Originally, Li Xiang still wanted to bathe the two of them together, but unfortunately the conditions here are limited, the wooden barrel is too small, and the patriarch Sun Huanting has already finished washing, how can he let himself wash it again, it can only be Li Xiang taking a bath in it, and the eldest grandson Huanting is helping by the side.

"Have we done business with the Tusi master here in Bashu, do you have any news about them? I talked to Xiao Yu today, it seems that these people have done a lot of outrageous things, I see that when he speaks, he also wants to speak and stops, maybe it is related to the official hats of some people in the court, so he doesn't want to offend these people. ”

Li Xiang suddenly remembered his own business, now most of the business in Chang'an City has been handed over to the hands of the eldest grandson Huanting, if a woman usually has nothing to do, then I am afraid she will have to think about some terrible things, now so many businesses are in the hands of the eldest grandson Huanting, more than twice as large as the original time, the most important thing is that there is no time to find Li Xiang's trouble, which is a double win.

For Xiao Yu's way of doing things, although Li Xiang is a little disdainful, but he can't interfere with others, after all, there is a big family behind the family, and it is not only the personal gains and losses that need to be considered, but also the benefits of the entire family.

"The old foxes all think about the problem in this way, and my father is also halfway through the talk, but the reputation of these toast masters is really not good, when our caravan passes by here, if it weren't for the fact that our armed forces are relatively strong and gave them a few effective blows, we may also be robbed."

When he heard the eldest grandson Huanting say this, Li Xiang immediately couldn't sit still, he originally thought that these guys were not compatible with the court, but he didn't expect that it had reached the point of robbing the caravan, didn't this have a direct impact on the income of the court? The income in the hands of the merchant is less, and the taxes handed over to the imperial court are naturally less, which is a very serious problem, why didn't he hear it at all in Chang'an City?

"When something like this happens, the local officials don't report it?"

Li Xiang said a little strangely, you must know that the most relevant people of the Tusi are these local officials, maybe they don't have enough troops in their hands, but as long as they report to the court, the court should send troops to suppress it.

"As far as I know, the original local officials also reported, and the imperial court also sent troops to take care of this matter, when the imperial army came, the people of the Tusi lords immediately withdrew to the mountain, you may not be familiar with the local situation, if you really enter the mountain, let alone tens of thousands of troops, even hundreds of thousands of troops can't find the mountain over there is too big, and when the imperial army leaves, these Tusi lords will make a comeback, what can you do with them? Later, they began to bribe local officials, and the local officials also knew that the court could not solve anything, and brought some crises to their reputation out of thin air, so they simply did not play. ”

Earlier, when Li Xiang told the eldest grandson Huanting that he was going south, the eldest grandson Huanting prepared all the information in the south, and shared that he was looking for an opportunity to report to Li Xiang, but he didn't expect that the opportunity had not been found, taking advantage of today's opportunity, everything that should be said was said.

"It's just a group of animals, taking the court's money and not making decisions for the people, and even colluding with these toast masters, it seems that Xiao Yu's idea is right, even if he doesn't solve Nanzhao, he has to dig out these moths first."

Li Xiang has been fighting abroad, and in his heart he always feels that there is nothing to do in the local area of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention that it is now the Zhenguan period, and the officialdom at this time is still relatively honest, and suddenly I heard that someone was corrupting Li Xiang, and I couldn't accept it.

"Let me say, Xiao Yu's strategy is also okay, if we rashly attack Nanzhao, these toasts may bring us trouble, and they and Nanzhao are also disconnected, and if the north and south echo at that time, our army will be in trouble."

The eldest grandson Huanting knows the situation of these people in the local area, although they are not the same ancestor as Nanzhao, but if you want to talk about the relationship, they must be much closer than us, not to mention that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, once Nanzhao is destroyed, then they will also have the day to perish.

The reason why the imperial court set up these Tusi is because their land borders Nanzhao, and the imperial court is unwilling to deal with Nanzhao, which will waste a lot of money and troops, so they entrust the border affairs to the Tusi masters, to put it bluntly, let them consume each other, and now if Nanzhao is destroyed, what do you want these Tusi masters to do?

We can take this into account, and the old men of the toast can also take into account that when they are useless, they will feel their sense of crisis, and now they can still help Datang to guard the southwest country, so they are still useful, and when it is useless, will Datang still need them? Therefore, when the Tang army attacks Nanzhao, these people are very likely to unite with Nanzhao's people, and when the time comes, we will suffer from the enemy, even if Li Xiang's men are strong in combat, the loss is definitely not a small number.

If you go outside, you must first settle inside......

Li Xiang remembered this sentence, although the source of this sentence is somewhat inconsistent with the situation at the time, but for Li Xiang's current situation, it is still very consistent, if you don't take these dog skin plasters on your body, how can you attack other countries, be careful of being stolen by others.

"There is another thing, if we can take down these Tusi masters in advance, their people can also be used, fighting in the deep mountains and old forests, no matter how well our people are trained, they are not as good as their people, they grew up in the deep mountains and old forests, and recruiting a group of troops among them is like us recruiting troops on the grassland, fighting with our own elites......"

The eldest grandson Huanting is definitely a good military advisor, although Li Xiang did not give a name, but in terms of helping Li Xiang, there is nothing missing.

"That is, women can't be officials, if women can be officials, I will definitely give you a female prime minister."

Li Xiang's words amused the eldest grandson Huanting, in fact, the eldest grandson Huanting doesn't need any female prime minister, as long as she can help Li Xiang, this heart is beautiful, it is better than those useless vases.