Volume 2 Chapter 245 Li Ke Li Tai's Shock
Who is the biggest beneficiary of the death of the Tianzhu King?
There is no doubt that it is Murong Fuyun.
As soon as the Tianzhu King died, Tuyuhun's civil strife came to an abrupt end.
Don't think that Murong Shun can really escape smoothly, to put it bluntly, that is, Li Chengqian buried a thunder for Tuyuhun, as long as the Tianzhu King is still there, this thunder may explode in Tuyuhun at any time.
You must know that there were two reasons why he sent Lou Ning and Qiu Bowen to cooperate with Murong Xiaojun at the beginning, one was because he took them back to Sun Moon Mountain for fear of causing conflicts, and the other was to secretly let Murong Shun go.
After all, if it was the resentful army under the jurisdiction of Yiyuan Feng, they estimated that they could chase harder than Murong Xiaojun.
And with the death of the Heavenly Pillar King, Murong Shun's value is not great.
Without the help of the Heavenly Pillar King, Murong Shun couldn't toss anything.
In fact, if Li Chengqian stood in the position of the Tang Dynasty this time, he should not stop Murong Shun from going north, and he should even help him.
As long as he goes north, coupled with the cooperation of the Tianzhu King, civil strife in Tuyuhun is inevitable, and Datang has every chance to take Tuyuhun completely.
It is also Li Chengqian's selfishness that allows Tuyuhun to survive for a while.
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From this point of view, it is not unreasonable for Murong Shun to say that he is the prince of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, everyone has selfish intentions, and this is a normal thing.
When Murong Fuyun buried the King of Tianzhu, the source of Chishui was particularly lively.
With the addition of the army of Qibi He Li, but there was dissatisfaction, they were all suppressed by his absolute strength.
As for the people on the grasslands, they don't really care too much about who rules them.
On June 29 of the sixth year of Zhenguan, the Ming Dynasty finally completely mastered the entire Chishui source.
From this day on, it means that Chishuiyuan will enter a new chapter.
And during this period, Changsun Chong, Zhao Yan and others also returned to Riyue Mountain again.
The eldest grandson Chong also relied on this envoy to officially enter the official career and serve as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.
This is also in the Ming Dynasty, and the officials started much higher than others.
And Li Chengqian planned the three military cities at the junction with Douhe County at the first time.
After planning the three military cities, Li Chengqian found Yi Yuanxi as soon as possible.
He is now the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and all the labor is managed by him, if you want to say who has the most people under Sun Moon Mountain today, it must be him.
"Your Highness." As soon as Ihara Xi came, he bowed down and saluted.
Li Chengqian nodded: "Sit." ”
After Yi Yuanxi sat down, Li Chengqian said: "Can those laborers be honest? ”
"There's something dishonest there." Speaking of this, Yi Yuanxi said very arrogantly, "They are no more than prisoners under the stairs now, and if they dare to be dishonest, Weichen will make them a dilemma of life and death." ”
Li Chengqian is worried about this, these guys are almost all poor and rich, and once they turn over and become masters, it is inevitable that they will get carried away sometimes.
"You have to remember that they are no longer our enemies, and you can no longer look at them the way you look at them." Li Chengqian said, "Do you remember why we resisted in the first place, wasn't it because of too much oppression? Our purpose in driving away Murong Shun is not to become Murong Shun.
The most important thing is that they are the majority, once the oppression is too much, so that they have the intention of resisting and becoming us at the beginning, then Murong Shun's current fate is estimated to not be too far away from us.
The best way for a minority to rule over the majority is through assimilation and tolerance.
But whether it is assimilation or tolerance, it requires a broad mind. Of course, this is not to say that we will tolerate them endlessly, but that we will give them a sense of belonging as much as possible if they do not violate the laws of my Ming Dynasty.
For example, in terms of labor, there are now enough people, so there is no need to oppress too much.
Another example is that in terms of eating, it is originally a physical work, and it is not easy to be too harsh.
Do you see what I mean? ”
Yi Yuanxi nodded and said, "Wechen understands, Your Highness can rest assured that Wechen has also suffered and knows what to do." ”
At this time, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief.
