can rely on the fertile South Asian subcontinent, support the Tocharian soldiers in the river, in case of a big eclipse.

He wanted to explore a way to integrate the Western Regions and Central Asia into the Chinese system forever, not to let the Great Food Sect infect this thousand-mile land, and to let India, a fertile gem, forever become a warehouse for supplies to the Central Plains. When Anxi Xiting can stand on its own, even if the Central Plains is in turmoil, Anxi can continue to operate by relying on its own advantages. Even if one day in the future, Anxi Court will break away from the imperial court and become a member of the chaotic feudal towns in the world.

Even if only the remaining feudal towns were to operate independently, the Anxi court would fall into the hands of the Han Chinese, and some Turkic races, the Semites of the Arabian Peninsula, and the Aryans would never be allowed to wreak havoc here.

Taking advantage of the fact that the place where he is staying now is still the most prosperous moment in thousands of years, he can still rely on the wealth and willfulness of the Central Plains for a while, but once this glorious era is over, they will not have the opportunity to create miracles here.

Li Siye shook his head and said: "You have never been to Anxi, you have never been to the river, you have never been to Tocharian and North India, you have never seen the scenery and scenery there, and you have never observed the mountains and rivers there, so naturally you don't understand why I want to garrison the army." If you have the chance, you can go and see it, and then come to refute me. ”

Li Mi waved the dust and smiled: "The words of Dr. Li make people swallow dates without understanding their meaning, but Li Mi can refute it." No matter how beautiful the mountains and rivers of North India you are talking about, and how rich the resources are, can it compare with the wealth of the Central Plains far to the east, and can it compare with the land of fish and rice in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River? ”

"Of course it can be compared." Li Siye's answer surprised Li Mi, of course, he never thought that the beauty of the mountains and rivers in the place could surpass his own land. Li Siye reiterated again: "The land of Tianzhu in the whole north and south is fertile and less mountainous, and the land is far more fertile than the Central Plains, although this place raises a group of pampered foreign pigs. ”

"Even so, General Li is stationed at such a distance, and you yourself are in Hexi. If the Central Plains changes in the future, even if the doctor has a lot of arms, he will not be able to take care of many things. The land that Dr. Li laboriously occupied will also make wedding clothes for others because of the flawless appearance of the imperial court. ”

Li Siye was silent for a moment, he couldn't refute what Li Mi said, when the Central Plains stabilized the country, no matter where he led the troops, he would sit back and relax. But once a war breaks out in the Central Plains, it will be counted in ten years, and the span of the Three Kingdoms will even reach a century, and after such a war. When the time comes, I will return with the soldiers, and I am afraid that the original place will become a paradise for the enemy.

He thought about it carefully, looked up and replied with a sense of vicissitudes: "Li Zhizhao, I have never thought about it so far, besides, the situation in the world is the most volatile and elusive, and I will not regret taking the land of North India within ten years." ”

Li Yu wanted to speak again, but was blocked by the prince's outstretched hand, Li Heng said with his hands in vain: "The garrison is an inevitable thing, and today is only for the heir to say goodbye, not to talk about military and political matters." ”

He held the wine cup in both hands and toasted the prince's wine, at this time the sky was over, he took the initiative to fork his hand towards the prince and said: "Thank you Your Majesty for hosting a banquet here, but there is no banquet in the world, the heir is about to leave, and please take care of the prince." ”

The three of them walked out of the pavilion side by side, and the entourage brought horses to Li Siye, he turned over and held the horsewhip, and said goodbye to the two people standing outside the pavilion again: "Your Highness, I will go, I may have to reunite with Your Highness next year, I hope Your Highness can stay relaxed, our most difficult moment has passed." ”

Li Heng's heart was thrilled when he heard this, as if a warm current rushed from the bottom of his heart to his mind. That's right, he waited for fifteen years under Li Linfu's cold hostility, and although it is still slim, the pressure and threat that Yang Guozhong gave him are far less than Li Linfu. The hardest part of the game is over, and it's time to enjoy the results.

The horse team of the Three Towns Jiedu envoy was far away, and the prince was still standing in the pavilion with Li Mi looking at it from afar, he looked at the fierce banner in the distance, and suddenly said with interest: "I vaguely feel that Li Siye's reason for occupying North India is not what we think, he must have a more level of reason. ”