Li Shimin is the one who leads the troops, and many things do not need to be explained in such detail, just like the current Western Regions, a war is about to start, if we don't eliminate these unstable factors, then when we fight, we will have to worry about the rear fire at any time.

Everyone is coming from the battlefield, if this happens, let alone the victory on the front line, every day is just scared, and half of our combat effectiveness is consumed, how can we win the battle for the empire?

After hearing Li Xiang's explanation, many people also nodded, since the Arab Empire is our fierce enemy, then we should take their forward positions first.

After the capture of Samarkand, then our area of control was advanced nearly 2,000 miles to the west, although we did not actually occupy these places, but according to our previous policy, the area of control that ruled us could also go a lot west, and if the Arab army attacked, it would not be on our territory.

"What's the matter with your indiscriminate conscription in the Western Regions? In a city with only 30,000 people, if you want to take away 3,000 soldiers and 1,500 transport teams, it is equivalent to pulling away the young and strong labor force of the entire city, so can this city still exist? ”

Li Shimin found one of the letters, this matter is indeed a bit excessive, before Li Xiang described to everyone what is called sustainable development, is this how you are sustainable?

"Grandfather, you can't blame us for this, the whole city has cooperated with the Arab Empire before, if I destroy the city directly, I am afraid that it will cause many people to resist, so it is better to cut the meat slowly......"

Li Xiang calmly answered the question, and at this time, everyone felt that it was not Cheng Chuliang's guy who made the decision on his own, but that everything came from Li Xiang, so they had so much courage, otherwise how could they feel that more than a dozen cities would be destroyed directly?

Everyone knows the truth that slow cutting meat does not hurt, just because you cooperate with the Arab Empire, then your city cannot stay, everyone here is ruthless people, you people are still betraying the Tang Empire, then you can't be regarded as the people of our country.

After listening to Li Xiang's explanations, Li Shimin's face softened a little.

In the face of rebellious ministers and thieves, if you are not ruthless enough, sooner or later you will be swallowed by them, in the early years, Li Shimin was extremely difficult when he fought the country, how could he not know this truth? The common people of these dozen or so cities sound like a lot, but in Li Shimin's heart, there is not much weight at all, if it is to maintain the rule of the Tang Dynasty, it will be destroyed.

What's more, we didn't exterminate these people, we just drove them to other cities, and when there are fewer and fewer people in this city, then the city will definitely not be able to sustain itself, and it will be in ruins in the future.

Since we don't have the ability to control this place to stay, it is a stronghold of the enemy, so it is better to slowly destroy here, which is also in line with the Tang Dynasty's rule over the frontier region, who makes us not have this ability now! It's not too late to rebuild this place when we have the ability.

"Then what's going on in the capital, so many people suddenly appeared to pay attention to the situation in the Western Regions, do you think they have all been infiltrated by the Arab Empire?"

There are more and more foreigners in Chang'an City, this is almost a capital of all countries, when Li Xiang has not risen, the number of foreigners here is already a lot, although the imperial court has strictly controlled them over the years, and the Imperial City Division Yamen has not been idle, and these people are screened at every turn, but it is inevitable that some spies will be mixed in.

"Sun Er thought that he didn't dare to say that all of them had been infiltrated, but some of them definitely wanted to make trouble through this matter, so it was better to pick out some of the people who danced the most happily according to what General Cheng said, and hit the snake first by seven inches, and see how they reacted."

After Li Xiang's words were finished, the people around him also gasped, if this was the case, wouldn't my Tang Dynasty's enlightened imperial court policy be affected? Will anyone make a different voice in the future?

"Of course, the things that you adults are worried about are also understood, we must not arrest people casually without evidence, if we arrest people, it is not the norm of my Tang Dynasty to do things."

Seeing the great changes in the faces of these adults around him, Li Xiang hurriedly explained this matter, arresting people indiscriminately is definitely not an enlightened court, but if we have evidence in our hands, it is to act according to the law.

"Do you have evidence that they fornicated with foreign countries?"

Li Shimin said a little strangely, almost everyone knows that the five surnames and seven wangs have fornicated with foreign countries, but it is very difficult to catch their evidence, and several cases have been cracked before, but when it comes to an intermediate manager, this line is immediately cut off.

"Where does Sun Er have such great ability, but the fortress is breached from the inside, and some people will have it."

The people present are all Li Shimin's cronies, and they are all highly respected people, and they have not participated in such meetings once or twice, when Li Xiang said this, a person immediately appeared in everyone's minds, that is, Cui Sanye, the current head of the Cui family.

The Cui family was originally the head of the five surnames and seven wangs, and they could be said to have ordered these old nobles to confront the imperial court, and once reached the peak, but after Li Xiang rose, Cui Sanye immediately noticed the changes in the future.

This guy is not a fool, how can he accompany others to continue to decline? So Cui Sanye made an astonishing decision, that is, to connect him with Li Xiang, as for what the Cui family and other families think, he can't care so much.

In the punishment of the imperial court one knife after another, the other major families suffered heavy losses, but the imperial court had the actual evidence, and these people had nothing to say, they could only watch their branches and leaves being cut down one after another.

But Cui Sanye and his descendants are different, after the power of these old nobles is cleared, it is naturally the imperial court that gets the most benefits, but Cui Sanye can also rank second or even third, which is very suspicious.

Now that Li Xiang is saying this, it must be Cui Sanye who has ventilated the news again......