Chishuiyuan has been won, but there is still a lot to do next, especially in the area of officials, everyone has no experience, and it is completely a matter of crossing the river by feeling the stones.
Beckoning, Xiao Yue put the map of Chishuiyuan on the table, and Li Chengqian continued: "Next, the task of your Ministry of Industry is to build three military cities in these three places, of course, we call them military cities, and we don't call them that to the outside world.
Externally, we still claim that this is a border city built for trade between the two countries.
After taking the entire Tuyuhun, what we have to defend is the two directions of Tuyuhun and Tubo, and it is inevitable to station troops in these two directions.
It just so happens that it's summer, and it's the time of construction. ”
Yi Yuanxi looked at the map and said, "Pinzigzag? How big are these three military cities to build? ”
"It doesn't need to be too big, the city in the middle can be tuned with 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the two sides can be tuned with 5,000 soldiers and horses." Li Chengqian said, "The specific construction drawings have also been prepared for you, this is a top priority for us, and we must move quickly, understand?"
As soon as the matter is concerned, this king has already asked the household department to start purchasing, and our own workshop is also working overtime to catch up with you. ”
After he finished speaking, Xiao Yue took out a few more construction drawings.
To be honest, he was shocked when he saw such construction drawings.
Good guys, that's a beautiful one!
And when Yi Yuanxi took over the drawings, he was not much better, and he was directly stunned on the spot.
"Wechen will go back and leave tomorrow." After getting the drawings, Ihara got up and retired.
He also knew how important these military cities were to the Ming Dynasty.
After Yi Yuanxi left, Li Chengqian called the others as well.
The main reason is that he is worried that after these guys become poor, they will be too oppressed under their rule, and they will tell everyone what they said to Ihara Xi before.
It was normal for him to have such worries, but they were unnecessary.
In fact, these people are not stupid, even if they want to do something out of the ordinary, they will not be at this time.
Li Chengqian's identity is there, one day, Li Chengqian returns to the Tang Dynasty and ascends the throne, that is when these people really soar into the sky, and now they get carried away, it is really early.
It's also interesting to say, Li Chengqian's class has been back in the dynasty for so long, and his identity as the prince of the Tang Dynasty has not completely spread in Chishuiyuan.
Why is that?
First, everyone has a tacit understanding, this kind of good thing, we just need to know it.
The second is that everyone wants the Ming court to get better.
This is Li Chengqian's political capital, and it is also their political capital.
Therefore, Li Chengqian's worries are really superfluous.
After explaining to everyone, Li Chengqian looked at Xiao Yue and said, "How about it, the eldest grandson Chong is also out, what do you want to do?" ”
"It's good to be with Your Highness." Xiao Yue's words are not hypocritical.
Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Outside the Sun Moon Mountain, there are three camps, and this king plans to build a county seat based on the three camps, and you can serve as a county commander." ”
"Huh?" Xiao Yue was a little surprised, and said, "Your Highness, can I do it?" ”
"What's not to do?" Li Chengqian smiled, "Try it to know." ”
Although the official position of a county magistrate is not high, it is quite powerful in real power, especially in a place like the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that it is only a grade worse than the ceremonial squire of Changsun Chong, but the real power is not bad.
"Well, I'm afraid I'll mess it up." Xiao Yue was still a little hesitant.
He couldn't imagine that he was really lacking when he started!
Li Chengqian smiled and said, "I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?" Young people, there is no momentum at all, what is it called? ”
"That's okay, Weichen try." Xiao Yue said.
He's not a twisted person, you dare to let me try, I'm still scared?
Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction.
Why wouldn't he dare?
You don't have experience, you do!
Xiao Yu can still watch you stumble?
For half a month, the Ming court was in full swing, everyone was busy, but everyone was very fulfilling.
Everyone is looking forward to a better life.
And on the grassland, with the return of the Qibi He Li class, it gradually calmed down.
This time, he brought back a few thousand captives, in his words, stubborn diehards.
For these stubborn guys, Li Chengqian didn't say too much, and directly asked Yi Yuanfeng to escort these people to dig rocks near Sun Moon Mountain.
