"Minister Yang Shen knocks to see Your Majesty!"

The team of light horses that made Li Mao worried, but it was Yang Shenjin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who escorted him.

"Aiqing is flat!"

Li Mao took two steps forward and helped Yang Shenjin up.

At the same time, he was relieved.

Knowing that it is certainly not about the military aspect.

And Yang Shenjin's next words also confirmed his conjecture.

"Tell Your Majesty that the envoys of the Turks, Hui and Tubo have arrived in Chang'an. They wanted to send troops to support, but the minister and Li Xiang couldn't make up their minds, so they came to ask for His Majesty's instructions. ”

After Yang Shenjin finished speaking, he took out three national books from his sleeve and handed them over with both hands.

Li Mao took it and took a look.

All three countries have the intention of sending troops to help, but the requirements are different.

Among them, the Turks wanted the land of Fanyang and Pinglu; Hui wanted Shuofang and Longyou, while Tubo wanted the entire Shu land.

After Li Mao finished reading it, his face remained silent, and he casually returned the three national books to Yang Shenjin.

"As the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you are in charge of external affairs, what do you think of the requirements of the Turks, Tibetans, and Huisui?"

After Yang Shenjin took the letter of state, he thought for a while before he spoke: "Li Xiang means that you can promise them for the time being, and then make plans after destroying the Luoyang thieves." ”

Li Mao chuckled and said, "When the time comes, it will definitely be easy to please the gods, but it will be difficult to send the gods!" The Turkic, Uighur, and Tibetan people are not intellectually handicapped or handicapped, and it is impossible to send a large army to Guanzhong to confront the enemy, and most of them will take advantage of the emptiness of the frontier to directly occupy these territories. ”

"If I had agreed to them at this time, it would have been much harder to clean them up. Li Linfu also thought about the national strategy too simply! ”

If Li Mao took the initiative to hand over these places to other races, he would become a big traitor like Shi Jingjiao.

And it is more likely that the Wuhu chaos will be repeated in the land of China.

Although Li Mao doesn't want to die, he doesn't want to be a traitor and steal his life.

"Then what does Your Majesty want to do?" Yang Shen asked as he bowed.

Li Mao smiled: "You haven't said what you think?" ”

Yang Shenjin's expression was suffocated, knowing that he couldn't escape, so he mustered up the courage to say: "People of different races, incorruptible, shameless, mean and unkind, agreeing to their conditions is the same as seeking skin with a tiger, and in the end they will be injured by the tiger after all." The minister's opinion was that an envoy should be sent to denounce the wolf ambitions of the Three Kingdoms. ”

"Haha!"

Li Mao laughed when he heard this: "If I have already put down the rebellion, of course it is no problem to do what you said, and I can even send a large army to attack." ”

"But now that we are surrounded in the pass, we want to send someone to send an envoy, but I guess no one has the courage to go."

"After you go back to Chang'an first, cut off the thumbs of those envoys, let them go back to their own country, and don't think about it all day long."

Li Mao was full of smiles, but what came out of her mouth was the most ruthless words.

The steppe peoples are a people on horseback, and if they don't have a thumb, they will never be able to pull the bowstring again.

"Your Majesty, if you do this, will you offend the Turkic Hui too much?" Yang Shenjin didn't expect the emperor to be so ruthless, and his face was shocked.

The Turks and the Uighurs have not rebelled yet, and they can be regarded as subject states of the Tang Dynasty.

If the emissary had had his thumb cut off, there would have been no room for relaxation between them and Li Mao.

Yang Shenjin is not afraid of Tubo, the two countries are at war almost every year, and they have already torn their faces, so it doesn't matter if they can't be offended.

Li Mao shook his head and said, "They actually have the courage to ask for land, so it is reasonable for me to punish them." The more you treat them, the less they will fear you. ”

In fact, Li Mao has a deeper calculation, but he didn't say it explicitly.

That is, the Turkic, Hui, and Tibetan three kingdoms, even without his permission, they will definitely move towards these places.

It's just that when the time comes, it will be Li Longji's turn to have a headache.

Yang Shenjin understood what the emperor meant, and immediately bowed down and replied: "The ministers obey the order, and when the ministers return to Chang'an, they will be driven away after cutting off their thumbs as soon as possible." ”

Immediately afterwards, Li Mao asked if there was anything big happening in Chang'an City.

Although Wei Zhongxian has a daily report every day, it is better to ask in person.

After all, if you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you listen partially, you will be dark.

Who knows if Wei Zhongxian will hide some unfavorable news.

"Back to Your Majesty, there haven't been any major events in Chang'an City in the past month."

"There are only a few small things worth telling Your Majesty, the first is that Wei Zhongxian, the chief of ceremonies, the eunuch, and the governor of Dongchang, has recently arrested people in the city, and a third of the officials in the DPRK and China have already been arrested."

"The second thing is that Concubine Yang Yuhuan has been reviewing the chapters every day recently, and she is very tired."

"The third thing is that Li Xiang and Xiao Xiang have quarreled several times recently because of the Tuntian matter."

Yang Shenjin didn't know the emperor's thoughts, so he picked a few representative things to say.

On the surface, he seemed to be stating the facts, but the bias in his tone was obvious.

That is, everyone in the DPRK and China officials is in danger, the noble concubine Yang Yuhuan is greedy for power, and the Tuntian policy is not going well.

"I know, how are you preparing for the imperial examination? How many candidates have already registered? Are there any questions I need to help with? ”

Li Mao had already discovered these problems from Wei Zhongxian's daily newspaper, and he was very indifferent at this time.

The reason why Dongchang wantonly arrested officials was because these people still did not restrain themselves after the New Year's Day and secretly contacted Luoyang.

In response to Yang Yuhuan's corruption of power, there is no way to deal with it for the time being.

After all, Li Mao handed over the responsibility of supervising the country to her, so she couldn't find a reason not to let her deal with it.

The direct reason for the dispute between Li Linfu and Xiao Song was the shortage of manpower in Tuntian, Xiao Song wanted the Criminal Department to continue to expand the target of attack, but Li Linfu was worried that there would be fires everywhere in Guanzhong, so he did not allow it.

Li Mao now has no energy to manage specific affairs, so he directly sent an edict to the cabinet, asking them to complete the task of tuntian on time, and not wait for the autumn harvest when the cabinet cannot hand over grain.

"Tell Your Majesty that the minister is going to arrange the imperial examination to be held in Guozijian. And the list of examiners has been sorted out. ”

As he spoke, Yang Shenjin took out a copy of the fold from his sleeve.

"By the time Chen left Chang'an, nearly 7,000 candidates had been registered, but most of these people were from poor families."

"I beg your majesty, when the time comes to issue the exam questions, don't make it too difficult."

Hongnong Yang has fallen.

Yang Shenjin's position is naturally on the side of the Hanmen scholars.

As the chief examiner, this year's candidates can be regarded as his disciples, so he naturally helps to intercede, so as not to occupy all the Jinshi places by candidates from big families.