Gaochang is located above Xizhou, which is the key crossing of the Western Regions, and is located in the center of Turpan.

Taking Gaochang can give Guanzhong a garrison place to enter the Western Regions.

Enduring Li Tai's gaze, eating food without a mouthful, Zhang Yang put down the bowl quickly, "I know that King Wei admires him very much, but you don't have to look at me all the time." ”

Li Tai's eyes seemed to have a light in his eyes, "Now the Manchu Dynasty's civil ministers and military generals should be talking about you." ”

"Maybe there are a lot of people who say bad things about me behind my back."

Li Tai grinned, "That's nature. ”

After lunch, the little fat man left.

Li Yue's mood was very good, especially after a worry was over, after listening to Qingque's words about the affairs of the court, he was still a little proud in his heart.

Half a month later, the news sent by the Western Regions also arrived in Guanzhong.

King Gaochang's atrocities soon spread throughout the city of Chang'an, tearing apart the family that had lived a peaceful life and reducing it to slavery, making it work day and night, becoming a tool for King Gaochang to accumulate wealth.

The abuse of human life is the most despised thing.

The market was full of invective against King Gaochang.

Xu Jingzong sat in the palace of the Ministry of Rites, and at the moment he didn't want to do anything with his empty head, and he didn't think about anything.

It was too difficult to follow Zhang Shilang all the way, and there were too many ups and downs along the way, and he would stand on the edge of the cliff from time to time, if it weren't for Zhang Yang who could argue in the Taiji Hall this time, maybe this generation would have come to an end.

"Xu Shilang, Zhao Guogong is here to see you."

Hearing Zhang Daxiang's words, Xu Jingzong looked up at the eldest grandson Wuji.

The eldest grandson Wuji was standing outside, his expression solemn in the sun.

Xu Jingzong slowly stood up and walked in front of the eldest grandson Wuji step by step, "The matter of Gaochang has also been decided, and I dare to ask Zhao Guogong what is important to find the lower officials." ”

"Come with the old man." The eldest grandson Wuji took a step.

Xu Jingzong frowned and thought for a moment, so he had to follow.

The two came to the city wall of the imperial city, and when the city wall looked out, the prosperity of the entire Chang'an City was in full view.

Seeing that the eldest grandson Wuji did not speak, Xu Jingzong also stood in a muffled voice.

"At the beginning, you were also one of the eighteen scholars of the Qin Palace, and everyone back then had their own futures."

Listening to these words, Xu Jingzong smiled bitterly, Li Shimin was still the king of Qin, and everyone also served in the palace of the king of Qin, your eldest grandson Wuji He had looked at me with his eyes, and now it is a good thing.

The eldest grandson Wuji looked sad, "The old man can't understand why you have to follow Zhang Yang to do things." ”

Xu Jingzong arched his hand and said: "Because Zhang Yang is not hypocritical, he can get along with the lower officials calmly." ”

"Calmly? Not hypocritical? ”

Xu Jingzong lowered his head, and the court was a little calm.

Even if there are only three or four people in the Ministry of Rites, everyone trusts each other and is willing to hand things over to each other.

But what about the court? At the beginning, I also thought that since everyone is like this, it is better to live hypocritically yourself, and who is not hypocritical in order to climb up.

Xu Jingzong sighed: "Zhao Guogong, the lower official has something he wants to say. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said in a low voice: "You say yes." ”

Xu Jingzong smiled with relief, "The lower officials didn't understand before, but now the lower officials feel that it's good to live calmly, Zhao Guogong might as well try it." ”

Hearing this, Eldest Sun Wuji's expression turned cold.

Saluted to the eldest grandson Wuji again, and Xu Jingzong turned to leave.

News from the Western Regions continued to send to Chang'an.

Li Shimin looked at the pieces one by one, and Adalan was assigned by the Ministry of Rites to go to Gaochang to help King Gaochang solve his troubles.

At the beginning, the method of conscription and servitude was also used to help King Gaochang gain more wealth.

In fact, Adalan treats these slaves very well, treats them well, and can also cure them.

He will also talk to those merchants in the Western Regions for the sake of enslavement, and strive for better preferential treatment for enslavement.

King Gaochang is not as kind as Adalan.

In order to obtain greater benefits, King Gaochang intensified, and the wealth originally obtained was used to build Gaochang, so that Gaochang would not be held back by Yanqi or Western Turks in the future.

But instead of spending it where it was supposed to be, he used it to spice up his rich days, indulging in wine and meat all day long, and squeezing slavery even harder.

After that, enslaving to work for the merchants of the Western Regions did not get the slightest benefit, at most it only gave the slaves enough food and clothing to survive.

Adalan dissuaded King Gaochang several times from expanding the number of slaves, and gradually proceeded, but King Gaochang did not listen to the dissuasion, and even threatened Adalan to recruit more slaves.