Of course, this was actually done for the prisoners who had surrendered before.
Although you are both captives, you are treated differently.
As for Li Chengqian himself, he got into the workshop, and once he entered, it was several days.
In the past few days, he has been teaching the people in the workshop to make iron.
Without him, when those captives were digging rocks, they inadvertently dug an iron mine, which made Li Chengqian very happy.
However, the ironmaking process of this era, Datang is okay, and the technology is still there, but for the Ming Dynasty, the technology is really miserable.
Although they can't, Li Chengqian will, don't forget, he used to be a handicraft expert, and he really knows a lot of handicraft work.
Not only the technology of ironmaking, but also things that can be used in construction such as building pulleys, as well as the firing of cement lime, this time he taught these things to the blacksmith Fang and others, and even in the Ming Dynasty, he also taught these things.
He knew very well that if he wanted the Ming Dynasty to become strong, he was not alone.
Just as he was running at both ends of the workshop and the Ming Dynasty, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty came again.
It's just surprising that this time the envoy group was quite grand.
And the person who took the lead was something that Li Chengqian never expected.
Li Ke and Li Tai are two brothers.
At the beginning, in Chang'an City, the families fought for the fat of this envoy, not to mention the blood flow, which was also an undercurrent.
The two brothers Li Ke and Li Tai are naturally among them.
They don't want to fight for this fat difference, but they want to see with their own eyes the miracle created by their eldest brother alone.
In the end, in order to balance interests, and also to show the brotherhood and friendship of his sons, Li Er simply sent these two sons.
He himself was the emperor who killed his brother and forced his father to get the throne, so he naturally hoped that his sons would have more beautiful talks about brothers, friends and brothers.
As for the eldest grandson Wuji, although he didn't get the errand of the envoy, he also returned to the court, which was not a loss for him.
"How many envoys are there in the Tang Dynasty?" Li Chengqian asked.
Wang Xuance said: "There are more than 1,000 people. ”
He also has a headache, and he has no experience in receiving these envoys of more than 1,000 people.
"Call the eldest grandson at them." Li Chengqian is also helpless, he doesn't have either! "In this way, I am inviting Xiao Yu here."
"Song Guogong is now in Deyang City." Wang Xuance said.
The so-called Deyang City was renamed after the three camps outside the Sun Moon Mountain.
This name was taken by Xiao Yu.
Its meaning is also simple, in the name of virtue, born from the rising sun, the name is Deyang.
Xiao Yue was out for the first time, how could he not be a father, and in addition, he also wanted to see how the rule of the Ming Dynasty should continue, so since Xiao Yue took office, he followed him as soon as possible.
"Go and please." Li Chengqian waved his hand.
Wang Xuance no longer insisted, and immediately sent someone to invite Xiao Yu back.
Not long after, everyone gathered again in Li Chengqian's big tent.
The reception of the delegation was discussed.
How else to say that there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure?
With the participation of Xiao Yu, an old minister, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Among those present, it is estimated that he, an old pedant, is the most experienced in this.
"Your Highness, Tubo, Tuyuhun, and even the Turkic side have sent envoys." Just as they finished discussing, Liu San came in and said.
Li Chengqian was stunned.
The Tang Dynasty sent envoys, he can understand, what are these places sending envoys to do?
"It's okay, they're here to find out what's going on." Xiao Yu said casually, "Just according to the specifications for receiving the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, reduce the specifications by one size."
Now the Ming Dynasty is also a force in the world, and such things will often happen in the future. ”
"Isn't that okay?" Wang Xuance said, "They are all envoys, and there is a gap in specifications, which is not a way of hospitality." ”
When Xiao Yu heard this, he said unhappily: "The envoys from my Datang are two princes, why do their envoys compare with those of my Datang?" ”
Wang Xuance thought about it, it seemed to be the truth.
Li Chengqian didn't understand this, so that's all.
"Your Highness, why don't you take this opportunity to officially crown Your Highness?" Wang Xuance said.
The crowning he is talking about here is the crown.
Although Li Chengqian proclaimed himself the king of Ming, he has always lacked that ceremony, and legally speaking, he is quite the king of grass.