Adalan had no choice but to let things unfold.

And Adalan's prestige in slavery is getting better and better, on the contrary, King Gaochang's oppression of slavery has reached a point where it is irreparable.

More and more slaves were being exhausted to death.

Adalan didn't want to rebel with the enslavement at first, but the enslavers all had a rebellion, as long as he gave an order, the entire Gaochang enslavement would be revealed.

In the face of this trust, Adalan still endured it again and again, until last year's winter, when it was the cold winter of Layue, and King Gaochang was still enjoying the wine pond and meat forest in his palace.

Hundreds of slaves froze to death outside.

It was at that moment that Adalan really intended to start a rebellion.

On average, a family had three to five slaves, some of whom were captured from outside by King Gaochang, and some of which had fled from other parts of the Western Regions.

Gaochang had a total population of 30,000, of which 40,000 were enslaved, and the garrison of Gaochang City was only 3,000 people.

The enslavement of 40,000 people, once rebelled, quickly caused great chaos in the city of Gaochang.

King Gaochang was obsessed with the wine pond and meat forest, neglected the construction of city defense, and did not increase defense for a long time.

On the day of the lunar month, Gaochang City launched a rebellion, taking down the entire Gaochang City guards almost overnight, and tens of thousands of slaves entered the Gaochang Palace.

King Gaochang fled from Gaochang with the few remaining guards, and Gaochang fell into the hands of Adalan and the slaves.

"These are all things that happened last year, Xuan Ling, you can also take a look." Li Shimin handed the chapter to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling finished reading this recital, "Your Majesty, can you still read the strategy that the Ministry of Rites gave to Gao Chang at the beginning." ”

Li Shimin was surprised: "That strategy? ”

Fang Xuanling took out a book, "This is handed over by the son of King Gaochang after interrogation by the officials of Dali Temple, and it has been read by the ministers as physical evidence, and I ask Your Majesty to take a look." ”

Li Shimin took the strategy and looked at it for a while, "What is written in this strategy is nothing more than the law of slavery and trading. ”

Fang Xuanling whispered: "Your Majesty, this strategy can indeed solve Gaochang's urgent need at the beginning, but this strategy must also be used carefully, King Gaochang just didn't use it carefully, so he got to this situation." ”

The musk in the incense burner was still burning, and Li Shimin frowned and said, "So it's King Gaochang who is to blame." ”

Looking at Fang Xuanling's expression, Li Shimin said again: "Or maybe this is designed by Zhang Yang in advance, if you want to say that Zhang Yang made a set for Gao Chang, wait for someone to get into it, whether it will be heartbroken again." ”

Wei Chigong and Li Chengqian came in a hurry.

Respectfully handed over a military newspaper, Wei Chi Gong reported: "Your Majesty, the news sent by the spies from Gaochang shows that the entire Gaochang has fallen into the hands of Adalan, and Adalan appointed himself as the general of the Gaochang garrison, commanding all the affairs of Gaochang, and the 40,000 slaves have become soldiers and horses in the hands of Adalan." ”

After reading this military report, Li Shimin said, "He appointed himself a garrison general, and the people of the Western Regions also used our military position in Guanzhong?" Why didn't he crown himself king of Gaochang? ”

Wei Chigong stood quietly aside.

Fang Xuanling said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, now is the best time to take Gaochang. ”

Li Shimin put all the weight of his body on the backrest behind him, "What do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, Adalan's atrocities of leading the enslavement and overthrowing of King Gaochang, Your Majesty, as the Heavenly Khan, set an example for his meritorious service, and summoned to Chang'an for a reward."

Li Shimin had a smile on his face after hearing these words, as long as Adalan could come to Gaochang, he would be able to deal with him, and maybe he could take Gaochang in his hands without much effort.

Wei Chigong was puzzled: "Your Majesty, there is still something in the minister's heart. ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Speak." ”

"Whoa." Wei Chi Gong saluted and said: "This Adalan is the self-proclaimed general of the Gaochang garrison, but who is the next King of Gaochang, the original Gaochang royal family except for Ju Wentai and his son have all died in the anger of enslavement." ”

Li Chengqian whispered: "Maybe this Adalan is not the kind of pretentious person, who first controls Gaochang as a general, and as for whether to take the throne or not, he has to be afraid of the countries of the Western Regions, this is just a self-appointed general." ”

Silence returned to the temple of Manna.

In the afternoon of the same day, a decree left Chang'an City, and it was Li Shimin's will to summon the Gaochang garrison general Adalan in the name of the Heavenly Khan and give him a reward.

The people of the Western Regions may not understand the importance of the people's will, but the Emperor of the Central Plains knew that it was very important.

Zhang Yang, who was sitting in Qujiangchi, was not surprised to hear the news.

At this moment, Xu Jingzong also had a man from the Western Regions beside him, this person had many furrows on his face, he was skinny and skinny, and the marks on his face proved that he was a slave of Gaochang and was also sent by Adalan.

"Dear Zhang Shilang, please also draw a charge." This native from the Western Regions said in an unskilled Guanzhong dialect.

Li Yue looked at the contract carefully.

Zhang Yang wrote his name on it, drew it with his fingerprint, and took out another penny.

The slave respectfully accepted the money, and took out the seal letter of the king of Gaochang, "From now on, you are the king of Gaochang, and everything in Gaochang will be under your orders in the future." ”

Zhang Yang took the contract and took the seal letter, and bought the entire Gaochang with a penny.

It took a total of a year, and under Li Yue's shocked gaze, "Is there really an endless amount of grapes in our family in the future?" ”

The servant said: "Dozens of barrels of grape wine have been prepared, just outside Chang'an City." ”

Zhang Yang smiled: "Send it to our fiefdom." ”

The servant nodded, "What else does Zhang Shilang need to do with the slave?" Or maybe someone needs to be killed. ”

"Murder, ......" Zhang Yang sighed, and stopped talking.

The slave replied: "The slave is very skilled in killing, and he kills with a single sword. ”

Zhang Yang coughed his throat, "You don't have to." ”

"The general often talks about Zhang Shilang, our slaves can have today's rebellion also depends on Zhang Shilang's arrangement, as long as Zhang Shilang gives an order, I can also kill everyone here, and cut the throat of the slave, all this will not be known to others."

"No need, no need to kill." Zhang Yang waved his hand again and again.

Slave nodded heavily, "Do you need slaves to work?" The slave has a lot of strength. ”

Zhang Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead, "You don't have to do this, you send the wine to our fiefdom, and when you get to the village, you can give it to the people in the village, and then you can go back to Gaochang and report to General Adalan." ”

took out another book, Zhang Yang handed it to the slave, "Give him this book, this is my instruction for the future development of Gaochang, he will understand what to do after reading it." ”

Adalan, who has never understood governance and does not know how to manage people's livelihood, should be very confused about what to do now, it is better to let him take care of Gaochang first, and let him take care of the relationship with the countries of the Western Regions, there are not many things instructed on it.

Datang will not send troops in a short period of time, Gaochang is safe for the time being, and it is always good to take precautions.

Taking advantage of the fact that Li Shimin has no time to take care of Gaochang now, and Songtsan Gampo is also fighting monsters and upgrading to gain experience, the Turkic vitality is greatly damaged, and the Yinan Khan does not know whether he is alive or dead, and the largest giants in this land cannot take care of the small place of Gaochang, it is also the best window period to accelerate development.

After this window period, Li Shimin will definitely fight Gao Chang's will, let alone summon Adalan now.

Adalan will not obey Li Shimin's will.

It's just that Gaochang's plan for the next two years is to expand the land to grow cotton, develop the economy, and make good "neighborhood relations" in the Western Regions, so as to make fewer enemies and more friends.

Seeing that this slave took the scroll and was leaving, Zhang Yang instructed again, "Buy more Central Plains books in Chang'an City and bring them to the general, so that he can read more books and grow more wisdom." ”

Xu Jingzong whispered: "Don't worry, Zhang Shilang, Adalan's entire family is in my hands. ”

"Take good care of it."

"Don't worry."

Li Yue held this deed in his hand, and looked at his husband in disbelief, but he still hasn't come back to his senses, there is a small country in the Western Regions in his husband's hands, and Gaochang has become the property of the family.

The whole of Gaochang is my family's property.

Sitting in Qujiang Pond, Li Yue was a little dizzy, her husband was too powerful, so happy......

Back home, Li Yue squeezed his shoulders diligently, "Does the husband want to knock on his legs?" ”

Zhang Yang enjoyed a long breath, "No. ”

"Do you want tea?"

"No, you don't."

"Does the husband take a shower at night? I'm going to prepare hot water. ”

"I'll prepare it myself."

Li Yue winked playfully, "My husband bought Gaochang in a year, can our family also buy Tubo in a few more years, I heard that there are snow-capped mountains in Tubo." ”

Zhang Yang changed his sitting posture, "Songtsen Gampo is a wise person, not easy to deal with, not as good as Ju Wentai." ”

Things seem to be in trouble, and the daughter-in-law has fallen in love with the snow-capped mountains of Tibet.

Buying Gaochang seems simple, and things are a little out of control, I originally thought it would take two or three years, but I didn't expect this Ju Wentai to be so useful, and he was really too cautious.

Nothing is light, and after finishing the things that concern him, Zhang Yang can also live his life leisurely every day.

Leaving from the Chongwen Palace, Zhang Yang came to the Ministry of Rites again.

Since the last time the Ministry of Rites was burned by Li Xiaogong, now that it has been built, it has become a lot more magnificent, and Li Shimin has also re-regarded the role of the Ministry of Rites.