The eldest grandson Chong also said: "Weichen thinks it's okay, it just happens that all countries are coming to the court, and it's the right time." ”
Xiao Yu was on the side, not squeaking.
Datang said that all countries are coming to the court, which is extremely exaggerated.
It's good that the envoys of the four countries dare to say this?
The point is, are you worthy of saying this?
"Okay." Li Chengqian thought about it, but he didn't feel that there was anything wrong, he really lacked a ceremony to officially announce to the world now, and this time it was not bad to have envoys from several nearby countries to witness.
What does it matter to me if it is reasonable or not?
What I'm doing is not reasonable!
After some further discussion, the crowd dispersed.
When Wang Xuance and the eldest grandson were leaving, Li Chengqian whispered to the two of them: "This time you will learn a little from others, and next time this king hopes that you will be in charge of all this yourself." ”
The two immediately nodded.
On July 11 of the sixth year of Zhenguan, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty officially entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
The head of the military department, Ihara Feng, led 3,000 resentful troops outside Deyang City to greet the mission in person.
On the side of Sun Moon Mountain, the two Shangshu and a small number of civil and military officials were at the end of the outer city of Sun Moon Mountain, waiting for a long time.
As for Li Chengqian, he was waiting in the inner city of Sun Moon Mountain.
Whether it is because of his identity as the eldest brother or the identity of King Ming, there is no reason to welcome him.
However, under the city, Changle was waiting there in a gorgeous costume.
The most interesting thing is Murong Wanqiu, although she returned to Sun Moon Mountain with Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian never restricted her freedom and allowed her to operate within the scope of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, he was sitting in Changming Restaurant and watching the traffic on the street.
"The last general, Ihara Feng, is here to wait for your envoy on the orders of His Royal Highness King Ming." Outside Deyang City, Yi Yuanfeng said loudly.
He wants to be here, handing over the right to guard the mission with the army of the Tang Dynasty.
In other words, in addition to the more than 1,000 people of the mission, the 10,000 soldiers and horses escorting the mission could only stay here and camp for the time being.
In fact, these soldiers and horses should have withdrawn.
But because he heard that there were also envoys from Tuyuhun, Turkic, and Tibetan who were coming, Li Chengqian deliberately let these soldiers and horses camp here.
Just in case.
"There's General Lowe." Li Ke said.
Looking at the thousands of brave men under the command of Ihara Peak, he was also emotional.
Li Tai on the side didn't say much.
And just watching.
Neither of them knew what to say.
"Your Excellency, please." After Yi Yuanfeng finished speaking, he escorted the two brothers Li Ke towards Sun Moon Mountain.
"Qingque, what's the matter, are you tired?" On the way, Li Ke asked.
Li Tai shook his head and said, "Tired or not, it's just too shocking." ”
They have thought about what Li Chengqian's Ming court should be like, but there is always a difference between what they imagine and what they see in reality.
Of course, it's also because they're still young, and they haven't really been anywhere except Chang'an.
In their imagination, even if the source of Chishui is not as good as Chang'an, it is at least not much different from those local state capitals, but who would have thought that it would be such a barren scene.
In such an environment, starting from scratch and single-handedly establishing the Ming Dynasty court, it can be imagined that it was difficult to start at the beginning.
"Big brother has suffered." Li Ke sighed with emotion.
After a short time, everyone came to Sun Moon Mountain.
Pu Xiru and Yi Yuanxi had been waiting here for a long time, and when they saw the mission, they smiled and said, "The Tang delegation has come from thousands of miles away......
After a few words of greeting, Li Ke and Li Tai also dismounted, and under the support of Puxiruo and others, they headed towards the inner city of Sun Moon Mountain.
Along the way, they have seen too much desolation, and only when they arrived here did they see a trace of fireworks in the world.
And Changle, who was under the city gate, looked at his two elder brothers, and he was already teary-eyed.
She couldn't remember how long it had been, but she finally saw her brother again today.
The little girl is more emotional, and at that moment she felt that she had been wronged so much.
"Second brother, third brother." As he spoke, he immediately ran over crying.